Chapter 745: Centipede, Snake, Skunk, and Bear [Part 2]

Chapter 745: Centipede, Snake, Skunk, and Bear [Part 2]



Upon Fang Che's furious roar, the Wind Clan's disciples, including Wolf Fang, fearlessly charged forward.

The battle commenced without hesitation!

Their strength was already superior to those before them, and these newcomers had yet to adapt to the cruel combat within.

Moreover, Fang Che's six hundred flying blades covered the area, causing heavy casualties.

In an instant, they charged into the chaotic and brutal battlefield, slaughtering their enemies without mercy!

Heaven-Hating Thirteen Movements instantly turned Bi Fangzheng, the newly arrived reinforcement deputy commander, into a bloodied gourd.

However, the opponent was a Fifth Rank Holy King, and he could withstand the attack.

Bi Fangzheng screamed in agony, desperately trying to block and escape, yet he didn't die immediately.

He was already terrified, having just entered without understanding the situation, only to encounter such a brutal annihilation battle.

In his wildest dreams, he never imagined the enemy to be so ruthless, directly initiating the massacre without a word!

Could these still be considered humans... Weren't the rumors that the secret realm was evenly matched? Weren't reinforcements supposed to temporarily gain the upper hand?

It was completely different from what was rumored...

Bi Fangzheng couldn't think any further, his thoughts coming to an abrupt halt.

Because, in the chaotic battlefield, a faint light suddenly illuminated the sky.

A flying blade, moving faster than the streamlight, flashed by.

It then appeared at Bi Fangzheng's Heavenly Spirit Point.

A faint, clear light flashed.

Bi Fangzheng let out a cry, his entire body frozen in place, covered in blood.

Immediately after, a 'puh' sound echoed as his head exploded like a smashed watermelon!

Amidst the splattering blood and brain matter, a small, exquisite flying blade flew up on its own, returning to Fang Che, who had just killed three demon disciples with a single blade.

It seemed no different from the other flying blades, but this one returned automatically.

Shadow Spirit!

Fang Che finally summoned the Shadow Spirit, using the Deathbound Blade Technique to kill Bi Fangzheng with a single blade.

The Shadow Lord's Kill Aura filled the air, his blade dancing like a raging dragon, emitting a bright light as he circled the battlefield, slaying over ten severely wounded demon disciples who were still desperately fighting with a single blade each!

Fang Che's body soared into the air, like a flying dragon, circling once before swiftly descending, his hands continuously drawing back.

Five hundred and ninety-eight flying blades rose like fireflies, shimmering with crimson cold light, returning to Fang Che like weary birds to their nests, forming streams of light from all directions as if countless meteors surrounded him.

It was a magnificent sight.

Then, one by one, the blades seemed to have gained their own consciousness, returning to Fang Che's hands.

A crisp, faint clinking sound echoed.

Finally, the thirteen blades that returned last produced a light chime as they reunited with Fang Che.

The blade's light flickered, leaping and flashing.

It seemed to proclaim to the world: I, the flying blade of death, have returned!

It also seemed to bid farewell to its previous master.

Rest assured, we will continue to shine with your brilliance in this world!

The new master is good, just like you.

Fang Che's body exuded killing intent, and he exhaled slowly.

He awakened from the Deathbound Blade Technique and the Heavenless Blade Demon's Enlightenment Realm.

His qingyi fluttering, his sleeves dancing, and drops of blood falling from his body.

All of it was the blood of his enemies.

His body descended from the air, gently floating.

His eyes, filled with killing intent, swept across the battlefield.

Limbs and heads lay scattered, and the four hundred reinforcements from the Only Righteous Sect, who had just arrived, lay dead, not a single one spared!

Including their leader, Bi Fangzheng, none survived.

Numerous intact heads still showed extreme shock and despair, their faces frozen in fear.

The Wind Clan disciples stood in perfect formation, their blades sheathed, emitting a cold light with a hint of blood.

Looking at their captain, they seemed to be gazing upon a heavenly deity!

This impact was even greater than the previous one!

