143: Chapter 143 480,000 Quality Points! Asura Shatters the Sky with a Single Spear!

"Bang!" As Su Ming's foot fell, the Scorpion King's battle-hardened head exploded like a ripe watermelon.

To avoid future trouble!

Su Ming thought about it and decided it was cleaner to just devour it.

"System, can I devour this?"

[Carbon-based lifeform remains detected (Source Beast Bloodline highly contaminated).]

[Analyzing... Human gene ratio is less than 20%, Source Beast-transformed tissue ratio is 80%, contains high concentration of residual Poison Law.]

[Recommendation: Devour Source Beast-transformed tissue and Law fragments. Human remains will be automatically stripped and not converted.]

[Estimated yield: mass points +300,000, chance to capture Poison Law fragment.]

Su Ming clicked his tongue.

He remembered the mercenary corpse Zhao Kuo had sent to the edge of the abyss that he had stored in his space; the System had given a similar prompt back then—

"Carbon-based lifeform, does not meet devouring criteria."

He had been puzzled at the time: why not let him devour the corpse?

Now that he thought about it, the System was actually quite principled in this regard.

"Fine, I won't eat people, just give me the mass points!"

[Ding! Devouring successful, mass points +300,000!]

[Triggered Over-Rank Plunder reward! mass points +180,000!]

[Ding, obtained Poison Law fragment x1]

A series of System notifications made Su Ming's brain crash for a moment.

300,000... plus another 180,000?!

Holy crap!

480,000 mass points!

This was a fucking windfall!

The Third Life Form was beckoning to him!

Su Ming suppressed the excitement in his heart and looked at the third notification.

Poison Law fragment!

His consciousness sank into the System space instantly.

In the corner of the storage space, a fingernail-sized, ink-purple crystal fragment floated silently.

The fragment was extremely irregular, as if it were a corner forcibly chipped off some giant crystal, with sharp edges flashing with eerie, dangerous light.

Inside the crystal, viscous, ink-like liquid flowed extremely slowly.

As soon as Su Ming's gaze touched the flow, his pupils shrank violently...

A terrifying sense of toxic corrosion rushed straight into the depths of his Soul, forcing him to instinctively withdraw his consciousness.

This thing... is a Law fragment? The manifestation of the underlying rules of the current world?

Although it was the first time Su Ming had seen this thing, just the presence that twisted the surrounding Void Realm was enough for him to judge...

The value of this thing made 480,000 mass points look like nothing.

mass points could be earned again after being spent.

But this thing? The highest-level auction house in the entire Federation might not be able to produce a second piece!

He was rich! He was truly rich this time!

This treasure must be kept safe!

Maybe one day he would even have a chance to become a god!

After doing all this, he straightened his back, patted the dust off his hands, and turned his gaze to the only survivor in mid-air.

Tongyuan Society, Fifth-Stage Barrier Master, Mantis King.

...

Meanwhile, outside the barrier at Jiangcheng No. 1 High School.

"Boom—!!!"

A terrifying sonic boom that shattered the clouds tore through the sky, coming from far to near!

A top-tier military aircraft bearing the Vermilion Bird insignia of the Southern Military Region whistled in, moving with the violent posture of breaking the sound barrier, and hovered forcibly above the Purple Pattern Spirit-Locking Array.

The air around the fuselage rubbed and burned due to extreme speed, forming a visible ring of fire.

On the ground, Commander Qin Luo, who was commanding troops to attack the barrier with "Breaker-III" heavy drills, looked up abruptly.

Before he could identify the newcomer,

"Clang—!"

The aircraft's hatch was kicked open violently from the inside!

The hatch spun and flew hundreds of meters, slamming into a distant building with a loud bang.

Immediately after, a fiery red figure holding a hideous giant sword taller than herself jumped down from hundreds of meters in the air, under the horrified gaze of countless soldiers, without waiting for the aircraft to lower its altitude!

Only one thought echoed in her mind; it was Marshal Shen's serious entrustment!

"Bang—!!"

Red light crashed to the ground.

Three meters away from Commander Qin Luo, a deep pit with a diameter of five meters was smashed into the alloy ground.

The shockwave overturned the officers operating the barrier-breaking drills, and even equipment weighing several tons was pushed half a meter away.

The dozen or so nearest city defense officers were knocked over by the shockwave.

