Free Web NovelChapter 346: Chapter 128: Enormous Gains, World Transformation
He put back the "County Record" and then continued his investigation.
This desolate county town felt like a massive tomb, emanating a sinister and eerie atmosphere.
...
This discovery spread uncontrollably.
Li Xuan discovered many more "empty towns."
Each empty town was as eerie and terrifying as the previous county, yet inhabited by no one.
...
After another two days, Li Xuan decided not to explore further.
He planned to return, integrate Great Yong and Great Yin, then exile criminals here, letting those criminals live in this place.
Afterward, he would select believers to come here and spread the faith.
Once the area was filled with believers, he would then explore it thoroughly.
...
With his thoughts settled, Li Xuan decided to return.
He chose a different route back, aiming to thoroughly investigate the thousands of miles north of Great Yong’s territory.
Midway, he encountered an "empty village."
Initially intending to pass straight by, he unexpectedly uttered a soft "huh."
This "empty village" had a bit of a "human presence."
It wasn’t that dirty inside, nor was there so much of a rotting smell.
With a thought, Li Xuan created an illusion skill dummy and threw it in.
The illusion skill dummy was a scrawny man with disheveled hair, who took a piece of dead wood as a walking stick, while entering the village, groaning hoarsely: "Is there anyone? Give me some water... water..."
No one responded.
The illusion skill dummy went from house to house, opening doors, and soon found a fairly clean house and entered, his gaze shifting before settling on a basement entrance.
He squatted down and tapped the brick.
Hollow brick.
He then moved the brick aside and called out: "Is there anyone?"
Inside came a man’s voice filled with fear and trepidation: "Who...who are you?"
The illusion skill dummy said: "Just passing by, asking for a cup of water."
The man said: "There is water in the barrel in the backyard, all freshly collected autumn rain, help yourself to it."
The illusion skill dummy asked: "What’s wrong with you, do you need my help?"
The man replied: "No need."
The illusion skill dummy said: "Come out and talk."
The man said: "I... I have a strange illness."
The illusion skill dummy stopped wasting words and directly walked inside, followed by Li Xuan’s view.
Inside, he saw a man huddled in the damp corner of a wall. Although the lighting was extremely dim, with his powerful senses, the darkness appeared no different from daytime.
The man squatted in the corner, his body appearing normal, yet the shadow on the wall, almost entirely shrouded in darkness, looked bulky and strong.
As for the appearance of the man...
Li Xuan’s expression changed slightly, and he glanced at the "Ancient Sword Demon Bear" icon in his "Nine Grid Blood Column," comparing the resemblance.
It seemed...exactly the same.
In the basement, the man said: "I, I have a strange illness, if you come down do..."
Before he finished speaking, a pathway of golden light suddenly appeared before him.
Golden brilliance pierced through walls, rocks, and soil, meandering and winding to reach him, accompanied by bursts of sudden chilling light.
Outside the village, Li Xuan’s body had already transformed into a "sword body."
Sword body, sword tide.
With a flick of his five fingers, forty-four flying swords shot out violently.
Li Xuan was not complacent, intently manipulating the flying swords.
The flying swords darted like dragons, weaving in and out, swiftly tearing the house apart and reducing the ground along with the basement to powder.
The earth shook, and the illusion skill dummy lunged forward, raising a fist and pounding it towards the man.
The attack came so unexpectedly, without any warning, like a lunatic strolling along and suddenly drawing a sword to strike. The man was caught entirely off guard, unable even to utter another word, as the torrent of attacks shattered him.
Li Xuan was somewhat gratified to find that the man was far from ordinary, as his physical strength had reached a demonic level. Behind him was concealed a sword.
Once the man was reduced to shredded flesh, Li Xuan waved his left hand to ignite the fire.
Within the flickering golden light, the flesh and sword were transported to his front.
The sword fell into his hand, cold and sharp, clearly a top-grade flying sword.
Li Xuan did not pause his actions; while inspecting the sword, he breathed a jet of fierce fire onto the already shredded corpse.
After killing, one must scatter the bones and ashes.
In such a bizarre place, encountering someone identical to the Bear Demon icon, his first thought was "strike first," not even considering making a ghost. Since the Bear Demon’s physique was exceptionally strong, he couldn’t be sure of its death before scattering the bones and ashes. Creating an evil spirit might give the opponent a chance to recover, what then?
If he made a mistake in killing.
Then...he made a mistake.
As for acquiring more information.
He certainly wanted to know.
But he didn’t have the habit of seeking information from "enemies" or "suspected enemies." Why trust your enemies?
Thus, the man died peacefully...
Before he could react, he was blasted to pieces.
Now the corpse had entirely evaporated.
Yet, it wasn’t absolute.
In midair, droplets of crystalline, scorching dark red blood still flowed.
These blood droplets hadn’t evaporated.
In Li Xuan’s impression, only demon blood wouldn’t evaporate.
He raised his hand and pointed, touching the blood droplets.
Immediately, a pattern appeared before his eyes, along with a message.
The pattern was a black giant bear, its face adorned with a sinister, ferocious grin.
The message was:
[Demon Bear] (Tier Four Demon): Infuse with complete demon bear blood, gains 640 extra points of physique enhancement and masters the demon technique [Bear Puppet].
