Light Fortress

Chapter 1766 - 414: Bone and Lizard

"What kind of person is Gu Nanfeng?"

"He..."

In the boundless void, the Source Energy Boat sailed smoothly, with Bai Shu and Rust Bone sitting on either side of the cockpit. Outside, the shards passed like comet tails, while the Old World lay silent as if under a hundred thousand fathoms of the Deep Sea. In this extremely quiet environment, the sounds inside the boat seemed abrupt.

Rust Bone thought for a moment and smiled, "I mentioned before, he’s impulsive."

Bai Shu was somewhat puzzled, "Someone who endured the Gu Family’s old and new conflict for eight years, is impulsive?"

"Some things are judged by actions, not intentions. Some things... require the opposite; why can’t someone who endured for eight years be impulsive?"

Rust Bone sat overlord-like, pressing his hands on his knees, squinting at the distant meteorites. Due to his immense weight, a slight recline caused the seat behind him to creak as if ready to collapse.

"When this kid was first sent here, he wasn’t impressive."

"At that time, he was a little guy who couldn’t even hold a knife."

Rust Bone grinned, "The rookie camp requires new arrivals to learn ’knife defense’ within a week; he did it in three days."

"..."

Bai Shu simply listened silently.

"He completed all legion requirements faster and better than others. Few knew about CN021’s file at the time, and no one understood why this young man was so determined... But I knew, he wanted to leave the North Continent early and return to the Changye Gu Family."

Given the urgency, the two generals simply picked a Source Energy Boat and headed north from Chanyi City, entering the Old World.

For them, the vehicle wasn’t important.

They could traverse the void with their bodies.

However, Chanyi City’s seats were genuinely uncomfortable, prompting Rust Bone to frown. He eventually stood, planting his iron sword on the ground, sparks flying.

Sword planted firmly.

This position made him much more comfortable.

"So from that day, I knew Gu Nanfeng would leave the North Continent."

Rust Bone smiled and asked, "Some people can’t be held back. What he wants to do isn’t in the North Continent. After reaching the Titled Realm, he immediately headed south, discarding CN021’s honor and his future as the legion’s successor. Isn’t someone like him impulsive?"

"Interesting."

Bai Shu didn’t turn his head, calmly watching the void ahead of the boat.

Sixty miles passed in an instant.

No traces of battle were found here, but the Transcendent aura of the Silver Fox trio had indeed remained.

Clearly...

This was so-called "unexpected," a mere start seen by Chanyi City’s Heavenly Eye. Silver Fox prepared to hunt north, thoughtfully leaving a trace of Transcendent aura as a guide for those who followed.

"Continue?" Bai Shu asked.

"Of course."

Rust Bone replied indifferently, "Already left the Cicada Wing City Fortress, why not go further?"

The boat continued forward.

This time, Rust Bone spoke up.

"You seem curious about what kind of person Gu Nanfeng is."

"He’s your most accomplished disciple and one of the highest-standing young people in the Five Continents," Bai Shu said. "Who wouldn’t be curious?"

"Nanfeng is the future head of the Gu family."

Rust Bone said, "Gu Qilin is already old; it won’t be long before the entire Gu Family comes under his control."

"Indeed, such a person certainly warrants attention."

"...Makes sense."

Rust Bone slowly walked two steps, stopping right behind Bai Shu. After a few seconds of silence, he asked seriously, "Do you know why Gu Nanfeng is impulsive?"

"Hmm?"

Bai Shu squinted.

"Because he’s my disciple, and I am also impulsive."

Rust Bone chuckled and said, "Anything I need to do, anyone I need to kill, I’ll never leave till the next day."

Buzz!

The sound of an unsheathing iron sword echoed within the boat, the slender and sharp sword clamor layered densely, instantly exploding.

As Rust Bone’s words fell, the sword was drawn and struck, the entire process astonishingly fast, taking only 0.01 seconds.

Even less.

A streak of darkness appeared, swiftly slicing through the Source Energy Boat, splitting it in half. This strike from Rust Bone directly involved Origin Power, the Bronze Sword Energy reaching its peak sharpness. His true target was the one sitting with his back facing him, Bai Shu!

From beginning to end, Bai Shu never turned his head.

There are two reasons not to turn:

One is absolute trust.

The other is absolute suspicion.

When Rust Bone struck, Bai Shu also utilized "Origin Power," a snow-white Origin Shield emerging behind him, but the moment its trace appeared, it was shattered by the Bronze Sword Energy!

To discuss lethality.

Among the three generals, Rustbone ranks first.

His sword qi’s lethality is unmatched across the Five Continents!

