Over the past few days, Sun Fei spent a considerable amount of time traveling back and forth between the two worlds, accompanying Angela and Elena to enjoy happy times.
This dangerous experience made Sun Fei realize many things.
He no longer pursued the increase of power as frantically as before, but paid more attention to the feelings of those around him.
Of course, His Majesty the King was not completely lazy.
After helping Valkyrie Elena adapt to the Nightmare Difficulty world, Sun Fei's leveling speed picked up again, the strength between the two narrowed, and they finally returned to their previous state of perfect teamwork.
By this time, the two had completed the third quest of the second act, [ Lut Gholein ], [ Dark Sun ], and defeated the demon lord of the Claw Viper Temple. The Barbarian's level had increased to Nightmare Difficulty level 46, while Elena's level was Nightmare Difficulty level 27. Both of their strength had increased by an astonishing amount.
Besides leveling up in the Diablo World, Sun Fei also devoted a lot of energy to studying [ The Demon King's Sharp Sword ].
This great book, which can be described as an encyclopedia of martial arts in ancient times, records complete versions of countless martial arts techniques that have been lost or are incomplete in this era. Many of these are Dou Qi techniques at the Moon Class or even the Great Sun Class, with terrifying power. There are also several Legendary Class and Mythical Class martial arts techniques above the Great Sun Class. The amount of information is truly terrifying.
Moreover, Sun Fei was surprised to find that some of the martial arts techniques contained within were actually very suitable for him.
This was completely beyond Sun Fei's previous understanding of martial arts in this world.
It's important to know that his power comes from the Diablo World, especially his most powerful [ Barbarian Mode ]. Apart from a small amount of magical power, 99% of his strength is pure physical strength.
Although the physical strength of these barbarians was already unbelievably powerful, after Sun Fei followed the Martial Saint Krasic to comprehend the subtle level of power control, his purely activated physical strength could be condensed into a tangible object. His control over physical strength had also reached a superb level, no less than that of battle qi.
However, this kind of power is not, after all, Dou Qi.
The fundamental difference between the two forces made it impossible for Sun Fei to master the Dou Qi techniques of this world.
Sun Fei once tried to cultivate Dou Qi, but his physique seemed to have a congenital defect, making it impossible for him to store Dou Qi or condense a star core.
If it weren't for the Diablo World, in this jungle law where strength reigns supreme, Sun Fei would definitely be the kind of useless trash that everyone would trample on.
Unexpectedly, the ancient martial arts recorded in [ The Demon King's Sharp Sword ] include techniques suitable for someone like Sun Fei who relies purely on physical strength.
Moreover, after careful reading, Sun Fei made another pleasant surprise—
Within [ The Demon King's Sharp Sword ], there is a very strange technique for utilizing power, which can mimic and activate some advanced Dou Qi techniques that require Dou Qi power to activate, using only physical strength.
Sun Fei remembered that in his previous life, in Mr. Jin Yong's novel " The Eight Parts of the Sky," the Great Wheel King Jiumozhi of the Snow Mountain used the Daoist Minor Formless Skill to activate the Shaolin Temple's seventy-two unique skills, including the Flower-Plucking Finger, and was able to exert a certain power. Moreover, in the entire Shaolin Temple, apart from the Xuzhu who practiced the Minor Formless Skill, even the abbot did not notice it.
Sun Fei was greatly amazed by this method of harnessing power.
In His King's view, after mastering this method, one can use one's physical strength to become proficient in 80% to 90% of the martial arts techniques on [ The Demon King's Sharp Sword ], which is equivalent to encompassing most of the martial arts techniques on the Azeroth Continent in the present era.
Although the key to martial arts cultivation lies in refinement rather than quantity, it is impossible for one person to have the energy and talent to exhaust all the martial arts in the world. Doing so would waste too much time and energy, resulting in a mixed bag of skills without mastery, making it difficult to improve one's cultivation and making it completely impossible to enter the ranks of the strong.
However, this was not a problem for Sun Fei, who relied on Diablo to enhance his power.
He also had plenty of time to study these techniques.
Just imagining how, after mastering this principle, one could arrogantly shout out a twisted slogan like "An eye for an Southern Murong," using the enemy's own techniques to defeat the enemy, made King Majesty's repressed lustful heart begin to beat uncontrollably.
What an awesome scene that was!
This is one of the most fundamental motivations behind Sun Fei's tireless study of [ The Demon King's Sharp Sword ].
On the afternoon of the third day, at sunset.
Sun Fei received another letter from the [ Letters and Visits Office ].
The letter stated that after completely destroying the Spartak Empire, Arshavin, the Zenit God of War, did not stop to reorganize his troops, but instead led 50,000 iron cavalry and his personal elite [ Iron-Blooded Camp ] to fight swiftly like a meteor on the battlefield of Eindhoven.
In just two days, Arshavin's army advanced 500 kilometers, beheaded more than 70,000, captured seven cities, and defeated the main force of Eindhoven's four major legions. They killed more than 20 members of the Eindhoven royal family and legion commanders. Together with Zenit's army, which was originally in the Eindhoven war zone, they stationed troops in the Eindhoven capital, and the fall of the city was just around the corner.
