“Gurgle! Gurble!”
The steel-armored pangolin’s eyes flickered, and suddenly the armor on both shoulders opened, revealing honeycomb-like compartments.
“Mechanical beast? Scatter!”
Heavenly Black Wind’s eyes narrowed, immediately shouting in alarm.
Swoosh! Puff! Puff!
Although he was highly respected among the bandits, in the midst of this chaos, even a well-trained army couldn’t react immediately, let alone a bunch of undisciplined ruffians?
In an instant, countless fine needles shot out from the honeycomb in all directions, accompanied by thick purple smoke.
The mist gathered without dispersing, forming clumps with a faintly sweet fragrance, making people instinctively want to take a few deep breaths. However, Black Heaven Wind retreated as if avoiding a venomous snake or fierce scorpion, watching his subordinates fall one by one, his eyes bloodshot with rage: “You scoundrel! You dare use poison?”
Clang!
The cabin door opened, and a figure stepped out. The mechanical beast, however, remained motionless and continued its massacre.
It possessed innate superhuman strength, and as long as its energy supply was uninterrupted, it could continuously exert force. Its exterior was impervious to blades and swords, making it a supreme weapon of slaughter.
“Good… mechanical arts are not like Daoist magic or witchcraft, which are easily restricted by battlefield aura or other suppressive forces. Even if replaced with a hundred elite soldiers, they would still be slaughtered just the same!”
Wu Ming slowly compared the mechanical arts with Daoist techniques, comprehending their subtleties.
In this world, no matter what supernatural abilities one possessed, they were formless and insubstantial, requiring the use of the world’s primal energy. Thus, they were easily restricted by fortune and other factors.
However, martial artists’ blood energy, as well as mechanical constructs, were entirely external forces, thus not subject to such limitations.
“Pity my mechanical arts are only at an introductory level; I can’t unleash the full power of this earth-piercing pangolin. Otherwise, these horse bandits would’ve been dead long ago…”
Wu Ming approached Black Heaven Wind, still somewhat distracted: “Of course… such a fourth-level construct must have cost at least a hundred thousand taels of silver in materials! Even the core energy source is even more expensive—an item I’ve never even heard of before. It should be a secret inheritance from the Gongshu family. Fortunately, Gongshu Zhe still had some stock left; otherwise, I would’ve had to exchange for one at the Main Temple…”
“Are you from the Mohist school?”
Black Heaven Wind eyed him warily: “I’ve always kept my distance from the Mohists, and I don’t recall ever offending any of their disciples…”
“That’s right. We have no grudge or enmity, nor have we ever met!”
Wu Ming grinned, looking at Black Heaven Wind as if he were already a dead man: “But who asked you to be a Reverser too?”
As soon as these words were spoken, Black Heaven Wind’s expression changed drastically!!
Ding!!!
[Warning! Warning! You have leaked intelligence about the Main Temple. Kill all those who know within two hundred breaths, or face immediate annihilation!]
Instantly, the Main Temple’s notification sounded, the blood-red words filled with urgency.
“What the hell! We have no grudge or enmity, why drag me into death with you?”
Black Heaven Wind’s muscles twisted, practically roaring.
“Big brother… what did he say? Reverser… what the hell is that?”
The second-in-command stepped forward, puzzled, when suddenly a flash of blood light, and his head fell off, still maintaining a confused expression, clearly never expecting Black Heaven Wind to strike him!
“Drink! Wrathful Vajra, Bodhi Sword Technique, slay!”
In an instant, Black Heaven Wind was enveloped in Buddhist light, seemingly flowing with a golden liquid over his body, impervious to blades and bullets, leaping like the wind. Wherever his sword light passed, another bandit’s head flew up, dying with eyes wide open.
Within the first breath, two horse bandits had fallen.
By the thirtieth breath, the surrounding horse bandits were nearly all slain by Black Heaven Wind.
“The big boss has gone mad!”
A bandit tried to flee but was grabbed by Black Heaven Wind, who swung his saber fiercely.
Puff!
A streak of light flew past, slicing both the bandit and his horse in half, the momentum continuing unabated into the earth.
By the fortieth breath, except for those at the periphery who hadn’t heard Wu Ming’s words, almost all of Black Heaven Wind’s inner circle had been killed by himself.
“Excellent decisiveness! Excellent decisiveness!”
Wu Ming clapped his hands and laughed, “You practice the Vajra Wrathful Body of the Buddhist school, don’t you? To have reached the level of a martial saint is truly remarkable!”
“I also admire you greatly, using mutual destruction to threaten me, forcing me to eliminate my own followers!”
Black Heaven Wind’s expression suddenly calmed: “It’s just a pity… these are just trash. I can gather a new group anytime!”
Looking at Wu Ming’s Gongshu Zhe’s appearance, his eyes gleamed sharply: “Are you from the Blood Oath Alliance? Last time during the mission, you dared to probe my secrets, and now you dare chase me here again. It seems the lesson I gave you last time was too lenient!”
This person was clearly a Reverser!
Not only a Reverser, but even identified by the Blood Oath Alliance as a potential privileged individual! Previously, just to obtain his specific intelligence, the Blood Oath Alliance had suffered one elder seriously injured and seven core members dead! This left a deep impression on Gongshu Zhe!
“You misunderstood. Before I came here, I had already considered you a dead man!”
Wu Ming shrugged his shoulders: “Because… there’s him too!”
Immediately turning around, he revealed the trembling third-in-command behind him.
“Hmm?”
Black Heaven Wind’s expression changed drastically! Only now did he realize the Main Temple’s countdown had not yet stopped!
