Ice Age Apocalypse: I Hoard Billions of Supplies Chapter 1532: Whetstone

Narumi Soji came charging in with two swords in hand and over a thousand blades trailing behind him, intending to end Liang Yue's life in a single strike!

But Liang Yue did only one thing—she closed her eyes and sensed all the movements around her.

Then, in the instant the blades were about to land on her, she raised her hand and swung her sword!

Blue psychic energy slithered along the blade, transforming into a river of psychic energy like a dragon or serpent, and the sharp edges wove together into a vast net of blue psychic energy!

"Shing!" "Shing!" "Shing!" "Shing!"

The psychic energy cut through those famous blades, not with the clang of metal, but as if severing strands of hair.

Countless swords and blades (in Neon, swords and blades were indistinguishable) snapped in response!

But the most lethal strike also reached Liang Yue's front in that gap.

The two swords in Narumi Soji's hands were the real trump card!

Liang Yue kept her eyes closed, chose to sidestep and evade the strike. After dodging Narumi Soji's lightning-fast slash, she countered by swinging her blade toward his back!

Everything happened in the blink of an eye, too fast for the human eye to catch.

Narumi Soji's pupils contracted sharply. He hadn't expected his confident sure-kill strike to miss either, and he had no choice but to evade Liang Yue's slash in the same way.

The two passed each other sideways in midair, neither of them injured.

But in midair, a shower of shattered swords and blades clattered down to the ground.

Narumi Soji's Thousand-Blade Style had been broken by Liang Yue's one-blade style!

"How could this be?"

Narumi Soji couldn't believe the reality before him.

His blades were already fast enough, and with over a thousand additional edges, he believed no martial artist in the world could withstand his attack head-on.

Yet Liang Yue had done it.

Her striking speed was even faster—in a single instant, she had severed a thousand famous blades!

Liang Yue silently looked at Narumi Soji, then twisted the arm gripping her sword.

"As expected, absorbing the God Essence really is faster in battle. So this is... the key?"

The key's purpose is to open the door to the Epsilon-class for you.

But truly stepping into that realm still relies on personal talent and effort.

This process could be fast or slow.

Someone like Zhang Yi, who used just a sliver of God Essence as a guide, had successfully advanced within a single week.

For the slow, like Huahua, who as a mystical beast had inferior comprehension, growth came through constant slaughter. Especially the battle against the Ground Centipedes beneath the Qinling Mountains, which had greatly benefited her.

And now, Liang Yue too was feeling the joy found in life-and-death combat!

Her eyes gleamed with excitement as she looked at Narumi Soji.

"Let's continue!"

Narumi Soji sensed something was off.

"You... you're using me as a whetstone?!"

He pointed his blade at Liang Yue, seething with rage.

"This is a grave disrespect to a samurai!"

Liang Yue replied, "Respect must be seized through your own strength, not given as a gift! The right to decide has always been in the hands of the strong!"

She gripped her blade and walked step by step toward Narumi Soji. He could only feel that the blue psychic energy swirling around her was growing more terrifying, as if some dreadful demon was slowly awakening.

Even when her feet touched the ground, her footsteps no longer left solid impressions—the footprints vanished entirely.

Narumi Soji's eyes darkened instantly.

He reached out and discarded the short blade in his left hand, then gripped the long blade in his right hand with full force.

"It's time for you to witness the power of my one-blade style!"

Liang Yue said nothing, but with every step forward, her aura intensified by threefold.

"I've already seen your swordsmanship. The Thousand-Blade Style has some appeal, but as for the rest," Liang Yue shook her head regretfully, "nothing worth mentioning!"

"It's time to end this!"

Narumi Soji's brows shot upward. The disdain in Liang Yue's words made him furious beyond measure.

"Who do you think you are, daring to speak to me like that! I am the First Squad Captain of the Demon-Sealing Court!"

Liang Yue said calmly, "Right now, standing before you is the last Grandmaster of the Huaxu Nation, heir to the Five-Strike Lightning Whip, a Wuying-level martial arts athlete, a bodyguard for the Shengjing Special Agency. The right-hand warrior under Chaos, the top expert of the Jiangnan Region! Codename: [Xuan Nü]."

Narumi Soji looked around in confusion: "Did you bring others along? How despicable! We agreed on a one-on-one, honorable duel!"

Liang Yue's breath hitched, then she helplessly pressed a hand to her forehead.

"This ends now."

She gave a command to her mech armor.

"Deactivate training mode."

A mechanical voice promptly responded: "Acknowledged. Training mode deactivated! Removing physical restraints on the host and providing standard power augmentation."

In an instant, the overwhelming heaviness that had bound Liang Yue vanished.

She flexed her arm, feeling much lighter.

"Yeah, this feels great!"

She swung the Dragon's Roar in her hand, then aimed at a distant hill and slashed downward with full force!

The blue psychic energy condensed into a massive blade light, descending from the sky toward the ground.

"Boom!!!"

In a mere instant, that low hill was cleaved in half from the middle, and even the earth beneath split open with a ferocious crack!

Narumi Soji was stunned, staggering back a few steps.

"You... you... how did you suddenly become so strong?"

Liang Yue looked at him in surprise.

"What do you mean, suddenly become strong? I merely released my own seal."

She gazed at the arm gripping her blade and said calmly, "After all, I'm still facing you, who's only at Delta-level strength. If I didn't seal part of my power, I might accidentally kill you."

"It's rare to meet a martial artist. Wouldn't it be a waste not to spar properly and hone my skills?"

Some people are only at the Delta-level peak of 9900 points, while others are already at 9999, one foot into the Epsilon-class.

But the gap between them isn't just 99 points.

It's the theoretical numbers that gave Narumi Soji the illusion of being close to the Epsilon-class.

In other words, Liang Yue right now was equivalent to Soul Reaper from Star Island back then.

Narumi Soji swallowed hard, then roared, "Don't underestimate me, you bastard! The pride of a Neon samurai isn't something someone like you can..."

He opened his mouth wide, wanting to shout his conviction with arrogance, but he never got the chance to finish that last sentence.

Liang Yue's long blade swept across his neck, sending his head flying high into the air.

The speed was unimaginable to him.

Liang Yue leaped past, grabbing him by the long hair on his head, sensing Narumi Soji's Essence. She said with utter boredom, "For me, you've outlived your usefulness. Might as well take you back and give you to Keron or Xinxin."