Dawn of a New Era-Chapter 453 - 427: Licking Fingers

"It’s not that the opponent is too weak, it’s that I’m too strong!" Chen Shouyi stood by the twitching headless corpse of the Barbarian, sighing in his heart.

Barbarians that once seemed terrifyingly formidable now were as easy to kill as chickens or sheep.

"If I can kill just one more demigod, I’ll surpass Ye Zong and become invincible in the world!" Thinking of this, Chen Shouyi couldn’t help but grin widely.

It’s lonely at the top!

A gust of cold wind blew past.

Goosebumps appeared on his skin.

He glanced down at his clothes, soaked with blood and torn into shreds.

He immediately ripped off the clothes, picked up a discarded, frozen solid piece of clothing from the roadside, gave it a light shake to send countless bits of ice and dirt flying, then put it on. Soon, steam began to rise from the fabric.

He picked up the discarded War Bow and refilled his quiver with arrows scattered on the ground, slinging it over his shoulder.

Suddenly, he turned, notched an arrow, and drew the bow, releasing a sharp arrow that shot out swiftly.

"Boom!"

A Barbarian who had just appeared was instantly pierced through the chest, blowing a large hole.

He quickly drew another arrow, aiming toward a residential area opposite.

At the window on the fourth floor of an apartment building, a Young Lady was excitedly waving her hand in this direction.

He lowered the bowstring, hesitated slightly, then turned and strode away, soon disappearing into the distance.

He wasn’t here to save people!

...

This time, more than one Martial Artist had come to the battlefield; counting Chen Shouyi, there were five in total.

However, at dinner, Chen Shouyi only saw two.

None of them were familiar faces, all belonging to the military as Martial Artists.

One was named Xu Zhangtian, a middle-aged man with a beard covering his entire face, the other was named Lu Lingbo, a female Martial Artist.

Female Martial Artists were not only rare, but their appearances were generally not very attractive. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

Lu Lingbo was typical among them, her physique even more robust than that of Chen Shouyi.

Nearly two meters tall, with a burly build and a square, dark face, if it weren’t for her lack of an Adam’s apple and a chest more prominent than most Martial Artists, Chen Shouyi would have thought she was a man.

Both looked haggard, with bloodshot eyes, gobbling up their food.

Being Martial Artists trained within the system, they weren’t as free as civilian Martial Artists, having to step up at any dangerous moment, though their status offered slightly more freedom and better treatment compared to low-level military Martial Artists.

After a week of war, even iron men found it hard to endure.

However, with Chen Shouyi’s arrival, the two dragged their fatigued bodies to stand and warmly greet him.

The Martial Artist circle was very small, a society of acquaintances where knowing a few people connected you to all Martial Artists.

With Feng Hansong being transferred here, his reputation had already spread.

...

Chen Shouyi’s place of rest that night was in a rundown hotel.

When he returned to the room and closed the door, the Shell Lady emerged from the bed, complaining coquettishly, "Great Giant, when can we go home? It’s been several sunrises and sunsets!"

Chen Shouyi sighed, knowing she had also shared in his hardships, never spending a peaceful day: "Just bear with it a bit longer; we’ll be able to return soon!"

He himself didn’t know how much longer they would have to stay; the war was advancing with significant difficulty, nowhere near a conclusion any time soon. He put away the War Bow and sword, noticing the Shell Lady hadn’t responded for a while, turned to see.

Only to find her happily licking a piece of the demigod’s flesh he brought with him.

Chen Shouyi was speechless.

Such a waste of my affection.

The once-docile and clever Shell Lady was now transformed into a silly licker.

He walked to the window, pulled back the curtain, and saw that dusk had started to settle outside.

The area was part of the rear but was only five or six kilometers from the front lines, where the sounds of intense gunfire and artillery could be heard in the distance.

All around was desolate, ruined buildings and debris everywhere.

Chen Shouyi then looked towards a distant thirty-four-floor tall building, which had a huge, transparent hole nearly carving out the entire structure.

The entire great hole was over thirty meters high, thirteen or fourteen meters wide.

Peering through the hole, he noticed similar holes behind the building in another nearby tower.

"These weren’t made by shells, right?" Chen Shouyi wondered.

With nothing else to do, he opened the window and leaped down.

Half a minute later, Chen Shouyi arrived near the ragged building.

"This is..."

He gazed, stunned, at the ground, seeing a three- to four-meter diameter, radial-shaped pit, with a clear footprint at the bottom.

The footprint had only four toes and part of the forefoot, each toe a good thirty centimeters long.

Without a doubt, this was a colossal being.

Chen Shouyi jumped into the pit, pressing the toe-imprinted ground with his fingers, finding it firmly compacted.

Evidently, the creature was running at high speed, each step carrying immense, violent power.

"Could this be left by the God of Hunting?" His expression turned serious.

He had only seen the God of Hunting from afar, never up close; he only knew roughly what it looked like, with no idea how tall it was or how many toes it had!

"If this really is the God of Hunting, it seems the opponent might be in a bit of a hurry?" He looked at the building’s gaping hole, pondering.

"Could it be evading nuclear artillery?"

Without sufficient information, he couldn’t decipher the answer?

...

Not staying long, he soon returned to his room.

Sitting listlessly on the bed for a while, he ended up feeling quite lonely.

Typically, he could amuse himself with the Shell Lady, but she was evidently busy and thoroughly enjoying herself.

He simply got up to practice his cultivation.

This time, Chen Shouyi had brought quite a bit of demigod’s flesh along, enough for a week’s supply.

His physical strength had reached the limits of his current body; no matter how much he trained, his power wouldn’t increase any further, but he hadn’t given up at all.

He continued to train diligently every evening, continually pushing his body’s transformation.

Especially in the past day or two, he had a peculiar feeling, as if a force deep within his body was slowly emerging, with an inkling that a breakthrough was near.

He drew his sword, walked to the massive chunk of demigod’s flesh, and said to the Shell Lady squatting beside it with a flushed face, thoroughly absorbed in licking, "Move a bit."

"Okay!" The Shell Lady shifted her leg an inch, then continued licking with relish.

Can you still taste anything from that?

The blood’s long been licked away!

He grumbled inwardly and directly moved the chunk of meat aside!

The Shell Lady was so entranced in licking that she didn’t seem to notice, licking thin air in her daze.

Chen Shouyi found it amusing, playfully extending his finger.

Unaware, the Shell Lady licked his finger for quite a while until she realized something was off, spitting out water several times, placing her hands on her hips, and angrily saying:

"Naughty Giant, do you want to get bitten again?"

PS: The writing’s a bit stuck today, so just one Chapter.