Chapter 049
Chapter 49: The Killing Aura That Shrouds Mountain City
Wang Jie opened his eyes. He had created a new sword technique.
Though it didn’t have much power, merely simulating the flow of underwater currents, it was, after all, a creation.
As each sword strike fell, green sprouts rose from the ground.
Wang Jie was delighted. It worked.
Indeed, a field should not only harbor one type of force.
In his understanding, a field like this should be abundant. To his surprise, the sword technique he had created could also give birth to future battle techniques.
Though it was just one sprout, it represented a possibility. Wang Jie touched the sprout. Hmm? Liu Shui Sword Style? The required materials—one hundred different types of fish.
The materials seemed simple enough.
Fish were abundant in the sea.
Wang Jie set to work, starting to catch fish.
Half a day later, he had gathered them all. In the apocalypse, even fish of the same kind evolved differently, making them easy to catch.
He tossed the hundred fish into the sprout.
As the sprout closed, a beam of light slowly rose, taking the shape of a sword and entering Wang Jie’s mind.
Wang Jie only felt a coolness on his forehead. The next moment, his crab-claw hand moved naturally, and he executed a sword technique far smoother and more powerful than the one he had created.
Once it was planted, he could learn it.
This Liu Shui Sword Style wasn’t difficult—nowhere near as advanced as the Heaven and Earth Luo Xuan Finger. He could use it immediately.
The sword technique transformed into a phantom again, disappearing into the field.
Another sprout emerged—still just one.
It seemed that the power of the battle techniques created depended on the number of sprouts.
The Heaven and Earth Luo Xuan Finger had been created with three sprouts, while the Liu Shui Sword Style only required one.
Hanging Stream Sword Style.
Required materials—stones from the deep sea, collected every hundred meters, totaling ten pieces.
This one was even simpler.
When he had first entered the deep sea over half a month ago, he could already stay at a depth of a thousand meters.
He placed the ten stones into the sprout.
The Hanging Stream Sword Style was also planted in his mind. The power of this technique was far stronger than the Liu Shui Sword Style. But he learned it quickly. As the sword technique vanished into the field, two sprouts appeared this time.
Rainbow Drinking Sword Style.
Required materials—ugliest fish eyes within a ten-mile radius and a women’s swimsuit.
Wang Jie was stunned.
He touched the sprout again to confirm.
Yes, the materials really required a women’s swimsuit.
He sighed, remembering the materials he had gathered in the past, especially the ten marriage proposal letters. That same feeling of being controlled came over him again.
Why did it need such materials?
Was there even a connection to the sword technique?
With a helpless exhale, he decided to look for the fish eyes first.
Honestly, fish eyes weren’t easy to find. He first had to catch all the fish within a ten-mile radius and compare them.
By the way, who defined beauty and ugliness? Was it the fish’s perspective?
After a long half-day, Wang Jie finally solved the fish-eye problem.
Next was the women’s swimsuit.
He returned to the Southern Base. The day after tomorrow was the agreed-upon time with Shu Mu Night, so he planned to rest tomorrow.
Currently, the situation in the four major bases wasn’t good.
The safe zones were shrinking, and even on the base’s city walls, mutated creatures roamed. Mutated beasts of the ten-seal level were everywhere.
The Armor One Sect didn’t care whether Blue Star’s people lived or died as long as they could deal with Shu Mu Night.
The conversation with Chu Yao echoed in his mind.
Even if he defeated Shu Mu Night, they couldn’t win against the entire Armor One Sect.
Moreover, defeating Shu Mu Night was as hard as climbing the heavens.
Knock knock knock.
“Come in.”
Lian Qin entered, wearing a black qipao. She walked gracefully, her gaze toward Wang Jie filled with temptation. “Little younger brother looking for me?”
Wang Jie turned around. “Close the door.”
Lian Qin smiled faintly, her face slightly flushed. “Little younger brother, are you planning to eat up your elder sister?” She closed the door and, as she turned, her snow-white thigh flashed through the qipao, dazzling him.
As soon as the door closed, Wang Jie spoke, “Do you have a swimsuit?”
Lian Qin froze, looking at Wang Jie in confusion. “What?”
“A swimsuit.”
Lian Qin blinked. “Yes.”
“Bring it to me.”
Lian Qin laughed, rolling her eyes. “Looks like little younger brother’s lonely in the sea. Alright, elder sister will bring it over to help you relax.” She said, opening the door and leaving.
Wang Jie breathed a sigh of relief as she left. The pressure was overwhelming, his body burning. This woman’s every glance and smile was so seductive.
Soon after, there was a knock at the door.
Lian Qin entered, shaking the sexy swimsuit in front of Wang Jie. Just as she was about to close the door, Wang Jie said, “Put the swimsuit down. You can leave now.”
Lian Qin froze. “I? Leave?”
Wang Jie nodded seriously. He was truly serious, afraid he wouldn’t be able to control himself.
Lian Qin looked at him with a strange expression. Seeing Wang Jie wasn’t joking, she awkwardly put the swimsuit down and left.
Wang Jie rubbed his head in frustration, feeling like he was drifting further down a certain path.
He threw the swimsuit into the sprout.
The Rainbow Drinking Sword Style was now learned. Wang Jie quickly got the hang of it. Another sprout emerged.
This time, there were three sprouts.
Just like the Heaven and Earth Luo Xuan Finger.
Wang Jie’s eyes lit up as he touched the sprouts.
Materials—same woman’s swimsuit, five bites of meat, Rainbow Drinking Sword Style Hundred-Strike Combo.
