Beginning with the Ubume Bird-Chapter 495 - 9: Eternal Biography
The night saturated everything, with a moonlit sky sparsely dotted by stars, the scent of blood diffuse.
The once flat land, mangled by the aftermath of a fierce battle, was now a crisscross of scars upon the dark green grass, pockmarked and too ghastly to behold.
Li Yan, his right hand clutching a wound, looked around with cold eyes. Those who had surged forth in a sudden assault, overwhelming in their momentum, now lay without exception in pools of blood.
The whoosh of breaking air grew from distant to near as three entirely black helicopters, each adorned with a white third eye painted on their noses, descended with commanding presence. The cabin doors were violently flung open, and rescue workers wearing gas masks and thick protective gear filed out, lifting the heavily injured—either unconscious or groaning in pain—onto stretchers before whisking them into the helicopters. Throughout the process, not a single superfluous word was spoken.
The blood between Li Yan’s fingers had already dried. He watched silently, making no move to interfere or to harm the rescue personnel.
Soon, the three helicopters had tidied away the wounded, their angry rotors lifting the machines into the sky. Under the bright moon, they formed a ’品’ shape as they flew towards the edges of the arena, shrinking until they became three barely discernible points.
Across from Li Yan, a figure in the same gas mask and protective gear was sitting cross-legged, apparently having been there unnoticed for some time. He removed his mask, revealing a sharp-angled face.
He shed his cumbersome protective gear, and Li Yan released his grip from the wound. The flesh there was now as good as new, without a single scar left behind.
"It looks like you’ve still got some fight left in you, so I guess I can’t be accused of taking advantage of someone in their time of weakness," he said.
The man flashed four pristine white teeth as his protective gear hit the ground heavily, stirring up a cloud of dust.
Without a single word, Li Yan thrust his Gold-engraved Tiger Head Spear straight at the man’s chest.
Tiger Rises!
Sparks flew. Li Yan narrowed his eyes—incredibly, the man had grasped the spear, with a sharpness degree of 100, with his bare crimson hands!
[Inheritance: Yazi Hand, Dragon Swallow]: The flesh is judged to be of a strength surpassing that of the majority of cold weapons’ sharpness.
Li Yan growled and launched "Swallow Through the Curtain," flooding the opponent with thousands of platinum lusters. Unexpectedly, the other’s eyes bulged with rage, and a similar red radiance met Li Yan’s head-on, not missing by a fraction.
[Fierce Roar]: Inheritance: Yazi Hand’s second break-through skill, granting the wielder the same specialized proficiency with a cold weapon as their opponent and a comparable self-taught skill when faced off in combat.
"Liu Zhen."
The man facing him volunteered his name, common enough to be found anywhere.
Only then did Li Yan’s face crack into the barest hint of a smile. He nodded at the man before him, "Li Yan."
"Then..."
Liu Zhen drew out the word.
"What a pleasure!"
In unison, they exclaimed as a bloody, fanged wolf with the menacing presence of bared teeth unfurled a gale from behind Liu Zhen. With antlers as deadly as swords and eyes exuding innate majesty, it was none other than the Yuzi from the Nine Offspring of the Dragon.
The Godess Gu Huo’s nine wings embraced one another as the Yuzi opened its mouth in a furious roar. The Gu Huo Bird spread its nine wings wide, its two bloody eyes staring straight at the Yuzi. A chill converted the grass blades beneath Li Yan’s feet into frosty white, both sides on a knife’s edge.
...
Strands of golden light poured from Cha Xiaodao’s body, whispers like the sound of Sanskrit filled the air, dispelling all the ghoulishness and replacing it with an abstract world constructed of strings of text, snapping bamboo, and the cadence of human speech—Cha Xiaodao, as luminous as a Golden Arhat descending to the mortal realm.
[Exclusive Illusion Realm: Millennia Chronicle]
Category: Special Skill
Quality: Legendary!
Complete the [Exclusive Yan Fu Event: Millennia Chronicle] for a chance to obtain through drawing.