As the smoke cleared, a tall, sizzling figure slowly stood up.

1.75 meters tall, crimson battle armor clinging to her slender figure.

Her fiery red high ponytail fluttered in the aftermath of the shockwave, and a crimson giant sword taller than herself was leaned on the ground by her one hand, the blade still "humming" and vibrating.

The scorching and violent aura that rushed towards them made all the surrounding soldiers feel their mouths go dry.

Commander Qin Luo was stunned at first, and after seeing the person's face clearly, joy instantly surged on his face.

"Commander Huangfu Jing!"

Commander of the 7th Independent Regiment of the Vermilion Bird Legion!

The sharpest blade of the Southern Military Region!

Known as the one who could stand against an entire special forces army—Commander Huangfu Jing!

She was here! This battle could be saved!

Commander Huangfu Jing glanced at him, which counted as a greeting. Her voice was cold, carrying unsuppressible anxiety, and she got straight to the point.

"What's the situation inside? Is Shen Qingci inside too?"

Mentioning Shen Qingci, the joy on Commander Qin Luo's face faded, replaced by heaviness.

"Yes... We just intercepted a terrifying fluctuation of a Seventh-Stage Source Beast, and there was poisonous fog covering the sky... But just a few minutes ago, there was a loud noise inside, and then... it went completely quiet."

He pointed to the life detector next to him, which was already emitting black smoke, and said helplessly: "All equipment has malfunctioned. Inside now... life or death is unknown."

Commander Huangfu Jing's brows furrowed instantly, killing intent solidifying in her eyes.

Seventh-Stage?

She looked up, her gaze piercing the dome of the barrier.

At the core of the dark purple light curtain, a huge phantom of a praying mantis made of energy was looming; it was the hub of the entire Formation.

"Hum—"

The armor on her body and the giant sword in her hand resonated at the same instant.

Commander Huangfu Jing's arm muscles tightened, and she slashed fiercely at the mantis phantom from a distance!

A crimson Sword Qi more than ten meters long, carrying heat waves like burning mountains and boiling seas, slashed fiercely at the barrier.

However, the Sword Qi, which was enough to split a small mountain, only rippled on the light curtain before being quickly absorbed and decomposed by countless twisted purple runes.

Most of the Source Energy disappeared into thin air!

"Spirit-Locking Array..."

Commander Huangfu Jing recognized the origin of this Formation at a glance, her tone cold, "If you attack hard from the outside, the power will be shared and absorbed by the Formation patterns. Relying on brute force won't break it even by tomorrow."

"The only way to break the Formation quickly is—to interfere with or destroy the Formation eye that acts as the core from the inside."

Commander Qin Luo sighed deeply, his face full of helplessness: "Commander Huangfu Jing, besides a group of instructors who are at most Fifth-Stage, the rest are all high school students who haven't graduated... Facing the Seventh-Stage Scorpion King, it's good enough to be alive, where would they have the energy to hit the Formation eye?"

"Jiangcheng is also remote, if only there was a barrier-breaker..."

Commander Huangfu Jing didn't answer.

She sheathed her sword and closed her eyes.

When she opened them again, her beautiful phoenix eyes were already silver-white!

"In that case, I will break it!"

Before the words fell, a visible energy shockwave suddenly rippled from her body.

SS-level Talent!

[Pantheon] — Activate!

"Click! Click! Click!"

Accompanied by a crisp sound of mechanical deconstruction, the sizzling crimson battle armor on her body actually began to peel off, deform, and reorganize layer by layer!

The crimson giant sword in her hand also decomposed simultaneously, turning into countless crimson particles, merging into the armor.

Metal and Source Energy crazily intertwined, tempered, and recast on the surface of her body.

In an instant, the hideous red [Blazing Phoenix Armor] had turned into the silver-white [Barrier-Breaking Armor]!

If the former was violence and wild flames, then this set was sharpness and restraint.

Fine Source Energy patterns flowed on the armor, cold and holy.

In her right hand, a two-meter-long silver spear condensed and took shape.

The tip of the spear was glowing with silver light that was almost impossible to look at directly, and the air was silently cut open the moment it touched the spear tip, leaving trails of twisted light.

Spear of Breaking!

The surrounding city defense officers gasped in unison and retreated in horror.

