Chapter 263: Combat Boost

Just as Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen struck together, sending Wang Yin flying, and together using their Yuanci Oscillation Swords to continuously break through layers of the Netherworld Bloodshadow Shroud, the sword tips getting closer and closer to Wang Yin's brow.

The many company people observing the battle immediately moved, all rushing over anxiously.

"President Wang!"

"Quick, protect President Wang!"

"Charge! Catch those two beasts!"

The many employees of Oasis Group, seeing President Wang in danger, were truly anxious, wishing they could instantly block in front of President Wang and take this sword for him.

"President Wang gave me three pay raises! A scholar dies for the one who raised his salary!"

"These two bastards! The company cultivated them so well! And this is how they repay the company?"

"Wahaha, as long as I catch President Wang's eye, even if this battle bankrupts me, it's worth it! Bafang Platform, max out my immortal potential! I want to rent a combat heavenly spirit root!"

Just as the Oasis Group employees were seething with passion, shooting out, and rushing toward the battlefield, groups of experts with various auras emerged in succession, blocking their path—these were the many outsourced personnel sent by Deng Bingding.

On the other side, the Songyang City director of Xianyun Group moved lightly; in just a few moments, this Foundation Establishment powerhouse could cross several kilometers to cut into the battlefield.

But the next moment, he had already stopped, looking at the silver-haired woman before him.

"Li Xuelian," the director said coolly. "You should be neutral, right?"

Li Xuelian smiled at him, extended her hands to show she had no hostile intent, then said with a smile, "I came today just to earn an extra salary. If we can avoid fighting, let's avoid it."

The director said coldly, "If someone injures Wang Yin right in front of me, how do I explain that?"

Li Xuelian pursed her lips. "Xianyun Group's superior is Wanfa Sect, not Netherworld Palace. What are you in a hurry for?"

She then continued, "If the higher-ups haven't given you orders, could it be that they want you to let nature take its course and not interfere in Oasis Group's affairs? Earn money when you can, avoid trouble when you can. Isn't that good?"

"Besides, the money Wang Yin gave you isn't enough to cover a fight with me, right?"

The director didn't speak, but knew Li Xuelian was right.

The profit Wang Yin gave him was not enough to cover the potential losses from a battle with Li Xuelian.

However, it was sufficient to have him stand here and mutually restrain each other.

Watching the two 'mutually restraining' each other, Deng Bingding thought to himself, "Two salary thieves standing around taking money."

Then she looked again toward the entire battlefield, where she could already see countless Oasis Group employees, outsourced employees, security team members... all rushing toward Wang Yin.

And the outsourced personnel sent by Deng Bingding also actively intercepted the Oasis Group people.

At the same time, the divine power network, with the two righteous gods' magical contest, had already fallen into chaos.

From time to time, incidents like talisman failures, account freezes, tax discrepancies... occurred to various individuals.

Although the great battle before them had only just begun and the vast majority had not yet truly acted, for a righteous god like Deng Bingding, such a moment was enough for her to analyze the entire scene.

"The time is still too short; too few outsourced personnel have arrived, not enough to block most of the Oasis Group people."

"If the full battle continues, more people in Songyang City will join and support Oasis Group. The few outsourced people who arrived won't hold out long."

"But fortunately, at least the key figures have arrived."

Just then, a blinding fiery light appeared in the sky, falling like a meteor directly in front of the main Oasis Group force.

Looking at the Starfire Real Person amidst the towering flames, all the Oasis employees rushing toward the battlefield stopped in unison.

Starfire Real Person glanced coldly at the crowd, saying nothing more, but merely standing there, he alone was enough to block thousands of cultivators.

From the moment the Oasis Group people shot out, to the outsourced personnel intercepting, to Starfire Real Person entering the fray—though the commotion was great and many were moving, with the cultivators' speed, the entire process happened quickly, only a few seconds.

But in those few seconds, the situation at the center of the battlefield had reversed.

The long sword that pierced the Netherworld Bloodshadow Shroud slammed into Wang Yin's brow and shattered with a boom.

Unscathed, Wang Yin roared, arms slightly bent, hands forming a fist seal, and unleashed a powerful fist force.

Meanwhile, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen had just exerted all their strength to drive the long sword; now their old strength was exhausted and new strength not yet generated, leaving them full of openings.

Boom!

Wang Yin's fist slammed hard into the bellies of Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen.

Bai Zhenzhen's stomach area formed a huge depression, and a large cloud of blood mist sprayed from her mouth. Her entire body flew dozens of meters away in an instant.

Zhang Yu's bones rumbled loudly inside his body, and his internal organs were violently squeezed under this punch. His entire body dragged two long marks on the ground as he was knocked back several meters.

Feeling the cracks all over his bones and his constantly bleeding internal organs, Zhang Yu knew that if he didn't have enough time to heal himself and continued high-intensity combat, it would only be a matter of time before his bones shattered and his organs burned up.

But seeing Wang Yin striding over from ahead, Zhang Yu still forcefully mustered the magic power within him and blocked the opponent's path.

Because he knew that behind him was Bai Zhenzhen, who was even more severely injured.

Wang Yin walked over step by step, his gaze coldly sweeping over Zhang Yu before him: "One who just reached Foundation Establishment, and one mere Qi Refining—you delusionally think you can hurt me?"

"Your bodies are full of flaws, and with one punch I shattered your internal organs."

"Do you know that any piece of skin on my body is worth more than the two of you combined? What makes you think you can fight me?"

