A bolt of light shot out from the Nightmare Train, which had just burst out from the cabin of Guest Room 405, and scattered into the sea.
Inside the wooden sailboat on Picture Scroll Sea, Ning Jiajia and the others heard a faint whisper of wind rising in the ocean of their consciousness, yet it dissipated moments later before they could grasp it.
As she still had no idea what was happening, a halo of light suddenly shone from her chest, flickering through several interconnected lines.
｛Cheng Yunze seeks to make an active investment for me.｝
“Captain Yunze, what’s the situation? “
{Immediately summon your train, swallow everyone, and leave. There are enemies hiding in the sea. }
Ning Jiajia’s breath caught for a moment. The pressure of time was critical…?
She had experienced that kind of scene before—one that constantly tormented her heart every second; she dreaded repeating that same desperate urgency even once more.
Having once risked missing that vital sliver of a second to lose the most important person to her, she wasted no time with further words.
Even though she had previously summoned a replica of the Demon Train floating on the ocean right beside her, she chose not to use it. Instead, she moved her fingers directly to a portable device that resembled a flashlight at her side.
Amid the bustle of the cabin, the group was joyfully chatting, joking, and playing cards, savoring this brief leisurely moment of their evening. The two scientists from Tafvek Corporation were just finishing the final packaging of the film reels to be screened the next day. Suddenly, they all turned simultaneously toward the woman leaning against the wooden wall.
Bang! In an instant, a train figure engulfed everyone, hurtling with the people on board at an immense speed out across the sea, speeding toward the distant shoreline.
……
On the pitch-black sea, the flickering point of light ahead wavered with a hazy trail.
The Demon Train followed from behind, continuously carving out similarly zigzagging tracks on the ocean along the trail of its prey.
“Can we go any faster?“
The halo on Yang Zicang’s chest flickered.
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“No can do. Without a station implanted, the Demon Train can’t reach its top speed.“
-｛Reseller April · Odyssey wants to pre-order the brilliant prelude I’m currently nurturing.｝
“Just a little more speed.“
“What if we also find someone to accelerate it?” someone asked.
“Unfortunately, we can’t get to those ships now to find someone who can accelerate it now.“
“Its speed has actually changed quite a bit already,” Wang Zhi said from the side:
“Over the past six months, the Big Star has traveled back and forth with the Silver Chase Mayor and Shed Master Luo Bin several times to the Dark Hub Town under construction. He’s gained a lot of combat experience and is faster than before. But for further speed, unless its own mental strength gets a bit stronger, it’s hard to accelerate any further.“
The faint light trail ahead reappeared, its light point flickering and growing smaller, as if about to pierce the sea’s surface and vanish beyond a distant arc.
{Ah… this is infuriating. }
“Can’t catch him!” Zhao Anlong’s chest seemed to spew flames of suffocating frustration. That punch just now had clearly landed, piercing straight through the opponent’s body.
Yet that turbulent bloodline ability forcefully pulled him back for half a second.
Truly a baffling ability. At this moment, he felt like a fishbone was stuck in his throat.
“The turbulent bloodline cannot be underestimated either,” someone nearby said.
“This isn’t about the bloodline right now.“
A martial artist sheathed his longsword back into the scabbard at his waist. “What we need to focus on now is finding a way to catch up to the enemy.“
“We absolutely must catch him,” Yang Zicang stated.
The few people ahead turned their heads back to look.
“Because that bloodline might not actually be the turbulent one.“
“What?“
“How is that possible?” The crowd buzzed with discussion.
Yang Zicang continued, “I have seen the turbulent bloodline in use before, and the effect was indeed similar. That terrifying ability would pull back the trajectory of all attacks and running along the path they were launched. However…“
His gaze pierced through the carriage that had become translucent, staring intently ahead.
“But I have never heard of the turbulent bloodline being able to reverse injuries, rendering all the damage that had already been inflicted completely null and void.“
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A deep voice emerged from the crowd: “Could it be the ability of that wooden staff in their hands?“
“So one of us had better get our hands on something like that.“
-｛Distributor February. Di’an indicates that the glorious prelude I am nurturing has birthed a new node.｝
{It’s called a Pathfinder Rod. } The Demon Train said, {Having it allows one to return to the past. They come from the future. }
“Holy shit?! ” Wang Zhi was utterly shocked. The murmurs of the crowd instantly erupted into a din.
