Paradise of Demonic Gods

by Stayrr

“Obtaining the topmost degree of talent in sword arts in the world requires giving up 72 years of lifespan, which leaves you with only five more years of your life. At the same time, you will never be able to feel love, kinship, and friendship, and you’ll end up leading a lonely life until your death, unable to procreate, or to have any descendants. “From now onwards, everything r

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Chapter 129 Knocking On the Door

At the northern side of the commoner district, there was a two-story high building.

While it was the commoner district, the interior design was exquisite. The floor was laid with black and white ceramic tiles, and the outer walls coated with a layer of golden colored paint. Under the shine of nearly a hundred fire torches, the feeling it gave out was a mixture of dignified and rustic.

This was the biggest money squandering establishment the Venomous Serpent Gang had set up in Kirst City. One would be able to gamble, look for prostitutes, or drink here. Many Old and Young Masters from the aristocratic clans would frequent this place as well, not just ordinary businessmen.

While it was already late in the night, the place was still brightly lit up. Horse carriages could be seen stopping at the sides; many men and women entered and exited the place.

Fang Xingjian headed for the main entrance, and once he stepped in, a young man came up. Although there was a hint of despise reflected within his eyes after seeing Fang Xingjian's tattered clothes, he hid it very well from his expression. He smiled and asked, "Young Master, is this your first time here? Do you want to play chess or cards, or look for the girls to have a chat?"

Fang Xingjian did not say a word but walked straight to the main hall. There were many tables for card games and sounds of cursing, cheers, men's reproaches, women's teasings, as well as pungent stenches of alcohol and smoke gushing over. This caused Fang Xingjian to furrow his brows.

He lowered his head to look at the young man who was brimming in smiles. Fang Xingjian could not even bother to talk with him. He simply sent out a kick, which the person to the ground, and said, "Get someone who can take charge to talk to me."

That young man was kicked to the ground and felt a pain akin to a few of his rib bones breaking. He immediately let out a horribly cry similar to ones pigs let out when they were being killed, "Guys! Someone's here to create trouble and wreck havoc!"

Over ten strong men walked over. Each of them seemed to have a tough, stocky build, looked courageous and strong. They were all men who had been training in martial arts for many years, but yet were not able to become Knights.

"Chap, are you courting death?"

"This is the Venomous Serpent Gang's territory. You dare come look for trouble here?"

The few men walked over slowly, unhurried. They looked with curiosity and ridicule at Fang Xingjian, who was alone. He looked only about sixteen to seventeen years of age and was wearing tattered clothes. They did not feel that a young boy like this would be much danger.

Many gamblers also looked in their direction. Seeing Fang Xingjian being so silent, all of them broke out in laughter.

"Young man, you're really daring."

"Haha, Big Bear, you guys just give him a slight bashing. After all, he's only a kid."

Looking at the strong man who was grinning hideously as he walked over, Fang Xingjian threw a cold glare and kicked on his chest. The man let out a horribly cry and flew out a distance of about ten plus meters, crashing onto a gambling table.

"Damn, he's been trained."

"Everyone attack together. Kill him."

"Just because he had learnt a few moves, he thinks he can wreck havoc in Venomous Serpent Gang's territory? Which of us here hasn't been trained before?"

The men at the side bellowed out furiously and all charged up together. Fang Xingjian threw them all a cold look, not moving his hands, or rather, not even caring to take any action. As before, he lifted his leg and kicked out, causing a series of after images, Within a second, all the ten plus burly looking men were kicked to the ground, with more than half the gambling tables smashed down together with them. Even a few gamblers were implicated and thrown to the ground too.

Various cries of horror and bellows filled the whole hall. The other gamblers also quieten down immediately. The young man who was still crying out earlier was so scared that his legs were trembling, and he was slowing crawling outwards on his four limbs.

Fang Xingjian did what the trio from the Fire Crow Gang had suggested, and verified that what they had said about the Venomous Serpent Gang was true. After hearing how the Venomous Serpent Gang's evil crimes knew no limits, and that they had engaged in human trafficking, forcing young ladies into prostitution and causing the deaths of many lives, Fang Xingjian found it hard to push down the strong sense of fury he was feeling.

Therefore, he rushed over here immediately. He wanted to have the Venomous Serpent Gang as an offering to his sword, allowing the progress for his mental cultivation method.

In just a moment, Fang Xingjian kicked the ten plus burly men to the ground, then pulled over a chair and sat down without a care.

A helper stood out, feeling both angry and frightened. He had not participated in the joint attack against Fang Xingjian earlier, and therefore had not been injured. He looked at Fang Xingjian and said, "Who exactly are you? Have our Venomous Serpent Gang offended you in any way?"

"You guys did not offend me." Fang Xingjian said coldly, "But you've done deeds of great evil. If I don't kill all of you, I won't feel content."

That person fell into a daze, looking at Fang Xingjian as if he was looking at a fool, and then broke out in loud laughter, "You're actually a big fool. You think that just because you have a few tricks up your sleeves, you'll be able to uphold justice and eradicate evils."

Fang Xingjian said calmly, "I've never thought of upholding justice. I just want to kill all of you to make myself feel contented."

The person nodded. "Alright. Do you dare to wait here? Our brothers from the Venomous Serpent Gang would be coming in a while. I'll wait and see how you're going to kill us all." After saying that, he turned to leave, wanting to call for help.

But the moment he turned, a whistling sound rang out. A chair knocked against his leg, breaking it.

He grabbed onto his leg as he rolled on the ground, crying out in pain. Fang Xingjian said coldly, "Did I say that you can leave?

"Those who are not from the Venomous Serpent Gang can just scram."

At the next moment, a large number of gamblers and customers who came for the prostitutes ran out. Within a few blinks of the eye, those that remained in the hall were the helpers who had fallen to the ground, as well as a few other men who did not know whether they should remain standing or leave.

They were all the helpers who had not attacked Fang Xingjian. At that moment, they did not dare to fight against Fang Xingjian, but they were also afraid that their boss would blame them and thus, were unwilling to leave.

Fang Xingjian did not care about them. He simply sat down on the chair, waiting quietly.

About twenty plus minutes later, many footsteps sounds rang out. Over a hundred men were holding axes, choppers, and clubs as they dashed in, surrounding Fang Xingjian and looking at him coldly.

The man whose leg had been broken earlier was helped to his feet. There were now more people, which could have given him a sense of security, because he pointed at Fang Xingjian and said furiously, "Chap, let's see you carry on with your arrogance! No matter how well you can fight, would you be able to win against so many of us?"

While he knew that Fang Xingjian should be very strong, he looked really too young. Thus, he had only treated Fang Xingjian as a normal strong Warrior who was at level 9. Who would have thought that he was a sixteen years old, genius Knight?

At that moment, he was very confident that they were going to win. He pointed to Fang Xingjian and cursed, "You b*stard! How dare you come wreak havoc in our Venomous Serpent Gang's territory? Guys! Chop off all his limbs! I'm going to feed him to the dogs!"

But at that moment, Fang Xingjian asked, "All of you want to kill me?"

That leader laughed out loud, "Why? Are you scared now? I'm telling you it's too late! Hack him up!"

Fang Xingjian looked at over a hundred people that were charging towards him. He stood up slowly, and waves of air currents exploded outwards from around him as his Reduced Force Field was thrown out blatantly. Fang Xingjian simply took a walk around the hall, and all of them dropped to the ground with broken arms and legs. Terrifying cries filled up the whole hall, as if it was a living hell.

That leader fell into a daze within a moment, his laughing expression turned into one of endless terror.

"Kn...Knight!"

Obviously he was still a person with some knowledge and knew of the Knight's Reduced Force Field.

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Chapter 130 Dispute

Fang Xingjian gradually walked up to him and asked, "Where's your boss? Why did he not come? Where is he?"

It turned out that the boss of the Venomous Serpent Gang was very cautious. He did not turn up despite knowing that someone was here to wreck trouble, only sending his subordinates over instead.

The leader who was being stared at began to shiver, unable to say a single word. Fang Xingjian furrowed his brows and was about to ask again when loud footsteps sounds came from outside again.

"Everyone stop!

"Are you guys thinking of rebelling?"

Tens of guards from the City Guards Institution charged in. When they saw the people on the ground, groaning out, they were all stunned. The head of the guards frowned and shouted at Fang Xingjian, "Who are you? What has happened here?"

That leader of the gangsters seemed to have found himself a life buoy, and he grabbed onto the thigh of one of the guards and shouted, "Help! Save me! This person wants to kill us! Save me!"

Looking at this scene, the captain of the city guards frowned and looked at Fang Xingjian, not able to identity Fang Xingjian's identity outright. Although that chap from the Venomous Serpent Gang had deliberately chosen not to reveal that Fang Xingjian had performed the Reduced Force Field, after seeing so many people lying on the ground, how could he fail to understand that Fang Xingjian was not an easy character?

Therefore, he forced out a smile and said, "May I ask who you are? Could we take a step outside and have a talk?"

But Fang Xingjian did not give him any face. Throwing him a sideward glance, he said, "You're in charge of this area with the Venomous Serpent Gang's territory right? You've really 'put in great efforts to govern the place', allowing this area to be turned into a place with such foul atmosphere."

How could that captain not tell the sarcasm in Fang Xingjian's words? But the more the other party acted like this, the more he did not dare to look down on him. He bent forward slightly, saying with a face full of smiles, "You must be jesting. I wonder how the Venomous Serpent Gang has offended you?" With that, he pushed a bag of money to Fang Xingjian.

Fang Xingjian let out a cold snort and slapped away the hand which was secretly passing him the bag, and then said coldly, "Tell the head of the Venomous Serpent Gang Jerry to come receive his punishments within two hours time. If not, it would not end so simply if I were to take action myself.

"You're under Hogan, right? To think that you've allowed something like the Venomous Serpent Gang to form under your jurisdiction. After I've dealt with Jerry, I'll come for you next."

The captain's countenance turned grim. He had already showed Fang Xingjian a lot of courtesy, but the other party had paid them no regards. He had even especially mentioned Hogan's name, though he did not seem to show Hogan any respect either. This made the captain even more unsure where this person was from, and he could only gradually retreat.

That captain then carried on and asked, "At least you must let us know your name? It'll let our brothers know better on what to do next."

But Fang Xingjian had already closed his eyes, ignoring the captain's question.

That captain could only walked out of the hall with a pale countenance, furrowing his brows as he thought about who this person was.

But a soldier with a large build who stood at the very back walked up to him quietly. It was the previous Eldest Martial Brother Ogden from The School of Sword Arts.

He looked at the captain and said, "Captain, that person in the gambling den, seems... seems to be Fang Xingjian."

"What?" The captain anxiously asked, "Are you sure?"

Ogden said, "A few of our brothers had went to observe the academy's competition. If you don't believe me, you can ask them."

The captain asked around, and truly, quite a number of them all felt that the guy in the gambling den was Fang Xingjian.

The captain smiled bitterly, "To think that it's such an important character, a sixteen year old Windstorm Sword Hero. This thing is beyond us." He spoke to one of his subordinate at the side and said, "Go pass the message to Jerry. Let him bring out whatever backer he has, if not the matter may get worse."

He then recalled Fang Xingjian's words earlier, and let out a shudder as he said, "Come, let's go look for Boss Hogan. This is like a fight between the gods. It's beyond us."

Fang Xingjian kept waiting in the hall. The leader also calmed down. His gaze when looking at Fang Xingjian were filled with enmity and terror.

However, he and the rest of the helpers were being monitored by Fang Xingjian, so no one could save them. They could only bear with the pain and stay there, letting out occasional groans of suffering.

An hour later, Hogan accompanied an elderly man here. Behind them, there were seven muscular and stout men who did not seem to be of any good.

Hogan shooked his head and smiled, "Xingjian, Xingjian. Why did you not tell us when you've come to Kirst?" Looking at the wounded lying on the ground, he smiled bitterly and said, "What is this?"

Fang Xingjian did not say a word, but looking at the old man beside Hogan and the seven burly looking men behind them, he asked, "Which of them is Jerry?"

That old man beamed and pointed to a middle-aged man with a full beard and was blind in one eye and said, "This is Jerry, the head of the Venomous Serpent Gang. The other six are his brothers, the echelon in the gang."

Fang Xingjian threw him and glance and asked, "And who are you?"

Hogan introduced, "Haha, this is Old Master Edgar. Old Master is also a senior Knight in Kirst and the current clan head of Edgar Clan."

As he said this, his lips trembled slightly, already passing Fang Xingjian the message to Fang Xingjian through the trembling air created by his Reduced Force Field, "Xingjian, this Venomous Serpent Gang has the support of Edgar behind them. Edgar Clan is one of the aristocrats in Kirst.

"Their clan is not big, so they are not able to set up their own academy or trade like Tresia. That's why they only do some dishonest trade.

"He is already showing you great respect, to have brought you the Venomous Serpent Gang's echelon. Let this matter go after killing these seven people. Old Master Edgar admires your talent a lot. You can have a good talk with him."

Fang Xingjian ignored Hogan's secret message and looked at Edgar, asking out clearly, "Old man, you're the one supporting Jerry's Venomous Serpent Gang?"

Seeing how Fang Xingjian was asking out so straightforwardly, Edgar's face which was full of smiles earlier, froze up, appearing a little awkward.

He had not expected the other party to ask out so straightforwardly before the hundred plus people around.

Hogan's countenance turned slightly grim as he continued to communicate with Fang Xingjian through the sound waves, "Xingjian, what are you trying to do?!"

Fang Xingjian only stared at Edgar and said, "Then are you aware that this beast Jerry abducts and trafficks young children from other places, torturing them, breaking their limbs, and making them beg?

"He even forced young ladies into prostitutions, abducting girls from other places, forcing them to sell their bodies. And after they lose their beauties and their bodies can no longer take it, he would throw them out to fend for themselves.

"Do you know how many families have been ruined because of their existences? Do you know how many people want to kill them?"

Edgar smiled awkwardly and looked at Fang Xingjian, appearing baffled. He said, "I have no relations to them. How would I know what the Venomous Serpent Gang has done?"

Hogan also got furious as he continued to communicate with Fang Xingjian,"What on earth are you trying to do? Kirst is not the only one with such gangs. There's no end to people like these who does all these bad deeds in this world. Even if you've eradicated the Venomous Serpent Gang, there'll still be the Fire Serpent Gang, the Ice Serpent Gang, the Dark Serpent Gang. Would you be able to wipe out all of them?

"At least these people are still under our control and would not go overboard. It's better to keep them than to allow for the formation of another gang which is hard to control.

"Do you know that once you've eradicated them, the vacant spot would cause fights to break out between the many gangs? Do you know how many people will need to die?

"Only by keeping the status quo would the commoner district remain peaceful, without chaos."

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Chapter 131 Today, I Know That I Am Me

Fang Xingjian looked into Hogan's eyes and said coldly, "If you've anything to say, just say it out, stop communicating through sound waves."

Looking at Hogan's furious look, Fang Xingjian continued, "After wiping them out, there'll be other gangs? That's why we shouldn't do so?

"Then what about the people who had fallen victims to them? What about them? The children who died in their hands, the girls who were ruined for life... Should we forget all about these?" Fang Xingjian shook his head, "These people have committed evil deeds, done others wrong, but other people have to take the blame for them? Such a mindset is truly problematic.

"In fear of the formation of other gangs, in the fear of even more battles and bad deeds between gangs, because of the wish to stabilize the situation, we should be indulgent towards the evil-doers of today?" By doing so, by giving in to them, wouldn't it be asking the good people to pay for what the bad people have done?"

The more Fang Xingjian said, the more he felt that his thoughts became increasingly clearer, as if a layer of fog which had clouded up his brain had dissipated, as if the sun was blazing forth from a cloudy sky.

The mental cultivation method in his consciousness continued to circulate unceasingly, and the blurriness on his Stats Window rapidly changed. The initial words 'Ice Age Meditation Art' was now nowhere to be seen.

Hogan also became furious as he looked at Fang Xingjian angrily, saying, "Then what are you thinking of doing? Killing all the bad guys? Are you a kid? Is this something possible?

"What is the law and government for? If everyone is like you, then a nation would no longer be a nation. To a nation, stability is above everything else.

"What we can do is our best to control them, to maintain the stability, pushing down all offences into a reasonable scope. Do you know that the way you're freely killing would cause the death of how many innocent lives?"

"The deaths of those innocent people are none of my concern." Fang Xingjian looked into Hogan's eyes, his face cold as he said, "I only kill those who deserves to be killed. If, because of their deaths, the other gangs start to fight and kill each other, this is the fault of the other gangs. Should the faults of those evil-doers be blamed on us?

"The good people should not need to bear with this liability or give in to the faults committed by the bad people.

"Since they've done more wrong, then they should be killed."

Fang Xingjian only felt that after he had said his piece, he felt a great sense of satisfaction, and it was as if streams of silver-colored lightning had slashed through all darkness in his mind. The mental cultivation method on his Stats Window became increasingly stable and seemed to have gradually form words.

He said in a clear voice, "You don't even understand these reasonings, you can't even insist on your own stand, and you're even thinking of giving in to these weak and evil good-for-nothings. Why are you still being a Knight?"

Hogan laughed coldly and asked, "That's some pretty lip service. You think that these people you've killed are the bad people. Do they not have wives? No parents? no children? Just as you're creating havoc and boiling discontent amongst the people because of your indiscriminate slaughterings, what do you do?

"You're only satisfying your indiscriminate slaughterings. When have you considered about the commoners?"

"Evils are evils. These scums commit acts of evil in the world and are therefore deserving of deaths. When their kin sees them committing acts of evil, they should have advised them to stop, and if unsuccessful, break off ties with them.

"But they are just normal people, unlike us Knights who have iron will and can clear away all evil. Therefore, I don't blame them for bending in favor of the people close to them.

"I will not blame myself, however, for problems which arise because of this. And if they do not repent on their own mistakes after I've killed someone and instead, wish to take revenge on me, then I'll punish and kill as they deserve.

"How can I change my mind and give in to these scums just because of threats from other people?"

After saying that, Fang Xingjian's mind turned completely blank. An unprecedented state of comprehension rose in his heart.

'These are my true thoughts. These are what I truly feel. This is the real me.'

On the other hand, Hogan only continued to smiled coldly and said, "Then what is wrong? What is right? What is evil? What is justice? There are so many thieves, robbers, prostitutes in this word... How many of them have a story they wish to hide? There are so many Knights... Which of them has not killed before? How do you judge?"

"Whether it's right or wrong, justice or evil, there's naturally an arbitration process. Calling it a blurred line is just because people's interests or benefits are involved." Fang Xingjian said. "With my sword arts, I want to eradicate all external evils and clean the world, clearing the feelings of grief and unfairness in my heart, creating a clean and untainted world."

"That is just using your own perception to overrule other people's perceptions!" Hogan obviously was extremely against Fang Xingjian's approach. However, when looking at Fang Xingjian, Hogan could sense the odd aura rising from him, and thus suddenly said, "You... you've changed your mental cultivation method?"

Fang Xingjian recalled his suppression over so many years, recalled the mental oppression he was put through back when he was in the Fang Clan, the feeling of being unable to feel liberated, and said calmly, "For so many years in the past, I did not have enough power, and was not even able to be myself.

"Now, I'm trained and equipped with sword arts and my powers are increasingly stronger, so my inhibitions when taking actions have increasingly lessened.

"But if I can't even be myself, can't even hold on to my free will, and can only be twisted and oppressed by others, then what's the point even if I were to cultivate even more sword arts? What's the point even if I were to become even stronger?"

Fang Xingjian said coldly, "I want to be the person who cleans up the world, so naturally I must have a heart to be able to withstand the world. I'm willing to accept all the rights and the wrongs in the world."

With that, a loud explosive sound rang out in Fang Xingjian's consciousness, as if a myriad of Burmese glass lizards [1] had suddenly exploded and dissipated. Thereafter, he looked at the mental cultivation method on his Stats Window. The first part had already appeared from the initial blurriness, 'Universal Sword'. But the words at the back still tend to be in a blurred state and was hard to figure out.

However, just looking at it alone, Fang Xingjian could already feel a sharp aura that came gushing towards him. He could feel that a strong surge of unbelievable energy was brewing, waiting for the day it would reappear in the world.

Afterwards, he did not continue to appreciate the changes to his mental cultivation method, but turned his gaze towards Edgar, Jerry, and the others.

After listening to the two's conversation, Edgar had already sensed that things did not seem to seem to be right, but he conducted himself well and did not leave. He merely waited for the two to finish their conversation before he asked, "Fang Xingjian, what do you want? Do you still care about the Empire's rules and regulations?"

"What do I want? When I, Fang Xingjian, does things, no one can restrict me. I only do things to restore calm and peace to my heart." Fang Xingjian gradually drew out his longsword as an extraordinary sword intent surged out from his body.

Hogan suddenly felt as if something had exploded in his mind, and he let out a loud bellow, "Run!"

But it was too late. Fang Xingjian swung his longsword across, and streams of white-colored sword Qis swept through, as if they were sword light. Other than Hogan who did not seem to have been attacked, Jerry and the other seven non-Knights all seemed to have been attacked by formless sharp swords, turning into a hundred pieces, exploding into a lump of bloodied mess.

As his clan's senior Knight, Edgar was not comparable to Rebecca, but he was at least the same level as the senior instructor, Zadeh. However, at this moment, Fang Xingjian had activated the Unparalleled Sword Intent together with his Supreme Mistwind Sword, and sword Qis shot out as if they were a series of laser attacks.

Over ten streams of sword Qis slashed around him through the air, causing him to be covered in bloodied wounds as he retreated in pain.

With Fang Xingjian's crazy waves of sword Qis coupled with his unrestrained Unparalleled Sword Intent, even if Edgar was comparable to the level of a senior instructor like Zadeh, he had no means of fending off at all.

It was obvious how much Fang Xingjian had held back in his exchange with Zadeh, and how profound his level of sword arts currently was at. It was probably hard for him to find someone who was his match amongst all those at the first transition.

Despite so, with the protection of his Reduced Force Field and Knight attire, along with his own abilities, Edgar was only injured and his life was not at risk.

Hogan gritted his teeth and stood before Fang Xingjian, saying, "Do you know that what you've done now is made yourself an enemy of all the aristocrats in Kirst? Just for this lousy mental cultivation method? Is it worth it?"

Fang Xingjian shook his head, "It's not that I've made an enemy out of them, it's what these people deserve."

He threw a glance at Edgar and said calmly, "Today, I'll spare your life. But if I were to find out that the things done by the Venomous Serpent Gang was something which you had deliberately allowed and was not oblivious to them, I'll come again for your life."

He then looked towards Hogan again, "Hogan, don't let me find out that you're involved in these. If not, my sword will show no mercy."

Saying that, Fang Xingjian's silhouette flashed and he disappeared without a trace.

At the same time, a voice rang out from afar, "Breaking through the feelings of bewilderment with a sword; today, I know that I am me."

Edgar spoke out, frightened, "Lunatic, this fellow is a complete lunatic!"

At the next moment, a series of cries rang out from the hall. All the members of the Venomous Serpent Gang which Fang Xingjian had found out that they were perpetrator of heinous crimes were all slashed and killed by the sword Qis Fang Xingjian had sent out before he left.

Hogan's countenance turned increasingly grim, "No regards for rules and regulations! He simply has no regards for rules and regulations!"

That night, the Venomous Serpent Gang was eradicated right from the roots. And the people who commit crimes of evil in the name of Venomous Serpent Gang, after a deeper investigation by Fang Xingjian, would either be slashed to their deaths or broken of their limbs, causing a reign of terror with great bloodshed.

[1] The Burmese glass lizard or Asian glass lizard, Ophisaurus gracilis, is a species of legless lizard. https/en./wiki/Ophiosaurus_gracilis

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Chapter 132 Collect

In the study in Edgar's residence, Fang Xingjian sat there flipping through a sword arts manual.

No matter what, Edgar was still considered an aristocratic clan, and while it was not a clan that was highly regarded, they had collected various secret manuals for Nurturing and Training martial arts.

Since Fang Xingjian was looking to collect sword arts, he started browsing through them.

Just as he was looking through the secret manual, the door to the study opened and Edgar's clan head walked in. When he saw Fang Xingjian at the desk, he face turned pale and he got a huge shock. Fang Xingjian's sword arts, which was truly unfathomable, had left too deep an impression in his heart. The wounds which he had received from Fang Xingjian the other day had yet to heal either.

Fang Xingjian did not even lift his head, but stared at the secret manual, saying, "I've done a check on you. It's true that you're unaware of many of the messed up stuff."

It was true. Based on Fang Xingjian's investigations, while Edgar secretly backs up the Venomous Serpent Gang, it was primarily to amass wealth through them and make connections, as well as to gather some materials for cultivation.

And as for the dark and ruthless things done secretly by the Venomous Serpent Gang, they tended to take the approach of hoodwinking those above and deluding their subordinates. Edgar did not know anything.

In fact, as an aristocrat, why would Edgar hanker after the small money from forcing people into begging and girls into prostitution? Those were merely the selfish actions made by Venomous Serpent Gang's echelon in order to satisfy their own wallets.

Hearing Fang Xingjian's words, Edgar let out a sigh of relief. However, he was still unwilling to concede verbal defeat as he said, "Fang Xingjian, you broke into Kirst City, killing without a care. Even if you're a Knight, we can't let this go. I've already reported this to the association and to the academy. You can just wait to be put through investigation."

This was the advantage a Knight has. If Fang Xingjian had not the status of a Knight, he would have probably been arrested, encircled and attacked by countless people, or surrounded by the men from the City Guards Institution.

But him being a Knight made everything different. Other than the Royal Knight Association, there was no one else in the Empire who could pry into his conduct and responsibility.

Moreover, those he had killed were merely a bunch of hoodlums. It may cause a huge ruckus if this were to happen on Earth, but in the Miracle World, they were but numbers in the eyes of those aristocrats and Knights.

Hearing Edgar's words, Fang Xingjian shook his head, "While you did not take the initiative to commit acts of evil, you were indulgent to allow the gang to amass wealth. The reason the Venomous Serpent Gang were able to commit so many acts of evil eventually goes down to you, but I won't kill you. These few days, you can just help me get some stuff done."

Edgar's face was flushed red from anger. He was just about to retaliate when he recalled the other party's abilities, recalled his rumored relationship with the Governor Devitt. The fury on his face gradually turned into bitterness.

High level of sword arts and have strong backing. He could not afford to offend someone like this.

"What is it that you want?"

"Nothing much." Fang Xingjian closed the secret manual he was holding as another Nurturing sword technique appeared on his Stats Window. "I'll be returning to the academy in five days time. In this five days, you'll need to do your best to gather sword arts manuals and materials for casting.

"The sword arts manuals must not be repetitive. As for the casting materials, they must be in great varieties. Just get a little of each will do."

When Edgar heard this request, he found it a little weird, "What kind of sword arts manual are you looking for?"

"It doesn't matter, as long as they are sword arts manual." As he spoke, Fang Xingjian's silhouette had turned into faded shadows, and eventually disappeared.

"I'll come by everyday at this time. Edgar, don't let me down."

Not knowing since when, Fang Xingjian had already left.

Edgar let out a sigh relief, thinking to himself that Fang Xingjian's requirements were not very high. He just need to send someone to get the job done.

On the other hand, Fang Xingjian's silhouette dissipated with the wind. Encompassed by a slight breeze, he arrived at the rooftop a few thousand meters away within a few blinks of an eye.

Not killing Edgar with his sword meant that Fang Xingjian did not have to be faced with the countless Kirst's aristocrats' fury.

But at the same time, when he arrived at this conclusion, he noticed that the constantly changing mental cultivation method on the Stats Window had also come to a stop.

Now, on his Stats Window, his mental cultivation method had turned into 'Universal Sword Dom*' followed by a row of blurriness.

Fang Xingjian thought to himself, 'The physical body requires slow and gradual cultivation to change it, but the cultivation of the spirit is something that can be comprehended in a short moment.

'But on the contrary, being able to firm up my heart through small actions and experiences would also mean that I would be able to gradually change my thoughts through unyielding persistence. This would be the training after the initial comprehension.

'And although I have achieved the comprehension, I have now lost the pressure from the city's aristocrats. This pressure was the motivating factor, but now that it's gone, it's as if I am short of the tempering, and thus the progress of my mental cultivation method has come to a stop.'

It was like how a millionaire suddenly achieved enlightenment one day and decided to become a buddhist monk. This was considered a mutation of one's spiritual state.

But this was also segregated into different levels. It was easy to give up on the secular world and step into the world of buddhism, but the same could not be said for the other mental states. For example, it was impossible for a person to suddenly achieve enlightenment one day and gain the aspiration to be able to rule over the world like the Emperor.

To be able to attain the same mental state as that of an Emperor, the mental state of a pinnacle character in the human world, it required one to take a step at a time towards the path to becoming an Emperor, to be able to bear the weight and responsibility of the world, and to be able to look down on all lives in the world.

It was definitely not something which could be comprehended just by playing some role-play games and reading novels or mangas about Emperors, just like how it was for one to be able to enter the world of buddhism.

Fang Xingjian's mental state worked in this manner as well. It was not something which could be achieved by just saying a few words or thinking a few thoughts. He must put it into practice, live up to it. One would only be able to achieve a certain mental state by putting thoughts into actions. The higher the level of the mental state, the more this was so.

However, Fang Xingjian knew that there was no way he could turn back to slash Edgar, since he had not committed any great crimes of evil. Therefore, it would be useless even if he had killed him. It would only be slaughtering the innocent and cause unrest in his heart.

He could only spend the next few nights in Kirst City to search for villains to slash and, at the same time, head to Edgar's place everyday at the same time to gather sword arts and check on the materials.

However, it was rare enough for there to exist the Venomous Serpent Gang in Kirst. There would not be so many great villains in real life.

Five days later, Fang Xingjian had collected fifteen sets of Nurturing sword techniques which Edgar had spent money to purchase from the various martial arts schools in the area.

Five days later, in the study, a whole table of various materials were set out before Fang Xingjian. Most of them were ores, while the rest were plants, vegetations or bones of beasts.

Fang Xingjian casually picked up a small piece of ore. Streams of white colored light formed on his palms, and at the next moment, a thin layer of fog appeared on the ore's surface. Amidst Fang Xingjian's gaze of anticipation, the ore started to crack and peel off.

Shaking his head, he threw the ore away and picked up another metal.

Fang Xingjian was trying to see if there were any materials that could withstand his Effulgence Weapon, allowing him to follow in accordance with the records of the Ether Divine Art, speeding up the formation of the Effulgence Weapon through smelting materials.

However, throughout these five days, despite trying the various materials Edgar had brought him, none of them succeeded.

Only until he tried out this piece of metal did a hint of astonishment appeared on Fang Xingjian's face.

The metal piece unceasing trembled, then started to release high temperature.

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Chapter 133 Return

Just like that, Fang Xingjian analyzed that piece of metal for several hours, discovering that it seemed to be able to convert kinetic energy into heat with only a small amount of energy depletion. It could be said to be an extremely perfect metallic material.

Fang Xingjian had seen several unique casting materials in the Miracle World for the past few days, including various metals which were like jelly, metals which could change their forms according to one's will, and iron bars which could extend upon absorbing sunlight.

But it was his first time seeing such an amazing material that was a great match for his Effulgence Weapon.

Fang Xingjian looked to Edgar and asked, "What is this?"

Edgar took a look and said, "This is Seism Steel. This material is not considered to be sturdy, but it could fend off various impacts and crushing resistance. It's considered quite a good material.

"But this thing is very rare."

