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 377 Instant Kill

Second Young Master Gao Ankang frowned and asked, "Who are you?"

Fang Xingjian shortly considered the current situation and the scene he had come across when landing, managing to shape a rough idea of what was going on.

"Great Western Region, Fang Xingjian."

He threw a glance at the Second Young Master and Mister Shen before turning toward the Eldest Young Master, Gao Anhe, and said, "You're Gao Anhe, right? How about I help you kill this old guy and you give me the azure dragon's scale?" He pointed to Mister Shen.

Hearing this, Second Young Master Gao Ankang laughed out loud, looking at Fang Xingjian as if he were staring at a fool.

With a bitter expression, Mister Shen said, "Misery, misery. Lad, you're Fang Xingjian? As expected, you're an outstanding person. But why are you defying the wills of the heavens and going up against the First Prince? Aren't you thinking too highly of yourself and of your abilities?"

"The way you talk is truly infuriating. I was already angry to begin with, considering that I've have to waste one day in order to travel here." Fang Xingjian glared at Mister Shen and said, "Forget it, I'll kill you first before discussing the azure dragon's scale."

Mister Shen showed a helpless expression. "Xingjian lad, His Highness, the First Prince, is one of great benevolence, and has said that he'll let you off for a year. However, this doesn't mean that I won't retaliate. If you were to really interfere with the matter regarding Gao Clan, then don't blame me for being vicious.

"Do you possibly think that I'll only get a beating and not retaliate?

"Sigh, the people in the world are ignorant and foolish. It's really hard on this old man."

The Eldest Young Master quickly said, "Fang Xingjian! He is a level 27 expert who is already able to refine the powers in the small world in his body. You mustn't go up against him!"

Fang Xingjian opened one of his palms and condensed water vapor into a longsword. At the same time, layers of scales appeared on the surface of his body.

At the next moment, an extremely strong surge of power burst forth from Fang Xingjian's body. Everyone within a radius of five kilometers felt that their bodies had become lighter, and it was as if heaven and earth had been flipped over and everything floated in the air.

At the same time, an extremely violent surge of information current barged into everyone's consciousness.

"Old man, you aren't weak. I'll kill you directly in a single move."

The astonishing aura from the Terra Ingurgitation burst forth from Fang Xingjian's body, as he concurrently activated the Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor. Boundless energy gushed out of Fang Xingjian's body and all sorts of magnetism and light forces were incessantly being absorbed into Fang Xingjian's body.

Right now, Fang Xingjian's Waves had already reached level 5 and the enhancement from the level 5 Prodigious Astral Divine Powers Waves allowed the range of the Terra Ingurgitation to extend to a radius of five kilometers.

What kind of concept was this? It meant that the gravitational forces this move could gather was now 125 times that of when Terra Ingurgitation was at level 1.

This also meant that the prowess of Fang Xingjian's current sword attack, just in terms of the Terra Ingurgitation alone, was 125 times that of the one he had unleashed on the Regional Selection's arena.

Moreover, right now, Fang Xingjian also had the additional enhancement from the Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor.

As if he had sensed the viciousness Fang Xingjian exuded this very moment, Mister Shen let out a fierce bellow and golden light started beaming brightly from all over his body.

Amidst his Heaven's Perception, he was also agitating the countless particles in his body. An extremely stable force in each of the particles continued to circulate, as if there was a small world within his body. However, due to his agitation, the many particles in the small world abruptly exploded, and the explosion of 100,000 physical molecules also pushed his powers to the limits.

The outburst of boundless energy engulfed his body in golden light, emanating even from his ears, nose, eyes, and mouth.

The full prowess of the Killing technique 'Indestructible Golden Physique' was unleashed, increasing Mister Shen's strength to a new limit. In this moment, he was confident enough to even forcibly receive an attack from a level 29 expert and still survive.

'To think that a yellow-skinned young lad is thinking of killing me in a single move. He is really overestimating himself. He doesn't know any better.'

Just as Mister Shen was thinking this, Fang Xingjian swung his sword upward, the boundless powers absorbed by Terra Ingurgitation within it. The violent powers that could flip an entire city came smashing over, and before it even got near, the shock waves tore apart the ground under Mister Shen's feet in layers.

Concurrently, the Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor also burst its powers outward. 20% of Domirov's powers gushed forth, turning into layers of supporting forces that glimmered on the surface of Fang Xingjian's body, increasing the prowess of his sword attack.

Even with the support from the Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor, Fang Xingjian could sense the brutal violence of the gravitational forces absorbed from the surroundings within a radius of five kilometers, which gave the feeling of a wild horse running unbridled.

In his calculations, absorbing the gravity from within a five kilometers radius would give him a prowess that was equivalent to smashing with half of Mount Tai. However, it seemed that the prowess was actually greater than what he had calculated.

As expected of the legacy from the Melancholic Monarch, a Divine level expert from 200 years ago. The prowess of the Prodigious Astral Divine Powers Waves no longer seemed to belong to a human.

If he did not have the support form the Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor, if he was not able to take in and release various natural energies, if he did not have the help from the various supporting force fields, Fang Xingjian would probably not be able to control this power.

The impact of this sword could destroy landscapes, or change the flows of great rivers.

The slash of this sword would be able to split an entire city into halves.

Landing this sword strike could kill several hundreds of thousands, or even millions of people.

This was the prowess of the Melancholic Monarch's greatest legacy, the Prodigious Astral Divine Powers Waves.

The prowess of this sword attack had far surpassed Fang Xingjian's estimations.

He had not expected that the level 5 Prodigious Astral Divine Powers Waves would be so powerful.

Seeing the longsword raised high up, Mister Shen's mind completely blanked out. Even if he was able to destroy the material particles and refine the energies in the small world within his body, when he faced this sword of destruction, he could not summon any power to defend himself.

This was a divine power that brought a person into desperation! Absolute power!

Unless he was able to refine the energies from even more material particles, the power he had obtained from refining 100,000 particles was insufficient for him to fend off this attack.

Based on the Empire's studies, a human body was formed, on average, of 1.08 billion particles. However, it was rare even amongst level 29 experts for a person to be able to cultivate to the stage where one would be able to refine all 1.08 billion particles and get them to explode at the same time.

For the majority of the people, when their ether synchronization rate reached 90% and they advanced to level 28 from level 27, they would tend to have only refined the energies of a few million particles.

Regardless if it was condensing specialty seeds or refining the energy within material particles, both were very long paths for cultivators which even level 29 experts had a hard time treading.

Mister Shen let out his last bellow. Before his body had received the impact of the sword, he had already turned into dust and had entirely disappeared from the destructive power wave that was transmitted through the air.

There was almost no way to stop this attack. Fang Xingjian continued to direct the power into the air. Thankfully, since the prowess of the level 5 Terra Ingurgitation was beyond Fang Xingjian's expectations, he was aware that it was not something he could underestimate. If it was smashed into the ground, it could create unimaginable destruction.

Therefore, right from the beginning, he unleashed it upward, swinging his longsword toward the sky and directing all the power into the air.

Deafening rumbles rang out, spreading through the entire city.

The violent air currents gushed up into the air. There were no extravagant effects. It was just an upward swing of power from a sword attack. However, the supersonic shock waves produced in the air had cut through the cloud layers,creating a big hole in the stratosphere.

Countless people stared with their eyes wide-open at the scene of the sky being split open in front of them, as sunlight shone down and the universe was revealed.

At this moment, the area within a radius of several meters was covered in piercing sunlight. Endless light encompassed all of Pearl City.

The sword attack seemed to have slashed through the entire sky. Eldest Young Master Gao Anhe looked upward in a daze to see that there were no clouds nor blue sky at all. There was only the pitch-black outer space, bare, for everyone to see.

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Chapter 378 Picking Up

Second Young Master Gao Ankang looked at the pitch-black yet sunlight-filled sky. There was a strong contradiction in that.

However, endless fear was reflected in Gao Ankang's eyes.

This sword attack which split the sky with a single slash was far too terrifying and powerful.

This was the strongest sword attack he had ever seen in his entire life.

The water sword Fang Xingjian was holding had disintegrated, and he had also drawn back his Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor.

Looking at the strange occurrence in the sky, Fang Xingjian smiled. 'Excellent. The Terra Ingurgitation is more powerful than what I had expected. If I can cultivate it to level 7 or even level 8… then even a Divine level expert may not be able to receive this attack without a scratch, I think?'

Fang Xingjian then lowered his head and looked toward Gao Anhe, who was staring with eyes wide-open and mouth agape. "Alright, that old guy is dead. I'm not interested in your family matters. Hand over the azure dragon's scale."

Eldest Young Master Gao Anhe looked at Fang Xingjian in a daze and then glanced around. The repercussions from that sword attack earlier had turned many of the buildings in Gao Clan into ruins.

Thankfully, everyone had floated up due to the loss in gravity and thus did not die from the tremors.

However, confronted with Fang Xingjian's gaze, Gao Anhe did not dare to have any hints of hesitation.

He quickly stood up and nodded, "Yes, yes, yes. I'll get someone to bring out the azure dragon's scale immediately."

He called over Elder Tianhuo, whose face was covered in dust and who was covered in blood all over. However, the latter did not dare to show even the slightest trace of delay and dashed toward the place where the azure dragon's scale was stored.

Right then, a long whistle rang out, and an old man appeared before everyone in a dash. When he saw Gao Anhe, he asked in astonishment, "What happened? Who was it earlier? Is a Divine level expert here?"

Gao Anhe pointed toward Fang Xingjian with a bitter look, saying, "Father, it was Lord Fang Xingjian who had helped us to eradicate an external enemy."

"Fang Xingjian?" Gao Clan's clan head, Gao Zixuan, had kept himself in seclusion over the years, and this was the first time he had come out for the recent few years. It was because his ether synchronization rate had reached 89%, so he could enter the ninth Heavenly Barrier anytime. He had kept himself in seclusion for training so that he could deal with the dangers which came with the Heavenly Barrier. After all, he did not have Fang Xingjian's heaven-defying talent which would allow him to pay no heed to the Heavenly Barriers.

Despite that, he was also a level 27 expert. The Second Young Master had initially wanted to rely on Mister Shen's power and influence to negotiate with him. However, right now, the Second Young Master's face was that of total dejection. He knew that he was in deep trouble.

The clan head, Gao Zixuan, recalled how terrifying the earlier attack had been and looked at Fang Xingjian in horror. He bowed and said, "Senior Fang, thank you for your help."

Eldest Young Master Gao Anhe appeared very awkward as he sent his father an information current, saying, "Father, Lord Fang Xingjian has just completed his second transition this year and is only 17 years old."

"What?!"

Gao Clan's clan head looked at Fang Xingjian in great astonishment. He found it unbelievable that the other party's age was just like his appearance, only 17 years old.

Fang Xingjian mouth twitched, and he spoke with increasing impatience, "Alright, give me the azure dragon's scale quickly. I still have many things to attend to." He then suddenly threw a glance at Second Young Master Gao Ankang.

At Fang Xingjian's glance, Gao Ankang trembled, retreated a few steps back, and asked, "What do you want?"

"Nothing." Fang Xingjian said, "I just want to ask you, what level is the First Prince at right now?"

"Hmph, the First Prince is extremely talented and has gone into seclusion for his final dash toward attaining the Divine level. In at most half a year, he will be able to attain the Divine level." With that, Gao Ankang suddenly felt more daring, "Fang Xingjian, if you know what's good for you, then you should help me in supporting the First Prince. In the future, you'll definitely be able to achieve great successes in life."

Fang Xingjian laughed, and with a flash of sword light, blood burst out from Gao Ankang's knee. Gao Ankang could not help but drop to his knees.

"Ahhh!" Gao Ankang cried out in pain. However, when he saw Fang Xingjian's vicious gaze, he did not dare to say a single word more.

Just then, another figure dashed over at the speed of lightning, with a power that could shake the entire world. It was clear at one glance that this person was also a Conferred Knight. He was the City Lord of Pearl City.

Pearl City's City Lord looked at the ruins before him and then at the people from Gao Clan. After that, he cupped his hands together toward Gao Zixuan and asked, "Brother Gao, what's going on? That thing from earlier was too terrifying. Has Brother's cultivation been brought to greater heights?"

Gao Zixuan waved his hand and then nodded in Fang Xingjian's direction. "This is the Great Western Region's Fang Xingjian, the inventor of the Rebirth Sword Technique.

"The impact from earlier was a slash he made with his sword, which split the sky and revealed the scene beyond."

Pearl City's City Lord looked at Fang Xingjian in astonishment. One reason for his astonishment was because of Fang Xingjian's identity and another was because of the shaking caused by that sword attack.

He took a step and said, "Fang Xingjian… Mister Fang Xingjian." Pearl City's City Lord hesitated before deciding to address Fang Xingjian like that. "That sword attack from earlier… Is that the legacy recorded on the Pantheon Monument?"

"That's right. That's the Prodigious Astral Divine Powers written on the Pantheon Monument." Seeing how Pearl City's City Lord seemed to want to test it out, Fang Xingjian asked, "Does the City Lord wish to try out my sword technique?"

Pearl City's City Lord was also a level 25 Conferred Knight. However, right now, he appeared just like a little kid before Fang Xingjian. After he was exposed, the City Lord scratched his head awkwardly and said, "I also cultivate sword arts, so I've long heard of Mister's extraordinary talent in sword arts and that your sword arts are remarkable. Meeting you today makes me wish to get Mister's guidance in sword arts."

"Make your move then."

"Alright." Pearl City's City Lord did not say more and drew the longsword at his waist. With a shake of his wrist, streams of sword light formed a net of swords, encompassing toward Fang Xingjian.

The sword technique he displayed was the Milky Way Sword Technique, a Killing technique passed down in his family. This was a powerful sword technique which was not passed down to outsiders.

However, just as he created the net of swords, Fang Xingjian shook his wrist in the same way. Water vapor condensed to form water swords and sword light crossed each other, encompassing toward the City Lord with a net of swords.

'What?!'

Pearl City's City Lord looked at this scene in great astonishment. He could not understand how the latter could perform the same exact sword move. The two nets of swords clashed against each other, and the clink clank sounds of clashing blades rang out.

As sword Qis gushed and swept around, countless walls and rocks within several hundred meters were sliced into pieces.

The Milky Way Sword Technique was a technique which simulated the starry skies in the ancient times, using sword light in place of starlight to kill enemies.

Pearl City's City Lord changed his stance, creating a spread of sword light and having them pierce down on Fang Xingjian like shooting stars.

However, it was the same as earlier. Fang Xingjian shook the longsword in his hand, also creating a spread of sword light in the air, clashing against the City Lord's longsword. Sword tips clashed against each other every time. As the speed was too fast, the clashes seemed as if they were all happening at the same time, like densely-packed starlight shining and extinguishing together simultaneously.

Each time a sword light exploded, the ground would tremble, and the large area of ruins were turned into dust by the explosive sword lights.

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Chapter 379 Return

Pearl City's City Lord kept changing his sword moves. It was as if stars were revolving around his body, with starlight shining brightly within a range of several hundred meters. However, no matter what sword moves he used, Fang Xingjian was able to replicate them immediately with a seemingly higher level of mastery and familiarity. It was like he had been cultivating the moves for decades.

The rate at which Fang Xingjian picked up sword techniques was extremely fast to begin with. Then as he entered the second level of the mystical prints, his aptitude became even stronger than before and the rate of his cultivation had also increased. Right now, he was even able to pick up the City Lord's sword techniques with just one glance.

Very soon, Pearl City's City Lord had performed all 27 stances to the Milky Way Sword Technique. At the very end, sword light burst out, and both of them retreated.

Pearl City's City Lord looked at Fang Xingjian in disbelief and could not help but ask, "Why is Mister able to perform the Milky Way Sword Technique which is passed down only within my family?" The City Lord knew that the Melancholic Monarch had been a master in the way of the ancient stars, and the Milky Way Sword Technique passed down in his family had been created with reference to the stars which had existed in the skies in the past.

Therefore, in order to strengthen his Milky Way Sword Technique, he had wanted to comprehend the profoundness of the stars through sparring with Fang Xingjian.

However, how could he have expected that Fang Xingjian would perform the same exact sword technique?

He could not help but think, 'Could it be that Fang Xingjian is also a member of our clan? Could he be father's or grandfather's illegitimate son?'

Looking at the City Lord's surprised gaze, Fang Xingjian swung out his longsword, and it disintegrated as water splashed onto the ground.

Fang Xingjian replied, "This sword technique is called the Milky Way Sword Technique? It's quite interesting. I picked it up slowly earlier as City Lord performed it."

"Picked it up slowly? You managed to pick up the Milky Way Sword Technique after watching me perform it once?" The City Lord was not the only one looking at Fang Xingjian in disbelief. The other members of Gao Clan were also doing the same, as if they had heard something preposterous.

This was the sword technique Pearl City's City Lord had inherited from his family, and he had even synthesized two sets of Killing techniques into it. To think that Fang Xingjian had managed to pick it up after just one look…?

When had they ever seen such an abnormal talent?

If he could pick up other people's sword technique after just one look, would he be able to pick up all the sword techniques of his opponents while in battle? This was too terrifying.

Just then, Elder Tianhuo finally ran over while carrying a large piece of blue-colored azure dragon's scale. However, he had just run for a few steps when he felt that his body had become lighter as the azure dragon's scale he had been holding was nowhere to be seen.

Rumbling sounds rang out in the air. When everyone lifted their head, they saw a white line stretch out in the southward direction, leaving only a sound wave to ripple over and enter their ears.

"I'll trouble you guys to send Anderson back to the Great Western Region."

"Fang Xingjian? He really has the unrivalled talent of a generation." Gao Clan's clan head Gao Zixuan then turned to look at Second Young Master, letting out a cold laugh as he said, "Going against the house regulations, offending those superior to you, colluding with external threats… Have him locked up.

"One more thing. Where's that Anderson? I'll go visit him in person."

Fang Xingjian cut across the sky with his powerful body while leaving a long trail of shock waves behind him. He caused the layer of clouds under his feet to seethe continuously, producing many waves of thunderous rumbles.

Concurrently, in Fang Xingjian's consciousness, he started to cultivate the Milky Way Sword Technique automatically.

Right now, he had the Zenith Light Sword Formation for long-distance attacks, Ether Sword Ripples for mid-range attacks, and the Prodigious Demolition Sword for close combat. He needed to strengthen the respective sword techniques' abilities, rather than turning all of them into all-round and versatile sword techniques.

Fang Xingjian could continue to strengthen these three sets of sword techniques in their respective unique traits, then when he reached level 29, he would be able to synthesize all three sword techniques the moment his ether synchronization rate reached 100%. His sword arts would then go through tremendous progress once again.

This was also how majority of the Knights chose to cultivate their techniques. When they reached level 29, they tended to have only one Killing technique used for battle.

Although Fang Xingjian's current strongest attacks were the Terra Ingurgitation, Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor, and Heaven's Volition Sword Intent, these were after all not the ones which he had the strongest potential for. His strongest potential still laid in his sword arts.

One day, his sword arts would surpass all these other means. However, before that day arrived, the thing he needed to do was continue to power up his sword techniques.

Techniques like the Milky Way Sword Technique, which was related to sword light, was very suitable to be synthesized to the Zenith Light Sword Formation. It would increase the long-distance damaging prowess of his light swords.

When he arrived at the Great Western City, the skill seeds representing the Zenith Light Sword Formation and the Milky Way Sword Technique collided fiercely in his consciousness. Right now, Fang Xingjian's ether synchronization rate was at 50% and thus the success rate of his synthesis was at 50% as well. This time around, he was lucky, and the two sword techniques were synthesized successfully.

Fang Xingjian still could not be bothered to rename the technique and left it as the Zenith Light Sword Formation. After the synthesis, the prowess of the Zenith Light Sword Formation was stronger than before. The light swords which it shot out would have the prowess of the radiation of stars.

After returning back to his training room and looking at the azure dragon's scale he was holding, Fang Xingjian broke into a smile of satisfaction.

This incident of forcefully getting his hands on the azure dragon's scale… not only would it be able to aid in his cultivation of the third level of the mystical prints, it also obstructed the First Prince's cultivation and prevented Gao Clan's subjugation to the First Prince. It was killing multiple birds with a single stone.

However, it was only in passing for him to obstruct the First Prince's training. The most important thing was still his own cultivation.

When Fang Xingjian thought of this, he started to smelt the materials and prepared to cultivate the third level of the mystical prints.

This time around, the duration of the process was much longer. After a whole 12 hours, the densely packed mystical prints had already covered Fang Xingjian's arms and extended to the upper half of his back, exuding layers of strong fluorescent light.

Fang Xingjian could sense that all the particles in his body seemed to be formed from countless ether particles, and these ether particles seemed to be the smallest unit of element in the world.

However, they were neither particles nor waves. They were something even more mysterious and unimaginable, releasing layers of waves and continuously exchanging energy and information with the ether particles in the outside world.

The mystical prints strengthened the efficiency in the exchanges, allowing Fang Xingjian's rate of cultivation to be even faster.

However, this time around, what Fang Xingjian sensed was not just the increase in the efficiency of the exchanges. He could also sense that within the information exchanged, some kind of special filter existed. Fang Xingjian could sense that the surrounding ether particles seemed to have a lot of rubbish information, including memories and general knowledge.

Right now, most of them were actually sword arts related information.

'The third level of mystical prints allows there to be an additional filter for the exchange of information through the ether particles?'

Where was Fang Xingjian right now? It was the Sacred Land in the Regional Academy. For the past 200 years, countless experts had cultivated here, leaving behind countless sword arts comprehension. Right now, he could sense that the sword theories in the air was gushing into his brain under the lead of the mystical prints. This caused the level of his sword arts to increase constantly.

'The third level of the mystical prints did not just increase my cultivation aptitude once again… It even added on a passive incremental effect to my sword arts cultivation.'

Fang Xingjian nodded in satisfaction. Suddenly, he clenched one of his hands into a fist, condensing water vapor into a longsword. He started to cultivate a sword technique, the Great Solar Divine Sword, which he had scanned in the library. Fang Xingjian planned to synthesize this high temperature sword technique into the Ether Sword Ripples.

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Chapter 380 Sunstone

As Fang Xingjian cultivated the Great Solar Divine Sword, he felt that something was different from usual. Various experiences regarding the Great Solar Divine Sword continuously came from the air, supporting his cultivation.

These were clearly the experiences of the experts who had cultivated the Great Solar Divine Sword in the Sacred Land for the past 200 years.

'Excellent, excellent, excellent. To think that the third level mystical prints have such an amazing effect! They're able to filter and change the direction of the exchange of information the ether particles go through to support my thinking process based on what I'm thinking. It greatly strengthens the effects of my cultivation.'

Such an effect was far too terrifying. It took Fang Xingjian only five hours to bring the Great Solar Divine Sword to level 40, and he was also very lucky to succeeded in synthesizing it into the Ether Sword Ripples, allowing the maximum temperature of the Ether Sword Ripples to once again increase by a few degrees.

Sensing the amazing effects of the third level of mystical prints, Fang Xingjian continued to train non-stop, slowly strengthening his sword arts. His battle prowess kept on increasing in leaps and bounds.

He felt that with his current Zenith Light Sword Formation, Ether Sword Ripples, and the Prodigious Demolition Sword, as well as with the support of the Unparalleled Sword Intent – Apex, he would be able to defeat a level 26 Conferred Knight.

Three days later, in the Regional Academy's dining hall.

Fang Xingjian sat in the dining hall, where quite a few plates were filled with neatly arranged grilled meat. Diana was still wearing the chef uniform she had previously been wearing, grilling meat non-stop while she introduced the dishes. Her golden ponytail was swinging about, filled with vitality.

"This is extracted from the meat surrounding the heart of a Golden Wild Boar. Only 100 grams of such meat can be extracted from each Golden Wild Boar. It's connected with the fascia [1] and it's extremely chewy.

"This is the pork collar meat, grilled over rose charcoal. In order to bring out the full flavors of the pork collar, I've grilled it for a longer time, which brings out its crispiness. Give it a try.

"And this is meat from the Raging Buffalo. The lean and fat meat of this kind is extremely well-proportioned. I've specially grilled it to 26 degrees celsius, allowing for the fats to melt and for the gravy to seep in.

"Other than the original 12 types of seasonings, I've also invented this new jam, made from a combination of 18 different types of fruits. Give it a try."

Fang Xingjian tried the dishes one by one, occasionally revealing an admiring gaze. Diana smiled happily when she saw this.

Right now, Diana's face was covered in soot, but this still did not hinder her beauty. Her eyes, especially, had a serious gaze and a special charm to them.

Fang Xingjian nodded and said, "Not bad. My efforts to hire you have not been in vain."

"I need to thank you as well. If it wasn't for you, I don't know how long it would have take before I'd have been able to use ingredients so freely." After saying this, Diana looked at Fang Xingjian with some hesitation.

Fang Xingjian noticed her hesitation and said. "Just be straightforward. What is it?"

"I hope that I can continue to operate my eatery. I wish to let even more people try out my new dishes."

Fang Xingjian continued to chew on the grilled meat, as if he had not heard what Diana had just said. Just as Diana's brows sank and she thought that there was no hope, Fang Xingjian spoke with indifference, "Go discuss it with Robert. Count me in for the investment. If you want to manage one, make it a better one."

"Thank… Thank you, Xingjian!" Diana broke into a smile as brilliant as sunlight.

Just then, Robert walked in with a short, chubby man. Diana smiled and took her leave as the short, chubby man's gaze got stuck to her, as if he had been dazzled by her beauty.

It was only when Robert coughed softly that he got back to his senses and thought to himself, 'What a beautiful lady. it's a pity that she already belongs to Fang Xingjian.'

However, when he lifted his head, he had already changed into a smiling expression as he said, "Lord Xingjian, I'm Johnny from the Great Western City's City Guards Institution. The reason I'm here today is because I have something I need your help with."

Fang Xingjian did not reply to Johnny, simply eating a piece of pork collar meat. The strong charred aroma and the texture of the meat seethed in his mouth, making him break into a smile.

When Johnny saw this scene, he thought to himself, 'Robert was right. Fang Xingjian's mood is the best when he's having delicacies and this is also the time when he's the easiest to talk to.'

Fang Xingjian threw a glance at Johnny and asked, "What do you need my help for?"

"It's like this. Didn't you manage to kill an escaped convict at the grilled meat eatery the other time? He's a follower of the Terrene Shrine. After conducting investigations, we've managed to apprehend his accomplice. We've realized that he isn't an ordinary escaped convict. The attempt of breaking out of prison this time around was successful because he's received help from followers outside of the prison."

Fang Xingjian nodded, eating meat as he said, "So you guys want me to help to catch the followers on the outside now?"

"Although the Terrene Shrine has been eradicated, the unapprehended fugitives had been secretly expanding in various parts of the Empire all this while. Wiping out the followers of the Terrene Shrine has also been an important task of the Empire. However, this time around, we're afraid that we don't have enough forces to apprehend them, and would thus like to invite Lord Fang Xingjian to assist us."

Fang Xingjian's lips twitched as he asked, "Other than myself, is there anyone else?"

Johnny replied compliantly, "Other than yourself and a Conferred Knight from our vanguard, we've also invited two other Conferred Knights."

"I don't have time. I won't go," Fang Xingjian rejected right away. He felt that he did not even have enough time for cultivation. How could he possibly have time to catch fugitives?

However, after he had given his reply, Johnny did not just leave, but he continued to wait there. Robert slowly walked up and whispered to Fang Xingjian, "Sir, it's said that these surviving supporters of the Terrene Shrine have a piece of sunstone. Weren't you asking me the other day if there's anything that could accelerate the rate of cultivation of Effulgence Weapons? This sunstone should be able to do it."

Although the potential of Fang Xingjian's Ether Divine Art was very powerful, it was not a type of sword arts, and Fang Xingjian's cultivation rate in this area had always been slow. This was why he had decided to give up on cultivating it altogether.

Because in the same amount of time, it was clear that cultivating his sword techniques could better improve his abilities.

Therefore, Fang Xingjian got Robert to find out if there was anything that could increase the rate of the cultivation of Effulgence Weapons.

The sunstone was one of the options.

The sunstone was a special type of stone which, due to a predestined encounter, corresponded to the waves of sunlight, and which stored a tremendous amount of light waves in it. Conferred Knights could directly absorb the light waves to strengthen the Ether Effulgence Weapon in their bodies.

However, these things were extremely rare. Robert had asked around, but one could not be found in the entire Great Western City. To think that the evil supporters of the Terrene Shrine could get their hands on such a thing!

Robert added, "This is news sent by the spies in Terrene Shrine. It should be reliable."

Fang Xingjian nodded and asked, "It can't be bought?"

Robert smiled bitterly and shook his head. "I've asked many people. There's a demand, but no supply."

"I understand." Fang Xingjian then said to Johnny, "Count me in. When do we take action?"

"Tomorrow morning," Johnny said happily. "And in order to not alarm our enemies, please do not leak out any news of the operation."

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Chapter 381 Selling for Money

"Rest assured. But I'll be taking the sunstone."

Johnny nodded and continued, "One more thing. This is a secret operation. So, it's better for you to conceal your identity."