“What organization is that! “
“Going back from the future to make changes… How are we even supposed to play in this world? “
“So we must get to the bottom of this. ” Yang Zicang’s voice cut through the crowd.
“But, President Young Yang, our speed is already maximized. “
“It hasn’t reached the maximum yet. “
“Huh? “
The people scattered inside the carriage watched Yang Zicang walk forward until he stopped beside Zhao Anlong, Ying Renyu, Sword Thirteen, and the others.
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“If it’s just about catching up, I think I can give it another try. “
“How is that possible? ” Eyes from those around him showed a hint of doubt. “I know that sounds harsh, and we often joke about it with our own people. But that thing ahead can flicker and shift its position along the Path of Light with every passing second. “
Sword Thirteen raised his arm and held up a palm to silence the voices beside him.
“President Yang. You’re going to use your Flying Carpet to chase it, right? I can come with you. “
“I can go too, ” said another person.
“The Flying Carpet’s speed isn’t enough. “
Yang Zicang’s response drew a silence even from Sword Thirteen.
Zhao Anlong swept his gaze across those present, who had fallen silent, and a faint smile curled at the corners of his mouth.
“So-called destruction, you know, is sometimes just poking your nose into everything. “
Sword Thirteen lifted his eyes and cast a cold glance in his direction.
Zhao Anlong looked back at them with a faint, calm smile.
“You think it’s impossible? Hmph, I also think there’s no real way to catch up with that trail of light. But now, ” he scanned the more than twenty people who had turned to look at him.
“Since we’ve all built this wall of silence together, how about I try flicking a finger at it? “
Zhao Anlong turned to Yang Zicang. “Whatever you plan to do, I’m on your side. On one condition: you lay out all your plans and concerns for me right now, straight and clear. “
“Anlong, you—! ” Ying Renyu shot him a resentful glare.
“Oh, sure, you gathered the intel for me. But there’s no reason I can’t tear it apart myself, is there? Heh heh. ” Zhao Anlong crossed his hands behind his head. “Ah, don’t look at me like that. Really, this is just me banking up the wealth I want—the kind tied to destruction. “
Yang Zicang’s expression shifted slightly.
You crafty devil, this stinking brat.
He gave a soft, wry laugh and met Zhao Anlong’s gaze.
“Alright, fine. My plan is to go after them myself. “
Yang Zicang drew the easily concealable Mauser pistol from the holster on his right side.
“My concern is that I might only be able to catch up to them, but not take them down. “
{Mount my station. }
A buzzing sound echoed.
Yang Zicang’s eyes twitched as he swept his gaze across the carriage.
“Hmm, well, ” Zhao Anlong mused, “indeed, getting close would be very dangerous. Still, I don’t know what you’re planning to do. “
Yang Zicang felt a little more at ease about Little Machao. Though it had become somewhat cleverer, it still had its occasional simple-minded moments that would create trouble for him.
“Xiao Yang, what rank and sequential rhythm level are you at now? The Ten-thousand-rank should be open, right? ” A middle-aged man radiating a refined aura emerged from the crowd. Three rings of light glowed in his pupils, but on the periphery, two more faint rings remained subtly visible.
This was a man with a Five-Ring Bloodline, who had not yet fully awoken his final two rings.
“If you could unlock the Hundred-thousand-rank, combined with our investment, you should be able to protect yourself, ” said the slender woman beside him. “But, a figure of Chairman Yang’s stature, whether or not you’ve just entered a new Track of Fate, it wouldn’t be limited to merely a hundred thousand timelaps, would it? “
“Correct. I have already unlocked my sixth rank: the Hundred-thousand-rank. “
Though the woman’s fingers stiffened for a moment, she gently smiled, nodding lightly.
“Good. Then, we will raise a million timelaps for you. That won’t be difficult, ” the middle-aged man in the form said sonorously.
Just as the man with the Five-Ring Bloodline finished speaking, Ying Renyu suddenly glanced at Yang Zicang, then at the contemplive Zhao Anlong.
“What about ten million timelaps? “
“Ten million should still be okay… Ten million? ” The crowd all looked in their direction simultaneously.
Zhao Anlong’s eyes bulged violently.
