Chapter 261 - 260: Eradicate, Still Water Like Mirror

This sudden change of events dazed the other two snake people.

Seeing their companion’s severed head flying out and his body falling to the ground with a "thud," the two snake people felt a chill running down their spines, not daring to make any move.

Li Jing had only unleashed his flying sword, and their companion was beheaded. The two were even clueless about what had just happened.

Compared to their towering height of fifty meters, Li Jing seemed insignificant.

But he, with very casual action, had instantly killed one of their own.

How could they not feel terrified?

Being creatures relying mainly on body cultivation even if the difference in cultivation level was vast, there was no reason for them to die so senselessly.

How frightening is the strength of the man in front of them?

Could the realm of Present World People possess such a terrifying existence?

Meanwhile.

Over at the other side, the Giant Beast Corps’ camp turned chaotic due to the sudden death of the leading snake person.

Hundreds of giant beasts around the camp roared as they controlled the sky and took off.

The snake people in the camp retreated to the rear altogether.

Clearly, they valued their own lives.

The two snake people at the front were getting anxious upon seeing this.

Li Jing was not coming with good intentions, needless to say.

He started killing as soon as they met, so he was undoubtedly not here for negotiation.

The disruption in the camp was a total abandonment of the two snake people!

With the Giant Beast Corps present, Li Jing, alone, would not be able to cause much trouble.

The Beast Corps were not just in large quantity, but they even had five beings of the Six Realms within!

Li Jing was powerful, but they didn’t believe how could he be stronger than the Seventh Realm.

If he’s not from the Seventh Realm, then isn’t that easier to handle?

Once the Giant Beast Corps attacked in a swarm, no matter how tough Li Jing might be, he would only be crushed.

Yet, if they started attacking now, wouldn’t they, who were so close to him, be the first to face the bloodbath?

Li Jing glanced at the chaotic Beast Corps’ camp, raised his head to look at the midday sky, feeling a bit regretful.

It’s a pity that it’s noon; otherwise, he could have tested the power of the Moon Shadow.

Ignoring the two snake people in front of him, Li Jing casually threw out the Flying Sword Blue Edge.

"Ten Thousand Remnants Absolute Shadow."

"Clang!"

With a cheerful resonance, the Flying Sword Blue Edge shot into the sky, its body trembling and conjuring thousands of sword shadows.

Following that, Li Jing’s mind moved again.

Among the thousands of sword shadows, immediately, ten thousand Spirit Soldiers appeared.

The two snake people in front of him were astounded at this sight.

They could clearly feel that any of the sword shadows or Spirit Soldiers in the sky could easily end their lives!

With just a casual demonstration, he can muster such power. How strong is this human in front of them!?

Not from the Seventh Realm, that’s for sure.

If he were, he could easily smash the entire Giant Beast Corps with a simple slap. Why would he need such a big fuss then?

Not just the two snake people in front of him were horrified due to the display, but the Giant Beast Corps, who were roaring and ready to attack, also halted abruptly due to this.

Even the Six Realm giant beasts felt threatened.

The beasts, which were much larger and with lower cultivation level, clearly felt the breath of death.

Times have changed.

Now, Li Jing is of the Six Realm.

Those below the Fifth Realm, in front of him, are no better than ants.

Even the Six Realm, is not much better.

The Giant Beast Corps, composed of giant beasts.

If it was before, he wouldn’t dare to confront them directly and could only use a forbidden skill to solve the problem.

But now, the Giant Beast Corps is nothing more than a pile of weaklings to him.

Forbidden skill?

There is no need at all!

"Go."

Li Jing blandly uttered a word.

Before his voice fell, thousands of Spirit Soldiers descended together.

"Boom Boom Boom!"

All the Spirit Soldiers exploded.

The horrifying explosion instantly engulfed the entire Giant Beast Corps.

In an instant, flesh and blood flew around, and limbs were scattered everywhere.

With their enormous size and an average height well over hundreds, or even thousands, of meters, their collective takeoff made them appear intimidating.

But in reality, there wasn’t enough space for hundreds of bulky beasts to maneuver around, especially with their clumsiness.

Due to their excessive and colossal bodies, they were more vulnerable to attacks.

Yes.

Indeed, they do have thick skin and muscular bodies.

But in front of Li Jing’s Spirit Soldiers with full strength, their physical defense abilities were practically worthless!

Just one would be enough to render them completely incapacitated.

The entire Giant Beast Corps, including the snaky manoeuvrable ones that knew how to save their lives and retreated to the rear, were all torn to shreds under the crushing blows of the thousands of Spirit Soldiers.

