redvbooks #267 - Flame Knife
#267 - Flame Knife
After obtaining the map from the old eunuch, Liang Yue didn't linger in the capital city.
He didn't even pay a visit to Grandmaster Zhang Sanfeng, who was also stationed in the capital, before embarking on his journey, heading west at full speed.
During the journey, Liang Yue transformed into a shooting star, his body enveloped in a purple glow, dragging a long tail of light behind him, exceptionally radiant.
Traversing the sky, each rise and fall covered at least a hundred meters.
As far as the eye could see, hills and trees blurred beneath his feet.
In a few breaths, he would sprint from one end of a mountain to the other, like riding a jet plane…
This was the marvel of the divine skill, "Swift Meteor"!
Inheriting the characteristic of lightness-based martial arts in this world that excelled in flight, coupled with the "light as a feather" trait Liang Yue gained from studying "Stepping Across the River on a Reed."
(Lightness skill effect multiplied by two, balance multiplied by two, internal energy consumption reduced by one-third…)
On this foundation, combined with his physical attributes that far surpassed ordinary people~
With a stomp of the accelerator, Liang Yue felt as if he could truly fly!
If it weren't for the fact that "Swift Meteor," being newly practiced, consumed quite a bit of internal energy, often costing three thousand points or more upon activation.
And it wasn't suitable for long-distance travel or sustained aerial maneuvers.
Liang Yue felt that flying might not be just a dream for him anymore…
As it was, to best suit his travel needs, he could only rely on the rapid internal energy recovery of the Purple Cloud Divine Art to maintain his long-term cruising!
On his journey, Liang Yue watched the scenery blur beneath him, and with a thought, his mind connected to his stronghold world.
After a brief search, he easily found Little King Kong, curled up in a ball, sleeping on Teacher Shizuka's chest.
With a wave of his sleeve, the little guy instantly appeared in his chest pocket.
"Squeak squeak?"
The sudden change in environment naturally caught Little King Kong's attention, but after smelling the familiar scent of Liang Yue, the little guy quickly reacted.
He burrowed out of his collar, looked around at the surroundings, and scratched his head with his little paws.
"Hmm? Little King Kong, why do you have a collar around your neck? And a white, eerie bell? Is it made of bone?"
"Squeak squeak!"
"It's actually made of dragon bone!?!"
"Squeak squeak squeak!"
"Oh, oh, it's a talisman, equipment~ No wonder, let me think, a talisman from the Forager world… seems like it can increase item quantity gained by seventy-five percent, right? Awesome!"
"Squeak~"
…
Contracted War Beast: Little King Kong
From a Behemoth War Beast clan in Zhang Sanfeng's Interdimensional Travel World.
Bloodline: Behemoth War Beast
Level: 20
Height: 2.33 meters
Stage: Early Growth Stage
Talents: Tenacious Life, Intelligence, Mimicry, Strength, Agility, Paralytic Venom, Combat Instinct, Size Manipulation, Armor Break
Combat Skills: Scratch, Bite
…
"Armor Break?"
Seeing this, Liang Yue raised his eyebrows and picked up one of Little King Kong's paws to examine it.
Upon closer inspection, he noticed that the originally black claws seemed to have a few more streaks of dark golden luster.
"After level twenty, the claws start to undergo qualitative change?"
Thinking of this, Liang Yue couldn't help but shake his head in amazement.
Just imagine, on the battlefield, a Behemoth beast constantly waving its long claws, relying on strength and speed, wherever it went, neither man nor armor could withstand it.
Now that it has the Armor Break attribute, one swipe would truly make the enemy as insignificant as grass, only to be crushed and torn to pieces.
Just thinking about this scene is terrifying!
Moreover, isn't that just a copy of himself?
Without a doubt, with the addition of Little King Kong, a powerful war force, Liang Yue was definitely bringing double the joy to the enemy…
…
Soon, relying on his current travel mode, in about half a day, he had already traveled far.
After a while, Liang Yue discovered a long marching column on a forest road.
A glance revealed that there weren't many Mongol soldiers in this team, only about a thousand, mostly riding horses and wielding sabers.
The majority were actually Central Plains women who had been plundered by these men.
At this moment, they were being flanked by Mongol soldiers on both sides, walking forward at a leisurely pace.