｛I began to check the extra lifespan I was carrying.｝
｛Principal in Chronological Order: 9,999,999.817N.｝
｛I, the Great Quadrilateral, felt the power of accumulated ages.｝
They saw that within the halo on Yang Zicang’s chest, the slowly rotating quadrilateral suddenly snapped into position. Wisps of ethereal, almost non-existent flame ether gathered around Yang Zicang’s body, as if a different kind of Stellar Yuan.
“You! “
“Prepare my investment. “
Before the crowd could react, Yang Zicang stirred with his mind. The lifespan inherent within his very body filled the allowable upper limit of the years within the halo to capacity.
Then—
｛9,999,999N. of the Principal has been invested.｝
｛The station of the “Order ” ability has been permanently expanded to the million-fold position.｝
Snap! According to the model’s own feedback that only one could sense, the seventh cell became completely transparent. Subsequently, the next adjacent cell also appeared as if from nothing, seemingly able to be filled and saturated by the gathered lifespan of living beings that more time sequences represented.
Wisps of floating orange radiance surfaced and drifted on the surface of his body, before fading into concealment.
“This is… “
“…an omen that only occurs when surpassing the maximum limit of 990,000 years and reaching the million-fold position represented by the seventh station! “
Many people there were veterans who had been on this continent for years. Zhao Anlong was already considered an up-and-comer, but even someone like Zhao Anlong had yet to break through the million-mark!
This was simply because normal creatures on land could never possess such an immense span of life for anyone to gather.
However, to find those ancient and terrifying demons spoken of by the land’s people, it’s either too late now, or one must venture far away from the mainland into distant regions.
-｛May Valkyrie, the Distributor, slightly hesitantly marked a new node for my current life experience.｝
This is…? Just as Yang Zicang was pondering. Slap, slap, slap! The middle-aged man burst into applause.
“As expected of Chairman Yang. I can’t believe I get to witness, once again, the manifestation of a million-level time-sequence lattice position. ” A blazing, extraordinary light gleamed in his eyes.
Zhao Anlong narrowed his eyes slightly, sizing up the young man before him from head to toe.
“You son of a bitch. “
｛Zhao Anlong wishes to make a voluntary investment for me.｝
｛Marshal Anlong’s legion has invested 1,200,000 N for me.｝
｛Ying Renyu wishes to make a voluntary investment for me.｝
｛Anxi wishes to make a voluntary investment for me…｝
Voices came one after another.
A complex expression flickered across Cheng Yunze’s face as he fixed his gaze on Yang Zicang.
Wang Zhi poked his fingers together, looking at Captain Cheng, whose expression was hard to read.
“Wait a moment. ” Yang Zicang’s voice rang out.
The people in the carriage, their mood suddenly strange, followed his gaze out towards the distant sea. Amidst the howling, high-speed wind, the train was clearly already at its maximum speed. And yet, on the faintly reappearing trail of light, the diminished points of light shrank again to the size of a needle’s tip, growing ever farther away.
“I’m going, ” he shouted. “The train! “
Shadows flickered inside the carriage, and a faint platform shrank and fell beside Yang Zicang’s head, only to be suddenly snatched by a telekinetic head that bulged from his back.
“Do you need my help? ” Cheng Yunze asked.
Yang Zicang crouched down, assuming a pre-sprint position of bending at the waist and tucking his legs. “No. This time, I have to handle it myself. “
He raised the Mauser C96 in his hand, his gaze locked onto the glimmering dot at the far end of the sea before being gently veiled by his eyelids.
He began to recall the leaf technique he had used back when he first infiltrated the Grand Duchy’s coastal village and the encampment of Colonel Firmheim Navy stationed in the White Violet Mountains.
This must not go wrong, especially on this vast, boundless, and swift-moving sea!
Behind the crowd, the two locals from Motáólù’s Kǎafūkèdiàn, who had been watching the whole scene, muttered prayers under their breath.
“Whatever Chairman Yang intends to do… “
Frightened yet protected, the two locals pictured the statues of saints and heroes they had seen before.
“I hope he succeeds. ” Then, to their astonishment, they saw something emerging alongside their urgent wishes.
Yang Zicang shut his eyelids tightly, then opened them with a snap.
Bang! The “Black Rose ” in his hand let out a contented sound. A pitch-black bullet, veined with a trace of pale gold radiance, shot forth under the gaze of the onlookers, speeding past the charging Demon Night Train and disappearing into its suddenly concealed cockpit up ahead.
