Sword Shatters Stars

Chapter 2 The Hope of Evolution - Heavenly Martial Realm
Four o'clock in the morning.

Lin Xiufeng arrived at Wangyangtan in Linhai City by car.

Ahead on the sea, a hazy white light enveloped a section of the ocean.

Many jet skis were parked on the beach.

There are some tents on the beach.

There were also a few businessmen by the sea.

Lin Xiufeng paid the money and rode the jet ski toward the white light.

When suddenly thrown up by the wave, I was almost flung away.

Lin Xiufeng couldn't help but recall the time she rode with her father...

The departure of a loved one is not a storm, but a long, damp rain in this life.

Lin Xiufeng recently came to understand this statement, and the fire of hatred within him reignited.

Only the fire of anger can evaporate the uncomfortable dampness!
The jet skis skillfully slowed down, moving slowly around the edge of the white light.

"Handsome, it's not too late to regret it now. In our line of work, we only see people go in, we never see them come out."

The boss had already received the money, and seeing that Lin Xiufeng was young and handsome, he kindly offered him some advice.

Lin Xiufeng never thought of turning back.

He surveyed the area enveloped in white light, but saw nothing else.

The white light did not seem to separate the surrounding seawater; judging from the movement of the waves, they were clearly affected by the white light.

Lin Xiufeng learned from the information he had collected that once you enter the Heavenly Martial Realm, your body will be decomposed.

Then, after leaving the unknown land of Tianlan Star, it reassembled its body.

This is beyond the capabilities of Earth's technology.

The mysterious messages of the past told humanity that the Heavenly Martial Realm was a passage to a higher dimension.

Crossing the universe through the Heavenly Martial Realm is like traversing a two-dimensional distance, which can be achieved rapidly through the folding of three-dimensional space.

Humans must possess sufficiently powerful celestial martial arts to enter higher-dimensional spaces.

Lin Xiufeng doesn't have such lofty goals yet; he only wants to possess the power of the Heavenly Martial Arts and find his enemies.

Lin Xiufeng took a deep breath, suppressing his nervousness about the unknown, gathering his courage, and preparing to leap out—

"Wait! Handsome, wait a minute—"

To the side and behind, on a jet ski, a short man was shouting at the top of his lungs.

"I don't recognize him." Lin Xiufeng glanced at him and was about to leap out again.

The short man shouted even more urgently:
"Handsome, wait! Wait—there's good news!"

Lin Xiufeng has a problem.

He's unlikely to let go of any opportunity to make a profit, as long as he doesn't discover any pitfalls.

The jet ski skillfully slowed down and approached.

The short man's height didn't reveal his age, but judging from his immature and stiff beard under his nostrils, he was about the same age as Lin Xiufeng.

"Thank you! Thank you for waiting for me. My name is Wang Qiang..."

"Speak of the benefits, speak of the facts."

Lin Xiufeng had no intention of making friends.

"I failed my college entrance exam last year, and it's been almost a year since then, and I still haven't found a job..."

Seeing Lin Xiufeng about to jump, Wang Qiang quickly stopped her and said instead:

"I brought a lot of delicious food. If we travel together, I'll share some with you."

"How much are some?"

Lin Xiufeng also carried a bag, because it is said that in the Tianwu Realm, money is not as reliable as supplies.

"Handsome, you don't seem like the type to hold grudges. Let's travel together so we can look out for each other... Wait—don't jump!"

Wang Qiang realized that Lin Xiufeng wouldn't listen to empty talk, so he had no choice but to try to reason with her:

"Here are two packets of dried beef for you."

"Ten packs." Before Wang Qiang could speak in shock, Lin Xiufeng added, "No bargaining."

"Are you surnamed Hei? Brother, how can you have friends if you act like this?"

Wang Qiang had never seen anyone so heartless and shameless. Traveling with them made it seem like they were begging for his protection.

Without saying a word, Lin Xiufeng made a leaping motion.

"Okay! Ten packs it is! Let's be friends!"

Wang Qiang said he wanted to take it out, and Lin Xiufeng laughed.

"If my bag could fit, it wouldn't be too small. Give it to me when you're ready to eat."

"That's true." Wang Qiang grinned, adjusted his glasses, and asked, "What's your name?"

