Chapter 147 – Ten Thousand Demons Pay Homage, Embryonic Killing Intent! (5k)
by spirapira【You continued traveling like this for several days. During this time, you and Luo Shuying covered at least several thousand kilometers.】
【But you still hadn’t reached the end of this battlefield. All you could sense was the blood moon overhead growing ever larger.】
【The crimson moon that had once hung high in the sky had slowly descended, now nearly level with your line of sight, as though you could reach out and touch it if you just kept running.】
【And as you ventured deeper, the aliens you encountered grew increasingly powerful. Relying on your strength alone was already becoming difficult.】
【From the initial Gold rank and Master-stage aliens, to the Heavenly King and Demon Emperor-level aliens you now faced.】
【These aliens were frenzied and devoid of reason, acting purely on instinct to destroy all life around them.】
【After several more days, you gradually began spotting Legendary-stage aliens. These creatures were extraordinarily powerful — a single glance from afar was enough to convince you never to approach.】
【Your pace of advance slowed considerably as you carefully avoided any Legendary-stage aliens that might attack.】
【But ultimately, you were unlucky enough to encounter several Legendary-stage red-eyed aliens.】
【Though these red-eyed aliens had lost their sanity, their power remained formidable. In your and Luo Shuying’s current state, resistance was utterly impossible.】
【Even as Luo Shuying fought with her life to hold them back, the red-eyed aliens still tore the both of you to shreds.】
【You died!】
【Your soul attempted to leave your body and flee, but the blood moon swiftly descended upon it, and your soul dissipated…】
【Your talent Die With Eyes Open activates!】
【You stared wide-eyed and watched the blood moon devour your soul. You vaguely sensed that the blood moon had grown even more vividly crimson.】
【You saw, upon the blood-red earth, countless red-eyed aliens raising their heads toward the blood moon, assuming postures of prostrate submission.】
【This was… a pilgrimage!】
【Ding, this simulation has ended!】
After the simulation ended, Su Xing gazed at the text before him, deep in thought.
“Could it be that this blood moon was truly formed from the remains of a fallen evil god?”
Though Su Xing found the idea somewhat absurd, everything that had occurred in the simulator left him with no choice but to harbor such suspicions.
The blood moon truly did possess consciousness!
Whether it was Su Xing’s soul being claimed by the blood moon, or the worshipping behavior of those alien beasts — all of it seemed to confirm that the legends Luo Shuying had spoken of were not baseless rumors.
“What a shame. This simulation didn’t explore enough of the Slaughter Battlefield…”
A look of astonishment flickered through Su Xing’s eyes as he murmured, “The main issue is still insufficient strength! The Slaughter Battlefield actually has massive numbers of Legendary-stage aliens roaming about!”
“And the deeper you go, the stronger these aliens become, while the blood moon’s influence on me grows even greater… At the very deepest point, could there be red-eyed aliens that surpass the Legendary stage?”
Su Xing felt uncertain.
But regardless, based on the current situation, Divine Power Realm cultivation was absolutely insufficient to traverse this Slaughter Battlefield!
“Perhaps peak Spirit Transformation combined with Divine Power Realm Perfection could force a path through those Legendary-stage demon beasts… but my current strength isn’t enough!”
Su Xing sighed and murmured, “It all comes down to insufficient strength! Then again, if I were strong enough… I wouldn’t need to find a way to escape through the Slaughter Battlefield. I could just fight that planetary colossus head-on!”
Su Xing shook his head slightly, temporarily abandoning such impractical thoughts.
Engaging with the Slaughter Battlefield was still too early for him.
But this wasn’t necessarily a bad thing. For Su Xing, it meant gaining a deeper understanding of this world and discovering one more potential path forward.
“If I really could escape through the Slaughter Battlefield to another world, the simulation duration might increase dramatically!”
A gleam of light flashed through Su Xing’s eyes.
After all, he walked the path of a cultivator. For immortal cultivators in the later stages, breaking through even a minor realm could take decades or even centuries. A brief period of secluded cultivation could easily span ten-plus years.
Even with Su Xing’s exceptional talent, breaking through a single major level in the later stages would likely require several decades at minimum.
And Earth had less than thirty years before its destruction.
Where would he find sufficient time to cultivate?
This was precisely why Su Xing had been doing everything in his power to strengthen humanity — wasn’t it all for the sake of gaining more simulation time?
“Sigh, the road ahead is long and arduous! Let me check this simulation’s rewards first.”
Su Xing turned his gaze to the reward options.
