Chapter 308: Chapter 278: Slaying the Golden Decree, Demonic Martial System
"Good, good! As expected, I wasn’t wrong. You are a Divine Medicine! Ordinary Demon Martial Artists don’t possess such vigorous blood and energy!"
A small piece of the corpse coalesced, reviving due to the immortal characteristic of a Decreed Divine Spirit. A swirling fog obscured its face as it excitedly sprouted countless tendrils.
The next moment, the ground trembled. From beneath the thick snow at Wolf Tooth Pass, columns of blood erupted into the sky. Thick tendrils spiraled out from them, winding and entwining, dyeing half the heavens a murky, blood-red, as if the sky itself were engorged with blood.
"Golden Decree Divine Spirit!"
Ji Xuexin’s muscles tensed, her wolf ears pricked up. Her honed killing intent screamed a frantic warning. This immense oppressive power couldn’t belong to a Red Decree Divine Spirit; it was akin to the Golden Decree of a high-level Cultivator—capable of moving mountains and overturning seas, possessing extraordinary Mighty Power. This was a qualitative leap!
If this is a chance to advance to Golden Decree, it’s no wonder Bian Gong sided with the State Preceptor’s faction.
"Be careful! He’s advanced to Golden Decree! Black Mountain is his true form!" she warned. Though surprised by Chu Yi’s origin, she couldn’t help but offer the reminder. A Golden Decree Divine Spirit is incredibly hard to kill and masters advanced Spells.
"For the sake of the countless common people! Become an excellent medicine for this old man!" Bian Gong’s figure hovered in the air, a phantom of a pitch-black mountain range towering behind him. Using the Mighty Power of the Golden Decree, he made the entire hundred-li-long Black Mountain writhe. The monsters he had once subdued and exorcised on the mountain resurrected, each with a frenzied expression and soaring demonic energy, as they scrambled to rush forward in a dense mass.
Bian Gong had never felt so exhilarated. He had truly wasted his past, squandering such delightful opportunities. Fortunately, the State Preceptor had enlightened him, leading to this sudden, glorious realization.
Early Dawn Star stage? Are Cultivators in this world all this brave? Chu Yi glanced at Bian Gong, who looked absolutely certain of his victory. I’ve already killed several Morning Star Powerhouses, turning them into organic fertilizer for the Ten Thousand Souls Ridge.
I don’t quite understand it, but it’s certainly made an impression.
Now I finally understand why those geniuses from the lower realms are all so arrogant. This is practically dimensional suppression.
He glanced at the giant hand, wreathed in tendrils, smashing down like a fiercely descending meteorite. Then, he slowly raised his own hand and pressed gently.
SIZZLE...
Wind surged to the heavens, and electric serpents writhed.
BOOM!
A flash of lightning erupted, blindingly bright, as if it had summoned the Divine Thunder from the Nine Heavens. It sundered the blood-soaked firmament and tore apart the towering Black Mountain. The entire mountain range shattered, fragments flying in all directions as a torrent of bloody rain poured down.
PFFT!
Bian Gong, bearing the brunt of the attack, spat out a large mouthful of old blood, his face a mask of horror. That man is a high-level Thunder Cultivator!
The Thunder Technique counters all Demons and evil cultivators! Especially high-level Thunder Cultivators, who command thunder and lightning, vanquishing Demons and purging evil!
Realizing this, he immediately executed an Earth Escape Technique and fled.
The next moment, in Ji Xuexin’s trembling, beautiful eyes, thousands of lightning flashes erupted simultaneously, illuminating the long-obscured, murky sky as if it were daylight!
RUMBLE...
In a mere instant, the entire Black Mountain exploded. Plasma splattered everywhere as the attack scoured the area clean. All the previously roaring Demons were annihilated, exploding into mists of blood that were devoured by the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.
He escaped quickly, Chu Yi mused. His vast Spiritual Power swept out, quickly locking onto Bian Gong, who was fleeing underground, covering several hundred meters in an instant using a stealth technique.
But having his consecrated Black Mountain destroyed had taken its toll; Bian Gong was severely injured, though he had managed to preserve his life.
A smile touched Chu Yi’s lips. This kind of cheat-like, overwhelming attack is truly exhilarating. I can exert three or four times my usual strength.
