Chapter 69: Heavenly Wolf

Boom—

Just as Yan Xicai was in a state of wild joy, the earth beneath everyone's feet shook once more.

The dim clouds were pushed aside, the foundation of the Soldier God Path at the hilt of the giant sword lit up, and a misty stone staircase descended from the clouds like a ribbon, extending in a certain direction.

"Someone else has stepped onto the Soldier God Path?" Pu Wen said in surprise. "There are quite a few talented people in this batch of enforcers..."

Yan Xicai watched the birth of the second Soldier God Path owner, and the joy in his heart was mostly dissipated.

He gritted his teeth and continued:

"Continue! We'll wait outside this ten-man ravine. Every time the killing intent projection gathers, we kill it! I don't believe it... with so many of us, we can't accumulate a Soldier God Path?"

Yan Xicai led everyone back outside the ravine. After waiting for a moment, the ten armored soldiers respawned.

"Charge!"

Yan Xicai waved his hand, and the other enforcers immediately rushed out. With the coordination of Pu Wen's "Fix" character, the familiar battle scene was reenacted.

It wasn't that Yan Xicai didn't want to switch to a ravine with more killing intent projections, but for this group of people, dealing with ten was their limit. If they switched to a twenty-man ravine, they would likely be turned into a honeycomb, and he would end up a commander without troops.

Yan Xicai held the Bai Qi token like a treasure, watching the enforcers kill their way through the ten-man ravine over and over again. During this period, two more Soldier God Paths extended from the foundation...

……

"Soldier God Path, the [Heavenly Wolf] path, huh..."

Lu Xuanming in black stood in a cleared fifteen-man ravine. As the Soldier God Path gradually moved away, a glimmer flashed in his eyes.

"Congratulations to Young Master Lu for stepping onto the Soldier God Path!" The three enforcers behind him immediately congratulated him.

"Just a [Heavenly Wolf] path... nothing to congratulate." Lu Xuanming shook his head. "Although the [Heavenly Wolf] path has no weaknesses in any aspect, it also has no obvious advantages. Among all the Soldier God Path paths, it can only be ranked as upper-middle."

"Back then, I rejected the divine favor of the [Heavenly Wolf] path because I wanted to switch to a more powerful path, like [Asura] or [Judgment]..."

"I didn't expect that even after entering the ancient treasury, the result would be the same."

"Young Master Lu, don't be so modest... Divine favor is something many people beg for but cannot get. Not only did you get it, but you rejected it once. If Yan Xicai knew about this, wouldn't he be jealous to the point of madness?"

"That's right, Young Master Lu, the [Heavenly Wolf] path is also quite good. The reason you feel it's not strong enough is just because there hasn't been an absolute powerhouse on this path yet... Since that's the case, why don't you become that powerhouse yourself?"

"If I could step onto the Soldier God Path like you, no matter which path it was, it would be like my ancestors' graves smoking with good fortune."

Several enforcers followed behind Lu Xuanming, their eyes full of envy.

"Alright, stop following me. There's still a long time before the trial ends. You guys hurry up and find a place to gather killing intent yourselves... If you can step onto the Soldier God Path and be promoted to Enforcer Officer, come work under me."

"Thank you, Young Master Lu!"

"Are you not going to continue accumulating killing intent? I feel like this thing is quite effective..."

"I feel it too. After absorbing this killing intent, I feel much more confident and full of strength."

Lu Xuanming shook his head. "Gathering killing intent is just to attract the attention of the Soldier God Path. This thing is essentially the aura left behind by an ancient battlefield. Absorbing too much will affect one's mind... Only an idiot like Yan Xicai would think that the more you absorb, the better."

"I see... Then where are you going?"

"To find those Fire-Tampers and test my [Heavenly Wolf]." Lu Xuanming narrowed his eyes, a trace of killing intent flickering within them.

"Fire-Tampers?" Everyone was shocked. "But they all have at least two skills and are all at the second tier, while you just promoted..."

"Below the fourth tier, other than the number of skills mastered, there isn't much difference. And in this ancient treasury, it's impossible for a powerhouse of the fourth tier or above to appear. Furthermore, they are just a group of thieves. Whether it's 'Stealing Objects' or 'Stealing Faces,' they pose no threat to me..."

"As long as I find a lone Fire-Tamper, I'm confident I can kill them."

Lu Xuanming carried a black blade on his back and walked into the distance, his figure gradually disappearing from everyone's sight.

……

"It's that Qin army lackey! Kill him!!"

This was the umpteenth time Chen Ling had heard this sentence; his ears were almost calloused... although he didn't have ears at all right now.

Although he had turned into a token, Chen Ling could still perceive everything around him. It was clear that Yan Xicai cherished him very much, almost to the point of wanting to find a place to worship him.

It had been five or six hours since Yan Xicai had people repeatedly farm this ten-man ravine, which reminded Chen Ling of the days when he played online games in the previous era, constantly farming dungeons for loot... Now, under the tireless efforts of these enforcers, they had farmed it nine times, collecting a total of ninety portions of killing intent.

Among them, the enforcer with the most killing intent had about seventeen or eighteen strands, and the one with the least had six or seven. It looked like a lot of farming, but in reality, averaged out, it was the same result Chen Ling could achieve in a few minutes.

"I can't... I really can't anymore."

A battered and bruised enforcer stumbled out of the ravine and sat down on the ground.

The other enforcers also had injuries to varying degrees, and five or six hours of continuous fighting had almost drained their bodies. Even with the invigorating effect brought by the killing intent, their physical strength couldn't hold up, and they collapsed to the ground one after another.

Looking at everyone lying sprawled on the ground, Yan Xicai's eyelids twitched. After hesitating for a moment, he looked at Pu Wen beside him:

"Brother Pu, it should be about time now, right?"

"About time." Pu Wen nodded slightly. "If we drag it out any longer, in case one of them has extraordinary talent and attracts the Soldier God Path, the killing intent they've absorbed will be wasted..."

"Good!"

"Also, we must ensure that each of them is subjectively willing to offer their killing intent, otherwise the [Swallow] character will be ineffective."

"Don't worry about that, I've already taken care of it."

Yan Xicai finally waited for this moment. He first placed the Bai Qi token solemnly to the side, then said to the enforcers, "Everyone, stand up!"

Seeing this, everyone had no choice but to drag their exhausted bodies up from the ground and line up in front of Yan Xicai.

Pu Wen reached his right hand into his sleeve and took out eight sheets of rice paper in one go, handing them to Yan Xicai. On the rice paper was the same black character:

[Swallow].

"Stick the paper to your palm. When I tell you to move, press your palm against their chest."

"Understood."

Pu Wen formed a seal with one hand in front of him. The next moment, the [Swallow] character on Yan Xicai's palm suddenly twisted, turning into an invisible vortex that swirled in the void.

"Go." Pu Wen said.

Yan Xicai didn't say a word and directly placed his hand on the chest of one of the enforcers. The black killing intent was visibly absorbed into Yan Xicai's body through the vortex.

Ten seconds later, that enforcer's face turned deathly pale, as if his spine had been pulled out. His body was extremely weak, and his legs went soft, causing him to collapse to the ground.