Chapter 276: The Serpent and the Old Days, Aban's Divine Intervention, and Sch Jing's Unscrupulous M

Chapter 276: The Serpent and the Old Days, Aban's Divine Intervention, and Sch Jing's Unscrupulous Martial Arts (4K)



Sch Jing drew his sword while glancing at the woman with goat-like slit pupils beside him.

He recognized her, but she didn't know him.

Sch Jing had seen her before when he stole the Primordial Wind from Xu Corporation's secret laboratory.

"She must have been sent by Xu Mu De... His desire for the Primordial Wind has reached such an extent. It seems that Youqing A Dream's reputation isn't enough."

Sch Jing decided to tease Wu Youqing about this when he returned to Qing City.

"Mr. Sch Jing, do you know me?" The goat-eyed woman suddenly spoke.

Sch Jing's expression remained unchanged as he said, "I've never seen you, but the person beside you looks familiar."

He was referring to the boy beside the goat-eyed woman, who bore a striking resemblance to Xu Mu De.

Even though he had to pretend it was their first meeting, he couldn't ignore the resemblance.

If he did, it might arouse suspicion.

Sch Jing raised his Dawnlight Blade, pointing it at the goat-eyed woman, and said calmly, "Are you sent by Xu Mu De? Do you want the Primordial Wind?"

He followed his previous plan, acting as if he knew nothing, and logically asked the question. However, he didn't expect the woman to admit it.

If she did, it would be like Xu Mu De openly challenging Wu Youqing for the Primordial Wind.

To Sch Jing's surprise, the goat-eyed woman nodded without hesitation.

"Yes, that's right."

"I am Xu Wen Kui, and the person beside me is Xu Mu De's cousin, Xu Mu Chun. We were sent by Xu Mu De to retrieve the Primordial Wind from you."

"If you hand over the Primordial Wind, we will leave immediately and won't harm you."

Her tone was mechanical, devoid of any human emotion.

Xu Mu Chun, standing beside her, was shocked. "Sister Kui, what are you doing?!"

He hadn't expected Xu Wen Kui to openly reveal their intentions. What was she thinking?

Sch Jing narrowed his eyes slightly, "You're being honest... It seems your relationship with Xu Mu De isn't good. He must have miscalculated by sending you here."

The woman's actions likely had a hidden motive.

However, Sch Jing had no interest in the complex relationships within powerful families and didn't bother to understand them.

To him, the situation was simple.

These people had come for him, so he would eliminate them all.

"The Primordial Wind is with me."

"But I won't give it to you, and you won't take me alive."

Sch Jing held his long sword horizontally, pointing it at the people around him. His pupils transformed from deep brown to the silvery white of Divinity.

His spiritual aura expanded, and black lightning patterns radiated from him, appearing and disappearing like the void was being torn apart.

The air trembled with a buzzing sound, and within an instant, nearly a hundred people around him were knocked unconscious.

The Dragon Sect Leader, with his serpent-like appearance, paled.

"Miss Xu, attack!"

His voice, already raspy and unpleasant, became even more grating.

Instantly, Xu Wen Kui's eyes glowed with radiant blue patterns, and her slit pupils fixed on Sch Jing.

In that moment, Sch Jing's entire body froze, as if time had been paused.

It was an absolute stillness, where even the slightest movement was impossible. His breathing, blood flow, hair in the wind, and heartbeat...

Every particle that made up 'Sch Jing' was immobilized, and even his ability to think was taken away.

The Tranquil Abyss Eye.

Two years ago, a group of Boundary Hunters raised by Xu Corporation discovered an unknown ancient god temple in a Boundary.

After researching the temple, Xu Corporation confirmed that the ancient god was the 'God of the Ancients'.

What is the 'God of the Ancients'?

According to academia, after the 'Serpent', come the 'True Gods', and before the 'Serpent' are the 'Ancients'!

The 'Serpent' is the origin of all order, and from its appearance, everything in the world gained meaning and emerged from chaos.

The 'Ancients' are ancient beings, symbols of chaos and ignorance, unlike the 'True Gods'. They represent no meaning, hold no authority, and possess only raw, terrifying power without reason or pattern!

This ancient god, named 'Silent Nest' by humans, is one of them.

After encountering the Silent Nest, Xu Corporation, through prolonged experiments, finally succeeded in bestowing the Silent Nest's blessing upon an experimental subject, receiving its response.