These few days, after having interacted with Fang Xingjian, he discovered that if they did not talk about stuff related to killing and eradicating villains, Fang Xingjian was generally someone who was relatively easier to communicate with. He also started to get more familiar with him.

He threw Fang Xingjian a glance, asking, "You want this thing?"

Fang Xingjian nodded, "What's the price like?"

"It's not the problem about money." Edgar shook his head and said, "The Garcia people have attacked and the Western Garrison has raised the security across hundreds of kilometers away. Things like the Seism Steel have also been taken in by the army.

"The mine producing Seism Steel has also been guarded, and normal people are not able to access it at all.

"If you want it now, you need to think of a way to get them through the military. Otherwise, you'll have to pass through the battlefield to head to the mine to look for them."

Fang Xingjian frowned. This Seism Steel was simply too suitable for him to use as a smelting material for his Effulgence Weapon, and once there were sufficient amount of it, he had the confidence to allow his Effulgence Weapon to take form within a day.

"There's not even a bit of it left in Kirst now." Edgar shook his head. "The only reason I was able to get my hands on it was because it just so happened that someone was left with a little bit of its essence. If you're looking for it, other than the mine and the military, there's no other way out."

Fang Xingjian nodded, picked up that piece of Seism Steel and headed for the door.

Edgar was stunned. He said, "You're leaving?"

Fang Xingjian did not reply. He had accomplished a big portion of his goal in Kirst. His mental cultivation method could really be improved consciously, and he was even able to affirm the direction of his mental cultivation method, his own heart, his own path.

He had already completed his collection of sword arts, and as long as he trained these sword arts he had gained to the maximum level, it would be sufficient to level up his Unparalleled Sword Intent.

As for his Effulgence Weapon, he had already gotten the right direction. He needed to gather Seism Steel to speed up the formation of his Effulgence Weapon.

Seeing Fang Xingjian's leaving silhouette, Edgar was stunned and he could not help but ask, "Young man, you have outstanding talent and a bright future before you. Why do you need to make things difficult for those scums at the bottom of the society?

"There are so many darkness in the world. Are you able to eradicate all of them?"

Fang Xingjian did not turn back, but just spoke as he walked, "At least I have the heart and will to do so."

Edgar was stunned speechless for a long while. Only after Fang Xingjian's silhouette had completely disappeared did he then mumble to himself, "What a strong will to kill."

With Fang Xingjian's speed, he managed to return to the academy at a very great speed. But once he came back, he saw a figure standing outside his villa.

Fang Xingjian stopped, and said to the person, "Master."

Huang Lin turned over, wearing a poker face as he asked, "You've killed a lot of people while you were in Kirst City?"

Fang Xingjian did not hide but look at Huang Lin and said, "Yes."

"Why did you kill them?" Huang Lin asked.

Fang Xingjian reply, "Kill those who deserves to be killed in order to appease my heart."

Huang Lin sighed, "Who are those who deserves to be killed? This is a world where the weak will stand as easy prey to the strong, where the strong stays and the weak are eliminated. Who hasn't done a few wrongs in their life? It's fine if you've killed these people since they are just ordinary people. But have you ever asked yourself, if the other party was a Knight, Conferred Knight, or Divine level expert, would you still kill them?"

Fang Xingjian did not hesitate as he replied, "I will slash them one by one."

Huang Lin's brows furrowed even more. "The way you're doing this, your future path will only get increasingly narrow. No one would like to have a companion like you. No matter a commoner, an aristocrat, or the Empire's echelon, if they were all to become your enemy, what would you do?

"If I had done something wrong, and it was an act of great evil which I would not be able to make up for even with my life, will you also kill me?"

Fang Xingjian frowned and remained silent for a moment. He had thought of lying, thought of making up various excuses, but he was constantly thinking. The thoughts in his consciousness got increasingly clearer, and increasingly firmer.

Facing Huang Lin's gaze which was like a sharp sword, he said calmly, "It must be so."

His words had yet to finish when an overwhelming strength surged towards him. With a loud thud, Fang Xingjian was sent flying and thrown into the villa as he spewed out a large mouthful of blood.

'This is teacher's... this is a Conferred Knight's true abilities?'

Fang Xingjian crawled to his feet gradually. 'To think that even I was completely unable to react when he display his full speed.'

At the next moment, countless sword lights descended from the sky, as if heavy rain pouring down, seeming as if they were going to completely encompass Fang Xingjian.

Fang Xingjian's countenance turned grim. He drew out his longsword, and turned it into sword Qi tornadoes, gushing towards the sword lights.

With a series of crisp clinking sounds, it was as if with every sword Fang Xingjian received, a new wound would appear on his body. In the blink of an eye, a large number of wounds were left all over his body.

Huang Lin's full powered attack, a Conferred Knight's true prowess, was fully displayed before Fang Xingjian without reservation.

Streams of sword techniques gushed down like a great river. They were so fast that Fang Xingjian could only see blurred shadows. The strength so tremendous that each time he received a blow, his bones and muscles would let out creaking sounds.

With a bang, the longsword shattered. Fang Xingjian let out a grunt, and retreated seven steps before he managed to stand firm on his feet.

He lifted his head and saw that the whole villa was now encompassed by up to ten thousand sword forces.

It was Huang Lin's Killing technique – Void Laceration Long Sword. It froze sword forces in the air, forming a unique view as if there was a laser cage.

Huang Lin's voice came from afar, "You rebellious disciple. You don't need to participate in the actual combat training this time around. I've stored sufficient food in the villa. You can just stay here and reflect on yourself."

Fang Xingjian closed his eyes and sat cross-legged on the floor, his mind still replaying Huang Lin's sword technique earlier which was like a great gushing river. However, the speed was too fast and he was not able to see it clearly, let alone find a flaw or even learn it.

'The me now is still not a match for a Conferred Knight?'

On the other side, the Headmaster looked at the exhausted Huang Lin as he sighed and asked, "Why do you have to do this?"

Huang Lin smiled and said, "I can't let him be like me. The actual combat training this time round is too dangerous. It's better for this old man to shoulder it all."

The Headmaster shook his head. "Why is it that all of you who train in the sword have such bad tempers."

"If one's heart is not upright, the sword would not be straight." Huang Lin smiled and said, "Had he not the relentless spirit to press on despite going through deaths a hundred times over, had he only cared for his well-being, he would be trash no matter how high the level of his sword arts cultivation, even if he were to be put through a hundred deaths. And there was no way that he would be worthy to become that person's subordinate.

"While this chap's mental cultivation method is slightly extreme, at least he has something which belongs only to himself.

"With the determination to press on forward, he would have greater chances to break through Heaven's Perception and step into the second transition."

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Chapter 134 Getting Out of the Cage

Over the next few days, most of the Knights in the academy left together with the troops. In the blink of an eye, the whole academy had turned cold and deserted.

Fang Xingjian sat cross-legged on the floor, cultivating his sword arts while simultaneously looking at the mental cultivation method on his Stats Window.

'Universal Sword Dominance*'

Even since the other day, he had faced up to Huang Lin's reprimands but did not back off. His mental cultivation method had become clearer again, and he just needed an additional turning point to reach its completion.

These few days, he had been kept locked up by Huang Lin, therefore he decided to fully focus on his sword arts cultivation for now in order to complete the Unparalleled Sword Intent. After a few days, he had reached the maximum level for yet another three sword techniques. He now had a total of seventy-eight sets of sword techniques which were at the maximum level.

Other than that, he naturally had not stopped tempering his attributes and cultivating his Waves.

He checked the basement of the villa and discovered that there were truly plenty of rations and preserved ferocious beasts stocked up, sufficient to last him for very long.

As for the sword forces left behind by Huang Lin, he had also tested them out. However, it was not easy to destroy them.

After so many days had passed by, Fang Xingjian lifted his head and let out a sigh.

The last day of the year had passed by and Fang Xingjian still had four years out of the promised five. He was now seventeen years old.

Looking up into the sky, Fang Xingjian's expression was very calm, but it was still as if flames were burning in his eyes.

"Demonic City..."

At that moment, loud noises came from afar. Fang Xingjian frowned as he looked into the far distance, only to discover than the noises were growing increasingly loud. It seemed that many people had came out.

While almost all the Knights in the academy had left, there were still many people left behind, including the servants, chefs, and maids. As the din grew increasingly louder, Fang Xingjian saw a tan young man in his twenties heading in his direction.

That young man's skin was very dark and dry, the result of exposure to the blazing sun for an extended period of time. His hands and feet were filled with calluses, indicating that he must have done a lot of physical labor.

Walking up to Fang Xingjian, he dropped to his knees right before where Huang Lin had left his sword force. He kowtowed repeatedly, banging his head against the ground and creating loud colliding sounds. In a short moment, his forehead was covered in blood.

Fang Xingjian looked at him coldly, with no feelings of sympathy and benevolence. Fang Xingjian watched as the young man kowtowed for over ten times, his forehead dripping in blood as he said, "Lord Fang Xingjian, I'm Walilan from Harvest Fishing Village."

Fang Xingjian looked at the young man's eyes and expression, which was filled with pain and fury, and slowly recalled everything.

Harvest Fishing Village was the fishing village which had taken him in when he had first arrived in the Miracle World. With the exemplary memory he had attained with his mental cultivation method, the image of a shy young man from his mind gradually matched with this young man before him.

He slowly asked, "What happened?"

"The Old Master is dead! Everyone in the village is dead!" Walilan sprawled down onto the ground and broke out in tears. The guards and servants who were chasing after him all came to a stop, exchanging glances as they looked at this scene.

"You guys can take your leave." Fang Xingjian dismissed most of the servants before asking, "Who did it?"

"It's the Great Warriors from Garcia." That person cried. "Other than me, everyone else in the village are all dead. After those people came ashore, they killed everyone they saw, even the women and children!"

Garcia's Great Warriors were comparable to the local Knights. It was the how the people from Garcia addressed the Warriors who had completed the first transition and gained extraordinary strength.

Hearing the young man's cries, Fang Xingjian said, "Do you know who in Garcia had done it?" His gaze was like a sharp sword, cutting through the air and reflecting into the young man's eyes. "Don't lie to me. Otherwise, I'll definitely kill you with one slash."

That young man shivered intuitively as a gush of cold air gushed forth. However, he had not lied, thus he could reply without any hesitation, "It's a Black Devil by the name of Mumukeya. When I was in hiding, I heard the other Black Devils calling their leaders as such."

One of the servant, who had yet to leave, frowned and said, "Mumukeya means the most courageous hunter in Garcia's language. This time round, the ones leading the Garcia troops are three Destined Warriors (corresponds to Conferred Knights). One of them is called Mumukeya."

Mumukeya, Garcia's second transition Destined Warrior.

Of course, Garcia did not have a complete legacy like the Empire did. Most of them depended on superiority and chance to successfully complete the second transition.

They did not have the second transition legacy the Empire had, which was the most important one of them all, the ten-day stages. Breaking through one stage allowed one to break through to the next level. It slowly changed one's life traits, allowed for more in depth interaction with ether particles, and even increase one's damaging prowess to be akin to natural disasters.

Thus, all the Destined Warriors were all at level 20 and had no way to advance any further. But even so, ordinary first transition Knights were unable to defeat them.

Fang Xingjian looked towards the young man and asked, "You want me to take revenge for you?"

The servant at the side said in astonishment, "Sir, you can't! This time, Garcia had brought along three hundred Great Warriors, and Mumukeya is one of Garcia's Destined Warriors. He is comparable to the level of our Conferred Knights, and his abilities are not to be undermined..."

Hearing the servant's words, the young man also began to hesitate. Before this, he was only overwhelmed by fury, thinking of revenge. How would he understand the current battle situation and Mumukeya's abilities?

Seeing his hesitant look, Fang Xingjian smiled. However, his eyes were flashing with killing intent; fury accumulated within him, as if he were a volcano about to erupt.

With the move of a single hand, a longsword had already landed in his hands. He then reached out his other hand to draw the Silver Dragon out from his waist.

He thought to himself, 'This is good too. I wanted to wait until my sword intent or Waves reached a new level before participating in the battle to increase my level, aiming to reach first transition level 19 before the Regional Selection.'

But Fang Xingjian only felt that his mental cultivation method was beginning to stir, as an extremely violent surge of energy was hovering around in his consciousness.

He understood that if he could face up to the endless pressure and slash that Mumukeya, he would definitely be able to slay the unwarranted emotions in his heart and understanding his true nature, allowing his mental cultivation method to achieve great success.

If he could not even withstand this little pressure, then there would be no need to talk about cleaning up the world. If he hoped for his mental cultivation method to progress further, it would also be extremely difficult.

This was the path he had chosen, a path which was extremely narrow and tough. However, Fang Xingjian did not regret it in the least.

"You wait in the academy. I'll definitely bring back Mumukeya's head and take revenge for your whole village."

At the next moment, a crazy gale created hundreds of after images, blowing away the servants and the young man. The Silver Dragon in Fang Xingjian's hand were like streams of silver colored thunderbolts, slashing towards the sword force left behind by Huang Lin.

If it was Fang Xingjian's own sword Qis and longsword, then it would be very hard for him to slash through these sword force and make his escape.

But now, he held a sword in one hand, displaying the Supreme Mistwind Sword with increasing speed. In his other hand was the Silver Dragon. He relied on the sharpness of this level 7 Empire's Divine Weapon to consecutively slash the sword force.

That sword force had been casually performed by Huang Lin, and it was already quite a feat that it could sustain for such a long period of time. It could even withstand the blows from steel longswords. But how could it not be harmed in the slightest after continuously receiving attacks from a level 7 Empire's Divine Weapon like the Silver Dragon, on top of the supersonic sword attacks?

After about a minute under the siege of countless supersonic slashes, endless crackling sounds rang out. When all the smoke dispersed, a black shadow abruptly shot out, shortly followed by a series of whizzing sounds. Up to a hundred steel swords rose up within the villa, shooting out together with the black shadow like a platoon of flying swords, piercing through the air and creating light swooshing wounds.

Accompanied with Fang Xingjian's disappearance, an extremely loud whizzing sound rang out.

"Slash, slash, slash. Slash to create a noble spirit that will never perish."

"Slash, slash, slash, slash, slash. Slash the world upside down."

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Chapter 135 Chase

At this moment, the western coast of the Empire's Great Western Region, had already become a battlefield because of the havoc caused by Garcia's three hundred Great Warriors.

Most of these three hundred Garcia's Great Warriors were split up into countless small teams comprised of three to five people. They spread out across the land and caused great damages, burning villages down, killing people, and looting as well.

These Garcia's Great Warriors' abilities were not comparable to the Empire's Knights because they had not managed to pass down their martial arts knowledge in Garcia.

But now, there was a situation which had never occurred before, one where they send out such a large number of people to carry out a large-scale battle. To think that they were able to suppress the Western Garrison which comprised of over a hundred people.

Thus, they had to request for the Royal Academy's support.

If fact, it was not just Kirst's Royal Academy. There were also two other prefectures who had sent out their own Knights.

After all, all of the Royal Academies were schools training the next generation of soldiers. Now that the students were activated, the Empire's terrifying battle potential was immediately displayed.

But given how Garcia had split up into tens of teams of Knights to wreck havoc everywhere, the Empire was not able to stop this within a short frame of time.

Despite so, most of the cities were safe with the support of so many Knights and Conferred Knights. Those who were in danger were the villages which had insufficient defensive abilities.

After all, there had been said to be ten thousand official Knights and five thousand Conferred Knights in the whole Empire. The battle faced by the Western Garrison was considered merely a trifle issue to the Empire, but it was a complete disaster to many commoners at the lower hierarchy.

Fang Xingjian left the academy and first started running towards the direction of the fishing village. However, what he saw were only ruins.

He then rushed towards the villages in the vicinity and subsequently witnessed over ten of them burnt down into ruins. He finally came across some survivors after a while and, after affirming that these were indeed acts committed by Mumukeya and his men, began to charged towards the west at great speed.

His speed was fast to start with. Even if he were not able to rush at full speed for an extended period of time, his running speed would be at least comparable to the cars on the expressway.

His whole body was supported with streams of sword Qis, and with a gentle leap, he flew out tens of meters away. Each time his sword Qis were depleted over ten streams of sword Qis would be created again with a casual wave of his hand.

At the same time, up to a hundred steel swords were following behind him, letting out soft whooshing sounds.

He was like a sharp arrow, dashing quickly through the forest and astonishing countless birds.

On the way, he would eat dry rations whenever he felt hungry, drink water from the streams whenever he felt thirsty, and take a ten minutes break after running for two hours. This ensured that his physical strength was constantly maintained at the optimum, and while he proceeded with great speed, he did not come across any battles on the way.

When the next morning came, he had already tramped over mountains and through ravines, arriving at a piece of low lying land.

Howl! Howl! Howl!

Call of wolves rang out. As Fang Xingjian dashed through the forest, a few wolves suddenly appeared behind him. They were huge, each of them at a length of at least four to five meters long.

A year ago, when Fang Xingjian had come across such ferocious beasts, he could only run. But now, when he came across these huge wolves, he could only break into a faint smile.

While he was in midair, he suddenly twisted his upper body. As he turned his head back towards them, his longsword swept out. An extremely sharp white colored sword Qi shot out a distance of up to a hundred meters like a laser beam.

At the next moment the huge wolves were slashed into pieces. Tens of huge trees also fell with a loud bang.

Just these few huge wolves alone provided Fang Xingjian with 0.5% experience. Currently, at level 10, his experience was at 11.3%. Most of them had been gained from the killings he had done today.

This was also his first time slaughtering beasts to raise his level. As for those from the Venomous Serpent Gang previously, the experience gained from those useless bums were not even comparable to him training a set of sword technique.

'As expected, it's really not very fast to level by hunting down ferocious beasts. It takes too much time to find them.

'I wonder how much experience I can gain from killing Knights.'

Fang Xingjian gently landed before the wolves' corpses and looked towards this pile of meat. He had decided to have them for dinner.

Just then, his ears twitched slightly and he heard sounds of crying. Turning his head, he could see black smoke occasionally surging into the air from the far mountain range behind him.

Fang Xingjian squinted his eyes slightly and strong gales gathered. In the next moment, he had already disappeared together with half a wolf's corpse.

In a village with about a hundred villagers, there were a still a few houses which were in flames. Most of the other houses had already been turned into ashes.

Over ten elderly and small children knelt down at the village's entrance, bawling loudly.

Strong gales swept by and Fang Xingjian appeared before them. At the same time, light shuffling sounds rang out and up to a hundred steel swords had already pierced into the ground.

A young boy about ten plus years old shouted out loudly, "You... you are a Knight?"

Fang Xingjian ignored him and took a close look around the place. When he saw a few corpses with their organs showing, he could not help but frowned.

He asked, "Were these done by the people from Garcia?"

"They are not human! They are beasts!" The crowd suddenly raged. Over ten elderly and young kids knelt down before Fang Xingjian as they cried out.

Early that morning, four of Garcia's Great Warriors had dashed into the village, killing everyone they saw regardless if they were men or women. They slaughtered indiscriminately, raped the women, and burned down the place.

Fang Xingjian walked up to one of the corpse and discovered that it was a pregnant lady whose child was forcefully dug out from her body while she was still alive.

The people from Garcia were more ignorant that the people in the Empire. Their condition was as if they remained in a state, as if they were from a tribe. Their Great Warriors who invaded external land were even more brutal.

He asked, "How long had they left?"

"Slightly more than an hour." that young boy said. "Lord, please help us take revenge." The young boy's skin was very tanned, and despite his young age, his hands were already filled with calluses. His eyes were bloodshot, filled with terror, shock, and vengeance.

Fang Xingjian nodded and asked, "Which of you know the way?"

"Me!" the young boy spoke out. "I'd always went around with my dad to hunt in the area. I know the place very well."

Fang Xingjian put down the half of the wolf's corpse he was carrying and said casually, "Help me roast these meat. I'll be back shortly."

At the next moment, without bringing along those steel swords, he grabbed onto that young boy and turned into a breeze, disappearing without a trace. The elderly and children were left staring at each other, not knowing what to do.

That young boy who had been grabbed by Fang Xingjian was letting out a series of terrified cry. When Fang Xingjian stopped, the boy realized that he was already on the top of one of the mountains outside the village.

"Where did they head off to?"

That young boy took a look around and then pointed to the northwest direction and said loudly, "There! They headed to the direction of the Mountain Goat Ravine!"

The next moment, the images in the surroundings transformed, flashing by very quickly as if one was looking at the scenery while on a running horse. But this time around, the boy put up with the discomfort and did not cry out.

However, his physical attributes were too weak and Fang Xingjian needed to stop to let him take a break after a short distance. In the meantime, he took the chance to check out his directions.

After the constant moving and stopping for slightly over half an hour, Fang Xingjian put the boy down.

The boy was not even able to stand steadily on his own. Dizziness hit him and he dropped to the floor while he mumbled, "'It's... it's okay... I can still hang on..."

Fang Xingjian said calmly, "We've already caught up to them."

He threw a glance at the young boy and said, "You wait here."

The next second, Fang Xingjian's body brought up a series of after images as he dashed out.

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Chapter 136 Kill, Kill, Kill

Four Garcia's Great Warriors were walking in the forests, each of them carrying a bag the size of a human on their back. Despite so, they could run and leap rapidly on the tree branches. They were as agile and at ease as the mountain apes, displaying great prowess, outstanding balance, and lasting stamina.

In their bags were things they had looted during the battles.

As they proceeded, they were blabbering in Garcia language.

"Quick, quick, quick!"

"It's all you guys' fault that we're going to be late."

"Hahaha, when you were having fun with that woman, you didn't mention anything about being late!"

The four of them teased as they moved, occasionally letting out loud sounds of laughter. It was hard to see them as soldiers.

This was also the unique traits of Garcia's Garcia. Their civilization was only at the tribal level, and a minority of them held extraordinary powers. Thus, it was inconceivable for them to have strict military discipline.

Just as they were rushing on their way, the black man in the far front suddenly stopped in his tracks. His whole body fell down from the tree and, at the same time, his head flew upwards. Blood spurted out like a fountain.

Only then did Fang Xingjian gradually land and appear before them, encompassed by a hundred sword Qis.

"Damn it!"

"Beimuluo!"

"Watch out!"

Faced with the sudden attack, the three of them immediately split up, looking furiously at Fang Xingjian who had slashed off their comrade's head.

One of them spoke out in a shoddy and awkward Common language, "Sinkoda's[1] Knight?"

"Hehe, weaklings like you guys dare to chase us?"

"I'll eat you up to avenge our comrade!"

Fang Xingjian did not look towards them but merely looked at the sword in his hand with a hint of coolness reflecting in his eyes.

"Really weak."

Even the senior instructors in the academy could not even be his match, let alone the barbarians from Garcia.

Back when he was in the academy, Fang Xingjian had looked through the information on them.

These barbarians were not trained in martial arts. They had gone through the most primitive muscle training to squeeze out each of their body's potential and temper the five attributes.

They had also comprehended extraordinary strength through various evil acts, including cross-mating with various ferocious beasts, devouring and being devoured by beasts, and eating their own kin who had died, including dead deformed infants.

Now, having tried attacking them, he could tell that they were truly weak, about the same level as those Knights who were at the first two years of their transition. None of them had attributes above 70 points.

Fang Xingjian did not reply the other party at all. The sword Qis encompassing him had once again disappeared.

Roar!

The three Garcia's Great Warriors let out a roar as their bodies showed signs of beast transmogrification. Fur, beast ears, sharp claws had appeared and their bodies abruptly swelled up as well.

Beast transmogrification was an ability Garcia's people had gained after going through cycles of cross-mating, as well as devouring and being devoured by wild beasts. This ability was extremely strong and could instantaneously increase one's attributes.

After all, this was something which modified one's body and depleted one's vital energy and blood. It meant that the individual had to harm himself first before inflicting harm on others, and if used too frequently, it would cause one's lifespan to be reduced. In many cases, many of Garcia's Great Warriors had recklessly abused their beast transmogrification ability, resulting in their sudden deaths at the age of forty.

However, this tribe was extremely bloodthirsty and keen on battles, therefore most of them would not live past thirty years old and would not care about the things in the future.

However, this time around, sword light rained down on them before they completed their beast transmogrification, causing one of them to burst out, splattering blood everywhere.

When they went throught the beast transmogrification process, their visceral blood vessels were moving abruptly. One must understand how fatal it was to receive such an attack during this timing.

It was as if he had been pierced through by up to a hundred swords all over his body. Blood spurted out crazily, from which he immediately died , his body falling onto the ground.

The other two could only manage to throw out a punch before their limbs were slashed through the air by the three feet sword light. They laid down in their own pools of blood.

Although these four Great Warriors were considered very weak to Fang Xingjian, they were already regarded as elites in Garcia. They were level 19 Great Warriors who had hunted down countless wild beasts and slaughtered thousands.

Fang Xingjian looked towards his Stats Window. Having killed these two level 19 Great Warriors, Fang Xingjian directly leveled up, reaching level 11 with 8.4% experience and another 11 points increase in his agility attribute.

As expected, killing Knights with a higher level compared to his own would allow him to gain a lot of experience.

This increment to his level allowed Fang Xingjian's agility to break through to 106, and his prowess once again improved in leaps and bounds.

'As expected, killing people and monsters is the best way to level up.

'If I can gain a few more levels, I might not lose even against a Conferred Knight.'

The corner of Fang Xingjian's lips curled up slightly as he looked towards the black man on the ground whose four limbs had been slashed off. He asked, "Tell me, where is Mumukeya?"

Seeing that Fang Xingjian had, in just a moment, disappeared without a trace, the young boy felt extremely perturbed and unsettled.

Although Fang Xingjian appeared to be very powerful, the boy had seen it for himself the scene where the four Garcia's monsters had dashed into the village, wreaking havoc everywhere as if they were invincible.

Sabers, swords, as well as bows and arrows were unable to penetrate their skin. Water and fire were unable to harm their bodies, and with just a simple punch, they could bring down a small house...

The more the young boy thought about it, the more he felt that it was too rash for Fang Xingjian to chase up to the four enemies by himself.

"This is bad. This is too rash. How could I let him charge in alone?

"We should have waited for his comrades to come before attacking together. To be going up against four men single-handedly..."

Just as the young boy became increasingly worried, scared, and anxious, Fang Xingjian had already walked up with the four black men's heads hung at his waist. After killing the other two black men, his Stats Window now reflected level 12 at 5.2%.

As for the four black men's corpses, they were not comparable to Knights but they could still be used to make the lowest level Inferior Remains Divine Weapons. Thus, Fang Xingjian had naturally buried all of them and made markings.

His attributes once again gained the Windshadow Sword Divinity's job progression and were now:

Name

Fang Xingjian

Age

17

Occupation

Windshadow Sword Divinity

Level

12

Strength

565

Agility

1125

Reaction

55

Endurance

49

Flexibility

51

The attributes above come into effect once the Sonido Sword Zephyr Waves is activated

Due to Perfect Muscles, 5 in strength and agility (10% of the endurance attribute)

Nurturing Sword Techniques

94 sets

Training Sword Techniques

12 sets

Supreme Mistwind Sword

Level 30

Radiant Light Sword Technique

Level 6

Specialities:

Genius Swordsmanship,

Elementary Survival Instinct,

Internal Healing，

Internal Training，

Sword Specialist,

High Agility Motion Vision,

Heightened Reflexes,

Perfect Muscles

Elementary Berserkness

Unparalleled Sword Intent (79/100)

Potential

11,000 point increase/day

Waves

Level 5 Sonido Sword Zephyr Waves

Mental Cultivation Method

Level 3 Universal Sword Dominance*

He now had a total of 112 points for his agility attributes and his Single Sword World Subjugation had also been improved to increase his movement and attack speed by 224%. Fang Xingjian's abilities now far surpassed that of the senior Knights and was moving in an increasingly unfathomable direction.

Looking at the Fang Xingjian who had suddenly appeared along with the four heads hung at his waist, a loud boom rang out in that young boy's head. In the next moment, he was already kneeling on the floor, unceasingly kowtowing to Fang Xingjian, warm tears trickling down his cheeks.

"Ask you something, how to get to Kremlin Coast?"

The young boy was stunned for a moment, then took in a deep breath before beginning to guide Fang Xingjian.

After hearing it, Fang Xingjian nodded. He grabbed onto the boy's body and with a leap, he was like a big bird, soaring up a height of up to a hundred meters before once again landing on the ground and then followed by another leap.

This time around, he no longer needed the boy to lead the way. Although Fang Xingjian slowed down in order not to kill the boy, they still arrived at the village just over ten minutes later.

At that moment, the rest of the people in the village were still clearing up the corpses. They looked towards Fang Xingjian in a daze.

Fang Xingjian casually threw the found heads on the ground and the ten over elderly and children immediately dropped to their knees.

"Thank you, my lord! Thank you, my lord!"

"Father! Mother! We've taken revenge for you!"

Fang Xingjian could not bother to see the crying scene and headed straight to the wolf's corpse only to find out that they had not roasted the meat.

An elderly trembled as he stood up, saying, "My lord, please hold on for a moment. We'll immediately clean the pot and start the fire to cook the meat for you."

"Forget it." Fang Xingjian shook his head. He had gotten the news from the two Garcia's Great Warriors earlier that all of the people from Garcia had started to retreat, and Mumukeya was even reaching the coast soon. He had no time to waste.

But if Knights like him went without meat or ferocious beasts for an extended period of time, it would not be good for their bodies. After all, they needed the energy to sustain their physical strength.

Fang Xingjian then casually slashed off a piece of meat the size of a human head and bit down on it. His teeth were as if he had many sharp blades, and he managed to swallow them all after a few bites.

An elderly then implored, "My lord, the flames of war are raging everywhere and those Garcia's Black Devils can be seen all around. Could you bring us out to safety? We beg of you!"

As he said that, the rest of the people also dropped to their knees, begging for Fang Xingjian to protect them and bring them to a safe shelter.

However, Fang Xingjian threw them a cold glance, not wanting to bother.

He wanted to clean the world, then slash all external devils, yet he had completely no interest in taking care of the weak and protecting the kind.

He only wanted to slash the evil, not promote kindness.

It was just like how he had slaughtered Kirst's gang without caring for what had happened to the rest of the people who were good. However, if there were more people who commit acts of evil, he would just kill more.

He threw a glance towards the people and casually said, "Not interested. You guys can just look for a place and hide. They won't be searching too thoroughly."

After having said that, he swung his longsword and dashed out together with his hundred swords, leaving sounds throughout the village.

Everyone looked at the departing Fang Xingjian and could only think that this person had a strong heroic spirit and was extremely valiant. It were as if he was a hero like those spoken of in the legends.

But thinking of how they had now lost his protection and would need to face up to the dangers that were to come by themselves, they could not lift up their spirits.

[1] Author had a typo in earlier chapters, resulting in us translating as Sinkodati. Will be amending to reflect as Sinkoda from now on.

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Chapter 137 Asking For Directions

With a bang, a bug was crushed to death by the foot of a person who had descended from the sky.

Kaunitz, dressed in a suit of red and had faint red colored prints on his head, looked at the stretch of fallen trees and frowned.

In the scorching forest, he seemed to once again recall the days he had spent cultivating in the volcano. His expression was slightly twisted, as if evil light was beaming out from his eyes.

Kaunitz had been brought up and nurtured by the Tresia Clan as a genius since young.

And because of this, he had received endless sword arts training, but had not had the time to deliberate over the knowledge pertaining political, trade, management and interpersonal relationships.

He had initially thought that there was no need for him to learn all these. As long as he had a sword in his hand, he had the confidence to slash apart everything before him.

