Chapter 61: The Ancient Armory of the Martial Path

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"You... dare to play me?!!"

Yan Xicai’s back was soaked in cold sweat. He came to his senses, and he was about to explode with anger!

He thought he had walked on the edge of death, only to find out it was just a joke Chen Ling had played on him... In that instant, his life had been toyed with by Chen Ling.

"You actually dared to play me! How dare you..." Yan Xicai stumbled to his feet, his eyes bloodshot. He roared furiously:

"Kill them for me!!"

Swish—

The next moment, the many law enforcers surrounding Yan Xicai drew their guns simultaneously, a dozen muzzles surrounding Chen Ling and Number 8 in the center.

"A bunch of country dogs!! And you still dare to mock me?" Yan Xicai snatched a gun from a law enforcer beside him and slammed the muzzle against Chen Ling’s forehead. "What do you have to fight me with? With one word from me, half the people on this ship will come to kill you!"

"And you!"

He turned the muzzle sharply toward Number 8. "Yes, I was born into a good family! I can make you country dogs from the Third District go to your deaths with one word! Not convinced?"

Number 8: ???

Number 8 had been dragged into this by Chen Ling... he was already cursing in his heart.

He had worked hard to lead a few Fire-Tamperers, stealing the identities of law enforcers from three districts, hiding his identity all the way here, just to avoid trouble and infiltrate the Ancient Armory... but the appearance of Chen Ling had put them directly in the spotlight.

Number 8 never expected things to turn out like this.

"Young Master Cai, do you really want to fire?" Seeing Yan Xicai almost insane, a law enforcer from Aurora City who remained calm asked cautiously.

"What are you afraid of? Can’t I, the young master, kill two country dogs? Everyone, fire..."

"Wait!"

Just as Yan Xicai was about to give the order, three figures in black trench coats hurried over.

The three law officers had originally been in the cabin having a meeting to discuss the next route, but when they heard the commotion outside, they came out and realized the world had been turned upside down.

"Put your guns down! Do you all not want to enter the Armory anymore?" the Five-Striped law officer said coldly.

Everyone exchanged glances and silently lowered their guns.

"Officer Li, what do you mean by this?" Yan Xicai frowned. "They provoked me first; I was just acting in self-defense."

Yan Xicai emphasized the words "self-defense."

"Young Master Yan, please don't make it difficult for us... If there is a death on this ship before entering the Ancient Armory, according to regulations, we must return and accept an investigation from the Aurora City Law Enforcer General Bureau."

Hearing this, the anger in Yan Xicai’s eyes subsided slightly.

This was indeed a regulation issued by the Law Enforcer General Bureau. If it were anywhere else, he would have killed them, but this ship heading to the Ancient Armory had extraordinary significance for the Aurora Domain.

But even so, Yan Xicai was still unwilling. He stared fixedly at Chen Ling and the other, cold light flickering in his eyes.

A Four-Striped law officer saw this and whispered into his ear:

"Young Master Yan, please endure it for now. It won't be too late to deal with them once you’re inside the Armory, right? It’s common for one or two people to be lost in the Ancient Armory every year. If we cause a death on this ship, none of us can bear the responsibility..."

Yan Xicai looked at him, and his anger finally subsided. He glanced at Chen Ling and the other:

"Fine, I’ll deal with them after we enter the Armory."

Seeing that Yan Xicai didn't continue to make trouble, the Fire-Tamperers finally breathed a sigh of relief, but they could sense that after entering the Ancient Armory, the plan might not go so smoothly...

Number 8 looked deeply at Chen Ling, who raised the corners of his mouth and gave him an innocent smile.

But for some reason, seeing this smile, Number 8 felt a chill in his heart...

As the ship gradually cut through the blue sea, large chunks of ice began to appear in the surroundings. The bone-chilling cold seemed to seep into the marrow, and even though everyone was wearing heavy clothes, it was hard to resist the bitter cold.

At the same time, at the end of the horizon, a black sky gradually emerged.

Even though it was still afternoon, the sunlight above the Frozen Sea had already begun to dim. The murky seawater, churning with thick ice, flowed past the side of the ship... This world was falling into darkness at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Everyone stood on the deck, looking up at the firmament. Most of them had never seen such a scene, and Chen Ling was no exception.

A black sky over the Frozen Sea?

This was the second time Chen Ling had seen a large-scale supernatural phenomenon since arriving in this era... The first time was the aurora.

However, even the aurora, which was ubiquitous within the Aurora Domain, could not extend into this black sky at this moment, as if there were an invisible barrier in this world that kept all the aurorae out.

"This is..." The young law enforcers looked at each other in dismay.

"The domain of the Path of the War God." The four-striped law officer spoke slowly. "Humanity has a history of tens of thousands of years since its birth. From the moment we began to live in groups, human civilization was born... From the very beginning of chopping wood, making fire, and hunting, to the many specialized divisions of labor after civilization flourished, the concept of 'profession' has run through the entire human civilization."

Scholar, Physician, Soldier, Artisan, Craftsman, Strategist, Gambler, Actor, Puppeteer, Shaman, Power, Diviner, Thief, Prostitute... The fourteen paths to divinity are the manifestation of the 'divinity' of certain professions in the long river of human civilization;

And the Ancient Divine Vaults are the materialization of the 'divinity' of the divine paths in the human world. They contain all the accumulation of humanity in a certain path over the past tens of thousands of years... The Ancient Vault of the War Path is the carrier of all slaughter and war since the appearance of humanity.

Do you see that sword?"

Everyone followed his finger and saw, in the central area of the black firmament, a giant black sword piercing through the sky, standing as majestically as a mountain peak.

That sword seemed to come from the firmament, piercing through the human world and pointing directly at the center of the earth... Even standing on the deck looking up, they could only see half of the sword's body; the other half of the hilt was already submerged in the black sky above, invisible to the naked eye.

"Beneath that sword is the 'Ancient Vault of the War Path'."

"We... are going under that sword?"

"That's right, but only the outermost area... The scope of the Ancient Vault of the War Path is immense, and only a very small area is open to you." The law officer paused for a moment.

"The Path of the War God proves its path through slaughter. You have no chance to kill people within the Aurora Domain, but in the ancient battlefield manifested by the Ancient Vault of the War Path, you can slaughter at will... When you find resonance in blood and fire, and gather enough killing intent in the slaughter, you will have the opportunity to attract the foundation of the Path of the War God and be granted the qualification to step onto the divine path."

Everyone stared blankly at the giant sword in the firmament that was gradually approaching, their minds shocked beyond measure...

The ship hummed, the cold wind whistled, and the clothes of the people on the deck were whipped up by the gale, snapping loudly.