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Chapter 683: Urna
Zhou Wen had already summoned the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon and had it appear on his back in the form of dragon wings. He didn't dare be careless when entering such a strange place in reality.
He turned his head and realized that there was no longer a stone door behind him. Behind him was an endless void. The huge golden Buddha nation was floating in the void like an island while they were standing at the edge of the golden Buddha nation.
Zhou Wen looked around and failed to find a way back. He looked at An Sheng and asked, "Ah Sheng, can you tell the way back?"
An Sheng shook his head and said, "I can't tell. It's probably going to be troublesome. Young Master Wen, you have to be careful at all times."
Leng Zongzheng said, "Look at the spot between the giant Buddha's eyebrows."
Zhou Wen and An Sheng looked over and saw a huge piece of sun-like glass between the Buddha's brows that emitted a strange glow.
"In Buddhism, that's an Urna. It's one of the thirty-two aspects of Gautama Buddha. It represents the source of all religions," An Sheng said.
Leng Zongzheng nodded and said, "An Urna is one of the original forms of Buddha. It shrinks between the eyebrows. And when a craftsman carves a Buddha statue, there's no way to depict the true appearance of an Urna. They usually just carve a circle or spiral to represent it. Look carefully at the Urna. Do you find anything odd?"
Zhou Wen and An Sheng looked over and felt that the Urna was blinding, as though it was clear glass.
As Truth Listener's power couldn't reach such a distance, Zhou Wen didn't sense any danger descending. He switched to the Small Perfection of Wisdom and the Hell King Life Soul to strengthen his senses before carefully looking at the Urna.
Upon doing so, Zhou Wen immediately realized something. The Urna wasn't glass. It was clearly a cocoon formed from crystal threads.
"That's... the cocoon of a Guardian..." Zhou Wen said in surprise.
Leng Zongzheng said with a heavy expression, "It's probably a cocoon of a Guardian. I originally thought that Dragon Gate Grotto only had one in Dragon's Well, I didn't expect there to be another one."
"Could it be that everything that happened in Dragon Gate Grotto is due to the cocoon of the Guardian? But that doesn't make sense. Doesn't a Guardian only choose humans as contractors? Why are the monk-robed skeleton and the golden-winged bird here?" Zhou Wen frowned.
No one could answer his question. The three of them watched from afar as the monk-clothed skeleton walked towards the Buddha and the golden-winged bird flew at high speed.
However, be it the skeleton in monk robes or the golden-winged bird, they couldn't close the distance. It was as though they were running on the spot.
"There's a huge terror hidden in this Buddhist kingdom. It's not something ordinary creatures can pass through. Little Zhou, summon that Great Might Vajra Bull and see if it can approach the Buddha statue," said Leng Zongzheng.
Zhou Wen hurriedly summoned the Great Might Vajra Bull and made it try walking in the direction of the Buddha.
It was odd. The golden-winged bird's flying speed was tremendous. It could fly hundreds of kilometers with a flap of its wings, but it was unable to approach the huge Buddha.
However, the Great Might Vajra Bull easily closed the distance by slowly walking on the golden bricks. It was about to catch up to the monk-robed skeleton.
"As expected. Only Buddhist-type creatures can travel through the Buddhist kingdom. That monk-robed skeleton isn't a Buddhist-type creature after all. It's probably relying on the crystal in its hand to slowly walk towards the Buddha. As for the golden-winged bird, it can't approach it no matter what. It's worse than the monk-robed skeleton." As Leng Zongzheng spoke, he got Zhou Wen to summon the Great Might Vajra Bull back to prevent it from meeting the monk-robed skeleton.
At that moment, a bird's cry rang through the clouds. The golden-winged bird's body expanded like a golden cloud that blotted out the sky. It nearly enveloped the entire Buddhist kingdom in its shadow.
It flapped its wings as a terrifying power tore through space and rapidly approached the Buddha. It actually broke through the restrictions of the Buddhist kingdom's strange powers.
What terrifying might. Only the gigantified Tyrant Behemoth can match it. Zhou Wen was alarmed.
Soon, the golden-winged bird arrived in front of the Buddha statue. As Leng Zongzheng had expected, it had indeed come for the cocoon of the Guardian. It flew to the top of the Buddha's head and grabbed at it.
The monk-robed skeleton also noticed the golden-winged Bird's actions. A strange glint flashed in its eyes as it lifted the crystal in its hand. A golden beam shot out from the crystal and instantly struck the golden-winged bird.
The golden-winged bird didn't dare let the golden beam of light strike it. It gave up on the cocoon of the Guardian and flapped its wings to dodge.
The crystal in the skeleton's hand constantly emitted golden beams, preventing the golden-winged bird from approaching the cocoon.
The golden-winged bird's actions were interrupted a few times. It immediately turned ferocious as it flapped its wings and transformed into a golden beam that charged at the monk-robed skeleton. Its eyes flashed with lightning.
As the skeleton advanced, it raised the crystal in its hand and emitted a golden glow that fought the golden-winged bird.
The golden-winged bird seemed to be afraid of the crystal in its hand. It was forced back by the crystal's light repeatedly.
Leng Zongzheng stared at the monk-clothed skeleton and the crystal in its hand for a long time as though he was thinking about something. After a while, Leng Zongzheng suddenly turned to Zhou Wen and said, "Little Zhou, get the Great Might Vajra Bull to carry us to the Buddha."
Although Leng Zongzheng didn't explain why he was doing so, Zhou Wen hurriedly summoned the Great Might Vajra Bull when he saw his solemn expression.
Thankfully, the Great Might Vajra Bull was huge. It was more than big enough to seat three people.
The three of them sat on the bull's back. The Great Might Vajra Bull immediately ran towards the Buddha.
The monk-robed skeleton needed to walk towards the Buddha step by step. As for the Great Might Vajra Bull, it ran very quickly. Soon, it caught up with the monk-robed skeleton. While it was fighting the golden-winged Roc, it charged past it.
When the monk-robed skeleton saw the Great Might Vajra Bull rush over with three people on it, the strange light in its eyes immediately lit up. The crystal in its hand immediately emitted a golden glow that resembled the one in the mountain temple. It enveloped a large area, including the Great Might Vajra Bull, Zhou Wen, and company.
Zhou Wen immediately felt the Runic Heavy Armor on his body melt like bubbles. Even the Great Might Vajra Bull's body couldn't withstand the terrifying golden light. It was like a melting candle as its golden flesh melted.
Leng Zongzheng and Ah Sheng's situation was the same. The armor on their bodies was melting, and in an instant, their armor was about to collapse.
Zhou Wen pulled out the Golden Overlord Sword and slashed at the monk-robed skeleton. At the same time, he ordered the Great Might Vajra Bull to use the Soul Suppression Bell.
Clang!
The moment the Soul Suppression Bell sounded, the monk-robed skeleton was stunned. The golden light emitted from the crystal in its hand also dimmed.
Taking this opportunity, Leng Zongzheng and Ah Sheng attacked at the same time. Leng Zongzheng summoned the Azure Rainbow Flying Sword that Zhou Wen had previously seen and slashed at the monk-robed skeleton. As for Ah Sheng, he used Love Letter's text ability and sent a text to the monk-robed skeleton.
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Chapter 684: Obstruction
The duration of the dizziness caused by the Soul Suppression Bell was too short. When the golden sword beam slashed at the monk-robed skeleton, the skeleton had already reacted. It held the crystal in one hand and waved its other hand.
The golden sword beam was immediately shattered. The Azure Rainbow Flying Sword was sent flying almost simultaneously.
An Sheng's text came in front of it. It opened its mouth and blew out a strange cold wind that scattered the power of the text.
Despite fighting three alone, the skeleton still had the upper hand. It held up the crystal in its hand again and shot out a golden beam.
However, the golden beam wasn't directed at Zhou Wen and company. It transformed into a beam that shot into the sky, targeting the golden-winged bird.
It turned out that the golden-winged bird had taken advantage of the battle between the monk-robed skeleton and the trio to fly towards the Buddha, hoping to snatch the cocoon of the Guardian from the Buddha's glabella.
"Let's go to the Buddha quickly." Leng Zongzheng didn't seem to be in the mood to fight the monk-robed skeleton as he shouted loudly.
Zhou Wen hurriedly got the Great Might Vajra Bull to rush towards the Buddha. The monk-robed skeleton and the golden-winged bird were occupied with fighting, so they couldn't be bothered with them.
Soon, the Great Might Vajra Bull ran to the foot of the Buddha, but it couldn't fly. It was difficult to ascend the Buddha.
"It should be fine now. Let's head up," Leng Zongzheng said as he leaped up from the bull's back. He stepped onto the Azure Rainbow Flying Sword and flew towards the cocoon of the Guardian.
Zhou Wen unsummoned the Great Might Vajra Bull and flapped his wings to catch up.
Ah Sheng quickly jumped up the Buddha statue. He was slightly slower. Leng Zongzheng seemed to be very anxious. Without waiting for them, he charged forward alone.
The golden-winged bird and the monk-robed skeleton, who were originally fighting, realized that Leng Zongzheng and company were charging towards the cocoon of the Guardian. They stopped their tussle simultaneously and attacked Leng Zongzheng.
"Help me hold them back. Don't let them come up." Leng Zongzheng was extremely bold. He leaped up from the Azure Rainbow Flying Sword and lunged towards the cocoon of the Guardian. As for the Azure Rainbow Flying Sword, it headed straight for the monk-robed skeleton.
Another white beam flew out. It was the white parrot that Zhou Wen had seen before. It flapped its wings and faced the golden-winged bird.
After some thought, Zhou Wen brandished his sword and slashed at the monk-robed skeleton. The crystal in the skeleton's hand was too terrifying. If he held it back, he could give Leng Zongzheng greater opportunities.
However, with a flash of golden light from the monk-robed skeleton's crystal, the golden sword beam shattered. The Azure Rainbow Flying Sword automatically flew aside, not daring to be illuminated by the golden light.
"Go!" Zhou Wen summoned Tyrant Behemoth and made it charge at the monk-robed skeleton while he charged at the golden-winged bird.
Boom!
Tyrant Behemoth landed on the ground and roared at the skeleton.
The crystal in the monk-clothed skeleton's hand emitted a golden glow as it struck Tyrant Behemoth. Tyrant Behemoth raised its arm to block, but its arm was penetrated by the golden light.
In the next second, Tyrant Behemoth activated Absolute Strength. Its body turned into a black hole, causing the surrounding space to distort and form a strange suction force.
The monk-clothed skeleton's body was sucked towards Tyrant Behemoth, but it refused to be outdone. It raised the crystal in its hand again and shot out a terrifying golden light towards Tyrant Behemoth.
However, the golden light was suppressed by Tyrant Behemoth's Absolute Strength. Tyrant Behemoth charged forward, tanking the golden light before punching the monk-robed skeleton.
Boom!
Tyrant Behemoth blasted open a huge pit in the gold-bricked ground. As for the monk-robed skeleton, it used some unknown method to dodge Tyrant Behemoth's attack and moved a few hundred meters away.
Tyrant Behemoth roared and immediately chased after it.
In the sky, the white parrot actually spoke the human language. As it flew, it cursed, "Little eagle brat, go back and ask your mother. See who's son you are? How dare you not kneel down and call me daddy when you see me? You're worse than a beast. If I had known, I would have ejaculated you towards the wall..."
Zhou Wen had never seen a Companion Beast being so vulgar and offensive. Its strength was inferior to the golden-winged bird, so it could only flee for its life. However, as it fled, it kept on cursing the golden-winged bird. This infuriated the golden-winged bird, making it abandon its attacks on Leng Zongzheng as it directed its sights on the white parrot. It wanted the parrot dead.
Even Zhou Wen felt his head spin after hearing its words. He really wanted to slap it.
"A son killing his dad... Aren't you afraid of heavenly punishment... You'll be fried into a fragrant, mala eagle..." the white parrot cried as it fled.
It was vulgar, but its flying speed wasn't slow at all. It was actually comparable to the golden-winged bird. Furthermore, this fellow's flying trajectory clearly had some technique involved. It wasn't as simple as relying on speed.
When Zhou Wen rushed forward, the golden-winged bird was already enraged. Its body emitted a golden glow as mysterious ancient text appeared on its feathers, causing its body to emit a terrifying divine glow. With a flap of its wings, its body tore through the void and appeared above the white parrot. Its claws, that resembled sharp blades, were about to grab the white parrot.
The white parrot's figure phased away as it used a teleportation skill to avoid the golden-winged bird's talons.
"No matter how awesome a son is, he's still a son. If you want to capture me, spend another ten thousand years training and there might still be hope," the white parrot cursed as it fled in the opposite direction of the Buddha statue.
Unfortunately, its teleportation skill was the same as Zhou Wen's Lost Country. It couldn't be used continuously. The golden-winged bird that had already gone berserk instantly caught up to it and grabbed it in midair.
"Let go of your daddy. There's nothing impressive about flying fast. If you have the guts, let's fight on the ground." The white parrot had already been caught, but its mouth didn't stop.
Zhou Wen flapped his wings and slashed at the golden-winged bird's claw, hoping to save the white parrot.
To his surprise, the golden-winged bird hated the white parrot to the core. It ignored the golden sword beam and retracted its claw, about to tear the white parrot's body into pieces.
Clang!
When the golden sword beam struck the bird's claw, white feathers flew everywhere. The golden-winged bird's claws were covered in white feathers, but the parrot's body was gone.
"Little eagle brat, let daddy teach you one more move. This is slough off the cicada's golden shell from the Thirty-Six Stratagems. Learn it..." The white parrot had a few feathers left on its body. It was like a featherless chicken, but it was still making bold claims.
The fellow wasn't stupid either. As it shouted, it fled behind Zhou Wen. The wings that were without feathers could still fly very quickly.
What the hell is this bird! Zhou Wen was rendered speechless. If he were the enemy of this crappy bird, he would wish to slaughter it immediately.
The golden-winged bird clearly had the same thought as well. It rushed over immediately as the golden light on its body flashed like lightning. Its speed was unbelievably fast.
However, Zhou Wen was right in front of the parrot. He immediately bore the brunt of the attack. He had already used Transcendent Flying Immortal to dodge the golden-winged bird's attack, but the divine-level Transcendent Flying Immortal was like an electric tricycle against a sports car in front of the golden-winged bird. It was overtaken before it even started.
