PFC Chapter 7276 The Superimposed Prize Pool
Chapter 7276 The Superimposed Prize Pool
Chapter 7276 The Superimposed Prize Pool
"Cough cough cough, it seems that even if he transforms into a talent vessel, being hit by a powerful attack will still cause a backlash. At most, he can only avoid sudden death." After Huang Tao's avatar was destroyed, his true body suddenly appeared in the outer circle, but his condition was obviously much worse than before.
After taking a few deep breaths and adjusting himself, Huang Tao turned and ran towards the outer perimeter. Although he hadn't exchanged many words with Gong Jia, the information he had gathered was enough to confirm some of the intelligence. Now, the most important thing for Huang Tao was to deliver this thing to Chen Xi as soon as possible.
"Huang Tao." Just as Huang Tao created another avatar to avoid any accidents, a burly man carrying a thick-backed straight sword emerged from the forest of Yunmeng. When he saw Huang Tao, the man was clearly stunned for a moment, and then his face showed a wary expression.
"Alright, Brother Zhang, it's me. I'm just a little injured." Huang Tao felt a bit relieved to see Zhang Yue. In his current state, if he encountered another overpowered demon god, he might very well be defeated. Having a teammate by his side made him feel more at ease.
As for why he didn't appear directly next to Cao Chuang and Zheng Ke, well, if Huang Tao had that ability, after his talent avatar exploded, he would have appeared directly in front of Chen Xi and could have quickly transmitted information, right? The fact that he didn't do that just means he couldn't do it!
Zhang Yue looked wary, his right hand gripping his thick-backed straight sword tightly. This location was very remote, and Huang Tao shouldn't have come here.
"No, Brother Zhang, I'm not in good shape right now. You'd better not attack me. My innate avatar was just destroyed. If you cut me, I might be carried away." Huang Tao instantly realized Zhang Yue's wariness. Although they weren't exactly brothers who had gone through thick and thin together, they were quite familiar with each other. As soon as the other party raised his hand, Huang Tao realized that the other party had him as a target.
"Evidence!" Zhang Yue said directly.
"Your thick-backed straight sword was specially made for you by Marquis Chen." Huang Tao thought for a moment and then remembered a piece of information that few people knew, but which he happened to know.
"How did you end up here?" Zhang Yue lowered his guard and asked with some doubt, "There is an eighth-level demon god here, and its characteristics are extremely powerful. It seems to have some traces of the Rui Shi. Normally, such a thing should not appear in that era, so I was sent here to deal with it. And this place is very far away from the other demon gods."
“It’s a special mission, but after the talent carrier was destroyed, the position of the reconstructed carrier was off. I still can’t reliably guarantee the position of my second descent.” Huang Tao said with some pain. “If you’re not in a hurry, protect me for a while. I’ll create an avatar to go with you to deal with that demon god.”
“Okay.” Zhang Yue said succinctly. Huang Tao felt much more at ease and quickly began to recover on the spot. The first thing he needed to stabilize was his self-awareness, anchoring himself to the concept that he was a human being, Huang Tao, and then rebuilding and restoring it. Once the first two were lost, it would be basically the end.
Seeing that Huang Tao's condition was gradually stabilizing, Zhang Yue felt much more at ease. However, at this moment, a buzzing sound appeared in the atmosphere. Zhang Yue did not realize that there was a problem, but the strong sense of crisis from his experience of surviving countless battles made him reflexively swing his sword in the direction from which the sound came.
With a vertical slash, sparks burst from the middle of the blade. Even though he hadn't hit anything, Zhang Yue clearly felt the crushing force transmitted from the blade. He immediately exerted his strength in the direction of the crushing force, spun several times in the air, and landed successfully.
"Huang Tao!" Zhang Yue had already sensed the danger while spinning in the air and immediately shouted in Huang Tao's direction. However, as Zhang Yue was deflecting the force like a spinning top in the air, he saw Huang Tao's head and body shift at the same time he shouted.
"How is this possible!" Zhang Yue spun in the air, his pupils shrinking as he saw this scene, but he couldn't care less about that now, as he was also facing a life-or-death crisis.