Also, at the rear of the column, a group of miserably treated young and middle-aged men, their clothes torn, covered in scabs, tied with ropes, were being driven to push and pull a team of grain carts.
From time to time, someone would fall to the ground, either due to exhaustion, severe injuries, or simply because they tripped over the ropes at their feet.
Mongol soldiers were whipping them forward.
Liang Yue stood on a tall treetop beside the road, narrowed his eyes as he watched the scene below.
Little King Kong in his pocket seemed to sense the fluctuations in his heart and suddenly jumped out of his clothes, climbing onto his shoulder.
"Kill those wearing leather armor and those with whips, be careful not to accidentally injure the civilians."
"Squeak squeak!"
After a brief exchange, the man and the monkey leaped down from the tree.
"Roar~! !"
The moment he landed from the air, Little King Kong had already completed his transformation, from a small bean of less than a foot long, he suddenly transformed into a large ape two meters tall.
Muscles swelled all over his body, claws sharp!
Instantly, he gave the Yuan Mongol soldiers and the civilians being escorted a big scare, and they retreated in panic, screaming.
Some with weak legs even fell directly to the ground.
Amidst the long neighs of horses and earth-shattering shouts, Little King Kong had already transformed into an agile killing machine.
He hunched his back, his fur bristling, his claws like knives, and with a stomp of his legs, he darted out!
His speed was as fast as lightning, and he violently tore at the Mongol soldiers!
His movements were expansive and powerful, yet extremely agile and swift!
Each step he took seemed to be a bounce!
Every movement was full of power!
Wherever he went, people, horses, and armor were all shattered with one blow, flesh and bones flying in all directions!
He kept making terrifying low roars.
A strong smell of blood began to permeate the surroundings~
In just a moment, Little King Kong had already followed the forest road in front of him, killing towards the distance,
On Liang Yue's side, he was no longer the reckless young man who wielded two long swords and blindly slashed in the crowd with speed and brute force.
After formulating a cultivation plan, Liang Yue began to pay attention to technique.
His five fingers formed claws, shaped like hooks, and between his fingers and palms, there was a layer of purple shell as if cast!
That was the product of the Purple Cloud True Qi reaching the Innate level and merging with the power of nature, sharpness and toughness coexisting, complementing the Nine Yin Divine Claw perfectly.
With the two combined, the power~ could almost be said to be indestructible, not much weaker than sword energy!
With a wave, streaks of purple quickly roamed through the crowd, each move aimed at the vital points of the Mongol soldiers!
Wherever he went, the same bones were broken, tendons were severed, and flesh flew!
At the same time, Liang Yue was holding a burning blade in his other hand.
The blade was more than a meter long, its shape erratic, and it was entwined with flames.
From time to time, clusters of flames would rise from it, as if someone was constantly adding fuel to it, illuminating the surroundings in a fiery red.
The handle of the Flame Saber and Liang Yue's palm were connected by a deep purple glow.
With just a slight wave, the blade would undergo deformation, turning into a raging flame whip, its power was okay, but it was very difficult to control.
Several times, he almost accidentally injured the civilians in the crowd, if it weren't for his quick reaction, he would have become a villain~
This was the "Flame Saber", a secret art from Tibetan Tantrism…
According to the records in the secret manual, after the Flame Saber was launched, it should have directly transformed into a blade for mid-range attacks, but he had tinkered with it like this.
Firstly, because Liang Yue's cultivation of this "Flame Saber" divine skill had only just begun, and his mastery was not yet proficient.
Secondly, it was because his mastery of the "Elemental Mysteries" skill was also not proficient…
At its root, Liang Yue could not add enough fire elemental power to the blade at the moment the Flame Saber was formed and launched.
In fact, the Flame Saber, purely driven by Innate-level martial arts true qi, was still good in terms of power, but in order to cooperate with the power of the elements.
He had to castrate the Flame Saber to a certain extent, and finally improve it into the appearance it needed to be held in his hand.
With the two mixed together, the power was only barely satisfactory, and a single slash could not even kill a person.
It could only leave a scorched scar on the Mongol soldiers, or ignite a piece of clothing.
But this was also inevitable, after all, Liang Yue's purpose in practicing the "Flame Saber" was to train his control over the "Elemental Mysteries" skill.
Otherwise, why would he practice such a flashy and impractical skill?
Moreover, Liang Yue naturally understood the principle that a tall building rises from the ground.