Super Combat Soldier

Chapter 2289: Chapter 2287: One Year Later, the World Has Changed Drastically

[Second update today delivered, how about an Alliance Hierarch’s reward?]

The destructive power of a Saint Realm expert is truly not child’s play. Even the ancestor of the clan of Yazi Descendants who has merely reached the Half-step Saint Realm possesses astonishing strength. Yet Ye Tianchen, such a heaven-defying demon, could not withstand a blow from the Half-step Saint. His body was shattered on the spot, and his spirit was utterly annihilated!

Had it not been for War King Qin Kongdao, who happened to sense the massive changes in the laws of the Martial Arts World, affecting Earth’s laws too, and went out to observe the celestial phenomena, detecting the aura of Ye Tianchen’s assassination, using a secret technique to gather Ye Tianchen’s soul bit by bit, as well as healing his body somewhat, Ye Tianchen truly would have died—and he was rather lucky!

However, when Ye Tianchen chatted with Qin Kongdao, he received shocking news: he had been unconscious for more than half a year, almost an entire year. This made Ye Tianchen quite dumbfounded because he could imagine that a year had passed since his body was shattered by the Half-step Saint Life of the Yazi Descendants, and the laws of the Martial Arts World drastically changed quickly, affecting Earth as well. A substantial influx of powerful auras entered Earth, transforming it so that there is likely no longer a distinction between Earth’s secular world and Earth’s Ancient Martial World—everything became part of the Martial Arts World. Contemplating this, what about Ye Tianchen’s relatives? Ye Tianchen’s friends? What happened to them?

”Senior, I... no, I need to go out and see these things, meet these people!” Ye Tianchen was becoming increasingly anxious. This man who faced death with no fear, found himself unsettled by the possible precarious situation or death of his loved ones!

It’s imaginable, with the Martial Arts World laws drastically changing, an unprecedented catastrophe looming, no beings across the universe could transcend outside it, nor could they escape such a disaster. Everyone must undergo the chaos of the Martial Arts World’s upheaval; only the strong will survive, countless weak ones will face spiritual annihilation—that’s the brutality of the impending Martial Arts World chaos, the bloodshed from the profound changes in its laws!

At this time, there’s no more secular world or Ancient Martial World; every being is exposed under the Martial Arts World, with no pretense of protection, treated equally. But this isn’t fair or just, for ordinary people, in the eyes of strong martial artists, are mere ants, and a single finger could wipe them out without exaggeration!

For instance, in the Earth’s secular world, where so many ordinary people used to live by their own laws and regulations, although most lived obliviously, abiding by the laws of birth, aging, illness, and death, at least they could live peacefully for decades without experiencing the genuine bloodshed of the Martial Arts World. Yet now, with the laws of the Martial Arts World drastically changing, Earth’s laws also shifted. These ordinary people lost the secular world’s shield, utterly unprotected. You can imagine how these ordinary people would react to suddenly encountering martial artists capable of flying and escaping; the terror they’d experience facing those malevolent martial artists would likely lead to indiscriminate slaughter!

At this thought, Ye Tianchen truly couldn’t sit still. Despite the severity of his injuries, the effort it took to barely save himself, he couldn’t help but worry about his family and friends from life and death struggles, disregarding his injuries, forcibly mobilizing the Martial Arts True Qi within his body, wanting to use the ”Undying Golden Body Skill” to reshape his body for action!

Splurt!

Who could have known that as Ye Tianchen started mobilizing the Martial Arts True Qi, a mouthful of blood immediately spurted out, nearly causing him to collapse to the ground, his Essence, Energy, Spirit dispersing all around him. This stunned even himself; he hadn’t imagined his injuries would be so severe!

”I understand your thoughts now and can empathize with your emotions, but some things can’t be forced. Back then, in the Thunder and Lightning Small World turned to scorched earth, it took me a full day and night using an ancient secret technique to gather your Life Soul together and simply reshape your body. Ultimately, these must be completed by you to fully heal. Honestly, I thought you were destined to die because even I wasn’t sure if my secret technique would work. Frankly, I didn’t expect you, kid, with your powerful will to truly keep the gathered Life Soul tightly together—that’s your subconscious survival will. After being unconscious for nearly a year, you’ve genuinely woken up!” Qin Kongdao said to Ye Tianchen.

