Chapter 275 - 272: Reversed Demonic Source: As Ageless as Heaven and Earth

Chapter 275: Chapter 272: Reversed Demonic Source: As Ageless as Heaven and Earth

In the Martial World, on a deserted plain a thousand miles from Guiyun Peak.

Baixiaosheng was clad in a plain white, wide-sleeved robe that cascaded like snow, its fabric subtly embroidered with silver-thread cloud patterns.

He sat perfectly still, cross-legged on the ground, facing Guiyun Peak with a look of feverish anticipation.

Perhaps it was as the saying goes: one only becomes a referee when they no longer have any worthy opponents.

No one knew that in the current Martial World, the strength of Baixiaosheng—the one who had always ranked its various Martial Artists—had long since entered the Transformation Realm.

Among the nations, he was a terrifying presence, comparable to an intelligence broker like Jiraiya and a shadowy figure who arranges duels like Batman.

With his Fourth Turn legacy, [Words Become Law], the skull of the first-generation Fifth Turn Baixiaosheng, and his own terrifying power as a peak Fourth Turn master, almost none of his peers could escape his schemes when he plotted against the unsuspecting.

But one thing had troubled him for a long time.

The current Martial World was far too placid, like a pool of stagnant water.

Ever since the previous Baixiaosheng’s body had exploded and killed him during a failed advancement...

The Fourth Turn masters co-ruled this world, and with no conflicts erupting for a very long time, there hadn’t been any proper news in ages.

And his path required him to follow his Dao to advance his Realm.

For Baixiaosheng’s legacy, every advancement required a massive, sensational event as a prerequisite.

After reaching the peak of the Fourth Turn, Baixiaosheng had languished for ages in this news-deprived Martial World.

He needed a spectacle to break through.

The prerequisite ritual for assimilating the [Fifth Turn: Uncrowned King] Magic Potion was to chronicle a world-shaking spectacle that would move all the nations.

But with the world’s power structure firmly carved up and controlled by the Fourth Turn masters, who was going to create a spectacle for him?

In this world devoid of news, the longer he waited, the more frantic he became.

One year! Five years! Ten years! Fifty years...

Despite possessing strength on par with the best in the nations, he was forced to lie dormant because of external circumstances.

Decades passed like this, and Baixiaosheng even considered becoming the newsmaker himself.

But now, just before he lost all reason, he finally saw the glimmer of a turning point.

Now!

Baixiaosheng sat cross-legged, his lean face seemingly carved by years of frost and snow, yet his eyes held a dark gleam as profound as a spring pond.

With his astonishing vision, he could perceive the shifts in the clouds over Guiyun Peak a thousand miles away, the moment Xiang Hongtu made his move.

He knew the world-shaking spectacle he craved was here!

’Young Hero Fang, the stage is set. I’ve already diverted the Brahma Sound Temple. I hope you won’t disappoint me now.’

The corners of Baixiaosheng’s mouth curled up as he thought in anticipation, ’You’ll have to kill at least nine of them. Ten Fourth Turn masters would be ideal.’

At this thought, he suppressed the urge to hum, focusing his mind to attempt his breakthrough to the Fifth Turn!

...

Meanwhile, as Ji Donglai blocked the gale of Qi head-on, the entire scene fell silent.

’Who is this guy? Where did this Fourth Turn master come from?’

The field was dead silent. All the Fourth Turn masters observed the scar-faced, middle-aged man before them.

Someone subconsciously glanced toward the Blazing Kingdom. The man’s vitality seemed unstable; perhaps he was one of theirs?

And he claimed Fang Can was his family.

’Could Fang Can have come from the Blazing Kingdom too? Then how did he get involved with Great Derivation and the Tribulation Sword Sect?’

For a moment, the Fourth Turn masters’ imaginations ran wild, concocting all sorts of scenarios.

But a dismissive wave from the Blazing Kingdom’s contingent cut their speculation short. Clearly, they were just as baffled.

The quickest to react was Xiang Hongtu. Recalling the recent reports he had gathered on the "players," his eyes narrowed, and a cold glint appeared within them.

"Fang Can’s family? In that case, I suppose I should address you as a person from the Exotic Realm... or perhaps, a ’superpowered individual’!"

As soon as he said this, all the Fourth Turn masters understood, their gazes turning to fix on Ji Donglai with a strange light.

They hadn’t expected the first superpowered individual from the Otherworld to be able to withstand Xiang Hongtu’s Qi Force—a power that could crush any Third Turn master. It seemed the other world had some real substance to it.

They had heard that people from the Exotic Realm didn’t understand the Martial Dao, that their bodies were frail and could be killed with a flick of a wrist. They had subconsciously underestimated them.

Now that they’d seen one in person, it looked like they needed to raise their assessment of the Exotic Realm.

"Heh. I am Ji Donglai, President of the New Country!"

"Fang Can is one of the New Country’s most distinguished superpowered individuals. To move against him is to violate the collective interests of the entire New Country."

Hearing Ji Donglai’s declaration, a flicker of anger appeared among the Fourth Turn masters. It had been a long time since anyone had dared to speak to them this way.

The nineteen of them were all Fourth Turn masters. This fool clearly didn’t understand the situation he was in.

Xiang Hongtu tapped a knuckle against the armrest of his jade palanquin. "Are you saying," he said coldly, "that you expect Us, and all these Fourth Turn masters, to offer you a formal apology?"

"Heh! You’ve offended a superpowered individual. Did you really think an apology would be enough to quell our wrath?"

The hem of Ji Donglai’s black clothes stirred, though there was no wind. His expression was grim as he let out a sharp, cold laugh. "Dream on!"

"We wouldn’t accept it even if you got on your knees!"

