81: Even though I am cursed and need one hand...

"This is bad, Sir!"

A young man hurriedly pushed open the door to the lounge.

Several Ninth Rank Martial Artists who were smoking turned their heads to look at the newcomer, whose face was flushed red from excessive nervousness.

"I'm doing just fine!"

One of the Martial Artists stood up, speechless.

He said "excuse me" to his colleagues.

He grabbed the recruit, who hadn't been there long, and led him out.

"Xiao Zhao, how many times have I told you? No matter what happens, don't panic!"

"How are you going to become an executive later if you're so impetuous?"

"Your talent is excellent; you're already at the Fifth Rank Peak at such a young age. My position will definitely be yours in the future!"

Hearing his superior say this, the young man stopped being so anxious.

Taking a deep breath, his tense state of mind began to relax.

It made sense.

Nearly forty Ninth Rank Martial Artists were stationed here with the army, and there was even a Saint Rank powerhouse!

What was he worried about?

The superior nodded in satisfaction seeing that his newly recruited secretary had quickly calmed down.

It was normal for young people who had just entered society to be a bit impetuous; it was also a sign of ambition!

"By the way, what were you going to say earlier?"

The young man was just about to speak.

"Wooo!!!"

The base's alarm blared, and a Light Screen instantly popped up.

It flashed with a red light.

"A large influx of exotic beasts has been detected entering the Buffer World, including as many as fifty Ninth Rank exotic beasts. Initiating Yellow Alert!"

"All High-Rank Martial Artists, proceed to the training grounds immediately for assembly!"

"Ah!"

The cigarette between the superior's fingers dropped to the ground.

He stared at the alarm on the Light Screen with his mouth wide open.

Then he grabbed the young man, who was looking at him curiously.

"Something this important—why didn't you say so earlier?"

The young man replied somewhat aggrievedly, "Didn't I say 'this is bad' at the very beginning?"

The superior took a deep breath. "Next time, get straight to the point!"

Then he quickly flew toward the training grounds... "High-Rank exotic beasts are starting to riot, and there are so many mid and low-rank ones. Is a beast tide about to happen?"

"If I land a few hits, wouldn't I strike it rich instantly!"

Jiang Hao gripped the Hidden Soul, the Chaos Law augmenting his body.

His Spatial Power was restrained.

His entire being seemed like a puff of air or a patch of roadside weeds.

He stood quietly in the air, his Mental Energy continuously radiating outward.

Just now, Jiang Hao had discovered a clever use for the Hidden Soul:

Using Mental Energy to coat his body in a thin film, forming a bubble.

The Hidden Soul would directly conceal this entire area!

It wasn't invisibility, yet it was even more extreme than that!

It was as if he were in a completely different world.

"Before, I always just charged in with the Chaos Law active, relying entirely on my raw stats.

Now, I finally have a real trump card for survival!"

His bracelet buzzed with a message; he opened it to find it was from Captain Liu.

【Call Me Old Liu: Mr. Jiang Hao, are you uninjured? A large-scale beast tide has broken out in the Small World. Where are you now?】

【I Dont Eat Beef: Don't worry, everything is fine. I'll head back to the entrance after I finish one big job.】

【Call Me Old Liu: Stay safe. Military reinforcements have already arrived at the entrance.】

Jiang Hao felt relieved.

He silently spent seven thousand points.

【Realm: Fifth Rank Seventh Heaven → Sixth Rank First Heaven】+

He waited practicedly for the changes brought by the promotion to subside.

He raised his blade and charged it, pouring in most of his spirit and Essence.

The black illusory blade of the Hidden Soul extended to over eighty meters.

Unfortunately, the commotion caused by mobilizing the surrounding Essence was too great.

The Hidden Soul couldn't conceal it all.

"It's a human! He should have fallen in rank due to the Weakness Curse! Why is there still such a strong Essence fluctuation!?"

An exotic beast from Exotic World No. 2 instantly spotted Jiang Hao in the distance as he began charging a powerful move.

