Chapter 28: God-Breaking Strike
Chapter 28: Chapter 28: God-Breaking Strike
"It’s about time. Both the Lingxi Swordsmanship and Gale Step have reached Perfection, and the Righteous Qi Technique’s progress has also hit 100%. I can go out now," Fang Chen said to himself.
Entering the Time Stop, Fang Chen naturally wouldn’t waste the opportunity to cultivate. He wouldn’t end his cultivation until his Cultivation Technique, Swordsmanship, and Body Technique had reached a bottleneck where further progress was impossible. The injuries on his body had completely healed, but what delighted Fang Chen even more was his use of Telekinesis.
During this Time Stop, Fang Chen had activated a watch, so he knew exactly how long he had cultivated.
Three years!
Over these three years of cultivation, Fang Chen had attempted to use Telekinesis to drive his Spiritual Power, imbuing it into his sword and his fists. The physical power hadn’t increased by much, but it had added a layer of Mental Attack.
He named it the [God-Breaking Strike].
However, its effects couldn’t be seen within the Time Stop Domain; he would have to test it in the outside world to find out. Fang Chen tried hard to recall the moment just before the Time Stop. Three years of Time Stop Cultivation had somewhat blurred his short-term memory.
He thought, "Right now, it should be right after Ye Yuxuan helped me deal with that Ghost Shadow and fell unconscious. And over by the tentacle monster, the two instructors have lost their combat capability.
"Once I go out, fighting that tentacle monster head-on with my current strength will still be a bit difficult. But as long as I use Magic to clear out the Ghost Shadows blocking the way, I’ll be able to escape!"
Fang Chen pondered for a moment and decided to escape through the back gate later. Although the main gate was closer, too many people would be fleeing in that direction, and the fences—
With this thought in mind, Fang Chen ended the Time Stop.
BUZZ—
The world resumed its flow, and the cacophony of noise, screams, and chaos instantly swallowed him!
The playground had descended into complete chaos! Over by the tentacle monster, the only two remaining instructors were covered in blood, clearly unable to fight anymore. They could only shout themselves hoarse, urging everyone to scatter and run, hoping that at least some would survive!
The panicked students swarmed like headless flies toward what appeared to be the closest exit—the main gate.
"Chen! What should we do?" Xia Chu ran to his side in a panic, completely at a loss.
"We’re going through the back gate!" Fang Chen said decisively.
"Okay!" Xia Chu trusted him unconditionally.
At this moment, the students from Class Two, as well as Liu Rui, Zou Shuyao, and a few other girls who had just escaped from a nightmare, instinctively gathered around Fang Chen.
"Class Rep, take us with you! We’ll do whatever you say! Even... even if someone needs to stay behind as bait, we’ll listen to you!" Everyone spoke with absolute resolve, as if Fang Chen were their only path to survival.
"I don’t have much confidence either, but let’s go. We’ll head to the back gate first; there are fewer people there!"
Fang Chen didn’t make any guarantees, but his actions were without hesitation. As he led the group, he shouted in a low voice, "Everyone, stay focused! Pay attention to my commands, and be ready to stop or change direction at any moment!"
Upon returning to reality, Fang Chen’s strongest sensation was the transformation of his own Spiritual Power! He hadn’t felt it while facing inanimate objects in the Time Stop Domain, but now that he was back among people, he sharply caught the intense emotions of fear, despair, and panic surrounding him like invisible ripples. This elevated his Perception of the environment to a whole new level.
He led the students of Class Two, moving rapidly toward the back gate. It was further away, and most of the students, fleeing blindly, had chosen the closer main gate.
However, even more Ghost Shadows lurked in the shadows toward the main gate, and the Pursuing Beasts from the teaching building pounced down again, preying on the students whose spirits had already collapsed. Screams echoed one after another. The more people there were, the more everyone firmly believed they would be the lucky ones to slip through the net. As a result, the casualties only grew heavier, forming a vicious cycle.
