You’ve Got It Again

[After you left the Firewood Sect.]

[Shen Yifeng and Ma Bang did not remain idle.]

[The two made a decision—to cover for you!]

[If you could leave Star Harbor safely, that would naturally be for the best.]

[But if you couldn’t, Shen and Ma hoped to help you escape from Star Harbor. It was also a way to give A-Dou a chance to survive.]

[Thus, over the past two years, the two had traveled far and wide in their capacities as the president and vice president of the Firelight Star branch of the Kindling Society, rallying countless human volunteers.]

[These people gathered in the towns, mines, villages, underground tunnels, and mountains and forests surrounding Star Harbor…]

[The moment anything happened at Star Harbor, they would abandon everything in their hands and charge toward it.]

[This plan carried enormous risks for Shen and Ma.]

[They would have to expose their identities as members of the Kindling Society.]

[But they did it anyway.]

[Because they had no intention of leaving themselves a way out, they naturally had no more worries about the consequences.]

[“Senior Shen, Sect Master Ma, you…”]

[At a glance, you spotted Shen Yifeng charging at the very front of the crowd, along with many familiar faces from the Firewood Sect.]

[You could sense that many of the humans who had come to provide support were not cultivators at all. In fact, most of them were ordinary mortals.]

[They carried sickles, hammers, hoes, and even kitchen cleavers, rolling pins, and the like as weapons.]

[They had no armor, wearing only ordinary coarse-cloth garments. Some were so poor that they were barely clothed.]

[You had no idea how many places Shen and Ma had visited over the past two years, or how much effort they had expended to gather this force.]

[You only knew that the difficulties they had faced were certainly no less than those you had encountered during the early days of your uprising on Fortune Star.]

[It seemed that not only had every member of the Firewood Sect come here, but the sect’s entire savings had also been exhausted.]

[Humans came charging from all directions, colliding head-on with the pursuing army of the alien races.]

[Although the humans had greater numbers, the overwhelming majority were mortals, so they were no match for the armies of the three great sects.]

[It was almost a one-sided massacre. The humans could do little more than briefly impede the enemy’s advance.]

[But then you noticed that many of them had explosives strapped to their bodies.]

[“Protect the bloodline of humanity!”]

[“Damn alien bastards! You killed my entire family! Today, I’m taking you all down with me!”]

[“You think we came here to die?! We came here for revenge!”]

[“Even if we can’t kill you, we’ll at least make enough noise to let you know that not all humans are spineless cowards!”]

[“You seize our food! Force us to work! Refuse to let us cultivate! Why?! Just why do you think you can do that?!”]

[One deafening explosion after another rang out amid the chaotic battle.]

[Never underestimate explosives.]

[This was the True Realm.]

[Even an Innate Martial Warrior couldn’t withstand an explosion detonated at close range.]

[Hearing the words those people shouted before dying, you finally understood how Shen and Ma had managed to gather so many people in such a short time.]

[They had rallied everyone who bore hatred and resentment toward the alien races!]

[There were far too many such people on Firelight Star.]

[Or rather, there were far too many of them throughout the True Realm!]

[Your fists clenched tightly. You couldn’t bear to see your fellow humans use such suicidal tactics to carve out a path of survival for you.]

[Shen Yifeng was the strongest among the humans who had come to provide support. At the ninth turn of the Core Formation Realm, he moved like a breeze through the forest and was the first to reach your side.]

[“Brother Chen, go! I’ll hold them off!”]

[The nine Absolute Realm experts surrounding you burst into laughter when they heard this.]

[“A mere Core Formation cultivator thinks he can stop the nine of us? Is this old man an idiot?”]

[Shen Yifeng let out a cold laugh, then suddenly shouted.]

[“Ma Bang!!”]

[With a thunderous boom, a figure burst out of the ground.]

[It was Ma Bang, and he was clutching several strange chains in his hands.]

