Chapter 284: Unknown Emblem - 284
Guang Fu flinched from the sudden prick and dropped the emblem on the ground. After a moment, he realized in shock that the emblem had pierced him.
Somehow, a trashy piece of rusted metal managed to pierce the skin of a nascent soul realm cultivator. Such a thing was hard to believe.
Guang Fu glanced at the emblem on the ground and saw that it seemed to be vibrating. As it vibrated, rust started to fall from it onto the floor.
At first, the emblem was vibrating so softly that it was barely detectable, but after a few seconds, it began making a noise.
Guang Fu watched quietly as the emblem continued to vibrate for an entire minute before a light could be seen coming out of an area where a piece of rust fell off.
The light was soon on other areas as the final bits of rust fell off of the emblem. The light stopped shining and a completely different looking emblem was revealed.
It was completely gold with bits of red in the shield's center. Guang Fu cautiously picked the emblem up off the ground.
As he touched it, he felt the power coming off of it. It was no normal emblem. Guang Fu felt that, at the very least, it was at the void traversing realm.
Without much hesitation and with much excitement, Guang Fu ran outside of the hotel and came to a large facility.
In order to stop cultivators from going away during the war, the people who set up the city sized camp added just about everything anyone could want.
Among those was a training facility. Each use of it only cost 10 spirit stones. Such an amount was pocket change for any core formation cultivator.
Guang Fu entered a private room and sat in the middle with the shield emblem. Despite his attempts, even after a day passed he had no idea how to use it.
Eventually, Guang Fu gave up and went back to the hotel room. He spent the rest of his break time attempting to figure out how the emblem worked, but was unsuccessful.
As the time passed, he felt the talisman in his spatial ring moving and took it out.
"Guang Fu. I repeat. Guang Fu, are you there?"
"I am here." Guang Fu responded.
"Break time is over. I repeat. Break time is over. Head back to your square." The mechanical voice said.
"On my way." Guang Fu said as he put the talisman into his spatial ring and moved out.
As he ran, he took the emblem out and pinned it on his chest.
In just a few hours, he arrived at the teleportation array that led to his square. As he stepped in, he was teleported away.
When Guang Fu opened his eyes, he was shocked and surprised to see a dome barrier not too far from him.
'The square is under attack!' He thought to himself before taking out his talisman and reporting his finding.
"Stay calm soldier. In the case that he wins, nothing will change. If he loses, immediately retreat without giving the enemy a chance to spot you. Good luck." The mechanical voice spoke in a tone stricter than usual.
Guang Fu nodded and waited outside of the barrier. The barrier was white and impossible to see through. Guang Fu could only patiently wait as the battle inside raged on.
After an entire hour of waiting, the barrier disappeared. Looking inside, Guang Fu was upset to see an injured crane standing over the corpse of his replacement.
Guang Fu was about to retreat, but he suddenly stopped. The reason he was told to retreat was because the replacement had been at the 8th level of the nascent soul realm. The zone was for nascent soul realm cultivators, but it did not differentiate between the three tiers.
The tiers only stopped someone from a higher tier from attacking someone from a lower tier.
Naturally, the coordinators did not believe that Guang Fu had the ability to defeat someone a tier above him. He was only regarded as a high tier talent. Not quite a top tier talent.
Tian Ren did not let them know much and Guang Fu had not displayed much.
Seeing such a heavily injured opponent that was only at the 9th level of the nascent soul realm, Guang Fu was tempted to go in.
'With my talent, it will be a quick and easy battle.' He said, convincing himself.
After just a moment of hesitation, Guang Fu jumped in the battle zone and a barrier appeared.
The opponent looked up at him and sneered when seeing Guang Fu.
Guang Fu did not waste any time and launched an attack at the crane. He covered himself with light Qi and created a sword of light Qi before shooting towards the crane.
His attack would be able to cause trouble to even an uninjured 8th level nascent soul realm cultivator, much less a severely injured 9th level nascent soul realm cultivator.
The opposing crane had bloody streaks on its body, likely from a sword. It was panting heavily but calmly watching Guang Fu.
Guang Fu did not think anything of it. All cultivators were arrogant towards those of a lower level or realm. It would be weirder if the crane wasn't arrogant.
Guang Fu reached the crane and jumped in the air. His sword was just about to reach the crane's head, but the crane suddenly launched to the side at an extremely fast speed.
Out of the corner of his eye, Guang Fu saw the crane. It was standing tall with no injuries on its body.
'An illusion! It's a trap!' Guang Fu thought to himself as his sword continued to fall on the empty space.
Guang Fu hurriedly stopped his sword and swung upwards, but the crane was faster. It dashed next to him and moved its wing covered in wind Qi.
Without a doubt, Guang Fu would be pierced by the full force attack of a level 9 nascent soul realm cultivator.