The survivors were only five giant beasts with a height of about a full hundred meters.

They were from the Six Realm.

With their extremely robust bodies, they managed to withstand the attack of thousands of Spirit Soldiers.

They were not injured in any way.

A round of Spirit Soldier attacks was not enough to threaten them, whose bodies were so strong and whose cultivation level was comparable to Li Jing’s.

But their nightmare was not over yet...

Even before the baptism of thousands of Spirit Soldiers was over, thousands of sword shadows in the sky descended.

At this point, all beings below the Fifth Realm had perished, leaving only the five of them as survivors and the thousands of sword shadows were evenly distributed among them.

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, thousands of sword shadows descended at the same moment.

The five giants from the Six Realm were all torn to pieces before they could even make a sound.

Upon seeing such a scene, the two Snake People who had been kept alive were stunned on the spot.

They understood that Li Jing was powerful.

But this...

This was terrifyingly powerful!

In one move.

Hundreds of the Giant Beast Corps were annihilated!

Even the Sixth Realm beasts had no power to resist, they were torn to pieces by the countless sword shadows in minutes.

Seeing the soil soaked with blood, the bodies and limbs scattered on the ground, the two Snake People were aghast.

Li Jing, looking at the scene before him, was indifferent.

The Giant Beast Corps, were easy targets for him.

Even the Sixth Realm beasts in the corps could not withstand his full-powered blows.

Yet, this was not surprising.

If you disregard the fact that he has three origins...

He had been unbeatable within his own realm for a long time.

Within the same realm, if you don’t have any special attributes, no one can withstand his onslaught.

The connection with his Lifebound Magic Instrument allowed him to unleash his ultimate technique instantly without the need to construct a magic spell, allowing him to go all in from the start.

Unless there is a gap in realm, only a few can resist him.

Now, the Sixth Realm is no longer worthy of him using forbidden techniques.

Looking at the remains scattered on the ground, Li Jing felt a strong feeling in his heart.

After using it, the Shadow Transformation Sword feels more practical than the Heaven Sword Technique.

Although the ultimate technique Ten Thousand Remnants Absolute Shadow isn’t as strong as the Heaven Sword Technique, when thousands of sword shadows fall on an individual target at the same time, the effect is not much different.

If necessary, the Shadow Transformation Sword can be used as a wide-area attack method to hit multiple targets.

Compared to the powerful Heaven Sword Technique which only targets individuals, the Shadow Transformation Sword can be said to be comprehensive.

Of course.

The effect is just a matter of saying.

In terms of single-target attack strength, the Heaven Sword Technique is undoubtedly stronger than the Shadow Transformation Sword.

If it was the ultimate technique of the Heaven Sword just now, the Sixth Realm beasts in the Giant Beast Corps would probably not even have a corpse left.

Raising his hand to summon back the Blue Edge Flying Sword, Li Jing kindly turned to the two trembling Snake People nearby.

"Can you Snake People not leave this space?"

At these words, the bodies of the two Snake People stiffened.

Li Jing couldn’t figure out the expressions of the Snake People.

After all, they had snake heads.

Who can understand the expression of a snake?

But seeing the stiff figures of the two, Li Jing easily concluded that he had guessed correctly.

This could be a bit troublesome.

They were still alive only because Ji Youyu had asked him to capture two of them alive.

What if they couldn’t get out now?

Li Jing frowned but then gave up thinking.

If they can’t be sent out, there’s no need to waste time thinking about it.

Together, they were worth ten thousand Experience Points— wasting those would be shameless!

All he cared about was that Orville had asked for five minutes. He had to act quickly.

With a thought, the Blue Edge Flying Sword in Li Jing’s hand vibrated slightly.

Accompanied by a soft breeze, with two "plop" sounds, two giant snake heads flew out.

Having dealt with the last two Snake People, Li Jing raised his hand and activated the Heavenly Eye technique, looking around.

The Heavenly Eye Technique is self-developing.

With the cultivation of the Sixth Realm as support, any concentration of spiritual power within a hundred kilometers could be detected by him.

This time, Li Jing made an adjustment.

Real combat proved that the Giant Beast Corps didn’t justify him using the World Thunder Punishment.

The corps had been exterminated, so there was no need for him to use the forbidden skill.

The formation of the World Thunder Punishment spell was the limit after he compressed it to two minutes, and it couldn’t be shortened any further.

In two minutes, everything that could run in the radius of the Thunder Punishment would have run away.

If he insisted on using it, he might still gain some experience, but it wouldn’t be much.