Spend 2000 Yan Fu points to learn it, occupying one skill slot. Capable of pulling every creature within a space of 50*50*50 into the Illusion Realm. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚
Based on the storytelling of Liu Jingting, the progenitor of Ping Shu narrative, performances of "Tales of Dual Blades," "Twenty-Four Ballads of the Military" and other tales that have spread far and wide, it constructs a Sumeru Illusion Realm praised as the foundation of storytelling. The wider the tales of Liu Jingting spread, the more powerful the Illusion Realm becomes, possibly even reaching other Yan Fu fruits.
Current spread: Talk of the town.
As one of the protagonists of the narrative, Dual Blades Martial Saint Cha Daozi, the Flying Sky Governor Li Yan, will receive the following bonuses:
[Flying Sky Governor]: Abridged
[Dual Blades Martial Saint]:
Hero of the Age: Dual Blades Martial Saint Cha Daozi’s martial skills are exquisite, and nobody has ever defeated him in a direct confrontation.
He gains a sword skill specialization equivalent to 90%, and all creatures pulled into the illusion realm are conquered by the Martial Saint’s peerless demeanor, with a certain probability of falling into a brief daze during combat.
Upright and Aboveboard: The righteous Swordsman Cha disdains the use of schemes and trickery, and in the Illusion Realm, all curses, witchcraft, and other negative sealing effects are negated.
Mandate of Heaven Recruitment: Swordsman Cha always finds a way to survive against all odds, coming back to life at full status after suffering a fatal injury. With the Mandate of Heaven’s blessing, all his inheritances will temporarily break through to a peak limit once, gaining the one-time skill "Invincible Hand," consuming all his renown to exchange for a god-defying strike.
"You..."
Any ability or equipment that can create a legendary exclusive illusion realm is far more precious than ordinary legendary items. They are almost on par with unique items.
Especially for the current walkers of Yan Fu’s illusion realm, it holds extraordinary significance.
The man with glasses tried to calm himself down, even though the other person possessed an unexpectedly legendary exclusive illusion realm, the gap in raw strength still existed; after all, he only had the strength of "Nine Luminaries Peak," and the several people present were at least at the level of an Eight Extremes Walker, with two being at the Eight Extremes Peak. Moreover, these Eight Extremes Walkers did not just rely on Awakening Degree to be built up; each person had received at least one secret enhancement. Such a vast gap couldn’t easily be closed, not even by a legendary exclusive illusion realm.
But soon, the black threat level erupting from Cha Xiaodao shattered the man’s last illusion.
This person was not someone of the Nine Luminaries Peak level, but an Eight Extremes Peak Walker! He’s already taken one legacy to an Awakening Degree of 100% and acquired the "Gluttonous Stance" of an Eight Extremes Peak Walker!
"Wait a minute, I...!"
The golden blade light, like a bottle suddenly shattering, cut the man’s words into his stomach.
Two minutes later.
Cha Xiaodao walked out of the room, twisting his neck. The waiter, Zhou, hurriedly came up to him and asked in a low voice, "Bro, what happened?"
"Nothing, they were quite reasonable. I left them some tea to drink; they’ll be leaving soon, don’t go in and disturb them," Cha Xiaodao said softly.
"But I saw them just now..."
"Hurry up and go take care of the customers."
Cha Xiaodao dismissed Zhou, who seemed about to say more, with a wave of his hand and then turned to look back at the private room he had just come from, scoffing coldly in his heart before going downstairs into the kitchen.
In a corner of the ground floor hall, a young man dressed in trendy clothes rhythmically tapped on the table while talking on the phone.
"Boss, we weren’t needed, this Cha Xiaodao is much stronger than the information you gave me. Honestly, the pressure I feel from him is on par with that of the top five reserves from Third Eye Global. I think I might have exposed myself."
"How’s it going with Tiger Dragon’s people?"
"Do you even have to ask? They’ve been dealt with."
"Record undeniable evidence that they took the initiative to interfere with Cha Xiaodao’s life, even going so far as to make a move against him."
"I’ve got it, they first pulled Cha Xiaodao into the Illusion Realm, hoping to take him away without notice, but instead, they bit off more than they could chew. They blatantly violated the public agreement of the Yan Zhao Club,"
"That’ll do. Come back then."
"Is that it?"
"Of course not."
The voice on the other end of the phone was deep and resonant: "I need to make it clear to Tiger Dragon that not just any proxy can freely disregard the old man’s rules and stick their heads in the sand..."
