66: Chapter 66 Old Stories (3)

However, the true storm had only just begun.

At noon that day.

"Rumble—!!!"

Accompanied by a terrifying, thunderous roar.

At the Peak of a towering mountain about thirty kilometers away from the two.

A heaven-shaking pillar of light, ten times thicker than any before and so red it looked like it could drip blood, suddenly broke through the clouds!

Within this red light was contained an aura of ultimate destruction, slaughter, and a terrifying martial energy that made the very heavens and earth tremble!!

Su Wu and Lin Waner stopped in their tracks at the same time.

Lin Waner looked at that familiar red light, and within her originally calm eyes, an extremely hot, excited, and even somewhat crazed light instantly erupted.

"It's it... it's finally appeared again!"

Lin Waner muttered to herself, her hands tightly clenched into fists.

"What is that?" Su Wu asked, swallowing hard as he felt the heart-palpitating pressure in the air.

Lin Waner turned her head, looked at Su Wu, and said, "That is... a Sixth-Order Ancient Martial Weapon!"

"What?!"

Hearing this, Su Wu felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and a look of extreme shock flashed in his eyes.

Although he was a local, after more than half a month of popular science lessons, he clearly knew what the words "Sixth-Order" represented!

In this era where a Star King could dominate a region, a Sixth-Order Ancient Martial Weapon, even in the vast Milky Way, was a legendary strategic-grade Divine Artifact! It was an existence enough to serve as a super Family's clan-suppressing treasure! Its power was strong enough to easily sever the star river and destroy stars!

He never imagined that in this low-level ancestral land, where even a Martial King could not enter, such a Heaven-Defying supreme treasure would be nurtured!

"The fatal injury I suffered before was because I found its nurturing place and tried to take it away early, only to be injured by its protective Restriction."

Lin Waner took a deep breath, a look of determination showing in her eyes. "But this ancient martial weapon is vital to my Family! With it, my father's position in the Family will be unshakable! I must obtain it!"

She suddenly turned around, grabbed Su Wu's arms with both hands, and looked at him with burning eyes.

"Su Wu, I have already found a way to subdue it. However, during the process of subduing it, I cannot be subjected to any outside interference!"

"I need you... to Protector for me!"

Lin Waner's tone carried a determination of burning her bridges. "As long as you can hold out until I subdue it, after we go out, I will definitely give you a generous reward!!"

Su Wu fell silent.

The appearance of a Sixth-Order Ancient Martial Weapon would absolutely be an Asura field bloodier than a meat grinder.

It was easy to imagine that next, they would face the crazed siege of hundreds or even thousands of red-eyed Great Grandmaster powerhouses!

The danger accompanying such a treasure was more than just a narrow escape from death.

This was almost a certain-death situation!

But...

Su Wu looked at the girl before him who had entrusted her life to him, looking at her eyes filled with expectation and trust.

All those rational analyses and instincts to seek benefit and avoid harm were, at this moment, completely thrown to the back of his mind.

"Okay."

Su Wu didn't ask about the reward, nor did he ask how dangerous it would be.

He just nodded gently.

With that said, the two of them moved like lightning, turning into two streaks of light and racing toward that sky-piercing red light!

...

The Peak of the mountain where the red light was located was a massive ancient altar.

When Su Wu and Lin Waner arrived, in a forest of scattered rocks several hundred meters away from the altar, no fewer than a thousand elite Martial Artists from various forces had already gathered densely!

These people were either in groups of three to five forming formations, or alone holding swords with eyes closed to rest. But without exception, every one of them emitted the powerful aura of the Great Grandmaster level. People of various skin colors were mixed together, their greedy and crazed eyes all staring fixedly at the peerless divine weapon wrapped in red light and thrust into the rock in the center of the altar.

It was a simple long saber, dark red throughout, with a lifelike Starry Sky Black Dragon carved at the hilt. Just by quietly being thrust there, the Saber Intent it emitted caused fine black cracks to continuously appear in the surrounding space.

The powerful pressure emitted by the red light made these Great Grandmasters, who were usually high and mighty, not dare to approach easily. They could only hover a hundred meters away like hungry wolves, looking for an opportunity to strike.

"It's right here."

Lin Waner took a deep breath, ignoring the wolf-like gazes around her.

