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Anticlimactic War's End
🕑 Added 2023-04-21 12:45:37 +0000 UTC--- Chapter 66 ---
Frontline, Jia Ma Empire's South Border.
The armies from Chu Yuan Empire and Jia Ma Empire fought each other fiercely, leaving corpse upon a corpse on the bloody battlefield.
A young soldier from Jia Ma Empire is thrusting his spear against a vicious poison master. The spear released a piercing cry and stabbed the poison master's chest, killing him instantly.
"Fuck you, Poisonous Bastard-!" He shouted victoriously.
However, not even a second later, the young soldier was killed by a punch from Chu Yuan Empire's army. The cycle continued for days, which piled the corpses into a tower.
When the enemy killed your friend, you avenged their death with another death.
A battlefield is a cursed place.
Sometimes having two lives is not enough to survive.
That's why everyone on the battlefield is desperate for conquest. Not realizing even if one emerged as the winner, the sacrifice would be too big and tough to fix quickly.
A thousand lives were stripped from existence and became one with soil, returning the favor to mother earth.
At the Jia Ma Empire Camp, Hai Bodong sat on the General seat with Lan Rou and Yi Xian opposite the meeting table. He stared at the South Border map and frowned because they couldn't long with this minimum supply.
And Hai Bodong couldn't leave the border as the enemy could drop a Dou Emperor anytime. The same goes for Lan Rou and Yi Xian because their mastery is "strictly." needed on the frontline.
Lan Rou's Gathering Mystic Cloud could confuse the enemy and scatter them around, allowing the allies to choose and eliminate them based on a number.
Meanwhile, Yi Xian helped the medic unit fight the poison from Chu Yuan Empire's Poison Masters. Without her, the frontline would have lost a more significant number than now.
"What's the situation with the medic?" Hai Bodong sighed while rubbing his forehead.
Yi Xian smiled bitterly and answered, "We have created an antidote for 78 kinds of poison. However, there are thousands of poisons in this world."
"Unless I go to the frontline and solve all the Poison Masters personally, the medic wouldn't be able to handle more intensity. Not to mention we are short on medicine to create the antidote..."
Hai Bodong shook his head and asked Lan Rou, "How is the message, Lan Rou? Have the shadow guard relied upon the message to Yafei?"
"I still haven't received any replies." Lan Rou responded while sipping her bamboo water. "It seems the letter took time to reach Lady Yafei."
Hai Bodong tapped his wrinkled finger on the table in a gloomy mood and groaned, "Tch, why that damned brat has to enter the seclusion out of all time!"
"His skills are needed in this situation."
Lan Rou and Yi Xian stared at each other wryly because Baek Ain tried to break through into 1-Star Dou Emperor. They know how hard it was to reach 1-Star Dou King, so it should be more difficult for Baek Ain to advance.
After training for three more months, Lan Rou successfully reached 3-Ster Dou King, but her cultivation speed has become slower.
As for Yi Xian, she reached 1-Star Dou King three days ago by devouring the poisonous mist on the battlefield. One might think Yi Xian's cultivation speed is insane compared to Lan Rou, but that's one of Woeful Poison Body's traits.
Poison is like Life Energy for her.
Tremble!
Hai Bodong, Lan Rou, and Yi Xian shuddered instinctively.
A loud and massive explosion suddenly happened in the middle of the battlefield.
BOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
Hai Bodong hurriedly walked out of the meeting tent. He saw a bright golden flame burning on the battlefield, burning all the poisonous mist away.
The Chu Yuan Empire's army is screaming in pain, feeling the excessive heat evaporate them inside out as if the sun had descended from the sky to punish them directly.
Hai Bodong was speechless because he recognized this flame.
Not just Hai Bodong, but Lan Rou and Yi Xian too.
Yet no matter how much they tried, none of them could spot the young man.
The parasite suit under Lan Rou and Yi Xian's clothes squirmed, making the ladies chew their lips surprisingly. After a few seconds, they gasped and received a message from Baek Ain through the parasite's hivemind.
"T-That pervert..." Yi Xian mumbled with a blush.
"Can he just come and tell us directly?"
Lan Rou nodded with slight redness on her cheeks. When Baek Ain introduced the tight parasitic suit to them, she thought he was joking about his hidden fetish.
No, this guy is serious.
Funnily enough, the parasitic suit is a priceless treasure and can increase its wearer's strength by a few levels. And It's not even hard to maintain as Baek Ain has shared plenty of the "Calorie Bomb Pill." to keep the parasite tame enough.
It's just.
