Daily life of a teacher in the martial arts department

Ye Jiao slashed down with his sword, and the Tang sword shone with a strange purple light.

The Myriad Paths Talk? Destruction Slash!

Of the three slashes, the Dimensional Slash is primarily for defense, the Void Slash for surprise attacks, and the Destruction Slash is primarily for killing. It's basically useless against martial artists, but this high-powered skill is quite advantageous against other opponents.

Mages are not the progenitors; they have no absolute defense. All defensive magic can be broken. And when facing such defensive magic, there is basically no other choice but to rely on brute force. A martial artist's inner energy barrier may have a weakness, but a mage will not—unless your magic power is insufficient.

Zheng—

A piercing sound rang out, and the twelve-winged angel's face showed pain. In just a fraction of a second, the light on its body dimmed considerably, as if it was about to collapse.

"oh.."

The man with long, silver-white hair looked surprised. While Angel's Embrace had the drawback of high casting time and mana cost, expensive things only have a price; its defensive capabilities were undeniable, especially considering it had been upgraded. But against Ye Jiaofang, it was going to crumble in just one exchange?

"Impressive..." he praised, "Unfortunately, I am no longer the person I used to be."

The next moment, still without him casting any incantation, countless bolts of lightning suddenly exploded around him, the special effects were phenomenal. Even Darius, let alone the Nephalem, would have to exclaim how lavish the production costs were. Millions of shimmering golden lightning bolts intertwined, instantly forming an impenetrable electric net, intent on strangling Ye Jiao and the angel together.

—A mage's magic doesn't offer any immunity to damage for teammates. Forget about teammates; even their own defensive spells get caught in the crossfire. So, it's truly hopeless for a mage to be caught in close combat. They might even be afraid of hurting themselves when using area-of-effect spells, ending up destroying their own defensive spells before the enemy even gets a chance to hit them.

Although it sounds stupid, countless magicians have died because of this throughout history.

Ye Jiaofang remained expressionless, his movements flawless.

—The wind naturally cannot affect these lightning bolts that have broken free from the clouds. But although it's called "Windless," it doesn't actually rely on strong winds to blow everything away; it mainly relies on the internal energy within the wind. However, lightning is indeed one of the few techniques that "Windless" cannot completely counter, and Mirror Shift is actually a better choice. But Ye Jiaofang did not choose Mirror Shift, not wanting to give his opponent a chance to breathe, otherwise it would be another Angel's Embrace.

Therefore, Ye Jiaofang chose to forcibly blow away a portion of it, and then use his inner energy barrier to withstand the remaining portion, attempting to kill this guy of unknown origin with a single strike.

He succeeded, but not entirely. Angel's Embrace was destroyed. An ordinary mage was brought to close range, and his defensive magic was destroyed. He was basically sentenced to death. Ye Jiao successfully beheaded him with a single slash. Then, a pair of hands caught the flying head.

It was his own hand.

Amidst the shocked gazes of the crowd, he held his own head, a gentle smile still playing on his face.

"That's amazing... It's a pity I'm no longer human."

Chapter Sixty-Four Cain

What kind of image is it when someone holds their head in their arms while talking?

Ye Jiaofang and Feng Yunke remained unmoved, Naifeitian frowned slightly, Yu Xietian and Shenxin were somewhat terrified, only Xiaochou clapped his hands, looking as if he had learned something and could use it next time - as the most bizarre ancestral alien race, he always loved watching the show.

At this moment, Shenxin was suddenly moved and thought of three words.

"A butterfly exists!"

These three words can explain most of the doubts surrounding the other party.

Why can't I see anything? It's because butterflies exist.

The butterfly can devour everything that exists, everything that remains. Those who are devoured are as if they never existed, leaving everything about them a blank.

Why is it that despite possessing such power, no one knows him or can discern his origins? Consider this: among those present are Feng Yunke from the Age of Gods, the successor of the God of War, the Clown and Ye Jiaofang from ancient times, and on the modern side, there's Nephalem, a former top spy who knows everything, and Shen Xin with his X-ray vision... So many people, yet none of them could figure out his background, not even a single guess. Therefore, the only answer is the existence of the Butterfly!

He was devoured by the Butterfly of Existence!

There were no more speculations from Shenxin. Why did the other party appear from this door? And why was he devoured by the Existence Butterfly? These mysteries remained unsolved until he revealed them himself.

Shenxin was able to reach this conclusion because she saw a blank space on the other person's body. The others, to varying degrees, also thought of the Existence Butterfly—such a powerful being, yet so obscure, easily leading them to think of the Existence Butterfly. However, lacking Shenxin's abilities, they couldn't be certain; it was merely speculation.

"Playing tricks!"

Ye Jiaofang snorted coldly, completely unaffected, and unleashed a series of slashes with his Tang sword at an incredibly terrifying speed.

—This isn't a skill anymore, it's just a series of rapid slashes, simply...fast!