Only after engaging in battle did they realize that almost none of the enemy had flying blades embedded in them.

Most of them had blades piercing their vital points—throat, dantian, solar plexus, heart, and heavenly spirit point...

This battle was won decisively!

Wolf Fang and the others had anticipated this situation and were well-prepared before the fight.

Having fought numerous times, the Wind Clan members knew that when their captain took action, the enemy would suffer heavy casualties.

Therefore, they had prepared a combat formation in advance—a three-person team with a corpse-splitting strategy!

Fearlessly, three people attacked from three directions, beheading their targets!

It proved to be highly effective.

They kicked away the corpses and surrounded those still breathing, swiftly delivering three blades from three directions!

Fang Che strode forward with a calm demeanor, walking two steps ahead of the formation, and asked, "Any casualties?"

"None!"

"Any injuries?"

"..." Wolf Fang lowered his head.

A cold light flashed in Fang Che's eyes, and he angrily asked, "Injuries in this situation? Wolf Fang, what are you doing?"

"My fault!"

"Extra training!"

Fang Che was displeased.

Despite the overwhelming advantage, there were still injuries. Although the enemies were all Holy-ranked and among their core members, Fang Che was still dissatisfied with the casualties.

It should have been a complete victory without any losses!

Wolf Fang lowered his head, accepting the reprimand, knowing he deserved it.

If they were to compare it to Wind Blade's previous battle prowess, killing four hundred enemies in one go would have cost them at least three hundred casualties.

But now, with no casualties and only three minor injuries, the captain was furious!

Such an outcome was unbelievable even to Wolf Fang and the others, yet it was also understandable.

The cold light in Fang Che's eyes faded.

The oppressive atmosphere dissipated quietly.

Only then did Wolf Fang and the rest feel like they could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

They glanced at each other, all with gritted teeth.

The captain's stern and imposing aura after the battle had been so overwhelming that everyone dared not breathe.

"Clean up the battlefield and gather the spoils of war. There must be good stuff on their bodies and their blades," Fang Che ordered.

Immediately, everyone rushed forward.

This was a task they were all familiar with, and even without the captain's command, they would have reminded each other after the battle.

As veterans of the battlefield, they didn't mind the dirt on the enemy's bodies.

A moment later, the team was recalled.

Everyone returned with their spoils, elated.

These reinforcements had truly lived up to their name, as they carried quite a few valuable items on their persons.

The collective reinforcement supplies should have been stored in the cave, but the personal belongings on each person were also abundant.

Now, everything belonged to the Guardians.

Their strength had increased significantly!

Fang Che stood in place and roared towards the direction of the Only Righteous Sect's mansion: "Bi Fangdong! Come out and clean up!"

Despite the massive battle that had just taken place, with sounds like the heavens collapsing and the earth shattering, not a single person had emerged from the cave across the way!

This was the experience of a veteran—during a life-and-death struggle, if one were to curiously venture out to take a look, they would undoubtedly be treated as reinforcement by the opposing captain.

In that case, the first thing the opposing captain would do is eliminate this reinforcement to avoid any impact on the ongoing battle.

And with their flying blade techniques, they were fully capable of doing so!

That's why no one had shown themselves, and it wouldn't be too late to go out after the battle was over. After all, these newcomers had to settle the score with the opposing side.

Fang Che shouted three times in a row.

Only then did Bi Fangdong pretend to have just heard and emerged, his movements agile.

"Relationship, what are you shouting about..."

Suddenly, upon seeing the hellish scene in the battlefield, Bi Fangdong fell from the air with a 'puh' sound, rolling on the ground.

He was in a complete mess.

Hurriedly, he got up, supporting himself with his hands, and stared at the corpses on the ground with wide eyes.

He felt his mind going blank! My reinforcements...

They had just arrived, and they were already annihilated?

They had barely reported their arrival before disappearing!

"Where are the people?" Bi Fangdong asked, looking at Fang Che with a dazed expression.

"They're all here, not a single one missing," Fang Che said, pointing with his chin.

"Are they all dead?" Bi Fangdong mumbled, as if in a dream.

