A Core Ship From The Start-Chapter 2234 - 1515: Don’t Come Any Closer! (Besides Hot Pot, There’s Nothing to Eat in Winter)
The massacre at the West Shaolin Temple quickly spread throughout the Martial World, causing great shock among all parties.
On one hand, the event was so unbelievable that one couldn’t trust their own ears.
On the other hand, it was too easily verified, as burying over ten thousand corpses discreetly was out of the question. Therefore, all sides swiftly dispatched their spies or bought intel from the West Martial World people, and once the authenticity was confirmed, they were even more astounded.
"I really didn’t expect such a legendary warrior to appear."
In the Yuwen Faction of the Southern Martial World, Yuwen Hua Ji finished reading the report and couldn’t help but furrow his brows and marvel.
"Are the rumors true?"
Upon hearing Yuwen Hua Ji speak, Yuwen Chengdu inquired, and Yuwen Hua Ji nodded.
"I originally thought, with those West Martial World people’s neurotic dispositions, the rumors might be exaggerated, but unexpectedly, they were entirely true. The spy I sent even participated in the burial work himself; he couldn’t be wrong."
The Martial Hero Continent’s four major martial arts regions each have distinct characteristics. The North Martial Arts focuses on body strengthening; their martial arts mainly aim to enhance the body, so the North Martial Arts feature unsophisticated techniques that appear simple but are incredibly effective.
However, simple doesn’t mean ineffective. For instance, with someone like Master Zhang Sanfeng, his moves seem unremarkable at first glance, but underestimate him at your own peril.
The Southern Martial World is the opposite; they emphasize the spirit over the body, and almost every top martial artist seems like they’ve studied psychology. If you can’t fathom the significance of the universe, the moon, the sun, the essence of the world, or the nature of love, you won’t even understand their secret martial arts manuals.
The top experts of the Southern Martial World resemble philosophers or psychologists, like the Overlord Sword, Lang Fan Yun, Demon Master Pang Ban, and Evil King Shi Zhixuan. Each could expound philosophical doctrines that you can’t refute. Of course, if you attempt to argue, they can easily knock you down.
As for the East Martial Arts... they are the envy of others; unlike the North and South Martial Worlds, the East relies more on external objects. Perhaps it’s because they have favorable locations, with rare treasures and divine weapons emerging frequently. Even if you were just a beggar with no martial arts knowledge, consuming a rare treasure might instantly propel you to become a top martial artist.
Moreover, their divine weapons are very cool; commonplace items like the Heaven Sword and Dragon Slayer Saber can’t compare. Their items, such as the Snow Blade and Fire Qilin Sword, come with glowing effects, making them look super impressive just to hold.
In fact, other martial arts regions covet the East Martial Arts and have tried to send people to steal their secrets, only to find it meaningless.
What use is learning their forging techniques when the materials used for crafting their weapons are rare treasures from volcanoes or divine beast blood—where would you find those?
As for direct theft? It’s not impossible, but the problem is these East Martial Arts weapons seem fitted with artificial intelligence and recognize their owner. If the weapon doesn’t acknowledge you, it does nothing for you and might even kill you. Plus, once a divine weapon appears, it’s like setting off fireworks signaling a divine weapon’s birth for everyone in the East Martial Arts to see. You can’t sneak it away; it’s impossible!
In other martial states, people are more renowned, but in the East Martial Arts, divine weapons are more famous.
The North Martial Arts strengthens the body, the South nurtures the spirit, the East forges swords, and the West... is about skill display.
The West Martial World’s greatest feature is that their top martial artists have reached the realm of "Divine Skill," such as Ximen Chuixue, Ye Gucheng, Li Xunhuan, and Chu Liuxiang. They are renowned for their techniques, each attained to a divine level.
However, not many people actually like the West Martial World. Many see the West Martial Arts as homes of evil martial skills, sinister weapons, and bizarre people—a large mental hospital. But thankfully, most of the time, West Martial World people contend with each other behind closed doors, so others aren’t worried about them seeking external trouble.
"So this Undying Slaughter God really killed over ten thousand people alone?"
Hearing this, Yuwen Chengdu gasped, then quickly thought of something and moved close to Yuwen Hua Ji.
"In that case, should we... recruit him?"
"........."
Yuwen Hua Ji didn’t reply immediately; he merely squinted his eyes, pondering. He understood Yuwen Chengdu’s implication. Since Yang Guang took the throne, his tyranny caused widespread unrest, sparking rebellions everywhere.
One of the Southern Martial World’s four major factions, the Yuwen Faction, was also aware of the current situation, and as the head of the Imperial Guards, Yuwen Hua Ji knew great chaos might soon engulf the land. If they could truly recruit such a divine being into the Yuwen Faction, no matter what happened next, the faction would have a "Sea-Calming Sacred Needle."
Nonetheless...
"Do not act rashly."
"Why is that?"
Surprised by Yuwen Hua Ji’s response, Yuwen Chengdu asked.
"I have a feeling this person isn’t simple, and I suspect he might know some devilish arts."
"Devilish arts?"
"Indeed. You’ve led troops in battle; you should know there’s no way you or I could slaughter even if ten thousand pigs stood still for us to kill all."
As the head of the Imperial Guards, Yuwen Hua Ji quickly identified the bizarre aspect of the matter. In warfare, killing thirty to forty percent of enemy forces would cause a rout. Especially since these weren’t disciplined, unyielding Imperial Guards but rather a group of Jianghu people.
With Jianghu people, even slaughtering just ten percent would cause them to scatter. Staying to fight to the end? Highly unlikely.