In the era of the Scarlet War, before the comprehension of "Origin," these three generals were once trapped by the Golden Ape.

The three of them discussed at that time.

Under extreme circumstances, if they wanted to win the war, they could consider setting a trap to kill the strongest Transcendent under the command of the Red Emperor.

In this lethal trap, the most suitable candidate to strike was Rustbone.

Because at that time, Silver Fox and White Lizard’s lethality was insufficient, and they had no way to break through the Golden Ape’s defense.

As for what happened later... such "extreme circumstances" never occurred, and the Scarlet War, which had been full of obstacles, suddenly progressed exceptionally smoothly.

Because the Golden Ape died at the hands of Bai Shu.

They didn’t need to take action.

The greatest enemy had already been resolved.

Later on, the three generals each received the purification of calamity, obtaining their own fortunes; by chance, each gained a strand of origin power, corresponding to the three fields they were most skilled in.

Silver Fox’s origin power is related to "space," able to evoke the origin power in an instant to impose spatial constraints.

His area of expertise is precisely "psychic" and "diversion control."

Rustbone’s origin power is the ultimate "cutting" and "destruction," which is the field he previously cultivated and comprehended.

As for White Lizard...

White Lizard’s physical body is the strongest among the three generals; even before entering the origin, he could freely walk in the void of the [Old World].

There was a famous battle in the era of the Scarlet War.

Back then, the Golden Ape set up an exquisitely brilliant trap, at great cost, luring the highest leader of the Third Legion into the trap, and then bombarded with the Black Silver Bomb accumulated over the years by the Red Emperor, confirming that no one survived the bombardment location... But just when the Red Emperor’s Army celebrated their grand victory, White Lizard reappeared at another battlefield.

His life cell activity is hundreds, thousands of times that of other Transcendents.

For others, unhealable injuries, for White Lizard... might just be minor wounds, which he could easily recover from in a few breaths.

And after comprehending the origin.

White Lizard’s vitality soared again, almost becoming an indestructible "immortal being."

White Lizard’s "Life Origin Power" is quite similar to that of the Undead, which is why he carefully cultivated Fisher... this City Lord of Deep Scale City has a very similar situation to White Lizard, having undergone accidental Extraordinary Awakening, leading to gene mutations within, granting him extraordinary vitality.

Fisher’s "regeneration ability" is indeed quite strong.

But compared to White Lizard...

It’s not of the same magnitude.

"Buzz!"

A slight cracking sound echoed in the void, White Lizard’s snow-white origin had not yet condensed when it was sliced by Bronze Sword Energy, his fleshly body instantly cut in half.

Rustbone turned his wrist without expression, then slashed horizontally again!

This slash did not hit White Lizard.

The split shell swept toward the distance, this time the snowy white origin fully gathered and White Lizard’s body pieced together... His blood spread in the void, with each drop as radiant as crystals.

Severed limbs regenerated, shattered bodies reconnected.

This is a miracle only "origin power" can achieve.

Yet White Lizard achieved it just like that.

In some sense... the three great generals are the Transcendents closest to deities.

White Lizard turned his body, facing Rustbone, still with a calm expression: "So you’ve laid this groundwork for so long, just to kill me?"

The two stood on the void of the [Old World], while not far away the airship continued its forward momentum, only to be cut in two by Rustbone’s sword qi, splitting the airship beautifully clean a few seconds later.

"Clearly."

Rustbone raised his bronze iron sword, its tip aimed at White Lizard, eerily said: "In fact, I wanted to make my move at Cicada Wing City."

"Oh? Why?"

White Lizard laughed.

"Because your aura disgusts me."

Rustbone no longer hid his gaze: "I told you earlier, I’m impulsive, too lazy and disdainful to hide my disdain... Though my relationship with White Lizard wasn’t good before, he did not have the ’disgusting aura’ like you."

"..."

White Lizard’s smile gradually vanished.

He lowered his head, looking at his own hands, murmuring in a voice only he could hear: "Disgusting aura?"

"How to put it to you."

Rustbone injected the origin power into the bronze iron sword, with a crisp ringing in the void, this rusty sword gradually gleamed, with bronze origin burning from the hilt, ascending bit by bit, finally igniting the sword tip, the long sword’s blade, as though tempered, with destruction origin power so intense it seemed to overflow from the sword body, burned fiercely on the sword tip.

"We have walked out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood together as comrades; though we disdain each other, when facing real crisis, we’ve always been able to trust each other with our backs..."

"But from the first time I saw you, I knew something was wrong."

Rustbone coldly spoke: "Your body reeked with a nauseating ’odor of the dead,’ something White Lizard should never have, who are you really? Where is White Lizard?"