Chapter 770: Overflow (9/10, please subscribe)

Around Tian Ruichi, unknown illusory runes slowly emerged, faintly visible, as if drawn by the sound of sword-grinding, drifting closer.

As the runes drew near, Tian Ruichi felt the sword embryo within him resonating with the illusory runes, his body acting as a medium between the two, producing a continuous resonance.

The three seemed to fall into some kind of wondrous equilibrium.

Comprehension of Sword Dao flooded into him madly!

Sword intent, soaring!

When the first black-shadow anomaly crawled madly up the city wall from below, sliding as it went, and in an instant slid right in front of Tian Ruichi…

Boom!

The black-shadow anomaly near Tian Ruichi burst apart without warning, turning into a ground full of twig fragments.

And this, like a pebble breaking the balance, stirred ripples across the still surface, spreading out in layers.

Pah!!

A great spray of fresh blood burst from Tian Ruichi's face.

That featureless face, as if cracking into countless fissures, split apart with crack-crack sounds, the cracks dense and crisscrossing, like a face carved by a thousand knives—horrifying and terrifying.

Tian Ruichi's body swayed, then toppled sideways onto the ground, fresh blood staining the earth.

From the trembling air came his panicked, despondent voice.

"Failed again…"

Then the black shadows swarming up the city wall engulfed him like a tide.

The black shadows, slipping through the cracks on his face, like starving beggars seeing a jar full of honey, scrambled and fought each other to pour into his cheeks!

Aaaaaaaaaah!!

The scream rang through the air as Tian Ruichi's body began convulsing violently; from his fissured face, fresh blood and white foam spurted out together.

Tian Ruichi's heartbeat grew faster and faster, his body seeming to be in an extremely dangerous state; the man was already half-conscious, only his hand gripping the Fengzhen Sword tightly.

Sword lives, man lives.

Sword dies, man dies.

This was the Sword Dao his master had taught him—even in death, he would not let go.

As the black-shadow anomalies poured madly into Tian Ruichi's body, they seemed to have filled him completely; the remaining black anomalies, finding they could not squeeze in, immediately wrapped around Tian Ruichi layer upon layer.

In no time, a massive black cocoon formed around Tian Ruichi's body.

The black threads on the cocoon spread, quickly extending to the corners of the city wall.

When Fang Yue rushed to the west city wall, this was the scene he saw—a massive black cocoon standing on the wall.

Black-shadow anomalies continued to pour into the cocoon from all around, becoming nourishment for it.

"What the hell is this?!"

Fang Yue was slightly stunned.

He had thought he glimpsed a human figure on the wall from afar; now up close, it had become this thing.

Could this be the true body of the black-shadow anomaly?

The black-shadow anomaly's avatars were all humanoid forms made of anomalous twigs.

This kind of avatar was completely different from the earlier speculation that 【Guizhi】 was commanding an army to break the city.

Strictly speaking, the anomaly breaking the city had been only one creature from start to finish.

"Break open the cocoon, destroy what's inside, and it'll all be clear."

As the thought surfaced, the black wheel spinning behind Fang Yue suddenly stretched out black silk like an octopus, pressing hard against the ground like tentacles; the reaction force immediately launched Fang Yue high into the air, and in an instant he landed atop the city wall.

As if sensing something, the black cocoon immediately spread black threads across the sky, whipping toward Fang Yue like branches in a frenzy.

If this were Dou Hongyi facing such an attack, he'd probably lose a layer of skin even if he didn't die—but Fang Yue merely whispered two words softly.

"Guiyi!"

The black ring spinning behind him immediately attached to Fang Yue's body, forming a skin-tight black garment.

And at that moment, the sky-filling black threads had just descended, whipping toward him.

Tatta-tatta-tatta!

Surprisingly, the black threads packed quite a punch; hundreds of black lines lashed one after another, striking Fang Yue and causing his body to tremble slightly from the impacts.

But that was all.

Because the numbers popping up above Fang Yue's head were…

"-0!"

"-0!"

"-0!"

"-0!"

The more frequently the black threads lashed, the faster the -0 numbers flashed.

If any player could watch from the side, they would surely see Fang Yue's head almost entirely filled with frantically refreshing '-0' prompts.

The frenzied lashing, the relentless attacks—all became useless effort.

Fang Yue now had a rough understanding of 【Guiyi】's defensive capability; under normal circumstances, anomalies or martial artists of the same level probably couldn't break through 【Guiyi】's protection at all!

This was an extremely terrifying ability, worthy of being called absolute defense.

Among those of the same level and rank, once deployed, it represented invincibility—an eternal undefeated position!

However, most of the enemies Fang Yue had faced so far were considerably stronger than his apparent realm, so whether 【Guiyi】 could fully defend against them remained unknown.

For instance, the one he'd provoked before was a Cheater of immortal-level existence.

He would surely deal with Cheaters again in the future; since the first Cheater had awakened in reality, the others wouldn't be far from awakening either.

Whether Cheaters were friend or foe was still hard to say—Mei Yu was relatively friendly, but someone like Su Bairong, without any balancing force, would only become an enemy.

"Immortal… I still need to become stronger!"

Far off there are the immortal cheaters, close at hand there's the Phoenix Organization in Jingcheng.

Both of them require me to raise my own strength further before I'll have the ability to face them.

【Ghost Ring】 can boost my strength by a great margin, but my own foundation still lies in the Martial Dao.

Lord Han's inheritance — the three core techniques — I need to master them as soon as possible.

In the past, when Fang Yue studied Lord Han's inheritance, it was extremely difficult, and his learning efficiency was very low.

Because it isn't something you can pick up at the drop of a hat — you have to study it yourself, understand it, apply it, only then can you truly comprehend it.

When his Comprehension was low, this placed a huge burden and very high demands on Fang Yue.

But now, Fang Yue just wants to rush back and cultivate, to learn new techniques — after all, he's now a once-in-ten-thousand absolute genius.

And for that, he needs to deal with the trouble right in front of him as soon as possible.

Staring at the black insect cocoon ahead, with a whoosh, a black silk shot out, slicing across the black insect cocoon like a horizontal slash.

Sizzle sizzle sizzle—

The black silk, smooth and fluid, carved a gap into the black insect cocoon.

Black mist gushed out like a gas leak, and within that black vapor, Fang Yue sensed a power out of the ordinary.

Mysterious and strange, familiar yet unfamiliar — just like what Lord Han had once mentioned in the inheritance…

"Sword Intent!"

Fang Yue, puzzled, spread the black silk upward, letting it converge and tangle together into the shape of a great black saber, aimed at the middle of the black insect cocoon, and from top to bottom, slashed down in one strike!

Shhh shhh shhh shhh—

The black insect cocoon was sliced clean in two on the spot, revealing the faceless man inside — as if imprisoned, his limbs wrapped by the cocoon, with only the rise and fall of his heart showing that he was still alive.

And as the cut opened, black mist gushed out wildly, completely engulfing Fang Yue!

The Sword Intent grew ever more intense!

(End of this chapter)