Chapter 6994 I will personally sever it!
Chapter 6994 I will personally sever it!
Han Tong said that meeting Zhang Yong was truly the worst luck imaginable. Originally, he was just a casual contestant who was wandering around looking for the Huns, and if all else failed, he would find a demon god to kill.
After failing to find the Huns or the Demon God, they saw a huge mushroom cloud. As an ordinary contestant looking for fun, of course they had to go and see what was going on.
When he arrived, he saw Zhang Yong, and Zhang Yong immediately attacked him. Only Han Tong's fighting ability was really high; anyone else would have been kicked to death.
Enraged at having dodged the attack, Han Tong launched a fierce assault on Zhang Yong. Putting aside the question of whether he could win or not, he thought, "How could I, Han Tong, a dignified sixth-level smelting cultivator, dare to fight? Let's just go for it!"
After one move, Han Tong realized that Zhang Yong was no match for him. Spitting out blood, he decisively turned tail and ran. After all, the Iron Cavalry had six legs, which was equivalent to one leg. Han Tong figured that if he couldn't beat them, he could at least run away.
As it turned out, he couldn't escape. After all, once Zhang Ping transformed into a two-winged nightmare unicorn, he could still run very fast as long as he was willing to expend his talent. Moreover, now, after being persuaded by Wu Xi, Zhang Ping, who had completely let go of himself, had chosen to become an accomplice to evil.
"Zhang Yong, I am Han Tong! Not a Xiongnu!" Han Tong was stunned when she saw Zhang Yong flying over on a magnificent Nightmare. She quickly ran away while trying to explain herself. She really couldn't beat him. Even if Han Tong was the superman of the empire, there was nothing she could do.
"I know, I know you're Han Tong," Zhang Yong said with a sly grin. He and Han Tong were practically sworn brothers, having fought the Xiongnu together in the Northern Frontier. He knew Han Tong was quite strong, but just because they were comrades, he wouldn't attack? What a joke! With my invincible power, wouldn't it be fair to give me tens of thousands, no, hundreds of thousands of points for this divine gear?
Do you even understand what the Trinity principle means?
"Damn it!" Han Tong was furious. "We're comrades-in-arms! You son of a bitch actually wanted to turn me into points! Are you crazy? I'm fed up with you bunch of bastards from Xiliang!"
"Alright, I've said my piece and given my last words. Old Han, it's time to leave!" Zhang Yong laughed wildly as he condensed the essence of heaven and earth into a short spear, then absorbed the talents of Zhang Ping and Wu Xi, combined them with a miracle, and threw it directly at Han Tong.
Although for Zhang Yong, who is now in his Trinity form, this was just an ordinary basic attack, Han Tong felt one thing as the thing falling towards him: he was dead!
"You son of a bitch Zhang Yong, I'm going to explode at you!" Han Tong felt the terrifying spear that was locked on him descending from the sky. He took a deep breath, his spirit boiling, his blood burning, and his will turning into a blade as he unleashed his full power. You want me to leave the stage? I'll make sure you don't get away with it!
The area, roughly the size of half a football field, was blasted away by Zhang Yong's attack. Han Tong was completely obliterated, but due to the special effects of his negative talents, Spiritual Boiling and Blood Burning God, a blade of will, the size of two people and burning with dark flames, flew out from the center of the raging shockwave and shot directly towards Zhang Yong.
"Thanks, Lao Han!" Zhang Yong extended his ape arm and, with a combination of miracle and single-target mind power, caught the Blade of Will with his bare hands. He then drove Han Tong away, leaving only the one-time use Super Blade of Will.
Han Tong woke up from the Myriad Manifestations Divine Palace with a terrible headache, but he saw the last scene very clearly and knew exactly what state Zhang Yong was in!
"Ahead, ahead, there are several of them, let's take them down!" Wu Xi said excitedly. Because Zhang Yong used their talents when he killed them, they also got points, and to be honest, they got quite a lot of points.
