Deep in the Ten Thousand Mountains.
The dense miasma that had shrouded the area year-round had now been cleaved apart by an invisible edge so sharp that it had forcibly carved out a broad passage hundreds of meters wide, stretching straight into the heavens.
Su Yu walked at the very front.
His pace was neither hurried nor slow.
Around his body, layers of transparent ripples continuously spread outward.
That was the intent of the Qi Resonance Spear, resonating with the laws of heaven and earth.
There were no flashy movements.
Any abyssal monster that appeared in his line of sight and tried to stop him from “restocking” in the abyss, whether it was a battle general, a commander, or even an occasional Abyssal Demon King—
the moment it touched those transparent ripples,
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Before it could even scream, its body was instantly shredded by the laws and transformed into clouds of exploding blood mist.
Only glowing demonic cores remained, dropping to the ground with a series of clacks.
Behind him,
Lin Xiao, commander of the Broken Army Battalion, followed step by step with a group of fully armed elite soldiers.
This top-tier trump-card unit of Great Xia had now been reduced entirely to a team of porters.
“Commander, this... this is already the five hundred and thirty-sixth high-grade demonic core...”
An adjutant bent down and picked up a Demon King-level core that was still warm. His voice trembled.
Lin Xiao wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
He gazed at the slightly slender young figure ahead, his eyes filled with undisguisable fervor and awe.
Too strong!
The scene in the underground base, where Su Yu had slain the Demon Flame Emperor with two shots, had already been etched deep into his soul.
What kind of earth-shaking power was that?
The abyssal defense line that humanity had struggled to maintain for ten thousand years was practically a joke before this young man.
“Move faster!” Lin Xiao barked at his men in a lowered voice.
“The boss is clearing the path up ahead, and we can’t even keep up with him while picking up money. Do you want the Broken Army Battalion to lose face?!”
“Yes, sir!”
The soldiers flushed with embarrassment and rushed forward with all their might, afraid that they might miss even a single demonic core.
Meanwhile, walking in the middle of the formation, Huo Zhenshan could not suppress the smile at the corners of his mouth.
His old face was beaming like a chrysanthemum in full bloom.
“Refreshing! This is damn refreshing!”
As he walked, Huo Zhenshan fiddled with the military communicator in his hand.
He had already taken the surveillance footage of Su Yu killing the Demon Flame Emperor with two shots, encrypted it with the highest level of security, and uploaded it to Great Xia’s military network.
Access was restricted to the highest-ranking officials.
“Those old bastards are always putting on airs in front of me.”
“Today, I’ll let you all see something truly impressive!”
Huo Zhenshan pressed the send button with a smug grin.
...
At the same time.
Kyoto Martial Arts University, the vice president’s office.
Nie Changkong was staring, with a splitting headache, at Zong Yan, who was still ranting nonstop in front of him.
“Nie Changkong, you have to call Su Yu back for me today!”
Zong Yan slammed his palm on the desk, his beard bristling as he glared furiously.
“So what if he has the Qi Resonance Spear Intent?!”
“No matter how powerful his martial arts are, can they really surpass a mythic-grade mecha?!”
“As long as he’s willing to learn forging from me, I guarantee that within ten years... no, five years! He’ll be able to personally forge an unparalleled mecha capable of suppressing a nation’s destiny!”
“By then, we’ll sweep across the abyss...”
At that moment—
Beep!
The classified terminal on the desk suddenly emitted a sharp alert.
Nie Changkong frowned.
This was the military’s highest-level red communication channel. It would only sound when something concerning the survival of humanity had occurred.
He immediately turned around and pressed his fingerprint against the scanner to unlock it.
Zong Yan also stopped shouting and leaned over.
An encrypted video file appeared on the screen.
Sender: Huo Zhenshan.
Title: [Record of Su Yu Slaying the Demon Emperor]
Boom!
The moment they saw the title, Nie Changkong and Zong Yan both felt their minds buzz.
They froze on the spot.
“A... a Demon Emperor?!”
Nie Changkong sucked in a sharp breath, his voice rising several pitches.
“A Demon Emperor actually appeared in the Ten Thousand Mountains?!”
Zong Yan’s eyes widened even further, his face filled with disbelief.
“What the hell?!”
“What is that old bastard Huo doing?!”
“Wasn’t Su Yu supposed to take over the money-printing factory? How did he run into a Demon Emperor?!”
“After running into a Demon Emperor, instead of taking Su Yu and escaping, he actually had time to record a video?!”
“Has he gone senile?! Doesn’t he know how dangerous this is?!”
Zong Yan was so anxious he nearly jumped.