And the 'Holy Mark' that the experimental subject received after the successful bestowal was this pair of Tranquil Abyss Eyes.

The Xu Corporation's scientists extracted these eyes and attempted to combine them with other special materials, processing them into a unique 'Divine Xenograft' and implanting it into Xu Wen Kui's body.

This special xenograft also possessed a formidable ability.

It could forcefully trap whatever it gazed upon in a state of 'Tranquility', rendering it completely immobile.

This was a power that could interfere with the fundamental rules of the mortal realm; no matter how powerful the object of its gaze, it would be affected.

In theory, she could even gaze upon the planet beneath her feet and cause it to cease its rotation and revolution.

However, as the medium for this ability, Xu Wen Kui's physical body and mental consciousness were far too weak compared to the Tranquil Abyss Eyes.

Consequently, the more intense the motion of the object she gazed upon, the shorter the duration of the tranquil state.

If she were to use this ability on the planet beneath her feet, it would indeed fall into tranquility, stopping its rotation and revolution for a moment... a time unit barely longer than a Planck time, after which Xu Wen Kui would immediately collapse from the overwhelming burden, her consciousness shattering.

But at this moment, the object of her gaze was not a majestic celestial body but merely a human, an underage human! She had also taken the suggestion of the Dragon Sect Supreme Leader and gone several hours without using suppressants, causing her physical alienation to skyrocket and her compatibility with these eyes to increase, allowing her to unleash their full potential.

Even if this youth was incredibly powerful and exaggerated, she should at least be able to freeze him for ten or twenty seconds, right?

All that was needed was for everyone to launch a joint attack, and then, just before the attack reached the youth, she would release her ability, and this youth would die on the spot, or at the very least, suffer a severe injury that would render him immobile for a time—

That was how it was supposed to be.

[Detecting Divinity, absorbing...]



[Divinity absorption complete]



"Hmm?"

In less than a second of stillness, Sch Jing regained his ability to think and immediately noticed that the positions of everyone around him had abruptly changed in an extremely unnatural way, with many people now extremely close to him.

His mind worked swiftly, and having read many works with wild ideas, he immediately realized that this might be a power similar to 'Time Deletion'.

Judging from the fact that only the people around him had moved while he remained still, it seemed that only he had been affected by the 'time deletion'.

The sudden appearance of a prompt on the panel and the addition of 23 points of divinity left him slightly bewildered, but a guess began to form in his mind.

However, there was no time to verify it. He immediately channeled his power and swung the Dawnlight in his hand.

"Swoosh—!"

A massive, pure white blade glow slashed out, instantly cutting more than ten people in half at the waist, their blood and internal organs splattering into the air, creating a bloody rain of flesh and gore, accompanied by incessant, piercing screams.

With his current strength, each swing of his blade was a devastating attack. The numerical advantage of his opponents was as laughable as an army of ants charging an elephant.

Xu Wen Kui's face changed dramatically. "What's going on?!"

The mental backlash she experienced was not from being forcibly broken out of the tranquil state by a powerful force; it was more like... the feeling of a phone call being abruptly cut off, her ability suddenly interrupted and disconnected.

"Miss Xu?!"

The Dragon Sect Supreme Leader's eyes narrowed in confusion.

Xu Wen Kui ignored him and instead focused her gaze on Sch Jing, attempting to activate the Tranquil Abyss Eyes once more.

However, the result was the same as before. In less than a second, Sch Jing broke free from the tranquil state, reacting swiftly and slashing out with two more blade strikes, killing dozens more.

Amidst the bloody chaos, illuminated by the sunlight, Sch Jing's silver-white pupils were the only part of his body exposed. As he noticed the sudden increase of over 20 points of divinity on the panel, a realization dawned on him.

This must be a special attack containing divinity, and it had been perfectly countered by Ah Ban!

Ah Ban... had manifested!

This was too dedicated; not only did it provide skills, but it was also a skill itself?

"It's not working... The Tranquil Abyss Eyes have no effect on him."

Xu Wen Kui spoke rapidly.

"Switch to Combat Mode B!"

The Dragon Sect Supreme Leader nodded solemnly.

He extended his hands, aiming them directly at Sch Jing.

Then, from the wide sleeves on both sides of his body, dozens of snakes of various shapes and sizes suddenly burst out.

