Cosmic Demon

Chapter 293 Pre-battle speech, a perfect performance!
Kazan's Despair Realm was cleaved open by Qin Shi's single slash!

It's like a pitch-black canvas being cut and then torn apart with force, splitting in two with a ripping sound!

The blazing, platinum-gold sun pierced through the hole, like flames licking white paper, burning large patches of blackened paper.

After forcing Kazan the Insightful to retreat, Qin Shi did not press his advantage. Instead, he raised his fist and smashed it at Russell the Deep One who had launched a sneak attack!
The blazing, white-gold sun, solidified into a tangible form, struck the long leg, powerful enough to shatter a mountain peak!
With a loud "bang," as if a bomb had detonated inside, starting from the point of contact, the tough outer skin and reinforced muscle fibers collapsed and shattered layer by layer inward!
Large gushes of dark green, viscous blood, mixed with tissue fragments, sprayed out radially, only to be blocked and evaporated by the solidified spatial field around the fist.

Roar--

Russell the Deep One let out a painful, twisted screech, and his massive mental projection trembled violently in the void, his eight long legs instinctively convulsing and curling up.

The excruciating pain unleashed its ferocity, and its remaining long legs, like wildly dancing steel whips, whipped at Qin Shi from different angles with a piercing shriek that tore through the air!

At the same time, its massive body cracked open with countless holes, spewing out a dark green poisonous mist with strong corrosive and mental paralyzing effects, which instantly spread out, attempting to block Qin Shi's escape space.

"It hurts! I'll tear you apart! I'll eat you!"

The chaotic roar of thoughts swept across like a storm, amounting to yet another offensive!
"This guy's consciousness is really chaotic, like a primitive beast."

Qin Shi wondered, powerful creatures should at least possess the ability to think, and few are as foolish as Russell the Deep One.

In the blink of an eye, his extraordinary body, empowered by the platinum-gold sun, swiftly traversed the distance!
The perfectly powered electric saber is swung, parried, slashed, and deflected the onslaught of attacks!

Each collision sent up blinding ripples of energy, leaving deep scorch marks on Russell's sturdy long legs.

The poisonous mist released by the latter eroded the area, making a hissing sound, but it was firmly isolated by the highly concentrated power of "reality".

"The pressure isn't enough."

With his coat billowing out, Qin Shi swung his sword with all his might, severing another long leg of the Deep One Russell.

They forced back the terrifying behemoth that roamed the void ocean, only to be met with the despairing power of Kazan the Insightful One!

"Boss, be very careful of its Despair Domain. Many professional-level fifth-stage experts have been caught off guard and their teams have been overturned!"

Long Qiuyuan's voice came through the earpiece.

Despair is the emotion that is most often present in polluted areas.

The residents who once lived there watched helplessly as they lost their parents, children, and even their homes; the soldiers who guarded them also continuously lost their comrades, fellow soldiers, and even their own lives.

Countless losses, countless tragedies, countless dashed hopes... all come together to form this whole!

It coalesced into a torrent of despair, becoming the insightful Kazan!

boom!
The pitch-black sky crashed down, suppressing Qin Shi's consciousness.

The platinum-gold sun seemed to be dragged into an endless abyss. Those wailing faces and those tempting thoughts of giving up were like withered arms pulling Qin Shi, causing his soul to sink into despair.

"Despair? Abyss?"

Qin Shi snorted coldly and immediately activated the "Void Meditation Technique" to dispel negative emotions using the core concepts of the Eastern Xia civilization.

"Prosperity, democracy, harmony, freedom, equality..."

Every word shines with golden light, unwavering in its resolve!

Combined with the mental fortitude honed by Lao He, it was practically a steel stamp of thought forged repeatedly.

A pure and unparalleled surge of emotion forcefully pierced through Kazan's realm of despair!

"For nine hundred millennia, Dongxia has never despaired! And humanity has never lacked the courage to face despair..."