In just a few breaths, the silver-haired man was torn to pieces by Ye Jiao, chopped into thousands of pieces of flesh!

The clown clapped his hands without any sign of tension.

"Such a fast blade... but that guy is even faster. Let's run away as soon as possible."

—This group of people is like Pigsy from Journey to the West. Apart from showing off when they first appeared, they have made no contribution so far. They also frequently ask to divide up the luggage and return to Gao Village. They are a stumbling block to the team.

Ye Jiaofang did not sheathe his sword, nor did he pay attention to the clown's nonsense. With an indifferent expression, he looked at the mass of minced meat in front of him, and suddenly unleashed his inner energy, crushing the mass of minced meat into dust in the blink of an eye, doing something even more ruthless than an ancient emperor executing nine generations of his family.

"It seems you're still fixated on killing me by killing humans..."

Before everyone could react to Ye Jiaofang's frenzied attacks, the voice of the silver-haired man rang out again. He stood about ten meters behind Ye Jiaofang with a gentle smile on his face, his feet about twenty centimeters off the ground. His tone was mild, showing no emotion one would expect after being hacked to pieces.

"Are you holding a ceremony?" the silver-haired man asked, his smile as gentle as a father's. "There are some materials you've placed behind the door, all of them with extremely strong Yin attributes, seemingly meant to replace the ancestral destiny... But, are you mistaken?"

He was treated that way by Ye Jiaofang, but after it was all over, he showed no anger or intention to fight back. Instead, he smiled and pointed to the door.

"Inside there is only the remnant soul of a deceased progenitor, a woman, and her attributes are clearly predominantly yang. Or rather, predominantly earth-related... What are you trying to attract by holding this ritual here?"

It was obvious... the deceased ancestor was none other than the Earth Mother Goddess. But right now, Ye Jiaofang didn't care about the Earth Mother Goddess; everyone knew she was naive, and once she was dead, she was dead—she had no power... However, the other party's words made him frown. The thing he had always feared had finally happened: the Red Emperor... was indeed alive!

Back then, he and that man joined forces to kill the Red Emperor, but the kill was shrouded in mystery. They only obtained the Red Emperor's memories and remains as spoils of war, so they didn't think much of it. However, the fact that the Red Emperor had hidden a method for resurrection within his memories struck them as very strange at the time. Now, it's been confirmed... the Red Emperor has indeed been resurrected in some way.

For a fleeting moment, Ye Jiaofang even suspected that the silver-haired man was the Red Emperor. Despite their differences in appearance, personality, and abilities, it was never unreasonable to harbor any doubts about the progenitor. But ultimately, he dismissed the suspicion, because the possibility was incredibly slim.

"Why are you telling me all this when I attacked you?"

After receiving the answer from the other party, Ye Jiaofang accepted it easily. Perhaps he had already guessed it, after all, not every ancestor was the Earth Mother Goddess—or perhaps, it was precisely because he knew that the man still had the remains of the Earth Mother Goddess that he accepted the matter so easily.

Having put this matter aside, he lost his reason to continue, which was good news for Shen Xin and the others. Although they didn't know if Ye Jiaofang would still attack them, at least he couldn't inherit the destiny of that ancestral alien race. But the bad news was that the ancestor was still alive... Killing the ancestor was indeed more difficult than imagined; even someone like Ye Jiaofang had been tricked. The future of humanity was truly bleak. Even setting aside the manipulation of alien races, the ancestor himself was a very difficult creature to control.

The man with long silver hair laughed and said, "Do I need a reason? I just want to find someone to chat with. You have no idea how long the years have been."

Ye Jiao's heart skipped a beat; his purpose for this trip had failed. But he wasn't discouraged. Instead, he became interested in the identity of the silver-haired man. Everything about the man was a mystery. He was always a straightforward person, so he simply asked, "Who are you? When are you from?"

Shenxin and his party remained silent, and they were more than happy for the two to continue their conversation.

The man with long, silver-white hair seemed to have waited a long time for this question, and smiled as he replied, "My name is Cain... I don't know exactly when I was born. Back then, the human population was small, and I was a slightly different kind of magician, but there's one thing I remember very clearly..."

He pointed at Feng Yunke, his face calm and collected, but his words were earth-shattering.

"When I was still human, I was killed by this guy who traveled through time."

Chapter Sixty-Five: Super Generation!

'When we were still human'.

'By this guy'.

'Time travel'.

There are three key points that need to be marked in just one sentence.

When he was still human, this was the easiest to understand. Although everyone still didn't know what had happened to this handsome guy who was naked, the fact that he was resurrected in the blink of an eye after being torn to pieces by Ye Jiao clearly indicated the nature of his existence—obviously, he was no longer human.

The phrase "this guy" needs some consideration. It doesn't necessarily refer to Feng Yunke; it could also be the God of War... Of course, there's also a very small possibility that it could be another host in the Undying Worm's long life. But that possibility is very small; the main possibilities are still the God of War and Feng Yunke.