Once the royal city falls, Eindhoven will perish.
Sun Fei was once again utterly shocked.
In less than ten days, Arshavin had driven two first-tier empires to the brink of collapse. His long-time rival Spartak was destroyed, with only a few remnants of resistance remaining in the country, making it difficult for them to achieve anything significant. Eindhoven was also reduced to an isolated city, on the verge of collapse.
Could it be that the experts of these two great empires were no match for Arshavin's [ Iron-Blooded Camp ]?
Or is it that this Zenit God of War commands a high-level military force that is beyond the imagination of others?
Sun Fei suddenly thought of the Moon Class guard who had always followed Emperor Yassin in the God and Demon Palace, as well as the two Moon Class Ghost Guards beside Emperor Eindhoven. He suddenly realized that there were probably many hidden strengths among the various empires, and there must be super experts in the Arshavin army.
Otherwise, the advance of a regular army would never have been so smooth.
The letter also stated that since the fighting in the Southern Frontier and Southwest war zones had basically ended, the Ajax war zone, which had previously attracted little attention, had now drawn more focus. The noble groups in the capital and some bigwigs in the Military Department were extremely dissatisfied with Sun Fei's inability to defeat the Ajax people in the Eindhoven war zone and were planning to replace the war zone's first commander by transferring the eldest prince Arshavin, to the Ajax war zone to take charge of the war.
If Sun Fei cannot achieve a major victory quickly in the short term, he may be stripped of his command of the army.
The situation is developing in the same direction as the strategist, Old Arjen, had predicted.
"Hmph, what kind of bullshit regional commander is he? I don't care. I might as well just get out of here."
With a flick of his wrist, Sun Fei shattered the letter into tiny fragments that scattered in the air. He was already fantasizing about a wonderful future back in Chambord City: walking his dog, raising birds, enjoying beautiful women, slaying monsters, leveling up, increasing his strength, and quietly making a fortune.
Day four.
Sun Fei quietly entered the underground water area, passed through the Gate of Gods and Demons, and entered the God and Demon Palace, traversing the first thirty-four levels of difficulty.
After so many days, compared to the beginning, quite a few new faces have arrived here. However, no particularly powerful experts have appeared. Most of them are between the Six-Star Class and New Moon Class. Coming here is basically like risking your life.
Since the newcomers were slightly weaker, casualties were inevitable.
Some accidentally triggered the magical traps and died tragically; others, though lacking in strength, were greedy enough to try and obtain the Dou Qi techniques within the Martial Seat Divine Statue, only to be devoured by the Martial Seat Divine Statue and turned into smoke; still others were killed by assassins who specialized in hunting down strong individuals for treasures.
These elites, who would be considered top-tier experts in the outside world, are like cheap radishes in this cruel world, being pulled up one after another, their lives becoming worthless, leaving no trace of their remains.
However, many martial artists, still hoping for the best, travel great distances to get here.
In the past ten days or so, a Nine-Star Class martial artist discovered a seventh-tier Dou Weapon here, an Eight-Star Class martial artist obtained Moon Class Dou Qi skill, a Early-Tier New Moon Class First Stage mage obtained a magic killing array diagram powerful enough to kill Full Moon Class expert, and countless others broke through bottlenecks they hadn't been able to overcome for many years within the magic illusion array, stepping into a new realm of martial arts...
This is the God and Demon Palace.
A combination of Hell and Paradise.
Death and fortune coexist; only those with the unwavering will to dance face-to-face with death can reap the rewards they desire.
Sun Fei wandered around the God and Demon Palace without any success. Finally, he arrived at the Elemental Altar in the 34th difficulty zone. The Elemental Altar, which had been used once, had fallen into complete silence. Outsiders could no longer use this altar to cross the 35th difficulty zone, known as the Death Zone, and enter the core small world.
However, there are quite a few strong individuals among those lingering here.
Most people were eyeing it covetously, harboring no good intentions.
They were waiting for those who had entered the core area to come out, hoping to find an opportunity to loot during the chaos.
It is said that this has happened several times in the past. The lucky ones who managed to enter the core area collected a large number of precious spiritual herbs or found powerful Dou Weapon in the small world. However, as soon as they came out, they were besieged by many powerful people or targeted by some people with ulterior motives. They encountered various conspiracies and assassinations. If their strength or power was weaker, they would not only fail to keep the treasures they obtained in the small world, but they would also lose their lives.
A murderous aura permeates this place.
Sun Fei had already seen more than a dozen powerful corpses around the Elemental Altar, their bodies mangled and broken, and any of their slightly valuable possessions had been looted.
Around the Elemental Altar, many more, exuding murderous and Bloody auras, lurked in the shadows, waiting for their chance to strike.
Calculating the time, there were still about 10 days until the [ Gate of Gods and Demons ] closed. The Necromancer and the others would not emerge from the small world for another 10 days, so Sun Fei decided not to wait any longer and turned to leave and return to Twin Flag City.
Just then, a murderous aura swept over them.
Sun Fei was slightly taken aback, suddenly realizing that the several Bloody auras hidden in the shadows had locked onto him.
Second update.
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