Qin Shi's voice pierced through the thick darkness, and the white-gold sun, compressed to its extreme, exploded again like a supernova at the core of the despairing sky!
boom--

The dazzling light and heat, with a "real" texture, slammed down on Kazan's despairing realm like an invisible giant hammer!

The thick, dark sky rippled and twisted violently, and countless wailing faces screamed and turned to ashes under the bright light!

Kazan's mental projection blurred for a moment, and his tattered black robes churned violently, as if he were suffering a huge backlash.

Its proud mental attacks were actually defeated head-on by the opponent's purer and stronger mental will!
"That simple? That's impossible!"

Kazan's mental state was filled with unbelievable shock and anger, even mixed with a hint of fear.

It has never encountered an opponent that can so easily dismantle its realm of despair!
Those powerful warriors who stand at the third level of the professional level have all had their deepest darkness stirred up, leading them to sink into the realm of despair.

That doesn't make sense; this human sun is unaffected!

Keep in mind that he is still very young. His vitality may increase rapidly, but the strength of his mental power cannot exceed the norm!

"You don't understand numbers."

Qin Shi chuckled without pausing. The instant he shattered the mental attack, his figure traversed the sky, appearing above Russell, the Deep One whose movements were slightly hampered by the intense pain.

For Lieutenant Qin, the battle seemed to have become a turn-based performance.

Beat one up, then move on to the next!
Having just finished battling Kazan the Insightful, it's time for Russell the Deep to take his turn.

The perfectly charged electric saber was drawn, its blade shimmering with a tangible platinum light. There were no fancy moves, only a single vertical slash imbued with all its power, speed, and "true" will!
"cut!"

The blade flashed like a bolt of lightning, tearing through space.

Roar!
Russell sensed the deadly danger and hastily raised his two relatively intact long legs to cross and block. At the same time, the life force at his core surged wildly, trying to condense the thickest dark carapace on his body!
The blade falls!
laugh--

A piercing cutting sound rang out! The blade, now bearing the rudiments of "realism," displayed terrifying penetrating power!

Russell's hastily assembled dark armor was as fragile as paper and was instantly sliced ​​open!

The two long legs that were blocking the attack were snapped off instantly!

"This is an epic weapon produced by Pillar."

Qin Shi gripped the hilt of the sword with both hands and continued to press down.

The blade's momentum was only slightly hindered, but it still carried the power to cut through everything, slicing down along the center line of Russell's massive body with unstoppable force!
scoff-

A chilling tearing sound echoed across the battlefield!

"No! My power, my evolution..."

The Deep One Russell's massive, mountain-like mental projection, along with its physical body, was cleaved in two by this single strike!

Dark green blood, shattered internal organs, and tough carapace fragments exploded outwards like an erupting volcano, mixed with the foul-smelling mist rising from the blade's energy!
Its core—a violently pulsating dark green crystal encased in tough fascia—was exposed to the air and was immediately seized by Qin Shi with lightning speed.

The surging essence of life, like a floodgate opened, poured freely into the body, replenishing what it had consumed.

"Deep Diver Russell was cleaved in two with a single blow!"

Long Qiuyuan watched the battle in the no-man's-land; she was the only eyewitness.

"The boss's rate of progress is simply terrifying. No wonder he said that unless it is a fourth-level disaster's familiar, no one can put pressure on him."

As Russell's massive body collapsed with a crash, Long Qiuyuan quickly appeased the machine spirit by lighting incense, applying machine oil, and then transmitting this extremely shocking scene to the rear in real time.

The western command quickly received the message.

"Our proud son from Hengzhou has terrifying combat skills. He even killed Russell, a member of the Deep Ones who ranks in the top 20 in the polluted zone."

Although all that could be seen were blurry and disjointed battle scenes, the chief of staff, who held the rank of major, breathed a sigh of relief.

