Chương 147: War God — Chapter 147 - Bro, Are You Seriously Still a Student?

"Wang Xian has already finished the exam?" On the other side. Yan Zhaoxue found Chi Jiuyou's team. After hearing the news, she stood frozen for a long moment.

"Yeah, so there's no helping it. Junior Wang can only move freely on his own." Chi Jiuyou shook his head helplessly.

"But with Junior Wang's strength, as long as he doesn't provoke that Mountain-Treading Nightmare Tiger or charge off alone to Dragon Head Cliff, Panlong Mountain shouldn't pose much danger to him. He's already at the third realm. And the moment he strikes, he can instantly slay over a hundred D-rank Iron-Scale Wolves. His strength is just too overwhelming!"

"This is bad! Terrible!" Yan Zhaoxue's expression changed.

"What's wrong?" Chi Jiuyou asked.

"Just now, a member of the Tenth Unit sent me a message..." Yan Zhaoxue's face was grim.

"According to analysis by a Divine Intent Martial Artist in the unit, the Malevolent Qi fluctuations in Panlong Mountain are abnormal. But that's not even the worst part. The Tenth Unit received word that a squad of international private mercenary martial artists has likely entered Panlong Mountain."

"Their objective is unknown."

"That squad is most likely from certain foreign assassination organizations. Their identities and strength are unclear." Hearing this, Chi Jiuyou was also stunned. He quickly said:"Don't worry, I already reminded him. As long as he encounters any foreign martial artists, Junior Wang will definitely run."

"I'm just afraid he won't be able to run." Yan Zhaoxue's face darkened.

"If he were with us, it would be fine. We'd have the numbers, and they wouldn't dare act recklessly. But if he's off on his own..."

"These foreign martial artists who specialize in assassination, their overall strength might not match our regular martial artists, but they're ruthless and cunning. Even more troublesome than exotic beasts. Like venomous snakes lurking in the shadows, coordinating ambush kills... in this Panlong Mountain, even a fourth or fifth realm martial artist might not escape unscathed. Once encountered, students are like lambs to them. Without experience dealing with such threats... the odds are grim."

"Instructor Lu and several team members from the Tenth Unit have already set out to search for this squad."

"Until they're found, all students are forbidden from moving alone!"

"We were still one step too late!" Chi Jiuyou fell silent. The other students fell silent too.

"Sigh..." Chi Jiuyou looked full of self-blame.

"If I'd known, I wouldn't have let Junior Wang leave..."

"Senior, you can't blame yourself for this..." A student spoke up helplessly.

"None of us probably expected that Wang Xian, shortly after entering Panlong Mountain, would slaughter a hundred Iron-Scale Wolves in one go, completing an exam that should have taken at least two days..." And he completely over-fulfilled the exam requirements. In that case, the senior couldn't do anything about it. According to regulations, after completing the exam content ahead of schedule, one could indeed move freely within a limited area. Though they were students, they were also martial artists.

There weren't that many rigid rules. They'd all been thinking about finishing the exam early and exploring Panlong Mountain freely. Whatever you gained while moving freely was a real, tangible harvest!

"Focus on leading the team well for now!" Yan Zhaoxue said as she was about to leave. Suddenly, the wristwatch on her hand beeped. She looked down. Her expression instantly changed. Seeing this, Chi Jiuyou beside her quickly asked anxiously:"What is it? Did Instructor Lu and the others find news about Junior Wang?"

"What's the situation?" Yan Zhaoxue was silent for a long time before she said in a low voice:"Instructor Lu and the others sent word. The alert has been lifted."

"What happened?" Chi Jiuyou asked. Yan Zhaoxue spoke slowly, in a very strange tone, suppressing the shock in her voice:"They said... Junior Wang, at the critical moment, used the Mountain-Treading Nightmare Tiger to single-handedly take out that assassination squad... and then killed the half-crippled Mountain-Treading Nightmare Tiger as well... reaping the fisherman's profit..." Everyone listened. And instantly turned to stone. Bro, are you seriously still a student?