"Lin Xiufeng." Lin Xiufeng answered and then called for Wang Qiang to jump.

Wang Qiang wanted to chat to build up his courage, but Lin Xiufeng grabbed him and pulled him out without saying a word.

Seeing the white expanse within the Heavenly Martial Realm, Wang Qiang screamed in terror, as if he were on a roller coaster:
"Ah ah ah ah ah--"

Two people fell into the white light together...

Within the hemispherical white light, everything was still a hazy white, only slightly fainter.

Several different paths of light extended from the hazy surroundings.

Between the beams of light lies profound darkness.

Lin Xiufeng compared the information in her memory and began to move.

Wang Qiang appeared timid, still holding tightly to Lin Xiufei's hand.

If it weren't for the ten packs of dried beef, Lin Xiufeng would have dumped it long ago.

When crossing the Heavenly Martial Realm, if there are no limbs connected, the distance between them is very likely to be very far.

"The Heavenly Martial Passage at this entrance is indeed as described online. Where are you headed?"

"A home by the sea".

"Me too!" Wang Qiang breathed a sigh of relief.

Lin Xiufeng was surrounded by white light and felt quite surreal.

He found that he had no sense of weight and was floating in the white light in the direction he wanted to go.

The movement of the feet is purely for ritual purposes; there is no force exerted by stepping on anything.

Even though Wang Qiang was being moved along by him, Lin Xiufeng felt as if Wang Qiang was pulling her forcefully.

The extended white light channel was longer than expected, and Lin Xiufeng's speed as she floated within it increased rapidly...

We passed through a complex network of forks in the road, sometimes with dozens of branching paths.

Lin Xiufeng followed the route he had memorized and finally saw the end of the path of light, where a particularly bright white light appeared.

Lin Xiufeng floated straight over.

Wang Qiang gripped Lin Xiufeng tighter, repeatedly calling out, "Wait! Let's double-check if we've gone the wrong way..."

"Pointless hesitation is futile!"

As Lin Xiufeng spoke, he plunged headfirst into the white light.

As he entered the white light, Lin Xiufeng felt as if his entire head had instantly shattered.

Lin Xiufeng's vision went black for a moment, and then he felt his head come back together.

Color appeared in their eyes as well.

Lin Xiufei turned around and saw his body fly out of the huge semi-circular white light.

And there was Wang Qiang, who was screaming in surprise.

Then, the two of them fell into the water, one after the other.

The water was red, a deep red.

Lin Xiufeng surfaced, wiped his face and head, and felt a chill run down his spine from the red stains on his palms, as if he had been soaking in a sea of ​​blood.

Fortunately, it still tastes like water and feels similar to seawater.

The two swam in the sea of ​​blood for a while, but when they couldn't swim anymore, they floated for a while with their life jackets, and then swam for a while, and soon the beach was almost there.

Wang Qiang suddenly grabbed Lin Xiufeng's pants, pleading for help:
"Help! Help! I have a cramp and can't swim!"

While calling for help, Wang Qiang pulled Lin Xiufeng's pants closer and then grabbed his life jacket to climb up.

"Calm down! Hold your breath and bend your toes!"

Lin Xiufeng had barely finished speaking when he felt Wang Qiang pressing down on his back.

Wang Qiang, who appeared timid, panicked, and struggling haphazardly, suddenly grabbed Lin Xiufeng by the neck with both hands and shoved his head and face into the water!

Wang Qiang's face hardened, and he shouted a warning:

"Don't struggle! I just want to knock you out and get your bag, don't force me to kill you! Just choke out, you won't die..."

"Does being tall make you powerful?"

"They'll take the bait if you give them a little something..."

"Now you know you were wrong? Now you know what it means to play dumb to fool others?"

"I think you just haven't read enough books..."

"Luckily, I'm kind-hearted. Today, I'll take your things, not your life..."

Wang Qiang felt the struggle in the water intensify for a while, then quickly subside, but he still pinched it uncomfortably.

But Lin Xiufeng managed to loosen her life jacket while struggling, and sank into the Red Sea.

Wang Qiang quickly grabbed Lin Xiufei's bag, ducked down to pull on the straps, and felt for the life jacket's buckle, only to find it was tangled.

So he continued to tug and fumble, until he touched Lin Xiufeng's arm, tugged at it, and took the suspenders off his arm.