After Han Tong, a wolf rider with a sixth level of forging, was defeated, Zhang Ping and Wu Xi could get at least 2,500 points, which was quite a pleasant surprise.
"Okay, let's say hello first." Zhang Yong then conjured another spear of heaven and earth essence, combining the three into one, and threw it directly towards the location Wu Xi was observing.
"Wow, my score has skyrocketed! Who's on the other side? They're so bad!" Zhang Ping looked at the rising score and felt the strong wind blowing from the other side. His horse-like face became lively. He was incredibly happy. Sure enough, as long as you put aside morality and humanity, you can really have a blast.
"Who cares who he is? He didn't even react from this far away after the fifth level of smelting. He deserves to be knocked down!" Wu Xi said coldly.
Inside the Temple of Myriad Phenomena, Fu Tao, who had just awakened, was in a state of confusion. What happened? What was going on? How did I suddenly die? Wasn't I in a state of complete isolation and self-healing after defeating the Demon God?
I don't mean anything by it, it's just that the spear just happened to hit Fu Tao and killed him.
"Oh no, something terrible has happened! It's Zhang Yong!" Qin Ci, who had dodged the attack, looked up and saw Zhang Yong. He immediately cursed. As a veteran who had been teammates with the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, he had a clear understanding of how crazy these people were. Moreover, after that attack, it goes without saying what their attitude was.
"With so many of us, we're not afraid of Zhang Yong. I'll go first!" The disheveled Roman man, Phoenix, crawled out of the ruins, saw Zhang Yong's direction, and roared. He charged directly at Zhang Yong, who was swooping down from the sky. Zhang Yong didn't even look at him and threw a curved blade bigger than himself at Phoenix, sending him flying on the spot.
Having withstood such a blow, Phoenix's life force field was shattered, his entire body erupted with blood and green light, and he was slammed into a crater, almost unable to get up. The Roman guy Phoenix, who barely recovered after expending his life force, didn't say a word as soon as he crawled out of the crater and ran away.
Fight my ass! This guy's a powerhouse who's broken through realms! He destroyed my life force field, which I've cultivated for so many years, with a single casual strike! I'm outta here! If I don't run, I'll die here today. I have to run.
"Zhang Yong, I've never fucking messed with you! If you're crazy, go get treatment! We drank and ate at the same table, what the hell?!" Seeing Phoenix get knocked away, Zhang Nan immediately turned and ran, only to turn back and see Zhang Yong chasing after him with a gun. He immediately cursed, "The food and drinks I treated you to, you fed them to the dogs, didn't you? And you're actually chasing me!"
"The Grand Martial Arts Tournament promised to sever the chain of hatred. Now that I have such power, why not pin this sin on me!" Zhang Yong said wildly. "Let's go, Zhang Nan!"
Another blade of energy struck. Zhang Nan, who was only at the fifth level of the Refining Realm, managed to withstand the attack with his finishing move and was not killed on the spot. However, he was only half a step away from being carried away. Then, Zhang Yong gave Zhang Nan, who was lying in the pile of dirt, an extremely arrogant look. The torrent of time, like the turning of the wheel of time and the cycle of the sun and moon, directly extinguished Zhang Nan's last bit of life.
"Damn it, Zhang Yong, you just wait!" After being eliminated, Zhang Nan woke up and immediately slapped his thigh, cursing. "What are you pretending for? You talk so high and mighty, do you really think I don't know what you're thinking? You've gathered enough power, so you start finding some excuse to go on a killing spree. What 'severing the chain of hatred'? I don't believe you're a dog! You think I really don't know what kind of people you Xiliang bastards are!"
After Zhang Nan finished cursing, four or five more people woke up. When asked, they all said they had come from the vicinity to watch, and then Zhang Yong had killed them. Among them were some fierce individuals who even tried to leave a trace of Zhang Yong by unleashing things like the Heavenly Demon Disintegration and Talent Collapse, but it was no use because Zhang Yong's stats were simply too heaven-defying.