Fang Xingjian nodded to express that he understood. Of course, he was clear that in such an operation to exterminate an unorthodox sect or a faction, most Conferred Knights would conceal their identities. After all, such operations were akin to those handled by drug law enforcement and counterterrorism agents. It meant they would attract bad blood. If they did not keep their identities under wraps, their enemies would probably come swarming in as if they had stirred up a hornet's nest.

It was very simple for Conferred Knights to conceal their identities. They had long surpassed Knights and had outstanding control over their muscles, bones, vital energy, and blood.

This was just like how it was for Fang Xingjian. He would just need to shrink his bones slightly and change some of the positionings of his facial muscles in order to completely transform into a brand new appearance.

However, just to be safe, Fang Xingjian consulted Head of Department James.

"Hmmm? Eradicate the Terrene Shrine?" James nodded and said, "The Terrene Shrine have withered out badly, and they basically have no more top notch experts. With your means, it should be highly unlikely for them to kill you. However, they all believe in the Terrene God and are unafraid of death. They even have secret arts which require them to sacrifice their life span. You must be careful."

"There won't be level 28 or level 29 experts, right?"

"There won't be. There aren't even many who are at level 27." James said with certainty, "In the previous operation to eradicate them, 99% of their manuals were already destroyed. After so many years, they don't have many who are at the second transition, and a large part of their legacy has disappeared. You would be considered lucky if you were to come across one who is at level 26."

Fang Xingjian would occasionally look for James to have a spar, and the latter understood Fang Xingjian's battle prowess very clearly.

Saying this, James suddenly smiled, "Right, Xingjian, when are you going to show me the remaining parts to the Pantheon Monument?"

"I was just about to bring this up to you. How about I sell it to the academy all at once?" In the past, Fang Xingjian had not been lacking in money, but now that he wanted to cultivate the mystical prints, there was never enough money to go around. Just the first three levels of the mystical prints had already cost him 600,000 gold, and with more and more academies already given the rights to the Rebirth Sword Technique, the amount of additional royalties received this year was gradually decreasingly. He did not know how long it would take before he could gather the over 400,000 gold required for the fourth level.

Therefore, Fang Xingjian planned to sell the secrets to the Pantheon Monument this time around.

When James heard this, his gaze turned serious as he asked, "How much are you planning to sell it for?"

Fang Xingjian said, "I'll reveal all seven levels of the mysteries at once. The price will be fixed at 10 million gold."

"That's too much!" James said, his eyes wide-open in fury, "B*stard! 10 million! Do you want me to sell the entire Sword Arts Department for this?!"

"You're exaggerating." Fang Xingjian shrugged and said, "How about this? You can pay in instalments. You'll just need to pay the payments to me within half a year."

"Half a year?" James' brows twitched a little before he waved his hand and said, "Go back and make your preparations for the mission tomorrow. I'll think about it. 10 million gold is still too expensive."

"Of course, you can't be the one person to bear this burden. The entire academy will be able to learn the Prodigious Astral Divine Powers Waves. Just let everyone share the burden. It'll be sufficient for each department to fork out one to two million."

James shook his head. "10 million gold is too expensive. The academy won't agree to it."

Fang Xingjian said, "It's worth the money. A few days back, I demonstrated the prowess of the level 5 Prodigious Astral Divine Powers Waves in Beize Continent's Pearl City. You can go ask about it. If there's a need, I can demonstrate it again.

"I believe that once you guys are aware of its prowess, the academy will definitely be willing to fork out the 10 million gold."

James frowned, "Mmm, I'll go ask, but it probably won't work out. You're better off not having too high an expectation. Even for the Waves of a Divine level expert, 10 million gold is too expensive. It has surpassed what the academy can afford. Putting the academy aside, there's probably not a single aristocrat in the Great Western Region who will be able to afford it."

"Haha, this is a good opportunity. After getting more people to cultivate these Waves, even the First Prince might not be a match. Isn't it good to use the academy's money to increase the Second Prince's powers?"

James was silent.

Fang Xingjian smiled. He knew that after the upper echelons knew about the prowess of the level 5 Terra Ingurgitation, they would definitely not give up on this legacy which a Divine level expert left behind.

Additionally, although the prowess of the Prodigious Astral Divine Powers Waves was unrivalled, Fang Xingjian still dared to sell it.

One reason for this was because these Waves were too profound. Even with Fang Xingjian's talent and 24 hours of ceaseless cultivation each day, as well as the fact that he had seen the stars before and later gained the enhancement of the mystical prints, it had still taken him half a month to one month just to advance one level.

No one in the academy had access to the mystical prints, nor did they have Fang Xingjian's talent. Furthermore, none of them had seen the real starlit skies. Therefore, their cultivation speed would be incomparable to that of Fang Xingjian.

The second reason was that there was still a limit to the Terra Ingurgitation. However, Fang Xingjian had greater confidence in his own sword arts talent. The thing that was going allow him to become a Divine level expert in the future was still his sword arts, and his sword arts was going to surpass Terra Ingurgitation.

The third reason was what he had said earlier. Although he had said that he would be selling it to the academy, the academy was still under the control of Governor Devitt, who was working under the Second Prince. This would mean that Fang Xingjian was actually selling it to the Second Prince, and the Second Prince would definitely only choose to allow the people who were loyal to him to cultivate Terra Ingurgitation. This would give the Second Prince enough power to go against the First Prince, while the money used would be forked out by the academy and the Regional Office. It would be a win-win situation for both Fang Xingjian and the Second Prince.

Of course, Fang Xingjian was well aware that it was impossible for the academy to give him 10 million gold in one shot. It would probably be a case in which they would pay a downpayment and then provide payments in instalments based on the cultivation effects.

However, given how Fang Xingjian was greatly short of money, he would take as much money as he possibly could. He did not care even if he was demanding an exorbitant price.

Once he received the money, not only would he be able to cultivate to level ten of the mystical prints, but when paired with his world's best sword arts talent, he would reach a state that was extremely heaven-defying. As for the excess money, he could use it to purchase various heavenly and earthly treasures to become stronger.

Fang Xingjian then returned and spent the night cultivating. Early the next morning, he arrived outside the Great Western City. However, when he arrived, he saw that three Conferred Knights were already there waiting for him.

A middle-aged lady whose hair was filled with small plaits, spoke with some dissatisfaction, "Why are you so slow? We've been waiting for close to half an hour."

Another man, who was smiling, stood up and said to the middle-aged lady, "It's fine, it's fine. We weren't that much earlier either. Since everyone's here, then let's introduce ourselves. We just need to mention our level and nickname.

"I'm from the City Guards Institution. You can call me Smiling Face. I'm a level 26 Conferred Knight."

The lady with plaits, who had been complaining about Fang Xingjian, said, "You can call me Plaits. I'm a level 25 Conferred Knight."

Another short, thin, and weak looking old man said, "You can call me Old Man, I'm a level 25 Conferred Knight."

Fang Xingjian looked at the three of them. Be it the extremely thin and short old man, or the fierce and solemn-looking lady in plaits, or the man who called himself Smiling Face, they had clearly all changed their appearances and were not willing to reveal their true identities. Even their age which they appeared to be might have been falsified, so the same went for their names.

After all, when one became a Conferred Knight and gained strength which far surpassed that of ordinary people… With countless extraordinary powers, if they were to change their body shape, make themselves appear to be of varying age, or change genders from male to female…no one would be able to tell at all.

Therefore, Fang Xingjian shrugged and said, "Then you guys can call me Young Man. I'm a level 24 Conferred Knight."

The lady with plaits frowned and said, "Smiling Face, this time around, we're dealing with the Terrene Shrine's followers right? Those people aren't afraid of death and can be very troublesome. Can Conferred Knights who are below level 25 take part as well?"

Level 25 Conferred Knights could undergo regeneration, change their physical body, and condense specialty seeds. They had also activated the path which allows humans to slowly step into the realm of gods.

Most people also felt that level 25 was the phase where the disparity in power would gradually be increased.

The lady in plaits looked at Fang Xingjian with a dissatisfied expression. She clearly did not wish for them to bring along this person of the lowest level to deal with the Terrene Shrine.

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Chapter 382 Throne

Smiling Face smiled, as if he had wanted to say a few words to ease up the tension. However, Fang Xingjian had already made his move.

As strong gales blew by, scorching heat currents rippled through the air. There even seemed to be the faint burning smell of high temperatures.

The lady in plaits had already activated her Reduced Force Field the moment the gales started. Simultaneously, she quickly retreated 100 meters away.

However, she had just managed to stand firm when she saw Fang Xingjian swing his hand across. He was holding onto one of her plaits. Her eyes opened wide as she had not managed to see how Fang Xingjian made his attack.

Fang Xingjian said nonchalantly, "The fact that I can get your hair means that I'll be able to do the same to your head." Sweeping a glance toward the lady in plaits, he continued, "I don't need a second move to kill a person at your level."

"You rascal…" Strong killing intent flashed across the lady's face. When had she ever suffered such humiliation before? "I underestimated you earlier. But my usual condition is just one-third of my actual battle prowess. Do you dare to have an all out fight with me?"

Fang Xingjian looked at her coldly and opened up his palm, then a stone spike emerged from the ground under his feet, turning into a stone sword. Under the enhancement of the specialty 'Swordless Path', the stone sword turned into a level 19 Inferior Divine Weapon.

He had already synthesized the Thunderbolt Sword Technique, Mountain Shifting Sword, Aquatic Sword Formation, and Lightless Sword to attain the Prodigious Demolition Sword. However, the condensing of the demolition sword light was also achieved through condensing the powers of wind, earth, water, and fire. So, Fang Xingjian could still continue using the respective powers independently.

Seeing the two of them be at daggers drawn, with their murderous intents surging to extreme heights, Smiling Face scratched his head and said, "Alright, alright. We're here to deal with the Terrene Shrine. Why are we having an internal conflict before the people from the Terrene Shrine are even here?

"On account of me, let's all complete the mission happily and get our respective rewards. Isn't that good?"

As a level 26 Conferred Knight, Smiling Face appeared to be the strongest one among them. Although the lady in plaits was infuriated by Fang Xingjian's arrogance, she was not willing to offend Smiling Face. She let out a cold laugh and said, "Some people don't know how big the world is, so they act really arrogantly just because their speed is a little faster. They don't know that in this world, a person won't be unrivalled just because he is a little faster."

"Alright, alright, let's just stop here." Smiling Face clapped his hands. Then after getting everyone's attention, he said, "Based on the lead provided by our informant, one of the Terrene Shrine's base is over 30 kilometers from here. There are at least two second transition experts. This is why the four of us have been sent here to ensure that nothing goes wrong.

"But we still have to be careful. Although the second transition jobs passed down secretly within the Terrene Shrine might not be comparable to us, most of them are extremely vicious with extremely strong life forces. Don't be careless and end up failing in this easy task."

Smiling Face reminded them once again.

However, he realized that Fang Xingjian was the only one listening. Plaits and Old Man were already rushing forth, so he could not help but let out an awkward laugh.

The four Conferred Knights advanced at rapid speed, running toward the Terrene Shrine's base. With their strong legs and quick speed, a distance of mere 30 kilometers was far too short. However, in order to not alarm their enemies, they reduced their speed at the final five kilometers, darting through the forest and boulders like ghosts as they headed for the base.

It was a cave located halfway up a mountain. Standing at the cave's entrance and looking at that seemingly endless cave, Smiling Face said, "This is the place. This should be the only exit in the entire cave. In order to prevent them from escaping, let's leave one person here to guard the entrance."

Fang Xingjian looked at the structure of the mountain and thought that if it was not for the large amount of resources the Terrene Shrine had, for example, the sunstone he was after, he could just bring down the mountain to kill majority of the Terrene Shrine's followers.

Old Man said, "Then I'll stay behind. I'm getting on in age and don't like all the fighting and killing."

Smiling Face smiled and said, "Then we'll trouble Senior to stay here. Aside from the three of us, please kill the rest who come dashing out."

Therefore, with Old Man left behind the guard the entrance alone, Fang Xingjian and the others gradually headed inside.

Several kilometers underground, the entire stone wall was covered in layers of gray flesh and blood. The flesh and blood kept on pulsing, as if they were alive.

In the center of the flesh and blood, layers of stacked gray flesh and blood formed a huge blood throne. The figure on the throne knocked slowly against the handles formed from the flesh and blood, and said, "The Empire's Conferred Knights are here?"

Before him, there was a flower formed from flesh and blood, transmitting the sounds of the voices of Smiling Face, Old Man, and the others.

"One level 26 Conferred Knight, two level 25 Conferred Knights, and one level 24 lad. Are you certain that they don't have any other backup?"

Before the throne, a man's face kept on trembling, his eyes filled with terror. The astonishing thing was that under his head, the rest of his body had completely disappeared. There were only a few strands of tentacles, made of flesh and blood, connected to his neck and supporting his head up as he faced the shadow on the throne.

His mouth opened and closed, as if he was saying something silently.

"Kill me…

"Kill… me…"

Three huge silhouettes were half-knelt before the throne, exuding a terrifying pressure.

However, the more astonishing thing was their external appearance. They seemed to be put together from all sorts of animals, including lion, tiger, wolf, and black bear. They looked just like chimeras, or rather, animal zombies.

One of the monsters with a lion's head lifted his head, looked toward the shadow on the throne, and said, "Lord Bishop, do you need us to go get rid of them right now?"

The silhouette on the throne let out an "mmm" sound before saying, "Number 1, go deal with the level 26 Knight. Number 9 will deal with the lady, and Number 13 will deal with the old man outside."

The one called Number 1 was the monster with the lion head, while Number 9 was covered in scales and had five snakes' heads in place of his head. Lastly, Number 13 had the biggest build out of the three of them and was covered in hair and spikes. His face, a combination of that of a wild boar and a bear, was filled with brutality and viciousness.

Number 9, the man with snake heads, let out hissing sounds, with his tongue darting in and out of his mouth. He asked, "No need to deal with the level 24 kid?"

"No matter how hard one trains, those who are below level 25 will still only have human bodies. As long as the other three Conferred Knights are dealt with, the level 24 lad can be killed at anytime. It would be a miscalculation if we were to waste our energy dealing with an insignificant person like him and prevent us from defeating the other three Conferred Knights."

The silhouette on the throne said, "Go, my Gray Knights. Don't disappoint me."

"Yes."

Swoosh swoosh swoosh sounds rang out, and the three Gray Knights disappeared in a flash.

However, amidst the quiet hall of flesh and blood, laughter rang out.

"Hehehehehehe. Not bad, lad. To think that you've gotten three successful products."

The silhouette on the throne abruptly opened his eyes to discover that there was a slender-figured lady with green hair and eyes suddenly floating before him.

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Chapter 383 Chat

"Who are you?!" The person on the throne pointed with his finger, and four tentacles, which were like four big trees, immediately grew out from the flesh and blood hall. However, the lady with green hair and eyes was like an illusion that could be seen but could not be harmed. The tentacles swept by but did not come into contact with her.

"An existence that cannot be touched. The witch who stays concealed in the darkness, changing history, witnessing history, and guiding history?" The silhouette on the throne said slowly, "Why have you come here?"

"Hehehehe, it has been very long since I've seen someone in this world who is able to complete it to this degree. Level 7 black magic, Possession of Life from Alternate World. To think that there is still someone in this generation who is able to successfully perform and solidify it. What a genius."

The green-haired lady chuckled and said, "If you carry on with the research, you may even be able to create something impressive which might change the entire world."

The man was covered in tentacles of varying sizes, with the smallest ones to be as fine as hair while the biggest ones to be as thick as a finger. They continued to curl and seethe around on the surface of his body, with a very disgusting appearance.

"Why? Does the Chaos Witch wish to save the world as well?"

The green-haired witch laughed, "Hehehehe, the world doesn't need saving. I'm only here to see the main character of the new generation."

"Main character of the new generation?" Terrene Shrine's bishop laughed out loud. "So that's how it is. Even the representative of chaos regards me as the main character of the new generation?

"Hahaha, our decision wasn't wrong. Compared to cooping up in a small country, we're only able to continue developing by leaving it.

"Black Mage King, did you ever think we would get the achievements we have today?"

As he laughed hysterically, the countless tentacles all over his body trembled non-stop. There seemed to be several tens of voices, of the old and young, of men and women, coming out from his body.

30 years ago, in the Kingdom of Mages, Uranlis, a bunch of Gray Robed Mages had left their hometown and moved the Empire for the sake of their ambitions, research, and freedom.

They kept themselves under covers, hid their identities, and set up a religious organization known as the Terrene Shrine.

With the black magic the Gray Robed Mages had, the number of followers of the Terrene Shrine snowballed. In just a few years, they had spread out over the entire country.

However, just as the Gray Robed Mages thought that they could run their own country and safely study black magic to obtain the powers of the evil god, the Empire had discovered their base where they were conducting human experiments.

It was a sanguinary base, where they had conducted cruel experiments with various twisted and powerful monsters.

Then the war started, and Terrene Shrine had been forced to rebel. However, it was at that time that they realized the Empire's concealed prowess was far beyond their imagination. So, they had to pay a terrible price.

The even more terrifying thing was that the Church of Universal Truth had intervened as well.

From then on, the Gray Robed Mages almost went into extinction amongst the many mages.

The bishop laughed increasingly louder, and his entire body seemed to tremble. "Alexander (name of the Empire's King), just you wait. It won't be long before the entire world is encompassed by a gray layer of terror."

Fang Xingjian and the other two had not gone very far in when they came to a three-way intersection.

Smiling Face put his hand to his mouth and said, "What if we end up being surrounded and attacked if we each go a separate way?"

The lady in plaits spoke with an arrogant look, "They're just rats hiding all over the place. 25 years ago, it was already proven that their battle prowess is not a match for the Empire's Conferred Knights. What's there to be afraid of?"

Seeing that the lady in plaits headed to the path on the right directly, Smiling Face said helplessly, "Then let's split up. Remember, if you encounter danger which you cannot handle, immediately head back the same way to look for assistance."

With that, he and Fang Xingjian respectively took the paths in the middle and on the left.

The lady in plaits had only walked for a few tens of meters when she saw over ten howling wild beasts charging toward her. She let out a cold laugh, put her five fingers together, and thrusted her hand out like a great spear. The lady caused the over ten wild beasts to explode across space, and the entire tunnel became like a slaughterhouse.

"They couldn't even stand a single blow."

As she continued to venture deeper, there were a few more waves of wild beasts charging out. All these wild beasts had red eyes and were extremely maniacal. Moreover, they did not fear death.

However, they were at most at the level of a first transition Knight. Compared to the lady in plaits, they were nothing. The lady in plaits casually attacked across space and crushed all the wild beasts.

After walking for another 100 over meters, a huge bear that was covered in seemingly metallic hair dashed toward her while bellowing loudly. With its tremendous weight, each step it took seemed to cause a tremor in the ground, as if a tank was charging over.

A monstrous bear like this could almost bring down a city wall by itself.

However, the lady in plaits only twitched her lips. Using her hand in place of a spear while summoning the powers of over 100 specialty seeds, she launched her attacks at the next moment and went crashing toward the monstrous bear.

With a loud boom, the lady's right arm struck the monstrous bear's head like a super big drill. Then, as swoosh swoosh swoosh sounds rang out continuously, flesh and blood went flying around. The hand of the lady in plaits penetrated through the monstrous bear's body, leaving the fallen monstrous bear on the ground, covered in a splatter of flesh and blood.

"Trash."

Throwing a cold glance toward the corpse on the ground, the lady in plaits then continued to advance forward. However, she discovered a figure appearing before her.

That was the boar-bear guy who the bishop had called Number 13.

Looking at the chimera before her who was like human, bear, and boar in one, the lady in plaits showed a look of disgust. "You dregs from the Terrene Shrine are still as disgusting as you were 25 years ago."

"Concern about appearances, baffled by looks. This is the folly of you heresies." The boar-bear man spoke in a low and muffled voice, "Female Knight of the Empire, are you prepared to receive the fury of the evil god?"

As he spoke, he broke into a rabid expression and seemed to start trembling in excitement.

"Hmph, resorting to tricks." The lady in plaits let out a cold snort and took a step forward, thrusting out like a drill. Her right hand went through the boar-bear man's chest, leaving behind a huge wound.

"Trash." The lady in plaits threw a glance over and continued on. However, she suddenly turned and put up her arms before her to block.

With an explosive bang, she crashed against the wall. The walls cracked outward from where she hit it, like a meteorite crater.

At the same time, she spewed out a mouthful of fresh blood and looked at the boar-bear guy in disbelief. 'What monstrous strength is this? And there's that wound…'

The wound on the boar-bear man's chest slowly closed up, as if he had never gotten injured in the first place.

'This regeneration ability…? No, that's not right. It isn't regeneration. This guy's body…'

The boar-bear man wore an expression of bliss and serenity. Looking at the astonished female Knight, he spoke zealously, "Do you see that? Do you understand now? This is the power god has given to us. The entire world will be astonished by the powers we have."

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Chapter 384 Monster

The lady in plaits looked coldly at the boar-bear guy. She stretched out her palm and streams of air currents started to condense, eventually turning into an air spear which continued to spin at rapid speed.

From afar, it looked as if the lady in plaits was holding a tornado in her hand. The air currents which spun continuously at high speed brought up strong gales, causing the sounds of typhoon to ring out ceaselessly through the tunnel.

It was the Killing technique of the lady in plaits—Dragon's Breath.

However, this was just the beginning. The muscles throughout the body of the lady in plaits continued to swell up. She laughed coldly and said, "Monster, do you know why the Terrene Shrine was annihilated by us?

"It's because when compared to the power of a Conferred Knight, trash like you are f*cking weak.

"Wind God!"

Boom! Numerous mouths instantly opened up on the lady's body. Each mouth continued to frantically swallow and exhale air. In that instant, it was as if she had turned into a jet aircraft, floating up as she held the typhoon longspear in her hand.

This was the transformation Killing technique the lady in plaits had put hard work into cultivating—Wind God.

An extremely high flexibility attribute was required for one to undergo a human body transformation. All transformation-type Killing techniques would have an extremely high requirement for one's flexibility attribute.

However, it was still very worth it to devote most of one's attention to the flexibility attribute. This was because Conferred Knights who cultivated transformation Killing techniques would tend to be capable of unleashing astonishing battle prowess after the transformation.

The mouths all over her body continued to swallow and exhale air. As she broke into a twisted laugh, the lady in plaits was like a supersonic aircraft, shooting out a shock wave-like air current behind her. Simultaneously, she brought along a series of afterimages and passed by the boar-bear man's body.

Explosive booms rang out, and the boar-bear man's body exploded in midair as he was sent flying at supersonic speed by the typhoon longspear. Flesh and blood splattered all over.

However, just as the lady in plaits was about to turn and leave, her expression froze. She stared at the splattered flesh and blood as if she had just seen something unbelievable.

The flesh and blood on the ground swelled up, changed in shape, and jumped about. Then in the blink of an eye, they had once again combined together and taken on the appearance of the boar-bear man once again.

He even looked as if… he hadn't been hurt in the slightest.

"You monster…"

If the body of a level 25 Conferred Knight was said to be capable of regeneration, then this monster before her had already surpassed the regeneration phase. It could be called the process of reassembly. It was just like how building blocks would be reassembled together over and over again.

In that instant, the lady in plaits became like a tempest goddess, piercing and charging to and fro. Amidst the terrifying whistling sounds, strong gales continued to clash against the ground, releasing a jumble of booms.

The lady in plaits had used her typhoon longspear to beat the boar-bear man into a lump of minced meat.

However, it remained useless. As she looked at the boar-bear man's restored form, the lady in plaits said coldly, "What on earth are you? This is definitely not something which can be accomplished by extremely high speed regeneration."

She exclaimed to herself, 'This is no longer regeneration but a reassembly of the body! Isn't this something that only a level 29 Conferred Knight would be able to accomplish?'

The most powerful ability of a level 29 Conferred Knight was that they could reassemble their body as they wished, right down to the finest detail. Aside from the brain, they would have no other weaknesses. There were even some top notch experts who were able to reassemble their brains. It could be said that they were close to indestructible, other than when their life span reached its end.

"Are you astonished, Female Knight of the Empire?" The boar-bear man laughed, "It's because it isn't just me. Every single part of my body, right down to the simplest unit, has their own consciousness."

At the next moment, a myriad of voices rang out from the boar-bear man's body, "What you call destruction, to us is merely reassembly.

"You attacks have no effects on us!

"Right now, let us show you our attacks."

With a soft pffft sound, the lady in plaits looked toward her chest and saw that her own right hand had unknowingly pierced through it, grabbing firmly onto her heart.

The boar-bear man's body was clearly not just able to reassemble itself at the cellular level. He could even use it to infect other people's cells and control their bodies.

The lady in plaits felt an increasing pressure on her heart. Then as she let out a fierce bellow, a pffft sound rang out, and blood splurted upward. The arm she had lost control over was slashed off by her typhoon longspear.

"It's useless." The boar-bear man broke into a twisted grin. "We have already reached all parts of your body through your bloodstream. Don't you understand it yet? From the very start, at that first moment when my body came into contact with yours, my cells had already infiltrated your body."

"Ahhh!" The lady in plaits stiffened up as she realized that she was no longer able to control her limbs.

"B*stard!" The lady in plaits gritted her teeth and looked toward the boar-bear guy. She discovered that she had lost control over more and more parts of her body. They extended out rapidly, all the way toward her brain.

Elsewhere, Fang Xingjian continued to head deep into the tunnel. There would occasionally be hideous looking monsters dashing out into the pitch-black passageway, but he easily grilled them into meat jerky with the Zenith Light Sword Formation on his back.

Hearing the continuous booms reverberating under his feet and sensing the ceaselessly trembling walls, Fang Xingjian thought to himself, 'All of the others are having very intense battles. But there doesn't seem to be anyone coming to deal with me?'

Just then, another huge gorilla-like monster bellowed as it charged over. Looking at how young Fang Xingjian was, the monster stopped in his tracks and laughed out loud.

"After being cooped up here for so long, I finally have a chance to unleash my powers.

"Lad, don't think that I'm at the same level as the trash you dealt with earlier."

The gorilla beat against his own chest, creating a loud stifling sound. "My ability is that I can make use of someone else's speed." A hint of brutality appeared on his face as the gorilla looked at Fang Xingjian like a cat trying to catch a mouse.

"Are you scared now?" The gorilla laughed. "My Repulsion Domain can overlay another person's speed onto my own. This means that no matter how fast my opponent is, it's impossible for them to be faster than me."

Fang Xingjian was stunned for a moment. Then he said, "Isn't this ability overly heaven-defying? Then doesn't that mean you're faster than everyone in the world?"

"You finally understand how terrifying I am?" The gorilla laughed coldly, "Therefore, I'm the fastest person in the world. You understand this, right? It's useless for a person to just be fast.

"True speed is to be just a little faster than everyone else."

As he said that, he pointed to Fang Xingjian and said, "And right now, I've already set the target of my Repulsion Domain on you. I'm already faster than you."

"Faster than me?" Fang Xingjian's head inclined to the side and said, "I keep having the feeling that your ability is a little unbelievable. Can you show it to me?"

"Hehehehe. There's no other way around it. How can ordinary people like you know how amazing the evil god is? The prowess of black magic is something that far surpasses what you can comprehend. It's a power that surpasses general knowledge and rationale." The gorilla folded his arms across his chest and laughed. "Then let me show you what true extreme speed is. It's a speed which makes you realize that no matter how much you accelerate, your opponent is still a little bit faster than you."

With that, the gorilla took one step forward and dashed toward Fang Xingjian.

However, on his first step, he realized that something was wrong.

Upon taking the first step, he felt that everything seemed to go out of control.

Everything he saw became distorted and variegated, and he could not see anything clearly at all.

He felt an immense pressure throughout his body. There was even such strong friction that it felt as if his body was going to be cooked.

In particular, his internal organs seemed like they had begun to erupt and disintegrate.

"What…

"What on earth…

"What on earth is this speed?"

Amidst the loud noise, the gorilla who could not react in time slammed its head onto the wall. The wall seemed to tremble furiously, and the gorilla's body scattered into pieces on the walls. Some parts of his body even embedded into the walls, making it hard to see them.

Under the unprecedentedly high speed, the gorilla's body had exploded and disintegrated from the collision.

Fang Xingjian took a few looks at the minced flesh on the walls and thought to himself, 'Black magic? Is the Terrene Shrine also related to the Mages?'

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Chapter 385 Fight to the Death

'A warrior made from modifying ferocious beasts?'

Fang Xingjian observed it for a while and thought to himself, 'To think that the Mages' black magic can reach to this extent? It's really unbelievable. Even though a level 25 Conferred Knight can reach deep into the cells into their bodies, they aren't able to go through a modification of their bodies to such a degree. Moreover, they're doing it on another target besides themselves.

'Their abilities seem interesting as well.

'Terrene Shrine, was it? It's really getting more and more interesting.'

Without paying too much heed to the gorilla's corpse, Fang Xingjian sensed the tremors in the ground, which were slowly calming down as he accelerated and headed deeper into the cave.

Although he had only accelerated slightly, Fang Xingjian's current speed would seem to be very astonishing from another's perspective. Most of the time, the six streams of light would just sweep by, and all the monsters he encountered would instantly be cut up into pieces by his Zenith Light Sword Formation.

After Fang Xingjian advanced two to three kilometers, a man with a dog's head suddenly jumped out. The man had a height of over three meters, and there were eight arms growing out from his back. His palms were pitch-black, as if countless metals were mixed in.

