You're Done Pretending Too: You Admit It, You're a Cheat
[A silver river composed of 1,080 flying blades surges and flows around you.]
[At the heart of this long river, you etched the final core Array Patterns into the Void.]
["Fall!"]
[The core Array Patterns is embedded within the long river.]
The Spiritual Qi within the cave abode suddenly stagnated.
[With a flick of your finger, you force out a large clump of Essence Blood, then quickly form hand seals.]
["Melt!"]
[The Essence Blood transformed into a fine mist in mid-air, which was completely swallowed by the silver river.]
[A crimson arc flashed across the surface of the silver-gray flying blade before quickly disappearing.]
That familiar feeling of being connected by blood and flesh welled up in my heart again.
[However, your complexion looks rather pale, and even your Divine Sense seems somewhat weak.]
[You're now worried that when the Myriad-Blade Star River is forged, it will drain all your life Essence Blood.]
[It seems I need to speed up the progress of the Hundred-Forged Medicine Body Formula.]
[With a thought, the entire starry sky suddenly converged, transforming into a silver ring one size larger than the Hundred-Blade Ring.]
[On this silver ring, star patterns flow and surge endlessly.]
[A moment later, the silver ring disappeared into your Dantian.]
[The mid-grade Law Treasure, Thousand-Blade River, is complete.]
[Your Life-Bound Law Treasure no longer has to sit at the same table as the Moon Palace Fire-Devouring Furnace and the Formless Myriad-Breath Cloak.]
[The power of the mid-grade Law Treasure Thousand-Blade River is more than ten times stronger than that of the Hundred-Blade Ring.]
[You feel that from now on, when facing Nascent Soul Cultivators, you no longer need to wait until they are severely weakened before "baiting or ambushing them."]
[You have begun to comprehend the "Sha-Melting Art".]
[This Cultivation Method might be a death sentence for others, but for you it's as easy as drinking water.]
[ For Heavy Tomato Users, this is in effect.]
[Salty Fish, in effect.]
[Invulnerable to a Hundred Poisons, unyielding State of Mind.]
[You directly open your meridians, drawing the wandering Sha Qi from outside the cave abode into your body.]
[Workaholic, Artisan Spirit, Overtime, I Love Working, effective.]
[You mastered the "Sha-Melting Art" in just three days.]
[You look at yourself in the water mirror.]
[His entire body was emanating black mist, completely concealing even fluctuations of Spiritual Power.]
[Then don the Formless Myriad-Breath Cloak.]
[With a thought, the tattered Array Patterns on the Formless Myriad-Breath Cloak began to operate.]
[Your figure begins to grow taller, and a tattered, phantom-like armor covers your body.]
[You have become a demonic warrior wielding a broken Military Sha.]
[Concealment one's aura, altering one's appearance, combined with the Sha Qi source of the "Sha-Melting Art."]
[Right now, even if you stood in front of Lei Hanxiao, he would never recognize you as Lu Ping.]
Everything is ready.
[You left Black Moon Gorge silently under the cover of night, without alerting anyone.]
A Crow flies across the sky.
[On a watchtower in Black Moon Gorge, Lei Hanxiao silently watched a Military Sha walk deeper into the Lifeless Plain.]
The sky over the Lifeless Plains always seemed to be dark.
Most of the land was as hard as iron, barren of all vegetation.
[It is said that every inch of soil in the far west is soaked in the blood of Gods and Devils and demons.]
[You, in the form of Military Sha, slowly make your way deeper into the area.]
[The surrounding Ruin Sha ignore you.]
[In the eyes of those wandering Ruin Sha, you're just an ordinary Military Sha who hasn't even grown a brain yet.]
[The deeper one ventures into the Lifeless Plain, the stronger the Sha Qi becomes, almost ten times that of Black Moon Gorge.]
[The consumption of Sha Soul Crystals on the White Tiger Token has intensified.]
[In Black Moon Gorge, a single Sha Soul Crystal stored in the White Tiger Token can last for four or five months.]
[But now, it only takes a little over ten days to consume it all.]
[You previously filled the White Tiger Token with Sha Soul Crystal to conceal your ability to withstand Sha Qi.]
[Since there's no one left on Lifeless Plain, you're dropping the act and coming clean: you're a cheater.]
You simply put away the White Tiger Token.
[You pull out a handful of Qi-Gathering Pills and pop them into your mouth one by one, like candy.]
