ASER - Chapter 110
Chapter 110: Reporting a Case
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Good heavens, quality is king. A few people racked up a million Mental Power points in minutes, not to mention both sides had quite a few people.
Two million Mental Power points, just like child's play.
In comparison, the Mental Power generated by those bandits after being strung up was like constipation—not even worth mentioning.
On the surface, A'Diao exuded an air of domineering confidence, as suave as Li Xunhuan twirling a fan with instant noodle hair, radiating an aura of righteousness. But inwardly, a little evil dragon had already stood up, holding a flowery fan with both hands, a grass skirt tied around its waist, twisting and turning in a hula dance, la la la la la...
However, the Li siblings had a realization: this person was likely the owner of one of the airships that had approached earlier. And judging by the direction they came from, it should be the one who was exterminating bandits on the other side? Had they been lured over?
A rectangular prism, a coffin.
This Daoist art was indeed bizarre.
But while others saw a coffin, they didn't know that after Mysterious Person B was sealed inside, he saw an eye on the underside of the coffin lid. The moment their eyes met, Mysterious Person B, being a Forbidden Master after all, reacted and immediately closed his eyes. But it was too late; the eyes he tried to close were already gushing out large amounts of venom.
A compound Daoist art?!
No, this was Eye-Shredding Gaze.
In agony, he was blinded, and the poison had entered his body.
Boom!!! Panicked, he tried to resist the poison with Spirit Element while attempting to break open the coffin. But the poison had already invaded, his condition was negative, and he couldn't even mobilize his Spirit Element.
And A'Diao didn't give him much time.
Outside, A'Diao combined the Spiritual Power of two B7s, erupting with A+ level fused Spiritual Power. Relying solely on the ability of the Origin Staff, she amplified it to an attack at the Transcendent stage. This wasn't because the Origin Staff's ability had improved, but because her talent mastery and the degree of marrow cleansing in all aspects of her aptitude were increasing daily, directly and permanently enhancing its power.
Such an amplification was simply terrifying.
The Daoist art was also frightening; the casting speed was so fast, it seemed to require no preparation.
One move followed another.
—As long as I strike fast enough, you'll have no room to retaliate.
A one-stop funeral service? A'Diao didn't choose the live burial route. Firstly, it was easy to be recognized. Secondly, for a live burial in the sky, she would need to condense an earth element entity, which was too energy-consuming. Thirdly, according to normal funeral procedures, after sealing the coffin, earth burial wasn't mandatory. Today, she preferred... cremation.
"Ten years of comings and goings to the grave, one day heavenly fire descends. Since the coffin is sealed, burn!"
Rumble! Lightning fire as thick as a man's waist descended from the sky... and struck the coffin with a deafening crash.
It burned.
Mysterious Person B immediately let out a bloodcurdling scream.
Cremation was so much better; the corpse would be unrecognizable even to its parents, so no one would know his eyes had spewed venom.
Otherwise, a skill like Eye-Shredding Gaze was too conspicuous.
Everyone: "!!!"
Holy crap!
From He Luo +188888!
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A'Diao: Oh ho, it really is He Luo!
Sealing a coffin in the void, cremating out of thin air—fiercely impressive.
He Luo, sealed in the coffin, was struck precisely by the heavenly fire. Hanging on by a thread of health, he mobilized all his Spiritual Power. Boom! He blasted open the coffin with all his might, the flames still madly burning his body.
His armor was broken, the damage reaching his flesh and blood.
Such agony.
Wailing like a purgatorial ghost, he struggled to attack A'Diao for revenge, but it was also possible he wanted to escape or call out to Mysterious Person A for help.
But A'Diao had always believed in the principle of "eradicating the roots": "If your enemy was supposed to drown in a swimming pool, but he crawls out, then you have to grab his head and continue to drown him in the toilet."
"Save me!!!" He Luo indeed cried for help.
So, no matter how miserable He Luo was at that moment, when Mysterious Person A locked onto her, A'Diao still aimed her left hand at He Luo.
He Luo was a Forbidden Master. How could a Forbidden Master be so easy to kill? She had seized a rare opportunity to ambush and seal him in the coffin. Once he recovered, dealing with him again would be difficult.
So A'Diao gritted her teeth, unwilling to give up on the kill.
