Chapter 549: Chapter 549: The Ogre War Lord

Zen had witnessed his family getting killed in a vicious plot and had gone into a state of decline when he was young. The upheaval had left a scar in his mind and he had been unable to find himself for quite a while. However, that did not necessarily mean he had become a cold-hearted man.

To be honest, he had never expected that after comprehending the consummate sword intent, he would, one day, enter the Killing Sword Mountain and set on a path to cultivate in the killing way.

However, even after cultivating in the killing way, Zen had not accumulated too much malicious aura in the Central Region. Because he was not a bloodthirsty man by nature. He never killed his opponent unless the latter wanted to kill him.

However, in this chaotic continent, Zen wasn't too worried about killing his enemies since they were not humans. The ogres he were facing were an alien race and wouldn't have hesitated to kill him.

“Go to perdition!”

Zen suddenly pulled out a sword in his hand, which was a sacred weapon. Waves of sword intent swirled in the air as it shot towards the ogres like a flying shuttle.

If one were to compare the bodies of the ogres to that of eagles, then Zen's figure was like a nimble skylark, quickly shuttling back and forth among his prey. He would slightly brush past his enemies and the next moment, they were finished. The ogres fell one after another, hitting the ground with hard, thudding noises, their eyes still wide open in surprise. As they breathed their last breaths, they were all wondering about the human in front of them with puzzlement, trying to understand how a seventh level war fighter could be so strong.

In an instant, half of the hundred or so ogres Zen was facing fell down and bit the dust. And they were not just guard dogs. In fact, the ones who had been killed first were the elites of the ogre race who were eighth level or ninth level war fighters. But somehow, this human was killing them like a farmer would harvest rice. They were nothing right now.

Unable to contain himself any longer, the ogre war general let out a furious roar, with a forceful energy bursting out from his huge body in his anger. A pair of huge bronze hammers appeared in his hands, which he brandished and charged towards Zen.

Just now, Zen had smashed the fifth level ogre war general to death. The ogre war general he was facing now was a level higher and definitely more powerful. But that one level did not do the ogre general any good. Faced with the pair of bronze hammers that were bigger than his own self, Zen slightly waved the long sword in his hand and chopped the hammers in halves.

After all, that bronze hammers were probably low grade fairy weapons. How could they withstand the long sword which was a sacred weapon in Zen's hand?

When the humans in the forest saw that the sword in Zen's hand had chopped the hammers in halves, they were completely stunned. “Is that a sacred weapon that he is holding?”

“Man! I didn't know that he is so rich! You know, he's merely a seventh level war fighter, but he has obtained a sacred weapon. Oh, my goodness! I think it's entirely possible that he's some master from a sacred place,” the bearded middle-aged man remarked in astonishment.

“A seventh level war fighter? You're right. His cultivation base is indeed only at the seventh level of a war fighter. but what he has just exhibited gives me the impression that he is a lot more powerful than that. He just smashed a fifth level ogre war general to pieces, so there's no way we can gauge his strength using common sense or knowledge,” the silver-haired young man coldly replied.

Of course Zen himself had no idea what other people were saying about him. After slicing apart the ogre war general's bronze hammers with a swift and simple move, his figure suddenly flashed. A beam of milky white light suddenly burst out from the forceful energy on his body. The next moment, his entire body seemed to turn into a fine, long thread, which charged straight towards the ogre general!

The speed was somehow strange to him.

In fact, sensing this speed, a trace of astonishment flickered in Zen's own eyes too. Boosted by the forceful energy, his speed seemed to have increased several folds. He was now moving so fast that he felt like he wouldn't be able to control his own movements. To avoid bumping into the ogre war general, he slightly tilted the sword in his hand, which was about to stab into the body of the ogre war general. As a result, the sword realigned and grazed the ogre war general's neck, cutting it wide open.

When the blood began to splash out from the wound on the ogre war general's neck, Zen's figure had already disappeared without a trace. He had lost control of his own speed and crashed head-on into a small hill far away...

Even the ogre general hadn't expected that Zen's speed could reach such an unimaginable extent. He clutched his severed neck and heavily fell to the ground, finished for good.

All the other ogres were transfixed with shock. Right after Zen disappeared before their very eyes, they saw a cloud of dust rise from the hill in the distance. ŘãＮo͍ＢΕꞩ

“That guy... How did he gain such a velocity in an instant?” A human hidden in the forest could not help ejaculating in shock.

“Hush, keep it down. It is indeed very strange. His speed suddenly increased, and even he himself was unable to come to a halt in time,” the bearded middle-aged man remarked with confusion written all over his face.

Actually, they weren't the only ones who felt that it was strange. The ogres were also confused, and even Zen himself didn't have a clue about what had just happened.

When the forceful energy had burst out from his body, his speed had increased so much that it felt like he was riding on a storm cloud.

He looked at his body, trying to figure out what had contributed to the sudden increase in his speed. The Phoenix Crystal which was embedded in his arm was no longer of much use for increasing his speed, since he had already achieved a much higher velocity. Therefore, he guessed that it could not have been the Phoenix Crystal that had caused the boost in his speed just now.