Just as Wang Yin was about to strike Zhang Yu again, his clenched fist slowly loosened, and he said coldly, "Old man, what do you mean?"

Starfire True Man had appeared on the battlefield at some unknown time, standing between Zhang Yu and Wang Yin.

Hearing Wang Yin's question, he chuckled and first glanced at Zhang Yu, who was still in a fighting stance, with traces of residual Formless Cloud Force being continuously squeezed out of his body.

"This kid... really resembles me when I was young." "Just as bold and reckless, just as passionate, just as brilliant."

"It would be a real pity for such a young man to fall here."

Starfire True Man shook his head and thought to himself, "Heh, I really don't like hiding behind such young people after all."

"Well, even a high schooler has stepped forward."

"How can these old bones of mine continue to be a coward with my tail tucked in?"

"I'll... help him bear half of it then."

Starfire True Man's fiery long hair gently fluttered as he looked at Wang Yin and said, "Give me some face..."

Wang Yin snorted coldly: "Do you think you're still the peak Golden Core from before? The Doctor of Ten Thousand Laws?"

"A half Golden Core that was optimized—what face do you think you have?"

"Kid, don't be so hot-tempered." Starfire True Man smiled helplessly: "If you won't give me face, that's fine, but you have to respect the company's profits."

"As long as you agree to my next request, for the following year, I will no longer interfere with your affairs on the first floor."

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"How about it?"

Wang Yin did not answer immediately, because the other party was right—he could refuse to give Starfire True Man face, but he had to consider the company's interests.

During this period, the Oasis Group's progress had been consistently obstructed by Starfire True Man, and if in the coming year there were no obstruction from Starfire True Man, the Oasis Group's plans on the first floor would surely advance by leaps and bounds, bringing huge profits.

So Wang Yin asked, "What request?"

Starfire True Man said: "Suspend your battle for three hours, and continue after three hours, how about that?"

Wang Yin frowned: "What are you going to do?"

Starfire True Man: "During these three hours, let this kid receive some treatment, and then let me teach him a few moves, and then you two fight again, how about that?"

Wang Yin raised an eyebrow slightly and thought, "This old man... does he think that three hours can let Zhang Yu defeat me?"

After a brief mental calculation, Wang Yin knew it was absolutely impossible.

But he still said, "At most one and a half hours."

Starfire True Man frowned, turned his head, and looked at Zhang Yu behind him, who was still full of fighting spirit.

Zhang Yu then felt a voice transmitted directly into his ear.

"Good disciple, I am now transmitting to you. Just nod or shake your head slightly, don't speak."

"I ask you, from watching your battle just now, have you already mastered the Nine Heaven Cloud Void Force?"

Starfire True Man had just slightly observed the final burst of Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen.

However, their powers were superimposed, and there was also the obstruction of the Nether Blood Shadow Shield. He was also very far away, so he could only vaguely see that Zhang Yu had mastered the Nine Heaven Cloud Void Force, and it should be at least level 1.

Zhang Yu looked at the Nine Heaven Cloud Void Force, which was already at level 5 on the Feather Book, and nodded slightly.

Xinghuo Zhenren asked again, "Level 2?"

Seeing Zhang Yu nod, Xinghuo Zhenren suppressed the turmoil inside him and continued asking, "Level 3?"

Seeing Zhang Yu nod slightly once more, Xinghuo Zhenren's face remained expressionless, but inside he was already utterly shocked.

Unlike those wealthy people who loved sitting in offices, making investments, and playing with finance, Xinghuo Zhenren, as a combat-oriented scholar with a PhD, knew a great deal about many techniques. Even for many military-grade techniques that he could not practice, he had still tried his best to find materials and studied them carefully.

And in his memory, the technique Nine Heavens Cloud Void Force was a standard one that was hard to learn and hard to master.

Although the moves were simple, they could be applied to all kinds of martial qi shields. The subtleties of qi shield manipulation involved were profound and extensive.

Xinghuo Zhenren thought to himself: "Nine Heavens Cloud Void Force opens hollow acupoints within the qi shield to store power. It is a superior martial art that uses the qi shield to imitate the human body. The various training methods are said to be wildly imaginative, defying conventional martial principles, and are vastly different from most martial arts."

"Even a genius among Foundation Establishment cultivators would need two or three days of effort just to master this technique and open the first hollow acupoint."

"After that, every time one advances a level and opens another hollow acupoint, the difficulty skyrockets, and the time and energy required double."

"This kid just established his foundation today, and yet he has already cultivated Nine Heavens Cloud Void Force to the third layer?"

"Could this be the legendary martial saint physique?"

Thinking of this, Xinghuo Zhenren sighed inwardly: "Alas, if only I hadn't met Yu Xinghan back then."

Although many thoughts raced through his mind in an instant, Xinghuo Zhenren's face betrayed nothing. He simply looked at Wang Yin and said, "An hour and a half, then an hour and a half it is."

So, under the astonished gazes of Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, Xinghuo Zhenren signed the contract with Wang Yin right there, under the watchful eyes of many deities.

Watching this scene, Deng Bingding thought to himself: "I knew it..."

"A dignified Golden Core True Person, even if only a half Golden Core, how could he be fooled so easily?"

"I suspect that when he came down earlier, it was all part of a plan from above, just to help Zhang Yu at the critical moment."

Just then, Wang Yin said to Xinghuo Zhenren: "By the way, for this next battle, tell your deities not to arbitrarily block the divine power network. It will affect my livestream."

"I won't use talismans."

"Anyway, beating him, it doesn't make a difference whether I use them or not."