Invincibility Begins with Mastery of Fist Techniques

Chapter 290 283: Uproar

CRACK! CRACK!!

A series of bone-shattering cracks echoed from Zhou Yuanjue's contorted right side. The silvery starfire on his skin blazed fiercely over that half of his body, rapidly mending his bones. His twisted frame was gradually being set straight, like a broken puppet being forced back into shape. It was an incredibly bizarre sight.

"You're… all right?!"

Seeing the bizarre scene unfolding on Zhou Yuanjue, Zhao Beidou's jaw dropped. He quickly forced his expression back to neutral, trying not to look so unsophisticated.

"I'm fine. My body will be repaired soon enough. The magnetic field is a bit more troublesome, but I had a contingency plan."

With a calm expression, Zhou Yuanjue nodded. He once again manipulated the chaotic magnetic field radiating from his body.

Red light gathered above his head, gradually forming a blazing fireball. Within the fireball, some kind of life seemed to be stirring restlessly, ready to break out of its shell at any moment.

Heart Fire Nirvana!

Although his True Nature of the Mind had been shattered, the unique properties of his magnetic field allowed him to preserve a final Fire Seed. This let his True Nature of the Mind immediately enter a state of Nirvana upon its collapse, preventing it from truly "dying."

However, getting the True Nature of the Mind to "hatch" and revive would likely take more than a short while.

At the very least, he wouldn't have any real combat ability for the rest of the night.

From that perspective, the last attack truly was a final, desperate gambit. It was do or die.

Zhao Beidou was thoroughly impressed. In just half a minute, Zhou Yuanjue's body had already mostly recovered, and even the disintegration of his True Nature of the Mind hadn't seemed to cause him much harm.

Such a physical and spiritual Recovery Ability was completely unheard of in the thousands of years of the Donghua Martial Arts Realm.

'Immortal Bird… so that's why they call him the Immortal Bird. This kid's Life Force is as tenacious as a cockroach's. Actually killing him would be an incredibly difficult task.'

'With this Recovery Power alone, not to mention the strength he just displayed, the man is already at the Director Level. He's more than qualified for the position of president of Donghua Martial Arts University.'

"What about the rest of this mess? Letting those guys get away is a huge potential threat."

Zhao Beidou asked Liehong Mountain.

"I'll have all of Nanjiang placed under lockdown for a city-wide, systematic search. Don't worry. They only caught us by surprise this time. Now that we're prepared and their main combatants are injured, they won't dare cause any more trouble. Their objective now is surely to escape Nanjiang and go into hiding as fast as they can. The question is whether we can find them during the lockdown and eliminate this threat for good."

Liehong Mountain said in a deep voice.

"Is that so? A lot of information is going to be impossible to contain after this. If we can't eliminate them and they end up with another First Generation on their side, they'll be even more difficult to deal with."

Zhao Beidou shook his head.

Liehong Mountain was silent, his expression grave.

A moment later, Zhao Beidou heard the continuous bone-cracking sounds behind him stop. He couldn't help but turn around. He saw that Zhou Yuanjue's body was as good as new. The silvery starfire around him was fading, eventually vanishing completely. Aside from being covered in filth and looking a little tired, the series of horrific injuries he'd sustained seemed to have left no lasting impact.

"An ability like that… are there really no side effects?"

Zhao Beidou clicked his tongue in amazement. Such a healing ability was just too freakish. He couldn't suppress a pang of envy.

"Of course there are."

Zhou Yuanjue nodded.

"Oh? What are they? Mind sharing?"

Zhao Beidou instantly perked up.

'I knew it. How could such a powerful ability not have some kind of backlash?'

This time, even Liehong Mountain quietly pricked up his ears.

"The side effect is that I get very hungry."

With a calm expression, Zhou Yuanjue opened the tactical pouch at his waist. He took out the special compressed nutrient rations custom-made for him by the Secret Inspection Bureau's hospital, stuffed one in his mouth, and with a light crunch of his teeth, ground the wood-hard block into powder and swallowed.

'You get very hungry?!'

Zhao Beidou's expression soured.

'You call that a "side effect"?!'

'Who doesn't get hungry if they go a day without eating?!'

Hearing this, Liehong Mountain's cheek twitched as well. He quickly composed himself and looked up at the sky, where the lingering aftershocks of the battle still caused the air to shimmer with magnetic light.

HUMMM!!

A vast magnetic power surged from his body, instantly suppressing the chaotic ambient fields and restoring visibility to the area. He then made a gesture toward the sky.

He knew that countless people were watching this battlefield right now.

In the Nanjiang Secret Inspection Bureau, a group of high-level officials stared at a large screen. They finally saw the shimmering lights on the battlefield suddenly ripple and part, revealing Liehong Mountain and the others.

The group erupted in cheers, a great weight lifting from their chests.

However, they soon noticed the lack of any Celestial Demon corpses. Seeing Liehong Mountain signaling to the sky, they immediately realized the incident was not over yet.

...

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As Seven Desires and his cohorts fled, Nanjiang City, on Liehong Mountain's orders, completely sealed off a perimeter of several kilometers around Galaxy Pedestrian Street and began an airtight, systematic search.

Meanwhile, the incident at Nanjiang Xinghe Pedestrian Street was impossible to cover up, even at a national level. There were too many witnesses, the number of casualties was terrifyingly high, and a large number of civilians had been evacuated by the army. The sheer scale of the event made concealment impossible.

Videos of the Seal breaking at Galaxy Pedestrian Street spread like wildfire. Feimura Masayuki's battle and the footage of Liehong Mountain descending from the sky had also been secretly recorded. Relevant departments were completely swamped trying to delete the videos, but even so, they couldn't stop the information from spreading.

Ghosts? Gods and Demons? Or Aliens? Tragedy Strikes Nanjiang Xinghe Pedestrian Street!

Real Supernatural Power! Incontrovertible Fact! — The Nanjiang Xinghe Pedestrian Street Incident!

Disclose the Information! We Don't Want to Die in Ignorance!

...

All kinds of discussions and articles appeared one after another, and an atmosphere of widespread panic began to spread throughout Donghua Country.

「Zixiao Mountain Peak.」

"I'm afraid we can't keep a lid on this anymore. Do you think we should come up with an excuse?"

Chen Qingmu immediately sought out the Chief Commissioner.

"An excuse? Since we can't keep it under wraps, let's just be transparent about it."

"This day was bound to come sooner or later. You can hide it for a while, but you can't hide it forever."

The Chief Commissioner replied by vibrating his magnetic field.

"But... the timing is so abrupt. I'm afraid it will cause mass panic."

Chen Qingmu said, his brow furrowed.