Since young, he had always been first in terms of his sword arts. Regardless if it was at home, in his clan, in the academy, or in Kirst Prefecture, there had been no one who had been able to surpass his talent in sword arts, and neither had he thought that there would be anyone in the world capable of doing so.

The best sword in the world. Whenever this thought appeared in his mind, his blood would boil, and scorch all over his body.

But that was until he met Fang Xingjian.

Recalling Fang Xingjian, his large heart which was encompassed by dragon blood once again leaped a few times, furiously.

It was Fang Xingjian who had first let him taste failure. When he discovered that the other party had transitioned into a Windstorm Sword Hero, and that there was no way for him to catch up to him no matter what he did, neverending feelings of terror had fallen upon him.

'Unable to surpass Fang Xingjian, and far from being able to compare against his talent... Then what is the purpose of my existence? What was the use of my cultivation all these years? Do I exist just to be stepped under his feet, so that I look up to him all my life?

'Why? Why must there be such geniuses in this world? Why are there such monsters in this world?'

Jealousy, vengeance and fury turned into endless flames, and together with his Divine Flames of the Earth's Core, burned his body in the volcano.

Endless evil energy twisted his thoughts, torturing him, and also bound to torture everyone he came across.

The Killing technique Ancient Path of Hell emphasized the fact that if the practitioner did not first enter hell himself, then it would be impossible to make the opponent fall into hell.

And now, subjected to both his internal flames of fury and the external Divine Flames, Kaunitz had turned into a demon from hell whose only target was Fang Xingjian.

Besides him, Rebecca squatted down to take a look at the slit on the branches and the wolves' corpses on the ground. Her eyes narrowed and she said, "This little b*stard really does run fast."

On the other hand, Cynthia frowned and said, "I'm more worried about his levelling up after killing the ferocious beasts and those Black Devils. It would only be more trouble for us. We need to find him quickly."

Kaunitz laughed coldly and said, "It's useless even if he were to level up. Each level of the Windstorm Sword Hero would only give him 8 points in agility. No matter how many levels he gains, his agility will only be between 150 and 160 points. Although it is quite amazing, the methods we've prepared to deal with him are sufficient."

What he did not know was that Fang Xingjian's job was not the Windstorm Sword Hero, but the Windshadow Sword Divinity, which gave him 11 points in agility with each level. Fang Xingjian also had the progressive specialty, 'Single Sword World Subjugation', which increased his movement and attack speed by 2% with each additional agility point.

Rebecca stood up, looked towards the mountain range in the distance and said, "He's headed that way."

A loud explosive bang rang out under their feet, and they dashed out towards the mountain range in the distance, along with streams of air currents.

Kaunitz and the others stepped into the village. The red-colored prints on Kaunitz's forehead gradually formed a ball of red flames. It was the sign that he had mastered the Inferno Indestructible Physique.

Throwing a vague glance towards the village's devastated state, Kaunitz turned to looked towards the ten or more elderly people and children walking towards them. When they saw how Kaunitz and the others were dressed, a white-haired elderly man in the lead spoke out, "All of you are esteemed Knights?" He agitatedly said, "You're here to kill the Black Devils too? Earlier, one of your comrades, also a Knight, killed four Black Devils and left."

As he spoke, the other villagers all brought out the food they had prepared, hoping to offer it to Kaunitz and the others. Regardless if they were young or old, each of the villagers revealed sincere smiles, obviously being very welcoming towards these Knights.

However, Kaunitz and the others only looked at them coldly. None of them took the food. Nor did any of them speak out.

Kaunitz glanced at the offered poultry, fish and meat, all covered in sand, dust and seemingly burnt, and a hint of abomination and disdain flashed in his eyes.

A feeling of unrest grew in the villagers' hearts. Kaunitz walked up slowly to a young girl, smiled as he squatted down, then he patted the child on her head and asked, "Hello. Was the Knight who earlier passed by here carrying a lot of swords with him? And when he walked, did all the swords follow and fly behind him?"

The little girl nodded seriously, "That's right. Lord Knight ran very quickly, and those swords flew after him very quickly too."

An evil smile broke out on Kaunitz's face before he continued to ask in a soft tone, "Then do you know where he was headed to?"

Just then, the young boy who had shown Fang Xingjian the way earlier slapped off Kaunitz's hand which was holding the girl's hand, and stood in front of her, "How do we know that you guys are his comrades? And if you are, then why would you need to ask where he was headed to? Don't you even know this?"

Hand at his chin, Kaunitz looked at the people before him, gave it some thought and then suddenly smiled again.

"Originally, I just wanted to come up with a lie.

"But after some thought, I realized that you guys are just commoners. You are not even worth to be lied to by me. "

Kaunitz stood up slowly and coldly asked, "Where did that b*stard head off to?"

Everyone present immediately tensed up. The white-bearded old man trembled as he made his way up, saying, "Lord, that Knight had left just like that. We really do not know where he went."

With a pfft sound, Kaunitz blew on his fingers and a hole was made through the elderly man's head as he fell to the ground. It seemed as easy as killing a lamb or cow to him.

Rebecca and the others stood behind him, completely indifferent to what had just happened.

This was the Miracle World. In this era, which was even darker than the Middle Ages, these villagers and commoners were no better than lambs or cows in the eyes of aristocrats such as Kaunitz.

"Each time I ask, I'll kill one person." Kaunitz let out a faint smile and said, "Where did that b*stard go?"

With another pfft sound, another person fell.

Some people screamed out, thinking of escaping, "Noooo!"

There were people who dropped to their knees, "I beg of you, my lord, please spare us. We really don't know anything."

Amidst the panic and chaos, the little boy clenched his fists, his pupils unceasingly contracting and expanding, as if he had entered a state of contradiction.

Kaunitz's gaze landed on him, and with a smile, he appeared behind the little boy. He pat the boy on his shoulders, whispering next to his ears, "You seem to know something."

The young boy trembled suddenly, saying, "I... I don't know anything."

But how could a boy of ten years or so hide from Kaunitz and from the First Prince within Kaunitz? He patted the boy on the shoulder and with a pffft, another old lady dropped to the floor.

The boy shivered and cold sweat covered him yet again. Terrified cries kept ringing in his ears accompanied by Kaunitz's voice,like a devil's croon, asking, "The one behind you, is she your younger sister?"

"Don't!

Kaunitz grabbed his youngster sister. The red silhouette was like a ghost, suddenly appearing ten meters away. Looking at the boy's nervous expression, he grinned, "I'm asking one last time." His palm caressed the little girl's head as he asked, "Where did he go?"

The boy was but a kid of ten years or so. How could he possibly bear experiencing such a catastrophe and facing such great pressure? He dropped to his knees right there, making great efforts to speak out, "He... he went to... Kremlin Coast."

Kaunitz smiled, "You're clever for not lying to me."

The next moment, the girl in his grasp turned into a ball of flames, and in less than a second, she turned into ashes.

"Ahhh!"

The young boy cried out, his eyes wide open and the blood vessels in his neck all popping up. He charged towards Kaunitz, but at the next moment, he was lit up by a spark, nothing but ashes left of him, in the blink of an eye.

The slaughter started and ended at that same moment. Kaunitz nodded. This time around, their secret operation had not respected the Empire's laws. So how could they not wipe out all witnesses?

Moreover, doing it here would allow them to conveniently push the blame onto the Black Devils.

Rebecca spoke up, "That little b*stard really did go to chase Mumukeya. Kaunitz. The person you prepared also followed the troops and is heading in the same direction, right?"

"Of course." A twisted expression appeared on Kaunitz's face. "This time around, there's no escape for him. He is just a Windstorm Sword Hero who has barely transitioned three months ago. But even if he suddenly surged to first transition level 19, he will still be dead meat."

"Hmmm?" The First Prince in his body let out a dissatisfied cold grunt.

Kaunitz immediately reacted, and channelled his thoughts to the First Prince, "Of course, he won't really die. After receiving our 'great hospitality', he will only fully bow down to you, becoming your most loyal dog, your most docile blade. I promise."

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Chapter 138 Injured

Countless rays of black lines spread across in the sky. Rushing back and forth, they released swooshing sounds as they cut across the air. It was as if they were bomber aircrafts soaring through the sky.

A few of Garcia's black-skinned and black-eyed Great Warriors stared angrily at the steel swords flying about in the sky.

One of them furiously said, "Damn it, where did this monster come from? He is only a first transition Knight but has a battle prowess close to that of a Conferred Knight."

Another person spoke up, "We can't let this continue any further. We've already lost seven of our men. If this goes on, we'll be wiped out before we meet up with our comrades."

"Hmph. He killed seven of our people but got injured himself. He's definitely not in a good state since he was hit by Manya's curse. Moreover, we've already destroyed a large number of his longswords in the sky and there's only about twenty or so of them left. If we fight to the bitter end, we'll definitely be able to kill him."

"What are you talking about? We should retreat first and deal with him after we meet up with the other teams."

"Retreat? Are you still one of Garcia's warriors? We've lost seven brothers and you're thinking of retreating? You idiot. How will we be able to escape if the opponent's speed is so fast?"

Facing a strong Warrior like Fang Xingjian who had unparalleled speed, unless one was able to defeat him, what awaited was only death. It was impossible to even think about escaping.

While the three of them were still in the midst of the endless argument on whether they should retreat or fight to the bitter end, the twenty odd steel swords moved together at once. At the next moment, they turned in their direction and shot toward the three men's hiding place.

"Watch out!"

"It's coming!"

"F*k it!"

One of Garcia's Great Warriors stood up immediately, releasing huge bursts of aura. Countless thick black hairs sprouted all over his body, making him become a monster like King Kong.

He opened his mouth wide, bellowing loudly. Huge bursts of air currents were swept up and shot out like shock waves, clashing head-on with the twenty odd flying swords.

Bang, bang, bang, bang! Loud explosive sounds rang out and in that instant, more than half the flying swords shattered.

To think that this King Kong's abrupt and violent exhale could shatter longswords made of steel. How ferocious was his power?

However, after just one attack, the King Kong seemed very weak. Looking at the remaining flying swords, he could not even make a move to dodge them. It was just then that a Black Devil dashed out. Raising his two hands high up, he gathered endless earth-colored aura on his arms and formed two earth elemental magnetic shields.

The remaining flying swords clashed violently against them but it was as if they had sunk into mud, sucked in by this magnetic energy. Not only were they unable to penetrate the shields, but it was to the extent that they were shaking repeatedly, and yet were unable to fly out.

However, even when all the flying swords had been fended off, the trio still did not seem to have relaxed in the slightest. It was because they knew that the most dangerous attack had yet to come.

The Flame God Unit and the Divine Vanguard Unit were the elite teams in Garcia's expeditionary unit this time around and after being pursued for a few consecutive days, none of them had died under those flying swords.

The flying swords were merely a form of defense and support for the opponent's attacks. Truly, the most powerful thing had always been that swift and elusive sword which came and went like a shadow.

As expected, just as all the flying swords' attacks had been blocked, a black shadow appeared suddenly behind the King Kong. Silver-colored sword light like a dash of silver colored lightning thrust towards the King Kong's back in an instant, sending down sword Qis like violent rain.

Pffft! Cut by countless sword Qis, the King Kong's back was cut open like a piece of cake. In that instant, up to a hundred wounds appeared on his back with blood spurting out in rivers.

However, just then, green-colored flames spread out all over the King Kong's body. Fang Xingjian's gaze twitched a little as he tried to quickly back off. However, it was too late. Fang Xingjian's attack was already dashing toward the King Kong's back. To reduce his speed and then accelerate in the opposite direction he needed a moment at the very least.

However, he was too close to the target and the explosion happened too quickly as well. At that moment, he was already accelerating in the opposite direction, but green flames had already splashed all over him. He let out a low grunt and immediately dashed into the woods, rolling incessantly and dashing about trying to extinguish the fire.

"Hahaha." That King Kong fell to the ground, breaking out in crazy laughter. As he did so, he continued to spew out blood from his mouth, "Sinkoda's devil, you're doomed. My brothers will avenge me."

The Great Warrior Garcia, who had been controlling the magnetic force, walked over and looked at the fallen King Kong. As he looked at how the King Kong was covered in charred and opened wounds, and at his body, continuously burning in the green flames, an expression filled with grief reflected in his eyes.

He thought of how they had crossed the ocean to come to the Empire; going through battle after battle, killing in order to make a path for themselves and for Garcia's future. When they had received the order to retreat, they had thought that they would be able to bring back immense fortune, but to think that eventually their comrades had fallen.

He gritted his teeth and said, "Sinkoda's devil, you've killed many of our comrades. I'll let you die slowly in hell and have a taste of agony which you've never experienced in all your life."

The third Great Warrior, who had been hiding, also stepped out with green flames reflecting in his eyes. He looked toward the King Kong and said, "Rest in peace, we'll avenge you." The next moment, he pierced his longspear into the King Kong's heart.

The King Kong showed an expression of relief and his body convulsed slightly before he finally died.

It turned out that their earlier argument had been nothing but an act. In order to kill Fang Xingjian, they had come up with a plan. However, one of them had to perish together with Fang Xingjian. The Great Warrior, who controlled the green flames injected more than half his energy into the King Kong beforehand, prepared to detonate it at anytime.

In the back of the forest, Fang Xingjian looked at the flames which were still burning on his chest and right arm. Furrowing his brows, he said, "Too careless."

On the other side, the Warriors who controlled green flames and magnetism had already chased up to him.

"Sinkoda's coward! Do you only know sneak attacks?! You've been wounded by my Venomous Flames. There's no escape for you now!"

"There's no water source within over a hundred li [1]. You're dead meat!"

"Come out! We'll show you our Garcia martial art techniques!"

Previously, Fang Xingjian had shadowed them day and night, relying on his great speed to assassinate them. Each time he killed a person, he would hide far away quickly and repeat the attempt when everyone had let their guard down. He had not given these two teams the opportunity to face him in a battle head-on.

It was only at this time, after performing their vicious plan of a suicide attack, that they were finally able to injure Fang Xingjian.

However, just after the two had finished talking, Fang Xingjian walked out slowly. Looking at their astonished expressions, he coldly said, "Martial art techniques? A bunch of people who live the lives of savages are fit to talk about martial art techniques?"

Looking at the two's furious expressions, Fang Xingjian activated Boundaries Negation. Taking a step forward, he had reached supersonic speed and with a second step, he gained a speed two times faster than the supersonic speed.

With a third step, he had already appeared behind the two Great Warriors. Fresh blood and flying swords filled the sky and the two of them were turned into a lump of minced meat. Blood rained down over Fang Xingjian and he then used this rain of blood to extinguish the green flames on him.

After the flames were extinguished, Fang Xingjian's muscles gradually wriggled under the circulation of his force. The next moment, various bruised and venomous blood spurted out from his wounds. Then his wounds gradually squirmed and compressed together as they sealed up.

His three major specialties, Internal Healing, Internal Training and Elementary Berserkness were activated at once, healing his injuries.

[1] Chinese unit of length. One li = 0.5 kilometer

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Chapter 139 Acquaintance

Looking at his wounds, Fang Xingjian shook his head and thought to himself, 'Initially I wanted to pay more attention to how I use my potential points and temporarily give up on the Boundaries Negation, slowly assassinating them one by one. But to think that this resulted in me suffering injuries... Strong warriors in the first transition are truly not to be underestimated.'

During this time, he had been chasing after Mumukeya, encountering quite a few battles on the way. Sometimes, he had also encountered other teams of Knights, but he would basically ignore them and go on his own way to kill those from Garcia.

Currently, his experience was lower since his level had increased. He was now at level 14, with his experience at 87.9%. This greatly surpassed the speed at which he had initially planned to level up at, through hunting ferocious beasts.

As expected, the fastest way to level up was to attack and kill Knights of the same level. It was a pity that there were generally few chances of doing so.

Fang Xingjian's agility had now reached 1345 points, propelling his usual speed far above that of other first transition Knights. His speed was extremely fast. However, compared to the 139 points he had in agility, Fang Xingjian's other attributes were merely at about 50 to 60 points. This greatly restricted the speed he could display. Unless he activated Boundaries Negation, there was no way he could fully display the full prowess of his 139 agility points.

The agility attribute represented one's ability to quickly contract and release the energy in one's muscles. If agility was at a very high level, but strength, reaction and flexibility were insufficient, without the latter attributes to overcome air resistance, transit the muscles' energy, resist the various forms of pressure that one would come into contact with when moving at high speed, and without the ability to quickly react to situations, in no way was it possible to fully display the prowess of the agility attribute.

Therefore, Fang Xingjian's usual speed had increased, but only upon activating the Boundaries Negation, and thus using the ether particles to form an acceleration field to transmit information and break through the limits of his other attributes could he perfectly display the prowess of his agility attribute and attain an unbelievable speed.

However, the Boundaries Negation depleted one's potential at 1000 points per second. This was why Fang Xingjian did not use it often.

Now, just by performing the Supreme Mistwind Sword he could transcend the supersonic speed. If he continued to perform the Supreme Mistwind Sword in order to accelerate, he could even reach 1.5 times the supersonic speed. After all, the Supreme Mistwind Sword allowed one to control the air currents in the atmosphere through sword arts. So with the increase in his speed, the atmospheric pressure increased, and the accelerated effect of the Supreme Mistwind Sword also got increasingly weaker.

But despite that, it was sufficient for Fang Xingjian to handle those Great Warriors from Garcia with 1.5 times supersonic speed. As the saying went, if one does not manage to hit the target on the first attack, one must gain distance and make his escape.

But he never would have thought that his opponents would be so intrepid. Back when they were killing those seven Warriors, they had already shown how dauntless they were, shooting out various flames, curses and shockwaves until their very last breaths. Now, these people even went so far as to inflict him with serious injuries, with the intention of perishing together with him.

Although he had immediately expended his potential points to activated the Boundaries Negation, releasing three times the supersonic speed and killing the opponent in that instant, he could not undo the damage and wounds that he had been dealt.

Especially those flames with poisonous elements, causing Fang Xingjian to feel weak once the poison invaded his blood flow.

Fang Xingjian immediately took out the antidote he had won from the Netherworld Valley and drank it.

"Poison, burns, and the previous curse..."

Earlier, when he had killed a Garcia Warrior, the moment that person died, something like radioactive contamination burst out from his body. This was something the Garcia people had called curses, and which was causing Fang Xingjian's physical strength to continue slipping. But at least, it was not deadly.

'While these Garcia's Great Warriors are inferior to the Empire's people in terms of the grasp and knowledge of the human body and martial arts, their valiance, as well as the various eerie extraordinary powers they possess are truly troublesome.

'Even I would fall into their trap if I'm not careful. I wonder how many ordinary Knights will be sacrificed this time around.'

With his high level of cultivation in his martial arts, and with his excellent sword techniques, Fang Xingjian continued to size up his injuries, checking out the condition of his blood vessels, organs, and nerves. He unceasingly channeled in extremely small levels of energy, slowly closing up his wounds, compressing his bones together in order to let them heal, as well as channeling his vital energy and blood and protecting his organs.

'Even if I have the Elementary Berserkness, I'll still need at least six hours for my wounds to recover so that they won't affect my ability to battle.'

Fang Xingjian furrowed his brows, looking at the cracked longsword in his hand, 'My swords are gone to. I have to think of a way to replenish their number.'

Thinking of this, Fang Xingjian healed himself for another half an hour before he stood up again. Just as before, he buried the three black men's bodies, hoping to recover them after the war had ended. They could be used as ingredients for Inferior Remains Divine Weapons.

And then, moving his feet, he leapt over a distance of more than twenty meters, dashing through the forest like a cheetah at full speed.

Although he had burns, and was also suffering from poison and a curse, his running speed was still about the same as that of ordinary Knights.

While Fang Xingjian was on rushing on his way, beyond Kremlin Coast, there was a steel cruiser over a hundred and fifty meters in length that was floating on the surface of the sea.

Countless Garcia's laborers were building a stronghold along the coast, occasionally looking towards the steel cruiser with feelings of fear reflected in their eyes.

In the cruiser's command center, there was a yellow-skinned man with a brush, who wore black-colored battle gear. He seemed to be very bored, looking at the electronic screen in front of him.

This electronic screen was very shabby, its various cables and transistors exposed in full view. It could only display some blurry black and white images. The images seemed to have been taken through other people's line of vision.

The yellow-skinned man looked at the battle scenes, and laughing coldly he said, "These Black Devils are really trash. To think that they've only managed to capture ten or so Knights after so many days of work. How am I supposed to answer when I get back?"

"There, there, Fang Wei. After all, they don't have much of a powerful legacy. These results are actually quite good. We've achieved our three goals to capture Knights, test out the surveillance system and weaken the Empire," said a young lady wearing a white tank top and blue denim shorts who was sitting beside him.

On the young lady's exposed back and legs there were many twisted patterns similar to tadpoles, their meaning unknown. They were exuding a faint glow.

Watching the screen, she said with indifference, "Ten or so Knights are enough for us to bring back in order to study the Empire's martial arts legacy.

"Although Earthlings are unable to pick up the Empire's martial arts, they are still very valuable.

"I've heard that during this time, the Science Academy has already made some progress. In another one or two years we should be able to set up anti-ether force fields over the entire Demonic City. When that time comes, neither Demonic City nor the Miracle World will pose any threat to us anymore."

As she said this, she lifted up her hand and looked at the glowing magic prints with an intoxicated expression, "It's truly as the Mage Kings have said, that the magic prints contain the powers of the Other World's Evil Gods. I feel that ever since I've come to the Miracle World, my powers have been increasing with the diabolic energy pouring into me. This is the true prowess of the magic prints.

"I'm now at level 20, but with my current powers, I have already achieved a level comparable to a freshly transitioned level 20 Conferred Knight, or maybe even slightly above them."

Fang Wei looked at the lady next to him, a hint of dread seeming to flash in his eyes. This young lady was the number one genius in the branch family. Ever since she had come to the Miracle World, her aura had become increasingly scary, as if some weird monster had been born inside her. She was growing stronger with each passing second.

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Chapter 140 Crisis And Chance Encounter

Unwilling to be continuously suppressed by the other party, Fang Wei tried to stray from the subject, "It's a pity that the academy has yet to completely figure out the laws in the two worlds. If not, we would be able to bring the armored troops and the intercontinental ballistic missiles [1] over and would have long flattened this world. It wouldn't be like how it is now. Everything we've brought here have just turned into a pile of useless junk, yet we still have to stay here to reconstruct and study them based on this world's physics laws."

The young lady shook her head and an unfathomable look filled her eyes. "Fang Wei, don't look down on the people in this world. You have to admit, their development of the human body far surpasses ours. If we hadn't received the Evil Gods' help, there's no way we'd be able to surpass them in this area.

"Moreover, the law of the two worlds is extremely profound. The more you analyze deeper into it, the greater their differences are. It's not that I look down on those maniacs from the Science Academy, but they can probably forget about sending things like nuclear bombs over here within a few hundred years.

"Furthermore, even with nuclear bombs, we may not necessarily be able to do anything to those Divine level experts. Once they charge all out and go on a mass killing spree on Earth, even those Mage Kings would have a headache dealing with them."

Just as the young lady was saying this, Fang Wei's gaze turned. On the run-down electronic screen with blurry black and white blurry images, there was a man holding a longsword, landing gradually on the ground.

"This person... looks very familiar...

"Fang Xingjian?"

Hearing Fang Wei's words, that young lady's eyes narrowed. Exuding a strong killing intent, it was as if she was a tiger that had just woken up.

"You're sure that this is Fang Xingjian?"

Fang Wei said a bit hesitantly, "He looks a bit like him, but his disposition seems a bit different and his looks seemed to have change a little as well. However, Onassis Clan's Caroline should already killed Fang Xingjian. Why would he be here?"

The young lady said coldly, "It seems like not only is he not dead, he had a great encounter and received the Empire's Knight legacy. He's really the b*stard child of someone from the Other World. If not, it'd be impossible for him to pick up martial art techniques.

"Due to this person backed off, my younger brother was chosen to become that Fang Xingchen's apostle.

"That Fang Xingchen has the aptitude to become a mage. I've nothing to say to this.

"Therefore, I had planned to wait until I reached the Divine level before I bring back my younger brother. However, since I've met this Fang Xingjian here, I shall claim the merit in bringing him back home and let the Old Granny deal with him herself."

Old Granny had been on guard against the branch family all these time. Not only did she suppress them, she had even chased them out of the main residence, leaving the Old Granny's own children in the main residence.

If it had not been because Fang Qian was truly outstanding, she would not have had the chance to come to the Other World, receiving the chance to cultivate and upgrade herself.

However, she knew that after the incident with Fang Xingjian, the Old Granny had been infuriated. If she was able to catch Fang Xingjian and bring him back, her words in Fang Clan would hold more weight, she would have a higher standing, and more training resources in Fang Clan.

Moreover, if Fang Xingjian had not escaped, why would her brother have been sent to become Fang Xingchen's apostle?

An apostle tended to have greater battle powers if their blood relation and age were closer to the mage. If Fang Xingjian had been around, her brother would not have been brought into this.

As she spoke, currents began to move agitatedly around her, and a faint sound of a tiger's roar could be heard.

Fang Wei shouted, "Fang Qian, we are not allowed to participate in this mission. If you take part and get discovered by the Empire, it may become a threat to our bigger plan."

At the same time, the image shown on the screen was of Fang Xingjian displaying his Boundaries Negation at the very end. The next moment, the image disappeared and another scene was shown. It meant that the two Garcia Warriors had died.

Confidence brimmed in Fang Qian's eyes, "He even got injured while killing Great Warriors, so he's at most at the pinnacle of the first transition. For me to catch him, it'll be as easy as slaughtering chickens and goats. How would we be discovered?

"Furthermore, this person does have some luck. Not only did he not die, he even picked up the Empire's legacy. If we were to catch him and bring him back to the Old Granny, it'll be a great merit."

Saying this, the energy throughout her body charged up into the skies and even made a small hole in the clouds.

"Fang Wei, you go control the surveillance system and see where is he heading off to."

Fang Wei shook his head helplessly, "This is only the trial product made by the Science Academy to accommodate to the Miracle World's law of physics. We can only check out current situations and cannot track back to what had happened earlier. We can't even use it for communication. Now, we can only try our luck to see if other Great Warriors have come into contact with him."

On the other side, Fang Xingjian was still unaware that there were some familiar acquaintances who had fixed their gazes on him.

He continued to advance and about an hour later, he came across some footsteps. He squatted down to take a look and discovered that they were footprints from armors.

"The casting of the Garcia people is of a really low standard. These should be the traces left behind from the armors of the Empire's Knights."

Thinking about this, he took a look around the surroundings and found other traces.

Therefore, he continued his chase in the direction where there were even more traces. However, when he came to a big tree, four people surrounded him suddenly.

"Haha, Tai Long, I told you that someone would definitely follow the traces we left behind. Your armor is too heavy."

The one who spoke up was someone really skinny. However, while he was wearing a Knight attire, it was hard to conceal his wretched disposition.

The one called Tai Long was a Knight wearing a set of heavy armor which encompassed all over his body. When he heard this, he shouted out, "Who are you? Why are you following us?"

"Isn't it obvious? One look and you can tell that he is a Knight." A green haired female Knight smiled and looked at the ragged Fang Xingjian, asking, "Fellow, which academy are you from? Have you been separated from your team mates?"

On the other end, a Knight who was covered in a black suit casted a few glances in Fang Xingjian's direction. He seemed to feel that Fang Xingjian was of no threat to him and leaped up a branch, starting to be on his guard to the surroundings.

Fang Xingjian casted a glance at these four and said, "I'm from Kirst Royal Academy. Who are you guys?"

"Oh? From Kirst? We are from Lathander Royal Academy." The green haired lady smiled, "This time around, you guys from Kirst really have stolen all the limelight. Do you know the guy called Hamil? He had killed seven of those Black Devils alone by himself. Seems like he'll have a chance in the next Regional Selection."

Fang Xingjian shook his head, "I've been rushing on my way till now and am not very clear about the current situation. Do you guys have spare weapons?"

The wretched-looking skinny man smiled, took out a longsword from the bag he was carrying on his back and tossed it to Fang Xingjian, saying, "Did you just transition recently? To think that you dare to be so rash even though you are alone. Seems like you've suffered quite a bit."

Fang Xingjian swung the longsword casually for a bit. Not answering the question, he asked instead, "Where are you guys heading to next? Have those Garcia people retreated successfully?"

"Not yet," The green haired lady said. "They were suppressed by us and are now retreating at full speed towards the Kremlin Coast. We are now pushing in on them and gathering towards the coast. It's said that General Oliperth plans to eradicate them there."

Oliperth was the Western Garrison's commander and also the highest in command in this battle. At the same time, he was also the guy whom Huang Lin had secretly asked to provide guidance to Fang Xingjian on his Waves.

Seeing that Fang Xingjian did not say anything, the green haired lady looked at him again. Looking at the burn wounds he had and how dirty his Knight attire was, she shook her head and said, "Forget it, you can come along with us. If you're to go on alone like this, you'll end up being eaten up by those Black Devils."

The guy in the black suit, who was standing on guard on the tree, said in discontent, "We don't have the time to guide novices. He'll slow down our speed."

The green haired Knight smiled and said, "He's considered outstanding to be able to come all the way here by himself. He's not likely to drag us down."

The black suit guy let out a helpless sigh, looked at Fang Xingjian and said, "If you drag us down, we won't stay to wait for you."

Fang Xingjian said with indifference, "The same can be said to you." Swinging his longsword, he tossed away his lousy sword from before and kept the new one in his sheath.

Fang Xingjian threw a glance towards the four of them. He was currently injured and was not familiar with the directions to Kremlin Coast. Moreover, if they were to proceed on, they were likely to meet more and more Black Devils. He decided that he should really stay together with a team of Knights for now.

The green haired Knight laughed, "Alright, let's make a move quickly. If we're late, it might already be over by then. I haven't killed enough of those Black Devils."

[1] An intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is a guided ballistic missile with a minimum range of 5,500 kilometres primarily designed for nuclear weapons delivery (delivering one or more thermonuclear warheads). https/en./wiki/Intercontinental_ballistic_missile

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Chapter 141 Medicine

On their way, Fang Xingjian gradually learned about the identities of these four Knights.

They all came from Lathander Royal Academy and were level 19 Knights who had transitioned for five years.

The lady with green hair was about twenty-eight to twenty-nine years old and was the leader of this team. Her name was Reiya and she excelled in archery. She always carried a warm and gentle smile, but the other three would never go against her orders.

The man who was wearing a metallic armor was called Tai Long. He was good in using a pair of axes and had a strength attribute of over 80 points. When he charged forth while wearing his set of armor, he would be akin to a human tank.

That wretched-looking, thinnest fellow was called Grand. He specialized in stealth and assassination. His speed was about 85 points which was about the same as Fang Xingjian's speed now that he was injured.

The last person, the person in black suit who had seen Fang Xingjian as a burden right from the beginning, was called Wei Longzi. While Fang Xingjian had yet to see his true appearance under his black clothes, he could tell from the name that this guy should be a Westerner with black hair and eyes.

Wei Longzi's close combat battle skills should be the strongest amongst the four Knights. This was why he would be on the lookout around the team most of the time.

They did not ask for Fang Xingjian's name. It might have been because to them, Fang Xingjian just seemed like a novice to them.

Of course, since they did not ask, there was no way that Fang Xingjian would take the initiative to tell them.

As they were getting near to Kremlin Coast and could meet enemies anytime and anywhere, the five-man team got increasingly cautious and the speed at which they progressed got increasingly slow.

However, although they came across many signs of battles, they did not come across any enemies. Even so, to be on such vigilance and to be progressing while being extremely focused, it was still extremely exhausting to one's spirit and physical strength.