Furthermore, each of his eight hands held onto a Divine Weapon and exuded different waves.

Venom was dripping out from the corner of the man's lips, falling onto the ground and creating hissing sounds as it corroded a large part of the ground.

With a loud bellow, the entire tunnel seemed to tremble. All eight weapons drew out beautiful trails as they thrust toward Fang Xingjian with eight different types of power.

Powerful martial will gushed toward Fang Xingjian, and he felt as if there was a pack of wolves biting toward him as they came imbued with the message from the man with a dog's head.

"Lad, with me, Brother Dao, protecting this place, nobody can think of…"

With a light swoosh followed by rustling sounds ringing out in the air, it sounded as if the wind was brushing past tree leaves.

After Fang Xingjian crossed the 100-meter distance, the man with a dog's head split into two and dropped to the ground. Fresh blood splurted out ceaselessly from the wound, and all eight Divine Weapon were shattered.

Then after moving another few hundred meters away, Fang Xingjian's body came to a stop. He noticed that he was surrounded by white spider silk which was hard to seen by the naked eye.

A spider with a human head laughed out loud and landed before him. "My spider silk is 50 times tougher than steel bars. Even a Conferred Knight would definitely not be able to break through when entangled by so many of them."

With a swoosh, ten streams of Ether Sword Ripples burst out in all directions from Fang Xingjian's body. The white spider silk turned into fragments, and the sword ripples slashed into the ground and walls, leaving behind ten deep marks.

The spider with a human head let out an exclamation and was about to retreat, only to discover that his head had already been slashed off and was dropping to the ground.

Swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh. The sound of a sword's blade slicing through the air rang out continuously, and Fang Xingjian advanced at rapid speed. On the way, regardless of whether it was a monster made from a bear, gorilla, elephant, or some other ferocious beast… None of them could take a single sword blow from Fang Xingjian.

However, more and more of those monstrous warriors surged toward Fang Xingjian's location, and no matter how many he killed, there was no end to them. So, they managed to slow him down by a little.

Elsewhere, in the underground hall of flesh and blood…

Three Gray Knights had already arrived with the three Conferred Knights, Plaits, Smiling Face, and Old Man right in front of them.

Plaits and Old Man had each been dealt with by a monster. The level 26 Smiling Face had started off gaining the upper hand, but after the other two monsters arrived as reinforcements, he was eventually defeated and held captive.

Aside from their heads, the remaining parts of the three Conferred Knights' bodies were encompassed by a layer of gray-colored flesh. They knelt down respectfully before the throne, but their expressions were that of fury and malevolence.

Smiling Face was no longer wearing a smile. When a person realized that he was unable to control his own body, there was no way that he would be able to smile.

He threw a look at the informant beside him who was left only with a head. The informant was already completely dead.

Smiling Face then turned to look at the bishop who was seated on the throne, saying, "What have you done? Based on what I know, Terrene Shrine shouldn't have such abilities."

"It didn't exist in the past, since this is my latest creation." The bishop stroked the tentacles on his chin and said nonchalantly, "But do you think that I'd explain it to you? Haha, does a god need to explain his intentions to insignificant nobodies?"

Plaits bellowed out furiously, "The Empire won't let you off! Even if we die, there will be other Conferred Knights coming. There will be Conferred Knights who are at level 27, 28, or even 29. I'll be waiting for you in hell!"

Right now, her body, which had been cut apart, had returned to normal. However, even the regeneration ability of a level 25 Conferred Knight was unable to stop the monsters from corroding her body.

The bishop on the throne shook his head. "Ignorance is really scary. By the time they get here, it'll be too late. They'll only become my materials." He then turned and looked at the level 26 Smiling Face, the one with the highest level amongst the people who had taken part in this operation.

'Excellent. A level 26 Conferred Knight. This is really a rare material. With this, my black magic research will be brought to a new level.

'Those fools from the Mage Association gave up the pursuit for the truth all because of what they call ethics and morals.

'What they don't know is that in this world, only truth is everlasting and absolute. Ethics and morals, society and country… all these are just the false impressions that humans created themselves.

'How can they be compared with the everlasting world, with the universal truth?'

The bishop slowly walked down from the throne, reaching out his gray palm. His fingers, palm, and arms, were filled with tiny tentacles which continued to tremble non-stop, as if they were laughing and playing around.

Seeing that the bishop was reaching his palm over, Smiling Face's eyes suddenly lit up. A piercing glow emanated from his eyes, nose, mouth, and ears.

Violent martial will swept out and surged into everyone's brains in that instant, "Do you really think you can win?"

When Smiling Face had been up against the man with lion's head, the boar-bear man, and the man with snake heads, he had known that it would be very hard for him to win just by relying on his physical body alone. So, he had let himself be captured in order to not waste energy needlessly. Smiling Face had followed them here, to the lowest level of the cave, while enduring silently, all for the sake of pulling out this unexpected attack right at this moment.

The reason he was so confident was because of the Killing technique he had cultivated—Soul and Body Disassociation. It was a terrifying Killing technique which could allow one's consciousness to break free from the body and work independently.

To him, physical combat had never been his forte. The way he truly battled was through his consciousness and will.

In that instant, streams of milk-white light shot out from Smiling Face's eyes, ears, mouth, and nose, taking on a human shape in midair. A martial will, which was so powerful it seemed like it was a physical substance, shot out from the human silhouette formed from light and swept out in all directions.

"I'll be accepting the results of your research."

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Chapter 386 Offering Sacrifice

Confronted with the gushing willpower impact, the three Gray Knights let out furious bellows, trying their best to defend.

However, the willpower impact was a purely spiritual attack. It was a competition between the willpower of both parties, so it was useless no matter how strong they were physically.

Additionally, in terms of sparring with one's willpower, Smiling Face was clearly the expert.

The three monsters started trembling under the willpower impacts, unable to say a word. They started bleeding from their eyes, noses, mouths and ears. It felt as if even their brains were going to evaporate.

The gray flesh which was controlling the three Conferred Knights also started to tremble non-stop and scream under the impact of the white light. It was as if the willpower in their cells was drenched in sulphuric acid, continuously killing the cells.

However, Smiling Face's actual target was the Terrene Shrine's bishop, the man who had disgusting tentacles sprouting out all over his body. Yet the latter merely spat out a mouthful of blood and then looked coldly at Smiling Face, without saying a word.

'How is that possible?

'Even a level 27 Conferred Knight couldn't possibly just get away with spewing out a mouthful of blood after receiving my willpower impact. This guy…'

The bishop laughed, "Is it very hard to understand?"

He gradually raised his hands, revealing countless faces twisting and deforming under his skin. There were even many parts of his flesh which were bulging out, forming shapes that looked like human faces. Their agonizing howls, furious bellows, and cries for help sounded as if countless ghosts had descended.

"I beg of you! Kill me! Kill me!"

"Someone, please save my child!"

"Wuuu~~"

All sorts of voices, coming from elderly and children, men and women, rang out.

Right at that moment when Smiling Face was stunned, the surrounding environment changed profusely. It was as if countless black shadows of varying ages and sizes had dashed out and grabbed onto his body.

There were elderly crying out and grabbing his neck.

There were young children holding onto his ankles.

There were also men letting out furious bellows as they grabbed onto his arms.

A myriad of ghostly shadows moved about, as if they were going to drag him through the pitch-black door before him.

Then at the next moment, the lights and shadows switched places, and Smiling Face could see that the door was actually the bishop's body, which was covered by countless twisted tentacles.

Smiling Face glared at the bishop, sending waves of martial will wildly in his direction, tearing the human shadows which were grabbing him into shreds.

"What on earth have you done?!"

"What have I done? Mortal, you still don't understand?" The bishop laughed out loud. "What we have aren't just powerful physical bodies. I've added in the consciousness of those insignificant nobodies, thereby allowing us to always be able to win battles of willpower impacts."

Smiling Face suddenly turned to discover that the three Gray Knights, who had been bleeding out from their eyes, ears, noses, and mouths, were now standing there without any signs of injury. The man with a lion's head twisted his neck a little and said coldly, "It's now my turn to get some fresh air."

All three Gray Knights had their bodies stuffed with the consciousness of countless humans. When confronted with willpower impacts, if one of the consciousness were to die, all they had to do was to switch to another.

Looking at this scene, Smiling Face's expression turned cold as well. He stared at the bishop and asked, "How many consciousness have you stuffed into your body? How many people have you killed?"

"Oh? Do Conferred Knights also care about the number of those insignificant nobodies?" The bishop shrugged, "But even if you ask me, I really have no idea. Would you remember what you ate for breakfast yesterday, the day before, or even one month ago?"

Violent martial will shot out in all directions from Smiling Face's body. The three Gray Knights let out maniacal cries as they were struck by this power.

However, the bishop smiled and faced the violent gush of martial will head-on. He used a commoner's consciousness in his body to receive this impact. As long as the lives in his body had not been completely depleted, there was no way in which he would be defeated by the impacts from the martial will.

Smiling Face looked at the bishop, and his heart gradually sank. 'His body doesn't die, and his mind won't be wrecked. This is bad.'

The bishop laughed out maniacally and said, "The reason Conferred Knights can win with willpower impacts is because ordinary people doesn't know such techniques. However, when you're facing the willpower impacts from several tens, hundreds, or even thousands of people… what would it feel like?

"Enjoy it. Enjoy their agony."

In the next moment, frantic and turbulent consciousness, filled with various fury, desperation, terror, and sadness, surged out from the bishop's body. As if a myriad of ghosts had emerged, countless black shadows engulfed Smiling Face in that instant.

Plaits and Old Man looked at this scene in astonishment. The cells in their bodies, which had been controlling their consciousness, were killed by Smiling Face's willpower impacts. So, both of them stood up as well, readying themselves for battle.

The bishop looked at this scene coldly, his face filled with disdain. Then he instructed, "I'll handle this. Number 1, go get the last person over here."

In the underground tunnels, Fang Xingjian came to a large hall which was filled with the stench of rotting corpses. He walked quietly on the path in the middle of the hall. On both sides of the path, there were deep pits with countless skeletons and rotting flesh.

There must have been at least several thousands of people who had died in these endless pits of corpses.

Looking at the many corpses, killing intent seemed to be gather in Fang Xingjian's eyes. The mental cultivation method in his brain continued to circulate at an increasing speed.

Suddenly, a black figure emerged from the pit. However, before it had gotten near, sword light flashed consecutively and blood splattered as the person fell before Fang Xingjian.

When Fang Xingjian got a closer look at the black figure lying in the pool of blood, the killing intent in his eyes grew even more intense.

It was the body of a child who was about three to four years old. However, the limbs of the child had been changed to that of a dog's while his eyes and ears had both been sealed up. As Fang Xingjian sensed the chaos and dying wish coming from the child, he could clearly tell that the child had gone completely insane.

Sending out some sword light, he killed the child who had been modified.

Fang Xingjian increased his speed as killing intent swelled up in his eyes. He continued to head on deeper into the cave. However, wherever he passed by, long sword marks were left on the ground, as if an uncontrollable power was emanating from Fang Xingjian's body.

After passing by the corpse pits and walking through a tunnel which was over 1000 meters long, the stench of blood gushed forth.

The scene which entered Fang Xingjian's line of sight was of countless bodies of both men and women which had been hung up from the top of the cave.

Each of the human bodies had wounds of varying degrees. Some of them had half their heads chopped off, while others had their limbs cut off…

Blood flowed down to the ground, turning the entire hall into the color of blood.

A deadly aura emanated from Fang Xingjian's body, and the ground under his feet continued to shatter, as if a longsword was slashing through it continuously.

The killing intent in his eyes was like a strong gale as he stepped in the pools of sticky blood and headed toward the center of the blood-colored hall.

On his way there, other than being able to see the many corpses which had been hung up like dead pigs, he also saw various instruments of torture with fresh blood and minced flesh left on them. There were even some corpses lying on the instruments with expressions of terror.

Sounds of blades being sharpened came from the deeper area of the hall. When Fang Xingjian arrived at the source of the sounds, he saw a small human figure sitting there in full concentration while he was sharpening a kitchen knife.

A maniacal voice kept coming out from the person's mouth.

"Hehehehe, a baby's flesh is the most tender and melts in the mouth.

"The flesh of an aristocratic lady is the most refreshing and is best eaten with a cold dressing.

"A Knight's flesh is the most chewy, making one want to grilled it every time."

As the sound of Fang Xingjian's footsteps got closer, the shorty slowly turned over to look at Fang Xingjian. The shorty's kitchen knife glided past the sharpening stone as an ugly face with twisted features full of burnt marks was revealed.

Looking at Fang Xingjian, he chuckled, "Hehehehe. There's more meat to eat again." As he was saying this, drool flowed down uncontrollably from the corner of his lips.

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Chapter 377: Pain

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Kacha kachasounds kept on coming from the ground around Fang Xingjian as a formless power seemed to brush past the viscous yet dried blood, leaving trails of one-inch long marks on the ground.

Fang Xingjian looked coldly at Jura as if he was looking at a pile of dead flesh.

He said coldly,"These commoners were all killed by you?"

"Hehehehe." The shorty's face broke into an expression which seemed like he was lingering on a great memory. He merely said,"They are all gifts presented to god. Pain, desperation, and sadness... These are the only gifts which we can present to our god."

He then licked his lips and said,"Warrior of the Empire, how do you wish to die? Is it for me to cut off your meat piece by piece, eating you up?

"Or is it for me to put you into a pot of oil to fry you up?" He circled around Fang Xingjian with a gaze of a crazy maniac.

"Or would you like to have it slow? For me to dismember you? To tear off your legs first?"

Fang Xingjian merely asked coldly,"Which faction of Mages do you guys belong to? You are able to offer pain as a sacrifice in exchange for the evil god's power?"

"To think that you would dare to address our god as the evil god! This is really a heinous crime!" The shorty's expression turned into that of fury."Unforgivable! This is unforgivable! I shall pull out your tongue and feed it to the dogs later!"

He then continuously plunged the kitchen knife into his own body. As his flesh was slashed time and time again, his expression became increasingly excited.

"God, please pardon his ignorance."

This shorty was clearly the Interrogating Officer in this base. He was in charge of torturing the abducted commoners, offering their pain as sacrifices for the evil god to activate black magic.

They would then use the remaining corpses and consciousness to create modified warriors who were like the Gray Knights.

This was the black magic which the Gray Robed Mages had.

Although Fang Xingjian was unaware of the entire procedure, he could guess that that the shorty's actions were definitely related to black magic. Back when he was in the Demonic City, he had also heard that a small portion of the means used in black magic was extremely brutal. They deployed extremely bloody and vicious means in exchange for power from the evil god.

However, he had not expected to see it here.

His voice was like Siberia's cold wind as he said,"One final question. Are you afraid of pain?"

Just as the shorty went into a short daze, over 20 streams of Ether Sword Ripples slashed through his body, causing fresh blood to splurt out in that instant, as if a red firework had exploded.

"It's useless, it's useless."

The shorty's body had been sliced into several tens of pieces, but amidst Fang Xingjian's slightly surprised gaze, the shorty's body gradually merged together, once again reassembling to form his original appearance.

Seeing Fang Xingjian's slightly surprised gaze, the shorty's broke into a terrifying smile."This is the power that our god has given us. We have been blessed with immortalized bodies. Heretics, feel the god's terror for yourself!"

With that, he swelled up, and his exterior skin was torn apart. He expanded to become a gray worm that was three meters tall, six meters long, and covered in many arms.

All the fats on the worm's body trembled as he laughed maniacally,"Are you afraid?

"Are you petrified?

"Will you resist?

"Or escape?

"Facing an enemy that you can't kill, how on earth are you planning..."

With a light swoosh, sword light swept through the worm's body. A loud explosive sound rang out as the huge worm was sliced into two vertically.

In the next moment, the Zenith Light Sword Formation was activated. A light sword swept out and heated up the worm's flesh into charcoal.

"Ahhhh!" A terrified cry came out from the huge worm's body as the worm, which had been split into two, dashed out. The charred parts broke off like the worm was molting. The worm then frantically engulfed the corpses nearby, infecting the cells from those corpses, transforming them, and turning them into a part of himself.

"It's useless. Do you think that you'll be able to burn us with heat? That is just wishful thinking!" As the huge worm sensed that his injuries were recovering, he laughed out loud.

Fang Xingjian looked at the huge worm as it continuously engulfed the flesh around it. Then he let out a cold snort and fully activated his Zenith Light Sword Formation. Six light spots expanded at the same time, turning into six light swords pointed at the huge worm.

The full prowess of the light swords, which had a shooting range of over 20 kilometers, was now fully activated. How terrifying was this prowess?

Particularly, when the Zenith Light Sword Formation shot out light... At light speed, there was no way for the huge worm to dodge the shots from the Zenith Light Sword Formation.

Everywhere the light swords passed by, regardless of whether it was steel, corpses, or walls, they were all split into two and struck against the huge worm's body, heating up and slicing it at a crazy rate.

Even the temperature of the air continued to rise. Wherever the light swords brushed by, the huge worm's body would instantly be turned into charcoal, then it would swell up and be sliced opened. From there, new flesh would be turned to charcoal again.

Simultaneously, blood continued to evaporate under the high temperatures. When the light swords cut through the worm's brain, even his brain started to boil up and burn.

At the very start, the huge worm could still hang on and continue molting and engulfing corpses to replenish his own flesh. However, very soon after, his regeneration ability was no longer capable of matching up to the rate of destruction caused by Fang Xingjian's Zenith Light Sword Formation.

The huge worm collapsed, twisting and struggling crazily on the ground as it cried out in agony.

Fang Xingjian walked over to the huge worm, who had a large area of his body continuously being turned into charcoal, and then said coldly,"Seems like you're still afraid of pain."

These monsters could reassemble and cut their own bodies. However, burns would destroy the entire cells and was not something they could be resistant to.

Furthermore, compared to being slashed by blades, the pain caused by fire, the pain from one's body being scalded, vaporized, and turned into charcoal, was 100 or even 1,000 times worse.

Very quickly, the terrible cries turned into pleas.

"Stop!

"Please stop!

"I beg of you!"

Fang Xingjian let out a cold laugh and said,"Where has your god gone?"

The Zenith Light Sword Formation was activated at full prowess, and light swelled up, encompassing almost the entire remains of the worm's corpse. When the light gradually dissipated, there was only the half-melted ground, which was like lava, left behind.

However, at the next moment, Fang Xingjian's smile disappeared as a loud rumble rang out from his left.

A man with a lion's head dashed forth till he was ten meters away to the left of Fang Xingjian. His claws came forth like huge axes and collided fiercely against Ether Sword Ripples. Then with a loud boom, the man with a lion's head was sent flying.

Fang Xingjian stood there motionless. He looked coldly as the man with a lion's head dashed over but was sent back by Ether Sword Ripples.

The level 6 Universal Sword Dominance Lunisolar mental cultivation method provided Fang Xingjian with a strength that was three times stronger than his own. Right now, with a strength attribute of 182 points, how terrifying would his strength be after it was multiplied by three?

The man with a lion's head was sent flying, and he clashed into the wall, sinking deeply into it. Then with a loud cry, it spewed out a large mouthful of blood.

With that one attack, all the bones in his body had shattered, and all his organs had turned into minced meat.

He looked at Fang Xingjian in slight disbelief, clenched his teeth, and said,"What on earth is this strength of yours?"

Fang Xingjian walked slowly up to him and said nonchalantly,"What on earth are you?"

Seeing that the man with lion's head still wanted to struggle, Fang Xingjian sent his Zenith Light Sword Formation shooting toward the man with a lion's head. Unable to dodge the light speed attack, the blood-curdling cries of the man with a lion's head rang out incessantly throughout the hall.

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Chapter 378: Kicking A Ball

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Roar!

Amidst the lion's roar, the ground trembled, and great powers gushed forth from the lion man's body. His eyes turned bloodshot, and green veins popped out all over his head. Under his full prowess, he forcibly pushed against the Zenith Light Sword Formation and dashed up to three meters before Fang Xingjian.

Due to his unusual body structure, the strength he was unleashing surpassed 180 points in strength attribute. It was an explosive force which was sufficient to flip over more than ten tanks.

The air in the surroundings started to seethe, like an ignited fuel air explosive.

However, even though he had unleashed such a monstrous strength in that instant, he was still forced to stop three meters away from Fang Xingjian.

Bang!An Ether Sword Ripple slashed across his chest, but the lion head's eyes only grew increasingly red and savage. He pushed against the Ether Sword Ripple and advanced forward, inch by inch.

Even the invisible Ether Sword Ripple seemed to be forced to reveal its form under such pressure. It was like an invisible sharp blade in the air, flashing with a translucent glow.

Fang Xingjian continued to stand there motionless. However, as he looked at the lion whose eyes were bloodshot and who was ceaselessly roaring furiously, another five streams of Ether Sword Ripples were shot out in the next moment.

A total of six streams of sword ripples slashed against the lion's body. Not only was the lion instantly cut up into pieces, but its corpse was even sent flying by the overwhelming power, and it banged against the walls once again.

The Zenith Light Sword Formation then surged forth, with an even higher temperature this time, as they started to vaporize the man with the lion head's body.

Roar roar roar roar roar!

Letting out furious roars time and time again, while charging time and time again, the lion man displayed an extraordinary vitality. However, no matter how he charged forth, the moment he got near to Fang Xingjian, he would be sent flying by the slashes from the Ether Sword Ripples.

Watching as his body continued to vaporize, the lion head let out a furious bellow, and the remains of his body swelled up like a balloon and then burst.

Countless amounts of blood and flesh splattered out, with most of them headed toward Fang Xingjian.

It was not as if they had never encountered powerful experts who specialized in elements such as fire and lightning which could destroy cells. However, their immortalized bodies could only be considered as an additional assurance for them to extend the duration of their battles, rather than a crucial factor for them to claim victory.

The crucial means the lion man and the others relied on was cellular invasion.

With just a bit of physical contact, they would be able to invade the flesh of others through their cells. Such an invasion ability was extremely powerful and fast. Even a level 25 Conferred Knight like Plaits had been unable to fend it off.

This was because their cells had an intrinsic difference from those of a human's. It was just like how white blood cells were unable to kill cancerous cells. This was an intrinsic advantage. Even though a level 25 Conferred Knight was able to control the cells in their body, as long as they were unable to change the intrinsic qualities of their cells, they could be considered as only having a slightly stronger resistance.

Watching as his flesh went splattering toward Fang Xingjian, the lion man laughed maniacally in his heart.

'A little. Just a little. Even if it's one small piece of minced meat, one drop of blood, or a tiny blood cell... As long as I come into contact with you!'

However, at the next moment, the Zenith Light Sword Formation's six light spots set up a barrier in front of Fang Xingjian. Six light swords continued to turn 360 degrees, turning into six light shields which guarded Fang Xingjian's entire body.

This was Zenith Light Sword Formation's shield form.

A high temperature of over 10,000 degrees celsius cooked the air in Fang Xingjian's surroundings, and all the blood and flesh which were headed in Fang Xingjian's direction were instantly vaporized.

In the end, the lion man only had his head remaining, which dropped down onto the ground. However, in just a short moment, he grew out hands and feet, appearing like some strange mutant. The small hands and feet leaped out, wanting to pounce toward the corpses at the side to infect them and reassemble his body.

However, even at his best condition, he had been unable to get past Fang Xingjian, let alone now.

A foot came downward, stomping onto the lion man's head, holding it to the ground.

'Damn it.' The lion man's eyes glared at Fang Xingjian. In the next instant, countless flesh spikes sprouted out from his cheeks, wanting to pierce through the soles of Fang Xingjian's shoes and into his feet.

However, at the next moment, Fang Xingjian's lower thigh flashed repetitively like an illusion. Then, with a slight force, Fang Xingjian kicked the lion man's head as if it was a ball.

'B*stard!'

It made the lion man extremely infuriated to be kicked out like a ball.

The lion man was left with only a head, and underneath it, there were hands and feet the size of his nose and eyes. With this appearance, he looked just like a gremlin from the legends.

He could hear Fang Xingjian's cold voice,"You wanted to come into contact with my body right from the start of the battle. Is it because you're like that worm and can absorb someone else's body?"

The lion head was slightly taken aback. He had not expected Fang Xingjian to be able to figure that out so quickly. However, how could he possibly take the initiative to admit it when he was at a disadvantage?

"It doesn't matter if you don't say.

"I'll bring you to meet your boss like this."

At the next moment, Fang Xingjian's body flicker and once again appeared in front of him. With a kick, the lion man's head shot out explosively, rolling non-stop. Each time it came to a stop, Fang Xingjian would flicker once again and land another kick.

"B*stard! What are you doing?!

"Stop it!"

Feeling as if his head had been turned into a lump of glue-like consistency from the tremors, the lion head bellowed out crazily. However, he was unable to stop Fang Xingjian.

In the hall of flesh and blood, countless figures surrounded Smiling Face. The glow he emanated grew increasingly weaker, like a candle light that was nearing its end and would extinguish at any moment.

Throwing him a look of disdain, the bishop turned his attention to Plaits and Old Man, walking over slowly.

"Hey, Plaits, it'll be too late if we don't go all out now."

"Mmm." Plaits was wearing a conflicted expression that was solemn yet crazy.

"Let's go all out."

"Let's go all out."

With fierce bellows, the aura on their bodies swelled up, and several tens or even over a hundred streams of aura rose up instantly .

From the naked eye, it seemed as if many brilliant stars had shot up into the air.

"Oh? Detonating specialty seeds?" The bishop continued to look at their actions slowly, as if he was looking at two clowns."It's a pity that you guys don't know what kind of existence you're going against at all."

When a Conferred Knight reached level 25, they would able to control cells and modify their body. After which they would also become capable of condensing the essence of countless energies and flesh into powers known as specialty seeds.

Such powers were controlled by the Conferred Knight's consciousness and not the physical body. Therefore, even if one's flesh was invaded, their powers could still be unleashed.

A specialty tended to be capable of increasing a Conferred Knight's abilities in a particular area for life. The difficulty of condensing a specialty seed would vary according to the specialty in question. It would tend to require hard work of several days or even several months, as well as the depletion of countless heavenly and earthly treasures. How terrifying would it be for this power to be unleashed explosively at that moment?

Once a specialty seed was detonated, there was no way to recover it. This meant that the two of them would never be able to attain full mastery in condensing specialties.

Many light spots gradually lit up on the bodies of the two Conferred Knights.

Then at the next moment, the two of them opened their mouths at the same time.

"Wind God!"

"Flame God!"

The explosive powers gained from detonating specialty speeds seethed and surged within their bodies. At the next moment, the powers were respectively channeled into the two Killing techniques, Wind God and Flame God, turning into strong typhoons and high temperature flames. The two combined together and headed for the bishop's body.

In that instant, a flame tempest engulfed the entire hall of blood and flesh, with an extremely high temperature that threatened to render everything in the hall into ash.

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Chapter 379: Make A Move

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The flame tempest gradually dissipated, and when all the smoke scattered, what appeared before Plaits and Old Man were two huge five-meter-thick tentacles. The tentacles came out from void space, emanating a silver metallic light. They had blocked off the flame tempest from earlier, and there was only a small piece of charred area left on the surface, as if providing proof of the previous attack.

This was level 5 black magic, Darkness Tentacles.

It could summon unknown metal creatures from another world and use their tentacles to attack and defend.

The metal tentacles twisted around and shrank back into void space, revealing the bishop and Gray Knights who were standing behind them.

The bishop smiled and walked over to the two of them."Is that it? Was it fun?" Seeing the two people who had broken down in desperation, he shook his head and said,"Pitiful mortals... You guys don't know what you're going up against.

"God has blessed me with my unrivalled power. 25 years ago, if it wasn't due to the interference from the Church and those dratted Silver Robed Mages, how could mortals like you be able to win against us?"

With each step he took, the tentacles on his body continued to twist and expand, stretching out toward Plaits and the Old Man. These lengthened tentacles were like numerous snakes. They twisted their bodies and wrapped around the two Conferred Knights whose bodies had been invaded, binding them down.

Just then, a loud bang came from afar, and the bishop was stunned for a short moment."What is that?"

Following that, there was a second bang . This time, it was louder than before, as if it was together with something's agonizing cries and furious bellows.

Seeming as though he heard the voice, the bishop frowned slightly.

Then another collision sound rang out, and a black shadow darted out from the tunnels and launched an attack in the direction of the bishop.

One of the Gray Knights, the man with snake heads, let out a hiss and was the first to stand in front of the bishop to protect him. He unleashed all the powers in his body as he reached out his hands to block that black shadow.

However, the moment it came into contact with his hands, he felt a terrifying power transmitting into his body.

An overwhelming power, which was like that of the majestic mountains and seas, gushed down. He felt that what he had received was a block of mountain or an entire sea.

Puchi puchi explosive sounds rang out from within his body, and his palms shattered, followed by the bones in his arms, elbows, and shoulders. His muscles were torn, and several tens of streams of blood splurted out from his arms. Breaking out into an agonizing cry, he retreated backward until both he and the black shadow collided against the walls. Only then did they come to a stop.

That small black figure was actually the head of the lion man. Right now, the head had been kicked by such a tremendous power that it had sunk into the body of the man with snake heads. The latter's arms had been shattered, and while his arms were being reassembled, he looked in the direction of the passageway with astonishment.

