Fate Reignites: My Rampage in a World Where Time Stops

"One."

Qin Chuan picked up the Fourth Rank giant python Demon Beast's Demon Core that had fallen to the ground, his expression impassive.

The Star·Frost Trace had enabled him to move unscathed through the swarm of Demon Beasts, perfectly complimenting the defense-ignoring Skill Star·Shadow Erosion for his next attack upon reappearing.

Not only did the Star·Silent Darkness allow the attack mode of Star·Shadow Erosion to change to an AOE attack, it also eliminated the need to touch a shadow at close range to activate it.

Although he hadn't foreseen the current scenario when choosing his Skills the night before, the ones he brought with him coincidentally fitted the situation perfectly.

After several shuttles, Qin Chuan appeared in front of the next closest Fourth Rank Demon Beast.

The dragon-like Fourth Rank Demon Beast's eyes were filled with extreme gravity.

It had witnessed the death of its companion.

All it took was a spread of darkness, and its companion vanished without a trace.

The opponent's attacks were too strange; it had to give its all.

The moment Qin Chuan materialized, a brilliant breath of thunderous lightning spewed from the maw of the dragon-like Demon Beast, slamming towards him with force.

"Boom!!!"

Qin Chuan was enveloped in black flames, instantly activating Dark Silence, crossing his arms in front of his chest to take the attack he had no time to dodge with Seek Frost Trace.

Damage Reduction 35%.

The clothes on his arms turned to ash, sparks of electricity scattering from his arms along with seeping blood from the wounds, Qin Chuan wiped his arm nonchalantly, ushering the Fourth Rank Demon Beast to follow its companion's fate. After the darkness dissipated, he picked up the Demon Core and waved his hand backward.

A branch drilled its way out from the ground, swiftly wrapping around Qin Chuan's wounded arm, shining with a wood-green light. The next instant, the branch retracted, and his arm was as good as new.

In the vast battlefield, there would surely be healers present.

Qin Chuan's every move didn't just take a single life but a swath of Demon Beasts, making him a prime target for healers, who would heal him at the first sign of injury.

However, such a conspicuous display didn't only attract attention from the human side.

On the Demon Beast's side, Fourth Rank Demon Beasts stationed elsewhere in the swarm could no longer sit idly by upon witnessing two fellows fall to Qin Chuan consecutively.

In an instant, five Fourth Rank Demon Beasts charged towards Qin Chuan at once, even the tide of Demon Beasts voluntarily parted to create five passages for them.

Amidst the rush of surging energy, the five beasts came to kill!

Qin Chuan calculated the distances in his mind, his eyes suddenly fierce.

Star·Silent Darkness, activate!

In an instant, encompassing all five Demon Beasts, Qin Chuan transformed into frost and snow, scattering within the absolute darkness to avoid the simultaneous attacks of the Fourth Rank beasts, and as he materialized, he fiercely pressed into the void.

"Sss—"

Accompanied by the faint sound of shadows eroding flesh, the lives of the five Fourth Rank Demon Beasts were extinguished at once, realizing the cause of death of their predecessors too late as they felt the attack completely ignoring their defenses.

Gathering up the five Demon Cores, as the realm of darkness vanished, Qin Chuan's eyes flickered with a hint of fatigue.

Shadow Erosion could ignore defense, naturally coming with its drawback of greater power exhaustion compared to regular attacks.

Moreover, he had used Shadow Erosion during Silent Darkness, with one attack equating to multiple simultaneous uses, a level of expenditure that even a Transcendent Value as high as thirty thousand couldn't sustain for long.

But the effect was excellent as a deterrent.

Having eliminated seven Fourth Rank Demon Beasts in a short time, Qin Chuan could sense that the surrounding onslaught of Demon Beasts had lost its previous frenzy, seemingly wavering with the notion of retreat.

Turning once again into flying snow, he drifted toward the direction of the main base within the city. With two consecutive blinks, he was almost there, when suddenly a cry of alarm rang out around him.

"Be careful!!!"

Without needing a reminder from others, Qin Chuan himself felt a terrifying presence that chilled him to the bone rapidly approaching from behind the horde of Demon Beasts, simultaneously singling him out from a distance.

As he transformed into frost and snow again, he twisted his viewpoint and quickly saw a massive, nearly blurred Demon Beast charging towards him.

A mere few thousand meters away, it would reach him in the span of a breath under its lightning speed.

The horror of that presence, far surpassing any Fourth Rank Demon Beast, made Qin Chuan instantly realize something.

Fifth Rank.

Among these Fourth Rank Demon Beasts, there was actually a Fifth Rank Demon Beast hidden!!!

Countless attacks erupted from the human ranks, all aiming at the blurry figure, attempting to stall it for a moment, but it was all in vain.

Before Qin Chuan could reappear, the figure had already arrived in front of the flying snow he had become, its form becoming clear once more.

It was a huge spider, with each leg spanning over a dozen meters, flashing a chilling light under the sun. At this moment, all eight eyes of the spider Demon Beast were fixed on him, filled with disdain and mockery.

Although the beast could not speak the human tongue, Qin Chuan instantaneously understood its message.

'I have already seen through your little trick.'

Seek Frost Trace's maximum duration was only ten seconds, and after those ten seconds, he would reappear and would be the first to suffer an assault from the creature.

It would be a terrifying attack that even 35% damage reduction could not withstand.

And at this moment, five seconds of Seek Frost Trace had already elapsed.

Was there still a chance?

Qin Chuan, hidden in the flying snow, was silent.

He saw countless human Transcendents attacking in unison, he saw the cannons and machine guns firing without reservation even though they knew it was futile, he saw the worried and angry faces of every combatant. But he could not see any hope.

Until a familiar voice reached him.

"From here on out, leave it to me."

The next instant, a figure appeared as if descending from the heavens, standing protectively in front of Qin Chuan.

Seeing the familiar figure, Qin Chuan couldn't help but exclaim in surprise as he appeared, "Teacher Ji?!"

"Got held up on the way back," Ji Huai nodded slightly, then turned to face the spider Demon Beast, "Your trap is nothing special."

Qin Chuan clearly saw the surprise in the eyes of the Fifth Rank spider Demon Beast at Ji Huai's arrival. Upon hearing Ji Huai's words, the surprise turned into anger and an unmistakable intent to kill.

"Step back and watch closely."

Qin Chuan opened his mouth, ready to express his desire to fight side by side.

But Ji Huai had already taken a step forward, wielding his long sword straight at the spider Demon Beast.

"Spirit Descent·"

The world seemed to fall silent in that moment, and Qin Chuan clearly saw a phantom appear above Ji Huai's head.

It was a being made entirely of metal armor, without a head or flesh, its hands raising a long sword high, like an invincible knight cleaving down.

"Buzz——"

With a deep humming sound, that being dissolved into countless specks of light, a beam enveloped Ji Huai, and then rapidly spread in all directions.

When the light column receded and dispersed, the surrounding scenery had drastically changed.

A large swath of the battlefield was studded with weapons thrust into the earth, and the Demon Beasts that didn't evade in time were impaled on the spot, unable to emit a single cry.

With armor draped over him, Ji Huai casually drew a long spear from his side, pointing it at the bloodied Fifth Rank spider Demon Beast. In his indifferent eyes, a fierce battle intent rose.

"Infinite Tomb of Soldiers."