"You can check, maybe there are still some who haven't breathed their last," Fang Che said.

"My younger brother's semen?" Bi Fangdong asked in a daze.

"Your younger brother? Bi Fangzheng?"

"Yes."

"The one on your left, about five feet away, the one with both hands and feet cut off, is... I'm sorry, his head is probably beyond repair, shattered."

Fang Che apologized, "Old Bi, I know it's hard to accept, but please understand. In the heat of battle, life-and-death struggles, there are some things I can't control. I wanted to show mercy considering our relationship, but as you know, this is the battlefield. I ask that you understand, accept, and forgive."

Bi Fangdong completely broke down, "Relationship!!! What kind of relationship are you?! Are you even human?! Are you even human?!"

Fang Che nodded empathetically, "I know it's hard to accept, but put yourself in my shoes. If it were me, I'd find it hard to accept too. So, take your time to clean up."

"Brother Bi, take care of yourself and calm your emotions. Our days ahead are still long," Fang Che said, taking a few steps back and waving gracefully, "Retreat!"

Leading the Feng family's disciples, they left with a resounding clamor!

At the scene, only Bi Fangdong remained, howling in madness, filled with endless grief and resentment, and boundless fear.

The members of the Only Righteous Sect, hearing their captain's howls, came out one by one.

They saw the bodies on the ground and the four hundred reinforcements who had just arrived, all lying dead without a single survivor. Everyone felt a buzzing in their heads, their world spinning.

A chill rose from their feet, reaching their skulls, and they shuddered in fear.

"Are... are they all dead?"

Over three hundred people were almost stunned.

When the reinforcements arrived, everyone thought they had regained their previous strength in numbers. Although they knew their power was still insufficient, at least they had more people... right?

But the reinforcements disappeared as soon as they appeared.

Everyone felt like they were dreaming: "Did this really happen?"

Over three hundred people stood frozen.

After a long while, Bi Fangdong finally roared, "Clean up! Ah, my reinforcements!"

"My reinforcements!"

"Damn it... who will avenge me..."

...

Fang Che returned to the cave.

He stood with his hands behind his back, his eyes filled with contemplation as he gathered the Fortune Spirit Stones at the concave part of the cave, where the two small iron pieces were frantically absorbing Fortune Power, their speed increasing, and the Fortune Power they collected becoming more and more powerful.

But a vague sense of crisis also loomed over his heart.

"Will collecting this much fortune attract the attention of the deities beyond the heavens?" A dark cloud hung over Fang Che's mind.

However, he was reluctant to stop now. He was currently absorbing fortune power frantically, and to stop it forcibly would be a great loss.

It was too much of a sacrifice.

Although he didn't know what use these small iron pieces had for collecting fortune power, he was certain that one day, the fortune power he had gathered would prove useful.

He was very sure of this.

Moreover, this opportunity to collect fortune power might only exist within this mystic realm.

And this fortune power was extremely important to the Guardians! The fortune power collected here, in the hands of the Guardians, belonged to them!

As this thing was in his sea of consciousness, and he was a Guardian, it was his to keep! Once they left this place, there would never be another chance like this—he was equally certain of this!

So, after a moment of intense gaze, Fang Che decided to wait a little longer... to gather just a little more.

It might be a risk, but it was one he had to take!

After a long while, he walked to the center of the cave.

Seeing the commander approaching, everyone stopped what they were doing and turned to look at him.

"How did the recent battles feel?" Fang Che asked with a frown, his voice heavy with concern. "When facing the enemy, even without me, could we already crush them?"

"Yes, we have that feeling!"

Everyone's faces lit up with smiles.

"Starting tomorrow, let's find our old rival and fight to the death!"

A resolute light flashed in Fang Che's eyes as he said, "Let's see if our progress over this period has firmly suppressed them."

"Yes, sir!"

"If you ten can defeat eight of them... then, after preparing, we will prepare to conquer the realm!"

A cold light flashed in Fang Che's eyes. "We will unify this mystic realm, and after making thorough preparations, we will withstand their onslaught for a hundred hours!"