As Zhou Wen retreated, he slashed out Golden Sword Aura. However, when it struck the golden feathers, it bounced off. Ignoring the fact that he failed to injure the golden-winged bird, he couldn't even obstruct it for a moment.
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Chapter 685: Buddha Annihilation
A strange glint flashed in Zhou Wen's eyes as he was about to activate Torch Dragon Youngling's eye mirror. He wanted to use Bright Torch Vision World to kill the ferocious golden-winged bird.
To his surprise, he suddenly heard a loud boom. It came from the Buddha's glabella.
The golden-winged bird seemed to be jolted awake as it stopped pursuing Zhou Wen. It looked up at the Buddha.
Zhou Wen also looked over and saw that Leng Zongzheng had already arrived in front of the cocoon of the Guardian. He held a saber in his hand as he stabbed it at the cocoon.
However, in the cocoon of the Guardian, a hand broke out and grabbed the tip of Leng Zongzheng's saber.
The hand suffused a Buddhistic glow. It was fair and clean, and it didn't look powerful. However, the sharp blade failed to injure the hand at all.
Could the sound just now be from the palm tearing out of the cocoon? Just as Zhou Wen was feeling alarmed, he heard a crack.
The hand snapped the saber in Leng Zongzheng's hand.
Leng Zongzheng retreated and stared at the cocoon of the Guardian with a solemn expression. He muttered to himself, "It's still too late. Has it already developed to such a stage?"
Apart from Tyrant Behemoth, who was still chasing the monk-robed skeleton and hammering down, everyone stopped and looked at the cocoon of the Guardian.
Crack! Crack!
The Guardian's cocoon constantly shattered as crystalline fragments fell off, emitting a clean Buddhistic glow from the cocoon.
The Buddha statues in the Buddhist kingdom seemed to come to life at that moment. Golden Buddha statues, be it sculptures or carvings on the walls, emitted the sound of chanting.
In the entire Buddhist kingdom, the mysterious murmurs reverberated like a chant. It was as though they were praying or welcoming something.
Amidst the murmurs, a golden Buddhistic glow rose from all the Buddha statues. The Buddhistic glow gathered at the Buddha's glabella and flowed into the cracked cocoon.
Crack! Crack!
Most of the cocoon formed by the crystal threads had shattered. Zhou Wen and company could already see the creature inside the cocoon.
It was bhikkhu, who was dressed in white monk robes. He looked no different from a human, but there was an Urna on his forehead. It was crystalline-like jade and had spiral patterns.
He sat cross-legged in the cocoon as an infinite Buddhistic glow converged in front of him. They transformed into Buddha beads that automatically joined together, turning into a string of golden Buddha beads.
As the Buddhistic glow intensified, Buddha's figure appeared on the Buddha beads.
When the cocoon of the Guardian completely shattered, the string of Buddha beads finally condensed and landed in the bhikkhu's hand.
With the Buddha beads in hand, the entire Buddhist kingdom fell silent. The chanting sounds vanished as the Buddhistic glow on the Buddha statue vanished.
"Buddha is annihilated with my birth..." The bhikkhu slowly opened his eyes. His eyes were so clear that it made people feel as though looking at him was desecrating him.
However, with the bhikkhu's voice, all the Buddha statues in the Buddhist Kingdom shattered. Even the thousand-foot-tall giant Buddha statue collapsed.
The Buddha statue crumbled as it slowly sank into the void.
The monk-robed skeleton and the golden-winged bird trembled as they took on a pleading pose to the bhikkhu who held Buddha beads in his hands and pressed down with his other hand.
A huge palm print appeared above the Buddha kingdom. Tyrant Behemoth, who continued attacking the skeleton, was slammed into the ground.
Zhou Wen was alarmed as he hurriedly unsummoned Tyrant Behemoth. Thankfully, Tyrant Behemoth wasn't killed. It was only slightly injured.
However, despite being in its Absolute Strength state, it had been forcefully suppressed and had even suffered some injuries. The bhikkhu's strength was unimaginable.
"Chancellor, do we retreat?" An Sheng asked in horror as he rapidly moved through the collapsing Buddha kingdom.
"There's nowhere to retreat to. I'll deal with him. The two of you will do as you see fit," Leng Zongzheng answered without looking back. Then, he looked at bhikkhu and asked, "What's your name?"
"Buddha Annihilation."
Leng Zongzheng didn't say a word. However, divine beams rose from his body one after another. The divine beams condensed in front of him, turning into a beautiful black-clothed goddess with a harp in her arms.
Guardian? Does Chancellor Leng actually have a Guardian? Zhou Wen saw the black-clothed goddess holding a harp in front of Leng Zongzheng and immediately recognized her identity. She was actually a Guardian.
"Name?" The bhikkhu asked as he looked at the harp-holding goddess.
"Divine Harp." When the goddess answered, her body had already transformed into streams of light that fused into Leng Zongzheng's body. At the same time, a black suit formed over him.
Leng Zongzheng's aura also underwent an earth-shattering change due to the fusion of the Divine Harp. He was like a devil in a suit.
Leng Zongzheng sat in midair as the Demonic Organ Throne appeared in front of him. The vertical tubes that resembled a castle and the rows of keys emitted a solemn and mysterious aura.
It was different from the Demonic Organ Throne that Zhou Wen had seen the last time. This time, because Leng Zongzheng had broken through to the divine level with the help of Divine Harp, he became even more terrifying. Every note emitted a terrifying glow.
Leng Zongzheng pressed his hands on the keys as harp music came from the huge vertical tubes that resembled a castle.
Zhou Wen didn't think that the harp tones were anything special, but the Buddha beads in Buddha Annihilation's hand glowed brightly as though it was resisting some kind of power.
Zhou Wen didn't have the time to figure out what was so special about the harp music. This was because the golden-winged bird had already charged at Leng Zongzheng, as though it was helping Buddha Annihilation.
Zhou Wen immediately released two Golden Battle God Halberds and attacked the golden-winged bird from the side. The Golden Overlord Sword in his hand slashed over.
The bald parrot stood on Zhou Wen's shoulder and shouted at the golden-winged bird, "Little eagle brat... Your daddy is here..."
The monk-robed skeleton also wanted to charge at Leng Zongzheng. An Sheng rushed over and stopped him, but An Sheng only had one Mythical creature—Love Letter. Love Letter was far from being the monk-robed skeleton's match. All it could do was constantly retreat and use various strange skills to delay the monk-robed skeleton's advance.
Seeing that An Sheng was in danger, Zhou Wen summoned Tyrant Behemoth again to help An Sheng fight the monk-robed skeleton.
Tyrant Behemoth had suffered some injuries, but thankfully, it wasn't seriously injured. After charging into the collapsing Buddhist kingdom, it immediately activated its Absolute Strength again.
For some reason, the monk-clothed skeleton fearlessly faced Tyrant Behemoth and stuffed the crystal in its eye socket.
The moment the crystal entered his socket, it emitted a golden glow. It made the skeleton's bones burn with golden flames as though it was bathing in Nirvana Flames.
Boom!
The monk-clothed skeleton's bone fist collided with Tyrant Behemoth's fist. They were evenly matched and neither of them managed to gain the upper hand. The terrifying shockwave produced from the collision of strength caused the already damaged streets to be further destroyed.
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Chapter 686: Violent Annihilation
Tyrant Behemoth was extremely violent and ferocious as it constantly attacked. Its Absolute Strength had a time limit, and it had already used it for nearly ten minutes, Now that it was activated again, it only had about twenty minutes remaining. It needed to determine the victor in twenty minutes.
An Sheng didn't attack the monk-robed skeleton with Tyrant Behemoth. He watched from the side as though he was observing and searching for an opportunity.
As Zhou Wen fought the golden-winged bird, the dragon wings on his back trembled. The two Golden Battle God Halberd attacked from both sides as the Golden Overlord Sword in his hand constantly slashed out Golden Sword Aura.
However, the golden-winged bird's speed was just too fast. It was so fast that Zhou Wen's eyes couldn't keep up with its actions. Before he could see what was happening, he heard a crack. One of his Golden Battle God Halberds had been grabbed by its claws. Once it exerted strength, the Golden Battle God Halberd immediately snapped into several pieces.
Zhou Wen didn't have the time to worry about the Golden Battle God Halberd's death. He pushed Transcendent Flying Immortal's speed to its limits and quickly escaped into the distance.
If Tyrant Behemoth had absolute strength, then the golden-winged bird had absolute speed. Zhou Wen didn't fly for long before it caught up.
Without thinking, the eye mirror in Zhou Wen's eye condensed a strange luster, making one of his eyes look like a mirror as he looked at the golden-winged bird.
The golden-winged bird seemed to sense danger. The mysterious ancient text on its wings shimmered as it vanished from Zhou Wen's sight.
Boom!
Zhou Wen felt a heavy blow on his back. His body slammed into the ground like a meteor, leaving a huge hole in the golden palace.
The golden-winged bird's might was even more ferocious. With a flash, it grabbed the Golden Battle God Halberd that was flying in the air and instantly snapped it into several pieces.
Zhou Wen crawled out of the ground and felt unbearable pain, but he wasn't seriously injured. As for the Substitute Talisman, it had already dissipated into ashes.
Thankfully, I brought the Substitute Talisman. If I had known, I would have drawn a few more. Zhou Wen was alarmed. If not for the Substitute Talisman, even if he didn't die, the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon would have died.
Unfortunately, Substitute Talismans were too difficult to draw. Success or failure depended on fate. Zhou Wen had drawn so many of them, but he had only succeeded once when his heart and mind were one.
Later, he drew many more times, but none of them succeeded. Zhou Wen was too frustrated to continue drawing.
After the golden-winged bird snapped the Golden Battle God Halberd, its bloody, cold eyes looked into the palace's hole. It flapped its wings again and instantly vanished.
F*k you. Zhou Wen's heart palpitated as goosebumps rose. Knowing that danger was approaching, he didn't dare hesitate any further as he summoned Torch Dragon Youngling.
Torch Dragon Youngling's massive body appeared and burst through the palace. It looked up angrily at the sky.
Zhou Wen stood on its head and used the Truth Listener earring's ability to observe his surroundings. He realized that the golden-winged bird had already flown into the sky. Clearly, it was afraid of Torch Dragon's appearance.
However, in just an instant, the golden-winged bird turned ferocious again. It flapped its wings and transformed into a stream of light that vanished. It was so fast that he couldn't see its trajectory.
"Torch Dragon!" Zhou Wen called out.
In fact, without Zhou Wen's order, Torch Dragon had already moved. The scales on its body converged like eyelids as rows of Torch Dragon Eyes appeared. It was its World King Transformation.
Countless Torch Dragon Eyes used Bright Torch Vision World at the same time, opening up like countless mirrors.
Suddenly, Zhou Wen felt something amiss. He turned his head and saw the golden-winged bird appear behind Torch Dragon. Its body flashed like a bolt of lightning as its wings flapped wildly. Its face was filled with horror as though it was resisting some invisible terrifying force.
However, it only struggled for a moment before its figure suddenly vanished.
Zhou Wen saw the golden-winged bird's figure appear in the eyes on Torch Dragon's back. It struggled and churned inside before disappearing.
The Torch Dragon Vision World ended as Torch Dragon Youngling was taken out of its World King Transformation state. Torch Dragon Youngling was exhausted and its strength was greatly reduced. Its combat strength dropped drastically to the level of Six-Winged Guardian Dragon. It couldn't even use Bright Torch Vision World again.
Zhou Wen hurriedly unsummoned Torch Dragon Youngling. He couldn't let it take the risk. This was Zhou Wen's strongest trump card.
What a huge loss. Zhou Wen felt his heart ache.
He originally wanted to see if he could find an opportunity to kill the golden-winged bird, but he ended up losing a Substitute Talisman and two Golden Battle God Halberds.
Although Bright Torch Vision World was powerful, it didn't leave anything behind after killing its opponent. This was a fatal flaw. Zhou Wen wasn't willing to use the skill unless it was absolutely necessary.
Elsewhere, Tyrant Behemoth kept bombarding the monk-robed skeleton. Its powerful strength forced the monk-robed skeleton to retreat as its bones cracked.
However, the golden light on its body burned like flames, making its body seem like an immortal body. It immediately recovered from any injuries. Although Tyrant Behemoth had the upper hand, it ultimately failed to kill it.
Is Absolute Strength about to run out of time? Zhou Wen did the math and realized that there were about ten minutes left. However, from the looks of it, Tyrant Behemoth probably wouldn't be able to kill the monk-robed skeleton in ten minutes.
Suddenly, An Sheng, who had been observing from the side, pressed his palm on the ground and vanished like a ghost.
At this moment, Tyrant Behemoth sent the monk-robed skeleton retreating a few steps with one punch, leaving it staggering.
An Sheng strangely crawled out from the ground behind the skeleton and leaped up. His finger was like a venomous scorpion's stinger as he tapped at the back of the skeleton's head.
He imprinted a mysterious character on the back of the monk-robed skeleton's head. Zhou Wen recognized that it was the word "Quake," one of Love Letter's abilities.
Boom!
The crystal in the skeleton's eye sockets was actually jolted out because of An Sheng's finger strike. It flew out and landed on the ground.
The golden flames on the monk-robed skeleton's body immediately vanished. Tyrant Behemoth's attack followed up the chain of attacks. The monk-robed skeleton raised its fist in a panic to receive the attack.
Crack!
Without the augmentation of the crystal, the skeleton's bony hand was shattered by Tyrant Behemoth and its body staggered backward.
The berserk Tyrant Behemoth pummeled the monk-robed skeleton repeatedly. It only took a few punches to shatter the skeleton's hands.
The monk-clothed skeleton was sent tumbling to the ground. Tyrant Behemoth pressed one of its claws on its sternum, while the other struck its skull. With a few punches, the skull shattered.
Tyrant Behemoth lifted the skeleton's cracked body with one hand and placed it into its mouth. It chewed a few times before swallowing it.
"Bro... Take a look to see if there are any Companion Eggs left behind..." Zhou Wen was somewhat speechless. What kind of pet was this? It ate anything it killed without leaving anything behind.
