My Arms Can Turn into Blades

Chapter 667: Chapter 85: Shock

Qi Peng, Wu Bin, and an unknown ’jerky’.

Two dead, one insane.

Leaving aside the unfamiliar ’jerky’, just the state of the two people recognized by Celestial Strategy at the scene was enough to leave them speechless.

Even though they appeared quite miserable in front of Chen Lusi, and Qi Peng’s death could be considered silent and unnoticed.

But to say that Qi Peng was a minor character would be to underestimate this Old Era High-level Empowerer, hailed as the pillar of the ’Folklore System’.

In fact.

All the Celestial Strategists present were very aware of how troublesome his Authority Ability was.

No matter where he was.

The position where he stood was the Tai Sui position.

And where Tai Sui is present, it must not be violated; it is better to remain still than to move.

As long as a countryman approached him, they would naturally feel inferior, manifesting specifically as... inexplicably making mistakes, experiencing bad luck.

Techniques could be released, but they couldn’t accurately hit him, and might even backfire due to a misstep, turning what was meant to harm the enemy into a self-destruction.

And Authority Abilities would also, for various reasons, fail to form.

In the more absurd instances, one might even inexplicably trip.

An Advanced Empowerer suddenly tripping on flat ground, causing their Authority Ability meant for the enemy to target themselves instead, ultimately leading to their death.

This sounds like a joke.

But such a thing indeed happened, right in front of Qi Peng.

And it wasn’t an isolated incident; upon reviewing the events later, Qi Peng hadn’t done anything, as if everything had gone wrong at just the right time.

Qi Peng merely stood there and could cause misfortune to those attacking him.

Not only that.

He could also make the position where the other person stood become the Tai Sui position, creating an effect of Xing Ke, which specifically manifested as... Stone stagnation, the body becoming sluggish, and a sudden decrease in strength.

And, facing a Tai Sui that counters oneself.

As time went on, the situation would become increasingly severe.

And there was almost no remedy.

Because the so-called Tai Sui isn’t an entity with form.

The only so-called solution is to endure, and before being completely countered to death, kill the initiator of the Authority Ability, Qi Peng.

But the fact that Qi Peng is still alive clearly shows that no one has succeeded.

Another non-solution is sheer numbers, as the number of people Qi Peng’s Authority Ability can affect at once is limited, which is why he conceded in the establishment of Celestial Strategy Mansion, becoming an Old Era High-level Empowerer.

But in a small-scale skirmish, especially one-on-one, his Authority Ability is virtually unsolvable.

Approaching him only to be countered, and having to face a formless Tai Sui, their power swiftly weakening.

Close in and then make mistakes.

The ultimate outcome would inevitably be death.

There’s no way to crack it.

Folklore culture, the collective term for the cultural life created, enjoyed, and passed on by the masses of a nation or ethnic group.

And folklore legend-type Authority Abilities, when weak, are truly weak, but when strong... also incredibly strong, bizarrely unsolvable.

Qi Peng undoubtedly belonged to the latter category.

He was once called one of the most difficult Old Era High-level Empowerers to deal with.

Hecate wasn’t carelessly picking opponents.

But even such a person.

Now had his head forcibly twisted off, dying with his eyes wide open.

Where was his Xing Ke?

Where was his Tai Sui?

Why, even as his head was twisted off, did the other party not make a mistake?

As for Wu Bin... there’s even less to say, supposedly invincible under the sun, though enduring was not impossible, but that all-encompassing pressure was not something everyone could withstand, and most importantly, the range of his Authority Ability was truly vast and domineering.

As long as one was under the sun, within his line of sight, that was the range where his Authority Ability took effect.

Because of this characteristic, he also became one of the most strategically valuable Empowerers of the Old Era.

But even such a person.

Now lay as if scared out of his wits, his neck twisted, clutching his wound with his remaining arm, huddled on the ground, muttering to himself.

Where was his Sun God?

Where was his previous grandeur?

Why was he now lying on the ground like a dead dog?

And then there was the ’jerky’.

What had happened that resulted in a death like this?

Like the soul had been sucked dry?

Couldn’t understand.

Completely couldn’t understand.

Sima Zhi... not just Sima Zhi, all the Celestial Strategists who had just transferred over, couldn’t understand.

They had considered many possibilities, even the dreadful possibility that Tang Language and others had been captured.

But these scenes before them, they had never expected.

The best outcome they could imagine was.

This side holds them off... they provide timely support, but even in the best-case scenario they envisioned, Tang Language and Xiang Yi should still appear very battered.

But were the two of them battered?

Tang Language’s skirt wasn’t even stained with the slightest smudge.

Upon seeing everyone, she could even call out like a foolish deer.

As if... things had already been resolved.

But what a joke!

Only three Celestial Strategists, one of whom was Tang Language.

Facing Wu Bin, Qi Peng, unscathed?

How was that possible...

Yet the facts lay before them.

All the Celestial Strategists were looking at Qi Peng’s head, the half-insane Wu Bin, the jerky on the ground, the facts laid bare before them, violently assaulting their reason, causing their faces to twist somewhat.

Until.

"Chen Lusi."

Ji Xin looked towards Tang Language and suddenly asked, "Where did Chen Lusi go?"

All the other Celestial Strategists, upon hearing this, turned their heads to look at Tang Language.