Not because of the splendor of the armor.

But because of the pressure emanating from the silver armor.

After the Sixth-Stage Early Stage Source Energy fluctuation was amplified by the [Barrier-Breaking Armor], it was infinitely close to the Sixth-Stage Middle Stage!

This was the trump card of the Southern Military Region's "Red-Haired Shura".

[Pantheon] — SS-level special talent.

Multi-form armor switching, each set of armor corresponds to an extreme combat form.

One person is a special forces unit!

Far inside the Formation, the Mantis King, who had just recovered from the huge shock, didn't notice at all that the fatal threat from the outside had already arrived.

Outside the barrier, a bolt of silver lightning was gathering strength.

Commander Huangfu Jing held the spear with one hand and squatted slightly.

The tip of the silver spear was aimed at the most core node of the dome barrier—the focal point where all the Formation patterns converged at the highest point from the ground.

"Commander Qin Luo."

"Here!"

"After I break the Formation, your men must go in immediately and evacuate all candidates and instructors."

Commander Qin Luo nodded vigorously and roared at the city defense army behind him: "Attention everyone! Complete the breakthrough within thirty seconds after the Formation is broken! Save people!"

Commander Huangfu Jing stopped talking nonsense.

Her legs exerted force suddenly, the alloy ground under her feet shattered, and her whole body turned into a bolt of silver lightning and rose from the ground!

A hundred meters high, reached in an instant.

The silver spear drew a perfect arc at the highest point, and the silver light condensed on the spear tip expanded to the extreme.

Then—

She thrust the spear out!

Like lightning, like a dragon!

"Crack—!!!!"

That sound, everyone present would never forget it in their lives.

It was as if someone had taken a giant piece of glass covering the entire sky and stabbed it through from the center with one spear.

Cracks spread crazily in all directions with the spear tip as the center.

The purple light filling the sky dissipated, turning into brilliant light rain and vanishing.

In the Martial Arts Arena, the dozens of test machines used as sub-Formation eyes exploded one after another with "bang, bang, bang" sounds at the same time, emitting billowing black smoke and sparks flying everywhere.

Purple Pattern Spirit-Locking Array!

Broken!

The Fifth-Stage grand Formation, which even heavy barrier-breaking drills couldn't do anything about, collapsed with one blow in front of Commander Huangfu Jing's [Barrier-Breaking Armor]!

The moment the barrier was removed, the suppressed Source Energy shackles disappeared simultaneously.

The long-lost sunlight spilled back into the Martial Arts Arena.

At the entrance of the underground shelter, the teachers and students who had held on for more than half an hour, the moment they saw the purple light above their heads dissipate and the sky reappear—

"Ahhhhhhh—!!"

"It's broken! The barrier is broken!"

"We're saved!!"

Earth-shattering cheers erupted from the passage.

Lieutenant Colonel Chu Feng and the others looked at the city defense army pouring into the arena, finally let out a long sigh of relief, and their tense nerves relaxed.

And in mid-air.

The Mantis King suffered a violent backlash from the collapse of the Formation, and a mouthful of black blood sprayed from the corner of his mouth.

He struggled to stabilize his figure and looked down at the ruins.

The military outside had already begun to pour in.

The situation was gone.

But the Mantis King didn't run.

His gaze crossed the ruins, crossed the soldiers, and crossed the cheering teachers and students.

It locked tightly onto the thin young man standing next to the Scorpion King's bloodstains.

The corner of the Mantis King's mouth slowly split into an eerie arc.

"Good... Good!"

His voice was not loud, but it clearly spread throughout the Martial Arts Arena.

"The Human Race... has finally produced another... Genius worth hunting!"

"The Councilors will be very happy!"

"... This trip, it was not in vain!"

He was laughing.

As if he had completed some kind of mission.

As if all the sacrifices, all the layouts, were just to confirm this one thing.

Just as the Mantis King was laughing wildly, a terrifying sonic boom cloud suddenly exploded in the ruins below.

"You fucking act even better than me!"

A roar full of anger resounded through the entire arena.

[Mass Engine] full power!

The three-hundred-ton silicon-based body completed acceleration in an instant, and the whole person, like an anti-tank missile, rose from the ground, rushing towards the Mantis King who was still laughing wildly in mid-air, and grabbed him fiercely!