Just as when it first entered the fortress, the enemy smashed through a wall and barreled into an adjacent chamber. Like the arm of an invisible giant, it swept forward. The elbow bending and pulling the fist back in line with the shoulder. Then it shot out and smashed against the next wall in its path. The walls shuddered, the strike causing cracks to form on its surface. A few strikes later and the wall burst open. That giant arm entered a large open chamber and flew forward, s...
2020-04-23 20:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Like a giant sidewinding inch-worm, the man swung himself forward at high speed. At the same time, Sage was on all fours like some sort of biological siege weapon. He’d dug himself into the ground to stand like a toad and in only a few seconds he’d prepared a second attack. His mouth dropped open again and released another laser-like air thrust.
As soon as Sage’s mouth started to move, the freak handed Fisher’s arm swung in front of his body. There was a thund...
2020-04-22 20:00:03 +0000 UTC
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While laughing like a maniac, the changes to the man’s body didn’t stop. Veins continued to grow larger, bulging and twisting in unnatural fashion. The flesh on his left arm started to slowly inflate like a balloon, the veins crawling into new patterns and shapes as it did. The man’s skin started to look more like jello, wobbling and jiggling without a larger skeleton to support the suddenly large mass of flesh. The expanding started in his arm, but didn’t stop there. The...
2020-04-21 20:00:03 +0000 UTC
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With so many of the attacks focused on Sage, the pressure on the Blacksilver Pawns was reduced and they rapidly converged. Ignoring the rest of the attacks coming their way, they pooled together. The black tar flowing off and forming into a singular mass before their crystal skeletons changed back into a bluish mercury and coated the large black shape. Almost like an insect, this being had its muscles on the inside and armor on the outside. The Blacksilver Knight took form once a...
2020-04-17 20:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Sage brought forth many layers of defenses while the eight Blacksilver Pawns advanced on the man in the gas mask. A layer of bluish mercury slid over his skin and formed into scale shaped plates before it solidified again into a less opaque form, like he was armored by a form of metallic crystal. Between and beneath the scales a layer of a black tar like substance sheathed his body. Using the same layering defense as his Blacksilver minions, Sage kept a few cards back and let the...
2020-04-16 20:00:05 +0000 UTC
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After confirming the second discovery, he focused his attention back upon the first. The blocky grey shapes he’d seen from a high altitude had indeed turned out to be signs of civilization. Unfortunately, it looked like he was already too late. Large blocky structures made of stone and metal. They would seem quite foreign to any other resident of the Cultivator World, but to Sage it looked like concrete with steel rebar poking out from the rubble. Only, the buildings had shapes...
2020-04-15 20:00:03 +0000 UTC
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With the rat men restrained, Sage locked eyes with one of them, “Tell me about the world.”
Only, the response was unintelligible. While his intention was transferred, he didn’t speak the same language as these rat people. Their speech, if you could call it that, was a sort of guttural chittering. He tried a few other ways to speak with them and then gave up. He threw the whole lot of them into his Inner World, putting them next to the mothers of the five Tiankong Sibl...
2020-04-14 20:01:00 +0000 UTC
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This all started as an opportunistic attempt to recruit a second Nascent Soul. I should have turned around as soon as I saw the name ‘Thundercloud Sect’. Heh, I let that ‘victory’ over the Black White Army get to my head and nearly lost it. Lightning is the bane of spirit form, so they can probably kill me for real pretty easily. I could escape into the Universe Ring, but then what? Instead of a prison sentence, now I’m working as a mercenary. Hidden Domains always ...
2020-04-10 20:00:02 +0000 UTC
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With the three Nascent Souls looking at him, Sage didn’t really have much of a choice. He’d already agreed to the task and it was time to get to work. He took a deep breath and then started striding towards the beast-head shaped lightning. While walking towards the open mouth he vaguely recognized it as similar to a snake or amphibian. The crackling electricity made it hard to pinpoint exactly what it looked like. Strangely, the electrical arcs dancing around him only felt li...
2020-04-09 20:00:02 +0000 UTC
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The meeting didn’t end there, though there wasn’t much to say from Sage’s end. It was mostly a discussion among the ‘Clouds’ of which the majority he wasn’t even able to hear. He merely waited patiently and tried not to look like he’d be easy to kill. This wasn’t normally something he was concerned about, but in a room full of people stronger than him, some which seemed quite peeved about his very existence, he suddenly grew an interest. If one of them suddenly th...
