Chapter 1513
Chapter 1513 - 1509 Local Rules
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The city walls made of white jade were not towering, but they extended along the pulse of the underwater mountain range all the way to the water’s surface.
A massive half-mountain, half-sea cavity was the Sea Tribe’s domain. Following the large group entering the city, Lu Ping’an came to understand that the intelligent underwater race actually quite enjoyed digging holes.
It seemed that they could not feel safe unless they were cocooned within something.
"You won’t like the Death God descending from the sky..."
Big Cat had its own understanding, marveling at the city wall and even daring to touch it under the watchful, warning stares of the guards.
"...Biomatter texture. Is this the coagulated flesh and blood of dead fish? Or did they work with the live fish directly?"
It seemed that the range of understanding was a bit strange.
Lu Ping’an narrowed his eyes, his Life Perception fully unfolded, and the city before him transformed into a massive living entity within his "field of vision."
It seemed like the entire city wall was breathing and growing.
"Quite interesting..."
Lu Ping’an could feel that at many points of the city wall, there were "Special Crystals" in place, which seemed like they could turn into war machines if necessary.
The entire city breathed heavily right in front of Lu Ping’an. Having lost the Eye of Truth, he could not observe the "Core," but he could surmise that there must be some entity controlling everything.
"Peacefully abnormal..." Having just entered the city, Lu Ping’an actually found a moment of tranquility.
Lu Ping’an leisurely swam along the streets, completely disregarding the local customs of queueing. While being looked down upon by the locals as a bumpkin, he also experienced the unique prosperity of this world.
"How many Shell Currency?!"
An old Fishman riding a large Naga blocked Lu Ping’an’s path, directly pointing at Chris.
"A bumpkin who doesn’t even know what Shell Currency is? That one, for your ugly abomination."
With that, a bag of "coins" was almost smashed into Lu Ping’an’s face.
Lu Ping’an was stunned. What was this? Forced buying and selling? What era was this? Or was it just straightforward human trafficking?
But the other hired thugs who gathered around did not stop... "Ugly Fishfolk" to the common Fishman were monsters, demons, and ghosts, often persecuted and kept as reserve food, but to certain high-level Fishman Lords, they were quite valuable as toys and merchandise.
In the eyes of the big merchant Lurid, this was a stroke of daily fortune. With the junk Shell Currency that could only be spent here, he could get a slave worth a fortune.
Not sell? From the very beginning, in this city and even in this world, the Weaker had no such option.
Watching the Fishmen ready to strike, hearing the fake crying and the snickering laughter from the woman behind him, Lu Ping’an sighed.
"Is this your Order?"
Lu Ping’an spread his hands, but this time, it wasn’t a Flame.
Perhaps, he needed a bit of Power more suited to the local environment.
When his bare hand violently chopped down, the strike was not aimed at the opponents before him.
A rift vaguely opened in the Space, and then, as the radiant white light burst forth along the "blade light," a beam of light extended wildly.
That majestic city wall was directly cut open with a large gash.
Screams of terror and agony rose at the same time. The dazzling blade light, along with the Spatial Rift, unknowingly killed countless victims.
Further away, those trembling Fishmen came from beyond the wall, seemingly searching for what had just happened.
"Tch, quite interesting..."
Lu Ping’an hadn’t expected his Wave Slash Axe’s Space-Cleaving Technique to yield such remarkable effects in this world’s environment.
Lu Ping’an could feel that the moment his power was exerted, ripple transmitted to ripple, wave propelled wave, and when the entire force point resonated together, they then began to tear apart the world.
"...A Silver Rune? A concept rune condensed from the waves, brimming with hatred and martial skill of slaughter."
This time, even Big Cat rarely gave a high appraisal.
Even she had misjudged before.... On land, this martial skill might only be able to display a fraction of its capability, but in this world, a world filled with the power of the octopus, its force multiplied several times over.
It was clearly a martial skill designed for targeting certain existences, capable of actively vibrating and destroying specific life forms and rules.
Watching Lu Ping’an himself appearing a bit bewildered, Chris let out a laugh.
"Perhaps, the original creator was not as strong as the current Lu Ping’an, no, that’s for certain. Even with the most complete Wave-Cutting Axe, it doesn’t possess half the strength of Lu Ping’an...."
The damage output of a High-Tier Professional is never about a single path.
Lu Ping’an’s Wave-Cutting Axe was a Resonance martial skill, which required the enhancement of his Eye of Truth and Taboo knowledge, the boost of his Moon God system’s spatial abilities, and under the enhancement of his Fishman body’s innate underwater perception abilities, it unleashed power that far exceeded that of the original founder.
"Maybe, I ought to practice more..."
Lu Ping’an laughed, this was originally a combat technique not meant for humans. Life forms with skin capable of underwater breathing were more suited to using "breathing" to vibrate frequencies.
That seemingly simple hand-chop strike was actually the vibration of the entire physical body, countless "arms" jointly stirring the world.
The upper limit of martial skills exerted by such a body, probably far exceeded the upper limits of his own body’s martial skills... Back in the Secret Realm, Lu Ping’an could tear through space, now this clone was actually several times stronger than the original body.
"...What do you say? Shall we play some more?"
This time, the slave traders and their hired thugs couldn’t possibly fail to realize they had hit a wall.
"My lord..."
But words of apology or pleas for mercy never had the chance to be fully spoken.
"Clap, clap!"
Lu Ping’an simply clapped his hands, and as the vibration emanated from them, the ocean became his ally, his weapon, his meat grinder.
Cracks emerged on the faces and bodies of the Fishmen, followed by the splitting of bloody lines, and chunks of fish meat.
In just an instant, the Fishmen who had been attacking Lu Ping’an, now breathless, were nothing more than slices of raw fish stained with dirty blood... while the neighboring fish vendors remained unharmed, merely looking on in terror at the strongman before them.
Lu Ping’an had no intention of sparing his enemies. He had come to understand the "rules" of this world, perhaps even the laws of the entire Octopus World.
"They really are a bunch of beasts, the strong devour all..."
Lu Ping’an turned around, smiled, and then snapped his fingers.
By the city wall, each and every Fishman guard with a face full of fear transformed into a mist of blood.
He had followed Lu for a while, and Lu Ping’an hadn’t initially intended to concern himself with him, but now it seemed that trouble had indeed been brought his way.
Ugly Fishfolk were quite rare, and if it weren’t for the collusion between merchants and soldiers, how would slave traders happen upon Lu Ping’an by chance?
Amidst the fearful glances of the surrounding Fishmen, Lu Ping’an didn’t even flee. He simply strolled towards a place that seemed like a tavern, together with the giggling Femme Fatale Chris.
He just waited, waited for those guards and slave traders to come looking...
"Eh, why hasn’t anyone come? Is it all over just like that?"
But after Lu Ping’an had finished eating, cleaned up, and was ready for bed, no one came to trouble him.
He had even demolished part of the city wall, yet nothing seemed to happen?
"This is the real world, a disorderly world with no Order," at least Chris gave a cynical and realistic answer.
— End of Chapter 1513 —