I will eventually become a god through sheer hard work.

"They saw us doing serious business and instead of moving away, they actually surrounded us to watch. They're really being inconsiderate."

Xue Jing spoke calmly, his gaze fixed on the group of people at the head of the group.

The snake-like man closed his eyes, bowed deeply to Xue Jing, and sincerely said:

"Mr. Xue Jing, it's a pleasure to meet you. Please allow me to introduce myself... I am from the Yuancheng Dragon Sect... and the current leader of the sect. I am from the same family as Leader Ning beside you."

"I have come here for no other reason than to invite Master Ning to our main sect to meet with the Divine Son, at the request of the Divine Son."

Ning Fengwan didn't even glance at him, but instead whispered shyly to Xue Jing:

"Ah Jing, be careful."

Xue Jing gently patted her head and whispered:

"rest assured."

As soon as she finished speaking, the non-existent beast opened its jaws and swallowed Ning Fengwan into nothingness.

This scene made the goat-eyed woman's eyes flicker, and she felt inexplicably strange.

"Without further ado."

Xue Jing reached out and grasped at the empty space beside him.

He slowly drew an old, beautiful longsword from nowhere, its bright blade gleaming with a cold light.

"Since you dare to appear before me, it means you're prepared for the worst."

He spoke slowly.

……

(And more, still being written.)

Chapter 276 'Snake' and the Past: Aban Appears, Xue Jing, Who Lacks Martial Morality (4K)

As Xue Jing drew his sword, he glanced at the woman beside him with the horizontal lines of her goat-like pupils.

This was someone he knew... even though the other person didn't recognize him.

Xue Jing had met her when he stole the Primordial Wind of All Things in the secret laboratory of Xu's Biotechnology Company.

'It must have been Xu Mude who sent her… This person's thirst for the primordial wind has reached such an extent; it seems that Young A-Dream's reputation isn't powerful enough after all.'

Xue Jing thought that he should make fun of Wu Youqing about this when he returned to Qingcheng.

"Mr. Xue, do you know me?" the woman with goat eyes suddenly asked.

Xue Jing remained expressionless and said, "I haven't seen you before, but the people next to you look familiar."

He was referring to the boy next to the goat-eyed woman who looked quite like Xu Mude.

Although you should pretend it's your first time meeting them, you still need to show the proper reaction.

Because he looks so much like Xu Mude, if he tries to ignore the resemblance, the other party might notice something.

Xue Jing raised the Night-Shining Blade, pointing the tip at the goat-eyed woman, and said calmly:

"You were sent by Xu Mude? You want the Primordial Wind of All Things?"

He acted according to a template he knew nothing about before, and logically asked the question, but he didn't think the woman would admit it.

If he admits it, it would be tantamount to Xu Mude openly provoking and forcibly taking what Wu Youqing wanted.

But to Xue Jing's surprise, the woman with goat eyes nodded directly:

"Yes, exactly."

“My name is Xu Wenkui, and the person next to me is Xu Mude’s cousin, Xu Muchun. We are here on Xu Mude’s instructions to ask you for the ‘Wind of the Beginning of All Things’.”

"As long as you hand over the primordial wind of all things, we will leave immediately without harming a single finger."

Her tone was flat, mechanical, and devoid of any human warmth.

Xu Muchun, standing next to her, widened his eyes instantly: "Sister Kui, you!?"

He didn't seem to expect that Xu Wenkui would reveal himself on the spot. What was he thinking?

Upon hearing this, Xue Jing narrowed his eyes slightly: "You are quite honest... It seems that you and Xu Mude do not have a good relationship. He must have miscalculated by asking you to do this."

This woman is probably trying to use him to achieve some goal.

However, he had no interest in the chaotic and complicated relationships within such a large family and had no intention of learning about them.

For him, things were simple.

If this group of people comes looking for trouble, then he'll kill them all.

"The primordial wind of all things is within me."

"However, I will not give you the things, and you cannot take the people with you."

Xue Jing held his long sword horizontally, pointing the tip at the people around him, his pupils changing from dark brown to a detached, divine silver-white.

His spiritual aura spread out, and radiating black lightning patterns constantly appeared around him, as if the void was being torn apart.

The air vibrated and buzzed, and in just an instant, nearly a hundred people around were stunned and lost consciousness.

The Dragon Cult leader, whose appearance resembled a snake, changed his expression.

"Miss Xu, make your move!"

He shouted, and his already hoarse and unpleasant voice became even more unbearable to listen to.

Instantly, the radiating blue patterns in the whites of Xu Wenkui's eyes shone brightly, and her horizontally shaped pupils stared straight at Xue Jing.

In an instant, Xue Jing suddenly froze completely, as if the pause button had been pressed.

