Chapter 117: The Visionary Eye of the Superhuman Realm, A New Path to Divinity, and Their Discovery

Chapter 117: The Visionary Eye of the Superhuman Realm, A New Path to Divinity, and Their Discovery of the Divine (4K)



With the death of the Sea Bee King, the swarm lost their queen's command and began to frenzy, surging chaotically across the ocean floor.

The erratic movements of over ten thousand Sea Bees created towering waves that crashed against the surface.

"Boom—Crack—"

Xue Jing raised his eyes, his shadow-flames burning in his pupils, maintaining clear vision even underwater.

He could see countless dents and several gaping holes in the underside of the 'Infinite Nova.' The erratic ramming of the Sea Bee swarm caused the ship to shake violently, with new holes appearing from time to time.

Seawater gushed in through the breaches, and the ship was slowly sinking.

However, compared to the relentless attacks before, the Sea Bees, now without their queen's command, mostly scattered and retreated instinctively after colliding with the ship.

"The damage doesn't seem too severe. We should be able to save it," Xue Jing assessed the situation and prepared to surface and board the ship.

Suddenly, hundreds of massive shadows sped toward his position.

"Hmm? These soldier bees…" Xue Jing's eyes narrowed.

With the Sea Bee King dead, he expected the soldier bees to become disoriented like the regular bees, but instead, they seemed to have locked onto him as their target. Was it a vengeance instinct? Xue Jing gripped the Fu Rabbit Blade in his hand.

The soldier bees had distinct features that set them apart from the regular Sea Bees.

Not only were they larger, surpassing the size of adult human males, but their two front legs were also shaped like sharp blades instead of the regular Sea Bees' webbed feet.

Their head hammers were larger and more menacing, and their stinger tails were lined with barbs that could rip flesh and skin.

"Whoosh—"

Underwater, the only sound was the rushing of water as one soldier bee charged at Xue Jing, moving so swiftly that it seemed to be flying rather than swimming.

The high-speed movement lowered the pressure around it, creating countless white bubbles that formed a turbulent white line.

Maintaining his Twin Birth Speed, Xue Jing dodged the bee's thrust and, with a swift stroke of his blade, aimed for the weak joint between its head and chest.

"Gurgle—"

Whether it was due to the underwater resistance or the bee's exceptionally tough exoskeleton, the strike failed to kill it. Instead, the bee was sent flying over a dozen meters, as if struck by a club.

Xue Jing frowned, a thought occurring to him.

"Can't fight underwater… Let's get to the surface."

He had dived to a depth of about sixty meters to slay the Sea Bee King.

Now, as he attempted to surface, the soldier bees seemed intent on stopping him.

Countless massive shadows, trailing white bubbles, charged at him relentlessly.

Xue Jing had no choice but to dodge and block their attacks. Whether intentional or not, the bees always seemed to force him to evade left, right, front, or back, pushing him further away from the surface.

"This isn't going to work…"

Martial artists relied on a combination of Jin power and breathing techniques.

While Xue Jing possessed swimming skills and moved gracefully underwater, his human physiology lacked gills to absorb oxygen, rendering him unable to utilize his Jin power or execute deadly moves.

The reason he could previously unleash the 'Black Heaven Blade: Cyclone Thunder' was that he had hyper-oxygenated his body by inhaling an extraordinary volume of air before diving.

With that strike, his oxygen reserves were now depleted, and at most, he could only muster enough for one more powerful move.

A single deadly move would not be enough to eliminate the hundreds of soldier bees, and he would soon face the challenge of oxygen deprivation.

"Glug, glug—"

Blocking a hammer strike from a soldier bee with his blade, Xue Jing was sent tumbling backward, his mind racing.

"Might as well try…"

He oriented himself, ensuring his head was pointed toward the surface.

Then, bending his legs, he utilized the last of his oxygen, forcing it from his lungs, into his bloodstream, and throughout his body, channeling his Jin power.

Spiral indentations appeared, starting from the roots of his thighs and twisting downward toward his feet.

Like wringing a towel, all the indentation lines converged at the Yongquan acupoint on the soles of his feet, resembling a drill bit.

Xue Jing's legs coiled and then thrust downward with explosive force.

"Boom!"

The water erupted, the sound reverberating even underwater.

Xue Jing's body shot upward like a projectile launched from a pair of powerful springs.

The violent force displaced the water beneath him, creating two vacuum spirals that resembled rocket exhaust.

The speed of this underwater Cyclone Thunder was astonishing, leaving the soldier bees no time to react as he rocketed toward the surface, trailing bubbles in his wake.

