Worldview Shattered

"What a haul!"

Feng Niang's death had made Mo Chen rich once again.

He had been so broke that he barely had any silver left for cultivation, yet this trip had left him with surplus funds again.

Besides obtaining over two hundred taels in banknotes,

he had also acquired two low-grade martial arts manuals, as well as Feng Niang's fruit knife.

"Upholding justice and ridding the people of evil is truly what we martial artists ought to do!"

Mo Chen happily fiddled with the Willow Leaf Dagger in his hand, feeling that his food safety was now greatly assured.

The ability to test food for poison was far too rare.

When traveling the martial world in the future, Mo Chen had no worries whatsoever about martial strength.

With the Martial Arts Master System, no one could match his growth rate.

What he truly needed to worry about was what went into his stomach...

Just then,

a white figure suddenly flew past, darting over the rooftops.

Mo Chen only had time to glance up before the white figure vanished.

At that very moment, three glowing equipment names flashed past.

[Moonshadow Sword (Tier 2)].

[Cloud-Pattern Armor (Tier 2)].

[Gale Foxskin Boots (Tier 2)].

The three Tier 2 pieces of equipment blazed brightly in Mo Chen's eyes.

"Holy shit, who was that? So much equipment?"

Three Tier 2 pieces of equipment—wasn't that ridiculously extravagant?

Mo Chen exclaimed in astonishment.

"Where do you think you're running?!"

A cold feminine shout rang out, and another black figure flashed by, closely pursuing the white figure.

Hearing that voice and seeing the glow of the [Demon-Suppressing Saber], Mo Chen's heart stirred. "Su Jinse? She's at Lu Residence too?"

Remembering that the account book contained information about Lu Residence,

Mo Chen's eyes shifted as understanding dawned on him.

The white figure who had fled earlier was the second young master, Lu Jianshen!

And Su Jinse had come to capture Lu Jianshen.

"Let's take a look!" Mo Chen immediately put on the Human Skin Mask and sped after them.

With the Human Skin Mask's 120% speed boost, Mo Chen barely managed to catch sight of the two figures, trailing far behind them.

Ahead of him,

Lu Jianshen was at the middle stage of Condensed Astral Force. Wearing Tier 2 Gale Foxskin Boots, he moved like a fleeing rabbit and was as light as a swallow.

He left Su Jinse, whose cultivation was far higher than his, behind him as he raced straight toward the city outskirts.

Su Jinse's cultivation was at least at the late stage of Condensed Astral Force, perhaps even at Great Perfection, and her movement technique was exceptional.

Though she had no shoes that boosted movement speed, she was still no slower than Lu Jianshen.

One in front and one behind, the two swiftly left the city.

Mo Chen sprinted after them with all his might, nearly grinding his teeth to pieces.

"Damn, these two are seriously fast!"

Lu Jianshen was one thing—he had Tier 2 Gale Foxskin Boots.

But Su Jinse did not have a single piece of speed-enhancing equipment, yet she had not lost track of Lu Jianshen through movement techniques alone. She was a monster!

This showed just how terrifying Martial Suppression Academy's martial arts inheritance was!

In Mo Chen's view, a movement technique of this level had to be a high-grade martial art.

Otherwise, there was no way it could match the swallow-like agility and speed boost of the Tier 2 Gale Foxskin Boots.

If I ever enter Martial Suppression Academy, the first thing I'll learn will be a movement technique!

Mo Chen silently thought as he followed and pursued the two.

If he learned a movement technique, then found a way to put together a set of speed-enhancing equipment...

Just thinking about it felt incredible.

Whether it was ambushes, assassinations, or fleeing when he could not win, it would all be a solid guarantee of safety.

Once they passed through the city gates,

the wilderness was pitch-black.

Under the rain, the night was as dark as ink; one could not see one's hand before one's face.

Mo Chen stared blankly ahead, drenched and looking rather bedraggled.

"Where did they go?"

He had followed them out of the city, only for them to disappear.

Limited by the range at which the system could detect equipment, he could no longer see any equipment glows or information.

Still hoping to watch the excitement, Mo Chen searched another five or six li ahead.

There was still no sign of anyone.