Seeing how Fang Xingjian could still keep up with his pace despite covered in injuries, the wretched-looking Grand laughed and said, "Lad, you're not bad. To think that you're still able to keep up with us. But don't force it, just let us know if you can't keep up. We can take a rest as well."

Fang Xingjian did not say anything. He merely focused on exercising his muscles, vital energy and blood, circulating the forces in his body to activate his Internal Healing and Internal Training specialties. This was to match with his physique which was boosted by Elementary Berserkness and, in turn, accelerate his recovery speed.

The other three casted a glance toward Fang Xingjian, feeling that Fang Xingjian was indeed quite good. As a newly transitioned Knight, to be able to keep up with their speed despite suffering from injuries... He was considered to be quite outstanding.

Despite this, they did not treat Fang Xingjian as part of the attacking force. After all, time was not something which anyone could easily surpass. Other than a small number of monstrous talents, most newly transitioned Knights would hardly be comparable to the senior Knights.

To them, a novice Knight like Fang Xingjian, who had suffered from so many wounds just to arrive here, would at best be able to be a match for a Great Warrior.

Of course, they would not say it out directly but just decided in their hearts that if they were to be engaged in battle, they would put in more effort to take care of him if the situation was not dangerous.

After progressing carefully for about two hours, the green-haired lady, Reiya, suddenly stopped in her tracks and waved her hand. Everyone immediately came to a stop as well.

She squatted down, took a look at the blood traces left on the ground and said, "It's fresh. You guys stay here, I'll head up to take a look."

She immediately jumped and, like an agile monkey, climbed up to the top of a tree nearby. The color of her eyes changed slowly as she started scanning the situation in the thousands of meters around them.

In the next moment, three fleeing figures appeared within her vision. She landed quickly, saying, "There are people escaping in our direction. They are Knights. Let's go meet up with them quickly."

Saying this, she took the lead while Fang Xingjian and the others quickly followed behind.

Reiya then continued, "Wei Longzi, you go to the front and be our cover. Tai Long, you stay at the back. Grand, you follow me. Novice lad, you stay in the middle and provide support."

She spoke very quickly, but just as she finished, Wei Longzi had already headed to the front to be the vanguard while Grand stayed besides her to protect her, and Tai Long, dressed in his full suit of armor, had already gone to the back.

Fang Xingjian was made to stay in the middle to provide support, obviously in consideration of his lack of ability, and to allow him to stay in the safest spot. Although they did not say it out clearly, their consideration to him had said it all.

Fang Xingjian was not angry about it at all. What was there to be angry about when others are treating you well and taking care of you? He merely continued to focus on his recuperation. To him, every additional second he could use to recover his abilities earlier was good.

The five of them progressed in this formation at high speed and one minute later, they met up with the three people who were escaping.

All three Knights were guys and when the person leading the team saw Fang Xingjian, his eyes lit up. "Xingjian, you've come?!"

With a slight swoosh, an arrow pierced through where the three of them were standing. Reiya asked coldly, "Wait. Explain your identities first."

The Knight, who had called out Xingjian's name earlier, shouted out, "I'm Kirst Academy's Jack."

As for the other two Knights, one of them had a full beard while the other person's head was so bald that he did not even have a strand of eyebrow. Both of them came from Green Jade Royal Academy. The one with the beard was Dupra while the bald guy was Wales.

Reiya turned to Fang Xingjian and asked, "You know that Jack?"

Fang Xingjian nodded, saying, "I do. He's from the same class as me."

Hearing that, Reiya also nodded. For now, she accepted the trio's identities and continued to ask, "Why are the three of you together? What about the rest? Why are you escaping? Is there anyone chasing after you?"

Jack said hurriedly, "We were originally from a seventeen-man team, formed with people from both of our academies, but we were attacked by those Black Devils. The one in the lead was their Destined Warrior Mumukeya. He's still chasing after us now. Our instructor had stayed back to help fend them off. We don't know how the situation is now."

While Mumukeya was only a level 20 Destined Warrior, he had, after all, succeeded in the second transition. The threat he posed was not one an ordinary Knight could compare with.

Hearing Jack's words, the other Knights were all astonished. The gap between one at the second transition and one who was at the first transition was like the difference between one who had completed the first transition and one who had not transitioned at all. The difference was beyond compare.

Fang Xingjian's eyes narrowed as well. However, recalling that he was still injured, he closed his eyes once again and concentrated on his recovery.

Reiya gave it some thought and said, "Mumukeya is a warrior with great speed. We have to hurry. We should take this path next..."

Just as they were discussing the route they should be taking in order to lose Mumukeya and get closer to the Empire's main troops, Jack walked up to Fang Xingjian, looked at him and asked, "Xingjian, you're injured?"

Fang Xingjian nodded with his eyes closed.

Jack was silent for a moment before an unprecedented struggle appeared in his gaze. He took in a deep breath and slowly took out a packet of medicine from his bag. He then smiled and said, "Xingjian, this is the medicinal ointment provided by the Netherworld Valley. It's as famous as their poison. Use it, it'll speed up your recovery."

Fang Xingjian opened his eyes, took a look at the medicinal ointment and said, "Alright."

Jack then helped Fang Xingjian to apply the medicinal ointment on his wounds. Once it was applied, Fang Xingjian could feel a cooling sensation flowing through and it was as if his wounds were being massaged by countless tiny hands. He could feel that his wounds were recuperating at a faster rate.

Jack clenched his fist with strong guilt reflected in his eyes as he looked at Fang Xingjian who had once again closed his eyes, focusing on his cultivation and recovery.

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Chapter 142 Danger

It was on the day war broke out and the Western Garrison requested for assistance.

Jack had taken leave for the purpose of returning to Kirst City and to return home.

He stood outside the familiar-looking small, wooden house. Looking at the warm light emanating from the house, he thought of his daughter and wife and the corner of his lips curled up into a blissful smile.

Opening the door, he walked in. "Alice, daddy is back. You guys..."

At the next moment, when he turned in and looked toward the main hall, his expression froze.

"Kaunitz..."

Kaunitz, wearing a red attire, was smiling as he sat there on a chair. In his arms, cute Alice was deep in sleep, looking like a sleeping kitty.

Jack's wife was kneeling down at the side, trembling with terror reflected on her face. When she saw that Jack had returned, tears came pouring down from her eyes.

Looking at Jack's frozen state, Kaunitz smiled. Patting Alice on the head, he said, "Jack, long time no see."

By then, Jack had already calmed down. He said coldly, "Kaunitz, what do you want?"

Kaunitz smiled, his finger stroking across Alice's tender cheeks. "I only want to see how much you love your wife and daughter."

Jack said coldly, "Attacking another Knight's family in order to threaten them is a great violation of the Association's regulations. The whole Tresia Clan would be clouded in shame from your actions."

"Is that so?" Kaunitz smiled, "However, I can sacrifice the whole Tresia Clan for own sake. Would you be able to do the same for your adorable daughter and wife?"

As Kaunitz said this, with a slight stroke of his finger, Alice's little finger landed on the ground. Still in her dreams, her brows furrowed. Kaunitz had apparently done something that caused her to not awake in fright even after going through such pain.

"No!" Jack's wife suddenly screamed out. After receiving a slap from Kaunitz across the air, she fell to the floor. Tears blurred up her vision as she looked toward Kaunitz with terror and panick.

With a loud bang, Jack pounced forth but was grasped by Kaunitz with his Reduced Force Field. Kaunitz, who had mastered the Inferno Indestructible Physique and changed his blood into a combination of human's and dragon's, was not someone Jack could be a match against.

Looking at Jack, who was struggling in mid-air as if he was a frog held up by someone, Jack's wife knelt down, crying out, "I beg of you, I beg of you to let us go... I beg of you..."

Kaunitz shook his finger, looked at the grim-faced Jack, who was like a beast, and said, "Don't be so agitated. It's just a finger. But if you don't listen to what I have to say from now on... it wouldn't be just a finger."

Jack forced himself to calm down and he stared at Kaunitz as he asked, "What on earth do you want?"

"Just a small favor." Kaunitz smiled and passed Jack a packet of medicinal ointment, saying, "After you guys go to the battlefield, if you meet Fang Xingjian, you must use this medicinal ointment on him."

Jack froze and then bellowed furiously, "Don't even think about it!"

Kaunitz did not say anything. He only moved his finger slightly to slit Alice's arm, leaving a long trail of blood.

"No!" Jack's wife knelt there, torn apart. She muffled her mouth with her hands and cried silently.

The muscles, vital energy and blood all throughout Jack's body suddenly swelled up, his Reduced Force Field thrown out at full force. However, the powers coming from Kaunitz was like a huge of mountain suppressing him down, not giving him a chance to move an inch.

Kaunitz said calmly, "Jack, I'm not kidding. Or do you think there's still another way out for you? Fang Xingjian is someone the First Prince has set his eyes on and the First Prince is the future king of the world. Do you think there's a chance that the things he has set his eyes on will be able to escape?

"I've come here today to give you only two options. One is for you to agree to it and, thus, become one of the First Prince's people from now onwards. Your whole family will enjoy great happiness and prosperity.

"The other option is for me to kill you. Your daughter and your wife will even suffer the most horrible hardships before they die.

"Which are you going to choose?"

As he said this, Kaunitz laughed out loud, shook his finger and said, "Jack, you don't have a choice. When a weakling is confronted with someone in power, they never have the right to choose." With that, he carried Alice in one hand and Jack's wife in the other, and walked towards the shadows.

"If you leak out the secret, they will die. If you report this to the academy, they will die. If you meet up with Fang Xingjian but do not use the medicine on him, they will also die. No matter what it is that you do that puts us at a disadvantage, they will die.

"Furthermore, it won't be a simple death. They will both be sold to the dirtiest brothels and be humiliated by the lowest laborers. They will eventually become lumps of rotten flesh which even dogs would not care for, and they will be tossed into the stinky drains in the commoner district.

"Jack, don't think about trying to put it under wraps. The First Prince's influence is something beyond your imagination.

"You classmates, your teacher, and even amongst the academy's echelon, there are too many people who are with us.

"Jack, you don't have any other choice."

Jack wanted to chase after him, but the moment he lifted up his foot, he was pushed down to the ground by a terrifying force. Dropping to his knees, he could only watch slowly as his wife and child disappeared into the endless darkness. The muscles all over his body kept swelling up but were then suppressed down. So, his muscles and bones kept getting injured because of this competition of strength.

"There are people who do special checks Fang Xingjian's food and medicine. They won't give me a chance to use this medicine!"

He trembled as he looked in the direction Kaunitz had disappeared into and bellowed out with a maniacal and pained expression on his face.

"Haha, don't worry. The moment the battle starts, you'll get plenty of chances."

As he said that, a piece of paper, exuding a strong sulphuric smell, landed before Jack. Kaunitz's voice was weirdly bewitching as it rang out to Jack's ears.

Jack said in astonishment, "Devil's Note?"

"Hehe, do you think you have the qualifications to sign on the Devil's Note?" Kaunitz snorted, "This is the Purgatory Contract the First Prince created himself. Sign it. We'll be able to find out as soon as you give him the medicine. At the same time, if you are to divulge the secret, we'll find out as well."

"But the battlefield is so big! I won't be able to find him!"

"Sign the contract. We'll guide you to him."

After applying the medicine, Fang Xingjian immediately felt that his wounds were much better. The effects of Netherworld Valley's medicinal ointment were much better than he had expected them to be. His failing organs once again felt full of vitality. Even the minute blood vessels and nerves, which he could not heal by channeling energy over, were all starting to heal as well.

He let out a deep exhale that had the stench of fresh blood. It was from all the blood clots which were now scattered.

Looking at how Fang Xingjian seemed to be much more relaxed, confusion flashed across Jack's face.

Just then, a sharp shriek rang out. Jack suddenly quivered, shouting out, "He's here! Mumukeya is here!"

At the same time, on the other side, Kaunitz suddenly broke into a smile as he watched the scroll on his palm burn up despite there being no fire.

Cynthia asked, ''After following them for so long, is it finally done?"

The next moment, Kaunitz, Rebecca, Cynthia and Cynthia's husband all suddenly sped up, heading toward Fang Xingjian who was two kilometers away.

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Chapter 143 Assassination

"Too slow, too slow, too slow."

From the age of five, every time I opened my eyes, the first thing I heard was Teacher's furious bellow which was akin to that of a hot-tempered lion.

I am a member of Garcia. In Garcia, every boy will need to start receiving warrior training from the age of 5.

They said that a cheetah from the wilderness had given birth to me. Compared to those warriors who had been born from bears, wolves and dogs, my speed seems to be faster. As for who my father is, no one knows.

People from Garcia do not need parents; we only need comrades.

Running with weights, practicing archery, training with spears, swords and sabers... all these are now common occurrences.

We battle with lions and tigers in the forest and wrestle with huge bears on the ice plains. We board large ships to cross the seas and fight it out with pirates and soldiers.

"Too slow, too slow, too slow!"

Teacher's voice seemed to always resound next to my ear, supervising us to work harder on our training: to speed up; to be even faster, stronger and fiercer.

Failure would only mean death.

More and more warriors die in these trainings, but every year, there'll be even more warriors jumping onto the training regime.

We are from Garcia. We are born to be warriors and we are a tribe blessed by the gods. We crave for fresh blood; we crave for war. War is in our instinct and plundering is the source of our joy.

"Too slow, too slow, too slow!"

Teacher's voice was too noisy. He nagged at my ear everyday, causing me to feel aching pain in my head. I had even suspected that a small worm had found its way into my ears together with seawater while I had been crossing the seas.

I had cut open my skull and checked it carefully, only to discover that there had been no small worm at all. It had just been that Teacher's voice had truly been too noisy.

"Too slow! Too slow! Too slow! Eyahr, you are too slow!"

I turned 30 years old that year, and it was also in that year that I finally stop hearing Teacher's voice. It was because I had slit his head off myself and attached it to the belt on my waist.

I let him experience my speed for himself. Never again did he say that I was too slow.

In this absolute silence, I finally sensed the countless calls which I could never hear in the past; they were calls from ether particles.

Looking back, those of the same age as me had all turned into piles of bones already.

I chased after the gales and dashed towards lightning. I hunted down the strongest, most ferocious beasts on the plains and captured more terrifying beasts from the seas. My speed got faster and faster, and the world appeared slower and slower in my eyes.

Five years later, when I returned to the tribe, they called me Mumukeya.

Swoosh!

It was as if something sharp had swept across the air. It seemed like a slight breeze, a streak of electricity, or perhaps just an illusion.

The bearded Knight was in a daze as he felt a prickly numb feeling spreading from within his body. Seeing that everyone was looking towards him, he asked in astonishment, "What happened? Why are all of you looking at me?"

The next moment, he was immediately split into pieces, splashing blood and organs all over the baldy who was beside him.

It was only then that terrifying shrieks rang out, causing everyone to feel severe headaches.

The green-haired Reiya shouted out, "It's Mumukeya! Everyone in formation! Activate your Reduced Force Field!"

At the next moment, everyone was gathered together, unleashing their Reduced Force Fields at full powers. With so many Knights activating their Reduced Force Fields at once, they managed to encompass every inch of space within a ten-meter radius. The power was comparable to that of a newly transitioned Conferred Knight.

However, just as everyone was getting into formation, that baldy, who had been splashed with blood all over, went into a daze. The next moment, he let out a loud roar and charged out with his saber.

"Mumukeya! Come out! I'm going to kill you! I'm going to kill you!"

Jack said anxiously, "That guy was his younger brother."

Reiya shouted angrily, "Get back over here, you idiot! Do you want to die?"

However, that baldy did not give a hoot about Reiya's shouts. He continued to charge out, bringing about strong gales with the saber in his hand. He slashed away over ten big trees, then bellowed manically, "Come out here, Mumukeya! Come fight with me! Didn't you want to kill us? Come out and fight with me!"

The next moment, a silhouette flashed past again. This time around, everyone could see it clearly. It was a blurry human silhouette. The silhouette drew out a long black line and went through the baldy's body.

With that, the baldy dropped to the ground. Both his legs were broken and he rolled on the ground, crying out in great pain.

Wei Longzi, who was dressed in black, spoke out in a soft voice, "I'll go save him."

"Are you out of your mind as well?" Reiya frowned. "He crippled him on purpose just so that we will send people out to save him! We need to stay in our formation, within our six-person Reduced Force Field."

Reiya gave it some thought, then said, "We'll walk over slowly, all six of us together, and close in bit by bit."

Therefore, all six of them maintained their Reduced Force Fields, keeping a consistent flow of energy, and headed toward the baldy who was screaming out in pain.

After they had only walked for ten meters, a piercing shriek rang out once again. Jack let out a grunt as a slit suddenly appeared on his arms.

A weird sounding voice spoke out in awkward Common language, "Too slow! Too slow! Too slow! You guys are too slow!"

Reiya said harshly, "He is testing out the weakness in our Reduced Force Fields. We cannot move."

After all, the six of them did not have enough synergy. Once they moved, there would be weak spots where their Reduced Force Fields overlapped and they would be attacked.

However, the ability of a person at the second transition was truly not an ability which someone at the first transition could compare with easily.

Even if the six of them stood there motionless, Mumukeya would still continue with his consecutive attacks after waiting for a while.

Many streams of afterimages swept past the sides of the Reduced Force Fields. Occasionally, the sounds of clashing metals would ring out and create a series of sparks.

That was because Mumukeya's dagger had pierced against their Knight attire and armor or swords and sabers.

Although the impact of every attack was weakened by their combined Reduced Force Field, Mumukeya's horrifying power and speed still continued to exhaust their physical strength, leaving many wounds on their bodies.

If it had not been because their combined Reduced Force Fields had caused Mumukeya's strength and speed to be greatly reduced each time he came within a ten-meter radius and that he would retreat after each attack, they would long be dead.

However, even so, wounds continued to appear on their bodies and their physical strength continued to be depleted. The situation would only get worse at it went on.

Coming from afar, Mumukeya's voice was like an owl's.

"Too slow, too slow, too slow.

"All of you can forget about escaping."

Reiya bellowed, "Get moving! Staying here would only be waiting for death!"

While continuing to display their Reduced Force Fields, all of them started to move at the speed of a tortoise. However, Mumukeya was like a hardworking bee, continuing to thrust, pierce and attack them.

Wound after wound appeared on their bodies and blood continued to flow, staining the floor with drops of blood akin to stars in the sky.

Although Jack was very nervous, he stared at Fang Xingjian from the beginning to the end, as if wanting to know his situation.

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Chapter 144 Flaw

Fang Xingjian's eyes were brimming with light. The effect of Netherworld Valley's medicinal ointment was truly amazing. His injuries felt so much better within such a short period of time. They no longer affected his battle capabilities.

However, he still did not take any action. He merely stared at that figure that continued to dash around, assassinating them.

"This speed is not below mine, no… This Mumukeya is even faster than when I display the Boundaries Negation.

"When he attacks, he will enter our ten-meter radius and become weakened by our Reduced Force Fields. That is when he is at the weakest point."

"Flaw… I must wait for his flaw to appear! Find an opportunity to suppress him."

In Fang Xingjian consciousness, the unknown mental cultivation method was burning like fiery flames. It burned him up, making him feel like his blood was rising in temperature. However, his mind was completely at peace.

High Agility Motion Vision and Unparalleled Sword Intent circulated fanatically, searching for Mumukeya's extremely small flaw.

But his speed was simply too fast, and his attacks were too harsh and seasoned.

Fang Xingjian continued to suppress his urges, waiting for him to reveal his flaw. It was because he knew that once he attacked, he would only have fifty seconds, and If he did not settle this matter within fifty seconds, they would all be doomed.

"Is...is this how it is..."

Swooshing sounds continued to ring out as if blood was splattering everywhere, as if the sound of blades were slashing across the sky.

A small pfft sound came from inside Tai Long's armor, after which fresh blood was spurting out through the gaps..

Fang Xingjang leaned his head back a little but a cut still appeared on his face, splattering half of it red with blood.

Each time Mumukeya entered their combined Reduced Force Fields, he would feel ten times heavier. It was as if there were many streams of forces everywhere, trying to stop his attacks.

Despite so, his strong physical attributes and battle instincts were akin to that of wild beasts. This allowed him to continue accelerating his thrusts. He relied on his familiar high speed movements to charge through the force field time and time again, leaving fresh wounds on everyone.

"Hahahaha." Amidst the fanatical laughter, Mumukeya grasped onto the baldie's head and lifted him up. The blood loss from his legs had already caused the baldy to lose his consciousness.

Mumukeya used his dagger to directly cut off his head and subsequently imitated a throat-slitting action towards Reiya and the others.

"All of you...will die."

Reiya and the others stared at Mumukeya furiously, but there was nothing they could do.

While Garcia's second transition Destined Warriors were no match for the Empire's second transition, they still had an incomparable advantage against a first transition Knight.

Even if Mumukeya's strength attribute was not sufficient for him to overcome the six-man team's Reduced Force Field, he could still rely on his unparalleled speed to gradually wear them out.

"There's no escape.

"Everyone of you…

"Will have to die!

"It's because you guys are too, too slow! Too slow!"

Reiya bellowed furiously, "Hang on! Help is definitely on the way!"

Wei Longzi looked at Fang Xingjian who was standing there unmoving, patting him on the shoulder while saying, "Lad, don't be scared."

Grand broke out into a grin, "At most, we'll just die. At least before I die, I must leave something on this Black Devil."

Facing Mumukeya's omnipresent, non-stop attacks, Reiya and the others were slowly reaching their limits. Their physical strength were being depleted continuously and they would soon not be able to unleash their full powers.

At the next moment, however, Fang Xingjian's pupils were like a pitch dark black hole. Unparalleled Sword Intent was activated to its limits, causing the green veins on his forehead to pop up.

A loud sound rang out! The violent sound wave suddenly shook up the whole place. It was the first time the wild beast with black skin and eyes first revealed its traces. The dagger in his hand was obviously not an ordinary item either. It clashed against Fang Xingjian's Silver Dragon fiercely.

The four people at the side bellowed out in their hearts:

"He fended it off!"

'How is that possible?

"This lad!"

"How did he do this?!"

In this moment, it was as if time had come to a stop throughout the whole world. Everyone stared at the scene in the mid-air where Fang Xingjian had clashed with Mumukeya.

Without even a second to spare, shock, surprise, and various emotions flashed across everyone's eyes briefly. They were unable to react in time.

Fang Xingjian held onto Mumukeya in the Reduced Force Field in this one moment. It was only a momentary pause, and only two people manage to react. Reiya and Wei Longzi fanatically sent out their Reduced Force Fields. The formless energy crashed against Mumukeya, the latter of whom stopped there and let out a stifled explosion.

But this was already their limits. Their reactions and speed did not allow them to send out a second attack in time.

Mumukeya's face twisted up. With a strong step on his foot, he dashed out of the hold of the Reduced Force Field with his remaining speed.

Just as he was trying hard to retreat, however, dazzling light shone out. Fang Xingjian performed the Radiant Light Sword Technique he had acquired from Zhou Yong. The eye-piercing gleam was like a stun grenade, casting a bright light upon Mumukeya's vision.

It was a pity that the level of Fang Xingjian's Radiant Light Sword Technique was not high. This distraction only caused Mumukeya to be blinded for half a second. However, to high speed Warriors like themselves, half a second was very crucial.

At the next moment, another silver light pierced towards Mumukeya. Fang Xingjian, holding the Silver Dragon in his right hand and the steel sword in his left, had already activated the Boundaries Negation and gave chase despite his lack of time to perform the Supreme Mistwind Sword.

Silver light flashed with the first attack. Mumukeya was not able to see clearly and could only fend it off with his instincts, which were like that of wild beasts. He fended off the attack by waving his dagger with his remaining strength.

For the second attack, Mumukeya wriggled his body and, like a huge python, escaped the attack.

For the third attack, Fang Xingjian slashed downwards with his Silver Dragon, aiming for the artery on Mumukeya's thigh.

At this moment, Mumukeya kept losing speed from receiving the consecutive attacks, and it was even within the perimeters of the Reduced Force Field. His strength was running out and he had yet to garner more.. Coupled with his blurred vision, he had committed the mistake of not using the dagger to protect his lower body.

Mumukeya was slowed down, stopped, then blinded by bright light. Fang Xingjian then made a series of attacks which finally causing his opponent to reveal a small flaw.

And such a tiny flaw was firmly grasped by Fang Xingjian.

With a twisted expression, Mumukeya brought up the other hand to fend off the Silver Dragon.

Pfft pfft. When the Silver Dragon was slitting, countless sparks shone. It was the Silver Dragon coming into contact with Mumukeya's Reduced Force Field. However, Mumukeya was not a person with great strength. His strength attribute was merely about 95, and when he encompassed himself with the Reduced Force Field for defence, the impact was greatly reduced too. On the other hand, Fang Xingjian's Silver Dragon was a grade 7 Empire's Divine Weapon.

Tch tch tch tch tch! Amidst the exploding and scattering sparks, the Reduced Force Field was finally split apart like layers of cake. In the next moment, Mumukeya's palm was split open by the Empire's Divine Weapon and a hole appeared in it. He finally let out a furious bellow, taking this momentary resistance to dash out.

It was then that pitter patter sounds rang out. It was the second wave of attack from the others. They continued to attack him with their Reduced Force Field, but they were not able to catch up with his speed at all.

Nevertheless, one person continued to give chase furiously. The silver colored sword light was like a maggot attached to a bone, once again chasing up to Mumukeya's head.

At that moment, however, Mumukeya was no longer restricted by the Reduced Force Fields. He swung up his dagger and received the attack from the Silver Dragon.

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Chapter 145 Heated Fight

Clank clank clank clank clank clank clank! The dense clashing sounds were akin to strong gales and heavy storms, ringing out agitatedly. Fang Xingjian and Mumukeya continued to charge forth and fanatically cross their daggers. Silver colored sword light and yellow sparks chased after them, unceasingly flashing in the forest like countless shooting stars.

Fang Xingjian did not give him any chances to treat his wounds. With Boundaries Negation activated, he performed the Supreme Mistwind Sword with the longsword in his left hand. Streams of sword Qis closed in fron all directions like atmospheric dragons, leaving a vast area of wasteland. This was to help him accelerate. At the same time, the Silver Dragon flashed crazily, piercing towards Mumukeya.

"Too slow! Too slow! Too slow! Mumukeya, you are too slow!"

Having received a cut on his palm, Mumukeya did not dare to unleash his full powers. It would open up the wounds, causing him to incessantly bleed.

Fang Xingjian took this opportunity to unleash his full powers, suppressing his opponent's speed.

Roar! Hearing his opponent's sarcasm, Mumukeya let out a furious bellow, no longer caring about his injuries. He stopped in his tracks, waving his hands so quickly that it create afterimages, then went after Fang Xingjian with the countless dagger shadows.

The two of them stood where they were, bursting out hundreds of cold gleams as if countless shooting stars had collided, creating an explosion of countless star light.

Regardless of whether it was Mumukeya or Fang Xingjian, over tens of wounds broke out on their bodies in that moment. In just an instant, they were covered in blood. It was especially severe Fang Xingjian, whose every injury appeared to have been cut all the way to his bones, blood gushing out.

'So fast!' Fang Xingjian was astonished. After the other party unleashed his full speed, he could not catch up to it at all. If he had not been unceasingly attacking his opponent's flaws using his Unparalleled Sword Intent, causing his opponent to defend himself, Mumukeya would probably have slit open his throat and pierced through his heart within just a few seconds.

This was especially so since Mumukeya's strength had completely overwhelmed his, causing him to back off after each clash. Fang Xingjian did not dare head in for a tough fight. He could only parry and defend himself time and time again with his exceptional sword cultivation, incessantly attacking his opponent's flaws to save himself.

To others, it seemed as if he had suppressed Mumukeya, but only he himself knew how much pressure he was under right now.

"I cannot make a wrong move... I cannot make a wrong move..."

Fang Xingjian made sure that each move of his could force Mumukeya to save himself. Only then would he be able to cause his opponent to be a tad slower and have his strength suppressed in the battle.

Once he made a wrong move, Mumukeya's unparalleled speed would be able to split open his head in just a single opportunity.

The pressure of struggling between life and death kept hounding Fang Xingjian. Boundaries Negation circulated to the extreme. Even his mental cultivation method kept ringing, as if it would explode in the next moment.

Huge drops of sweat constantly appeared on Fang Xingjian's forehead but were flung out at great speed again and again.

Under the extreme anxiety and pressure, all of Fang Xingjian's focus was on the battle right now. Each of strand of his muscle and each blood vessel seemed to have been brought out to their limits.

Reiya drew her bow, shooting green light. The others also threw out their Reduced Force Fields from ten meters away but could only reach their opponent's afterimage.

"This can't do. My bow and arrows can't catch up to him at all." Reiya looked at this scene in disbelief. "To think that the novice lad can actually catch up with his movements..."

"He didn't just catch up to him." Wei Longzi's appeared as if he had just seen something unbelievable.

"It's like… It's like…" Tai Long, who was covered up in armor, muttered, "He seems to have suppressed Mumukeya."

Grand gasped.

"Mumukeya… is not his match."

Suddenly, Wei Longzi's gaze flashed as he said, "Wait a minute. He said that he was from Kirst Royal Academy. This year, Kirst Royal Academy has a genius who transitioned into a Windstorm Sword Hero. Could it be… But even if it was him, Mumukeya is at second transition level…"

What was this? Although Garcia's Destined Warriors were far more than a match for the Empire's Conferred Knight, there had been no ordinary first transition Knights who could be a match for them.

Mumukeya's face turned green. Blood was gushing out from the other hand and his wound felt increasingly painful with more blood flowing out.

However, Fang Xingjian continued to progress under the extreme pressure. Each and every stance was brought to their limits. Not only did they fend off Mumukeya's attacks, he even gained the upper hand.

It were as if he was being squeezed down to a tiny dot by overwhelming pressure, then bursted out at the very end. He felt very calm, as if there were nothing else that was important in life. It was as if nothing could compared to the battle he was having with Mumukeya, nor the importance of killing him.

When the pressure was taken off him, his mental circulation method circulated increasingly faster in his mind. The last few words on the Stats Window became increasingly clearer as well.

In the next moment, however, Mumukeya burst out, allowing the Silver Dragon to slash a wound on his chest. It forcefully slashed Fang Xingjian several tens of meters away. He then retreated. After all, his strength was greater than Fang Xingjian.

His eyes squinted slightly, the muscles under his skin trembling as if there was a large snake gliding about. Accompanied by a lot of black smoke, it was as if his muscles had wanted to charge out at anytime.

He could tell how exemplary his opponent's skills were. It was as if he had entered a state of comprehension and did not plan to fight it out.

"Good, you guys are good. It's been a long time since I last got injured." He looked towards Fang Xingjian with a gaze akin to that of a venomous snake. "I'll pickle you well and slowly eat you up piece by piece."

But in the next moment, he suddenly felt an overwhelming and evil aura nearing towards him.

This was his specialty, 'Wild Beast's Instinct', something which he had attained after toiling through countless life and death situations. It was a specialty which allowed him to sense tremendous threats in advance. It had helped him escape countless fatal situations.

'Their support?'

Mumukeya frowned, but did not have a slight bit of hesitation. He made made an escape without dawdling.

If he did not manage to hit the target on the first attack, he would distance himself and make his escape. If he sensed any danger, he would rely on his unparalleled speed to quickly leave the place. This was how he had managed to survive until today.

"People of the Empire. Just wait. Next time we meet, I'll kill each of you one by one."

