## Chapter 2367 – 2367. The Ascent Of Bright Light
After killing one, no one dared to stand in my way.
If everyone here had joined forces to attack me, even I would have struggled, but I knew from the start that these guys weren’t the type to risk their lives for each other.
The martial artists glanced at each other and fell silent. If they happened to make eye contact with me, they immediately lowered their gaze to the floor.
I reached the front of the line. A middle-aged man with a long beard, dressed like a Taoist priest, swallowed hard and tensed up.
‘He’s put on quite a convincing facade. At first glance, he could be mistaken for an expert from a major sect.’
In this world, major sects cultivate elixirs. From their perspective, they wouldn’t need to lower their dignity to obtain the Moonlight Water of Dongting Lake. Moonlight Water wasn’t an incredibly powerful elixir anyway. If they really needed it, they could buy it with money.
“I’m in a bit of a hurry. I’ll take this month’s Moonlight Water. Any objections?”
“Objections? Not at all. Of course, senior, you should take care of your urgent business first. I can wait another month.”
He said, beads of cold sweat dripping down his face. He was quite reasonable. It would be nice if everyone in the martial world was like him.
“There’s still some chivalry left in the martial world.”
I looked up at the darkening sky, waiting for the full moon to rise.
Night fell, and two full moons appeared. One in the sky, and the other reflected in the dark lake.
I stared intently at the full moon reflected in the lake. Above the false moon, water droplets imbued with moonlight floated into the air. One drop, then another. The droplets slowly began to gather. I had heard that the Moonlight Water would gather until sunrise, and when it was all collected, it would be enough for three sips.
‘I have to wait until dawn… If I use auto-progress, someone might steal it.’
It seemed unlikely that anyone would dare to do such a crazy thing in front of me, but this world was full of lunatics.
I took out my smartphone from my inventory and read a web novel. It was perfect for killing time. Even though I was openly using a smartphone, the martial artists around me just accepted it. They probably thought it was some kind of magical artifact.
At dawn, as the sun began to rise, enough Moonlight Water had gathered. I walked over the lake and carefully poured the Moonlight Water into a special container I had prepared beforehand.
‘These liquid elixirs are sensitive.’
It would be a disaster if I used telekinesis and mixed my energy with it.
After securing the Moonlight Water, I headed out of the city.
‘I was about to use the Heavenly Light Star System’s space transfer… but some weaklings have shown up. Are they after the Moonlight Water?’
I sensed them following me from behind. About 110 of them. Ten of them were experts in the realm of Ogi. With this kind of force, they were quite powerful for a mid-sized sect.
‘Moonlight Water isn’t that great of an elixir to risk their lives for. Do they have another purpose?’
My curiosity quickly faded. What was important now was that they had underestimated me.
I stopped in a secluded spot and turned around.
The 110 martial artists appeared from all directions, swords in hand. I scanned them. They were all faces I had never seen before.
“You’ve come in a pack. Was the Moonlight Water that tempting?”
“It’s not about the Moonlight Water. You killed and disgraced our Sea Green Sword Sect’s elder. Did you think our sect would let this slide? We will kill you and restore our sect’s honor.”
I remembered the guy who had died blocking my path. He must have been from that sect.
‘Mid-sized sects are just glorified gangs. Their actions aren’t much different from thugs. It’s similar in that once you’re looked down upon in the industry, it’s over.’
The problem was that I had killed him too openly.
As soon as I drew my Fire Lotus Flying Daggers, the guy who seemed to be the sect leader shouted.
“Unleash the Sea Green Linked Martial Formation!”
The martial artists moved in perfect unison. They spun around as if they were dancing. Each movement was a perfectly synchronized dance routine that could rival a girl group. I could feel their energies connecting.
‘Such a precise formation… There was a reason they came out so confidently. These guys must have spent all their time training in sword formations.’
They moved without pause, becoming one as they approached me. I swung my sword in the air, sending a wave of qi into their midst.
Their swords deflected and tore through the qi. I looked at their swords again.
‘It’s sword qi, but not sword qi. There’s no way sword qi can tear through qi. The 110 of them have linked their wills through the formation. This isn’t an ordinary formation. It’s mixed with sorcery.’
When I focused, I could feel a mystical spiritual energy from their swords, not just sword qi.