Although Feng Yunke once claimed he wasn't a great fighting god, but merely an insect, the two have become inseparable, mutually enhancing each other's abilities. Aside from the difference in their strength, considering them the same person wouldn't be a major issue.

The most crucial element is actually these four words.

"Traveling through time and space".

As a topic that has been overused in the market, even Ying Qin Guan would be familiar with these four words, let alone the people present. However, when someone actually said these four words, they still felt incredibly absurd. It was like middle school students watching the national flag being raised and seeing the principal standing solemnly under the flag, holding up an Ultraman transformation device, and saying, "Students, it's time to save the world."

Shenzhou-9 can see the past and the future, and Hongyan... although we don't know her specific abilities, we can imagine that she can do the same.

There are also spells that shorten lifespans, or cult rituals that extend lifespans.

These are all abilities related to time, but I've never heard of anyone being able to travel through time and space to the past or the future.

The impact of those four words was so great that even people like Shen Xin and Ye Jiaofang were momentarily confused. But it didn't matter, because what followed was obviously the conversation between Cain and Feng Yunke.

Feng Yunke remained calm and said, "I don't know you."

“Of course you don’t know me,” Cain sighed deeply. “How can someone who has been devoured by the Butterfly of Existence be remembered?”

A butterfly exists!

This is another bombshell... but everyone had actually guessed it beforehand, so no one was too surprised.

Fengyunke said, "You seem to have a strong desire to confide in me... I'd like to hear the details."

They all noticed Cain's incredible good temper.

Ye Jiao immediately unleashed a barrage of attacks, but Cain remained unperturbed. Ye Jiao countered with a combo that tore Cain to pieces, yet Cain not only didn't get angry or retaliate, but instead repaid evil with kindness—truly a saintly figure.

Therefore, the reason why Fengyunke is speaking like this is that he hopes the other party will take the initiative to say something. This information is of great significance—even if it is meaningless, it is good to buy some time.

Ye Jiaofang didn't seem to care that Feng Yunke was taking up too much time. Perhaps he wasn't afraid of Ying Qin Pass, or perhaps he also wanted to know the secret behind it.

"The man who killed me is saying such things to me..." Cain chuckled softly, but surprisingly did not refuse, saying, "Alright... because I really should thank you, God of War."

God of War!

The moment those two words were uttered, the tone of many things was set. What Cain was about to say next must have been a secret from the Age of Gods, or even earlier.

"I don't know what your era is like now. But back in our time, humans were just a very weak and ordinary race. When I was born, the other races had not yet discovered the secret that children born from mating with humans would always be of another race. Therefore, humans did not suffer persecution."

In the Age of Gods, humans were highly sought after. They wouldn't be exterminated, but they would be domesticated and required to pay tribute, all in order to increase their population. After all, for other races, they could only seek out their own lineage of magical beasts and humans, as well as other races within their own ranks. But magical beasts could become extinct, and their own populations were limited. To compete with other races, they needed more newborns. Therefore, humans were a precious resource at that time.

It's a shameful statement, but humanity must confront its bloody history.

However, throughout the history of the Age of Gods, humanity has been in a state of being domesticated by other races. The fact that the other party spoke directly indicated that he came from the chaotic era before the Age of Gods, an era with almost no written records. Due to its extreme chaos, it is generally considered to be invalid human history.

"I grew up in a tribe. One day, a mute girl came to my tribe and taught me a magical power called magic..."

Everyone's eyes instinctively turned to Shenxin; he seemed to be talking about your ancestor.

With a look of reminiscence, Cain said with emotion, "Later, she and I fell in love..."

All eyes turned to Shenxin again; this person was also your ancestor.

—At the same time, Ye Jiaofang's expression turned ugly. This was the first time he had ever looked like this, not even when the ritual failed.

“We have children,” Cain said. “All three are boys. She told me that in their tribe’s symbol of power, it means that the next generation will have peaceful years without disasters, so there are no girls.”

—The power of a son can only be inherited by a woman, but it is more of a curse than a power. It is hard to say whether it is a preference for women over men or vice versa.

"Twenty years later, she died. Before she even met me, she had overused her abilities and ultimately couldn't last long." Cain's tone wasn't sad; he even smiled as he spoke, but everyone could see the reminiscence in his eyes.

"On the day I buried her... you, the one who calls yourself the God of War, along with a woman, tore through space and time and came before me, telling me that you irreversibly reversed the timeline of the entire world... because in the future, in order to find a way to resurrect her, I fell into the void, joined forces with the Primordial Alien Race and then turned against them, almost destroying the entire world. The world became empty and the timeline was incredibly pale. Therefore, that woman gained the right to go against the current, taking you with her back to the beginning... the day I buried her."

While everyone else was focused on rewinding time, the void, and the primordial alien race destroying the world, the Divine Heart noticed the crucial word—irreversible.

Who is that woman? Is she a confidante or a goddess?