Beyond that, Jianghu people excel in qinggong, and if they scattered and fled in all directions using qinggong, how could the Undying Slaughter God kill them all?
The reality was, strangely, these people didn’t flee but rushed in only to be slain.
How could this be? The battleground was a Martial Arts Arena, an open territory; high walls wouldn’t stop high-flying Jianghu people. Moreover, the report mentioned several top experts among them; if they were determined to escape, could even the Undying Slaughter God stop them?
How did he manage to make over ten thousand people stay there and be obediently slain?
Just imagining this makes Yuwen Hua Ji feel a bit chilly.
It’s best to be cautious when facing such an unknown character.
"However, after this massacre, I fear the West Martial World will be severely weakened."
Yuwen Hua Ji sighed, knowing that whether it’s a country, organization, or gang, the most important part of a power structure is the middle class, much like a person’s spine.
Of course, although the West Martial World’s Martial Arts Conference had a grand opening and many people attended, the top masters basically did not participate. If Li Xunhuan hadn’t been tied down by Lin Shiyin, he wouldn’t have been interested either. It goes without saying for Ximen Chuixue and Ye Gucheng, Duanmu Huai doesn’t use swords, so they have no thoughts about him.
Thus, most of the top masters of the West Martial World are still intact; the unlucky ones who died in the incident are the Shaolin Abbot Master Xinhu, Money Gang Leader Shangguan Jinhong, and Little Li’s Flying Knife Li Xunhuan.
After this tragedy at the Martial Arts Conference, it’s as if Duanmu Huai directly broke the spine of the West Martial World; whether it can rise again... depends on whether a new generation can succeed the old.
Yuwen Hua Ji closed the intelligence report in his hand, silently pondering.
Hopefully, that vicious person won’t come to the Southern State; this region is going through turbulent times now......
Meanwhile, in the Northern State, there are those with completely different thoughts from Yuwen Hua Ji.
"It is truly surprising that in such troubled times, there is still such a heroic figure; indeed, heroes emerge in times of chaos!"
Murong Fu finished reading the intelligence report in his hand and couldn’t help but clap and shout praises.
"If I could have this person as my vanguard general, what worry would I have about restoring the nation!"
Murong Fu is very impressed with the Undying Slaughter God’s impregnable skills, coupled with his ability to kill ten thousand people and his ruthlessness, leaving Murong Fu in awe. If his army to restore the nation had this person as its vanguard, wouldn’t success be inevitable?
However, how to win over this person?
Murong Fu stared at the intelligence report in deep thought, then his eyes lit up when he saw the item "this person looks fierce".
That’s right, it seems the Undying Slaughter God doesn’t have any romantic appeal; given this, using a beauty to win him over couldn’t be better. Hmm... right, if I let my cousin marry him, then we would be family, eliminating any worries, right? Moreover, my family cousin is indeed a beauty, she should be able to catch the Undying Slaughter God’s eye...
At that time, I’ll be responsible for planning and strategy while the Undying Slaughter God charges ahead, we will cooperate seamlessly to restore Dayan... Thinking of that beautiful future, Murong Fu couldn’t help but be absorbed in thoughts...
Meanwhile, in the Eastern State Martial World, someone is also troubled by this.
Xiong Ba coldly looked at the wreckage before him, his face icy. This time he found Mud Buddha, wanting him to forecast the fate of his second half of life. However, upon learning of the Undying Slaughter God, Xiong Ba was suddenly seized by inspiration and wanted Mud Buddha to foretell the situation of the Undying Slaughter God. Mud Buddha, forced and helpless, could only agree.
The surprising thing for Xiong Ba was, as soon as Mud Buddha started his prediction with closed eyes, the next moment, he exploded and died!
This scene directly bewildered Xiong Ba, okay!
Originally he just wanted to try, but didn’t expect such a strong reaction. What does this mean?
Why did Mud Buddha explode on the spot just by predicting the Undying Slaughter God?
Does this mean that the Undying Slaughter God will destroy him and the World Association?
Thinking of this, Xiong Ba’s expression turned icy; anyone else, he would have immediately ordered to kill them.
But... the tragedy of the West Martial World is still too vivid!
Even if Xiong Ba were foolish, he wouldn’t attack the Undying Slaughter God at this moment; even if he ordered it, others likely wouldn’t dare go, right?
That’s someone capable of killing ten thousand people!
Impenetrable, immune to poison, how can you kill that?
How about the gang leader handling it personally?
Xiong Ba certainly wouldn’t take action personally; he had seen Money Gang’s end. Back then Shangguan Jinhong had gathered many West Martial World’s experts to form the Money Gang and quickly became the largest gang in the West Martial World within two years. As a result, he and many experts were killed at the West Shaolin Martial Arts Conference, causing the entire Money Gang to collapse in the shortest time possible, disappearing into ashes.
Seeing this, Xiong Ba felt mixed emotions, having worked hard for so many years, he absolutely did not want the World Association to have the same fate.
Therefore... the Undying Slaughter God must not come to the Eastern State!
In fact, not just Xiong Ba, the heads of major forces in the southern, northern, and eastern states all think the same; these major forces are people of great influence, with their powers spread throughout their respective Wuzhou regions.
But this also means they’re very likely to clash with the Undying Slaughter God!
If some reckless subordinate provokes the Undying Slaughter God, they might only realize the mistake once the foe arrives at their doorstep!
Even the most formidable heads of various gangs can’t control everyone!
Thus, all they can do now is... pray that Duanmu Huai doesn’t come to their territory!