Just the action of tossing the lion man's head over had brought about such a terrifying damaging prowess. The other party's strength was unfathomable.

Amidst everyone's gazes of astonishment, doubt, and curiosity, Fang Xingjian walked over slowly.

Fang Xingjian looked at the two Knights who had knelt down on the ground, and at Smiling Face who had lost his consciousness and was just kneeling down in a daze. Then he looked at the light in the air which was encompassed by many black shadows.

He looked at the two Gray Knights, the boar-bear man, and the man with snake heads, before finally landing his gaze on the bishop, who had reached out his tentacles and was grabbing onto Plaits and Old Man.

"Seems like you're the boss of this Terrene Shrine's base?"

The bishop blinked, and at the next moment, he burst out laughing,"Hahahaha, to think that I've made a wrong judgement too. Amongst the four Conferred Knights, you're the strongest one even though you are at level 24. To think that you could defeat Number 1. Seems like you should be an important character in the Empire."

Fang Xingjian looked at the three kneeling Conferred Knights and said,"Thank you for taking care of my companions. But I'd still like to ask some questions."

"Haha, are these your last words?" The bishop laughed, as if he did not care about Fang Xingjian's abilities at all.

On the other side, the lion man's head screamed out. His head was gradually merged together with the man with snake heads, bit by bit.

"Don't!

"Don't eat me!"

The man with snake head hissed and laughed."Number 1, the weak shall join and be engulfed by the strong, and then the two shall continue to exist together. Isn't this what truth is for us? Don't be scared."

"Damn it!" The lion head revealed an expression of extreme anxiousness and seemed to be at a loss. However, he had no way of changing the rate of absorption. In the blink of an eye, it was as if he had sunk into a swamp as he was absorbed into the body of the man with snake heads.

The man with snake heads revealed an expression of enjoyment. However, at the next moment, he opened his eyes. He had received the memories of the lion man. As he looked at Fang Xingjian, he said,"Lord Bishop, this guy is very powerful. His attributes are stronger than that of the other three Conferred Knights, and he has a light-type Killing technique which is able to repress our body."

"I see. It represses us? No wonder he was able to defeat Number 1." The bishop stroked his chin and looked at Fang Xingjian with a superior expression, as if he were a god looking down on a mortal."What questions do you have? Although you're still a mortal, with your abilities, I can show you some respect."

Fang Xingjian said slowly,"Are you a Mage? Is the Terrene Shrine conducting black magic experiments here? The ones above... Were they all your doing?" Streams of killing intent exuded from Fang Xingjian, and his mental cultivation method circulated increasingly faster, as if it was going to attain a breakthrough to a new extreme.

The bishop was stunned for a moment, like he had not expected that Fang Xingjian would ask this question. He shrugged and said,"Are you referring to those experiments? I was the one who did those. What about it?"

"It's nothing. It's just that if I know that, I'll feel even better when I chop you up." As Fang Xingjian spoke, he opened up one of his hand. A domineering geomagnetic force caused a tremor in the ground, and a stone sword was pushed out from the ground, landing in his hand.

"Oh?" The bishop was slightly taken aback, but at the next moment, he broke out laughing,"So, I see. You're really a righteous person. This is boring. I detest self-righteous people like you the most.

"You have no idea what pain you'll experience. I know Conferred Knights are all people with strong determination. Do you really think that there's no worry that you'll experience any more pain? As long as one was human, it's impossible to not experience pain.

"Haha, the pain created from torturing you guys will make the god happier than if we torture ordinary people. I'll treat you very well."

The bishop looked at Fang Xingjian with a gaze that was now filled with hints of fury, as if it had overlapped with a silver silhouette from his memories.

Plaits shouted,"Damn it! Cut the crap! Hurry up and escape! This guy cannot be killed!"

Old Man also shouted,"Retreat first! We mustn't all here! Escape and call for reinforcements!"

As they spoke, six light spots appeared on Fang Xingjian's back and expanded. The Zenith Light Sword Formation was activated!

Amidst Plait's and Old Man's desperate gazes, violent light swords tore the air and engulfed the bishop's entire head. Then with a flash, it was as though Fang Xingjian had become one with his sword, thrusting toward the bishop's heart.

"Stop!"

"Retreat!"

Plait's and Old Man's martial wills surged toward Fang Xingjian, accompanied by various other information. They seemed to be trying to persuade him to retreat immediately.

However, in the next moment, everyone felt that their bodies had become lighter, like gravity had disappeared.

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Chapter 380: Confrontation Battle

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With a swing of his sword, Fang Xingjian performed Terra Ingurgitation.

Simultaneously, the surface of his body was covered in countless silver-colored scales, as if flames were burning on his body. Countless supporting force fields encompassed his body, supporting him in this sword attack.

Under the effect of Terra Ingurgitation, the gravity within a five-kilometer radius disappeared. Right now, they were several kilometers underground, so how terrifying was the gravity within a five-kilometer radius? It was as if Fang Xingjian had attracted all the prowess of the gravitational forces from above his head into this single sword attack.

Several million or tens of million tons of power was pulled over, causing the prowess of this sword attack to be many times stronger than the one he had performed back when he had been at Gao Clan.

Before Fang Xingjian got close, he swung lightly, and a shock wave swept across the entire area.

The bodies of the remaining two Gray Knights and the three Conferred Knights first floated slightly, then they were sent clashing against the walls by the gushing shock wave. In that instant, all their nerves and bones broke.

The layers on top of the Terrene Shrine's base, which comprised of corpses, earth, remains, and various other things, floated up. Even the ground within the five-kilometer radius was being demolished, with the earth's crust starting to crack. It was as if an invisible giant palm was going to grab onto the ground and onto the air.

In less than a second the ground under which the entire base was located shattered as a violent power soared up into the air and pushed countless soil particles flying, as if an invisible shock wave was flying toward the sky.

A gigantic hole, several kilometers deep, was created in the ground, revealing the location of the blood and flesh hall.

From afar, it looked as if several hundreds of volcanoes had erupted at the same time. The ground cracked open amidst explosions and tremors. One trillion tons of earth soared up and entered the atmosphere before scattering down, covering large areas of the sky as if there was a sandstorm.

The air and the atmosphere became foggy, and it was hard to see the surrounding situation. It was as if volcanic ash had engulfed within a range of several kilometers.

However, at the next moment, a series of loud sounds came from deep within the fog. Amidst the terrifying loud sounds, streams of forces exploded out from the center, scattering all the smoke and dust. As though a series of strong gales had swept past, the base's ruins were revealed.

This was the result of another sword attack Fang Xingjian had swung out.

In the center of the ruins, the bishop stood quietly, gradually reassembling his body. Two huge tentacles expanded out from his chest, blocking the sword attack Fang Xingjian had unleashed again.

However, at the next moment, Fang Xingjian's body flickered, and over 100 silhouettes appeared in that instant, surrounding the bishop and attacking him wildly. Waves of air currents swept out, sending the fragments from the ruins flying all over.

Even though Fang Xingjian unleashed a series of fierce attacks, they were all fended off by the tentacles which kept on expanding on the bishop's body.

"Lad, your power really astonishes me." The bishop's eyes moved continuously like a high speed camera, continuously trying to lock onto Fang Xingjian's silhouette.

His gaze was filled with greed and terror. The prowess of Fang Xingjian's earlier sword attack from really scared him. If it was not because he had a physical body which could reassemble itself endlessly, using black magic to summon life from another world to replenish his body's depletion, the bishop would have died.

After all, that absolute violence had smashed all of his cells. He had no choice but to perform black magic and summon life forms from another world to fend the attack off for him while he continued to engulf their bodies. Despite this, he was only able to barely fend it off, having depleted most of his powers.

Right now, his body was only over 80 centimeters tall now. It was as if he had shrunk to less than half of his original size.

This was because a large portion of his body had already been destroyed from that attack earlier. The only reason he was able to keep so much of it now was because he had performed black magic to summon life forms from another world.

On the other hand, Fang Xingjian paid no heed to the bishop's greed and words. Power surged through his body, and his mental cultivation method seemed to be circulating to the extremes in his mind. At this moment, countless silver lights expanded in his consciousness as the skill seed representing the Universal Sword Dominance Lunisolar mental cultivation method seemed to turn into a silver-colored sun.

Next, Fang Xingjian changed the stance of his sword, and demolition sword light appeared with a flash. He was already starting to perform the Prodigious Demolition Sword, clearly wanting to deal the final blow onto the bishop while he was still sustaining heavy injuries.

With his Prodigious Demolition Sword, wherever the sword light passed by, the tentacles would be annihilated into nothingness, turning into the most basic heat energy and then dissipating.

Sword after sword pierced down, and sword light encompassed the bishop's body, reducing his body mass at a rapid speed.

The bishop had no choice but to perform black magic again. In void space, many metal tentacles stretched out and obstructed Fang Xingjian. However, they were easily slashed away by his demolition sword light.

With a loud bang, the two Gray Knights pushed away the ruins covering them. The three Conferred Knights came out from the ruins as well.

Looking at the spacious and shattered ground, and then at the sunlight shining down onto them, they could not believe what they were seeing.

As the two parties in the far distance collided time and time again, strong gales blew past, causing their cheeks to tremble continuously.

Plaits' eyes were filled with disbelief."To think that the prowess of this sword attack is so powerful?!"

Everyone looked at the ruins in astonishment. Not long later, a silhouette in white light also appeared. It was Smiling Face who had performed Soul and Body Disassociation. He looked in astonishment at the center of the distant ruins. As he watched from the location where waves of air currents were sweeping out from, he said,"They are still fighting! That lad has the upper hand now!

"He's actually this powerful?

"Is he really a level 24 Conferred Knight?"

The two Gray Knights, the man with snake heads and the boar-bear man, looked over. When they saw that the bishop was in a precarious state, with his body continuously being reduced in size under the attacks of Fang Xingjian's Prodigious Demolition Sword, the two of them dashed over.

The bishop could sense that his flesh mass was reducing at a rapid pace. With a loud bellow, streams of gray-colored light flashed on his body.

"Excellent. Young Conferred Knight, it's been very long since someone has been able to push me to this state."

Level 6 black magic, Tentacles of Flesh and Blood was now activated!

This black magic could tap into the evil god's powers to engulf the opponent's body and replenish his body as well as heal his injuries. The bishop had gone all out to keep himself alive from the attack of the Terra Ingurgitation. He was seriously wounded and had lost a lot of his powers. This was why he was performing this black magic to recover his energy.

Moreover, the prowess of a level 6 black magic was not to be underestimated. The strongest Mage King of the the Mage Association could only perform level 9 black magic at best.

As the gray light became increasingly intense, streams of gray tentacle-like energies stretched out from the bishop's body, and gray light was sent sweeping out at an extremely high speed. Simultaneously, they had a powerful attraction power as the tentacles wrapped up the bodies of the two Gray Knights who were nearing from afar.

The two Gray Knights were very powerful, and their attributes surpassed that of ordinary level 25 Conferred Knights. In addition to their immortality prowess, they were comparable with level 26 Conferred Knights.

However, these two powerful men had no means of resisting the energy tentacles. With a cry, they were dragged to the bishop's body and merged in at a speed which could be seen by the naked eye.

"That's so powerful!"

"This attack can't be met head-on!"

Plaits and Old Man cried out, while Smiling Face's silhouette, which had been created from his will, had already dashed over toward Fang Xingjian.

However, he was still one step late. The instant he dashed out, several tens of energy tentacles were already heading for Fang Xingjian.

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Chapter 381: Come To An End

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With a soft whistle, Fang Xingjian pressed on instead of retreating. It was because he knew that if he were to allow his opponent to absorb the bodies of the two Gray Knights, letting him recover and then perform a series of powerful black magic...

Then Fang Xingjian would probably only be able to win if he activated the Heaven's Volition Sword Intent.

The Heaven's Volition Sword Intent required a depletion of at least 100,000 potential points. It would be equivalent to wasting his hard work on tempering his attribute for three whole days. Unless he was left with no other options, he was unwilling to do this.

Therefore, confronted with the energy tentacles which were attacking him at lightning speed, Fang Xingjian continued to attack.

The Zenith Light Sword Formation activated and sent several hundred Ether Sword Ripples sweeping outward, turning all the metallic tentacles into pieces. The Ether Sword Ripples then slashed toward the bishop's body together with demolition sword light.

The Zenith Light Sword Formation had a high temperature of 10,000 degrees celsius and a speed that was 16 times that of supersonic speed. Together with his Ether Sword Ripples, which were three times his strength, and the demolition sword light, which destroyed everything, all of them slashed onto the bishop's body concurrently.

The bishop's eyes were filled with bewilderment and astonishment.

In the next moment, majority of his body was already vaporized, and his head was annihilated by Fang Xingjian's Prodigious Demolition Sword into the most basic form of heat energy, dissipating into the air.

The three Conferred Knights, who were rid of the bishop's control, seemed to have turned back to normal, and they ran over toward Fang Xingjian in jubilation.

Fang Xingjian felt under his rib as doubt filled up his heart.

'It seemed like that energy tentacle brushed past me. But why am I fine?'

Simultaneously, he sensed that a piercing silver light was unleashed in his consciousness. The skill seed which represented the Universal Sword Dominance Lunisolar mental cultivation method once again underwent a transformation.

Turning the Terrene Shrine's base into flat land had cleared out all the fury in his heart, and as his mood lightened, his mental cultivation method also increased to level 7.

The other three Conferred Knight came to Fang Xingjian's side, and Plaits asked in disbelief,"Are you really at level 24? You must be already level 28 or 29, right?"

Old Man also said in surprise,"How on earth did you perform that sword attack from earlier? To think that you turned the entire mountain over. I've never seen such a terrifying sword attack."

Fang Xingjian did not say a word but merely shook his head and looked toward the sky with doubt in his gaze.

High up in the sky, the witch with green hair and eyes looked at Fang Xingjian, her eyes filled with greed.

"I've finally found you, the person of the agreement."

As she spoke, she chuckled and then left, flying leisurely to the other entrance of the base which was over ten kilometers away. She drifted in and saw a piece of gray flesh wriggling in. As it did, the piece of flesh continued to change its form and gradually grew hands and legs, eyes, ears, mouth, nose, and hair. Eventually, it broke into a run from its initial crawling state, becoming a little boy with black hair and eyes.

Looking at this little boy, the witch smiled and said,"As expected, you didn't die. However, this is all that's left from the flesh from another world? It's no longer enough to let you turn into an adult now?"

The kid with black hair and eyes glared at the witch and said,"Why? You want to capture me? The results of my research have all been hidden by me. It's useless for you to capture me."

"Why would I? I have no interest in violence at all." The witch shrugged and said,"i only feel that in your current situation, it's best for you to go look for the Third Prince."

"The Empire's Third Prince?" The little boy let out a cold laugh and said,"The Empire has just sent Conferred Knights to annihilate me, and you want me to go look for him? Green Robed!"

The Chaos Witch was the leader of all the Green Robed Mages.

"Haha, who do you think was the one sponsoring Terrene Shrine's research and protecting Terrene Shrine's bases for all these years while you were constantly in hiding?"

When the little boy heard this, he could not help but be taken by surprise."You're saying..."

"Shhh..." The Chaos Witch chuckled and put up a finger to her lips as a signal for him to keep it a secret.

"The insignificant ants also wish to go after the god's powers?" A hint of disdain flashed in the boy's eyes."They'll just be used to propel us on our roads to success and won't get anything out of it." He then suddenly glared at the Conferred Knight and asked,"How is it possible for that level 24 Conferred Knight to be immune to the power of the evil god?

"The person you said that you've come to see must be him, right?"

The witch with green hair and eyes laughed, and ignited in flames, turning into fragments and dissipating in the air.

'He is the key, the agreement, the final realm, the chaos that will bring the entire world to an end...'

The boy looked coldly at the disappearing silhouette. His mouth twitched, and he said,"A bunch of people who like to put up a show."

One day later, the entire ruins was sealed off by the Empire. Countless Knights and staff members went around checking for the remaining leads. However, the damage caused by Fang Xingjian's Terra Ingurgitation was far too great. Majority of the leads were already gone.

In the government's office in Great Western City, Fang Xingjian sat on a chair. His eyes looked as if his soul was somewhere distant.

An official was seated opposite him.

"So, in the end, you were unable to hold back, and you killed the Terrene Shrine's bishop?

"Mmm." Fang Xingjian nodded.

"Thank you for cooperating with our investigations."

Fang Xingjian walked out from the government building. He was still holding onto a box in his right hand. The item in the box was the reason why he had participated in the operation to wipe out the Terrene Shrine. It was the sunstone which could be used to increase the level of one's Effulgence Weapon.

The staff members had found it from the ruins of the Terrene Shrine and eventually handed it to Fang Xingjian.

However, Fang Xingjian was still thinking about the matter with the Terrene Shrine. The implications from this case were really too great. To think that there had been such a terrifying heretic base in the Great Western Region and it was located so near to the Great Western City.

They had even remained hidden for many years, killing over 10,000 innocent commoners.

Additionally, they had even developed evil black magic which could join humans and ferocious beasts together, and then channel in a tremendous amount of human consciousness, forming physical bodies and spirits which were close to being indestructible.

The Empire's upper echelon would definitely put in more effort into cracking down on the Terrene Shrine. Fang Xingjian's concern, however, was about the nature of the Terrene Shrine's Mages.

'Black magic... Mages... Terrene Shrine... diabolic energy.' Fang Xingjian once again recalled the final scene when he had been fighting with the bishop.'Why is it that he came into contact with me, but he didn't activate black magic?'

Fang Xingjian's eyes squinted a little. He could not understand why this was the case, but when he thought back on the terrible scenes in the Terrene Shrine, killing intent surged in his heart. The skill seed which represented the Universal Sword Dominance Lunisolar mental cultivation method continued to flash with a silver glow.

Robert had already walked right up to Fang Xingjian and was half a step behind him."Sir, is there anything wrong?"

"Mmm, it's nothing." Fang Xingjian then casually brought up,"Gather information related to the Terrene Shrine. If you can find another of their bases, inform me immediately."

No matter what, the Terrene Shrine's black magic research had stimulated the killing aura in Fang Xingjian's heart. He felt that if he could kill the people from the Terrene Shrine, his Universal Sword Dominance Lunisolar mental cultivation method would be able to progress even more. This would be an act of following his heart.

"I understand."

"How has this case been explained to the public?"

Robert bowed and continued,"Sir, the academy has already heard of the damage you've caused in the Pearl City as well as at the Terrene Shrine's base. They've sealed off the information at the first instant and announced to the public that it's due to earthquake and avalanche. They hope that you can return to the academy immediately. They wish to to immediately purchase the complete legacy on the Pantheon Monument."

Fang Xingjian said calmly,"Leave them hanging for a while."

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Chapter 382: White Bone Divine Weapon

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In the Sacred Land, Fang Xingjian sat on the ground in the training room with his legs crossed, while his hand held onto a translucent golden sphere.

Hints of light continued to emanate from the sunstone, surging into Fang Xingjian's arm and strengthening the Ether Effulgence Weapon in his hand.

His Ether Effulgence Weapon was a high-frequency type, and once it took a form, it would be very powerful. However, this was not where his talent lay in. Therefore, his cultivation rate was not fast enough and he did not spend time on it.

However, at this moment, Fang Xingjian was pushing the light within the sunstone ceaselessly, merging it into the Ether Effulgence Weapon. He could sense that his High Frequency Effulgence Weapon, Silver Fox, was progressing at an unbelievable rate.

As the Silver Fox continued to advance and its high frequency trembles got increasingly faster, Fang Xingjian opened up his palm, and streams of water vapor condensed into a longsword. Silver-colored fog began to surround it. In the blink of an eye, the fog encompassed the entire sword, and it started to tremble.

5,000 times... 7,000 times... 8,000 times... 12,000 times... 15,000 times per second...

The frequency of the sword's trembles got increasingly faster, but they eventually stopped at a frequency of 20,000 times per second. The sunstone in Fang Xingjian's hand also lost all of its glow and became a dull stone without any light.

Right now, Fang Xingjian's Ether Divine Art had reached level 12 and possessed a trembling frequency of 20,000 times per second.

Looking at the mist and glow forming around the water sword due to its trembling, Fang Xingjian exerted a slight force in his hand and plunged the water sword into the ground. He had used almost no strength at all, but the ground was sliced opened by the Silver Fox as if it was just air.

Looking at the level 12 Effulgence Weapon, Fang Xingjian broke into a satisfied smile. Now that he had the Silver Fox, even if he did not perform the Prodigious Demolition Sword and just used the Silver Fox with the Unparalleled Sword Intent - Apex, his sword techniques would have a terrifying damage prowess.

Then he started scanning the various Killing techniques in his mind, trying to decide which sword technique to cultivate next.

At the next moment, he found his target—White Bone Divine Weapon.

This was a sword technique which could allow one to solely draw out their spine slowly. It was also a Killing technique which could constantly strengthen one's backbone and the toughness of one's bones. The reason why Fang Xingjian had decided on the White Bone Longsword was because his bones were at present innately sword bones. This was due to the Sword Bones specialty of a Heavenly Sword Sovereign. Additionally, this meant that the toughness of his bones was comparable to that of a Superior Divine Weapon of the same level.

So, it was a pity for these sword bones to only be used for defence and to convert strength into sword force. He hoped that he would be able to use all his sword bones to attack through this White Bone Longsword. It would mean that he had gotten himself several tens of Superior Divine Weapon in a short period of time.

This would be particularly useful as his specialty, Single Sword World Subjugation, required him to use a sword. After cultivating the White Bone Longsword, he would no longer need to condense vapor or rocks to form swords each and every time he battled. Instead, he would be able to fight even with his bare hands.

Since he was filled with sword bones throughout his body, he did not even need to draw out the bones from his body. He could just fight directly. Each punch he launched would be like a sword attack.

In fact, Superior Divine Weapons were initially made from processing the bone remains of Conferred Knights.

Since it could work on dead people, then it could naturally work on the living. Moreover, Fang Xingjian's 'Sword Bones' specialty had saved him a lot of effort in strengthening his bones. Additionally, it would make his cultivation of the White Bone Longsword even faster.

Fang Xingjian looked at this sword technique and suddenly recalled,'I think the academy has this course?'

Of course, not everyone could be as rich as Fang Xingjian and easily purchase a Superior Divine Weapon. The 'White Bone Divine Weapon' allowed for the weapon to become stronger together with the cultivator and was very practical. Therefore, the academy would naturally have this course.

One day later, in a big hall at the Great Western Region's Regional Academy.

The teacher on the platform was explaining the cultivation method of the White Bone Divine Weapon while over ten students were listening attentively.

Fang Xingjian was one of them. Learning was human's greatest merit, and listening to a class would have at least two times the efficiency than for one to self-study. With an experienced teacher explaining, Fang Xingjian was naturally able to learn faster than if he were to learn it by himself.

Halfway through the class, Fang Xingjian's White Bone Divine Weapon was already at level 6. He could sense that all the bones throughout his body seemed to contain countless sharp auras. In this moment, they seemed to be like explosions, wanting to gush out of his body and have a good kill.

Fang Xingjian easily suppressed the sharp auras of his sword bones while listening attentively to the teacher's explanation. A lot of the experience had been accumulated over many generations, and it was not something which Fang Xingjian alone could consider in entirety. This was not related to one's talent; it was purely experience.

At another corner, Wang Tiangang occasionally glanced in Fang Xingjian's direction. He had not expected that Fang Xingjian would come to pick up this White Bone Divine Weapon technique as well.

'Although this Killing technique seemed as if it will equip a person with an additional Superior Divine Weapon, what it can do is actually increase the quality of the bones and greatly strengthen the body's resistance to impacts. Moreover, the spine is the crux of force exertion, so if one were to cultivate it to become a Superior Divine Weapon, there would be countless benefits.'

Looking at Fang Xingjian, Wang Tiangang tried to speculate every now and then about how the former's learning speed compared to his own.

Just then, many people walked into the hall.

'Hmm?' Wang Tiangang looked over casually and saw that Head of Department James and Hoppes, who was the head of the sword arts team, had each respectively sat on Fang Xingjian's left and right.

After a while, there were even the higher management staff members of the other faculties coming into the hall and taking a seat. The students who had been listening to the class were now looking around in astonishment. In less than ten minutes, over 20 members of the academy's higher management had entered the hall.

However, the students were Conferred Knights after all. Although they were astonished, they continued to listen to the class.

It was only when the top person in the Great Western Region, Governor Devitt, also took a seat behind Fang Xingjian that everyone lost their cool.

The teacher on the platform stopped as well and cast a questioning gaze at Devitt. The latter signaled for him to continue with the class. However, everyone's minds were no longer on the class but had gathered around Fang Xingjian's surroundings instead.

Wang Tiangang clenched his teeth and looked at Fang Xingjian.'What has this guy done again?' He activated his Heaven's Perception and tried his best to listen to what was happening around Fang Xingjian.

In fact, most of the people in the hall were all listening in. Fang Xingjian and the others did not pay the students any heed and let them be. It was a fair and aboveboard transaction, so there was no need to keep it a secret.

Moreover, it was impossible to keep such a tremendous sum of money under wraps.

Head of Department James sat next to Fang Xingjian and smiled bitterly, saying,"Lad, you've kept us really anxious."

"Aren't you being too anxious? There's no difference if something like this is handled two days earlier or two days later."

James shook his head and said, letting out a sigh,"The scene from the Pearl City was just hearsay, and there weren't too many things that were left behind. However, that sword attack you left behind a few days ago... To be honest, when I first saw it, I got a shock too. Even I might not be able to unleash a force of that degree."

Fang Xingjian smiled inwardly. The prowess of the Terrene Shrine was related to the environment. Back then, the Terrene Shrine had been underground, making it equivalent to piling up all the earth's gravity into that single sword attack. So, undoubtedly, the prowess would be tremendous.

Fang Xingjian asked,"Ten million?"

"Ten million. It'll be given in ten instalments." This time around, Governor Devitt was the one who spoke. This person, who was at the top of the Great Western Region, was looking at Fang Xingjian right now. His gaze was scorching, like there were countless thoughts behind it.

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Chapter 383: Ten Million

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At the mention of ten million gold, Wang Tiangang's body shivered. That was ten million!

For a level 26 Conferred Knight like himself, it would take everything he had to bring out 500,000 gold. Yet, to think that Governor Devitt was going to give Fang Xingjian ten million gold?! What kind of joke was this?

He stared at Fang Xingjian and tried very hard to listen, wanting to know what the trade was for.

Hearing Devitt's words, Fang Xingjian shook his head and said,"It's already November now, so there are only eight months till next year's National Selection. Being paid over ten instalments is useless for me now."

A few people exchanged glances when they head what Fang Xingjian said. Around a month ago, they had still been secretly laughing at how Fang Xingjian did not know any better for wanting to participate in the National Selection.

However, right now, Fang Xingjian was already in a discussion with them concerning the flow of ten million gold. That sword attack launched on the Terrene Shrine was one which even a level 29 expert might not be able to achieve.

Governor Devitt's brows knitted together tightly."Then we'll give it to you in eight instalments."

"Seven instalments. All the money must come in before June next year."

Devitt's frown deepened. However, when he thought of the Terrene Shrine's ruins, he forced a nod and said,"That can be done, but you must guarantee that from now onward, you won't impart it to anyone else. This would mean that we've purchased the exclusive rights."

"Sure. But may I be so bold to ask, who will you allow to cultivate the Prodigious Astral Divine Powers Waves after you've gotten it?"

Devitt spoke with a solemn look,"Of course, there will be a strict selection process. We'll give it to people with exceptional merit and are loyal to the Empire."

Concurrently, a stream of information current entered Fang Xingjian's mind.

"Haha, we're considered to be on the same side. Of course, we'll be giving the access for these Waves to those who are loyal to the Second Prince. With this mental cultivation method, we will be considered as having an additional trump card when we go up against the First Prince."

It was just like what Fang Xingjian had expected. Since the Second Prince had purchased such powerful Waves, he would naturally only let those who were loyal to him cultivate it. As for the details of how he would go about it, that was of course to put up many cultivating conditions as barriers. There was no way that every Conferred Knight in the academy would be able to get access to cultivate it.

This meant that the Second Prince was using the academy's money to nurture his own subordinates.

As the discussion ended, Fang Xingjian and the academy's higher-positioned managing staff left. The details of the exchange would be left to their subordinates to handle.

Then not long after they left, the entire hall became extremely lively.

"Prodigious Astral Divine Powers Waves? That is the Divine level legacy Fang Xingjian comprehended from the Pantheon Monument?"

"Ten million gold to purchase a set of Waves? Isn't this too wasteful?"

"That is a Divine level expert's Waves. Moreover, the Governor and the others aren't idiots. The fact that they are purchasing it at such a high price only goes to show that it's worth the money."

"The Waves of a Divine level expert... I wonder what are the requirements for one to be able to cultivate this set of Waves."

Simultaneously, feelings of jealousy and excitement flashed contradictingly through Wang Tiangang's mind.

'Fang Xingjian... To think that he managed to get his hands on ten million gold just like that. The academy's management has degenerated.

'But Fang Xingjian, to think that you would even dare hand out the Waves of a Divine level expert. Hmph. Wait till I've picked up the Prodigious Astral Divine Powers Waves, I'll be able to completely surpass you then.'