Another commander of the same rank also expressed his admiration:

"At this age, with this level of combat power and these achievements, he is very similar to Commander Han Qingyu back in the day."

Just as they were talking, the fully open communication channel started buzzing.

From the western command post to the forwardmost New Han Fortress and the other side of the White Poplar Fortress, all combat units equipped with basic communication tools heard that clear and steady voice.

A very simple opening statement—

"This is Qin Shi." The brief pause made everyone on the other end of the communication channel hold their breath.

“I know that each of you is facing an enemy several times, or even dozens of times, larger than yourself. You are bleeding, sacrificing, holding your ground without retreating an inch, and advancing.”

Some say the front lines are dangerous, the scorching sun shouldn't be here. Qin Shi's voice suddenly rose a notch, carrying an unwavering force, "But I say, the real danger is retreat! It's fear! For nine hundred thousand years, the Eastern Xia has always strived forward! So it was before, and so it will be!"

"I stand here, at the forefront of the western front, not merely because of my strength." He gripped his military knife tightly, the blade humming deeply. "More so because the blade of Dongxia must be pointed at the enemy! The sun of Dongxia must illuminate the darkest corners of the battlefield!"

"The void is invincible? Its kin cannot be annihilated? No, the once rising star of Hengzhou didn't even have a place for us to stand or a place to live. It was our fathers who personally developed this planet, transforming it from wasteland into an administrative region."

"Grip your weapons tight! Hold your ground!" Qin Shi's voice was like a heavy hammer, striking the hearts of every soldier. "Watch me! Watch how I crush every obstacle in Dongxia's path into dust!"

"Then--"

The general of Qin Dynasty held his sword horizontally, the tip pointing directly at Kazan the Insightful One.

"Follow me, push it over!"

……

……

"Push it over!"

"Crush them!"

From the rear positions, a roar as powerful as a mountain collapsing and a tsunami erupted!

Qin Shi's words and actions were like the strongest stimulant, igniting the blood of every soldier!
"Lieutenant Qin..."

Even the staff officers and senior officers at the Western Front Command were greatly shocked.

This will be the most perfect pre-battle speech since the start of the offensive on the Western Front!
"Let the entire front advance!"

The highest-ranking commander stationed on the western front issued an order.

"All combat units, assemble in the direction Lieutenant Qin is attacking. Tear through the contaminated zone's defenses, advance, advance, advance!"

Soon, the earth began to rumble and tremble, and a torrent of steel was released, rushing towards the front-line area that had been reduced to scorched earth!

……

……

"The manuscript is well written, A-Qiu."

After Qin Shi finished reciting with great emotion, he took the initiative to praise him.

"Thank you, boss. Can I get a raise?"

Long Qiuyuan chuckled.

"next time."

Qin Shi stood amidst the ruins, his military uniform stained with dust and dark green bloodstains, but his posture remained as upright as a pine tree.

"The sun that voluntarily steps into the battlefield, no matter how bright its light, is destined to be extinguished here today!"

Kazan the Insightful's heart is cold; even witnessing Qin Shi kill Russell the Deep One seems to have little impact on him.

"You have arrived in hell, and there is no escape."

The tattered black robe billowed as if filled with a raging wind.

The realm of despair no longer expands, but contracts inward, like an asteroid collapsing.

As Kazan the Insightful raised his palm, a jet-black ray, condensed to its extreme and only as thick as an arm, was suddenly released!

This ray exuded a chilling, deathly stillness that pierced through everything; wherever it passed, even space itself seemed to freeze and decay!
This is Kazan burning his very spirit, abandoning defense in a desperate strike, aimed straight at Qin Shi's brow!

"This kind of trick is too weak."

Qin Shi silently practiced the "Void Meditation Method." Ever since he was "tortured" by Lao He's boundless void world, his mental attack and defense, and spiritual confrontation, had reached a new level.

The void layered upon layer, as if infinite dimensions were being torn apart, and Kazan's pitch-black ray became sluggish, as if it could not concentrate on its target.