Without any Reduced Force Fields to hold him back, Mumukeya escaped at full speed. The others had simply no way to catch up to him.

Looking at the injured and escaping Mumukeya, Fang Xingjian let out a cold laugh. He wiped off the fresh blood at the corner of his lips as a feeling of great satisfaction washed over his body.

He took action alone, chasing him down over a very long distance. While Fang Xingjian did not manage to kill Mumukeya, he had finally managed to push him back.

Tremendous booming sounds rang out in Fang Xingjian's mind as his mental cultivation method circulated faster and faster. It were as if he would be able to attain a breakthrough at any moment, allowing this mental cultivation method to complete the metamorphosis.

He could sense a strong surge of energy brewing in this mental cultivation method. Once it was completed, the mutated mental cultivation method would have terrifying and formidable powers.

The event in Kirst City had allowed him to gain insight on his spirit. Chasing down Mumukeya, as well as taking part in the battles on the way, had allowed him to complete the training of his spirit.

As he gained more insights and trained harder, the rewards he reaped would naturally be more, and his mutated mental cultivation method would naturally be stronger as well.

Fang Xingjian wanted to rely on himself to clean up the world, slashing through all darkness and evils... What level of insight was this? What kind of wish was this?

Now, he was alone with a sword in hand, chasing down across the distance to engage someone who had gone through the second transition in battle. To want to kill a second transition Warrior whilst he was still at the first transition phase, what level of difficulty did this pose?

With his mental cultivation method, which had changed from such insights, wishes, and training, how strong would he be? Fang Xingjian started to feel more and more anticipation.

While the wounds he had suffered were serious and he was in such a bad state that some of his injuries were even showing his bones, he had managed to avoid taking fatal blows with his Unparalleled Sword Intent. Fang Xingjian circulated the energy in his body, activating his 'Internal Healing', 'Internal Training' and 'Elementary Berserkness' specialties, he closed up his wounds and stopped the bleeding.

While physical wounds would hurt, while he would lose a large amount of vital energy and blood, it was not sufficient to make him lose his battle prowess with his current attributes.

He threw a glance at the mental cultivation method which was circulating more and more agitatedly. Fang Xingjian took a step forward. He wanted to chase down Mumukeya. He was still left with thirty-two seconds of his Boundaries Negation, and if he were to be conservative, he would have at least ten seconds to attempt to launch another attack. If it failed, he could still retreat.

He felt that if he were to grab onto this chance, his mental cultivation method would be able to go through metamorphosis anytime.

But just as he took this step forward, his face suddenly turn red as he spewed out a large mouthful of fresh blood.

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Chapter 146 Poison

An immense pain surge through his body. He felt as if a large amount of sulphuric acid was corroding his body.

Fang Xingjian reached out his trembling hand towards the antidote he had.

'Was I poisoned?

'When?'

He opened the cap to the antidote and gulped down the whole bottle.

Reiya and the others who were on the other hand also dashed over.

"Lad, you've been keeping us in the dark!"

"To think that you've managed to push back Mumukeya. What on earth is your agility attribute now?"

"From Kirst Academy... You must be Fang Xingjian? That genius who had transitioned into a Windstorm Sword Hero."

But after talking for a moment, the few of them immediately felt that something was amiss with Fang Xingjian.

Retch...

Spurting out another big mouthful of blood, Fang Xingjian could only feel that the world before him was in total chaos. He was down on one of his knees, vomiting out blood which looked like viscous venom, blood that corroded a large piece of the land very quickly.

"What happened to you?!" Reiya let out an astonished cry while Wei Longzi was already supporting Fang Xingjian. He stated coldly, "He's poisoned."

"Did Mumukeya smear poison on his dagger? Are we poisoned as well?" Grand asked anxiously.

Just then, a laughing voice once again drew away everyone's attention.

"Haha, don't worry, you guys have not been poisoned."

Wearing a suit of red, the fire patterns on Kauntiz head seemed as if they were burning up as they jumped about. He entered together with Rebecca, Cynthia, and Cynthia's husband Zakov behind him.

Zakov looked in the direction Mumukeya had fled to and asked worriedly, "Mumukeya seems to be injured. Should we chase him down first?"

"No need for that. He's a Garcia's barbarian, no need to be too concerned." Kaunitz looked at Fang Xingjian coldly, pride and rejoice beaming in his eyes.

"Our target is Fang Xingjian."

He led the three to a spot fifteen meters away from Reiya and the others. Looking at how Reiya and the others were standing between them and Fang Xingjian, Kaunitz broke into a smile. "Why, are you guys thinking of stopping me?"

Reiya furrowed her pair of green-colored beautiful brows, asking, "Who are you? Does Fang Xingjian's poisoning have anything to do with you?"

Kaunitz did not pay any heed to Reiya but turned to look at Fang Xingjian who was being covered up by the others. Looking at Fang Xingjian's trembling face which had turned green, Kaunitz laughed harder. He seemed to be pleased.

Kaunitz enjoyed the feeling of this moment. He looked at Fang Xingjian excitedly, "Fang Xingjian, that poison is no ordinary one. It's mixed in vulnerary ointment and will slowly lurk in your body while your wounds are being healed. It will stay there for an extremely long period of time and only act up after it has completely merged into the blood and has flowed through your body.

"Once it acts up, the muscles, bones and organs all over your body will be corroded, rendering you unable to muster your strength. By then, even Netherworld Valley's antidotes would be useless.

"And earlier, you had gone through vigorous movements during the battle, causing the toxin to slowly spread through your body. Do you understand now?

"Now, not only will you feel that your limbs growing weak, you'll also be unable to focus due to your body's deterioration. You won't even be able to keep up your Waves and, naturally your Reduced Force Field as well. You won't be be able to use any extraordinary strength or skills at all.

"Haha, while you won't die, you won't be able to garner any strength. Even a child could kill you easily now..."

Looking at Kaunitz's proud expression, Reiya was in great disbelief. She asked, "Are you crazy? Helping the Garcia people poison one of your own? What on earth are you trying to do?"

"Hmmm, how could a mere Garcia guy be worth mentioning? Only commoners like yourself would not be able to see the situation clearly. Compared to these few Garcia people, geniuses like Fang Xingjian are much more important."

Reiya stood in front of Fang Xingjian, saying coldly, "If that's the case, then it's all the more reason for why we can't let you run rampant. Fang Xingjian is a genius of the Empire, the wealth of the whole country. We will report to the association that you poisoned and attempted to harm him. You can just wait to receive interrogation."

"Hahahaha, received interrogation? Hahahahahahahaha." Kaunitz covered his face as he broke out into laughter. His laughter became increasingly louder. In just an instant, it had already spread out in the forest to hundreds of meters away.

"Are you a fool?" He pointed with one finger, causing crimson red sparks to transform into laser light that pierced through the air. It was the a beam from the Divine Flames of the Earth's Core. Its powers was comparable to a high-powered laser weapon.

"Don't!"

"Reiya!"

No one was able to react in time. Reiya lowered her head in a daze, looking down at her chest. The crimson red beam had already pierced through her chest.

"Reiya!"

Wei Longzi dashed up to her in an instant. Looking at how Reiya continued to spurt out fresh blood, he trembled unceasingly, not knowing what to do.

He had grown up together with Reiya, learnt martial arts together, took examinations together, participated in the Prefectural Selection together, and eventually, became Knights together.

She had long since become his lover and kin. Looking at Reiya who had fallen in his arms, he felt as if the whole world had crumbled.

Tai Long, who was covered up in armor, walked over and furiously said, "Her lungs have been punctured and her blood is blocking up her passageways, causing her to be unable to breath. We need to find a way to heal her."

"I know first-aid, let me try." Grand walked over while Tai Long and Wei Longzi turned over, brimming in killing intent as they looked towards Kaunitz.

Wei Longzi held onto both his swords, criss-crossing them before his chest. He spokeout in a tone so icy-cold it seemed to be able to freeze the air, "No matter who you are, you're dead."

"You're really childish. Do you think that we'll let you guys leave?" Kaunitz shook his head. "Kill or be killed. Wasn't it very clear when I was explaining things earlier? You only understand now?

"It's like how his Highness had said. The Empire's Knights are already rotting. It's impossible for people who believes in justice, morality, friendship, light to become truly strong.

"The weak falls prey to the strong. The winner takes it all. This is the true principle in this world."

"Shut up, you crap. Go reflect on yourself in hell."

Wei Longzi slashed out with his two swords, after which countless electric currents jumped about across both blades as if it were forming an electrified net, closing in towards Kaunitz.

However, Kaunitz only shook his head and smile. The next moment, three silhouettes had already dashed out. It was Rebecca, Cynthia, and Zakov. All three of them were Elders in their clans, nurtured for decades, and were old monsters who had been in the first transition for decades. By taking in countless heavenly and earthly treasures as well as nutrition from ferocious beasts, their attributes were pushed up to 100 points. On top of the fact that they had trained hard to attain many specialties, they were almost invincible amongst those in the first transition.

Dong dong dong. Soft sounds rang out as Tai Long, Grand, and Wei Longzi were knocked down, fresh blood flowing out from their bodies. They felt immense pain.

Looking at how the three of them had their faces twisted in pain, Kaunitz smiled and walked up to Fang Xingjian. Looking at how the latter had his eyes closed and seemed to be healing his injuries, he laughed, "Fang Xingjian, are you still trying to heal yourself?

"It's useless. This poison is known as Eternal Wounds. If you don't take the antidote, it's impossible for you to recover. How is it? Have you realized it has gotten increasingly difficult to breathe? It's because your organs are starting to fail."

He thought to himself, 'Mmm, his heart is weakening, and even his stomach is going to stop moving soon. Haha, the flow of his blood has also slowed down.'

Kaunitz twitched his ears, displaying his strong five senses from the Inferno Indestructible Physique.

Seeing that Fang Xingjian remained expressionless with his eyes closed as he tried to heal himself, Kaunitz's mouth twitched as he said, "Oh right, after seeing how things have come to this, you must already know who have poisoned you, don't you?"

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Chapter 147 Gathering Together

Fang Xingjian closed his eyes, incessantly continuing to circulate his vital energy, blood, muscles and bones to heal his wounds while simultaneously attempting to force out the poison.

However, the toxin had already entered his organs through his bloodstreams. How would he be able to force the poison out?

He continuously channeled his force to move his organs, promoting the flow of his vital energy and blood. He fully activated his Internal Healing, Internal Training and Elementary Berserkness physique in order to stop the aggravation of the poison effects on his body.

'Use Internal Healing and Internal Training to slow down the movement of flow of the vital energy and blood, reducing the influx of the toxins, and then rely on the Elementary Berserkness physique to hold on... This should work...'

However, even so, Fang Xingjian's current condition was as Kaunitz had said. He felt that his limbs were weak and his organs were failing. Not even mentioning battling, he was even starting to feel that breathing was difficult and he could not even maintain his Waves.

As Kaunitz finished his words, Jack walked over gloomily. His eyes looked very listless and he seemed as if he was a walking corpse.

However, seeing this, Kaunitz continued to be even more excited.

At the same time, he continued talking to the First Prince who was in him, "Your Highness, Fang Xingjian is truly stubborn, intractable, and extremely arrogant. If you do not pressurize him, he will not give in. Now that he is both physically and mentally weak, it's the best time for us to put him down."

Although the First Prince was aware that it was likely Kaunitz wanted to take revenge, he also knew that what he said was reasonable. Fang Xingjian was truly too arrogant and proud; they needed to pressurize him. That was why he simply watched on as Kaunitz took action.

Jack walked up to Kaunitz, dropped down on one of his knees and said, "Young Master Kaunitz, I've already done my job. The thing that you promised me..."

"Dont worry, both your daughter and wife are fine." Kaunitz smiled and patted Jack on the head as if he was patting a dog. He looked toward Fang Xingjian and said, "Fang Xingjian, do you see this? This is your friend, the person whom you've given guidance for martial arts. However, with just one word from me, he's able to die for me right now and he's able to poison you."

Seeing Fang Xingjian frowning, Kaunitz laughed out loud and said, "Fang Xingjian, do you understand now? Is talent important? Of course, it is, but a person's future, a person's prospects and a person's limits had already been decided by his parents, his family and his background from the very moment he was born.

"A commoner will forever be a commoner. To rise up, they must serve the aristocrats.

"Our resources, our savings, our knowledge and legacies are all beyond your expectations. "

Saying that, he walked up to Fang Xingjian and stomped down on his chest. Although Fang Xingjian was furious, he did not had the strength to retaliate.

"Just like right now. I can crush you as easily as I can crush an ant, but what about you? How can you retaliate?" Kaunitz shook his head. "You have no way of retaliating. Fang Xingjian, you've lost. I know you still can't accept this, but it only shows that you are too naive. Those who win get all the power and authority while those who lose can't say a thing. You must be unscrupulous to attain your eventual goal. Who would care how the win is clinched?

"Power, wealth, background... all these comprise one's abilities. This world is not one in which you can do whatever you wish just by relying on your talent and acting alone."

Just then, Kaunitz suddenly looked toward Jack with great interest and said, "You were taught how to how to mete out torture in the City Guards Institution, right?"

Jack frowned, but thinking of his wife and daughter, he replied honestly anyway, "Yes."

"Hehehehe," Kaunitz laughed. "Then do it on Fang Xingjian. I really want to see you applying torture on him."

Jack said, "Sir, this is different from what we've said before."

Kaunitz shook his finger, saying, "You're in no position to negotiate with me. Get to it. Otherwise, I'll sell your daughter to the brothels. Oh, that might not be the case. I heard that there are many aristocrats who like little girls as well as mother and daughter combinations. Hehe, I can ask around to see if there are any around me.

"How long do you think your daughter will be able to hold out? She is quite adorable. How long would it be before she's broken?

"How long would it be before she turns into a lump of rotting flesh in the drains?"

Hearing Kaunitz words and threats, strong feelings of struggle flashed past Jack's eyes. He kept clenching and releasing his fists and when Kaunitz finished his words, a hint of hatred flashed in his eyes. He shouted out,

"Enough!"

With that, he drew out a small knife and teetered toward Fang Xingjian as if he had lost all of his vitality.

"Haha," Kaunitz laughed, then turned to Fang Xingjian. "Do you see this? This is the charm of power. Fang Xingjian, do you understand the gap between us?"

He patted Jack on the shoulder and continued, "Fang Xingjian, I'll give you another chance. If you sign the Devil's Note now and come under the First Prince, everything from before will be all bygones. If not, I'll let Jack do his job."

What would be more interesting than seeing Fang Xingjian's underling pierce Fang Xingjian again and again? Kaunitz looked at Fang Xingjian with great anticipation, waiting for his reply.

Fang Xingjian paid no heed to him. He continued to close his eyes, doing everything he could to deal with the toxin in his body. It was as if even opening his eyes would be a waste of his energy.

Kaunitz patted Jack's shoulder, saying, "Go, let me see the City Guards Institution's methods."

Jack did not say a word. He held onto the small knife and walked up like a corpse.

While they were talking, he had already arrived behind Fang Xingjian. With a pfft sound, he stabbed the small knife into the back of Fang Xingjian's chest. Fang Xingjian let out a low grunt and trembled.

Jack's tone was filled with desperation as he mumbled, "There's a gap in the human body right here. There are no organs or arteries. It will be very painful, but the injury will not be heavy."

Kaunitz nodded in satisfaction.

Jack looked at Fang Xingjian and the hand that held the blade trembled. He spoke out in a soft voice, "Xingjian, don't blame me. Both my daughter and wife are in his hands. I don't have a choice."

After a few consecutive pierces, no matter how much Jack forced or advised him, Fang Xingjian did not show any signs of reaction.

Fang Xingjian even made use of these couple of wounds to force out some of the toxic blood in his body. After releasing some foul smelling, venomous blood on the ground, he felt more comfortable.

However, seeing how Fang Xingjian refused to budge or give in, for some reason, a growing sense of guilt formed in Jack's heart. He started to feel extremely aggressive.

At that moment, overcome with shame and fury, Jack could only feel that Fang Xingjian was very detestable, reflecting Jack as an extremely hideous person.

Looking at how cold Fang Xingjian was, Jack finally exploded.

"What do you understand? You are alone by yourself, without neither a wife nor a kid. There's no way that you would understand how I feel."

Stabbing the knife in again, Jack shouted out, "Fang Xingjian! What on earth are you holding on for?! Can't you just agree quickly? What's so bad about coming under the First Prince? What on earth are you persevering for?"

Kaunitz laughed as he watched this from the side. His eyes were filled with a lot excitement and satisfaction.

However, why would Fang Xingjian bother about Jack? He continued to heal his wounds continuously. After knowing about the poison in his body, he had used the Internal Healing and Internal Training specialties continuously in order to slow down the flow of his vital energy and blood and, in turn, relieve the symptoms to the poison.

Then while he was being stabbed repeatedly, he took the chance to release some of the toxic blood, slowing down its dispersion. He then relied on the Elementary Berserkness physique to begin the recovery.

He felt that his body had become more comfortable once again.

On the other side, Mumukeya had not really left. He simply watched the whole scene from a few hundred meters away.

Rubbing his chin, he spoke to himself, 'Internal strife?' His eyes remained fixed on Kaunitz as he mumbled, 'This red fellow... What does he have on him? Why is he giving me such a strong menacing feeling?'

At that moment, his ears twitched. Turning his head, he saw a young lady, dressed in black battle gear, land down right behind him from the sky. It was Fang Qian from the Fang Clan's branch family back in Demonic City.

Seeing Fang Qian's appearance, Mumukeya immediately dropped to his knees, saying, "Lord Holy Envoy, why have you come?"

Fang Qian had on a displeased expression, "Mumukeya, what is with you? Why are you dreading battle and not moving forth?"

Mumukeya lowered his head and saying, "I'm not afraid to battle them. However, I sense an unknown and strong surge of power from that guy in red."

"Stop finding excuses for your cowardice," Fang Qian snorted coldly. "Come with me. If you manage to catch Fang Xingjian, it will be a great merit and you will be rewarded by the gods."

Just as the two of them were engrossed in their discussion, a long whistle came from afar. Cutting across the sky from thousands of meters away, a black line was flying towards them at a great speed. It was as if it had slashed apart the whole sky, splitting the layers of cloud into two.

A silhouette dashed over with great speed. With each step, a beam of purple sword force appeared under his feet, allowing him to charge forth consecutively like he was on flat land.

Kaunitz's brow twitched and he said anxiously, "That's..."

"It's Huang Lin, that old man," the First Prince broke into laughter. "This old man must have heard news of Mumukeya's presence and came here to help out. Today, he's here alone. This is a great timing."

While he said this, he came out from Kaunitz's body and swelled up. In just a few moments, he had turned into a giant man of fire with a height of over ten meters and confronted Huang Lin who was charging over from across the sky.

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Chapter 148 Slash

"George!" Huang Lin stepped on two beams of sword force, his gaze was now even more cold as he looked at the man of fire who had risen up.

He lowered his head to look towards the direction Kaunitz was in. When he saw Fang Xingjian, his eyes squinted as if he was a tiger who had seen its prey.

"George, you shouldn't have laid your hands on my disciple." Huang Lin's voice was as cold as the gust of wind in Siberia at night, cold enough to pierce one's bones.

The First Prince broke out laughing as the trembling air was formed from high-temperature flame, giving off a feeling as if the heaven and earth were trembling.

"Huang Lin, you're just an old dog my younger brother keeps, but you're not bad in teaching your disciples. Ten years ago, one died. But now, there's one with even greater prospects.

"But I, George Krieg, have been unhindered in this world, dominating the world for decades. All the geniuses in this world should come under me.

"Back then, your disciple was lost. Today, it's just right that you're giving me another."

Huang Lin's killing intent surged. Ten years ago, he was still back in the Imperial Capital. His first disciple Victor was one with exemplary talent, especially in the area of sword arts cultivation. He was like the sunlight that lit up the whole Imperial Capital.

But he was still unable to fend off the temptations the aristocrats had brought. He drowned himself in pleasure, participated in drinking parties and gatherings; he even took turns lingering in the rooms of many young aristocratic ladies.

In the end, when he had been discovered, he had nothing on but rags and had died on a woman's bed.

When Huang Lin brought his corpse back, results on the investigation of his death had been attributed only to an overdose of medicine which caused him to become brain dead, among other absurd reasons.

Huang Lin could only vaguely connect this case to the First Prince. He then created havoc in the Imperial Capital and had been forced to give up on his government post. However, a Conferred Knight talent like him was a precious resource, and even if he were temporarily removed from office, it would not be possible for him to disappear forever.

He was then assigned to the Western Garrison, next to Kirst Academy.

In Kirst, he had finally found an even more talented and disciplined disciple who could reach even greater heights in the area of sword arts.

"George," Huang Lin's voice was so cold that it would cause one's heart to tremble, "you deserve to die."

The next moment, purple-colored sword force swelled up from Huang Lin's palm, reaching two meters, three meters, ten meters... It continued to extend unceasingly.

The First Prince smiled. Huang Lin's Killing technique, Void Laceration Long Sword, was a Killing technique which materialize one's strength. The greater the strength displayed, the stronger the materialized sword force would be.

When the purple colored sword force reached fifty meters, the First Prince was still very confident. But when it swelled up to one hundred meters, his expression turned slightly grim.

The greatest trait of the Void Laceration Long Sword was that it could garner up the repeated explosion of brute strength, materializing them into a physical sword force. He now had a sword force of over one hundred meters, which meant that he had created explosive outbursts for a hundred times.

"Huang Lin, it seems like you've not been wasting these past few years. You must also have held back when we were in the academy last time."

Huang Lin said, "George, if anything were to happen to my disciple today, after I slash your clone, I'll even dare to go all the way to the Imperial Capital to slash apart your true body."

"Hmph, arrogant." Seeing that the purple colored sword force was still growing unceasingly, the First Prince let out a cold grunt, creating flame streams of over hundreds of zhang [1, pushing them towards Huang Lin. It appeared as if fire was raining down over him.

Purgatory Demonic Compendium – Grand Solar Unending fire.

Traces of pure gold flames turned into flame hoops, surrounding the First Prince and Huang Lin. These pure gold flames could burn up with ether particles. Wherever they passed by, they would completely burn out the ether particles near the opponent, rendering g the enemy unable to perform any extraordinary strength.

Wherever the Grand Solar Unending fire passed by, almost all extraordinary strength were cut off.

A serious gaze which had never been seen before flashed past Huang Lin's eyes. With a loud bellow, the purple-colored sword force he held, which was over one hundred meters, burst forth and slashed towards the flames.

High temperature, kinetic energy, strength... Various things came together to create a large explosion.

With a loud boom, strong gales raged, heading towards all directions while infused with flames as if they were fire tornadoes. All the clouds within hundreds of meters were scattered. As strong gales raged towards the surfaces, sand and dust flew all over, plants and trees fell.

What was more terrifying was that the Grand Solar Unending Fire was still gradually spreading out, taking over every single space and preventing even Huang Lin from entering.

And this was just the start. As the flames and purple colored sword force kept clashing and exploding in the skies, it was as if thunder kept ringing out amidst lumps of fiery clouds, releasing extremely bright light and loud sounds. It appeared to be a battle between the gods and the demons as mentioned in the legends.

'It's a pity. If my true form was here, just an 'Overturned Hell' alone would be able to wipe all of you out. I wouldn't have to go through so much trouble then.'

The First Prince's true form was an expert which was at the pinnacle of level 29 in the second transition while Huang Lin was a second transition level 25 expert. The two of them could not be mentioned in the same breath. After all, in the second transition, each additional level would give the person an overwhelming amount of strength.

This was why the First Prince could suppress Huang Lin with his clone which only had one-tenth of his actual powers.

As if the flaming clouds were afraid of hurting the people on the surface, they continued to rise unceasingly. In an instant, they managed to be thousands of meters away from the surface, and the people on the ground could only see faint flashes of light and explosions.

Mumukeya was astonished. "These Empire's Conferred Knights are natural disasters which take the forms of humans. Compared to our tribe's Destined Warriors, they really are much stronger. If we were to fight face on, I would not be his match.

"It's a pity, a pity. If we also have their legacy, grasp the methods to breakthrough the Ten Heavenly Barriers', and change our physiques, Garcia's Destined Warriors would not be stuck at level 20."

Each level the Empire's second transition Conferred Knights went through was a Heavenly Barriers. Breaking through each Heavenly Barrier would allow one's physique to be changed, enabling one to grasp the ether particles even better. Regardless of whether it was the attributes, specialties, or skills, there would be different levels of enhancement and evolution.

Fang Qian looked at the two people who continued to head upwards, let out a cold laugh, and said, "Stop looking at them, they're gone too far. It's perfect for us. When they get a bit further, we'll take action." While she said this, she was already looking towards Fang Xingjian and the others who were on the ground.

Kaunitz broke out laughing, "Fang Xingjian, how is it? When your teacher appeared earlier, did you think that you were saved? It's such a pity... This time around, no one would be able to save you."

Saying this, his eyebrows furrowed and his ears twitched. He then said, "Hmmm? You heartbeat is recovering? Your organs are regaining their strength too?"

Kaunitz was not aware that Fang Xingjian had the specialties Internal Healing and Internal Training, and moreso the fact that his martial arts level had already reached a stage where he could control the circulation of his vital energy and blood. He even had the Elementary Berserkness physique which could withstand the remaining toxin.

Similarly, Fang Xingjian did not know that Kaunitz had mastered the Inferno Indestructible Physique and that his five senses were now so sharp that he could clearly hear the movements of others' organs as well as the circulation of their vital energy and blood.

Kaunitz fell into a daze for a short moment, but at the next moment, he threw out a palm. This attack was the full force of his palm, accompanied by layers of Reduced Force Fields.

He released 15% of his force that caused the air currents to swirl violently, releasing pitter patter exploding sounds. However, just as he was about to land this attack on Fang Xingjian, the latter abruptly opened his eyes, dodging the blow when Kaunitz's palm was just an inch away from him.

However, after he had moved ten meters away, Fang Xingjian once again stumbled and came to a stop as some of the foul smelling venomous blood trickled out from the corner of his lips.

Kaunitz looked at Fang Xingjian who was struggling to keep up and said coldly, "Fang Xingjian, even if the control over your body is extraordinary and you can slow down the effects of the poison, you're left with at most 30% of your abilities. You still want to resist in this condition?"

Rebecca, Cynthia, and Zakov all walked over. All four experts at the pinnacle of the first transition surrounded Fang Xingjian while the injured Wei Longzi, Tai Long, Grand, and the others all wore an expression of despair.

Jack look at this scene, a hint of fury reflected in his eyes. He walked up next to Rebecca and the others. At this stage, he had no other way out. He could only completely submit to the First Prince and suppress Fang Xingjian.

'Fang Xingjian, don't blame me. If you want to blame something, blame your stubbornness. It's god's will for the First Prince to be the future King of the Empire. Why are you not willing to submit to him?'

Thinking about this, he started to hate Fang Xingjian. If not for his stubbornness, if not for the fact that he had persisted to do things his own way, all these things would not have happened. His daughter, his wife would not have been kidnapped by Kaunitz.

'It's your fault, it's all your fault!'

In the skies, Huang Lin was still fighting it out with the First Prince. It was impossible for them to rush over within a short period of time.

Fang Xingjian had internal injuries to begin, and with the poison acting up, it further added on to his injuries. Even though he could slow down the poison with the great control he had over his body on top of his physique, he was only left with 30% of his abilities after being interrupted by Kaunitz.

Looking at Kaunitz, Fang Xingjian stayed where he was, left sword in hand. He looked at the five people before him coldly, speaking with indifference, "I find it a waste to even use 10% of my powers to deal with people like you, let alone using 30% of my powers."

While the venom in his body had not been cleaned completely yet, he had at least regained his clear consciousness. His Waves started to circulate, his mental cultivation method started to move. He could now use extraordinary strength and skills.

The next moment, Boundaries Negation was activated. With one step forward, Fang Xingjian's distance from Kaunitz was only one meter one.

Boundaries Negation could allow him to neglect the obstruction from other situations, allowing him to fully utilize the user's agility attribute and powers.

It was also then that Fang Xingjian was temporarily rid of the obstruction from the poison and his internal injuries, which prevented him from displaying his attributes. He had also managed to reach a speed three times that of supersonic speed.

With a flash of silver light, the special effect of level 10 Supreme Mistwind Sword was activated. The indestructible three feet sword light directly slashed down on Kaunitz's chest.

Kaunitz let out an earth shaking cry. A huge wound appeared on his chest and he quickly retreated.

All the three experts at the pinnacle of first transition, Rebecca, Cynthia, and Zakov, made their attacks with Jack following behind. However, just as they moved within ten meters of Fang Xingjian, they could see sword light flashing like beams of lightning.

Blood splashed out from all four of them as they let out a horrible cry and proceeded to make their escape.

At this moment, Fang Xingjian's Boundaries Negation was still left with thirty seconds.

[1: Measurement of length. One zhang is about 3.3 meters.

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Chapter 149 With Great Ease

Jack stood there in a daze, unmoving. He touched his neck, unaware of when his throat had been slit open, as fresh blood spurted out.

He wanted to reach out to grab Fang Xingjian, wanted to say something, but he could only watch as the latter's back got further and further away from him, not even sparing him a glance.

With a bang, he fell to the floor. As blood flowed out, he felt himself weakening. Even with the vitality of a first transition Knight, he would probably not be able to hang on for long.

Rebecca's Knight attire was slashed into pieces. If not for the protection of the Knight attire, she would have probably become minced meat. However, even with it on, she was still covered in injuries.

She gazed at Fang Xingjian in great astonishment. She could not understand how he had managed to do this despite having suffered serious injuries. Moreover, he had even been poisoned.

"Ahhh!" Kaunitz let out a terrible cry. A wound the width of two fingers appeared on his chest as fresh blood spilled out like a water fountain, forming a crimson pool at his feet.

His human and dragon blood mobilized, the muscles on his chest continued to wriggle, trying hard to heal bit by bit. At the same time, countless black-colored scales had appeared on his skin, making him look like a black armored devil.

Kaunitz looked at Fang Xingjian with a malevolent expression and bellowed furiously, "Why? Why are you so stubborn? Why do you refuse to accept the First Prince?"

Fang Xingjian indifferently replied, "A person like you will never understand."

In the next moment, he took another step towards Kaunitz. His Supreme Mistwind Sword transformed into lightning, and once again struck at Kaunitz.

Up to a hundred sword Qis bombarded Kaunitz's body, but were unable to slash through the black-colored scale armor on Kaunitz's body.

Kaunitz, on the other hand, had increased his focus to 120%. Amidst the sword Qis, he could finally feel three streams of formless sharp blades seemingly cutting through the air. However, it was already too late; the three foot sword light, which travelled at three times that of supersonic speed, was really too fast. Unable to react in time, Kaunitz suddenly felt immense pain in his head, chest and stomach. A sound like cutting through metal rang out and he was once again sent flying.

There were still twenty-eight seconds of Boundaries Negation left.

Kaunitz fell to the ground, screaming in agony. The Inferno Indestructible Physique's scale armor rolled up, revealing sections of bones as fresh blood continued to splash out.

"B*stard! Stop it!"

Seeing this scene, Rebecca bellowed. Her silver hair flew about maniacally, and as she pointed her ten fingers. Thunder and fire sword Qis shot out crazily, heading towards Fang Xingjian as if they came from a machine gun.

Such dense sword Qis would be able to turn a truck into a sieve, but Fang Xingjian merely swept around with his sole sword, creating hundreds of strong gales in the air and extinguishing Rebecca's thunder and fire sword Qis.

"What?!"

