Human Clan Defender-Chapter 456 - 203: Daylight Thunderclap Reappears (Seeking Monthly Votes)

Chapter 456: Chapter 203: Daylight Thunderclap Reappears (Seeking Monthly Votes)

Name: Shen Changqing

Force: Great Qin’s Demon Suppression Division

Identity: South Nether Prefecture’s Defender Envoy

Realm: Great Grandmaster

Divine Soul: Divine Soul (Second Order)

Flesh: Divine Heaven Golden Body (Sixth Order)

Martial Arts: Star Finger (Divine Skills Second Layer, can be enhanced), Ascension Step (Fourth Level, can be enhanced)

Slaughter: 818

Divine Ability: 476

In the Scripture Pavilion, Shen Changqing once again looked at his status panel; he had a clear understanding in his mind.

Originally, his Slaughter Value was just over seven hundred points. But while he was searching for the Mountain Spirit, he happened to encounter several rampaging Demon Evils, so he conveniently dealt with them, harvesting dozens of Slaughter Value points as a result.

What Shen Changqing found regrettable was that there weren’t many powerful Demon Evils left in South Nether Prefecture. With the full-force purging by the Demon Suppression Division, all Fiend Level Strange Monsters were eradicated immediately. After all, although Fiend Level Strange Monsters were strong, they were practically useless before a Defender Envoy. As for Demon Evils of the Demon Evil rank, not a single one remained.

After he severely wounded the Eternal Alliance Master and slew four mid-level Demon Evils, the few remaining Demon Evils in South Nether Prefecture quietly left, as if they had never appeared.

Shen Changqing understood. It was because the Demon Evil Clan feared his strength and dared not let their Demon Evils stay here to die. After all, Demon Evils at this level could not be sacrificed needlessly. Retreating was the natural course of action.

At the same time, he also took the opportunity to enhance his Ascension Step to the fourth level. This martial art was not a Divine Skill, so the consumption to enhance it was not great. For Shen Changqing, who had several hundred Divine Ability Value points, it was the kind he could enhance at will.

However, he did not directly enhance Ascension Step to the fifth level. The fifth level of martial arts was where one could comprehend True Intent. Once True Intent was comprehended, the martial art would disappear from the status panel. Although Shen Changqing was curious about what kind of change a second True Intent would bring, he resisted the impulse.

However strong True Intent might be, it could not significantly boost his strength. At least, the True Intent comprehended from Ascension Step would not bring much benefit. On the contrary, keeping this martial art for further integration could yield an additional Divine Skill. After all, just integrating Ascension Step alone had already consumed a considerable amount of Slaughter Value. If the martial art disappeared from the panel, it meant that the next time he wanted to integrate a Qinggong-class Divine Skill, he would have to spend more resources.

The fifth floor. Brand-new bookshelves were already displayed there, and the manuals on the shelves were also brand new.

Looking at the manuals on the shelves, Shen Changqing fell into contemplation. I now possess over eight hundred points of Slaughter Value. Normally, I should be able to integrate a Divine Skill similar to Star Finger, but to integrate a Divine Skill more powerful than Star Finger, I’m still lacking something.

The final step in integrating Star Finger had already consumed three hundred points of Slaughter Value, so further integration would inevitably cost no less than five hundred points.

Either I integrate a new Divine Skill and then save up Slaughter Value to enhance Star Finger, which means my strength wouldn’t change much in the short term, or if I integrate Ascension Step to the level of Divine Skills, it should provide a certain boost to my strength, Shen Changqing mused.

Both being Divine Skills, if another attack-type Divine Skill was integrated, it would obviously conflict with Star Finger. But if he integrated a movement-type Divine Skill, it could complement Star Finger. However, doing so would mean needing to accumulate an additional eight hundred Slaughter Value points on top of the original basis to enhance Star Finger later.

After thinking it over, he ultimately decided to enhance Star Finger first.

The best defense is actually an offense!

If my strength were great enough, why would I need to resort to other methods—

Shen Changqing shook his head and set his gaze on the martial arts before him.

A Divine Skill was equivalent to two top-notch Grandmaster Martial Arts, which equaled four Grandmaster Martial Arts, eight top-notch Grandmaster Martial Arts, and sixteen ordinary Grandmaster Martial Arts.

What were considered top-notch Grandmaster Martial Arts? Those were martial arts at the Grandmaster Ultimate Summit level. Obviously, Grandmaster Ultimate Summit powerhouses were rare in Jianghu, and offensive martial arts at this pinnacle level were even scarcer. Not to mention, there were none in the Scripture Pavilion at present.

The Profound Sun Finger is a top-notch Grandmaster Martial Art; ordinary Grandmaster Martial Arts are like the Divine Sun Collapsing Heavenly Finger; and top-notch Grandmaster Martial Arts, like the Chiyang Divine Palm, are at this stage.

Shen Changqing sighed. Martial arts of the Chiyang Divine Palm’s level were not available in the Scripture Pavilion, so he had to start by finding sixteen offensive martial arts and then integrate them step by step. Fortunately, though top-notch Grandmaster Martial Arts were missing, there were still many ordinary Grandmaster Martial Arts.

After almost two hours, Shen Changqing finally walked out of the Scripture Pavilion. Unlike before, when he emerged, his status panel already displayed sixteen ordinary Grandmaster Martial Arts. Immediately, he returned to his residence and began to fuse martial arts.

