High Martial Arts: I Awaken a Low-Tier Martial System Chapter 763 - 391: Myriad Phenomena Ice Source Fruit
Previously on High Martial Arts: I Awaken a Low-Tier Martial System...
"Hehe."
"Don't blame yourself." Jiang Ye smiled serenely: "With them lurking in this region, we'd have crossed paths inevitably, even without your involvement."
Jiang Ye harbored no resentment toward Zhao Zishuang.
This journey had brought him substantial gains, after all.
"Zhao Zishuang." Jiang Ye gazed at the young woman: "What are your plans for the next stop?"
"Where?" Zhao Zishuang pondered deeply. Severely wounded as she was, navigating the perilous Fierce Barbaric Region proved challenging.
"Care to join our squad?" Jiang Ye proposed.
"Ah?" Zhao Zishuang froze in surprise.
"What, you look down on our group?" Jiang Ye grinned.
"No, that's not it." Zhao Zishuang quickly shook her head, cheeks flushing as she explained: "I'm worried I'll just burden you all."
She had turned down Jiang Ye's offer before.
How could she possibly tag along now?
In that instant, the typically distant Zhao Zishuang felt her face heat up slightly.
"Hehe."
"No need to feel shy." Jiang Ye smiled faintly: "We're short-handed right now. Bringing you in will bolster our strength."
Zhao Zishuang stood dumbfounded, assuming Jiang Ye was merely consoling her.
Her power paled in comparison to his, after all.
Unbeknownst to her, Jiang Ye spoke sincerely—his squad lacked any other women.
Zhao Zishuang's inclusion would activate the ’Beauty Path Chasing’ effect, sharply boosting Jiang Ye's combat prowess.
"Then... sure." Zhao Zishuang wasn't one to fuss overly with modesty.
Witnessing Jiang Ye's earnest invitation, she nodded firmly at once: "I'll strive to contribute to the team!"
"Welcome to the Blue Sky Squad." Jiang Ye smiled faintly.
That was the moniker he'd chosen for his group.
The ’Blue Sky’ name tied directly to Blue Star, of course.
"Welcome to the Blue Sky Squad."
"Welcome." Zi Yaozhi and Mo Xin greeted her warmly.
"Thank you, Jiang Ye." Emotion flickered in Zhao Zishuang's gaze.
She hadn't anticipated Jiang Ye's willingness to take her in.
"By the way."
"Captain." Zhao Zishuang recalled something and spoke urgently: "I found a treasure nearby earlier, protected by Eight Breaks natives—the mightiest is Mid-period Eight Breaks."
Jiang Ye's eyes gleamed: "Take us there."
"Yes." Zhao Zishuang shot off without delay toward the snow-capped mountain.
...
Star Domain Battlefield, somewhere in the region.
A sprawling Star Domain stretched here, dotted with countless star remnants drifting through the emptiness... all lifeless and still, yet compelled by unseen laws to orbit slowly.
Within a star remnant spanning ten thousand kilometers across.
"Whoosh!"
A horned figure in black-and-white robes strode through the void, gaze swirling with turmoil as he surveyed the remnants below.
No aura radiated from this figure.
Yet a host of mighty experts trailed him, each exuding crushing pressure that dwarfed Hongfang, the foe Jiang Ye had slain earlier.
These experts showed utmost deference to the black-and-white-robed figure, brimming with reverence.
Abruptly, the black-and-white-robed figure halted.
"Your Highness, is something amiss?" One powerhouse inquired deferentially.
"Hongfang is dead." The black-and-white-robed figure stated icily: "Someone took his life."
This black-and-white-robed figure's identity was plain.
He was none other than Mo Wushuang, the master Hongfang served!
"Your Highness, was it that Huanglong prodigy who did it?" The powerhouse queried respectfully.
"It doesn’t matter....."
A frosty glint filled Mo Wushuang's eyes: "Huanglong Civilization dares vie with our Cangxu Civilization for the advancement slot, so their prodigies top my clan's hit list."
"If we encounter them later, eliminate without mercy."
"Have we pinpointed the killer?" Mo Wushuang turned to his subordinates.
"Already identified."
"This one's called Jiang Ye." A black-robed subordinate intoned gravely: "He's a C-Level kill target on the war board, cleared the fifteenth level of the Black Tower."
"C-Level target?" Mo Wushuang mulled it over.
Cangxu Civilization's war board ranked enemy elites from rival civilizations or standout geniuses during wartime.
Slaying anyone on it yielded massive contributions.
In Cangxu Civilization, contributions served as vital currency, linking directly to rank, authority, and wealth.
Still, a mere C-Level wasn't worth Mo Wushuang's personal effort.
"Buzz!"
With a finger snap from Mo Wushuang, a streak of Flowing Light emerged, coalescing into an enigmatic orb.
"Zhi!"
Mo Wushuang uttered arcane syllables, his presence shifting briefly to embody the sole ’anchor point’ linking heaven and earth.
Invisible laws descended then.
Sizzle~ Myriad unseen, formless strands gathered, warping the orb continuously as if manifesting a vision.
This was a prime Talent ability: fortune deduction!
Moments passed.
"Hei Qing, Qing Si."
"Head to this Star Array outlet." Mo Wushuang displayed the map, indicating a location: "When Jiang Ye’s squad emerges, wipe them out."
"Yes." The black-robed subordinate and a green-robed one stepped forward promptly.
Swish! Swish!
They morphed into streaks of Flowing Light, vanishing from sight.
...
Star Domain Battlefield, entrance to a Starry Sky Corridor.
Two horned figures materialized abruptly.
"Hei Qing."
"Will Jiang Ye truly show up here?" The green-robed subordinate asked curiously: "How did His Highness foresee it?"