Chapter 264: He Just Took One Look, and I Used My Ultimate Move?
Zhang Yangqing is a pretty casual person. He doesn’t just kill for the sake of killing.
But once someone shows an intention to kill him, no matter who they are, he will cut them down without mercy.
Completing a horror tale? He couldn’t care less about that.
So what if I broke your patrol team’s rules?
You broke my rules too.
The one-eyed kid knew that when Zhang Yangqing’s expression started to turn unpleasant, it meant someone was going to die—a lot of someones were going to die.
Because he knew, based on Zhang Yangqing’s habits, he either doesn’t kill at all, or he kills everyone.
After spending some time with Zhang Yangqing, he could still sense that much.
That’s why he stopped the lone wolf guy, telling him there was no point in talking to dead people.
The patrol team commander didn’t get angry; instead, he laughed. Just as he was about to speak, his expression suddenly froze, as if facing a powerful enemy.
Zhang Yangqing didn’t move at all. He just tilted his head slightly and locked eyes with the patrol team commander.
Thump!
The patrol team commander’s heart suddenly pounded wildly. His pupils dilated sharply, and he looked like a cat with its fur standing on end.
White energy surged all around him, vibrating the nearby space and blasting the surrounding patrol team members away.
He staggered back a few steps, sweat pouring from him as if he had just been through a fierce battle.
The patrol team commander looked at the extraordinarily handsome and heroic man before him in utter disbelief.
Just in that moment of eye contact, he felt as if the entire world had turned black and white.
But in that same instant, he felt completely unable to break free.
He was clearly aware that the whole world had been frozen, yet his consciousness remained.
Then, a golden divine light appeared before his eyes, tearing his body apart.
When he came back to his senses, he barely had the strength to stand up.
If it weren’t for holding on with sheer will, he would have almost dropped to his knees right there.
The white energy radiating around him was one of his strongest defensive skills.
There wasn’t a second person in the entire city who could make him use this move.
This sent the patrol team commander’s heart into a towering wave of shock.
Holy crap, he just looked at me, and I instinctively used my ultimate move?!
“Who… who exactly are you!”
Just as the patrol team commander was trying to guess Zhang Yangqing’s identity, Zhang Yangqing ignored him. He simply took a medicine bottle out of his pocket.
As if all the dangers around him didn’t even exist anymore.
But even this simple action of taking out the medicine bottle made the patrol team commander step back in fright.
Checking the time, it was already morning, time to take his medicine.
After swallowing two pills, he formed a single-handed seal.
“Such an eyesore.”
As he spoke, a magnificent golden divine eye appeared behind Zhang Yangqing.
Golden energy surged forward like towering waves, sweeping outward.
Whether it was the bullets raining down from the patrol team’s helicopter or the energy blasts from other patrol team experts,
Everything seemed to freeze in place. The patrol team commander was shocked—isn’t this exactly the scene I just saw?
Could it be…?
Just as he thought “could it be,” it happened.
The golden divine eye behind Zhang Yangqing suddenly exploded with a terrifying power that could extinguish all life.
Scorching energy covered every clueless living thing in the surrounding area.
That power was enough to destroy heaven and earth.
“So… the scene I saw before was my own death!”
The next second, the patrol team commander’s body split apart.
And those pieces continued to break into smaller fragments.
Finally, with an explosive tremor, he turned into a mist of blood, mixing with the others around him and drifting away into the air.
Before dying, what terrified the patrol team commander the most was the feeling that he had died twice—and both times with a helplessness that made resistance impossible.
The figure before him seemed to transcend the mundane, standing tall between heaven and earth, radiating supreme authority.
And behind him, it was as if a divine shadow was appearing.
The patrol team commander finally understood why this guy had made him instinctively use his ultimate move with just a glance.
So you assigning me a task was actually giving me a way out.
This… this is what happens when you don’t listen to advice.
Zhang Yangqing had already told him to just go deal with the strange insects, but he insisted on blocking Zhang Yangqing’s view.
You little ant, you actually dared to have someone execute me?
Weren’t you just asking for death?
So just now, Zhang Yangqing actually used a skill for once—the Myriad Illusions Realm.
Normally, Zhang Yangqing could just crush them with raw energy, but since he was infected with the virus, he could only play around with a small skill.
If he hadn’t just taken those two pills, he might have even coughed up blood.
The fact that Zhang Yangqing even bothered to use a skill meant the patrol team commander could die without regrets.
You see, back in the day, Zhang Yangqing’s mere aura and energy were enough to instantly obliterate horrors.
Inside the horror tale world, the area around the team marked with the purple insignia was completely empty.
Whether it was people, helicopters, or armed pickup trucks—all had vanished without a trace.
If it weren’t for the drifting blood mist, no one would have even known people were standing nearby just moments ago.
