Master of Kaidan
Chapter 194 Growth

Chapter 194: Chapter 194 Growth

Feng Xue entered the Trial Space once more and observed the modern city constructed of steel and concrete. With a slight curl of his lips, it was clear to him that this environment was unlikely to be a battlefield suited for knights; it most probably catered to modern armed forces or power users adept at combat in complex terrains.

After confirming this, Feng Xue didn’t immediately start the challenge. Instead, he retrieved a cloth bundle from his storage waist bag and began to remove all of his equipment.

The forbiddance of weapons within the Tower of Babylon was absolute. In guardian challenges where death was not a concern, he could confidently strip away his equipment bit by bit to add pressure on himself.

He started with the Feminization Filter, then removed the Holy Mother and Suffocation Blade, followed by the Silent Boots and the Indescribable Stick...

Until now, Feng Xue finally took off the Phantom of the Opera’s evening dress as well. Asides from a few "life-saving trump cards" which he had conscientiously "put back on," all that was left on him was the storage waist bag and the Oathkeeper’s Appearance that covered his face.

Donning the Scavenger Suit that he hadn’t worn in a long while, Feng Xue’s style underwent a drastic change. If the original Feng Xue resembled a Demon King with an intimidating aura, now he appeared like the remains of a miner that had been dead for who knows how many years.

The Scavenger Suit, devoid of any "Comfortable" element, was uncomfortable. Accustomed to soft, body-hugging fabrics, Feng Xue couldn’t help but frown at this.

Nevertheless, he quickly recovered from the discomfort and again issued the command to start.

Instantly, the wind began to stir, and the stationary cars on the streets roared to life with the sound of engines.

Numerous rigid pedestrians walked the streets, following their inflexible instructions just like NPCs in a game.

"An assassination group specializing in hiding among the crowds?"

Feng Xue patted a passerby walking by and, discovering that interaction was indeed possible, his expression turned serious.

Although the settings for each challenge would change, if bystanders ever appeared, they were mostly uninteractable spectators.

And in the challenge spaces of Babylon Tower, they wouldn’t bother creating meaningless NPCs. In other words, these NPCs for the guardians here were "part of the home field."

Hu- Inhalation- Exhalation-

After taking a deep breath, Feng Xue started walking. Based on previous challenge experiences, "Guardians" didn’t have a "passive combat" setting. The moment he showed the slightest flaw, the opponent would attack without hesitation.

As expected, just as Feng Xue lowered his head abruptly, feigning to inspect the ground as if looking for lost money, three individuals among the aimlessly wandering pedestrians suddenly charged at Feng Xue.

Three Short Blades stabbed towards his lower back, heart, and neck from different directions, their movements devoid of technique but directly on point, clearly intent on a desperate fight to the death.

"These are so weak?" Feng Xue was somewhat astonished as he grasped the wrist of the one who reached him first with one hand, pivoted on his feet, and pushed forward with a single arm, causing the sharp knives in the hands of two assassins to plunge into each other’s hearts.

Seeing this, the third assassin didn’t have any intention to dodge and still swung his short blade at Feng Xue. However, this level of fighting prowess, akin to that of an ordinary person, didn’t even afford them the chance to engage before they were already frozen in place.

"Sarilang!"

Just as Feng Xue was about to twist the neck of the stunned assassin, a sudden, shrill scream rang in his ears.

This inexplicable sensation didn’t last long; with the blaring, grating sound of "arrest, arrest, arrest..." alarm bells ringing, a large group of armed personnel, donning uniforms from some unknown Otherworldly civilization, emerged from the streets and alleys, quickly forming a massive encirclement.

"Could it be mechanized beasts?" Watching the black muzzles pointed at him, Feng Xue’s frown deepened as he listened to the person wielding the megaphone delivering a speech aimed at persuading him to surrender.

This time, the scene was unlike any previous defense challenge, at least, the other guards would definitely not exhibit any kind of persuasion to defect.

Even without the Arrow Avoidance Protection, Feng Xue had already discerned their shooting intentions through those raised gun muzzles and the soldiers’ gazes, and with one hand, he picked up the assassin he had touched and rushed straight towards the shouter.

"Fire!"

A command issued from nowhere, and a barrage of gunshots exploded in the street; the Arrow Avoidance Protection was automatically triggered, making the trajectory of every bullet clear and distinct.

Effortlessly using a human shield to block the unavoidable projectiles, Feng Xue took only about a second, aided by the Complete Heaven Shifting Star Skill, to reach the front of the police car.

Although hampered by insufficient mastery in mathematics, Feng Xue was still unable to unleash the full mysteries of this divine skill, but its application was much smoother than the previous rigid approach.

He forcefully hurled the corpse in his hand into the dense group of armed personnel and shaped his open palm into a blade, making a light swipe at the earlier shouter.

The hand blade, wrapped in the No-thought Divine Power, was not outdone by swords, and as a thick scent of rust and a fountain-like gush of blood mist rose, a head fell to the ground.

What was originally a move to kill just one person now produced an unparalleled deterrent effect.

The terrified soldiers raised their guns, but at such close range, they only ended up shooting their own comrades.

Thirty seconds later, a group of nearly a hundred gun-wielding soldiers lay dead, but the scene in front of Feng Xue remained that of a forest of steel buildings, the only difference being that there were no more pedestrians on the streets now.

"There surely can’t be guard types that specialize in encryption, right?" Feng Xue muttered in frustration, starting to doubt whether he should just admit defeat and exit, but at that moment, a tearing-like agony exploded in his brain.

"[Expletive in Yan Country]! It’s a mental attack! A power of mind control?"

Feng Xue instantly understood. Although he had been toyed with by an illusion technique not long ago, after days of relentless training, he was no longer completely helpless against mental attacks.

The main consciousness bore the pain and entered meditation, yet a wisp of his spirit harshly collided with the source of his headache.

A dense killing intent infused that thread of thought, which astonishingly attacked his own brain with a bold and unrestrained force!

Since one could be resurrected no matter the form of suicide within the Guardian Space, Feng Xue could freely study various techniques with exceptionally high risk factors.

After accidentally killing himself a dozen times, Feng Xue finally found the knack for controlling the force of this "Killing Intent Sword Light" formed from killing aura and thought.

Where the sword light passed, the mental threads enveloping his brain, akin to a fishing net, all snapped, and Feng Xue unleashed an unprecedented killing intent following the trace of those threads back to their source.

"Ah—"

A shrill scream came from afar, and Feng Xue’s expression suddenly changed; only then did he remember that he was merely undergoing training. Without bothering to investigate the situation of this mind-controlling power user, he said outright:

"I admi—"

"Snap!"

The Trial Space suddenly shattered, and Feng Xue once again found himself back in the stairwell, but this time, he had reached the Ninth Layer.

"[Expletive in Yan Country]!"