CHAPTER 822: CHAPTER 372: APPROACHING THE TRUTH (PART 2)

Wang Jixuan laughed: "I suddenly remembered just now, during our solution of the Sixth Pillar, the Ancient Remnant Spirit once revealed some information..."

"What?"

"Three Realms Wanderer."

Wang Jixuan curled his lips:

"I now suspect that I am the damn Three Realms Wanderer, this name is too flamboyant, but it quite matches my current mental state."

"I also said, how did I transcend so easily from the edge of becoming a demon."

"Could it be that becoming a demon is not even my first time?"

"I just said, how could I, a Righteous Cultivator, use Devil Skills so proficiently, and even mistakenly thought I was a rare genius of the Demon Path in a millennium!"

The Daoist couldn’t help but complain a few more sentences.

Zheng Shiduo raised his hand to propose: "Wang, why not let Lady Amina take Ji Xiao and me to scout ahead!"

Everyone immediately seconded the motion.

Wang Jixuan mulled over it for a moment: "Alright then, you guys fly over first, try contacting that Ancient Remnant Spirit. I’m already here, let her speak if she has something to say."

"This should have been done earlier."

Amina waved her fair hand, Zheng Shiduo and Ji Xiao’s figures levitated, dragged by her as they charged towards the distant palace complex.

Last time, she successfully broke in once, and even if there were formations blocking her, she could easily pass through.

Not to mention, today’s palace complex was unusually calm, with no formations blocking the way.

After Amina and the two left, Wang Jixuan greeted Wu Man and took him wandering aimlessly in the streets.

Wu Man, observing Wang Jixuan’s expression, softly consoled him: "Sir, don’t put too much pressure on yourself, although this matter relates to you, I believe you’re not a bad person."

"This has nothing to do with being good or bad."

Wang Jixuan muttered:

"I need to know what happened back then, why this part of my memory is missing, my root comes from my Residual Soul."

"I had once reached the Mahayana Realm, just half a step away from Ascension to the Upper Realm, but was killed by the Heavenly Tribulation during ascension."

"Now I only have memories before my death and after awakening in Mu Liang’s body."

"Moreover, how did I survive the Ancient Civilization tens of thousands of years ago? What is my relationship with them? Did I collaborate and then turn against them, or was I secretly plotted against?"

Wang Jixuan gently exhaled.

"Of course, our purpose this time is still to open the planet’s barrier."

"The past is the past, we can settle our scores and move on, it’s important to look forward."

Wu Man encouraged: "Sir, being able to think like this is indeed fortunate for human civilization."

Wang Jixuan patted the young man’s back.

He said: "While they’re not back yet, I’ll gauge the combat power of these drones first, stay away, don’t get hurt."

"Wasn’t Nierdamon directly subdued..."

"That red light can restrain the Core Circuit and Spiritual Energy Circuit, but it can’t restrain my Devil Skills."

Wang Jixuan shifted the topic:

"Can the camera equipment still be used?"

"Yes, apart from communication devices, other electronic devices are working normally."

"Go find a high place and film me fighting with these drones, this might give Lao Fu some inspiration for developing self-service machinery."

"Yes."

Wu Man solemnly agreed, turned around and with a few leaps, went to a nearby residence not covered by formations.

When Wu Man was ready and had set up the mini camera;

Wang Jixuan rolled up his sleeves, stretched his neck, a hint of a cold smile crossing his lips, gently stomping his foot, the stone bricks on the ground covered by a thin layer of Spiritual Energy exploded and fragments floated into the air.

Bending his fingers, the fragments flew towards him;

A light flick, accompanied by a sharp whooshing sound, the Array Light Barrier of the building in front showed slight wave traces.

Whooo—

The alarm sirens blared!

Several dozen barbell drones closest to this place simultaneously activated, encircling Wang Jixuan from all directions.

Wang Jixuan was quick to react, taking a horse stance, encircling his arms, and, like an elderly man practicing Tai Chi in the park, gently swayed his body, a wave of Mana rippling out, and the floating stones shot out like miniature missiles.

The sound of explosions was incessant.

About half of the barbell drones exploded.

Is that it?

Wang Jixuan felt he might have made a fuss over nothing, but the next second, two beams of red light shot towards him, triggering a gentle twitch in the Spiritual Sense of Master Wang.

Spiritual Sense warned, do not confront it directly!

His body tilted back, leaping, the two beams of red light brushed past his shoulders sideways, hitting the ground where they were neutralized by the ground’s formation light film.

This red light was a bit peculiar.

