Chapter 85 – Too Late

To everyone’s surprise, the scene of an explosion destroying the city that they had imagined did not occur.

The light sphere that landed on the ground, much like a flame igniting the center of a piece of paper, rapidly spread outwards, forming a dazzling white halo that expanded and swept outwards.

People swept over by the halo were not harmed in the slightest. They relaxed, stopped fleeing, and curiously watched the miraculous change before them.

The halo ignored all obstacles and buildings, spreading outwards from the center like a virus. Everything within sight was affected without exception.

At this moment, everyone discovered that the ground, walls, and Harmony armor that the halo had passed over were covered in dense text. This included themselves; whether it was helmets or armor, Long Blades or Nail Hammers, all were covered in densely packed writing.

Like shallow indentations carved by blades, rows were neatly arranged, radiating outwards.

“This… this is the inscription from ‘Path of the Warrior’ Harmony ‘Complete Explanation of Runes’! And some strange spherical patterns!”

“It really is! I’ve read both those books, the content is the same!”

“That person just now, could he really be the Wayfarer? The ‘Silver Armor Rune Master’?”

“It must be him!”

“It’s simply a miracle, how did he do it?”

“Why ask? Of course, it was done with Runes!”

“Runes…”

“Runes can achieve this much! It’s truly amazing!”

“That’s right, I’m now full of curiosity about Runes. As long as one masters Runes, can they soar freely in the sky like the Wayfarer?”

“More than that, I fear the Ferocious Beasts in the wild won’t be able to do anything to us anymore!”

“Indeed, I was so regretful when these two books were banned before!”

“Everyone, don’t forget, these two books are banned books!”

“Banned books? Look, it’s densely covered with the content of banned books. Tell me, how can you ban it? Slather the entire city with mud? Heh, you can still dig it out!”

Everyone looked towards the halo. The seemingly weak halo continued to spread outwards at undiminished speed. It wouldn’t be long before the entire Harmony Capital City was covered in inscriptions. Not only that, but the area outside the city would also be affected.

No one knew how far this light would spread. They all hoped it would persist, persist until no one could stop the dissemination of Runes.

……

“Chase!” After Human King landed, he locked onto Su Hao’s direction and pursued without stopping!

Grand Tutor, Warrior, Harmony Grandmaster, and Warrior immediately followed, but their speed was too slow. They were gradually outpaced by Su Hao and Human King, and eventually lost track of them during the chase.

Su Hao’s objective for today had been achieved. He no longer lingered but instead rapidly flew away from Harmony Capital City, accelerating to his fastest speed and heading into the distance.

“Hmm?” A moment later, he suddenly perceived a familiar Blood Qi below him.

It was Human King! He was chasing him!

Su Hao smirked, “So what if he’s chasing? Can he keep up? I’m using a jet-powered aircraft!”

After a while, he found that Human King was tenaciously clinging to his tail, not falling behind at all. He exclaimed in admiration, “Impressive!”

But in terms of endurance, he wasn’t afraid either!

After flying for an unknown distance, Su Hao’s Perception suddenly detected two extremely powerful Blood Qi signatures ahead and to the side, heading straight for him.

He squinted and saw two ferocious-looking Iron Armor flying dragons. Their bodies were extremely streamlined, their silver scales shimmering in the sunlight. Their heads were covered in countless crystalline spikes extending in all directions, and with just a gentle flap of their thin wings, they could fly a great distance.

“What kind of dragons are these? Their Blood Qi is even stronger than a Human King… no, more than that, at least five times that of a Human King!”

Su Hao quickly realized what they might be: “Could they be… Ancestor-Level Ferocious Beasts?”

“Damn it, when you’re unlucky, you can choke on water. This is bad! Ancestor-Level Ferocious Beasts in front, and an Ancestor-Level Human King behind…”

He immediately turned and flew to the side, but the two Iron Armor flying dragons were extremely fast. They changed direction in mid-air and quickly caught up to Su Hao.

The flying dragons opened their mouths full of sharp teeth and were about to tear Su Hao to shreds as if he were a snack.

