Solo Against the World

【You open with an epic trait, blocking the view of every high-level cultivator present.】

【Of course, this can't stop abilities based on divine sense, but not everyone has comprehended a divine ability like “Glimpsing Omens,” nor does everyone possess perception spells.】

【Even if they do, this move is only meant to catch them off guard.】

【The next trait is your real objective.】

【Using the “Trait Slingshot,” you launch “A Bachelor's Degree Is No Worse Than an Associate Degree.” The sphere formed from the words explodes in midair like fireworks, sending sparks scattering in all directions toward the cultivators throughout the valley.】

【With their vision suddenly cut off, the cultivators present can't figure out what's happening and react half a beat too slowly.】

【You came prepared, and your execution is as smooth as flowing water. Amplified by “AOE,” “A Bachelor's Degree Is No Worse Than an Associate Degree” covers the entire Spearhead Valley.】

【Every high-level cultivator present is hit.】

【Now, the higher the quality of the cultivation technique they practice, the worse they will perform in actual combat.】

【This debuff lays a solid foundation for you to fight many enemies by yourself.】

【But that's not all.】

【You still have a whole pile of traits with negative effects, and you continue firing them.】

【“Pointy Head”!】

【“Food Guarding”!】

【“Fragrant Consort Physique”!】

【“Breakup Expert”!】

【“Tanks Have Rearview Mirrors Too”!】

【…】

【The chances of hitting with these later traits are much lower.】

【After all, they are cultivators at the Absolute and Heaven-Reaching realms. If they ate two traits without showing any reaction, that would be abnormal.】

【But you fire enough of them. Some people dodge the previous one only to fail to dodge the next. Sooner or later, someone gets hit.】

【“Something’s wrong! This is an attack! My head might have become pointy, but it shouldn’t be possible for my head to become pointy! What am I even saying?!”】

【“That Sacred Dragonkin is attacking us!”】

【“Stop him! That guy must be an impostor!”】

【“But he’s an Immortal Lord…”】

【“What Immortal Lord would ambush cultivators of our level? He definitely isn’t an Immortal Lord!”】

【Some people begin to flee.】

【To keep everyone from running, you decide to give them a little confidence.】

【You alter the fabricated description of your cultivation level in “Who Am I?” so that the aura you display is only that of the early Absolute Realm.】

【You also restore your human appearance, though you randomly mold yourself a new face so they have no idea who you are.】

【“He’s only in the early Absolute Realm! My Spirit-Seeking Rat’s senses are never wrong!”】

【“Everyone, look! He’s human!”】

【“A mere human dares to scheme against us? Today, I’ll tear him limb from limb!”】

【“Leave him alive. I want to find out who’s behind him!”】

【Seeing that your cultivation level isn’t particularly high and that you’re human, a group of alien cultivators immediately erupts in fury and launches an attack.】

【Some release exotic beast familiars, which charge forward with fangs bared and roars shaking the air.】

【Some skillfully activate divine runes. Golden and crimson characters fill the sky, covering the entire Spearhead Valley and leaving you nowhere to dodge.】

【Others throw out rare spirit treasures, using bizarre techniques and unexpected tricks that are impossible to guard against.】

【Of course, as cultivators of the Absolute and Heaven-Reaching realms, their most powerful methods are still divine arts.】

【Yet every last one of them is useless!】

【You unleash the Sacred Dragonkin’s dragon-transformation talent. The dragon’s might subdues all beasts, leaving every exotic creature with no choice but to prostrate itself at your feet!】

【As the divine runes come at you, you tread the “Seven Steps Across the Starry Sky,” strolling leisurely through the enemy ranks. Immune to the divine runes, you kill your foes with every step!】

【What artifact? What spirit treasure? No matter what effect it has, one sweep of the “Light-Speed Fist” sends it all straight to the scrap heap!】

【Trying to launch a sneak attack? I have “Eavesdropping on Inner Thoughts”!】

【Trying to overwhelm me with Heaven-Reaching combat power? I have “The Strictest Father of the Alien Races”!】

【A Heaven-Reaching divine art? I’m waiting for the stacks of “Heart of Steel.” What are you waiting for?】

【Inside Spearhead Valley, the earth trembles and the sky fills with shattered rocks and rolling clouds!】

【You battle nearly every Absolute and Heaven-Reaching cultivator on Lingwei Star by yourself!】

【The Heavenly Dragon Saber in your left hand and the Myriad Souls Banner in your right, you fight with broad, sweeping movements. Divine power surges like waves, rolling across every direction as you stand proud above the masses!】

【“How is he this strong?! Who was the idiot who said he was only in the Absolute Realm?!”】

【“A bunch of fools! How could you trust a rat?!”】

【“That wasn’t a rat—it was my Spirit-Seeking Rat! That bastard killed it! My poor Ratty!!”】

【“This human might really be an Immortal Lord. None of us are his match! Run!”】

【“Where’s my sect’s army?! Why haven’t they been mobilized yet?!”】

【“It’s too far away, and we didn’t have any troops stationed nearby to begin with. How could they get here in time?!”】

【Your overwhelming combat power is not the greatest obstacle preventing these people from leaving.】

【After all, you’re only one person. Even if you can take down one opponent with every punch, you still have to throw those punches one at a time. With so many people present, someone is bound to escape.】

【The terrain of Spearhead Valley is one obstacle, but not long after the battle begins, you and the other high-level cultivators flatten it entirely.】

【The greatest obstacle is the pile of traits you fired at the beginning.】

【Some people inexplicably become protective of their food, fighting over the corpses of slain exotic beasts.】

【Some begin giving off a fragrant scent, attracting strange looks from members of the same sex and leaving them surrounded by men.】

【Some start showing off on the spot, shaking their heads and swaying as the words coming out of their mouths become completely incomprehensible.】

【As high-level cultivators, the white and green traits only affect them for a limited time.】

【But the effectiveness of the “Trait Slingshot” is linked to your cultivation level. The smaller the gap between your level and your target’s, the longer even a white trait can affect a high-level cultivator.】

【The strongest cultivators present are only at the Heaven-Reaching realm—just one major realm above you.】

【In the chaos of such a melee, being affected for even a moment is fatal, to say nothing of those who have been hit by several traits.】

【With your wealth of experience in group battles, you always manage to seize the opportunity to make those who have a chance to escape run straight into your iron fists.】

【However, you aren’t quite invincible.】

【Many alien cultivators still manage to injure you, and some of those injuries are nearly fatal.】

【For example, one member of the Three-Eyed Race used some unknown divine art. While you were fighting several Heaven-Reaching cultivators, the third eye on his forehead launched a soul assault that knocked your soul straight out of your body.】

【Just as you felt your soul might never return to your body, and the several Heaven-Reaching cultivators were about to tear your physical form apart, the Myriad Souls Banner gave everything it had and sucked with all its might, forcibly pulling your soul back into your body and restoring your combat strength.】

【“Old Wan! I’m giving you major credit for that!”】

【“Heh, piece of cake. Even if my memory is completely overloaded, I’m still the greatest spirit artifact in the world—no, the universe!”】

【Low-level Jiahao behavior detected. Jiahao points +1.】

【Situations like this occur several times.】

【Fortunately, you have enough traits, enough immortal artifacts, and just a little bit of luck. In the end, you manage to survive every crisis.】

【Besides, even if they succeed in injuring you, you still have “Wolverine.”】

【They could only watch helplessly as your right arm—the one they had finally managed to smash to pieces—regenerated at a speed visible to the naked eye. Then, with a flash of fire, it transformed back into a crimson “Qilin Arm.”】

【That was pretty despair-inducing, too.】