Wang Jie was truly helpless.
Each of these materials was difficult to obtain.
Why did it have to be five bites of meat?
The hardest part, however, was the Rainbow Drinking Sword Style Hundred-Strike Combo. Right now, he could only connect a dozen strikes, but a hundred? That was beyond his reach.
Not only did it require physical strength, but it also required mastery of imprint power.
Executing the Rainbow Drinking Sword Style used up at least one-tenth of his imprint power. This meant that, even though he could strike ten times in a row, there was no way he could manage a hundred.
Unless he reached the ten-seal level.
For now, he would set it aside.
Sleep.
Under the starry sky, Armor One Sect, above the waterfall.
“Sect master, people from Star Dome Visage have arrived.”
Xi He looked over.
“Gu Moon, greetings, sect master.”
“Ting He, greetings, sect master.”
Xi He nodded coldly, “You two understand the rules, right?”
Gu Moon was a middle-aged man, refined like a scholar. “Of course. Only conclusions, no process.”
Xi He said no more.
Gu Moon’s gaze fell on the waterfall below. The moment his eyes landed, he saw Shu Mu Night sitting atop the altar of millions of corpses.
Ting He, standing beside him, was already looking, her face filled with shock.
She was a stunning young girl with pink hair, wearing white boots with an elegant aura, but now her face was pale with disbelief, as if she hadn’t expected such cruelty to exist in this world.
Under the moonlight, even the darkness couldn’t hide the soaring bloodstains. Shu Mu Night sat there like a demon.
Gu Moon coughed lightly.
Ting He finally came to, her face as pale as a sheet. “Uncle Gu, what… is this?”
“This is bridge building, using living beings as the stakes.”
“Why so cruel?”
Gu Moon glanced at her. “Did you think the law of your bridge was gained easily?”
Ting He’s eyes shrank, her body trembling uncontrollably.
Gu Moon sighed. “Your family has protected you too well. This time, you’ll get to see it for yourself.”
Ting He bit her lip, her gaze unwillingly falling again, her skin trembling, her slender fingers turning blue.
The last day of the agreed-upon date.
The insect tide surrounded Mountain City.
Insect Xuan made his move. Surrounding him were Wen Star Ru, Mo, and the others.
The endless insect tide was their first offensive, and their only one.
Shu Mu Night gazed at the insect tide in the distance. He raised his arm, holding a blade, and slowly looked down.
The insects climbed the flesh and blood altar, and in an instant, they engulfed everything.
Whoosh!
The blade flashed, and insect corpses fell endlessly from the altar. No matter their rank, the insects couldn’t withstand Shu Mu Night’s strikes. Countless insect corpses fell, filling the once towering altar, which continued to rise.
The endless insect tide approached, yet Shu Mu Night’s expression remained unchanged. He continued to slice with his blade, as if he never knew fatigue.
There were no grandiose moves—just one strike after another. Simple. Direct.
One hour, two hours… five hours.
The altar had stacked up to five hundred meters, the insect corpses piling up, making the altar rise as it was filled. Shu Mu Night walked atop the countless insect corpses, his expression still unchanged.
Insect Xuan’s face turned white.
This monster.
Around them, drones transmitted the scene, and everyone watching fell silent. It was impossible to describe the shock. It wasn’t the number of insects killed, but the fact that Shu Mu Night had done it without using any star force. He didn’t expend a single drop of star force.
This meant he killed insects for five hours with only his physical strength.
He didn’t use star force at all.
Mo stared at the distant scene, gripping the sword hilt like a withered branch. For the first time, he lost the courage to advance. Not because he was afraid, but because he knew he was powerless.
The insect tide was the most effective way to deplete Shu Mu Night’s star force, but now, that plan seemed laughable. Even if they joined in, it would only be one strike after another.
The gap between them was growing clearer.
No one could defeat this monster.
The aircraft arrived.
Wang Jie and the others stepped out, gazing at the distant altar. It had expanded several times over, rising more than a hundred meters. It was now nearly six hundred meters high.
Once it reached a thousand meters, Blue Star would be sacrificed.
Qi Xue Yin’s battle power detector kept beeping. She looked at the distant scene and saw a ten-seal level insect being chopped into pieces by Shu Mu Night. The detector showed no reading at all, and she weakly lowered her hand.
Around Mountain City, aside from the insect cries and Shu Mu Night’s blade strikes, there was no sound.
An entire insect tide—Shu Mu Night had fought for eight hours.
For eight whole hours, he repeated one motion until the insects, terrified, began to retreat. He swung his blade, green blood splattering, his clothes not a wrinkle, and the smile still on his lips as he stood atop the altar, looking down at the land.
The killing aura soared, pressing down on Mountain City.
The shocking scene was also impacting everyone who witnessed it, including the Armor One Sect.
They had never heard of anyone, even at the eight-seal level, massacring an insect tide with just their physical strength, as if star force, imprint power, and cultivation didn’t exist at all.
It had opened everyone’s eyes.
Gu Moon marveled, “The third reforge. His strength has grown. He is constantly breaking through the limits of what humans know.”
“I’ve given three evaluations, but this fourth one… I don’t even know how to describe it.”
“All I can say is, I don’t know how to defeat him.”
Ting He bit her lip, staring at Shu Mu Night in the lake’s image. Despite being above him, she felt as if she were being looked down upon. This person was terrifying, like darkness itself consuming everything.
Xi He sighed helplessly. With Shu Mu Night of Sincere One Dao, there would be peace for a thousand years.
The heaven’s chosen prodigies they had sought didn’t even have the courage to act anymore.