Chapter 77

In the faces of the people fleeing in terror, shock from the unexpected appeared almost simultaneously.

In their eyes, behind the desperate curse demon shadows scattered over a hundred feet in diameter, the white light of the sword's shadow and the red afterimage continuously left behind, appeared extremely swiftly!

So swift that the figure of Hengyi, who was clearly there, could not be seen at all; only the red afterimage could be seen!

In the blink of an eye, such light and shadow appeared behind ten curse demon shadows, ten!

What kind of killing speed, reaction speed, and attack speed was this?

Wang Bupa watched in astonishment. He had once witnessed Hengyi kill the Shadow Clan, and it was fast and numerous.

But he had never imagined it could be as fast as what he was seeing now!

If such a rapid attack were to appear on him, he wouldn't even have time to swing his sword before Hengyi disappeared and moved away!

Many experts watching the astonishing scene had the same thoughts as Wang Bupa. They were accustomed to comparing and thinking, and they all realized that such speed was virtually a one-sided, invincible slaughter, leaving no room for counterattack!

They couldn't, and neither could these desperate curse demon shadows!

As the rapid flashes accompanied by the afterimages increased in number, the initial terror on their faces turned into shock, then into disbelief, and finally into an uncontrollable, frenzied cheer!

"Genius Massacre Enthusiast Hengyi!"

When such shouts exploded in the void—

Hengyi's frenzied slashes had already struck the seventy-first desperate curse demon shadow.

Seven breaths, seven breaths had passed.

Chen Zizai's fireballs, Hu Baizhe's energy sword, and Hai Yuntian's weapons were simultaneously withdrawn from the fourth desperate curse demon shadow's body, urgently stabbing towards the fifth.

The energy gathering on the last desperate curse demon shadow was rapidly spreading—

A black energy sphere in Hei Yue's hand shot out—

At the same moment Hengyi saw this, he exerted all his strength to thrust his sword!

He was too far away; Instant Slash couldn't move him there, and Frenzied Slash couldn't reach in time before the blood sea mist spread.

The red light of the Death Sword shot out from the sword, flashing through the void—

At the same moment Hei Yue's energy sphere struck the fifth desperate curse demon shadow, the red beam flashed and engulfed half of the curse demon shadow's body!

At the same time, Xu Wenfeng's sword split the body of the twenty-fourth desperate curse demon shadow he had killed!

The red beam of the Death Sword engulfed the body of the last desperate curse demon shadow, its power undiminished, flying through the void, passing through the thin clouds in the sky, and disappearing at the horizon—

The explosive, frenzied cheers echoed endlessly between heaven and earth.

"Genius Massacre Enthusiast Hengyi!"

...

Hengyi panted heavily but tried to slow his breathing as much as possible.

In seven breaths, he had accomplished it, and together with their joint efforts, they had achieved this seemingly impossible, miraculous feat.

In seven breaths, he had held his breath to maintain the most focused state for killing.

Now, he could breathe.

Chen Zizai smiled, his face relaxed and gentle...

Hu Baizhe, after a brief gasp and daze, suddenly chuckled, her shoulders trembling slightly. "Another foolish but good outcome..."

Yes, they had been foolish, following Hengyi's foolishness, but the result was good.

"Survival in the universe is all about results. If the result is good, it's not foolish, but brave and confident decisiveness!" Chen Zizai smiled, glancing at his teammates who seemed to have narrowly escaped death.

Initially choosing Hai Yuntian and Hai Shan was out of necessity, but now she was exceptionally satisfied with these two, even grateful for the fortuitous choice.

Otherwise, the outcome might not have been the same today.

"You two performed well, not only obeying my every command but also building such默契 (rapport) so quickly, even in foolishness."

In Chen Zizai's relaxed praise, Hai Shan bit her lower lip and looked at Chen Zizai. "Not just for the orders. Even if you had no status or background, I would be willing to die for you for any reason."

Chen Zizai was slightly taken aback, never expecting Hai Shan to say such a thing.

Hai Shan took a deep breath and laughed. "You've probably heard such things many times and find them natural. I also think it's foolish to say such things, and you probably won't feel anything, but I can't help but tell you. I think Hai Yuntian feels the same way! I can't explain why, but that's how I feel. If you find it laughable or think it's a clumsy attempt to curry favor, it doesn't matter. If I don't say it, I'll die! Ever since you led us back to save Hu Baizhe and Hengyi, I've felt this way."

Chen Zizai didn't laugh but looked at the silent Hai Yuntian. "Do you feel the same way?"

Hai Yuntian nodded silently but didn't speak. As Hai Shan said, such words were foolish and unnecessary. He didn't want to say foolish things. He just needed to keep his feelings in his heart and act when necessary.

Chen Zizai looked at Hengyi, who was still dozens of feet away, and smiled. "Foolishness is contagious, and you've all been infected. Maybe you don't believe it, but I believe Hai Shan's words. As you said, even if it's foolish, others wouldn't believe me, but I take your words seriously."