Over six hundred people stood up simultaneously.

Their faces and eyes suddenly shone with an intense light.

"Conquer! Unify!"

Finally, the word came from the commander's mouth.

At this moment, everyone felt their bodies trembling, and their blood suddenly surged with excitement.

The long-awaited day of glory, fighting for the fortune power of the Great Dao on the Guardian Continent, was finally here.

"Let's make the most of our time!"

A resolute light flashed in Fang Che's eyes. "Every bit of increase counts. Tomorrow, the real life-and-death battle begins. You should also understand that I can't stay here for long, and in the future battles, you will need to endure here."

"So, I will try to control the situation and minimize the occurrence of those battles where I suppress the enemy with overwhelming force. This is to prevent you from developing a reliance on me in the future!"

"Let's cultivate!"

Fang Che once again took out ninety-nine supreme spirit crystals and rearranged the spirit gathering array.

Everyone silently began their cultivation.

What the commander said was true. In fact, after several battles, Lang Mao and the other deputy commanders had also realized that a person like the commander would never engage in prolonged battles here.

This place was indeed the main battlefield, but there were even more important places beyond it. If they could unify this mystic realm, the Only Righteous Sect would undoubtedly become aware of the commander's existence.

A talent capable of such overwhelming dominance was someone they would do anything to destroy. Once the enemy played their trump card and destroyed the commander in this place with no chance of escape, the loss to their future would be too great.

Moreover, the commander's voluntary disclosure this time further confirmed everyone's speculations.

Feeling the dense spirit energy that had reached its peak in the cave, everyone focused without distraction and immediately entered a state of intense cultivation.

However, Lang Mao and the other two deputy commanders, upon seeing the extreme optimism on everyone's faces, couldn't help but furrow their brows slightly.

Too optimistic!

Impossible!

This mindset was absolutely unacceptable. The enemy was not a paper tiger, and entering a hundred-hour offensive and defensive battle with such a mindset was extremely dangerous! But the commanders were helpless; it was clear that the commander was someone who didn't want to lose anyone.

This was something everyone had seen very clearly over this long period. The commander was like a mother hen protecting her chicks, desperately safeguarding everyone's safety and unwilling to lose a single one! The three deputy commanders exchanged glances, their eyes filled with worry.

Soon after, they began communicating through sound transmission, discussing the situation.

After a long while, Fang Che returned to the small iron piece where the fortune spirit stones were gathered.

Feeling the raging influx of fortune power, his heart was filled with an increasingly intense sense of fear.

But just as he was thinking this, the small iron piece attracting the fortune power suddenly stopped!

The small iron piece suddenly floated up.

It emitted a faint white light in the air, and as the two pieces merged into one, it returned to its ordinary small iron piece appearance. With a whoosh, it automatically flew into Fang Che's sea of consciousness.

Then, in his sea of consciousness, it slowly sank.

It swayed gently, all the way to the very bottom of the sea of consciousness.

It came to a complete stop.

Fang Che's eyes widened in shock. "What's going on?" He pondered for a moment.

A surge of fortune power erupted in the cave, almost to the point of being called violent.

The fortune spirit stones in the concave quickly took shape! Fang Che's eyes widened in disbelief, completely unable to understand what was happening.

The fortune power raged out from here.

Puff, puff, puff...

In an incredibly short time, over a dozen fortune spirit stones formed one after another! And the fortune power continued to gush out...

Finally, when it returned to its original fixed flow rate, Fang Che already had thirty-six fortune spirit stones in his hand.

After some thought, he left one piece and put the remaining thirty-five pieces into his spatial ring.

Because this thing... was inexplicable.

Previously, it was one piece per month, but now suddenly thirty-six pieces? Was this a joke?

Moreover, Fang Che probably... only had this situation in his cave, and the other caves might have, at most, only had the Fortune Spirit Stones take shape... It was impossible for them to be like his, suddenly having thirty-six pieces!

After Fang Che collected thirty-five pieces, the two small iron pieces in his sea of consciousness suddenly flipped over.