‘Those swords they have. They all look the same, I thought they were mass-produced, but they’re a type of magical artifact. They’re sharing their wills and energy through the power of the artifacts.’
It was surprising how they used the artifacts in this way.
‘It’s impressive, but it also has clear weaknesses. The Sea Green Linked Martial Formation, was it? The formation itself is slow. It’s natural since 110 people are moving at the same time. If I use the Flying Thunder God Technique to escape, they won’t be able to catch me.’
I could escape and attack from a distance. But I didn’t feel like doing that.
‘I’ve just obtained the power of a new star… Should I try it out in a real battle?’
『Using the light of the Heavenly Gang Star.』
『The Star of Breaking the Army.』
As soon as I used the light of the Heavenly Gang Star, a massive amount of my internal energy and stamina rapidly disappeared. It felt like chunks of what was filling me were being ripped away. It wasn’t a pleasant sensation.
Crack.
Red lightning sparked along the blade. I swung my Fire Lotus Flying Daggers horizontally towards them.
Thunder Heaven Style (雷天流) Thunder Flash (雷光).
A single slash cut through everything in front of me. Not only the 110 martial artists, but also the nearby trees and rocks.
It was like a landscape painting that had been cut and distorted by a blade.
“This is insane…!”
The martial artists, their upper and lower bodies separated, stained the ground with blood and entrails. Most of them were dead, but a few were lucky enough to survive. Those who had been cut in the thighs instead of the waist.
“P-Please, spare us! Great hero!”
“Do you think I would spare you?”
Swoosh!
After killing all the survivors, I finished looting and used space transfer to move to Falling Moon Mountain.
There was no time to rest. I handed the Moonlight Water to Yang Hongye and moved again.
• • •
To obtain the last material Yang Hongye requested, a piece of shell from the Great Demon Tai Shan Deep Turtle (太山沈鼈), I headed to the remote areas of the northern continent.
People called that place the Realm of Demons, the Jade Pond Mirror (瑤池鏡).
In reality, the demons had been forced to move north by the emperor’s power. The emperor, who cared for humans, didn’t bother to destroy the Jade Pond Mirror. The reason was easy to guess.
‘The byproducts of demons are useful in many ways. A demon’s core can be an elixir in itself.’
It would be more of a loss to exterminate the demons. And it’s not like you can get rid of demons by exterminating them. Some special demons are born suddenly without parents.
The Tai Shan Deep Turtle, my target, was a unique one among the Great Demons.
Great Demons were demons who had reached the realm of the Three Essences, and most of them had overcome their instincts and thought rationally like humans. Their way of thinking was closer to humans than demons. But there were exceptions everywhere. The Tai Shan Deep Turtle was one of them.
Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!
The ground trembled.
I looked at the giant turtle, whose size was comparable to a small mountain. It was the Great Demon Tai Shan Deep Turtle. It simply moved and devoured everything. Not only animals and demons, but also trees and rocks.
It was a moving natural disaster. Its sheer size was enough to make one feel overwhelmed.
‘It took me three months to get here. Even though I actively used auto-progress, it was a boring task. Let’s get a piece of its shell and go back quickly.’
I took out the Vajra Divine Thunder from my inventory. The Vajra Divine Thunder spun around me and stopped in front of me.
Blue light gathered around the Vajra Divine Thunder, and it transformed into a female Vajra Guardian with a translucent body.
Great Vajra Dharma Protection Technique (大金剛護法術) Boji Great Hero (寶志大丈夫).
I looked down at the ground from atop Boji Great Hero. The Tai Shan Deep Turtle, which had been mindlessly devouring its surroundings, stopped and turned towards us. The Tai Shan Deep Turtle was slightly larger than Boji Great Hero.
‘Since obtaining the Vajra Divine Thunder, I’ve been experimenting with the Great Vajra Dharma Protection Technique whenever I had time. What I’ve learned is that it’s not just martial arts that are shared.’
Following my will, Boji Great Hero extended her left palm forward. Blue and red lightning rotated and resonated, intertwining. A purple light flashed.
『Using the light of the Heavenly Gang Star.』
『The Star of Breaking the Army.』
Thunder Heaven Style (雷天流) Dual Resonance (二重共鳴) Swirling Lightning Spiral (卍雷螺旋).
The purple laser, maximized by the power of the star, shot out, annihilating everything in its path.
