Chương 52: War God — Chapter 52 - Active Blade Puppet? Am I Not One Myself!

Life force above 70. Stronger than ordinary blade puppets. Some intelligence, but not much. Using Cleaver Anatomy combined with Pinnacle Mastery Flowing Water Blade Technique to kill in one strike — that was the best solution. Otherwise, once he made a move, he definitely wouldn't be able to handle it. Wang Xian looked at the eyeball on the ground. His gaze didn't waver. He had no interest in a back-and-forth fight with an alien beast.

Killing alien beasts with one decisive strike in the fastest, most effortless way — that was Wang Xian's combat philosophy. Of course, there was risk involved. But with risk came pressure. The more he was in this state, the more focused Wang Xian felt himself becoming. That final push of Flowing Water Blade Technique naturally reached Pinnacle Mastery, and at the same time he slashed and destroyed it in one strike. But. A trace of doubt arose in Wang Xian's heart.

In Xiao Rong's team, especially that slipper team leader, he should be a second-realm martial artist. A second-realm martial artist, logically speaking, shouldn't be forced to flee by a single active blade puppet. Suddenly.

"Careful!" The slipper team leader jolted awake first, then roared, "Active blade puppets can explode! Spread out, quickly!" The group retreated abruptly. The active blade puppet, already dismembered into a pile of mangled flesh, had its phosphorous fire suddenly burning wildly. In its burning state, the shredded flesh exploded with a BOOM, bursting into clusters of mushroom-like blood mist. The blood mist contained dense Malevolent Qi, instantly engulfing Wang Xian's figure.

The few people watching felt their hearts and minds shaken violently.

"So that's how it is..." Wang Xian, within the blood mist, mused thoughtfully. This active blade puppet actually possessed this kind of Malevolent Qi.

"This Spirit Malevolence is roughly comparable to the Malevolent Qi emitted by that Wind King Falcon, not much inferior, yet it only has the strength of the first realm."

"No, this Spirit Malevolence doesn't belong to the active blade puppet..."

"Could it be..."

"Does this place have an alien beast on par with the Wind King Falcon?"

"No. Is an alien beast on par with the Wind King Falcon buried here?" Wang Xian took a quiet deep breath. If that's the case. Then he'd really come to the right place this time. If an alien beast comparable to the Wind King Falcon was buried here, then even if it was worse, no matter how much time had passed, even if he didn't obtain that demonic blade. The contained Spirit Malevolence could still allow him to refine several Divine Meridians.

Otherwise, just relying on killing these first-realm alien beasts, wanting to absorb Spirit Malevolence to refine Divine Meridians, who knows how long it would take. Wang Xian sealed his five senses. His sole Divine Meridian slowly circulated, absorbing the Spirit Malevolence within the blood mist. Before long, Wang Xian burst out of the blood mist, his face slightly 'pale,' looking utterly exhausted. The crowd, already retreated far away, saw this scene and were overjoyed.

"Got some skill, huh, you can still rush out?" Long Yuan's eyes flickered with a strange light. He rushed forward to catch the staggering Wang Xian, astonished.

"You kid, you slashed an active blade puppet in one strike, and still managed to walk out of the exploding blood mist." Enjoying this book? Seek out the original to ensure the author gets credit.

"You alright?"

"Barely. I'm afraid I'm too weak to fight anymore." Wang Xian glanced at him, his voice rather feeble.

"Little brother, come quick, let big sister treat you." The twin-tails girl walked over, though her expression carried more worry.

"But big sister's Qi Pushing Meridian Clearing can't cure Malevolent Qi. We can only hurry back." Having said that, she glanced from the corner of her eye at the slipper team leader.

"They said this is the second active blade puppet." The old hand walked over, his voice deep.

"Yesterday, they encountered one already. That Xiao Rong killed dozens of blade puppets and was ambushed by that active blade puppet. If not for the slipper team leader and his partner stepping in to save her at the critical moment."

"At that time, she probably would've died."

"But they didn't expect that after the active blade puppet died, it would release a large area of Malevolent Qi, causing the infection level of the entire Weeping Blood Pool to skyrocket suddenly!"

"The two of them also suffered severe injuries!" A second one? Wang Xian looked toward the slipper team leader. The slipper team leader nodded, his face extremely grave.

"The last time active blade puppets appeared was decades ago..." The slipper team leader coughed a few times and said in a low voice, "This time our luck is too terrible! We have to hurry back for treatment."

"Once the Malevolent Qi inside our bodies fuses with our flesh, the gene chains latent in our talents will be modified, devoured."

"By then we'll directly be infected with 'Beast Cancer,' and I'm afraid we'll be done for!" The entire group drew a sharp, deep breath. Beast Cancer was considered a major problem in modern medical and martial circles. The cause of the illness was actually very simple. It was just absorbing the Malevolent Qi released by various alien beasts.