However, since it had swallowed and couldn't spit it out, all Zhou Wen could do was quickly run over and pick up the crystal that An Sheng had forced out of the skeleton's eye socket.
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Chapter 687: Buddhistic Glow Cleansing
Translator: CKtalon
In the sky, the music was demonic.
Zhou Wen couldn't tell what was so special about it. The music didn't seem to have any effect on them, but for some reason, when he heard it, he still felt a shiver from the bottom of his heart. It was as though there was a fear that stemmed from the depths of his soul.
As for Buddha Annihilation, it seemed to be enveloped by a dark force. It was like a devil hidden in the darkness, allowing people to sense his existence but not see it.
However, the power of darkness was blocked by the golden light emitted by the Buddha beads. The devil-like power failed to penetrate its body, and the two forces remained in a stalemate.
The golden-winged bird and the monk-robed skeleton were killed. Buddha Annihilation glanced at Zhou Wen and An Sheng, who were rushing over. The Urna between its brows revolved as though a Buddhistic glow had descended upon the Buddhist kingdom.
Zhou Wen and An Sheng were just about to rush over to help Leng Zongzheng when they saw the Buddhistic glow fall. They were alarmed as they used their Essence Energy Skills and Companion Beasts to block the Buddhistic glow.
However, they soon realized that the Buddhistic glow didn't affect them at all. However, wherever the Buddhistic glow descended, it illuminated the crumbling Buddhist kingdom like it was cleansing it.
Zhou Wen and An Sheng suddenly widened their eyes. Amidst the cleansed area, the golden-winged bird and the monk-robed skeleton, that had just been killed, were reborn and bathing in the Buddhistic glow.
Zhou Wen was dumbfounded as he said to An Sheng in bewilderment, "Ah Sheng, pinch me. I want to know if I'm hallucinating."
"I think I'm hallucinating as well." An Sheng swallowed his saliva and said with great difficulty, "Young Master Wen, your Companion Beasts were able to kill them just now. They should still be capable of doing so now, right?"
"No way. My Companion Beast is enervated from earlier. If those two fellows really come back to life, the method from before definitely won't work," Zhou Wen said.
Torch Dragon Youngling was greatly enervated after using World King Transformation. It was useless for the time being. Even if he released it, it only had about the same combat strength as the Six-Winged Guardian Dragon. Fighting the golden-winged bird was courting death.
Tyrant Behemoth had almost used up all the time for its Absolute Strength. Without the suppression of Absolute Strength, it was probably no match for the monk-robed skeleton.
The only good news was that the monk-robed skeleton, which was bathed in a Buddhistic glow, did not have the crystal in its hand. From the looks of it, the crystal wasn't part of the monk-robed skeleton. The only one was the one in Zhou Wen's hand.
Zhou Wen had already studied it, but he hadn't figured out how to make it emit the golden light to injure the enemy.
The skeleton in monk robes and the golden-winged bird had returned to life. They looked no different from when they had first entered the Buddhist kingdom. They were brimming with energy as four pairs of eyes stared at Zhou Wen and An Sheng.
"Young Master Wen, do you have any other Companion Beasts that can kill them?" An Sheng asked.
"I do have Companion Beasts, but I don't know if I can kill them," Zhou Wen said with a bitter smile.
"Then let's prepare to risk our lives," An Sheng said through gritted teeth.
"Son, come here. Your daddy is here..." The bald parrot was still alive. It jumped onto Zhou Wen's shoulder and shouted at the golden-winged bird.
Boom!
Zhou Wen punched it to the ground and thought to himself, Why would Leng Zongzheng raise such a Companion Beast?
The monk-robed skeleton and the golden-winged bird rushed towards Zhou Wen. The monk-robed skeleton's target was the crystal in Zhou Wen's hand, and the golden-winged bird clearly hated Zhou Wen and the parrot to death. It wanted to kill Zhou Wen and the parrot first.
Zhou Wen hurriedly summoned Tyrant Behemoth and allowed it to clash with the monk-robed skeleton again. Although Tyrant Behemoth was unable to defeat the skeleton without Absolute Strength's suppression, it wasn't a problem for it to hold out for some time.
Now, the most difficult thing to deal with was the golden-winged bird. It was too fast—so fast that Zhou Wen couldn't dodge its attack. If he couldn't kill it, Zhou Wen would be the one to die.
Truth Listener and Demonic Neonate were summoned by Zhou Wen at the same time. Zhou Wen quickly retreated while An Sheng consciously retreated to the other side and ran towards Tyrant Behemoth.
After Demonic Neonate landed, she hid herself as she took in the situation. Under Zhou Wen's orders, Truth Listener's earring shattered as its body instantly transformed into a terrifying dark-gold ferocious beast.
Zhou Wen grabbed the bald parrot and threw it at Truth Listener. "Quick, scream. Use all your strength to curse all its ancestors."
"What the f*k do you take me for? I must curse just because you want me to do so? Whether or not I want to scold my son depends on my mood. Now that I'm in a good mood, I'm not going to be petty with that young eagle brat." The bald parrot was still mumbling, but the golden-winged bird had already charged over with a shriek. It was so fast that no one could see its figure clearly. All they saw was a flash of golden lightning in the sky.
Truth Listener seemed to have discovered the golden-winged bird's location as it phased away and extended its claw.
However, its body's reaction speed failed to keep up with the golden-winged bird's speed. It failed to grab the golden-winged bird that flashed past. Instead, the golden-winged bird's blade-like wings sliced past its chest.
Truth Listener retreated as its legs tore open two long ditches on the golden-bricked ground.
The golden-winged bird's attack only left shallow marks on the dark golden scales on Truth Listener's chest. It failed to cut through the scales.
Truth Listener had the Indestructible Vajra Body skill. Even Tyrant Behemoth had to use Absolute Strength to match Truth Listener's physical toughness.
Truth Listener's speed was already very fast. It was considered one of the best at the Mythical stage, but it was still slightly inferior to the golden-winged bird.
The golden-winged bird constantly flashed about and attacked Truth Listener, causing it to be overwhelmed. Truth Listener, who was originally extremely agile, appeared somewhat clumsy in front of the golden-winged bird. Its body was constantly being attacked by the bird's wings and claws. Although it wasn't severely injured, it made Truth Listener, who was already in an abnormal state of mind, become increasingly irritable.
However, what delighted Zhou Wen was that although Truth Listener couldn't touch the golden-winged bird, it wasn't anywhere close to being killed. It managed to stabilize the situation for the time being.
Zhou Wen looked at Tyrant Behemoth and saw that it was also suppressed by the monk-robed skeleton. Without Absolute Strength, Tyrant Behemoth also lost its absolute dominance at the Mythical stage.
The situation had completely reversed; Zhou Wen's pets were at a disadvantage. The situation was extremely bad.
What worried Zhou Wen the most was that even if they could finish off the skeleton and the golden-winged bird this time, what about the next time?
If Buddha Annihilation could revive them, no matter how powerful Zhou Wen's Companion Beasts were, they would still end up dying.
The only way was to kill Buddha Annihilation first.
The situation on Leng Zongzheng's side wasn't smooth. The Demonic Organ Throne's strength clearly wasn't able to completely suppress Buddha Annihilation. Otherwise, Buddha Annihilation wouldn't have the time to revive the monk-robed skeleton and the golden-winged bird.
Zhou Wen gritted his teeth and flapped his wings as he flew into the sky. He wanted to see if he could help Leng Zongzheng destroy Buddha Annihilation.
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Chapter 688: Rampage
Just as Zhou Wen approached the battlefield, he immediately felt that something was amiss.
Looking from afar, he felt that Leng Zongzheng was playing the organ while Buddha Annihilation was listening to his organ music.
However, when Zhou Wen entered a certain range, what he saw was completely different. Leng Zongzheng's Demonic Organ Throne had turned into a terrifying demonic castle.
With Leng Zongzheng's organ music, demons flew out of the demonic castle one after another, circling around Buddha Annihilation as though they were trying to lure him into the castle.
Buddha Annihilation was surrounded by demons as he looked down. He held the Buddha beads in his hand and chanted scriptures. The Buddhistic glow on his body bloomed like a lotus flower, resisting the temptation of the demons.
Zhou Wen only took a glance from afar and it was enough to make his heart tremble. He couldn't help but have the urge to throw himself into the devil's embrace—the urge to dance with the devil.
Zhou Wen's heart skipped a beat as he hurriedly composed himself and eliminated the distracting thoughts.
His willpower was firm to begin with. Once he entered a focused state, he immediately felt the illusions vanish. There were no demons or the demonic castle, nor were there any Buddhistic glow or lotus flowers. All he saw was Leng Zongzheng playing the organ while Buddha Annihilation listened.
Zhou Wen didn't continue walking forward. He felt that what he had just seen wasn't as simple as an illusion. It was so far away that it made him hallucinate. If he really entered, Zhou Wen might not be able to withstand it with his Epic body.
If he didn't end up helping and ended up being killed by friendly fire, that would be a tragic death.
If I could advance to the Mythical stage myself, I wouldn't have so many reservations. I wouldn't need to rely solely on my Companion Beasts to fight. Zhou Wen had the intention to advance to the Mythical stage, but he had no clue how.
Leng Zongzheng and Jiang Yan had advanced to the Mythical stage by contracting with Guardians. Zhou Wen didn't wish to take this path.
This path seemed to be the simplest, but the disadvantages were too great. It was impossible for him to fuse with the Guardian during his daily life. If he encountered any sudden danger, he might die without even having the chance to fuse.
Do I really have to use Spirit Casting? Zhou Wen was considering if he should take Wang Mingyuan's path.
Although the path was difficult, it was a true advancement to the Mythical stage. However, one's body would no longer resemble that of a human. It was closer to a dimensional creature, and he might even be rejected by humans.
It's really a dilemma. It's better I first advance my Life Soul to the Perfect Body and see if there's a third option. These thoughts flashed through Zhou Wen's mind. Since he couldn't help Leng Zongzheng, Zhou Wen planned on returning to deal with the monk-robed skeleton and the golden-winged bird.
Without the crystal, the monk-clothed skeleton's strength had decreased significantly. However, the crystal was ultimately an external force. The monk-clothed skeleton's Wheel of Destiny's strength was still present. Compared to Tyrant Behemoth, it had the advantage. Tyrant Behemoth was suppressed by the monk-clothed skeleton in a frontal collision.
However, Tyrant Behemoth was just too ferocious. Even though it was suppressed, it still attacked without fear of death and caused trouble for the monk-clothed skeleton. Even if it was injured, it wouldn't be in any serious danger for the time being.
Furthermore, An Sheng and the Azure Rainbow Flying Sword were constantly harassing it, giving the monk-robed skeleton a headache. It was unlikely that there would be any problems anytime soon.
Zhou Wen looked at the golden-winged bird and Truth Listener again. Truth Listener looked a little pathetic. It resembled a clumsy bear. The golden-winged bird made it go in circles, but it ultimately failed to touch the golden-winged bird. Instead, it had many wounds on its body—all inflicted by the golden-winged bird. Although they were minor injuries, Truth Listener nearly went berserk.
The golden-winged bird's speed is too fast. How can I help Truth Listener? With my speed, I definitely won't be able to catch up to it. Even if it has powerful offensive powers, it won't be of much use against it. Should I use the Great Might Vajra Bull's Soul Suppression Bell? However, the Soul Suppression Bell is an area-of-effect attack. It affects both the enemy and me. If the golden-winged bird and Truth Listener were to faint together, that doesn't seem to be of much help to the battle... As Zhou Wen was thinking about how to help Truth Listener, he saw the enraged Truth Listener shatter another earring.
As the earring shattered, Truth Listener's body underwent a strange change. This time, it didn't grow bigger, but the first scale on its body vaguely produced strange black symbols. The symbols burned with black flames, like the devil's mark from hell.
Due to the appearance of the symbol, Truth Listener's dark golden body seemed to become dark. Under the envelopment of the black flames, coupled with its ferocious and violent eyes, it was like a demonic beast that had rushed out of hell.
Zhou Wen could sense that Truth Listener's emotions had become even more irritable and unstable. It was showing signs of madness, making Zhou Wen almost unable to sense the soul connection between them.
The golden-winged bird once again flashed past Truth Listener's side, but this time, Truth Listener's claw grabbed the golden-winged bird's leg.
Boom!
Truth Listener exerted strength in its arm and pulled the golden-winged bird down from the sky. It slammed heavily onto the ground, creating a huge crater in the golden ground.
Then, Truth Listener grabbed the golden-winged bird's legs with both claws and let out a violent roar. It suddenly exerted strength and was about to rip the golden-winged bird into two.
The golden-winged bird's body shimmered with golden light as its legs were torn apart. The mysterious symbol on its feathers kept trembling. It turned its head in horror and pecked Truth Listener.
However, Truth Listener ignored it. It allowed the golden-winged bird to tear apart the scales on its head. Blood gushed out, but it didn't seem to notice it. It continued tearing at the golden-winged bird's legs.
The golden light shattered as blood flowed out. The golden-winged bird let out a tragic cry as one of its legs was ripped off by Truth Listener. It struggled even more violently as it used its wings to strike Truth Listener's head.
Truth Listener ignored it. It threw away the bird leg in its hand and grabbed one of its wings with one hand and the other leg with another before tearing it apart.
Golden blood splattered onto the feathers. The golden-winged bird let out a heart-wrenching cry, but it was useless.
Zhou Wen looked at the golden-winged bird in horror. It had its wings and legs torn off by Truth Listener. In the end, it even ripped off its head and threw it to the ground.
Truth Listener roared at the sky like a bloodthirsty demon king from hell.
An Sheng was already dumbfounded. This was the first time he had seen such a ruthless and ferocious Companion Beast. It wasn't a massacre, but torture.
Ignoring Companion Beasts, even dimensional creatures seldom had such ferocious tendencies.
Zhou Wen himself wore a look of shock. He had only seen one of Truth Listener's earrings shatter in the past. It was so ferocious and ruthless now that two earrings had shattered. If the six earrings were to shatter together, he didn't know how terrifying it would be.
Zhou Wen didn't attempt it, nor did he wish to try. He felt that the connection between him and Truth Listener had become extremely weak. It was like a taut fishing line that could snap at any moment.