Although the villagers and a few bandits at a distance hadn’t heard, this third-in-command had definitely heard the secret.
Sweat poured down his forehead: “Could this person have a deadly grudge against me, deliberately choosing mutual destruction with me?”
Black Heaven Wind had killed countless people. In the Main Temple space, to complete missions and encountering hostile Reversers, he certainly wouldn’t hesitate, having long since accumulated countless enemies.
At this moment, he gritted his teeth fiercely: “Since you want to die, I’ll oblige you!”
Boom!
Behind him, a golden arhat’s illusion appeared, making an infinite treasure seal with his hands, roaring furiously.
“Slay! The Wrathful Vajra, The Furious Fire King’s Strike!”
Puchi!
In an instant, the martial saint lunged several zhang forward. A flame-like sword light spread across the sky and earth, yet was extremely concentrated, forming a red line that slashed straight toward Wu Ming!
“Good! The fourth level lies solely in the concentration and refinement of power! As a martial saint, you truly have mastered every bit of your body to the extreme!”
Wu Ming waved his hand, and behind him, a seemingly illusory space appeared.
With a flash of clear light, a semi-transparent film immediately covered the surrounding area.
“Essence of water from heaven and earth, obey my command. Four-directional water array, black water essence, rise!”
Puff!
The fiery line struck the water film, causing ripples. The four-directional water array moved, using the vibration to dissipate the remaining force. Inside, Wu Ming and the third-in-command remained unharmed.
“A domain…”
Black Heaven Wind’s pupils contracted, crying out in shock: “An Earth Immortal?”
He was quite clear that under the full defensive power of an Earth Immortal, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t break through this barrier.
He couldn’t help but feel even more puzzled: “If an Earth Immortal wanted me dead, there were plenty of ways. Why resort to such a mutual destruction method? Or perhaps he borrowed some secret treasure to temporarily gain Earth Immortal-level power?”
For him, the second guess seemed more plausible.
Looking at the countdown nearing zero, he gritted his teeth and knelt directly: “I surrender! You stop first. We can negotiate any conditions you want!”
He didn’t want to die!
To stay alive, he was willing to pay any price. Most Reversers who came out of the Main Temple had such a temperament.
Unfortunately, Wu Ming kept a cold face, silently watching as Black Heaven Wind’s expression turned to despair.
Ding! Erasure!
After the countdown ended, the mechanical voice of the Main Temple immediately echoed.
“I refuse! I absolutely refuse! I just uncovered that great secret! I will surely become the master of a cave heaven in the future, coexisting with heaven and earth… Why? Why?”
Black Heaven Wind roared, his face full of unwillingness, suddenly shaking, his eyes losing focus, and his whole body fell to the ground, becoming a corpse.
He was dead!
The erasure by the Main Temple, naturally, was beyond the capability of a mere fourth-level individual to resist.
“Big brother…”
The third-in-command, who had been dazed, suddenly turned his eyes blood-red: “You killed my big brother?”
He leapt up furiously, only to be struck down again by a wave of Wu Ming’s hand. The power of the Dharma realm surged out, and the surrounding earth instantly closed in, crushing him into pulp.
Ding! Detected the death of privileged individual B-7. Honored Master of the Main Temple, your privileges have been upgraded. Please explore the details yourself!
The mechanical voice of the Main Temple sounded, while Wu Ming merely touched his chin, a thoughtful expression on his face.
“As expected, this person was also a privileged individual!”
“Even if it wasn’t I who killed him, but rather he perished from the Main Temple’s erasure, since I contributed the most effort, or rather was closest, the privileges would still transfer, wouldn’t they?”
“This basic program of the Main Temple indeed supports the mutual absorption of privileged individuals!”
As for the erasure and such? Before becoming the Master of the Main Temple, Wu Ming might have been somewhat cautious, but now, would he still be afraid?
However, Black Heaven Wind had clearly not reached such a level. Facing Wu Ming’s shameless Main Temple erasure strategy, he immediately collapsed.
“Pity using this trick against the Main Temple, eight out of ten times won’t work anymore… but it can be conveniently used to eliminate other privileged individuals!”
Wu Ming felt a bit regretful.
After all, any Reverser who had survived several rounds would certainly have a few ultimate moves and hidden cards, not to mention privileged individuals.
These strange abilities made Wu Ming somewhat cautious.
Therefore, he couldn’t afford to fight head-on. Letting the Main Temple’s erasure strike first was truly an excellent choice.
“Go! Go! Hurry to the next location. The last one was just a Reverser, with no gains at all. Fortunately, this one was the real deal!”
Wu Ming thought to himself, entering the earth-piercing pangolin, digging through mountains and splitting stones, and in an instant, disappeared without a trace.
Outside, a few surviving horse bandits had no idea what had happened. However, they clearly knew their leader and several lieutenants had been completely wiped out, so they immediately fled in panic.
A Xia watched this scene in a daze.
She and the villagers were farther away, only seeing that big man come out, valiantly killing most of the bandits and scattering the rest, but hadn’t heard any of the conversation.
At this moment, her heart was filled with gratitude: “That noble sir is truly a kind-hearted person…”
“Black Heaven Wind… has been eliminated like this!”
Compared to her, the other villagers looked dazed. Old Li slapped himself once on the face, and suddenly a joyful expression appeared: “Black Heaven Wind… good death! Good death!!!”
“Village chief?”
Hu Zi scratched his head beside him.
Paff!
He immediately received a slap on the head, and heard Old Li’s fierce voice in his ear: “What are you still standing around for? Hurry up and move the goods…”
This grain, cloth, and horses were all unexpected windfalls!
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