2020-04-08 20:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Surprisingly, Xuelong was present for this meeting, standing in the same spot that Huifang was standing at the earlier meeting. Of course, this meeting was now being called in a hall of the Thundercloud Sect and not the Dian Clan. The people sitting on the chairs were quite different from the group the last time. One of them wore bracers made of blue scales, one of them had a vest made of golden scales, and a third had spheres of lightning around his pupils. He was a Doctor and S...
2020-04-07 20:01:00 +0000 UTC
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“Neither.”
Sage was caught off guard by the Doctor’s assumptions, though after thinking about it, he wasn’t actually surprised by such conclusions. At that moment, Sage pulled out an Oathstone and held it out to the Sect Elder.
“I follow an uncommon legacy, my poison skills are not based upon knowledge. Can you please swear not to reveal what I show you to anyone?”
Lanyan thought about it for a moment before nodding and putting his hand onto th...
2020-04-03 20:01:00 +0000 UTC
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“What!?”
An older woman, an Elder wearing a shawl made of blue scales, nearly leapt to her feet and yelled at the guard. She rushed forward and grabbed the man’s shoulders, “Where is he?”
“He’s being carried to the Medicine Hall.”
Immediately, the woman ran out of the room. Her speed caught everyone off guard and the group of guards were thrown onto their sides. A loud boom of thunder filled the room while the woman’s form was suddenly covered ...
2020-04-02 20:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Before he knew it, the kind looking Uncle Rong and both of his bodyguards had turned icy stares upon him. Sage was not expecting Dian Huifang to be so ineloquent. He also didn’t think of how Huifang was going to explain the predicament to her family. He’d thought this wouldn’t be an easy encounter, but it was already off to a terrible start.
Idiot! Why didn’t I think of what to say earlier? I should have known someone like Huifang wouldn’t have a good story to...
2020-04-01 20:01:02 +0000 UTC
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The Dian Clan were one of the most prominent members of the Thundercloud Sect. Their clan had been sending descendants to the Sect for many generations and dozens if not hundreds of their experts had been born from the clan. With such power, they of course were the leading family in the city that neighbored the Thundercloud Sect. As a first rate power, the Thundercloud Sect ran the whole Flying Wind Province and the Dian Clan was a major player in their provincial capital. <...
2020-03-31 20:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Just wishing everyone out there is being careful and staying safe. Thank you all for supporting me even in this tenuous time, I know that many people are struggling for funds right now with so many places being closed down. Don't feel guilty if you have to cancel for a while.
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2020-03-31 11:04:53 +0000 UTC
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The giant cobra locked eyes with the only person remaining in the Fortress. Unable to move, Zhang Tu was helpless against the giant armored figure that stepped up behind him and wrapped it’s giant arms around his chest. While the sounds of cracking bones rang out, a barely visible shape lifted out of the ground and flew into Zhang Tu’s body. After a few minutes, Zhang Tu’s lifeless body disappeared into the Universe Ring. With a flash of power, the giant cobra was gone and ...
2020-03-27 20:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Yang’s devastating spray of light was interrupted by the huge creature flying towards him. He rapidly shifted his energy from his attack to his evasion, stressing his meridians from the violent change and injuring himself in the process. The Law of Light didn’t allow someone to make devastatingly fast charges like the Law of Lightning or fly with the speed of a hurricane like the Law of Wind. Instead, once the required energy was gathered, the user would move to a new positio...
2020-03-26 20:01:00 +0000 UTC
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The space around the fortress rapidly began to fill with mist. That vapor spreading far faster than should have been possible with the volume that was being emitted from the snake’s mouth. Dian Huifang in the distance was still watching the battle and she immediately recognized what was going on, “Poison Law!”
Songji was new to the world of laws, especially since she was a Demonic Beast. Demonic Beasts mostly gained their understanding of laws through their own innate...
2020-03-25 20:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Yin and Yang called fully upon their laws and bathed the battlefield with their power. Only, their enemy had disappeared. They had nowhere to turn their strength. They couldn’t feel their enemies aura, and as they expanded their Spiritual Sense, they still couldn’t feel him. The two of them were both loaded weapons with nothing to shoot at. That is until their attention was caught by the Blacksilver Pawns rushing towards them.
Frustrated, Yang aimed an open palm t...
