“When mortals cultivate to the highest level, they will most likely transform into this form of life. Otherwise, wouldn’t it be too unfair if a high-level expert died from being hit in the heart or head?” Yin spread her hands, explaining what she considered common sense, “Once you enter that stage, lifespan will no longer be a limitation, and it’s not impossible for a mortal body to rival gods.”
“That sounds a bit awesome, but it’s hard to reach that realm, right?” Leticia was a little skeptical about the power levels Yin described. Such a degree of immortality was truly too outrageous.
Even before, she had to protect her vital points when fighting enemies. If her head was accidentally destroyed, no matter how strong she was, it would be useless.
Her heart was not a problem. Magic could temporarily replace the heart to circulate blood. As long as the battle was ended directly in a short time, she had a chance to regrow her heart with healing magic.
However, the head was a critical point that absolutely could not have problems. If this center of thought was shattered, she wouldn’t even be able to use magic, let alone make a comeback.
“With the talent your little girlfriend shows, she might touch that threshold around her hundredth birthday,” Yin casually stated a despairing number.
A hundred years old? Bai Ling was already so strong, yet she needed so many more years?!
“The growth of strength isn’t linear. She’s already close to touching that door, but as the saying goes, ‘A person who walks a hundred miles is ninety miles done.’ This last stretch is the most difficult,” Yin said that she was not exaggerating. In the past, during the Divine Era, there were indeed powerful beings who rivaled gods without being gods themselves, and she had communicated with some of them and learned about their cultivation process.
Bai Ling’s talent was indeed astonishing in her eyes, but compared to the true prodigies of that era, this little girl was still slightly mediocre.
Of course, this was also partly because the current era was not as suitable for cultivation as the Divine Era. If Bai Ling had been born in the Divine Era, she would probably be much stronger now.
“As for you, you’re purely lucky. You somehow seized the authority of a true god and completed a leap in your life level. Even though your strength hasn’t reached the required standard, you’ve gained the powerful immortality similar to us gods.” Yin paused and then continued, “Although our physical bodies being completely destroyed is also a heavy blow to us, it’s better than direct death.”
“So, I can do whatever I want now and not be afraid of dying?”
“Then you’d have to ensure that after your physical body is destroyed, your weak spiritual body can escape from the enemy… If there’s truly an enemy who can completely destroy your physical body, I think it would be quite difficult for you to escape from them.”
“Indeed, thinking about it this way, this immortality isn’t that overpowered?”
“So you completely ignored the premise in my words? It has to be completely destroyed! That is to say, simply destroying your head or a part of your body won’t put you in a near-death state. Even if your body turns to ashes, nothing will happen.” Yin helplessly reached out and tapped Leticia on the head, “The concept of complete destruction is that you lose the ability to restore your physical body. At that point, you’ve already lost.”
“For example, I once clashed with a fellow tribesman. In that battle, I killed her six times, and she hit me with her destructive magic five times. These times caused our physical bodies to be destroyed, but at the next breath, we could create new bodies and continue fighting,” Yin used an analogy, but it was a bit abstract. Leticia, who had never witnessed a real divine battle, couldn’t understand this kind of combat at all.
“So, you won in the end?” Leticia could still understand simple comparisons. Five was less than six, so Yin had a slight advantage.
“We eventually stopped fighting, agreeing to cease at the point of mutual understanding.” The goddess indicated that back then, people didn’t usually go for the kill. Killing the opponent so many times was already considered enough. Fighting further would lead to a true fight to the death.
No one knew what trump cards their enemies had. If they continued fighting, there would be too many variables. Everyone’s revival count was limited, and a mistake could lead to a complete defeat.
Look at Miss Dream God, who was in heaven. She didn’t even have a physical body and was heavily wounded in her spiritual form. In the end, she was ambushed by Leticia, who was waiting by the spring, which was a disgrace to the gods.
Any normal god wouldn’t be killed like that.
“Okay, so that means we currently have no way to fight against gods, right? Even if we find a way to kill them once, they still have several more lives?”
“You could say that, but almost all of our kin are now sealed within divine artifacts. It’s extremely difficult to break the seals and emerge from them.” Reassuring Leticia slightly, Yin turned her gaze towards the distant building and suddenly said, “It’s starting.”
The clear sky had inexplicably become overcast. It looked like the clouds would grow thicker. Gusts of wind blew from afar, swirling the scattered yellow leaves by the roadside. It felt like something big was about to happen.
“It’s going to rain…” Leticia reached out her hand. The moisture in the air told her that a heavy rain would soon strike. “What’s the principle behind this? A celestial phenomenon?”
She had checked the weather forecast for today. It was supposed to be a sunny day. The sudden appearance of heavy dark clouds clearly indicated something was abnormal.
“Perhaps, prepare to move. Inside that building, our bodies might be all we can rely on.” Yin took out a small pistol from her belt, “I have to admit, some human things are quite useful in situations like this.”
“You can use this?”
“A little bit. Do you want to take one too?” Yin lifted her long robe, revealing a gun holster on the other side, indicating she had more weapons.
“I don’t know how to use this. Compared to this, I’m more used to using a sword.” Leticia took out her magic sword from the artifact space.
Even though she was the modern one, her fighting style was still based on traditional cold weapons, while Yin, an ancient goddess, chose firearms as her weapon. It was truly quite amusing.