Rebecca looked at this scene in disbelief. More importantly, she had not even managed to see her opponent's moves; they were just too fast.

Fang Xingjian continued to walk towards the now fallen Kaunitz. Rebecca relentlessly fired out thunder and fire sword Qis, but once they entered within a ten-meter radius from Fang Xingjian, they were simply extinguished.

Fang Xingjian charged forward once again, slashing at Kaunitz's neck. Sparks flew as fresh blood gushed out.. Kaunitz was once again sent flying, but he was only injured, not dead.

The Inferno Indestructible Physique's armor was too tough, so his three foot sword light had only been able to sink three inches in.

Twenty-five seconds of Boundaries Negation left.

Cynthia stood up as well. Looking at her right arm covered in blood, her face depicted her immense killing intent. "You're good. If you want to get there, you need to get through me first."

As she spoke, she concurrently charged forth and went to stand in front of Kaunitz. Pushing out her two palms, ether particles moved about crazily, slowly forming hyperfrequency heat currents. It was Cynthia's well-known Killing technique – Formless Fire.

Able to boil up to hundreds of meters away from her in an instant with hyperfrequency waves, she could even boil the blood in a person's body.

But without even letting her perform her technique or say anything more, Fang Xingjian revealed a cold smile, and with a flash, appeared behind Cynthia.

A hint of light streaked past Cynthia's neck. It was the gleam created when sword light clashed with the Reduced Force Field.

In the next moment, her head was was sent soaring all the way, until it dropped to the ground. It was still staring with furious eyes, wearing an expression of disbelief.

With his Boundaries Negation activated and three foot sword light moving about at ease, Fang Xingjian slashed at where her neck was the weakest; it was not something Cynthia's Reduced Force Field could fend off.

However, with this assault, Fang Xingjian started to feel a bit dizzy. The intense activity had caused the poison to start acting up, flowing through his body once again.

But he did not stop there. He did not even cast a glance towards the corpse which was still standing, instead lifting his head and slashing once again at Kaunitz.

"Ahhh!" Cynthia's husband Zakov let out a loud bellow of great grief and indignation, his eyes turning blood-shot. With great fury, he held onto his great saber, leapt up into the air and struck at Fang Xingjian's back.

Fang Xingjian did not move his body, he simply signalled his thoughts to move his sword. The sword light swept out, but Zakov blocked it with a crisp ring.

"Oh?" Only then did Fang Xingjian turn to take a look. While he turned, he continued to unceasingly thrust sword light, sending streams of cone-shaped air currents towards Zakov.

However, it was as if Zakov had known about this beforehand. Right before Fang Xingjian attacked, he positioned his saber horizontally in front of him, and with three crisp dang dang dang sounds, he fell to the ground. However, he had managed to fend off the onslaught.

Even so, just as he landed, another sword Qi pierced his back. He then slashed out with his saber, just as before, blocking off this sword Qi.

Fang Xingjian frowned and lifted his finger slightly. Another three streams of sword Qis once again cut towards Zakov.

Nonetheless, this was still useless. No matter how Fang Xingjian attacked, Zakov was able to dodge and block before he even started. This was a powerful Killing technique that had taken thirty years of tough training to master – Will Before Intention. It allowed him to fend off and retaliate against an opponent's moves by predicting them.

It could be said that his close combat battle prowess was far greater than his wife's. If there were any flaws in his opponent's moves, it would be unlikely for his opponent to defeat him.

But the next moment, Zakov fell into a daze. Taking advantage of the opportunity, Fang Xingjian's right hand turned into a blur. It was because his speed was truly too fast, and the series of afterimages seemed just like a black shadow.

Up to a hundred sword shadows surrounded Zakov, not leaving the slightest opening, and slashed down at a speed three times that of supersonic speed.

Without any flaws, an attack using pure, absolute strength and agility, rending Zakov unable to avoid it. That was why he fell into a daze when he had previously predicted this move.

Boom!

In that moment, it was as if the air was ground into dust. With up to a hundred sword Qis slashing down at three times that of supersonic speed, countless loud explosions rang out, as if innumerable bombs had blown up at the same time. Waves noticeable with the naked eye rippled outwards, everyone's faces reflecting a hint of pain, as if someone was stirring their brains with a stick.

When all the smoke scattered, what was left was just a lump of flesh. Zakov was not even left with a complete corpse.

Fang Xingjian's potential continued to deplete at 1000 points per second. Having his time wasted by Zakov and Cynthia, his Boundaries Negation had been reduced to a mere fifteen seconds now.

Slashing over a hundred times in one breath, even Fang Xingjian was starting to feel weak. He began to feel groggy, his vision turning increasingly unfocused, and Kaunitz who was a distance away was even looking like a lump of blurry figures. After swaying a little, he almost fell down.

What was worse was that as he battled, circulating his Waves and mental cultivation method non-stop, his blood flow accelerated. His brain was depleting energy at a very quick rate, and waves of blood were sent to compensate continuously. This meant that the poison continuously travelled to his brain.

'This cannot do. I need to stop for a while.'

Feeling as if he would lose his consciousness an any moment, Fang Xingjian stopped his Boundaries Negation and started to circulate his vital energy and blood, trying to relieve his body from the poison with his Internal Healing and Internal Training.

'After I relieve myself from the poison, I still have fifteen seconds. It should be enough.'

Yet, throughout the whole process, he continued to move forward. It was because the battle was still in progress. He was like a teetering patient, taking step after step towards Kaunitz.

Rebecca was still crazily firing out streams of thunder and fire sword Qis, but it was as if they met formless barriers. Fang Xingjian only had to use a slash at supersonic speed to scatter all of them.

"Fang Xingjian, stop!" Rebecca shouted. "Are you crazy?! Do you want to go against the whole Tresia Clan? Do you want to become the First Prince's sworn enemy?"

Kaunitz continued to scream out in pain, one hand on the wound on his chest. He looked furiously towards Fang Xingjian who was slowly moving towards him and shouted, "Fang Xingjian, have you gone mad?

"You have not cleaned up the poison blood in your body. If you continue to battle, allowing the poison to flow and to attack your brain and your heart, you will die! Do you really want to die?!"

Fang Xingjian did not pay him any heed, but just kept walking towards him, step by step. Although he was a bit unstable, he was strangely determined.

Kaunitz had also calmed down. The wound on his chest had already closed up. With a slight movement, he activated his skill, the Six Armed Asura. Four extremely thick giant arms covered in black scales grew out from his shoulders and back.

Endless fury and envy turned into flames in his heart, making his face appear extremely twisted.

"Fang Xingjian, why?! Why are you so stubborn?!

"The First Prince is the person at the pinnacle of the mortal world, the future hope of the whole world... Why do you refuse to yield to him?

"Why are you so foolish?!"

As he spoke, his six arms formed sword fingers, pointing in Fang Xingjian's direction.

Six streams of Divine Flames of the Earth's Core shot out. These Divine Flames of the Earth's Core were a type of high temperature beams which would travel at the speed of light once shot. Everywhere they passed through would be burnt down by a high temperature of a thousand degrees.

It was fortunate that Fang Xingjian had started to dodge just as Kaunitz lifted his hands. However, the Divine Flames of the Earth's Core travelled at the speed of light and they were too fast. Despite the fact that he had started to dodge before his opponent had sent them out, he only managed to avoid being hit at the critical spots.They pierced holes through his shoulder and lower thigh, the smell of burnt meat wafting out from them.

However, Fang Xingjian only let out a grunt. He had activated the last fifteen seconds of his Boundaries Negation, pulling out a strong stream of white air current, and dashed towards Kaunitz.

The six streams of Divine Flames of the Earth's Core were like six pillars of light, surrounding Kaunitz. They propelled him a hundred meters away, and then with the movement of his finger, the flames swept outwards.

However, the speed of such sweeping motions was not as swift as when they were being shot out. It was really too slow for Fang Xingjian, who had his Boundaries Negation. He once again created a burst with his right hand, gathering all the viscous, poisoned blood; uncontrollably, a low grunt to escape from his mouth.

At that moment, the Silver Dragon slashed up to a hundred times, crazily pummeling against Kaunitz's body like a drill, and uncovering his scaled armor. Flesh and blood splattered everywhere, making him wail with terrified cries as he fell.

Looking at Kaunitz, who was shrieking crazily, Fang Xingjian uttered coldly, "Don't worry. In two years at most, I'll definitely chop off the First Prince's head and send him to accompany you."

At that moment, there were still twelve seconds left of Boundaries Negation.

'There's still time. I'll pry off your tortoise shell, then kill you.'

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Chapter 150 You Are Fast! He Is Fast! I Am the Fastest! (Part I)

"Ahhh!"

Badly mutilated, Kaunitz let out a horrified scream as he started to wave all six of his arms about crazily. Divine Flames of the Earth's Core were shot out in all directions: slashing the ground apart; hitting the trees; cutting countless of gullies a few meters deep; and cutting down up to a hundred big trees. Everyone backed off anxiously as they looked toward Kaunitz in astonishment.

The prowess of the Divine Flames of the Earth's Core was too strong. If he was not going against an opponent like Fang Xingjian, who specialized in speed, there would probably be no one in the first transition who could be Kanunitz's match.

Fang Xingjian was too close, so he could only retreat with explosive speed once again. In his current state, if he was to suffer from any more heavy injuries, he could collapse.

However, with this explosive move, fresh blood gushed out from his wounds once again just after he had moved a hundred meters away. At the same time, his mind went black. Immense pain had spread there and even his consciousness was starting to get a little bit blurry, as if he would faint anytime.

However, Jack was not that lucky. His throat was split open. He had already been on the verge of death and now that Kaunitz had gone mad, sending out Divine Flames of the Earth's Core crazily, there was no way that Jack could dodge in time. He was slashed at the waist and his stomach opened up, revealing a large section of charred organs.

Blood spewed out from his mouth incessantly. He watched as Fang Xingjian killed two Knights who were at the pinnacle of the first transition, watched as he pushed Kaunitz to the stage where he was now like a mad dog and watched as Fang Xingjian dodged his opponent's final burst of energy. He could not accept this.

"Why?! Why is it that you're still able to fight back and kill people when you've already reached this state?"

His vision blurred out and the last image that appeared in his mind was that of his wife and child.

'Wife, Alice, I...'

The next moment, his head tilted and he finally died.

Looking at Kaunitz who had gone mad, Fang Xingjian put him aside for a while. After all, he could not get near someone who had gone crazy. He might as well wait until the other party had exhausted himself before continuing.

Therefore, he now turned to look toward Rebecca, their last remaining warrior.

Rebecca looked at how Kaunitz was screaming in madness, then looked at Cynthia's and Zakov's corpses on the ground and felt only endless anxiety encompassing her. Fang Xingjian's silhouette was like nightmare, shuttling about in her heart. The scenes of him killing Cynthia and Zakov kept replaying before her eyes.

Moreover, now that Fang Xingjian had turned to look at her, she could feel the overwhelming killing intent which caused her body to be trembling non-stop.

This Knight, who had been born with a silver spoon in her mouth and had relied on her clan's large amount of resources to attain the pinnacle of the first transition, was now extremely frightened. Letting out a scream, she tried to make her escape.

Seeing that Rebecca was trying to run, although Fang Xingjian wanted to give chase, he could not take another step forward. The effects of the poison was getting increasingly serious.

He looked at the sword he was holding, then toward Rebecca who had dashed out tens of meters away. He suddenly formed sword fingers and swept outwards.

His three-foot-long sword light swept out and tens of sword Qis soared into the air.

Fang Xingjian had performed the Supreme Mistwind Sword and under the effect of the condensing sword Qis, tens of sword Qis, which had formed from the Supreme Mistwind Sword, made their way across space, catching up to Rebecca who was tens of meters away.

Boom boom boom boom boom! It was just like tens of Stingers shooting out consecutively. Although Rebecca's Reduced Force Field had been pushed out to its limits, she was still sent rolling on the ground from the explosion.

However, her physique and vitality were truly strong. After rolling for one round, she jumped up to her feet again, spewing out a large mouthful of blood. Although she was horrified, all her potential was unleashed as she charged forth crazily on all fours, fleeing to a hundred meters away from Fang Xingjian.

Another tens of sword Qis chased up right behind her. However, they were already going beyond the spot where the sword Qis had gathered, So the tens of sword Qis scattered. Rebecca casted a long glance at Fang Xingjian and her gaze was filled with both terror and hatred. She then quickly escaped towards the external perimeters.

Fang Xingjian wanted to continue giving chase, but when he just lifted his leg, he felt a bout of dizziness. Everything turned dark and he could not even see Rebecca's silhouette clearly. His body swayed a little before he dropped to sit down on the floor.

After all, he had been badly poisoned. Displaying a series of Waves, mental cultivation method and sword techniques had caused his physical and mental energy to be continuously depleted and the poisonous blood continued to enter his brain, further aggravating his injuries. His four limbs felt weak, as if he would collapse at any moment.

Looking at Rebecca's escaping silhouette, Fang Xingjian let out a cold grunt and once again turned to Kaunitz. Kaunitz, who had been slashed into a horrible sight, had stopped acting crazy.

Looking at Fang Xingjian, Kaunitz's eyes were filled with madness and engraved bitterness.

Kaunitz's face was distorted. He opened his mouth and let out a sound that was like a wild beast on the verge of death.

"Fang Xingjian! Kill me if you dare! If I don't die today, I'll never let you off. Your friends, your family... everyone who's related to you will all have to die!"

Fang Xingjian said indifferently, "Don't worry. I'll rest for a while before I go over and kill you."

On the other end, Reiya had completely concussed. Grand had crawled over to where she was and was applying first aid. Tai Long, dressed in a full suit of armor, and Wei Longzi, dressed completely in black, were both looking at Fang Xingjian with wide-open eyes, as if they were bulging out.

The current Fang Xingjian appeared to be so powerful, so mysterious and so unfamiliar.

He was badly injured and poisoned, yet he was still able to kill three Knights with a wave of his hand as well as deal heavy injuries to Kaunitz and scare off Rebecca. How powerful was he?

Fang Xingjian sat there on the floor with both of his eyes fixed on Kaunitz. However, he felt increasingly dizzy as his four limbs gradually lost their strength. He could only do his best to suppress the poison.

Simultaneously, he looked at his Stats Window. After killing two senior Knights in a row, his experience had increased by leaps and bounds. Cynthia and Zakov were unlike Garcia's Great Warriors; they were among the top of the Empire's first transition Knights. The experience which they had provided were too much.

Furthermore, he had been at level 14 with an experience of 87.9% and had been nearing the next level. After all these, he was now at level 17 with an experience of 0.02%. He had leveled up three levels in a go and increased his agility attribute by 33 points. How horrifying was this progress? It would be impossible for an ordinary first transition Knight to attain this.

Therefore, his stats had now changed to become:

Name

Fang Xingjian

Age

17

Occupation

Windshadow Sword Divinity

Level

17, 0.02%

Strength

565

Agility

1675

Reaction

55

Endurance

49

Flexibility

51

The attributes above come into effect once the Sonido Sword Zephyr Waves is activated.

Due to Perfect Muscles, 5 in strength and agility (10% of the endurance attribute).

Nurturing Sword Techniques

94 sets

Training Sword Techniques

12 sets

Supreme Mistwind Sword

Level 30

Radiant Light Sword Technique

Level 6

Ether Divine Art

Level 1

Specialities:

Genius Swordsmanship,

Elementary Survival Instinct,

Internal Healing，

Internal Training，

Sword Specialist,

High Agility Motion Vision,

Heightened Reflexes,

Perfect Muscles

Elementary Berserkness

Unparalleled Sword Intent (79/100)

Potential

11,000 point increase/day

Waves

Level 5 Sonido Sword Zephyr Waves

Mental Cultivation Method

Level 3 Universal Sword Dominance*

His agility attribute was at a total of 172 points, which meant that it was higher than a person at the second transition like Mumukeya. After all, even though he was at level 20, Mumukeya only had an agility attribute of 150 points. Additionally, Mumukeya did not have a skill similar to Boundaries Negation and, thus, would not be able to display the full potential of his maximum speed.

Furthermore, Fang Xingjian also had the job specialty, Single Sword World Subjugation. How fast was he now after displaying Boundaries Negation at full power? Even Fang Xingjian himself was not certain.

However, the others did not know this.

On the other side, Mumukeya, who had been hiding in the forest, spoke out in a soft voice, "Seems like he can't continue anymore."

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Chapter 151 You Are Fast! He Is Fast! I Am the Fastest! (Part II)

A kilometer away, a total of four Knights were dashing towards where Fang Xingjian was. Rota was in the lead with her silver-colored spear, her expression determined. In order not to be affected during battle, she tied up her long, silky black hair into a ponytail.

Her Knight attire was filled with dirt and traces of blood, but these damages and stains only further enhanced her valiance.

As she proceeded with great speed, she lifted her head to look to the skies, her two eyes continuously staring like wolves at the unceasingly burning and exploding fire clouds.

As one of the top amongst all the students in Kirst Royal Academy, Rota had been fighting in the front line for a long period of time. Countless battles with Garcia's Great Warriors allowed her battle experience and will to increase at amazing speed. Her abilities underwent an even greater level of improvement.

'Fang Xingjian, just you wait. I'll surpass you.'

Looking at the fiery clouds in the sky, Rota spoke in a cold voice, "Teacher Huang Lin has already engaged the other party, but it shouldn't be Mumukeya. We'll need to be careful from now on. Mumukeya is probably still hunting down our Knights on the surface."

'Mumukeya, if I can defeat you, if my Void Penetrative Divine Spear is able to pierce through you, then I should also be able to defeat Fang Xingjian who is similarly an expert of speed, right?'

While she spoke, all four of them had arrived on the battlefield.

On the other side, Mumukeya who had been hiding in the forest spoke out in a soft voice, "Seems like he can't continue anymore."

Fang Qian asked, "It's a pity that job transitions with magic prints does not give one Reduced Force Field, and those who go through the second transition would also not have the Heaven's Perception. Do you sense anything?"

Mumukeya looked up into the sky. He looked at the First Prince and Huang Lin who were both still engaged in battle, unleashing various light flashes and explosions, making a hole in the clouds. He said, "I don't know. Heaven's Perception must also be within ten meters of the Reduced Force Field. It's best for you not to be exposed, so I will head over and take a look first."

Heaven's Perception was the ability that belonged to those who were at second transition level 20 or higher. They could, within the perimeters of their Reduced Force Field, sense the messages transmitted by ether particles, such as warmth, light, flow of air currents, or tremblings of the ground. It was akin to having a sensor with a radius of ten meters which monitored every little change.

This also meant that from the second transition onwards, strong Warriors no longer needed to use their actual eye to see during close combat, since it would prevent them from reacting in time. Moreover, they would not be able to see clearly. However, Heaven's Perception could make up for this flaw by being a replacement for the eyes..

While Fang Xingjian had, early on, unleashed a battle power like never before, both Fang Qian and Mumukeya were extremely confident.

One reason was naturally because Fang Xingjian had obviously reached his limits. The other reason was because he was still at the first transition after all.

There was an unsurpassable gap between those in the first transition and those in the second. Heaven's Perception was one of them.

Even though Mumukeya had been injured and even pushed back by Fang Xingjian earlier, it was only because Fang Xingjian had caught him by surprise. What's more, there was a six-man Reduced Force Field, not to mention Fang Xingjian's Radiant Light Sword Technique. If not for Mumukeya amazing instincts, which had caused him to be scared off by the First Prince, there was no way that he would leave.

Thus, the two of them were still very confident even after seeing Fang Xingjian displaying his battle skills.

However, they would never have thought that Fang Xingjian's job and job specialties were so horrifying. They did not possess those heaven-defying abilities Fang Xingjian had. He even quickly rose up by three levels, which increased his agility attribute by 33 points.

As such, Mumukeya let out a smile and said, "Then I'll head over first. You can cover for me."

With that, he let out a fierce tremble, after which the muscles throughout his body rapidly expanded and contracted. Layers of brown-colored hair sprouted up from the surface of his body.

Because their strengths were inherited from those ferocious beasts as well as mutated humans, almost all of Garcia's warriors had the powers from ancient beasts. Beast transmogrification was also a skill that all of them could use.

However, beast transmogrification would modify their body and deplete their vital energy and blood. It was something which would harm themselves first before inflicting harm on others, and if they used too much of it, their lifespans would be reduced. Many of Garcia's Great Warriors would recklessly abuse their ability to undergo beast transmogrification so much so that many of them ended up dying from sudden deaths at the age of forty.

Having reached Mumukeya's level after the second transition, however, they would be able be communicate better with ether particles. They would also have a better understanding their bodies and pay attention to nurturing it. As a result, they would no longer use their ability to undergo beast transmogrification aside from crucial moments.

Amidst the fierce transformation, Mumukeya grew taller and bigger. Sharp teeth protruded from his mouth and he became a cheetah in a human form.

Not only would beast transmogrification greatly raise the attributes of Garcia people, they would also be given various unique abilities.

At this moment, Mumukeya's overall attributes increased by 20 points or higher. His agility attribute had even broke through 170 points.

Simultaneously, traces of light started to flash around Mumukeya. They were the tremors from the unceasingly stacking ether particles. The greatest difference between the first and second transition was that those in the first would only be able to transmit their strength through ether particles. They would use their strength to trade with ether particles, unleashing light, electric, heat, magnetism, and other kinds of amazing powers.

After breaking through to second transition level 20, those in the second transition would be able to rely on the strength of the ether particles to attack. They would be capable of creating destructive forces akin to natural disasters, as Huang Lin and the First Prince were doing.

One used ether particles as converters while the other communicate with ether particles to borrow their powers.

Now, after borrowing powers from the ether particles, Mumukeya immediately formed an acceleration force field, using the ether particles' powers to accelerate his own speed like an electromagnetic gun.

It was just that there were no martial arts legacy passed down and Mumukeya's actions were extremely rough because of it. There was a time limit he could use this skill each day, otherwise it would harm his body. This was the reason he had not use it until now.

In fact, if he had not met a weirdo like Fang Xingjian, Mumukeya's usual speed was more than enough to overwhelm all Knights.

As he chuckled, Mumukeya squatted down with both hands pressed on the ground, as if he were a modern day runner who was about to kickstart a run during competitions.

His two legs swelled up crazily and his muscles seemed to have expanded by two times in just an instant.

The ground under his feet cracked, turning into a huge crater and shooting out countless rocks into the sky.

At this point, Rota had also arrived. She looked at Fang Xingjian who was wobbling and covered in blood all over, then at Mumukeya who had undergone beast transmogrification. He seemed as if he would explode any moment.

"Not good!"

"He's going to kill Fang Xingjian!"

She let out a cry and sent out her Void Penetrative Divine Spear at full speed. However, she was too far away. She could see Mumukeya but could not reach him.

At the next moment, she abruptly turned her head, unconsciously wanting to shout out something. However, she fell into a daze after witnessing the scene before her, eyes wide-open in disbelief.

Mumukeya's body suddenly disappeared. He had dashed out suddenly. Wherever he passed by, electricity would flash nonstop in the surrounds. The acceleration force field created from the ether particles was increasing his speed.

Unleashing his abilities which was five times that of supersonic speed, he had already arrived next to Fang Xingjian before Wei Longzi and the others could react.

Wherever he passed by, it were as if the air was pierced. Sounds were stacked over each other, compressed together by his body at extreme speed. It was so fast that the others had not been able to hear anything yet.

The whole world seemed to have slowed down at this moment. It was as if time had stopped for everyone and they completely stopped moving.

Mumukeya's dagger was encompassed by a layer of Reduced Force Field, and like a venomous snake, it twisted and pierced towards Fang Xingjian's arm. As he was instructed by Fang Qian to capture him alive, he planned to amputate one of his arms first.

Ripples that could be seen by the naked eye formed wherever he passed by, creating a long stream of white smoke. It were as if he was a supersonic plane cutting across the sky.

The speed of the dagger was extremely fast. They had yet to see Mumukeya, but his dagger was already about to pierce Fang Xingjian's arm.

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Chapter 152 You Are Fast! He Is Fast! I Am the Fastest! (Part III)

However, just as Mumukeya's attack was about to chop off Fang Xingjian's right arm, a silver light suddenly lit up and came into contact against Mumukeya's dagger.

Boundaries Negation was activated with a remaining twelve seconds left.

Even though Mumukeya's dagger was pushed away, it eventually still turned its direction and steered toward Fang Xingjian's neck at overwhelmingly high speed. It slashed through his Reduced Force Field, into his flesh, and cut deeply into his neck.

Thankfully, it ended there and did not cut through Fang Xingjian's artery and windpipes. Fang Xingjian managed to survive it even though fresh blood kept spurting out from his neck.

After the high speed assault, Mumukeya only let out a weird laugh. Slashing out a long arch, he headed toward Fang Xingjian once again.

Clink clank~~~~~

Dazzling sparks were created from the clashing of metals and strong impacts were released from the intense clashes. Fang Xingjian was struck and thrown over ten meters away, but he had still managed to fend off Mumukeya's attack yet again.

"Don't move unnecessarily, lad.

"Otherwise, if I kill you accidentally, I won't be able to explain it when I head back."

Amidst their frantic clashes, Mumukeya was like a shooting star, surrounding Fang Xingjian and attacking incessantly. During the short time he took to say his two lines, another consecutive seven clashes had rung out. Holding the Silver Dragon in one hand and a steel sword in the other, Fang Xingjian was sent flying in all directions like a spinning top, but he still managed to receive all the attacks. Each time they collided, blood would continue to spurt out from his wounds, making him appear even more wobbly.

'This lad has such a quick reaction.'

Mumukeya let out a cold laugh and the muscles throughout his body swelled up tremendously. Strong gales blew as his body and dagger tore up the atmosphere, attacking Fang Xingjian crazily from all directions.

Boundaries Negation was left with the final five seconds.

Just then, Fang Xingjian started to speak.

Accompanied with Mumukeya's attacks time and time again, air currents were sent out explosively as sound explosions filled the air. Due to having insufficient strength, his body trembled non-stop as he was sent flying continuously. However, his voice still carried to everyone's ears.

"Mumukeya...

"Haven't you noticed?"

Boom! The ground's surface collapsed under Mumukeya's beast claws. The atmosphere wailed like a female ghost and with a dash, he appeared right before Fang Xingjian. His dagger created flashes of sparks as it clashed with Fang Xingjian's Silver Dragon, letting out explosive pitter patter sounds. At the next second, he had already passed by Fang Xingjian and the explosive air currents.

"Your speed...

"...is already..."

Bang! The dagger and Silver Dragon crashed against each other strongly. Raging force surged out from Mumukeya's body as he knocked against Fang Xingjian's body. This caused him to bleed furiously from the wounds he already had all over his body and he was sent flying for tens of meters away once again.

Mumukeya stomped with his big leg and the ether particles in his surroundings flashed crazily. The acceleration field was now activated. He caught up to Fang Xingjian once again and thrust out his dagger. Blood splattered out between the two of them.

"...is already not..."

Mumukeya let out a strange cry with his eyes bloodshot. A strong surge of excitement swelled up in him. It had been a very long time since he had last come across a prey with such great tenacity and could catch up with his attacking speed.

The dagger in his hands created a series of afterimages and a whooshing sound as he thrust it toward Fang Xingjian from eight directions.

"...not as fast as mine!"

The moment Fang Xingjian had been waiting for finally came. It was just as Mumukeya was less than half a meter away from Fang Xingjian and the distance was so close that Mumukeya had no chance to dodge.

The Silver Dragon in Fang Xingjian's hand sent out hundreds of shadows. It was as if a heavy rain of blades had poured down in that 0.1 second and then disappeared in that very instant.

The air was torn apart completely. After the detonation of overwhelming pressure, the two of them passed by each other once again and then stood there motionless.

Time left for Boundaries Negation: 0.5 second.

At the next moment, Mumukeya's head shot up into the air and sent out a strong surge of vital energy and blood as though it was raining blood.

Mumukeya's head landed on the ground, looking at Fang Xingjian in disbelief. The Reduced Force Field tremored the air and imitated his voice.

"To think that I would die in the hands of a first transition Knight today."

He looked at the huge wound on Fang Xingjian's neck. He had almost killed Fang Xingjian.

He said with great regret, "How fast was that move earlier? Five times of supersonic? Or was it six? It's a pity that my speed is still slower. Otherwise, you would not have been able to react in time at all with your reaction attribute. It's a pity... If only I was a little bit faster, you would already be dead.

"Sigh, why is it that generations and generations of geniuses keep appearing in the Empire? But we still have a lot of people in Garcia, improving across generations. Even if I die, there would be even more geniuses coming forth, generation after generation of them. Eventually, they'll be able to..."

After using the tremors in the air with his Reduced Force Field to speak for about one minute, Mumukeya finally died completely with his eyes wide-open. He had displayed the strong vitality of someone in the second transition.

Fang Xingjian looked at Mumukeya, then turned in Kaunitz's direction with a hint of regret flashing in his eyes. His vision seemed to have been affected greatly as he could not even see the other party's face clearly anymore.

After killing Mumukeya, Fang Xingjian increased in another level once again. At the same time, a comprehension he had never experienced before surged forth, causing his consciousness to boil up as if thousands of worlds were exploding in it.

His mental cultivation method circulated at great speed until it reached an extreme limit and then shattered. The new mental cultivation method finally appeared in his Stats Window after completing the metamorphosis.

Universal Sword Dominance Lunisolar level 3: One man and one sword, wiping out the world. Only an unrivalled will can create unrivalled powers. If the practitioner's will is strong enough, he can transmit strength through ether particles and turn them into blades, then lash them out across space while performing sword techniques.

The actual effect was to turn 'Reduced Force Field' into 'ether sword ripples'. Each additional level of the mental cultivation method would increase his strength by 50% and the speed of the ether sword ripples would be equivalent to the speed the practitioner could attack at.

The Reduced Force Field could originally display 50% of Fang Xingjian's strength and it would just be a general crash of strength towards a certain direction. He was able to push, twist or squeeze, but would never be able to slash, cut or pierce.

Therefore, although he could turn someone into a meat patty, he would not be able to slash them into two.

Moreover, now, under the effect of his new mental cultivation method, his Reduced Force Field turned into ether sword ripples, allowing him to display 150% (additional 50% with each level and his mental cultivation method was currently at level 3). Furthermore, it would have attacking functions akin to that of a sword, including slashing, cutting and piercing.

Within ten meters, he could form blades with his will, slashing across space with 150% of his strength. The speed of his slash would also be able to inherit the attacking speed of the practitioner.

How terrifying was this?

But after the whole series of battles, Fang Xingjian's internal injuries and the degree of his poisoning had increased time and time again. However, after killing Mumukeya, he had increased in one level, increased his agility by another 11 points and his attacking speed had broken through to a whole new level once again.

Before he fainted, he was left with the last 0.5 seconds of his Boundaries Negation.

Fang Xingjian only managed to point out with a finger, causing sound explosions and flames to burst out as ether sword ripples formed instantaneously in the air at over eight times of supersonic speed. They then slashed toward Kaunitz.

The great friction in the air turned red and heated up due to the great speed. It even shot out streams of sparks. Strong gales wailed and turned into streams of heat currents, spreading out in all directions.

Formless slashes with 1.5 times of his strength shot out at eight times of supersonic speed. It was the first time he was displaying his terrifying strength in the presence of other people.

Amidst Kaunitz's terrified screams and everyone's horrified gazes, Fang Xingjian's vision turned black with a hint of regret. He merely felt a series of tremendous aches from his brain and then fainted completely.

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Chapter 153 Failure And Support

Fang Qian looked at Mumukeya's corpse which had fallen to the ground, revealing a look of disgust.