With his right foot missing the ground, Zhang Yue desperately used the air to gain momentum, briefly breaking through the sound barrier and adjusting his posture in mid-air. He then gripped the thick-backed straight sword tightly with both hands, completely abandoning any attempt to protect his non-vital parts. With his spirit and energy united, he slashed straight down at the front.
The all-out strike seemed to tear apart some kind of barrier, and the previously infinitely spreading invisible sword light finally disappeared around Zhang Yue.
At this moment, realizing that the Demon God's strength was far beyond his imagination, Zhang Yue dared not linger. The instant he landed, he disregarded the blood spurting from his left shoulder and the cuts on his wrist, and with a push from the balls of his feet, he retreated backward, facing the danger head-on.
At this moment, Zhang Yue's forehead was covered in sweat. He had thought that a demon god with the characteristics of a sharp warrior would be very powerful, but when he actually saw this thing, Zhang Yue realized that it was no longer a question of whether it was powerful or not. It completely exceeded his imagination!
It should even be said that the previous veteran who was able to bring back this intelligence was so capable of surviving and bringing back the intelligence that his ability was beyond imagination!
The invisible blade extended once more, but this time, Zhang Yue, who was completely focused, relied on his perception of the wind and the danger to successfully detect the sword mark that was constantly extending in the atmosphere.
"Slash!" Zhang Yue swung his sword and cut the sword mark that was extending towards him. Then he looked up at the shadowy figure deep in the Yunmeng Forest. That was his previous target. But now it was meaningless to talk about it. Only survival mattered.
After Zhang Yue severed one sword wound, more sword wounds, like a tidal wave, covered him. With only one sword, he naturally couldn't block these attacks.
"This is really bad." Zhang Yue mobilized all his strength and slashed forward again, but he knew that his response had gone wrong. If he had not chosen to retreat when he first saw his opponent, but instead chose to fight at close range, he would still have a three-tenths chance of winning. Now he was probably just running for his life, and even his life was in question.
On the other side, Huang Tao, who had just logged off, was running away for his life. He had two avatars, so he would only truly die after being killed twice. After all, he was different from Su Zong. Su Zong had completely transformed into a talent, while Huang Tao had only temporarily transformed into a talent and was still essentially human. Therefore, Su Zong was basically unkillable, but if Huang Tao was killed consecutively, he would really die.
However, Huang Tao was cautious and prudent, and he would not put all his eggs in one basket. Therefore, although he was caught off guard and beheaded by the Eightfold Demon God, it was just a matter of being reborn in a different place for Huang Tao.
The scene of being beheaded earlier had a considerable impact on Huang Tao. In addition, he was instantly killed, leaving only Zhang Yue. Even though Zhang Yue was one of the only nine elite warriors between the first and second generations and his strength was absolutely top-notch, he really couldn't withstand a demon god who could instantly kill Huang Tao!
Although they constantly mock Huang Tao and Su Zong as slackers among the seventh level, no matter how slacker they are, they are still within the concept of the seventh level. For most sixth level cultivators, these two are still the most elite veterans, and their ability to survive is top-notch.
He was instantly defeated. How long can Zhang Yue hold out? Not even a few minutes.
"Huang Tao, didn't you take on a mission from Marquis Chen? What are you doing here?" Bai Wang asked Huang Tao, who was in a hurry, with a puzzled look.
"Brother Bai, hurry over there and rescue Zhang Yue. There's an eighth-level demon god there who possesses some of the characteristics of a warrior, and may have an extended or continued talent." Huang Tao quickly described his experience and also told Bai Wang his speculations.
"An eightfold demon god with some of the characteristics of a warrior?" Bai Wang was stunned for a moment, then snapped his fingers naturally, quickly determining the approximate location of the demon god Huang Tao mentioned and Zhang Yue.
"Go back and report first. Chen Hou's side is more important. Zhang Yue shouldn't die anytime soon, so you can rest assured." Bai Wang waved to Huang Tao, then drew his sword and rushed towards Zhang Yue. Huang Tao didn't say anything and rushed towards Jiangling.
After all, Huang Tao knew the priorities. Killing the demon god was important, but reporting the existing information to Chen Xi and letting Chen Xi make a more accurate and effective judgment was more important than killing one or two demon gods. As for Zhang Yue, Bai Wang's answer was enough to reassure Huang Tao.
