The Invincible Bodyguard Starting by Escorting the Doomsday Imperial Princess Chapter 68 : Chapter 68

Chapter 68: Blood Massacre in All Directions!

At that thought, he hardened his heart, gritted his teeth, and tossed those three freshly forged trash traits back into the fusion slot.

“Here we go!”

[Obtained Permanent Trait:]

[Blood Massacre in All Directions] (Saber Art): Effect: unleashes indiscriminate area-of-effect saber qi. Once the saber qi is stained with blood, it can absorb the baleful blood aura within it, feed it back into the saber art, and stack attack power with no upper limit!

“Holy shit!”

The mont Chen Guan saw the effect of the new trait clearly, he could not help blurting out a curse. The corners of his mouth nearly split to the back of his head, and he laughed so hard he sounded like a squealing pig.

“Isn’t this exactly the saber art I’ve been dreaming of?”

Although he had several saber-art traits, every one of them was single-target. What he had always lacked was precisely this sort of large-scale group-killing thod.

And this Blood Massacre in All Directions was not rely an area-damage saber qi technique. Most importantly, the more blood it was stained with, the stronger its attack power beca, with no upper limit!

In other words, the more enemies there were, the stronger he beca.

Was this not a divine skill made for the battlefield?!

With this saber art in hand, even if thousands of troops and a million soldiers stood ahead of him, none of them would be able to stop his advance!

“I’ve struck gold! I’ve really struck gold this ti!”

“As expected, it isn’t the number of traits that matters, but whether they’re useful!”

Moreover, this kind of saber art could be stacked with other traits as well. For example, he could activate Path-Cleaving Slash, Mountain-Severing Slash, and Decapitating Slash at the sa ti.

At any mont, it could trigger the ten-percent instant-kill beheading effect, while also bringing out the fifty-percent defense-ignoring effect.

If he stepped onto a battlefield like that, would he not slaughter Buddhas if Buddhas barred his way, and slaughter gods if gods blocked his path?

“Who else is there?!”

Chen Guan turned once more to look at Luo Li sleeping soundly on the rock, and suddenly felt that this little walking disaster had beco rather pleasing to the eye again.

A top-tier trait like this was not sothing one encountered often.

Forget nine traits. He felt that even ninety traits would have been worth trading for this one.

This could be said to be the best trait fusion he had ever achieved in his life!

“Wonderful!”

In his excitent, Chen Guan rushed over in a few quick strides and yanked the still-sleeping Luo Li right off the rock.

“What are you doing?!”

Luo Li rubbed her sleepy eyes and glared at him resentfully.

“Weren’t you the one who told to rest here before going down the mountain? I only just closed my eyes, and now you’re dragging up again. Why?”

“No more resting!”

Chen Guan cast her a glance and said irritably, “The sooner I deliver you, the sooner I can take the next job. Wasting my ti now is wasting my life, understand?”

As he spoke, he paid no attention to her grievance at all. He simply hoisted the Horse-Cleaving Saber onto his shoulder and strode straight down the mountain.

The reason he had let her rest here in the first place had been to prepare his trump cards first.

Now that the trump cards were ready, the rest ti naturally no longer existed.

Luo Li looked around and found the surroundings utterly silent, without even a bird call to be heard. Her scalp imdiately prickled with unease.

Daring not to delay any longer, she quickly slung her small bundle onto her back and trotted after him.

...

The Luofeng Mountains were the last great mountain range north of the Great Yun Imperial Dynasty. Beyond them lay the land of Great Zhou, where it was much harder to see such endless chains of peaks.

That was because the whole of Great Zhou’s territory was a vast land interwoven with plains and waterways, bordered by the sea on two sides, backed by Great Yun to the south, and touching the Ten Directions Marsh to the west.

Over the years, Chen Guan had spent his life in these deep forests and mountain wildernesses, dealing with demons, fiends, uncanny beings, and dark spirits. To be honest, he was not at all accustod to broad, level plains.

That was because the demons of the mountain regions mostly ca at you directly.

The plains, by contrast, were more often the territory of crafty spirits and cunning uncanny fiends.

This journey toward Great Zhou also ant leaving the terrain where he was most at ease and stepping into the most unfamiliar battlefield of his life.

Still, he could treat the trip as another form of life experience.

Along the way, he could also collect entries for the Demon Spirit Compendium, the Demonic Fiend Bestiary, and the Uncanny Fiend Compendium.

The rewards those system compendiums gave him were not much less than what missions paid.

...

As the two of them descended the mountain at an ever faster pace, Chen Guan’s gaze gradually grew more alert and cautious.

And Luo Li, following behind him, also cast aside her forr softness and sweetness. Her eyes beca firm and decisive.

Because she knew that once they passed Yulin City at the foot of the mountain, they would have officially entered the territory of Great Zhou.

That also ant she would finally be stepping onto the path of vengeance that her forebears had prepared for a hundred years.

Under the fierce noon sun, the two of them trod along the official road baked hot beneath their feet and made their way directly to a great city, where they joined the line of people waiting to enter.

Before them stood a massive city tower that seed to pierce the clouds, its overall color a weathered iron-black. The giant bricks bore countless scars left by sabers and axes.

High atop the gate tower were carved three bold, vigorous characters—Yulin City.

Yulin City was both an important line of defense on the border between Great Yun and the Great Zhou Imperial Dynasty and the first barrier against the demons of the Ten Directions Marsh to the west.

At that mont, row upon row of soldiers in black armor stood atop the battlents, long halberds in hand, their sharp gazes sweeping over the mountains ahead.

anwhile, along both sides of the passage beneath the city gate stood two lines of city-defense troops, questioning every person who entered so as to prevent spirits or enemy spies from slipping inside.

“Travel permit!”

When it was Chen Guan’s turn, a soldier raised a hand and stopped him.

Chen Guan did not waste words. He simply took out a bronze token from his robe and handed it over.

The squad leader at the front received the token. When he saw the prominent character for Escort engraved on it, he flipped it over and also read the two characters Chen Guan.

He froze for a mont. Then he lifted his head, looked at Luo Li behind Chen Guan, who appeared to be so rich young lady, and the stern expression on his face suddenly softened. With cupped fists, he greeted him respectfully.

“So it is Escort Master Chen. My apologies, my apologies. Please.”

The squad leader courteously returned the token and stepped aside to clear the way.

That act of politeness imdiately drew the attention of all the people waiting in line nearby.

Chen Guan did not linger. He simply nodded and at once led Luo Li into the city.

Yet the mont the two of them had gone, excitent burst across the squad leader’s face. He imdiately turned to the n behind him and said,

“You all stay here. I’ll be right back!”