Dominating Martial King
Chapter 183 - 183 180 Ditch the Knife for Fingers

183: Chapter 180: Ditch the Knife for Fingers?

183: Chapter 180: Ditch the Knife for Fingers?

Content to be replaced later, please support the genuine version

This chapter 2400+, please refresh the reading after 6 a.m., subscribers do not need to pay again.

The switch is accurate at 6 o’clock, the content of the chapter hasn’t changed, you can pull down a few times under the APP’s bookshelf location to refresh the bookshelf.

“It seems I really have traveled through time—”

Inside the luxuriously decorated carriage, Zong Shou expressionlessly looked at a round mirror in front of him.

The reflection in the mirror clearly showed a young boy not yet of age.

About thirteen, with a pale complexion, but those features were rarely seen as exquisite and outstanding.

A pair of narrow phoenix eyes sparkled brilliantly.

However, at this moment, they were full of bitterness and helplessness.

He remembered that just a short while ago, he still had an extremely ordinary face, the kind that could absolutely not be found if thrown into a crowd.

Yet unexpectedly, when he woke from this dream, his body had turned into that of such a handsome man.

Although slightly sickly and frail, he was undoubtedly top-notch in terms of handsomeness.

Even those top male celebrities known for their looks in TV in his previous life couldn’t compare.

If there was anything lacking, it was just the aura.

But at this moment, Zong Shou felt not a hint of joy, but rather felt utterly at a loss.

It was like a fish that was once free to swim in the sea, suddenly finding itself on land.

In this world, apart from the life-threatening foreignness and suffocation, there was also a feeling of fear and loneliness.

Unwilling to give up, Zong Shou pinched his face again with some force, immediately feeling a pang of pain.

Naturally, he didn’t find any traces of plastic surgery on his face.

“—There’s a pain sensation, could it be that this isn’t a dream?

But now, what exactly is my identity?

And this ghastly place, where is it?”

‘Zong Shou’, was the name in the memories of this body he now inhabited.

In his previous life, he had another name, but in this time and situation, that was meaningless to him.

Muttering to himself a few times, Zong Shou sighed and shifted his gaze away.

His chest was filled with despair, having completely given up on the ideas of returning or ‘waking from the dream’.

In fact, he had arrived in this world several days ago.

Almost every time he woke from sleep, he would repeat the earlier actions.

And today was the seventh day.

Looking at the style of decoration inside the carriage, it seemed to be ancient China, but also not quite.

Parting the curtain slightly, he saw outside, vast expanses of fields, endless and lush, refreshing to the spirit.

The air was also crisp and cool, free from any hint of the modern world’s pollution.

But looking further down, one would notice that the carriage, though it had wheels, was floating three feet off the ground.

The sixteen single-horned horses in front were also striding through the air, able to ascend and descend at will.

Thus, although the carriage body was huge, with just the compartment itself being forty square meters, it could traverse any sort of complex terrain with ease.

At this moment in front, no one was driving, just a straight path rushing forward, speeding into the distance.

The slashes and sword marks on the sides of the carriage were also extremely concerning.

Zong Shou felt dizzy for a moment and slumped onto the velvet-covered soft couch.

Then, with just a slight thought, a series of fragmented memories flashed through his mind.

They were all disassembled and incomplete.

Among them were many characters, quite a few faces, and also, there was a towering mountain that reached into the clouds and a school so large it occupied most of an island within a lake.

He felt both unfamiliar and familiar with them, and vaguely sensed some fear.

This mood was truly bizarre and complex.

At last in the deepest part of his mind, the only memory that was still preserved.

Numerous mysterious characters were combined together, forming a complete book.

These characters, unlike any language from his world, felt extremely familiar to him, as if he had mastered them in his previous life.

“Indeterminate Spirit Emperor Technique?

And this demon language.

Could it be that this is indeed the Divine Emperor World?”

The corners of Zong Shou’s lips twitched slightly, and his face was all filled with confusion.

