Chapter Seventy-One Compression Tools

  Lü Ying flew out, and although the protective light aura prevented her from getting hurt, this enormous force was impossible to withstand. Seeing Wei Ba explode into a bloody mist, Lü Ying's face suddenly darkened. It wasn't that she felt heartbroken over Wei Ba's death, but rather that with his death, all the pressure shifted onto her shoulders.

  "It's your turn!" Shen Cong turned his head towards Lü Ying.

  "Let's make a deal, how about it?" Lü Ying revealed an enchanting smile. "Now you can't hurt me anyway, let me go and I'll definitely reward you heavily in the future."

  "What about those fellow disciples of mine who have died?"

  "I've also lost a senior brother, and many fellow disciples have died too. It's only fair that we're even now. In fact, you've gained quite a bit - the value of a top-notch 4th-stage Condensed Yuan expert isn't something just anyone can match."

  Upon hearing this, the disciples of the Luoshui Sect in the War Circle were momentarily stunned. Lü Ying's words were hurtful, but they were also a fact. In this world, as long as one is willing to put in the effort and their innate talent isn't too poor, there is hope to cultivate up to the third stage of Tongli, it's just a matter of time. However, wanting to reach the fourth stage of Ningyuan Realm requires innate talent that stands out from the rest. Especially someone like Wei Ba who is about to break through to the fifth stage, their innate talent is even more formidable and can't be compared to ordinary cultivators.

  "The bill is calculated like this, but I don't agree!" Shen Cong smiled softly.

  Lü Ying's eyes narrowed, her fingernails almost digging into her palm. "So how do you plan to kill me here? This suit of protective divine light on my body is already impenetrable to you, and how much longer can your current strength last?"

  "Let's try it out and see?"

  As soon as the words fell, Shen Cong appeared in front of Lü Ying. The speed was faster than any previous time, as if he had gotten used to his current strength, Shen Cong became more and more handy.

  Lü Ying was shocked, the long sword in his hand emitted a dazzling sword aura, striking towards Shen Cong. But where did he hit? Only the air was pierced through, and instead, he himself was attacked, his body flying out backwards.

  "Bang! Bang! Bang!"

  A dazzling light enveloped her body, emitting a blindingly bright glow. Lü Ying couldn't see the scene outside at all, only the waves of light reminding her that someone was attacking from outside. This speed was even more exaggerated than Wang Shi Lin's before, the only difference being that the attack intensity wasn't as great, the martial skills were slightly inferior, but it was completely sufficient to deal with her.

  "Too much deception!"

  A soft shout, a red light flew out from the formation and landed on Lü Ying's body. At this moment, Lü Ying finally saw Shen Cong attacking, his long sword stabbed out, and both sides collided together.

  "Boom!"

  A thunderclap on flat land, two figures flew out of the whirlpool and fell to the ground, leaving a mark before stopping. His fists felt a bit numb, that momentum was indeed powerful.

  "My previous words still stand, let me go and today's matter will be settled!" Lü Ying said coldly, the long sword in his hand slanted.

  "I also said those words before, but I don't acknowledge that account!"

  A cold glint flashed in Lü Ying's eyes, "With that formation assisting me, you can't take me down, and the final outcome is far from certain! One should have self-awareness, don't think that just because you're temporarily in a superior position, you can do as you please!"

  "Then lend me the power of that formation to take a look, borrow it, just borrow it!" Shen Cong burst out laughing loudly, pointing at the red formation, "Borrow two more moves, or even just one move, and this formation will collapse on its own. At that time, I'd like to see how you'll escape!"

  Everyone looked at the formation, and only then did they discover that the constantly fluctuating formation had become unusually calm. After a moment's thought, everyone understood that Wang Shilin had also sensed the external situation and was preparing to accumulate power to break through the formation. As long as Lü Ying dared to borrow the power of the formation again, the formation's power would weaken, and it would be the moment when Wang Shilin broke through!

  "How dare you!" Lv Ying shouted loudly, her voice shrill. Always calm and collected, this was the first time Lv Ying had lost control like this.