Qin Shi held a knife in his right hand and squeezed the heart of the Deep One Russell with his left!

He took a deep breath, compressing his own field to a high degree, allowing the phantom of the white-gold blazing sun to gradually emerge and condense in the center of his brow, like a small celestial imprint burning with scorching flames!
Kazan clasped his hands together as if in prayer, and a jet-black ray pierced straight through layers of space, striking the platinum sun!

There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a chilling, silent clash!

Extreme darkness and extreme light are madly entangled, devouring and annihilating each other at a single point!
The space where the two were located was violently distorted, like a huge celestial body that had collapsed and shattered.

The stalemate lasted only a moment!
The light of the platinum sun suddenly intensified several times!
With the life core of the Deep One Russell, Qin Shi was not worried about competing with the Insightful One Kazan in terms of attrition. The white-gold blazing sun that condensed the prototype of reality instantly overwhelmed the black death line that was exhausted after burning its source!
puff!

The platinum light completely engulfed the dark rays, its momentum undiminished, transforming into an extremely condensed beam of light that instantly pierced through Kazan's mental projection.

"Uh-"

Kazan's mental projection burst open like a punctured, ink-filled balloon.

In an instant, it turned into black smoke that filled the sky and carried a strong sense of mental pollution!
A dull, cracked rhomboid crystal floated out and was caught by Qin Shi, who was prepared.

With just a touch, he felt a cold, complex, yet incredibly powerful spiritual force surge into his sea of ​​consciousness, causing him a slight stinging sensation.

"Absolute truth! The spiritual realm that best restrains essential falsehood!"

Qin Shi activated Lao He's "Void Meditation Method" and then Lao Qi's "The Only Path Through the Ages," as if spiritual energy and martial arts were unfolding in parallel, forcibly suppressing Kazan's spirit, refining and absorbing it.

The battlefield fell into a deathly silence in an instant.

In the scorched wasteland of the no man's land, only the remains of two enormous companions remained—Russell, a massive mountain of flesh split in two, and the black, viscous substance that reeked of decay left after Kazan was blown up.

The air was filled with a pungent odor, a mixture of blood, burnt smells, mental pollution, and turbulent energy.

Russell the Deep One and Kazan the Insightful One, two Disaster Level 3 Familiars who struck fear into the hearts of frontline soldiers, were utterly annihilated by Qin Shi with absolute power and will after a fierce but brief battle!

The good news has begun to spread, and the cheers and applause from the rear are like a tsunami!
"Boss, the energy reading of the third familiar has been analyzed, it's..."

Long Qiuyuan's voice stopped abruptly.

Qin Shi removed his headset. The communication device, which originally bore the emblem of the Divine Machine, had just been contaminated and transformed into a blood-sucking worm, attempting to burrow into his cochlea and parasitize his body.

With a gentle squeeze, the headset shattered.

"It seems the battle isn't over yet. The real stress test isn't them."

Qin Shi gazed into the void, the entire no-man's-land firmly enveloped by an invisible force.

Russell's cleaved remains, along with the black, viscous substance scattered after Kazan exploded, suddenly began to writhe violently!

As if infused with life, the green flesh and blood, like boiling mud, multiplied and expanded wildly!

The black, viscous substance, like activated asphalt, spread rapidly and seeped into the scorched earth!
sizzle-

A sickeningly loud smacking sound rang out!

It was as if a food blender had been turned on. Russell's minced flesh, entrails, and shell fragments, along with the remnants of Kazan's mental pollution, mixed with the scorched soil below, soaked in the blood of countless followers and humans, and mutated at an illogical speed!
In just a few breaths!
Centered on Qin Shi's feet, the scorched earth of the battlefield within a radius of several thousand meters has been completely "come alive"!

You are being watched by a true dragon.

Will you accept the gift?

[Holy Breath?]

(End of this chapter)