｛Trajectory Master!｝
The instant Yang Zicang touched the business card.
Suddenly, he seemed to actually see his own figure, once among the mountains, trampling leaves as it darted past a campsite—materialized before him!
Immediately after came a series of unfamiliar, indistinct shadows: someone running across farmland, someone sprinting at high speed to dodge a hail of bullets, someone straining their legs toward a cliff and the shore beyond the opposite edge, then someone charging headlong at a speeding train just to rescue someone it was about to crush.
But all these fleeting shadows were just apparitions! They did not disturb any of Yang Zicang’s subsequent actions, as if they were merely conveying some undeniable fact to him.
“What the hell is this?! “
The others only saw the crouching and bracing figure of Yang Zicang, who had just started to rise; a flicker of strange energy pulsed over him, and he vanished from the carriage with a roar as he broke the sound barrier in a thunderous surge.
“Holy shit! “
{Huh? }
“Is that Chairman Yang?! ” The crowd clamored and surged forward.
In shock, Zhao Anlong took a few quick steps in pursuit and saw, in the distance, that bullet piercing the sea of mist upon which a figure lightly stepped.
The young man with his black hair swaying jogged two paces to the edge of the carriage and muttered a complex name under his breath: “Son of a bitch… “
Chapter 289 – The Lockpick and the Second Day -1
Only then did the “BANG! ” of a distant gunshot finally echo from afar.
On the train, they watched the figure shooting into the distance step on a bullet, suddenly accelerate again, fire continuously, then flash and push off the bullet beneath their feet to leap forward.
A polyline spread out.
{Everyone, please invest in me. }
Zhao Anlong’s eyes grew steady and determined, a faint smile lifting the corner of his mouth.
“This guy, and he chooses now to ask for that investment… and what’s worse, I can’t not help. “
He immediately dispersed this moment’s financing scene across a wider sea.
{What’s going on. }
{It’s Zhao Anlong again. Hey, who’s that. }
{Wait, what does that beam of light up ahead mean! }
{We’ve just entered the Scroll Sea. They’re on the edge of Mutao Land. }
Boom!
Waves burst along the path on the sea surface.
{Who is the master of this financing scene! This guy… he can sprint in mid-air?! }
Yang Zicang’s figure launched again, his black pupils tinged with a faint, restless orange glow.
-｛Distributor Mr. Leh pre-orders my current experience.｝
-｛Distributor Mr. Leh increases the price of the glorious prelude I am now nurturing by 1000%.｝
Joshua’s trail of light rapidly closed in view, as if about to tear through the sea, drawn back into a beam—but in the next instant, it shot forward with a whoosh.
That bullet, floating and seemingly suspended in mid-air ahead, was enveloped by the temporal sequence it had itself amplified. Within the trajectory of the ‘Dispatch’, it stalled for barely a few microseconds. Yang Zicang placed his foot upon its surface.
Boom!
It abruptly erupted, unleashing a wave of explosive sound. As it expanded, the figure upon it suddenly descended in a slight arc, carving a breathtaking velocity trail across the vast sea.
{What is that guy doing, chasing the light spot in front?! }
｛Sword Thirteen invested 400,000N for me.｝
｛Lin Xue invested 20,000N for me.｝
｛Time Travelers’ Group invested 150,000N for me.｝
Amidst the chorus of voices, Yang Zicang rapidly closed the distance with Joshua ahead.
Joshua tapped the staff’s base lightly on the Path of Light, seeming somber as he stepped forward.
Ahead, the silhouette of a dilapidated building swiftly emerged. Approaching at high speed, it revealed its formidable form against the seawater, as if dragged in, exposing a mountain-like presence that inspired awe.
In a single step, Joshua and the light trail beneath him entered the other side of the cave within the reef mountain.
The towering mountain and the ancient, crumbling ruins embedded within it emanated a chilling sense of dread.
Everyone, following Yang Zicang’s perspective, saw that streak of light accelerate away across the sea on the other side of the cave. A ferocious gurgling sound came from within the cave, bristling with sharp reefs.
{Be careful, there are sea beasts with high bloodline rings inside. }
Yang Zicang had just approached when suddenly a thunderous roar exploded. Seawater surged, and pebbles rolled down from the structure.
“Woooo——“
The wind of the train’s passage came swiftly.