He attempted to summon Truth Listener back. Thankfully, Truth Listener sensed Zhou Wen's will and its emotions slowly stabilized. The shattered earring returned to its ears. When Truth Listener returned to Zhou Wen's ear, the violent emotions vanished.
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Chapter 689: Invisible Fire
Thankfully, nothing happened. Zhou Wen couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief when he felt Truth Listener's emotions slowly calm down.
Every time Truth Listener's earring shattered, it gave Zhou Wen an ominous feeling. If not for the fact that he had no choice, Zhou Wen wouldn't be willing to let Truth Listener shatter the earring to fight.
However, in this situation, there was nothing else he could do. Zhou Wen had already used all the combat strength he could muster, so there was no way he could hold back.
With the golden-winged bird dead, Zhou Wen no longer had any worries. Unfortunately, he didn't discover any Companion Eggs or dimensional crystals.
Gripping the Golden Overlord Sword tightly, Zhou Wen charged at the monk-robed skeleton. At the same time, he summoned the Great Might Vajra Bull and used the Soul Suppression Bell as support to attack the monk-robed skeleton.
Without the help of the crystal, the monk-clothed skeleton's strength decreased significantly. Under the siege, it was stunned by the Soul Suppression Bell. Zhou Wen took the opportunity to slash at it, slicing off one of its legs, causing its movement to slow down significantly.
An Sheng also took the opportunity to use the fixing incantation. Although it couldn't completely freeze the skeleton's body, it made it pause for a moment.
Tyrant Behemoth's body expanded as it used the Mountain Devouring Skill to swallow the monk-robed skeleton.
Knock! Knock! Knock!
Zhou Wen saw Tyrant Behemoth's stomach twitch like a drum, but it didn't last long.
It's finally done! Zhou Wen didn't dare relax as he turned to look at Buddha Annihilation. Indeed, he saw the Urna on his forehead glow once again. Immediately, another Buddhistic glow descended.
In the Buddhistic glow, the monk-robed skeleton and the golden-winged bird were born once again as their bodies gradually condensed.
Although he had expected it, Zhou Wen's expression was still ugly. He turned his head to look at the golden-winged bird's corpse that he had just killed and saw that it was still scattered across the ground. It hadn't disappeared.
Damn it. What kind of power does that Buddha Annihilation's Urna have to revive a Mythical creature out of thin air... Just as Zhou Wen was feeling depressed, something even more shocking happened.
It wasn't just the skeleton and the golden-winged bird that were reborn in the Buddhistic glow. The two Golden Battle God Halberds that were killed were in the lineup as well.
However, the two Golden Battle God Halberds that had been revived had no connection to Zhou Wen, much less be under his control.
They are both Guardians, so why is Buddha Annihilation so much stronger than the six-winged seraphim? What kind of ability is this? Could it be that any creature or Companion Beast that dies near him, can be revived and used by him? Zhou Wen guessed inwardly. If that's the case, what's the point of fighting? Just surrender and commit suicide. It's impossible to win unless I kill Buddha Annihilation first.
Zhou Wen was somewhat tempted. Thinking of such a bug-like ability, he felt quite delighted if he could obtain it.
Unfortunately, Buddha Annihilation might not be willing to contract with him. Even if it was willing, Zhou Wen wasn't willing to do so.
His Companion Beast, Demonic Neonate, had signed a master-slave contract. If he signed a Guardian contract, wouldn't that be too lame in comparison?
As Zhou Wen pondered over, the skeleton, the golden-winged bird, and the two Golden Battle God Halberds rushed over. It was obvious that the Golden Battle God Halberds were completely heartless and wanted to destroy Zhou Wen and company.
Zhou Wen had no choice but to summon Truth Listener. He got it to remove the restrictions of one earring and continue fighting.
Zhou Wen faced the Golden Battle God Halberds himself. With his understanding of the Golden Battle God Halberds, he quickly used the Golden Overlord Sword to snap the two Golden Battle God Halberds.
Truth Listener was still fighting the golden-winged bird to the death. Tyrant Behemoth was dragging its exhausted body as it fought the monk-robed skeleton. An Sheng, the Azure Rainbow Flying Sword, and the bald parrot were all helping.
Zhou Wen originally wanted to rush forward to help, but he thought that even if he killed them, it would be useless. Buddha Annihilation would still revive them.
These revived Mythical creatures look no different from the former Mythical creatures or even Companion Beasts. Are they really identical to their original forms? Zhou Wen activated the Hell King's Eye and glanced at the golden-winged bird and the monk-robed skeleton, hoping to see if he could discover any differences.
A vertical crack appeared on Zhou Wen's glabella. It looked like a third eye, but there were no pupils in it. It was as though it was connected to hell as ghostly cries sounded.
Even with the Hell King's Eye, he couldn't tell how different these resurrected Mythical creatures were from their original bodies.
They looked no different from real creatures. They also had invisible flames on them, and they looked rather thick.
While Zhou Wen was observing, Truth Listener was already on the brink of going berserk.
Zhou Wen thought for a moment and charged at the monk-robed skeleton. He planned on dealing with it before getting Tyrant Behemoth to help Truth Listener alleviate some of the pressure.
Where did Demonic Neonate go? Why haven't I seen her attack? Zhou Wen was somewhat surprised. He sensed Demonic Neonate's location and realized that she was hiding in a pile of ruins. She was secretly looking at Buddha Annihilation, who was sitting cross-legged in the sky.
So she's targeting Buddha Annihilation? I wonder if it's possible. Although Grim Demon is also a Guardian, it feels so weak. It feels weaker than the six-winged seraphim. Zhou Wen was somewhat worried.
If Demonic Neonate attacked Buddha Annihilation and ended up being killed by it, it would be a huge loss.
Zhou Wen was still optimistic about Demonic Neonate's future. He had been waiting for the day she returned to the Mythical stage, so he was unwilling for her to risk her life.
If Grim Demon knew what Zhou Wen was thinking, he would probably vomit blood and faint in the bathroom.
Grim Demon wasn't weak. It was only because it was limited by the master-slave contract. Furthermore, as the master, Demonic Neonate was too weak, which greatly reduced its combat strength. Otherwise, it wouldn't be so weak.
Zhou Wen rushed forward to help Tyrant Behemoth fight and summoned the Great Might Vajra Bull and Torch Dragon to help. He wanted to kill the monk-robed skeleton as soon as possible.
While fighting, Zhou Wen kept his Hell King's Eye open. He wanted to see if there was anything different between the monk-robed skeleton and the monk-robed skeleton that would be revived later.
Before Truth Listener went berserk again, Zhou Wen finally managed to kill the monk-robed skeleton. However, this time, Zhou Wen had cleaved apart the skeleton's head with his sword.
At this moment, something strange happened. After the monk-robed skeleton was killed, the invisible flames on its body floated towards the Hell King's Eye as though they were attracted by some force.
Zhou Wen was pleasantly surprised, unsure if he had accidentally discovered the advancement method for Hell King.
The formless fire that resembled a stream of water was constantly sucked into the Hell King's Eye. At the same time, Zhou Wen felt that his Hell King body was silently changing.
So Hell King evolves by absorbing these invisible flames? If I had known, I would have raised Hell King's level a long time ago. Zhou Wen was pleasantly surprised.
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Chapter 690: Resurrection No More
With the monk-robed skeleton dead, Zhou Wen commanded Tyrant Behemoth to reinforce Truth Listener. The Companion Beasts and the others didn't head over.
Apart from top-notch Companion Beasts with especially powerful bodies like Tyrant Behemoth and Truth Listener, the other creatures would die if they went up. The golden-winged bird's speed was just too fast. One had to withstand its attacks head-on, but its attack power was especially powerful. Even ordinary Mythical Companion Beasts couldn't withstand it.
With Tyrant Behemoth joining the fray, Truth Listener's pressure decreased significantly, but the battle became even more intense.
It was similar to Truth Listener's situation. Without the suppression of Absolute Strength, Tyrant Behemoth couldn't touch the golden-winged bird. It was only an additional target to take a beating, sharing half the brunt of the firepower.
Zhou Wen had been using his mind to control Truth Listener, preventing it from shattering the second earring.
Firstly, it was easy to lose control when it was in its berserk state due to the shattering of the earring. Secondly, even if it killed the golden-winged bird, it would still be revived by Buddha Annihilation. It was useless to kill it. It was better to drag it out.
I'm really stupid. I should have thought of a way to kill the golden-winged bird first and leave behind the easier monk-robed skeleton. Zhou Wen suddenly realized that he had done something wrong.
"Chancellor Leng's situation doesn't seem too good," An Sheng came to Zhou Wen's side and said as he looked up into the sky.
Zhou Wen could also tell that Leng Zongzheng's situation wasn't good. His Demonic Organ Throne had been unable to suppress Buddha Annihilation despite all this time. Under such circumstances, the party taking the initiative to attack would suffer.
Once the opponent found a chance to counterattack, Leng Zongzheng would be in danger.
"The battle between the two of them is almost at the peak of the Mythical stage. Our strength isn't enough to interfere in the battle. Even if we rely on Companion Beasts to influence the direction of the battle, we need to find an appropriate opportunity." Zhou Wen sighed and said, "If my Torch Dragon Youngling hadn't expended too much energy, it might have the ability to forcefully change the battle's trajectory, but it won't work now."
An Sheng smiled and said, "Young Master Wen, don't worry. The quality and quantity of your Companion Beasts are enough to stand tall amongst the Federation. Even the people with the most Companion Beasts in the six hero families are probably inferior to you. If you can't even leave this place, no one in the Federation will be able to."
Zhou Wen knew that An Sheng was trying to relieve the pressure on him, so he said with a smile, "That's not necessarily the case. At the very least, Primordial Sword Immortal and Death of the Underworld aren't weaker on the rankings than my Behemoth."
"Those kinds of Companion Beasts are rare even among the six families. Whoever has one is already considered extremely lucky. How could one have so many like you? Let me do a count. Torch Dragon, Behemoth, and that Companion Beast that looks like a golden ape. Ignoring the other ordinary Mythical creatures, you already have three top-notch Mythical creatures that can attempt first place. You can be considered unprecedented," An Sheng sighed.
Zhou Wen shook his head. Now, these top Companion Beasts weren't able to help him rush out of the Buddhist kingdom. Life and death remained unknown.
Sometimes, miracles happen in this world.
Behemoth and Truth Listener couldn't keep up with the golden-winged bird's speed. They were originally getting beaten up, and Zhou Wen only wanted them to hold back the golden-winged bird.
To his surprise, Truth Listener had actually gotten lucky. It had accidentally caught the golden-winged bird's wings when it was clawing wildly.
This surprise was unexpected to the golden-winged bird and Truth Listener. This was also a testament to the benefits of having low intelligence. Under the same circumstances, Truth Listener, who wasn't intelligent, had a reaction that exceeded its brain. It instinctively grabbed the golden-winged bird's wings and threw it over its shoulder, slamming it to the ground.
Boom!
Having seized this opportunity, how could the two terrifying creatures give up? Behemoth sat on the golden-winged bird's body and slammed its head. Truth Listener stood in front of the golden-winged bird and ripped off its wings.
The golden-winged bird had a huge advantage in speed, but its body wasn't stronger than Truth Listener or Behemoth's. Under the two beasts' barrage of attacks, it was quickly killed.
Zhou Wen was chatting with An Sheng when he realized that it was too late to stop them from killing the golden-winged bird.
Seeing that the golden-winged bird's head had been smashed in, it was no longer able to live.
Zhou Wen wanted to retrieve the golden-winged bird's invisible flames using the Hell King's Eye, but he realized that he couldn't. After the golden-winged bird died, the invisible flames on its body automatically dissipated into the world.
Could it be that I have to kill a creature myself to absorb the invisible flames on its body? Zhou Wen guessed the reason.
Upon dying, Buddha Annihilation once again used its power to revive them.
The Buddhistic glow illuminated and purified the golden Buddha kingdom with no way of stopping it.
Just as Zhou Wen thought he had to kill the monk-robed skeleton and the golden-winged bird again, he realized something strange.
The golden-winged bird and the two Golden Battle God Halberds were reborn, but the monk-robed skeleton didn't reincarnate this time. It was nowhere to be seen.
Strange, why hasn't the monk-robed skeleton been reborn? Could it be that Buddha's Annihilation's strength is insufficient to revive the monk-robed skeleton? That's not right. The golden-winged bird is even stronger than the monk-robed skeleton; yet, it can be revived. The two Golden Battle God Halberds can also be reborn. There's no reason for the monk-robed skeleton to not have the strength to be reborn...
Zhou Wen's eyes lit up as he suddenly thought of a possibility. Previously, when the monk-robed skeleton died, I used the Hell King's Eye to absorb the invisible flames on its body. Could this be the reason why it couldn't be reborn again?
"Young Master Wen, look. That monk-robed skeleton didn't revive this time. Did Buddha Annihilation expend too much of its energy and have no way of reviving the monk-robed skeleton?" An Sheng couldn't see Zhou Wen absorbing the invisible flames with the Hell King's Eye, so his conclusion was similar to Zhou Wen's first thought.
"I think I might know how to prevent them from being revived," Zhou Wen said as he impatiently charged at the two Golden Battle God Halberds.
Tyrant Behemoth and Truth Listener also charged at the golden-winged bird and began their painful battle again.
Zhou Wen opened the Hell King's Eye and snapped the two Golden Battle God Halberds. At the same time, he absorbed the invisible flames from their bodies. This time, the process was very smooth. He absorbed all of them in one go.
Zhou Wen couldn't wait to know if they would revive later.
An Sheng seemed to sense something when he saw Zhou Wen slice through the Golden Battle God Halberd, but he didn't know what Zhou Wen had done.
Be it the Hell King's Eye or the invisible fire, they were invisible to the naked eye. An Sheng had no idea that Zhou Wen had absorbed the invisible fire with his Hell King's Eye, so he naturally had no way of guessing.
Now, there's only the golden-winged bird left. Zhou Wen thought for a moment and summoned the Great Might Vajra Bull. He took the opportunity and made it use the Soul Suppression Bell, causing the golden-winged bird to instantly feel dizzy.