Wang Qiang, clutching his backpack, surfaced from the red water, muttering to himself with a smug look on his face.

"If you drown because your own life jacket came off, don't blame me."

Wang Qiang put on the straps of Lin Xiufeng's backpack and swam towards the beach in high spirits.

Suddenly, a hand reached out from the surface of the blood-red sea!

Before Wang Qiang could react, he was grabbed by the hair and his head and face were pushed into the red seawater!
Wang Qiang struggled desperately, but his arms were not long enough, so he could only scratch at the arms that were holding him down.

A head popped out of the water, and Lin Xiufei gasped for air.

"Being tall and having long arms has its advantages. Look, you can't grab my head or face! Aren't you angry? Aren't you angry?"

Lin Xiufeng wiped the red water off her face with her left hand, while firmly holding Wang Qiang's hair down with her right hand.

"Didn't you just say not to struggle? I only knocked you unconscious. Be a good girl and don't struggle, or I'll kill you!"

Wang Qiang struggled in vain for a while, grabbing Lin Xiufei's hands tightly and trying to pry her fingers open.

Lin Xiufeng slammed his left hand down, switching to his right, while chuckling to himself as he launched a mental attack.

"They've switched hands! Keep struggling, the more you struggle, the faster you'll run out of oxygen!"

Wow! That's amazing, you almost caught my finger again.

"But—I switched hands again! Aren't you angry? Aren't you desperate?"

Lin Xiufeng gets angry just thinking about it!

What a nasty guy!
"Now you regret ambushing me, huh? Oh, wait, you bastard, all you regret is your bad ambush technique."

"You just said I don't read enough novels? I think you haven't read 'The Lonely Master,' so you're getting too cocky!"

Despite Lin Xiufeng's cathartic release of anger, Wang Qiang's struggles grew weaker and weaker until they gradually ceased.

We probably won't hear him speak anymore.

"Struggling for two minutes and thirty seconds, now it's stable." Lin Xiufeng let go with relief.

The life jacket helped Wang Qiang flip over from being submerged to having his head and face above the water.

Lin Xiufeng took off the backpacks of the two people and looked at Wang Qiang's somewhat pale face.

In his anger just now, he had no time to think, but now that he has calmed down, he realizes that he might have killed someone.

'If we leave Wang Qiang in the water, will he die?'

Lin Xiufeng hesitated whether she should bring Wang Qiang ashore, but then suddenly remembered what her father had said more than once.

'Men sometimes have to be a little ruthless, both to themselves and to others.'

"I'm no longer living in a peaceful environment under surveillance! If you can't change your mindset, you'll just be a sheep!"

"Lin Xiufeng, now is the time to be ruthless. Did this guy even consider your death when he abandoned you?"

"Lin Xiufeng, Lin Xiufeng! Don't dwell on these kinds of things anymore!"

Lin Xiufeng muttered to herself, subtly adjusting her mindset and quickly losing the soft-hearted thoughts she usually had in peaceful environments.

Looking at Wang Qiang again, Lin Xiufeng felt nothing but disgust!

"Considering you only wanted to rob me, I won't kill you. My principle is reciprocal retaliation, so consider yourself lucky!"

Lin Xiufeng abandoned Wang Qiang, who was floating on the water, grabbed two backpacks, and finally climbed onto the beach. She lay down on the sand, exhausted.

Having emerged from the Heavenly Martial Realm, drifting and swimming, one's physical strength is already severely depleted.

After another round of trouble with Wang Qiang, I was even more exhausted.

Lin Xiufeng rummaged through Wang Qiang's bag and found some food and drinks, which helped her regain some strength.

Even though Lin Xiufeng had suspected there were bad people in the Heavenly Martial Realm, he never imagined he would be the first person to enter with him.

'It's not that the Heavenly Martial Realm turns people bad; it's that bad people have the environment to do evil within the Heavenly Martial Realm.'

Lin Xiufeng realized that the road ahead would be more difficult and dangerous than expected.

Lin Xiufeng took out an intelligent micro-machine ball from his bag, a ball that was neither usable nor useful in the Heavenly Martial Realm.

The spherical robot unfolded into glasses, which Lin Xiufeng put on.

Immediately check the terrain to confirm that this is the beach of the mainland island in Linhai Home.

(End of this chapter)