Chapter 640: Chapter 579: What a Wicked Beast! How Dare You Build Recklessly!
Wanfa University, as one of the top ten prestigious universities, naturally has a certain reputation for its military-level strength in its flagship program, even Xiang Shan from the distant Sky Demon University has heard of it.
And after Xiang Shan learned that he was coming to Wanfa University for a project, he furthered his understanding of much of Wanfa University’s intelligence.
For instance, the Artifact Refining Department boasts the renowned Taixiao Holy Law Sword Formation, which Xiang Shan has read about.
He did not expect Zhang Yu to be able to use this military-grade power now.
Reflecting on the scenes of Zhang Yu’s recent actions, Xiang Shan’s expression became slightly serious.
"The essence of flying sword cutting is compressing matter."
"And the essence of the Taixiao Holy Law Sword Formation cutting through the Spirit Realm is using 12 flying swords to build an intranet to compress the Spirit Realm."
"In ancient times, this Taixiao intranet was called the Taixiao Sword Realm..."
With thoughts flashing through his mind like lightning, Xiang Shan already felt the surging heat waves constantly rising from deep underground.
Blazes transformed into giant hands, trying hard to stabilize the trembling earth.
"Besides compressing the Spirit Realm, the Taixiao Sword Realm can transfer power within the range of the sword array."
Xiang Shan knows that Zhang Yu is now using the Taixiao Holy Law Sword Formation to transmit the explosive Constant Sun Flame from the Heavenly Sun Divine underground in one go, stabilizing the earth with the Heavenly Kunlun Mountain Shifting Divine Power.
Simultaneously, flames surged both above and below ground, making Xiang Shan feel like he and his classmates were trapped in a big oven by Zhang Yu, with the temperature of their flesh steadily rising.
Xiang Shan furiously scolded, "Zhang Yu! Are you trying to burn our Sky Demon University’s construction site? If you burn a single demon descendant to death today, I will report you to the president of Wanfa University!"
From the sky, Zhang Yu’s voice came faintly, "The earth’s veins are unstable, affecting the construction. I’m just suppressing it temporarily. It won’t take long, please bear with it."
Xiang Shan did not expect his angry outburst to stop the other party, and the next moment, his mana shifted, activating the rented military-level magic remains—Heavenly Phenomenon Bone.
In an instant, dark clouds rolled across the sky, lightning and thunder followed, and then a torrential downpour showered over the entire world.
Of course, this was not the natural climate change managed by True Gods, but a small-scale manipulation of the weather by military-grade magic treasures, but its power was not to be underestimated.
With the rain pouring furiously, the surging heat waves were immediately alleviated.
"Hmph? It’s raining?" Zhang Yu snorted coldly and shouted, "Then I’ll burn away this sky."
With the frantic output of mana, the Constant Sun Flame below the floating island began to devour rocks everywhere, with the fire suddenly escalating, like a blazing sun in the sky, radiating dazzling light.
Simultaneously, fire dragons shuttled back and forth within the sword array, carrying astounding heat waves, flickering in the depths underground, like surging magma.
Witnessing this scene, Xiang Shan sneered coldly, as his body’s qi and blood surged, a white fang grew explosively: "Let’s see how long you can keep burning!"
In the blink of an eye, the rainfall in the sky grew increasingly fierce, with cold currents intermixing that brought hints of frost to the rain, transforming it into a mix of rain and snow.
Xiang Shan and Zhang Yu engaged in a battle of water and fire on the construction site, creating a giant steamer that made the workers feel alternately cold and hot, caught up in the two parties’ contest.
And amidst this frenzied fight, Xiang Shan couldn’t help but lament in his heart, "I didn’t imagine that Zhang Yu, who was running with his head buried a year ago, relying on scheming tricks for a narrow victory, would nearly catch up with me now."
"The Artifact Refining Department ultimately has an advantage over the Civil Engineering Department. If we meet again in a few months, I fear even I won’t be able to compete with him."
"This time, it’s indeed the best chance to hold him down."
With this thought, Xiang Shan exerted his strength, fully displaying all his cultivation and magic remains.
At this moment, he felt a chilling sensation sweep over his body, as if doused with a basin of cold water, even causing his qi and blood to sink.
"This is..."
Xiang Shan looked at the body parameters displayed in his ocular remains, understanding that his body temperature hadn’t actually dropped, and that the cold feeling was purely psychological.
"It’s Sword Intent."
Xiang Shan suddenly recalled the introduction of Taihao Moral Sword Intent in the Taixiao Holy Law Sword Formation.
"Taihao Moral Sword Intent is used to target locks within the sword array."
Xiang Shan knows that if Taihao Moral Sword Intent is used to lock onto the physical location of mere matter, it is not particularly powerful or accurate.
But if it sweeps over the human body, over living beings...
"Once targeted by the Sword Intent, we appear as clear as flames in the darkness in the eyes of the array caster..."
"And the greater the power of Taihao Moral Sword Intent, the more enduring it is, making it harder to dispel."
Meanwhile, Xiang Shan already felt the strong hostility within the Sword Intent, clinging to him like a bone-gnawing worm, tightly entangled. Even with his cultivation, firm Dao Heart, it would take him minutes of full effort to dispel it.
Feeling the tremendous hostility in the Sword Intent, Xiang Shan confirmed something in his mind.
"The intensification of Taihao Moral Sword Intent relates to the cultivator’s moral standards."