【Unstoppable Bedspear】: Purple talent, priced at 1,000,000 energy points.
【Twenty-Six Years of Alchemy Experience】: Alchemy insights, priced at 1,000,000 energy.
【Spirit Transformation Stage, Third Layer】: Breaking through five barriers to enter Spirit Transformation, priced at 20,000,000 energy.
【Divine Power Realm, Seventh Layer】: Body tempering cultivation, priced at 30,000,000 energy.
【Twenty Years of Demon-Suppression Pass Combat Experience】: Contains your twenty years of combat experience from killing hundreds of thousands of demon beasts at Demon-Sealing Pass. After learning, your practical combat experience and fighting techniques will improve dramatically. Additionally, due to the sustained killing, you will comprehend Embryonic Killing Intent. Priced at 20,000,000 energy.
Faced with these reward options, Su Xing barely hesitated.
After all, aside from wanting to explore Demon-Sealing Pass, his original purpose for this simulation had been to increase his strength.
Moreover, this simulation’s gains had somewhat exceeded Su Xing’s expectations — reaching Divine Power Realm, Seventh Layer!
“I just wonder what effect this Embryonic Killing Intent actually has.”
Su Xing’s eyes filled with anticipation as he silently declared:
“I choose Divine Power Realm, Seventh Layer, and twenty years of combat experience!”
The moment his words fell, the simulator’s notification sounded in Su Xing’s mind.
【Ding! You have successfully extracted Divine Power Realm, Seventh Layer. Cost: 30,000,000 energy. Remaining energy: 34,350,000 points.】
【You have successfully extracted Twenty Years of Demon-Sealing Pass Combat Experience. Cost: 20,000,000 energy. Remaining energy: 14,350,000 points.】
As the notifications faded, two streams of mysterious energy surged into Su Xing’s body.
The first thing Su Xing sensed was the flood of memory fragments appearing in his mind.
Those memory fragments were his twenty years of combat experience from Demon-Sealing Pass!
The practical application of primordial force in real combat, the practical application of swordsmanship in battle…
Or how to finish off opponents as quickly as possible in a fight, how to conserve as much stamina and spiritual energy as possible…
Even the weaknesses of different demon beast species, and how to handle those minute details in the heat of combat…
Everything was now crystal clear in his mind.
Twenty years of combat experience had transformed Su Xing from a complete combat novice into a seasoned battle master!
All unnecessary movements and techniques had been stripped away, leaving only a singular focus on killing the enemy — existing solely to kill the enemy, pursuing nothing but maximum efficiency!
And that wasn’t all. The moment the memories flooded into Su Xing’s mind, a terrifying aura erupted from his entire body.
This wasn’t an increase in power or cultivation realm — it was boundless killing intent!
This kind of killing intent could only be accumulated through endless slaughter. Without hundreds of thousands of lives claimed by one’s own hand, it was impossible to build up.
As the saying goes: the eyes of someone who has killed are completely different from those who haven’t.
But now, the killing intent radiating from Su Xing’s entire being was far beyond simply having killed before.
Merely releasing his aura casually was enough to strike terror into the hearts of lesser demon beasts.
Even demon beasts of the same level would be affected by Su Xing’s killing intent, their full strength diminished by roughly ten percent.
Su Xing’s unconsciously released killing intent caused the spirit chickens in the coop a hundred meters away to faint dead away.
“This killing intent being too concentrated doesn’t seem like a good thing either…”
Su Xing frowned slightly and tried to rein in his killing intent.
Immediately, the killing intent responded to his will, flooding back entirely into his body, as though that terrifying eruption of killing intent had never happened.
From outward appearances, Su Xing looked exactly the same as before — a sunny, cheerful, and unreasonably handsome college student.
“Unbelievable… Twenty years of combat experience — this is truly an enormous treasure!”
Su Xing was somewhat exhilarated.
Before, although Su Xing possessed Divine Power Realm, Fourth Layer cultivation, his lack of real combat experience meant he could only bring out sixty to seventy percent of his full power — comparable to a junior Martial Emperor at best.
But now, Su Xing could unleash his strength to its fullest extent, and could even burst out with power exceeding his cultivation level.
“An ordinary late-stage Martial Emperor probably wouldn’t be my match anymore, would they?”
A flash of confidence gleamed in Su Xing’s eyes.
Yet this was not the end.
The moment the memories were fully digested, the aura surrounding Su Xing’s entire body began erupting wildly!
His cultivation was surging at a breakneck pace!