That night, in the Sacred Land's training room, the bones throughout Fang Xingjian's body continued to release kacha kacha crackling sounds. His joints were like blowoff valves [1, endlessly releasing surging power.

The White Bone Divine Weapon reached level 10. Then with a flash, Fang Xingjian tore through the air and landed a kick on a wall at 16 times that of supersonic speed.

Violent sword force gushed forth, tearing the walls apart and slashing through the air, then he continued to dash out into the sky.

Fang Xingjian sensed the state of his body with satisfaction. Right now, the sword bones throughout his body had been trained through the method of the White Bone Divine Weapon. Originally, the most time consuming part of cultivating the White Bone Divine Weapon was to strengthen one's bones. However, to Fang Xingjian, this was the easiest part.

It was because Fang Xingjian had the specialty, Sword Bones, allowing him to skip through many of the sections which required him to strengthen his bones.

Right now, his entire body was filled with swords. The specialty, Single Sword World Subjugation, was constantly activated, increasing his speed.

Moreover, his specialty, Sword Bones, converted his force exertion, causing each casually performed attack to be accompanied by violent sword force. Each punch and kick he lunged out with was equivalent to him launching a sword attack.

Taking in a deep breath, Fang Xingjian tapped with finger and started to cultivate sword technique, using his hand in place of a sword.

Three days later, the first instalment for the ten million was remitted into Fang Xingjian's account. With the money, Fang Xingjian planned to start cultivating the fourth level of the mystical prints directly.

This time around, aside from spending 400,000 gold on the purchase of materials, he even put up an anonymous reward in the black market for the precious materials he could not find.

This caused him to spend a total of 600,000 gold for materials which were worth only 400,000 gold. However, it did save Fang Xingjian a lot of time. Right now, he had no time but had plenty of money.

By spending the royalties for the Rebirth Sword Technique and the Prodigious Astral Divine Powers Waves so extravagantly, it allowed Fang Xingjian's abilities to improve at a crazy rate.

After the fourth level of the mystical prints, his aptitude increased once again. Both the rate of his sword arts cultivation and the increase in his Ether synchronization rate increased tremendously.

Then he started to focus fully on getting stronger. Over ten days passed by, and it was now late November. Fang Xingjian finally reached a 60% ether synchronization rate and became a level 25 Conferred Knight.

Concurrently, his Prodigious Astral Divine Powers Waves had also reached level 6. As his attributes increased, the prowess of the Terra Ingurgitation increased again as well.

As for the Zenith Light Sword Formation, Ether Sword Ripples, and Prodigious Demolition Sword, these techniques had also gotten increasingly powerful. Fang Xingjian's sword arts cultivation was getting increasingly unfathomable.

Fang Xingjian's Stats Window had become:

Name: Fang Xingjian

Age: 17

Occupation: Heavenly Sword Sovereign

Level: 25

Strength: 19113

Agility: 26013

Reaction: 159

Endurance: 136

Flexibility: 135

Ether Synchronization Rate: 60%

The attributes above come into effect once the Prodigious Astral Divine Powers Waves are activated.

Due to Perfect Muscles,13 in strength and agility (10% of the endurance attribute).

Skills / Techniques: Boundaries Negation, Level 40 Rebirth Sword Technique, Level 40 New Nine-Headed Dragon Sword Technique, Level 40 Zenith Light Sword Formation, Ether Sword Ripples, Level 40 Prodigious Demolition Sword, Level 12 Ether Divine Art, White Bone Divine Weapon, Heaven's Volition Sword Intent

Specialties: Genius Swordsmanship, Elementary Survival Instinct, Internal Healing, Internal Training, Sword Specialist, Heightened Reflexes, Perfect Muscles, Single Sword World Subjugation, Elementary Berserkness, Unparalleled Sword Intent - Apex, Sword Bones, Swordless Path, Darkness Sword Sense, Heavenly Sword Imprint

Waves: Level 6 Prodigious Astral Divine Powers Waves

Mental Cultivation Method: Level 7 Universal Sword Dominance Lunisolar

Fang Xingjian sensed the state of his physical body with his Heaven's Perception. He could see the wriggly movements of his many white blood cells as well as the many red blood cells which were incessantly transmitting nutrition throughout his body.

He had never been able to sense his own physical body so clearly before.

Fang Xingjian let out a deep breath. He had finally reached level 25. The next step was to slowly transform from a human into a god, slowly condensing specialty seeds and strengthening his body.

The fastest way to gain specialty seeds was through consuming heavenly and earthly treasures. There were many heavenly and earthly treasures which, after consuming, would allow the cultivator to immediately possess specialties.

Right now, the one thing that Fang Xingjian did not lack was money.

Other than the money he had spent during this period of time, he still had 350,000 gold. Even if he were to spend it all, another one million gold would be remitted into his account next month. Additionally, there would be two million the following month, and two million the month after. This would continue until he received the last one million in May next year. He had sufficient money to squander, so he could use them all on building up his body.

However, he had not gained anything in the area of his life span. Logically, a level 25 Conferred Knight would be able to understand their physical body very clearly and in turn increase their lifespan. However, Fang Xingjian was not able to sense his life span, nor did he know if he would still die in another three years or so.

[1] A blowoff valve (BOV), dump valve or compressor bypass valve (CBV) is a pressure release system present in most turbocharged engines. https/en./wiki/Blowoff_valve

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Chapter 384: Expenditure and Crisis

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In the Sacred Land's training room, Fang Xingjian continued to sense the state of his body.

He first healed his eyes. For his case, his loss of sight was primarily due to the vision-related regions of his brain being damaged back when he had been attacked by poison.

Although he could now see further through the light via his Heaven's Perception, his blindness was still a flaw. If he were to leave it untreated, it would affect his condensing of specialty seeds.

After one day and one night, Fang Xingjian opened his eyes once again. His eyes had turned pitch-black. This was due to the effect of his specialty, Darkness Sword Sense, after his blindness had been treated. However, with him controlling his vision cells, he quickly removed such anomalies and seemed to be back to normal.

Fang Xingjian then started to sense his specialties.

He had already possessed 14 specialties in the beginning, and now, he could sense his entire body and even control the cells in his body. This allowed him to be capable of changing his physical body to a certain degree.

This was different from the ability he had gained when he reached level 23 which allowed him to have a vague sense of particles. That was a blurry feeling, and he could only sense it but not control it. Therefore, he could only violently absorb thunderbolts in order to strengthen the heavenly thunders and terrestrial magnetism forces between the particles.

Right now, at level 25, the ability to control cells allowed him to be able to freely control the movements of the cells in his body.

While sensing carefully, Fang Xingjian could sense a hint of a strange glow circulating through his body and incessantly increasing his powers. As he looked deeper into it, he discovered that there was a total of six auras in his body which were constantly rising at his head, chest, arms, waist, and back, respectively.

Specialties were specific abilities which a person gained through tough external training to stimulate the powers of the specialty seeds in their body.

There were 1,440 internal specialties and 9,270 external specialties in total.

The 1,440 internal specialties referred to specialty seeds which all Conferred Knights were capable of condensing, while the 9,270 external specialties were specialties which were related to weapons and tools. However, not all external specialties required one to cultivate in order to get it.

Fang Xingjian's Unparalleled Sword Intent - Apex, Sword Bones, Swordless Path, Darkness Sword Sense, and Heavenly Sword Imprint were all external specialties.

Meanwhile, his Elementary Survival Instincts, Internal Healing, Internal Training, Heightened Reflexes, Perfect Muscles, and others were internal specialties.

If one was able to condense 1,440 internal specialties, their physical body would become extremely powerful, and the person would be considered as having achieved perfect mastery.

This was also a long term goal which Conferred Knights would be working on achieving, but it was something which was hard to achieve even if they had reached level 29.

"The more specialty seeds one condenses, the stronger the physical body. Comparatively, one would also be able to unleash a stronger prowess with their five attributes.

"Recently, my Zenith Light Sword Formation, Prodigious Demolition Sword, and Ether Sword Ripples have all reached a bottleneck. Even after I've synthesized them with many sets of Killing techniques, their prowess haven't raised by much. It's probably impossible to raise their prowess any further unless I manage to get my hands on a few sets of unrivalled sword techniques.

"From now onward, I might as well focus on condensing my specialty seeds. Before I get more powerful sword techniques, there's no need for me to cultivate my sword arts anymore."

Thinking of this, Fang Xingjian headed out. He was going to prepare condensing his specialty seeds.

One day later, countless heavenly and earthly treasures appeared in his room.

"10 kilograms of Dragon Snake Grass. It can increase the user's strength tremendously. If used as a medicinal bath with 152 other precious medicinal herbs, one can gain the Intermediate Berkserkness."

Robert continued with the introductions, "There's also this bottle of Abyss Demonic Blood. If it's used as the main ingredient for a blood bath, it can bring it up one notch higher, allowing one to attain Expert Beserkness."

Fang Xingjian nodded. Looking at the variety of items in the room, he smiled. All these things cost him the entirety of his 350,000 gold. However, he would be able to condense at least 50 specialty seeds.

If he were to rely on his own hard work to slowly control his cells and change his body to obtain these specialties, it would take him at least two to three years.

"Let's begin." Fang Xingjian picked up the Dragon Snake Grass and combined it with other medicinal herbs to have a medicinal bath.

A few minutes later, he felt a surge of medicinal powers gush wildly into his body. He tried to control his cells, causing the medicinal powers to reach the specialty seeds at his chest as he continued to stimulate the prowess of the specialty seeds.

Right now, Fang Xingjian could control his cells to accelerate the stimulation of his specialty seeds, and the Elementary Berserkness continued to progress toward Intermediate Berserkness. This was a training at the cellular level, and it was many times more powerful compared to purely external training and medicinal baths.

Fang Xingjian could sense that at the location of his heart, streams of faint auras were rising gradually. These auras were from a new specialty.

Elementary Berserkness, Intermediate Berserkness, Expert Beserkness... A total of three specialty seeds were all at the location of his heart.

The Elementary Berserkness strengthened the cultivator's physical strength and recovery abilities, and also stimulated the creation of a specialty seed. Intermediate Bersekness could stimulate the second specialty seed and further strengthen one's physical strength and recovery abilities. As long as one had sufficient energy in their body, just the simple change of their way of breathing could allow them to recover their physical strength and make it as strong as that of a ferocious beast.

In the days to follow, Fang Xingjian almost never left his place. He devoted all of his efforts into condensing specialty seeds, tempering his attributes, and increasing his ether synchronization rate.

He continued such days all the way into mid-December. Other than occasionally getting someone to bring him the Knight's handbook for him to have a look at the latest topnotch sword arts research, he was pretty much secluded from the rest of the world. Even Robert and the others were only able to meet him one to two times.

In December, another one million gold entered his account. Fang Xingjian wanted to cultivate the fifth level of the mystical prints as well as purchase new ingredients to condense his specialties.

The only person who had the most contact with him was possibly Head of Department James. It was because Fang Xingjian often requested for James to spar with him.

However, after attaining the fifth level of the mystical prints, Fang Xingjian's aptitude once again went through an overwhelming progress. The aura throughout his body seemed to have gotten increasingly unfathomable, and even James, the Governor from two generation ago, sometimes could not feel if Fang Xingjian had given it his all during their spars.

There was one thing which James was sure about. This was that when Fang Xingjian had entered level 25, his abilities seemed to go through changes almost daily, as if on an exponential rate.

When ordinary people entered the level 25 phase and were able to condense specialty seeds, their abilities could increase tremendously.

However, when that rapid rate of improvement was compared with the current Fang Xingjian, the difference was beyond compare.

However, the way he fully devoted all his efforts and energy into training in the Sacred Land also made some people anxious.

In a small alley inside the Great Western City, two figures stood next to each other.

One of them spoke in an aged voice, "Fang Xingjian keeps himself hidden in the Sacred Land all the time. We have no way to come into contact with him, let alone capture him."

"We've already waited for one month. The lord won't allow us to continue waiting on like this." The voice this time around was crisp, and it seemed to be from a lady.

The old man said, "Then what do we do? We can't possibly barge into the Regional Academy directly, right?"

"The Regional Academy has many hidden talents. They even have James, who was the Governor from two generations back, as well as Devitt, who is the current Governor. Of course, we can't just barge in." The lady said, "That means the only way is to lure him out."

"Lure him out? How?" The old man asked.

"There's a good saying which goes 'when the young is hit, the elder arrives'. Fang Xingjian is the elder one, and of course, those people under him are the young ones. Moreover, it isn't as if he has no one related to him at all." The lady smiled. "I heard that he has a female disciple who is studying in an academy in the Great Western City, right?"

"If we do this... would we be alerting the enemies?" The old man asked with some hesitation. "It's just a lady. At Fang Xingjian's level, what kind of ladies won't he be able to get his hands on?"

"Hmph. I heard that that female student was taught directly by him in the past. I don't believe that if we catch her now, he won't appear."

"But with Governor Devitt around..."

"Then think of a way. Even a Divine level expert will have times when he is off his guard, let alone Devitt. There'll be a way out somehow."

The old man stood in the light, revealing his brown skin and yellow eyes which were unique to the people from the Sand Country.

"In order to get back Lord Domirov's remains, this is the only way."

Elsewhere, in a luxurious manor in the Great Western City, a young master was laughing happily as with his hands around a maid. He continued to stroke her body as he said, "That coward Fang Xingjian has been hiding for over a month and refuses to come out."

An old man next to him bowed and said, "He has offended so many people of influence. Of course, he wouldn't dare to appear recklessly now."

"But I can't possibly play it out with him just like that." The young man shook his head. With tender skin and flushed red lips, his appearance gave him a soft feminine touch. He spoke out in a shrill voice, "The Archbishop has requested of me to return before the end of the year. How can I possibly let it drag it on like this?

"All I can do is try to find a way to lure him out."

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Chapter 385: Identifying Appearance

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The feminine-looking young man looked at the beautiful maid in his arms and suddenly smiled. His right hand moved with a flash, creating a series of afterimages as he grabbed the maid by the throat.

At the next moment, an expression of extreme agony flashed across the maid's face. She continued to age at a speed which could be seen by the naked eye. Her body was drying up while her hair continued to turn white.

The maid's eyes filled with terror. She wanted to struggle, but she was unable to summon any strength.

The feminine-looking young man broke into an expression of being greatly comfortable, and his cheeks flushed up. He trembled slightly and let out a series of cries.

The old steward kept his head lowered respectfully as he stood beside the young man. He seemed to be used to this scene. Then after a while, the beautiful maid turned into a dried corpse and landed on the ground with a bang. It was only then that the old steward started to clean up the corpse.

The feminine-looking young man broke into a satisfied smile. However, a short moment later, he opened his eyes, and his expression turned into that of displeasure.

"This Great Western City is really troublesome. I have to be careful even when I want to look for some people. If I were at the headquarters, it wouldn't be so troublesome."

The old steward said respectfully, "The Great Western City is but an undeveloped area taken up by a bunch of heretics. Of course, they have no idea of god's power and blessing."

"Hmph, heretics? However, these heretics nurture a large group of talents every year. Their large population has always been their advantage." The feminine-looking young master said, "This Fang Xingjian is even being nurtured by the few old guys in the Great Western City to become the number one talent that only comes by once in every 100 years. I wonder how accomplished he is."

The old steward smiled and said, "Of course, he won't be comparable to Young Lord. Young Lord is extremely capable, and is also valiant and dedicated in the path of black magic. Fang Xingjian wouldn't be able to compare to you even if he chases you on a horse."

"Your flattery is too lousy." The feminine-looking young man laughed out loud. "However, the fact that Fang Xingjian can defeat Guderian shows that he is still quite capable. Despite this, he didn't have the good fortune to study the glorious black magic but instead went onto the path of the Knights. They are qualitatively incomparable to us, and it's useless no matter how talented he is."

"Young Lord is right. Although Fang Xingjian's talent is still acceptable, his luck isn't that good."

The feminine-looking young man shook his head. "But numbers are also an advantage. If not for the fact that there are too many experts in the Great Western City, I'd have barged into the academy to get him. It wouldn't have to be so troublesome.

"Right now, we still have to think of a way to lure him out. What ideas do you have?"

"Uh, what ideas would this old man have? We have to rely on Young Lord's intelligence."

"Hehe, this old guy..." The feminine-looking young man's mouth twitched and said, "It's still the same old thing. Investigate to find out the people who are close to Fang Xingjian in the Great Western City."

"At your command."

"Governor Devitt and the other two old men are very troublesome as well. Send more people to collect more information. It's best to take action while they are not around."

A few days later, at a restaurant in the Great Western City.

The restaurant was extremely lively, and there was a very long queue at the door. It was clear that business was going really well for the restaurant.

This was the restaurant Diana had set up with Fang Xingjian's support. Other than Diana's original grilled meat, there were also many specialty dishes she had come up with during a period of time. After over a month, the restaurant had attracted countless patrons, and there were even Conferred Knights who would come to patronize.

Right now, the kitchen was extremely busy. Diana was giving out commands to every single person like a tyrant.

"Mike, hurry up! Where's the seafood chowder? Are you going to let the guests wait until it's time for dinner?"

"Jason, why is the asparagus so tough?" Diana spat out the asparagus from her mouth and into the trash can directly. "Didn't you cook it before frying it? Can you imagine what the customers would look like when they cut into this asparagus?"

She then picked up another dish and said, "Why does the omelette have so many assorted colors? I won't have this served. My god, Mike, it's just an omelette. How hard can it be? Go remake this."

Diana clapped her hands together and shouted, "Everyone, buck up! If you guys keep making such mistakes, our restaurant will have to close down tomorrow."

Everyone shouted, "Yes, chef!"

Although the kitchen was very busy, everything was very orderly under Diana's command. The shouts, bellows, clashing of kitchen tools, flickering of the flames, and the blowing of the wind gave one the feeling as if they were at war. However, under Diana's command, the standard of the dishes were maintained.

The usual gentle and elegant Diana had lost her gentleness. She was now like an Empress who ruled her own kingdom.

Just then, the head waiter entered, came up to Diana, and said, "Table 12's customers are very satisfied with the dishes and want to meet you."

Diana replied inpatiently, "I don't have time for that, Billy. Can't you see that I'm very busy here?"

The head waiter smiled helplessly and said, "They seemed to have connections with the municipal government. It's best for you to go meet them."

Diana let out a breath, took down her apron, and then followed the head waiter out to meet the customers at Table 12.

A feminine-looking young man stood up, with a face full of smiles as he said, "You must be Head Chef Diana. I really like the dish you made." He reached out his hand. Although Diana frowned, she still shook it and responded, "Thank you."

However, at the next moment, the other party's finger gently stroked her palm. She abruptly took back her hand and threw a furious glare at the young man.

"Do you have any other matter for me to attend to?"

"Haha, has no one told you before that your beauty is above your culinary skills?"

Diana frowned and said coldly, "If there's nothing else, I'll be heading back to the kitchen."

The feminine-looking young man smiled. "It's nothing. I'm only here to see how you look in case I get the wrong person in the future. Haha, I've been a bother to Miss Diana."

A hint of doubt flashed on Diana's face. She then threw a final glance at the feminine-looking young man, thought of the busy kitchen, and left.

Watching as Diana left with a doubtful look on her face, the feminine-looking young man picked up a piece of grilled meat and ate while saying, "Am I short of a chef?"

"Young lord, you're thinking of bringing her back? If that's the case, it'll really be her good fortune."

"Hehe, we'll lure Fang Xingjian out first."

Elsewhere, at the entrance to the Knight's Academy.

A lady wearing a black robe hid in the small alley, looking at the students who were coming out in succession.

Suddenly, she focused her gaze, turning toward the few students who had just come out from the entrance. The girl in the lead emerged skipping, filled with vigor. She was Fang Xingjian's female disciple, Lilia.

The black robed lady asked in a cold voice, "She's Lilia?" She then threw a glance at the guy behind Lilia and asked, "Who is that guy?"

Next to the black robed lady, a small fatty in his teens nodded fearfully. "She's Lilia. The one following behind her is Kite. I heard that he has reached the level to become a Knight and has been wooing Lilia."

The corners of the black robed lady's lips curled up. "Talking about love at your age? Hmph, what background does this guy have?"

"He comes from a clan of aristocrats. I heard that Kite's family has even produced a Conferred Knight before."

The black robed lady nodded slightly and hid deep inside the small alley. A series of perplexed expressions flashed past the small fatty's face. It seemed like he had no memory of what he had just said.

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Chapter 386: Visit

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It was a few days later, deep into the night. After Fang Xingjian had kept himself in seclusion for over a month, a small wave blew all the way to the Great Western City. No one had expected this small wave to bring forth such a tremendous wave within a short period of time; it astonished everyone.

At that moment, the Governor's manor was encompassed by darkness. A silhouette entered through the front door, knocked out all the guards, and then sat before the highest ranked person of the Great Western Region, Governor Devitt.

Governor Devitt looked at the person coldly and said calmly, "Dark Knight, for you to charge upfront into the Governor's residence... Are you thinking of rebelling?"

The person, who had just arrived, was one of the First Prince's Hell clones, an existence which represented the power of darkness. He was a top notch second transition and level 29 expert, the Dark Knight.

Within a few seconds after he had barged in, over five Conferred Knights had also arrived at the Governor's office, surrounding him.

In black clothes and armor, the Dark Knight stood amidst a black fog and laughed, revealing a set of pearly white teeth. "I wouldn't dare. I just have some matters that I wish to discuss with Lord Governor."

The Governor frowned and asked, "What matter?"

The Dark Knight laughed, "The representatives of the Church of Universal Truth have already arrived at the palace. This time around, their visit is mainly for the Martial Techniques Grading Plan. Lord Holy Orison has recommended Fang Xingjian, so of course, we need him to make a trip to the palace."

How could Devitt possibly let Fang Xingjian head to Central? He said directly, "Xingjian is currently cultivating in seclusion. He'll probably be unable to go."

The Dark Knight asked, "He's just a student who is cultivating in seclusion. Even Lord Governor is unable to call him out?"

"The Great Western Region treats worthy men with courtesy and will not rely on violence to act as we please." Governor Devitt threw a glance at the Dark Knight with sarcasm and said, "If there's nothing else, you can leave."

The Dark Knight laughed coldly, "Fang Xingjian is just a mere student. You want to let the Church of Universal Truth and the important people in Central to accommodate to him?"

Devitt said, "Xingjian's seclusion has entered an important phase. How can we disturb him as we please? Don't you know how dangerous a Conferred Knight's cultivation is? If there's even just a slight problem which makes him unable to accept the gush of information, and he ends up turning from a genius into a lunatic... Will you be able to assume the responsibility for this?"

The Dark Knight spoke with disdain, "He's merely a student. Lord Governor, you shouldn't be flattering him so much."

Devitt laughed and said, "A student who was able to decipher the Pantheon Monument, come up with the Rebirth Sword Technique, and advance to the second transition and level 25 within a few months... He's much more than just a genius.

"In another one or two more years... Dark Knight, even you won't be a match for him."

Letting out a cold snort, the Dark Knight said, "Since that's the case, I'll have to wait it out for him then. His Highness, the First Prince, said that I can forget about going back if I don't have Fang Xingjian with me. The esteemed guests from the Church have called for Fang Xingjian specifically. I can't possibly return empty-handed."

Governor Devitt looked at the Dark Knight coldly while trying to contemplate what his intentions were.

Was it because Fang Xingjian's actions at the Gao Clan had infuriated the First Prince?

Was it because the trade of the Prodigious Astral Divine Powers Waves had ignited the First Prince's greed?

Or was it really because the Church wanted to meet Fang Xingjian, and thus the Dark Knight was only going by the book?

Not long later, Hoppes, who was the head of the sword arts team, as well as James, who was the Governor from two generations ago, had also arrived. The Great Western City's top three experts sat together and looked at the Dark Knight.

After all, as the First Prince's top subordinate, the Dark Knight's abilities were a notch higher than that of Devitt. Furthermore, he still had the First Prince's clone in his body. If the three of them were not together, they had no confidence to be capable of keeping the Dark Knight in place.

Elsewhere, Zhou Xingwen frantically arrived at the door to the training room and knocked. Seeing that there was no response, he could not help but shout, "Xingjian! Are you there? It's a disaster!

"This is extremely urgent! Quickly, let me meet you!'

Zhou Xingwen shouted for an entire half an hour. When he was feeling dejected and felt that Fang Xingjian would not be coming out, the door to the training room opened with a loud bang.

Zhou Xingwen's face lit up, and he entered. However, just as he arrived at the entrance, he felt a chill gush forth and wind blow into his face like blades brushing past.

An unexplained terror surged in his head, and he suddenly felt that in this moment, it was as if his life was not within his own grasp.

Holding onto his breath and then taking a few deep breaths, Zhou Xingwen thought to himself in great astonishment, 'Has Xingjian's cultivation raised once again? To think that I feel like I'm not in control of my own life and death before I have even gotten near to him.'

However, Zhou Xingwen was a Conferred Knight after all. After stabilizing his emotions, he continued to head into the training room.

On the way, he saw that the ground and walls of the training room were filled with many deep sword marks. They appeared to have very sharp auras and were extremely deep. Zhou Xingwen was on tenterhooks. He felt as if he was walking on the tips of swords.

However, he continued to walk inside while breaking out in cold sweat. He soon saw Fang Xingjian sitting down on the ground crossed-legged. His back was facing Zhou Xingwen.

Fang Xingjian's voice rang out, "Have you found members of the Terrene Shrine?"

Zhou Xingwen was stunned for a short moment. He had not expected this to be the first question that Fang Xingjian would ask. Then he replied, "Not yet. These people from the Terrene Shrine have concealed themselves too deeply. We won't be able to locate them that quickly."

"Sigh, then look for experts in the Great Western Region. There must be those who deserve to die." Fang Xingjian sighed and said.

Zhou Xingwen questioned, "Sir, why are you looking for such people?"

"I want to test out my sword," Fang Xingjian said. As he spoke, there seemed to be the sound of metal clashing, like several swords clashing together.

Zhou Xingwen asked, "Can't you look for the Head of Department and the others? Every Conferred Knight would have a complex network of people supporting them. It's not good to be killing them."

Fang Xingjian said calmly, "Right now, my powers have yet to be fully integrated through my body. I'm afraid that I might hurt them by accident."

Zhou Xingwen looked at Fang Xingjian in a daze, as if he did not understand what Fang Xingjian was saying. Fang Xingjian was afraid that he might hurt Head of Department James by accident? That person was a top notch expert at the second transition and level 29!

Was it really true that Fang Xingjian's abilities had soared tremendously during this period of seclusion? Or was he being far too arrogant?

While Zhou Xingwen was in a daze, Fang Xingjian turned around. When Zhou Xingwen saw Fang Xingjian's straightforward gaze, tears flowed out from his eyes uncontrollably. It was as if a powerful sword light had encompassed Zhou Xingwen's entire body. He felt that there seemed to be many longswords brushing past the surface of his skin gently.

As such, he could not help but lower his head, not daring to meet Fang Xingjian's gaze. 'What level has Xingjian's cultivation reached?'

Aghast, he asked, "Xingjian, what level of cultivation have you reached?"

"I'm reaching level 27 soon." Fang Xingjian spoke with indifference, "But my rate of advancement is too fast, so I'm afraid that people will die if I make a move. I'll need to find someone to test my sword on."

People would die if he were to make a move?

Zhou Xingwen felt that there was a strong smell of bloodthirst in these words. It was only the sixth month since Fang Xingjian had first entered the Regional Academy. To think that in less than half a year, Fang Xingjian was already reaching level 27 so soon! This was simply unbelievable!

Fang Xingjian asked once again, "For what reason have you come here?"

Zhou Xingwen let out another sigh inwardly. The moment he saw Fang Xingjian, he had become completely distracted, and Fang Xingjian ended up holding the lead to the conversation completely. Whatever Fang Xingjian said was whatever it would be. Like that, Zhou Xingwen had almost forgotten the reason why he had come.

"The Dark Knight is here. Right now, the Governor, Head of Department, and Master Hoppes are keeping their eyes on him together. They're afraid that the First Prince wishes to do you harm and sent me here just to inform you."

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Chapter 387: Divine Blood

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"Oh? The Dark Knight is here?" Fang Xingjian's eyes gleamed. He thought of the tyrannical figure back at the Regional Selection's arena. The First Prince's top subordinate... he was a peak Knight at the second transition and level 29. Even amongst the level 29 experts, he was also considered to be in the second tier. He was only slightly weaker than the Conferred Knights who were aiming for the Divine level, such as the First Prince himself.

"What a great opponent." Fang Xingjian stood up and streams of sword light flashed in the air. The surrounding walls could not withstand it and continued to crack. Zhou Xingwen felt that even his heart was twitching fiercely. He looked at Fang Xingjian and could not help but say, "Xingjian, the Dark Knight is the Empire's Conferred Knight and has the First Prince's clone with him as well. You mustn't fight him recklessly."

However, Fang Xingjian could not be bothered. The corner of his lips curled up into an excited smile. Yet after taking a few steps forward, he frowned. "That's not right. Why has the Dark Knight come so openly?

"Hmm? Could it be to head there? I had wanted to wait for a little while longer, but it seems that I should go meet up with that person first."

