One Trait Draw Per Year Even Simulations Count

[You brought ”What Is a Divine Mark?” - attacking you with divine marks is like attacking yourself, and they have no effect on you at all!]

[The Moke Three Brothers watched as tens of thousands of soldiers under their command fell to the ground after you swept through them a few times. They looked at each other, dumbfounded.]

[”What did he do?”]

[”I don’t know either!”]

[”What the hell is this kid’s deal? I didn’t even sense any Law force?”]

[It was Jin Hai who had the sharpest eye and saw through it.]

[”Idiots! Don’t use divine marks to attack him! Divine marks are useless against him and will backfire!”]

[The Moke Three Brothers took a closer look and, sure enough, spotted the trick.]

[”I see. This guy is immune to divine marks.”]

[”Probably some special human constitution again.”][”As long as the three of us don’t use divine marks, capturing him should be a breeze!”]

[The Moke Three Brothers thought they were back in the game.]

[Because they suspected you were also part of the Torch Society, the three planned to take you alive.]

[Since they wanted you alive, they didn’t consider long-range bombardment tactics. Instead, they opted for close-quarters capture.]

[Close-quarters?]

[Dragon-Man?]

[Dragonbane!!]

[When three hearts were beating in your hand, the ”thump, thump” sounds from those powerful Transcendent Realm hearts made everyone’s scalp tingle!]

[Ji Baiming, Ji Wuqing, Ji Xiaori, the Ji family high-rankers, the Ji clan members, Immortal Lord Jin Hai, the Peace Force, and all the various factions of the Vermilion Violet Star who were watching…]

[Everyone was completely stunned!!]

[”I didn’t even blink. What did I miss?”]

[”I just saw those three generals charge forward to grab this human, and then their hearts popped out?”]

[”Damn, this is insane… how can this human’s methods be so bizarre?”]

[The Moke Three Brothers looked down at their chests.]

[In the roughly torn wounds, their hearts had been perfectly plucked out.]

[All the blood in their bodies had stopped flowing, and their divine power could no longer circulate.]

[This was exactly why every time you used ”Dragonbane,” you chose to rip out people’s hearts.]

[”No, impossible…”]

[These three brothers didn’t know much more than the onlookers.]

[They had no idea what had happened either.]

[Immortal Lord Jin Hai remained relatively calm, shouting angrily at the three.]

[”What are you spacing out for! You are Dragon-Men!”]

[The Moke Three Brothers finally snapped out of it.]

[”Right, right, right… We still have soul arts!”]

[Knowing their physical bodies were done for, they simply sent their souls out of their bodies, preparing to deal with you using soul-based methods.]

[You flicked your right hand, and a massive banner blazing with golden light fluttered and cracked in your hand.]

[”Ten Thous—”]

[Facing an alien race, you felt you shouldn’t call Old Wan the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.]

[”Human Emperor Banner!!”]

[This seemed more appropriate.]

[A weapon can unleash different levels of power in different people’s hands.]

[As your realm increased, your application of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner grew deeper.]

[You anticipated their move and, the moment the souls of these three Dragon-Man war generals left their bodies, you grabbed them instantly, like snatching loaches crawling out of a hole, and stuffed all three into the banner.]

[”Ah!! Let me out!”]

[Souls at the Transcendent Realm were incredibly powerful.]

[The surface of the Ten Thousand Souls Banner was battered by these three powerful souls, bulging out here and there in the blink of an eye.]

[In just a moment, they were about to burst out.]

[”Buddy! No good! I’m about to be torn apart by them!”]

[Ji Baiming made his move.]

[A surge of vigorous immortal power poured into the banner.]

[This man was an eight-stage Immortal Lord!]

[Three mere Transcendent Realm souls were severely wounded on the spot.]

[You seized the opportunity, channeling the Ten Thousand Souls Banner to suppress them.]

[”Uncle Ji, thanks for the help.”]

[Ji Baiming waved his hand.]

[”Nephew, why be so polite? You came to save Xiaoyue; I should be the one thanking you.”]

[”You’re too kind.”]

[”Actually, Nephew, I have another favor to ask.”]

[”Don’t worry, I’ll take good care of Wuqing.”]

[You knew this was a father entrusting his child; he had probably decided to hold the rear for the two of you so you could escape.]

[What a touching father-daughter bond!]

[”Nephew, why don’t you take your uncle along too!”]

[”Uh… well…”]

[”Nephew, stop holding back. You one-shot a Late-Stage Extreme Terrain, and you just took out three Transcendent Realm guys in a single move—I wouldn’t even dare say I could do that. Why don’t you charge up there and one-shot that highest-ranking official, Immortal Lord Jin Hai? Leave the rest of those small fries to me. That way, all three of us can get away!”]

[As he said this, he lowered his voice and whispered to you.]

[”Afterward, I’ll have the Ji family ’chase’ us, pretending to avenge Immortal Lord Jin Hai. That way, even if they lose a high-ranking official, they won’t have the face to drag the Ji family into it.”]

[You gave Ji Baiming a thumbs up.]

[”Ginger Gets Spicier With Age indeed… but that guy is on guard against me now. I won’t have an easy time.”]

[You knew full well the logic of ”capturing the chieftain to subdue the bandits.”]

[When you first broke free from Immobilization and charged over, you had already tested it with ”Quantum Ghost Step.”]

[With this Divine Art movement technique of yours, once you go all out, even you don’t know where you’ll blink to.]

[Suddenly appearing next to Immortal Lord Jin Hai wasn’t difficult.]

[But within a hundred meters of this Immortal Lord, there was a strange force field.]

[As soon as you got close, your speed would rapidly decrease.]

[There was no doubt: once you got near him, you would be the one to die.]

[An Immortal Lord was always an Immortal Lord. Fighting against one at your current realm was futile, even with all your trait tags active at once.]

[There was only one option to survive—run!]

[Immortal Lord Jin Hai didn’t feel a shred of regret over losing three Transcendent Realm war generals.]

[He gave another order, commanding the entire army to advance, capture Ji Wuqing alive, and have no restrictions on dealing with you and Ji Baiming—life or death didn’t matter.]

[Hundreds of thousands of troops descended from the sky like a plague of locusts.]

[You looked at Ji Baiming.]

[”Uncle, try fighting Jin Hai one more time.”]

[Ji Baiming wiped the sweat from his forehead.]

[”Nephew, you might not know this, but there are nine stages for Immortal Lords. The gap between each stage is bigger than the gap between an Immortal Lord and the Transcendent Realm. He’s at the ninth stage; I’m at the eighth.”]

[”Try again. It’ll be different now that you’re fighting alongside me. You don’t need to beat him. Just find a way to distract him and buy me some time. The Ji family’s Myriad Books Hall has so many Divine Arts; you must have a way.”]

[Ji Baiming had already noticed the boost ”Leader Aura” was giving him.]

[”Alright, I’ll try…”]

[You said to Ji Wuqing.]

[”Leave the small fries to you.”]

[Ji Wuqing nodded and drew her sword.]

[”Good! This is just the time to avenge our brothers back at the base!”]

[You took a stone out of your Pot Heaven space—a black stone!]