[{"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-98":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},2318826,4534,"Chapter 98: Outside Shanhai Pass","global-high-martial-arts-starting-off-with-a-sha-chapter-98",98,"\u003Cp>\"Akatsuki Jin and Du Gu Yun will definitely form teams too; this mission is not just an evaluation, but a competition between teams.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, Jiang Xia’s team was finalized: Jiang Xia (team leader), Ye Lingxi, Wang Teng, Ling Zhantian, Wang Shichen, plus Shi Man, the Wu Alliance prodigy skilled in earth-based defensive arrays (Rank 25 on the Prodigy List), and Su Xiaorou of the Su family, who possessed healing and purification abilities (Rank 38 on the Prodigy List).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The seven-member team had balanced composition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three days later, the towering gate of Shanhai Pass slowly opened a narrow slit, like an ancient beast stirring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, a completely different aura rushed toward them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was not merely spiritual energy five times denser than inside the pass, but also infused with a wild, violent, chaotic will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the pass, though always on alert, order was maintained and the spiritual energy remained mild.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the pass, even the spiritual energy in the mist carried a piercing sharpness; inhaling it made the lungs ache faintly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stay alert!\" Jiang Xia barked, stepping forward through the gate first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before them stretched an endless, unknown fog.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The immense psychological disparity caused everyone to instinctively tense their bodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn, this feeling... is totally different.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Teng pulled his neck in, gripping his Soul Devouring Scythe tighter, \"I feel a chill crawling all over me, Boss Fat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ling Zhantian felt the omnipresent pressure in the air and grinned, \"Now this is more like it! Too long in the greenhouse—my bones are rusting!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The team advanced along their predetermined route toward Shadow Canyon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The initial stretch was calm, encountering only scattered low-tier aberrant beasts, easily dispatched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But soon, they understood what \"no order suppression\" truly meant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Watch your left!\" Wang Shichen suddenly warned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A beast the size of an elephant, shaped like a leopard but entirely covered in bony armor, lunged from the dense forest—its speed far exceeding that of a bone-armored leopard of the same tier inside the pass!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bone-armored Wang Jie leopard? This speed is wrong!\" Shi Man growled, slamming his palms into the ground, \"Rock Wall!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A thick wall of earth instantly rose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Crash!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bone-armored leopard smashed through the wall, its momentum slightly reduced, claws slicing through air toward Ling Zhantian at the front.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come on!\" Ling Zhantian didn’t flinch—he grinned, unleashing his Battle God ability, his bloodline blazing like a rainbow, meeting the attack head-on with a punch!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Clang!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fist met claw, producing a metallic ring. Ling Zhantian staggered back half a step; the bone-armored leopard was blasted backward, shook its head, and its eyes grew even more ferocious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Strength, speed, defense—all at least thirty percent higher than recorded inside the pass!\" Wang Shichen rapidly reported data.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Xia’s gaze sharpened; his Rinnegan activated instantly, detecting abnormal surges of energy within the beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s not just base stats rising—their energy cores are more violent, their aggression stronger.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"End this quickly!\" Jiang Xia ordered, \"Lingxi, restrain its movement!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Lingxi raised her hand: \"Xuan Ming—Ice Vines!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several icy vines erupted from the ground, wrapping around the leopard’s limbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bone-armored leopard roared, blasting searing heat from its body, instantly melting half the vines!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the hell! It spits fire?!\" Wang Teng yelled, swinging his Soul Devouring Scythe, \"Slice!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gray-black blade aura struck the beast’s back armor, leaving a deep white scratch—but failed to pierce it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Defense’s also gotten this much stronger!\" Wang Teng gasped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Weak point: the joint between neck armor plates!\" Jiang Xia’s Sharingan instantly saw through it—he moved, condensed Thousand Birds in his palm, darted behind the beast, and drove a precise knife-hand strike into the neck seam!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Squelch!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lightning exploded—the bone-armored leopard shrieked and collapsed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battle ended, but the team’s mood grew heavy; a common Wang Jie aberrant beast had required nearly the entire team’s main force to dispatch swiftly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is just the beginning...\" Su Xiaorou murmured, applying healing magic to Ling Zhantian’s wrist, injured by the recoil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Xia crouched, examining the leopard’s corpse, brow furrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Data from inside the pass is now nearly useless. From now on, treat every aberrant beast as one tier higher.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The rest of the journey confirmed Jiang Xia’s judgment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The aberrant beasts they encountered—whether common wind wolves, iron-spined wild boars, or rare poison-mist spiders and thunder-sound birds—all far surpassed inside-the-pass knowledge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even normally docile herbivores had become fiercely aggressive, their eyes glowing with unnatural red light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Something’s wrong. Very wrong.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Shichen spoke again, pointing to a twisted stretch of forest ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The spatial fluctuations there are abnormal—and... have Itachi noticed? The closer we get to Shadow Canyon, the more frenzied these beasts become?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Xia followed his gaze; through his Rinnegan’s perception, the laws of heaven and earth in that region seemed chaotic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It seems Shadow Canyon’s anomaly has a wide radius. Stay alert—we may already be within its radiation zone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After advancing another dozens of li, crossing a swamp shrouded in pale purple toxic mist, the entrance to Shadow Canyon—like a wound carved into the earth—finally appeared before them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a vast, gaping chasm, its steep cliffs a sinister dark red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thick, unyielding black mist filled the canyon; even from afar, the palpable, heart-stopping energy waves radiated from within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Near the canyon’s entrance, on a relatively flat elevated plateau, Akatsuki Jin’s Fire Heaven Sect team had just arrived and were clearing a pack of mutated two-headed demon wolves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akatsuki Jin’s body burned with golden flames; each gesture obliterated charging demons into ash, effortlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spotted Jiang Xia’s team, snorted, and accelerated his attacks—clearly eager to enter the canyon first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s Akatsuki Jin’s crew!\" Wang Teng shouted, \"We can’t let them get the jump!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No rush,\" Jiang Xia observed calmly, \"Let them scout first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shi Man, Su Xiaorou—set up temporary defensive fortifications. We secure this plateau as our forward base.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Understood!\" Shi Man immediately manipulated earth and stone, constructing simple walls and cover.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Xiaorou scattered herbal powder to repel venomous insects and low-tier aberrants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Jiang Xia’s team worked to establish their outpost, a sudden transformation erupted at the canyon entrance!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Roar—!!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A deafening roar echoed from the canyon’s depths, its sonic wave solid enough to churn their blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground heaved violently; the canyon’s cliff walls began collapsing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Akatsuki Jin’s team, caught first, turned pale and retreated hastily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the dust, a colossal creature burst forth, smashing through countless boulders.\u003C\u002Fp>",1064,"2026-06-20T15:06:04.061Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","eaf75138fe0a22984eeebf88c3085e14d1fe7c20cfe08267b765bc9894f0782b","global-high-martial-arts-starting-off-with-a-sha-chapter-99","global-high-martial-arts-starting-off-with-a-sha-chapter-97",162,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fglobal-high-martial-arts-starting-off-with-a-sha-cover.jpg"]