Zhou Xingwen asked puzzledly, "Xingjian, who are you referring to?" However, even though a while passed after he had asked his question, he did not hear any reply. Feeling puzzled, Zhou Xingwen lifted his head, only to see that there was nobody in front of him. Without him knowing, Fang Xingjian had disappeared.

Such elusive means placed Zhou Xingwen on tenterhooks.

He walked out feeling perplexed, thinking about what Fang Xingjian had said earlier, 'Attract attention? Could it be...? No matter what, it's best to be on guard and take preventive measures beforehand.'

Thinking this, he headed for Anderson's room. For the past couple of months, he had gotten a lot closer to this Conferred Knight who had also been helping Fang Xingjian run errands. Although he did not like how arrogant Anderson was, the two of them were the only Conferred Knights Fang Xingjian had under him.

In the prison, Sword Saint Sasa's body continued to be engulfed, surrounded, and suppressed by metal. This caused him to be as if he had been stuffed with cement, completely unable to move.

However, despite this, the blood in his body continued to surge relentlessly like a great river, causing rumbling sounds to ring out.

Even though he was in a place with an ether particle density rate of 1% and had gone without eating nor drinking, his body's condition was better than before!

This was especially so as there was a lump of blood-colored liquid located above his heart. This liquid was like Sword Saint Sasa's second heart, moving in tandem with his own heart. Small streams of red fell from the pulsing liquid into Sword Saint Sasa's heart. Then they flowed through his entire body through his bloodstream, causing his body to get increasingly stronger.

Sensing his body continue to grow stronger, the corners of Sword Saint Sasa's lips curled up slightly as he recalled the things that had happened recently.

That day, Sword Saint Sasa was absorbing the energy of ether particles as usual, lowering the depletion of energy from his body. However, just then, a stream of information current entered his mind.

"Sasa, do you want to get out?"

Sasa's heart skipped a beat. Although he wanted to leave this prison with no sunlight very much, he continued to suppress the agitation that was growing in his heart and replied with an information current, "Who are you?"

"I work for the First Prince." The other party went straight to the point. "Without my help, you can forget about leaving the Great Western City. Do you wish to stay here forever and watch as your body slowly degenerates? Or will you choose to follow the First Prince, make great achievements, leave your name behind in history, and even truly step into the Divine level?"

"Haha, Divine level? Even the First Prince himself isn't at the Divine level. How can he possibly help others attain the Divine level?"

The voice spoke coldly, "The First Prince's wisdom isn't something you can understand. The First Prince cultivates the 36 Hell's Maps and aims to reach a level that has never been attained before. Not only does he wish to create clones and place them into 36 top notch Conferred Knights, he also wishes to bring all these Conferred Knights to the Divine level."

"What? He wants to bring all 36 Conferred Knights to the Divine level?" When Sword Saint Sasa heard this, he only felt that it was ridiculous. "What does he think the Divine level is? Is it something that can be mass produced?"

"Hmph, the First Prince's courage is exhibited in his wish to create an unprecedented path that no one has ever walked on before." The person continued, "Moreover, the First Prince's wisdom and power aren't within your imagination."

Sasa did not reply but smiled coldly. It was true the prison was so dark that it was hard to differentiate day from night. However, if he were to go out and sign the Hell's Map, he would not be able to decide his own life and death.

That voice did not say much and disappeared a while later.

However, after one week, that person came by to ask him again.

Just like that, the person would come and pay Sasa a visit once in awhile, sharing with him some of the things which were happening outside.

Then as the time Sasa spent in the cell grew longer, his mood got increasingly irritable.

This was especially so when the other party brought news of Fang Xingjian. It made Sasa feel even more agitated.

"Ten million?! A set of Waves was sold for ten million?!" Sasa's expression distorted, and his eyes seemed like they were going to spew out fire. "They are really corrupted and decadent! To think that the country's money has entered Fang Xingjian's pocket just like that! These people really deserve to die."

"Haha, how about it? With Fang Xingjian's current rate of progress, he would probably be able to surpass you very soon. Aren't you anxious? It's ten million we're talking about. How many heavenly and earthly treasures can he purchase? How far can he raise his abilities?"

Sasa did not answer the other party's question, but his expression grew increasingly savage. Feelings of fury, vengeance, and jealousy... They were like a snake, constantly swallowing up his heart.

Then for the next one month plus, the other party never came by again.

With no news of the other party for an entire month and having to stay in this dark cell, each and every minute and second felt very long. This made him increasingly agitated as well.

If it were in the past, considering Sword Saint Sasa's cultivation, this would not have happened. However, losing the Heaven's Volition Sword Intent, losing out to Fang Xingjian, and hearing of Fang Xingjian's repeated success... The negative effects of these things were worsened in this dark cell.

If he were an ordinary person, he would have long since become crazy in this darkness, in this situation where he did not have anything.

Although Sasa had persisted for very long, he only became increasingly agitated and uneasy. However, the person the First Prince sent had accelerated this process, making his mental state become increasingly unbalanced.

Finally, a few days ago, when the other party appeared again, Sasa eventually agreed to join the First Prince and become his subordinate.

"Haha, Sasa, you won't regret this."

At the next moment, streams of red liquid seeped through the metal and flowed into his body.

"This is the fresh blood of a Divine level ferocious beast. It isn't just ordinary fresh blood, but is the blood essence that a ferocious beast has condensed for its descendant to consume. Even Divine level ferocious beasts themselves aren't able to easily condense this and it contains Divine level powers.

"Absorb it well, and let it merge into your body. It can propel your abilities once again. If you're able to absorb it all, it can increase your potential points by at least ten million. It can also bring the heavenly thunders and terrestrial magnetism forces in your body to be at the peak just below the Divine level, allowing your body's toughness to reach the level of a level 29 Superior Divine Weapon. When that happens, breaking out of this prison would be nothing."

As Sasa sensed the fresh blood which was seeping into his body drop by drop, he was startled. 'The blood essence of a Divine level ferocious beast? To think that the First Prince has something like this?'

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Chapter 388: Improvement

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Divine level ferocious beasts... Those were existences even rarer than Divine level experts.

It was because animals were, after all, animals. Even if their bodies went through transformations, thus giving them powerful bodies and unique abilities, their brains were still incomparable to that of humans. Moreover, neither did they have the great intelligence which humans possessed.

It was impossible to attain the Divine level without intelligence. Therefore, Divine level ferocious beasts were much fewer in numbers compared to humans.

However, once a ferocious beast attained the Divine level, its body's power and capacity to withstand pressure would be very high. It would tend to be even more powerful than most Divine level experts.

Therefore, Divine level ferocious beasts were not only powerful, but their abilities were very much stronger as well. It was extremely hard to attain their blood, let alone the specially condensed blood essence.

Right now, in order to win over him, the First Prince had actually bestowed him with the blood essence of a Divine level ferocious beast. It was something which a nouveau riche would do.

Sword Saint Sasa looked greedily at the Divine level blood which continued to float at his chest area, and his heart filled with abnormal excitement.

"Hahahaha, excellent. My body has gradually gotten accustomed to the physical burden of the Divine level blood. I'll be able to absorb it completely today. His Highness should have diverted the Governor's attention. Tonight, I'll be able to break out of prison and meet up with His Highness' subordinates."

Although Sasa had yet to sign the Hell's Map, thinking of how the First Prince had bestowed him with the Divine level blood essence and provided him with the information he had now, Sasa was now fully devoted to the First Prince.

'Hmph. Wait till I've absorbed the Divine blood and broken out of prison. I'll go look for Fang Xingjian and force out his Heaven's Volition Sword Intent. If I can present the Heaven's Volition Sword Intent to His Highness, it'll be a great merit.'

Thinking of how he could finally brutally suppress Fang Xingjian, make him kneel down and beg for forgiveness, and then snatch the Heaven's Volition Sword Intent from him... Sasa felt exhilarated.

However, just then, the metal around him suddenly trembled for a moment. Then amidst Sword Saint Sasa's baffled gaze, the metal turned soft, and the metal above his head continued to disappear, exposing his head.

Sasa knew that the metal used in the prison was known as aqueous gold. It was a type of strange metal which could freely change between the liquid and solid state. When it was in the liquid state, it could be freely controlled. However, when it was in the solid state, it was so tough that it was indestructible. Aqueous gold was a great material to use in confining a powerful expert.

This was especially so when the aqueous gold on Sasa weighed several million tons. In an environment where the ether particle density was only at 1%, it was very hard for him to break out of the confinement.

However, as long as he could absorb the Divine blood, his body would become extremely strong and he would be able to break out of it.

'Hmm? Who's here?'

Amidst Sasa's astonished gaze, Fang Xingjian gradually appeared before him. He stood on the solid aqueous gold and looked at Sasa's exposed head.

"Fang Xingjian!" In that instant, killing intent surged up within Sasa. He could not help but wish to immediately beat up Fang Xingjian, and force him to kneel and beg for forgiveness. However, as Sasa thought of how he had yet to completely absorb the Divine blood, he immediately suppressed the killing intent that was surging in his heart. He looked at Fang Xingjian coldly and said, "Hmph, why did you think of coming to see me? You even released the aqueous gold. Aren't you afraid that I'll kill you with a single slash?"

Fang Xingjian paid no heed to Sasa's words. Pairing the fifth level of the mystical prints with his world's best sword arts talent produced a terrifying chemical reaction. As a result, Fang Xingjian's aptitude reached an unbelievable stage. In just one and a half months, not only had he condensed over 100 internal specialty seeds, he had also gained the enhancement from reaching level 26. Furthermore, his Prodigious Astral Divine Powers Waves had also reached level 7, and his physical body had reached a terribly strong state.

However, what was even more terrifying was his sword arts.

When a Conferred Knight reached level 26 and his ether synchronization rate reached 70% or higher, his Heaven's Perception should be able to get an even more microscopic view of the world. It would allow him to directly destroy the heaven's perception forces between physical particles, bringing about great damage to all physical things. His damaging prowess could be targeted specifically toward the particles which formed physical matter.

In addition, Fang Xingjian's unrivalled aptitude allowed him to turn the impossible into possible. He managed to incorporate such means into his Zenith Light Sword Formation, Ether Sword Ripples, and Prodigious Demolition Sword.

The sole unfortunate thing was that it would only be effective if the target was within the Heaven's Perception's ten-meter range.

Finally, in cultivating his Prodigious Demolition Sword, Fang Xingjian had broken through the bottleneck and attained new heights.

After cultivating the White Bone Divine Weapon, his entire body was now filled with weapons. Therefore, with his unrivalled talent, he changed the Prodigious Demolition Sword into the Prodigious Demolition Sword Physique.

He could cover his entire body with demolition sword light, truly attaining the state of being one with the sword. Then he directly applied the demolition sword light onto the heavenly thunders and terrestrial magnetism forces between physical particles. This way, Fang Xingjian would be able to slice through almost anything in the world.

His attributes had now become:

Name: Fang Xingjian

Age: 17

Occupation: Heavenly Sword Sovereign

Level: 26

Strength: 2131

Agility: 27315

Reaction: 172

Endurance: 150

Flexibility: 150

Ether Synchronization Rate: 78%

The attributes above come into effect once the Prodigious Astral Divine Powers Waves are activated.

Due to Perfect Muscles, 13 in strength and agility (10% of the endurance attribute).

Skills / Techniques: Boundaries Negation, Level 40 Rebirth Sword Technique, Level 40 Nine-Headed Dragon Sword Technique, Level 40 Zenith Light Sword Formation, Ether Sword Ripples, Level 40 Prodigious Demolition Sword Physique, LEvel 12 Ether Divine Art, White Bone Divine Weapon, Heaven's Volition Sword Intent

Internal Specialties: 102

External Specialties: 8

Waves: Level 7 Prodigious Astral Divine Powers Waves

Mental Cultivation Method: Level 7 Universal Sword Dominance Lunisolar

With Fang Xingjian's current terrifying abilities, even the Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor was completely suppressed. Fang Xingjian was able to receive the enhancement of 50% of Domirov's powers at anytime, anywhere. This gave him even more confidence in challenging level 29 experts.

Looking at Sword Saint Sasa who only had his head exposed, Fang Xingjian said with indifference, "Level 27 Conferred Knights can destroy physical particles and unleash the powers in their body's physical particles.

"Level 28 Conferred Knights are even more amazing. They can directly absorb energy from ether particles to replenish their body's depletion. Most of their useless organs would all be eliminated as well, turning into ether organs which are used to absorb, release, and store ether particles. Their battle prowess would be even stronger. Their reliance to the external world would be lesser, and their bodies would become even further away from that of a human as they slowly progressed to the Divine level.

"Level 29 Conferred Knights are even more terrifying. Their ether synchronization rate would have reached 100%, and they would be able to successfully synthesize all martial techniques on the first attempt. However, the best has yet to come. The even more amazing thing is that their ether synchronization rate would allow them to go down to the finest detail and control their physical body in a way that was beyond an ordinary person's understand."

Fang Xingjian looked at Sasa and said with a smile. "I've often sparred with Head of Department James, so I understand a level 29 expert quite well. Although one won't be able to gain powerful battle prowess immediately upon reaching your level, unlike when one reaches level 25, 26, and 27, you're close to being indestructible.

"The Heaven's Perception of level 29 Conferred Knights would truly allow them to have a microscopic view of the entire world. They would be able to control their entire body and reassemble them. Furthermore, other than their brain being their weaknesses, they wouldn't be hurt in the least even if all other parts of their bodies were turned into ash.

"In particular, this ability to control the physical body, as well as their clear and thorough microscopic view of the world, would be even more terrifying when used to train up their bodies. They would also be more proficient in cultivating the heavenly thunders and terrestrial magnetism forces, and their bodies would truly reach a state of being indestructible.

"The rate at which they cultivate specialty seeds would be even faster, and the damage they inflict onto physical particles as well as refining energy could be done at the finest level.

"It is also at level 29 that the various abilities which the Conferred Knights had received at various phases would truly be unleashed. They would be able to fully grasp and surpass themselves in the abilities they had received at different levels. At this stage, they can make their bodies as strong as a level 29 Superior Divine Weapon and increase their physical damaging prowess to the point of being able to destroy a level 29 Superior Divine Weapon.

"The number of physical particles explosions in their bodies would truly have the chance to be increased to 1.08 billion.

"So on and so forth... They would be much stronger in all areas."

Sasa looked at Fang Xingjian coldly and said, "What on earth are you trying to say?"

"Nothing. I just feel that you're too young and haven't been able to truly unleash your potential at level 29. However, because of this, you've become the best sharpening stone for my sword." Fang Xingjian slowly walked up to Sasa and suddenly shouted in the upward direction, "Unseal the remaining aqueous gold as well!"

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Chapter 389: Let Go

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Fang Xingjian's current location was several hundred meters under the surface. At his command, the person on the ground immediately replied, "Sir, the Headmaster gave the order that we must never remove Sasa's seal. After all, he's a level 29 Conferred Knight."

Fang Xingjian said coldly, "Let him go."

"But..."

Streams of sword light soared into the air, and not long later, series of gasps could be heard. Fang Xingjian said, "Let him go. If there are any problems, I'll shoulder the responsibilities."

Soon after, the aqueous gold under Fang Xingjian's feet scattered away like water ripples, revealing Sword Saint Sasa's body. With the binding over his body removed, Sasa let out a long breath.

He glared at Fang Xingjian coldly and said, "Excellent. How would you like to die? On the account that you released me, I can let you die a quick death." Simultaneously, his mind was spinning very quickly. 'What on earth is Fang Xingjian trying to pull? Could it be that James and the others are nearby? Is there an ambush?'

However, no matter how much he tried to observe the light waves and sound waves with his Heaven's Perception, he could not sense the existence of any experts nearby.

Fang Xingjian smiled. Then at the next moment, his body suddenly disappeared.

Violent killing intent gushed forth, and Sasa could not react in time. He could only do his best to leap backward. A wound appeared on his chest. The surface of his skin was completely split open. However, it was still insufficient to completely cut through the muscles within.

Taking a look at the injuries on his chest, Sasa brushed past it lightly with his palm, and the injuries were healed, leaving not even a hint of a scar.

"Indestructible... It truly lives up to its name." Unknowingly, Fang Xingjian had once again appeared at where he initially stood. Sword intent gushed forth from his eyes, locking down onto Sasa.

Sasa spoke nonchalantly, "My heavenly thunders and terrestrial magnetism forces have already condensed my body's toughness to be comparable to that of a level 25 Divine Weapon. To think that you're able to slice open the surface of my skin with your bare hands... Have you already reached level 26? Are you already able to attack heavenly thunders and terrestrial magnetism forces directly?"

Level 24 Conferred Knights could strengthen the heavenly thunders and terrestrial magnetism forces between physical particles, and the toughness of their bodies would start to increase tremendously.

Level 26 Conferred Knights could directly attack the heavenly thunders and terrestrial magnetism forces of physical items, splitting the particles of physical objects, and damaging the structure of the particles.

That level of attack and defence was extremely powerful. However, it was only when one reached the peak of level 29 and a 100% ether synchronization rate that their level of mastery in the skills they gained at the previous levels would increase. After this, they would be able to train up their body to become as tough as a level 29 Superior Divine Weapon and increase their physical attacks to become capable of damaging a level 29 Superior Divine Weapon.

At level 24 and level 26, the strengthening effect would be very limited. It was impossible to control one's body in as accurate a manner as when one's ether synchronization rate had reached 100%.

Right now, Fang Xingjian could split open Sasa's skin. So, to Sasa, it seemed as if Fang Xingjian had cultivated to level 26.

"To think that your cultivation has already reached this phase. All the more I can't keep you alive now."

At the next moment, Sasa used his fingers as a sword and dashed right up to Fang Xingjian. He tapped out with his finger like drawing a treasured sword out from its sheath. Then he thrust it toward Fang Xingjian's forehead as gleams of cold light shone.

Fang Xingjian did not back off in the least. He punched out toward Sasa's sword fingers, turning the force from the punch into sword force, clashing against Sasa's sword fingers directly.

Gushing force shot outward with the two of them in the center, turning into streams of air currents which seethed relentlessly.

Electricity sparkled on Fang Xingjian's fist and Sasa's fingers.

Then a hint of astonishment flashed across Sasa's face. He tapped out consecutively with his sword fingers, bringing about streams of starlight sweeping out. However, he was met with Fang Xingjian's punches time after time.

The more they fought, the better Fang Xingjian felt. As long whistling sounds rang out, his two fists swung with violent prowess, gushing toward Sasa with the majesty of the mountains and the seas.

Many slash marks continued to appear on the surrounding surface. The ground tremored, as if there was a small-scale earthquake.

Level 29 Conferred Knights could modify their bodies at the microscopic level, continuing to strengthen the heavenly thunders and terrestrial magnetism forces in their bodies. They could also keep on attacking the heavenly thunders and terrestrial magnetism forces between the particles in their opponents' bodies.

Be it to attack or defend, they could target the intrinsic structure of physical objects directly.

This was how it was during the current battle between Fang Xingjian and Sasa. It looked like physical bodies colliding against each other. However, each collision actually consisted of repeated clashes between physical particles. They were continuously depleting the heavenly thunders and terrestrial magnetism forces in each other's bodies.

Once either of them had the heavenly thunders and terrestrial magnetism forces between their particles weakened, then their physical state would be destroyed. On the surface, it would appear as if their hands or legs had broken, or their tendons or bones could be broken.

It meant that as long as the one had sufficient energy in their bodies, they would be able to maintain the tenacity of their bodies.

Bang, bang, bang, bang! As Sasa launched quick consecutive attacks, he only felt that his opponent had a great level of sword arts mastery and attributes which were not lower than his own. Sasa could not get the upper hand through his moves and could only try to push forth with his strength.

However, Fang Xingjian had the enhancement of the level five mystical prints and his world's best sword arts talent. This meant the prowess of the heavenly thunders and terrestrial magnetism forces in Fang Xingjian's body was not weaker than Sasa's. Sasa went head-on against Fang Xingjian, but he realized that the toughness of their bodies were at the same level. It was to the extent that even when Sasa used brute force, he still could not bring down his opponent.

With an infuriated bellow, the aura from all 500 specialty seeds throughout Sasa's body rose up and over 100,000 particles exploded. The boundless energies of the small world in his body were refined, and Sasa's extremely powerful power exploded.

With each step he took, the earth tremored, the atmosphere cried out, and the air in the surroundings trembled crazily, as if even the world was astonished by his violent powers.

Astonishing martial will swept into Fang Xingjian's body, but it was smashed by the Heaven's Volition Sword Intent.

"Fang Xingjian, you're courting death today."

Hmph! With a cold grunt, the aura of the 102 specialty seeds in Fang Xingjian rose up. It was as if several tens of thousand of generators were activated at the same time, and overwhelming powers gushed forth.

Simultaneously, armor and supporting force fields appeared, and the surrounding air exploded. The prowess of the Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor were unleashed at full force, and as the ground tremored, 50% of Domirov's powers were added to Fang Xingjian's body.

"Die!" Sword Saint Sasa's body flickered and disappeared. Then the two of them collided fiercely once again.

The violent powers seemed to turn the entire space into chaos, and a series of explosive sounds continued to ring out. The entire world shook, and buildings on the surface of the grounds started to collapse.

Underground, it was as if several hundred thousand kilograms worth of explosives had been set off in succession. The terrifying whizzing sounds astonished the entire academy, and countless people rushed toward the direction of the battlefield.

With a loud boom, theirs fists met, but Fang Xingjian remained motionless. Sasa was the one who felt as if his entire body was swept by a tremendous force, like he was being pierced through repeatedly by several tens or hundreds of swords. It was extremely painful, and he retreated over ten steps before all the powers were finally fully discharged from his body.

'My ether synchronization rate has reached 100%. This is why I can cultivate my heavenly thunders and terrestrial magnetism forces on a deeper level, strengthening my body to be comparable to a level 25 Divine Weapon.

'What is Fang Xingjian's ether synchronization rate right now? Why is it that his body seems to be slightly stronger than mine?'

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Chapter 390: Snatch Away

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At level 26, one could directly attack the structure of physical objects. However, the ether synchronization rate, which those at level 26 had, would only allow them to destroy with a vague aim. Only a level 29 expert would be able to accurately damage physical structure, hitting wherever the targeted spot was. If they continued to cultivate, they might even be able to destroy a level 29 Superior Divine Weapon.

In short, aside from being indestructible, a level 29 Conferred Knight even possessed abilities which surpassed those of Conferred Knights at all other levels.

However, this iron law was now being broken by Fang Xingjian.

Sasa clenched his teeth tightly and looked at Fang Xingjian with some disbelief.

However, this was still insufficient to make Sasa give up. The most powerful part of a level 29 expert would still be his physical body which was close to being indestructible. Moreover, he had yet to attack seriously.

He had initially only wanted to get rid of his opponent easily, but he had not expected Fang Xingjian to have undergone so much progress during the past few months. To think that Fang Xingjian could already exchange blows with him barehanded!

Therefore, Sasa let out a cold laugh and breathed in deeply, fully absorbing the Divine blood in his body into his heart. The surging powers were channeled into his body in streams, and he then immediately performed his Killing technique.

With a tap of his finger, invisible and intangible sword Qis were activated. Every place they passed by, everything would be demolished, being broken down into the most basic physical particles.

Any casual attacks from a level 29 Conferred Knight would be targeted toward their target's heavenly thunders and terrestrial magnetism forces. Additionally, when they used such means to synthesize countless skills and unique Killing techniques, they would become even more terrifying.

However, when faced with this terrifying sword attack, Fang Xingjian immediately activated his Prodigious Demolition Sword Physique, and demolition sword light encompassed his entire arm.

Clenching his five fingers tightly together while not dodging at all, Fang Xingjian punched straight into those invisible and intangible sword Qis. Amidst Sasa's astonished gaze, Fang Xingjian's punch pushed through, bringing about an extremely powerful force, and blasted the sword Qis away. He continued to send his fist smashing into Sasa's chest and then piercing through it.

Ba-thump ba-thump ba-thump. Sasa's heartbeat could be heard as Fang Xingjian clenched his hand tightly around Sasa's blood red heart and said, "What's this inside?"

Sasa let out a cry and grasped at his own heart. However, even though a level 29 Conferred Knight's body was close to being indestructible, it was still a physical body. The moment his heart was removed, Sasa's powers reduced tremendously. Fang Xingjian kicked him in the stomach and sent him flying outward.

With an explosive boom, Sasa collided against the rock walls, sending bits of rock flying and dust scattering.

Fang Xingjian continued to look at the heart which was still beating. Then he asked calmly, "From the very start, you've been trying to hide this thing. And right now, you've even put it into your heart. What is this? Did the First Prince give it to you?"

Sasa walked over slowly from the dust. The wound through his chest had already completely disappeared. This displayed the terrifying vitality of a level 29 expert.

"Fang Xingjian, let go." Sasa's voice was extremely cold. Extremely violent emotions were reflected in his eyes, and his face had a very malevolent expression. He was clearly immensely infuriated.

That was Divine blood, something which could increase one's potential by ten million points and cultivate their heavenly thunders and terrestrial magnetism forces to perfection. After which it would then allow the toughness of one's body to become as strong as a level 29 Superior Divine Weapon, greatly raising the chance for him to attain a breakthrough to the Divine level.

Seeing that this thing was being held in Fang Xingjian's hand right now, Sasa felt so horrible as if ten thousand ants were biting at his heart.

He felt like immediately dashing over, slashing off Fang Xingjian's palm, and snatching back the Divine blood.

However, the abilities Fang Xingjian had displayed earlier made Sasa hold reservations for doing this. If he was not careful and the Divine blood got destroyed as a result, he would really go crazy.

Therefore, Sasa could only glare at Fang Xingjian, focusing all of his attention on him.

When Fang Xingjian had heard of the news that the Dark Knight had appeared at the Governor's manor, he had suspected that this was a means for the First Prince to bring attention away from Sasa.

Fang Xingjian felt that the First Prince must have done this either for himself or for Sword Saint Sasa.

If this level 29 expert were to join the First Prince and sign the Hell's Map, then it would clearly raise the First Prince's prowess.

Therefore, Fang Xingjian made a trip here. While exchanging blows with Sasa, he had found something strange in him. In an ordinary Conferred Knight's body, it was impossible for there to be such a big lump of a blood clot. Moreover, Sasa was continuously trying to absorb the powers from this blood clot. When the latter let out an explosive blow at the very end, he had even absorbed the entirety of this blood clot into his heart. This went to show that it was definitely good stuff.

Seeing Fang Xingjian's expression change, Sasa became extremely anxious. However, he tried to put up a calm appearance and said coldly, "Fang Xingjian, your talent is truly astonishing. To think that within a few short months, your battle prowess is already comparable to that of a level 29 Conferred Knight."

Fang Xingjian smiled. "It seems that you want to kill me even more after I've gotten my hands on this."

Sasa's eyes narrowed while holding endless killing intent. However, he controlled his own emotions and said, "This is blood essence which I've condensed byself. It can unleash explosive powers in crucial times. It's my blood. You won't be able to use it."

"Oh? Condensing blood essence and storing energy?" Fang Xingjian knew of such a Killing technique, and there were indeed people practicing such a technique. However, he could see Sasa's behavior and sense the fluctuations of his emotions through Heaven's Perception. Even though Sasa tried his best to hide it, Fang Xingjian could feel that this blood clot in his hands was definitely not something simple.

"But why do I feel that it contains the intent of a Divine level expert? And those seething powers... Isn't this the blood essence of a Divine level expert?"

Having experienced the Holy Orison's intent for himself, Fang Xingjian was still quite familiar with the aura of a Divine level expert.

Moreover, right now, what he sensed from the heart by using his Heaven's Perception was a Divine level expert's intent. It was filled with feelings of affectionate parental love.

The moment Fang Xingjian said this, Sasa's countenance immediately changed, and he dashed toward Fang Xingjian.

Fang Xingjian looked at Sasa and smiled, then he suddenly swallowed the entire heart.

The moment the heart was put into his mouth, Fang Xingjian's teeth chewed it up into pieces. Then he swallowed the lump of flesh and blood. It entered his esophagus and then went down to his stomach.

With the Divine blood in his body, in that instant, Fang Xingjian felt as if he had swallowed an entire sun. An extremely dignified, ferocious, and seemingly boundless and powerful energy exploded in his body, surging out toward every single cell in his body.

Fang Xingjian's entire face immediately flushed red. That was because the surge of fresh blood had opened up his blood capillaries explosively. Then his body's metabolism rate continued to accelerate, accelerate, and accelerate.

Ahhhhh!!!!

Watching the scene of Fang Xingjian engulfing the Divine blood, Sword Saint Sasa let out a furious bellow. His face immediately took on an extremely malevolent expression and distorted into a scowl, while his eyes seemed to be spewing out fire. Sasa looked just like a demon who had charged out from hell.

"Fang Xingjian! I want you dead!"

Martial will accompanied with strong killing emotions gushed into Fang Xingjian's brain. Sasa and Fang Xingjian immediately engaged into a fierce battle once again. Sasa's eyes were bloodshot, as if he had gone crazy. The streams of invisible sword Qis he sent out attacked Fang Xingjian wildly.

Fang Xingjian met Sasa's attacks with the Prodigious Demolition Sword Physique. However, as the increasingly fiery energy in his stomach exploded, his battle prowess was also affected. With a loud whistle, he charged out of the prison and flew out of the academy.

