Was this beast really that fast?!
Wang Jixuan didn’t have time to dodge effectively. He jumped to the left front using his powered armor, curling his legs to hide behind a metal box.
Boom!
A massive force hit him from behind, turning his jump into a crash as he slammed against the cave wall, blood rushing up his throat, nearly making him spit it out.
Under the lights, a faint golden glow appeared around him.
The golden talisman on him was activated by the impact.
The mutated blade beast immediately extended its blade-like limbs, sparking against the ground and the cave walls.
It turned to face Wang Jixuan.
At that moment, Wang Jixuan was struggling to get up.
The beast had a terrifying mouth filled with sharp teeth. On its mouth, a crystalline film appeared, and it seemed to emit sound. Inside, there was a shadow with a vertical pupil staring at Wang Jixuan.
Wang Jixuan pretended to be down, quickly unfastening the safety straps of his powered armor. After the earlier impact, two buckles had already come loose.
Hiss—
The mutated blade beast made a sound like a snake hissing.
It slowly approached, then suddenly accelerated. Its six blade limbs moved in perfect coordination, rushing forward for over ten meters before seeming to fly just above the ground, one blade slashing down while another swept horizontally!
Wang Jixuan’s body trembled, and he suddenly lifted his head.
The blade limbs came crashing down!
Clang!
With a fierce tug, Wang Jixuan pulled the strap, just managing to block the downward strike with the already dented metal box!
But the sweeping blade limb knocked the box away!
In that instant!
Wang Jixuan yanked the strap and jumped up, finally free from the constraints of the powered armor, several carbon tubes scattered around him!
The mutated blade beast leaped after him.
Wang Jixuan felt as light as a swallow, channeling his energy into his arms, using his left hand to throw the metal box at the beast while his body soared forward.
A dull thud echoed.
The metal box temporarily pushed the beast back.
Wang Jixuan’s back hit the smooth rock wall of the cave, his blood surged, and he swallowed down the taste of iron.
Hah—
The beast, frustrated after missing its target twice, let out a loud, annoying roar from the crystalline film on its ‘face’.
This seemed to create a mental disturbance. Wang Jixuan silently recited a mantra and got up, running toward the three disassembled blade beasts.
Movement talisman;
Movement spell;
His dantian’s energy spun desperately, and Wang Jixuan dashed like the wind!
The mutated blade beast didn’t expect this human to run faster without the powered armor, but it remained calm, its vertical pupil shadow showing a hint of mockery as its six limbs moved quickly.
While running, Wang Jixuan jumped and flipped, throwing out the last of his paper talismans.
Booms erupted one after another.
Fireballs exploded in mid-air, but they barely affected the beast.
Bone-piercing nails!
Cloud-covering hand!
Two bone-piercing nails shot out from either side at tricky angles, perfectly aimed. The mutated blade beast, unable to dodge at such high speed, was hit on the crystalline film.
But…
Clang, clang!
The two nails were knocked away, and the film remained unscathed.
The mutated blade beast surged forward even faster, and two thin, wing-like blades began to detach from its front limbs!
At that moment!
It swung its left front paw, the two blades slicing toward Wang Jixuan’s back!
Wang Jixuan’s instincts kicked in, and his body moved faster than the blades, rolling sideways just in time to avoid them!
But his momentum was interrupted.
The chasing mutated blade beast slashed with its right paw!
Wang Jixuan’s gaze remained calm. He pushed down hard with his left hand, using the force to jump back, the edge of the blade just barely grazing his inner lining, nearly cutting off a few strands of hair.
Though he narrowly avoided a fatal blow, the beast’s body crashed into him.
Wang Jixuan was knocked backward, sliding over ten meters on the ground. Surrounded by golden light, he finally couldn’t hold back his injuries anymore and spat out a mouthful of blood, his dantian’s energy nearly shattered by the beast’s impact.
They were simply not on the same power level.
It was clear that Wang Jixuan’s fate would end up like those human corpses not far behind him, torn apart by the blade beast.
The crystalline film on the beast’s mouth changed, forming a mocking smile before returning to the vertical pupil.
It slowly moved forward.
It seemed in no rush to end Wang Jixuan’s life, the crystalline film vibrating, sending visible ripples.
Wang Jixuan suddenly looked up.
He heard a hoarse, deep voice, like an electronic synthesis, indistinguishable by age or gender.
“You… are not… a psychic…”
The beast could really communicate!
