24: Chapter 24 Extraordinary Martial Arts

"This move looks quite ordinary, but its power is absolutely terrifying. It feels strangely familiar," Lu Yuxuan said, sensing something was off.

Yet she couldn't quite place it... where exactly had she seen it?

"Sister Yuxuan, are you talking about the divine artifact? It does look quite ordinary, and honestly seems completely useless," Tao Mumu recalled immediately.

She had studied her own Wood Spirit Sword carefully, but found nothing unusual about it.

It looked extremely plain, and using it felt... as if it was about to break. It wasn't even as good as a black gold weapon.

Gu Na also couldn't put her finger on it. "As for divine artifacts... let's just keep them for now!"

"Mhm, but don't worry... I can guarantee that divine artifacts are absolutely heaven-defying existences," Lu Yuxuan still had confidence in that.

Wasn't that right? Chu Yaoyao bought it at such a high price. Only a fool would believe it had no use at all!

"Excellent, devour and absorb it for my own use." Mu Cheng couldn't afford to care about too much right now.

After devouring the lightning-attribute sword energy, suddenly his black gold blade could be imbued with a black lightning attribute...

He had only intended to try it out, but his black gold blade still unleashed a sphere of black lightning.

It was extremely fast... but the aim was a bit off, completely missing Qin Chen.

"Well done, kid. So it's sword intent. It seems you do have the strength to make me take you seriously."

As Qin Chen swung his black gold sword once more, the lightning-attribute sword energy behind him no longer flew out.

Instead, it coalesced together... followed by a drastic change in the sky, accompanied by thunder and lightning.

"This guy... seems to be getting serious. What should I do?" Mu Cheng remained remarkably calm.

"This is so frustrating." Lu Yuxuan's patience was gradually wearing thin.

Gu Na was also worried. "Let's hope so! Anyway, even if we lose... it's not shameful."

Behind Qin Chen, a purple lightning-attribute sword energy about ten meters long coalesced, as if it could tear apart everything around it.

"Seems this is the only way." Mu Cheng finally, amidst his calmness, devised a strategy to deal with it.

In truth, he could have chosen to dodge... but to make Qin Chen accept his defeat wholeheartedly, he chose to take it head-on!

"Go! This is my strongest strike." As Qin Chen swung his black gold sword once again,

the lightning-attribute sword energy behind him descended from the sky, falling towards Mu Cheng...

"Come at me." Mu Cheng was completely composed...

At the thousand-jun moment, suddenly a faint, dark-glowing wall flickered in and out of existence...

The massive lightning-attribute sword energy was thus frozen in mid-air.

"Holy crap!!! This spatial ability is seriously overpowered." Even Mu Cheng himself was greatly surprised.

He had initially thought the spatial ability was useless and was about to release his time ability... but now it seemed unnecessary.

He directly released Black Vine... instantly tightly coiling around the suspended lightning-attribute sword energy.

Just as Mu Cheng had thought, the Devouring Bloodline could devour anything, no matter how large...

it could still be devoured.

[This guy really does devour all abilities. What a pity... for the Devouring Bloodline to grow powerful, one can only follow the path of body cultivation.]

Hearing this inner voice from Chu Yaoyao, Mu Cheng immediately became interested.

Body cultivation? Wasn't that the path of his previous life? Facing abilities of the same rank, he had absolutely no chance to fight back.

"Wait... seems I was wrong." Mu Cheng suddenly remembered gelatinous tooth.

Wasn't his previous self purely focused on enhancing physical strength? And yet he still became a formidable existence?

Conflicted... he suddenly fell into confusion.

"I've lost."

Qin Chen accepted his defeat wholeheartedly and soon left, disappearing without a trace...

"Brother Cheng... did we win?" Lu Yuxuan was clearly stunned; she couldn't see the final attack clearly at all.

Gu Na forced herself to remain calm and said, "Mhm, we won."

After this battle, not only would Mu Cheng's fame soar, but Menglou Pavilion would also resound throughout Ning City.

"Alright, stop standing there. Go touch the chests." Seeing everyone frozen, Mu Cheng suddenly spoke up.

Clearly, Chu Yaoyao was more excited than anyone. "Then what are we waiting for? After opening the treasure chests, let's go find the Trader."

"I almost forgot about that if she hadn't mentioned it." Only then did Mu Cheng remember the previous prompt; there were indeed three more Traders.

Soon, everyone arrived at the chests. They weren't scattered haphazardly but were neatly arranged.

The basic ones were on the outside, followed by intermediate, then high-grade, with the five top-grade treasure chests in the center.

"I'm quite curious. These zombies can move treasure chests, so why can't we lift them?" Gu Na looked at the scene before her,

also somewhat shocked...

So neatly arranged... and moved here by zombies. It's hard not to be curious.

"This might be to lure people here!" Chu Yaoyao also couldn't explain the reason.

However, having seen grander scenes, the treasure chests here were just a small amount to her, not worth a second glance.

Her target this time was the Trader...

"Alright, Xiao Xuanxuan, you do the touching." Mu Cheng knew his limits.

Knowing his own bad luck, he naturally let Lu Yuxuan take over...

"Mhm, let me." Lu Yuxuan began touching one of the top-grade treasure chests.

She soon pulled out a golden manual.

[Death God's Art]

???

Mu Cheng was completely baffled... Could you even get manuals from these? Was this reasonable?

In his previous life, he had never heard of such a thing.

"It's... Transcendent Martial Arts! This luck is too good!" Chu Yaoyao's jaw nearly dropped in shock.

If the first item was Transcendent Martial Arts, then wouldn't the remaining ones be either divine artifacts or Transcendent Martial Arts?

Transcendent Martial Arts?

Mu Cheng expressed great confusion. "What is this thing? Why have I never heard of it?"

Tao Mumu connected all the pieces and said,

"This disaster is called Global Survival... it sounds like playing a game. Equipment is black gold weapons, divine artifacts' uses are currently unknown, so this Transcendent Martial Arts must be the skills!"

"That understanding isn't wrong, but it's far more complicated than that." Chu Yaoyao clearly agreed with this explanation.

"Alright, Xiao Xuanxuan, judging by the name... this suits your Death Bloodline very well. You keep it for yourself."

As soon as Mu Cheng said this, Chu Yaoyao lost her composure again. "You mean... she has the Death Bloodline?"

Was that reasonable? If she truly had the Death Bloodline, what Lu Yuxuan released earlier was the unique bloodline domain.

Was this reasonable? Something only releasable at the eighth rank, yet Lu Yuxuan, at the fourth rank, had already released and perfectly controlled it...

"It is indeed the Death Bloodline... Is there something wrong with that?" Mu Cheng asked curiously.

Chu Yaoyao stammered, "Nothing's really wrong."

Wrong my foot! Of course, it was because she had never seen someone with just a fourth-rank ability release and comprehend a domain.

"Fine. Xiao Xuanxuan, you keep touching." Mu Cheng could tell Chu Yaoyao was hiding something, but now... if she wasn't willing to say, what could he do?

He couldn't exactly use force... could he?