Chapter 183 New Training Ground Experience, Captain Promoted to Extraordinary

Chapter 183: Chapter 145: New Training Ground Experience, Captain Promoted to Extraordinary

His Extraordinary Ceremony required him to wage a life-and-death battle amidst a horde of ghosts until his Curse Power was completely exhausted! Furthermore, he had to slay at least one Leader Level ghost during the process.

This was much harder than Lu Qing’s Extraordinary Ceremony. Its only advantage was that it wasn’t too particular about the location.

By now, Bai Yu had already plummeted into the deep sea of the Nightmare, with the majority of the Second Squad’s elites arriving to assist. Not only that, but several Captain Level figures—Lu Qing, Fen Huo, and Li Yunfeng—had also arrived at the scene. Even the Extraordinary Powerhouse Long Xingzhou, who was relatively free at the moment, had rushed over with blazing speed.

Such was the incredibly luxurious support lineup gathered for Captain Bai Yu’s Breaking Realm.

Outsiders could not interfere with an Extraordinary Ceremony, as doing so would guarantee failure. However, if an Extraordinary Ceremony lacked external protectors, it was bound to be disrupted anyway—only this time, by ghosts.

There might still be hidden civilian experts in the Third Refinements Realm within Baijiang City, but there absolutely couldn’t be any in the Extraordinary Realm. Even if an Extraordinary Powerhouse didn’t come from the Countermeasures Bureau, they definitely hailed from large factions like the Wizard’s House or the Extreme Intent Martial Arts Hall. Occasionally, if a civilian genius reached an Extraordinary Breakthrough, they would first have to seek out a large faction to affiliate with and ask for help.

Shi An looked at the outside world, where groups of figures in black trench coats stood in strict formation.

"To Break Realm into Extraordinary, aside from oneself, one also has to rely on factions and connections!

"Perhaps in the past, there were civilian geniuses who ascended to Extraordinary by their own power, but that is no longer possible after the city-crashing catastrophe. Without factions and connections, even monstrous geniuses amount to nothing."

Shi An could only sigh at this reality; the world was simply too bleak. Even geniuses had no choice but to throw themselves into the arms of massive factions.

"Wait, I am a massive faction? Never mind then," he mused.

For a Captain Level expert’s breakthrough, although the Countermeasures Bureau mobilized heavily, the people who actually knew about it were extremely few. Aside from the elites of the Second Squad, it was just the various captains.

The Safe Zone had sent over representatives to act as both spectators and reinforcements, but their numbers were sparse—only three in total: Zhuo Ling, Luo Susu, and Wu Feng.

Several Witchcraft Flying Eyes hung high in the sky.

"It’s starting," Shi An murmured.

In the distance, a Ghost Tide numbering in the dozens came into stark view. This was a group of ghosts that looked like walking corpses. However, they were ghosts after all. Compared to the slow-moving zombies in movies, each of these walking corpse ghosts was at least at the Licker Level. There were also giant walking corpse ghosts covered in pustules, standing over four meters tall.

The men in black trench coats watching from afar swallowed hard.

Meanwhile, Captain Bai charged into their ranks without hesitation.

"The wandering knight dons his martial cap; his frost-bright blade gleams like snow!"

His sword blade Slashed across a walking corpse ghost’s neck, sending a scarlet head rocketing into the sky. Captain Bai held a large mouthful of strong liquor and spewed raging flames from his lips. The fan-shaped blanket of fire instantly ignited ghost after ghost.

Battle! Battle! Battle!

Trapped deep within the Ghost Tide, Captain Bai suffered multiple injuries in mere moments. He could only do his utmost to dodge those fatal Techniques, but he was already bathed in blood and looked exceptionally miserable. Yet even so, he didn’t appear tragic; rather, he fought with a heroic and uninhibited spirit. Wielding his sword and roaring with liquor, every Slash of his blade struck true.

Even if he failed and died today, he would at least pave the way for his successors, providing them with an empirical reference. Who could say that Captain Bai didn’t die a worthy death? A life-and-death battle was fundamentally about finding survival through the crucible of death!

Bai Yu quickly tossed aside the concept of the Extraordinary Ceremony in his mind. There was only slaughter—slaughtering through the ghosts before him to carve out a bloody path.

Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!

Ghost after ghost was decapitated, yet they still lunged forward with bared fangs and brandished claws. Many members of the Second Squad couldn’t bear to watch, their jaws clenched tight.

"It’s just too difficult—the Extraordinary Ceremony!" someone in the crowd whispered.

Let alone the ascension and metamorphosis following the rite, the ceremony itself was often an ordeal no mortal was meant to survive!

But by pushing himself to his absolute limits and burning his very being, Captain Bai finally Slashed through the Ghost Tide and forcefully obliterated the giant walking corpse ghost.

The price was that he barely looked human at this point.

Yet, Bai Yu smiled. Amidst the chaos, he could already sense the majestic power of the world’s laws descending upon him. However, a significant number of ghosts still remained in the vicinity, and they relentlessly lunged toward him.

BOOM!

Long Xingzhou appeared in front of Bai Yu. He threw a punch, his Curse Power transforming into a Black Dragon that swept all the ghosts away. This was the Rare Level Curse Art, Dragon Fist!

He hoisted Bai Yu onto his shoulder and rapidly sprinted toward the gates of the Safe Zone. The metamorphosis had already begun, but fortunately, the initial stages of the transformation weren’t too intense.

Soon, inside a certain Training Ground within the Safe Zone accessed via a special passageway, the Countermeasures Bureau personnel skilled in healing were already waiting. They quickly administered basic treatment to Bai Yu’s injuries and then retreated.

As for Life Potions and Purification Potions? Bai Yu had already consumed them long ago. He wasn’t quite at death’s door; he was merely heavily injured. It was impossible for him to fully recover from these injuries in a short time, but undergoing ascension and metamorphosis while wounded was well within their expectations anyway.

The ascension had officially commenced!

An invisible force pulled and absorbed piles upon piles of Dream Crystals scattered around. Shi An had already arrived at the scene, standing in the distance to observe the process.

With Bai Yu arriving here, this Extraordinary Breakthrough was already more than half complete. The remaining portion depended entirely on whether he could hold on and maintain the resonance of his Essence, Qi, and Spirit.

Shi An watched closely. He observed the site layout of the Countermeasures Bureau, silently absorbing the experience. He also observed how Captain Bai’s ascension process differed from Li Feng’s. After all, Captain Bai was human. This was Shi An’s very first time observing a human ascend.

TICK TOCK TICK TOCK.

Time slipped away. A few hours later, the radiance symbolizing Captain Bai’s three Lifebound Curse Objects erupted from within his body. Essence, Qi, and Spirit began to resonate.