Chapter 670: Unity of Heaven and Man: Strongest Sword

Chapter 670: Chapter 518: Unity of Heaven and Man: Strongest Sword

Then, he saw all sorts of Beast Race Warriors swarming toward him from every direction.

Among them, naturally, were rank-nines.

One looked just like a lion.

“Oh? The Lion King is making an appearance?” Watching the scene unfold, Gao Neng suddenly felt a pang of nostalgia for his time taking the college entrance exams in the Forgotten Land.

‘If only I could turn into a duck right now, how great would that be?’

QUACK! QUACK! QUACK!

QUACK! QUACK! QUACK!

‘Actually, I have another name… the Lightning Duck!’

…

「Beast Race Camp, Royal Tent.」

“Ancestor… It’s Gao Neng! The human emissary is Gao Neng!”

“What did you say?!” Before the Beast Race Sword Saint could even speak, the other three Strongest shot to their feet.

The battle in the Northern District.

The Blood Marshal was killed!

The incident had long since sent shockwaves through the entire Alien Race Alliance Army.

And the one who killed the Blood Marshal was none other than Gao Neng.

Had this been the South or West District, Gao Neng’s name might not have inspired such hatred in the Strongest. But this was the Eastern District.

The Eastern District!

They had already been alarmed once before when Gao Neng stormed the Dark Night Elf Royal City and the Celestial Race Royal City, killing several Princes.

“Gao Neng is raiding the camp? By himself?!”

“Yes! And he’s already killed ten of our generals! He’s fighting his way toward the Royal Tent right now!” the Beast Race Warrior reported urgently.

“The rumors all say this Gao Neng is a Super Energy Warrior. I’d like to see that for myself today!” one of the Strongest declared, preparing to act.

“There’s no need for any of you to act. This is my Beast Race’s camp. I can cut him down with a single stroke of my sword!” the Beast Race Sword Saint finally spoke.

“Sword Saint, don’t be rash.” The Six-winged Great Angel held out a hand, stopping the Beast Race Sword Saint from charging out. “Since Gao Neng dared to come, he must have made preparations. I suspect he may have reinforcements behind him.”

“You mean they’re here for this corpse?” The Beast Race Sword Saint’s eyes narrowed, his gaze falling upon the body of the Sword Elder hanging outside the Royal Tent.

“Yes. They’re using Gao Neng as bait to lure us out. Then, they’ll retake the corpse, and finally, Gao Neng will find a way to escape by burrowing into the ground. This Gao Neng once appeared in my Royal City. I observed him, and he does indeed possess the ability to travel underground,” the Six-winged Great Angel nodded.

“Luring the tiger out of the mountains? Should we leave two of us here to guard the place, then?” one of the Strongest asked.

“According to intel from the City of Hope, the Strongest from the West and South Districts should have already reached the Eastern District. If so, there will be no fewer than ten Strongest coming to retrieve that corpse!”

“Ten?!”

“Correct. So whether we leave two or three of us behind, we might not be able to hold them off.”

“Then what’s your point?”

“Compared to a corpse, I find Gao Neng to be far more valuable.” As the Six-winged Great Angel spoke, the corners of his lips curved into a smile.

“Oh? What do you mean, Brother Tian Shi?”

“We abandon the corpse and focus all our efforts on capturing Gao Neng. We’ll set an inescapable trap for him. I’d like to see if he can still escape when all of us strike together!”

“A brilliant idea!”

“Trading one Gao Neng for one corpse…”

“Humans really are foolish!”

“This must be what they call ‘camaraderie on the battlefield,’ right? Hahaha…”

The three Strongest all burst into laughter.

“Alright. I will guard the skies. Sword Saint, you take him from the front. The three of you… take the other three directions. Be extremely careful of Gao Neng’s ability to travel underground!” the Six-winged Great Angel instructed.

“Don’t worry, Brother Tian Shi!”

“The five of us are ganging up on one Gao Neng. If he still manages to get away, I’ll eat two piles of shit on the spot for all of you to see!!!”

“Let’s go!”

…

…

Gao Neng figured it was about time.

Besides, he had officially completed his preparations.