Just as he helplessly turned around, preparing to return to the city, a tremendous boom sounded from afar to the south.

"Over there!" Mo Chen swiftly turned and headed south.

As he drew closer,

a series of clanging sword-and-saber strikes rang out.

In addition, a mocking burst of laughter echoed wildly through the air.

"Is this all the people from Martial Suppression Academy are capable of?"

Hearing that unfamiliar voice, Mo Chen's expression immediately changed.

"Holy shit! There's someone else?!"

Then, he heard Lu Jianshen's sinister sneer.

"Su Jinse! There was a path to heaven, yet you refused to take it; hell had no gate, yet you insisted on barging in. You provoked us, so don't blame us for showing you no mercy!"

"Die!" A roar came from the air.

A ring-pommel saber glowing blood-red actually floated in the air, slashing down fiercely as though someone were wielding it.

Yet in Mo Chen's field of vision, there was clearly no one in the air.

There was only a Tier 2 weapon called the "Nine-Ring Tyrant Lion Saber."

A slender black figure was sent flying backward, crashing brutally into the mud.

The tremendous impact was like a boulder smashing into the ground, blasting open a huge pit two meters across amid the rainwater.

Su Jinse let out a muffled grunt, flipped herself back to her feet, and charged forward again without saying a word, teeth clenched.

"What the hell is that?"

Watching from afar, Mo Chen was badly startled.

There was clearly nothing in the air, and on the ground, he could only see Su Jinse and Lu Jianshen.

Then who had that unfamiliar laughing voice belonged to?

And what was going on with the Nine-Ring Tyrant Lion Saber in the air?

Could ghosts really exist in this world?

What a bizarre scene!

An existence beyond his understanding!

Mo Chen's worldview was instantly shattered by the impact.

"Su Jinse, I advise you to surrender without a fight!"

"If you kneel and submit, then serve us, I won't mind leaving you an intact corpse!"

Su Jinse had said those very words to Lu Jianshen in the city earlier.

Now, Lu Jianshen laughed as he threw them back at her.

Su Jinse was once again sent flying by the saber in the air.

Her petite body slammed heavily into a tree behind her. The trunk, as thick as a bowl, snapped instantly and toppled to one side.

The protective astral force around Su Jinse's armor wavered. Just as she steadied herself, she spat out a mouthful of dark blood, her face turning pale.

"Colluding with Great Qi... you deserve death!"

She cursed coldly, stomped her foot, and instantly arrived before Lu Jianshen again.

"Die!"

Lu Jianshen turned and ran.

The Nine-Ring Tyrant Lion Saber in the air arrived in the blink of an eye, blocking Su Jinse's saber.

That booming laughter rang out in the air once more.

"I'm your opponent. Come! Let me see your potential!"

Saber and sword collided once again.

In the distance,

Mo Chen hid in the grass. Hearing Su Jinse's words, he suddenly froze.

"Colluding with Great Qi?!"

Suddenly, he thought of a cultivation technique.

Supreme Grade · Incomplete · Incense Apotheosis Great Law.

One of the four supreme-grade martial arts of the Great Qi Kingdom Protectorate Divine Hall.

Once cultivated to mastery, it possessed the divine power to send one's soul out of the body and take an enemy's head from a thousand li away.

"Could this be the Incense Apotheosis Great Law?"

Mo Chen nearly stopped breathing as he stared in shock at the saber floating in the distance.

Originally, he had thought the Incense Apotheosis Great Law was merely an evil technique with exaggerated claims.

But what he was seeing told him plainly that it was not!

Not only was the Incense Apotheosis Great Law not an evil technique,

it was a genuine immortal art!

"So I was wrong to think this was a world of martial heroes!"

"This world isn't some damn martial arts world at all—it's a true immortal martial world!"

It had been nearly four months since Mo Chen had transmigrated to Great Mystic.

He could count the number of times he had left home on one hand.

Even now, the farthest place he had ever been was neighboring Rice Terrace County.

As for the original owner of his body, he had been even more pitiful. From the day he was born until he was sold into Lu Residence, he had never even left Mo Family Village.

To Mo Chen, this world was a mystery.

What he had witnessed tonight had undoubtedly changed his entire worldview.