'This crap can't even deal with a first transition Knight?'

But thinking about Fang Xingjian's explosive speed earlier, Fang Qian could not help but admit that Fang Xingjian truly possessed unbelievable combat abilities.

'But his speed is only effective in close combat.'

Thinking of the scenes from Fang Xingjian's battle earlier, Fang Qian became increasingly confident of her judgement.

She then looked at how Fang Xingjian had fallen, rubbed her chin, and said, 'I still can't confirm if he has truly lost the ability to battle and lost his consciousness.

'I also can't confirm if he can still retaliate.'

After giving it some thought, she eventually decided to capture him through long distance means as a safety precaution. She recalled how he had that amazing speed which allowed him to kill someone who had gone through the second transition. Although it was Garcia's second transition, it was still unusually amazing.

Thinking of this, her gaze brimmed with even greater interest.

The next moment, the patterns on Fang Qian's body started to wriggle about like tadpoles. They subsequently released a series of glowing light, giving off a strange feeling which was both powerful and evil, terrifying yet holy at the same time.

In just an instant, the patterns all over her body turned into various grey-colored light patterns.

She could feel that power in her body which was extremely powerful and grasping. When Fang Qian opened her eyes, grey light shone out from them.

'This... This is diabolic energy!'

Unlike how it was back in Demonic City, she could summon the powers from one of the twelve evil gods after arriving at the Miracle World. With the enhancement from this power, each magic print Warrior's abilities would rise in leaps and bounds.

Although it was not comparable to the Mages who could use sorcery and directly unleash the diabolic energy from the evil gods, it was close enough.

'As long as we complete the ultimate miracle sorcery to bring forth the evil god, the whole world will be in our hands.'

Every time she unleashed this extremely majestic source of energy, Fang Qian could not help but acclaim how wonderful the power of sorcery was.

In the next moment, strong gales started to move around her as countless sounds rang out. They were sounds akin to dragons' and tigers' roars, yet similar to tens of thousands wild beasts' crying out at the same time.

Fang Xingjian aimed her palm at where Fang Xingjian was, 'Come over here, cousin.'

At the next moment, however, she look in disbelief at the grey-colored imprints on her body, at how the diabolic energy was dissipating. The grey-colored lights were gradually disappearing.

When the lights completely disappeared, Fang Qian then returned to her original form. Her diabolic energy had completely vanished as if they had never appeared in the first place.

'What's going on?

'Why? Why did the magic prints and the diabolic energy lose their effects?'

Amidst her panic, she slowly retreated from the battlefield, the image of how the diabolic energy had dissipated constantly flashing in her mind.

'I must report this to the Science Academy immediately. Diabolic energy dissipating... This is something which has never happened before.'

Rota just arrived when she saw this astonishing scene.

Sweat droplets were still trickling down her nose, her cheeks were red, and she was panting heavily. It showed how exhausted she was as she rushed over.

The scene from earlier kept playing back in her mind repeatedly.

Strong gales swirled and sounds of explosions filled the air.

At the end of the strong gales, Mumukeya stood there with his head on the ground and a fountain of fresh blood spurting out from his body which had undergone beast transmogrification.

Second transition Garcia's Destined Warrior.

The Mumukeya who had unrivalled speed.

From the beginning of the battle, he had hunted down countless Knights and even escaped from the hands of Conferred Knights.

Did he die just like that?

Rota looked at this scene with a complicated expression. Only after she walked up to the corpse did she then let out a sigh. She then turned to looked towards the unconscious Fang Xingjian whose neck seemed to have been severed off. Blood still gushing out and he was covered in wounds all over.

"Go give him treatment."

Under her command, one of the Knights next to her went up to help Fang Xingjian dress his wounds.

Looking at the Fang Xingjian that killed Mumukeya, Rota's expression was very complicated. This was the guy who had defeated her before so many people in the academy, the guy who had given her great humiliation.

But now, after seeing Fang Xingjian kill Mumukeya, a strange feeling welled up from inside her. It was admiration, appreciation, or some other kind of strange emotion.

Looking at the unconscious Fang Xingjian, she still decided to get someone to give him treatment.

She wanted to win against Fang Xingjian, but definitely not by stabbing him in the back. She wanted to face him head-on, defeating him fair and square.

'Just you wait. Although you've completely surpassed me now, I'll do my best to catch up to you. You better not die before I defeat you.'

She looked towards Reiya and the others and asked, "How is she?"

Reiya's chest had been penetrated by the Divine Flames of the Earth's Core and her lungs were almost completely burnt. Her heart had also stopped beating. Grand looked at Reiya in despair, as if he had fallen into a daze.

Rota shook her head, "What on earth happened?"

Kaunitz was still crying out in pain.

He had been hit by Fang Xingjian's final Ether Sword Ripples. While it did not kill him, it had slashed off the three arms on his right. The Six Armed Asura became a Three Armed Asura, which not only meant that his three arms were crippled, his body's balance was destroyed as well. He laid on the ground, pale-faced. As blood continued to gush out, he could neither garner any strength nor even move his body.

Kaunitz looked at his Stats Window. Each of his attributes were reduced by more than half. He had become worthless, his eyes filled with madness and desperation.

Hearing Rota's question, he laughed out in a low voice. "Fang Xingjian? Hehe, so what if he killed Mumukeya? He continued to go all out in battle when he was poisoned, and now the poisoned blood has already entered his brain. He's dead meat. Even if he were to take the antidote now, it's too late!

"Hahahaha, I'm crippled, but he's dead. In the end, I still won."

"Tr...ash..." Wei Longzi abruptly lifted his head, his eyes fixed on Kaunitz as he spoke, "Do you have any shame? Do you have any hint of a Knight's honor?

"It's already unforgivable for you to have poisoned your own comrade. Earlier, if it wasn't Fang Xingjian who had killed Mumukeya, do you think you'd still be able to survive? We'd all be dead!"

"Hmph, who wanted him to save me?" Green veins popped up on Kaunitz's forehead as his eyes brimmed with rage. "This fatherless b*stard serves no one, goes against all values and ethics. Compared to this b*stard, I'd rather die in that Black Devil's hands."

"Incapable of reasoning." Wei Longzi gritted his teeth as he looked at Kaunitz, speaking out each word clearly, "Since that's the case, then die!"

As he spoke, he swung both swords repeatedly, slashing towards Kaunitz with streams of electricity.

However, just as his swords were about to reach Kaunitz, Rota shook the spear and unleashed her Void Penetrative Divine Spear. The silver-colored spear pierced through the gaps in space, the spear's tip forcefully stopping Wei Longzi, and pushing him back.

Then, with more flashes from her spear's tip, a series of crisp sounds rang out as it collided with Tai Long's suit of armor. Tai Long, who had similarly launched an attack, was stopped as well.

Rota bellowed, "Stop it! To be killing one of our own... Are you guys out of your mind?!"

"One of our own? Has he thought of us like that?" Wei Longzi bellowed, "It was him who had killed Reiya. He even wanted to silence all of us. He was also the one who had poisoned Fang Xingjian. He's a double-crossing madman!"

After hearing this, Rota looked at Wei Longzi, Tai Long, and Grand, all of whom were very agitated. She shook her head and said, "I know you guys are very agitated. But no matter what, we need to wait for the officer to arrive and get the association to conduct a trial before we can determine the truth."

With that, she swept out her spear and stood before Kaunitz, saying, "I can't just take your one-sided words. Before the association comes to a decision, don't think about laying your hands on him. But you can rest assure that as long as what you guys said is the truth, Kaunitz will definitely get the punishment he deserves. Moreover, he's already a cripple now. Why do you need to be so anxious?"

She then threw a glance towards Fang Xingjian and said to the person beside her, "Is Fang Xingjian poisoned? Go search Kaunitz. Help him bandage his wounds and check if he has the antidote."

Kaunitz could not move and could only let them conduct the search. However, he broke out laughing, looking at the trio with a challenging glance. Strong madness and despair flashed in his eyes. Since he was young, his greatest worth was his talent. Now that Fang Xingjian had half-crippled him, desperation and madness burned up in his heart strongly, like fuel being poured over fire.

Wei Longzi clenched his teeth and gripped his hands so strongly that they had turned white. The vengeance grew increasingly stronger.

Just then, a loud sound came from the sky and the fiery clouds started to dissipate.

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Chapter 154 Surround

The fire clouds scattered and once again formed the First Prince's body.

Huang Lin's gigantic sword force had already disappeared, and he himself was charred. The Grand Solar Unending Fire had burned him dry of all the ether particles inside and outside his body, rendering him unable to employ any kind of extraordinary strength.

He started descending, but while still in midair he took the opportunity to break through the Grand Solar Unending Fire's field. He once again came into contact with the ether particles in the space and swung the longsword in his hand, creating more streams of sword force.

"Hahahaha, Huang Lin, are you still not going to surrender?"

In the sky, fire-colored light kept shooting out from the First Prince's fingertips. Huang Lin stepped on the many streams of sword force, dodging the shots with great ease.

Although his speed was not comparable to the beams, he could at least observe the movements of his opponent's actions and take appropriate measures.

However, how could the First Prince's Divine Flames of the Earth's Core compare to Kaunitz's? Crimson red beams shot out as if they were coming from machine guns. The beams could even twist and turn, enveloping Huang Lin like a net of light.

The space in which Huang Lin could dodge continued to shrink. Those with discerning eyes could tell that the situation was not to his advantage.

Kaunitz laughed out again. Rota's brows furrowed tightly as she asked in hesitation, "That is the First Prince?"

Kaunitz laughed, answering, "That's right. You should know what to do now, right? Those bunch of stubborn old fogeys in the academy are all thinking of going against the Empire's future sovereign. They really don't know any better."

The next moment, however, Kaunitz's expression suddenly froze up. Only the roars of tens of thousands of beasts could be heard.

In the east, Jackson soared into the air and punched. It was as if the world had transformed. In that moment, countless invisible ferocious beasts like ten thousands wild beasts gushed forth and attacked the levitating First Prince.

It was his strongest Killing Path, Divine Fist of Myriad Beasts. It was an ultimate Killing technique which allowed him to inherit the powers of each ferocious beast he killed.

In the west, tens of thousands of golden light rays pierced through the air, slicing up the atmosphere. It was as if countless longswords were rippling around the First Prince. This was the Killing technique – Solar Sword Disks. It refracted sunlight through ether particles, transforming an endless amount of sunlight into laser guns.

In the north, a red moon rose up. In that instant, it was as if countless illusions flashed past everyone's faces. The Killing technique – Blood Moon. It gathered auras of grievances, poison, vengeance, and bloodlust, attacking the enemies' mental state.

The First Prince squinted his eyes and spoke in a serious tone, "Kirst's Jackson, Green Jade's Edward, and Mongul's Oliver."

These three were the Headmasters of the three major academies who had come to support the Western Garrison. Other than Jackson, who was at second transition level 26, the other two were at second transition level 25. Had the First Prince himself been here, in no way would he be concerned about the three of them joining forces. He could even break through them one by one, completely suppressing them.

However, the fire clone was only a clone the First Prince had created with the Devil's Note. It was not a match for the three of them if they joined forces.

"Alright, alright, alright. To think that all three of you old guys have been dispatched just to deal with those Garcia barbarians. Seems like my younger brother's control in the Great Western Region is deeper than I thought."

In the west, the source of the tens of thousands golden lights was an old man holding onto a crutch. He was Green Jade Royal Academy's Headmaster, Edward. "Your Highness, once the Garcia people crossed the seas to the Great Western Region, they committed fire and arson, raping and plundering. They committed all kinds of evil acts and the citizens are living in misery. Now is not the time for us to have internal strife."

Jackson snorted coldly and said, "In order to get your hands on a Prefectural Champion, you've schemed and plotted. You sent three senior Knights and even your clone... You're really too shameless."

In the north was an elderly wrapped in layers of bandages, such that only a pair of demonic green eyes were visible. It was Mongul Royal Academy's Headmaster, Oliver. He said calmly, "George Krieg, your hands have stretched out too far. I don't care if you plot to kill a student from other regions, but if you're against the Great Western Region, we won't leave it be."

Three Headmasters, three Conferred Knights. Although they were far from being a match for the First Prince's true powers, they did not lack the courage to stand before him. If they did not even have this much courage, they would not have been able to become a second transition Conferred Knight.

Moreover, they were only dealing with a clone now. The First Prince's true form would be left to Governor Devitt, who was also an important character at second transition level 29.

The First Prince laughed coldly and, in the next moment, abruptly dashed toward the ground. He headed in the direction of the First Prince and Kaunitz like a shooting star.

To think that he wanted to bring both Kaunitz and Fang Xingjian together at once!

"What guts!"

"How dare you!"

"Stop right there!"

Three thunderous bellows rang out. Tens of thousands of galloping wild beasts gushed forth with the power to overturn rivers and seas. Golden-colored sword light shot out like countless laser guns, all of them attacking towards the First Prince's direction.

The Blood Moon rose into the sky. It was as if countless traces of blood had appeared in the air. The First Prince even let out an astonished shout as his fire clone continued to break down. He had been attacked at a mental level.

Left with no choice, he was unable to bring Kaunitz and Fang Xingjian with him. He turned from red to white, creating a long stream of fire as he cut across the sky.

Green Jade Academy's Headmaster Edward let out a sigh, "The Devil's Note is indestructible and no technique can infringe upon it. Without Divine level means, there's no way to destroy it and it could only be suppressed."

Mongul's Headmaster Oliver snorted and said, "If he hadn't inherited the Ancient Path of Hell, how could he be so arrogant as to openly attack and harm official Knights? He does not even care about the Empire's laws."

Jackson and Edward laughed bitterly but did not reply.

Things like the country's laws could be used to restrict ordinary people or Knights, but it would be hard to do the same with Conferred Knights or even Divine level experts.

Out of those strong people who had succeeded in going through the second transition, which did not have an astonishing will, and which did not do things their own way, as if the world revolved around them? It was simply impossible to hope that people like them would abide to the laws meant for commoners, as impossible as getting sharks to queue up for their food.

As it was now, it was already difficult to rely on the Royalty's and association's powers to suppress all the Conferred Knights and set them as guards in different areas to serve the Empire.

Huang Lin and the three of them came to Fang Xingjian. As they looked at this severely injured student, their gazes were filled with astonishment.

Jackson took a look at Huang Lin and asked, "Are your injuries alright?"

"They're fine, they're fine." Huang Lin waved his hand and started to check Fang Xingjian's injuries. After a while, he said, "Thank goodness, these are all superficial wounds. This lad's vitality is overwhelming. With the Elementary Berserkness physique, he should be fine after recuperating for a while, as long as he doesn't die. However, his organs still have some poison. A doctor needs to see this."

Edward, who was full of white hair and wrinkles, made a face and said, "Is this how you guys protect your ingenious students? If it had been a student from our Green Jade, an ingenious student like this would have been fully equipped with Remains Divine Weapons long ago. How could they be put through such serious injuries?"

Huang Lin let out a cold laugh and said, "Old man, which one of your students is able to fight against Garcia's Destined Warriors? If there is none, then stop boasting. It's no use no matter how many Divine Weapons you bring."

Edward shook his head angrily and left, "Hmph, don't be too happy yet. We also have a few talents with potential in Green Jade. I wonder who will end up winning the upcoming Regional Selection?"

Oliver, who was covered in countless white-colored bandages, looked at Kaunitz with sorrowful eyes and said, "Although we're unable to suppress that page of the Devil's Note, we need to at least deal with this lad. It'll be enough to make George feel miserable. He would need to pay a huge price to change the person contracted to the Devil's Note."

Kaunitz laughed scornfully. With a slap, Oliver sent Kaunitz flying out. Only upon hearing Kaunitz's terrible cry did Oliver say coldly, "Lad, don't think that no one can touch you just because you are an aristocrat. After we've sent you back later, I'll first break off all the tendons in your limbs and cripple you completely.

"And when the association's judgement is decided, I'll perform the punishment myself. You'll know what true hell really is."

It was only then that Kaunitz's expression changed. He stared hard at Oliver, like a wild beast going through the final struggle before its death. "You guys cannot do this. You're taking the law into your own hands. Before the association passes the judgement, you guys cannot do anything to me."

"Can't do anything?" Oliver laughed coldly and, with a grab, twisted off Kaunitz's remaining three arms. Even his muscles, arms, and tendons were twisted up. Added up with the arms which had been slashed off by Fang Xingjian earlier, Kaunitz was completely done for.

Oliver had offended aristocrats when he was young because of his talent, which resulted in him having over 80% of his skin burnt. This was the reason why he was always covered in bandages, why he had never shown other people his true appearance.

It was because of this experience that he detested the aristocrats and had good impressions of geniuses who were commoners.

Looking at Kaunitz who was lying on the ground, crying out in pain with his face covered in dust, Oliver broke into a brutal cold smile.

As for Jackson and the other three, it seemed as if none of them had seen anything. They just continued to issue commands to their subordinates. In their eyes, Kaunitz was as good as dead.

Just like that, Fang Xingjian and Kaunitz were moved to a stronghold nearby.

From there, they each received treatment respectively, and all that was left then was to wait for the association's trial.

Although statements had been given by Wei Longzi and the others, there were many things which required further verifications. It was impossible to simply take the words of a few Knights for granted.

Most importantly, there was still much evidence to be found, and they needed to wait for Fang Xingjian, the concerned party, to regain his consciousness.

Regardless of who it was, however, everyone was looking at Kaunitz with contempt and disdain.

A Knight who teamed up with Elders from other clans to attack his comrade Knights... His reputation was ruined no matter what. Even the First Prince, who was far away, would be affected.

Three days later, Tresia Clan's clan head rushed over. Seeing Kaunitz lying on the bed, he slapped him down onto the floor.

However, the time that Fang Xingjian stayed unconscious ended up being a lot longer than everyone imagined.

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Chapter 155 Going Blind

When Fang Xingjian woke up, a month had already passed.

He was lying on the sickbed in Kirst Academy. Although he opened his eyes, it was still dark.

A doctor stood beside him and the gaze he casted at Fang Xingjian was filled with pity.

"I'm sorry, the poison from Eternal Wounds flowed through your blood vessels to your brain. Although the impacts from the poison had been eased, it had still harmed the parts in your brain which affects your vision. You probably will not be able to see anything for a very long time."

Lilia grabbed the doctor's collar, lifting him off the ground, and said angrily, "What do you mean he won't be able to see? Are you saying that Teacher will go blind? How do you guys treat your patients? After spending so much time and so much money, this is the result that we get?"

"Alright, Lilia." Huang Lin stared at the doctor and asked, "Does he have any chances of recovery?"

The doctor looked at Lilia fearfully and said, "I'm sorry. Things related to the brain are too complicated. It's really hard to tell. He might not be able to see things for decades or may even suddenly recovery one day. It's really hard to tell."

Huang Lin asked, "Would it help if he has regenerating specialties?"

"It would still be quite hard. Ordinary regenerating and recovery specialties all targets external and physical injuries as well as the injuries to certain internal organs. There hasn't been any discovery of specialties which can regenerate parts in the brain."

The doctor was still speaking to the rest at the side. Fang Xingjian's expression remained very calm. A hint of breeze shot out from his fingers like a micro sword Qi and it hit against the walls, creating pitter pattering sounds.

The doctor left and Huang Lin walked over. Looking at Fang Xingjian, his gaze was filled with disappointment, pity, fury and other complicated emotions.

Seeing Fang Xingjian continuously flicking his fingers and hitting against the walls, he let out a sigh.

Fang Xingjian's will was stronger than he had thought. After knowing that he had lost his sight, he did not show any disappointment or expressions of despair, but rather, thought of various ways to make things work.

Just like how he was currently trying to detect distances through echoes.

However, there was a limit for the speed at which sound travelled at. Even if Fang Xingjian could sense his opponent's presence through sound waves, as long as his opponents exceeded the speed of sound, it would be useless.

Lilia pounced on him and her arms wrapped around Fang Xingjian's waist. She looked at Fang Xingjian with red eyes.

She thought of how Fang Xingjian had been in high and vigorous spirits, challenging Prefectural Champions consecutively all by himself, defeating an instructor, and then chasing after and killing Mumukeya, a second transition Destined Warrior.

However, now, because of Kaunitz, the aristocrat, and because of the First Prince's plot, a genius like him had lost his sight.

To a Warrior, how heavy a blow was it to losing their sight? She found it hard to imagine how much pain Fang Xingjian must be feeling.

She rubbed her eyes and tried her best to speak in a calm tone, "Teacher, you'll be fine. You'll definitely get better. I'll definitely take good care of you."

Looking at the expressionless Fang Xingjian and Lilia who was in tears, Huang Lin let out a sigh and said, "Lilia, can you go out for a while? I have something to talk about with Xingjian."

Lilia held onto Fang Xingjian tightly, not moving. Fang Xingjian patted her on the shoulder and said, "It's alright. Go wait outside for now."

Seeing Lilia's departure, Huang Lin sighed and said, "Injuries to the brain are very troublesome. If you want to recover, it'll all depend on your luck. However, since we possess extraordinary strength, we do not necessarily need to rely on our eyes in battle."

The Empire had very complete records regarding second transition Conferred Knights.

There were a total of ten levels in the second transition, from level 20 to level 29. From level 19 to 20, all the way to level 28 and pushing through to level 29, between each of these levels, there would be a barrier which was extremely hard to breakthrough. There were a total of ten of these barriers, other wise known as the ten Heavenly Barriers.

Not only was it hard to breakthrough the ten Heavenly Barriers, but there was also a danger of becoming a vegetable or idiot.

The first stage of the ten Heavenly Barriers was Heaven's Perception. It was a stage that one needed to breakthrough to be able to go through the second transition as well as overcome the limits of level 19 to reach level 20.

Additionally, in order to attain Heaven's Perception, it was required for one to connect their mental consciousness with the ether particles. This would allow them to break away from the shackles of the brain and, in turn, rapidly increase their ability to plan, memory capabilities, and reaction times.

"Ether particles contain messages about everything. As long as one can sense ether particles and initiate the acceptance of messages from the ether particles, one would be able to see everything even more clearly in a Reduced Force Field that's within a ten-meter radius. This is Heaven's Perception.

"Therefore, Conferred Knights, regardless of what kind of high speed attacks they are faced with, would at least be able to sense them within a ten-meter radius. At the same time, they would be able to obtain the information transmitted from ether particles as well. This is the equivalent of obtaining another sense. It would allow one to have exceptional comprehension towards one's powers and it would be as if one's talent had increased by over two times."

In the Empire's Knight legacy, to succeed in the first transition, one would need to fulfil various prerequisites, including attributes, Waves, mental cultivation method and skills, before they could then complete the transition in the Secret Realm.

The second transition required one to first obtain Heaven's Perception before they could enter Sacred Land, which was of a higher level than Secret Realms, in order to complete the second transition.

Huang Lin said calmly, "However, obtaining Heaven's Perception is no easy task. In the course of history, countless Knights had all failed at this stage. There are many people, including clan Elders like Rebecca and senior instructors in the academy, who would not even dare to aim to attain Heaven's Perception and, thus, would not participate in the Regional Selections. They end up only lingering at the first transition phase all their lives.

"That is because there is a danger to this. once you cannot accept the information transmitted from the ether particles, there's a possibility that you will turn into an idiot or all of your consciousness may flow into the ether particles, causing you to turn into a vegetable.

"The whole process is truly apprehensive and filled with dangers. This is why many Knights do not have the courage to take this step forward and thus, they are known as the ten Heavenly Barriers."

Most Knights would pass the Regional Selections first, then tap into the Regional Royal Academy's resources to breakthrough to the Heaven's Perception and to sense the ether particles.

However, Fang Xingjian was currently trying to sense the ether particles all by himself in Kirst.

Fang Xingjian said, "Teacher, please teach me how to breakthrough the ten Heavenly Barriers and how to attain the Heaven's Perception."

"The Heaven's Perception allows you to continuously have a stronger sense of the ether particles' messages. It changes the human body and one's intrinsic qualities incessantly and progresses continuously. Each stage is filled with extreme danger. If it doesn't go well, you may lose your memory or, in more serious cases, become a madman.

"It can be said to be very difficult, but it can also be said to be very simple as well. You just need to keep this in mind: keep your heart as innocent as an newborn baby and your heart will as tough as steel." Huang Lin muttered, "We communicate with humans and animals through sounds, hand signs and various actions.

"However, those are when we communicate with living things that have minds of their own."

Ether particles did not have minds of their own. They could not be sensed with the five senses and only the heart could be used to sense them.

Therefore, if one wanted to sense the information in the ether particles, they would need to move without any intention and sense the natural changes in the air.

Just like how experienced assassins would be able to sense the presence of killing intent, animals can sense the coming of natural disasters. If you stare at a bird, you might be able to scare it away.

These are all because they are able to unintentionally sense the messages from ether particles.

The first transition required one to sense the existence of ether particles while the second transition required one to accept the messages in ether particles.

However, the crux to these was to be unintentional. One needed to be able to sense the intent unintentionally. This required an extremely high level of mental state. It also required an unbending will, so that one would not lose themselves in this and become an idiot or vegetable.

Based on Fang Xingjian's understanding, this was how the eye could perceive electromagnetic waves such as light to receive information.

The second transition, on the other hand, required one to develop the brain, allowing the brain to perceive ether particles waves to receive information from them.

Huang Lin looked at Fang Xingjian, who had his eyes closed, and sighed, "There are too many temptations in the world we live in. You must first clear yourself of all these distractions. You need a heart like that of a newborn child, clear as a mirror. You need to remain in an extremely peaceful state of mind to be able to sense the presence of ether particles."

Only after one was able to sense the ether particles would they then have a chance to enter the second transition and control himself freely. Only then would one move away from martial technique and enter the martial path, truly overcoming all worldly thoughts and attaining sainthood.

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Chapter 156 Gratitude

Huang Lin looked at Fang Xingjian and said, "Under normal circumstance, only those who have attained at least level 7 in their mental cultivation method would be able to start getting into contact with Heaven's Perception and begin thinking about how to sense ether particles.

"However, with your current condition... it will be harder to level up your mental cultivation method..."

As he spoke, he sighed once again.

Even if he attained Heaven's Perception, it would only allow him to sense the situations within the Reduced Force Field. He would still be unable to sense anything beyond these perimeters. To a Knight or Conferred Knight, this was a tremendous flaw.

Of course, other than this, there was another method.

Huang Lin said, "During this time, you can first learn some related information. Wait for me to come back and watch over you as you attempt it. Meanwhile, there's a person I need to meet." His expression was grim as he continued, "He's one of the Empire's top ten Divine level experts and the only one who specializes in healing ability, Holy Orison. I'll go look for him and hope that he can cure your eyes."

If he was to beg a Divine level expert to cure him, what kind of price would he need to pay? Fang Xingjian was well aware that it was impossible for such a Divine level expert to just provide treatment to simply anyone.

Even the Empire's King would need to treat such characters with courtesy and would not be able to push them too far. So, why would he simply treat Fang Xingjian for no special reason?

However, Huang Lin was still smiling, even though his smile was very bitter.

Ten years ago, he had already seen the fall of a genius right before his eyes. He had questioned the authorities and created havoc in the whole Imperial Capital. However, there had still been no results and he ended up leaving quietly, living a secluded life in the academy.

However, now, with a similar thing happening all over again, there was no way that he would allow another failure.

'Xingjian, your talent should shine out and your name should be left in history. Your future definitely should not be shrouded in darkness.

'Gradually, I may not be able to guide you in your sword arts anymore.

'But there are some things this set of old bones can still fight for.'

Huang Lin left, but Fang Xingjian's cultivation still had to continue. With nothing but darkness before him, he was not able to see anything. This also made him feel, for the first time ever, how troublesome life would be after losing his sight.

At the same time, he got curious about his new mental cultivation method, Ether Sword Ripples, and the powers which came with it.

After killing Mumukeya and raising his level by another level, Fang Xingjian's attack speed had been increased to 183 points. What kind of concept was this? Together with his Single Sword World Subjugation, when he activated Boundaries Negation, the maximum speed he could reach was eight times of supersonic speed.

These sword ripples had up to 1.5 times of his actual strength. Together with his maximum speed of eight times of supersonic speed, this was truly horrifying.

He tried it out slightly in the room. Despite not having gone all out, he was already astonished.

'This Ether Sword Ripples... is truly powerful.'

After testing his Ether Sword Ripples, he continued with his practice to get used to his blindness.

A slight breeze brushed across Fang Xingjian's fingertips. The wind moved across space and reached the table, touching the cups. Those slight sounds let Fang Xingjian sense the presence of objects. However, at the next moment, the wind energy was too strong and caused the cup to drop onto the floor, smashing it into pieces.

Lilia hurried in and cleaned up the mess.

"Teacher, do you want to drink water? I'll get you some."

Receiving the cup from Lilia, Fang Xingjian did not say anything but just drank up quietly.

Lilia spoke, slightly worried, "Teacher, don't be anxious. Take it slow. It'll be fine." She was worried that he would lose his confidence and become completely wasted. After all, not everyone could accept the fact that they had turned blind, especially when the person was a genius.

Fang Xingjian shook his head calmly and said, "I'm fine. After losing my sight and living in darkness, I feel that my heart is more at peace and I'm more relaxed."

He then turned to Lilia and asked, "Is the war over?"

Lilia nodded and said, "Mmm, the Garcia people have all retreated. At the very end, the three Headmasters and the Western Garrison's General joined forces to wipe out the Garcia people's main forces. Those who remained all jumped into the sea and made their escape."

"Mmm." Fang Xingjian nodded. He recalled that he had buried the corpses of many of Garcia's Great Warriors. It was a pity that he was now blind and that it had been a while. He could only recall slowly and see if he could remember where they were buried.

Fang Xingjian then asked, "What about Kaunitz? How is he now?"

Lilia gritted her teeth and said furiously, "He's now locked in a cell in the city and is being interrogated by the people from the association." Naturally, Lilia had nothing but extreme hatred toward this guy who had harmed Fang Xingjian.

If it was not because the association was still defensive of him and outsiders were not allowed to interfere, she would have gotten her father to think of ways to get rid of him. However, her father had also said that even the First Prince himself would be in trouble. Kaunitz was definitely dead meat.

Fang Xingjian nodded. Kaunitz had committed a grave crime and even if he was protected by Tresia and the First Prince, with the presence of both witnesses and evidence, he was doomed.

As for Rebecca, she was now wanted by the association. However, she was, after all, a level 19 Knight at the pinnacle of the first transition. If she was bent on hiding, it would not be that easy to capture her.

Moreover, for Fang Xingjian, if it was not for the problem with his eyesight, he would be almost invincible amongst those in the first transition and the sneak attacks by his Ether Sword Ripples would even have a chance to threaten level 20 Conferred Knights.

From there, he would only need to focus on: raising the level of his Universal Sword Dominance Lunisolar mental cultivation method; cultivating in sword arts to power up his Unparalleled Sword Intent; master the Effulgence Weapon; and finding a chance to level up to level 19. With these, his powers would go through a breakthrough once again.

However, now that he has lost his sight, his rhythm had been affected.

At present, the most important to Fang Xingjian was obviously to adapt to his current condition now that he had lost his sight.

At first, he considered using the Supreme Mistwind Sword to sense the environment through sword Qi, wind and sound. This would allow him to get used to daily activities at least.

However, to battle at full power, he would still need to reach the level of Heaven's Perception.

As for the treatment by the Divine level expert, Fang Xingjian was just not used to putting his future on other's decisions.

After a while, Lilia brought in another man wearing military uniform. After the man came in, he saluted and said, "Hello, Xingjian. I'm Western Garrison's Kilot."