Suddenly, Fang Chen’s powerful Spiritual Power perceived an extremely dangerous, malicious gaze locking onto them! He abruptly looked up and saw the massive tentacle monster gathering its strength to leap, its target shockingly the area right in front of their path!
"Stop!!" Fang Chen sharply threw his hand out, blocking the wildly sprinting students behind him, and shouted with all his might, "Everyone! Stop! Fall back immediately!!"
Although the students didn’t understand why, the trust they had built in Fang Chen over the years made them instinctively carry out his order. They forcefully skidded to a halt and swiftly retreated backwards!
Just a few seconds after they fell back—
BOOM!!!
The tentacle monster crashed down like a small mountain right in front of their previous path! The ground quaked violently, and a cloud of dust surged into the sky!
Those students who hadn’t listened to the command and had continued to charge forward were instantly crushed into meat paste! The terrifying shockwave forcefully sent even those further away flying!
The tentacle monster unleashed a bloodcurdling roar as dozens of tentacles thrust out like a forest of death, skewering the terrified students on the ground and stuffing them into its gigantic maw!
"Keep falling back! Get away from it!" Fang Chen’s heart was pounding wildly, but he didn’t panic.
Having barely escaped with their lives, the crowd looked at Fang Chen with even deeper trust. In this moment, his commands were their only path to survival.
Fang Chen led the group as they cautiously retreated a few dozen more steps, fully expanding his Spiritual Perception. He once again sensed the tentacle monster gathering its strength, but this time, that deadly feeling of being locked onto didn’t land on their area.
"Stop!" he signaled once more.
The group instantly froze.
The next moment, the tentacle monster’s enormous body abruptly leaped into the air, tracing an arc before smashing heavily into the direction of the main gate! It completely blocked off the last hope of escaping from there!
"Now! Go through the back gate! Hurry!!" Fang Chen roared, taking the lead!
Everyone sprinted desperately toward the back gate. The bloodcurdling screams coming from the main gate acted like the grim reaper’s urging, making their footsteps speed up even more.
As he ran, Fang Chen spread out his newly enhanced Spiritual Perception, scanning his surroundings like an invisible radar.
"Wait!" He abruptly raised his hand. The group instantly braked to a halt, looking at him nervously.
He sensed a trace of cold, sinister fluctuation coming from underground ahead—a Ghost Shadow was lurking! Without hesitation, Fang Chen swung the steel sword in his hand down ahead of time, wrapping it in fierce True Qi, aiming directly at the source of the fluctuation!
[God-Breaking Strike]
Just as the blade fell, the Ghost Shadow emerged right at that moment from the ground!
"Right there!" Seeing this, the crowd, despite their fear, raised their weapons to help.
However, the moment the Ghost Shadow came into contact with Fang Chen’s blade, it dissipated silently before it could even make an attacking motion. Everyone thought the Ghost Shadow had been scared off, as earlier ones had shown a tendency to shrink back when attacked.
"Go!" Fang Chen didn’t explain and continued leading the group forward.
Only he knew that for that strike just now, he had used Telekinesis to drive his Spiritual Power, highly condensing it onto the edge of the blade. It was precisely by using the [God-Breaking Strike] that he directly erased the Ghost Shadow!
He thought, "It’s effective. That makes things much easier!"
With confidence in his heart, Fang Chen no longer avoided the Ghost Shadows. Along the way, Ghost Shadows continuously tried to launch sneak attacks from the ground. But Fang Chen’s Perception was always able to lock onto them a step ahead. Just as they manifested, an attack infused with Telekinesis would already arrive, killing them!
Finally, the crowd reached the vicinity of the back gate.
Fang Chen’s eyes turned cold, and he fiercely punched the wall next to the back gate! The fierce and tough Power of the Rock-Breaking Fist burst forth, and an invisible wave of Telekinesis rippled out along with it!
BUZZ!
He could clearly feel the Ghost Shadow hiding inside the wall instantly shatter and be annihilated, like a sand sculpture thrown into a high-frequency oscillator, without even a struggle!
With hope right in front of them, everyone’s spirits lifted as they sped up their pace and charged toward the exit.
"Wait!"