[Every few days you walk, you will meditate for several hours.]
[Quality Sleep, effective.]
[Tenfold Recovery Efficiency, keeping your Spiritual Power at its peak.]
Your original plan was perfect.
[Go deep into the Lifeless Plain, find a gathering place for Blood Sha, unleash your ultimate skill to wipe out the area, and farm a huge amount of Sha Soul Crystals.]
[However, you've been wandering around the outskirts of the Lifeless Plain for a whole month.]
Something is very wrong.
It's too clean here, eerily clean.
[Let alone Blood Sha equivalent to the Golden Core Stage, even the most basic Wandering Sha and Military Sha are scattered in small groups of three to five, posing no real threat.]
[The entire outer perimeter of the Lifeless Plains was as if it had been sieved; all the higher-level Ruin Sha had vanished without a trace.]
[This is consistent with Lei Hanxiao's description.]
[Options pop up.]
[A: The situation is strange; there must be Great Demon involved. Retreat back to Black Moon Gorge and report directly to Lei Hanxiao.]
[B: Keep going deeper; the bigger the waves, the more expensive the fish. Farm until you have 18,000 crystals.]
[C: Set up a stall on the spot and hang a sign that reads "One-day tour of Lifeless Plain, safe and non-toxic, ticket price is ten Sha Soul Crystals."]
Lu Ping announced that Little A had been laid off.
Now that we're here, there's no reason to give up halfway.
Gathering intelligence is certainly important.
However, the Star River Myriad Blades is the only comforting companion that accompanies him through countless reincarnations.
Lu Ping chose B.
[You chose B.]
[Continue to walk deeper in.]
[Three days later, you finally encountered a lone high-level Ruin Sha.]
[This was a Blood Sha, its body swollen to two zhang (approximately 6.6 meters) in size, half of its body already forming the outline of dark red armor.]
[Half-Step Sha General.]
Stop walking.
[Thousand Mechanisms Falling Blossoms Instruction, activated.]
[The Spirit Stone flew out.]
[I'm the Client, this agreement is effective.]
[Without even raising your hand, a flash of silver light appeared in your Dantian.]
[Thousand-Blade River, composed of 1,080 flying blades, shot directly through the Void, carrying the Southern Bright Separation Fire.]
[The fiery river had only reached halfway when the Blood Sha was shredded into a rain of blood, which then dissipated into black mist.]
A dark red Sha Soul Crystal fell to the ground.
[With a swift movement of your bare hands, you toss the Sha Soul Crystal into your Storage Ring.]
[Then, you form a hand seal.]
[As-If-Original Seal, activated.]
[Traces of battle and fluctuations of Spiritual Power have been completely erased.]
[The main focus is on quietly and thoroughly disposing of the body and erasing all evidence.]
[Over the next two weeks, you used the same method to eliminate several high-level Blood Sha.]
[The harvest of Sha Soul Crystals is indeed faster than waiting idly in Black Moon Gorge.]
[But this is still a drop in the ocean compared to your goal of forging the Myriad-Blade Star River.]
[You decide to follow the map provided by Lei Hanxiao and head to the nearest safe point to rest.]
[Let's also see if we can use the safe point as a center to radiate outwards to a deeper area.]
[Ten days later, you reached the first safe point marked on the map.]
This is a cave located deep within an underground Rift Valley.
[According to Lei Hanxiao, this place is where Yin Extreme Generates Yang, giving birth to extremely Yang Spiritual Springs or Spirit Vein nodes, which are generally avoided by Ruin Sha.]
But as soon as you stepped into the cave, you realized something was wrong.
[The ground cracked open with more than a dozen extremely deep fissures.]
The terrain, which should have gathered Spiritual Qi and isolated Sha Qi, has completely dissipated.
The delicate balance of the "Sha-Domain Spirit Core" has been broken.
[Raging Sha Qi surged and crashed within the crack.]
[For ordinary White Tiger Hall Scouts, this place has become a death trap.]
[Options pop up.]
[A: The map has expired; the safe point has become a death trap. Retreat immediately and find the next safe point.]
[B: Who cares about balance? I have tons of Trait, I'll just have to grit my teeth and go in and take a look.]
[C: Opening the Cultivation World Review Array, giving Lei Hanxiao's map a one-star review: "False advertising! Where's the promised Spiritual Spring and king-size bed room? It's full of Sha Qi, beware!"]