"Splash!"

Xue Jing burst out of the water and continued upward for several meters before landing on a stray regular Sea Bee, using it as a stepping stone to leap onto the deck of the cruise ship.

The wine-red suit he wore was already soaked and tattered, so he ripped it off with a sharp tear.

His perfectly sculpted upper body, as if meticulously crafted by the gods themselves, was exposed to the air.

"Pffft, pffft——"

Countless splashes erupted on the ocean's surface as the massive soldier bees leaped out of the water, continuing their assault on Xue Jing on the deck.

On their backs, nearly four-meter-long transparent wings unfurled, buzzing with a deep hum.

These soldier bees could fly.

Xue Jing took a deep breath, and the violent airflow caused the light around him to distort.

As he replenished his oxygen-deprived body, Xue Jing's body trembled, and his Jin power surged, shaking off the water droplets and turning them into mist.

He held the Fu Rabbit Blade diagonally, pointing it at the ground, his silver-white pupils transforming into dragon-like vertical slit pupils.

"Eye Penetrating Flow——"

As he activated his newly realized killer move, Xue Jing's eyes fixed on the approaching soldier bees.

His vision, surpassing that of a human and almost reaching the 'Superhuman Realm', saw through everything about the monsters before him.

With each buzz of their translucent wings and every movement of their front limb-knife structures, everything about them was laid bare to Xue Jing, as if they were on an autopsy table.

In Xue Jing's vision, the soldier bees' bodies were marked with countless 'lines' and 'dots'.

Some lines were thick, others thin; some long, others short; some dim, others bright. As the bees moved, the lines and dots constantly changed.

Xue Jing raised his blade and slashed at one of the lines on the first soldier bee that rushed towards him.

The blade sliced smoothly along the line, as if cutting through cake, and the bee was neatly bisected.

"Eye Penetrating Flow... Did he just see its weak 'vital point'?"

Another soldier bee charged, and Xue Jing thrust his long blade, accurately piercing a 'dot' on its body.

"Zzzz——"

The blade sank into its body, as if striking something vital, and the bee went rigid, ceasing all movement.

Xue Jing flung the corpse off his blade and began to slash and kill the oncoming giant soldier bees.

Each strike wasn't overly forceful, just a regular amount of Jin power accompanying his swordplay.

But as long as he accurately cut the lines or pierced the dots, a soldier bee would meet its end.

Out of the hundreds of fearless soldier bees, each one that came died, and soon their corpses piled up on the deck.

With the death of the Sea Bee King, the swarm had lost its direction, like headless flies, and was now mostly dispersed.

The swaying cruise ship gradually stabilized, but due to the damaged hull, water continued to seep in, and from time to time, the sound of something creaking and breaking could be heard.

"Zzzt, zzzt, zzzt——"

Xue Jing killed the last few soldier bees that rushed at him, and as he relaxed, a wave of dizziness washed over him.

His eyes burned with a scorching pain, and the silver-white slit pupils faded, returning to their normal deep brown color. A deep sense of fatigue engulfed his entire body.

He staggered, steadying himself with the Fu Rabbit Blade on the ground to maintain his balance.

This battle had taken a toll on his body, but the mental exhaustion was even more significant.

Especially when he was on the lookout tower, scanning the sea for the Sea Bee King, his brain had been processing images at an incredible speed, and if it had been a computer, the graphics card's fan would have blown the case apart.

"It's over."

Xue Jing exhaled, propping himself up with the blade, standing still to rest and ease the dizziness.

"Now, it's time for the rewards."

The reason he had fought so desperately was largely due to the potential rewards on the panel.

This time, the rewards must be great! Xue Jing eagerly opened the panel to take a look.

[You have endured an intense battle, stimulating your bodily potential. Fitness Experience +881]



[...] [Nurturing Experience +431]



[...] [Running Experience +267]



[...] [Aiming Experience +338]



[...] [Martial Arts Experience +915]



[...] [Coiling Dragon Jin Experience +813]



[...] [Charm Technique Experience +325]



[...] [Charm Technique Experience +526]



[...] [Charm Technique...]



[Charm Technique upgraded to Lv9 (218/8000)]



The first thing that caught his eye was the experience gained from the previous deadly battle with the male and female giants of the Giant God Legion, interspersed with numerous notifications of Charm Technique experience gains, directly upgrading this skill to Xue Jing's first Lv9 skill.

He clicked his tongue, shook his head, and continued scanning the panel.