However, this was normal. Leticia didn’t usually have access to firearms, so her marksmanship… well, she was a master of “human outline drawings.” In the current situation, it was better to stick to the most familiar weapon.
…
“Are you all ready? The operation is about to begin.” In a dark room on a certain floor of the government building, a shadow said in a cold voice.
In the rather cramped room, stood several figures completely hidden in shadows. Their gazes were firm, and they replied in unison, “Ready!”
“Good, then proceed according to the plan.” The inquiring shadow nodded with satisfaction, “According to intelligence, the Sword Saint has gone to the top floor to station. We have no chance with our own strength alone.”
If it weren’t for the strange energy field within the building suppressing their powers, the shadow would have wanted to test her strength against the Sword Saint. She was curious to see if the Sword Saint, praised by almost everyone, was truly that powerful.
“Our mission this time is to cause as much destruction as possible, attract the attention of the stationed personnel, and seize the opportunity to head to the top floor to guide the headquarters’ attack, while the Sword Saint will be dealt with by ‘that person’.”
Although she didn’t fully believe in the Sword Saint’s so-called strength in her heart, she also knew that a good reputation was not unfounded. That Sword Saint must have some real skill.
Now that they were fighting away from home and weakened, facing such a powerful figure, it was impossible for them, a group of mortals.
Fortunately, “that person” had provided them with the means to deal with such situations a long time ago.
The Master likely sent them to see how effective those means were, right?
*Hoo*, the shadow exhaled lightly, “Since no one has any objections, the operation will begin in ten minutes!”
“Yes!”
…
The events unfolding in the darkness were unknown to the heroes. These heroes, temporarily conscripted, were now scattered in small groups on various floors of the building. They were usually accompanied by a military action team, which was a very common pairing.
But even with continuous efforts to gather heroes from the central district, these heroes were still quite scattered throughout the building.
This building was simply too large. The total number of heroes in the central district who were qualified to enter here was less than a hundred. When distributed across every floor of such a building, it was like having just a few cats and kittens.
Some floors didn’t even have a single hero assigned to them!
There were a total of 128 floors openly accessible, not including the underground floors and the top floor that were not open to the public. Trying to secure this place like a fortress was basically impossible.
“Such a tall building, we wouldn’t even discover someone if they snuck in, right?” on a central floor, a young-looking hero complained to his companion.
“Although only we and the military are stationed here, we have several times as many data analysis teams behind us. They will monitor and analyze everything, and inform us if anything seems amiss.” His companion looked out at the overcast sky and replied softly, “This is my first time participating in such a major event. I hope I won’t disappoint those above.”
“Don’t look so glum. Do you really think the two of us, B-listers, can be of any use up there? Let me tell you, all the A-listers and S-listers who could come from the central district are here now. The heroes from other districts are also on their way, and you know what? Just now, even the Sword Saint has arrived!” The young hero excitedly told his companion the information he had just learned.
“How do you know? Did you see the Sword Saint with your own eyes?” His companion raised his eyebrows in surprise, seemingly amazed by his partner’s well-informed nature.
“How could that be possible? I’m not on that level yet. I saw it in the temporary communication group for the operation. Come and see, this, this is definitely the Sword Saint!” The young hero beckoned his companion and proudly showed him a slightly blurry photo on his phone.
The photo seemed to be taken at the base of the building. The main subjects were a cold-faced man in military uniform and a mysterious person completely wrapped in a black robe.
In the photo, the man in military uniform lagged half a step behind the mysterious person, appearing to follow the mysterious person’s lead.
This wouldn’t normally be surprising, but upon closer inspection of the man in military uniform, one could see the two bright stars on his shoulders – this was a Lieutenant General!
For a mysterious person to command such deference from a Lieutenant General, besides the Sword Saint, the young hero couldn’t think of anyone else who could do this.
What about those other S-class heroes? They weren’t worthy!
When those heroes came to station here, this general hadn’t come out to greet them, so that mysterious person was definitely an existence beyond S-class heroes. And in the human world, there was only one such existence: the legendary Star River Sword Saint!
“Don’t you think the Sword Saint seems a bit petite?” However, his companion seemed to have found a key point. The Sword Saint had always been perceived as a masculine figure in everyone’s impression.
But this mysterious person in the photo was too short, too thin.
There was a high probability that what was hidden beneath the black robe was not a man, but a woman!
“Even if that general is tall, with this comparison, the Sword Saint’s height must be around 1.65 meters. This doesn’t match the propaganda,” the companion scratched his head, expressing his confusion. Could the esteemed Sword Saint actually be a cute girl?
Impossible, absolutely impossible!
“Then couldn’t it be that the Sword Saint is a bit short? For the sake of that invincible strength, the Sword Saint suffered a curse, which is also very normal, right?” The young hero wasn’t too concerned about the height issue. At most, it would make him modify the image of the Sword Saint in his mind. Being short wouldn’t make him any less of the Sword Saint, would it?
“You’re right… By the way, what time is it now?”
“Now? It’s three in the afternoon. With this damned weather, we can’t tell the specific time.”
“Oh, it’s three o’clock. It seems to be the time.”
“Huh? What time?” The young hero looked confused. Why was his partner saying things he didn’t understand?
And in the next moment, explosions suddenly erupted from various parts of the building.
Amidst the violent tremors, the young hero was horrified to see a black shadow leap from his friend’s body and rush straight towards his face.
