Chapter 264: The BUG Usage of the Non-Existent Beast, Terrifying Divinity Harvest, and the Demon Eye

Chapter 264: The BUG Usage of the Non-Existent Beast, Terrifying Divinity Harvest, and the Demon Eye (Two-in-One)



【Teaching】 This skill was activated when he first instructed his junior disciple, Zong Shi Chan.

Its effect is to enhance his teaching quality and enable 【Review and Learn】. While instructing others, he also gains relevant skill experience.

It's quite efficient for grinding experience, even if there's a slight chance of wasting it on incompetent disciples.

However, with most of his key skills already at Lv10, and with the upgrade condition shifting from experience to divinity, 【Teaching】 was set aside without much thought.

"If there was something just now that seemed related to 'Teaching Ascension' then only Senior Wu Xuanzhu's 'Divine Will' met the ascension condition."

Sch Jing pondered.

Perhaps, after the teaching ascension, he could obtain an extraordinary skill related to "Extreme Mastery". Directly imparting his knowledge to others without the need for specific instruction.

Interesting.

In any case, the thousand points of divinity required for ascension wasn't a significant amount for Sch Jing, so he decided to grind and level up 【Teaching】 to Lv10 to see what would happen.

Sch Jing held Cat Cat's buttocks with one hand and stood up, asking:

"Miss Wan, when did you arrive, and did you see an old man?"

Cat Cat spoke in her youthful girl's voice:

"When I heard the commotion earlier, I thought it was you in trouble again, so I came to check. But on the way, I was stopped by people from the Zhi Ge Base, who said this place was dangerous and I couldn't get close. So, I waited outside for a while."

As one of the few who knew how strong Sch Jing's survival skills were, she wasn't overly concerned about his safety and thus wasn't in a hurry.

"By the time Zhi Ge said it was safe to approach, you were the only one sitting here."

Sch Jing thought to himself. After transmitting his skills, Wu Xuanzhu didn't wait for others to practice and left. He's really putting on an act as a master.

Although, he didn't really need to pretend, as he was indeed a master.

"Wan Yulu..."

Sch Jing had previously promised his master, Li Qi, to help him, his senior brother, and Meng Shijie avenge the past. Even if they couldn't find the specific enemy, as long as there were suspects, he would take them all down.

Wan Yulu, who had crippled Li Qi and directly triggered the past incident, causing Meng Shijie's mother's life to remain unknown, was naturally on the list of revenge targets.

Although Li Qi himself had some issues... he had made too many enemies with his arrogance.

"The Unconsecrated Eternity True Dragon..."

Sch Jing's eyes showed contemplation.

Wan Yulu was a formidable figure, even the Gun Saint Wu Xuanzhu didn't dare to claim victory over him easily. He was one of the seven people whom the Gun Saint described as 'defying common sense, explainable only by the word genius'.

Sch Jing himself was one of these seven, and Wan Yulu was considered on par with him in Wu Xuanzhu's eyes.

"What, he's ascended too?"

Sch Jing shook his head.

Winning the title at the age of thirty-three and demonstrating dominant combat power in the title battles for the following two years clearly indicated he had reached the 'Eternal' level.

Even Sch Jing, who was relatively uninformed about the old martial arts circle, understood how astonishing this data was. Even without ascending, Wan Yulu was almost as good as those who had.

According to Wu Xuanzhu, Wan Yulu's combat power was no less than his, and at most, he would be slightly weaker. Their battle would be an evenly matched contest.

As for Wu Xuanzhu... Sch Jing felt that he was indeed no match for him at present, and the gap might be significant.

Although he had only briefly exchanged moves with Wu Xuanzhu earlier, he hadn't tested much of his skills.

However, martial artists could often gauge each other's level with just a brief touch.

In Sch Jing's perception, Wu Xuanzhu was like an unfathomable abyss, terrifyingly deep. In terms of martial prowess alone, Wu Xuanzhu was at least a hundred times stronger, and there seemed to be no limit to his power.