The Dimensional Spirit Plant Body condensed beneath her palm, accumulating energy.
Spiritual Power raged.
Buzz...
Simulating the blast of a spatial cannon from afar, space distorted, followed by a beam of light... Boom!!
He Luo's body, completely devoid of armor resistance, was hit and blown to pieces.
But at the same time, A'Diao also faced the instantly launched flying sword from Mysterious Person A, who had locked onto her from a distance.
A Transcendent Upper Rank Spirit Core plus an instant meridional burst was indeed terrifying.
Such a fast sword, such a ruthless sword.
She had faced this sword before. If her body's armor hadn't been maxed out by her at that time, she would have died.
But this time, A'Diao couldn't use talismans or the Heavenly Round Shield. She could have even easily dodged it with the Xun Spirit Pupil, but she still couldn't, because it would expose her. So how could she resist?
Resist, my ass!
She didn't even dodge.
Both hands gripping the staff, the Dimensional Spirit Plant Body in her palm almost merged with the Origin Staff.
The meridians in her body channeled all her Spiritual Power, instantly achieving a technique that unified spatial power and Spiritual Power.
Buzz... With her at the center, a ripple of spatial power spread outwards.
There are countless strong people in this world. Attacks strong enough to break armor, speed so fast you can't defend, or evasion speed that makes you unhittable—these are all factors of strength. If one is overwhelmingly strong in all aspects, they are invincible.
But A'Diao, who had received top-tier education and could even counterattack to first place in written exams, didn't actually follow a purely "overwhelming strength" path. Her methods were cunning and varied, and her thinking was meticulous.
To what extent was it meticulous?
She believed that strength didn't necessarily mean absolute strength. If she couldn't dodge or withstand this sword, then... she would exploit its weakness.
A long-range attack, sword speed—why was it so fast, its penetrating power so strong? It was because its power was highly concentrated and not widely dispersed. Therefore, if she could just nudge its trajectory, moving it by a hair's breadth to alter its thousand-mile journey, she would win.
So when this ripple of spatial waves caused the sword body to tremble infinitesimally, with the infinite development of speed, the sword itself infinitely magnified this deviation.
Complex forces do not necessarily result in consistent speed from beginning to end.
Swish!
In the span of a breath, the flying sword ultimately deviated and flew past her side, the turbulent airflow tearing a bloody gash on her cheek.
It was certainly because she couldn't dodge, but A'Diao also intentionally let it bleed—to prove she didn't have the armor defense of the previous sneaky thief, nor was she in disguise.
Anyway, a disguise that even her parents wouldn't recognize involved a complete transformation of the body, not just a simple camouflage. So the wound was real, open to inspection; as long as no incorrect DNA traces were left, it would be fine.
This sword grazed past without taking A'Diao's life, and Mysterious Person A wasn't strong enough to change its trajectory mid-flight—he wasn't Qu Jiangnan; he didn't yet possess the ability to instantly control an attack after it left his body. So he could only watch as the flying sword missed. But he roared in anger, forcibly recalling the flying sword, intending to gather energy for a second attack. But at this moment...
A'Diao dodged backward and, in passing, collected He Luo's fragmented corpse.
She had succeeded and retreated unscathed, but she also quickly fled towards the others. She couldn't defeat this Mysterious Person A right now, and the life-saving method she just used couldn't be employed a second time; the opponent would change their attack pattern.
Anyway, killing He Luo was enough.
This was a typical case of preemptive strike through casting speed—first control (weakening with poison in between), then strike while the enemy is down.
Many masters died at the hands of weaker opponents, mostly due to being caught off guard.
The so-called "weak overcoming the strong" required a cunning, technical approach.
The entire engagement lasted less than half a minute, and a Forbidden Master was dead.
This was a Forbidden Master, who had fought them for quite a while before, yet in the blink of an eye, met such a tragic end.
Although Elder Zhao and Chen Hua both felt they could take down the opponent in a one-on-one fight, it would definitely not be this easy.
Who was this newcomer? They only used Spiritual Power and didn't seem to be a Forbidden Master, yet their casting speed was faster than a Forbidden Master's. Several consecutive Daoist arts were cunning and swift, with no delay whatsoever.
