Crush the Iron-Blood Gate, Master the Lightspeed Fist

【In the midst of battle, you comprehended how to adapt divine abilities. By combining the “Carrying Mountains” divine ability with the killing move “Star-Shattering Wave Finger,” you created an entirely new divine art—“Lightspeed Fist”!】

【That’s right. This is a cultivation technique.】

【As long as you record your insights and the process of adapting the technique, along with the complete “Star-Shattering Wave Finger,” others may be able to learn it as well—provided they have comprehended “Carrying Mountains.”】

【“Star-Shattering Wave Finger” itself is a sixth-grade technique, which ranks in the lower-middle tier by the standards of the Real Realm.】

【But once combined with an Earthly Fiend divine ability and adapted, it becomes a divine art, leaping directly to the third grade!】

【The defining feature of “Lightspeed Fist” is using overwhelming strength to achieve overwhelming speed, then adding that initial velocity to the energy beam released by your vital energy, causing the beam to shoot out at nearly the speed of light!】

【You have to understand that, throughout the universe, light is the fastest thing there is. This is part of the laws of Heaven and Earth.】

【Therefore, no one’s reactions can outpace this attack. The moment they see you make your move, the attack has already arrived.】

【Unless they can predict it in advance or possess a body strong enough to withstand it, they will end up just like Bull Tri-Horn.】

【“Master! Master!”】

【Bull Tri-Horn’s chest had been pierced through, yet he was still alive.】

【However, with such grievous injuries, the circulation of his divine power was impeded, and his divine arts became sluggish.】

【In a battle between divine-ability users, a moment of distraction could determine life or death, let alone when he was in such poor condition.】

【You charged forward and delivered the finishing blow. The Heavenly Dragon Saber had advanced to the spirit-treasure level; its cold gleam pierced the sun, and nothing could withstand its edge. With a single slash, you cleaved Bull Tri-Horn’s head from his shoulders.】

【The group of bull-headed men stared at the scene in stunned silence.】

【Then, as if on cue, they all dropped to their knees and began kowtowing in perfect unison.】

【“Great Hero, spare our lives!”】

【You gazed at them without the slightest trace of sympathy in your eyes.】

【“Today, I’m going to teach you a universal truth.”】

【The bull-headed men were still foolish enough to play along.】

【“Great Hero, what truth is that?”】

【“If you don’t work hard at cultivation, you’ll be brothers together in the Myriad Souls Banner!”】

【You swept your saber horizontally, sending a mass of bull heads flying into the air.】

【The Myriad Souls Banner blazed with golden light, illuminating Heaven and Earth as it drew every soul that was about to dissipate into the banner.】

【“Woohoo! What a feast!”】

【You slaughtered everyone in the Ironblood Sect from top to bottom, giving the Myriad Souls Banner a hearty meal.】

【There might not have been many of them, but they were high quality!】

【Bull Tri-Horn had been in the Earth-Severing realm, while the Core Formation experts hardly needed mentioning. There were also plenty in the Qi Transformation realm!】

【What was the Qi Transformation realm?】

【In the Void Realm, they were equivalent to Martial Kings, Martial Saints, and Martial Gods!】

【Many of the Myriad Souls Banner’s techniques could not be used without souls.】

【Now, that was no longer a concern.】

【You released all your clones.】

【“Time to loot the place.”】

【These bull-headed men from the Ironblood Sect were the sort who lived for the moment, so they certainly had no profound foundation.】

【Moreover, the bull-headed race was rather dim-witted and had never figured out how to make proper cultivation artifacts.】

【But a sect with so many members that had plundered and extorted people everywhere was bound to have some resources, both within and outside the sect.】

【You sent out your clones, having each of them carry two storage bags as they searched every corner of the Ironblood Sect.】

【Although resources could not be taken out of the simulation, they were useful during the simulation. You could never have too many.】

【You squatted down and picked up Bull Tri-Horn’s third, lightning-shaped horn.】

【The moment Bull Tri-Horn died, the third horn had fallen off on its own.】

【Clearly, it had not grown naturally from his body, but had been grafted onto his head by some method.】

