Paragon of Sin

Chapter 1981: The Race Has Already Started

Within Wei Wuyin's Mind's Eye, the Heaven's Gate roused into brilliance, unleashing a warring hymn of heavenly grace and celestial music. The 300,000 sanguine stars shone brighter, grew larger, and howled in rhythm with the music in perfect synchronicity. The entirety of his Mind's Eye was illuminated by heavenly radiance of war, laced with war cries and ferocious chants of an ancient, primeval language. As the gate erupted into activity, the nine heavenly runes that Wei Wuyin had comprehended and etched into his Seed of Law bloomed excitedly, sending pulsing waves of heavenly might.

Athena's cloudy figure had grown increasingly detailed and vivid since last. While her facial features were absent or ambiguous still, excluding her silver-colored eyes, her long, majestically river-like hair of gold with sanguine highlights stood out, with two long, thick strands of hair hanging from both sides of her face, perfectly framing it with a fierce yet beautiful charm. Her body was no longer ambitious, resembling a young woman, domineeringly tall with an athletically fit and slender body seemingly sculpted by the divinities for combat.

She was surrounded by shards of incomplete golden armor, slowly gathering strands of luminous heavenly radiance from the Heaven's Gate to complete itself, including a flowing river of Solar Soul Energy into her body. She had yet to finish her transformation, but her awareness was fully awake. Her eyes focused, glinting with a piercing silvery light. The events that Wei Wuyin was observing through his gaze were reflected within her eyes, observing the ferocious charge of enemy combatants.

As for why she labeled them immediately as enemy combatants, they each exuded fierce killing intent as they charged forth, aiming every ounce of their mental strength of battle and slaughter towards Wei Wuyin. They were soldiers acting under orders.

Kill.

1989 Chapter 1981: The Race Has Already Started

Within Wei Wuyin's Mind's Eye, the Heaven's Gate roused into brilliance, unleashing a warring hymn of heavenly grace and celestial music. The 300,000 sanguine stars shone brighter, grew larger, and howled in rhythm with the music in perfect synchronicity. The entirety of his Mind's Eye was illuminated by heavenly radiance of war, laced with war cries and ferocious chants of an ancient, primeval language. As the gate erupted into activity, the nine heavenly runes that Wei Wuyin had comprehended and etched into his Seed of Law bloomed excitedly, sending pulsing waves of heavenly might.

Athena's cloudy figure had grown increasingly detailed and vivid since last. While her facial features were absent or ambiguous still, excluding her silver-colored eyes, her long, majestically river-like hair of gold with sanguine highlights stood out, with two long, thick strands of hair hanging from both sides of her face, perfectly framing it with a fierce yet beautiful charm. Her body was no longer ambitious, resembling a young woman, domineeringly tall with an athletically fit and slender body seemingly sculpted by the divinities for combat.

She was surrounded by shards of incomplete golden armor, slowly gathering strands of luminous heavenly radiance from the Heaven's Gate to complete itself, including a flowing river of Solar Soul Energy into her body. She had yet to finish her transformation, but her awareness was fully awake. Her eyes focused, glinting with a piercing silvery light. The events that Wei Wuyin was observing through his gaze were reflected within her eyes, observing the ferocious charge of enemy combatants.

As for why she labeled them immediately as enemy combatants, they each exuded fierce killing intent as they charged forth, aiming every ounce of their mental strength of battle and slaughter towards Wei Wuyin. They were soldiers acting under orders.

Kill.

They were commanders leading the charge for a single purpose.

Kill!

And her eyes radiated a single desire:

KILL!!!

Sensing Athena's healthy response, Wei Wuyin couldn't resist the desire to smile. She was advancing step by step without complication.

RUMBLE!!

Wei Wuyin could feel the very ground tremble, alluding to the inevitable arrival of the battalion. They did not hide their approach or charge, seemingly rushing at full strength against his dual signature of Identity Runes. They were clearly utilizing the full strength of a lion to hunt a rabbit, yet their prey was no rabbit nor prey-he was a DRAGON!

Yet this unknown didn't deter the ignorant enemy; the battalion crushed the ground and soared across the skies in a uniformed formation, showcasing an excellence of coordination despite their fierce charge. Relying on his keen vision, Wei Wuyin peered at the incoming battalion. Their appearances were exposed amidst their daunting organized movement.