{Leave this to us, you give chase! }
{Invest for Chairman Yang! }
The voices of the people on the train echoed through the Financing Model.
Several sea monster heads, exuding an aura of terror, emerged from the sea. On their suction cups, sharp fangs, and shells tougher than human weapons, various phantoms lit up, the same kind that radiated only from those with Stellar Yuan and high bloodline.
Voices of mental investments continued to come in.
Yang Zicang had only barely slowed his pace when the train behind him rapidly caught up.
｛The Backgroundless Fire Merchant Group invested 10000 N in me.｝
｛James invested 30000 N in me.｝
Three million Timings had already passed.
Yang Zicang’s heart stirred with a slight flutter.
“White Shadow Mind Dragon!“
The White Shadow Mind Dragon behind him instantly enlarged its body and enveloped him, then broke the sound barrier once more, shooting forward.
Boom!
Just as these monsters turned their bodies, waving their tentacles and clawed limbs like octopi, the illusory train crashed headlong into them.
“Kill!” Zhao Anlong shouted loudly.
The people on the boat, clutching swords and blades, leapt down, and various attacks collided with the creatures lurking within the ruins on this stretch of sea.
……
On the boundless sea, though it was hard to see each other, from a higher perspective, tiny boats were scattered across the deep blue, gem-like surface.
At this moment, many on the boats witnessed this fusion expanding and spreading.
The figure of a man, seemingly running on the seawater, gradually caught the attention of the men and women on the boats as they alerted one another.
“He just charged straight through that ruin which devoured the lives of so many.“
“How can he be that fast?“
On one of the boats, a figure with faint rings of light flickering in their eyes watched the connected scene.
“Boss Wang Xiong, this guy seems to be that newcomer who’s been making a big stir on land lately—the lucky one.“
“To ride the waves of the times and repeatedly stand at the forefront without falling. You don’t seriously think that’s just luck, do you?“
The jacket-clad man beside Wang Xiong thought for a moment, then let out a self-mocking chuckle.
Next to the man, a slender yet sharp-looking woman whispered, “Captain, why is he able to run on the sea?“
Wang Xiong pondered and replied, “He… is stepping on bullets to move forward?“
“What!” The jacket-clad man widened his eyes in shock, refocusing his gaze ahead.
In the frames of the Mental Link, he carefully observed the figure’s surroundings. Finally, after a second or two, he saw that the man on the sea had indeed raised a dark, heavy Mauser pistol again.
Bang!
The moment that bullet left the chamber, it nearly fell behind him. But the next second, they all saw a faintly flickering model fold line gleaming atop it, and then the bullet exploded with a boom, forming a visible sonic boom ring, and zipped forward with a swoosh.
{What is he doing! }
{This guy can accelerate bullets beyond the speed of sound?! }
{Holy shit, that bullet is already ten meters ahead of him… twenty… Why! Hey! What is he doing! }
The glowing bullet surged twenty meters forward. At that very moment, Yang Zicang pushed off the ground with his foot, his body once again breaking through multiple sonic booms with a roar, darting beneath the bullet and stomping down on it.
The bullet suddenly accelerated again.
This timing might be enough to take down one person ahead. But… it’s still not enough.
Not enough to do what was planned!
Ten million—ten million units of timing!
Otherwise… this rare, unrepeatable opportunity created by fate would be wasted!
“Please invest in me. What I need to catch up to are those with a Holy Sword-level investment and high bloodline ring counts! “
{Holy Sword-level investment? }
{No way, Chairman Yang!!! }
He gritted his teeth…
Yang Zicang’s voice spread once again across the sea:
“The owner of the seventh grid cell can, in the investment of a Birth Heroic Flash, simultaneously return… Iridescent Brilliance dividends to all investors who meet the ratio! “
Even if it is deception, I will always find the next chance for you to have a Heroic Flash that births brilliance!
After a second of silence in the model, a commotion roared forth like a mountain shaking the sea.
In an instant, dense and numerous temporal investments flooded into Yang Zicang’s model!
……
Amid the thick fog of the Painted Scroll Sea.
Luca and his group, shivering with their heads down, craned their necks and peeked toward the misty passage opened by the turbulence.
“No… no way… “
“What the hell was that just now? “
“Can’t you see for yourselves! ” A voice came from among them.
Only then did the group, whose ears had just been bombarded by gale winds and sonic booms, get the energy to notice the faint threads spreading and rippling from their chests.