The reason Forbidden Masters were more formidable than cultivators below A-rank was primarily due to the spell-casting speed afforded by their Spirit Cores and meridians. To counterattack, one could only surpass them in these two aspects.
Evidently, this young person possessed such aptitude.
An A-rank killing a Forbidden Master—a prodigy!
Waves stirred in the hearts of Zhao Guang and the other two prodigies from the five provinces, gradually swelling into mighty billows.
Seeing He Luo dead, Mysterious Person A's expression changed slightly. But he was, after all, experienced and cunning. He didn't emit any Mental Power fluctuations. Instead, he shouted to the Sea Martial Falcon BOSS: "This person is so formidable! If we don't join forces now, we will surely die! You..."
Before he could finish, the Sea Martial Falcon BOSS spat out a mouthful of dark blue chilling liquid. This stuff was potent, frightening Mysterious Person A into dodging, which also allowed him to evade the combined attack of Elder Zhao and Chen Hua. Seeing the Sea Martial Falcon BOSS remained obstinate, he weighed the pros and cons and intended to flee directly.
But at this moment, A'Diao suddenly had a bad feeling.
Although this Sea Martial Falcon BOSS had been tricked by He Luo and his companion, and had its lair plundered by her, it wasn't stupid. Looking at the current situation, it should choose to team up with Mysterious Person A, or else flee. Why fight to the death? After all, He Luo had basically been crippled by her, and if everyone combined their combat power, they would most likely be able to take it down.
And before this, it was willing to feign civility with two humans to avoid the risk of absorbing the Xun Spirit Pupil. Why be so stubborn now?
Unless... Holy crap!
"This big bird might have help! Flee quickly!" A'Diao shouted a warning, also turning to run.
But just then, in the southern sea region, the wind and clouds turned bleak, and layers of fog rolled towards them. Soon, a massive dark shadow broke through the clouds, rapidly approaching. A shriek arose—a sonic attack!!!
Everyone's heads were buzzing...
Zhao Guang and the others all vomited blood, their faces pale and listless. A'Diao, however, was better off. Her spiritual body was strong, so she only felt her eardrums buzzing. Her physical body was unharmed, and she remained conscious. She was about to flee when she glanced at the others' condition... not good.
With a thought, A'Diao manipulated the Mental Threads in her mind, simulating the sound of a spiritual drum.
The most difficult aspect of Mental Threads was external manipulation, but within her own body, she didn't hesitate to use them to their fullest extent. Moreover, she knew her talents included a category for sonic attack curses, so she had specifically studied it.
She had previously used a suona. To avoid it being solely associated with the academy entrance exams, she had also studied other musical forms. This way, she could broaden her repertoire—er, no, broaden her artistic prospects.
For example, now...
Mysterious Person A also withstood it and was about to flee, but he deliberately flung a flying sword at Zhao Guang.
And the Sea Martial Falcon BOSS also took the opportunity to fling out feathers to kill everyone.
Elder Zhao was too busy protecting himself to intercept. Just as terror struck, a piercing drum sound vibrated the air's rhythm. Dong, dong, dong! It was dull and peaceful, not harming the spiritual body, but capable of breaking through the sharp sonic attack.
Everyone immediately regained their senses and saw feathers piercing towards them like arrows.
"Dodge!!"
Everyone hastily and arduously dodged. The Li siblings even threw out level-six talismans to save their lives.
With a flash in his eyes, Zhao Guang saw the attacking flying sword struck by a bolt of lightning.
There was a difference in attack strength; it couldn't destroy the sword, but knocking it off course was enough.
It was him again!
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He had been saved twice.
Mysterious Person A was filled with resentment towards A'Diao. However, seeing the massive dark shadow vaguely approaching from behind the fog layer, fear gripped his heart. He gritted his teeth and turned to flee quickly!
After all, he was a Transcendent Upper Rank. If he truly wanted to escape, they would find it difficult to catch him.
Actually, A'Diao could also escape; after all, her speed was faster than Mysterious Person A's. But she didn't leave.
And then, into view... that enormous shadow flew over.
An enlarged version of the Sea Martial Falcon BOSS, but its feathers were a duller gray, and its form was more...
"It's the female bird!"
"Two BOSSes... This one is level seven! Run quickly!"