”Senior, is there any way to let me recover quickly?” Ye Tianchen couldn’t help but ask.

”It’s already a rarity for you to survive. To recover quickly would be difficult indeed. I think you should now find a way to fully restore your strength or even break through to a stronger cultivation realm!” Qin Kongdao said to Ye Tianchen.

Hearing Qin Kongdao’s words, Ye Tianchen couldn’t help but be surprised, asking in shock: ”Could it be the era of great contention truly arrived? Has the struggle among countless strong ones already begun?”

”Actually, it was ongoing all along. It’s just that back then, the major laws of the Martial Arts World hadn’t changed, thus not affecting Earth’s law change, prohibiting insiders from getting out, outsiders from getting in. But now with the drastic change in laws, some strong individuals have used secret techniques to arrive on Earth, and Earth’s Ancient Transmission Array has already been repaired!” Qin Kongdao said to Ye Tianchen.

”Earth’s Ancient Transmission Array repaired? But I... ” Ye Tianchen wanted to say, most fragments of the Ancient Transmission Array were in his possession, except for one piece with the Blood Killing Organization, which he couldn’t find. How could the Ancient Transmission Array be repaired?

”I fixed it. While you were asleep, indeed, some martial artists from other domains came to Earth using secret techniques. They are slaughtering recklessly, extremely strong. On Earth, forget about ordinary people in the secular world—even martial artists struggle to resist. After all, Earth’s cultivation resources are depleted, Spiritual Energy is thin, martial artists have limited cultivation realms, and fighting capacity is restricted. How can they stand against those external strong ones violently conquering? Many people have died. Under such circumstances, I decided to repair the Earth’s Ancient Transmission Array. In this way, perhaps some martial artists can use it to go to other cultivation domains to save their lives!” Qin Kongdao told Ye Tianchen.

Ye Tianchen furrowed his brows. He understood what Qin Kongdao meant: countless people died, whether from Earth’s secular world or martial artists—experience the arrival of external strong ones like an apocalypse, slaughtering without reason. These external strong ones seize resources useful to them or train their combat experience in this way, even slaughter without any motive—they kill at will, just that simple. Over the year, have his relatives in the secular world and friends among martial artists survived? How many survived?

”Is this the true cruelty and bloodshed of the Martial Arts World? Has this chaotic era truly arrived?” Ye Tianchen murmured to himself, somewhat in a daze.

”Reassembling the Ancient Transmission Array is just a drop in the bucket; the entire Martial Arts World is in chaos, everywhere you find beings fighting for survival at all costs. Even Earth’s martial artists going to other cultivation domains may still face slaughter!” Qin Kongdao shook his head and said.

”Senior, the Martial Arts World’s chaos might originally be an actual catastrophe, a disaster for all beings, everyone navigates battles, the defeated face spiritual annihilation, but when the Martial Arts World laws changed profoundly before, was it the same? Why?” Ye Tianchen queried, confused.

Qin Kongdao glanced at Ye Tianchen, then looked at the sky outside, speaking with deep significance: ”Laws are what dominate the entire Martial Arts World. Its mystery is unknown to anyone; even those at the Emperor Realm only get closer to understanding it, not perceiving it thoroughly. Perhaps this Martial Arts World’s laws are thus—they undergo drastic changes and catastrophes every few years, altering all dynamics, where every being must survive the disaster. Only those surviving can continue living; after death, there’s nothing!”

”Heaven and Earth are ruthless, treating all things as straw dogs. Maybe that’s the true face of this Martial Arts World!” Ye Tianchen said, a hint of anger in his eyes.

”The Martial Arts World endured catastrophes several times before, and in this era, it’s the same—a cycle of disaster remains unended. This era’s real struggle has just begun, and I hope you reach the Peak!” Qin Kongdao said to Ye Tianchen with a smile.

”Reach the Peak?” Ye Tianchen paused, somewhat puzzled, and asked.

Qin Kongdao nodded, solemnly looking at Ye Tianchen, then pointed to the sky outside...