Stronger with More Jobs-Chapter 501 - 247: Glazed Light City!! (20,000-Word Update 5/5)_3

Chapter 501: Chapter 247: Glazed Light City!! (20,000-Word Update 5/5)_3

Sunlight fell on her soft hair, casting a shallow halo.

Seeing Fang Qingyu come out, she merely tilted her head slightly, her clear red eyes blinking as a greeting.

It seemed that the small riddle bothering her last night had been dispelled by the morning sunlight.

Or perhaps, like Fang Qingyu, she chose to leave the answer to that distant ice field.

Fang Qingyu looked at Jiang Wei’s expression and a barely noticeable smile appeared on his lips.

The innocence of a child can be quite nice at times.

"Let’s go to the training field," Fang Qingyu called out.

"Okay."

Jiang Wei responded and jumped off the stone bench to follow Fang Qingyu.

The public training field in the core area of the Pocket World Blessed Land was now shrouded in a faint morning mist.

The cold alloy ground reflected faint light, and the massive target posts stood like silent giants.

Fang Qingyu brought Jiang Wei here not for high-intensity sparring.

But to quickly get accustomed to the greatly enhanced strength and various minor achievements in his martial technique after last night’s breakthrough.

Thunder Shock Escape Shadow activated!

Buzz!

No blinding electric light, no wild thunder sound. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

Fang Qingyu’s figure melded like a breeze into the morning mist, appearing instantly beside a target post a hundred meters away.

The speed reached its peak, yet it was silent, leaving behind an extremely faint afterimage that disappeared in a blink.

"Nine Prisons Break Extreme!"

Fang Qingyu let out a low shout, his right fist wrapped in Dark Gold Tribulation Fire, fiercely punched out.

Boom!

The air emitted a dull explosive sound but remained concentrated where the fist passed.

The violent Thunder Fire Power was highly compressed on the fist’s edge, imprinting harshly on the hard alloy target post’s surface.

Bam—!

A sound as dull as it gets.

The specially-made alloy target post, half a meter thick, caved inward instantly like red-hot iron nail plunging into butter, leaving a deep, several inches indentation, its edges charred and melted.

The violent force was perfectly contained within the punch mark.

The target post quivered violently, groaning under the immense burden, but no cracks extended.

This was the manifestation of the fist technique perfected to minor achievement.

"Abyssal Dragon Decree!"

Fang Qingyu gave a low shout, and the Dragon Sparrow Calamity Slash unsheathed instantly.

Clang—!

The blade sang clear and bright.

A material-like Dark Gold Dragon-shaped Blade Gang roared out, entwined with Purple-Blue Thunder and Dark Red Tribulation Fire, slashing across another target post several tens of meters away.

Swish!

Like a hot knife cutting through butter.

The target post was silently sliced askew, the top half slowly sliding off, the cut smooth as a mirror, the edges retaining faintly bouncing arcs and scorching breath.

The entire process lacked any earth-shattering momentum, yet it concealed even more terrifying power.

Fang Qingyu sheathed his blade and stood, feeling the power within him surging like rivers, yet responding like an arm to a hand, his eyes like melted gold, brimming with brilliance.

"Hoo..."

Exhaled a hot breath smoothly.

Just then, footsteps and voices came from the entrance of the training field.

Wei Banmeng, Chu Kuanglan, and Lu Jiuyuan walked in, yawning, their faces showing clear fatigue, evidently having not slept well last night.

"Morning, Captain, Xiaojiang."

Wei Banmeng rubbed his somewhat throbbing temples, his voice hoarse.

"Morning."

Fang Qingyu nodded, pausing his actions.

Chu Kuanglan, with faint dark circles under his eyes, grumbled in a muffled voice, "I was up researching until late last night, my brain’s about to explode..."

Lu Jiuyuan said nothing, but the bloodshot eyes explained it all.

The three came to the edge of the field, not starting training immediately but rather gathering to converse in low tones.

"Drought Fiend... Drought Fiend..."

Lu Jiuyuan frowned, his sharp gaze sweeping over Wei Banmeng and Chu Kuanglan, "The records all say that the Drought Fiend was the daughter of the Yellow Emperor from ancient times, named Nvba. After aiding her father in the battle against Chiyou, her divine power was exhausted, leaving her stranded in the human world, unable to return to heaven, and eventually, she turned wherever she went into a land scorched for miles, becoming the Drought Fiend... But this is clearly a mythical deity, how could it be a Life Ghost?"

His voice carried a bewildering puzzlement.

"Not entirely."

Wei Banmeng shook her head, her cold face carrying a trace of fatigued focus. She produced an extremely old-looking thread-bound volume from somewhere, with the words "Supplement to the Classic of Mountains and Seas" inscribed in indistinct seal script.

She quickly flipped to a certain page, pointing to a section of unclear, ancient text, and recited:

"The ’Classic of Mountains and Seas: North Classic of the Great Wilderness’ records: ’There is the Mountain of Xikun, there is the Platform of Gonggong... There is one wearing blue clothes, named Nvba, the daughter of the Yellow Emperor. When Chiyou waged war against the Yellow Emperor, the Yellow Emperor sent the Yinglong to attack in the wilds of Jizhou. Yinglong stored water. Chiyou summoned the Wind Master and Rain Master, unleashing a great storm. The Yellow Emperor sent down the heavenly girl named Nvba to stop the rain and thus killed Chiyou. Nvba could not return afterward; wherever she dwelt, there was no rain... Later, Nvba’s divine power gradually diminished, her appearance withered, and wherever she went, the land became scorched for miles, feared by people, called ’Drought Fiend’."

She paused, looked up at Lu Jiuyuan and Chu Kuanglan.

"See? The ancient text clearly states that the Yellow Emperor’s daughter was named ’Nvba’, who aided her father in defeating Chiyou and was left stranded in the human world, losing her divine power and withering in appearance, turning places to scorched lands for miles, which is why people at that time fearedly called her ’Drought Fiend’. ’Nvba’ is a divine name, whereas ’Drought Fiend’ is more like a description of the calamity she brought later."

"So..." Chu Kuanglan scratched his head, trying hard to understand, "The creature in the Arctic is just using the name ’Drought Fiend’ which is associated with causing drought? It might not be related to the real Nvba?"

"Not necessarily."

Wei Banmeng closed the ancient volume, her cold eyes looking at Fang Qingyu and Jiang Wei resting in the distance, her gaze complicated, "Myths originate from reality but might be distorted. The Life Ghost in the Arctic has the ability to control drought and incinerate everything, being named ’Drought Fiend’ makes sense. But..."