I'm heading out this afternoon to buy my train ticket; I should be home tomorrow. …… As the fiery-maned woman issued her command, a small cluster of figures crept forward across a distant slope, pausing in a depression between hills, prone on the sandy rise, watching the main body of the Blue Mountain Guild.
“Vice-Guild Master, looking at the Blue Mountain Guild, they’ve committed almost everything they have. If there's a ruin here, I fear it will fall into their hands,” a handsome young man murmured hesitantly to the short, powerfully built man beside him.
The short man was compact and dark-skinned. He gazed at the distant army, his expression grave, when suddenly his eyes flickered, and he let out a surprised sound.
“There seems to be someone over there.” “No way?” “Let me see.” The elites gathered around the short man strained their vision but couldn't see clearly; their physical limits prevented it. One of them pulled out a telescope and immediately spotted a man in white and black leather armor standing before the hundred-thousand-strong army of the Blue Mountain Guild.
He was tall and slender, standing alone, appearing somewhat solitary at first glance. “There really is someone.
What is that person doing?” “Could they be planning to fight the Blue Mountain Guild?” “Nonsense. Does one person have the guts or the power to face a hundred thousand?
Do you think they’re a deity?” The assembled elites muttered quietly, keeping their voices low to avoid detection by the Blue Mountain Guild. “Wait and see,” the short man said sternly.
“That person might be the guardian of the ruin, or perhaps a friend of the Blue Mountain Guild. Let’s not jump to conclusions.” “Right!” The handsome youth nodded respectfully.
“The Vice-Guild Master is correct. Let’s wait.
It would be best if the ruin and the Blue Mountain Guild mutually annihilate, then we can reap the rewards.” When he uttered the title “Vice-Guild Master,” he seemed to intentionally soften the 'Vice' part, making it sound almost like he was just calling him 'Guild Master.' The short man nodded slightly. In another depression on the far side, several hundred figures were also crouched low, completely inconspicuous behind the main army, prone on the dusty slopes, covertly watching the front, their whispers mingling.
Since the Reincarnation World was opened, news of a ruin here had spread through the nearby base cities. Besides the Blue Mountain Guild, many smaller guilds had also followed secretly, waiting for an opportunity to profit, knowing that even a meager scrap could help their guild rapidly boost its overall strength!
Every civilization had its own unique traits. For example, the Huaxia Base City obtained the Atlantean Civilization, from which they developed Superhuman experts, Beast Transformation experts, and various weapons and leather armor through gene fusion technology.
Furthermore, under their energy-matter conversion technology, they established numerous power plants, perfecting the base city's power supply system. This illustrated just how immense the benefits brought by a single ruin could be!
Before the Blue Mountain Guild, Ye Chen slowly gathered his internal strength, letting it flow through every part of his body. He stared coldly toward the rear of the Blue Mountain Guild army, his superior hearing catching the whooshing sound of churning rotor blades in the distance.
“Russia, a world power in my past life, possesses three base cities, renowned globally. In the early Dark Era, Russia successively excavated three or four small ruins left by civilizations, causing their members' general strength to surpass Huaxia Base City by a large margin.
However, once Huaxia Base City acquired the Atlantean Civilization, they were quickly suppressed.” Ye Chen analyzed the current situation in Russia in his mind. Just then, the sound of the gale suddenly surged!
Swish! Swish!
Swish! Three E-4 fighter jets slowly rose from behind the Blue Mountain Guild’s main force.
They were entirely matte black, mottled with green spots, and the sound of their propellers was tremendous, audible from far away. As the jets ascended, it was as if the battle horn had been sounded.
The warriors on the eastern flank of the army stepped forward in unison, taking exactly three measured steps, perfectly synchronized. “Kill!” “Kill!!” “Kill!!!” After taking three steps, the army’s morale had climbed to its peak.
Countless individuals felt their eardrums vibrate from the passionate roar, their blood boiling. “Attack!!!” A shout that ripped across the entire battlefield, like a meteor tearing through the sky, reached every ear.
The soldiers who had advanced on the flank, guided by the direction of the battle flag, roared and charged forward! Boom, boom...
Over ten thousand people charging together moved like a torrent of steel, sweeping toward Ye Chen at the entrance of the ruin, their killing intent surging, their battle cries fierce. Ye Chen stood alone.
The strong wind whipped at the frayed edges of his leather armor, making them snap loudly. He looked up; what met his eyes was a dense, black flood rolling in like the sea, carrying the power to destroy everything.
Anyone standing there would feel suffocated. A glint of murderous intent flashed in his eyes as he took a single step forward!
The sky grew dim. Slowly, he clenched his fist!
The strong wind seemed to stop. Scorching heat erupted from the leather armor covering his body, spreading outward from him.
This patch of sky instantly transformed into a world of fire; even the low-hanging dark clouds seemed ready to ignite. “Yan, God, Hammer!” Ye Chen slowly raised his hand and pointed his index finger forward!
The very air seemed to solidify at his fingertip! Then, the light near his fingertip began to twist slowly.
Bit by bit, a terrifying, fire-like intense heat rose from his finger, slowly condensing into an ethereal projection, about a hundred meters tall and ten meters in diameter, covered in spiral gold threads, resembling a vertical tower! The projection gradually compressed into a solid form!
Ye Chen raised his hand toward the sky, and this tower merged with his palm, reaching directly into the heavens. One man facing countless foes!
