If you ignored the exorbitant fees...

Lu Cang actually quite liked working with Pari. At the very least, she was reliable.

In his past life, Lu Cang had encountered plenty of people who took money but couldn’t get the job done. Taking someone’s money and then failing to deliver was the most disgusting thing of all.

Pari’s work, on the other hand, gave one a sense of security and peace of mind.

No... actually, it was hard to associate "security and peace of mind" with a black-hearted Divination Master. But in Pari, the two feelings did indeed strike a strange balance.

Pari placed one hand on the book.

Her other hand touched Lu Cang’s forehead.

"Feel."

SWOOSH!

In an instant, the scenery before Lu Cang’s eyes changed.

Lu Cang found himself standing on a vast battlefield.

A massive War Axe was held in one hand.

He spread his arms wide with savage abandon, roaring at the endless army thundering toward him in a cloud of dust and smoke!

"HAAAH—!!!!"

"COME!!!!!"

"FIGHT ME!! TO THE BLOODY!! END!!!!!"

’Run! Run for your life!’

’Fight? What fight?!’

’There are too many of them!’ 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

’At least I should pull back and create some distance first.’

Such thoughts couldn’t help but surface in Lu Cang’s mind. His first instinct was to avoid a direct confrontation.

However, his body refused to obey!

When he came to his senses, he abruptly realized he had taken on the perspective of the War God.

"KILL!!!!"

BOOM!

’So fast!’

Lu Cang felt his body move like a bolt of lightning, instantly charging into the enemy ranks!

He swept the massive War Axe, sending flesh and blood flying!

"FIGHT!!!!"

From all directions, enemies swarmed toward him!

Falling Arrows, thrown Daggers, surging Fireballs, charging iron-clad cavalry—

BANG!

A shockwave of Qi erupted, blasting away every attack!

Then, a boundless Battle Intent washed over the surrounding aura of slaughter! The overwhelming Battle Intent was so powerful that countless enemies fled in disarray, casting aside their helmets and armor!

Even those who still dared to press the attack found their movements warped and clumsy.

But my body was like the hardest steel, my movements like rushing thunder, my strength enough to split mountains and cleave rivers!

Lu Cang felt his hands were strong and powerful!

I met a sword slashing at me, shattered its brilliant edge, broke the blade, crushed the armor, and then cleaved through the flesh beneath. With a swing of my War Axe, I flung the ruined corpse aside.

I charged on!

Unstoppable!

Wherever the War Axe passed, the earth split, stones shattered, flesh and blood flew, and bodies were tossed into the sky.

No one could get near me.

Let the Thunder strike, let the flames scorch me—my body was like tempered steel, indestructible!

I was invincible!

Lu Cang gradually forgot his caution. His mind, along with this new body, galloped freely across the battlefield!

Enemies! Kill!

Demons! Fight!

I slaughtered my way through swarms of soldiers, only to see the champions of every race come to kill me!

They seemed familiar, yet I couldn’t quite remember them.

Because compared to me, they were all just nobodies...

I split Magic, broke a thousand Arrows, shattered the Shields of Defenders, and pinned Healers to the ground.

I severed the metal arms of giant statues.

I hacked off the heads of Giant Dragons.

The number of enemies did not decrease; instead, they grew more and more numerous. Yet my body felt no fatigue. On the contrary, my blood boiled with Battle Intent.

My body grew ever more excited!

Battle!

I need more battles!

But all of them were too weak, far too weak...

None could withstand a single blow. They died the moment I touched them.

I yearned for a true opponent!

An opponent who could match me!

Battle...

Battle...

BATTLE!!!

One day and one night, ten days and ten nights...

The Moon waxed and waned, seasons turned...

From the wastelands outside the Kingdom, I fought to the lush Forest, and slaughtered my way to the snow-capped mountains where blizzards raged...

The battle never stopped for a single moment. More and more people wanted to kill me, more and more people came to fight me.

I never had a moment’s rest.

The entire world was my enemy!

I grew in battle, became stronger in battle, broke through in battle, ascended in battle! Only through battle could I survive!

I stood upon a mountain of bones, looking down on all my enemies, all my challengers.

I fought ten thousand battles, in every form imaginable.

And not one person could stand against me.

Never once defeated.

I sought a single defeat, but could not find one.

This body is lonely, my Battle Intent at its peak.

Lu Cang gazed into the far distance. The war had lasted for years. He stood upon a vast wasteland, carrion vultures circling overhead. Piles of bones stretched to the horizon, and still, there was no one who could match him.

This body is undefeated, my heart is unyielding.

...

A buzz filled his mind as this profound loneliness resonated with his heart.

The battle the War God had endured now felt as if Lu Cang had experienced it himself.

Lu Cang opened his eyes again.

The scene before him had returned to reality.

He looked at his own hands again, as if they were still stained with blood, instruments of a grand feast of slaughter.

Everything he had just experienced felt like a lifetime ago, yet the state of mind it had created within him had not dissipated.

Pari’s tone was calm. "It seems to have been a success."

Lu Cang nodded, savoring this new state of mind.

It was indeed as profound as comprehending a Root Source.

「Extreme Battle Intent: Unyielding Heart」

The first sensation of comprehending Extreme Battle Intent was that his five senses became incredibly sharp, in a way different from a Perception-based scan.

It was a state where every rustle of grass in the wind, every subtle change in scent, even the disturbance of his robes and the weight of a mote of dust, could be felt with extreme clarity.

By concentrating just a little, he could perceive every minute movement as if it were in slow motion.

Lu Cang finally understood how Atelindo had found him back then.

In the face of Extreme Battle Intent, that level of disguise was completely futile.

There was simply nowhere to hide.

Besides the enhancement of his five senses, Extreme Battle Intent also had different conceptual Effects depending on what was comprehended.

And as for the concept of the Unyielding Heart he had comprehended...

As long as he believed he could defeat an opponent, he would be able to rapidly grasp their combat style and adapt to their fighting rhythm with extreme speed.