Chapter 80

(PS: Two more chapters follow.)

Flames surged skyward inside the building, and the sounds of clashing combat never ceased.

Fang Shi held the Earth Dragon Sword, carrying Burkner's Demonic Longbow on his back, strolling through as if in a leisurely garden.

It seemed he was not on a battlefield, but in his own courtyard.

The screams reaching his ears could not affect Fang Shi at all.

His walk remained steady, neither fast nor slow, maintaining his own rhythm.

This was not Fang Shi's ruthlessness; sometimes, ruthlessness is the greatest form of compassion.

In this perilous battlefield, only by preserving one's stamina can one achieve the greatest results.

If one wastes stamina due to momentary impulse,

the results gained will diminish, and fewer people can be saved.

One might even fall into danger oneself.

In the distance, a Fire-Winged Human, unable to stand Fang Shi's leisure,

raised a curved-blade greatsword and charged forward with a roar.

The speed was extremely fast: one hundred meters in seven seconds.

Pfft!

With a single thrust of the Earth Dragon Sword, a gaping hole opened in the Fire-Winged Human's skull.

The hard bones were like tofu, blood mixed with brain matter rolling out.

Just like all the Fire-Winged Humans before.

In this building, Fang Shi was an invincible existence.

No Fire-Winged Human could be his match for a single round.

As long as he had stamina, he was the God of War.

Fang Shi wandered through the floors like the Grim Reaper; every Fire-Winged Human who faced him was slaughtered, none escaping.

After Lu Xiusi died, Fang Shi went downstairs.

Under the reverent gazes of those around, a Priest healed his injuries.

Then he rushed toward the next building.

On the way, he slaughtered a group of Fire-Winged Humans for sacrifice.

That's right, Fang Shi intended to use Burkner's Longbow.

Until this weapon is traded away, Fang Shi will be its user.

Although the side effects are great, the +6 Agility attribute bonus is simply too good.

Discarding it would be the act of a fool.

Moreover, for such Magical Items with attribute buffs, one gains the bonus simply by possessing them.

There is no need to hold the longbow to fight; Fang Shi only needs to keep it on his back.

The only drawback might be that the longbow's size is somewhat large, hindering Fang Shi's dodging under certain conditions.

But this is nothing; with the +6 Agility attribute bonus, these flaws can be easily compensated.

Of course, attribute bonuses from Magical Items do not stack; only the highest value applies.

Fang Shi currently possesses a pair of gloves that boost Agility.

But when the Swiftness effect of Burkner's Longbow activates,

the +1 bonus from the Agility Gloves becomes invalid, replaced by the +6 from Burkner's Longbow.

This means that even if Fang Shi possesses a pile of Agility-boosting equipment,

only the Magical Item with the highest value provides the bonus.

This rule also applies to spells; the Lightness Spell, which increases Agility, will no longer affect Fang Shi.

The logic is simple: Magical Items enhance the wearer's attributes because of the power of spells.

The only difference between them and the Lightness Spell is that the spell buff on a Magical Item is constant, with no time limit.

Since the essence of the amplification is the same, they naturally cannot stack.

After Fang Shi slaughtered about fifty Fire-Winged Humans and sacrificed 41 points of Life Value,

the user of Burkner's Longbow successfully became him.

He also understood the conditions required to activate Swiftness.

"Effect Two: Swiftness. The wielder of the weapon gains a +6 Agility attribute bonus (Sealed).

You must sacrifice at least 100 Tier-One Souls to unseal the effect of Swiftness.

Furthermore, you must sacrifice 10 Tier-One Souls daily to maintain the effect of Swiftness."

Seeing this, Fang Shi understood why Lu Xiusi had not activated this longbow.

The realm of souls belongs to the Gods; any living being, you may take their life.

But you cannot desecrate their soul, unless you kill a Non-Believer.

In the Otherworld, such Non-Believers exist only in wild beasts.

Moreover, not all wild beasts are Non-Believers.

Some wild beasts with rudimentary intelligence also attempt to worship the Beast God to gain protection.