At this moment, Ye Chen, wreathed in flames, looked like a blazing deity, dominating the earth and sky. His imposing aura actually managed to suppress the roar of the ten thousand charging soldiers.
On the distant slopes, those watching in secret were all stunned. Even from that great distance, their eyes could see the fiery tower, seemingly piercing the sky, standing like a pillar supporting the heavens!
“What is that?!” “Heavens, did that person summon it? Is it a ruin weapon?” “No, that’s wrong!
That’s Qi Force!!!” “How is that possible! How can Qi Force condense into a solid object?
And whose Qi Force is so immense that it can form such a massive tower?!” Everyone was shocked. The ten thousand charging soldiers were momentarily stunned by the sight before them, almost forgetting to run, moving forward purely by instinct with the flow of the massive body, feeling a sense of being carried along by the current.
Ye Chen’s expression was icy. He suddenly slammed the hand holding the tower forward!
Whoosh! It seemed as if countless gears surrounded the tower, slicing the air into minute black fissures, like fine threads that quickly vanished.
The handle of this Yan God Hammer was inscribed with 9,999 spiral markings, forged using 9,999 different methods, exquisitely detailed, embodying inscrutable, mystical power. When pushed to its extreme, it could invoke the Law of Flame!
A famous mathematician once said that the world itself is a mathematical formula, governed by unchangeable laws! A master Go player also said that the world is like a Go board, with all living beings as pieces, and the laws as the lines; the warmth of spring and the coolness of summer, the passing of the sun and moon, are all rules governing the universe, and people must act according to these laws—getting up to work when the sun rises, and finishing work to sleep when the moon appears.
The might of the Law is irreversible! Yet, at this moment, Ye Chen, relying on the power of the markings on the Yan God Hammer's handle, managed to invoke a trace of the world's Law of Flame!
Although it was only a trace, it doubled the power of the hammer handle! Whoosh!
The gale generated by the tower swept over, and the monster leather armor on the bodies of the ten thousand warriors instantly burst into flames. The weapons in their hands became like red-hot iron bars, scalding their palms until they blistered.
In an instant, the once orderly formation disintegrated into scattered sand, everyone stopping to extinguish the flames on their bodies with pained cries. Some resolutely tore off their leather armor, standing naked.
Just then, the sky darkened, and the hundred-meter tower crashed down heavily. BOOM!!!
The entire hillside trembled. Those who had been screaming in agony from the flames were crushed beneath the tower, leaving no residue.
Furthermore, as the tower descended, the intense heat surged outward; even those who weren't directly struck had their internal white phosphorus ignited by the terrifying aura, causing them to burst into self-immolation with shrieks of agony before dying. Ye Chen stood like an unparalleled tyrant, his eyes cold and merciless.
He lifted the tower with his hand and slammed it down consecutively onto the other two flanks! Boom!
Boom! The sounds, like falling mountains, shook the hills.
With every descent, two thousand men were instantly annihilated, while the rest were severely burned, their skin desiccated, their hair alight. The countless observers fell utterly silent.
Brutality! Naked, unadulterated brutality!
Watching Ye Chen, resembling an ancient demon wielding the tower to crush them, the fiery-maned woman, Blood Dragon, and others in the Blue Mountain Guild felt their spirits tremble, their hearts seemingly ready to burst, their eyelids twitching uncontrollably. It was too savage!
The army of over ten thousand seemed like ants before Ye Chen, without even a chance to resist; with one sweep of his hand, a whole heap died. “Who is this person?” A voice, slightly sinister, sounded from behind the group.
Blood Dragon flinched and turned to see Guild Master Tosvaskin approaching slowly, cloaked in a leopard robe. His handsome, delicate face was etched with gravity and grimness.
“This is a Chinese man who emerged from the ruin,” the fiery-maned woman replied, lowering her head. She dared not meet the gaze of her profound and unpredictable Guild Master.
Tosvaskin turned to Blood Dragon, “Is this your enemy?” His voice was level, carrying an undertone of authority. Blood Dragon trembled inwardly, catching a hint of killing intent in the tone, and quickly denied, “N-no, he isn’t.
I wanted to kill him earlier because I saw him wantonly slaughtering our guild members.” Tosvaskin glanced at him and said calmly, “Now, I'll give you a chance. Go up and kill him.” Blood Dragon was startled.
He turned to look where Ye Chen was displaying his divine might, holding the fiery-red tower and smashing down onto the formation of ten thousand warriors. The savage power utterly exceeded human limits.
He wanted to weep but had no tears; had he known Ye Chen’s true strength was this terrifying, he wouldn't have dared to attack even if given a hundred times the courage. Going up to kill this demon now wouldn't be seeking death—it would be suicide!
Tosvaskin said indifferently, “Not going anymore?” Blood Dragon immediately dropped to his knees, throwing aside all his accumulated dignity and self-respect, pleading fearfully, “Guild Master! Please, considering how much I have done for the Blue Mountain, do not kill me!
I beg you, I beg you…” Tosvaskin spared him a glance and ignored him. With the great enemy at the front, internal issues could be dealt with later.
He took a step forward, staring at Ye Chen, his brow slowly knitting as he pondered: “What exactly is that weapon in his hand? It doesn't look like Qi Force; how can Qi Force be solid?
Could it be a special weapon from this ruin?” He paused for a moment before declaring, “Launch the missiles. Destroy him at all costs.
This person has likely obtained the treasure of the ruin, or perhaps, the ruin itself is already in his possession.”