It's just ticklish and stimulates the wearer's senses, particularly women's, to a higher level. Simply put, they turned on by wearing it.
Sighing to themselves because parasite suits matter is still secret, Lan Rou tapped Hai Bodong's shoulder and said, "Ice Emperor, Baek Ain told us the supply would appear soon."
"As for the frontline and Poison Grandmaster, leave it to him."
"Are you sure he said that?" Hai Bodong's mouth twitched.
"Poison Grandmaster is peak Dou Emperor Cultivator. He might even be a Dou Ancestor, who could wipe our entire army easily."
Lan Rou nodded and continued, "Ain knew. Give him five days or less."
Hai Bodong muttered to himself, "Five days..."
As Hai Bodong wonders how Baek Ain ends this war, the person himself is flying across the battlefield without giving anyone his presence.
Pulling out the Severed Light, Baek Ain coated the weapon with a crimson aura from Seven Kill Dance and executed Azure Sword Flash. A straight line filled with Dou Qi and extreme sharpness flew across Chu Yuan Empire's army, killing anyone below Dou King Realm.
BOOOOOOOOM!!
"Azure Flash."
"Azure Flash."
"Azure Flash."
Baek Ain spammed the first move of Azure Sword Flash, cutting down the enemy number. After killing countless lives in the Shadow Guard's Mission, something like this becomes numb for Baek Ain.
He changed location and coated the Severed Light with Mighty Rajang's Thunder this time, replicating a literal thunderstrike.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
[Ding! Seven Kill Dance has reached level 10]
["Slaughter Aura." has grown stronger]
"Let's see..." Baek Ain ignored Alicia's notification and tried another combination involving Wicked Sun Ripple and Azure Sword Flash.
The difference between using Golden Flame directly and igniting inside his body with Wicked Sun Ripple is the quality of the force. Golden Flame itself is pure, then Wicked Sun Ripple is refined and can be used as a charge attack.
"Sky Sword." Baek Ain drew his blade out, launching a high-concentrated sword slash at the enemy's camp. His attack expanded like a balloon and exploded, covering over 30 meters radius.
Baek Ain unknowingly used his enemy as a test subject, slaying them emotionlessly with his blade because he focused on finding a great combination of his technique.
After four days, Baek Ain erased less than 70% of the Chu Yuan Empire's army. They are dropped dead to his attack like flies.
"Hmm, Slaughter Aura is not great with elemental attributes."
"However, fusing it with White Poison Aura enhances its lethality even more."
"My Golden Flame and Mighty Rajang's Crimson Lightning are also a great mix, but I need a better synergy. Maybe Gnome's Flame?" Baek Ain mumbled while drawing his weapon again.
...
...
"ARGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!"
BOOM!
"MY HAND!"
"M-MY HEAD!"
"I CAN'T SEE! I CAN'T FEEL MY LEGS!"
"MY LEEEEGGG!!"
Several thousand screams of misery echoed on the Chu Yuan Empire's frontline, experiencing extreme aggression from a mysterious enemy.
And they couldn't even spot this terrorizing person.
Even if they screamed for mercy, that person didn't seem to care and kept launching brutal offenses one after another. To make it worse, Baek Ain didn't sweat when launching those attacks.
Baek Ain lifted his blade and said, "Let's experiment for five more minutes."
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAARGGHHHHH!!!"
"NOOOO! STOP, PLEASE!"
"SOMEONE, PLEASE STOP THIS!"
Inside the Chu Yuan Empire's meeting tent, all the high-ranked Poison Masters heard the scream of their army with solemn expressions on their faces.
"Who's the attacker?" A gruff voice echoed in the tent.
"W-We can't find it, Sir."
"We have been searching on the battlefield. And even the sky."
"This guy is a master at concealing his aura. His movement is too slippery for us."
"What about the Jia Ma Empire? We have cut off their supply route, so they shouldn't be able to resist for far longer than this."
"Oooh, it's that hard to find me, huh?" A bored voice appeared out of nowhere.
Everyone in the tent averted their attention to the source of the bored voice and saw a white-haired man sitting on the sack of potatoes. He yawned and smiled at them, "Morning."
"I haven't slept for four days because of you guys."
"Ah, that sounds weird."
"No homo, though." Baek Ain said confidently.
"KILL HIM!" An angered shout comes from a wrinkled elderly in a green robe.
Almost all the poison masters in the tent moved and ambushed Baek Ain with their Dou Techniques, causing the person in the targeted corner to sigh.
[Parry]
CLANK!