The group was so scared their scalps nearly flipped. And the female BOSS was ferocious! With a spread of its wings, it controlled the fog layer, looking like it was about to encircle and trap them all for the kill.
Those feathers were also about to shoot out from its body to kill.
"They bullied me! Kill them!" the Sea Martial Falcon BOSS shrieked to its wife. But suddenly, the female BOSS let out a strange screech, then controlled the fog layer to envelop its husband, and fled as if flying.
Fled? It fled?
It just ran away like that?
Soon, they saw an airship. Everyone recognized it at a glance, especially the Li siblings.
It was their academy's ship, Yunzhou Academy. And the people emerging from the ship... were Duan Fei and Wu Ze.
To be honest, if the female BOSS left because of these two's arrival, it meant they had saved their lives, but Li Zhaowu, Li Yuankai, and the others felt somewhat uncomfortable about it.
Although Duan Fei was ranked first in the academy and his combat power was stronger than theirs, he was truly detestable. Moreover, at best, he had A+ combat power. Was it possible for him to scare away a level-seven BOSS?
They suspected there was another reason behind it.
The airship cabin door opened, and Duan Fei emerged. He glanced at them, indeed cold and arrogant, and opened his mouth to say, "So pathetic. Tried to steal a chicken but lost the rice used to lure it?"
He instantly offended both the Li Clan and the Yue Clan members, and unknowingly, the word "steal a chicken" strongly poked at everyone's sore spot.
If he hadn't mentioned it, they almost forgot—hadn't they just been outsmarted?
Damn!
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A wave of Mental Power inexplicably came over.
A'Diao secretly glanced at Duan Fei, wondering if this person also had a Mental Power bug.
But it was reverse-generated for me.
Toilet: No wonder he's first. If he weren't first, he'd probably be beaten to death.
However, Zhao Guang and the others were also puzzled. Wu Ze and the other person hadn't even reached the Forbidden Master realm, so how did they scare away the level-7 female bird BOSS?
"Is the Principal on the airship?" Li Yuankai proactively asked, otherwise he couldn't think of a second possibility.
Before Wu Ze and the other could answer, they saw massive warships descending in the distant sky.
Everyone was startled, then came to a sudden realization.
"Qingzhou warship fleet! It's the Qingzhou Patrol Army..."
"No wonder those two birds ran away. I didn't expect the Patrol Army to come."
It was known that the Qingzhou Patrol Army was hailed as the second strongest military force in the five southern provinces, second only to the Qingzhou Garrison. The Patrol Army alone could crush the main garrisons of the other four provinces, showcasing their terrifying combat strength. Not long ago, they had killed several level-eight Demonic Spirits. What was a level-seven? No wonder the two Martial Falcons were scared witless.
But the question was—what qualifications did Duan Fei have to invite the Patrol Army? Could it be that the Principal had requested them?
Li Yuankai, Zhao Guang, and the others asked themselves if even direct descendants and talents from top aristocratic families in Yunzhou and Linzhou like them had such influence—it was difficult even within their own provinces, let alone Qingzhou's forces.
And what merits or abilities did Duan Fei possess?
Actually, only a squadron had arrived, but their warships were formidable. Their long-range artillery could riddle the two Martial Falcons with holes, and they weren't afraid of sonic attacks.
After the warships hovered in the sky, a valiant young general flew out, his gaze sweeping around.
Duan Fei noticed the expressions of Li Yuankai and the others, knew what they were thinking, and sneered faintly. But he proactively stepped forward and said, "Thanks to the Patrol Army passing by, we were able to call for help, just now saving people from my academy and Young Master Zhao Guang of the Linzhou Yue Clan."
With these words, he not only took credit but also subtly put down the Li siblings, while also currying favor with Linzhou.
Arrogant he might be, but it was impossible to be number one without some cunning.
The young general of the Qingzhou Patrol Army was very valiant. He glanced at Duan Fei and nodded slightly. "Exterminating Demonic Spirits is our duty. However, this time we weren't just passing by. Even if you hadn't called for help, we were coming anyway."
"Excuse me, who is His Excellency Zhao Ritian?"
"Me, me, me! It's me! I'm the one who reported the case."
A'Diao raised her hand, like an elementary school student.
Duan Fei: "???"
Everyone: "?"
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