With a furious roar, Sasa pursued Fang Xingjian out of the academy.

The two of them cut through the air, creating whirlwinds and sending the clouds scattering. They brought up streams of air currents, instantly alerting everyone in the academy.

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Chapter 391: Pursuit (Part I)

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"Fang! Xing! Jian!"

The infuriated bellow tore through the cloud-filled skies and almost spread out through the entire academy. However, when people lifted their heads to look at the sky, they could only see two white lines slicing through the clouds as well as two black dots which were gradually disappearing.

During the mere couple of seconds of Sasa chasing after Fang Xingjian, the two silhouettes had already flown up above the prison.

One of them appeared very old, as if he was going to die at anytime. The other had a very fit and robust body, with looks which reflected his great capabilities.

They were the two people who had participated in the Regional Selection as the judges, old Luke and the middle-aged Yaris. Both of them were top notch level 28 experts and had been left behind to uphold the Regional Academy.

However, they had not expected that they were a step late. Sasa had already run off in pursuit of Fang Xingjian.

"Sasa escaped?" Luke, who was very old, frowned. The wrinkles on his face seemed to have curled up into many deep trenches. "It seems like this time around, he is the First Prince's target."

Yaris communicated with Luke through information currents, "Why is Xingjian here as well?"

"I don't know, but we can't leave this lying down. If Sasa manages to escape and takes Xingjian with him..."

Thinking of this, their moods became extremely bad. If both Sasa and Fang Xingjian had disappeared, then that was the worst possible situation.

"Yaris, you go on after them. I'll stay here to keep a watch on the academy in case this is an attempt to lure us away." The wrinkles on Luke's face grew increasingly deep. "Your ability is just right for this. After you've caught up to them, you'll just need to save Fang Xingjian and get away. With Sasa breaking free, there must be people who would be meeting up with him. You must be careful as well."

A few seconds later, Yaris burst into flames and soared into the skies like a meteor. Heat waves swept through the entire academy, and the temperature within a range of a few kilometers rose up. Then in the next moment, he had already brought about streams of flames at his tail as he went off in pursuit, headed in the direction Sasa had disappeared.

Elsewhere, at the Governor's manor, the Dark Knight sat on a couch in an unrestrained manner. He was engrossed in a game of chess with Governor Devitt.

Suddenly, Devitt stiffened, and the chess piece in his hand was crushed into dust. He abruptly got up to his feet.

As the current Headmaster of the Great Western Region Regional Academy, he had always had his attention on the things happening in the academy. Right now, someone was sending him news through information currents. Streams of killing intent shot out from his eyes.

"Dark Knight, you deserve to die!"

Taking a step forward, he appeared before the Dark Knight like an illusion. As he threw out one of his palms, it was as if a myriad of dragons were howling. The surrounding temperatures quickly plunged at an amazing rate, and in the blink of an eye, the entire room was covered in ice and frost.

With a loud bang, the Dark Knight flew backward, coming to a stop only after smashing through over ten walls.

The moment Devitt struck out his palm, he had concurrently sent a message to the other two, "I'll deal with him. One of you go stand guard in the academy while the other chases after Sword Saint Sasa."

Communication between Conferred Knights could be really, really fast. In the blink of an eye, he had already shared the series of events which had happened in the academy to Head of Department James and Hoppes, who was the head of the sword arts team, through information currents.

The two of them were about to take action when they realized that the Governor's entire manor was surrounded by layers of black fog. Two ladies walked out slowly from the black fog.

One of the ladies was dressed in palace clothes, but her upper thighs and arms were revealed. She had an ice-cold face, as if she was trying to keep all strangers away from her.

The other lady was dressed in purple and had purple hair. She was the top notch expert, Li Zi, who had been chased down by the First Prince's personally led team back in the snowy plains of the northern country. Back then, Li Zi had used her Four Seals of World Creation to go up against the First Prince's Overturned Hell.

The presence of these three people caused James' brows to knit together tightly. He said softly, "Hoppes, there's no need to try anymore. This is the top Killing technique of the Ancient Path of Hell that's used to confine people—Hell's Labyrinth. Ordinary people won't be able to break through it."

As he looked at the Dark Knight, the lady dressed in palace clothes, and Li Zi, he said, "I've long sensed that there were two killing intents in the surroundings, but I didn't expect the First Prince to really have placed such a huge wager this time around. Why, is he thinking of getting rid of us, three old men, at the same time?"

Li Zi, who had purple hair and was dressed in purple clothes, kept silent with a face full of indifference. It was as if the entire world was none of her concern.

The Dark Knight let out a cold laugh, and the black aura around his body grew even more intense. He was clearly controlling the Hell's Labyrinth at full prowess in order to confine Devitt, James, and Hoppes.

These three top notch level 29 experts were all experts on the second tier amongst those in the level 29. None of them could be underestimated.

Hearing James' words, the lady dressed in palace clothes laughed and said, "Seniors, the three of you must be joking. Li Zi and I have just come over to protect the Dark Knight. We can't possible just watch as the three of you tear him apart, can we?"

"Hmph," Governor Devitt shouted, "Stop talking crap with them. Attack!"

In the next moment, interlacing forces surged into the skies above the Governor's manor as flames, thunderbolts, and reverse dimensions. The six experts were engaged in an intense battle. It was truly a scene which shook the heavens and the earth.

The Governor's manor was instantly turned into ruins. Thankfully, the people had all been sent away by Devitt long ago. Therefore, there were no casualties.

However, the flames and lightning, which soared up into the skies, were accompanied by thunderous rumbles and continued to attract the attention of countless people from the Great Western City.

A few minutes ago...

At the Knight Academy in the Great Western City...

Two assassins from the Sand Country were walking in a small alley. The lady was the one leading the way, while the old man was carrying the unconscious Lilia on his back.

However, while they were walking, the ground under them was suddenly completely covered by shadows.

"The two of you, put her down and each break one of your arms. Then you can leave."

The entire surface under their feet had been encompassed by black shadows which reached out continuously as if they were alive. The shadows even crept up onto the walls. However, when the lady saw this, the corners of her lips curled up, revealing a hint of smile. "Shadows? You're Anderson? Another genius of the Great Western Region?"

Anderson's figure slowly emerged from the shadows. He let out a sigh inwardly as he looked at the two assassins from the Sand Country.

He had received Zhou Xingwen's alerts and specially rushed over to the Great Western City as he was fast enough. After having gone around Ferdinand's area once, he then came over to Lilia's location. To his surprise, something had actually happened.

As Anderson looked at the two black-clothed people, a strong feeling of unease arose in his heart. He could sense that the pressure the two of them exuded was much stronger than many of the teachers he had faced.

However, in spite of having heard what the lady had said, Anderson still said arrogantly, "That's right. I'm the Shadow of Death, Anderson. If you don't wish to die, then scram."

"It's good that it's you. Since you're a genius, you deserve to die." The black robes on the female assassin exploded in that instant, and she landed a punch onto the ground. At that moment, the shadow-covered ground was turned into sand, and many sand arrows shot out in Anderson's direction.

"All of the Empire's geniuses deserve to die."

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With a flash, Anderson leaped through the shadows at an extremely fast speed, avoiding the assault of sand arrows headed in his direction. He then instantly appeared behind the old man and grabbed toward Lilia, who was sleeping soundly.

However, it was a pity that the old man's reaction was faster. Almost at the same moment when Anderson vanished, sand started to appear from the surface of the old man's body, wrapping Lilia up entirely. When Anderson reached out, he could not grab anything other than a fist full of sand.

In the next moment, sand started to gushed out toward Anderson. With a flash, he then disappeared once again.

Within a mere couple of seconds, he darted between the old man and the lady several tens of times. His shadow blade slashed at their bodies repeatedly, but other than sending sand scattering, there were no other effects.

On the contrary, there were a few times when he came into contact with them for slightly longer periods of time. Anderson felt that the blood in his body was seething, and his skin started to dry up. He was almost sucked dry of all the water in his body.

He realized that all the water vapor within a one-meter radius around his two opponents was being absorbed continuously. As they turned the ground around them into a desert, they made it so that Anderson was completely unable to get close to them.

Ordinary physical attacks were useless, so he could not even get close.

Anderson's brows knit together tightly. Most of the abilities and battle means of those from the Sand Country were related to sand. Some of their skills were even more mysterious and unfathomable than the Empire's Killing techniques. This was his first time fighting against such opponents, and he could not handle their attacks.

He would have already been defeated early on if it was not because of the extremely fast speed and the shadow jumping ability that he had gained from the Shadow of Death. This shadow jumping ability allowed him to freely leap and teleport between the shadows above ground.

However, he did not know that his opponents were even more wary toward this very ability of instantaneous teleportation between shadows.

'For Anderson to have such an ability... His survival and infiltrating abilities are too powerful. It would be terrible if he were to be allowed grow.

'This time around, even if we aren't able to snatch back the Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor, we must still kill this Anderson.'

Thinking of this, killing intent surged in the heart of the lady from Sand Country. It was also then that she truly displayed the terrifying prowess she had at second transition level 27. She no longer held any reservations for the various experts in the Great Western City.

Stretching out her five fingers, the sand under her feet soared into the sky, turning into something akin to a whirlwind. It sent countless sand flying up and then scattering down like a sandstorm.

The many sand particles scattered into the air, reaching out toward the entire city at a rate of several hundred meters per second while also encompassing Anderson's body.

With a flash, Anderson disappeared.

The lady thought nothing of it and stretched out her two hands. Supported by the sandstorm, her entire body gradually floated up.

Almost the entire Great Western City was now covered in sand. The lady focused fully on controlling the flying sand, attacking Anderson incessantly.

The sand darted to and fro repeatedly like many bullets. Almost every time Anderson moved in a flash, he would be attacked by a myriad of granules. After his figure flickered consecutively for ten times, Anderson finally broke out of the sandstorm and appeared outside the city.

The instant he emerged, he spat out a large mouthful of blood. All his internal organs were in so much pain, it was as if they were falling apart.

The female assassin from the Sand Country let out a cold laugh as she directed the sandstorm and moved outside the city.

However, just then, a series of explosive sounds rang out in the air. Two silhouettes cut across the air, passed by the Great Western City, and flew toward the distant skies.

Reading the light waves left behind by one of the human figures when he cut across the sky in that brief instant, the female assassin from the Sand Country frowned. "Fang Xingjian?"

The old man next to her shouted, "My Lady! It's Fang Xingjian! Someone is chasing after him! Let's head over quickly as well!"

Right at this moment, another fiery meteor passed by with a flash. It was Yaris, who was chasing after Sasa.

The female assassin was stunned for a short moment. She had wanted to kill Anderson first, but then she realized that during that short moment, Anderson had already dragged his heavily injured body away and disappeared with a teleportation.

"Damn it!"

The seething fury she had turned into killing intent. Letting out a crazy bellow, she sent sand flying up, turning into a whirlwind of sand. The whirlwind swept across the horizon and went into pursuit in the direction which Fang Xingjian had disappeared.

Elsewhere, in the back alley of a restaurant.

Diana walked out from the restaurant's back door and headed to her own house which was in the vicinity. Two level 19 guards were following by her side, making her feel a little uneasy.

She smiled and said, "There's no need for the two of you to be following me so closely. I can head back alone. It's very near."

The two Knights shook their heads and said, "Miss Diana, Mister Zhou wants us to protect you for the entire duration. It's best for us to accompany you back."

Diana smiled helplessly and did not insist otherwise. Instead, she asked, "How were the dishes today?"

The Knights laughed, "Miss Diana, your culinary skills have gotten better. Right now, all the aristocrats in the entire Great Western City are all praising your restaurant. It probably won't take long for the restaurant's reputation to spread throughout the entire Great Western City."

"Great reputation? I actually don't really care about that. It's fine as long as more people can get to eat the food I cook and like it."

Just then, an eerie voice rang out from the small alley nearby, "What an interesting thought. Then Miss Diana, can I invite you to be my personal chef?"

"Who's that?!" The two Knights immediately stood before Diana as they looked warily at the feminine-looking young man walking slowly out from the shadows.

The young man laughed and ignored the two Knights. His pair of eyes continued to stay fixed on Diana as he asked, "How about it? Miss Diana, are you willing to do so?"

Diana frowned and said, "I'm sorry. I'm fine as I am and don't want to change jobs, but I appreciate your kind sentiments."

The feminine-looking young man let out a sigh, shook his head, and said, "Pity, what a pity. To think that you don't value great riches that has fallen from the skies. You're really foolish."

"Lad, where did you come from? Do you know who you're talking to right now?"

The feminine-looking young man threw a glance toward the Knight who had just spoken. Suddenly, with a dash, his entire palm had already entered the Knight's body, and the Knight's body instantly aged and weakened. In a few seconds, he became a dried corpse that was just like a mummy.

The other Knight let out a furious bellow and pounced forward like a tiger with paws that brought about gushes of murderous winds. It was as if he wanted to tear the feminine-looking young man into countless pieces.

However, the feminine-looking young man put out his other hand at lightning speed and grabbed him by the neck. Similarly, the Knight's limbs started to weaken. His skin wrinkled up, and he seemed to be ageing rapidly at a speed that could be seen by the naked eye.

Tossing aside the two Knights who had become old men, a hint of excitement flashed on the face of the feminine-looking young man. He turned to look toward Diana whose face wore a terrified expression.

Level 19 Knights were already existences which had completely surpassed that of ordinary people, and each of them would be able to easily slash and kill hundreds or thousands of ordinary people. However, the two of them were easily dealt with by the feminine-looking young man.

Diana immediately turned to escape. She opened her mouth and was just about to shout when she felt a slender hand cover up her mouth. It was then that Diana realized she was unable to summon any bit of strength.

The feminine-looking young man laughed, "The Dark Knight alone managed to hold back those three old men. Heaven really is on my side! With this, Fang Xingjian will have to come out."

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Chapter 393: Pursuit (Part III)

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Diana could sense the invisible force restraining her, preventing her from moving even a single finger. She could only glare while wearing a furious expression.

Seeing Diana's furious expression, the feminine-looking young man smiled and said, "Wait till you follow me back. You'll know then just how foolish your fury is. You'll be eternally grateful that I've brought you to heaven."

As he spoke, he lifted Diana's neck and released the constraint on her mouth.

Diana did not shout. She knew that this person was able to kill two Knights instantly, and within such close proximity, he was not someone she could go against. She merely glared at the feminine-looking young man and said, "This is the Great Western City. You won't be able to escape."

"Hehe, Great Western City... Hehe, right now, even the strongest people in the city have trouble fending for their own lives."

As he spoke, flames soared up into the sky from the direction of the Governor's manor. It turned a large piece of the sky into a scarlet color. Diana looked at the red light in astonishment, and the feminine-looking young man laughed. "Fang Xingjian has really offended many people. However, this has saved me from a lot of trouble."

Diana said furiously, "What on earth do you want?"

"What do I want? Hehe, you'll know very soon."

Just then, two streams of white lines passed through the sky. The clashing sounds of powerful air currents seemed like a myriad of thunderous rumbles, causing one to be on tenterhooks.

The feminine-looking young man looked at the sky in great surprise. Then at the next moment, he noticed that sand was gathering and dashing out into the sky. It turned into a whirlwind of sand and gave chase in the direction where the white lines had disappeared.

"Young Lord," an old steward said as he appeared from behind the feminine-looking young man. He looked at the sand in the air and said, "They're people from the Sand Country. And the thing from earlier..."

"Mmm." A hint of excitement flashed in the eyes of the feminine-looking young man. "Fang Xingjian... Hehehehe, to think that someone has the same thoughts as us, and they've really managed to lure him out."

"Young Lord, then what should we do?"

"Give chase. Don't let Fang Xingjian be snatched away." Saying that, the feminine-looking young man knocked out Diana with his palm. Looking at the unconscious golden-haired beauty, he laughed and said, "Wait till I've returned after capturing Fang Xingjian, then I'll come to take you with me."

At the next moment, the feminine-looking young man and the old steward took a step forward. The entire street was torn into two by violent forces. Under the explosion of pure power, two long rows of afterimages formed, and the two of them dashed out at an extremely wild and fierce speed.

Up in the sky, Fang Xingjian's legs continued to step on the air, creating streams of air currents. The temperature of his body continued to rise, even giving rise to hints of white steam. However, they were very quickly dispersed by strong gales.

After consuming the Divine blood, its essence continued to flow through all of Fang Xingjian's organs, limbs, and bones. He felt as if his body was like an erupting volcano, and he could no longer control even his limbs.

A terrifying will surged through his blood time and time again, as if wanting to gain control over his body and every single cell within it.

Fang Xingjian could sense that every single cell in his body was trembling. It was as if that terrifying will would modify his body at anytime, completely turning him into another creature altogether.

This was, after all, the blood essence of a Divine level ferocious beast. If its descendant were to consume the blood essence, it would accelerate the rate of their growth and modify their bodies toward becoming a Divine level ferocious beast.

Furthermore, it was because it was intended for the beast's descendant that it did not hold much aggressiveness, and so Sasa and Fang Xingjian could take it. Otherwise, they would have been killed on the spot by the Divine level prowess.

However, although the Divine blood was already considered to be more mild, even a third tier level 29 Conferred Knight like Sasa would only dare to absorb its prowess a little at a time, slowly digesting the will inside it.

By now, Fang Xingjian had swallowed the entire Divine blood essence entirely. Thus, he could only try hard to suppress the terrifying will that was flowing through his blood. However, he realized the pressure it induced was getting increasingly stronger. He had no choice but to divert even more effort into suppressing the powers which had gone berserk in his body. This caused his battle prowess to plunge rapidly.

Simultaneously, he continued to figure out the situation, 'I passed through the Great Western City that openly... Those who wanted to take action would all have done so, right?'

It turned out that Sword Saint Sasa was only the first person Fang Xingjian had suspected. The Dark Knight was currently attracting the attention of many experts. So, all the forces, who had wanted to take action against Fang Xingjian previously but had not dared to do so, would of course be tempted to take action.

Fang Xingjian had taken this point into consideration. Moreover, he had gotten a lot more powerful after coming out from seclusion this time. So, he would be able to test out his sword while giving the other party a huge surprise.

Therefore, he passed through the Great Western City with Sasa chasing at his tail. He wanted to draw out the people who wanted to take action against him all at the same time. Then he would wipe them all out together.

The other parties would never be able to expect that, with his level five mystical prints and the world's best sword arts talent, his abilities had improved tremendously to a level beyond anyone's expectations.

'It's about time.

'I'll give you guys another chance and see if you manage to take up the opportunity.

'If it really doesn't work, then I'll just use the Heaven's Volition Sword Intent to suppress the will in the Divine blood.'

With the enhancement of the Heaven's Volition Sword Intent, he could directly use the level 29 powers. Furthermore, even with his current basic use of the Heaven's Volition Sword Intent right now, he was extremely powerful. It would be sufficient for him to suppress the Divine blood in his body.

Thinking of this, his body threw into a curved trajectory in midair, and he plunged toward the ground.

Both he and Sasa were great experts amongst Conferred Knights, and the pursuit was conducted at over ten times that of supersonic speed. So, this chase and escape covered 100 kilometers within just a short period of time.

There was grassland under Fang Xingjian. He descended to the ground like a meteor, plunging down at tremendous fast speed. Then as his feet stepped onto the ground, every step he took left an over-ten-meter-wide crater in the ground. With just a few consecutive steps, he turned the grassland within a range of over 100 meters into mud pits before finally coming to a stop.

The moment Fang Xingjian came to stop, he sat on the ground with his legs crossed, focusing all his efforts on suppressing the increasingly chaotic powers in his blood. Of course, there was no way he could leave himself defenseless. As such, six light spots floated up from his back, and in the blink of an eye, they were already circled around him.

Soon after Fang Xingjian came to a stop, a loud whizzing sound rang out. Then Sword Saint Sasa came down from the sky, crashing toward the ground where Fang Xingjian was.

Over 500 streams of aura soared into the air from Sasa's body. His expression was that of malevolence, and the violent killing intent he was exuding seemed as if it had turned into something physical.

"Fang Xingjian! Die!"

As he dashed out at full prowess, Sasa tapped with his finger, sending over 100 invisible sword Qis spinning together and piercing toward Fang Xingjian's head.

Although Sasa was infuriated, he had yet to lose his mind. RIght now, he wanted to kill Fang Xingjian and then absorb all the blood in Fang Xingjian's body. Only by doing this would it make up for Sasa's loss of the Divine blood.

If it was necessary, Sasa was even planning to eat up all of Fang Xingjian's flesh. Therefore, his current plan was only to destroy Fang Xingjian's brain.

As Sasa charged down from the skies, the friction from his entire body ignited sparks. Before he had even got close, the shock waves he brought along with him had already plowed away many layers of soil around Fang Xingjian.

At the next moment, Sasa appeared before Fang Xingjian, and with a thunderous rumble, his sword fingers collided against over 50 streams of Ether Sword Ripples.

The moment the sword ripples and sword fingers collided, the skies seemed to go silent. Sasa's body, which was moving at great speed, came to a momentary pause in midair.

Then a heaven and earth shaking explosion suddenly occurred. Overwhelming power exploded outward from the point where the sword ripples collided with the sword fingers, while dust was surged upward and the ground was overturned.

Aside from the ground underneath Fang Xingjian, the surrounding earth was plowed through to a depth of over one meter.

Sasa was sent flying out over a distance of more than a few kilometers. Wherever he passed by, the grass was flipped over, and soil and sand were thrown up, opening up a long path through the grasslands.

However, being sent flying by Fang Xingjian made the killing intent in Sasa's heart surge even more strongly. With a long whistle, Sasa blew off all the unsettled dust in the air and once again charged toward Fang Xingjian.

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Chapter 394: Pursuit (Part IV)

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Many black lines circle around Fang Xingjian continuously. Each time a black line got near, it would trigger the light spots surrounding him into releasing an extremely bright light. That was the defense form of the Zenith Light Sword Formation.

Regardless of the attacks Fang Xingjian was faced with, the six light spots would unleash streams of light swords explosively to cut through, pierce, or sweep away the attacks. The light spots vaporized all the surrounding physical objects around Fang Xingjian, protecting him like six shields of light.

If Sasa charged over personally, he would sense the flash of waves in the sky. The Ether Sword Ripples would then assault him and send him flying again.

The expression on Sasa's face grew increasingly sinister, filled with killing intent. His actions were so fast that it was as if they had turned into many black lines, incessantly tearing through the air and circling Fang Xingjian, who remained seated cross-legged on the ground as they attacked.

Under the full-power attacks of the level 29 Conferred Knight, which were either surges of invisible sword Qis or physical clashes with his maniacal sword techniques, the series of quick attacks was heaven and earth shaking. With each clash, explosive pressure, and fierce attack exerted, the ground would tremor furiously as sand and rocks were sent flying.

The repercussions from the shock waves shot out time and time again. Other than Fang Xingjian and the small piece of land under him which was now floating in the air, the entire ground was bashed up by Sasa to form a great valley.

With another tap of his hand, the whizzing sword Qis collided fiercely against ten streams of Ether Sword Ripples. Surging force compressed the air, and the forces produced from their collision exploded in midair. It was as if several tens of thousand kilograms of explosives had exploded. Countless amounts of rock and soil were sent flying into the sky, once again increasing the depth of the valley under Fang Xingjian.

"Damn it!" Sasa abruptly came to a stop. The muscles and bones throughout his body were boiling as if they were cooked through. Taking in a breath, countless ether particles in the universe completed the energy exchange with his body.

Various radiations, light waves, magnetic waves, and other forces in the air dashed into his body, replenishing his powers at an astonishing rate.

However, as Sasa looked at Fang Xingjian who was sitting on a floating piece of land, the killing intent in his eyes grew increasingly violent.

Fang Xingjian was flushed red all over, and his muscles, tendons and bones would pop up every now and then, before being pushed back.

Puffs of white steam continued to rise from the surface of Fang Xingjian's body. Sasa knew that it was because his body was circulating at a rapid speed, and every single cell in his body was likely moving incessantly to release heat.

'He is fully focused on suppressing the will in the Divine blood. Once he succeeds in doing that, he'll be able to absorb the essence in the Divine blood.

'To think that he dares to do something like this before me.' Recalling Fang Xingjian's defensive means earlier, Sasa laughed coldly to himself, 'I don't believe that you'll be able to continue blocking like this. At the very least, I also have the ether organs I got at level 28. Will I be unable to win against you in a competition of power?'

Sasa's judgement was right. Putting the Zenith Light Sword Formation aside and looking just at the Ether Sword Ripples, even with Fang Xingjian's current rapid rate of improvement in his abilities, he was only able to release 5,000 sword ripples. Once Sasa managed to get through all of them, it would be impossible for Fang Xingjian to fend off Sasa with just the Zenith Light Sword Formation alone.

Sasa gritted his teeth and put his palms together. Many invisible sword Qis soon started to form from his body, turning into a longsword which soared into the air in the blink of an eye as it continued to extend longer.

'I shall see if you'll first suppress the Divine blood or I'll be the one to beat you up into a pulp.'

Just as Sasa was about to attack at full-power once again, a fiery meteor streaked across the sky. It was Yaris who had been chasing them all the way since back at the Regional Academy. Flames burst out from all over his body as he came to a stop in the sky above Sasa.

"Sasa, you've caused damage to the academy as well as chased and assaulted a student. Are you really thinking of going against the entire Great Western Region? If you stop right now, I can show you leniency on the account that it hasn't been easy for you to attain the cultivation you have reached today."

Sasa laughed out loud, looked at Yaris, and said, "Yaris, are you thinking of delaying time with just these words alone? If Devitt comes over personally, I'll leave immediately. But as for you... you're still inadequate."

While Sasa spoke, the invisible sword Qis he created turned into a translucent longsword of 100 meters in length. With an overwhelming aura, it slashed down fiercely toward Fang Xingjian directly.

"Stop!" Yaris attacked Sasa with his martial will. Two suns seemed to have formed above his hands. They plunged down concurrently, bringing about a lofty golden light. The light then headed out explosively toward Sasa.

"Damn it!" Sasa's brows knit together tightly. He was forced to flick up his sword Qis to face the tremendous fireball in a collision.

The fireball exploded and scattered away while the sword Qis slashed incessantly at Yaris. However, at the moment when the sword Qis had just come into contact with Yaris' body, Yaris had already turned into a flaming fireball. He exploded under the slashes, sending sparks flying.

This was his flame clone. His true body had already been hidden in the air.

The omnipresent flames burned and moved around in midair while Yaris's martial will gushed forth, "Sasa, give up. With me around, you won't be able to harm Fang Xingjian."

Sasa unleashed his Heaven's Perception at full-power, continuously scanning light waves and sound waves in search of Yaris.

However, the sparks soared up into the air and turned into a spread of fire clouds, encompassing the skies within a distance of several kilometers. Under the interference of such heat and light waves, Sasa was unable to locate Yaris' silhouette within a short period of time.

This was the Killing technique Yaris was known for—Blazing Flame Tsunami.

If these were ordinary times, Sasa would only need to spend a little more time to slash through the sea of flames in the sky and defeat Yaris. After all, the other party was only at level 28 and was weaker than himself.

However, right now, Fang Xingjian was suppressing the Divine blood essence in his body. This was when Sasa had to fight against time to get back the Divine blood. How could he possibly be wasting time on Yaris?

However, if he did not get rid of Yaris, the latter would definitely interfere with his attacks on Fang Xingjian.

Thinking of this, the killing intent in Sasa's heart seethed even more. It was as if they were going to materialize and break out from his body.

"Damn it, damn it, damn it! All of you are trying to stop me! All of you deserve to die!"

Thinking of how Fang Xingjian was continuously trying to suppress the Divine blood, Sasa grew increasingly anxious. The auras from the specialty seeds in his body continued to swell up, as if many beams of starlight were flashing on his body.

Detonating specialty seeds was the equivalent of leaving a permanent flaw in one's cultivation of the physical body as the person would never be able to perfect the cultivation of their physical body. With this, it was clear that Sasa was prepared to go all out.

However, just as he was about to detonate his specialty seeds, a large wave of sand came charging over. The grains of sand were flying at a tremendously fast speed, charging over like a great number of bullets.

When Sasa first saw the flying sand, they had been still very far away. However, in the next second, they were already several hundred meters around him. After another second, they were right before him, coming to a stop before the flame clouds.

Sasa had battled against the experts from the Sand Country for many years and knew well of the Sand Country's various Killing techniques. Looking at this scene, he knew that the person must be a second transition expert from the Sand Country.

The warriors from the Sand Country took a path similar to that of which the Empire's Knights took. It was just that in terms of their Killing techniques, they excelled more in terms of modifying their physical bodies as well as using soil and sand as a means of attack.

Seeing the sand flying around in the air, Sasa decided to wage on this. He released an information current and sent his martial will toward the flying sand.

He bellowed out in his information current, "Fang Xingjian is in the midst of clearing his Heavenly Barrier and attempting to attain level 27. We can attack him together. He has sufficient experience. We mustn't let him attain a breakthrough to level 27. Otherwise, even I won't be able to deal with him.

"You guys can forget about killing him as well! If we work together and capture him, I can give you guys the Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor."

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Chapter 395: Dragons

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As one who often waged wars against the Sand Country over the years, Sasa was very clear on the Sand Country's goals and way of doing things.