2020-03-24 20:01:00 +0000 UTC
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The man in white, Yang, was glaring fiercely at Sage. In his eyes, this little bug was just a mantis trying to stop a chariot, yet he had the gall to question their honor? To his side, the woman in black, Yin, held up a hand. She quelled Yang’s temper with a cold calmness, “The Black White Army never breaks a contract. What are your last wishes?”
Compared to the fiery arrogance of the man in white, Sage felt a chill from the woman’s words. From the look on Dian Huif...
2020-03-20 20:00:03 +0000 UTC
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The four cultivators outside the Fortress fled rapidly, retreating to the gates where the voice had come from. The Blacksilver Pawns did not pursue them, as this was exactly what Sage was aiming for. Drawing out all of Zhang Tu’s reserves. He waited to see who or what else would come out of the Fortress, but he was disappointed. The four who had been fighting ran back into the Fortress and sealed the gates.
That was unexpected.
Sage used Divine Breath...
2020-03-19 20:00:02 +0000 UTC
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The man in white couldn’t help but call out. He followed the same heritage as the woman in white, and knew just how powerful the technique she just used was. It could only be performed by those who’d formed their Inner Core, using the laws of the world to call down a terrifying light beam that brought with it extreme levels of heat. Yet, the enemies they faced were not destroyed. Four of them were only partially showing their skeletons, moving very slowly, the black tar subst...
2020-03-18 20:00:03 +0000 UTC
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The man in white and woman in black fled rapidly, retreating at their full speed. Only, their enemies seemed to be faster. There wasn’t much distance between them at the start and now it was rapidly closing. The woman in black smashed her fist against the ground and the impact caused a cloud of dust to form. From within the cloud a dozen black tendrils shot up and entangled the things that were chasing them. The two enemies were slowed down, but they reached down and started br...
2020-03-17 20:00:02 +0000 UTC
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With the bright light the man in white was emitting, the woman in black had almost completely disappeared. To the Dragoons at least. For Sage, he merely blinked and activated Foresight. Yet, he didn’t move from his position, never having intended to fight this battle personally. Instead, a pair of dark colored humanoid figures appeared in front of him. Without any instruction, they leaned forward and broke into a full sprint. They were both wearing long black cloaks so there wa...
2020-03-13 20:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Sage’s voice boomed over the fortress. Zhang Tu was truly cautious, having built himself a castle atop a large rock formation. A few hundred foot tall rock in the center of a wide open grassland. Most of Flying Wind Province had similar terrain, large open plains interspersed with large rocks, plateaus, and cliffs. The wind also never seemed to stop blowing, ranging from gentle breezes to gale winds, the grasses were constantly swaying. Upon standing on those tall and isolated ...
2020-03-12 20:00:02 +0000 UTC
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They made a few stops on the way to finish collecting the Hoplite settlements in 10,000 Wave Province. Once they were all cleaned up, they waited a week for the Dragoons to return after having picked up all the scattered Jade Horde squads. The Dragoons flew back carrying thirty to forty silk cocoons, using their Steelsilk to tie them up with only a few air holes. Unfortunately, there were humans in charge of the squads and not all of them were aware of the changes in leadership o...
2020-03-11 20:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Sage’s airship flew directly towards the Hoplite settlements. Since he didn’t wish to waste any time, once they’d entered the wilderness he released another ten thousand Dragoons and had them spread over the Province to round up the scattered squads of the Jade Horde. He used the intelligence gathered by the information network to plot their routes. For his own efforts, he took Songji along and they stopped at the half-dozen small settlements in the province and surrounded ...
2020-03-10 20:01:00 +0000 UTC
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After the meeting with Wan Ling, Sage learned that none of the other leading figures in the Prosperity Company had come along for the trip. Sage wouldn’t get to meet up with his three friends from so long ago, nor did Wan Ling bring her Beast Tamer Uncle. When he asked her about it, she said, “Since I had to come, I want as much of the Prosperity Companies other strength available to handle difficulties back in the Shihu Kingdom.”
Her glare was also a bit accusatory, ...
2020-03-06 21:00:02 +0000 UTC
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The dozens of airships were carrying the Prosperity Company. Of course, the company was still operating as normal in the Shihu Kingdom, but Sage had once told Wan Ling he planned to push a massive expansion into another kingdom. It was a risky move and she explained all the problems with it, but after she realized how important it was to him, she started planning. Even after two decades, the Prosperity Company wasn’t so large and expansive that it had to extend outside of the S...
2020-03-05 21:00:02 +0000 UTC
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