[What made the chains strange was that they were not made of iron. They had been pieced together from countless skulls!]

[“Master! I’ll repay your kindness in the next life!!”]

[Ma Bang’s body melted away, absorbed by the nine chains in his hands.]

[The nine chains then fused together at one end, while their other ends rapidly extended, locking onto the nine Absolute Realm experts before shooting toward them!]

[Through “Reverse Engineering,” you could tell that the nine chains were actually a single whole known as the “Ghostbinding Chains.”]

[This was a spirit treasure of legendary quality!]

[But it was an evil artifact.]

[That was because every time it was used, it required the sacrifice of a cultivator at least at the Core Formation Realm.]

[And just like that, Ma Bang offered up his life without the slightest hesitation.]

[Once bound by the Ghostbinding Chains, even an Absolute Realm expert would find it extremely difficult to break free.]

[The chains would then continuously contract, binding the nine targets tightly together.]

[“Parlor tricks! You think this can restrain me?!”]

[Faced with the Ghostbinding Chains locking onto them, the nine Absolute Realm cultivators each unleashed their own techniques and spirit treasures.]

[This was not difficult for them. In fact, it was almost effortless.]

[“Brother Chen! Don’t let them escape!”]

[Shen Yifeng shouted toward you.]

[He knew that you were powerful and needed your help to ensure that the Ghostbinding Chains succeeded. Otherwise, Ma Bang’s sacrifice would have been in vain.]

[You knew this was an opportunity. As long as you could trap the nine Absolute Realm experts, escaping would become much easier.]

[But the nine of them were currently fleeing in nine different directions. How could you restrict all of them at once and force them back so the Ghostbinding Chains could bind them?]

[“Think! Think! Chen Yi, think!!”]

[Under the pressure of this extreme moment, you thought of the second divine ability you had comprehended—Divine Movement!]

[But merely using Divine Movement to increase your speed was not enough.]

[You had to go even faster!]

[Assimilation!]

[Assimilate Divine Movement!]

[With what?]

[The “Seven Steps Across the Starry Sky”!]

[How could you assimilate it?]

[How could you assimilate it?!]

[How could you reach all nine of their positions at the same time and strike them back?!]

[Appear in nine places simultaneously?]

[Impossible.]

[Unless you were fast enough to occupy a different position at each split second, making it appear to outsiders as though you had appeared in multiple places at once…]

[It was somewhat like a CPU processing multiple tasks. It seemed as though several programs were running simultaneously, but in reality, the CPU was handling them one by one. It simply processed them so quickly that they appeared to be happening at the same time…]

[It was also somewhat like quantum entanglement…]

[In an instant, your thoughts crossed the vast expanse of cosmic history, and countless ideas flashed through your mind.]

[Although you were not wearing “Mortal Bones” at this moment, this sudden enlightenment could be considered the result of the accumulation you had built up while wearing “Mortal Bones.”]

[“Whoosh!”]

[Your figure began to tremble, then suddenly vanished from where you stood.]

[At the same time, you “simultaneously” appeared before all nine Absolute Realm experts!]

[“Light-Speed Fist!!”]

[“Heavenly Dragon Blade!!”]

[“Banner of Ten Thousand Souls!!”]

[“Divine Nine-Crow Bow!!”]

[“…”]

[Your nine offensive techniques erupted simultaneously from nine different directions. They struck the nine Absolute Realm alien cultivators at the same time as they desperately tried to evade the Ghostbinding Chains, sending them all flying back!]

【The Earthbinding Ghost Chain seized the opportunity to bind them, rapidly tightening until all nine of them were tied together.】

【“What is this?! Is he making clones?!”】

【“How the hell should I know?! Stop shoving me! Move over!”】

【“You think I want to shove you?! I’m tied up too!”】

【“Stop moving around! I have a divine technique that can neutralize this spirit treasure!”】

【“So do I! Let me try!”】

【“This really isn’t the time to argue!!”】