He raised his hand. Under Ji Xuexin’s once-again startled gaze, and in the eyes of the few fortunate surviving soldiers, lightning leaped and coalesced, interweaving into a colossal Painted Halberd. With a blinding flash, it plunged towards Bian Gong’s location.
BOOM—
The Celestial Thunder roared. Mountains and rivers shattered, collapsing to form a massive crater a thousand zhang wide, its surface revealing an exposed, iridescent, glass-like layer.
As for Bian Gong, under Chu Yi’s crude yet simple, nuclear-level strike, his divine rank shattered, and his soul scattered to the winds.
With a casual gesture, he had obliterated a Golden Decree Divine Spirit along with its entire domain!
That was a Golden Decree Divine Spirit!
The pinnacle existence of the Decree System! A high-ranking divine spirit mastering countless Spells, turned to dust just like that!
And judging by his nonchalant expression, he didn’t seem to regard a Golden Decree Divine Spirit as anything at all...
Just a simple lift of his hand, and Bian Gong was instantly slain!
Ji Xuexin subconsciously wanted to flee. Such a terrifying existence... who knows where this old monster even came from?
At that moment, a gaze locked onto Ji Xuexin. Her long legs, which had just begun to move, instantly froze.
After exterminating Bian Gong—that ant—Chu Yi noticed the beast-eared girl. She seems to have an unusual status in this world.
Beast ears, white fur, long legs...
This combination easily struck a chord with one of my... minor preferences. Of course, my main goal is to understand this world’s Cultivation system, to better absorb its strengths and integrate them into my own.
However, the most urgent matter now is to find Nan Zhi and regroup.
"Honored Your Grace," Ji Xuexin began, revealing her identity while maintaining a vigilant stance ten steps away from Chu Yi, her wolf ears pricked up. "I am Ji Xuexin, the Ninth Princess of the current dynasty, daughter of Emperor Longwu, and a descendant of the Ancestral Dragon. May I be so bold as to ask if I qualify to converse with you?"
"Oh?" Chu Yi glanced at her. Her slender legs are indeed as long as I imagined. He then said calmly, "I am not from this world. I am merely here to carry out a mission."
He had directly used the Divine Hand’s ability, [Swap the Sun and Moon], to instantly learn the language of this world for smoother communication.
What? Not from this world?
A rare trace of astonishment flickered across Ji Xuexin’s usually ice-cold, exquisitely beautiful face.
But having grown up in the imperial family, Ji Xuexin quickly composed herself.
Regardless of whether this esteemed individual is telling the truth, his Thunder Technique, which effortlessly smote a Golden Decree Divine Spirit, demonstrates Mighty Power surpassing that of high-level Cultivators. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call it the pinnacle of combat strength.
"If Your Grace is indeed on a mission, perhaps I can be of some assistance," Ji Xuexin offered.
Chu Yi was quite pleased.
This Princess is clearly in some trouble. She knows how to seize an opportunity and demonstrate her value.
...
This world was chaotic. Order had collapsed, warlords carved up the land, Demons ran rampant, and human life was as fragile as grass. It was truly an era of chaos, rife with war.
However, Chu Yi was more focused on the Cultivation system. He learned that there were broadly three main Cultivation Techniques.
The first was the Demon Martial Artist system: integrating a Demon into one’s body, mastering its Spells, and transforming into a Demon Martial Artist.
The second involved dynasties using the power of their national destiny to confer divinity, following the Incense and Candle Dao. Practitioners would transform into Decreed Divine Spirits, subsisting on the power of the populace’s faith and wishes, thereby becoming undying and indestructible.
The third was to abandon the physical body and follow the soul path, cultivating in the Ghost Realm as a spectral entity.
Of course, the latter two paths had exceedingly high entry thresholds. Thus, ninety-nine percent of Cultivators in this world chose the first path, making Demon Martial Artists the mainstream.
Ji Xuexin, for example, cultivated the Vengeance Technique, one of the Nine Great Methods of the Ancestral Dragon. This technique is based on the Yazi—the second of the Dragon’s Nine Sons—a creature with a jackal’s body and a dragon’s head, known for its bloodlust and love of battle. Forging a ’Heart of Slaughter’ was the mark of reaching the intermediate stage of this path.
The more grievous her injuries, the more her combat power would surge. When her Heart of Slaughter was fully unleashed, and she exerted her utmost effort, her strength was not inferior to that of a high-level Cultivator.