[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-starting-from-the-apocalypse-i-alone-severed-ete":3,"chapter-starting-from-the-apocalypse-i-alone-severed-ete-starting-from-the-apocalypse-i-alone-severed-ete-chapter-80":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Starting from the Apocalypse, I Alone Severed Eternity",{"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},2312462,4518,"Chapter 80","starting-from-the-apocalypse-i-alone-severed-ete-chapter-80",80,"\u003Cp>(PS: There are two more chapters coming.)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flames roared through the building, and the clamor of battle never ceased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi held the Earth Dragon Sword and bore the Burknar demonic longbow, walking through it as if strolling in his own courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt as if he were not in a battlefield, but in his own backyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The screams echoing around him could not affect Fang Shi at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His steps remained steady, neither fast nor slow, maintaining his own rhythm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was not Fang Shi being heartless; sometimes, heartlessness was the greatest compassion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this perilous battlefield, only by preserving his strength could he achieve the greatest results.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he wasted his energy on a momentary impulse,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>his gains would diminish, and fewer people could be saved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He might even fall into danger himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far away, some Firefeathers could not tolerate Fang Shi’s calmness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They grabbed their curved blades and charged forward with roars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their speed was extreme: one hundred meters in seven seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Puff!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With one thrust of the Earth Dragon Sword, a gaping wound opened in the Firefeather’s skull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its hard bones crumbled like tofu, blood and brain matter spilling out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like all the previous Firefeathers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this building, Fang Shi was an invincible presence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No Firefeather could stand against him for a single blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as he had strength left, he was a god of war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi wandered through the floors like Death itself; every Firefeather he encountered was slain, none escaped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Lu Xiusi died, Fang Shi descended the building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid the admiring gazes of those around him, his wounds were healed by priests.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he hurried toward the next building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the way, he slaughtered a group of Firefeathers as an offering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, Fang Shi intended to use the Burknar longbow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until the weapon was traded away, Fang Shi would be its user.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the side effects were severe, the +6 Dexterity bonus was simply too tempting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not using it would be pure foolishness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, for magical items with attribute bonuses, simply possessing them grants the bonus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no need to wield the longbow in combat; Fang Shi only needed to carry it on his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only drawback was that the longbow’s size was somewhat bulky, occasionally hindering Fang Shi’s dodges.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this was negligible; with a +6 Dexterity bonus, such flaws could be easily compensated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, magical item bonuses do not stack—they take only the highest value.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi currently owned a pair of gloves that boosted Dexterity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when the Burknar longbow’s Swift effect activated,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the +1 bonus from the gloves became nullified, replaced entirely by the longbow’s +6.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This meant that even if Fang Shi possessed a dozen Dexterity-boosting gear,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>only the highest magical bonus would apply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This rule also applied to spells; the Lightness spell, which increased Dexterity, would no longer affect him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason was simple: magical items enhance the wearer’s attributes through spell energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only difference between them and the Lightness spell was that the enchantment on magical items was permanent, with no time limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the essence of the enhancement was identical, they could not stack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Fang Shi slaughtered roughly fifty Firefeathers and sacrificed 41 points of life,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the Burknar longbow’s user status successfully transferred to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also understood the conditions required to activate Swift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Effect Two: Swift — the wielder gains +6 to Dexterity (sealed).”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You must sacrifice at least one hundred first-tier souls to unseal the Swift effect.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And you must sacrifice ten first-tier souls daily to maintain the Swift effect.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Fang Shi understood why Lu Xiusi had never activated the longbow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The soul realm belonged to the gods; you could take a living being’s life,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but you must not desecrate its soul—unless the target was a heretic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this other world, such heretics existed only among wild beasts in the wilds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And even then, not all beasts were heretics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some beasts with rudimentary intelligence would attempt to worship the Beast God for protection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though dangerous, the Firefeathers in this world mostly survived through collective strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coupled with such harsh activation conditions and a Dexterity bonus only two points higher than Lightness,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Xiusi had no reason to activate it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simply relying on the weapon’s damage bonus was already powerful enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And on Blue Star, activation was impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While heretics were everywhere in Ancheng, the souls of Blue Star’s people were beyond Lu Xiusi’s reach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even deities dared not do such a thing—what right did a mere Lu Xiusi have?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, Effect Two was naturally useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But these harsh conditions meant nothing to Fang Shi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wasn’t he already constantly harvesting souls?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other races dared not steal souls from the gods, but Blue Star’s people did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though sacrificing souls meant Fang Shi could no longer gain experience points,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>it didn’t matter—Firefeathers were everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The key factor was that Fang Shi’s experience bar was already full.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had reached Level 8.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He simply lacked a safe environment to ascend to Level 8.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he could not gain experience from these Level 6 Firefeathers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Firefeathers above Level 6 were too few; killing more would be wasteful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Better to sacrifice these souls to the longbow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once Swift was activated, Fang Shi’s reaction speed would double again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His power would not merely increase by one or two times—it would surge far beyond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roar!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around the corner of the stairwell, a massive bird head emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Far larger than ordinary Firewing Birds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its beak moved like lightning, accompanied by surging flames.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its gaze toward Fang Shi was filled with hatred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Earth Dragon Sword struck, its blade shimmering with a deep blue light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was water-element spiritual power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The strike cleaved through the flames and slashed toward the Firewing Bird’s skull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The windows ahead exploded, and walls collapsed under magical force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dozens of Firefeather archers rode atop Firewing Birds, hovering in midair, drawing their bows toward Fang Shi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Priests and shamans surrounded them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless spells flared to life, a torrent of magic surging toward Fang Shi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was an ambush!