Chapter 580: Discrimination? Go Talk to My Taihao Holy Law Flying Sword!

Chapter 580: Discrimination? Go tell that to my Taihao Sacred Law Flying Sword!

On the construction site, Yu Xinghan felt the entire ground tremble and work grind to a halt, providing him with a perfectly legitimate excuse to stop working.

Consequently, the "Double-Rest Virus" within his body seemed to rage with renewed intensity, leaving his mana and vitality as stagnant and immobile as a pool of dead water.

Noticing this, Yu Xinghan felt a jolt of alarm, thinking to himself, "If Zhang Yu hadn't raised our wages in advance, the spread of the Double-Rest Virus across the site might have become even more dire after this stoppage."

Just then, another violent tremor erupted from deep within the earth.

Outside the demon-kin's work zone, the massive quake sent Shi Huaiyu, Ying Xin, and the others, who had been protesting, flying through the air.

Xiang Shan curled his trunk, his massive body looming like a small mountain as he stepped toward the scattered crowd.

With every stride, the earth shook violently; surging battle-qi rose to the heavens, mingling with the power of his military-grade dharma-remains to unleash an astonishing pressure.

With the Mount Sumeru King Sutra and the Type-4 Kalpa-Flow Bright King activated, Xiang Shan felt that if a great river stood before him, he could force it to flow backward; if a mountain range blocked his path, he could shatter it to dust.

Who on this site could stop him? Who could stand in his way?

Until the next moment, when he saw Xiao Qingxuan—who was over ten thousand in debt—standing before him, Xiang Shan immediately calmed down. This was one person he truly could not afford to collide with.

"Hmph! Solve your own problems. If you come to disrupt our construction again, I will report you directly to the leadership of Wanfa University for discriminating against demon-kin and undermining the unity between our two schools."

With a cold snort, Xiang Shan turned and walked away, leaving the Wanfa University group fuming yet utterly helpless.

As he returned to the site, a message flashed across Xiang Shan’s ocular interface.

"How is the situation?"

Xiang Shan replied: It is going smoothly.

Xiang Shan: Rest assured, with me here, Zhang Yu’s company won't get a single day of work done.

Xiang Shan: And that investment?

The other party replied: As long as you fulfill your agreement, the investment will come.

Elsewhere, Shi Huaiyu clenched her fists, the Earth-Fiend gravity surging and dissipating within her. She suppressed her impulses, knowing that even if she unleashed the Heaven-Kunlun Mountain-Moving Divine Power now, it would be useless and would only expose her identity.

Just as the group on the site was despairing, the sound of air being torn apart echoed, and accompanied by a sweeping wave of pressure, Zhang Yu appeared on the scene.

Simultaneously, Xiang Shan shot into the sky, his gaze toward Zhang Yu filled with palpable hostility.

During last year’s Civil Engineering Competition, he had lost to this man by a single move.

Despite his strength far exceeding his opponent's at the time, a strategic error had cost him the top spot, squandered countless opportunities, and caused his reputation within the Heaven-Demon University to plummet.

Seeing Zhang Yu again, Xiang Shan’s eyes burned with resentment.

Xiang Shan growled, "Zhang Yu!"

Over the past year, Xiang Shan’s life had been a rollercoaster.

Initially, the fallout from the competition had devastated his standing at Heaven-Demon University, making him a target of scorn among demon-kin in the Spirit Realm and causing his income to crater, forcing him to scramble to pay off his debts.

But later, as Wanfa and Heaven-Demon Universities deepened their cooperation, the Finance Department of Wanfa began pouring vast sums into Heaven-Demon.

Top students like him could secure student loans from the Finance Department even more easily than the students of Wanfa itself.

Since coming to work at the Wanfa site, his income and working conditions had only improved.

Now, thanks to a friend in the Finance Department, he had even leased a set of military-grade dharma-remains, granting him access to three types of military-grade power.

Seeing Zhang Yu, Xiang Shan’s fighting spirit surged; he wanted nothing more than to duel him again and wash away his past shame.

"Zhang Yu has only been in the Refinement Department for a year, mastering only the Heaven-Kunlun Mountain-Moving Divine Power and the Heaven-Sun Radiant Divine Power."

"He recently won the Design Competition, but that only tests artifact design, not raw power."

"I now possess three military-grade powers; my actual work capacity far exceeds his."

Xiang Shan took a deep breath, thinking, "Zhang Yu from the Refinement Department is famous, but his actual output is inferior to mine. He is the perfect stepping stone for me to reclaim my glory at Heaven-Demon University."

"Heaven-Demon Civil Engineering student crushes Wanfa Refinement student?"

Just imagining that headline made Xiang Shan want to laugh.

Of course, the "crushing" he envisioned wasn't a direct combat victory—after all, Refinement students... heaven knows how many spirit coins you’d have to pay if you broke their gear.

Xiang Shan intended to defeat him on the construction site, forcing him to concede the project.

Looking at Xiang Shan, Zhang Yu’s expression remained unchanged. He said calmly, "Xiang Shan, I will ask you only once: can you control your power and stop interfering with our construction?"

Xiang Shan barked, "Zhang Yu, are you discriminating against demon-kin?"