WHINE! WHINE!

Upon seeing Shen Changqing’s return, Tiankui greeted him enthusiastically.

Compared to two months ago, Tiankui had grown another size larger, and its strength had increased significantly. Though not yet at the mature stage of a Tiankui, it was not far off.

"Have you finished everything I left for you?" Shen Changqing raised an eyebrow.

He looked towards a trough that had been dug in the courtyard. It was something he had intentionally created before he left, simply for the convenience of storing some food for Tiankui. Now, at a glance, the trough was obviously empty. Even so, saturated with the aura of a Great Grandmaster’s blood, the once ordinary trough now carried a considerable presence.

Seeing this, Shen Changqing shook his head and looked up at Tiankui, who was now taller than himself. "With your current strength, you should be able to directly digest my blood, right?"

After speaking, he stretched out his hand, squeezed out a drop of golden blood, and flicked it towards Tiankui. Sensing the power of the blood, Tiankui opened its mouth and immediately swallowed it.

Instantly, Tiankui’s body trembled continuously. Its already ferocious and terrifying appearance seemed to twist even more. Bursts of powerful thunderous energy erupted from its body. As it unfurled its wings and moved them, one could faintly hear the sound of wind and thunder.

Shen Changqing did not disturb Tiankui’s digestion, allowing the Fierce Beast to lie in the courtyard, quietly refining the blood’s power, while he entered his room.

*** 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Inside the room, nothing much had changed. With Tiankui on guard, nobody dared to enter without permission.

Shen Changqing went to the bed, sat cross-legged, calmed his mind, and entered the panel.

Detecting—

Detecting—

Merge!

With a slight nudge of his intent, all the martial arts entered a fusion stage.

Soon, sixteen martial arts, after consuming eighty Slaughter Value, became eight top-tier Grandmaster Martial Arts. Without pause, Shen Changqing merged them once again. This time it took a bit longer; after consuming two hundred Slaughter Value, the eight top-tier Grandmaster Martial Arts transformed into four Grandmaster Martial Arts.

Another fusion. With another two hundred Slaughter Value, the four Grandmaster Martial Arts officially became two top-tier Grandmaster Martial Arts. By now, four hundred and eighty Slaughter Value points had been spent.

Looking at the remaining three hundred-plus Slaughter Value and the fusion upgrades on the martial arts, Shen Changqing didn’t hesitate and chose to merge once again.

RUMBLE!

Above the Demon Suppression Division, another Daylight Thunderclap appeared, affecting many people and causing them to look up.

"Daylight Thunderclap!"

It was the first time Mu Qing had seen such a phenomenon, but it wasn’t the first he had heard of it. He was very clear about the reports of the Daylight Thunderclap that had occurred before in Mountain-Breaking City. Combined with Shen Changqing’s recent return and the appearance of the Daylight Thunderclap soon after, Mu Qing was one hundred percent certain that this anomaly was definitely related to him.

What kind of martial arts is Defender Shen practicing to be capable of causing a Daylight Thunderclap? Such an ability to trigger celestial phenomena is truly unimaginable!

The lightning flickering in the Firmament exerted immense pressure, even on someone of a Defender Envoy’s stature.

「Inside Mountain-Breaking City.」

"Daylight Thunderclap... isn’t that disturbance said to be caused only by the Defender Envoy of South Nether Prefecture?" Inside the teahouse, Beiming Wang, dressed simply, took a modest sip from his cup, his imposing aura undiminished.

Before him, several other people were seated. One of them, hearing his words, nodded in agreement. "Great General is right. From the information available, the recent anomalies in Mountain-Breaking City are all related to that Defender Envoy of South Nether Prefecture."

"How interesting, truly interesting!" Beiming Wang watched the thunder, a mix of curiosity and shock evident in the depths of his eyes. To be able to draw forth phenomena in Heaven and Earth with mortal strength was inherently extraordinary. But considering the other’s status as a Great Grandmaster, it didn’t seem too abrupt. After all, becoming a Great Grandmaster was in itself an extraordinary feat.

A Great Grandmaster... I should find an opportunity to meet him! Beiming Wang sighed. He too was a Martial Artist and was greatly curious about such a realm.

It could be said that all Martial Artists in the world aspired to become Great Grandmasters, and Beiming Wang was no exception. Even though he was now the Great General of Great Liang, holding a high position and great power, he still harbored lofty aspirations in the Martial Dao.

After a moment of contemplation, Beiming Wang turned his head to look towards the distance, a faint smile playing at the corners of his mouth. "What do you think, where could the people from the Heavenly Inspection Guard be?"

"It’s hard to say. The Heavenly Inspection Guard are highly skilled in concealment; any passing civilian could be one of their agents. Now that we’ve arrived in South Nether Prefecture, it’s likely the Heavenly Inspection Guard have already been informed of our presence."

"Whether they know or not is of little consequence. Strictly speaking, my Great Liang and Great Qin could be considered allies now, right?" Beiming Wang didn’t seem too concerned. He knew that his group’s movements couldn’t escape the eyes and ears of the Heavenly Inspection Guard, so he had made no attempt to hide them. Exposure, or lack thereof, had little impact on him.