Luca watched the scene in silence, then his mouth trembled more and more violently.
“H-h-he… th-th-th-that… “
One of the people beside him shouted, “Isn’t he that guy from the other ship last time? “
The Crossing Man slapped Luca on the arm beside him.
“We have just a few minutes left. A very bad future is starting to become clear. “
“What? “
“There are now two possibilities. One is that we get swallowed by another demon-like train in four or five minutes. The other is to run away right now! “
“But… ” Luca looked over with confusion. “Now we have no idea where this sea even is—how are we supposed to escape? “
“There’s still a way! “
Taking tense, shallow breaths, the Crossing Person on board said:
“Everyone, prepare to accelerate immediately. I—I want to try and see if I can make another investment like before. “
“What investment? “
No sooner had the words left his mouth than Luca slammed his palm across the man’s face. “A fool like you doesn’t deserve to question Vice Captain Long about anything from now on! “
Luca turned around nervously and grabbed the Crossing Person’s shoulders. “From now on, it’s up to you. You absolutelymustget this ship back safe! “
The Crossing Person nodded heavily, then stumbled to the stern of the broken ship, his eyes staring vacantly yet intently across the surface of the sea.
……
｛Zhang Qiang invested 30000 N in me.｝
｛Lin Xiaofeng invested 21920 N in me.｝
｛Wang Sixuan invested 45000 N in me.｝
{This isn’t just exceeding the speed of sound anymore. Look at the trail that sonic boom left in the air—it stretches far in an instant. }
Three million two hundred thousand, three million eight hundred thousand… the timeline…
The train had already been left far behind.
Yang Zicang focused on the light point ahead, one that seemed to draw close before instantly being pulled away into the distance again.
A silhouette in that trail of light seemed to turn its head to look back.
“I see. ” he murmured. “Another new face. “
-｛Distributor May Valkyrie, acting as a Senior Acquirer, invested 10,000 strands of Five-Colored Moon Essence in me.｝
-｛Distributor May Valkyrie expressed interest in pre-purchasing the dawn of glory that I am currently nurturing.｝
｛Zhang Yunchang invested 100000 N in me.｝
Three million eight hundred and fifty thousand!
He saw clearly, the man ahead moved his hand slightly, and another faint light appeared from the exploration staff.
“This distance, just a little more… just a little more… “
｛My seventh grid has burned 10,000N of the time sequence principal.｝
Four million in the time sequence.
Yang Zicang’s breath caught for an instant.
“Almost enough to catch up. “
｛I, the Great Quadrilateral, begin a fourfold amplification.｝
Bits of faint, ethereal, and illusory light began to converge on the body’s surface. Like earthy yellow infused with streaks of orange, it then… lit up a few more, and still more, brilliant green light particles!
One million he invested into the next bullet, and the numeric value of the three hundred thousand time sequence silently plummeted to zero within the halo of the model on his chest.
｛The long time I have condensed begins to display the value that has been utilized.｝
In the next instant, a thick, intense green flame burst from his body!
The exploded emerald green, like a cataclysm, instantly pulled an agile and elusive path through the pitch-black seawater.
A myriad of anxious cheers suddenly erupted within the Financing Model.
Thousands of pairs of eyes watched that emerald green chase the faint gold ahead, closing the gap in an instant.
Dense thoughts of investment will surged forth.
……
In the nearby sea, the figure of a sailboat was gradually being overtaken.
“We see them! ” The people on the ship shouted, waving their arms at the gold on the sea level and the burst of green light racing closely behind it.
“The accumulation of Chronos can be… this formidable. “
“It’s the Seventh Seat! ” someone shouted enviously to the person beside them. “This is the Seventh Seat! “
“It’s already the eighth! ” exclaimed a man whose face was flushed with excitement as he gripped the railing of a sailboat amidst cheers. “That is the green light our Chairman only got after expanding his Stellar Yuan over ten million! “
Just then, Yang Zicang felt as though a gaze was fixed upon him. But it vanished quickly.
……
“You wretched thing! “
Joshua, standing on the Path of Light above the sea surface, glanced back again.
“You… have seen my experience of failure… ” Kai Amb’s voice weakened. “The point of… my regret… “
“Forgive me, but the regret coordinates came from those two escaping sailors returning from the sea. “
A green light bloomed above the ocean. Joshua turned back once more, only to see that speck of emerald rapidly dilating in his field of vision as it hurtled towards him!
