All Heavenly destiny reduced to ashes
Chapter 188 - 48: The Might of the Flying Sword

Chapter 188: Chapter 48: The Might of the Flying Sword

This martial master, whose whole body’s skin appeared as an eerie translucence, resembled jade.

Divine Abnormality: Jeweled Clothes is a peculiar Protective Body divine abnormality unlike the Taibai Luminous Godly Ban, which directly increases base defense and reduces damage. This Abnormality essentially bestows a layer of "shield" on the cultivator.

Before the Precious Jade Shield vanished, no vital parts could be wounded regardless of the attack, and upon sustaining a certain amount of damage, the Jeweled Clothes would shatter. The hidden power would infuse into the cultivator’s limbs and bones, healing injuries, and further enhancing the cultivator’s physical fitness and the purity of their Spirit Qi.

Within the Jade Sleep Stone, treasures lay dormant.

Breaking out of the shell, they are reborn.

The gaunt, sullen man surveyed An Jing, who was covered in blood, and said in a low voice, "Yet in the end, you are just Inner Breath... Do you really think so highly of yourself that you believe you can breach the entirety of Chongyi Building on your own?"

From the nearby streets came the sporadic sound of footsteps, and martial artists at surrounding posts had confirmed the news of an incursion. They were now urgently converging, ready to capture An Jing on the spot.

But An Jing paid no attention to Guo Chang at all.

At that moment, he was squinting, channeling the first Spiritual Power he had used since the assault began.

Through the perspective of the Subdue Evil Sword Spirit, An Jing penetrated all walls, staring directly into the dark chamber on the top floor where Lu Jin was performing a murderous ritual sacrifice, attempting to restore the luster to the dim Heavenly Demon statue.

After deducing that the opponent would need another dozen or so breaths to make the Ritual Sacrifice initially effective, An Jing lowered his head, his eyes glistening with a blood-red glow as he stared at the martial master in front of him who seemed somewhat furious at being ignored.

The opponent was right; he was merely Inner Breath like Tide. Although he had thirty-nine Taibai Fiend Qi and Magic Prohibition augmentations, which allowed him to match some cultivators with body-strengthening divine abnormalities while he still had Spirit Qi, he indeed couldn’t breach the entirety of Chongyi Building by himself.

But he had other means.

An Jing lifted the Sword Box from his waist and then, under the opponent’s proud gaze, he pressed the launch button.

A second later, the Jeweled Clothes shattered. The enhanced body was also penetrated, and two fist-sized holes were punched through the chest. Guo Chang, who did not die immediately, had his face turn crimson with rage, but soon paled rapidly from blood loss.

Behind him, a straight charred trace of Thunder Light that penetrated the entire Chongyi Building was still burning, flickering with bits of red firelight.

If it were a cultivator from the Tianyuan Realm, they would probably rack their brains and still not understand how someone could withstand a military-grade Sword Box with their body.

"What Magic Artifact is this...?"

Slowly kneeling, Guo Chang spat out a mouthful of fresh blood. He was unwilling; he had many trump cards left, had not yet triggered his Fate Pattern, and even had a second Divine Abnormality for a surprise attack...

An Jing did not speak; he never deigned to converse with beasts.

Lifting his leg, he crushed the dead Demon Disciple’s skull to ensure his adversary was utterly breathless, then he moved forward.

An Jing ascended to the top of Chongyi Building.

There was no one on the rooftop, but An Jing knew the location of the dark chamber well; he walked forward and pressed the mechanism.

The passageway appeared, shrouded in darkness.

But it soon ceased to be dark.

Because An Jing threw all the remaining dozen or so Thunder Beads into it.

"——BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!!"

"Ahhhh!!!"

Then, amidst the explosive shockwave, the flying debris, the enormous noise shaking the entire Chongyi Building, and An Jing’s manic laughter, a furious roar mixed with a near-scream of pain emanated from the dark chamber.

Who could have anticipated a tactic known as the wholesale of Thunder Beads in this world?

"Damn boy, die!!!!"

The next instant, a figure, charred black, streaked out from the dark chamber.

At this moment, Lu Jin was truly driven insane—who could have imagined that someone in Kanming City possessed so much explosives, and knew to blow up the beams and columns of Chongyi Building first, causing the supports to collapse, the Ritual Tracks to fail, and the Divine Statue’s Law Domain to dissipate before the surprise attack?

He also couldn’t understand how the opponent’s strength had skyrocketed, from being able to merely handle Head Constable Wang to being able to crush the Gray Cloak Squad face-to-face, and now had surged to the point of overwhelming the entire guard squad of Chongyi Building.

What in the world, has this Dust Li kid also received a divine blessing, how could his strength improve so quickly?!

Moreover, the opponent mysteriously possessed a large number of Thunder Beads—weren’t these supposed to be a trump card even for a Daoist Priest skilled in crafting artifacts? How could he throw them as if flinging beans, directly destroying the entire dark chamber and divine statue?!

Lu Jin’s heart was filled with confusion and anger.

But the next instant, Lu Jin understood why An Jing’s strength had soared so dramatically.

Because, at the entrance of the dark chamber’s corridor, An Jing held a Sword Box in one hand and an Icefall Long Spear in the other, aiming at his head.

Bang!

"What?!"

In the moment the shot was fired, Lu Jin, who had reacted, widened his eyes. His arms suddenly swelled, turning pitch-black yet glossy with a metallic sheen, and he crossed them in front of his body!

Divine Abnormality · Vajra Arm!

The moment the flying sword from the Sword Box hit, Lu Jin’s body was blown back, embedding into the narrow rock wall as if he were framed in a painting, yet he did not die.

Even though one arm was concave and broken, he forcibly endured the strike!

"What a terrifying Sword Box, if it weren’t for my youth restored, you might have shot me dead in one strike!"

The other uninjured arm suddenly exerted force, smashed the wall above, creating a large hole, and Lu Jin vanished within the walls of Chongyi Building—and with the continual sounds of joints dislocating and bones shifting, he was clearly repairing his arm while fleeing!

But An Jing could see through—he might not have mastered Divine Abilities, but he could use his connection with the Sword Spirit to stimulate the Taibai Fiend Qi for Spiritual Vision to observe everything. At this moment, An Jing’s eyes swept through the top floor of the already crumbling Chongyi Building, spotting two shadows enshrouded in dark Demonic Qi!

The first was naturally Lu Jin, moving within the wall partition to heal.

And the second was in the dark chamber, an egg-shaped creature fluctuating irregularly like a heartbeat!

It had overlapped with Lu Jin earlier and An Jing hadn’t noticed it. This egg had been damaged due to the Thunder Beads thrown by An Jing earlier, but under the enhancement of Demonic Qi, it was regenerating rapidly!

—This Lu Jin, the reason he recklessly charged out, bluntly facing the battle head-on, besides not expecting me to have the Chongming Sword Box, was also to conceal the existence of this thing!

An Jing realized, and he also discovered that the Icefall Rifle was effective against Inner Breath, but less so against Inner Strength, not because it lacked lethal power, but because Inner Strength already had enough responsive ability to stimulate Spiritual Power or Divine Abilities to block his attacks.

Like that Vajra Arm, the bullets from the Icefall Long Spear exploded upon impact, merely creating a small blood pit, hardly qualifying as an injury.

Only the Chongming Sword Box, with An Jing’s own Taibai Fiend Qi and the Sword Spirit’s Demon-slaying Sword Qi, could inflict heavy damage on Lu Jin!