"Zhang Yu’s Sword Intent harbors such malice towards demon descendants..."
"This guy indeed holds great bias against us."
At this moment, the demon descendants on the construction site felt as if countless sharp swords were targeting their vital parts under the lock of Taihao Moral Sword Intent, ready to dismember them if they’re not careful.
Xiang Shan saw the countless alerts and calls for help from classmates and colleagues appearing in the eyes of the remains, and immediately responded: Don’t be afraid! Zhang Yu doesn’t dare to kill the demons! He’s just trying to scare us!
Though he said this, Xiang Shan also understood that it was akin to having a knife to your throat during negotiations. Even if you knew the other person wouldn’t kill you, you would still lose your momentum and naturally be at a disadvantage psychologically.
Moreover, Xiang Shan felt that Zhang Yu’s Taihao Moral Sword Intent harbored too much malice against the demon descendants, making it easier to frighten them.
So Xiang Shan immediately added: Did you forget about the insurance you bought before coming here?
Xiang Shan: If you die, you’ll get compensation, so what are you afraid of?
Xiang Shan: Are you afraid of death when you have money?
The insurance Xiang Shan referred to was precisely the one sold to the demon descendants by the Finance Department of Wanfa University before construction began.
Upon hearing Xiang Shan’s words, the demon descendants, who had been shivering under the pressure of the sword intent, suddenly straightened up, as if a force had lifted their spines, and they proudly faced the oppression of the sword intent.
"Come on! If you dare, kill me!"
"Zhang Yu, you human clan Immortal Daoist!"
"Senior Xiang Shan! If it can’t be held, use me as a living stake!"
The demon descendants started to move, joining forces with Xiang Shan to resist the changes in the environment brought by Zhang Yu.
Feeling the united and fearless stance of the demons under Zhang Yu’s oppressive discrimination, Xiang Shan laughed heartily: "Zhang Yu! Do you see? You can’t scare us."
"The anthem of the demon descendants is the anthem of courage, the greatness of the demon descendants is the greatness of courage!"
"Sky Demon must win!"
Watching the demon descendants at the construction site below, looking as if they’d been invigorated, as if they already won this battle of magic, Zhang Yu smirked, lowered his sword hand, and sword shadows flickered fleetingly in the air.
With the surging of the Taihao Sword Realm, the Spirit Realm Network was suddenly compressed again.
Xiang Shan felt his connection with his companions intermittently breaking, his control over the construction site flickering, and various monitors and sensors struggling to maintain a consistent signal as the Spirit Realm signals fluctuated.
This moment felt as if his eyes were veiled, everything appeared vague and blurry.
Yet Xiang Shan didn’t mind, he continued to unleash every bit of power within, persisting in the fight against Zhang Yu.
"You want stability? I’ll give you upheaval instead!"
The earth shattered, continually altering the geological structure beneath their feet.
Rain and snow mixed, extinguishing the high temperatures brought by flames time and again.
Xiang Shan thought proudly: "Zhang Yu, last time I focused too much on fighting, allowing you a minor victory in the construction aspect."
"But today I command the earth with one hand and manipulate the heavens with the other, how can you compete with my construction abilities?!"
Feeling Zhang Yu’s effort to suppress the earth veins, Xiang Shan shouted fiercely, exerting even more force.
But amidst several direct confrontations, Xiang Shan only felt the opponent’s power suddenly dissipate, followed by a roaring explosion from deep underground, intensifying the ground’s tremors severalfold.
Xiang Shan smiled slightly, looking at the dimming firelight in the sky, roaring: "Zhang Yu! Can’t hold on anymore?"
"You’ve been defeated!"
"Defeated by the demon descendants you discriminate against and look down upon!"
Xiang Shan excitedly proclaimed: "I will expose everything that happened today! Let the world know that you, a student of the Artifact Refining Department at Wanfa University, were defeated by me, a Civil Engineering Student from Sky Demon University! Moreover, let people know how much you discriminate against demon descendants!"
Watching Xiang Shan soaring into the sky, Zhang Yu calmly said: "The one who lost is you."
Xiang Shan was slightly taken aback; his first instinct was that he was a "demon" and not a "human," and Zhang Yu’s wording was inaccurate—was it intentional discrimination or accidental?
He then wondered what Zhang Yu meant by defeated?
Before Xiang Shan could react, divine apparitions flickered across the sky.
A True God looked at Xiang Shan and shouted: "You wicked creature! Daring to recklessly construct and pollute the underground water!"
Xiang Shan was slightly stunned: "Polluting the underground water?"
He looked at the True God before him, finding that he was called Deng Bingding, and hurriedly said: "Deng Zhengshen, I..."
"What do you mean ’I’?" Deng Bingding replied coldly: "Do you still think this is your Sky Demon University, where you can pollute as you wish with no consequences?"
"Don’t you know there’s a medicine field just several kilometers away? If the underground water is contaminated, any damage to the medicine field would be irreparable, even if you’re sold!"
At this moment, as Zhang Yu withdrew the Sword Realm, Xiang Shan could once again sense the situations at various parts of the construction site.
Only then did he realize that somehow, a large amount of paint, wastewater, discarded construction materials, and live stakes had been discharged into the groundwater.
Xiang Shan suddenly understood that Zhang Yu had deliberately withdrawn the force suppressing the earth veins, causing him to fracture the underlying rock layers and let the pollutants fall in.
But these things should have been properly stored according to the regulations, so how did they easily leak?