[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-global-high-martial-arts-starting-off-with-a-sha":3,"chapter-global-high-martial-arts-starting-off-with-a-sha-global-high-martial-arts-starting-off-with-a-sha-chapter-10":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Global High Martial Arts, Starting Off with a Sharingan",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2318738,4534,"Chapter 10","global-high-martial-arts-starting-off-with-a-sha-chapter-10",10,"\u003Cp>Seeing the two already dealt with, Jiang Xia exhaled in relief, then looked at the Sixth Seat’s corpse in his hand—long dead, its blue skeleton slowly dissolving. He wiped the sweat from his brow; the forced activation of Susano’o had drained him severely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Teng kicked the Seventh Seat’s corpse, bent down to pick up the bloodstained token from the man’s waist, and weighed it in his hand: “The Cult of the Demonic God really has deep pockets—this token doesn’t look ordinary. Might fetch a good price.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, he pulled out the storage ring he’d seized earlier and grinned, “Add these three third-rank aberrant beasts, and we’ve made a killing this time.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Lingxi walked over to Jiang Xia’s side, her gaze sweeping over the two corpses: “The appearance of the Cult of the Demonic God inside the secret realm, plus the ability to block the teleportation device—there are likely more than just these two.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We need to be more careful from now on. If we encounter a higher-ranked Seat, we won’t be this lucky.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No sooner had she finished than a flurry of hurried footsteps and panicked cries erupted from the bushes to the right: “Help! Help!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three ragged figures stumbled out—the lead man’s school uniform was splattered with blood, his forearm hanging unnaturally limp. It was Yang Wei, from their own class.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Wei looked up and saw Jiang Xia and the others; he froze for a moment, then lunged forward like a drowning man grasping for a lifeline: “Jiang… Jiang Xia, there are so many Cultists—they’re hunting us everywhere. I saw many classmates being dragged away.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two girls behind him were equally pale, clearly having just survived a brutal battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Xia raised a hand and pressed firmly but not harshly on Yang Wei’s shoulder, instantly calming his panic: “Catch your breath. Tell me clearly—where did the Cultists go? Did they mention anything specific?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Wei steadied himself under his grip, swallowed hard, and pointed toward the blood-tinged mist in the center of the secret realm: “T-toward there! At least a dozen of them. Their leader wore a black cloak and carried a bronze cage—inside, it looked like… like a bunch of examinees were locked in. I heard them say that once the sacrifice is delivered to the central altar, they can open the rift!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Altar? Rift?” Ye Lingxi’s eyes sharpened, then darkened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I get it—they want to use the students’ abilities as power to open a passage to the outside of Shanhai Pass, letting the aberrant beasts beyond invade humanity.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Teng and the others were stunned into silence by the revelation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Xia was the first to react. “Our top priority now is to reach the central altar. If they succeed in activating it, it’ll be an existential catastrophe for all of humanity!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, he relocated Yang Wei and the others to a cave, then sprinted toward the center of the secret realm. As he ran, a system alert chimed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Detecting imminent major threat to humanity】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Task released: Crush the Cult of the Demonic God’s conspiracy】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Reward: Unknown】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Xia paid it no mind, closed the system, and kept racing toward the secret realm’s center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the secret realm, in the spectator stands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the fleeing examinees on screen and the altar at the center about to activate, Su Changfeng’s knuckles whitened as he gripped the railing. The principals, too, had lost their usual composure, brows knotted, eyes locked on the screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Director Su, this situation has surpassed expectations,” Wu Zongshan said grimly, pointing to a tree trunk just glimpsed on screen, corroded by blood poison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Cult of the Demonic God brought altar components into the realm and set up a shielding array—our intel never mentioned any of this! This was supposed to be your Linchuan Branch’s investigation!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where are the other branches? How is it only Itachi’re handling such a critical matter?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Changfeng swallowed, his gaze fixed on a corner of the screen—a figure moving steadily into the depths of the blood mist: Jiang Xia, his Kusanagi sword glowing faintly, followed by Wang Teng and Ye Lingxi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s not intel leakage—it’s that the Cult has hidden too well,” he murmured, voice low, tinged with barely concealed anxiety. “They’ve long planned to use the mass spiritual energy of the examinees during this trial to open the rift.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We assumed they were targeting Jiang Xia, so we lured them out—hoping to wipe out their core forces across the cities.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But the examinees…” Chen Mingyuan began, when suddenly a patch of the screen flared red—a wristband signal from an examinee—then vanished instantly, swallowed by the blood mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence fell over the stands. The air seemed frozen, broken only by the occasional, muffled scream bleeding through the screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Changfeng pressed his fingers to his brow. “That person entered at the start. He’s probably hiding near the altar now. If Jiang Xia and the others can hold out until the altar activates, he’ll assist them in breaking the array!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The aberrant beasts beyond Shanhai Pass are attacking harder with each wave. Humanity needs real warriors who can fight on the frontlines—not flowers kept in a greenhouse!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even as he spoke, his eyes never left Jiang Xia’s figure on screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, the boy stopped, turned, and said something to Wang Teng and Ye Lingxi behind him, then turned and walked deeper into the thicker blood mist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the blind spot the screen couldn’t detect—the direction of the altar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the stands, everyone held their breath. Chen Mingyuan even leaned forward unconsciously, throat bobbing: “Is this kid… going straight for the altar?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Changfeng said nothing, slowly unclenching his grip on the railing—palm marked with deep red indentations. He whispered: “We bet right. He found the altar’s location.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his voice carried a tension even he didn’t notice. This trap, using the examinees as bait, wasn’t just gambling on the Cult’s ambition—it was gambling on these teenagers’ lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the secret realm, beyond the altar, Jiang Xia watched the Cultists surrounding the altar and the captured examinees being dragged toward it. After a moment’s thought, he stepped forward and said to Wang Teng and Ye Lingxi: “Go the opposite way. Use your abilities to make noise—draw as many of them away as possible.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What about Itachi?” Wang Teng bit his lip, eyes darting to the Cultists nearby binding examinees to the altar’s stone pillars. “Itachi going in alone? That’s suicide!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Xia didn’t turn. He opened the Gate of Opening within the Eight Gates, temporarily boosting his physical prowess to the Martial Master realm, gripped the Kusanagi, and used a broken rock as cover to dart toward the altar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Wang Teng said nothing more—he unleashed a spell, coordinating with Ye Lingxi to draw the attention of nearly half the Cultists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Xia slipped close to the base of the altar and summoned a clone to distract the remaining Cultists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He channeled Chidori onto the Kusanagi—three flashes of white light, and the remaining Cultists fell. He then freed the captured examinees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The freed examinees were initially disoriented, trembling at the sight of the dead Cultists and the crimson glow pulsing from the altar. Many fingers still shook.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when they saw Jiang Xia standing alone, Kusanagi stained with blood, and Wang Teng and Ye Lingxi far off holding back the rest of the Cultists, they picked up scattered weapons and charged toward the enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>",1242,"2026-06-20T15:06:04.061Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","527ee1e7d5bb4b363c2195664877022469c23aa96d4e04a7594af14962a80d12","global-high-martial-arts-starting-off-with-a-sha-chapter-11","global-high-martial-arts-starting-off-with-a-sha-chapter-9",162,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fglobal-high-martial-arts-starting-off-with-a-sha-cover.jpg"]