  "Die!"

  "Want me to die? Then nine out of ten people here will be buried with me! If this formation explodes, except for a few people, do you think anyone else can survive?" Lu Ying said crazily.

  Everyone was shocked, and even Lin Liting's face showed a look of horror. The Luoshui Sect disciples had initially been joyful, but now they looked fearful. But the formation that trapped the five-stage opened-vein strongman would explode if left unattended, and except for Shen Cong and a few others, everyone else would die.

  "Are you willing to let your fellow disciple accompany me in death?" Lü Ying stared at Shen Cong, his eyes filled with madness.

  Shen Cong looked at Lü Ying and suddenly smiled, "Then go ahead and detonate it!"

  "What did you say?" Lü Ying was taken aback, then narrowed her eyes, "You think I don't dare!"

  "You really don't dare!"

  "Why should I be afraid? We're all going to die anyway! What else is there for me to fear?"

  "Because you can't bear to part with it, you can't bear to die like this!" Shen Cong pointed at Lü Ying's eyes. "In your eyes, the lives of all these people combined are probably not worth as much as yours. If that's the case, how could you possibly be willing to die, even if there were many more people buried with you?"

  Lü Ying's expression changed, and that frantic appearance completely disappeared. Shen Cong may not be as good at strategy as Lü Ying, but he couldn't have predicted today's battle situation either. However, Shen Cong saw one thing clearly - Lü Ying's love for his own life.

  "You're really ruthless! I'll make sure to remember you, and next time we meet, you won't regret what you did today!" A deep hatred flashed in Lü Ying's eyes, and a bloody mist suddenly burst out of his body. The next moment, Lü Ying disappeared from everyone's sight.

  "It's no good, it's a Blood Blast/Fury!" Lin Liting shouted loudly, but to no avail. This secret technique could increase one's speed by several times, making it impossible for the enemy to track them down, and was the best choice among escape techniques.

  However, this secret method has a major drawback, requiring the use of one's own vital energy to trigger an explosion. The power is unmatched, but the aftereffects are also terrifying. Under normal circumstances, Lü Ying could break through to the fifth rank within half a year. But now, using this secret method, it's likely that he won't be able to advance for three to five years, and even if his luck is bad, he may never have the chance to advance in his lifetime.

  And this was also what Lü Ying had been discussing with Shen Cong, planning to retreat completely. Unfortunately, he encountered such an unscrupulous person and could only come up with a last resort like this. Lü Ying did think of triggering the explosion before retreating. Unfortunately, triggering such an array would result in an indiscriminate attack.

  If you're hurt by the formation, you won't even have the chance to use Bloodbath or Law of the Jungle. Shen Cong said something right, Lü Ying is afraid of death. The lives of all people combined are not as important as hers alone. Arrogant and self-conceited, but at the same time also fearful of death.

  "I'll go after him!" Shen Cong turned into a clear shadow and chased in the direction where Lü Ying was running. Being remembered by such an enemy, Shen Cong couldn't be at ease. Now that he had the opportunity, he naturally wanted to kill him off.

  Shen looked back at the location of the war circle, and the disciples of the evil sect had already scattered and run away. Two leaders were killed and one escaped, it would be strange if they didn't escape now. The people in the evil sect are inherently ruthless, as long as there is benefit, they will go up, now that there is no benefit, they can naturally run far and wide. And with Lin Liting and Huang Hua two fourth-level condensed yuan masters here, cleaning up the battlefield shouldn't be a problem.

  The breath in the back gradually became imperceptible, and Shen Cong's heart position suddenly burst open with zombie blood, filling his flesh completely. A stream of evil air spread out from Shen Cong's body, his eyes turned crimson, his fangs protruded, and Shen Cong's breath rose again and again.

  He usually wouldn't release the zombie's blood, even if he had to, it was always a quick release. Now that it's fully released, it's not much, but this is Shen Cong's strongest state. Unfortunately, it's too terrifying, so it can't be used often.