All their attacks were "instantly." repelled by Baek Ain's Severed Light.
[Howl of Sovereign White Tiger]
ROAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRR!!
A mighty roar escaped Baek Ain's mouth, stunning everyone within fifty meters for fifteen seconds. That's more than enough to kill them fifteen times.
"I haven't tested this combination, but here. Take it." Baek Ain encased his blade into its sheath and looked at them indifferently, like a predator gazing into a bunch of scared prey.
[Record of the Burning World: Raging Fire Rupture]
[Azure Sword Flash: Unsheathing Life]
As Baek Ain pulled his blade out, the tent became awkwardly silent. The poison masters within fifteen meters radius could see a menacing yellow line approaching them. Yes, they could only watch and die.
An opposing force awakened from the poison master's side, but it was too late.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
The tent exploded alongside everything within 100 meters radius, killing the people who couldn't fend for themselves. They got slaughtered in half with searing burns on their bodies.
Baek Ain stepped behind with Lightning Impulse and saw a wrinkled hand trying to grab him.
[Parry]
Clank!
BAM!
Baek Ain kicked the wrinkled hand and saw the Poison Grandmaster standing a few meters away, staring at him indifferently. Another new character from this alternative universe because he couldn't remember any of those appearances.
"You caught us off guard. And then use a surprise attack to kill my subordinate..." Poison Grandmaster stared at Baek Ain with a pair of angered red eyes.
"Good, good."
"Looks like the Jia Ma Empire is ready to face its demise."
"I'll show you, I, KONG MA, IS THE CHOSEN ONE OF THE GREAT WILL!"
Poison Grandmaster released intense pressure and shouted with all his might, "AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!"
The battlefield is suddenly filled with red smoke, poisoning anyone who inhales it. However, Baek Ain isn't afraid because he has White Poison Art and Poison Immunity.
That's why most of the Poison Master won't affect him.
Even though these poison masters' cultivation is higher, they couldn't fight someone who possesses two blessed physiques and a Golden Flame from the incarnation of the sun itself.
On top of that, Baek Ain has several buffing abilities to increase his strength.
[Wicked Sun's Ripple: Overdrive]
[Golden Crow's Possession]
[Ancestor Blood Mark: Ten Marks Releases]
[Record of Burning World: Golden Annihilation]
[Four Extreme Arts: Complete Destruction Fist]
"Don't have time for that, bro." Baek Ain appeared before Poison Grandmaster.
Baek Ain's entire body is covered with blinding golden light as extreme heat is "quickly." concentrated in his right palm. He entered a horse stance and punched Poison Grandmaster with the best he could.
It was a simple-looking punch, but the world around them seemed to tremble.
"I won't wait for your power up, so die..." Baek Ain punched the Poison Grandmaster's chest, making the wrinkled cultivator's eyes widen in disbelief.
"You-!"
SWOOSH! BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!
A shockwave swept over the battlefield, swaying the black clouds and rain away from the area. Baek Ain looked at the Poison Grandmaster, who had lost his upper body and left a pair of standing legs.
"That was painful..." Baek Ain stood at the center of this destruction, stretching his body painfully. "Should have warmed up a little bit."
"Well, the quest is over."
[That was anticlimactic] Alicia commented monotonously.
"I'm not a foolish protagonist who waited for their demise because of the opponent's power-up. Be realistic, Alicia. Do you want me to wait for this guy to become the monster I possibly struggled against?"
[You do have a point...]
"Right?"
"Now, give me my reward."
[Fine, fine. Wait for a moment]
[Ding! You have finished "Jia Ma Empire's Victory." quest]
[Rewarding 1x Random Skill(Guaranteed S), 2x Random Skill, and 1x Broken Spatial Tome(SS)]
[Oh, the Nine Poison Beasts you're supposed to fight are staying within the Poison Masters around Poison Grandmasters. They are half-human and half-beast, using a special method to raise their strengths through organ transplantation] Alicia said in amusement.
"So I killed them before they could transform?"
[Obviously, yes]
[You really don't give them time to power up...]
[Poor guys...]
"Haha, That's funny." Baek Ain laughed while flying away from the battlefield, allowing the Jia Ma Empire's army to witness his doings.
As long as they do not know his actual identity, there should not be any problem. He also finished the quest before people gathered at this place.
Unknown to Baek Ain, some people saw his silhouette flying away and admired his heroic deeds. They didn't realize the terror Baek Ain carved into the Chu Yuan Empire's Army.
But again, Golden Monarch's Title will be spread more gloriously after this. And this is just the start of his journey.