And countless small creatures unrelated to the Snake People would have to be destroyed by the World Thunder Punishment.

This wasn’t ideal.

Destroying countless creatures with forbidden techniques didn’t really mean much.

On the other hand.

The current situation was beneficial for combat. The means he used to wipe out the Giant Beast Corps were noisy, but compared to the World Thunder Punishment, the noise level was as small as it could be.

Moreover, it was obvious that the Snake People were not as prepared or cautious as the Bird People.

So far, there were no signs that the passage behind them was closing, which meant that the Snake People deep inside the passage space still did not know what had happened at the exit of the passage.

This could buy them more exploration time during combat.

With the energy nuclear bombs of the God Kingdom, they could only buy up to two hours.

The later the nuclear bombs are used, the more exploration time can be gained from the war, and the more potential gains can be obtained.

The only thing to note is that.

The longer the North Major League and Dragon Universe have gone into the passage space, the more restless the Western Alliance, composed of Western powers, will become.

But this wasn’t something Li Jing needed to worry about.

The situation outside was not his concern as it was handled by Qi Chen and others.

Using the Heavenly Eye Technique to confirm the safety of the surrounding areas within a hundred miles radius, Li Jing turned around and dashed back into the passage like a thunderbolt as the five minutes were up.

...

Outside the passage, the million-strong army of the North Major League, the Dragon Universe, and other related powers were on standby.

Orville, Qi Chen, and other researchers from the God Kingdom were observing the stability of the passage nearby.

The energy nuclear warhead was ready, with a special person in charge who could throw it into the passage and detonate it at any time to keep the passage open.

As the five minutes were nearing an end, there were no changes in the passage.

Orville, Qi Chen, and others all frowned.

What’s happening behind the passage and how Li Jing was doing were not known to everyone.

Now that the agreed time had come and Li Jing had not come out yet, had something gone wrong?

Just as they were starting to worry, a thunderbolt shot out from the passage.

He’s back!

Everyone was mentally shaken.

The next second, the thunder ceased, and Li Jing revealed himself.

Seeing that he had returned unscathed, unflustered as if nothing had happened, Orville and Qi Chen and others frowned simultaneously, looking at the stable spatial passage.

Li Jing stepped forward to meet the four, not rushing to converse with them, he raised his hand to switch on the communicators of the Management Bureau and Special Situations Bureau, dialing into the public channel.

"All relevant personnel to the channel space, heed my command! Advance! Once you arrive in the channel space, hold your positions, set up defenses, and wait for instructions!"

As the command was issued, all personnel immediately began to enter the channel in waves.

The Management Bureau of Longyu values discipline and obedience.

This also applies to other kingdoms, including the Northern God Kingdom.

Li Jing was the commander appointed by Orville, so when they received his orders, they naturally complied.

Orville, Qi Chen and the others, seeing that Li Jing instantly issued marching instructions upon his return, exchanged questioning glances.

Li Jing did not mince words after issuing the orders and told the four of them.

"There have been some unexpected changes in the situation."

He informed them of his hypothesis that the Snake People could not come to the outside world through the spatial passage and his conclusion as well as informing them that he had already annihilated the Giant Beast Corps that was guarding the exit of the passage.

After learning the details, Orville, Qi Chen and the others all had serious expressions on their faces.

The current situation was different from what they had anticipated.

There was a high probability that the Snake People had direct communication with the Western forces.

If it was as Li Jing said, the purpose of the Northern Great Alliance and Longyu invading the channel space would soon be known, and at that time, the coalition formed by the Western powers would certainly launch a large-scale attack.

Furthermore, the Snake People might even negotiate with the Western forces and obstruct the operations as terms of their negotiation.

A large-scale conflict was almost certain.

The plan could not keep up with the changes.

However, there was no need to make other arrangements.

The conflict with the coalition formed by the Western forces was already within calculation.

Otherwise, the Northern Great Alliance and Longyu would not have left so much force outside for security.

The fact that the Snake People had not yet realized the changes and had not tried to close the passage was indeed good news.

But they needed to be careful in their actions and not delve too deep in order to avoid being unable to return before the passage closed due to being too deep into the channel space.

With the operation about to start, Orville did not delay.

"Counselor Li, I will go into the channel space first to maintain order. You will join after all the combatants have entered."

Without waiting for Li Jing’s response, he transformed into a ray of light and dove into the spatial passage.

Li Jing watched him enter the passage, then turned to look at Ji Youyu.

"I’m sorry, Commissioner Ji, I’m afraid I won’t be able to bring back a live Snake Person for you."

