Alone and Infinite

Having tested the weapon's performance, the next step is actual combat.

"Hall of Fame, Group Battle Mode, based on the previous settings, mixed types of enemies!"

Everything around me suddenly dimmed, and then darkness engulfed me like a tidal wave.

When the light reappeared, Li Xia stood once again in that empty training ground.

Aowu and Heitan instinctively hid themselves; these were His Highness's newly acquired weapons, and they didn't need to be involved yet.

"Whoosh—whoosh—whoosh"

Several arrows flew from a distance, but Li Xia stood still, even without the [Smaug Scale] on his body.

However, their physical strength was far beyond what simple cold weapons could penetrate.

"The Hall of Fame has moved directly to Stage 3."

In this endless mode, you gradually increase from 0, and the enemy damage and number are different at each stage.

In the initial stages, such as stage 0, the damage intensity is generally around 1-2, and the number of enemies gradually increases.

It means nothing to me now.

The damage of the enemies in the third phase is 4-5, and their number is just over 1000, which is just right.

As soon as he finished speaking, the previously sparse arrows suddenly became dense.

All that could be heard was a low hum, the sound of the bowstring vibrating together.

A black cloud suddenly rose into the sky a hundred meters away.

Li Xia's eyes lit up, he took a deep breath, and lightly kicked the butt of Ye Ji's gun with his toe.

The spear, which had been still, began to spin in front of him and in an instant transformed into a graceful display of spear flowers.

"Ding ding ding ding ding"

Even if the spear dance was incredibly fast, it couldn't block the dense barrage of arrows.

The air currents generated by the stillness of the night are enough to form a 'wind shield'!

The arrows spun and bounced in all directions.

'Knock knock knock'

The arrows pierced the ground with a continuous sound, but not a single arrow could be seen in the area around Li Xia's feet.

Ring! Flash!

Several white, crescent-shaped slashes were thrown out from the blade of the spear.

These spear beams were about a meter long and moved extremely fast, covering a distance of a hundred meters in the blink of an eye and flying into the crowd.

In an instant, severed limbs flew everywhere, and bright red blood gushed into the sky like a fountain.

These high-speed slashes actually cleared several paths through the crowd like plowing through the soil.

Li Xia's eyes flickered with surprise.

It seems that even a high-speed slash with weakened power can still have a surprisingly impressive effect.

Furthermore, according to the data provided by the hall, the speed of the slash just now reached approximately 220 m/s, which is almost as fast as a subsonic bullet.

It's more than twice as fast as the ridiculously expensive 'Holy Light Sword' with its speed of 80m/s.

More and more men in black, armed with various weapons, surged in from all directions. The archers began to scatter, and every now and then one or two arrows would be shot silently from various directions.

Li Xia took a deep breath, and his spear danced once more, unleashing a torrent of high-speed slashes in all directions.

These slashes struck the building, instantly scattering dust and smoke. The sword demon's moves, which I had once envied so much, have finally been replicated today!

But before he could be happy for long, he saw a group of men in black slowly emerge from the smoke and dust, carrying tall shields.

Not a single mark was left on those gleaming silver shields.

The smile disappeared.

Is that high-speed slash really that slow?

Undeterred, he crouched down, briefly gathered his strength, and then unleashed a medium-speed slash that was noticeably more solid.

It struck the shield under Li Xia's expectant gaze.

"when!"

It was clearly just an energy slash, but a huge sound rang out the moment it collided with the shield.

The man in black holding the shield spat out a mouthful of blood, flew backward, and his shield spun once before crashing to the ground.

There was a long slash mark on the surface, but it was still undamaged.

A shield with a defense rating of 8? Energy resistance?

Li Xia frowned. The damage from the medium-speed slash was already considerable, but it still hadn't truly broken through the defense. The shield evolved from the Hall of Fame was indeed formidable.

Oh right, last time I barely made it to the middle of stage 2 before I couldn't hold on and died.

He crouched down once more, gripping the spear with both hands and twisting it around his waist. This time, the effort to gather strength was exceptionally long.

A faint glow appeared on the gun's body in the still night.

Immediately afterward, a flash of white light appeared, and the silence of the night seemed to draw a vivid and unrestrained stroke in the air like a magical brush.

A huge, white, arc-shaped slash spread forward, growing larger with each meter it advanced.

There was only a small gap behind Li Xia.

By the time the slash reached the shield, it had expanded into a massive slash several tens of meters long.

The slash passed silently through the shield and the man in black.

A thin line of blood appeared on the waist of the body.

Then hundreds of blood fountains gushed out.

