Chapter 137: Enuma Elish!

Looking at the orange glow filling the screen before him, Jiang Lin felt as if his heart was about to leap out of his throat!

"Could this perhaps be! A legendary golden draw?!"

Jiang Lin swallowed hard. The moment the light faded away, a wave of dizziness washed over him...

A weapon with a golden hilt appeared before Jiang Lin.

The domineering hilt looked as if it were forged from 24K pure gold, with artistic curves carved along its indents.

The blade was circular, gradually tapering from base to tip, though not overly thin.

The tip was also the narrowest part of the blade, yet its diameter was still a couple of times wider than the mouth of a bottled water.

It lacked a conventional point and sharp edges; the entire body was pitch black, as though smelted and forged from a void-like black hole. The black blade was covered in winding, straight-line red markings, resembling continuously flowing magma.

[Congratulations, host, for acquiring the "Sword of Rupture".]

[Grade: "???"]

[Duration of use...]

"Huh? Five minutes?!"

Before Jiang Lin had even celebrated for a full minute, upon hearing the system's voice and seeing the label beside it, he froze in place!

"Five minutes? What the hell, isn't this just a trial card?! System, this is fraudulent consumer behavior! I'm reporting you!"

[Replying to the host, the probability of obtaining the Sword of Rupture is 0.00001%, and within that probability, the chance of obtaining a permanent version is another 0.000001%. All other probabilities result in a timed version, as attested by the lottery disclaimer. Complaints are invalid.]

"..."

Looking at the Sword of Rupture with its relentless countdown, Jiang Lin felt a surge of old blood welling up in his chest.

Yet he had no way to refute it!

"Whatever! Something is better than nothing. I'll just have to rely on this Sword of Rupture to get out of this mess!"

Silently swearing to himself that "if I ever draw from this lottery again, I'll get hemorrhoids," Jiang Lin lunged forward abruptly!

...

At the Qian Residence, just as everyone was preparing to fight these assassins to the bitter death, the puppy surrounded in the center suddenly began to glow, illuminating the entire estate.

"Honestly, a gentleman uses his words, not his fists... Wait, why do I feel like I'm delivering a stand-up routine?"

The brilliant light vanished in an instant, and a voice slowly drifted out.

A gentle breeze swept by, carrying a faint scent of old books.

The assassins rushing in for the kill were swept away by this sleeve-wind, crashing to the ground unconscious and never getting back up.

Everyone turned around, only to see an elegant scholar standing where the husky had been, with the puppy perched atop his head. Even the dog looked completely dazed, clueless as to what had happened.

Everyone turned to face this scholar defensively, cold sweat beading on their foreheads.

It was impossible to tell whether this scholar was friend or foe, and lying unconscious right beside him were Lin Qingwan and Xiao Xueli.

The scholar looked at Youyou, his eyes lighting up: "Oh, a Zouchu! A rare sight indeed."

Shifting his gaze to Hu Shuang, he said, "This young lady has delicate features and an extraordinary bone structure, but unfortunately, she's not quite suited for the arts of the Yin-Yang School. How about taking up scholarship instead?"

"Oho, this turkey is big enough! I like it!"

"Could it be Senior Sikong? I have heard of you for a long time."

Finally, the scholar cupped his hands in a polite bow toward the hovering sword spirit, who was preparing to pierce through an enemy.

With just this bow from the scholar, the sword spirit felt her injuries and stamina instantly recover by more than half.

Transforming back into a tall human form, the sword spirit narrowed her eyes slightly as she looked at the scholar:

"A sleeve of clear wind, a gentleman's courtesy. Sir, are you the newly appointed Confucian Saint?"

"Hahaha, saint or no saint, this junior is merely a poor scholar who has read a couple of extra books, and was even expelled from the Academy. When it comes to learning and talent, Brother Jiang is the one I truly admire."

"You know Jiang Lin?"

"Brother Jiang does not look down on this junior; we address each other as brothers."

The scholar smiled, raising his head to look at the massive black fox, a hint of gentleness in his eyes.

"There are some things that this junior must do. There will be no more trouble tonight. Please rest assured, everyone, and take a good rest."