Upon hearing this, Ji Youyu nodded, then showed a slight hesitation before suddenly speaking up.

"Since the Snake People are sealed and can’t leave, I’ll have to go in with you, Counselor Li."

?

Li Jing slowly typed a question mark.

Qi Chen and the young-looking man, however, were not very surprised.

When Ji Youyu made a request to Li Jing for two living Snake People, it wasn’t just to see what the Snake People looked like, but because she, as a commissioner for alien civilizations, had a mission to get information from interacting with them.

Whether this mission can be completed is crucial.

Ignoring Qi Chen, who is the district chief of the Eastern region under the Management Bureau,

Ji Youyu and the young man could become commissioners for alien civilizations not only because they were disciples of a sect, but also for other reasons.

After all, in terms of rank, the two of them are higher than Qi Chen.

Matters relating to contact with alien civilizations were under their jurisdiction.

Their assignment here was to help Longyu Country obtain valuable information.

If they don’t complete this mission, not to mention being redundant, their trip would be in vain.

They couldn’t accept that.

At the same time, the sects behind them could not accept such an outcome.

In hiring sect disciples, Longyu Country paid not only the wages of an official employee, but also engaged in beneficial transactions with the sects.

If they had no achievements, the benefits offered by Longyu would be gone.

On this side, Li Jing looked at Ji Youyu’s serious face and roughly guessed.

She came with a mission, which was not difficult to speculate.

What he was more concerned about was.

Ji Youyu seemed to have some special abilities, confident of obtaining some information from alien civilizations, otherwise, she wouldn’t be stubborn enough to risk going into the channel space with him.

This ability, ordinary people would not have.

Even for Yulian, who has a super charm talent, Li Jing didn’t think she could get some information from the Snake People.

Yulian charming the Snake People, certainly no problem.

Every living creature has those kinds of needs.

But the barrier to communication was a hard obstacle.

It’s true that the Snake People can communicate with humans using telepathic voices, but no one knows how they understand human speech. Their languages simply do not match.

Yulian’s charm has a clear defect.

The charmed person or alien can only make simple verbal responses and will not follow her instructions to use means, they can’t even open the storage space.

This Ji Youyu...

After carefully examining Ji Youyu for a moment, Li Jing looked suspiciously at the bodyguard, who didn’t say he would join, and then looked at Qi Chen, who hadn’t said a word.

When he caught her looking, the boy smiled sweetly.

"Since the situation has changed and the pressure outside may be greater, I won’t join you in going in. With Counselor Li by Commissioner Ji’s side, I believe her safety is guaranteed."

Qi Chen, meeting Li Jing’s gaze, sighed lightly and said.

"Counselor Li, I’ll have to trouble you to take care of my senior sister. Myself and Xiaoyan outside will try to buy as much time as possible for you to explore."

Seeing Qi Chen reveal Ji Youyu’s identity, the young man furrowed her brows and gave him a displeased look.

Li Jing clearly noticed, but she saw it through.

As her senior brother, Qi Chen was good, he simply made it clear.

Didn’t that make her very uncomfortable?

Ji Youyu, on the other hand, didn’t change her expression, looking over with a slight smile on her face.

Seeing the different expressions on the three, Li Jing silently nodded.

He did notice.

Qi Chen’s speaking up gave him a real confirmation.

But this matter, he didn’t care at all.

He’s indifferent to disciples from the sect.

Whatever these three were concealing from him, he was also too lazy to explore.

However, one thing was certain.

As an official of Longyu, he must ensure Ji Youyu’s safety.

If he had to bring her along, so be it.

Since it was confirmed that Ji Youyu was a disciple from a sect and even Qi Chen’s senior sister, he felt he didn’t need to worry too much.

Given Ji Youyu’s background and the fact that she is Qi Chen and Tong Yan’s senior sister, she must be at least at the Sixth Realm, guaranteeing her survival skills.

If she wanted to play weak, let her be.

The less she got involved, the better.

In this battle, Li Jing needed to oversee the overall situation, and opportunities to gain experience were not abundant.

If Ji Youyu insisted on sticking around, ready to rob whatever beasts he found, he wouldn’t be thrilled.

Turning his head to look at the team still trickling in through the entrance, Li Jing let out a small sigh and was about to exchange bland conversations with the trio.

Although he wasn’t fond of disciples from sects, they were all serving Longyu after all; some form of communication was necessary, and he couldn’t allow their relationship to become too stiff.

He was just about to start the conversation when a notification beep rang in his ear.

"Experience +2358794."

The long-awaited experience summary prompted, making Li Jing’s eyes light up.

