Chương 114: War God’s : — Chapter 114 - Martial God Zhao Gang! Asura Single Slash! True Martial Intent!

"Detected that your spirit is abundant. Do you wish to continue meditating on the Dao Inquiry Stele?"

"Yes!" Wang Xian answered without hesitation. He'd fully comprehended the Prairie Fire Spear Technique. His spirit was still abundant, so he could try comprehending the will left behind by other martial predecessors.

"I'll choose myself."

"..." Wang Xian pondered for a moment, then spoke slowly:"Select Martial God Zhao Gang."

"..."

"What Martial God Zhao Gang left behind is a strand of true martial intent, which also contains his lost advanced martial art 'Asura Single Slash.' The comprehension difficulty is extremely high. Do you—""Yes."

"Martial God Zhao Gang has been selected! You must undergo 'Battle Replay,' 'Heart Inquiry,' and the final 'Intent Tracing.' Each trial will damage your spirit."

"Please prepare yourself!" Wang Xian took a breath. Bring it on. Martial God Zhao Gang! Let me see your martial path! In his past life, he'd crossed blades with quite a few Martial Gods. But the deceased ones? He'd basically had no chance to spar with them. Some died too early, leaving behind only a single strand of martial will. There was simply no way, like now, to read Martial God data through special methods and integrate it directly into AI martial artists, letting the world experience a Martial God's power.

The scene slowly emerged. 10, 000 zhang above the sky. Gale-force winds howled. Looking up: endless starry sky. Looking down: the vast Blue Star.

"Damn..." Wang Xian thought to himself. A Martial God's battle replay really is something else. Right off the bat, straight into outer space. The entire style felt different from Qin Wuji guarding Dragon Burial Pass alone. Beyond the heavens. Points of fiery light grew larger at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Alien beast meteor swarm?" Wang Xian raised his eyes. Terrifying pressure transmitted from beyond the starry sky. In an instant, he understood which battle this was. [Dragon Nation Interstellar Interception Battle] An epic battle recorded in the textbooks! A Z-class interstellar beast beyond the heavens had unleashed transcendent and distant power, pulling a meteor swarm from outer space to pierce through Blue Star. The falling coordinates of the meteor swarm: Dragon Nation!

Martial God Zhao Gang, in this battle, ascended into the starry sky. He stood across the void with his blade and stepped forward to intercept the meteor swarm that could have destroyed all of Dragon Nation! Faced with such a terrifying situation. Logically speaking, even a Seventh Realm Great Grandmaster would probably feel as insignificant as an ant! Let alone fighting. They wouldn't even have the conviction to lift a hand. Who the hell could withstand this? They simply wouldn't have that kind of will.

The first step of the true martial intent alone was enough to kill anyone attempting meditation. No wonder no one had comprehended it for so many years. Not to mention anything else: even if one truly dared to act, at 10, 000 zhang above the starry sky, most martial artists would find it very difficult to adapt to this kind of battle. Even if you were given Martial God Zhao Gang's strength, you might not be able to fully bring it to bear. This battle replay was naturally impossible to pass.

Difficulties piled upon difficulties. But. Reading on this site? This novel is published elsewhere. Support the author by seeking out the original. As that principal said.

"Within the Dao Inquiry Stele, how strong you are depends on yourself."

"Blade, come!" Wang Xian's eyes blazed. The meteor swarm's world-ending trajectory danced in his pupils. The gale howled. Yet his mind was extremely calm.

"The meteor swarm isn't purely meteors... there are also traces of life within..."

"That means within each meteor, there's at least one S-class or higher alien beast controlling it..."

"The falling trajectories have slight variations..."

"Wait. Looking at the pattern, it seems every nine meteors surround one slightly smaller meteor...!"

"My spirit isn't enough to sustain me in this battle for long..."

"I need to resolve this as quickly as possible..." Wang Xian observed carefully, calmly analyzing with his past life's Eighth Realm experience. Inside the Dao Inquiry Stele, what was consumed was the martial artist's spirit. The longer the time, the more listless the spirit became. And Martial God Zhao Gang's battle replay inherently caused enormous spirit consumption. If the time dragged on any longer, he simply wouldn't be able to endure the latter two trials.

"If I only strike once..."

"Detonate the central one... using a point to drive the whole. There might be a chance for a swift battle!" Thinking this far. Wang Xian didn't hesitate. Wielding the heavenly blade 'Flawless' that Martial God Zhao Gang used in life, he soared directly upward into the sky.

"Zhao Gang at this time should have just entered Martial God not long ago..."

"Feels like the gap with me back then isn't that big..." There was no discomfort. Wang Xian gazed into the deep space. The heavenly blade Flawless tore through the void. Eerie demonic patterns appeared on the blade's edge. Ultimate killing intent instantly flooded Wang Xian's mind.

"This is Martial God Zhao Gang's Path of Asura..."

"Asura Single Slash. Only one slash, but this slash first cuts the self, draws blood to imbue the spirit, then cuts the enemy's head. Asura annihilates the world."

"Once the slash is unleashed, both life and death are void."

"The killing nature is truly heavy. Almost a new school that fuses Selfless Tyrant Blade and Peerless Heavenly Blade..."

"Lost..."

"This blade technique was lost because it was too cruel, right?" It was called an advanced blade technique, but Wang Xian felt this was already the prototype of a new blade technique school. More ultimate 'selflessness' than Selfless Tyrant Blade. More ultimate 'peerlessness' than Peerless Heavenly Blade. He could vaguely grasp a bit of Martial God Zhao Gang's true martial intent.