They wore metallic armor, forged from Essence of War. The dusky azure color alongside a sharp verdant green diagonally stripped pattern alluded to their affiliation. Unfortunately, Wei Wuyin was unable to determine their exact origin, even the insignia they bore as a united group, some etched on their helmets, capes, or breastplates, of a six-fingered blue-violet hand with a single eye on its palm that exuded a mysterious presence. A thin, almost imperceptible, wisp of fate energy emanated from that eye's pupil.

The armor itself was forged from Water Intent, etched with intricate formations. Almost immediately, Wei Wuyin solved the recent mystery as to where their blood had gone. The armor exuded a dense blood aura, likely tasked with utilizing the wearer's spilled blood as fuel to ignite, activating its various functions automatically, eliminating the need to consciously maintain the formation in intense battle.

Their eyes were cold, deadly, and targeted. However, they didn't lack intelligence, only carried a strong conviction befitting a soldier, befitting a cultivator seeking to perform excellently within the world. It was fascinating to see-a sign of true elites.

Counting them individually, Wei Wuyin swiftly gauged their approximate number: 1,032. They were a full battalion. Their cultivation bases were varied yet incomparably high. Not a single member was a Rune King-otherwise known as an Earthly Saint, the lowest cultivation stage allowed in the Ascendant Battlefield. They were all at least World Emperors, true-blue cultivators at the World Saint Phase of the Mystic Ascendant Realm, the Fifth Stage. Meanwhile, the Lieutenants leading their squadrons had cultivation bases at the Heavenly Saint Phase.

Lastly, the Battalion Commander was at the Ascended Saint Phase-a Mystic Overlord! Amongst the Lieutenants and the Battalion Commander, Wei Wuyin sensed the latent aura of Karmic Luck, active and flaring wildly. They were Blessed. Amongst them, not a single sinful aura existed.

This was a tailored unit of Blessed Warriors and great talents, sent out to wreak havoc across the Inner Ascendant Battlefield!

"TARGET LOCATED! SOLDIER, INDEPENDENT!" A scouting Spiritualist at once honed in on Wei Wuyin's figure, expertly avoiding Tilly. As an Entry Moderator, she was under certain protections, so they instinctively labeled her as a non-combatant. They didn't warn her to depart, as her permissions and means would allow her to escape from any cultivator with ease. If she wanted to observe, they couldn't stop her, and if she wanted to leave, they didn't dare to try.

Wei Wuyin felt himself enveloped by a Spiritual Strength from hundreds of miles away. Only a Spiritualist could defy the restrictions with ease, extending their Spiritual Sense in this hostile and oppressive environment where cultivators couldn't exert their fullest strength. While Wei Wuyin wasn't a Spiritualist by ordinary standards, his cultivation base started with the foundation of one-Divine Elemental Soul and Divine Saber Soul. While they've both evolved beyond that standard, venturing down their unique paths, his spiritual abilities dwarfed any typical Spiritualist by miles.

He wasn't restrained in the slightest.

"INITIATE FORMATION: THUNDEROUS DISPERSION!" A Lieutenant shouted with great power, sending waves across their unit and stirring the members into greater action as they linked their powers together in a glorious display of oppressive might. Wei Wuyin could feel a thunder-like boom echo in his Sea of Consciousness almost instantly after as the battalion merged their suppressed Spiritual Strength into the Spiritualist, allowing them to execute a spiritual attack far surpassing their abilities.

The spiritual spell could have dispersed the Sea of Consciousness of any ordinary Heavenly Saint in an instant, likely killing them from hundreds of miles away. If not kill, severely damage their Sea of Consciousness, greatly affecting their ability to fight or flee. It was an ingenious display. A Mystic Overlord might not die immediately, but the first blow was often the first nail in one's coffin.

However, Wei Wuyin entered the Inner Ascendant Battlefield as a Soldier, not a Commander. His cultivation base shouldn't be at that level. Their tactics were decisive and concise, executed without hesitation upon receiving the relevant information. It was spectacular. Even Wei Wuyin has to hold some admiration in his heart for their actions.