Even the one-eyed kid, who already knew how astonishing Zhang Yangqing’s abilities were, nearly had his eyes pop out of his head.
He had thought Zhang Yangqing would just swing his sword at the speed of light and instantly kill this group. Maybe the helicopter in the sky would be a bit trickier, but he believed Zhang Yangqing could clear everything within ten seconds.
Who would have guessed that Zhang Yangqing’s abilities still surpassed his imagination—using a single area-of-effect skill to annihilate everyone on the spot.
Just a wave of the hand?
If the one-eyed kid hadn’t seen it with his own eyes, he would have scoffed and called anyone who told him otherwise a liar.
Ever since he left the rehabilitation center with Zhang Yangqing, he felt like his worldview was constantly being shattered.
When Zhang Yangqing killed the white ghost in the underground parking garage, the one-eyed kid was already too shocked to speak.
When he kicked over the mutated horror beetles near the bridge, the one-eyed kid had already stopped understanding.
Now, he was just numb. Is this kind of power even humanly possible?
If you said he could instantly kill a patrol team commander, I could understand that. But everyone?
The one-eyed kid felt that even in his wildest dreams, he wouldn’t dare imagine something like this.
The most ridiculous part was that the one-eyed kid was incredibly excited because he had witnessed something miraculous. He was about to praise Zhang Yangqing, but seeing that Zhang Yangqing looked completely indifferent—as if it were just a casual strike—
No wonder this big brother dared to call the Doom Bird a stupid bird. He really does have the right to say that.
So the one-eyed kid wisely shut his mouth and went back to being mute.
But the other teammates nearby couldn’t stay calm. Where had they ever seen anything like this?
If Zhang Yangqing hadn’t already shown a little bit of his skill while picking fruit in the primeval forest,
They probably would have fainted from fear by now.
Even though the patrol team was already dead, their hearts were still pounding uncontrollably.
It was as if that scene kept replaying before their eyes.
It wasn’t just the teammates who were affected. Both the distant Doom Bird and the Mother Insect were stunned.
They both seemed to sense a powerful presence watching nearby.
Even they, who were supposed to be the absolute powerhouses of this world, felt a lingering fear.
Seeing two gazes turn toward him, Zhang Yangqing waved his hand to signal: You two keep going, don’t mind me.
Don’t stop fighting! I was just watching the good part!
Keep the music playing, keep dancing!
But the audience, who should have been used to this by now, still couldn’t stay calm.
: Well done! I specifically switched from other screens to this one just to watch the bird vs. insect battle. You can’t see that with any other chosen one. These patrol team members were blocking the view and totally asking for it.
: How dared they block Heavenly Master Zhang’s view? The last ones who blocked his way were the wolves on the snowy mountain. And I remember Zhang ate them quite happily.
: I seriously suspect that Zhang has taken the antidote. How else could his power be this strong?
: I think he just unlocked some virus-suppressing skill. I recall an expert team once speculated that he might be able to purify contamination.
: No way. You can’t unlock a skill like that right after the virus appears. Maybe when this round is over and he gets his rewards.
: You’re all underestimating Heavenly Master Zhang too much. Against these small fries, a wave of the hand is more than enough.
As the saying goes, amateurs watch the action, but experts watch the strategy.
On the other side, the more highly cultivated Taoist priests on Dragon Tiger Mountain were frozen in shock.
Most of them were watching Zhang Yangqing use a skill for the first time. When he beat others before, it was always pure brute force.
In front of the big screen, Zhang Xuanjing’s mouth twitched slightly. “The Heavenly Master… he’s not using the Myriad Illusions Realm as a small skill, is he?”
Standing next to him, Su Muyu didn’t look too happy either. She murmured, “See? That’s the skill you’ve practiced for two years and still haven’t learned.”
Hearing his senior fellow apprentice’s teasing, Zhang Xuanjing didn’t know what to say. This was a skill recorded in some ancient texts. An ordinary cultivator would need three to five years of contemplation to achieve even slight success. Some with weaker talent might not be able to use it even after decades of trying.
And their Heavenly Master was just using it for fun?
The so-called Myriad Illusions Realm places all things in heaven and earth onto a mirror and then shatters it.
That’s why people feel as though their bodies are being torn apart.
Except when others use it, it’s just “shattering.” When Zhang Yangqing uses it, it’s “pulverizing.”
Xu Xiu, who was obsessed with swordsmanship, was a bit confused. He turned to Zhang Xuanjing and asked, “Senior Brother, if you mastered it, would it have that same power?”
Zhang Xuanjing shot him a glare and replied, “You can try it out for yourself and find out when the time comes.”
I don’t know if it would have that much power, but I know it would still be plenty to handle you.