"Is Zhang Tou really a Qi Refining expert? I broke through to the point of Qi Separation at the last moment, and he still killed me in one move. Damn it, is this considered Qi Refining expert?" Jin Peng cursed as the two of them were carried out.
Dude, are you practicing Qi Refining to the point of mastery? I managed to achieve Qi leaving my body at the last moment because of anger and the unifying power of my belief, and you still managed to kill me with one blow. Was it your Qi leaving your body or mine?
"What's wrong with him? Is he crazy? I ran way away, and he chased after me on that beat-up Nightmare and killed me!" Qin Ci was furious. He was having a great time in the small world, fighting demons and Huns, earning points and merits—it was awesome!
Although Qin Ci knew that Zhang Yong was definitely going to do something crazy as soon as he saw Zhang Yong flying over on Nightmare, Qin Ci thought that no matter how crazy Zhang Yong was, he should still have some shame. I ran away, and you still chased after me to kill me. What grudge do I have against you?
No!
What's the point of chasing after someone without you?
"Awesome, I've scored so many points in such a short time, hmph." Zhang Yong used his combined superb offensive and defensive capabilities to take down a bunch of people. He also threw out the disposable Will Blade that he had obtained from Han Tong earlier and killed Phoenix.
There was no way around it. The elite veterans at the sixth level were designed for survival and escape, so even if Zhang Yong wanted to kill them, it wouldn't be so easy. But since he had chosen the path of the Demon King, he naturally had to show that kind of heaven-defying dominance. A mere sixth level veteran, I could easily send him flying with a single blow. If I really wanted to kill him, it would be the same in one move.
It has to be said that the strength of the Will Blade that Han Tong revealed was quite outrageous. He took Phoenix away with a single strike, without even giving him a chance to say his last words.
"I heard that Zhao Zhen walked the Path of Oath and defeated over a hundred sixth-level cultivators to reach the seventh level. I've decided to start walking the Path of Oath today and slaughter my way through this small world!" Zhang Yong raised Zhang Ping's antimony alloy spear and said confidently, "Slaughter straight through! Those who encounter me will all be defeated! Kill, kill, kill!"
Zhang Yong's aura at this moment was astonishing. He was truly prepared to walk the path of oath under the will of the empire and in the presence of everyone. Unlike Zhao Zhen's sparring where winning was all that mattered, Zhang Yong's path of oath was directly: those who encounter me will all be defeated. Today, I will fight my way through the small world, walk this invincible path of oath, and directly reach the seventh level!
Training is useless. With Zhang Yong's current condition, it would take him at least five to six years to reach the seventh level. Now that he has such an opportunity, he should take the shortcut, take it seriously, fly straight, take off!
Zong Mei, watching from the outside of the small world, saw her husband raise his spear and make such a declaration. An awkward yet polite smile appeared on her face, but her flushed cheeks were enough to show that she was actually very excited. This is how my husband should be. Beat him, beat him hard, beat ten of them!
"Huh?" Zhang Ping was dumbfounded. You're going to walk the Path of Oath now? Seriously, what are you thinking? Is this the kind of thing you can just walk on whenever you want?
“It seems possible, but you can’t afford to lose a single match on the Path of Oath,” Wu Xi said after thinking for a moment. The Path of Oath is a temporary way to realize one’s Oath talent, but normal people don’t even have the right to walk it.
"Will I lose? In this small world, only a handful of people like Sun Er, Jiang Guang, Hasgard, and Zena pose a threat to me. When I entered, I had already planned it out: I would refine Zhang San into a two-winged, one-horned nightmare beast, Hou Zhong into a force field crown, Yin Zhi into a Great Law Divine Spear, Su Zong into a substitute for death, and then turn Nan Ge into protective armor. With these six as one, I can single-handedly destroy this small world." Zhang Yong's face revealed an air of dominance.
Needless to say, Chen Xi's second phase completely stunned Zhang Yong; otherwise, Zhang Yong's five-piece set would have been almost complete by now.