Before making his grand entrance, he had already planted “marks” in advance at all four gates of the Beast Race Camp.

These so-called “marks” weren’t anything valuable, of course.

They were just small stones.

He’d carve a tiny mark on a small stone and toss it on the ground… not even a ghost would notice.

In addition to that, he had also placed a tiny “grain of sand” on the “letter of challenge” for the Beast Race Sword Saint.

This grain of sand was the real masterstroke!

As soon as the envelope was opened, the grain of sand would fall to the ground.

And just like the stones, not even a ghost would notice.

‘The epic-tier skill, Flying Thunder God… Oh, wait, I mean “Wormhole,” is seriously useful!’ Gao Neng tilted his head back. He could already feel the auras of the Strongest flying toward him.

‘One, two, three… there are five of them?’

‘Impressive!’

‘And they’re surrounding me.’

‘Are they trying to stop me from running?’

‘Fine, then I won’t run!’

Gao Neng smiled. Since the Strongest had arrived, he would stop “playing around.” It was time to begin a true slaughter and teach the Beast Race a lesson.

“Time to die!” Gao Neng roared. Then, twenty rank-eight genetic weapons materialized around him.

At the same time, he charged toward the nearest Behemoth King.

“What?!” The Behemoth King was stunned.

It tried to fall back.

But Gao Neng was too fast. Furthermore, the twenty rank-eight genetic weapons had suddenly appeared, blocking its path of retreat.

“SWOOSH!”

The light of a blade flashed high.

An ethereal blade aura appeared in mid-air.

“My blade!”

“Cleaves the sky!”

“…”

“No!”

The Behemoth King scrambled to retreat, but the blade was inescapable.

Just like the blade’s name.

Invincible!

How lonely it is!

“CRACK!”

The five-meter-tall Behemoth King was cleaved clean in two.

The terrifying power of that single slash was clear to see.

To break through to rank-nine!

Is to finally become a dragon!

Gao Neng didn’t know exactly how strong he was now, but he was certain that an ordinary rank-nine couldn’t last more than three moves against him.

His strength surpassed even that of the Beast Race’s Behemoths!

His roar had the power to shatter souls!

And on top of that, there were his “cheats”…

The Four Symbols!

Immunity to Illusion Techniques, concealment of his aura, and the inability to die even if his vitality was completely drained…

He had only one question: Who else?!

“BOOM!”

Thunder rolled across the sky.

The Behemoth King’s body exploded.

Slaying a Behemoth King in a single slash! Gao Neng’s heroic display was, without a doubt, witnessed by Li Tiannan, Shen Ning’Er, and the others in the Eastern District Fortress.

Gao Neng made no attempt to hide anything.

‘Now that he’s rank-nine, does he even need to?’

No!

All he needed to do was brazenly use his cheats, rampage through the “heavily guarded” Beast Race Camp, and casually fight his way in and out seven times.

“Gao Neng! Surrender your life!” Just then, a sword light flared in the sky, as bright as the rosy clouds of dawn, like the pale white of the morning’s first light.

There is a certain kind of sword…

…called the Strongest Sword!

And any blade that could be called the Strongest Sword was generally bound by one principle.

The unity of man and sword!

But the sword strike before him now had clearly surpassed the realm of the unity of man and sword.

In a way, the Sword Elder had been able to become one of the Strongest precisely because he had reached the threshold of “unity of man and sword.”

Gao Neng watched the sword descend from the sky.

The sword had not yet landed.

Yet he could already feel every pore on his body stand on end.

‘The Strongest Sword in the Alien Race Alliance Army… so it has already reached the level of Unity of Heaven and Man!’ Gao Neng quietly watched the descending blade.

Closer.

Closer!

The sword fell.

Silently.

It struck the ground.

And then, the ground erupted with a deafening roar.

“BOOM!”

A chasm fully five meters wide—a scar left by the sword—split open in the earth.

The twenty-some genetic weapons all tumbled into the newly formed chasm.

As for the Beast Race generals and Warriors, they were sent flying by the shockwave, scattered like leaves in a gale.

He could kick up a tidal wave with his Sword Qi alone.

This was the Beast Race Sword Saint!

*(Continuing my cute act to ask for monthly tickets!)*