That was absolute stillness—the breathing through the mouth and nose, the flow of blood, the hair blowing in the wind, the beating of the heart…

Everything that makes up the individual 'Xue Jing', not even a single particle within it, is completely immobilized, and even the ability to think has been stripped away.

The Eye of the Silent Netherworld.

Two years ago, a group of hunters employed by the Xu family discovered a previously undiscovered temple of a foreign god in a border region.

After studying the temple, Xu officially confirmed that this strange god was an 'Old God'.

What are the 'Old Gods'?

The academic community's division is very simple: after the 'serpent' comes the 'true god', and before the 'serpent' comes the 'old day'!

The serpent is the origin of all order. From its appearance onward, everything in this world gained meaning and ceased to be a state of chaos and ignorance.

The 'Old Days' are ancient beings, symbols of chaos and ignorance. They are completely different from the 'True Gods'. They represent no meaning, have no authority, and are only powerful and terrifying in their savagery, irrationality, and lack of any discernible laws!

This ancient artifact, which humans arbitrarily named 'Silent Nest' based on its characteristics, is one of them.

After making contact with the Silent Nest, Xu conducted extensive experiments and finally succeeded in getting one of the test subjects to complete the bestowal ritual, receiving a response from the Silent Nest.

The 'Holy Mark' that the test subject received after successfully being granted the gift is these two silent, dark eyes.

The scientists from the Xu family removed the eyes and attempted to combine them with other special materials to process them into a special 'sacred alien body,' which they then installed on Xu Wenkui's body.

This special heterologous plant has a very simple ability.

To force the object of one's gaze into a state of 'silence,' making it absolutely unable to move.

This is the ability to interfere with the fundamental rules of the world; no matter how powerful the object being observed is, it will be affected.

Theoretically speaking, she could even watch over the planet beneath her feet and stop its rotation and revolution.

However, as a medium for unleashing her abilities, Xu Wenkui's physical body and mental consciousness were far too weak compared to the Eye of the Silent Nether Nest.

Therefore, the more intense the movement of the object she is looking at, the shorter the period of silence she experiences.

If she were to use this ability on the planet beneath her feet, Earth would indeed fall silent, ceasing its rotation and revolution for a moment... a unit of time not much longer than Planck time, and then Xu Wen-kui would collapse from the overwhelming burden.

But at this moment, what she was looking at was not a great star or celestial body, but a mere human being, a minor human being!

She also accepted the Dragon Cult leader's advice and went without using inhibitors for several hours, causing her physical transformation to skyrocket and making her more compatible with these eyes, allowing her to reach their full potential.

Even if this boy is incredibly strong or ridiculously powerful, she should be able to stop him for at least ten or twenty seconds now, right?

Next, if everyone attacks together, and she deactivates her ability just before the attack reaches the boy, the boy will die on the spot, or at least suffer severe injuries that render him temporarily immobile.

That's how it should be.

[Divinity detected, absorbing...]

[Divinity absorption complete]

"Ok?"

In less than a second of stillness, after Xue Jing regained his ability to think, he immediately noticed that the positions of everyone around him had changed abruptly, and many people had moved to positions very close to him.

He thought extremely quickly and, having read many imaginative works, immediately realized that this might be a kind of 'time erasure' ability.

Judging from the fact that only the people around him moved, while he himself did not, he is probably the only one whose 'time' was deleted.

The pop-up notification on the panel and the sudden addition of 23 points of divinity left him somewhat bewildered, though a guess began to form in his mind.

But there was no time to verify it. He immediately channeled his energy and swung the Night-Shining Blade in his hand.

"Shua——!!"

A massive, white-gold blade of light slashed out, instantly cleaving more than ten people who were close to him in two at the waist. Blood and entrails rained down in the air, turning into a bloody rain of flesh and blood, and the shrill screams were endless.

He is now incredibly powerful, wielding a sharp blade, and every swing of his hand is a powerful strike. The advantage of numbers is as laughable to him as ants charging an elephant.

Xu Wenqiu's expression changed drastically: "What's going on!?"

There was no mental backlash or burden. It wasn't the feeling of being forcibly broken from a state of silence by a powerful force. It was more like... the feeling of being hung up on, with one's abilities suddenly interrupted and contact lost.

"Miss Xu!?"

The leader of the Dragon Cult looked puzzled.

Xu Wenkui ignored him, but instead focused her gaze on Xue Jing and continued to activate the Silent Nether Nest Eye.

However, the result was the same. In less than a second, Xue Jing broke the silence, reacted quickly, and unleashed two streaks of lightning, killing dozens of people.

The bloody battle, bathed in sunlight, cast deep shadows upon each other.

Countless streams of black energy were drawn from the shadows and converged on his body, forming a shadow flame armor as black as a black hole, which blocked countless bullets from various guns fired at him.