Chapter 285: Stationed Indefinitely - 285
Guang Fu watched in horror as the wing got closer and closer. He instinctively closed his eyes, not willing to watch his death happen before his own eyes.
After some internal conflict, Guang Fu's eyes opened again. He decided to die brave and courageous instead of acting like a coward.
Guang Fu watched the wing reach within a few inches of him. Suddenly, the shield emblem on his chest began to glow. Then, a golden barrier appeared around Guang Fu, stopping the wing in its tracks.
Guang Fu's mind raced as the crane stood shocked. In less than a second, Guang Fu's slash cut the crane's head off.
Its head flew far away and landed on the ground, its eyes still opened wide. Guang Fu fell on the ground and sat there. He too was shocked by the development.
He hurriedly took the shield emblem off of his chest and looked at it. It was similar to before, but the gold on it was more dim.
Guang Fu spent the rest of the day staring at it. After a day had passed, the gold was looking the same as before. This proved a few conjunctions that Guang Fu had made in the last day.
First, the shield emblem was very likely a special defensive weapon. From its brief performance earlier, it seemed to at least be of the void traversing realm.
Second, it seemed to automatically activate when its user, or Guang Fu, was about to die.
Third, it seemed to have the ability to recharge.
If Guang Fu guessed right, the emblem was something that could be used a few times in a day before it stopped working. After a day, it would recharge.
Guang Fu couldn't help but be amazed at his luck. The providence he had been given by Zhou Fan was showing its effect.
An item owned by a poor beggar and sold for cheap actually turned out to be a defensive weapon that would be expensive anywhere in the world.
Guang Fu had gone out searching for silver and found diamond!
As the day ended, Guang Fu regained his composure and reported his situation to the talisman. After a few "Are you insane"s and some "Who do you think you are"s, Guang Fu was given the order to stay put as previously planned.
Naturally, the events were reported to higher ups. Most of the information was concealed by Guang Fu, only mentioning that he took down an injured cultivator a tier above him.
Luckily, he was barely punished. Instead of giving him contribution points for killing a third tier nascent soul realm cultivator, he was given the contribution points for killing a second tier nascent soul realm cultivator.
Despite the punishment, he was given compliments by the higher ups.
After taking his replacement's body to the teleportation array and having it collected, Guang Fu waited in his location for 6 months.
Only after 6 months did a new challenger walk into the square.
As the barrier formed, he spoke. "I have good news and bad news for you. The good news is, if you win this, you will be left alone for quite some time. The bad news is, I am one of the strongest talents of the beast world."
The one speaking was a large hippo twenty feet tall. He was purple and fat. He was at the 6th level of the nascent soul realm, two levels above Guang Fu.
Despite his declarations, Guang Fu smiled. He had a trump card that guaranteed his victory.
Without allowing the hippo to speak further, Guang Fu got up and ran towards him recklessly. The hippo was surprised, but laughed and charged forward.
Guang Fu formed a sword of light Qi using all of his power without even caring about defense.
"Fool!" The hippo said as a water needle came out of its mouth, shooting toward Guang Fu at an incredible speed.
Guang Fu laughed and got closer before swinging down. As he swung down, the water needle hit him, or rather the golden barrier that appeared, and bounced off.
The hippo's eyes widened as a wave of light Qi hit the hippo full force, knocking it back into a tree. Despite its great size and incredible defense, it was on the verge of death. Guang Fu did not waste time as a large landslide earth Qi crushed the hippo to death.
The barrier fell down and Guang Fu was declared the victor. He took the hippo's corpse and roasted it over a fire. Luckily, the hippo was dead and its defense had fallen greatly.
Otherwise, Guang Fu with no fire affinity and no experience in using or practicing fire techniques wouldn't have been able to enjoy the meal.
Guang Fu reported his victory to the talisman which had previously received word of the hippo's challenge.
"Congrats on the victory. The hippo was one of the great talents of the beast world. As previously shown on the wall, you will get rewards equal to that from killing a 3rd tier nascent soul realm cultivator." The talisman informed him.
Guang Fu nodded as he calculated his points. Ignoring the points from simply staying stationed, he now had 2,097 contribution points.
When his break time was up and he went back, he would be able to lavishly enjoy his time. As six months passed and Guang Fu was waiting for a notice from the talisman, he received new orders.
"Due to the beast world deciding to leave the square guarded by you alone, it has been requested that you keep your post. In order to compensate you, we will triple the contribution points gained from staying. Along with that, we have given a heavenborn the job of buying items for you and bringing them to you. He will be available once a year and will arrive soon. Apologies and good luck." The mechanical voice said.
Guang Fu wasn't sure what to think. On one hand, he got more contribution points and a personal shopper. On the other hand, he was forced to stay in a constant state of battle readiness.
Eventually, Guang Fu sighed and waited for his personal shopper to arrive.
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