Divine Power Realm, Fourth Layer… Divine Power Realm, Fifth Layer… Divine Power Realm, Sixth Layer…
Finally—Divine Power Realm, Seventh Layer!
In just a few breaths of time, Su Xing’s cultivation completed a triple jump. From having just entered the middle stage of the Divine Power Realm, he leaped straight to becoming a late-stage Divine Power Realm cultivator!
And in the Divine Power Realm, every layer of advancement increased one’s strength by thirty percent!
Su Xing’s strength had multiplied 2.2 times over in just a few breaths!
A few breaths ago, Su Xing’s strength had been forty-four million jin.
But now, Su Xing’s strength had skyrocketed to ninety-six million and eight hundred thousand jin!
Nearly one hundred million jin of force!
“Unbelievable. Such terrifying power… it should already exceed the limits of a Martial Emperor-stage Class User, right?”
Su Xing murmured.
“Perhaps, in a pure contest of strength, I’m already approaching a Legendary-stage Class User?”
A gleam of brilliance flashed through Su Xing’s eyes.
Even if he wasn’t quite there yet, once Su Xing raised his cultivation to the peak of the Divine Power Realm…
His strength would more than double again, reaching a staggering two hundred million jin!
Converted to tons, that was one hundred thousand tons!
“The ultimate limit of a Divine Power Realm cultivator—perhaps it truly is the Strength to Uproot Mountains?”
“No wonder in the simulation, I was able to kill so many Demon Emperors on the battlefield, even slaying several royal-blooded Demon Emperors… You have to understand, an ordinary Martial Emperor would find it incredibly difficult to kill even a single Demon Emperor, yet now I should be considered the pinnacle among Martial Emperor-level fighters, right?”
Su Xing pondered thoughtfully.
The biggest question on his mind right now was: between his current strength and Old Dog Zong’s, who was stronger?
After comparing for a moment, Su Xing said uncertainly:
“In a pure contest of strength, I’d naturally crush Old Dog Zong… But in actual combat, it’s probably a fifty-fifty split?”
“But that Old Dog Zong has lived for two or three thousand years. If he’s still hiding some trump cards… perhaps I wouldn’t be his match.”
Su Xing shook his head slightly, then a glint of confidence flashed in his eyes.
“Old Dog Zong could be considered a prodigy in his world, but it still took him one to two thousand years to achieve that level of strength…”
“And I’ve spent less than a year to reach this point!”
“At this rate, perhaps in another month or two, my strength will completely overwhelm Old Dog Zong! And when that time comes…”
The corner of Su Xing’s mouth curled upward. Time was always on his side.
Right now, even if Su Xing teamed up with Luo Shuying, they could defeat Old Dog Zong—but they couldn’t guarantee the storage bag would remain intact.
And Su Xing’s real target was the treasures inside that storage bag.
Once he grew a bit stronger—strong enough that Old Dog Zong wouldn’t even have a chance to resist—then Old Dog Zong’s millennia of accumulated spirit stones, rare materials, techniques, and divine abilities would all belong to Su Xing!
Just thinking about it filled Su Xing with motivation!
“Keep at it! One more week of refining pills, and once things calm down out there, I’ll go find Jin Congxue!”
Su Xing muttered to himself, then threw himself into grinding out pills.
Time flew like a white colt flashing past a gap. In the blink of an eye, a week had passed.
Today was the day Su Xing and Jin Congxue had agreed upon for their trade.
Swallowing a Breath-Concealing Pill, Su Xing adjusted his aura, then left the Blessed Spirit Field and returned to the Class User marketplace.
He spread out his spiritual sense and confirmed that no one nearby had noticed him. Then, posing as an ordinary college student, he bought some low-grade equipment and supplies before heading back to school.
After returning to campus, Su Xing strolled around leisurely and even went to the cafeteria for a bowl of braised pork.
Once he was certain nothing was amiss, Su Xing sent a text message to Jin Congxue.
Then he set off for that familiar villa.
It wasn’t that Su Xing was overly timid—it was simply that a little caution never hurt.
After all, the Advent Cult was behind the Black Dragon Guild. One couldn’t be too careful.
If he really had been followed, Su Xing’s current strength meant he wouldn’t be too afraid. But if he carelessly led someone straight to the villa and dragged Jin Congxue into danger, Su Xing would absolutely regret it.
Arriving at the familiar villa room, Jin Congxue had already been waiting for some time.
Half a month since their last meeting, Jin Congxue was still as stunningly beautiful as ever. She wore an elegant traditional hanfu dress, looking both dignified and alluring.
“Sis Xue, what’s with the refined look today?”