She walked directly to a place only dozens of meters away from the red light pillar, sat cross-legged without hesitation, quickly formed seals with her hands in front of her chest, and began to chant an extremely obscure and difficult-to-understand incantation.

"Protector for me!"

Lin Waner closed her eyes, completely shutting down all perception and defense, handing her life and safety entirely to the man behind her.

"Rest assured. As long as I still have a breath left, no one will cross this line."

Su Wu nodded.

He turned around and heavily thrust his long saber into the rock before him.

He stood alone, facing the thousand-plus predatory Great Grandmasters ahead, his back straight as a ramrod, like an impassable natural chasm.

As Lin Waner chanted the incantation, a golden rune emerged on her forehead. A soft wave of mental power followed the ground, slowly extending toward the Sixth-Order Ancient Martial Weapon in the center of the altar.

A few minutes later.

"Buzz—!!!"

That dark red long saber, which had been in a dormant state, actually began to tremble violently! It emitted a low roar like an ancient dragon awakening, and the red light on the blade began to flash rhythmically, actually... responding to Lin Waner's induction!

"Not good! That woman is using a secret method to subdue the divine weapon!"

Someone in the crowd suddenly let out a terrified shout.

This shout was like throwing a bomb into a boiling pot of oil!

The thousand-plus Martial Artists around who were still wary of each other and acting independently were now completely crazed!

"The Sixth-Order divine weapon is mine! Whoever dares to snatch it dies!"

"Kill that woman! She wants to monopolize the treasure!"

"Everyone, charge together! Kill them first, then we'll fight for it based on our own abilities!"

In an instant, the crowd was like a school of frenzied sharks that had smelled blood, completely losing their reason.

Accompanied by heaven-shaking battle cries, hundreds and thousands of blood-energy streaks and Martial Skill lights of various colors and terrifying power bombarded toward Lin Waner and Su Wu's location, covering the sky!

"Come on!!!"

Buzz—!

The liquid metal at his heart instantly boiled!

A layer of High-Tech Biological Mecha, appearing as a deep, mysterious blue, completed its coverage of Su Wu's entire body within a microsecond. Mysterious energy circuits flowed on the surface of the mecha, and a heavy, solid deep-blue energy shield, with Su Wu as the center, expanded outward ten meters, perfectly protecting Lin Waner inside.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The first wave of attacks arrived as expected.

Over a hundred Great Grandmaster-level Sword Qi, saber lights, and energy bolts slammed hard into the deep-blue shield, erupting with deafening roars.

The shield rippled violently, but it was as solid as a rock, not moving an inch.

"Get lost!!!"

A burly Martial Artist, the fastest to charge, held a heavy hammer and leaped high, smashing down hard toward the shield.

A cold gleam flashed in Su Wu's eyes.

He didn't defend at all; the mecha's right arm instantly liquefied and deformed, turning into a sharp deep-blue High-Frequency Vibration Blade.

"Puchi!"

Su Wu threw a punch, the High-Frequency Vibration Blade directly piercing through the Martial Artist's Protective Aura and instantly skewering his chest. Then, a powerful burst of energy erupted, directly blowing that massive body into a cloud of blood mist!

One strike, an Early Stage Great Grandmaster insta-killed!

However, the temptation of a Sixth-Order Ancient Martial Weapon was simply too great.

Despite Su Wu showing terrifying insta-kill strength like a god of war, the crowd did not retreat; instead, they were stimulated by the blood and became even more crazed.

"He's only one person! Wear him out!"

More and more people surged forward like a tide. Various powerful Martial Skills and secret techniques were poured onto this small patch of land as if they cost nothing.

Five minutes.

Su Wu was like a tireless killing machine, roaming crazily at the edge of the shield. At his feet, over a hundred incomplete corpses had already piled up.

But, many ants can kill an elephant.

Ten minutes.

After continuously enduring thousands of high-intensity bombardments, that indestructible deep-blue energy shield finally made an overburdened "crack" sound, and fine spiderweb-like cracks began to appear on the surface.

The warning lights inside the mecha began to flash crazily: "Warning! Energy reserves dropped to 40%! Shield about to collapse!"

Fifteen minutes.

"Bang!"

With a crisp sound, the energy shield completely shattered.

Losing his long-range defense, Su Wu could only use his Physical Body and the mecha's armor to tank those incoming attacks head-on.

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"Kill him!"