Su Hao didn’t intend to test the sharpness of their teeth. He dodged with all his might using Deflection, and at the same time, he imbued his Broken Blade with various Rune effects and hurled it with all his strength towards the mouth of the closest flying dragon.

“Eat this powerful throw!”

“Whoosh!”

A streak of light flashed and instantly pierced the flying dragon’s mouth.

“Roar—”

The flying dragon shuddered, let out a high-pitched cry, and slid to the side, spasming.

The other flying dragon, however, charged rapidly towards Su Hao, accompanied by an intense cold air. As soon as it got close, he felt his body temperature being drained, leaving him extremely cold and numb.

“It’s an ice-freezing ability! I can’t dodge it!” He instinctively turned sideways and struck the ferocious head of the flying dragon, which was lunging to bite him, with his wing.

“Bang!”

“Crack!”

His body dodged the dragon’s bite, but its wing was instantly bitten to shreds by the flying dragon’s teeth.

“Crashed…”

Su Hao fell with his broken wing.

“Boom—”

He crashed heavily onto the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust!

Su Hao got up from the rubble, dusting himself off, and began to check his condition!

His Short Blade was intact, one wing was damaged, rendering him unable to fly, and his Blood Qi had been slightly depleted from activating ‘Rune Brilliance’, but it wasn’t a major issue.

He had prepared for the impact before crashing, so he only sustained minor injuries, which would not hinder subsequent combat.

Bombs’ ‘Eight-Hundred Explosions’ was the key to his comeback, but now it was dented in a corner. It was still usable…

“I never thought… I’d crash! This is a bit awkward, how should I escape?”

Su Hao, carrying the large iron ball, tightened his grip. After a moment of thought, he first removed the two unusable wings and then started to sneak away.

“Huh? Human King!!? So fast!!” Within Su Hao’s perception, besides the two wyverns, another massive surge of Blood Qi was charging towards Su Hao, its speed almost matching his Silent Flight Mode.

Su Hao took to his heels and ran.

“Whoosh—Bang!”

Su Hao’s vision blurred. An old man clad in magnificent golden full plate armor suddenly appeared not far in front of him, holding a Broken Blade with a calm expression, his sharp eyes staring intently at Su Hao.

Su Hao knew he couldn’t escape for now, but he muttered inwardly, “Are Ancestor Martial Artists really that powerful? What is the principle behind them?”

Both stood still, gazing at each other.

The atmosphere gradually grew heavy.

The Human King slowly spoke, “Wayfarer?”

Su Hao also slowly replied, “Human King?”

His aura was not inferior in the slightest! At this moment, the Human King quietly looked at the ‘Wayfarer’ before him, his heart filled with complex emotions.

Undoubtedly, this Wayfarer was the most brilliant star in the current Human Clan, unmatched in the past few centuries, even millennia. Looking back, only the Human Emperor who helped the Human Clan break through to the Grandmaster level could be compared. He had achieved what countless people dared not imagine.

That’s right!

In the Human King’s opinion, the Wayfarer’s contribution to the Human Clan had reached the level of a Martial Ancestor Emperor.

He had read “Path of the Warrior” and “Complete Explanation of Runes” from beginning to end several times, and was deeply shocked!

For others, the shocking point might be that the Wayfarer brought the knowledge of Runes to the Human Clan, increasing the entire Human Clan’s competitive ability in the world.

But for the Human King, he saw more than that.

What he saw was the ideological revolution brought by the Wayfarer to the Human Clan. From the two books, he saw a method of exploring this world. The Wayfarer, with a completely new perspective, showed everyone another aspect of this world.

Especially the sentence: What are Runes? Why are they like this? What are the underlying principles? What are the patterns? What can we do with them?

These few simple questions seemed to reveal the secrets of Runes, even touching upon the ‘laws’ that only gods could master.

Faced with such a person, how could the Human King not feel complex emotions?

If possible, he would definitely take the Wayfarer as his disciple and nurture him well.

But now, it was too late!

(End of Chapter)