Just before the laser hit the giant turtle, a huge shield appeared, blocked the laser, and then disappeared.
‘It blocked an attack that could destroy several mountains? With just a shield?’
The enraged Tai Shan Deep Turtle roared and charged towards us. Its speed was not as slow as a turtle.
‘If I shoot one more… Damn it.’
Due to the effects of the Great Vajra Dharma Protection Technique and maximization, my inner energy was completely depleted. My stamina was also severely depleted, causing me to feel dizzy. At this rate, it would be difficult to even maintain Boji Great Hero.
[Using Full Recovery.]
My stamina and inner energy were fully restored. I kicked off Boji Great Hero’s head and ascended into the sky.
“Why don’t you try fighting on your own this time? Let’s see how you fight.”
If Boji Great Hero seemed like she was going to lose, I could just run away and face the Tai Shan Deep Turtle again tomorrow.
Autonomous combat mode was activated. Boji Great Hero stepped on the Thunder Heaven Style’s footwork and charged towards the giant turtle.
As soon as she entered the attack range, she swung her sword, unleashing Thunder Flash. However, the sword failed to completely cut through the Tai Shan Deep Turtle’s shell, only managing to inflict a wound. Even that wound healed as the shell wriggled as if it were alive.
“Kuaaaaaaaa!”
The Tai Shan Deep Turtle roared and bit into Boji Great Hero’s left arm.
‘She could have dodged it, but she didn’t.’
The question was immediately answered. She had stabbed her sword into the gap between the Tai Shan Deep Turtle’s head and shell. She had used her own arm as bait for that.
Boji Great Hero channeled lightning through her sword.
Thunder Heaven Style (雷天流) Ultimate Technique (極技) Exploding Shock Thunder (爆震雷).
The channeled lightning exploded violently inside the shell.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
The Tai Shan Deep Turtle screamed, but it continued to bite at Boji Great Hero’s neck. Nevertheless, Boji Great Hero continued to channel Exploding Shock Thunder.
‘Huh… She fights just like me.’
A no-holds-barred fighting style, no different from mutual destruction. It was my unique fighting style, with Full Recovery and Heavenly Heart.
Of course, Boji Great Hero couldn’t use Full Recovery and Heavenly Heart.
‘Well, Boji Great Hero isn’t a living being, so it doesn’t matter.’
The arm and neck that had been bitten by the Tai Shan Deep Turtle had already recovered. Boji Great Hero’s essence was lightning energy. Even if her arm was cut off or her neck was torn, she wouldn’t disappear as long as the lightning energy was supplied or remained.
I approached the Tai Shan Deep Turtle, which was in a terrible state.
‘Was it a soft-shelled turtle instead of a turtle? Well, it doesn’t matter. If it was going to die so easily, how did it block the Swirling Lightning Spiral in the first place? Could it have used all its power to block the Swirling Lightning Spiral?’
The Tai Shan Deep Turtle’s demonic power was just unique.
I put my questions aside and ordered Boji Great Hero to shrink and put the shell into the spatial container.
Boji Great Hero could adjust her size and become as small as a human. However, Boji Great Hero’s power weakened. Instead, the efficiency of the lightning energy that maintained her body improved.
I watched Boji Great Hero’s back as she worked silently. She had a translucent body, yet she was real. Her full breasts swayed due to gravity.
‘It’s a shame she doesn’t have a vagina.’
It was an important matter, so I had checked it before. A vagina wasn’t implemented. To be precise, the inside wasn’t implemented.
My gaze turned to the spatial container that Boji Great Hero was holding. The fragmented pieces of the shell were neatly placed inside the spatial container. Although it didn’t have a summoning function, it seemed much more convenient than my inventory.
‘The biggest problem with spatial containers is that they can be lost. Hmm. Can I enhance my inventory? If that’s not possible, it would be nice to have a convenient subspace from another creation.’
My inventory had a limit on the number of items, which was inconvenient in many ways. To bring in new items, I had to go outside the game, put them in my inventory, and then take them out again.
‘The game life app absorbed the elf tutor app before. If I use this… would it be possible?’
I couldn’t be sure until I tried it myself.
After collecting all the broken pieces of the Tai Shan Deep Turtle’s shell, I moved to Falling Moon Mountain.
