Chapter 65 : Chapter 65
Chapter 65: Nine Flash Steps of Thunder Shadow Reaches Entering the Divine. Did He Learn Flight Through the Air in the Divine Sea Realm?
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[ Windshadow Step Effect 2: Shadow Shift ]
[ While the afterimages exist, the main body can instantly swap positions with any one of them at any moment. ]
Lu Zhan’s figure was clearly still in front of him, yet his voice came from behind.
“Talisman are indeed useful things, but if they cannot hit anyone, they are nothing more than scraps of paper.”
Gooseflesh rose all over Xu Ji’s body.
Lu Zhan was not dead?!!
How was that possible?!!!
It would have been one thing if Lu Zhan had merely been strong, but why did he have so many methods as well?
No, he had to run.
He crushed a talisman, and his speed surged.
Run?
The corners of Lu Zhan’s lips lifted slightly. “System, help me raise Nine Flash Steps of Thunder Shadow to the Entering the Divine level.”
[ Ding! The Slaughter System is dedicated to serving you wholeheartedly ]
[ Host consumes 1,000 Slaughter Points to deduce — Nine Flash Steps of Thunder Shadow ]
[ Detected: Clearheart Spirit Leaf Tea x3. Martial art comprehension efficiency increased by 50% ]
[ Entering the Unceasing Cultivation State... ]
[ Your Nine Flash Steps of Thunder Shadow has already reached Major Mastery, yet no matter how you cultivate it, you still cannot achieve the nine instant flashes in a single breath described by the martial art. You train over and over, but never grasp the key. ]
[ You begin drinking Clearheart Spirit Leaf Tea. All negative emotions such as irritability and anxiety are swept away, and in an instant your heart becomes still as water, entering a state of lucid calm. ]
[ At the same time, you can feel your spiritual awareness gradually gathering together from its former state of scattered sand. You know that your spiritual awareness has been refined, and beyond that, your soul has also been slightly strengthened. ]
[ Several months later, you seem to understand where your Nine Flash Steps of Thunder Shadow still falls short of Perfection. It is the wind. Every time you use Nine Flash Steps of Thunder Shadow, you encounter resistance from the wind. ]
[ And so, you begin to ponder how to reduce the wind’s obstruction. ]
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[ Continue consuming 1,000 Slaughter Points to deduce ]
[ Several more months pass. You try all kinds of methods. At last, after swallowing the third leaf of Clearheart Spirit Leaf Tea, an idea suddenly strikes you. Why not borrow the wind and turn that obstruction into momentum? ]
[ So you boldly attempt it, but unfortunately, you still fail. Faintly, you sense that Nine Flash Steps of Thunder Shadow seems to possess some kind of limit. ]
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[ Continue consuming 1,000 Slaughter Points to deduce ]
[ You draw experience from every failure. In the end, you consider covering your body with a layer of windproof force. After unremitting attempts, you succeed. ]
[ Congratulations, Host. Nine Flash Steps of Thunder Shadow has reached Perfection ]
[ Do you wish to use the Perfection Martial Art Limit-Breaking Card to raise Nine Flash Steps of Thunder Shadow to Entering the Divine? ]
“Yes!”
Lu Zhan had a vague feeling that Nine Flash Steps of Thunder Shadow at the Entering the Divine level might bring him an unexpected transformation.
The Perfection Martial Art Limit-Breaking Card shattered.
Lu Zhan, who had already comprehended Nine Flash Steps of Thunder Shadow to its absolute limit, suddenly gained a fresh wave of insight.
All kinds of deeper movement art experience poured continuously into his mind.
In the next instant, Lu Zhan’s body floated into the air.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
It was the sound of the wind. He listened to it carefully.
Vaguely, he seemed able to sense the breathing of the wind itself, as though his entire body had merged into it.
So this was flight through the air?
Lu Zhan suddenly opened his eyes. In the Unceasing Cultivation State, month after month had passed, yet in the real world, no more than the blink of an eye had gone by.
Looking at Xu Ji’s panicked back, Lu Zhan revealed a cold smile.
“You caused trouble and now you want to run?”
Hearing the voice behind him, Xu Ji turned his head and nearly broke down.
Flight through the air?!!
What the hell? Lu Zhan had learned even that?!!
Was that remotely reasonable?
That was something only Yuan Gang Realm cultivators could master!
In the next instant, he saw a hand rapidly enlarging in his vision. Then Lu Zhan drove him straight into the ground with a crushing slam, smashing his head heavily into the earth.
Bang!
The ground trembled slightly, kicking up dust everywhere.