Zhou Wen originally wanted to rush over, but to his surprise, Behemoth became dizzy but Truth Listener didn't. It immediately grabbed the dizzy golden-winged bird.
Following that, it carried out another round of battery. The two monster-like Companion Beasts beat the golden-winged bird until it was half dead before Zhou Wen went up and killed it in one strike.
After absorbing the invisible flames from the golden-winged bird, Zhou Wen looked at Buddha Annihilation again.
However, this time, Buddha Annihilation didn't use its resurrection ability. It appeared to be as Zhou Wen had expected. Buddha Annihilation's resurrection wasn't done without reason; it needed the invisible fire as its foundation. Now that the invisible fire was gone, Buddha Annihilation no longer had a target to use the skill.
"Young Master Wen, how did you do it?" An Sheng asked Zhou Wen in surprise.
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Chapter 691: Advancement Initiated
"I just realized that there's an Essence Energy Skill that can restrain them, preventing them from being revived," Zhou Wen said as he looked at Leng Zongzheng and Buddha Annihilation in the sky.
He didn't know music and didn't know much about space. However, he had a nagging feeling that Leng Zongzheng's organ music was weakening.
"Ah Sheng, do you know music? Do you know the extent of this song? Is it about to end?" Zhou Wen asked.
An Sheng understood Zhou Wen's meaning and said with a heavy expression, "I only know a thing or two about music. However, I've heard from Overseer that Chancellor Leng's Demonic Symphony has a total of seven movements. It should have reached the sixth movement. If this chapter can't suppress Buddha Annihilation, I'm afraid the last movement will require him to go all out."
"What do you mean?" Zhou Wen asked.
"No one knows what the last movement of the Demonic Symphony is. Everyone who has heard it is already dead. Overseer had only heard Chancellor Leng mention it. If the heart doesn't die, the seventh movement won't make a squeak," An Sheng explained.
After Zhou Wen heard that, he immediately knew that things weren't looking good. Since the heart doesn't die naturally, it meant that one still had the desire to live. If one's heart died, they could even abandon their lives. The final movement's dangers were obvious.
Now, Buddha Annihilation had already heard the end of the sixth movement, but he remained composed. Perhaps victory could only be determined by the seventh movement.
As the two of them spoke, the sixth movement came to an end. Although the first six musical movements had some ups and downs, in general, they were all gentle tunes that spurred one to improve themselves.
When the first note of the seventh movement sounded, everything changed.
The musical note seemed to have an irresistible charm. The moment it sounded, Zhou Wen and An Sheng felt an illusion appear in front of them.
The crumbling Buddhist kingdom seemed to have turned into hell. Death filled the air as countless vengeful souls extended their palms from underground and let out painful cries.
The Demonic Organ Throne in the sky didn't change at all. It was still the Demonic Organ Throne, but Leng Zongzheng, who was sitting in front of the organ, emitted a terrifying demonic aura. He looked like a devil dressed in a suit. The demonic aura around him surged into the sky as his fingers danced. He pressed on the keys in a frenzy. His eyes were burning with zeal as he seemed to be possessed.
"The organ hasn't changed, but the person has been possessed. This movement is too dangerous and evil." Even Zhou Wen, who didn't know music, couldn't see the horror of Chancellor Leng's movement.
In the past, it could be said that it was enticing one into entering a demonic state, but now, it was becoming one with the devil. The dangers involved only could be imagined.
Buddha Annihilation was still sitting cross-legged in the void. He closed his eyes and chanted. He held the Buddha beads with his fingers and emitted a supreme Buddhistic glow to block the terrifying demonic music.
However, when the seventh movement sounded, even Buddha Annihilation showed a change in expression. The Buddha beads in his hand scattered and fell into the void. The Buddha patterns on the Buddha beads revealed smiling faces. However, the smiles looked as ferocious as a devil's smile. It was as crazy and evil as Leng Zongzheng's expression.
Buddha Annihilation opened its eyes as the Urna on its forehead emitted a crystalline glow to resist the demonic music. On his body, black-red patterns that represented the devil appeared as they constantly spread across his body. The final target was the Urna.
Zhou Wen and An Sheng felt their hearts tremble. They couldn't help but be alarmed when they saw the demonic patterns on their bodies.
"Young Master Wen... Quickly retreat..." An Sheng pulled Zhou Wen back.
The two of them retreated again and again before they felt much better. Zhou Wen used the Small Perfection of Wisdom Sutra to resist the hellish demonic music and it immediately had an effect. The demonic patterns on his body gradually receded.
An Sheng gradually returned to normal. The two of them looked at each other in horror. Despite being so far away, they were still affected. Buddha Annihilation, who faced Leng Zongzheng directly, experienced an indescribable pressure.
"Chancellor Leng is indeed worthy of being known as the strongest existence beneath the Mythical stage. Even Buddha can become a devil. I'm afraid there aren't many people in the world who can withstand such organ music." Zhou Wen couldn't help but praise Leng Zongzheng, who was like a devil.
More and more demonic runes appeared on Buddha Annihilation's body, almost covering his entire body. Only his Urna shone with a Buddhistic glow.
Zhou Wen and An Sheng were nervous, but Leng Zongzheng's organ music was getting crazier. They knew that it was probably the final critical moment.
Suddenly, the Urna between Buddha Annihilation's eyebrows glowed brightly, illuminating the world like a sun.
"It's coming!" Zhou Wen and An Sheng's hearts were in their mouths. They knew that victory or defeat depended on this strike. Anyone who retreated would probably be severely injured.
At the instant Buddha Annihilation's Urna released a blinding light, a dark purple beam of light silently passed through the hellish scene and stabbed into Buddha Annihilation's back.
Buddha Annihilation's pupils constricted as the Urna on his forehead dimmed. The demonic organ music immediately invaded his Urna.
A trace of black demonic aura appeared in the originally flawless Urna. Furthermore, wisps of the demonic aura continued to seep into it, weakening the Urna's glow.
Demonic Neonate! Zhou Wen immediately recognized the sword that had stabbed into the Buddha Annihilation's back. It was the demonic sword in Demonic Neonate's arms.
The demonic sword inched into Buddha Annihilation's heart. With him severely injured and the invasion of the demonic music, the situation changed drastically.
As its Urna was gradually corroded by the demonic music, Buddha Annihilation's peaceful face also began to distort. Red light flashed in its eyes as the Buddha-like face gradually turned devilish.
Buddha Annihilation stood up abruptly as the power in its body erupted like a volcano. It wanted to send the demonic sword on its back flying, but the demonic sword seemed to be nailed into its bones. Not only did it fail to send it flying away, it even stabbed into Buddha Annihilation's heart at an even faster rate, piercing right through it.
If Buddha Annihilation could maintain its Buddhist nature, the demonic sword might not have been capable of penetrating its heart that easily. However, the moment it became demonized, Grim Demon on the sword played a significant role. It made Buddha Annihilation unable to put up a resistance.
Under the pincer attack of the demonic sword and the organ music, the extremely terrifying Guardian ultimately couldn't withstand the attack. Its eyes gradually dimmed.
The Buddhistic glow on Buddha Annihilation's body gradually extinguished. It also meant that his vitality was like a candle in the wind, about to extinguish at any moment.
Just as Buddha Annihilation was at the end of the ropes, its eyes regained clarity. The demonic patterns on its body gradually receded and it returned to its crystalline Buddha body. It sat down cross-legged and closed its eyes as it said slowly, "Annihilation of Buddha tonight is like the snuffing out of fire."
With that sentence, the Buddha body burned like a piece of paper, turning to ash.
At that moment, Zhou Wen suddenly felt his Slaughterer Life Soul tremble as though an invisible force was injected into it, rapidly evolving it.
Zhou Wen was alarmed and delighted. He hadn't been able to find an advancement method for Slaughterer, but now, it had inexplicably advanced.
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Chapter 692: Evolved Body
With Buddha Annihilation dead, the Buddhist kingdom also collapsed. The Buddha statue completely shattered, turning into fragments that fell into the void. At the foundation of the Buddha, a stone door was revealed.
"The exit is there. Let's go." Leng Zongzheng led Zhou Wen and An Sheng towards the door.
When they went through the door, they realized that they were already outside the stone house. The stone house was wobbling and crumbling. Before long, it collapsed with a boom, reduced to a ruin.
Zhou Wen looked at the tiny pile of rocks and felt as though he was dreaming.
I've finally come out alive. Zhou Wen decided that he had to draw a few Substitute Talismans when he returned. No matter how low the success rate was, he had to draw them.
In the past, he had always gamed and seldom ventured into dimensional zones. Furthermore, he had plenty of Mythical Companion Beasts. With a Substitute Talisman and Six-Winged Guardian Dragon, he felt that it was enough to deal with any danger.
However, the battle in the Buddhist kingdom made Zhou Wen realize how terrifying the Guardians were. An uncontracted Buddha Annihilation was already this terrifying. It was probably more dangerous to encounter a contractor who already had an owner—as long as it wasn't a rookie like John.
After the stone house collapsed, the phenomenon in Dragon Gate Grotto vanished and everything returned to normal.
However, problems with the Dragon Gate Grotto's seal seemed to ensue after this. Often, some creatures would break out of the seal, making it much more frequent than before.
Thankfully, most of them were Malla or Fairies. Furthermore, there weren't many of them. The troops stationed there could deal with them.
"Tianzuo, your family's Little Zhou is indeed not bad. He's worth grooming. You should spend more time on him," Leng Zongzheng said to An Tianzuo before he left.
The corners of An Tianzuo's eyes twitched, but he couldn't retort his teacher. All he could do was lower his eyes and say yes.
Zhou Wen, Feng Qiuyan, and Li Xuan returned to their campus dorm and received a commendation. Feng Qiuyan and Li Xuan had fought with their lives on the line and killed many dimensional creatures. Although they didn't kill any Mythical creatures, they won plenty of illustrious merits.
The military handed out medals to the students who had made contributions. However, An Tianzuo didn't come. Qin Wufu handed out the medals on his behalf.
After Qin Wufu gave Zhou Wen the medal, he patted him on the shoulder and said, "Zhou Wen, if you wish to join the military, remember to come to me. There's freedom with me. No one can control you."
Qin Wufu's words seemed to imply something, but Zhou Wen had no intention of joining the military at the moment. All he could do was give an excuse.
When he returned to his dorm, he realized that there were many messages on his phone. Some were from Wang Lu, some from The Thearch, and many from Lucas.
Wang Lu and Lucas had sent messages to ask Zhou Wen about the situation after hearing about the anomaly in Dragon Gate Grotto.
The Thearch asked Zhou Wen for any updates—if he was willing to accept her conditions.
He replied to the messages one by one. He didn't receive a reply from The Thearch. Wang Lu and Lucas quickly replied and Zhou Wen explained his situation.
Only when he was free did Zhou Wen have the time to carefully observe Slaughterer.
After killing Buddha Annihilation, Slaughterer had automatically evolved. However, Slaughterer had always been mysterious. Zhou Wen's connection with Slaughterer was somewhat odd—he knew very little about it.
He switched on his phone and switched to Slaughterer. Zhou Wen carefully studied Slaughterer's information.
Slaughterer: Evolved Body
The information was simple, but it was equivalent to not saying anything. He only knew that he had advanced to an Evolved Body, but even the name hadn't changed at all.
This was identical to the time when he condensed Slaughterer. Other Life Souls could be summoned to be used, but Slaughterer could only be used passively. It was completely different from the other Life Souls.
Zhou Wen later experimented with some of Slaughterer's abilities, such as infinite Essence Energy recovery or stat strengthening.
Now that he had advanced to an Evolved Body, there was still no information. Zhou Wen could only figure it out himself.
After entering a game dungeon and switching to Slaughterer, Zhou Wen attempted to use all sorts of skills to fight dimensional creatures. He wanted to see what new capabilities Slaughterer's Evolved Body had.
Soon, Zhou Wen realized that Slaughterer's augmentation of his stats had increased significantly, and his Essence Energy recovery was faster. However, these were abilities that he already had in the past, so it wasn't surprising for them to be enhanced.
Don't tell me there's no other ability? Zhou Wen attempted to communicate with Slaughterer, but unfortunately, just like before, Slaughterer didn't respond. It was like a lifeless machine that clung to his body.
It's impossible to not have any new abilities, right? Zhou Wen felt that it was definitely not that simple, but after trying for a long time, he failed to discover any extraordinary abilities.
I'll test it out slowly in the future. Zhou Wen thought for a moment before switching to the Hell King Life Soul. He planned on grinding it to a Perfect Body.
He only needed to slay dimensional creatures to advance. The Hell King Life Soul was probably the easiest to advance.
Just as Zhou Wen was about to begin a massacre in-game, he suddenly realized that the Poison Bats in front of him didn't have any invisible flames.
Why is this happening? Zhou Wen frowned and looked at the horde of Poison Bats. He realized that there were no invisible flames on them.
Zhou Wen exited the dungeon and logged into a few more dungeons. The outcome was the same. None of the dimensional creatures in-game had invisible flames.
Could it be that there are no invisible flames because they are simulated creatures in-game? But that's not right. If the creatures in-game are different from the creatures in real life, why would a Companion Beast that drops have the invisible flame? For instance, an existence like the Golden Battle God Halberd has the invisible flames? What's the reason? Zhou Wen couldn't understand the reason why and planned on heading to a dimensional zone in real life to take a look.
Zhou Wen planned on heading to Tiger Cage Pass. Every time he entered a dimensional zone in real life, something would happen, so he deliberately chose to head to Tiger Cage Pass.
Tiger Cage Pass's final boss was the Elegant Emperor Puppet's avatar. Zhou Wen could easily kill it now, so no matter what happened, it wouldn't be too much for him.
I have to think of a way to get a Companion Beast that augments luck or good fortune to neutralize the bad luck I have. Otherwise, I have a nagging feeling that something will go wrong having Bamboo Blade, Tiger Soul General, and Tai Sui on me, Zhou Wen thought to himself.
Since Tiger Cage Pass wasn't too dangerous, Zhou Wen took the chick out with him to let it get some fresh air. It had been recently eating and sleeping all day in the dorm, making it look much fatter.
An Sheng got someone to deliver food to them every day, so the antelope and chick ate like kings.