“You… are… what…”
Wang Jixuan’s throat tightened. At that moment, he seemed unable to stand, raising his hand to cover his mouth as he coughed up blood, continuing to kneel on one knee, scratching the ground with his fingers.
His gaze remained calm as he whispered, “You ask me what I am, but what are you?”
“Absorb… your… spiritual power…”
The mutated blade beast had approached closely.
Under the corridor’s lights, its dark body emitted wisps of blood energy.
It seemed to have lost interest in talking, sending out one last ripple.
“Eliminate… unknown… threats…”
The mutated blade beast charged again, its six limbs coiling up like six sharp blades, ready to strike at Wang Jixuan.
Wang Jixuan’s nostrils flared slightly.
In that moment!
He barely finished drawing a symbol in the dirt with his bloodied finger!
His seemingly exhausted body suddenly erupted with incredible energy!
The swirling energy in his dantian surged, filling his limbs and body. As he jumped back, he opened his hands, and a faint golden light instantly transformed into a blood-red glow!
Demon Luo Heavenly Evil Technique!
Wang Jixuan hadn’t even landed when his left hand opened, aiming at the blood symbol he had just drawn, clenching his fist tightly.
The symbol glowed with blood-red light.
The mutated blade beast missed its strike, crashing into the corpses of several humans.
Wang Jixuan landed three meters away, raising his left hand toward the mutated blade beast.
You’ve messed with the wrong person; your souls will perish here!
“Three souls severed, seven spirits hard to call, the heavens cut off, the underworld unyielding, hurry as the law commands.”
His voice was as cold as the winds of the abyss.
The red light shone, and the blood symbol shattered in an instant, revealing dozens of illusory figures. Some flashed in from the depths of the corridor, instantly merging into Wang Jixuan’s forehead.
The mutated blade beast lunged again!
Its claws slashed down toward Wang Jixuan’s neck!
Wang Jixuan stood still, black smoke swirling around his brow!
He waved his finger!
The two blade limbs of the mutated beast were sent flying, their cuts clean, not even a drop of green blood spilled.
Boom!
An invisible punch struck the beast’s chest!
Its metallic body flew backward, crashing to the ground and rolling several times!
Wang Jixuan lightly tapped his toes, and his body floated in mid-air.
If there were instruments to measure psychic energy here, they would surely show that Wang Jixuan’s psychic index was skyrocketing.
Wang Jixuan slightly raised his head, his handsome face devoid of expression, yet somehow giving off a charming aura.
His right hand slowly lifted;
His finger moved sideways;
A blade shape appeared at his fingertip.
“What a useless mental attack you have.” He muttered to himself, the blade lightly vibrating, forming a transparent sword in an instant.
[Great Evolution Heart Sword]!
He lightly tapped with his right hand, and a shrill whistle erupted!
The transparent sword unleashed countless sword energies toward the mutated blade beast!
The beast curled back, desperately trying to retreat, as if it had seen something extremely terrifying.
Whoosh!
The heart sword pierced through!
The beast’s body suddenly stiffened, the crystalline film in front of its mouth shattered, green blood sprayed out, and its body rapidly weakened, its core, limbs, and body exploding simultaneously!
At that moment, a wisp of black smoke flew out from the beast’s body, forming a vertical pupil.
The pupil stared intently at Wang Jixuan.
More of this nonsense?
Suddenly!
Wang Jixuan lunged forward from mid-air!
The vertical pupil, which was supposed to show ‘intimidation’ and ‘threat,’ looked confused, unable to react in time, even to disperse!
Wang Jixuan’s left hand, with fingers pointed like a sword, shot forward rapidly.
[Great Evolution Heart Sword]!
The invisible blade was thrust into the shadow of the vertical pupil, causing it to explode!
Over a hundred kilometers away, a degraded blade beast let out a piercing rustling sound, blood seeping from the edges of the pupil inside its mouth.
In the attacked mine, in a horizontal passage.
Wang Jixuan stared at the shattered corpse of the blade beast in front of him, coldly saying:
“You dare come out and act tough? I’ll burn your lair down another day.”
He closed his eyes, the black smoke at the corners of his eyes quietly dissipating.
Wang Jixuan swayed, gritting his teeth to hold on, a bitter smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.
Great, I used demonic techniques again.
This time it was even more severe; not only did I use the soul-refining curse to drive the souls, but I also used the soul-binding blood curse to gather the souls of the dead humans here, casting two heart swords.
He would need to spend time purifying his own soul later to avoid future mental demons.