Xu Xiu’s face turned awkward. He wished he could slap himself a few times. Why did I have to ask? Now I’m just going to get beaten again, aren’t I?
In the Dragon Tiger Mountain power rankings, Zhang Yangqing was at the very top—unrivaled. Su Muyu was second only to him. And third place naturally went to Zhang Xuanjing.
He was a powerhouse who had always followed Zhang Yangqing’s all-rounded development path. He dared to do that precisely because he relied on his strong talent.
Recently, he had also received massive resource support, and his strength was soaring.
He was already someone that many disciples looked up to. He often went out on various missions and was gradually standing out from his peers.
He had earned a modest reputation in the cultivation world of Dragon Country.
But even such a powerful figure could only advance while chasing Zhang Yangqing’s shadow.
Back inside the horror tale world, the lone wolf guy finally calmed down and took a deep breath.
Looking at Zhang Yangqing’s calm face, he couldn’t help but ask, “Big Brother, are you really infected with the virus? And was that just ten percent of your power?”
Zhang Yangqing didn’t look at him. Casually, he said, “Even if I had less than ten percent of my power left, they still couldn’t shake me.”
That voice kept echoing in everyone’s hearts, making their legs go weak—they almost wanted to kneel before him.
With less than ten percent of his power, he was already the ceiling of this world. If Zhang Yangqing unleashed all of his power, wouldn’t he blow this entire world apart?
In a previous horror tale, the elf queen—who had lived for a thousand years—couldn’t even withstand three percent of his power.
And the elf queen was someone who truly stood at the peak of her plane. She exploded instantly.
So the patrol team commander? Who was he compared to that? Just a regional-level strongman. He wasn’t even qualified to be in the same league.
This was something that other top-tier chosen ones couldn’t achieve.
On Blue Star, there was a fundamental difference between top-tier and pinnacle.
Top-tier referred to the relatively powerful group—people like Grecco, Hilde, and Zhang Xuanjing.
Pinnacle referred to the few who stood at the highest point. And Zhang Yangqing was definitely one of them.
As a series of loud crashes echoed, the battle between the Doom Bird and the Mother Insect resumed.
That little interruption just now was just a scary side note. The main feature was still their fight.
For a while, the mountains near the abandoned reservoir began to collapse again, filled with the constant cries of birds and insects.
On Zhang Yangqing’s side, both parasite eggs had already been destroyed, so theoretically, his hidden mission was complete.
The main thing now was to wait—wait for the Doom Bird to kill the Mother Insect.
The other chosen ones weren’t having it so easy.
Grecco was moving quickly, trying to stop the parasitic insects from getting closer.
But the reservoir was too large, and along the way, there were many mutated insects that had been blasted out by explosions.
Straight ahead, human military forces were also fighting the mutated insects.
And that wasn’t even mentioning that the Mother Insect and the Doom Bird still hadn’t finished fighting.
Grecco went around for a while but realized he couldn’t get through. Getting caught would mean death.
So he had no choice but to sneak into the city, hoping to quickly get rid of the virus, then come back later to see what was happening.
Hilde, the transcendent from Hans Country, had also almost died right at the entrance.
Even though he was the first to run out, he hadn’t completed the couple’s mission.
So naturally, he ended up suffering the couple’s crazed retaliation.
But he had the mutant chick to protect him. He was forced to kill the couple.
Thinking about that gave him another cunning idea: once he got rid of the virus, he could really stretch his limbs. Maybe he could even coordinate with the mutant chick to kill the Mother Insect.
After all, as soon as the virus was gone, the chosen ones’ confidence would return.
While the other chosen ones were scrambling for their lives, Zhang Yangqing was already leisurely eating breakfast.
Taking medicine meant eating breakfast on time. That was a habit he had picked up at the rehabilitation center.
Another seven or eight minutes passed. Zhang Yangqing finished his breakfast, and the battle was unfolding exactly as he had predicted—the Doom Bird was starting to struggle.
Sure, the Mother Insect had one thick hind leg pecked off and its body was scratched, but the Doom Bird seemed to have been hit with a weakening debuff. Its movements weren’t as fast as before.
Then, something surprising happened.
The Doom Bird landed on the ground and didn’t bother taking off again. Instead, it started chasing the Mother Insect on foot.
At that moment, the Mother Insect seemed to sense its opportunity. The Doom Bird not wanting to waste energy flapping its wings meant it was already exhausted.
Instead of retreating, the Mother Insect advanced. It moved its massive body, first kicking up a cloud of dust to block the Doom Bird’s vision.
Then it sprayed out highly sticky silk threads, trying to entangle the Doom Bird. Even if it couldn’t fully trap it, just interfering would be enough. Finally, it gathered energy in its front legs and swung.