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Lu Xiusi died, the Firefeathers had not lost their will to fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, they gathered forces to surround Fang Shi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Including this massive Firewing Bird, clearly Level 8.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was bait to lure Fang Shi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, these tactics were useless against Fang Shi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, Fang Shi had already sensed the ambush.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He did not fear the Firefeathers coming—he feared them not coming at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gladly accepted this Level 8 Firewing Bird as bait.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Secondly, Fang Shi possesses primal resistance, granting him extreme resistance to spells.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Occasionally, one or two spells take effect, or elemental damage strikes Fang Shi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The result is always negligible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They cannot inflict any fatal debuff on Fang Shi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, Fang Shi can dodge—many spells with too small an area simply cannot hit him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Free as clouds and cranes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After slaying the Firewing Bird, Fang Shi stirred the wind spiritual power in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It drew in the surrounding flames, forming a fire tornado that shattered the arrows around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then guided it in a spiral, launching it back at the Firefeathers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Firefeathers were lined up too densely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With little room to dodge, several Firewing Birds were killed in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along with the Firefeathers on their backs, they tumbled down from the sky in a cascade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From such a height, a Firefeather hitting the ground would be dead or crippled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the priests among the Firefeathers showed no panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They never expected these attacks to do much damage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All these maneuvers were merely masking one action.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That action: self-explosion—the Firefeathers’ most repulsive tactic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not free, rather die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the culture passed down by the Firefeathers’ ancestors after rebelling against the Giants’ rule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They also passed down the ability to self-explode.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later generations of Firefeathers pushed this ability to its extreme.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At some point, the Firefeathers upstairs and downstairs had converged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They blocked every exit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, one by one, they charged at Fang Shi like a suicide squad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi felt helpless—this was the Firefeathers’ strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they couldn’t win, they exploded. It was cheating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there was no help for it—it was their innate talent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And after exploding, they left behind a large egg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the egg, a Firewing Bird would hatch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the newly born Firewing Bird wasn’t even first-rank, it was still a source of troops.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s why the Firefeather clan had so many Firewing Birds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were born in the cemetery—the Firefeathers believed death was not an end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But a different kind of rebirth, so they feared no death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, deceased Firefeathers could be resurrected from the large eggs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The method was simple: sacrifice one large egg to awaken another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only side effect was a reborn personality, drastically reduced power, and uncertainty over whether it was still the same person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Generally, Firefeathers never did this—it was a taboo in their clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom! Boom! Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earth-shattering explosions began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi had no interest in resisting head-on—that would be utterly foolish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His choice was to flee immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the explosions were powerful, their force diminished with distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi swung his Earth Dragon Sword, enduring the archers’ attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He leapt from the building’s edge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Earth Dragon Sword plunged into the building’s outer wall, and he slid down with gravity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Firefeathers would never let Fang Shi escape so easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was part of their plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi, suspended in midair, was a perfect target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perfectly suited for the Firefeathers’ archers to shoot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whizz! Whizz! Whizz!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wind spiritual power surged again, slightly slowing the arrows’ speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Relying on the protection of the True Dragon Armor, Fang Shi endured the arrows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though his back was drenched in blood, it was merely superficial flesh wounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, Fang Shi smashed through a window in the building and burst inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sprinted straight for the stairs, heading up to kill the Firefeathers above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi was not afraid of Firefeather self-explosions—as long as he had an escape route.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his reaction speed, he could flee before they detonated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In such fierce combat, it was fortunate that the building still retained a trace of the power of cosmic law.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It prevented the main structure from collapsing or being destroyed by fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, the building would have collapsed long ago under the duel’s fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>White Crane Spreads Its Wings!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His longsword flashed like lightning, slicing through Firefeathers at the waist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Any Firefeather daring to block his path was slain in a single strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Fang Shi slaughtered, strands of souls drifted into the longbow on his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A chill wind began to swirl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sacrifice count reached 100\u002F100. Effect two of Berkner’s Demonic Longbow activated.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a daze, Fang Shi felt the entire world grow lighter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His 42-point agility began to show its power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi watched the arrows flying toward him, slowly drew Berkner’s longbow from his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a deft flick, he caught the arrow and drew his bow, shooting it back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whizz!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Firefeather priest tumbled from his Firewing Bird’s back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Archery is merely the combination of strength, agility, and perception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as your attribute points are high enough, even clumsy technique can crush those with lower stats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Shi’s arrow was the final straw that broke the camel’s back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Firefeather priests could no longer bear the pressure—they ordered the airborne Firewing Birds to retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second assault had just begun; the Firefeathers arriving were not their full force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With such a formidable enemy, it was better to withdraw now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Preserve their strength for the arrival of the main Firefeather army.\u003C\u002Fp>",1935,"2026-06-20T12:43:33.559Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","f40f123bd5b61fd90fbef47a6678303fea7899712a222b07c4b903d4556f2615","starting-from-the-apocalypse-i-alone-severed-ete-chapter-81","starting-from-the-apocalypse-i-alone-severed-ete-chapter-79",109,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-from-the-apocalypse-i-alone-severed-ete-cover.jpg"]