Chapter 38

After everyone deftly cleared the way, Li Weixuan drew his sword from his waist.

As a Fourth Phase pinnacle Swordsman, his actions were far from ordinary.

The sword sang like a dragon’s cry as he unsheathed it.

There wasn’t a dazzling sword light, nor was it as fast as lightning as one might expect.

The tip of Li Weixuan’s sword seemed to carry a heavy mountain, slowly extending towards the barrier.

At that moment, everyone seemed to hear the roaring of the heavens and the earth.

After the roar, sword energy surged everywhere, and those close by were even thrown off by the violent gusts.

Everyone instinctively looked towards the tip of the sword.

This…

On the invisible barrier, there still wasn’t any crack, not even the slightest tremble.

This indomitable strike still did not evoke any reaction.

How could this be!

Crack!

A series of crisp sounds followed, and the long sword in Li Weixuan’s hand first showed a spiderweb of cracks, then shattered into fragments the size of fingernails.

The might of a single sword was such that even the sword itself couldn’t withstand it.

Even such an attack wasn’t enough to break the barrier?

Are we going to be trapped here to die?

Everyone exchanged glances, feeling an uncontrollable sense of despair rising within them.

Could it really be impossible!

Fu Qian sighed on the side.

Although he subconsciously felt that it shouldn’t be so simple, the fact that such a terrifying blow left no trace was still shocking.

It almost certainly meant that the barrier could not be force-broken, and another method needed to be found.

Li Weixuan, however, stared at the broken sword in his hand, momentarily dazed.

Since his debut, he had never encountered such a bizarre incident.

“Try the top.”

At this moment, someone in the team shouted.

Right! There was still the top!

This reminder awakened many, as the barrier might not cover every direction; perhaps they could bypass it from above.

Someone in the team had a bow and arrows, and immediately took them out to fit the bowstring and draw an arrow, aiming it upwards.

Fu Qian stood by, quietly observing the changes without telling them that he had already tried with Air Bullets.

It never hurt to try more.

Crack!

As expected, after the pricey arrow was released, it flew upwards at an angle, only to crash into some invisible barrier and break into several pieces.

…

The looks in everyone’s eyes quickly dimmed.

The archer paused, then drew another arrow, trying a different direction.

Still met with the same barrier.

Another arrow…

Until the quiver was empty, finally someone stepped forward and held the archer’s trembling hands; the ground was littered with broken arrowheads.

The only finding was that the barrier extended from the boundary upwards, growing higher, roughly dome-shaped like an arc.

By this time, Li Weixuan had regained his senses.

This exploration and training could not continue.

He was about to give orders when suddenly a series of crisp bell sounds came from a distance.

“Follow up.”

Everyone was startled, and Li Weixuan briskly commanded, already the first to rush out.

That was the Arrow Bell unique to the Academy, used by students in distress seeking help during outings.

There were still two teams in the ruins!

Watching Li Weixuan’s retreating figure, the students also hurriedly followed suit.

Unable to get out, with strange monsters inside, following Director Li seemed like the safer bet.

“Thank you!”

As she passed by Fu Qian, Ji Liushuang tilted her head and softly expressed her gratitude.

If it hadn’t been for Fu Qian’s warning, perhaps no one would have realized that the team had already been ensnared in a hopeless situation.

Though they were still clueless now, being prepared in advance was always good.

Fu Qian nodded without speaking, genuinely feeling deserving of the thanks.

After all, he had casually dealt with an assassin for her.

The others weren’t as free and easy as Ji Liushuang, feeling some resentment towards Fu Qian from earlier encounters, genuinely finding it difficult to lower their pride to thank or apologize, especially for a bunch of twenty-somethings.

Luckily, with Li Weixuan’s orders at hand, the group promptly got moving, straining to run forward, subconsciously wanting to distance themselves from Fu Qian.

Regrettably, they soon despaired to find that no matter how fast they ran, Fu Qian was always right there, showing no signs of falling behind.

They had forgotten that this guy was a Sixth Phase Transcendent!

The spectacle before them finally made them realize this; Fu Qian was now a genuine Middle-Tier powerhouse, and they were foolish to think they could leave him behind — that would have been absurd.

Fortunately, the distance wasn’t very far, and the awkward journey quickly came to an end.

When the group arrived, they saw the almost divine Li Weixuan making sword gestures with his hand, sending dozens of sword energies in all directions toward… a hand?

Indeed, Li Weixuan’s target was an enormous palm, on which grew densely packed dozens of fingers.

Surrounded by numerous fingers, the palm moved with lightning speed, each finger acting like a spear, extending and retracting, sending rocks flying in disarray.

Li Weixuan’s invincible sword energies almost instantly severed a bunch of fingers, tearing open appalling wounds.

Despite the severe damage, the palm trembled violently but no blood flowed.

Sensing Li Weixuan’s prowess, the remaining fingers scurried across the ground, quickly hiding among the rocks and vanishing in the blink of an eye.

So disgusting!

The creature’s form had a mental impact on everyone, and it was only when Li Weixuan landed from the sky that they all snapped out of it.

The endangered team was another group; sadly, their luck wasn’t as good as the first team’s, and by the time Li Weixuan arrived, two members had already been killed by that palm.

“Cease action, everyone regroup, send a signal for the remaining team to come over.”

In the face of this scene, Li Weixuan’s expression was as stern as iron as he swiftly issued the order.

Things were getting more and more out of hand. A routine exploration had resulted in casualties.

The finger monster was only severely injured, not yet dead.

Of course, the most terrifying predicament was not this, but something outside.

Li Weixuan immediately went to check on the wounded.

In the short time while he did this, someone had already informed the attacked team about being trapped.

The entire ruin was deadlocked by a barrier that couldn’t be opened at all?

The morale of the ambushed team, which had just improved, plummeted again.

“We were resting when that hand suddenly burst out. Senior Brother Wang was killed on the spot. We tried everything to hold it off and managed to send out the Arrow Bell…”

A wounded girl quickly described the situation at the time.

“It’s not just a hand, to be precise, it should be described as a collection of arms.”

Fu Qian threw something he was holding onto the ground.

It was one of the “fingers” Li Weixuan had cut off. Some had rolled down the cliff, others were scattered on the ground. Fu Qian had immediately run over to investigate and had found something interesting.

“Here, take a close look at the tip.”

You’re twisted!

The group was startled for a moment before realizing what he had thrown onto the ground, and they all jumped in shock.

That disgusting thing, you almost threw it onto someone.

“This is an arm, not a finger.”

Ji Liushuang’s expression severe, she spread apart the tangled mass, allowing everyone to clearly see the true nature of the object.

What they had thought was a gigantic finger turned out to have another five fingers at the tip!

These five fingers were the size of those of an ordinary person, only now shriveled like chicken claws.

Bleh!

Finally, someone couldn’t hold back and vomited.