Even if Sch Jing utilized various divinity skills and extraordinary skills, maximizing his combat power with the 'first-encounter kill' effect of divinity skills, he still didn't feel optimistic about facing Wu Xuanzhu.

He trusted his instincts, and if his gut feeling said he couldn't win, then he most likely couldn't.

If he couldn't beat Wu Xuanzhu, then Wan Yulu wasn't a promising prospect either.

It seemed this grudge would have to be settled in the future.

"A heavy responsibility... my current strength is insufficient."

"Let's get fired up! Time to practice!"

...

After returning to the villa with Cat Cat, it was already dinnertime.

Ever since rescuing the little maid Yun Qin, Sch Jing had stopped cooking himself.

Cat Cat was somewhat dissatisfied with this, but even without Sch Jing's cooking, which had broken the 100-point limit, and could make even instant noodles taste extraordinary, the little maid's routine performance of 90 to 100 points was still quite impressive. Cat Cat didn't complain.

After the three of them finished dinner, Ning Yuan Tai came to inquire about the details of the recent incident.

After listening to Sch Jing's account, Ning Yuan Tai sighed, expressing admiration for the Gun Saint's grand demeanor, which was in stark contrast to Golden Fist Zhou.

For the next two days, Sch Jing immersed himself in martial arts training.

In addition to the routine heavy training of the Dragon Concealment Stream and the Yellow Mother Art, he focused most of his energy on mastering the Great Ascension Flying Saber and the Emissary of Reversed Scales.

In the realm of Great Ascension Flying Saber, this extraordinary technique truly had its merits. Although Sch Jing quickly grasped the fundamentals through the True Martial technique, even with his martial talent surpassing the limits of humanity, cultivating it proved to be exceptionally challenging.

Up to this point, he had only reached the initial stage of the first level, 'Technique Carrier'.

At this stage, he could project his martial killing moves onto the flying saber from a distance.

This was akin to a 'translation' process.

The flying sabers 'Transcended' by Sch Jing, though extensions of his body and freely controllable, were not human bodies. They lacked the muscles, organs, and tissues that allowed for the execution of martial killing moves through the exertion of muscular strength.

The essence of the Great Ascension Flying Saber technique was to translate the 'Chinese' of bodily exertion into 'English' that the flying saber could understand and utilize. This way, when his strength was transmitted to the saber, it wouldn't be wasted, and the saber could wield that strength to execute killing moves.

This was an incredibly frightening ability, for the human body was singular. Even with Sch Jing's ability to create Qi clones, he could only divide himself into two or three at most.

However, the Transcending skill had no upper limit to the number of 'Transcended' objects one could control, as long as they could bear the cost and maintain control.

In theory, he could even control thousands upon thousands of flying sabers simultaneously.

And if thousands of flying sabers could each execute killing moves, perhaps even different ones...

Even without thousands, just a dozen or so would suffice. One with Cyclonic Thunder, another with Star-Shaking Fire, and a third with Flame Chain, while several others simultaneously attacked from various directions with Seamless Heaven...

The mere ability of flying sabers to execute killing moves was already terrifying, and with each saber having a unique attack, every one of them would require the opponent to employ different countermeasures, leaving them utterly defenseless.

Additionally, the Army Lord's ability to wield any weapon, including a stone, further enhanced his capabilities.

This meant that the 'Technique Carrier' aspect of the Great Ascension Flying Saber, which was initially limited to flying sabers, could now be applied to a stone as well.

Furthermore, due to the Army Lord's ability, the stone, when treated as a flying saber, could be used to execute the Seamless Heaven gun technique.

Although it was just a stone, being able to use it as a flying saber made sense, right?

And even though it was being used as a flying saber, employing a gun technique with it also seemed reasonable.

As Sch Jing acquired more skills and martial arts, a fascinating chemical reaction began to take place.

Different skills and martial arts, when combined, produced effects greater than the simple sum of their parts.

However, the major drawback was that the Great Ascension Flying Saber was incredibly challenging to cultivate.

Exerting strength through a flying saber was inherently more difficult than through the human body.