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The store was a bit busy over the weekend, so I'll continue updating on weekdays.

Chapter 191 Skill Enhancement

"Oh!"

A faint ring of air ripples spread out.

Li Xia delivered a side kick to the gleaming silver shield.

The man in black holding the shield was sent flying backward, knocking several people down.

Taking advantage of the momentum, he turned around, and the spear nimbly circled behind him, drawing a beautiful arc from bottom to top.

Ring! Flash!

The white slash instantly detached from the gun blade, slicing diagonally across the black-clad man's neck like wheat being harvested.

The man in black, who was about to charge forward, froze, his head rolling off, his powerful heart squeezing out blood.

Like fountains of blood, his deep brown pupils quickly scanned left and right, instantly taking in the surrounding situation.

"Thorn-"

A blinding flash of lightning erupted from the silence of the night, and then it truly transformed into a bolt of lightning that shot out of his hand.

In an instant, it pierced through the dozens of overlapping figures in front of it.

Unexpectedly, Li Xia did not immediately recall his spear, but instead took a wrong step.

He took a step back as if he had been moved horizontally.

But he managed to dodge the two long swords that came slashing down from behind.

He bent his arms and slammed his elbows into the black-clad man's chest, hearing a crisp cracking sound.

With a flick of his wrist, he grabbed both of their wrists, bent over, and slammed them both away.

At the same time, he was lifted into the air again and flipped over to the back of the crowd.

"Stab!"

The silence of night, returning in an instant from afar, once again pierced through the long line of men in black before them.

"Om-"

Night Silence trembled slightly in his hand, and a faint white light appeared on his half-crouching body.

A flash of silver light!

The massive, silvery-white slash spread outwards, seemingly slowly but in the blink of an eye it had already expanded to a range of tens of meters.

From the sky, it looks like a sickle harvesting wheat, the area swept by the arc of light neatly divided in two.

Whether it's weapons or shields, the cuts are as smooth as a mirror.

Some of the men in black reacted incredibly quickly as the arc light appeared, leaping into the air only to be met with a lightning-fast hole-hole wave.

It was a hasty jump, and there was no way it could react to the hole wave.

The massive slash slowly dissipated, leaving the plaza a scene resembling hell.

The bodies of thousands of people were scattered all over the ground, most of them broken in two, and there were puddles of blood everywhere.

The crimson color reflected in Li Xia's eyes, turning them blood red as well.

Silence reigned all around, and the wind, carrying with it a faint scent of blood, enveloped the body.

From Aowu and Heitan's perspective, Li Xia's body seemed to be shrouded in bloody smoke, and his whole being exuded a chilling killing intent.

"It really is the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts. Even though it's only the guiding section, its power is already beginning to show."

Awoo perched on the black charcoal's head, its little paws gripping the black charcoal's ears, just like piloting Unit-01.

"Let me tell you, little cat, those who follow this lineage are all war gods. Others may not be as good, but they are absolutely fierce in battle!"

"Meow?"

"Turning into a heartless killing machine? Impossible! The God of War isn't a killing machine. You're underestimating our Prince."

"Sigh, that's how it is for those who practice Qi. You wouldn't understand if you didn't practice Qi."

[Executioner, Phase Three is complete. Shall we continue?]

Li Xia ignored the floating panel and frowned at the blood energy surrounding him.

With a jolt, the surging true qi suddenly pushed away the blood qi, and the faint, pungent smell of blood in the wind also dissipated.

The air is thick with the scent of blood, making it look like a slaughtered embryo; that's not a good sign.

"Trial complete"

The corpses scattered on the ground slowly melted into liquid, seeping into the ground, and the surrounding environment gradually turned dark.

When the lights came on again, they were back in the small room of the practice area.

Li Xia stretched his slightly sore body and called out to Aowu and Heitan:

"Go back and rest, upgrade some skills, and then wait for [Smaug's Scale]."

He hadn't forgotten that he still had the arena to fight in; he needed to make a run in the arena before advancing to the next rank.

Even after leaving the practice field, the streets were still bustling with people.

The huge protective shield overhead provided ample light, making it seem like daytime all the time.

There is neither darkness nor sunset, just like its name, the Hall of Light!

The stalls on both sides had all sorts of exaggerated signs, each more abstract than the last.

Some stalls were even surrounded by apostles, their faces blurred, who used all sorts of tricks to haggle with the stall owners.

Li Xia suddenly slowed down, taking a leisurely stroll as she absorbed the noise.

This place is undoubtedly full of life. Although no one knows when death will come, everyone is desperately fighting for the hope of survival.

Strive towards tomorrow.