The chubby chick stood on Zhou Wen's shoulder with its round face. At a glance, it looked like an owl.
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Chapter 693: Guidance
Translator: CKtalon
On the way to Tiger Cage Pass, he encountered many students. Unlike before, many of them took the initiative to greet Zhou Wen.
In the past, due to Zhou Wen's relationship with Wang Mingyuan and the problem with the bureau, many students weren't willing to interact with Zhou Wen. They were afraid of being implicated.
Things were somewhat different now. The anomaly at Dragon Gate Grotto allowed many students to witness how terrifying break-out creatures were. At the same time, they deeply realized that only the strong could survive and protect the human cities in the future.
As for Zhou Wen, who had illustrious feats on the battlefield, many students had no choice but to reconsider their interactions with him.
However, Zhou Wen looked at them in a somewhat odd manner. It wasn't because of their actions, but because he had activated his Eye of Hell and saw the invisible flames on them. It was as though he was looking at EXP treasures.
Thankfully, Zhou Wen's mind was relatively normal. If he were Ják, he would have long culled them for the experience.
"Zhou Wen, what are you doing here?" Zhou Wen had just arrived at the entrance of Tiger Cage Pass when he saw Li Weiyang leading a group of girls outside.
"Senior Weiyang, I'm here to kill Demonized Generals," Zhou Wen answered.
Li Weiyang joked, "Dear Almighty Zhou, shouldn't you be killing Mythical creatures? Why are you here in Tiger Cage Pass to snatch the mere Demonized Soldiers and Demonized Generals from us? Is there any justice in this world?"
Zhou Wen didn't know what to say as Li Weiyang continued, "We also have to enter Tiger Cage Pass to kill Demonized Soldiers and Demonized Generals. These juniors aren't experienced enough. Why don't you join us? You can give the juniors a demonstration."
Li Weiyang's invitation didn't conflict with Zhou Wen's intentions, so he nodded and said, "Actually, killing ordinary Demonized Generals isn't difficult. Previously, Li Xuan and I made a strategy. If one follows the strategy, they only need four or five at the Mortal stage to kill a Demonized General."
"Senior, teach us please," a female freshman said to Zhou Wen.
The girls immediately turned rowdy, clamoring for Zhou Wen to teach them how to kill Demonized Generals.
"Of course." Zhou Wen agreed readily. After all, his goal was to farm invisible flames. He wouldn't waste much time teaching them.
The group of girls happily followed Zhou Wen into Tiger Cage Pass. Some of the girls even pulled him along and to teach them how to kill Demonized Soldiers.
Li Weiyang didn't stop him. All she did was watch with a smile. However, she thought to herself, Do you little vixens really think that this is some treasured meat? If it was really a treasure, I would have called dibs long ago. Would you even have a chance? It's just a piece of titanium-alloyed bone. Ignoring the possibility of eating it, just attempting to bite on it will spoil your teeth.
Indeed, as Li Weiyang had expected, the girls originally imagined that Zhou Wen would gently teach them. He might even hold their hands and teach them. This way, they could have some intimate contact with this famous senior. It might even lead to a romantic beginning.
However, when Zhou Wen really started teaching them, they realized how ridiculously wrong they were.
Zhou Wen simply used the standards of a soldier on them. No, it should be said that he requested inhuman standards of them.
"That's not right. Your foot has to stretch out three centimeters more. Lower your head a little more and punch with more strength. Can you not draw circles with your sword? Be more efficient. Why are you twisting your waist over there? Stand straight..." Zhou Wen spoke to them as though he was lecturing a recruit.
Zhou Wen felt that there was nothing wrong with this. On the battlefield, a tiny mistake could cost them their lives. They needed to be absolutely correct.
Furthermore, if they wanted to kill a Legendary Demonized General at the Mortal stage, they needed to be precise in everything. Otherwise, problems would easily arise.
Zhou Wen had taught them according to the standards he had been shown during his practices with Li Xuan and Feng Qiuyan. He had even lowered his standards to the minimum.
Even so, they failed to meet the requirements. Zhou Wen couldn't help but frown.
The girls realized that this was different from what they had imagined. They originally thought that it would be a pleasant interaction with their senior, but they ended up being treated as animals.
Seeing many girls leave silently, Li Weiyang laughed inwardly. These girls have finally seen how clueless a man can be.
Sometime into Zhou Wen's lesson, he realized that the number of girls who listened to his explanations and guidance was decreasing. Furthermore, they were all over the place. They couldn't meet his standards.
However, there was a first-year junior who surprised Zhou Wen. She had meticulously completed all the techniques that Zhou Wen had taught. Although there were some mistakes, she was much better than the other girls.
Furthermore, the junior was rather talented. She seemed to realize her mistakes and would fix many of them in her next practice.
"Senior, can I kill a Demonized General alone at the Mortal stage?" The other girls had already distanced themselves from Zhou Wen, but this girl took the initiative to ask him.
"It's not impossible. Show me what you've learned." Zhou Wen felt that the girl was rather talented and hardworking. He wasn't stingy with teaching this junior.
The girl showed Zhou Wen what she had learned. Although Zhou Wen saw that she hadn't learned any Essence Energy Skills, her basics were very solid. It was obvious that she had worked hard and was an all-rounder.
Zhou Wen couldn't help but recall the time he cultivated Ascetic Meditation. Like the girl, he had been silently cultivating, doing his best to do what he could.
"With your present skills, it's a little difficult to kill a Demonized General. I can slightly change your movement technique's positioning. That might allow you to kill a Demonized General. However, before that, you still need to train your strength. Your present strength isn't enough. Furthermore, this will require a lot of practice and actual combat. It's not something that can be done in a short period of time," Zhou Wen said.
"If it's not troublesome, can you teach me? If it's too troublesome, forget it," the girl asked in embarrassment.
"It's not troublesome." Zhou Wen explained how to change her movement technique.
In fact, it was just adding some basic techniques of Transcendent Flying Immortal. Zhou Wen demonstrated it once and guided the girl several times.
Li Weiyang couldn't help but be surprised when she saw the girl learning from Zhou Wen. It was really surprising that there was a girl who wasn't frightened away by him.
Zhou Wen guided the girl a few times and when he saw that she wasn't making any more mistakes, he said to her, "Your movement is right, but you need to spend time practicing. When you can use it freely in battle, along with a raise of your strength, you can kill a Demonized General alone."
"Thank you, Senior. I know what to do." After thanking him, the girl went to the side to silently practice.
Seeing that no more girls were asking him for advice, Zhou Wen began his Hell King advancement plan.
The Demonized Soldiers in reality were no different from the Demonized Soldiers in-game. However, these Demonized Soldiers had the invisible flames on their bodies.
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Chapter 694: Holy Hell King
Translator: CKtalon
When Zhou Wen drew his saber to kill the Demonized Soldiers and Demonized Generals, the girl watched from the side as though she was observing Zhou Wen's movement technique. Then, she compared it to her own movement technique and continued practicing.
After Zhou Wen killed the Demonized Soldiers, invisible flames were immediately sucked into the Hell King's Eye. However, the quantity was lacking. It was much less than the invisible flames he had obtained from killing the monk-robed skeleton and the golden-winged bird. It was like the difference between a drop of water and a pool of water.
However, a tower could be formed simply by piling sand. By killing more Demonized Soldiers and Demonized Generals, he could accumulate a significant amount of invisible flames.
Perhaps it was because he had obtained a lot of invisible flames from before, Zhou Wen felt his body begin to undergo a strange change after killing a few Demonized Soldiers.
Invisible flames flowed out of the Hell King's Eye, enveloping his body in invisible flames. Under the baptism of the invisible flames, the Hell King Life Soul underwent a complete transformation.
However, the invisible flames couldn't be seen. The students nearby couldn't tell the changes in Zhou Wen's body.
The Hell King Life Soul was Zhou Wen's body. When the Hell King Life Soul evolved, Zhou Wen's body also changed.
His body became extremely sensitive. Zhou Wen could even sense a speck of dust landing on him, and this level of spiritual perception and touch made him feel uncomfortable.
This feeling wasn't very good because the air was filled with dust and bacteria. It was fine back when he couldn't feel or see them.
But now, he could only watch as the dust landed on his face, eyes, and even on his lips. There were also the worm-like bacteria. As they entered Zhou Wen's nose and mouth through his breathing, he felt terrible.
The invisible flames couldn't injure any creature, nor could it stop anything from approaching Zhou Wen. The invisible flames didn't seem to exist at all.
However, it made Zhou Wen's Hell King Life Soul become stronger and stronger. Finally, even the Hell King's Eye changed.
In the past, the Hell King's Eye was only a spatial rift. There was no pupil inside, but as the Hell King's Life Soul transformed, a pupil-like bead gradually condensed in the Hell King's Eye.
The bead was condensed from invisible flames. It was formless and corporeal, making it look extremely strange. It was like a transparent pupil that floated in the Hell King's Eye.
Finally, the Hell King Life Soul completed its evolution. The Hell King's Eye also had a transparent pupil. The pupil burned with invisible flames, making it look strange and mysterious.
The invisible flames on his body subsided as some mysterious information surged into Zhou Wen's mind, allowing him to gain some information regarding the evolution of the Hell King Life Soul.
However, Zhou Wen still switched on his phone and read the blood-colored avatar's information.
Holy Hell King (Evolved Body): The King of Hell who cleanses away sin.
Zhou Wen roughly knew that the Hell King's Eye had the effect of cleansing sin, but he still needed to give it a try to know its exact power.
Zhou Wen gave it a try to see how powerful the upgraded Holy Hell King was.
He looked at a Demonized Soldier with the Hell King's Eye. The invisible karmic sinflames in his eyes immediately burned.
The invisible karmic flames on the Demonized Soldier's body were triggered. It burst into flames as the invisible karmic sinflames on its body became even thicker.
It looked very powerful. The invisible karmic flames on the Demon Soldier's body grew thicker, but they didn't seem to affect the Demonized Soldier at all.
The Demonized Soldier looked normal. It didn't seem to hurt in any spot. It didn't even blink.
Holy sh*t, how can it be useless? Could it be that the Demonized Soldier has already been secretly injured and will die after taking seven steps? Zhou Wen stared at the Demonized Soldier for a while to see if it would suddenly collapse.
As Zhou Wen watched, he counted the Demonized Soldier's steps. One step... Two steps... Three steps...
He watched as the Demonized Soldier finished seven steps. Suddenly, the Demonized Soldier's body paused.
No way! I actually guessed right. It'll die in seven steps? Zhou Wen was pleasantly surprised.
However, to his surprise, the Demonized Soldier stopped and farted before continuing to wander.
Zhou Wen's face immediately darkened. Without any hesitation, he killed the Demonized Soldier with one strike and swallowed the invisible flames on its body.
What the hell. After all this trouble, this Holy Hell King's ability is useless, Zhou Wen thought gloomily.
Although Zhou Wen knew that the Eye of the Holy Hell King was definitely useful, it didn't seem to be suitable for mainstream use. He didn't know what its exact use was.
Forget it. I'll continue absorbing the invisible flames. I'll advance the Hell King to a Perfect Body first. Zhou Wen continued killing monsters to obtain the invisible flames.
For the next few days, Zhou Wen absorbed the invisible karmic flames at Tiger Cage Pass. Finally, he charged into Tiger Cage Pass and killed the Tiger Cage Demonized General and the Elegant Emperor's Avatar Puppet.
However, the invisible karmic flames that these Demonized Soldiers and Demonized Generals could provide were far inferior to the monk-robed skeleton and the golden-winged bird. Despite Zhou Wen absorbing so much, the Holy Hell King didn't react at all. It showed no signs of advancement again.
Reality wasn't a game. After killing the Demonized Soldiers and Demonized Generals inside, he had no choice but to slowly wait for new Demonized Soldiers and Demonized Generals to come out of the dimensional rift. He didn't know how many days he would have to wait, so Zhou Wen naturally wanted to head out. He planned on changing locations to continue grinding the invisible karmic sinflames.
Just as he was about to leave, he saw a female student enter deep inside Tiger Cage Pass and kill many Demonized Soldiers. Finally, she encountered a Demonized General and was fighting it.
Zhou Wen didn't pay her much attention and was about to leave when he realized that her movement technique looked familiar. He took a careful look.
He immediately realized that the girl was someone he knew. She was the female freshman who had come here with Li Weiyang a few days ago. Zhou Wen had even taught her some basic techniques of Transcendent Flying Immortal.
After not seeing her for a few days, the girl had already mastered the techniques. She fought the Demonized General alone and used the techniques that Zhou Wen had taught her to constantly move about, preventing the Demonized General from touching her. Instead, she constantly injured it.
Unfortunately, she was only at the Mortal stage. She didn't even have a Companion Beast, nor did she learn any Essence Energy Skills. Every strike on the Demonized General only dealt limited damage.
Zhou Wen couldn't help but frown slightly. He had told the girl that she lacked strength and needed to raise her strength to kill the Demonized General, but to his surprise, she had come alone.
She also knew that her attacks were lacking, so she wasn't greedy. She wanted to cause severe damage by constantly accumulating damage.
However, she had neglected the fact that her Essence Energy and stamina were lacking. After a prolonged battle, her speed and strength declined.
Finally, the girl's speed decreased drastically. She failed to dodge the Demonized General's charge and was about to be hit.
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Chapter 695: Butterfly
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With a flash of the saber beam, the Demonized General was cleaved into two.
The girl barely survived. When she saw Zhou Wen beside the Demonized General, she revealed a look of pleasant surprise.
"Didn't I tell you that you lack strength and that you need to raise your strength before you can attempt killing the Demonized General?" Zhou Wen said with a frown. He was a little angry and his tone was nasty.
The reason Zhou Wen was angry wasn't that the girl hadn't listened to him. In the event something happened to the girl, wasn't he harming her by teaching those movement techniques?
When the girl heard Zhou Wen, she lowered her head and said uneasily, "I'm sorry. It's my fault. I shouldn't have ignored your advice."
"It's not that you let me down, but that you let yourself down. You were lucky that I happened to be here. You might not be so lucky next time," Zhou Wen said.
"Senior, don't worry. There won't be a next time," the girl said seriously.