Moreover, for Sch Jing to execute killing moves with the flying saber, he had to transmit his strength to it.

Currently, his strength output wasn't sufficient, and he could only transmit power to up to three flying sabers simultaneously.

Combined with the difficulty of control, Sch Jing could only manage to have two 'Transcended' objects execute killing moves at the same time.

This was far from his vision of controlling thousands upon thousands of sabers, blocking out the sky and the sun.

Nevertheless, that was a future goal, and even if he couldn't achieve it now, he was confident he would one day succeed.

Even at present, it was already incredibly useful.

Being able to control one or two flying sabers from dozens of miles away to execute martial arts and kill enemies was an unbeatable advantage in itself.

Regarding the Divine Technique - General God Slash, since the day before yesterday, when Sch Jing successfully used the Yellow Mother Art to stimulate his liver and influence his emotions, entering the Ultimate Rage State and executing the Divine General's Slash, he had discovered a problem.

Firstly, he couldn't enter the 'Divine General's Slash' state instantly... Currently, stimulating his liver to influence his emotions required a build-up, taking approximately two minutes.

Additionally, his Tranquil Energy cultivation was insufficient, and after executing the Divine General's Slash, he couldn't control the surge of Vital Energy, leading to a significant loss of rationality, leaving him with only a sliver of thinking ability.

This was a critical flaw for Sch Jing, who possessed numerous skills that required calm and rational application.

However... the power of the Divine General's Slash was simply too alluring.

Aside from the high consumption, it was a nearly side-effect-free burst of power on the battlefield, instantly increasing his physical output by threefold or more.

And with his Twin Souls, this threefold increase was even more significant.

As a result, Sch Jing was highly motivated to master the Divine General's Slash, hoping to thoroughly grasp this powerful technique as soon as possible. Every day, he would spend a considerable amount of time stimulating his anger and then using his mental willpower to tame this emotion.

This also led to a minor side effect... his temper became slightly more irritable than usual.

Although the change was minor, he could easily control this temper.

However, at his level of martial cultivation, his spiritual aura was vastly different from ordinary people. Even if his words and expressions were the same as usual, the subtle aura of terror emanating from him made those around him feel a sense of trepidation.

Catcat was fine, only reducing the frequency of sleeping on his body. The little maid, Yun Qin, now trembled slightly when she saw him.

Ning Yuan Tai also sensed something amiss and dared not come over to mooch meals these past two days, fearing he might bring bad luck upon himself.

Time slowly passed.

On the fourth day after the U19 quarterfinals, at 1 a.m., Sch Jing opened his eyes, his expression clear, and his pupils faintly glowing with divine light in the dim room.

He picked up Catcat, who was lying on his chest and snoring softly, and placed her to the side before sitting up and getting out of bed. He looked out the window.

After half a day of meditation to calm his mind, he had washed away the restlessness caused by cultivating Reversed Scales, and his entire being had returned to tranquility.

Now, it was time to get down to business.

Sch Jing extended his palm, and a small black flame gathered at his fingertips. He flicked it out the window, landing in a blind spot for surveillance dozens of meters away.

Then, a shadow leaped and disappeared within the room.

Soon, after a series of familiar and effortless maneuvers, Sch Jing silently left the Zhi Ge Base.

In an alley without surveillance cameras, Sch Jing stood in the shadows, his mind stirring.

Countless black cyclones surrounded him, transforming into the Shadow Flame Chain Armor, as deep and mysterious as a black hole.

Having reached Level 10, the Shadow Flame had become even darker.

Then, Sch Jing cast Soul Flight on himself.

Silently, he rose into the air, using the cover of night to fly into the sky.

He continued to ascend, increasing his speed without making loud noises, and soon reached the pale blue light membrane enveloping the entire Yuan City.

Just like the last time, Sch Jing flicked out a black flame and used Shadow Leap to bypass the light membrane.

Then, he soared upwards, flying towards the Skyreach Center at a speed close to 450 kilometers per hour.

...