"Hello, is anything the matter?" Fang Xingjian said calmly. In his hand, surges of air currents formed continuously, helping him to check out the environment around him.

Kilot said, "Xingjian, thank you very much for killing Mumukeya. Six of my comrades had all died in his hands." Saying this, a hint of sadness appeared in Kilot's determined expression.

Mumukeya's speed had been unrivalled and he had been at the second transition. To many Knights, he had been a nightmare.

At one point in time, Kilot had been chased by Mumukeya and could only watch as his comrades were killed one by one. If it had not been for the arrival of support, he would have died as well. He still had a deep scar on his chest which had been left there by Mumukeya.

He harbored a great hatred for Mumukeya, but the latter possessed unrivalled speed and instincts akin to that of wild beasts. This allowed him to always be able to get out of tight fixes and continue to hunt down Empire's Knights.

Therefore, when he knew that Mumukeya had died in the hands of Fang Xingjian, he was extremely stirred up. When he heard that Fang Xingjian had woken up, he rushed over as soon as he could.

"Xingjian, you've accomplished a great merit and the General admires you a lot too. If it's not because you've yet to recover from your serious injuries, he would like to have you join the army." Saying this, a hint of regret flashed past Kilot's eyes as he looked at Fang Xingjian.

For a genius to have lost his sight, it was akin to him being half-crippled. Even if he attained Heaven's Perception, he would still have an unavoidably great flaw.

Saying this, Kilot took out a list and said, "Originally, rewards should be promulgated by His Majesty. However, the General recognizes that you need help and has gotten me to pass this list to you. If it's anything that our Western Garrison has, you can feel free to ask for it."

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Chapter 157 Seism Steel and Meetings

After taking a look at the list, it suddenly occurred to Kilot and he said, "I'm sorry, let me read it out for you."

Fang Xingjian shook his head and asked, "Is there Seism Steel?"

"Seism Steel?" Kilot gave it some thought. Now that Fang Xingjian was blind, defense was definitely more important to him than offense. It made sense that he would need materials like Seism Steel to make his protective gears. Thus, he nodded, saying, "How much do you need? Or we can give you ready-made Seism Steel protective gears that we have as well."

Fang Xingjian shook his head again and said, "I don't need protective gears. I only need Seism Steel, about a hundred kilograms of it. Are you guys able to give me that?" He estimated that he should be able to complete his High Frequency Effulgence Weapon with about one hundred kilograms of Seism Steel.

"A hundred kilograms?" Kilot frowned. Seism Steel was something which required a tremendous amount of effort in various processes, including mining, excavating, extracting and smelting. A hundred kilograms would be almost equivalent to what the Western Garrison would be able to get in a year.

Moreover, just by adding a small amount of Seism Steel into protective gears would already allow one to have a greater resistance towards quakes. How many sets of armors could a hundred kilograms of Seism Steel make?

Kilot could not begin to think of what Fang Xingjian would need these for. However, even though his eyes were filled with doubt, thinking of how this person had killed Mumukeya, Kilot nodded and said, "If it's a hundred kilograms of Seism Steel, it's not problem. But if you want this much, we would probably only be able to give you this one hundred kilograms of Seism Steel and nothing else.

"Are you sure this is what you want?"

Fang Xingjian smiled and nodded. "That's right. When will you guys be able to bring them to me? The sooner, the better."

"Xingjian, you don't have to worry. I'll get someone to send them over within seven days at most." After saying this, Kilot suddenly changed his tone and continued, "That was the reward and compensation given to you by the army. I'm personally also very thankful for the things you've done for the Great Western Region."

He gave a deep bow toward Fang Xingjian and continued, "I know that it is a great blow for a martial arts practitioner to lose his sense of sight. You must hang on and get through this.

"If there's anything you need my help for, feel free to approach me anytime."

After Kilot left, Lilia finally could not hold it in and asked, "Teacher, why do you need Seism Steel? Actually, although the Western Garrison is just a local force, they do have many good items."

Fang Xingjian shook his head, "I already have a lot of things. I'll be fine if I can put them all to good use. What's most important now is still my eyes." Saying that, he sent out his Ether Sword Ripples and activated the Supreme Mistwind Sword.

The breeze from his hands accelerated and became a gush of violent wind, sending the cups, plates, tables and chairs in the vicinity tumbling.

Just like a radar, as the strong gales blew, every object the wind touched would create sound, allowing Fang Xingjian to be able to sense faintly the presence of various objects in the surroundings.

At the same time, Fang Xingjian estimated the amount of energy depleted by the Ether Sword Ripples. In his current condition, he could perform the Ether Sword Ripples five hundred times. After unleashing so many, he would probably be sapped of all energy and be unable to battle.

Therefore, he formed sword fingers, starting his practice with his fingers in place of an actual sword.

'If it's strong gales, I'd be able to roughly sense what is in my surroundings.

'I'll need to try out a slight breeze next... I need sharper senses.'

A sense of urgency kept forcing Fang Xingjian to continue on. After the year had passed, Garcia had come attacking. Now, after pursuing and killing them, he had ended up unconscious for a month. There were now only four months left to the Regional Selection which would be held mid this year. If he missed this round, he would not have any hope of participating in the National Selection next year.

To him, who was left with only four years lifespan, this would mean that he would never be able to participate in the National Selection. He would be unable to have a chance at becoming a Royal Knight and going through the third transition. This was something which he could not accept.

It was because he wanted revenge. He wanted to go back and stand before Fang Clan's Old Granny Li Shuanghua and wanted to find out the truth about his mother. To do this, he would need to have the powers which would allow him to fight against Divine level experts.

'I must train my attributes, Waves, Sword Intent and Effulgence Weapon, as usual.

'But concurrently, I must get used to sensing through wind.

'After this is settled, I can then find of a way to sense the ether particles...'

Just as Fang Xingjian was cultivating silently and familiarizing himself with his blindness, in another place, there was an important meeting being held.

"I'm sure everyone is aware of the problem with next year's National Selection and this year's Regional Selection."

The people seated at the huge conference table were all the higher echelons from Kirst Royal Academy. Headmaster Jackson was seated at the head of the table, reading a report.

Half a month ago, the Imperial Capital had announced a new policy in order to encourage the progress of the country's martial arts and reward people who had made great contributions to the development of Royal Knights.

In the National Selection next year and the Regional Selection this year, both the participants who had made it through the selection and the academy they represented would also be given greater rewards.

The National Champion would be given a set of Divine Equipment.

Why a set of Divine Equipment? Divine Equipments were basically Divine Remains Equipments and were ultimate weapons forged from the corpses of Divine level experts.

Additionally, a set of Divine Equipment would be a complete set of armor made from a whole set of a Divine level expert's corpse which was then forged together with countless other treasures. There would be many individual equipments, including boots, cape, armor and helmet, adding up to form a complete set of Divine Equipment.

Such a complete set of Divine Equipment was forged by ingenious means and had retained 30% of the Divine level expert's powers. This meant that whoever put on this set of Divine Remains Equipment would be able to release 30% of the Divine level's powers.

How terrifying was this? Therefore, when the news spread out, it had caused a great commotion across the country. Countless Knights and Conferred Knights took action immediately. Even a few Divine level experts turned their attention toward this.

It was because Divine Equipments were too powerful and too precious and, therefore, attracted countless rapacious gazes.

Next were those who ranked second to tenth in the selection. They could each receive a set of level 29 Superior Remains Divine Weapon. Although it was also very powerful, when compared to a set of Divine Equipment, it was far from comparable.

As for the Regional Selections held in each of the Empire's eight regions, each Regional Champion could receive a set of level 29 Superior Remains Divine Weapons made from a complete set of a Conferred Knight's corpse. They would receive 50% of the powers of a level 29 Conferred Knight.

How crazy was this reward? Moreover, even those who ranked second to tenth in the Regional Selections would be able to select a Superior Divine Weapon from the Weaponry.

Additionally, the Royal Academies which the participants who had passed the Regional Selections represented would all be able to have an increased budget from the following year onwards.

From first to tenth, the academies would get a budget increase ranging from 100% to 10%, respectively.

This, together with the fact that the Regional Champion would be rewarded with a Killing technique from Royalty, caused countless to go crazy.

The Headmaster let out a sigh and said, "Although I do not agree to such methods, which are equivalent to pulling up a seedling in the mistaken hope of helping it to grow, encouraging Knights to step forth by offering material temptations... I'd have to say that the rewards this time are too generous. Even I feel somewhat envious.

"But our competition is intense as well. What do you guys think? Feel free to speak up."

Just as the Headmaster finished his words, a shrill voice spoke out, "In the past half a year, we have poured in too much resources in Fang Xingjian's favor in order to nurture him. We even went to the extent of reducing the cultivating materials given to the other Prefectural Champions. Now that Fang Xingjian is crippled, shouldn't someone step forth to take on the responsibility?"

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Chapter 158 - Money

Even if he had been stopped from committing suicide, in the end, he did not go to the academy for half a year. Moreover, even after he returned, he kept to himself most of the time, avoiding contact with others. He could not stand to appear before other people.

To think that a person who valued his reputation this much, had been put through such a serious blow. He had been thinking of means and ways to take revenge on Jackson. However, because Jackson was very strong, he had kept his intention well hidden and had not made any moves.

However, this time around, for reasons unknown, he appeared to be very confident when he looked at Jackson.

Seeing that Jackson had turned to look at him, Edger smiled and said, "Did I say anything wrong? In order to nurture Fang Xingjian, for the past few months, hasn't the academy been having problems in making ends meet? There were also many precious medicinal herbs which had been kept for many years but were all used up. Now that Fang Xingjian is crippled, tell me, is this a great loss?

"Furthermore, the Regional Selection is in four months. To think that we're having a shortage of cultivation resources at this time. No matter how we see it, isn't this disadvantageous to the academy's future?"

"That's right. Fang Xingjian used up so much resources but has now ended up crippled. It's really too much of a waste."

"This fellow is too arrogant. I had already said this back when he challenged the other Prefectural Champions privately, but he is too undisciplined. Who would die in battle if not people like him? See, he's now crippled."

"But you can't say it like this. After all, the one who did it was Kaunitz..."

"Wasn't it all because he was the one who started making trouble? Couldn't he have kept a low profile? Previously, he killed so many gang members in Kirst. There are many aristocrats who are displeased with him."

Hearing the voices of the other people, Jackson let out an exhale and said, "Alright, it's true that I definitely have to take responsibility for this. I'll use a portion of my personal assets to make up for the academy's losses."

"I still think this isn't good." Looking at Jackson's furious glare, Edger said without a care, "After all, you're getting on in years, it's normal to make a wrong judgement sometimes."

"Haha, although I'm old, I'm not muddled yet..." Jackson said, letting out a cold laugh.

"However, what little asset you have will probably not be able to help much." Edger shook his head and said, "I heard that Green Jade Academy has gotten five hundred thousand gold worth of sponsorship from the aristocrats.

"Mongul Academy has also signed a collaborative agreement with seventeen martial factions.

"Even the others, Golden Sea, Biqi, and Violet... all twelve Prefectural Royal Academies in the Great Western Region, with the exception of us, Kirst, are fully prepared."

As he said this, Edger got someone to pass down reference materials indicating the detailed preparation done by the respective academies, including what resources they had. Everyone gasped after reading this.

Edger shrugged and said, "From what I know, up till last week, Headmaster Jackson was still trying to contact Lord Holy Orison and gathering files and materials regarding ether particles for Fang Xingjian... Headmaster..."

Having said this, Edger's tone turned cold and he said solemnly, "Is it that you haven't given up on Fang Xingjian yet? By putting so much focus on Fang Xingjian, where are you placing the other students in the academy?"

Jackson only felt that Edger's actions and words were pushing him into traps, putting him at a disadvantage. However, at this moment, he had no choice but answer honestly, "I believe that Fang Xingjian has a chance. He transitioned into a Windstorm Sword Hero within four months, transcended the speed of sound within a month... There are not many cases of people with such talent throughout the course of the Empire's history.

"Such a person has great chances to sense ether particles and attain Heaven's Perception.

"Additionally, I've also been trying to contact the Holy Orison. They are very interested in Fang Xingjian's condition.

"As long as Fang Xingjian can recover, then our earlier investments would not be seen as a failure. If we give up on him now, all of our investments would go down the drain."

Edger said furiously, "So, you plan on using the whole academy as your wager? How much more resources are you planning to distribute to him? To a blind man? Throughout the Empire's history, has there ever been a blind man who managed to become a Conferred Knight? Has any of them participated in the Regional Selection?

"Headmaster, be more rational. What we should be thinking of right now is to prevent further losses. If we don't even have a student breaking through to the top ten, then next year, how much would the budget, given to us by the Regional Office and the Governor, be reduced by?"

Hearing the prospects of a lower budget, everyone paid full attention. This was something which affected them in areas such as their salary, benefits, and monthly cultivation materials.

Edger continued with great confidence, "This time around, the Commissioner of Education is very concerned for the upcoming Regional Selection and next year's National Selection. He is not very happy with the way that we're cutting out a large portion of our resources to be given to a portion of the talented students."

"Even the Commissioner of Education said this?"

"It's true that this way of portioning out the resources is somewhat unfair to the other students."

Governor Devitt rules over the Knights in a region and naturally, there would be many leaders under him. The Commissioner of Education was one of them and was in-charge over the twelve Prefectural Royal Academies in the region.

As for the Great Western Region's only Regional Royal Academy, it was managed by Governor Devitt himself. He was both the Headmaster as well as instructor in the academy. The Regional Royal Academy was the only academy that the Commissioner of Education had no power over.

Hearing Edger's words, Jackson frowned and said, "Don't worry, I'm only going to make sure that Fang Xingjian gets his deserving rights as a Prefectural Champion. I will no longer provide an excessive amount of resources to him."

"But to be investing so much resources into a blind man... Is there any use?

In the Regional Selection, there was a stage which required one to observe the Pantheon Monument in order to comprehend martial techniques. However, with him blind, how can he observe the monument? There is no way for him to participate in the Regional Selection." Edger continued, "I suggest that we cancel all the resources provided to Fang Xingjian from now on. Of course, I'm referring to the cultivation resources. As for the monthly allowance, it'll remain the same. There's no need to take back the villa either.

"Although he is blind, he still has experience. I suggest that we let him be a teacher in the Sword and Sabers Department and have him take up the job of guiding other students, allowing them a higher chance of fighting in the Regional Selection."

Jackson let out a cold snort and unleashed his aura explosively, pressing them against Edger. "Edger, do you think that you call the shots here? Are you the Headmaster?"

Edger put up a forced smile and continued, "I've already had a discussion with the people from the Yellowstone Trade Association. They've agreed to sponsor the academy with one hundred thousand gold, but on one condition, which is for me to have full control over how this sum of money is used. It's because they trust my judgement. They trust that I will be able to use this sum of money appropriately to bring honor to the academy and not waste it on some blind man."

[1] Edger is a totally different character from Edgar, the aristocrat from Kirst City.

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Chapter 159 The Whereabouts of the Divine Weapon

One hundred thousand gold?

Commotion broke out in the conference room.

How much was a hundred thousand gold? Even Fang Xingjian's monthly allowance was a mere fifty gold, and the academy's monthly expenditure was also around ten thousand gold. A hundred thousand gold was almost one year's worth of expenditures for the academy!

This was equivalent to increasing Kirst Academy's budget by twofold. How many more cultivation resources could they purchase? How much more could the instructors' salaries and bonuses be increased? How much more training equipment and how many more facilities could they upgrade?

This was simply a tremendous sum of money. And faced with this, how many of them could be nonchalant?

Especially when it meant that they were using capital from the commoners for the academy's facilities, and were not asking the country for resources. This was something the Commissioner of Education had always been advocating. Moreover, a hundred thousand gold was a large sum to be included in his political achievements.

And with the hundred thousand gold coming in, it was as if Edger had reign over half the academy's budget. With this, his words had gained more weight.

At this moment, Edger was feeling extremely complacent, as if he had gotten back all the reputation he had previously lost. He appeared to be in high spirits, as if he had been reborn.

The expressions of everyone present changed, even Jackson's. He looked at Edger with a grim face and slowly said, "Yellowstone Trade Association? Why have I not heard of this trade association before?"

Edger smiled and said, "This is a newly set up trade association, created by a few aristocrats from the Imperial Capital. I've had an enjoyable discussion with them. They've just came to Kirst and would like to make a contribution towards Kirst's development."

Of course, no one believed in this gibberish. In fact, although the ones behind the Yellowstone Trade Association were but a few aristocrats from the Imperial Capital, they were all down and out. The true source of their capital was from Green Jade's Aroron Clan, where Cynthia hailed from.

As Cynthia and her husband Zakov had both died by Fang Xingjian's hands, obviously, the Aroron Clan held a grudge against Fang Xingjian.

Especially their clan head Frank, Cynthia's younger brother. He had been practically brought up by Cynthia, and her existence had not only been a sister to him, but a mother as well. He regarded Cynthia as his most respected elder.

If not for this, in no way would Cynthia have grown to be a character of such arrogance.

'He killed my elder sister, my closest kin! This beast, this a*shole... How could he be so cold-blooded? How could he have done something so terrible?

'What's going to happen to my sister's children? Her youngest daughter is only twelve years old. How am I going to tell her that her mother has been killed by a commoner, a gangster, a beast?'

Fang Xingjian had killed Cynthia. For him, it was equivalent of having killed his mother. How could he not be angry? How could he not wish for revenge?

However, Tresia's problem had been placed before him, and the association was also monitoring it. As the clan head, Frank could not be as rash and ignorant like Cynthia and Rebecca. Therefore, the method he chose was one related to money.

For the first step, he took out one hundred thousand gold, sold out part of his assets and got two aristocratic clans which were down and out to set up a trade association. He then donated the money to Kirst Royal Academy.

Of course, there was no way that the one hundred thousand gold would be offered in one go. Rather, all forms of sponsorships and investments were given in installments.

And through each of these installments, he planned to gradually get the rights to speak up in matters concerning Kirst Royal Academy.

He wanted to slowly ostracize Fang Xingjian, to turn him from a talented student into a normal student, and eventually a student who was lagging behind all the others. He even hoped that Fang Xingjian would eventually become an assistant instructor, or be driven out of the academy. He wanted to push Fang Xingjian into a corner, slowly ostracizing him, and eventually have him killed in the shadows, without anyone knowing anything.

For example, it could be a smelly ditch in the commoner district, the back alley of some small restaurant, or a corner in a small forest.

Of course, throughout this whole process, he would have to invest a lot of time and money. But if he could avenge his sister, he did not care about these.

Of course, he would not simply give them the money. In view of a stronger say in the Prefectural Academy, he could of course use this to get some profits.

And this time, naturally, the hundred thousand gold investment came with the attached condition that Edger would be the one to call the shots.

Edger looked towards the Headmaster and said confidently, "As long as I'm the one supervising the academy's finances, they would be willing to donate this sum of money to us, in installments. Headmaster, I hope that you can, for the academy's future, temporarily stop interfering with the academy's finances and let us be fair to the other students."

Edger was very confident, not because he had ganged up together with Frank, nor because he had one hundred thousand gold worth of bargaining chips. Neither because of Fang Xingjian's failure, nor because of Jackson's mistake.

All these were just superficial setbacks. His true trump card was Jackson himself.

'Jackson, you are truly an outstanding Headmaster, one who would give up on your own future for the students, sacrifice your own cultivation time, and even dig out money from your own pocket.

'But it's also because of this that your weakness is too obvious.

'For the sake of this one hundred thousand gold, you'll definitely agree to this arrangement.

'It's because the whole academy is much more important to you than Fang Xingjian is.'

Jackson thought about it for very long before he slowly sighed and said, "Can I have a talk with the chairperson of the Yellowstone Trade Association?"

Edger smiled, "Of course." 'That fellow is merely a puppet. No matter how touching your story is, he definitely won't agree to your request.'

"Headmaster, after the conference, I'll make arrangements for you to meet up with Yellowstone Trade Association's chairperson. There's another thing I want to bring up. The Superior Remains Divine Weapons forged by Governor Devitt for our academy is already on its way here. But with regards to whom this Remains Divine Weapon is to be assigned to..."

Jackson frowned and said, "How do you know about this?"

Edger smiled and did not reply. He merely said, "Although in name this Superior Remains Divine Weapons belongs to Fang Xingjian, we all know of Fang Xingjian's current situation. It's not suitable for him to own such a Divine Weapon. To a person who's blind, owning such a Divine Weapon does not only pose a danger to himself, but to the people around him as well."

"The materials for this Superior Remains Divine Weapon all came from Huang Lin and Kirst's City Lord." Jackson glared at Edger and said, "We have no rights over it."

"I know. I just want to say that giving this Divine Weapon to Fang Xingjian is a waste both to him and to us." He smiled and continued, "Therefore, I hope to borrow this Divine Weapon from him. Erm... How about paying him ten gold per day? What do you think? Of course, we'll pay everything after the Regional Selection is over. Before that, there're too many things that we need to spend for, so I hope that Fang Xingjian can understand this.

"After all, the Regional Selection is just four months away. We need to find all the means to increase our students' battle prowess. If this Superior Remains Divine Weapon is loaned to Hamil or Ralph, it can increase their chances in getting through the Regional Selection."

This price was not considered expensive, but it was not cheap either. Seeing that the other instructors had no objections and were nodding in agreement, Jackson closed his eyes. However, he could not find any reason to reject this proposal.

Edger smiled, thinking to himself, 'This sum of money... Hmph hmph... Do you really think that I'll pay? We'll push it back for a few months until the Regional Selection is over. With me in control, who will still remember the blind lad then?

'Jackson, the reputation that you've made me lose in the past... I'll get it back slowly but surely.'

On the other hand, Kirst's City Lord had also arrived at the academy. Looking at Lilia who was busy running around like a maid, pain flashed in his eyes.

He pulled her aside in a corner and asked coldly, "Why are you still staying here?"

"I want to take care of teacher," Lilia said stubbornly. "Teacher is now blind. I can't leave him alone like this."

"He needs you to take care of him?" Kirst's City Lord spoke in exasperation. "There are only four months left before the Prefectural Selection. Look at what you've been up to!"

Lilia lowered her head, and weakly replied, "I've decided not to participate in the upcoming Prefectural Selection."

"What did you say?!" Kirst's City Lord glared with eyes as big as a cow's and asked, "You won't be participating in the Prefectural Selection? Just for this blind man? He's already crippled! Do you understand that? Are you going to let him hold you back for life?"

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Chapter 160 Making Things Difficult

Looking at her father, Lilia furiously answered, "Teacher isn't blind! He's just temporarily sick! He'll get better very soon!"

Kirst's City Lord let out a cold laugh. He had gotten someone to find out about Fang Xingjian's condition. Unless a Divine level expert was willing to help, even if Fang Xingjian could sense ether particles, he would only be able to see things within a ten-meter radius at best.

And it was because of this that he had hurried over to bring Lilia back. He knew his daughter all too well.

Lilia's mother had passed away when she was just three years old. Since young, her father had been the one to take care of her, but there would always be a difference between a father's love and a mother's love.

For Lilia to be able to take care of herself, he had taught her to be strong, brave, and self-reliant. However, he had not taught her that a girl should be gentle, obedient, and docile.

This led to Lilia's inclination to wave sabers and spears around since young, like adventures, always running about in mud and in the forests. It also led to her being independent from a very young age, and also developing a very stubborn character.

When Kirst's City Lord let Lilia pick a weapon of her choice at the age of eight, Lilia had just recently read the Rose Knight's biography. This was why she was bent on choosing the sword, on learning sword arts, on becoming a swordsman.

The aristocratic clan Kirst's City Lord belonged to was one which passed down spear arts.

Kirst's City Lord had put in great efforts in trying to persuade her for a month, putting her under confinement, not giving her food, even scolding her and bashing her up. However, he had still been unable to change her mind. In the end, he had no other choice but to get her a sword arts teacher.

He had experienced first hand how obstinate his daughter was. She had a character which made her walk down the path she had decided on to the bitter end, even if the ending was not a good one.

This was why he had rushed over. If Fang Xingjian had previously been a young man with a very bright future before him, then for the Fang Xingjian now, the best future he could have was to become a Kirst Academy's instructor.

"Lili," Kirst's City Lord gravely looked at Lilia and said, "Do you know what you're doing? Fang Xingjian is blind. He can no longer be a Knight, let alone a Conferred Knight. If he were to dash out now, he might just get himself killed. He can't even get himself a drink by himself.

"Do you really intend to stay beside such a cripple all your life?"

Lilia looked at Kirst's City Lord and answered without blinking, "He who teaches me a day is my father for life. He is the first true Master that I've acknowledged. It was teacher who gave me newfound confidence in sword arts. Now that he's sick, I can't leave him alone.

"It's because teacher is not very well-liked. If I were to leave him alone… no one else will be there for him."

"Sigh…" Kirst's City Lord sighed. The passion and affection reflected in Lilia's eyes made his heart sink. Things had really turned out for the worst, just as he had hoped not to see.

He had been concerned from the very beginning, but that was when Fang Xingjian had a bright future before him, so he had let nature take its course. But now that the situation had changed, he needed to pull the plug on things.

The next moment, at the speed of lightning, he suddenly landed a hand chop on Lilia's neck. With his abilities as a Conferred Knight, there was no way that Lilia could dodge it. He held onto Lilia after she lost consciousness.

Looking at Lilia who was like an angel in his arms, Kirst's City Lord let out a sigh, "Lilia, you're my daughter, Kirst's princess. I cannot let you stay by a blind man for life, giving up your youth.

"You don't understand this now, but in the future, you'll thank me."

With that, he carried Lilia and left the academy.

Fang Xingjian who was in the room lifted his head. He seemed to have sensed something, but it also looked as if he did not know anything. He merely glanced towards the direction Lilia was leaving in before lowering his head again.

With his body in the middle, streams of sword Qis were flowing about in all directions. These sword Qis and the indestructible feeling slashing outwards from the Supreme Mistwind Sword felt different. They had a soft and gentle feeling to them. Wherever they passed by, be it tables, chairs, cups, books, or anything else, there was no damage done. It was as if a slight breeze had brushed past them.

Amidst the darkness, he once again went back to his sword arts cultivation.

However, it had not been long after he started before someone else came to look for him.

It was the sole survivor from that fishing village. When the person saw Fang Xingjian, he immediately dropped to his knees and started kowtowing.

Fang Xingjian turned to him impatiently and said, "Alright, I did not kill for your kowtows. If there's anything you have to say, speak up. Otherwise, leave. Don't hold me back from cultivating."

That person shouted, "Sir, thank you very much! I have nothing to repay you with, but if there's anything I can help you with in the future, I'd put my life on the line for you."

Fang Xingjian waved him off. The reason why he killed was to exterminate external demons. It was not because he pitied the weak and wanted anything in return.

The person left. Fang Xingjian's attention turned to the fruits, fish and meat he had left behind. He then turned to the maid, Lina, who was standing at the side and said, "You can have all these."

He was a martial arts cultivator and could not eat these things, without any nutrition. If he did, he would need to waste his vital energy, blood and effort to digest them.

Lina nodded and took the gifts away, thinking to herself, 'This lord is so snobbish.' She only felt that Fang Xingjian's attitude towards commoners was too rude and greatly disdainful. Therefore, she began to despise him.

This was how minor characters thought. Sometimes, no matter how much one does, it might not be comparable to a mere few pretty words.

Seven days later, sword Qis could brush past the surface of physical items, without creating any damage. They had reached an extremely soft and gentle level.

The next moment, sword Qis whistled, tearing the air apart, and causing all the material items in the surroundings to shatter into pieces. Even the marble surface had been left with sword scars tens of centimeters deep. This was a switch from the extreme level of softness and gentleness to one of extreme strength.

An interchangeable complementation of toughness and softness.

Although Fang Xingjian was blind, the level of his sword arts cultivation was still progressing at a fast speed, especially due to him performing the Supreme Mistwind Sword twenty-four hours a day, while his body was inherently cultivating his sword arts. Now, he had eighty-two sets of sword arts at the maximum level. He could feel that his sword arts cultivation was getting increasingly profound.

He had also managed to digest all the combat experience gained from having consecutively battled with Garcia's Great Warriors during the war, and from fighting with Mumukeya. All this experience had turned into nourishment for his sword arts, prompting his great progress in sword arts comprehension in the past seven days.

Fang Xingjian was also able to freely switch the nature of his sword Qis between soft and hard, which allowed him to depend on the wind and sounds to check out the situation in his surroundings.

Although he was living in darkness, unable to see any colors, with the help of the gentle sword Qis and the sound reverberations, it was as if Fang Xingjian could see countless streams of wind constantly moving about.In his mind, they would from black and white images of the things within a radius of a hundred meters around him.

'Seven days have passed. There's only three months and three weeks left to the Regional Selection.

'Although I can sense the surroundings now, there's still a limit to the sounds… If the other party is faster than supersonic speed, I won't be able to see him.'

Fang Xingjian calculated the remaining time every single day. However, no matter how much he calculated, it only got more and more pressing, being of no help to him in sensing the ether particles.

Unparalleled Sword Intent, Effulgence Weapon, Universal Sword Dominance Lunisolar mental cultivation method, and rising up to level 19 in order to increase his agility attribute… These were the four paths he could take to raise his abilities in the shortest time possible.

But there was one more prerequisite for his participation in the Regional Selection. He needed to break through the limitations of his blindness.

Just then, someone knocked on the door.

"Come in."

"Sir, your lunch has arrived."

"You can leave. I'll settle it myself."

Fang Xingjian sniffed, but suddenly frowned and asked, "Wait a minute, Lina. What are the dishes today? Why is there no meat or ferocious beasts?"

The maid called Lina looked at the three dishes and the bowl of soup and said, feeling awkward, "Sir, the academy has given notice that your previous meal allocations are not within standards, and all allocations and medicinal food will cease from now on."

Fang Xingjian's brows twitched. To cease all supplies of ferocious beasts and medicinal food… Would that not mean that there was no way for him to replenish the depleted vital energy and blood after his usual training? Would that not mean that he would be unable to keep up with his constant twenty-four hour a day cultivation?

He coldly replied, "This is what I deserve as a Prefectural Champion. Go tell them to send what should be sent before sunset. If not, I'll come look for them myself."

Lina nodded in agreement, but a hint of disapproval flashed in her eyes as she thought to herself, 'You're but a blind man. Do you really think you're still the genius you were before?'

Naturally, Fang Xingjian was unable to see the changes in her expression.

Fang Xingjian could only finish the food he was sent first. Streams of sword Qi swirled around, like many gentle hands, sending food to Fang Xingjian's mouth, and displaying an extremely high level of sword arts.

After the meal, Fang Xingjian rested for half an hour before he started his cultivation again. However, it had not been an hour before he was interrupted once again.

"Sir, someone from the Western Garrison has sent the Seism Steel and is asking for you to check the goods."

Fang Xingjian nodded and followed the maid to the door. The delivery man smiled and said, "Hello sir, this is a hundred kilograms of Seism Steel. Please check."

Suddenly, the delivery man's body shivered, as if cold gusts of breeze were blowing from all directions.

The deliveryman thought to himself, 'Why is the wind blowing all of a sudden?'

Fang Xingjian nodded. Sword Qis akin to a breeze brushed past everything in the area, allowing him to sense the general situation of things.

He reached out his hands, touched the box before him, and with a slight tap of his finger, revealed ten pieces of Seism Steel inside.

Fang Xingjian casually picked up a piece and felt it. The deliveryman said, "Sir, don't worry. There's definitely no problem with it."

Fang Xingjian shook his head, "Let me check the goods first."

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