[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-must-immediately-strike-it-lucky":3,"chapter-i-must-immediately-strike-it-lucky-i-must-immediately-strike-it-lucky-chapter-319":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","I Must Immediately Strike It Lucky",{"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},2294091,4487,"Chapter 319: On Why Shrimp Kicking at the Door Can Speedrun","i-must-immediately-strike-it-lucky-chapter-319",319,"\u003Cp>Feng Xue was a man who followed rules—if there were any unwritten ones, you could stop me and speak harshly, but if you just attack outright, then all of you will lie down!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this simple mindset, Feng Xue’s body erupted in bright blue lightning arcs; the approaching wraiths had no chance to scream before they vaporized, while he himself burst forth from the swordlight, his right hand clenched in empty grasp—the brilliant blue instantly twisted into murky black. By now, on the subject of thunder arts, he could alter his qi ratio purely by will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lightning flowed, condensing in his palm into a blade. The sword-controlling skill tree from the game world’s cultivator class, once adapted into a spell, had two core features: sheer style, and its “qi solidification” technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Baka!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A regionally flavored curse rang out, but Feng Xue had no intention of wasting words; as a seasoned JO fan, he knew you delivered threats after you’d already won.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dark, heavy thunder forged into a long sword; each swing sent ripples through the air, cleaving the intricate barrier in one stroke. Feng Xue stepped forward, his body flashing like lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A heavy thud exploded suddenly—a towering monster wielding an eight-faceted iron club blocked Feng Xue’s path. He felt his wrist jolt with pain, but thankfully suffered no real injury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oga (Nihon ghost)? This is a classic setup.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Xue smirked; his sword instantly left his hand, slicing into a crescent toward the giant ghost’s head. Unnoticed, Feng Xue had already been surrounded by a circle of white-robed cultivators. The tiger demon, freed from restraint, erupted in violence—its first target, naturally, was Feng Xue, the closest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Xue remained unmoved. His original goal had been to steal the kill. The flying sword aimed at the giant ghost exploded into a shower of mud-like specks, while the lightning on Feng Xue’s body shifted to gold-red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The five elements rotated, and Mo Ying cursed as he was flung away by the lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boom!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though deliberately weakened, the Five Elements Thunder still carried terrifying power. A mushroom cloud slowly rose; the tiger demon had no time to shriek before it was vaporized by the gold-red lightning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The residual shockwave of the exploded Five Elements Thunder spread, radiating paralyzing force, scattering the white-robed cultivators—whether they were onmyoji or Nihon Daoists—every which way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Xue, prepared in advance, spun his body with the blast’s momentum. The next second, the giant ghost, its head riddled with corrosion from dark thunder, lost its head entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That was satisfying!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Feng Xue turned to leave, surveying the fallen Nihon cultivators, his brow lifted—he suddenly noticed something odd about the ritual pattern here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A regular cultivator seeing an unfamiliar ritual might merely find it curious, perhaps deduce it was a seal or suppression array meant to bind demons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Feng Xue was no ordinary cultivator—he had once nurtured a demon god using murky vows. One glance told him the ritual was flawed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn, they’re trying to shove the demons straight back into the earth veins!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure, demons are born from earthly turbid vows and theoretically should be expelled from the earth's veins—but it's like a defense: even if something comes out of your body, would you willingly let it go back in? No matter where you try to push it, most people would refuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humans feel that way, and so do earth veins. Demons are expelled precisely to relieve pressure on the veins, preventing the birth of extreme aberrations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now you’re forcing them back in—so next year, are you going to accumulate an even bigger one?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Realizing this, Feng Xue knew he’d stumbled onto something serious. He abandoned chasing demons and instead guarded the ritual, knocking each rising oni back into infantile slumber while letting Xiao Lingdang fine-tune the pattern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the structure was fully stabilized, he pointed one finger skyward. Lightning flickered at his fingertip, coalescing into a glowing orb that shot upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lightning-formed orb burst open, transforming into flowing, calligraphic characters etched across the heavens—a message visible only to cultivators:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Anomaly here. Come quickly!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Six simple characters might be ignored—but if they were written in lightning and remained visible for dozens of breaths, that was downright absurd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, every cultivator in the city, even those merely curious to see a master of such refined thunder art, began moving toward the marked location. Soon, the Yangrenjie Nihon district was packed with a dense crowd of cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the fallen Nihon cultivators motionless, everyone’s first thought was that some super demon had wiped them out. But when they saw the man who summoned them calmly knock unconscious another Nihon cultivator just as he began to stir, they realized this was far from simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Those with expertise in earth veins, feng shui, or arrays, examine this ritual closely. The rest need no explanation,” Feng Xue said, offering no further commentary. After all, he was a stranger here—his own words might raise suspicion. Let them deduce it themselves; that way, complications later would be minimized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the ritual was ornately disguised, it was like a shipping box labeled “computer parts”—if you’ve already opened the box, no amount of surface camouflage matters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cultivators of Gangdu were no fools. They quickly unraveled the ritual’s mechanism—and erupted in outrage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when they turned to find Feng Xue again, he had vanished without a trace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Does anyone recognize that cultivator from earlier?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A slightly older cultivator, binding the Nihon practitioners with ropes, asked. Everyone shook their heads—until a younger one spoke up:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I saw him at the Merit Pool. He was asking how to take on jobs. Probably just arrived in Gangdu.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We needed careful analysis to spot the flaw in this array, and his lightning art was exquisite. This cultivator must come from an esteemed sect. His demeanor suggests he’s a current worldly wanderer of some great school.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We can discuss that later. Right now, we must decide how to handle this. This array wasn’t built overnight—Nihon likely isn’t doing this for the first time. Other cities may have similar setups…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“First, inform the mayor. See if we can use long-distance telephones to alert other coastal cities—have their cultivators check too. As for the rest, deal with the demons first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The local cultivators began pooling their efforts. Feng Xue, however, returned to hunting demons. With many cultivators drawn away, he no longer had to fight over kills. He slaughtered his way until dawn, as the New Year’s bell tolled—a surge of vow-energy settled upon him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So this is… the power of bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1107,"2026-06-20T04:32:50.332Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","3ad6fa24f387771029f02e8dec8b367bd525f6997dd376f56bc28c4919b3f4d7","i-must-immediately-strike-it-lucky-chapter-320","i-must-immediately-strike-it-lucky-chapter-318",365,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-must-immediately-strike-it-lucky-cover.jpg"]