Compared to the previous time, Sch Jing was even faster this time, reaching the Skyreach Center in just one and a half hours.

Taking advantage of the night's cover, and with the Shadow Flame Chain Armor's non-reflective, pitch-black appearance, he didn't slowly infiltrate from below and climb upwards like before. Instead, he directly bypassed the flying vehicles and landed on a wall near the 1002nd floor.

Then, using Shadow Transformation, he infiltrated the shadows and reached the entrance of Xu Corporation. He slipped through the cracks and entered.

With his previous experience, he effortlessly made his way upwards. During the ascent, he even found a secluded and unoccupied area, where he used Word Soul to summon the Non-Existent Beast ahead of time. Without any pressure, he reached the 1052nd floor, the Divine Relic Containment Area of Xu Corporation, which he had been longing for day and night.

"Hmm?"

Sch Jing, hiding in the shadows, peered out from the corner of the room.

Unlike his previous visit, when the containment area was empty, this time the corridors were filled with personnel in work uniforms on patrol.

As Sch Jing had expected, after having a few holes drilled, even though nothing was stolen, Xu Corporation had become more vigilant and strengthened their security.

"A futile effort..."

For Sch Jing at this moment, if he really wanted to steal something, even with the increased security, it wouldn't be much of an obstacle.

Within the six-meter range of the Non-Existent Beast, he could silently swallow the divine relics inside the rooms through the walls without making a sound.

However, if the divine relics disappeared, it would definitely trigger an alarm, alerting the others. Therefore, he couldn't use this method and had to rely on stealth.

After some thought, Sch Jing moved in the shadows and arrived at a room he hadn't visited before.

This time, with people constantly watching, he couldn't use the Shadow Flame to quietly drill holes through the walls.

But... he already had a trick up his sleeve, a bug-exploiting method to pass through walls.

This was also part of his preparation for infiltrating the fully enclosed 1097 and 1098 areas.

Silently, a black flame formed in the shadows.

Then... the black flame suddenly disappeared.

It was devoured by the void, vanishing from top to bottom, like words erased by a rubber eraser.

The Non-Existent Beast, having ingested the black flame, could not be stopped by any means, as it was invisible. It directly crossed the wall and, in a corner of the room, spat out the swallowed black flame.

Then... Shadow Leap.

Sch Jing successfully passed through the wall and entered the enclosed room containing the divine relics.

The Non-Existent Beast, equivalent to non-existence, could not be stopped by any worldly force, but it existed in conjunction with Sch Jing. Therefore, after swallowing Sch Jing, it couldn't move.

The Shadow Flame's Shadow Leap ability, while capable of space-like teleportation, required a black flame as an anchor point...

When combined, the strengths of the two eliminated their weaknesses, and Sch Jing gained the ability to teleport within a six-meter range without an anchor point! What could stop him from getting into the rice jar now?

"The rice is mine, and not even Jesus can stop me!"

Sch Jing reached out from the shadows and touched the divine relic, which resembled a canned milk bottle.

[Divine substance detected, absorbing divinity...]



After a little over two minutes.

Sch Jing looked at the prompt [Divinity Absorption Complete] and his increased divinity by 498 points. He silently flicked out another black flame.

The Non-Existent Beast swallowed it, passed through the wall, and spat it out in the corridor.

Sch Jing leaped out of the shadows and continued on to the next room, remaining hidden.

Throughout the process, nothing was altered, and even if Conan were to investigate, he would find nothing amiss.

One hour passed.

In the 1052nd floor, the remaining thirteen Divine Relics that he hadn't touched before were thoroughly examined by him.

With that, the rice in Xu Corporation's rice jar was completely devoured by him.

After silently leaving the shelter, Sch Jing opened the panel and took a look.

【Divinity: 7698】

A total of over six thousand six hundred points of divinity gained! It was almost like getting it for free!

"It's so fragrant, truly irresistible."

Sch Jing chuckled in the shadows, shaking his head with satisfaction.

The divinity gained without a fight was much more satisfying than the hard-earned gains from battles.

