"I know, continuing to resist is meaningless."
"I know, I can't change anything alone..."
"But I still want to keep fighting!"
Wu Kai, alone, fiercely resisted over a dozen powerful corpse-men.
In this resistance where victory seemed impossible, his senses rapidly sharpened. He could discern the battle situation from the sounds of combat outside.
Which roar meant a person couldn't hold on any longer, which sigh meant someone had surrendered.
That roar of grief and indignation was his master's final swan song. Gui Wushang, with his iron bones that had dominated the martial world for decades, died at the hands of Shi Buniao.
Then he heard piercing screams, the wails of the female members of the sect.
His invalid master's wife, her maids, his fourth uncle's concubine...
The sounds of these women were different from those of the female disciples. The corpse-men showed no mercy, slaughtering them indiscriminately.
The women hiding in the back mountains were ordinary people without internal energy. This suggested the corpse-men's goal was to capture more martial artists.
After another ten minutes, Wu Kai was the only one left fighting in the entire Fang Dao Sect. His skin had turned golden-yellow, as if he were entirely forged from gold. The attacks of the corpse-men could only leave a white mark on his skin.
Wu Kai was already the most talented disciple of the Fang Dao Sect. In this desperate, endless battle, he had reached a legendary realm within the sect's martial arts.
The Vajra Undying Body!
No, this couldn't be called a martial art; it was the awakening of an extremely powerful superpower, which endowed him with a monstrous physical resilience.
Wu Kai sensed his transformation but felt little joy.
What good was the Vajra Undying Body if he lacked the ability to effectively kill these corpse-men? He would still die when he ran out of strength.
But in this moment of despair, Wu Kai suddenly saw a glimmer of hope.
A loud bang erupted beside him. A colossal man clad in spiked armor fell from the sky.
The immense impact tore apart all the corpse-men around Wu Kai. Because of his Vajra Undying Body, Wu Kai only felt his skin throb with pain, suffering no substantial damage.
A few corpse-men lunged at him, only to be crushed into shattered blood mist with a casual swipe from the burly man. The corpse-men's terrifying regenerative ability was useless against such absolute force.
This burly man was Zhu Pengpei, Wen Wen's right protector, who had been ordered by Wen Wen to protect this sole survivor.
Meanwhile, Wen Wen floated in mid-air, with countless black light swords hovering around him.
With a gentle wave of his hand, these black light swords rained down on the Fang Dao Sect below.
Due to the large number of targets, Wen Wen's aim was slightly off, but each corpse-man received at least a few light swords.
Even with thousands of arrows piercing them, their lives might not be threatened, given their physique. However, the places where they were wounded by the light swords began to rapidly fester, turning into puddles of blood within minutes.
The only survivor of the entire Fang Dao Sect was Shi Buniao, who led the attack.
Wen Wen landed before him and asked expressionlessly, "Where is Aiger?"
With just a glance, he could tell these corpse-men were Aiger's creation.
Aiger's ability could warp and mutate people into monsters, and these corpse-men were the products of such mutation.
"Who is Aiger? I don't know..." Sultan Novel Network
Shi Buniao replied with confusion. This wasn't a pretense; he genuinely had no idea who Aiger was.
"Then let me ask another way: who made you this way, and where is he?"
Shi Buniao looked enlightened and was about to relay Aiger's information to Wen Wen. Such heretical paths always submitted to the strongest; integrity was never a concern.
But before he could speak, his body rapidly swelled, bursting like an inflated water balloon. The toxic blood and flesh splattered towards Wen Wen but was easily repelled by the qi surrounding Wen Wen.
"It seems obtaining information from these minor monsters is unrealistic. To find Aiger, I'll have to charge in directly. After dark, I'll take the Night Knights to the Shi family manor."
Wen Wen rummaged through the pile of Shi Buniao's remains and found a token symbolizing identity.
"Diaper... Oh, I'm reading it backward. It's Shi Buniao."
After pondering, Wen Wen casually conjured some water to rinse the waist token and put it away. It might be useful later, and even if not, it was pure silver at least.
Then, Wen Wen flew to Wu Kai's side. Wu Kai had exited his Vajra Undying Body state, but his skin still looked unusual.
Looking at his appearance, Wen Wen felt he had seen it somewhere before. After observing him for a while, he snapped his fingers.
He had seen superpowered individuals with similar auras to Wu Kai in the Federation. Although Wu Kai was infinitely weaker than the other, it was clear that Wu Kai's ability was inherited from the same lineage, both being Vajra Undying.
This meant Wu Kai might need a shit-shoveling knife in the future...
Wen Wen did not voice his thoughts. Wu Kai's entire sect had just been annihilated, and joking with him now would be too unkind.
Just as he was about to utter some comforting words, Wen Wen suddenly froze, then his lips curved upwards: "Things seem to be getting interesting."
He snapped his fingers, a black robe materialized on him, and bubbles appeared around him.
The closest bubble to Wen Wen contained Wu Kai's figure.
This meant Wu Kai met the requirements for recruitment into the containment facility. However, Wen Wen usually used this ability within the facility; it was the first time he had accessed the recruitment interface from outside.
Wen Wen tapped on the bubble. With a thought, a contract flew out of the bubble and landed in his hand. This process was invisible to others; they only saw a piece of paper suddenly appear in Wen Wen's hand.
"Hmm, it's not the containment facility... it's the correctional facility? This is even more interesting."
Wen Wen placed the contract in front of Wu Kai: "If you wish to avenge those who died in this tragedy, if you don't want to experience this powerlessness again, then sign this."
Wu Kai, kneeling with vacant eyes, looked at the contract's contents. A flicker of spirit gradually returned to his eyes, and without hesitation, he signed his name.
The moment he signed his name, Wen Wen felt a connection established with something, and the smile on his lips grew more pronounced.
He placed his hand on Wu Kai, snapped his fingers, and both of them vanished into thin air.
After Wen Wen suddenly disappeared, Right Protector Zhu Pengpei's gaze towards Chun Ling became dangerous. He was already a ferocious beast, and when unobserved, he was capable of committing extremely cruel acts.
But as his wicked intentions arose, the chains on him bound him tightly once more, and then he too vanished into the air.