  "Three-tenths of the bones in his body were broken, muscles were torn, and meridians were burned. Alas, if such injuries had befallen an ordinary person, they would have died several times over. Yet now, he had to thank this undead body!" Shen Cong smiled wryly, but using the undead body now was also for faster recovery from his injuries. Non-humans also had their own advantages.

  "Now, this true energy or true yuan is less than half left, and the electricity is still being consumed continuously. If I wait a bit longer, I won't be able to find that witch, so I can only shut down the compression tool!" Shen Cong thought, looking at the two places shining on his mental desktop.

  The second heavy seal of the computer was ultimately not broken, or not completely broken. A burst of thunder and lightning was ultimately less, according to the feeling transmitted by the computer, at least five bursts of thunder and lightning must strike simultaneously to break the second heavy seal.

  One more strike of thunder would have been enough to kill Shen Cong, and the five strikes that followed were equivalent to him taking his own life. Fortunately, the electricity was ultimately higher than the palm thunder, but it broke open some seals, allowing Shen Cong to barely use one of the software, which was a compression tool.

  This software function is very single-minded, that is compression. Whether it's a move or true energy, it can be compressed. And Shen Cong's current combat power is so exaggerated, it's because he compressed all the Jingzhen True Energy and became almost like the True Origin. What is the True Origin? That is something that only a 6th rank master can possess, and one of the difficult barriers for a 5th rank expert to break into the 6th rank is to liquefy the true energy and achieve the True Origin.

  After being compressed by the tool, Shen's second-order True Qi directly became True Yuan. To say that it was True Yuan is a bit exaggerated, although most of it had liquefied, there was still some True Qi that could not be completely liquefied successfully. The situation was similar to that of a fifth-order Opening Pulse peak expert, with the True Qi in his body being roughly the same.

  It was precisely because of this that Shen Cong's combat power could soar to such an extent. His cultivation was equivalent to the peak of the fifth stage of opening his veins, except for the fact that he had much less true yuan. Naturally, there was a huge gap between Shen Cong's actual combat power and the peak of the fifth stage of opening his veins. This was due to his mastery of martial arts techniques, internal skill secret manuals, and experience in battling enemies.

  After careful calculation, Shen Cong's actual combat power should be at the bottom among the five-stage strongmen. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the weakest five-stage in history. However, a five-stage strongman is still a five-stage strongman, and even if it is the weakest five-stage, it is much stronger than a four-stage strongman. Therefore, Shen Cong can crush Wei Ba like that, and even Lv Ying, who is about to be promoted to a high-ranking official, is not his opponent.

  First-rate strength, heaven and earth differ, after the fourth-order condensation is like this, which is where Shen Cong's foundation lies. If Shen Cong uses his own martial arts moves again and compresses them with a compression tool, his combat power can soar again.

  Unfortunately, this idea can only be kept hidden. Because Shen's computer has no electricity, or rather the battery is no longer sufficient for Shen to use another compression tool. Forcing it would only make all software unusable.

  Powerful unsealing failed, consuming 5% of the battery, and it didn't work out in the end. This power is wasted. Because the unsealing was unsuccessful, using the software across levels requires 40% of the battery to successfully start the compression tool. In the future, after successfully unsealing, whether or not so much power will be needed to start up, Shen doesn't know, but it should be about the same.

  But in the process of using compression tools, it's not just a one-time thing. To maintain the true state, you must keep using it. And continuous use will inevitably consume electricity. In the short time that has just passed, more than 60% of the battery has been consumed, and it is still being continuously consumed.

  "Let's search again, if not, we can only give up!" Looking at the gradually dispersing breath in front of him, Shen's eyebrows slightly furrowed. Suddenly, he felt a movement in the distance, and the zombie blood in his body retracted, returning to normal.

  "Hey, isn't this Shen Shidi? I didn't expect you to escape too! What a wonderful surprise!" A voice rang out. Shen Cong turned his head to look, and Zhao Shi was floating over, looking at Shen Cong with playful teasing in his eyes.