Within seconds, these Mystic Ascendants traversed hundreds of miles in tandem, leveraging each other's strength to propel each other through the world. They leapt with coordinated stomps that gathered momentum, threw each other to accelerate, glided, and rode the wake of those stronger and faster to face less resistance. They were like an army of coordinated grasshoppers and acrobats in armor. Agile and powerful!

In the midst of this coordination, a squadron pulled out bows and arrows. They nocked their arrows, readied and steadied their breathing as their allies brought them forward, keeping them at pace with the group without disturbing their focus. A scene that could only be achieved by trust and understanding.

When they reached within three miles of Wei Wuyin, a Lieutenant shouted with a thunderous boom: "FIRE!"

There was no prior order, seemingly a tactic long since trained and practiced. Immediately, the sanguine sky darkened. A shadow loomed over Wei Wuyin as bursts of air echoed out in the tens of thousands. All originating from the releasing of an arrow. They wielded unique bows of azure color, exuding a watery aura. A single shot released a scattershot of arrows, easily multiplying by hundreds.

Some were direct; they fired directly at where Wei Wuyin was.

Others were calculated; they fired at where Wei Wuyin could escape to.

A few were sinister; they hid beneath the shadows of other arrows, completely concealed from ordinary sight.

The scene would be horrifying to an ordinary soldier who had just arrived, ignorant of the situation.

Without a single word, Wei Wuyin attained out his hand in a semi-grab and linked spiritually with Athena. That simple movement was laced with the profound charm of an Elite Commander, one who once waged war in heaven

itself.

A single sanguine star shone within Athena's Heaven's Gate. It moved with lightning-like speed, blitzing out with eager zeal. The sanguine star exited Wei Wuyin's Mind Eye as he felt his Mystic Power flow out of his dantian. The sanguine star manifested above his hand, and then rapidly expanded, becoming a war flag! It bore an exact resemblance to the Nexus War Flag!

Wei Wuyin's eyes radiated an intense light as he clutched the War Flag in his hand. With a slight raise of the flag, the air rippled as the arrows that were boring down upon him, seeking to turn him into a pincushion, was met with

resistance!

"RISE!" Wei Wuyin's voice howled like a saber, capable of slicing apart existence, and with the ferocity of a dragon, capable of crushing all challengers.

"LEGION!!!" With a slam of the flag's pummel into the ground, the sanguine War Flag flashed with a golden light. The arrows backed by the coordination of a full battalion roared on, yet in their path now stood an entirely new

enemy.

Ten thousand Soldiers of War emerged. A squadron of a hundred, wielding golden shields, took the lead. The shields expanded within their grasp, merging into a single silver shield that resembled a shield of divinity, impregnable and invincible.

Each arrow impacted the huge silver shield. Yet upon hitting its surface, no destructive booms or sound emerged, only silence. They were repelled with the ease of blown air from an infant.

The battalion was stunned. 'What was that?!'

However, they had no time to consider the situation as the silver shield shrank, exposing the ten thousand Soldiers

of War in full view. Each looked like golden divinities of war, their eyes as sanguine as the sky, and each of them possessed a helmet etched with a silver character: Zhan. At the forefront was a commanding presence that stole the perception and attention of his enemies, Behind them, Wei Wuyin lifted the War Flag and gently tilted it forward,

pointing at the battalion.

"Legion Commander Zhan Zheng!"

The commanding presence at the front of the aura immediately exploded. Upon doing so, his cultivation base

revealed itself as a Heavenly Saint!

"KILL!!!"

A single word, and the auras of each Soldier of War erupted in unison. When it did, their 'Zhan' character on their foreheads illuminated with a silvery glow, and their cultivation bases were fully exposed.

Almost instantly, the battalion that had come in full force blanched in terror and horror.

All of them...were...HEAVENLY SAINTS!

"YES!" Zhan Zheng roared as he lifted his spear, gesturing it towards the Commander of the Battalion, challenge in

his eyes, and the aura of war surged dominantly around him. As he moved, the Law of War aura around him skyrocketed without end, exposing itself as a full-blown MINOR LAW!

"KILL!" Zhan Zheng shouted.

"KILL!!!" In flawless unison, the Legion breathed killing intent as they rushed toward the battalion!!