"Shadow members, huh..." Wang Xian tidied up briefly and walked over to the two bizarrely shaped figures who had suddenly rushed out. Slain in a single slash, the two bodies were still burning with nightmare fire. But Wang Xian easily identified who they were. The specifics of who they were, what they looked like, none of that mattered.

"Just rats skulking in the gutters..."

"In my past life, your Shadow's leader was only at the eighth realm. He angered a Martial God and was casually wiped out."

"Right now... they should just be starting to make waves internationally, right?" Wang Xian let out a scoff. In the era of New Martial Arts, where there is sunlight, naturally there are shadows. Dragon Nation has relatively few. The bulk of them are international. Assassination. He'd experienced it countless times in his past life. On the alien battlefields, assassinations would even make use of exotic beasts, making them even more troublesome.

These shadow cults thriving beneath the sunlight, their essence was actually the internal strife caused when certain exotic beasts invaded and controlled many human martial artists. Some exotic beasts were extremely intelligent, more cunning than humans, able to indirectly control martial artists by granting them immense power. They could even make martial artists without any talent become powerful. Many martial artists, unable to resist the temptation, naturally fell into corruption.

Of course, the Shadow organization right now hadn't yet developed to that stage.

"Just reached the fourth realm... and walked right into the muzzle..." Wang Xian shook his head. As a half-step Martial God with abundant experience, the moment he entered Dragon-Tiger Ridge and saw that Mountain-Treading Nightmare Tiger, he already knew someone was lying in ambush. In other words. Before the fight with the Mountain-Treading Nightmare Tiger even began, he had to be prepared for any situation that might follow. Unauthorized usage: this tale is on Amazon without the author's consent.

Report any sightings. Whether it was the distant sniper or the two who suddenly charged out, the moment the battle started, Wang Xian had already decided the moment of their deaths. It was simply a matter of waiting until the fight ended, when he looked weakened, to deliver a single killing blow. But by the same logic, if he used this opportunity, he could kill them just the same.

Life-and-death duels between martial artists, compared to the point-sparring matches of martial arts tournaments, hinged far more on a single instant. Playing this kind of death match. He was more skilled at it.

"Chi Jiuyou, this scheme of yours... has a little something to it..."

"But not much..." Wang Xian mused. The big fish that took the bait was beginning to bite and thrash. But it still hadn't reached Wang Xian's goal.

"Asura Blade Intent..."

"Return to Simplicity..."

"The greatest harvest from this battle is actually..." Wang Xian casually stabbed the corpses twice more, then looked toward the Nightmare Tiger. He walked over and gently touched the bluish-purple flames burning on the Nightmare Tiger's body with his palm. This nightmare fire was extremely unique. Once touched, it could instantly seal a martial artist's five senses. Throwing the martial artist into complete disarray.

The move he'd comprehended in the Tiger-Sha Blade Technique, that one move, was comprehended from the battle with the Nightmare Tiger.

'Blood Ignition: Scorch the Firmament.' By enduring the nightmare fire oneself and fusing it into the blade technique, with one slash, the tiger sha becomes nightmare, capable of instantly sealing a martial artist's five senses, throwing them into chaos and allowing them to be effortlessly slaughtered. Even if they reacted in time, they'd still be tainted by this nightmare fire, which was extremely troublesome. It was just that, if any other martial artist tried this move, they'd die every time they used it.

Because he possessed divine meridians, he could even directly absorb this nightmare fire and fuse it with the fire seed within his body, storing it inside. So... A bountiful harvest. As for the other materials. Wang Xian, while absorbing the nightmare fire, looked toward the Nightmare Tiger's back and curled the corner of his mouth:"Went to all that trouble to cripple this Nightmare Tiger, afraid I'd see how powerful it was and just run off, right?"

"And hired assassins in the shadows too." Wang Xian felt inside his clothes, narrowing his eyes.

"It seems you're not just scheming for this item on my person."

"You're also holding a deep grudge from when I killed that Crocodile-Turtle at Bluefall Water City last time."

"No rush. You should still have a trump card you haven't used yet, right?"

"The Northern-Tibetan Relic 'Dragon Calamity Bone Tomb.' How will you open it?" He seemed to be muttering to himself. At that moment. Several figures came rushing from the distance.