An intense dizziness surged through Xu Ji’s brain. His gaze slowly lifted until it met a pair of indifferent eyes.
“With one lousy talisman and that pitiful bit of strength of yours, you still dared come to my territory and cause trouble?”
The strength of a Third Level Divine Sea Realm cultivator was pitiful?
That precious talisman was a lousy talisman?
Xu Ji let out a long breath, as though resigning himself to his fate.
“Lu Zhan, I lost. I accept it. Ever since I first stepped onto this road, I knew a day like this would come!”
His throat shifted, and several poisoned needles were about to shoot out.
But in the next instant, Lu Zhan’s hand clamped down on his entire head and crushed it completely.
At once, blood and brain matter splattered everywhere.
“Such cheap little tricks, and you still dared use them in front of me.”
After doing all this, Lu Zhan’s expression remained perfectly calm.
Then his eyes lifted placidly toward the two figures on the rooftop of a residential building.
[ Decisive and Ruthless Effect 3: Soul-Shaking Killing Intent ]
[ Your killing intent can intimidate enemies and has a chance of causing them to fall into illusions. The weaker the target’s mental fortitude, the lower their resistance, and the longer the hallucination lasts. The more enemies you kill, the stronger your killing intent becomes, and the greater the chance of inducing illusions. ]
Lu Zhan was not sure whether they were friend or foe, so he gave them a warning first.
The rough meaning was simple: this was his territory, and if they wanted to cause trouble, this would be the outcome.
Across from him, Zhang Sheng immediately forced a friendly smile and nodded at Lu Zhan.
The meaning was practically written on his face: Brother, calm down. Don’t attack. I’m one of yours.
At that moment, he was terrified.
He was genuinely afraid that Lu Zhan, drunk on killing, might fly straight up and stab the two of them to death as well.
That would have been an outrageously unjust death.
Seeing that they carried no hostility, Lu Zhan turned and strode away.
Watching his departing back, Chen Kuan, standing beside Zhang Sheng, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
“Damn, Brother Sheng, the Asura Saber is really vicious as hell. The way he looked at me just now nearly scared me to death.”
He had been thoroughly shaken by Lu Zhan’s ruthlessness.
He had heard the name Asura Saber before. Fierce. Online, the rumors had been so extravagant they practically painted the sky with flowers.
But could anything on the internet be trusted?
Now that he had seen it for himself, it turned out the internet really could not be trusted.
Because what they said online was nowhere near fierce enough. What kind of person ripped off someone else’s skull the instant a fight broke out?
Besides, a martial artist’s skull was hard as iron. How could someone crush it with one hand?
Just how terrifying did his physical strength have to be?
Once Zhang Sheng saw Lu Zhan leave, the tension in his heart finally loosened.
Just now, it had seemed to him as though he saw mountains of corpses and seas of blood in Lu Zhan’s eyes. That killing intent had been truly horrifying.
“Brother Sheng, Lu Zhan’s already gone, so why are you still smiling?”
Chen Kuan asked in confusion.
Was Brother Sheng not usually a stern, unsmiling man?
Smack!
Zhang Sheng slapped Chen Kuan on the back of the head.
“You talk too much. Let’s go. Time to report back to the Commandant and hand in the mission.”
“Ah, but Brother Sheng, this mission was to monitor Xu Ji for half a year. We’ve only watched him for a few days. Will the Commandant really settle the mission for us?”
Hearing that, Zhang Sheng frowned slightly.
“He’d better!”
The look on his face was exactly like a wolf guarding its food.
“Xu Ji is already dead now. There’s no way they expect me to keep vigil for that bastard.”
“As for the mission, whether the Commandant likes it or not, he is going to settle it for us. There’s no way we worked these past few days for nothing.”
“And if he refuses, I’ll hang you right at his front gate.”
With that, Zhang Sheng stormed off angrily.
Perhaps it was because Lu Zhan had frightened him just now, but his emotions were somewhat unstable.
Truthfully, when he first accepted this mission, he had been rather dissatisfied.
Why the hell should he?
He was a Divine Sea Realm expert. Why should he have to clean up after a weakling in the Aperture Opening Realm?
But now that he looked at it— damn, what had he actually been doing these past few days?
Had he been protecting Lu Zhan?
No. He had been protecting Xu Ji.
Anyone would have found that maddening.
Chen Kuan was not annoyed in the slightest. Instead, he chased after him with a grin.
“Fine. If the Commandant dares make things difficult for you, Brother Sheng, I’ll hang myself right at his gate and ruin his reputation.”