Invincible through Touching Corpses-Chapter 68 - 67: A Powerhouse Who Has Broken 4 Genetic Locks
"A Martial Arts demonstration video?" Lin Xinghai’s interest was immediately piqued, and he started to walk over for a look.
But he had barely lifted his leg before Roger grabbed him.
"Hm?" Lin Xinghai was a little confused.
"Real buyers like us don’t need to squeeze in with these people to watch videos in the demonstration hall." As Roger spoke, he beckoned to a few attendants not far away.
The Martial Arts Hall had four or five times more attendants than the Mecha Research Institute.
But they were just scattered around the hall and wouldn’t take the initiative to approach customers for an introduction or small talk unless they were asked.
Of course, this couldn’t be helped. There were simply too many people coming to the Martial Arts Shop, so many that even if they multiplied the number of attendants several times over, they still wouldn’t be able to handle everyone.
More importantly, the vast majority of people were just there to look. The ones who were both willing and able to buy were few and far between on any given day.
However, as Roger beckoned, the eyes of a female attendant immediately lit up. With a warm smile, she quickly trotted over.
"Hello, gentlemen. I’m a gold-level attendant, Jing Huanlian. How may I help you?" Jing Huanlian asked enthusiastically.
To become a gold-level attendant at the Martial Arts Shop, the most important quality was a sharp eye. She had spotted the Mercenary Badges pinned to their chests almost instantly.
As a group, Mercenaries had the highest probability of purchasing Ancient Martial Arts.
Of course, if they were just two ordinary Mercenaries, a gold-level attendant like her wouldn’t have run over so enthusiastically. After all, plenty of Mercenaries came to the Martial Arts Hall every day. But Mercenaries with wrist-mounted computers were a much rarer sight.
What’s more, she recognized at a glance that the one Lin Xinghai was wearing was the Starry Sky edition.
Jing Huanlian instantly determined that these two were "high-value clients."
"We want to buy some Ancient Martial Arts. Take us to a VIP room," Roger said directly, not one for pleasantries.
"Of course! This way, please." Jing Huanlian’s smile grew even brighter. She quickly led the two to an escalator and up to the second floor.
The decor on the second floor was even more luxurious. Even the main hall was divided into semi-private seating areas by screens and sofas.
As for the VIP rooms, they were more like small reception rooms, complete with sofas, coffee tables, and fruit platters. In the middle of the room, instead of a monitor, there was a holographic projector.
The standards and treatment were instantly on another level.
"Gentlemen, please have some tea." Jing Huanlian poured each of them a cup of black tea before asking, "I was wondering, what type of Martial Arts are you looking to purchase?"
Roger picked up his cup, drained it in one gulp, and smacked his lips. "This tea doesn’t seem as good as last time’s."
Jing Huanlian’s smile froze for a moment. "My apologies, sir. This is a new batch of tea leaves. If you don’t like it, I can get you something else."
"He’s the real buyer, don’t mind me." Roger pointed to Lin Xinghai beside him, then picked up a bunch of grapes from the fruit platter and started eating them noisily.
The corner of Jing Huanlian’s mouth twitched slightly, but as a gold-level attendant, she maintained her warmest smile and turned her questioning gaze to Lin Xinghai.
’Given Roger’s attitude of just helping himself to the food, I can only pray Lin Xinghai actually buys some Martial Arts.’
After all, in this post-apocalyptic world, neither fruit nor tea was cheap. If the two of them just ate and drank without buying anything, her performance Points would be deducted.
Of course, they would also be blacklisted by the system and wouldn’t be able to enjoy this kind of treatment on their next visit.
"I haven’t decided which Ancient Martial Arts to buy yet, so I’d like to see a bit of everything," Lin Xinghai said.
"Of course!" Jing Huanlian operated the holographic display with a smile, thinking to herself, ’Now this is more like a normal conversation!’
Soon, a slender figure appeared in the holographic projection. He was holding a long blade, and he was facing a massive horde of Zombies—over a thousand of them. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call it a small Zombie tide.
However, the figure charged the horde without hesitation. With a flash of his blade’s light, a swath of Zombie heads went flying.
Just then, Jing Huanlian began her introduction. "The first Ancient Martial Arts on display is a Sword Skill: Thousand Layered Waves. When you use the Thousand Layered Waves Sword Skill, your attacks flow without end, growing stronger with each strike. It’s perfectly suited for facing large groups of enemies."
Lin Xinghai was certainly no stranger to the Thousand Layered Waves. In fact, the whole reason he was so determined to learn Ancient Martial Arts was that he had seen Fang Tianhe use it.
However, the Sword Skill of the person in the hologram was far more terrifying. A blood-red light coiled around his long blade, and every slash unleashed a blade’s light several meters long.
Whether it was an Ordinary Zombie, an Intermediate Zombie, or even a High Level Zombie, anything touched by this blood-red blade’s light was killed almost instantly.
Moreover, the figure’s strikes grew faster and faster, producing more and more streaks of blade light until they finally merged into a single, flowing sheet.
With a great shout from the figure, the sheet of blood-red blade light transformed into what looked like a crimson torrent, sweeping toward the charging Zombie horde.
In the wake of the crimson torrent, only a field of corpses remained, and nearly all of them had been sliced into four or five pieces.
Although Lin Xinghai couldn’t count them precisely, he was certain that the final, explosive strike had instantly killed over a hundred Zombies.
’So strong!’ Lin Xinghai couldn’t help but swallow nervously. This person’s power was on a completely different level from Fang Tianhe’s.
But what shocked Lin Xinghai even more was the second half of the video.
The scene changed. This time, the figure in the video faced only a single enemy: a giant that seemed to be made of blood.
Lin Xinghai was all too familiar with this thing. It was a Blood Demon.
However, the man wasn’t piloting a Mecha. He just charged forward, still wielding his long blade.
The blood-red blade’s light appeared again, hacking straight at the Blood Demon.
Then, a shocking scene unfolded before Lin Xinghai’s eyes.
Although the wounds from the blood-red blade’s light weren’t as large as the ones Fang Tianhe had inflicted with his Mecha, when the blade’s light struck the Blood Demon, it made a SIZZLING sound. The blood that came into contact with the light rapidly evaporated into a bloody mist.
During this process, the Blood Demon obviously didn’t just stand there and take the hits. However, most of its attacks were dodged by the powerful swordsman. As for the ones he couldn’t dodge, that same blood-red light would emanate from his body, blocking the Blood Demon’s attacks.
His Thousand Layered Waves Sword Skill became faster and faster, the momentum of his strikes building into a continuous barrage that actually forced the Blood Demon into a steady retreat. In the end, the Blood Demon could only escape by burrowing into the ground.
"Is that a powerhouse who has broken through four Genetic Locks and reached the next level?" After the video ended, it took Lin Xinghai a long time to come back to his senses before he asked the question to Roger beside him.
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It’s been a while since I’ve updated on time. There will be another Chapter tonight.