“Originally, I planned to embark on the Path of Oath in the blink of an eye,” Zhang Yong said with unwavering confidence. “Even if a group of people tried to stop me, I could easily overcome them. The difficulty of the Path of Oath? What difficulty could it possibly pose to me!”
"Alright, I also want to see what it's like when you reach the seventh level." Wu Xi was quite open-minded, while Zhang Ping, who was more familiar with Zhang Yong and was the same age as him, didn't know what to say.
If Zhang Yong reached the seventh level, Zhang Ping felt he might as well just carry him away, because he truly couldn't win! He was utterly outmatched!
With seven layers of smelting plus a single-target miracle, even eight layers might be difficult to overcome!
"Alright, from now on, I will leave no one alive among all the opponents I encounter! I will personally sever the karmic ties of these past decades!" Zhang Yong took a deep breath and directly began the Path of Oath. Once he had killed them all, leaving only himself in the entire small world, the Path of Oath would be complete, and his sins and karmic ties would be cleared away!
The idea of grinding away at talent advancement is absolutely unacceptable. There's no time to waste on things like letting things take their natural course. I'm going to force an advancement!
He took off on horseback, but before he had gone two steps, he encountered Slavnis. Zhang Yong saw Slavnis and, without saying a word, directly hurled a spiral spear at him.
Amidst the roar, Slavnis emerged from the mushroom cloud, covered in dust and dirt. He was unharmed, after all, he was a genuine seventh-level forged cultivator, the kind who was all-around perfect, extremely impressive in actual combat, and still quite young.
So even after taking a seemingly terrifying attack from Zhang Yong, Slavnis showed no fear. It was just Zhang Yong; he would just fight him. Having just gone through three rounds of strengthening, Slavnis wanted to train with a strong opponent.
“I remember you are Zhang Yong.” Slavnis, who was carrying a Roman short sword, was surrounded by a layer of flame-like energy within a few steps, with a faint blue glow in the inner circle. This was Slavnis’ unique double weakening effect of incineration and sacrifice.
Unlike the Parthian Empire's later version of the Burning Blade, which was optimized to its limit, the Burning Blade that Slavnis obtained was a complete version of the original text that he brought out from the Parthian Empire's archives.
Of course, although Slavnis obtained the original text, he did not simply copy it. After all, much of the content in the original text was no longer suitable for use in this way given the changing times.
At this level of elites, many talents are structured according to needs and suitability. Therefore, after modifying and refining the special configuration of the Incinerate in the original text and some records, Slavnis obtained his own Incinerate.
This "Incinerate" is closer to disrupting the talent structure. If the normal talent is a tree, the final version of the talent "Rest" would be to burn the tree to ashes faster and more effectively, while Slavnis's talent would be to use a net of fire to cut the tree into pieces and then deal with it through the "Sacrifice" talent.
From a combat value perspective, Slavnis's talent is utter garbage for ordinary soldiers, but for elites like Slavnis who have high-level sacrifices, it is very easy to use and is not much worse than the Great Incineration. Pre-processing is of great significance in many aspects.
“Slavnis, perfect! I’ll use you to begin the first step of my Oath Path!” Zhang Yong rode his horse into the sky, gave Slavnis a deep look, and directly announced the official start of the Oath Path. In that instant, Zhang Yong miraculously combined the talents of the other two and began to rise to the extreme. His wild aura made Slavnis frown repeatedly.
There were no fancy techniques, just a simple vertical slash with the spear, pure power and speed, combined with wild talent intensity, making even a direct confrontation feel a bit chilling.
"So powerful?" Slavnis was not surprised but delighted. What he wanted was this kind of thrill between life and death, the madness of either winning or dying. Only an opponent strong enough to be fatal could bring out his full potential. Especially after absorbing the power of three demon gods, he needed this kind of stimulation to bring it out to the fullest extent and make it a part of his own power.