"Kill him!"

"Tell the mid and low-rank exotic beasts nearby to disperse!"

Another Ninth Rank exotic beast lunged toward Jiang Hao.

It intended to prevent that terrifying strike from landing.

The Essence fluctuations of the Hidden Soul grew even stronger; amplified by the Chaos Law, they had already reached the Ninth Rank Peak!

Even without moving, the blade's edge could slice a smooth opening in the space before it.

It remained unhealed for a long time.

Many silvery-white threads appeared in the air around Jiang Hao.

These dangerous threads constantly drifted about, growing in number.

"Crack!" "Crack!" The sounds exploded one after another.

This was the sign that the space in this area was about to collapse!

Jiang Hao's face turned pale.

Operating the Chaos Law and Spatial Power at full capacity put an even greater strain on his already depleted spirit.

He looked at the Ninth Rank exotic beast rushing toward him and smiled:

"Even if I carry a curse and must use one hand to suppress this space..."

Holding the great blade that had surged to a hundred meters, he slashed toward the Ninth Rank exotic beast that had sensed something was wrong and begun to flee for its life.

"...I still stand above the heavens!"

Silence. Not a single sound was emitted.

It was as if a supreme being were raising a blade from outside the world.

The lofty Heavenly Blade descended.

It was like the sounding of a death knell.

Nearly ten million mid and low-rank exotic beasts were instantly killed by the Soul Blade!

Among them were dozens of Seventh-Rank Exotic Beasts that hadn't managed to flee far enough in time!

"No! How can you be this strong!?"

Its Soul already shattered, the Ninth Rank exotic beast shouted its final words in indignation before instantly losing all signs of life.

The Saber Qi passed through its body as if leaving no wound at all!

Immediately after, it was ground into mincemeat by the silvery-white spatial threads.

A large area of space began to continuously crack and shatter.

Pitch-black spatial rifts were exposed.

Irreparable black voids hung in mid-air.

Like whirlpools on a black sea.

The Saber Qi sliced the earth open and severed mountain ranges!

A terrifying earthquake spread out.

The other exotic beasts, which had already moved hundreds of kilometers away when Jiang Hao began charging his attack...

...watched the terrifying strike in horror.

"Humans are so scary! I want to go home!"

...At the entrance, some Martial Artists whose ranks had dropped due to the Weakness Curse...

...were staring blankly at the busy army.

Although the curse wasn't fatal, the loss of an entire major Realm was still enough to make one break down.

Ordinary Martial Artists had no way to break a Saint Rank Curse Law!

Unless a Saint Rank powerhouse didn't mind wasting time to remove the curse from each of them one by one.

The Battle Groups that had scavenged a large amount of exotic beast Materials earlier were also sitting together, their spirits flagging.

"It's all my fault. Even though we had scavenged so many Materials, I insisted on continuing to hunt exotic beasts and refused to return.

I caused everyone to be cursed."

A female Martial Artist with disheveled hair and a dazed expression cried as she begged her teammates to punish her.

The captain felt his Realm, which had dropped to the Fifth Rank, and shook his head helplessly.

Looking at his dejected teammates and companions who had lost their edge...

...he stood up and shouted:

"Enough!"

"Can't we just Cultivate back the lost Realm? Our gains from this trip, plus our previously saved resources..."

"...will be enough for us to Cultivate properly for a while!"

"At the very least, we made it back alive."

"But Captain, I... Huh? What's that?"

Everyone in the camp, whether busy soldiers or Battle Group Martial Artists...

...watched in shock as that exaggerated slash descended from the high sky in the distance.

The entire Small World seemed to darken.

Massive black voids appeared, looking as if they could suck in everyone's Souls.

"Who is that? Did a Saint Rank Expert take action?"

Captain Liu looked at the strike in the distance and thought of Jiang Hao's previous message about doing a big job.

"No way... It can't be that exaggerated!"

"He's clearly only at the Fifth Rank!"