"The 'Twin Souls' of 【Twin Souls】 should also be upgraded. The intensity of my recent training has been increasing, and even twenty times gravity is no longer sufficient. 【Dragon Horn】 needs.. I'll leave two thousand for the upgrades of the unknown time when 【Fitness】 can be upgraded..."

As he ascended to the upper floors, Sch Jing was calculating in his mind how to allocate the divinity.

He couldn't help but scratch his head as he thought about it. Recently, there were more and more places to use divinity, and even a large harvest of several thousand was not enough...

An hour later.

On the 1096th floor of the Skyreach Center, in a deserted corridor, a shadow was moving back and forth on the ceiling.

"This should be good enough," Sch Jing thought to himself.

The farthest distance between him and the Non-Existent Beast was six meters.

This distance should be sufficient to pass through a ceiling layer.

However, to be cautious, Sch Jing wandered around on this floor, searching for the highest point where the ceiling was closest to the 1097th floor, minimizing the chances of any mishaps.

He silently condensed a black flame and had the Non-Existent Beast swallow it. Then, he had the beast leap over the six-meter-high ceiling and spit out the black flame on the other side.

Since it was out of his line of sight, Sch Jing wasn't sure about the exact location of the black flame.

He could only vaguely sense that the black flame hadn't come into contact with any solid objects like walls or pillars.

This was enough.

Sch Jing was certain and used Shadow Jump to reach the 1097th floor, emerging from the black flame.

Upon arrival, he didn't immediately check his surroundings. Instead, he cautiously allowed the Non-Existent Beast to swallow him, instantly erasing his presence from the world.

...

1097th floor, inside a laboratory. A short-haired woman in a dark blue baseball uniform suddenly opened her eyes.

Her eyes were peculiar, with pupils shaped like horizontal bars, resembling a goat's eyes. The whites of her eyes had radiating blue patterns that flickered with a faint light.

"Sister Kui, what's wrong?"

Beside the woman, a boy who bore a striking resemblance to Xu Mu De asked with concern.

The woman with the goat-like eyes remained silent for a moment, shaking her head. "It's nothing. Probably just another hallucination."

The boy worriedly said, "Last time we checked, your mutation rate was nearly 50%. You've also been having frequent hallucinations recently... Why not remove those eyes? The burden is too heavy."

"But a mutation rate above 50% means getting the mutation disease..."

The woman named Sister Kui shook her head. "It's fine. Bring me the suppressant, and I'll take another shot."

The boy frowned. "You've already taken six shots in three hours. That's way beyond the specified limit, and you say it's fine?"

"Those are the devil's eyes... That bastard Xu Mu De actually made you..."

Sister Kui's expression remained unmoved. "This is the decision from above. Among those worthy of trust, only I have the bare minimum compatibility to wear these eyes... It's unavoidable. Don't bring it up again; just bring it here."

The boy sighed and walked to a nearby table, opening a box and taking out a milky white syringe.

"There are still many in the direct line with higher compatibility than you..."

Sister Kui reached out and took the syringe, saying indifferently, "The direct line won't install xenografts... That's the rule."

The boy complained, "What rule? It's just fear of death! I've seen countless times that the direct line members have xenografts installed, especially those related to that thing. The Sky Pillar K9 is so expensive; you know where the sales come from..."

"Ssssss—"

The sound of the syringe injecting into her arm filled the air, and the radiating blue patterns in Sister Kui's devilish eyes gradually faded.

For some reason, her expression seemed more lively than before, and she glared at the boy.

"Don't tell me these things; I don't understand them!"

...

1097th floor, in a dark corner.

In the void, a tiny crack slowly opened, revealing a pair of sharp, silver-white eyes that scanned the surroundings.

Sch Jing hid within the Non-Existent Beast for over ten minutes before cautiously revealing himself.

He surveyed the environment and, finding nothing amiss, transformed into a shadow and emerged from the invisible crack.

...

(Please don't scold me... I wanted to write two chapters and release them together, so the average subscription data would look better... But the writing is taking longer than I expected...)

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