Three swordsmen who had cultivated a joint attack technique seized the moment Su Wu was catching his breath and attacked in a triangular formation.

Three sharp Sword Qi strikes sealed off all of Su Wu's retreat paths.

Su Wu had nowhere to dodge.

He turned abruptly, using the thickest armor on his back to take those three sword strikes head-on!

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

Sparks flew everywhere.

The armor on the back of his mecha was torn, and three sword wounds deep enough to reveal bone appeared on Su Wu's back.

Blood instantly stained his inner pilot suit red.

"Go to hell!"

Enduring the excruciating pain, Su Wu swept back with his blade, slicing those three swordsmen in half at the waist.

Twenty minutes.

"Warning! Mecha severely overloaded! Energy reserves below 10%!"

At this moment, Su Wu was at the end of his rope.

His physical strength was severely overdrawn, and his vision was blurred by sweat and blood.

The mecha was nearly destroyed, its surface flickering with dangerous electrical sparks.

His legs felt as heavy as if filled with lead; every swing of his blade required draining the last shred of strength from his body.

Yet he still gritted his teeth, standing like a nail in front of Lin Waner.

He refused to retreat even half a step.

"He's almost done for! Attack!"

The surrounding crowd noticed Su Wu's weakness and let out excited howls.

"Die!!!"

Just then, a berserker nearly three meters tall with bulging muscles, whose strength had reached the Peak of the Great Grandmaster, descended from the sky wielding a black giant axe weighing thousands of jin.

He brought with him a terrifying wind pressure that tore the air apart, hacking fiercely down at Su Wu's head!

This axe strike was unstoppable; there was no way to dodge it!

Su Wu's heart shuddered.

He wanted to raise his blade to block, but his severely overdrawn body protested by striking, and his movement was actually a full beat too slow.

"Is this the end..."

Su Wu watched the black axe blade drawing closer, a trace of unwillingness flashing in his eyes.

He could feel that with this axe strike, even his mecha would definitely be split in two.

However.

Just at this critical moment, the instant the giant axe was about to land on the helmet of Su Wu's mecha!

"Boom—!!!"

A silver thunderbolt, with an unstoppable momentum, smashed through the crowd from the side without warning and instantly slammed into the berserker!

"Bang!"

That arrogant Peak Great Grandmaster, without even having time to scream, was sent flying hundreds of meters away along with his axe by this terrifying force, slamming heavily against the cliff wall and turning into a puddle of flesh!

The gale stopped abruptly.

A slender figure exuding cold, endless killing intent, holding a dripping, narrow Tang saber, landed steadily beside Su Wu.

The person who arrived was none other than Lin Feng!

"You..." Su Wu stared at that familiar side profile, filled with unruliness, and was stunned.

"What do you mean, 'you'!"

Lin Feng turned his head and glared fiercely at Su Wu, his eyes full of frustration that he hadn't lived up to expectations.

"What kind of hero are you trying to play here alone!

Do you really think you're a savior?! Idiot!"

Although he was spouting the harshest words, Lin Feng's actions were not hesitant in the slightest.

He swung his long saber violently, and a terrifying blade aura dozens of zhang long erupted instantly, slicing the dozen or so Martial Artists rushing forward in half at the waist!

"What are you still standing there for? Waiting to die?"

...

Half an hour later.

Accompanied by a Dragon roar that shook the heavens and earth, that Sixth-Order Ancient Martial Weapon finally turned into a beam of red light and merged into Lin Waner's brow.

The Divine Artifact was successfully subdued!

With Lin Waner's help, the three of them successfully escaped.

Subsequently, the time in the ancestral land was up.

The spatial repulsion force transported the three of them out of the Kunlun Mountains.

After coming out, Lin Feng dropped a few bottles of healing medicine and left without a word of farewell.

As for Lin Waner, she was met by her Protector, Uncle Fu.

She made an extremely bold decision.

She handed the Sixth-Order Ancient Martial Weapon she had risked her life to obtain, along with a wisp of her own Divine Soul aura, to Uncle Fu, ordering him to take it back to her Family in the Holy Spirit Star Domain to complete the mission.

She threatened him with her life, strictly forbidding Uncle Fu from leaking a single word about her affairs.

As for herself, she stayed on this azure planet under the pretext that her "training was not yet complete."

The days that followed were the happiest, most heaven-like times of Su Wu's life.

