"Back then (before fighting the Otherworldly Demons), I thought I had the combat power of a Grandmaster with 22 or 23 times the strength. Ordinary Grandmasters only have a little over 3 times the combat power, so I was equivalent to seven times their strength..."

However, the strongest Grandmaster martial arts style doubles one's strength, making one a Grandmaster with six times the combat power. Yun Liu, on the other hand, only possesses the Blood Essence Fusion Technique... It's unclear how much it adds, but overall, he should only be three or four times stronger than the strongest in this world.

Yun Shou rubbed his chin. Although Zhu Baowen had said that practicing this "martial arts style" was superfluous and useless after reaching the Innate Realm.

However, becoming a Xiantian (innate) master is extremely difficult. Some grandmasters have struggled for decades to even sense the existence of primordial energy, and are not even "half-step Xiantian". Moving that primordial energy is another insurmountable hurdle.

However, martial arts techniques can be effective immediately, just as the grandmaster said: "We have all lost our power, so general martial arts are useless. Only by forging our own path can we achieve the best results!"

A martial artist whose skill level is insufficient to control even the smallest details of their body: "Beep—beep—(silenced)!"

In the 302nd year of the Daqing reign, you encountered a giant jellyfish with a bell-shaped canopy exceeding fifteen meters in length, its hundreds of densely packed tentacles entwined with countless prey.

You see a shark lunge at it, like it's eyeing a huge piece of meat... but the jellyfish merely flicks its tentacles slightly, caressing the shark's surface, and the shark stiffens.

"Is this the jellyfish we encountered last time...?" You vaguely remember it and quickly move away. You recall that Yun Liu had already fully transformed into a demon, but it still took him two attempts to subdue the jellyfish.

Even if you could use your superhuman intelligence to take it down, this jellyfish is covered in venom; who knows where you could even bite?

You choose to release a jellyfish.

[As the year draws to a close, you fall silent, staring at the tens of meters thick elemental crystal walls in the ascension passage.]

[Now, thanks to a sudden inspiration, your martial arts skills have been boosted by 60%, and considering your 563% essence... that's already 18 times your combat power!]

Even now, even with your current strength, a full-force attack can only cause minor damage to this crystal wall. By the time you reassemble your powerful blade and strike a second time, the damage from the previous attack will have completely healed.

[But the Otherworldly Demons... can gradually erode this barrier; this is the power of despair, absolute despair!]

You... have returned to the Three Kingdoms region.

At this moment, the martial will known as "Infinity" manifests once again behind you. You fly across the sea at subsonic speed, without touching the surface, but carving a long trench in the sea, with waves surging on both sides, leaving behind a scroll of time along the way.

[You are preparing to summon the grandmasters from various regions for a thorough discussion.]

However, as you pass through a village, you sense something is amiss; something unusual is happening there.

You stop in your tracks and learn that there is fighting on the front lines, and that they are recruiting soldiers here.

"Did I miss something? Have the Otherworldly Demons already taken control of the Martial Kingdom and begun to spread their influence to the other two kingdoms?" You wonder, is it Zhu Baowen's early departure that caused this upheaval in the Upper Realm?

"My esteemed hero, you are unaware of the truth." You still appear as a white-haired youth in your early twenties, though your silver eyes have faded to a darker silver-black. The recruiting officer explained, "It was that despicable and shameless Wu Kingdom; they attacked and massacred our border villages!"

Yun Shou: "..."

"Moreover, that Wu Kingdom had the guts to do it, but not the guts to admit it. Heh, their standard weapons and fragments of uniforms are still there!"

[Already troubled by the matter of the Otherworldly Demons, you've completely turned red!]

[Damn it!]

[Insects, a swarm of insects!]

How can humanity build a strong Three Kingdoms while surrounded by these insects? How can it possibly contend with the alien demons?!

[In the past, you either lacked the strength or, due to unforeseen circumstances, failed to prevent the outbreak of this damn battlefield, but now it's completely different.]

You are no longer the weak and helpless person you once were!

You can do anything!

Snowstone City, located within the territory of the Wu Kingdom, is still in the early stages of the war. The Wu Kingdom has not yet reacted, while the Qing Kingdom was well-prepared and its army swept through several cities.

The two armies faced each other, one standing on the city wall, while the Qing army arrayed below, a conflict imminent.

Then, soldiers from both sides, in unison, turned their heads to look in one direction, and more and more people turned their heads: it was from the distant land, where dust was rushing in.

[They could only hear intermittent booming and explosions when the plume of smoke drew quite close.]

[Boom!]

A figure suddenly crashed to the ground, unleashing the force of the impact with a diagonal stomp. Earth and rocks flew, raising dust as the force created a fan-shaped crater before the figure finally landed firmly.

[This level of artistry surpasses the comprehension of the tens of thousands present. Is this a Grandmaster? A Grandmaster... this powerful?]

Both armies were somewhat shaken. They didn't know where this person came from, or whether he was fighting for the Qing Kingdom or the Wu Kingdom—surely he wouldn't have caused such a commotion just to watch a show?

The officers on both sides turned pale. Neither of them had received the message, so the newcomer must be from the other side… Damn it! What kind of battlefield is a Grandmaster doing?! A monster like this, capable of wiping out thousands of soldiers and escaping unscathed, shouldn't exist in this world!

You raised your right arm high, and a transparent, powerful energy condensed into an invisible giant blade, which crashed down on the battlefield. Large slabs of earth crumbled and shattered, carving a trench tens of meters long in the ground, accompanied by hundreds of meters of fissures. Your shout echoed for miles around.

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