"Your offense, you Fourth Turn masters, will be paid for with your lives!"

Paid for with their lives?

The Fourth Turn masters who heard this all thought the man was insane. Every one of them let out a cold laugh.

Did this man think he was some Fifth Turn master descending upon the mortal realm?

But facing their stares, Ji Donglai said no more. He simply swept his calm gaze over the crowd and announced:

"Nineteen of you... that’s a few too many."

"Against so many, with all your varied abilities, I would indeed be at a disadvantage."

Then, Ji Donglai raised his right hand high into the air.

"Enough talk. Now, face my ultimate technique... [Inverse Demon Source: A Shared Fate with Heaven and Earth]!"

"If you don’t handle this properly... more than half of you... will die!"

As he spoke, every Fourth Turn master on the scene fixed their gaze upon Ji Donglai.

They thought Ji Donglai’s words were utter arrogance. To kill at least ten of them? How was that possible?

But the greatest warriors win by preventing the battle from ever taking place, and they weren’t foolish enough to stand by and let Ji Donglai unleash his technique.

At that moment, inside a pocket dimension, the Gag King was shouting excitedly over the King of Willpower’s mental link.

"Hah! The name I came up with is truly world-class! Isn’t [Inverse Demon Source: A Shared Fate with Heaven and Earth] the coolest fucking name ever?"

’Are you sure you didn’t just rip that name off from the joint ultimate technique of the good and evil Zheng Zhas in *Infinite Horror*?’

’Oh, and you even stitched in references to the Abandoned Celestial Emperor and the Fire Dance Tornado Skill. This guy’s pop culture knowledge is way too broad. Does he do anything but surf the web all day? What are you, some kind of Zuo Qingcang wannabe?’

Fang Can thought this to himself but chose not to burst his bubble.

After all, the Gag King had already forced Ji Donglai to recite such a cringey, edgy line. He might as well play along.

Looking at the excited Gag King, Fang Can asked, "Is everything ready?"

"Of course. The antimatter bombs you had me set up are all in position," the Gag King said with a grin.

He had used his superpower to hide long ago, planting the antimatter bombs in a spherical pattern all over the mountaintop.

Fang Can nodded calmly and sent a message through the King of Willpower’s psychic network:

"Boss Ji, you can pull back about 0.5 seconds after you’re done posturing. My intuition tells me the first wave of attacks from the Fourth Turn masters will hit in 0.7 seconds."

"Tuoba Yu’s legacy is in the mix, so that gives you a 0.2-second margin for error. The instant you vanish, I’ll detonate all the antimatter bombs."

’Detonate the bombs?’

"Didn’t you give your storage item to us?"

The God-Man looked at Fang Can’s lightly-clad form and asked in confusion, "So where are you hiding the detonator for the antimatter bombs?"

In response to the God-Man’s question, Fang Can rapidly transmitted his answer across the psychic network:

"There is no detonator. From the very beginning, those antimatter bombs have been armed and could explode at any moment."

"What the fuck!" Superman F’s eyes widened in shock.

The King of Willpower chimed in, "What did you say? All those antimatter bombs we handled earlier were already armed?"

This time, even the Gag King couldn’t keep his cool, his face filled with retroactive terror.

After all, he was the one who had planted the bombs. If even one had gone off, he would have been the first to die.

"Yes. When I had Boss Ji produce the antimatter bombs, I had him install a program inside. Every second, it randomly generates a number from 0 to 9."

Fang Can explained calmly, "If the number is 0, the bomb detonates. If it’s anything from 1 to 9, the circuit remains closed."

"With my luck-manipulating ability, I’m completely confident that the number 0 will only be generated when I need it to be. So don’t worry."

"But why do it like that? Wouldn’t remote detonation have been fine?"

"Because the antimatter bombs are dispersed, and their detonation will be accompanied by a massive electromagnetic pulse."

Fang Can calmly explained, "Boss Ji was worried that a chain detonation could cause the internal electronics to be damaged by the EMP from the first blast, making it less reliable than a manual trigger. This exact issue was even documented in *The Wandering Earth 2*!"

"These Fourth Turn masters are incredibly difficult to kill. If even one antimatter bomb fails to go off, it will create a gap in the blast radius, an opening they could exploit to escape."

"That’s why Boss Ji gave me direct control over the detonation, letting me decide the exact moment they all go off."

As he spoke, Fang Can slowly raised his right fist, his movements perfectly synchronized with Ji Donglai’s outside the pocket dimension.

Or rather, thanks to the King of Willpower’s mental link, Fang Can was now controlling both their movements as one.

Facing the gazes of the surrounding Fourth Turn masters, Ji Donglai (or rather, Fang Can) gave a crisp snap of his fingers.

In the next instant, influenced by his luck-manipulating ability and following Fang Can’s will, the random signal generators inside the hundreds of small antimatter bombs all landed on the number 0.

—0000000...0000—

With their attention fixed on the center of Guiyun Peak, the Fourth Turn masters suddenly saw hundreds of suns ignite before their very eyes.

At that moment, the word "sun" was no longer adequate to describe the explosion’s brilliance.

In the instant of its eruption, the light surpassed the sun’s by a thousandfold. Any Martial Artist below the Third Turn who looked directly at it was instantly blinded by the terrifying radiance.

The nineteen Fourth Turn masters stood upon the lotus dais, watching the blinding light that simultaneously erupted all around them, too stunned to speak.

At that moment, a single thought surfaced in all of their minds: ’So this is... Inverse Demon Source: A Shared Fate with Heaven and Earth? What a powerful technique.’

’We have to escape before the blast consumes us!’

’We can’t fight it head-on! If we take this blast directly, we might die!!!’

Might die???

We will definitely die!!!

We will die in an instant!!!