"That's good. I'll escort you back to prevent any accidents." Zhou Wen walked out as the girl followed behind him.
"Your movement technique isn't bad. Here are some movement technique notes. You can take a look. They should be of some help to you." Zhou Wen thought for a moment and handed a notebook to the girl.
They were some of the notes Zhou Wen had made when he first comprehended Transcendent Flying Immortal Skill. They were just random thoughts and techniques, nothing systematic.
After Zhou Wen truly gained an epiphany, he didn't use them again.
This girl was rather talented in movement techniques, and her personality was somewhat similar to Zhou Wen's. Zhou Wen casually handed the notebook to her to see if she could figure out anything useful from his random thoughts and techniques. It all depended on her perceptivity.
"I... I don't have money..." The girl shook her hand immediately.
"It's not worth much. I just wrote it in passing. Just take a look. There's no need to take it seriously." Zhou Wen threw the notebook to the girl and left.
After Zhou Wen returned to his dorm, he began studying which dimensional zone to continue grinding for invisible sinflames.
Although he already knew the method needed to advance Slaughterer, killing a Guardian to advance Slaughterer was just too difficult.
Zhou Wen already knew that he couldn't beat the Guardian in Ant City.
He might not even be capable of killing the nine black dragons who pulled the wagon in the underground sea.
There was also another one—it was guarded by the chick's mother. Ignoring the question of whether Zhou Wen could defeat it, even if he could, he didn't think it was right to kill the chick's mother.
Of course, he might not be its match in the first place.
After some thought, he realized that there was only one Guardian he could kill—Grim Demon who possessed the demonic sword.
Every time Grim Demon saw Zhou Wen, it felt that Zhou Wen was looking at him with a look resembling how a hungry wolf looked at a sheep. It made his heart tremble.
Although Zhou Wen had the intention to kill Grim Demon in an attempt to advance Slaughterer to another level, Grim Demon was Demonic Neonate's reserve rations. Zhou Wen couldn't bring himself to do the deed, so he could only give up.
Furthermore, Demonic Neonate's successful sneak attack during the Buddha Annihilation battle was all thanks to Grim Demon who was attached to the demonic sword. Otherwise, the ordinary demonic sword wouldn't have been able to injure Buddha Annihilation, much less kill it.
If he killed Grim Demon, Demonic Neonate's might would be greatly reduced. It didn't seem worth it.
After much selection, Zhou Wen finally chose a dimensional zone that few people went to. It was the underground Pool City. In the past, Zhou Wen had farmed dimensional creatures like the Poison Wyrm. There were actually quite a number of dimensional creatures there, but because most of them were underwater and weren't easy to kill, very few people went there.
Zhou Wen went to Pool City and grinded for a few days, but he didn't make much progress. Typical dimensional creatures had very few invisible sinflames on them. Furthermore, after advancing to the Holy Hell King, the invisible sinflames he needed for another advancement seemed to increase significantly. He didn't know how long it would take to advance Holy Hell King by killing ordinary dimensional creatures.
Where can I kill a few dimensional creatures like the monk-robed skeleton and the golden-winged bird? Zhou Wen finally gave up on the idea of grinding ordinary dungeons to obtain the invisible sinflames.
Zhou Wen returned to his dorm and found Li Xuan sitting in the living room. Seeing Zhou Wen return, Li Xuan walked over with a smile and was about to put his hand on Zhou Wen's shoulder.
Whoosh!
Zhou Wen immediately placed the sheathed Bamboo Blade against Li Xuan's neck. He asked coldly, "Who are you?"
"Old Zhou, are you crazy? Don't you even recognize me?" As Li Xuan spoke, he was about to touch Zhou Wen's forehead.
The Bamboo Blade in Zhou Wen's hand slashed at Li Xuan's neck.
Boom!
Before the Bamboo Blade struck Li Xuan's neck, white smoke emitted from his body, causing Zhou Wen's Bamboo Blade to miss.
After the white smoke dissipated, he saw a woman standing there. She looked at Zhou Wen in surprise and said, "How did you discover that I'm not Li Xuan? I believe even Li Xuan himself wouldn't be able to see through it."
"I'll give you one last chance. Who are you?" Zhou Wen stared coldly at the woman as he tightened his grip on the scabbard. He wouldn't use a sheathed saber for the next strike.
Zhou Wen had not noticed any flaws. The woman impersonating Li Xuan was indeed enough to make it look real. Even if she was placed beside the real Li Xuan, Zhou Wen wouldn't have been able to tell which was real and which was fake.
However, women shouldn't have come here. This was because Li Xuan didn't dare enter his dorm randomly when Zhou Wen wasn't around, much less sit on the sofa so daringly.
This was because Li Xuan knew very well that it was the antelope's territory. What he was most afraid of was the antelope. Every time he came, he would only sit on a small sofa or a stool.
Therefore, Zhou Wen only needed a glance to know that this Li Xuan was fake.
"My name is Butterfly. I'm Second Young Master Li Mobai's servant. Master wants me to invite you over," the woman said.
"Is this your idea of an invitation?" Zhou Wen said with a cold expression.
"That's because the Master said that I definitely can't fool you. I didn't believe it, so I made a bet with him. Now that I've lost, you can kill me now if you're not satisfied. I have no complaints," Butterfly closed her eyes and said.
"Why is Li Mobai looking for me?" Zhou Wen didn't have the habit of killing. Furthermore, he actually knew of Butterfly. When Li Xuan told him about Li Mobai and the Evil King Gu, he had told him about this woman.
Li Weiyang couldn't tell even when Butterfly pretended to be Li Weiyang. He had nearly lost his will to live because of her ruse.
"Master has something important to discuss with you," Butterfly said.
"Not interested. Leave," Zhou Wen said.
"As the Master expected. However, Master got me to ask you if you are interested in Guardians? If you are interested, he will wait for you at Elegant Peace Restaurant," Butterfly said.
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Chapter 696: Li Mobai's Information
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In a private room at Elegant Peace Restaurant.
"After you." Li Mobai carefully brewed a cup of tea and placed it in front of Zhou Wen, gesturing for him to drink it.
"Just say it directly," Zhou Wen said to Li Mobai without drinking it.
Li Mobai didn't mind. As he continued brewing tea, he said, "Zhou Wen, do you know what the most terrifying power in this world is?"
"I don't know," Zhou Wen answered.
Li Mobai continued, "The most terrifying power in this world is to be able to see something but not be able to obtain it. For example, having an enemy who killed your father and stole your wife right in front of you. You can see him every day. You can see him smile, watch him go crazy, and watch him enjoy all the riches and glory in the world. However, you can't hurt even a single strand of his hair. This is more unbearable than any physical pain."
"Second Young Master, I'm an ordinary student. I don't understand such profound principles. If you wish to discuss philosophy, I'm afraid you've found the wrong person," Zhou Wen said.
Li Mobai brewed a cup of tea for himself and took a sip before pouring away the remaining tea.
"Now, there are two things I can see but can't obtain. One thing is the life of my enemy, and the other is a cocoon." Li Mobai put down his cup and continued, "Ever since John challenged you with the six-winged seraphim, I've been trying my best to figure out what kind of power it is. In the end, I managed to find the answer, the cocoon of a Guardian."
Zhou Wen silently waited for Li Mobai to continue. Li Mobai definitely didn't invite him here to talk about this.
"Perhaps the heavens pitied a half-crippled person like me and allowed me to find a Guardian cocoon. However, there are terrifying Mythical creatures guarding it. I spent a lot of effort and paid a huge price, but I failed to even approach it." Li Mobai looked at Zhou Wen and said, "But you are different. You have the ability to help me approach it."
"Why should I help you?" Zhou Wen asked.
"Because you can bet on a one-third possibility," Li Mobai said with a smile.
"What do you mean?" Zhou Wen didn't understand what Li Mobai meant.
"According to what I know, a Guardian like the six-winged seraphim wouldn't casually reach an agreement with a human. Instead, it depends on whether that person manages to obtain their recognition. I know where the Guardian cocoon is, and you have the ability to get us near it. Each of us will have one chance. I'll have a go first. If I don't succeed, it will be your chance. Of course, it's also possible that we won't be able to obtain its recognition, but you have at least a one-third chance, right?" Li Mobai said.
Zhou Wen fell silent. He was naturally interested in the Guardian cocoon. Not only was he interested, but he also wished he could immediately find one.
However, he didn't want to obtain the Guardian's recognition, but to kill it.
However, Zhou Wen knew very well that every Guardian had terrifying strength. They were top-notch existences among Mythical creatures. He didn't know if his strength could kill the Guardian.
Li Mobai continued, "The Guardian cocoon I discovered is in the South District. It's where I obtained my Essence Energy Art. According to my speculation, since I could obtain the Essence Energy Art there and condense the Evil King Gu Life Soul, perhaps it might be compatible with the Guardian cocoon, elevating my chances of success. Unfortunately, my foundation has been destroyed and I've already cultivated another Essence Energy Art. This is also where I'm at a disadvantage. In short, my chances are very high. It's not like you don't have a chance. Do you want to take a gamble? The decision lies with you."
"Aren't you afraid that I'll snatch your chance?" Zhou Wen said to Li Mobai.
Li Mobai laughed. "Just as I said, I can't do anything while watching my enemy live a carefree life. Now, I'm living a life worse than death. If it were you, would you be willing to take the risk?"
"I need time to consider it," Zhou Wen said after some thought.
"That's fine. You can take your time to consider it. I can wait." Li Mobai said to Butterfly, "Take Zhou Wen back."
"There's no need. I can go myself." Zhou Wen got up and left Elegant Peace Restaurant.
On the way back, Zhou Wen kept considering the proposal.
A Guardian cocoon was difficult to find. If what Li Mobai said was true, it was worth taking a look. Li Mobai had a chance, but he might not succeed.
However, Li Mobai was someone who could do anything for revenge. Zhou Wen didn't dare trust him.
When he returned to school, he realized that An Sheng was waiting for him outside.
"Young Master Wen, the selection of treasure chests in the maze has been prepared. When do you plan on going?" An Sheng directly explained his intentions.
"Let's do it now." Zhou Wen also wanted to resolve this matter as soon as possible.
The world was changing at an increasing pace. Who knew if there would be a chance to go in the future? It was best to go early before the dimensional zone's seals completely collapsed.
"I share the same thoughts. Get in." An Sheng opened the car door and let Zhou Wen in before taking the driver's seat.
"Young Master Wen, why did Li Mobai want to see you?" An Sheng clearly knew that Li Mobai had met Zhou Wen.
Zhou Wen didn't hide it as he recounted the matter.
"Ah Sheng, there's something I don't quite understand. Why did Chancellor Leng kill Buddha Annihilation and not choose to attempt a contract?" Zhou Wen asked.
"I'm not too sure about that. I'm afraid only Chancellor Leng can answer you." An Sheng shook his head.
After a pause, An Sheng continued, "What Li Mobai said might be true, but it's probably too late to go now."
"Why do you say that?" Zhou Wen was puzzled.
"According to reliable intelligence, Zhang Chunqiu, Xia Liuchuan, and Dugu Ge have gone to the South District together. Furthermore, their target is a Guardian egg. The place they've gone to is very close to the region Li Mobai mentioned," An Sheng said.
"Li Mobai didn't say where the Guardian egg is. How do you know where it is?" Zhou Wen asked.
"The An family has naturally been secretly paying attention to people like Li Mobai. He used to stay in the South District for a period of time. We've checked the areas he has been to and can determine a general area," An Sheng explained.
"I see. That's a pity." Zhou Wen was originally tempted, but after hearing An Sheng's words, he felt that his hopes were most likely dashed.
The roads these days were difficult to navigate. An Sheng stopped the car inside a service station before the two of them rode their Companion Beasts forward.
Zhou Wen rode the Great Might Vajra Bull as though he was walking on flat ground in the forest. His speed wasn't slower than driving.
"Young Master Wen, you have to memorize the map of the maze. Although I'll lead the way for you, you'll have to come out by yourself if you get lost inside," An Sheng exhorted Zhou Wen again.
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Chapter 697: Treasure
The maze map was very complicated. Even with Zhou Wen's memory, it took him a long time to memorize it.
Apart from the maze being overly complicated, it was also because the maze was constantly changing. The degree of change was so complicated that it far exceeded the limits of what ordinary humans could imagine.
Memorizing the map didn't only require memorizing the routes, but it also required some formulas. When one really got lost, one didn't have to rely on their brains' memory of the routes. Instead, one had to use formulas to calculate the way out.
Zhou Wen had spent quite a bit of time on this. To be safe, he had put in a lot of effort.
Two days later, Zhou Wen and An Sheng arrived at an inconspicuous field. It was originally a cornfield, but it was very remote. After the dimensional storms, there was an anomaly here.
The corn here grew extremely tall; each of them was as tall as a tree. The corn on them was golden and even bigger than a person's head.
Furthermore, ever since the dimensional storms, the corn here hadn't withered. They kept growing.
The entrance to the maze was in the cornfield. Back then, An Tianzuo and An Sheng had fled from a Mythical break-out creature. In their panic, they escaped into the cornfield and ended up falling into the maze. As a result, they escaped the calamity.
An Tianzuo obtained his first Mythical Companion Beast there.
An Sheng circled the cornfield for a while before finally finding a spot. He used a shovel to dig up the soil on the ground, revealing a metal plate.
He lifted the metal plate and revealed an ancient well.
An Sheng patted the soil in his hand and said, "Overseer and I disguised this place to prevent others from accidentally entering. Firstly, it was to prevent the treasure chests from being opened by others. Secondly, it was to prevent humans from entering. It's impossible for people to come out of such a complicated maze. Death would be the only outcome in that event.
"Young Master Wen, you have to follow me closely after we go down. Don't take the wrong path," An Sheng exhorted before heading down the well.
Zhou Wen followed An Sheng down the ancient well. There was still water at the bottom. An Sheng dived down, and before long, there was a horizontal tunnel.
Soon, the two of them passed through the underwater tunnel and appeared in a squarish stone room.
An Sheng kept leading Zhou Wen through the stone room. Every stone room looked identical. There was almost no difference.
Every stone room had six exits in all directions—up, down, left, right, forward, and back. Ordinary people wouldn't be able to walk far before getting lost.