[You have endured an intense life-and-death battle, stimulating your bodily potential. Fitness Experience +2187]



[...] [Surviving a disaster has uplifted your mood. Nurturing Experience +1687]



[...] [Running Experience +668]

【... Aiming Experience +1069】

【... Martial Arts Experience +502】

【... Coiling Dragon Jin Experience +1960】

【... Soldier Strike Experience +2388】

【... Observation • True Experience +1726】

【... Swimming Experience +825】

【Fitness upgraded to Lv9 (525/8000)】

【Observation • True upgraded to Lv5 (782/5500)】

【Swimming upgraded to Lv4 (533/1200)】

A massive amount of experience!

As he felt the physical and mental enhancement brought about by the skill upgrades, Xue Jing couldn't help but immerse himself in the tangible sense of becoming stronger, feeling an unparalleled sense of satisfaction.

Battles were exhilarating.

The Observation • True skill, now at Lv5, cooled his spirit with a refreshing sensation, soothing his exhausted and parched consciousness.

Before he could observe how much his abilities had improved, Xue Jing suddenly noticed a small, inconspicuous prompt at the bottom of the panel.

【Kill special creatures with Divinity, Divinity +82】

Hmm? His eyes widened slightly.

Divinity? Divinity!?

After the Godly Relic and Phoenix Yarn, a new path to acquiring Divinity had emerged!

Kill special creatures with Divinity... Which one was it? The Sea Bee King?

"There's only one prompt, so it must be the Sea Bee King," Xue Jing muttered, suppressing his excitement as he fell into deep thought.

"Is the Sea Bee King special, or are 'Boundary creatures' inherently special?"

"If it's the former, then it's barely passable, but if it's the latter..."

Xue Jing's eyes gleamed with anticipation.

"According to the panel's prompt, only the Sea Bee King is considered a 'creature with Divinity,' while the regular Sea Bees and Soldier Bees aren't... It seems that only the Sea Bee King is special."

"But it's also possible that because all the Sea Bees are born from the Queen, they don't possess Divinity..."

"If all 'native' Boundary creatures are considered to have Divinity..."

Xue Jing's excitement grew with each thought.

Suddenly, he felt a surge of anticipation for the upcoming Boundary mission.

"A single Sea Bee King provided over eighty points of Divinity. If I can kill a hundred or so similar creatures in the Boundary, or even just eight or ten, that would still be a huge gain!"

...

In the ship's cabin area, thousands of passengers and crew members huddled together, trembling, awaiting their fate.

This wasn't an ordinary accident like a storm, a shipwreck, or an iceberg collision. It was an attack by the terrifying Boundary creatures.

When faced with a swarm of Sea Bees, escape was impossible. Their only options were to stay on the ship until the cruise liner was completely shattered and capsized by the bees, or hope for the slim chance of a rescue ship arriving.

"Mommy, are we going to die?"

A little girl, cradled in her mother's arms, looked up at her with wide eyes.

"No, God will protect us..."

The mother held her daughter tighter, offering a half-hearted reassurance.

The little girl was confused. She seemed to remember her mother saying that God was dead.

Could a dead God still protect them?

Time seemed to stretch endlessly, and finally, the violent rocking of the cruise ship came to a halt. Just as everyone had given up hope, they slowly began to regain their senses.

"Is... is it over?"

"Are we dead?"

"Did the Sea Bees leave?"

"This ship is so huge; maybe the Sea Bees couldn't do anything to us..."

"It's so quiet outside..."

Murmurs filled the air as the passengers and crew members' voices gradually grew louder.

Some couldn't contain their relief and broke out into cheers.

"Let's go and take a look outside!"

Someone suggested.

A few brave souls responded, and soon, a group of about twenty people cautiously made their way out of the cabin and into the corridor, peering warily toward the deck.

As the first group ventured out, more and more people grew restless and joined the crowd heading out of the cabin rooms.

Everyone wanted to see for themselves and find the answer that would ease their worries.

The deck outside was littered with the broken corpses of amber-colored Sea Bees, their blood staining the ship.

Everyone stared in awe at the scene before them, unsure of what had transpired.

It was only when they reached the main deck and saw the countless giant Soldier Bee corpses scattered around...

And the figure standing at the center, bare-chested, with a blade in each hand, his back as unwavering as a sturdy pine tree...

That they truly understood who had saved them.

"Mommy, is he the God who protected us?"

The little girl's innocent question rang out.

God...

As they gazed at the figure, his back seemed to shimmer with a divine light, even in the dim lighting.

For a moment, they thought they had seen a deity.

...

(End of Chapter)

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