In the Sand Country, the title of 'national hero' had an extremely high status and great glory attached to it. To be unable to store the remains of their national hero in their holy temple after his death, it was one of the greatest blemishes of their lives.

Therefore, Sasa knew that they must be here to snatch Fang Xingjian's Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor which had been made from Domirov's remains.

Such feelings of vengeance took priority over the hatred they felt toward Sasa, despite the fact that he had killed countless geniuses and warriors of the Sand Country.

Amidst the sandstorm, the female assassin stared at Fang Xingjian who was sitting down cross-legged. Thoughts ran through her mind, and she continued to conduct high speed exchanges through information currents with the old man, who was also an assassin.

"Can Sasa's words be trusted?"

Sword Saint Sasa had spent many years in the Eastern Sand Region, waging wars against the Sand Country at the borders. His hands were stained with the blood of many Sand Country's warriors, and the feeling of vengeance which the Sand Country harbored toward him was tremendous.

The female assassin was instinctively unwilling to listen to Sasa's words. However, when she saw the hostile-looking flame clouds and then looked at Fang Xingjian who was sitting cross-legged, she felt that Sasa did not seem to be lying.

The old man, who was also inside the sandstorm, said, "Those flame clouds were most likely created by Yaris, the Commissioner of Education and a level 28 Conferred Knight. It's true that he seems to be protecting Fang Xingjian.

"And previously, there were rumors that there had been a great feud between Fang Xingjian and Sasa over the deciphering of an ancient artifact. Seeing how Fang Xingjian is right now, it seems that he really has reached a crucial juncture in his cultivation to attain a breakthrough."

"If that's the case, is he going to be doing something?"

"Let's work together for now and wait for a chance. It's best if we can let both of them suffer from heavy injuries."

"Haha, if we can kill three of the Empire's Conferred Knights all at once, His Majesty will certainly provide us with great rewards when we get back."

Then a soft bellow emerged from the sand and swept out toward the sky, "Sasa, let us deal with Yaris together first. We'll attack Fang Xingjian directly after dealing with Yaris.

"In order to prove your sincerity, you can make the first attack."

Sasa gritted his teeth tensely. 'This idiot.' Although he wanted to attack Fang Xingjian, he knew that if he were to attack now, he would definitely be stopped by Yaris. Then the assassins from the Sand Country would find it even harder to believe him completely. However, if he were to be doubted for not agreeing to their request, then it would become even more troublesome since he would be making enemies out of them.

The Sand Country had him on a bounty all year around. Just in terms of individual value alone, they would want to kill Sasa more. That was, if the Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor was not brought into consideration.

The three parties were all very tense, with no one willing to trust each other.

Due to this, Sasa could only curse inwardly and soar up into the sky, bringing along sword Qis with him. The invisible sword Qis tore through the skies, and he dashed into the sea of flames.

"Alright, Sasa, then we'll lend you a hand to get rid of Yaris."

At the next moment, the sand trembled crazily and gushed toward the flame clouds Yaris was controlling.

Up in the air, the sand and flames clashed together fiercely. Flames were continuously put out by the wind and sand, while the waves of sand were also continuously being vaporized by the flames. Both sides were locked in a stalemate, with each taking up half the sky.

Concurrently, many streams of invisible sword Qis continued to sweep to and fro amidst the flames, searching for the location of Yaris' true form.

After all, it was impossible for Conferred Knights to really turn their own body of flesh and blood into flames. Instead, they would only be able to control flames or use their bodies to store them.

As Sasa maneuvered his sword Qis through the sea of flames, he cut off the transmission of heat energies time and time again, stopping the cooperation between the flames. Simultaneously, the two assassins from the Sand Country controlled the sandstorm and gradually got hold of the upper hand.

Streams of sand soared into the sky, like many jiaos [1] dashing toward a sea of flames. Each time they charged over, they would extinguish the flames incessantly, gradually encompassing the sea of flames like a great net and then compressing the flames.

The sea of flames tried to fight a way out from either side, but all of the attacks were cut off by Sasa's sword Qis.

Yaris felt that the area of movement for his real form was getting increasingly smaller, while the range of the sea of flames continued to be suppressed. He bellowed out furiously, "Sasa, are you crazy?! To think that you would dare to collude with the Sand Country's assassins to attack the Empire's Conferred Knights?

"This is an act of treason!"

Sasa let out a laugh and said, "Hahahaha, Yaris, I'll simply kill you here today. Who will be able to find out this matter after that? You guys kept me locked up underground for so long. Do you know what that felt like?

"That darkness and solitude, and those feelings of desperation... Do you really think that you'll be able to keep me locked up forever?"

Amidst his maniacal laughter, a myriad of invisible sword Qis sliced out in all directions. The violet force smashed into the air and formed strong gales which were like sharp blades, instantly extinguishing a large part of the sea of flames.

Yaris's heart sank. With three Conferred Knights joining forces against him, and with one of them even being a level 29 expert, it would just be in a matter of time before he was defeated.

Just as Yaris gradually found himself at an disadvantage, another two silhouettes dashed over toward them from the ground.

With each step the two people took, the ground would tremble and explode, and strong gales were sent out in all directions. They did not seem to care about concealing their presences and charged forth like two Tyrannosaurus rex. The two people left the ground in a shattered state and dashed toward the bottom of the battlefield.

It was the feminine-looking young man and his steward, who were both from the Terrene Shrine.

The arrival of the two people instantly destroyed the initial advantages of the battle. The sand retreated, and Sword Saint Sasa landed on the ground as well. All of them looked at the two new people warily.

Yaris was finally able to take a breather and made good use of the time to have some rest.

This showed that there was no trust at all between the Sand Country's assassins and Sword Saint Sasa. During the battle, the moment the new party appeared, both existing parties worried about the actions the other would take. Thus, it was impossible for them to continue their attack on Yaris.

Looking at the few experts present, the feminine-looking young man laughed out loud. "The Terrene Shrine has arrived. Those who don't wish to die, you can just scram."

Hearing the name 'Terrene Shrine', a hint of surprise broke out on everyone's faces. They did not seem to have expected that this force would suddenly appear.

Sword Saint Sasa let out a cold laugh and said, "The target of everyone's scorn now dares to emerge and be this arrogant?"

"Hmm?" The feminine-looking young man's brows lifted up as he looked at Sword Saint Sasa. The young man's eyes were filled with with a sense of superiority. "And here I was wondering who it was? Eastern Sand Region's Sword Saint? You dare call yourself a saint just because you know some simple sword techniques?"

As he spoke, the feminine-looking young man put his palms together, and streams of gray light burst forth from his body. At the next moment, a myriad of beasts' howls rang out incessantly, and the feminine-looking young man's body started to swell up continuously. Many beast faces started to pop up from various parts of his body, including his chest, shoulders, neck, and face. It seemed as if countless terrifying creatures were striving to be the first one to dash out from his body.

This was the level 7 black magic—Surge of Ten Thousand Dragons.

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[1] There are many definitions for the jiaos, also known as the jiaolongs. In this context, it relates more to something like a sea serpent. https/en./wiki/Jiaolong

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Chapter 396: Army

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Dragons had always been one of the world's special creatures.

In countless historical scenes and countless worlds, dragons existed in various forms and had always been objects of admiration or terror.

Their power, majesty, greed, nobility, evilness... and so on...

Right now, dragons with varying appearances were protruding from the surface of the feminine-looking young man's skin.

It was the level 7 black magic, Surge of Ten Thousand Dragons. This technique allowed him to use his body as a gate into alternate worlds, and to summon and enslave the powers of the various dragons in those alternate worlds to use in battles.

The powers of the dragons channeled into his body and then grew using his flesh and blood.

Suddenly, gigantic dragons which covered up the entire sky emerged from the feminine-looking young man's body. There was a great variety of gigantic winged dragons including white dragons, blue dragons, gray dragons, black dragons, and red dragons. There were also some with antlers, snake bodies, fish scales, or eagle claws.

A myriad of dragons roared out, and various powers of wind, fire, thunder, and lightning caused great tremors in the air. Violet powers gushed forth and swept through the sky, even creating a great hole through the clouds in the sky.

"Hahahahahahahaha."

After releasing 356 gigantic dragons at one go, the body of the feminine-looking young man seemed to have shrunk down. He appeared to be extremely pale and weak at the moment.

Looking at the several hundred gigantic dragons in the sky, Sword Saint Sasa's countenance turned extremely grim. "What are these? Since when did the Terrene Shrine get hold of such a terrifying ability?"

He could sense that out of the several hundred monsters in the air, almost half or more of them were at the level of a second transition. Out of them, a three-headed dragon, a crystal dragon, and a golden dragon were all close to his level.

This was extremely terrifying.

The two Sand Country assassins were also greatly astonished, and the sandstorm they had transformed into gradually retreated. The army of monsters before them was simply too astonishing. They even saw that the ground was continuing to sink in incessantly just because a mountain-like draconic beast had sat down on the ground.

There was another draconic beast flying in the sky, occasionally dripping saliva. When its saliva landed on the surface of the ground, a large piece of boulder was vaporized just like that.

The old assassin said, "Damn it, what on earth are these? Are they the Empire's newest invention? A Killing technique like this is far too terrifying."

The Sand Country's female assassin frowned tensely as she looked at the army of monsters before them. It was really a nerve-wrecking scene. If the Empire had really invented such a terrifying new Killing technique... In that case, if just 200... no, just 100 Conferred Knights were to cultivate this Killing technique, then the Sand Country's army would not be able to fend them off.

However, she recalled what the feminine-looking young man had said earlier and then spoke out with her brows twitching, "Something's not right... Terrene Shrine... Terrene Shrine... I remember now. They are a heretic sect the Empire eradicated over 20 years ago. Is it their magic? To think that it can reach such a level."

Amidst the flame clouds in the sky, Yaris was also paying a lot of attention to the feminine-looking young man and the army of dragons which had abruptly appeared. Yaris was greatly astonished.

"To think that these evil remnants of the Terrene Shrine have made such great progress and improvement in their black magic. This must be reported immediately to the Knight Association. We must immediately start up a new operation to wipe out the Terrene Shrine again."

Thinking of the Terrene Shrine's base in the Great Western Region as well as the black magic the feminine-looking young man had just displayed, even Yaris felt that they were extremely dangerous.

As the feminine-looking young man cast a glance of disdain toward the few who were full of wariness, he pointed at Fang Xingjian casually and said, "Grab him and get him over here."

Boom! A huge red dragon shook its tail and lashed out into the air, releasing explosive popping sounds. Then its entire body smashed out toward Fang Xingjian like a towering building.

Many lumps of huge boulder-like muscles protruded from the red dragon's body, and there were many exquisitely engraved prints on each piece of the dragon's scales. It was as if the dragon was wearing a thoroughly tempered armor.

The moment the red dragon moved, the Zenith Light Sword Formation was activated, and six light swords swept out. They hit against the huge dragon's armor of scales with high energy rays which were several ten thousand degrees celsius. However, they merely managed to leave behind many charred and burned marks. Other than causing the red dragon to roar out in fury, they were unable to stop the huge dragon's attack in the least.

However, the Zenith Light Sword Formation changed again. A series of dazzling display of light changes flashed out, and the six light swords all shot into the red dragon's eyes.

The high temperature of several ten thousand degrees continued to channel through, causing the red dragon's eye balls to instantly boil and vaporize in 0.001 second.

As the huge dragon let out a terrifying cry, its body, which was over 100 meters long, rolled around wildly, knocking against the ground. The dragon let out agonizing howls, which caused the ground to tremor incessantly, and sent dust and rocks flying around. It was as if there was a small-scale earthquake.

The feminine-looking young man let out a cold snort, and another three-headed dragon went up. The other dragons remained on guard, wary of the other people. In particular, the strongest three-headed dragon, the golden dragon, and the crystal dragon were all right next to him, protecting his body.

Yaris let out a furious bellow, "Stop right there!" Yaris controlled the falling rain of flames, turning them into fiery meteors and attacking the feminine-looking young man.

Sword Saint Sasa and the two Sand Country assassins were out for Fang Xingjian's blood and the Heavenly Abyss Annihilation Armor he wore, respectively. Thus, they were not willing to see him get captured by someone else either. Seeing the army of dragons move, they took action together as well.

Sword Saint Sasa's martial will broke out from his body, "Fang Xingjian is mine!"

An invisible sword Qi, which was over 100 meters long, shot out from Sword Saint Sasa's body and slashed at the three-headed dragon that was launching an attack toward Fang Xingjian.

The two Sand Country assassins took action as well. Out of the four parties, they were the weakest right now. Therefore, they continued to send forth gushes of sand, engulfing the huge dragons one after another.

When the feminine-looking young man saw that he was being simultaneously attacked by the three parties, he smiled without a care.

"The reason I didn't dare to take action in the Great Western City is because Devitt and the other two old men are there. If I were to encounter them, naturally I wouldn't be their match.

"But to think that you weaklings dare to fight against me as well?

"You don't understand the might of god. It is a power that far surpasses the limits of your imagination. Even if you guys combine all the living creatures you've seen in your entire lives, it would still not be a match for god's single thought."

The feminine-looking young man let out a maniacal laugh, pointed with a single finger, and said, "Kill them all!"

In an instant, the army of dragons started to engage Yaris, Sword Saint Sasa, and the two Sand Country's assassins in a chaotic battle.

Aside from the three strongest dragons that were guarding next to the young man, the average abilities of the other dragons were weaker than Yaris, Sasa, and the Sand Country assassins.

However, dragons were born to be more suited for battle than humans. They each had a weight of several tens or hundreds of tons, a length of over a hundred or over several hundred meters, and scale armor which was like titanium alloy. They were also impenetrable by blades, and undaunted by fire and water. Additionally, they had a physical strength comparable to that of a tank, bulldozer, or crane.

Even if their levels were lower than that of their opponents, the battle prowess they unleashed explosively was something even Sasa had to deal with carefully.

Single-handedly, the feminine-looking young man forcibly suppressed the four second transition experts. Several hundred dragons kept them out on the boundaries, preventing them from approaching with even a single step toward the feminine-looking young man.

The feminine-looking young man let out a cold laugh and took one step toward Fang Xingjian's location. Under the watch of the crystal dragon and the three-headed dragon, the golden dragon then carried the feminine-looking young man on its back and slowly flew over to Fang Xingjian.

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Chapter 397: Capture Him

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Seeing the feminine-looking young man walk closer and closer toward Fang Xingjian, Sword Saint Sasa got both angry and anxious.

Although the several tens of dragons were not able to hurt him, their hides and flesh were really tough. Usually, just a single stream of his invisible sword Qi would be able to slash through iron plates which were several meters thick.

However, right now, even when he slashed out with his 100-meter-long sword Qi, he was only able to create a bloody wound. At most, Sasa merely slashed through a few scales and flesh. He was totally unable to hurt the deeper part of the dragons' bodies.

This was especially the case as the dragons had huge bodies and were filled with vital energy and blood. So, they paid no heed to ordinary wounds at all.

By this time, the feminine-looking young man had arrived at a point ten meters away from Fang Xingjian. The three strongest dragons were by the feminine-looking young man's side, protecting him. He would only need to take just one more step, and he would be entering Fang Xingjian's area of defense.

Right now, Fang Xingjian had also entered the most critical juncture. The essence of the Divine blood in his body had already flowed throughout his body, through his limbs and bones. Streams of violent will continued to affect every single one of his cells, but they were forcefully suppressed by his extremely powerful willpower.

Even under such circumstances, Fang Xingjian continued to sense the battle situation around him. When he saw the several parties engaged in a chaotic battle, he was glad to stay at the side and watch. However, he had not expected that the feminine-looking young man from the Terrene Shrine would manage to suppress everyone single-handedly and then head toward him.

Right now, it was about time for the feminine-looking young man to reach Fang Xingjian.

Thinking of this, Fang Xingjian let out a sigh inwardly. In the end, he still had to use the Heaven's Volition Sword Intent. To use up 10,000 potential points in a single second, even Fang Xingjian would feel great heartache over that.

If it could wait till he had completely suppressed the Divine blood and all parties had already ended up in serious injuries, that would be good. However, reality did not always end up developing in the direction of the best situation.

As Fang Xingjian thought of this, he had already opened his eyes and stood up.

Seeing Fang Xingjian stand up, the feminine-looking young man's brows twitched, and he spoke in surprise, "Oh? Seems like you're still thinking of resisting?" He laughed, "Don't you see the situation around you?"

Yaris controlled a large area of flame clouds to surround over 100 huge dragons. However, although these dragons continued to let out agonized and furious roars, they showed no signs of weakening.

This was especially evident as there were over 20 of them who were continuing to spew out streams of chill to extinguish the flames. They managed to stop Yaris' attacks temporarily. Although they were placed at a disadvantage, they showed no signs of losing. This caused Yaris to feel both anxious and helpless.

After all, out of these dragons, there were several tens of them who were at the second transition level. This was the equivalent of Yaris being surrounded and attacked concurrently by several tens of second transition Knights whose bodies had been strengthened by ten times or more. Yaris was already considered to be quite powerful for him to be capable of remaining undefeated and still have the upper hand.

Seeing that Fang Xingjian had stood up, Yaris immediately sent him a message, "Get out of here quickly! This guy's black magic is too powerful, and we're not his match!"

However, when Yaris saw that Fang Xingjian was not moving, he felt both anxious and furious. He knew that Fang Xingjian's speed was very fast, so he might really be able to escape.

Therefore, he sent out a message once again, "Xingjian, don't go head-on against him. He must be an unrivalled genius the Terrene Shrine has been nurturing for the past ten years or so. You should make your escape back to the Great Western City and get Lord Governor and the others to help.

"If you stay here, I won't be able to leave either. You'll just be a burden."

However, Fang Xingjian continued to remain motionless, looking at the feminine-looking young man with a nonchalant look. "You're from the Terrene Shrine?"

"Mmm." The corner of the feminine-looking young man's lips curled up. "It seems that you're unwilling to take this lying down. Did you think that the branch which you destroyed was our Terrene Shrine's strongest?"

As he spoke, the feminine-looking young man laughed once again, "I know that you're unable to accept this. You think that your aptitude is unrivalled, and that you have extraordinary talent which surpasses others. From back when you were an apprentice till what you've achieved today, you probably haven't met many rivals, right?

"I understand such feelings very well. This is what being a genius feels like.

"However, there's still a difference between geniuses. Back when you were still on the path of a Knight, I had already set my sights on being out of this world. Our outlooks and visions are worlds apart, as different as clouds are from mud."

At the very end, the feminine-looking young man could no longer hold it back anymore and broke out in laughter. Compared to the cruel internal competition of the Terrene Shrine, he preferred to face the genius Knights from the Empire.

Each time he trampled on these so-called geniuses, talents, and prodigies, he saw how they suffered from crushing defeats by his hands. They had been defeated with such great ease despite being so proud of their powers... When he watched them shudder and wallow in desperation, the feminine-looking young man would always feel a strange sense of exhilaration.

Fang Xingjian did not say anything and just put out his right hand. Streams of fog, which were like the brilliant Milky Way, encompassed his arms. The Prodigious Demolition Sword Physique was now activated.

The feminine-looking young man laughed, as if he were looking at a young infant trying to oppose him. He looked at the three huge dragons before him and felt extremely confident.

These three huge dragons could only be summoned by his black magic, Surge of Ten Thousand Dragons, after he had paid an immeasurable price in order to merge them into his own body.

The crystal dragon's body was formed from a unique material. It was snow-white in color and extremely tough. Even a level 29 Conferred Knight, with his ability to destroy physical particles directly, would need to spend over ten minutes in order to slash through its body. The dragon had once received attacks from over 50 streams of level 6 black magic, but it had remained unscathed. It had even helped the Terrene Shrine dig up a huge mountain within half a month in order for them to set up a base. The crystal dragon's greatest defense was its terrifying strength and stamina.

The three-headed dragon on the other side was even more amazing. Each of its three heads could unleash toxins, fog, and lightning respectively. When the toxins were unleashed, they would be able to render a level 25 Conferred Knight with regeneration abilities down into a pool of blood. On the other hand, the fog had a powerful illusionary ability. With it, the three-headed dragon had once managed to easily hypnotize several thousand people in a town and bring them back to the Terrene Shrine's base.

The three-headed dragon's middle head was further able to unleash something similar to a sphere-like lightning bolt. Although it could only unleash one of those each day, it had once exploded a small city up into the heavens, turning it into dust.

As for the golden dragon under the feet of the feminine-looking young man, it was even more powerful. It could conceal its own presence as well as enlarge or shrink its size. When it was of an enlarged size, it could depend on their physical prowess to bring up an entire mountain by itself, and when it was of a shrunken size, it could directly drill its way into a person's brain. In the past, this golden dragon had managed to kill tens of second transition ferocious beasts single-handedly because of its abilities.

In trying to tame this dragon, the feminine-looking young man had sacrificed over 100 dragons.

The army of dragons in his body was the feminine-looking young man's greatest reliance. Be it him or the Terrene Shrine, they had paid a tremendous price in order to increase his abilities, making him what he was today.

Looking at Fang Xingjian's funny-looking movements, the feminine-looking young man smiled and waved his hand. "Only the strong have the right of speech.

"And right now, amongst everyone present, I'm the strongest. Therefore, what I say is the absolute truth.

"Capture him."

At the next moment, aside from the golden dragon which was carrying the feminine-looking young man, the other two dragons each stretched out one of their dragon claws and swung out at Fang Xingjian from his left and right.

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Chapter 398: Slaying Dragons

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The crystal dragon and the three-headed dragon were truly worthy to be called the strongest amongst the many other dragons present. Both of their bodies exceeded 300 meters long and their tall and powerful builds were just like small ridges. The scales covering their entire bodies were like multiple pieces of armor plates on an aircraft carrier, displaying boundless power.

These were the advantages these dragons had. Even if they did not have as many realms which they could attain as humans did, their bodies—comparable to thousands or tens of thousands of human's bodies—were able to unleash terrifying explosive powers. This was the advantage they had in terms of their larger body size.

The two dragon claws slapped down viciously, and even before they had gotten near, strong gales were already gushing toward Fang Xingjian, making his clothes flutter with whistling sounds.

The mere explosion of the physical prowess of these two huge dragons made it enough for them to crush an armored vehicle with the hit of just one claw. It was extremely brutal.

However, faced with the incoming dragon claws, Fang Xingjian turned all his attention to his consciousness.

In the center of his consciousness, the light spot representing the Heaven's Volition Sword Intent instantly exploded, unleashing a myriad of light streams.

The Heaven's Volition Sword Intent had been activated!

Boundless sword intent and information exploded in Fang Xingjian's brain, as if a great cosmic storm was stirring up his brain.

However, right now, Fang Xingjian's ether synchronization rate was already at 78% and the information from the Heaven's Volition Sword Intent was no longer as unbearable as before. Fang Xingjian tried hard to keep his mind clear as he received the information and energy from the Heaven's Volition Sword Intent.

Streams of sword intent burst forth and in that instant, Fang Xingjian's body seemed to have turned into two sword lotuses.

His ether synchronization rate rose straight up to 100% as he seemed to be able to sense the existence of space and the flow of time. However, the thing that struck him with the greatest impact was his control over his own body. At this moment, he felt that he could freely sense any cell in his own body.

He saw the birth and death of countless cells, and he sensed how his body was constantly going through the cycles of life and death.

Deeper below the cells awareness, there were countless physical particles seething, crying out. They had formed the most basic units of a human body and the interior of these particles were circulating in an extremely amazing rhythm. It was as if they were nurturing a brand new world.

1.08 billion particles, each of them a new world of their own.

Each and every particle was interconnected with others by many heavenly thunders and terrestrial magnetism forces which traverse the horizons.

At this moment, Fang Xingjian suddenly experienced a never before known comprehension of his own body, his own cells, the heavenly thunders and terrestrial magnetism forces in his body, of the physical particles in his body, as well as the small worlds in the physical particles which only those who had an ether synchronization rate of 80% would be able to sense.

Feeling that the blood in his body continued to howl and seethe, Fang Xingjian changed his thought and the Heaven's Volition Sword Intent pierced through every single cell of his body.

"Suppress!"

In just an instant, the information in the Divine beast's blood essence was suppressed. The terrifying powers continued to spread out from the blood essence and to integrate into Fang Xingjian's limbs and bones, into the physical particles of his body, ceaselessly increasing the heavenly thunders and terrestrial magnetism forces as well as the strength of the connection between the physical particles.

The toughness of Fang Xingjian's body was increasing at an unbelievable speed. At the same time, on his Stats Window, Fang Xingjian's potential were increasing at hundreds or thousands of points per second, while the powers contained in the blood essence continued to integrate into his cells..

Energy was seething, ether particles were howling.

At the same time, the two dragon claws had slapped down right before Fang Xingjian. As he opened his eyes slightly, the Heaven's Volition Sword Intent gushed forth: eyes' gleam akin to sword light, sword light akin to slashing out.

With two light swooshes, the sword light flashed on the two dragon claws and they were sliced off. Then, the claws were further slashed into several hundred chunks before they flew past Fang Xingjian.

The gleam of blood gushed forth and when an overwhelming amount of blood exploded and threatened to splatter onto Fang Xingjian, the Zenith Light Sword Formation was already circulating, evaporating all the blood.

The two huge dragons stared at their bare arms and then furiously bellowed. However, midway through their bellows, their furious howls turned into terrible cries. The smile on the feminine-looking young man's face froze up.

Boundaries Negation activated.

Prodigious Demolition Sword Physique activated.

Each and every cell in Fang Xingjian's body seemed to be manically trembling as the auras of over 100 specialty seeds surged. Demolition sword light encompassed his arms and whole body.

With a single step forward, violent brute force gathered in Fang Xingjian's body as the Prodigious Demolition Sword Physique wiped out all the air it passed by. Without any warning, Fang Xingjian's fist had smashed on the crystal dragon's chest.

With his fine-tuned control, right down to every single physical particle, the Prodigious Demolition Sword Physique could wipe out the heavenly thunders and terrestrial magnetism forces between physical particles.

When the basic structure of physical substance was destroyed, everything would start to collapse.

Amidst the heaven-and-earth-shattering terrifying cries, Fang Xingjian repetitively launched out punches with his fists. Each fist seemed to be clenching onto the most terrifying powers in the world. Boom boom boom boom! Thunderous sounds rang out, as if a myriad cannons had been fired concurrently.

Fang Xingjian directly tore apart the crystal dragon's chest, dashed into its body, and then tore out the muscles and skin at its thigh, dashing out.

Fang Xingjian's fists had punched a passageway through the crystal dragon's entire body. With an agonizing cry, its immense body crashed down onto the ground, sending blood splattering in all directions, and the earth tremored.

Killing the crystal dragon had taken Fang Xingjian 0.1 seconds. As it was falling, with a flash, Fang Xingjian appeared behind the three-headed dragon without any warning.

The sword force in his body splurted out crazily and Fang Xingjian grabbed on the dragon's necks directly, smashing down on it brutally with a punch. The overwhelming force exploded in the three-headed dragon's body. At the same time, the full prowess of the Prodigious Demolition Sword Physique was unleashed. Fang Xingjian tore off one of the three-headed dragon's necks. Then, stepping on the air, it was as if he sent two thunderbolts smashing out as he became one with the sword, and under the enhancement of the demolition sword light he penetrated through the two other necks of the three-headed dragon.

The pupils of the feminine-looking young man contracted as he broke into a horrified expression. However, when the 0.2 seconds passed, before the young man could react, Fang Xingjian had already reappeared before the golden dragon he was riding.

With the Prodigious Demolition Sword Physique activated, Fang Xingjian had become one with the sword and all the air in his proximity was being wiped out entirely. Thus he got rid of any constraints from air resistance and the prowess of his agility at 288 points was completely unleashed. It was as if he had turned into a stream of light as he penetrated through the golden dragon's chest.

However, Fang Xingjian's legs still had to be in contact with air so that he could stomp on it in order to control his movements.

With another rumbling thunderous sound, Fang Xingjian's stomped down, sending out streams of air currents as he stopped in midair.

As he looked out, the entire world seemed to be motionless.

Under the explosive prowess of the Heaven's Volition Sword Intent, all of Fang Xingjian's abilities seemed to have been unleashed to their limits. He cast a glance over the myriad dragons. There were densely packed light spots on each and every dragon's body. Those were their weaknesses, where their hearts were located.

Right down to every single second and every single inch. Fang Xingjian had never been able to grasp the world so clearly before.

Swoosh!

Within 0.5 seconds, a series of explosive thunderous sounds rang out as countless currents splattered out in all directions. Other than around his legs, Fang Xingjian was no longer restrained by air resistance. In that instant, his speed had reached a terrifying height.

Boundless energy exploded in his body as the Prodigious Demolition Sword Physique was activated. His entire body was like the sharpest divine sword in the world, piercing through the heart of every single dragon within 0.5 seconds.

When the feminine-looking young man retreated a few steps and looked at Fang Xingjian with a gaze of terror, dragon corpses fell down from the skies, their blood painting the horizon. As if it was raining blood. Even the golden dragon the feminine-looking young man was riding was plunging to the ground.

Before the young man could understand what had just happened, Fang Xingjian was already before him once again, pressing down on his chest gently with one hand.

"Puny little summer bug, are you scared?"

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