"Not right..." As the second Martial God of the New Martial era, Selfless Tyrant Blade school and Peerless Heavenly Blade hadn't appeared yet at that time. It was the reverse! The current Selfless Tyrant Blade and Peerless Heavenly Blade were both derived from Martial God Zhao Gang's Asura Demon Blade!

"So that's how it is..." Wang Xian felt as if he'd comprehended something. He took a deep breath and slashed out with a single strike. In that instant, his physical body was riddled with a thousand holes. Boundless blood flowed along the wounds into the demon blade. BUZZ BUZZ BUZZ! The blade's cry was like ghosts wailing and wolves howling. Asura devouring the world!

"Slash!" Facing that massive meteor swarm. An ultimate slash tore through the void. The blade light pierced through the centermost meteor like a chain. Like a chain reaction, blood-colored fiery light suddenly bloomed in the void. A strand of imprint emerged from the heavenly blade Flawless. Transforming into a towering figure. The figure suddenly turned around, looking at 'himself.' Wang Xian also looked at this figure. They looked at each other in silence.

Wang Xian inquired of the martial path with his blade, as if completing a dialogue with this Martial God that transcended time and space.

"Proceed with 'Heart Inquiry'?"

"Yes." Wang Xian calmed his emotions and continued with the second meditation. Night. Prison. A person covered in shackles sat upright within the prison, silent and wordless. Outside the prison. Martial God Zhao Gang did not speak a single word.

"Asura Inquiry of Emotion... you're still one final step short, aren't you?" The shackled woman spoke softly.

"Make your move. Kill me, and your Asura Demon Blade should be complete."

"This emotionless and peerless blade technique: you'll be able to cultivate it to success."

"With this, perhaps you can step into Martial God."

"Only then can you break through the current alien beast encirclement. Of the two of us, only one can survive!"

"You did this deliberately?" Martial God Zhao Gang said in a low voice.

"So that I could justifiably kill you? To achieve my Martial God path?"

"Whether it is or isn't, what does it matter? At a time like this, what more needs to be said?"

"Asura Demon Blade requires sacrificing emotion to inquire of the path."

"Emotionless and natureless. Only then can one achieve the supreme." Martial God Zhao Gang didn't speak. His gaze was faint and indistinct.

"..." Wang Xian.

"So this is the Martial God's choice..." Wang Xian watched this scene and fell silent. He raised the demon blade in his hand. This scene should be one Martial God Zhao Gang could never forget in his entire life, right?

"Still not making a move?" The woman in the prison urged. Wang Xian raised his hand. One slash shattered the chains. Majestic blade intent surged into her body:"Why not together instead?" The figure upon the shackles raised her head. A moment of bewilderment. Then starlight blazed brilliantly. Having said this, Wang Xian split the entire prison apart with one slash. Beneath the blood-colored firmament, two figures burst forth.

Amidst the interweaving blade intent, the ultimate emotion blade principle was boundless and infinite.

"Emotionless and natureless can achieve the supreme..."

"Then having emotion and nature can also achieve the supreme!"

"If the Asura Demon Blade has emotion..." Wang Xian closed his eyes in contemplation.

"It may not necessarily be inferior to the emotionless!"

"Proceed with the final 'Intent Tracing'?"

"Yes!" The final step. Wang Xian took a deep breath. And smiled. He was gradually understanding Martial God Zhao Gang. This founder of the Asura Demon Blade. The cornerstone figure of two later major blade technique schools! The scene shifted. Starry sky and sea. There was only a single, indistinct figure. The figure swung a blade. Each slash as if capable of cleaving planets apart. Endless wreckage transformed into blood color that shrouded the starry sky!

Under this ultimate slaughter, the figure seemed to have lost all reason. One blade offered, the ten directions annihilated! If one sank into it, they would only lose their mind and spirit. Wang Xian, seeing this, did not hesitate. One blade slashed toward himself. In that instant, all illusions were extinguished.

"Hahaha..."

"Why do you kill yourself?" A majestic voice seemed to inquire from the void.

"The so-called Asura is not the madness of slaughter, nor the embodiment of killing intent." Wang Xian comprehended the blade path's ultimate principle at this moment.

"Rather, it is the compassion of protecting the path through killing."

"This is your Asura Blade Intent, isn't it?"

"If one truly falls into demonhood, then first cut oneself to eliminate future troubles!"

"Therefore, your Asura Single Slash: the first slash is always aimed at yourself!"

"The purpose is to prevent truly falling into demonhood!"

"This is also the prototype of your true martial intent: Ten Directions Annihilated, Asura Blood Prison!"

"Hahaha...!" Beneath the starry sky. A towering voice came distantly. It seemed only a few words could be heard.

"My... path... is... not... alone!" At this point. Wang Xian had comprehended the will of Martial God Zhao Gang and grasped this long-lost Asura Single Slash and the true martial intent 'Ten Directions Annihilated'! Meanwhile, outside. Dao Inquiry Stele. Song Wujiu and the few people beside him quietly watched the new students in the square.

"I wonder how many this year will be able to comprehend an advanced martial art?" His eyes were full of anticipation. At this moment. The name at the very top of the Dao Inquiry Stele suddenly flickered.

"Eh!" Principal Song Wujiu and the three beside him all stiffened.

"This year's new students have guts!"

"Someone actually dares to meditate on the true martial intent left behind by Martial God Zhao Gang!" Seeing this scene, for a moment, everyone except the new students was dumbfounded. ➤ Next: Geniuses, So Many Geniuses!