Once Malevolent Qi entered the body, there was an enormous chance it would devour the martial artist's internal talent power, causing the gene chains within their talent to change. Ultimately, this would cause the entire person to begin semi-beastification, showing some signs of alien beasts, and finally be devoured by the Malevolent Qi. This was also why, previously, the disaster zones left by the alien beast attack on Rong City did not allow martial artists below the third realm to enter.

Third-realm martial artists could release Yuan Force externally and were barely able to resist this kind of Malevolent Qi for a while. But martial artists below the third realm who entered disaster zones had a very high probability of being infected by Malevolent Qi and eventually contracting Beast Cancer. This terminal illness that directly altered genes was almost incurable at the current stage. For example, several disabled martial artists in the sanatorium had all contracted this terminal illness.

Wang Xian naturally knew this. In fact, Beast Cancer was not a disease at all. It was a form of life leap. Only 99. 99% of people would fail in that leap. Because a martial artist's body could not withstand Spirit Malevolence. Because he cultivated the Stellar Body Refinement Art and opened Divine Meridians, plus his understanding of Spirit Malevolence, he could absorb Spirit Malevolence to cultivate, a kind of absolutely successful leap.

It was a pity that the unique nature of the Stellar Body Refinement Art was very difficult to use on talent-based martial artists. Coupled with the fact that Spirit Malevolence was destructive to a martial artist's talent power. He himself had no martial talent, so this kind of destruction didn't exist for him either. Thus, it couldn't be applied to anyone other than himself. Of course, in the present era, as long as the infection hadn't gone on too long, there were still ways to slowly treat and recover.

Provided one hadn't absorbed too much...

"Let's leave the relic first and wait outside for the return train." The old hand urged, "If we stay any longer, I keep feeling like something bad is going to happen..." This feeling lingered in practically everyone's heart. Especially the old hand, who had experienced many relic explorations. He clearly placed great trust in his inner premonition.

"Fortunately..." The crew-cut guy suddenly spoke up, "The active blade puppets that appeared all don't have the kind of martial talent the captain mentioned... It seems this rule of dynamic change isn't necessarily accurate in every relic."

"Active blade puppets with martial talent?" The slipper team leader was stunned.

"How could such blade puppets possibly exist? Would they even be blade puppets then?"

"I don't know, the captain said so." The crew-cut guy thought for a moment.

"I think there's some reasoning to it too, but it should only exist in theory. Not very likely to actually appear." Wang Xian heard this. Oh boy, are you setting a flag right now, kid? At this moment. Long Yuan set Wang Xian down, looked at everyone with a beaming smile, and said:"There is one. It's already appeared."

"Where?" The few of them looked at him, instantly on alert. Long Yuan didn't speak. Instead, he walked to the side, suddenly picked up the twin blades left behind by that active blade puppet, and squinted at everyone:"Am I not one myself?" The moment these words came out. A chill shot down everyone's spine, and they shivered.

"Brother Yuan, don't make these hellish jokes." The twin-tails girl scolded, "You scared me to death!" Long Yuan didn't speak. He only let out a long, shrill howl. In that instant, the Weeping Blood Pool seemed to boil over. One blade puppet after another, as if hearing a command, emerged from the blood-colored lake. The crowd's pupils shrank to needlepoints as they watched this scene in disbelief.

"How many years has it been..." Long Yuan's gaze fell upon Wang Xian, his voice taking on a hoarse, beast-like growl.

"Heaven has not abandoned my Tomb Guardian Clan, letting me encounter such a fitting 'blade sheath.'"" Hahahaha... Good, good, good!" As he spoke, a dark, obscure yet decay-ridden blade aura rose from Long Yuan's entire body. The weeds within the range of his body quickly withered and wilted, emitting a deathly aura. Strikingly similar to the blade puppets. Only his facial features hadn't changed much. Wang Xian looked at him, his eyes narrowing slightly.

The crowd drew a deep breath, their gazes also falling on Wang Xian.

"Little Feng!" The old hand roared furiously, "Run fast! Long Yuan's target is you!" As a relic veteran, the moment Long Yuan's gaze fell on Wang Xian, he had immediately realized.

"Run?" Long Yuan laughed heartily.

"On the first day, he killed soldier-corpse beasts for an entire day and has already been gradually affected by Malevolent Qi. Today he also took the Malevolent Qi of the active blade puppet. Malevolent Qi has already entered his body."

"Where can he run to?"

"You, all of you, must die."

"Without the fresh blood of new-era martial artists, the demonic blade will not emerge into the world." ➤ Next: At Last, the Demon Blade — Slaying Immortal Flying Blade, First Layer: Shadow...