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Chapter 334 - 0225 Extremely Dangerous, Night Fiend Under the Sky (3 updates! 4k extra words asking for double monthly tickets)

Chapter 334: 0225 Extremely Dangerous, Night Fiend Under the Sky (3 updates! 4k extra words asking for double monthly tickets)

"This ’White Tiger Breaking Army Spear’, Lu Chenzhou had been practicing for less than two months. Once he finished the trial in the Void Realm, he would have hope of achieving Perfection in spear skills.

By then, his Divine Weapon Spear Technique might be comparable in power to his True Skill Boxing. And the ’Wind and Thunder Formation’, used in the Sacrifice Strike, was even his strongest Killing Move for turning the tides in desperate situations!

Next.

Lu Chenzhou spent his days roaming the Oasis, not fixated on finding Great Voids. Instead, he just let nature take its course, his main goal being to hone his Martial Arts here.

Of course.

The region of the Oasis wasn’t absolutely safe.

Three days later, somewhere in District Nine’s valleys.

Lu Chenzhou lay hidden in a pile of rotten leaves, the Bodhi Seed in his mind shining brightly, masking his Qi Mechanism, making it faint and elusive. Inside the Daling acupoint, a coldness like the deep sea engulfed him, his Martial Arts Will protecting his spirit.

"Ga ga ga!"

In the sky.

A Void Thing resembling a bald vulture, with a wingspan of ten meters and an old man’s head with gaunt, weirdly red hair, circled overhead. The skin on the old man’s face was covered in dark brown patches, like corpse spots, and writhing maggots moved among the dried wrinkled skin and dense rows of sharp teeth.

It clasped the carcass of an End Realm Great Void in its human-like talons, feasting while flying and eventually slowly disappeared over the horizon.

"Old Man Vulture, a Shadow Level Great Void...

If I can master the Tiger Demon Tai Sui Technique soon, I’d be able to steer clear of such dangers and not experience such peril. I hope Wang Hongdao and the others are okay."

Not until the creature had gone did Lu Chenzhou emerge from the leaves. He ran towards the base, feeling extremely fortunate that he had aced the Bodhi Technique before coming, which just barely allowed him to hide a portion of his Qi Mechanism. Moreover, the Old Man Vulture had just hunted successfully and did not sense below as it passed by.

Otherwise, today would have been more likely disastrous than lucky.

Back at the base, Lu Chenzhou reported the encounter with the Old Man Vulture, and the military immediately dispatched powerhouses who eradicated the creature in that area. Lu Chenzhou received 50 Battle Merits.

"700 Battle Merits now... with 7 days left, earning another 300 won’t be a problem."

Lu Chenzhou looked towards the ranking list. He had unknowingly risen to the 36th position.

Steady progress, pretty good.

[Galaxy Li Guyi: 1600 Battle Merits]

"Does this Li Guyi never spend his days in Cultivation?"

Lu Chenzhou couldn’t imagine how one could earn 1600 Battle Merits; he certainly wouldn’t let the pursuit of rankings affect his cultivation progress in Heavenly Pile and Inner Strength.

However, Shentu Youshan said that number one on the Battle Merits ranking list could choose any Low-Grade Slaughter Weapon Divine Weapon, but Lu Chenzhou wasn’t too interested in the ranks since he already possessed the Tiger Gall Divine Spear. Yet for other Martial Arts Geniuses who lacked a Divine Weapon, it was understandable to fight desperately for the ranks—the benefits of a Divine Weapon, Lu Chenzhou was gradually coming to appreciate.

He glanced at the ranks of others from Dragon City.

"Fang Xue is actually in fifth place, seems like she gained a lot. That woman is a Commander, her comprehensive strength likely approaches End Realm, capable of hunting Middle Realm Great Voids; Li Fu is even behind me, beyond the 100th place, grouped with Wang Hongdao and the rest."

...

In the blink of an eye, it was the 27th day of the training.

Just three more days, and Lu Chenzhou could return home. All this time, he had been sleeping once every two days, and under this high-intensity battle and practice, his body and mind were indeed a bit weary.

Luckily, he had achieved his main objective for this trip.

First Class Spear Skill was on the verge of Great Success, not far from Perfection!

During breakfast, Dragon City’s participants were chatting.

Fang Xue suddenly reminded everyone:

"Everyone, be careful in the next three days, don’t let your guard down. Li Guyi is not weaker than me, but he nearly lost his life yesterday, sustained serious injuries... and what attacked him were not Great Voids but Cultists lurking in this realm."

She felt fortunate.

District Nine, where Dragon City was located, was relatively safe; everyone was okay, only Ning De got greedy, almost died in a Heavenly Calamity, and came back safe by a slim chance. Other schools had suffered not small losses, with the initial casualty of Yu Xiu, now totaling 2 dead, 35 injured.

These were all geniuses from Top Martial Universities.

Losing any one of them was a pain for the Martial Arts Department.

But this was the trial of life and death; the two who died in the Void Realm were those who did not heed advice and ventured into Catastrophe Forbidden Zones on their own. A trial was not only about exercising courage and will but also about testing one’s judgment and response in various complex situations.

In Martial Arts, one must learn to assess situations and treasure oneself. While it’s tempting to seek fortune amid danger, there comes a time to stop. Blindly chasing after with a hope for fluke may bring harm to oneself.

Li Fu frowned and said:

"Cultists? How did they get in here? The convergence points of Taihu Virtual Realm are stringently guarded by the military. It must be that some infiltrated the groups coming in. But these trialists are Martial Arts geniuses from various schools; it would be difficult for Cultists to infiltrate among them, right?"

The others were also confused.

Shentu Youshan walked over with his hands behind his back, his expression serious:

"Indeed, these are Cultists... With their appearance here, there are three possibilities: one, the convergence point leading to this Oasis is not limited to Taihu alone; there may be other more minor points existing in the deep forests and mountains, possibly controlled by the Cult.

Second, these Cultists may have been living in the Void Realm for a long time or have gained a method to freely travel in and out of the Void Realm through communication with the Evil God.

Third, there might be Cult traitors among the people here in the Oasis.

Regardless of which, none are good news. The Cultists will certainly not let go of this excellent opportunity to ambush and kill Martial Arts Geniuses in the wilderness. Moreover, the Black Knight forces from Su City might also take this chance to work with the Cult, conspiring together."

Everyone’s faces became somber upon hearing this.

Shentu Youshan continued:

"Currently, the military’s elite are trying to surround and purge the Cultists, but what follows will inevitably be a protracted battle, so your trials will now be upgraded in difficulty."

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