With that swing, energy surged, and its power shook heaven and earth.
Everyone was surprised—they hadn’t realized the Mother Insect had such power.
That move might work on others, but the Doom Bird was still the Doom Bird.
It flapped its wings to blow away the dust. Seeing a front leg suddenly appear from within the cloud, it didn’t dare be careless. It gathered its own energy into its beak and struck head-on.
When it came to a direct clash, the Doom Bird feared nothing.
BOOM!
The two behemoths collided once again.
The earth split open. Mountains collapsed.
They were enveloped by the dust and smoke kicked up around them.
Then, as a fierce wind swept through, one of the Mother Insect’s arms fell to the ground, smashing a crater into the earth.
Meanwhile, blood was streaming down the Doom Bird’s wing.
It turned out that the Mother Insect had attacked with both front legs, planning to sacrifice one to clash with the Doom Bird’s beak while using the other to cut off the Doom Bird’s wing.
But it wasn’t that easy. The Doom Bird’s bones were incredibly tough.
The plan to trade an arm failed, but the Doom Bird seemed to have temporarily lost the ability to fly due to the impact.
If it tried to take off anyway, it would not only aggravate its wound but also drain a huge amount of stamina.
Seeing this, the onlookers panicked, shouting for the Doom Bird to retreat quickly. The Mother Insect still had plenty of energy left, and it had many front legs and hind legs. Whatever they did, they begged it not to keep fighting head-on.
The Doom Bird seemed surprised. It hadn’t expected the Mother Insect to be this powerful.
That last strike just now had been its full-powered attack, yet it had only managed to knock off one of the Mother Insect’s arms.
It wouldn’t have the strength for a second hit anytime soon.
So feeling a bit uneasy, it backed away.
Zhang Yangqing couldn’t stand watching anymore. He used telepathy and shouted, “You stupid bird, what are you running for? Charge forward! If it wants to trade blows, let it trade! You’re just injured. It lost a front leg—how many more front legs does it have to trade with you? You used your full power just now, but didn’t it use its too?”
Those words seemed to snap the Doom Bird out of its hesitation.
The Doom Bird’s eyes started to dart around.
Oh yeah!
It hit me and I’m badly hurt, but I hit it and it’s not feeling great either.
If I drag this out any longer, once the contamination spreads through my body, it’ll be hard to get away.
By now, the Mother Insect must be feeling even worse than I am, right? It’s just pretending to be calm!
If I fight it to the death now, I can still win for sure!
But even though the advice was helpful, why did he have to call me a stupid bird?
I’m the Doom Bird—one of the ceilings of this world! Don’t I have any pride left?!
And it’s easy for you to say—I’m risking my life here! You do it if you’re so tough!
The Doom Bird grumbled internally for a bit, then let out a cry and launched a fierce attack.
Seeing the Doom Bird charge at it, the Mother Insect kind of wanted to curse that human for meddling and ruining its plan. But the Doom Bird seemed determined to end things quickly and didn’t give it a chance to complain.
Otherwise, the Mother Insect would have really wanted to go over and kill that loud-mouthed human.
Not that it would have mattered—it would have just died even faster.
The truth was, the ending here was already decided. The Doom Bird couldn’t lose. It would either win by a narrow margin or end up in a mutual kill.
In Zhang Yangqing’s horror tale world, the Doom Bird’s injuries had triggered its ferocity. You could also say it was fighting with bloodshot eyes.
Then, with a crack, a sound like metal breaking came from the Mother Insect’s head.
Its steel-hard head was pecked open, and blood gushed out like a waterfall.
The Mother Insect’s body crashed to the ground with a loud bang.
The Doom Bird let out a cry that echoed through the sky—like a victor’s declaration.
So what if it was seriously injured now? As long as it survived, it was still the undefeated king!
Finally, enduring the pain, it charged forward, forcibly flapping its wings to take off.
As it glided back in a loop through the air, it glanced at Zhang Yangqing and let out a clear chirp—as if greeting him.
It knew that if Zhang Yangqing hadn’t reminded it, it might have ended up in really bad shape.
Zhang Yangqing nodded in return. This bird was a bit dumb, but at least it listened.
And listening meant surviving.
Actually, at that moment, Zhang Yangqing’s teammates were worried that the Doom Bird might hold a grudge for being called a “stupid bird.”
But that was just their unnecessary concern. If someone weak called the Doom Bird a stupid bird, then it would hold a grudge.
But if someone strong said it… even the Doom Bird could only admit it was a stupid bird.
A notification appeared in front of Zhang Yangqing, telling him he had completed the hidden mission.
Now all he had to do was find the doctor to get rid of the virus, and then he could finish the stage and leave.
While he headed toward the city at his leisure, the other chosen ones were running around in a frantic mess.