That was a peerless genius capable of forging a mythic-grade mecha. If he died in the Ten Thousand Mountains, Zong Yan would dismantle Old Huo’s old bones piece by piece.
“Stop shouting!”
Nie Changkong took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the panic in his heart.
His palm was covered in cold sweat as he tremblingly pressed the play button.
The screen lit up.
In the ruins of the underground money-printing factory,
the hundred-meter-tall Demon Flame Emperor radiated a terrifying pressure capable of destroying heaven and earth.
Even through the screen, Nie Changkong and Zong Yan could feel that suffocating sense of despair.
However,
in the next second,
Su Yu appeared in the footage without releasing even the slightest trace of qi and blood.
He merely condensed a transparent spear out of thin air.
Then he thrust it forward.
One strike.
Pfft!
The Demon Flame Emperor’s chest was instantly pierced through!
Next, the Demon Flame Emperor unleashed the forbidden Demon Disintegration Technique, doubling his combat power and sending his might soaring into the heavens.
The second strike.
Boom!
The Demon Flame Emperor, whose power had doubled, was shattered under the slaughter of the laws of heaven and earth, reduced to ashes in an instant!
The video ended there.
A deathly silence descended over the office.
Not even the sound of a falling pin could be heard.
Nie Changkong’s mouth hung open as he gasped heavily, like a fish pulled from water.
Zong Yan stood frozen in place, as rigid as a stone statue.
Shock?
That word was no longer enough to describe what they were feeling.
This was a complete upheaval!
It was their decades of established common sense being pressed to the ground and crushed again and again.
A full three minutes passed.
Only then did Nie Changkong stammer,
“He... he didn’t even use his qi and blood, did he?”
Zong Yan finally managed to turn his stiff neck and look at Nie Changkong.
“Is he a little too strong?”
“He’s this strong...”
“Then... then what the hell do we need mechas for?”
Zong Yan’s voice was terrifyingly hoarse, filled with deep powerlessness and the bewilderment of someone questioning his entire life.
“He didn’t even use his qi and blood, yet he killed an enraged Demon Emperor with two thrusts...”
“With a monster like this around, couldn’t we just have him personally slay the Demon Emperors and flatten the abyss?!”
“What exactly have I been hammering metal for all my life?!”
Zong Yan felt as though his faith had collapsed.
The mecha he had always been proud of, one capable of suppressing an entire nation, could not withstand even a single slap from a Demon Emperor.
Yet Su Yu killed Demon Emperors as easily as slaughtering chickens!
“This kid...”
Nie Changkong swallowed dryly and stared fixedly at the youthful face on the screen.
“He’s only eighteen?”
Nie Changkong suddenly turned to Zong Yan, his eyes practically bulging out of their sockets.
“You’re telling me he’s eighteen?!”
“What eighteen-year-old freshman can poke a Demon Emperor around like a balloon?!”
This rate of growth,
this utterly unreasonable combat power—
it had completely exceeded the boundaries of human understanding!
Nie Changkong took a deep breath and slumped heavily against the back of his chair, raising his head to stare at the ceiling.
After a long while, he finally let out a deeply complicated sigh.
“Genius really can’t be judged by common sense!”
“Luckily…”
“Luckily, he’s human!”
…
Meanwhile.
Beyond the Abyss-Suppressing Great Wall on the northern frontier.
Across the endless wilderness of the Abyss.
The two Nation-Guarding Martial Emperors, Qin Fuhai and Chu Zhan, had just been fired up by Huo Zhenshan’s video and decided to take the initiative.
But at this moment, they were in for a world of trouble!
They had originally assumed that, after Su Yu had cleaved the Black Heaven Demon Emperor’s palm apart from afar, the three Demon Emperors would be scared witless, leaving the outer regions of the Abyss poorly defended.
So the two of them had led an elite force straight across the boundary, intending to wipe out several Abyss strongholds first.
for mindless slaughter, this isn't for you.] My name is Ye Shu, and I'm a transmigrator. It seems I'm supposed to be the protagonist, but that feels pretty unlikely. This world has been invaded by a system. The antagonists on the other side have suddenly become pure, flawless saints. The female leads have been force-fed the so-called "original plot," making them think they've been reborn. Now, everyone thinks I'm scum. Including the old lady in my ring. And here I am, in the Monster Beast Mountain Range, braising pork. To put my situation in perspective— It's as if, the moment Xiao Yan stepped into the Monster Beast Mountain Range, the Soul Emperor already knew he would become the Flame Emperor, and Yao Lao had been turned to the enemy's side. I have nothing right now. Oh wait, that's not true. I do have a white-haired loli child-bride who's the Heavenly Dao, and her only skill is acting cute. So, tell me guys... what are my chances of making it to the end?
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