Two million experience, much less than what he acquired from the bird people, but it can’t be helped.

The snake people were not as prepared as the bird people after all.

The trick-masters snake people seemed to have great confidence in their strategy, and the beast corps guarding the entrance of the passage were much smaller in scale compared to that of the bird people.

To receive two million experience was pretty good.

"Level up, 81. Spiritual Power Intensity upgrade +162, Skill Points +2."

"Level up, 82. Spiritual Power Intensity upgrade +164, Skill Points +2."

"Level up, 83. Spiritual Power Intensity upgrade +166, Skill Points +2."

"Level up, 84. Spiritual Power Intensity upgrade +168, Skill Points +2."

"Level up, 85. Spiritual Power Intensity upgrade +170, Skill Points +2."

"Level up, 86. Spiritual Power Intensity upgrade +172, Skill Points +2."

With six consecutive level up notifications beeping in his ear, Li Jing felt invigorated.

Mindful of the surge in power within him, he didn’t bother engaging in conversation with Qi Chen and the others, and instantly spent six skill points to max out the Spirit Nurturing Technique, Gathering Spirit Skill, and Heart Questioning Skill.

The remaining six skill points, without any hesitation, he allocated them to the God’s Hidden Truth.

Subsequently, another notification beep rang in his ear.

"The learning of more than three skills of the same series and reaching max level meets the three-in-one limit breakthrough fusion criteria, do you want to proceed with fusion?"

"Confirm fusion, fusing Spirit Nurturing Technique, Gathering Spirit Skill, Heart Questioning Skill."

"Fusion successful, obtained a Limit Breakthrough, Still Water Like Mirror."

Upon receiving the final limit breakthrough prompt, Li Jing was stunned for a moment.

Still Water Like Mirror?

This skill name had no correlation with the merged skills.

Has it mutated again?

Trying to feel the change, Li Jing’s expression grew strange.

Indeed, it was mutated.

His recent luck was simply unbeatable.

The bonus brought by Still Water Like Mirror was the permanent stability of his mentality.

Mentality didn’t mean much to Li Jing who didn’t cultivate.

But a permanently stable mentality was extremely useful.

With a permanently stable mentality, it meant that his emotions and will would no longer be affected by any external factors.

He wasn’t immune to skills that targeted the mental level, of course.

But methods like Charm and Suggestion would no longer have any effect on him.

This mutated Limit Breakthrough was pretty sweet.

But the sweetest part was the Primordial Soul fortification brought by the Spirit Nurturing Technique, Gathering Spirit Skill, and Heart Questioning Skill reaching Great Perfection and fusion.

Originally the three auxiliary magic added three points each, his Primordial Soul fortification was around 60 per cent.

The complete addition of the three auxiliary magic elevated the fortification to 120 per cent, roughly a 1.5 times increase in his Primordial Soul strength on top of the original basis.

This upgrade was impressive.

The triple fusion of the three types of auxiliary magic purely for Primordial Soul fortification was without a doubt different, the upgrade was more than that of the Silent Shadow.

Host: Li Jing

Experience Points: 457635/534302

Level: 86

Skill Points: 0

Spiritual Power Intensity: 7482

Lifebound Magic Instrument: Linglong (Spirit weapon seventh level 76%), Blue Edge (Spirit weapon seventh level 76%)

Equipment: None

Passive Skills: Momentary Space

Active Skills: Sky Eye Technique (5/5)

Limit Breakthrough (passive): Thunder Skill, Divine Origin Unification, Divine Might, Silent Shadow, Moon Shadow, Still Water Like Mirror

Limit Breakthrough (active): Wind King Mysterious Clothing, Thunder Travel, Spirit Soldier Break

Forbidden Skills: World Thunder Punishment (25/25), God’s Hidden Truth (7/25)

He called up his panel and glanced at it, seeing that less than eighty thousand experience was needed to level up again, Li Jing was quite impatient.

He couldn’t expect much from the current situation in this passage.

He had to oversee the overall situation and didn’t have the liberty to hunt for beasts.

But levelling up should not pose a problem.

Furthermore, once it was over, he could continue exploring the Big Secret Realm.

Reaching Seventh Realm was out of the question.

The experience threshold to level up was skyrocketing like a crazy stock.

The two million experiences which allowed him to level up six times just earlier, can at most now help him to level up four times.

To enter the Seventh Realm, he needed to reach level 105.

That was too far off.

However, striving to level up a few more times during the exploration of this Big Secret Realm was possible. He should be able to enter the middle phase of the Sixth Realm, provided he can find enough "wheat" to harvest a few times.