"Wang Xian? You bastard, you're alright?" Before the people arrived, their voices had already reached him. Wang Xian turned around and saw Instructor Lu leading several team members, standing not far away, looking at him. He smiled and waved. Instructor Lu walked over, first examining the dead Mountain-Treading Nightmare Tiger, then looking at the two corpses still burning with nightmare fire. He was stunned for a moment, then waved to the team members beside him.

Two team members immediately went to inspect the two corpses, then nodded to Instructor Lu:"There are blade marks, but burned by nightmare fire..."

"The Mountain-Treading Nightmare Tiger suffered severe injuries, with unusual wound patterns..."

"But it was also decapitated by a single slash... the blade marks seem to carry a hint of Asura Blade Intent... this is a lost ultimate technique left behind by Martial God Zhao Gang years ago..." Instructor Lu looked at Wang Xian with a face full of shock. Before Wang Xian could even speak, he slapped Wang Xian on the shoulder and said excitedly:"Good kid! At such a young age, you actually managed to use the Mountain-Treading Nightmare Tiger to kill these foreign martial artists?"

"And you've even learned Martial God Zhao Gang's Asura One-Slash? You learned it from the Martial God True Intent in the Dao-Inquiring Stele, didn't you?"

"Good, good, good!" Wang Xian pretended to have a sudden realization and said:"So they were foreign martial artists... I was wondering..."

"These are martial artists from a foreign shadow assassin organization..." Instructor Lu snorted coldly.

"To dare infiltrate this unmanaged zone on the border. Even if it's unmanaged, it's still ultimately Dragon Nation territory."

"But you kid are really something. Though I don't know how you pulled it off, the fact that you're standing here in one piece means you must have gone through a life-and-death desperate struggle, with some thrilling schemes and calculations, right?" Wang Xian nodded. A life-and-death desperate struggle, not quite. Schemes and calculations, a little, not much.

"Captain Lu, there should be one more nearby. We'll go search." The two called out, then spread out to search the area. Instructor Lu smiled:"The two you killed, one was called Blood Fang, the other Shadow Spider. There should also be a Ghost Eye... don't worry, he won't get away." Wang Xian gave an "uh." Indeed, he wouldn't get away. Instantly killed by his flying dagger, he'd probably already turned into a cloud of blood mist. Because the flying dagger's material was one he'd modified himself.

After hitting the enemy, it would also instantly explode, corroding the corpse completely clean. One blade unleashed, the corpse left no trace. No helping it. Nowadays, martial artists had all sorts of bizarre and strange talents. To kill someone, just one slash wasn't enough. You had to scatter even their ashes to the wind. Otherwise, just like before, some martial artists with formidable martial talents could still move even with their heads gone.

Of course, it was originally meant for dealing with even more troublesome exotic beasts. His previous flying daggers were only the manifestation of the Immortal-Slaying Flying Dagger Art's power, without many additional capabilities. But the flying daggers he forged himself naturally suited his past life's usage style better.

"You were able to use the Nightmare Tiger to kill these two, and then, while the Nightmare Tiger was injured, turn around and kill it as well..."

"This kind of combat talent. I, old Lu, have lived for decades, and I've rarely seen anything like it..." Lu Tiesheng sighed.

"Right, the danger has been resolved, but there's an issue with the Malevolent Qi concentration in Panlong Mountain. Next, you should head out and rest up for a couple of days."

"The day after tomorrow, follow two senior students to Dragon Head Cliff to observe and comprehend some of the battle traces left behind by a Martial God."

"Alright." Wang Xian nodded slightly. The Tenth Unit truly lived up to being an elite force. He hadn't expected them to already detect the abnormality in the Malevolent Qi concentration so quickly. And so, Wang Xian followed Lu Tiesheng and walked toward the outside. They hadn't walked far. Wang Xian's footsteps suddenly paused. He looked at the ground and frowned slightly:"Instructor Lu, did you hear some kind of sound?"

"It seems... like the sound of insects squirming... it should be some insect-type exotic beasts, right?" Lu Tiesheng said.