The colossal serpent stretched longer and thicker with each passing moment, transforming into a water-bucket-thick snake that was tens of meters long in the blink of an eye. It opened its mouth wide, aiming for Sch Jing.

Sch Jing remained unfazed, hovering in midair with an indifferent gaze fixed on the approaching serpent. He merely extended his left index finger and pointed.

Six meters in front of him, a rift opened in the void, and dozens of thick, black roots emerged, colliding with the oncoming serpent.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom—"

Wood chips flew, snake blood splattered, and countless scales shot out in all directions.

"What ability is this!?"

Xu Mu Chun's eyes widened in astonishment.

Amidst the chaos, an ancient, worn-out giant sword flew out from the invisible rift.

Sch Jing extended his hand, forming a sword finger and pointing it at Xu Wen Kui.

The Sword of Oblivion accelerated, emitting a thunderous roar akin to a sonic boom, and shot towards her at an incredible speed.

"No way!"

Xu Mu Chun quickly stepped forward, spreading his arms to block the giant sword, protecting Xu Wen Kui.

Sch Jing's expression remained nonchalant. Just as the Sword of Oblivion was about to collide with Xu Mu Chun, he twitched his sword finger, and the sword, defying its cumbersome appearance, nimbly curved around him and continued its path towards Xu Wen Kui.

"What!?"

The tip of the sword viciously pierced Xu Wen Kui's neck. With a mass of over two thousand kilograms and a speed approaching the speed of sound, the terrifying kinetic energy should have smashed her like tofu.

However, upon impact, the Sword of Oblivion was deflected as if it had struck an indestructible, immensely heavy divine iron. It was sent flying over a hundred meters away.

"Hmm?"

Sch Jing's eyebrows rose.

In that instant, he witnessed it clearly... Just before the Sword of Oblivion hit Xu Wen Kui, her entire body abruptly froze, not even trembling a millimeter.

When the sword struck her, she didn't flinch either, and she effortlessly deflected the sword... This was physically impossible.

Even if it were a mountain compressed into human form standing there, the Sword of Oblivion hitting it should have produced some sound.

'Self-Time Stop? Invincibility?'

Sch Jing was about to approach and test the situation himself when six figures in black cloaks simultaneously attacked him from all sides.

Unconcerned, he waved his Dawnlight Blade, intending to slay them all at once.

However, as the blade struck the first figure, an immense counterforce pushed the blade away.

The figure remained unharmed, not even a tear in his clothes.

"So that's how it is... A troublesome ability."

Sch Jing frowned slightly, facing the onslaught of the six figures. He blocked and slashed with his long sword, but each time he struck one of them, he was deflected as if they all had activated invincibility.

He realized that Xu Wen Kui's eyes possessed a power akin to 'Time Stop,' capable of freezing the physical movements of a target by staring at them.

Objects in a state of stasis remain absolutely unchanged, akin to the eternal durability of an Unworn Blade, immune to external interference, essentially rendering them invincible. Consequently, any level of attack would be futile.

As a result, six opponents, who would have been easily dispatched with a single blow from Sch Jing, managed to hold their own against him due to their invincible bodies, creating a seemingly evenly matched battle.

"Then, how about this?"

Sch Jing snapped his fingers after some thought.

Black airflow gathered in the air, transforming into a shadow flame that expanded into a wide, black wall, blocking Xu Wen Kui's line of sight.

Xu Wen Kui's eyes flickered slightly.

"Very clever... But it's useless."

As his long sword was deflected again, Sch Jing realized that the eyes' field of vision was likely extraordinary, either possessing an impenetrable x-ray vision or a god-like panoramic view akin to 'God's Eye View.'

Given that her ability could also affect herself, it was likely closer to the latter.

"In that case, don't blame me for disregarding martial ethics."

Sch Jing tossed aside his Dawnlight Blade, opting for hand-to-hand combat.

He threw a punch towards one of the figures. Just before impact, his eyes flashed, and he saw the figure's body enter a state of stasis. Sch Jing immediately opened his fist, placing his palm on the figure's shoulder.

[Divinity detected, absorbing...]



[Divinity absorption complete]



Sch Jing smiled at the stunned figure who had just escaped the stasis.

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(I wanted to finish this part, but I'm feeling dizzy and must sleep... Apologies...)



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