In any case, Bai Wang, as a member of the Dacheng Elite Army, understood Zhang Yue, who was also a member of the Dacheng Elite Army, far better than Huang Tao.
After Huang Tao left, Bai Wang stopped pretending and directly released the Great Completion Sword Spirit from his sword. He then used the God-Slaying Sword to sever the oath shackles on the Great Completion Sword Spirit. Without saying a word, he directly merged the sword spirit with himself.
In that instant, Bai Wang's aura began to surge, surge, and surge, but his temperament also began to develop from that of a pure veteran towards something inhuman.
"Phew, how could there be any elite warriors in the Spring and Autumn Period?" Bai Wang had completely merged with the sword intent, regained all the power of the Great Perfection Sword Demon God, and after becoming one with it, all his basic data had reached the level of the Cloud Dream Demon God. As for his destructive power, being an elite warrior, he had never been afraid of that.
With a sudden burst of power from his feet, Bai Wang, accompanied by a shriek, defied the terrifying cloud aura of the Cloud Dream Demon God and broke through to supersonic speed. He then completely ignored the Cloud Dream Demon God lingering below and rushed directly towards Zhang Yue's direction.
After arriving in Yunmeng and clearly seeing the Demon God, Bai Wang fully understood why the elite warriors who had been slain in the Eighteen Cuts had to die, why they were able to withstand Huang Shao's defensive accumulation, and what sword intent truly was.
The Eighteen Warriors are the Demon God's reserve force!
Conversely, if the Eighteen-Slash Warriors are Demon God trainees, then what is Bai Wang, a 1.5-generation Warrior who completed the Eighteen-Slash Warriors more than a decade ago? And what is his own sword intent?
There's really nothing more to say, it's just a demon god!
Once you have this understanding, all that's left is to adjust your mindset, to recognize yourself, and to maintain your true self. Bai Wang doesn't think of himself as a demon god. He believes that after completely liberating his sword intent and merging it with his own, he is still himself, a human being!
As for the sudden increase in strength, that's not important. Some people have the talent to achieve that effect. For example, my top-level passive finishing move has this characteristic, which is understandable, right?
With a sharp and imposing aura, Bai Wang swept across the sky as if he were about to cut everything in his path, landing between Zhang Yue and the eighth-level demon god.
At this moment, both Zhang Yue and the Demon God, who had suffered multiple injuries, were stunned.
"Brother Bai?" Zhang Yue looked at Bai Wang who had landed. He could clearly sense the abnormality in the other party, which was so great that it was almost inhuman.
"Zhang Yue, have you weakened to this extent?" Bai Wang snapped his fingers, but what was clearly just a vibration of sound triggered the Sharp Warrior's God-Slaying Technique, which slashed directly at the demon god opposite him. More importantly, the demon god was already injured when he heard the attack.
Although, given the demon god's regenerative abilities, this level of injury was no different from a mosquito bite for an ordinary person, Zhang Yue was still incredibly shocked that Bai Wang could injure his opponent so easily. The strength Bai Wang displayed at this moment was completely inhuman.
"You?" Zhang Yue looked at Bai Wang with extreme vigilance. If Bai Wang were to transform into a demon god, coupled with the characteristics of a Great Warrior and the regeneration ability of a demon god, and if he could use the Twenty-Four Divine Bodies, that would be truly terrifying. He could really break through the blockade of a large army single-handedly.
"I remember your oath is on your blade." Bai Wang said casually while suppressing the demon god opposite him. As he always said, with equal qualities and without external forces, in terms of attack power, the elite warrior is definitely the strongest.
"That's the problem now!" Zhang Yue said with a dark face.
There are many paths for the Riders, but so far only eight have the potential to reach the level of a fully-fledged Rider: the three original Riders, then Qi Xuan and Bai Wang with their sound-changing killing style, Zhang Yue with his vibration and oath styles, and the rest are Han Duan and He Zhen, who pieced together their own skills from scraps.
They each have their own way of playing, and each one is very strong, but if you had to pick out a weakling from this group, it would only be Zhang Yue.