Its power wasn’t particularly large, but the strange part was the energy fluctuations it contained within.

Wang Jixuan originally intended to conduct the experiment, always hiding wasn’t a solution.

In mid-air, he spun around, joined his hands forming a sword finger, and directly pointed out streaks of Sword Qi.

The Sword Qi sliced across, explosions happening one after another; the protective ability of those dumbbell drones wasn’t strong, Wang Jixuan deliberately left two drones, using the outer side of his left arm to brush a red light.

His left arm almost instantly lost feeling!

There was no numbness or paralyzing sensation, it just felt like he had lost that arm.

He immediately channeled mana to impact his left arm, his right hand sweeping across, exploding the remaining two dumbbell drones instantly.

Wang Jixuan’s entire left arm turned red, the fingertip exuded a bit of blood, a wisp of red light dissipated naturally, only then did his left arm gradually regain sensation.

Master Wang was a bit shocked.

What is this?

Something like Demonic Qi, yet not Demonic Qi, with sealing properties, and not only affecting core circuits and Spiritual Energy circuits, his physical body nearly got sealed.

However, this seems to be not the best time to ponder this matter.

Woo woo—

Sirens blaring harshly!

From all directions, spire buildings flashed continuously with red lights, hidden outer hatches on the building façade opened simultaneously, hundreds of thousands of dumbbell drones rapidly converged.

They kept repeatedly shouting something.

Wang Jixuan didn’t understand.

Probably something like ’intruder detected.’

The drone swarm came to besiege, Wang Jixuan smiled calmly, turned around and fled, swiftly forming hand seals, directly executing Smoke Escape, leading the drone swarm around in circles.

Wu Man, recording on the side, instead became increasingly tense.

He quickly discovered something, then kept shouting reminders.

"The closest range for red light launch should be twelve meters!"

"Sir! More drones are being triggered outside!"

"The sky! Look at the sky, sir!"

Wang Jixuan, who was leading the drone swarm on a chase, looked up briefly, noticing a tear appearing in the simulated blue sky, and one after another two-meter-long unmanned small crafts flying out.

Well, after the smaller ones come the bigger ones.

Wang Jixuan’s mouth curled into a slight cold smile, his figure leapt up, no longer holding back, rolling black energy surging out, countless Qi Swords congealing within the black energy.

Swift!

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

The sound of piercing air was incessant, ten thousand swords moved together, disrupting the Sky Dome.

Wang Jixuan’s mouth cornered into a cold smile, his figure nearly fading, shifting within the black energy, making it impossible for the drones to lock onto him.

A massive number of drones exploded continuously;

This desolate city seemed to usher in a fireworks feast.

However, the unmanned crafts were not only equipped with medium-ranged red light attacks, but also close-ranged capture clamps and long-ranged weapons resembling miniature missiles.

Before long, Wang Jixuan was leading a dense swarm of unmanned crafts circling in the sky.

Hearing the explosions outside, Nierdamon, who had been waiting for a long time, finally couldn’t resist.

This strong man forcefully tore open the fence before him, his figure leap up, looking towards Wang Jixuan’s location, then wisely chose to avoid the edge.

There were drones coming to capture.

A golden armor on Nierdamon’s body radiated golden light, his figure charged straight towards the central area’s palace complex.

Wang Jixuan, who was battling wits and courage against these drones, saw this and thought Nierdamon intended to seize treasures amidst the chaos, directly triggered Devil Skill, countless skulls blossoming within the black energy, shattering unmanned crafts in passing.

Wang Jixuan’s figure accelerated towards the direction Nierdamon was headed.

Wu Man held up filming equipment, completely unable to keep up with their speed, having to attempt capturing long shots.

Wang Jixuan almost just arrived at the palace complex’s outskirts.

Buzz!

A thick light barrier appeared out of nowhere, directly bouncing back Wang Jixuan’s rushing figure.

The light barrier was in an arc shape, at the arc’s center, the Ancient Remnant Spirit raised the scepter and thrust it down forcefully.

A Shock Wave erupted from the center of the great hall, sweeping across the central area in an instant, rippling across the whole city.

The unmanned crafts stopped pursuing;

The drones rapidly returned to their stations;

Repair autonomous drones began to move, starting to fix the slightly damaged buildings.

Wang Jixuan and Nierdamon stood one left and one right in front of this light barrier.

The two rivals glanced at each other, surprisingly nodded in tacit agreement, and began brewing the strongest offensive.

"That’s enough."

A cold voice emanated from within the palace:

"I don’t intend to harm you, please do not disturb the sleeping spirits, you could have come directly before me."