Chapter 23: Extinction of the Ten Directions

Su Ping had left the scene for no more than ten minutes.

A pitch-black helicopter with extremely low noise hovered over the mountaintop.

Soon, five soldiers wearing smart combat helmets and exoskeleton auxiliary gear descended from the helicopter to the ground.

After carefully searching the surroundings, they realized the scene had already been tampered with.

And the most likely suspects for destroying the scene... were a group of rats!

From the residue left on the ground, they discovered quite a few rat hairs and rat droppings.

The person leading the team reported the discovery to their superiors and vaguely suspected that these rats were likely the same batch that had run out in the city some time ago! After all, this was too much of a coincidence! "This incident is actually getting interesting!"

Standing on the mountaintop, the Captain used the smart auxiliary system to watch the video of the anomaly that had appeared in this mountain forest on the internet over and over again, his eyes shining slightly:

"Compared to investigating those cases where people claim they've made contact, or that they themselves are actually aliens, subterranean dwellers, or lizard people."

"This incident is much more to my taste."

"I have a premonition that even if it turns out to be a natural phenomenon in the end, it can still be used for another episode of 'Approaching Science'."

"Notify the cleanup team; the game advertisement needs to use new footage!"

"Also, I am requesting a higher priority arrangement for this matter!"

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Relying on the early warning from Spirit Mouse Xiaobai and Xiaohui, Su Ping also discovered the helicopter at the first moment.

Seeing that rather sci-fi design, Su Ping didn't dare to stay long and immediately activated the Return to City Talisman to return to the Cultivation World.

Before the fishing spot refreshed.

Su Ping planned not to return to Water Blue Star for now.

This could be considered giving the other side sufficient time to let the impact of this anomaly fade.

It also gave himself time to digest the Red Blood Rainbow Carp.

Linyue Villa, inside the practice room.

Following a deafening boom that rang out in the sealed space, Xiaobai and Xiaohui were so scared they hugged Su Ping's trousers tightly.

Su Ping looked at the blasted wooden dummy and nodded with satisfaction.

These wooden dummies were all made of Iron Wood, which was even harder than the physical body of an ordinary Body Tempering first-stage Body Cultivator.

Yet at this moment, in front of the Thunder Fire Bead filled with Su Ping's improved Sweet Explosive, it had no power to resist! "This item is excellent; I can refine another batch!"

"Besides using it for surprise sneak attacks..."

"I can also bring back a few controlled elite rats and let them act as carriers for suicide explosive attacks!"

"I imagine the other side, having never seen the power of a Thunder Fire Bead, would never think this item could have such terrifying might!"

"No, they wouldn't even think I would use Spirit Beasts to carry out such a suicide attack; it's a waste of a precious resource!"

As a Cultivator, Su Ping knew very well that the key to a successful suicide rat attack on a Cultivator did not lie in the power of the explosive, but in the carrier itself.

Ordinary rats usually cannot even get close when encountering a Qi Refining Cultivator.

Under the spiritual pressure released by a Cultivator, even mortals would feel their hands and feet go weak.

Not to mention small animals like rats.

Furthermore, a Cultivator's agility and speed are far superior to a rat's.

To keep up with the opponent and avoid wasting them in vain, the foundation is to make the rats themselves transcendent and possess a certain level of resistance! If it were other Cultivators, even if they had researched the same Thunder Fire Bead and possessed Beast Taming Art.

They would still be unwilling to let a Spirit Beast do such a thing.

In the eyes of a normal Cultivator, Spirit Beasts are difficult to cultivate, and one is worth hundreds of Spirit Stones.

Only a madman would use them for such a thing!

Moreover, even for a high-level Beast Tamer, it is actually very difficult to make a Spirit Beast carry out a suicide mission.

It is just that Su Ping happens to be an outlier, and with the rat pack led by Xiaobai and Xiaohui, he doesn't even need to bear the extra burden of contracting more Spirit Mice.

And after those mortal rats become Spirit Mice, their self-awareness is still in the budding stage for a short time, so there is no need to worry about them resisting the suicide command.

"The Thunder Fire Bead is a success; next is the Nether Fire Art."

Su Ping soothed Xiaobai and Xiaohui, and took a Glass Bottle out of his Storage Bag. As he threw the Glass Bottle, it struck a wooden dummy.

Accompanied by the sound of the Glass Bottle shattering.

With a boom, a ball of scorching flames appeared out of thin air, then burned crazily on the wooden dummy, spreading to the entire dummy in a short time.

Su Ping summoned a water ball and smashed it over.

Yet he saw that upon encountering water, this flame burned even more violently and released an even more terrifying high temperature!

The Iron Wood, which was comparable to steel, also began to self-combust under this high temperature!

"The Dharma Robes worn by Cultivators in the middle and late stages of Qi Refining generally come with Condense Water Art to resist the most popular fire-type spells."

"If the Condense Water Art encounters my tech-version Nether Fire Art..."

"Hehe, it's a sight too beautiful to look at!"

Su Ping chuckled dryly, then realized that he didn't seem to be able to extinguish the flames before him either.

He could only wait for it to burn out naturally after everything was consumed.

Looking at the smoke spreading, he decided to end today's practice.

The servants of Linyue Villa were curious, but no one dared to probe or ask what their Inspector lord was doing.

Su Ping returned to his room.

He took out a Big Green Fish and made a dish of pickled fish to celebrate the successful research of his Thunder Fire Bead and Nether Fire Art.

Then, relying on the effects of the Big Green Fish and the remnants of the Red Blood Rainbow Carp, Su Ping continued to soak in the bath and cultivate bitterly for the whole night.

The non-stop day and night cultivation made the maid Ping'er and other servants feel a bit distressed for their master.

And those big shots in Jinque City who heard about this were all astonished:

This Inspector is truly working too hard! Could it be that he intends to be noticed by that Patrol Envoy, so as to have a chance to return to the Immortal Sect? Heh! How could such a thing be so easy!

Only the Ji Hu clan sent over another batch of medicinal herbs in succession.

Furthermore, when Ji Hu went to pay his respects to Su Ping, he actually presented more than ten Spirit Stones.

The importance of Spirit Stones to mortal families can be seen just by how easily Linyue Villa sold them.

This even surprised Su Ping; the Ji Family was actually serious about clinging to his coattails!

Su Ping reluctantly agreed to another one of Ji Hu's requests, taking in a few Ji Family women as maids.

With the help of the medicinal herbs obtained, plus having Small Green Fish and Green Fish for late-night snacks for several nights in a row.

Finally, on the fifth night after returning to Linyue Villa from Water Blue Star.

Su Ping let out a low roar and leaped out of the bathroom.

He had successfully stepped into the third layer of Body Tempering!

Every part of his physique as he leaped had reached the golden ratio, giving one the illusion of being flawless.

Su Ping clenched his hands slightly and threw a punch into the air.

Bang! The sound of tigers, leopards, and thunder actually rang out in the room!

For a moment.

Su Ping could even feel the space vibrating under this punch.

"This is not an illusion!"

"It is the effect of one-tenth of the Ten Directions Annihilation Body!"

"This Saint Body is related to space?"

"It is rumored that the Ten Directions Sect's ultimate technique, Ten Directions Annihilation, is a top-tier killing art with the power to annihilate space!"

"It seems they weren't bragging!"

"No wonder someone with the Ten Directions Annihilation Body can become a Saint Child! I fear all sorts of cultivation techniques and ultimate arts are designed to complement this Saint Body!"

(End of chapter)