Zhang Yue's problem is not his own weakness. As a warrior with both shock and oath attributes, his ability to fight head-on is extremely terrifying. After all, it is really hard to withstand the high-frequency shock slash attack.
The problem is that Zhang Yue, who only has high-frequency oscillation slashes and cannot complete the Oath Transformation, is just so-so. Theoretically, a warrior who combines the oscillation system and the Oath system should be able to use one hand to chop with the Han Guang Sword and the other hand to flip the Oath, rebuilding his foundation and maximizing his combat power after reaching the peak.
As a result, Zhang Yue failed to complete the Han Guang Sword and his oath was not overturned, which is awkward. In other words, among the elite warriors who survived that era, only Zhang Yue is left who failed to complete the reforging of his path.
So when Bai Wang asked Zhang Yue why he didn't use the knife to prove his oath, which was written on the knife, Zhang Yue had no answer. To put it bluntly, Zhang Yue knew what he should do, but he couldn't do it.
"Go ahead and prove it! Before, your will wasn't clear enough, and your beliefs weren't firm enough, but now you have all of those. Just prove it! Once a warrior has proven their path, at least they can cut down anything they encounter!" Bai Wang looked at Zhang Yue with some doubt after hearing his answer.
"Because I can't prove it, I choose to reverse the oath, which means the sword is broken, and I will rebuild from the ashes and reforge the path." Zhang Yue looked at the thick-backed, broad straight sword that Chen Xi had bestowed upon him with a complex and conflicted expression. How to put it? The problem now is that this sword cannot be broken.
When the sword breaks, the oath entrusted to it is also broken. Then, relying on everything that has been prepared in advance, the oath can be reversed, and everything that was once entrusted to the sword can be taken back. In addition, the accumulated wealth of more than ten years can be obtained, and success can be achieved in one day.
With the Han Guang Sword in hand, youth will be reforged, and the oath will be renewed. He will directly prove himself to be a master warrior, pushing both paths to their limits.
As Zhang Yue was about to finish his journey, a new problem arose: the divine sword bestowed upon him by Chen Xi was far too sturdy. So far, Zhang Yue saw no possibility of the sword breaking. Unless Zhang Yue was prepared to fight against someone of Lu Bu or Guan Yu's caliber, this dragon-bone steel sword would absolutely not break.
This creates a vicious cycle: the sword cannot be broken, the oath cannot be reversed, and without reversing the oath, Zhang Yue cannot become a fully-fledged elite warrior. Without becoming a fully-fledged elite warrior, he cannot regain his youth, and without regaining his youth, he cannot master those powers, which is awkward.
"Oh, the knife is too sturdy, it can't break, right?" Bai Wang was silent for a while, and almost got hit by the other party, before he realized what was going on.
"When I received the thick-backed, broad-bladed sword from Marquis Chen, I only considered its practicality and didn't think about how sturdy it was at all," Zhang Yue said with a hint of despair. This thing was practically unbreakable, unless Zhang Yue was willing to cheat. The problem was that oaths were somewhat idealistic; you couldn't deceive yourself. Even if you cheated, you couldn't fulfill the oath, and there might even be a backlash, which would be very unpleasant.
"Let's retreat first, the enemy really is a Ruishi." Bai Wang drew his sword and launched a three-hit counterattack, suppressing the demon god. After confirming that the enemy was indeed a Ruishi who should not have appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period, he decisively moved to Zhang Yue's side and dragged Zhang Yue away.
What's the point of fighting? The opponent is a Demon God in the form of a Sharp Warrior. This is even more terrifying than the Demon God versions of Sun Tzu and Wu Qi. As a veteran Sharp Warrior, Bai Wang can completely understand what kind of fighting power a Sharp Warrior with the Eighteen Slashes would have if he completely ignored physical injuries!
All those things like the Twenty-Four Divine Auras, the centuries-old defensive reserves, are child's play compared to the Elite version of the Demon God who can unleash eighteen consecutive God-Slaying Slashes and regenerate repeatedly despite injuries.
You can still talk about the defense and basic stats of the first two, but this one is doomed!
The prize pool is gradually increasing, since disasters can interact and trigger each other.