Lin Waner shed the halo of the God Race Young Miss and followed Su Wu, living the most ordinary life of cohabitation on this Earth, full of the hustle and bustle of daily life.

They strolled through the night markets of Jiangnan together and watched the stars on the roof.

Two hearts merged completely in simplicity and sincerity.

A year later.

They had the fruit of their love.

It was a daughter as beautiful as Lin Waner, her features extremely like Lin Waner's.

During that time, Su Wu felt he was the happiest man in the entire Universe.

Three years later, Lin Waner became pregnant again and gave birth to Su Yu.

Su Wu originally thought that this life of having a wife, children, and a warm home would last until the end of time.

Until the third month after Su Yu was born.

It was a day of dark clouds and thunderstorms.

The sky suddenly tore open.

The people from the Starry Sky Divine Clan in the Holy Spirit Star Domain had finally tracked them down.

Leading them was Lin Waner's eldest brother, a "terrifying existence" who stood above a Star King!

That day was the end of the world for Su Wu.

"Lowly native, how dare you defile the noble Bloodline of my God Race.

You and that bastard son should both be crushed to dust!"

That high-and-mighty man coldly pronounced the death sentence for Su Wu and Su Yu.

As for the daughter, because she had inherited higher God Race genes, she was judged qualified to be taken back to the Family for cultivation.

Facing such despair-inducing, crushing power, Su Wu didn't even have the qualification to stand up.

He was stepped on in the mud like a dog, watching helplessly as they snatched away his daughter, watching that executioner's blade about to descend upon the head of Su Yu, who was still in swaddling clothes.

"No!!!"

At the critical moment.

"Big Brother! If you dare to kill this father and son, I will immediately destroy my Divine Soul!

I will let you take a corpse back to see Father!

You know that the God Race Bloodline must not be lost; if I die, you won't be able to escape the consequences either!"

Lin Waner's face was covered in tears, but her eyes were as resolute as a rock, staring fixedly at her brother.

That existence compromised.

Compared to the lives of two ants, the Family's Bloodline was more important.

"Fine."

The Star Emperor looked at Su Wu coldly.

"But while the death penalty can be waived, living punishment is unavoidable.

This native must have his cultivation crippled to become a useless person.

This is the final bottom line of my God Race."

Bang!

A force struck into Su Wu's body.

Su Wu's Dantian instantly burst, his Meridians were severed inch by inch, and all his Qi and blood vanished into nothingness.

Before leaving.

Lin Waner was forcibly taken onto the warship.

At the moment the hatch closed, she used all her strength to shout the last words of her life to Su Wu, who was lying in the mud:

"Su Wu! Live! You must live! Take care of Yu'er!"

The warship tore through the air and left, taking away Su Wu's wife and daughter, leaving him alone holding the wailing baby.

...

"Hoo..."

The tide of memory receded like a retreating tide.

The evening breeze on the balcony dried the unknown moisture at the corners of Su Wu's eyes.

He smiled and looked at Lin Feng, who was sitting on the railing and also lost in silence.

"Lin Feng.

You were so haughty back then, saying you wouldn't save me, but in the end, didn't you still jump out like a savior and save me from that fatal axe strike?"

Su Wu's tone carried a hint of teasing.

Having his "dark history" from back then exposed, even for the high-ranking and powerful Inspector, a rare flash of unnatural annoyance crossed Lin Feng's handsome face.

"Go away!

Stop trying to make yourself look good!

Who the hell saved you?"

Lin Feng curled his lip, leaped down from the railing, straightened his white trench coat that had been wrinkled by the wind, and forcefully tried to save face: "I just happened to be passing by, and I simply couldn't stand those alien scum bullying the few with the many!

It was just a casual act!"

"Alright, let's not talk about the past.

I've delivered my message for today."

Lin Feng turned around, and the Void Realm behind him began to ripple slowly.

At the moment he was about to step into the spatial passage, Lin Feng paused, not looking back.

"I'm leaving."

Su Wu stood on the balcony, watching the place where Lin Feng had disappeared, a smile of relief curling the corners of his mouth.

"So, the Holy Spirit Star Domain..."

Su Wu looked up, his deep gaze seeming to pierce through the distance of billions of light-years, looking toward that patch of starry sky at the very center of the Milky Way.

"Waner, it's already been nearly twenty years.

Wait for me."