Su Xing sat down in his usual spot with practiced ease, teasing Jin Congxue.
Jin Congxue rolled her eyes at him and explained:
“Today is the Jin Commerce Group’s ancestral worship ceremony. The morning ceremony just ended, and I haven’t had time to change yet.”
Su Xing looked a bit puzzled.
“Isn’t your family originally from Jinling City? Why come to the Capital City for ancestral rites?”
Jin Congxue gave him an exasperated look. “Who told you my family is originally from Jinling City? Our ancestral home is in the Capital. It was my father’s generation that relocated the Jin Commerce Group to Jinling, and only after that did the family settle in the Jiangnan region…”
Su Xing nodded, understanding a bit more now.
Jin Congxue teased him back. “Well well, big boss, haven’t seen you in two days. Where have you been keeping busy?”
Su Xing chuckled. “Where would I find the time? I’ve been busy refining pills every day!”
With that, Su Xing pushed over the twelve thousand pills he had refined over the past two weeks.
Jin Congxue naturally didn’t buy Su Xing’s excuse, but she didn’t press him either. Instead, she handed over the past two weeks’ worth of goods.
“Here, this is the shipment for the past two weeks. The Tarot Trading Company’s scale has been growing bigger and bigger lately. I have no idea what kind of dumb luck you stumbled into…”
“At this rate, in less than two years, the Tarot Trading Company might grow into a top-tier trading company!”
Su Xing took the storage ring with a grin.
He knew in his heart that this was the effect of his Fortune in Commerce talent at work.
Although Su Xing didn’t manage the trading company himself, he was its actual boss. And just like a lucky charm, his mere existence ensured the Tarot Trading Company’s development would go smoothly.
Then Jin Congxue produced two antique jade boxes and placed them in Su Xing’s hands.
“These are the medicinal herbs you wanted. Thousand-year ginseng, lingzhi mushrooms, polygonum…”
“These herbs weren’t easy to find! Only those old aristocratic families with long lineages have any, and it took me quite a lot of effort to get my hands on them.”
“And these thousand-year herbs have to be stored in boxes crafted from fine aged jade, or the medicinal properties will evaporate.”
Su Xing nodded, then opened the jade box for a look.
Sure enough, inside the jade box lay several stalks of thousand-year herbs, quietly resting there and exuding an impressive medicinal fragrance.
“Tsk tsk. These thousand-year herbs—even if they grew in ordinary soil, they’d probably rival spirit-grade medicines, right?”
Su Xing estimated that these herbs should be enough for him to refine seven or eight Life-Sustaining Pills.
Once the Life-Sustaining Pills were complete, Su Xing could take a trip to the Baili Commerce Group if the opportunity arose.
After all, he’d been eyeing Baili Qi’s “prized collection” for quite some time now.
Su Xing stored the herbs away, then lingered with Jin Congxue for a while longer before reluctantly returning to school.
Entering the Blessed Spirit Field, Su Xing first converted the two weeks’ worth of goods into energy.
The total stockpile of two weeks’ goods provided Su Xing with nearly thirty-two million energy!
Adding what remained from his last simulation, his simulation energy was back up to over forty-six million.
Seeing that the simulation timer had refreshed, Su Xing prepared to begin a new round of simulation.
On June 17th, 2024 of the New Era, Su Xing punctually initiated his forty-first simulation.
“Begin simulation!”
【Ding! This simulation consumes 4,100 energy points. Remaining energy: 46,230,000 points. Remaining simulation attempts: Unlimited.】
【Simulation begins!】
【Drawing a green talent costs 1,000 energy points, a blue talent costs 10,000 energy points, and a purple talent costs 100,000 energy points. Would you like to draw?】
“Draw a purple talent!”
Su Xing said without hesitation.
【Congratulations! You have obtained the purple talent: Wisdom in Foolishness!】
【Wisdom in Foolishness】: Purple talent. You may normally appear simple-minded or even foolish, but at critical moments, you can draw upon all the wisdom you’ve accumulated and unleash unprecedented intelligence and comprehension. This is an active talent with three freely switchable modes: “Foolish,” “Wise,” and “Ordinary.”
Note: While in the foolish state, intelligence and comprehension will decrease slightly, which may affect the host’s normal daily life.
Su Xing frowned slightly after reading the talent’s description.
“This seems like… another talent that affects comprehension? But why does this one look kind of stupid?”
This was the first active talent Su Xing had encountered. He didn’t think it could be that simple.
After reading through it several more times, a sharp gleam flashed through Su Xing’s eyes.