Although the Otherworld is dangerous, Fire-Winged Humans mostly rely on collective strength to survive.

Coupled with such harsh activation conditions and an Agility bonus of only two points more than the Lightness Spell,

Lu Xiusi naturally had no need to specifically activate it.

Simply utilizing the damage buff of the longbow was already powerful enough.

Moreover, once on Blue Star, there's no way to activate it.

Within Ancheng, unbelievers are everywhere, but the souls of Blue Star's people are not something Lu Xiusi can lay a finger on.

This is something even gods dare not do; what ability does a mere Lu Xiusi have?

Therefore, this second effect is, as it should be, useless.

But these harsh conditions are a trivial matter for Fang Shi.

Plundering souls — isn't he now plundering souls all day long?

Other races dare not snatch souls from the gods, but the people of Blue Star dare.

Although after sacrificing souls, Fang Shi can no longer gain experience points.

But it doesn't matter — Fire Feather people are everywhere.

The most crucial factor is that Fang Shi's experience bar is already full.

Reaching the standard of level 8.

It's just that there hasn't been a stable environment to advance to level 8.

But he also can't gain experience from these level-6 Fire Feather people.

Fire Feather people above level 6 are too few in number; if Fang Shi keeps killing, it would be a waste.

Better to take these souls and sacrifice them to the Longbow.

As long as the Swiftness attribute is activated, Fang Shi's reaction speed will once again double.

When that time comes, the boost in strength won't be as simple as one or two times.

Screech!

At the corner of the corridor, a massive bird's head poked out.

Far larger than an ordinary Fire Wing Bird.

Its beak was swift as lightning, accompanied by surging flames.

The look in its eyes toward Fang Shi was filled with hatred.

Clang!

The Earth Dragon Sword came out of its sheath, wreathed in a dim blue radiance.

This was water-attribute spiritual power.

This strike split the flames apart directly, slashing toward the Fire Wing Bird's head.

Boom!

The window ahead shattered, and the wall collapsed under the force of spells.

Some twenty Fire Feather archers, mounted on Fire Wing Birds, hovered in the air and drew their bows at Fang Shi.

There were also various priests and shamans by their side.

Countless flashes of spell-light appeared, and volleys of spells surged toward Fang Shi.

This was an encirclement and suppression!

After Lu Xiusi died, the Fire Feather people did not lose their fighting spirit.

Instead, they gathered a portion of their forces to besiege Fang Shi.

Including this enormous Fire Wing Bird, which had clearly reached level 8.

It was also bait to lure Fang Shi.

Unfortunately, these tactics are hard to take effect against Fang Shi.

First, Fang Shi had long since detected the ambush.

He wasn't afraid of the Fire Feather people coming; he was afraid they wouldn't come.

This level-8 Fire Wing Bird serving as bait — Fang Shi accepted it with a smile.

Second, Fang Shi possesses Force Resistance, granting him extremely strong resistance against spells.

Occasionally one or two spells take effect, or elemental damage lands on Fang Shi.

The result is all nothing more than a scratch.

It cannot form any fatal weakening against Fang Shi at all.

Not to mention Fang Shi can still dodge; spells with too small a range simply can't hit him.

Idle Clouds and Wild Crane!

After Fang Shi slew the Fire Wing Bird, the wind spiritual power in his hand swirled.

Drawing in the surrounding flames, it became like a fiery tornado, knocking down the arrows around him.

And pulling them along, it spun once and struck back at the Fire Feather people.

The Fire Feather people's formation was too tightly packed.

With limited room to dodge, in an instant several Fire Wing Birds perished.

Along with the Fire Feather people on their backs, they tumbled from the high sky with a clatter.

From such a height, if Fire Feather people fall to the ground, they'll be crippled even if not dead.

But the priests among the Fire Feather people were not flustered at all.

They had never expected these attacks to achieve much in the first place.

All these moves were covering up one action.

That was self-detonation — the most disgusting tactic of the Fire Feather people.

Give me liberty, or give me death.

This is the culture passed down by the Fire Feather people's ancestors after they rebelled against the giants' rule.