This…
Wang Jixuan bowed to the corpses around him, forcing himself to clean up the battlefield, trying to erase the traces of his battle.
This…
He really wasn’t a demon cultivator before!
He just had access to more books in the sect’s library and liked to study all kinds of strange things. In the cultivation world, everyone learned some demonic techniques to unleash their potential in order to resist heavenly tribulations.
The core of the mutated blade beast was shattered by the heart sword, its spiritual energy dissipated.
Wang Jixuan dug out the cores from the other two blade beasts, picked up the severely damaged metal box, and staggered toward the intersection.
The blade beasts in the horizontal passage were all cleared.
Today’s haul: seven low-level blade beast cores.
…
In the middle layer of the mine attacked by the blade beasts.
Ling Tong stood before the scattered limbs of the beasts, the two blades on her mechanical arm slowly retracting, the barrel of her destruction cannon glowing red, making it impossible for her to clench her fist.
The dark tunnel ahead had no blade beasts coming out.
In total, three groups of blade beasts had exceeded one hundred and twenty.
When Ling Tong arrived, a small group of blade beasts had already fled to the upper levels of the mine. She was overwhelmed and had to prioritize eliminating the ‘main force’ of the beasts to secure this gap.
Now, no blade beasts were rushing out.
Could her side’s combat strength deal with that small group of beasts?
Ling Tong looked up, her mechanical arm scanning as it moved with her gaze.
She saw eight blade beast corpses scattered in a longer horizontal passage and about thirty human corpses.
Were they taken care of?
She dismissed the thought of going up to support, quietly watching the tunnel ahead.
Behind her, a dense sound of footsteps approached, a group of elite soldiers in powered armor rushing nearby.
They stared at the solitary figure standing in front of the pile of blade beast corpses, speechless.
Ling Tong’s clear voice echoed in their headsets:
“Immediately send drones to explore this passage, blow up the far end, and use terrain patching agents to seal the near end, installing directional energy monitoring devices.”
“Yes!”
Ling Tong stepped back a couple of paces, moving to the rear.
A large number of soldiers flooded in, small unmanned armored vehicles entering the rest area, their firepower trained on the breach.
The soldiers fired madly at the still-twitching remains of the blade beasts.
Ling Tong didn’t feel fatigued at all, just a slight headache.
Just a low-intensity battle.
Her gaze caught sight of a familiar figure at the corner of the tunnel, causing her to instinctively quicken her pace.
That figure was none other than Wang Jixuan.
He had propped the battered metal box beside him, the broken remains of his powered armor set aside, covered in green beast blood, his expression weary.
Ling Tong activated the supply station communication system, her voice coming through to Wang Jixuan’s powered armor:
“When did you get here?”
“I arrived here two minutes ago,” Wang Jixuan replied, fatigue evident in his voice, “I still feel safer here with you.”
He had lied before, and now he had to use lies to cover lies.
“I was worried this might be a trap set by the blade beasts, so I came to support, but I ended up encountering them.”
“A trap?”
Ling Tong blinked:
“Are you doubting our satellite system? The space fortress has marked all activities of blade beasts at the general level and above.
“This kind of ordinary blade beast here only drains a bit of my energy… energy that can be replenished at any time.”
“Well then,” Wang Jixuan shrugged, “I came here to fight the blade beasts.”
“Thank you.”
She looked aside, her voice barely above a whisper.
Wang Jixuan looked at Ling Tong as she approached, quietly asking, “Can we privately collect the cores of these blade beasts?”
Ling Tong lowered her voice: “No, it’s against military regulations. Do you need the cores?”
Wang Jixuan pulled out a reason he had thought about all the way: “To make weapons.”
“You’ll need to file a report with the Thirteenth Institute for that. It’s a matter of mutual benefit between the military and the Thirteenth Institute.”
“Forget it then. Can you do me a favor?”
Ling Tong asked, “What?”
“One is to notify Team Zhou to help me clean up the aftermath, and the other is…
“Take me back.”
As Wang Jixuan spoke, he closed his eyes and leaned forward.
Ling Tong hesitated for a moment, instinctively raising her hand, but her mechanical arm was currently too hot, so she could only raise both hands to catch Wang Jixuan…
…
Meanwhile.
In the upper horizontal passage, the eight blade beast corpses were discovered by the arriving soldiers.
These soldiers looked at the bodies of the blade beasts that seemed to have been torn apart and disassembled by wild beasts, their scalps tingling in fear.
(End of Chapter)