Zhang Yu was momentarily stunned, wondering what he could have possibly said to constitute discrimination.

In Xiang Shan’s ocular interface, due to the "Demon-Kin Discrimination List," Zhang Yu’s head was glowing a deep red.

This was a Spirit Realm spell developed by the Talisman Department, funded by the Wanfa Finance Department to promote unity.

Any demon-kin could upload the details of those they perceived as discriminatory to the Spirit Realm. The more a target was recorded, the more blood-red they appeared in the demon-kin’s vision. Zhang Yu had been flagged by many after he used his military credentials to break up a conflict between demon-kin and civil engineering students at the University City site.

To Xiang Shan, Zhang Yu was glowing crimson, which meant every gesture, glance, or word was inherently discriminatory.

Xiang Shan shouted, "Zhang Yu, demon-kin will not tolerate your discrimination!"

Zhang Yu snapped, "Where the hell did I discriminate against demon-kin?"

Xiang Shan said coldly, "Hmph, would you speak to a human in that tone?"

"I—" Zhang Yu opened his mouth, at a loss for where to even begin.

Xiang Shan continued, "I’ll say this once: stop making excuses for your bigotry! Construction is about ability. If you can’t overcome the environmental factors, then don’t come to the site."

Following these words, the demon-kin workers behind him erupted in cheers.

"Well said!"

"This is a Heaven-Demon University site; it’s not for you humans to criticize!"

"Long live Heaven-Demon!"

Zhang Yu didn't know that in the span of a few sentences, he had become even redder on the discrimination list.

"Fine, remember what you said." Too lazy to argue further, Zhang Yu swept his hand, unleashing the Heaven-Kunlun Mountain-Moving Divine Power, and flew his employees back toward their own site.

Watching this, Xiang Shan braced himself, knowing Zhang Yu wouldn't just slink away.

The next moment, amidst a deafening crunching sound, Xiang Shan watched as Zhang Yu grabbed his entire construction site.

The entire site rose like a massive floating island, soaring rapidly into the sky.

Simultaneously, the Constant-Sun Star Core within the Heaven-Sun Radiant Divine Power roared to life, erupting in pillars of flame beneath the island, serving as the propulsion for its ascent.

The soil and sand beneath the island were incinerated by the solar flames, refined into mana while releasing waves of scorching heat.

In the blink of an eye, the island hovered directly over Xiang Shan’s head.

As the Heaven-Sun Radiant Divine Power released heat like a dozen miniature suns, the Heaven-Demon site became an oven, leaving the demon-kin drenched in sweat and feeling as though their classmates were beginning to smell quite delicious.

Xiang Shan remained unperturbed, saying, "Don't be afraid! Hide underground. Let’s see how long he can keep up the heat!"

Xiang Shan retreated underground as well, and with a violent activation of the Mount Sumeru King Sutra, the earth began to quake once more.

"How long can you build from the sky? Sooner or later, you’ll have to come down."

"I have fundamentally altered the geological composition of this site; even if you burrow down, you will have to lay your foundations all over again!"

Meanwhile, Zhang Yu had long anticipated the demon-kin’s retreat into the earth. With a light tap upon his sword case, twelve Taihao Sacred Law flying swords erupted into flight, circling him in a shimmering halo.

The next moment, as streaks of sword light surged toward the heavens, the Taihao Sacred Law formation was unleashed. The twelve blades seemed to merge into a singular entity, weaving together spiritual intelligence, mana, and sword aura into one seamless web.

"Taihao Intranet, strike!"

As Zhang Yu pointed a finger, the twelve swords dispersed to the four corners, encircling the entire construction site of the Sky Demon University.

Immediately, the intranet forged by the formation acted like an invisible blade, threatening to pierce through the very fabric of the local spiritual network.

In the blink of an eye, the demon-kin below discovered their ocular implants stuttering to their limits, their exchange of information with the spiritual realm slowing to an unprecedented crawl.

Yet, in the next heartbeat, the sluggishness accelerated into a frantic rush; the massive surge in data exchange sent their bandwidth costs skyrocketing.

Xiang Shan roared in fury: "Zhang Yu! Are you sabotaging the spiritual network of our site?!"

Zhang Yu replied with cold indifference: "I am merely establishing an intranet for my own site. If your spiritual network is affected, what concern is that of mine?"

"In civil engineering, one relies on one's own prowess. If you cannot even overcome environmental challenges, then your skills are lacking—perhaps you shouldn't be on a construction site at all."

Even as the demon-kin panicked at the violent fluctuations of the spiritual realm, Zhang Yu flicked his fingers. With every gesture, an invisible sword light flashed within the formation, plunging deep into the bowels of the earth.

Suddenly, bursts of fire detonated far underground. The Radiant Solar Flames of the Heavenly Sun God, having manifested in the depths, began to scorch the entire site from below.

Feeling the rapid rise in temperature beneath his feet, Xiang Shan felt a jolt of terror.

He had initially assumed the network interference was the work of talismans, but as the pieces clicked into place, he realized: "It is the Taihao Sacred Law formation!"

Requesting monthly tickets.

(End of chapter)