Raising his hand and swinging his sword, a ray of sword light extended from Slavnis's blade. The winding sword light seemed insignificant compared to the spear light that Zhang Yong unleashed, but at the moment of collision, it displayed astonishing resilience.
Even after being weakened layer by layer, the sword light, as tough as steel wire, did not break and successfully withstood Zhang Yong's raised hand strike. Then, just as the sword light was about to shatter, Slavnis used his momentum to quickly escape Zhang Yong's attack range.
The moment he landed spinning, Slavnis drew his sword and broke into Zhang Yong's spear's attack range even faster than Zhang Yong. Slavnis also had enough experience in how to use a short sword to break a spear.
However, this scene did not exceed Zhang Yong's expectations. The Iron Cavalry's mobility was low, and even the top elites understood this. Even if Zhang Ping had a special combination of talents to compensate for his mobility, he could only unleash amazing speed in a straight line. The Iron Cavalry could never achieve such agile maneuver as Slavnis.
Therefore, when Zhang Yong encountered Slavnis and prepared to leave the first footprint on the path of oath with the other's blood, he was prepared for the other to use this tactic.
If it were just Zhang Yong riding a horse, this move would be quite dangerous, but now, I am Zhang Yong in three forms!
Within three steps of Slavnis's charge, his limit-breaking will accumulated in the blade, preparing to unleash a god-slaying strike, Slavnis suddenly saw a hand emerge from Zhang Yong's armor—a hand holding a spear. This hand raised a seemingly ordinary straight thrust, but the angle and timing of the force were perfectly executed, successfully blocking Slavnis's path to break through with his sword!
Left with no other choice, Slavnis could only raise his sword and slash in the opposite direction. When the blade touched the tip of the spear, he felt a deep, immense force pushing him towards him. The terrifying force even startled Slavnis, who then forcibly deflected the force and spun backward as he flew out.
"A mobile force-dissipating method based on dynamic vision and reaction speed, constructed in a spiral?" Although it was just a collision, Zhang Yong deduced what kind of talent this was just by watching Slavnis maneuver and dodge in the air.
"It's a talent of the anti-intention type. It's not based on dynamic vision and reaction speed for high-speed maneuvering, but rather using this power as a spiral to deflect and recover all impacts. It's a very advanced application of talent." As one of the highest manifestations of the spiral force field talent, Zhang Ping has sufficient judgment ability for all talents that use spiral force.
“In other words, impactful talents are meaningless to him. His seventh-level physical strength is enough for him to withstand these attacks. Just give him a perfected version of my Spiral Force and let’s see how he breaks through it with Spiral Force,” Zhang Ping suggested in Zhang Yong’s mind.
"Is this an illusion materializing?" Slavnis completed the dissipation of force in mid-air and landed, looking solemnly at the hand that was retrieving. He had witnessed the evil nature of the Miracle Legion countless times, but even so, he still felt something was strange every time he saw Slavnis. It was too weird!
"What do you think?" Zhang Yong said with a hint of teasing. Actually, it was Wu Xi's big arm. Just now, Zhang Yong had released part of Wu Xi's illusionary form, allowing the other party to use his arm. Then, Wu Xi lived up to Zhang Yong's expectations and easily knocked Slavnis away.
“This is really a tricky situation.” Slavnis remained fearless, though his expression was somewhat grave.
"Alright, I'm done playing with you. Let's settle this with one strike!" Zhang Yong rode his two-winged, one-horned Nightmare Beast and flew straight into the sky. A spiral spear that pierces the heavens is best used by smashing it down from the sky for maximum power.
More importantly, he still needed to comply with Zhang Ping's suggestion. Since the other party was using spiral force to do these things, it would be a good opportunity to give the other party a spiral force to test whether they could withstand it! Nothing is more effective in destroying a person's belief than attacking their strengths.
"Slavnis, run!" Seeing Zhang Yong take off, Ganassis knew what the other was up to and immediately transmitted his voice to Slavnis, "You can't withstand this move, get out of here!"
(End of this chapter)












