Chapter 1699: Do You Believe It?

“You…”

Muwu and the armored man were utterly enraged, roaring simultaneously, never having dreamed the mirror could unleash lightning. Many soldiers were also dazed by the electricity and suffered internal injuries.

They had thought it was a good item, but it turned out to be this. Just as they were about to withdraw their hands, they heard Commander Henjiang apologetically say from the front: “My apologies, there was a slight operational error; I seem to have messed up. Keep holding the mirror; I guarantee it won’t be like that again…”

Before he even finished speaking, the sound of lightning continued, “Crack! Crack!”, ceaselessly. Thick bolts of lightning appeared above the mirror, densely packed, continuously falling… All the soldiers went crazy.

It was indeed different… But good grief, this was even more ferocious than before, buddy! Was he trying to kill them to be happy?

Filled with frustration, they wanted to withdraw their hands, but found that the lightning’s power was too strong; their bodies were paralyzed, and they couldn’t pull away.

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

Foam appeared at the corners of their mouths, and then their consciousness faded. Even in death, they couldn’t believe they had been cruelly tricked to their demise by their own commander.

Even tricking his own men… How did this idiot become a commander?

Most of these soldiers were around Saint Realm third or fourth level; they couldn’t withstand such violent lightning. After being electrocuted twice consecutively, almost the entire army was wiped out. Not just them, but even Muwu and the armored man, with all their strength, twitched uncontrollably from the electric shocks, nearly losing consciousness. When facing a lightning tribulation, they would prepare various treasures in advance. This time, completely unprepared, even Immortality Realm experts felt their scalps tingle, their thoughts scattered.

“That’s more like it…”

Seeing over ten thousand soldiers nearly all electrocuted to death, Zhang Xuan finally let out a sigh of relief. Heaven’s Diviners and their artifacts both steal secrets from the Heavenly Dao. For him, as long as he activated the Library, they would be immediately punished. A flash of inspiration led him to this method, and to his surprise, it really worked. It was a bit unexpected that these two guys suddenly appeared, but thankfully, no one would have imagined such a bizarre attack method, so they were directly hit.

“Bone Dragon, go check for any surviving soldiers and kill them all! Golden Origin Cauldron, Demonic Blade, you two deal with Muwu!”

Knowing that this success was merely due to luck and the opponents being unprepared, and that once these two Immortality Realm experts recovered, the outcome would be uncertain, Zhang Xuan didn’t dare to hesitate. With a flicker of his feet, he appeared before the armored man. Golden Origin Cauldron and Demonic Blade would deal with Muwu, while he would confront the armored man.

“You’re not Henjiang, I’ll kill you…”

Seeing all the soldiers struck dead by lightning, and the Bone Dragon finishing off any who weren’t, even the dimwitted armored man understood that the person before him was not Henjiang at all! Filled with rage, he flicked his wrist, and a long sword appeared in his palm, thrusting towards Zhang Xuan. Even from a distance, he felt a sharp, needle-like mental force collide with him, making his mind spin and almost causing him to fall.

“Soul attack?”

His pupils contracted. This was an extremely sophisticated soul attack; even he had been caught off guard.

Swoosh!

While still dizzy, his vision blurred, and the fake Commander Henjiang was already before him, smashing a fist down on his head.

“Bloodline Burn…”

Knowing that if the fist landed, he would surely die on the spot, the armored man didn’t dare to hesitate. His internal blood immediately activated, and a powerful aura surged forth instantly.

“Bloodline activation is useless as well…”

As his power surged, and the armored man was about to counterattack, he saw the guy opposite him, holding a small inkstone, smashing it down on his head.

Crack!

His skull cracked. As an Immortality Realm expert, his body was imperishable and his defense virtually invincible. Even standing still and letting a Golden Body Realm expert attack him might not breach his defenses… Yet, this guy before him, using a mere inkstone he casually picked up, directly shattered his skull…

What level of treasure is this? Big brother, where in the world did you come from? That Bone Dragon is so high-level, and there’s a brick, a demonic blade… I thought three divine artifacts were surprising enough, but now there’s even an inkstone…

Bang bang bang bang!

Just as the shock rose in his heart, he saw the opponent, inkstone in hand, smashing it down repeatedly, and his consciousness slowly drifted away…

This was probably the most humiliating death for an Immortality Realm expert. Still slightly paralyzed from the electric shock, he was then literally bludgeoned to death with an inkstone… This outcome was beyond anyone’s wildest dreams.

“It’s indeed not an offensive artifact; it’s not very easy to use…”

Zhang Xuan put the inkstone back into his ring and shook his head. This item was precisely what he had obtained from Tantai Zhenqing, an artifact left by Ancient Sage Ziyu. Although its level was very high, it was still somewhat awkward to use for attack. Of course, if Tantai Zhenqing knew he had used this treasure to smash someone’s head, he would probably go berserk and faint on the spot. This was an ancestral heirloom, meant for grinding ink and calligraphy, which could unleash even greater power with the ‘Teacher’ character golden script. But this guy, well, he just used it to smash people… A scholar’s item used with the demeanor of a ruffian…

Having slain the armored man, Zhang Xuan turned his head and saw Muwu, whose face was under the Golden Origin Cauldron’s bottom, displaying an expression of utter despair. Without even looking, he knew that Muwu was certainly doomed without him needing to intervene. Although weapons fighting independently were not as capable as when controlled by their master, the Golden Origin Cauldron and the Demonic Blade were both higher level than Muwu. With both attacking simultaneously, and Muwu still recovering from the electric shocks, he naturally couldn’t resist. The Dragon Bone Divine Spear also flew over at this moment.

After two electric shocks, over ten thousand Otherworldly Demonic Tribe members had almost all stopped breathing. The few who miraculously survived were quickly slaughtered. Honestly, at this moment, the Dragon Bone Divine Spear was truly prostrate in admiration for the person before it. When Ancient Sage Ran Qiu encountered an Otherworldly Demonic army of over ten thousand before his breakthrough, he could only run as far as possible… Yet this guy, single-handedly and with almost no loss, cleanly killed them all, not a single one escaping… If word got out, no one would believe it. One person suppressing an entire grotto… If this spread, he could become a legend…

As it was filled with emotion, suddenly, the wind howled in the distance again, and another armored man materialized through the air.

“Commander Henjiang, receive the imperial edict! Emperor Morning Star commands you to stand by in place; you are forbidden from rashly attacking or retreating…”

Hovering in the air, the armored man held a golden imperial edict. After speaking, he looked down to see bodies strewn everywhere and the brick sitting on Muwu’s face. His eyebrows couldn’t help but twitch. “Henjiang, what in the world happened here?”

The Commander Henjiang below looked embarrassed, scratched his head, and his sheepish voice rang out.

“If I told you… they were just sleeping, would you believe me?”