With those words, the scholar looked at the thick "fine legs" of the "turkey" Qin Xiao, wiped a trace of saliva from the corner of his mouth, cleared his throat to regain his composure, put the puppy down from his head, and slowly walked out of the courtyard.

"Ask the world what love truly is..."

The scholar's words drifted leisurely into the distance. The night breeze gently brushed past the scholar's sleeves, caressing the crowd as the unconscious women slowly opened their eyes.

When the scholar departed, dropping into the courtyard, a righteous gale rose.

...

"Why are you still not dead?!"

In the center of East Forest City, watching Jiang Lin soar out on his flying sword, the black fox at the top of the central tower parted her jaws in shock.

She genuinely could not comprehend it!

Could this man truly not be killed?

"Are you kidding! Your grandpa here exists on par with the heavens!"

Jiang Lin shouted at the top of his lungs, forming hand seals with his fingers.

"Earth Escape! Earth Dragon Explodes Your Asshole Technique!"

Pouring every drop of his remaining mana into the move, Jiang Lin slammed his palm against the ground.

The next moment, the earth beneath Mo Xiaoye began to tremble.

Mo Xiaoye glanced down at the ground boredly, wanting to see what kind of trick he was trying to pull, but a split second later, the expression of the eight-tailed black fox shifted drastically!

"Shameless lecher!"

Mo Xiaoye's brows furrowed as she leaped up into the air. And the very moment she jumped, a gigantic middle finger burst out from the exact spot where the black fox's rear end had been just a moment ago!

The middle finger, forged from the entirety of Jiang Lin's expended magic power, was a full hundred meters long!

However, because it was so long, it was relatively thin.

Length and width were difficult to balance simultaneously.

Likewise, realizing that dodging left and right was no longer enough to evade this unholy finger, the black fox leaped straight up into the air—a full hundred meters high!

And waiting for that exact moment of her jump was precisely what Jiang Lin had been planning for!

After all, Jiang Lin had no idea how destructive the Sword of Rupture truly was. If he were to slash straight down, what would he do if he accidentally destroyed half of East Forest City?

"I'd like to see just how many times you can narrowly escape!"

The airborne black fox tilted her head back and condensed a Tailed Beast Ball.

This Tailed Beast Ball was massive, guaranteed to leave not a single blade of grass alive within a hundred-meter radius centered on Jiang Lin!

Jiang Lin didn't panic in the slightest. Besides, panicking was useless now anyway... He had no choice but to rely on the Sword of Rupture; what else could he possibly do...

"Brother! You've got to come through for me!"

With a single thought from Jiang Lin, Chuxue emitted a faint hum, sounding almost like a soft grunt, before retreating back into Jiang Lin's acupoints.

Only the Sword of Rupture, with less than three minutes remaining, remained in Jiang Lin's hand.

The moment he gripped the Sword of Rupture, Jiang Lin felt his entire body surge with overwhelming power, as though he had unlocked all the Eight Gate Dulkras!

At the same time, another familiar feeling swept over him...

[Ding... Detected that the host's cultivation realm is too low, physique is too poor, and suffers from kidney deficiency... This sword will automatically downgrade to its minimum configuration.]

[Ding... To match the usage of the Sword of Rupture, the "Health Bar Conversion Instrument" has been triggered. In five seconds, the host's vital blood will burn away completely, resulting in death by self-detonation.]

[Ding... Detected activation of the "Health Bar Conversion Instrument", initiating the "Health Bar Scanner".]

Three notifications rang out almost simultaneously and vanished just as quickly.

Jiang Lin's eyes bloodshot, his blood vessels expanded all over his body, and his vital essence burned away rapidly.

The Sword of Rupture in Jiang Lin's hand spun continuously like a combination lock, massive amounts of energy surging through the crimson sword markings!

"Dun~wu~~~"

A muffled sound echoed, condensing and exploding like warped space.

As the eight-tailed black fox unleashed her Tailed Beast blast downward, Jiang Lin swung his sword upward as well!

Red and black saturated the entirety of East Forest.

Heaven and Earth Severed!