However, Zen remembered clearly that his speed had exploded right after the forceful energy had shot out a beam of milky white light. So it must have something to do with that milky white light. But what was that?

A deep crater had appeared after Zen had collided with the hill. He stood to his feet and slowly crawled out of the crater. At that moment, the red dragon in Zen's mind suddenly asked, “Ha-ha, oh boy! Feel strange?”

“You know what happened?” Zen asked.

“Yes. A portion of the forceful energy that burst out from your body just now is from the Hundred Meetings Platform,” The red dragon replied.

“Does the Hundred Meetings Platform usually have such an effect?” Zen asked in bewilderment.

“The real function of the Hundred Meetings Platform is not to boost speed. It's the function of the Wind Gate Platform, which is one of the Eight Path Platforms,” the red dragon explained, “But your Hundred Meetings Platform is made from the bones of the Cloud-chasing Lion. The Cloud-chasing Lion is considered one of the fastest legendary beasts, and its speed is only inferior to that of the Celestial Mouse. So you have benefited from the Cloud-chasing Lion's talent too.”

“Really? I never thought that things could work this way.” Zen was both surprised and pleased to know this.

To be honest, compared to the life vitality system, there was a great disadvantage in utilizing the body refining system. Although a warrior could, in theory, transform the forceful energy into an entity, but because of its slow circulation speed and due to the fact that it was evenly distributed throughout the whole body, to transform it into an entity was extremely difficult to realize. Even if one did succeed in doing that, it was known to be extremely impractical.

In comparison, life vitality was much stronger and flexible in its usage. It was also easier to visualize. To top that all, it could almost produce endless power.

But the body refining system also had its own unique advantage, and that was the Eight Path Platforms.

The Eight Path Platforms needed to be constructed by bones. The stronger the bones that were used to build the Path Platforms, the greater would be the benefit of the construction to the cultivator. This was because for the body refiners, the Eight Path Platforms were equivalent to eight chances they had to strengthen themselves. Every time a cultivator completed one Path Platform, they would inherit the talent or strength of the bones' original owner.

Sometimes, some body refiners who had already reached the late stage of the body refining technique felt that the Path Platforms they had built were not powerful enough, so they would often try to reconstruct the Path Platforms in order to inherit greater talent and power!

When Zen's Hundred Meetings Platform was unlocked, he was using the bones of the Cloud-chasing Lion. When Zen had utilized the forceful energy that had flowed through the Hundred Meetings Platform, the Cloud-chasing Lion's talent had exhibited itself on Zen's body. So in the instant when it had increased his speed, even Zen himself was completely caught off guard.

At this moment, there were still dozens of ogres floating around in the sky. From the lesson they had just paid for with blood, they realized that they could not contain this enemy. When they saw Zen slowly fly back, these ogres all scattered away.

It was known to all that ogres loved to fight. However, when the humans in the forest saw this scene, they were left speechless in bewilderment. When had they ever seen the ogres be so cowardly? The ogres were the sort of creatures that fought like they didn't even care about their own lives. Therefore, in a war between ogres and humans, even if it were humans who had the advantage, they would often lose in the end because they weren't willing to die.

Ogres were slow in their reactions, but they were not halfwits. It was clear as day to them that they were no match for Zen. They would not go and die under Zen's sword with the knowledge that they didn't stand a chance to win.

However, just as Zen was flying back to where he had been, a powerful voice rang out. “Human kid, you have to stay!”

“Here comes another ogre...” Zen narrowed his eyes as he saw an ogre floating in the sky and flying towards him at a calm and unhurried pace.

The ogre's skin was red, and the two fangs protruding from the corner of his mouth were a blood-shade of scarlet. “An interesting human brat! A puny war fighter, but you actually killed my ogre war generals in succession. I wonder if you can kill me, an ogre war lord.”

“This ogre is very powerful!” Zen's face fell as he saw the ogre. An ogre war lord's strength was equivalent to that of a human who was a Virtual Tribulation Realm master. At his current level of strength, he would be unable to stand up against such an enemy alone.

There was a chance for him to escape, but the problem was that he had a group of ordinary humans following him. Zen could, of course, choose to leave them behind, since the lives of these common and ordinary people were not worth mentioning in a world full of powerful warriors. However, Zen was not the sort of person who gave up halfway.

Before Zen could say anything, the ogre war lord had already landed and was rapidly charging towards him, his figure as big as a hill.

As the ogre war lord raced forward and drew closer, Zen watched him get bigger in his eyes. A sense of extreme danger weighed down on him. He suddenly felt his heart tighten. This ogre war lord possessed the strength to kill him and was going to do so too!

In his moment of despair, Zen summoned the sword spirit he had condensed—Lily. In a flash, a beautiful girl popped out from thin air, together with the huge sword that had originally belonged to the Blood Fiend Emperor.

The three members of the Demon Night, who were observing the scene from afar, were suddenly left aghast. One of them was a young lady who was sitting on top of a tree. At the sight of Zen's sword spirit, her eyes became wide as saucers and her mouth was left hanging open in surprise.