【“What is this?”】

【“Reverse Engineering” could not identify any blueprint, which meant that this was not a cultivation artifact, but something naturally occurring.】

【“It looks like the horn of some exotic beast.”】

【You infused it with a trace of vital energy, and the horn immediately crackled with lightning.】

【“Its energy-conversion efficiency is remarkably high. A tiny amount of vital energy is enough to trigger a lightning attack.”】

【This was a fine item. It would make an excellent, cost-effective weapon.】

【In the distance, the surrounding townspeople saw that everyone from the Ironblood Sect had been killed and that Bull Tri-Horn was dead as well. At last, they no longer had to live in fear.】

【“We won! We won, we won! The great hero of our race won!”】

【“Incredible! He killed an expert in the Earth-Severing realm just like that. He must be in the same realm—or even stronger!”】

【“Could he have come from another planet? How could someone this powerful be on Blazing Light Star?”】

【“It’s possible! I heard that a human destroyed the physical body of the Demon Calamity True Lord a few years ago. Could this be the same person?”】

【The townspeople’s joy did not last long.】

【After a while, they grew somewhat gloomy again.】

【You noticed this and walked toward them.】

【The moment they saw you approaching, they all dropped to their knees, hoping to express their respect and gratitude in this way.】

【With a casual wave of your hand, you sent a wave of air surging out and lifted them to their feet. No one could kneel again.】

【The way they looked at you made it seem as though a halo of holy light had appeared behind you.】

【You spotted the innkeeper from earlier among the crowd.】

【At this moment, she looked flustered and helpless, clearly unsure how to communicate with someone as powerful as you.】

【You, however, remained perfectly at ease.】

【“Innkeeper, wasn’t I telling the truth before?”】

【The innkeeper hurriedly waved her hands.】

【“No, no, no! The moment I saw you, I knew you were no ordinary person. And sure enough, I was right, I was right…”】

【“The Ironblood Sect is gone. Why doesn’t everyone seem happier?”】

【“Even if the Ironblood Sect is gone, another sect will come and take over this place. These bull-headed people may have been ruthless, but they were stupid. They couldn’t even do their own bookkeeping properly. Whenever they collected taxes, we could trick them and keep a little for ourselves. Otherwise, this little town would have been reduced to complete poverty by now.】

【“But what kind of sect will come next? What if they’re not so easy to fool…?”】

【“Humans.”】

【“What?”】

【“The Firewood Sect will take over the Ironblood Sect’s territory. Just go home and wait for the good news.”】

【After your clones finished looting the place, you left the Ironblood Sect with storage bags hanging all over your body, clanking noisily as you walked.】

【You did not return to the Firewood Sect. Instead, you went to the Qiufeng Sect.】

【Once you reached the vicinity of the Qiufeng Sect, you sent your clones out to spread the word that an extraterrestrial human expert who had defeated the Demon Calamity True Lord had arrived.】

【Upon hearing the news, the Qiufeng Sect immediately dispatched a large number of disciples to search the surrounding area.】

【In the end, they found you with remarkable ease.】

【The Qiufeng Sect had also had experts present back in Xuannü Town, so they recognized you.】

【“The Firewood Sect has some ties to my family. Since I have destroyed the Ironblood Sect, I want the Firewood Sect to take over and manage its territory from now on.”】

【“We will naturally obey Senior’s arrangement. In addition, the Firewood Sect should be exempted from taxes for the next hundred years!”】

【“Not bad. You have a promising future.”】

【The people of the Qiufeng Sect later verified the matter and learned that you really had single-handedly annihilated the Ironblood Sect, leaving not a single survivor.】

【Although the bull-headed race was not particularly strong, there were not many people in the world who could single-handedly flatten an entire sect.】

[They became even more certain that you were the one who took down the Demon Calamity True Lord, so naturally, they had to carry out the instructions you left behind.]