"Panlong Mountain is teeming with insects and vermin. Having some insect-type exotic beasts is fairly normal." Wang Xian looked at the Malevolent Qi detection meter on his wrist. He also sensed the Malevolent Qi around him:'Nine Nether Dark Worms?'

'Interesting. So it's this kind of insect vermin exotic beast altering Panlong Mountain's magnetic field...'

'In that case, it seems Panlong Mountain must indeed be hiding the true Northern-Tibetan Relic.'

'But where would it be located?' Nine Nether Dark Worms were a type of exotic beast that only grew near graveyards and could even traverse space. The subtle sound waves emitted by their squirming had an extremely low frequency and could greatly interfere with many technological devices. They could even disrupt a martial artist's spirit. Generally speaking, they wouldn't appear in Panlong Mountain.

"Instructor Lu, has the Northern-Tibetan military department thoroughly explored this Panlong Mountain?" Wang Xian suddenly asked.

"They have." Instructor Lu nodded.

"They didn't find anything special. The military department has thoroughly explored these unmanaged zones inside and out. But since they are unmanaged zones, they must inherently have their peculiarities."

"If they were so easy to purge and purify, they wouldn't be unmanaged zones."

"Moreover, Dragon Head Cliff still has battle traces left by a Martial God, which counts as cultural relic-level protection."

"If they could be purified and purged, that would naturally be the best."

"But as you know, with these large-scale unmanaged zones where massive amounts of Malevolent Qi naturally gather, we truly dare not act recklessly. The slightest misstep, if an accident occurs, could brew an unimaginably terrifying disaster." Wang Xian nodded. Indeed. This was also the reason the Northern-Tibetan Relic had caused a catastrophe in his past life. If the military department could have found the disaster source of the Northern-Tibetan Relic in advance, such a massive disaster wouldn't have occurred.

But even in his past life, no one knew who had discovered that Northern-Tibetan Relic. They only knew it was opened from the inside using a dragon-shaped stone key. But how exactly it was discovered, and how they entered, that had always remained a mystery.

'But you, Chi Jiuyou, definitely know, don't you?' Wang Xian followed Lu Tiesheng out of Panlong Mountain. Not long after Wang Xian left. A woman dressed in a black martial attire tight-fit martial robe arrived at Dragon-Tiger Ridge. Beside the woman followed over a dozen martial artists, both male and female. Each one's aura was far from weak, their gazes sharp.

"President Chen, the Mountain-Treading Nightmare Tiger seems to have already been killed." One of the men stepped forward, surveyed the scene for a moment, and mused, "Looking at the traces, there seems to be a hint of Asura Blade Intent... Asura Blade Intent is inherited from Martial God Zhao Gang's Asura One-Slash, a lost blade technique martial art. It's said that even the Heavenly Blade Club doesn't possess the training method for this martial art."

"Who could have done it?"

"Wang Xian." The woman spoke slowly, in a tone of absolute certainty.

"Wang Xian? This year's Martial Exam top scorer at Tiandu University? It's said, I heard that this year's Tiandu University Martial Exam top scorer comprehended Martial God Zhao Gang's Martial True Intent. Within that Martial True Intent, it would inevitably contain the training method for this lost martial art!" Someone stepped forward and speculated, "If that's the case, then not only has this Wang Xian successfully trained in the Asura One-Slash, but could he have also comprehended Asura Blade Intent?"

"Isn't that just too heaven-defying?"

"After all these years, no one has inherited Martial God Zhao Gang's Martial True Intent... and in just this short time?"

"Tiandu University produces talents generation after generation. It's fortunate that our Azure Dragon has the President..."

"President, during our exam in Panlong Mountain this time, following your instructions, we've already obtained quite a few rare materials... our objectives have more or less been achieved, right?"

"When do we leave?"

"Wait." The woman spoke faintly. The group was instantly puzzled. Wait for what? But the woman didn't answer. She merely gazed quietly at the bright moon hanging in the sky. The moonlight spilled onto the woman's cheeks, illuminating a pair of eyes of ultimate allure. Yet no one could see the longing hidden within those eyes... ➤ Next: Dragon Head Cliff Comprehension, Martial Realm Skyrockets, Sudden Change!