At the same time, the ability to self-detonate was also passed down.

And the Fire-Feathered People of later generations utilized this ability to its utmost.

At some unknown time, the Fire-Feathered People upstairs and downstairs had gathered together.

Blocking all the roads completely.

Then, one by one like a suicide squad, they charged toward Fang Shi.

Fang Shi felt helpless in his heart; this was the strength of the Fire-Feathered People.

If they couldn't win, they would self-destruct; it was simply cheating.

But there was no way; this was their talent.

Moreover, after self-destructing, they would leave behind a large egg.

A Fire-Winged Bird would hatch from the large egg.

Although the newly born Fire-Winged Birds were not even first-rank, they were still a source of troops.

Why did the Fire-Feathered People clan have so many Fire-Winged Birds?

They were produced in the graveyard; the Fire-Feathered People believed that death was not the end.

But rather a different kind of rebirth, so all of them feared no death.

And the dead Fire-Feathered People could actually be resurrected from the large egg.

The method was very simple: take one large egg to sacrifice another large egg.

The only side effect was a rebirth of personality, a massive drop in strength, and it was hard to say if it was even the same person.

Generally speaking, the Fire-Feathered People would not operate this way; this was a taboo within their clan.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Earth-shattering explosions began.

Fang Shi was too lazy to resist head-on; that was an extremely foolish approach.

His choice was to flee immediately.

Although the power of the explosion was strong, it also diminished with distance.

Fang Shi waved the Earth Dragon Sword, hard-blocking the attacks of the archers.

He reached the edge of the building and leaped down.

Clang!

The Earth Dragon Sword pierced the building's outer wall, and he slid down utilizing gravity.

The Fire-Feathered People, of course, would not let Fang Shi escape so simply.

This was also part of their strategy.

Fang Shi, suspended in the air, was like a prime target.

Extremely suitable for the Fire-Feathered People archers to shoot.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Wind Spiritual Force surged forth again, slightly slowing the arrow's firing speed.

Relying on the protection of the True Dragon Armor, Fang Shi hard-blocked these arrows.

Even though his back was covered in blood, it was actually merely flesh wounds.

Next, Fang Shi smashed through a window in the building and rushed inside.

Then he headed straight for the stairs, charging up to kill the Fire-Feathered People on the upper floor.

Fang Shi was not afraid of the Fire-Feathered People self-destructing, as long as there was a retreat route.

With his reaction speed, he could escape before the Fire-Feathered People self-destructed.

In such fierce combat, it was fortunate that the building still had a trace of Law-Force protecting it.

Preventing its main structure from collapsing and from suffering flame destruction.

Otherwise, this building would have collapsed long ago under the fierce battle between both sides.

White Crane Spreads Its Wings!

The long sword, like lightning, sliced horizontally across, severing the Fire-Feathered People at the waist.

Any Fire-Feathered People daring to block the way were killed in a single strike.

As Fang Shi slaughtered, wisp after wisp of souls floated into the long bow behind his back.

Waves of cold wind began to swirl up.

"Sacrifice count reached 100/100. Effect Two of Berkner's Demon Longbow begins to activate."

Hoo!

In a daze, Fang Shi seemed to feel the entire world become light.

The reaction speed of 42 Agility points began to reveal its power.

Fang Shi looked at the arrows shooting toward him and slowly drew the Berkner Longbow from behind his back.

Then, using a clever force, he lightly caught the arrow, drew the bow, and shot.

Whoosh!

A Fire-Feathered People priest fell from the back of a Fire-Winged Bird.

Shooting arrows is nothing more than the combination of Strength, Agility, and Perception.

As long as the attribute points are high enough, even with clumsy technique, one can crush characters with low attribute points.

Fang Shi's arrow was like the final straw that broke the camel's back.

The Fire-Feathered People priests could not withstand the pressure and began ordering the Fire-Winged Birds in the air to retreat.

The second assault had only just begun; the Fire-Feathered People arriving were not their entire force.

Now that the enemy was so powerful, it was better to retreat right here.

Preserve your useful body and await the arrival of the main force of the Fire Feather People.