The axe light slashed toward the blade-wielding ghost!
Even though the blade-wielding ghost had recovered its Gall, the gap in Sequence was simply too large!
If the opponent were Sequence 6, the blade-wielding ghost could have held its own for a moment, but once someone reached Sequence 5, they were on an entirely different level.
A single example could prove this.
For powerhouses below Sequence 6, as long as they weren't from a special pathway, there was a high probability of success if you used thermal weapons to ambush them.
But for powerhouses at Sequence 5 or above, even bombs were useless.
This was the primary reason why Wang Gen remained completely unscathed despite the explosion at the Security Bureau.
The 'God' in Demigod was not just for show.
However, even being hit didn't matter; as long as Yin Yang didn't die, they wouldn't die!
The blade-wielding ghost spun its slender waist and forcefully threw the gold box into a nearby shadow.
Splat!
The axe light cleaved the ghost in two, and it vanished.
Meanwhile, a giant ghostly hand reached out from the shadow, dragging the gold box into the darkness.
This slight delay from Wang Gen gave the man in military boots a chance to escape.
He rolled into a narrow alley, his body leaping several times to widen the distance.
Just as he thought he could make a clean getaway, the spot where he had been hit by the flaming arrow suddenly emitted a beam of light that shot straight into the sky.
Before he could react, Wang Gen charged again, in a state even more frantic than before, already on the verge of losing control!
Seeing this, the man in military boots couldn't help but roar.
“Tuoba! Give my regards to your mother!”
The axe light slashed down again, and the man in military boots tried to roll and dodge as he had before.
But now, the axe light had become abnormally distorted, with things like spider legs growing out of it, looking incredibly grotesque!
Splat!
A spider leg pierced the man's calf, pinning him to the ground!
In that instant, Wang Gen was already upon him, the dark shadow behind him raising the monstrous axe and hacking down with all its might.
The man in military boots gritted his teeth. No matter what, he was a Demigod; how could he have no means of resistance at all?
It was just that in the previous situation, they were clearly outmatched. Coupled with the fact that the opponent was a madman, why would a piece of fine porcelain collide with a clay pot?
But in this current situation, it seemed he had no choice but to collide!
“You really think I'm afraid of you?!”
He reached down and swiped over the wound on his calf, transferring the injury to one of his fingers.
The injury that had hindered his movement now became trivial.
If there were anyone else nearby, he could have even transferred the damage away entirely; this was the ability of the Thief pathway's Sequence 6, 【Soul-Snatcher】.
To snatch the life of others and transfer one's own wounds.
The ability of Sequence 5 was even more bizarre; he could use his own spirit to seize another's physical body, achieving a possession effect.
In history, there was once a Sequence 5 of the Thief pathway who possessed a king's body and took control of an entire kingdom!
As the saying goes, he who steals a hook is executed; he who steals a country is made a marquis!
The Sequence 5 of the Thief pathway was thus called the 【Marquis of Theft】!
But while this ability was eerie, it was completely useless against the current Wang Gen!
Because he was a madman whose spirituality had already begun to distort.
Possessing him would only result in being contaminated by the other's spirituality!
For a transcendent, spiritual contamination meant an increased probability of losing control, which was a fatal matter.
From this perspective, the current Wang Gen was his natural nemesis.
After transferring his injury, the man in military boots pressed his hand against his belt, and the surrounding buildings began to rotate like a Rubik's cube!
“I'll kill you!!!”
He let out a roar, his eyes so red it looked like he wanted to devour someone.
Wang Gen was clearly right in front of him, but with just two rotations, the distance between them was completely pulled apart.
The man in military boots turned and left without a moment's hesitation.
【Magic Cube Toy Belt】.
Its effect was to allow the owner to rotate and rearrange ordinary buildings within fifty meters like a Rubik's cube. The side effect was that after use, the user's left and right senses would be inverted for five minutes.
This side effect might be difficult for others to adapt to, but the man in military boots had long since grown accustomed to it, and his escape speed didn't slow down one bit.
Fight?
Fight my ass!
Tuoba clearly couldn't beat that Scholar pathway guy. If he got bogged down here, he'd die sooner or later.
If he didn't run now, what was he waiting for?
...
Pant. Pant.
Tuoba gasped for breath, looking at Su Baadao with a face full of horror.
Su Baadao remained as composed as ever; not even a corner of his clothes was ruffled.
Tuoba couldn't understand. They were both Sequence 5 Demigods. Even if there were differences between pathways, the combat power shouldn't be this vastly different, right?
Su Baadao adjusted his collar and said indifferently.
“Do you know who I am?”
Tuoba had no time to mind him and was still trying to break through.
But no matter how hard he tried, with that single word 'Return' from his opponent, he would always end up back where he started.
Su Baadao sneered.
“You don't even know who I am, yet you dare to act so presumptuously in my Meng City?”
“Listen well. Standing before you is a man who became a Sequence 9 【Scholar】 at thirteen, earning the title of Great Wei's Child Prodigy that same year!”
“At fifteen, I became a Sequence 8 【Xiucai】 and was exceptionally recruited by Central City for training. At seventeen, I was sent out as an official, and within six years of governing a region, I became a Sequence 7 【Juren】!”
“That year I was twenty-three, and I transformed a small city where the average annual income was only fifteen hundred into a tourist city with an annual income of over fifty thousand!”
“When I was reassigned, the streets were empty as the entire city came out to see me off for miles!”
“Following that, I was transferred to another mid-sized city. In five years, every metric of that city went from negative to excellent!”
“And through that, I broke through to Sequence 6, 【Gongshi】!”
“At twenty-eight, I was taken in as a personal disciple by my mentor. I stayed in Central City for five years before I finally got an opportunity to be sent out as an official again.”
“The heroes of this world are as numerous as carp crossing a river!”
“Even the dragons and phoenixes among men find it difficult to move forward!”
“At thirty-three, I was so prominent among my fellow Gongshi that they banded together to target and suppress me!”
“And behind me, there was no one!”
Su Baadao's expression grew even more disdainful as he reached this point.
“But I still won. Do you know what that means?”
Tuoba's expression finally changed!
He remembered the two most unique aspects of the 【Scholar】 pathway!
First, starting from the Sequence 7 Juren rank, the Scholar pathway requires one to be sent out as an official. During this period, their political achievements directly influence their future promotion.
The biggest turning point among them is Sequence 5.
【Jinshi】!
Every three years, Great Wei holds a Grand Examination.
In that examination, sufficiently outstanding Gongshi are bestowed with divinity to achieve promotion.
The source of that divinity is often the high-sequence powerhouses of Great Wei's 【Scholar】 pathway. The person bestowed with divinity becomes the other's disciple and addresses them as master.
From then on, they belong to the same ironclad faction!
Want to be a fence-sitter?
In your dreams!
The second characteristic is that in the same triennial Grand Examination, the three most outstanding individuals are granted special titles and receive divinity directly from Great Wei itself to break through to 【Jinshi】!
Their titles are as follows:
Third-place Scholar, Second-place Scholar, and Top Scholar!
And Su Baadao was that year's Top Scholar, hailed as a genius seen once in a century!
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