——”Divine Emperor” was a global phenomenon that began in 2012 as an online game.

No one knew which gaming company had developed it, and all the associated gaming equipment had also suddenly appeared on the market.

It seemed that overnight, the entire Earth had moved from 2D and 3D online games to an era of virtual holographic illusion realms.

And whether it was that academy, that mountain peak, or the demon clan characters in his mind, he had seen them all inside Divine Emperor in his previous life.

Right, he remembered that at the end of his previous life, his last conscious moment was inside the “Divine Emperor” game.

In the Cloud Realm, the Seven Emperors vied for supremacy.

Alone with a sword, he fought against numerous rivals.

Yet, at the final moment, his body suddenly experienced an electric shock, losing all consciousness.

When he woke up again, he had already switched bodies.

Everything in front of his eyes was no longer the familiar Earth.

So at this moment, was he in a game, or in a real world?

Or perhaps, did this world have some connection to “Divine Emperor”?

Feeling dizzy in his mind once again, Zong Shou simply put everything aside, no longer thinking about it.

In this carriage, since he was doing nothing anyway, Zong Shou took out a Green Steel Sword that was about three feet long and practiced swordsmanship in the relatively spacious carriage.

With movements of his feet advancing, retreating, and shifting in combination with his body, the sword light shone within the neither large nor small carriage.

Just as in his previous life, every sword form, every movement, was precisely mastered to the utmost degree, almost considered perfect.

However, this basic swordsmanship, after only half a moment of practice, already left Zong Shou gasping for breath, sweating profusely all over.

The sword light and his figure inevitably began to distort.

It was only by clinging to his innate, never-give-up belief that he kept himself from collapsing.

Not until all the remaining strength in his body had been completely exhausted did Zong Shou stop the sword light and sit panting on the couch.

When his intensely focused attention finally dispersed, he could immediately feel every part of his body, every limb and organ, aching as if being scorched by flames.

This was not simply a matter of being bored, but rather an expression of pure unease.

His situation in this world, as well as his own condition, indeed gave him a strong sense of crisis and urgency.

He was eager to gain some strength, at the very least some ability to protect himself.

In “Divine Emperor,” everything was made to be as realistic as possible.

Whether it was martial arts, language, five senses, combat, or even daily life, there was a complete system in place.

Most players relied on the system’s default settings to play and fight, not pursuing a deeper understanding.

But there were also some who would study all sorts of knowledge and writing within Divine Emperor, research the principles of martial arts thoroughly, and deeply understand everything about this world.

They could even break free from the game’s constraints and develop their own methods based on what was already there.

Zong Shou was not only one of these people, but he was also among the best of them.

Basic Swordsmanship, Basic Boxing, Basic Lightness, Basic Evasion, Basic Step Technique, Basic Guarding, Basic Inner Strength—he had diligently studied all of these fundamental martial artist skills and reached the master level of “return to simplicity.”

And among the hundreds of millions of players, there were only about a thousand who had achieved such a feat.

In fact, Zong Shou had already mastered the principles, variations, and evolutions of this basic swordsmanship.

What he needed to do at this moment was only to let this body remember it firmly, to make it his own instinct.

It was just that his current body was too weak.

Even just a normal exercise routine could only be sustained for the duration of a single cup of tea, and his physical stamina was not even half that of an ordinary person.

What was more frustrating was that the Basic Inner Strength could not be cultivated at all.

It wasn’t that Zong Shou’s body was really weak.

In fact, in terms of strength, flexibility, and agility, he could even exceed an ordinary person by a bit.

Even his root bone and Five Elements Spirit Root could be considered first-rate genius level.

It was just that his stamina was unusually weak for some reason.

However, after exploring for these seven days, Zong Shou had already figured out some clues.

It was probably because of the bloodline he carried, being a half-demon, a Human Fox hybrid, that he had such a handsome face.

And if there were no surprises, both his father’s and mother’s sides should have extraordinary backgrounds.