“Yang Zicang! “
In Joshua’s enraged roar, the Kai Amb in his grip suddenly stirred with intense fluctuations of breath. Suppressed Stellar Yuan aura twisted and manifested, opening another Path of Light beside Yang Zicang.
“Kai Amb! ” Joshua shouted; the silhouette in his hand trembled and vanished. “What do you intend to do?! “
The instant Yang Zicang thrust his sword at Joshua, the newcomer’s silhouette appeared behind Yang Zicang.
Ambassador Kai spoke not a single word, nor did he have time to speak. His eyes were consumed solely by pent-up fury and the raging blaze of wrath about to be unleashed.
His hand rose, and beneath the sea surface, surging energy swelled with a tumultuous roar.
Yang Zicang thrust his sword toward Joshua.
But in that moment, Joshua let out a light sigh, tapped his staff with his hand, and a trail of light appeared at his feet as if prepared long in advance.
Ambition Fueling Kai’s face shimmered with intertwined gold and green radiance. “Hah! ” With all the Stellar Yuan he had amassed in preparation along the way, he unleashed a ferocious blast at this very moment.
Yet in the instant the seawater erupted, that bullet, which had already surged forward, somehow turned its path and crashed toward Ambition Fueling Kai’s heart. As it neared his skin, the bullet, now rapidly positioned over ten meters away from Yang Zicang, suddenly flickered with a glint of emerald green.
“Haha! ” It was as if such an attack had been long foreseen.
Ambition Fueling Kai’s figure flickered, appearing along the trail of light on the other side of the surging sea.
Ambition Fueling Kai, still radiating a carefree grin, and Joshua, randomly and frenetically evading Yang Zicang’s strike, suddenly saw beside the exploding seawater countless nimble, leaping fish burst through the surface.
Like a swirling hurricane, they also carried flamboyant flames of gold and crimson light, chaotic and violent, crashing toward the two on the sea!
Over this collapsed expanse of seawater, it was instantly shrouded by countless dense, darting little figures.
“These fish! “
Before the fear could even unfurl on Joshua’s face, that stalwart figure flickered at high speed and appeared beside him.
Ambassador Kai, without a moment’s hesitation, grabbed the scouting staff from the still-shocked Joshua, gripping it tightly as he intended to unfold a curtain and whisk the young man away, only to find nothing manifesting before him.
“You? “
Thump, thump! Two fish exploded against Ambassador Kai.
“This is… a clash between one scouting staff and another… so… “
A chill ran down Joshua’s back as a sword thrust out from the exploding seawater, piercing straight into his heart.
Ambassador Kai, with a gaping wound clean through his chest, turned to look at Joshua, his expression shifting dramatically as if he had heard the most terrifying news.
“Retrograde… ” Joshua, his head slightly dizzy, strained to activate his hidden technique. In the next instant, the sword, along with the wound, retracted back.
“It failed. I’m sorry. “
The scouting staff in Joshua’s hand was rapidly illuminated by a scorching, radiant glow. Just as the sword thrust out again, Joshua murmured regretfully, “My lord. “
Then, gripping the scouting staff in Ambassador Kai’s hand tightly, his figure twisted and vanished over the sea as if dragged away by a trail of light.
Yang Zicang leaped out of the sea and pierced Chargé d’affaires Kai’s chest with a single sword stroke. Countless fish crashed into the burly man’s body, shattering into patches of blood-red, glowing marks.
A small ring-shaped halo, no larger than a ring, fell from the dense, leaping fish toward the sea surface under Chargé d’affaires Kai’s fading gaze, bobbing and drifting with the waves.
Yang Zicang gently touched it.
｛I have touched the Ring of Life in gestation.｝
｛I have obtained 420 N.｝
To the “Fog People, ” there are not many years left.
Just an aborigine with bloodline abilities? But his earlobes are not pointed.
Standing on a few fish, the now concealed Yang Zicang thought, “So, this man is a powerhouse who has already reached the Five Rings and is nurturing the Sixth Ring? “
-｛Distributor Loki Tata Mingqi, with his rich experience, indicates that my glorious prelude has matured.｝
-｛Distributor Loki Tata Mingqi wishes to purchase the glorious prelude I am currently nurturing.｝
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