Hai Shan and Hai Yuntian felt deeply moved. They believed, without reason, even though Chen Zizai had no reason to believe or care.

But they believed, just believed...

If this was indeed a 'foolishness' infection, they were willing to remain infected forever, never to recover!

"Captain, will the mutated bodies not revive this time?" Hai Shan didn't want to cry from the intense emotions and took a deep breath to change the subject, also fearing another shock.

Chen Zizai smiled. "No, they won't."

At this moment, Hu Baizhe had already flown away, hugging Hengyi tightly, her head buried in his chest, both scared and happy. "Why do you always make things so difficult for us..."

The resentment from the shock a moment ago had now turned into a light complaint.

"Isn't it good now? Don't think about the bad what-ifs." Hengyi gently patted Hu Baizhe's back, comforting her. This was the first proper comforting words Hu Baizhe had ever heard from him.

She was surprised and chuckled. "The fool has learned to comfort..."

Hengyi scratched his head, embarrassed. "I don't know why I suddenly thought of it and said it."

"Kiss—!" Someone among the trainees suddenly shouted, drawing attention.

As Hengyi involuntarily looked in the direction of the voice, more people joined in, all urging and cheering.

"Kiss her!"

"Kiss her— or kiss me!"

"Get lost!" Hu Baizhe suddenly shouted in the direction of the voice, then unexpectedly kissed Hengyi on the lips!

Wang Bupa dramatically covered his face, kneeling in the air with his arms raised. He wailed, "Heaven! My goddess! My goddess kissed someone else! Strike me dead, why must I witness such a cruel scene, strike me dead with lightning!"

Beside him, a man from the Peak Sect heard and, chuckling, cast a lightning spell.

A bolt of lightning flashed in front of Wang Bupa!

Wang Bupa, kneeling in the air, jumped up in fright, causing a burst of laughter from the surrounding people.

Wang Bupa, realizing the situation, didn't get angry but laughed along, and the captain of the prankster didn't scold him, also laughing heartily. The people from Northeast Xiangshan who saw this also laughed heartily.

Yes, the joy of victory, now concluded, should be celebrated with laughter.

Hu Baizhe's lips left Hengyi's, her gentle gaze fixed on his stunned expression. She lightly licked her red lips, never having imagined that such a thing could be so sweet.

But when her gaze swept over the faces of the people cheering and encouraging, and then landed on Chen Zizai's smiling face, which lacked any warmth in his eyes, her sweetness and happiness vanished instantly, replaced by—fear!

The early decisive victory had been won, and the training victory was an unchangeable fact.

But the training was not over yet. There were still many young, less than a day old Shadow Clan scattered in various places that needed to be quickly searched for and eliminated. The longer it took, the more Shadow Clan would grow, and the more new ones would be born.

The trainees had no time to rest.

Each team sent one person to search and recover the magical artifacts from the bodies of those who died in battle, while the rest were distributed to the islands and lands where the Shadow Clan existed based on the number of people.

Most of Xu Daxia's people were still responsible for protecting the Seed Star humans gathered on safe land. They dared not complain, and even if they did, it would be useless.

They were disheveled, and now all the trainees trusted Xu Wenfeng. Xu Daxia's authority had been completely undermined, and in front of Xu Wenfeng, he had become a negligible speck of light.

What would happen when they returned to the Peak Sect was a matter for the future, but in the present, here, the situation was as such.

The only one who could rival Xu Wenfeng was the mad genius Hengyi.

In seven breaths, the fact that he had killed seventy-one third-level Earth Venerable desperate curse demon shadows was right before their eyes, but they still couldn't believe it.

Even without magical artifacts, the desperate curse demon shadows were of equal cultivation and strength. How could they be so easily defeated?

How could he kill them in such an incredible, continuous manner in such a short time?

Even if seventy-one ants were scattered so far apart, it would be impossible to kill them all in seven breaths!

Xu Daxia was unusually silent, his fate a cruel joke—

The first human genius, Xu Wenfeng, overshadowed him, and the mad genius who had only arrived at the Peak Sect a few days ago had blinded many people with his incredible brilliance, even blinding him, making him unable to see his own light.

And they were brothers, one of whom even had the woman he was deeply interested in.

"Damn Xu Wenfeng! Damn Hengyi! The universe is so vast, why must they both appear in the Peak Star System! Why must they oppose me!"

Angry roars surged in Xu Daxia's chest, but he couldn't voice them.

He pressed the neck of a Seed Star woman, whose skin had not yet fully turned a perfect white due to the nourishment of immortal fruits, into the ground, pressing down in anger!

He no longer had the leisure to be picky about the woman's flaws; he only had anger, humiliation, and indignation that needed to be vented...

"Who is Hei Yue! Whose person is she! How dare she secretly steal my great achievement! I want her to die, to suffer the most painful and humiliating death in front of me!"