In the concave slots, Fortune Qi surged out again, instantly forming another piece.

Fang Che put this piece into his spatial ring, and the flow of Fortune Qi returned to its original slow and steady pace.

The flow of Fortune Qi in the concave slots resumed the same speed as when Fang Che first entered the cave—slow and continuous.

Then, he suddenly felt a faint power emanating from the small iron pieces in his sea of consciousness. As this power emerged and merged, Fang Che clearly felt that his control over Sun Wutian and the Blood Demon's Malevolent Aura had strengthened once more!

"What the... What's going on?"

Fang Che was completely bewildered.

Could it be that I must have thirty-six pieces? Is this number the key?

But why? Fang Che racked his brains but couldn't figure it out.

Scratching his head and staring wide-eyed, he was utterly confused.

In the cave, the spiritual energy suddenly increased tenfold, almost condensing into a tangible form.

Lang Ya and the others were in a state of deep cultivation, but they also sensed the sudden surge in spiritual energy. They knew that the captain must have given them another boost, and they felt both touched and ashamed.

They quickly absorbed the energy, not wanting to let the captain's hard work go to waste.

Everyone's cultivation and combat power rapidly increased.

At the same time, in numerous Mystic Realms, all the guardians from both sides who were stationed there let out cries of surprise.

"The Fortune Spirit Stones have taken shape!"

...

In an unknown place, the little bear quietly changed into a new outfit, looking even more adorably cute.

The world was quiet.

The little bear stood atop a mountain peak, its shiny black eyes like obsidian gazing at the sky.

It felt wave after wave of power surging towards it.

But at the same time, it also sensed the approach of a certain aura.

The little bear abruptly cut off the energy supply.

The river of Fortune Qi suddenly vanished.

In the vast sky, a giant centipede, so immense it defied description, felt something amiss and turned its head.

But after turning, that feeling was gone.

The centipede nonchalantly flicked its tail, its massive body winding through the void, spanning millions of miles, slowly moving forward.

It seemed slow, but with each movement, several stars would flash by.

If one could see it, they would notice that the centipede was covered in wounds, with half its body seemingly severed and reattached, as if it had suffered a severe injury and was in the process of healing...

Alongside the centipede was a giant white snake, even more battered than the centipede, barely clinging to life as it moved along with the centipede...

Behind the massive centipede, a small shadow, resembling a ferret, stealthily followed, scavenging the blood and flesh that fell from the centipede and snake as they moved through the vast starry sky...

It was apparent that it was weak... but it was unharmed, and it continued to scavenge and consume the flesh of the stronger beings...

It gave the impression of a scavenger who had stumbled upon a battlefield and was quietly taking advantage of the situation, strengthening itself by consuming the flesh of the powerful beings...

On the ground, atop the mountain peak, the little bear paused for a moment.

Then, it let out a low howl.

In an instant, a small white tiger, about the size of a rabbit, with two small wings on its back, appeared and glided up the mountain, settling in front of the little bear.

It was like a well-behaved puppy seeing its master.

The little bear raised its paw and placed it on the little white tiger's head.

It closed its eyes.

Endless Fortune Qi emanated from the two small creatures, flowing into the earth beneath them, unceasingly! Until... all the Fortune Qi they had gathered was completely exhausted.

If one were to look from the starry sky, they would see that the little bear and the little white tiger were quietly attaching themselves to one of the three floating continents that were slowly converging in the sky.

It was as if a piece of clay had adhered to a continent without anyone noticing, silently sticking to it.

Then, along with the slow movement in the sky, the floating continents, each one a star, continued their journey.

This attraction and attachment of small cosmic fragments to the continents was an almost constant occurrence, very ordinary.

It would not attract any attention.

Moreover, this was a God Forsaken Domain, so it was even less likely to draw notice.

After doing all this, the little bear seemed to have exhausted its strength, even opening its eyes becoming a difficult task.

The little bear and the little white tiger struggled to find a cave, and the two little creatures crawled inside, falling into a deep sleep...

(End of Chapter)

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