Furthermore, the stone house here could move on its own. It made it even harder for ordinary people to leave.
The only thing worth rejoicing about was that there were no dimensional creatures in the maze. All they needed to do was identify the path and ensure that they didn't get lost.
An Sheng kept walking and stopping, occasionally doing some calculations. After three or four hours, he finally found a treasure chest with Zhou Wen.
This stone house was a little special because there was no exit at the bottom. There was a stone chest in its place.
It was different from the treasure chest inlaid with gold and silver that Zhou Wen imagined. It was an ordinary stone chest that didn't look anything special.
"The treasure chests here are very strange. A person can only open three treasure chests. Once you open three, it will be difficult to touch any more, even if you use all your strength. According to our past experience, the treasure chests might be empty. There might also be Companion Eggs, dimensional crystals, and some strange items. They are all dimensional items," An Sheng said.
Zhou Wen walked forward and held the lid of the treasure chest, lifting it up.
There was no golden light, nor was there any treasure aura. In the huge chest, there was only a palm-sized crystal hourglass.
"What's this? What's its use?" Zhou Wen took out the hourglass and sized it up.
The sand in the hourglass was slowly flowing from one end to the other.
The sand was a type of white sand, not common yellow sand. It looked even finer.
"It's possible to obtain something strange in the treasure chest. It's hard to tell if it's of any use. Perhaps this hourglass will be of some use," An Sheng said.
Zhou Wen nodded and was about to put away the hourglass when he discovered something strange.
As he was about to put it in his backpack, Zhou Wen held the hourglass horizontally. Strangely, when the hourglass became horizontal, the sand didn't stop flowing. It continued falling in another direction.
Strange! Zhou Wen picked up the hourglass and sized it up again. He saw that the sand was flowing horizontally, completely violating the laws of physics.
Zhou Wen overturned the hourglass. The sand that should have flowed down flowed upstream without any intention of falling. It looked extremely strange.
This hourglass sure is extraordinary! Zhou Wen fiddled with the hourglass curiously. No matter how he oriented the hourglass, the sand inside stubbornly flowed in the same direction.
However, other than that, there was nothing special about it. Zhou Wen injected his Essence Energy, but it didn't affect the hourglass. It was as though it was an Essence Energy insulator.
Seeing that the hourglass didn't have any special effects, Zhou Wen placed it in his backpack and continued searching for other treasure chests with An Sheng.
During the time they were here, the stone house's location changed again. An Sheng kept calculating, and after doing so, he continued walking with Zhou Wen.
After walking for about half an hour, Zhou Wen suddenly heard a "ding" that sounded like the notification of an electric oven.
Zhou Wen and An Sheng jumped in fright before realizing that the sound came from the backpack.
Zhou Wen opened his backpack with a strange expression. There weren't any mechanical objects inside, nor were there any clocks.
Zhou Wen suddenly realized that the sand in the hourglass had been completely emptied. All the sand had entered one chamber.
Could it be that the sound was produced by it? Zhou Wen felt that there was no other possibility.
He kept looking at it. Apart from the sand beginning to flow in reverse, nothing happened.
After putting the hourglass back into his backpack, the two of them continued walking. However, just as they stepped into the next stone house, they suddenly realized that a beam of light had lit up inside.
All the stone houses Zhou Wen and An Sheng had passed through previously were the same. They didn't differ from one another, nor were there any carvings on the walls.
However, there was a mural that resembled a phoenix on the wall of the stone house. It was still emitting light as though it was about to come to life.
Just as the phoenix mural lit up, the tunnel in the stone house automatically sealed shut.
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Chapter 698: Magical Hourglass
A petite fire phoenix flew down from the wall. With terrifying flames, it instantly turned the entire stone house into a sea of flames.
Despite wearing armor, the red-hot flames were still scorching hot.
Zhou Wen summoned Tyrant Behemoth and swallowed the flames, along with the fire phoenix.
Although it was only for a short moment, An Sheng and Zhou Wen broke out into a cold sweat. White smoke was billowing from their armor. If it had been a little longer, their armor would have been burned red, and their flesh would have been cooked.
Once the fire phoenix died, the six doors automatically opened and returned to their previous state.
"Ah Sheng, did you encounter such a situation when you came before?" Zhou Wen felt that something was amiss and asked An Sheng.
"Never. Young Master Wen, do you think the fire phoenix from before has something to do with this hourglass?" As An Sheng spoke, he looked at the backpack that had been burned to a crisp. The things in the backpack had already been dropped across the ground. Many things had been destroyed, but the crystal hourglass remained intact. It lay horizontally on the ground, the sand still flowing.
"I also think it might be related. Nothing happened last time you came here, and nothing happened when we were walking. However, after the hourglass reversed, an incident occurred. Apart from it, I really can't think of any other reason," Zhou Wen said.
"Let's use our Companion Beasts to scout ahead and see if the other stone houses have the same problem." As An Sheng spoke, he summoned a lion and let it enter the next room An Sheng planned on entering.
The moment the lion entered, the stone house suddenly sealed shut. Soon, An Sheng's expression changed.
Zhou Wen used Truth Listener's powers to figure out what was happening next door, but he couldn't hear anything. There seemed to be a force blocking Truth Listener from hearing past the stone house's wall.
Soon, the tunnel door opened and the lion Companion Beast that had entered vanished. From the looks of it, it had been killed.
"These stone houses have indeed become a little strange. After my Companion Beast entered, it quickly had its connection with me severed. I couldn't sense what happened inside either," An Sheng said with a heavy expression.
Zhou Wen looked in from the door, but he didn't discover any murals in the stone house. It was no different from an ordinary stone house.
"If the changes in the maze are related to this crystal hourglass, do you think the maze will return to normal when we wait for the crystal hourglass's sand to reverse?" Zhou Wen said as he looked at the hourglass in his hand.
"That's very likely." An Sheng stared at the sand in the hourglass and said, "From the speed at which the sand flows, it should reverse every hour. Let's wait here for an hour."
"Alright." Zhou Wen also felt that it was better to wait.
God knew what other strange things were in this maze. Although he had Mythical pets, his body was still at the Epic stage. If anything happened in such a small stone house, he might not be able to dodge it. It was useless no matter how strong his Companion Beasts were.
The two of them waited in the stone house as time ticked by. When the sand from the hourglass completely flowed out, they heard a chime that was identical to the sound they had heard previously.
In the next second, the sand in the hourglass began to flow in reverse.
"I'll give it another try." An Sheng summoned another Companion Beast and let it enter the room the lion had entered.
Indeed, the stone house's passageway didn't close this time. The Companion Beasts inside didn't show any signs of trouble.
"We were right." An Sheng carefully entered the room, but there weren't any incidents.
Therefore, Zhou Wen and An Sheng used their Companion Beasts as scouts and continued proceeding towards the next treasure chest in the maze. They passed many stone houses, but nothing happened.
When the hourglass reversed, the two of them stopped and didn't continue advancing. They stayed in place for an hour, waiting for the hourglass to reverse again before continuing.
It was unknown what kind of relationship the hourglass had with the maze. It could actually control it. The situation inside the maze was completely different when the sand flowed in the different directions.
When he was forced to rest, Zhou Wen studied the hourglass. He wanted to see if he could control the flow of sand in the hourglass.
If he could control it, wouldn't he be able to control this maze?
However, after studying it for quite some time, Zhou Wen didn't discover how to control the hourglass. The main reason he didn't dare act rashly was that he was afraid that he would damage the hourglass. That would only make things worse.
I'll think of a way to study it after we leave. Zhou Wen temporarily gave up the idea of controlling it.
"Young Master Wen, I seem to have discovered something," An Sheng said.
"What did you discover? Is it a secret regarding the maze?" Zhou Wen hurriedly asked.
"No." An Sheng shook his head and said, "After so many experiences with you, I realized that as long as you enter a dimensional zone, it's easy for unexpected things to happen..."
"Coincidence... It must be a coincidence..." Zhou Wen said firmly. Although he also felt that something would happen every time he entered a dimensional zone, he definitely wouldn't admit that he was a jinx.
Even if there's a problem, it's definitely because of the Tiger Soul General, Bamboo Blade, and Tai Sui. It's definitely not my problem, Zhou Wen thought.
An Sheng laughed and said, "Actually, this isn't bad either. At the very least, it won't be that boring. It's always so thrilling every time I enter a dimensional zone with you."
"It really has nothing to do with me," Zhou Wen said with a sullen expression.
The two of them kept walking and stopping. After traveling for more than thirty hours, they finally arrived at the room where the second treasure chest was.
"Young Master Wen, open it and take a look," An Sheng said with a heavy expression.
"Do I really have to open it?" Zhou Wen asked, somewhat worried.
The crystal hourglass appeared in the first treasure chest. Who knew what was inside this chest.
It would be fine if a Companion Egg or dimensional crystal dropped, but if a bomb appeared and blasted them to death, it would be terrible.
Although it was just an analogy, Zhou Wen couldn't rule out the possibility of a bomb inside.
"Open it. Even if there's a Buddha Annihilation inside, we can just fight it again. There's nothing to be afraid of," An Sheng said with a smile.
Zhou Wen swallowed his saliva and reached out to lift the lid of the treasure chest. His heart was beating rapidly like a drum.
An Sheng and Zhou Wen looked into the treasure chest and were taken aback.
There was actually another chest in the treasure chest. The material and style were the same as the treasure chest, but it was a little smaller.
Zhou Wen frowned slightly as he opened the lid. He saw that there was an even smaller treasure chest inside. After opening seven or eight treasure chests, all he saw were even smaller ones.
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Chapter 699: Strange Treasure Chest
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"Are you kidding me? Don't tell me that it will be an empty box in the end?" Zhou Wen said gloomily.
An Sheng laughed. "As expected of Young Master Wen. The Overseer and I opened six treasure chests, but none of them were as interesting as a single one of yours."
"This really has nothing to do with me. You were the ones who picked the good treasure chests. The remaining treasure chests are all so strange," Zhou Wen said gloomily.
"Quickly open it and take a look. I'm really looking forward to seeing what's inside," An Sheng urged.
Zhou Wen had no choice but to continue opening the treasure chests. One after another, he opened at least twenty. The treasure chest also changed from a huge chest to a tiny chest the size of a palm.
Zhou Wen tried and wanted to take out the treasure chest, but although it was tiny, it remained motionless no matter how hard he tried.
Zhou Wen had no choice but to continue opening them chest after chest The treasure chest had already become the size of a finger. Yet, there was still a treasure chest inside.
"I'm very certain now that the owner of the maze must be pulling a prank on us. There's definitely nothing in the final treasure chest." Zhou Wen felt that he had definitely been fooled.
"At this stage, even if it's empty, you have to open the last box to take a look," An Sheng encouraged.
Zhou Wen continued opening the chest silently. The treasure chest went from the size of a finger to the size of a fingernail.
"F*k, why are there more? I can't believe it." Zhou Wen continued opening a few more chests. The treasure chest was already about the size of the jewel on a ring.
Just as Zhou Wen was about to open it, he realized that the square stone treasure chest that resembled a ring's gem was locked. Although the lock was very small, he could tell that it was a lock.
"Isn't this a scam? I've opened all the way to this point, yet, it's telling me that it needs a key..." Zhou Wen wished he could smash the treasure chest.
However, it was unknown if the treasure chests were protected by nomological powers. Even Mythical-stage power was unable to damage them.
"Could this small treasure chest be the prize in this treasure chest?" An Sheng said as he looked at the small treasure chest.
"No way?" Zhou Wen was slightly taken aback as he reached out to pick up the tiny treasure chest. He had opened so many treasure chests and of them could be moved. Yet, this time, he could pick it up.
"I can actually take it out!" Zhou Wen immediately realized that the fellow who had placed the treasure chest here was definitely doing it on purpose.
Zhou Wen took a careful look and didn't find a way to open the treasure chest. He handed it to An Sheng to take a look. After studying it, An Sheng returned it to Zhou Wen. "The structure inside the keyhole is somewhat different from our human locks. It might require a special key to open it. Young Master Wen, put it away now. Think of a way to open it after we are out."
Zhou Wen had no choice but to put away the mini treasure chest. With such a small treasure chest, there was probably nothing inside. Even if there was something, what could be inside?
He had opened two treasure chests which only contained strange items. Zhou Wen was beginning to miss Wang Lu. If he could get her to help him open the treasure chests, he definitely wouldn't be so unlucky to have such strange items.
The two of them set off again. Due to their previous experience, An Sheng was afraid that this small treasure chest would trigger a change in the maze, so he walked even more carefully.
However, nothing unexpected happened. Just like before, as long as they waited for the hourglass's safe period, they could successfully pass through the stone rooms.
Finally, Zhou Wen and An Sheng arrived at the location of the third treasure chest. Zhou Wen stood in front of it and pressed his palms together. He prayed in every direction. "Gods from every denomination, please bless me. I don't wish to become rich overnight. I just want something normal to come out. Mythical Companion Beasts or something, just one will do. I'm really not picky..."
While praying, Zhou Wen summoned the baby tiger, hoping to increase his luck.
An Sheng held back his laughter when he heard Zhou Wen mutter to himself. He said in all seriousness, "Young Master, it's all determined by fate. Open it quickly."
Zhou Wen gritted his teeth and opened the lid.
"It's indeed very normal..." An Sheng looked into the box and immediately laughed. This was because the box was empty. There was nothing inside.
"That's it?" Zhou Wen was somewhat depressed.
"Why don't I take you to find another box? What if you're born different and can open a fourth box?" An Sheng said.
"Don't trouble yourself. Let's return," Zhou Wen said with a shake of his head.
He decided that he would never open any cursed chests or other items that depended on luck again unless he could come with Wang Lu.
An Sheng led Zhou Wen out. It was impossible to return the way they came. As the stone room's location kept changing, he could only find a new path.
Thankfully, nothing happened on the way back. The two of them successfully exited the maze.
An Sheng used the metal plate to seal the well's entrance again. He covered it with soil as a disguise. Unless it was a coincidence, it would be difficult to discover the entrance to the maze.
Zhou Wen realized that the crystal hourglass in his hand had appeared to freeze. The sand inside which should still be flowing was frozen. It looked like time had stopped. It was extremely magical.
"Young Master Wen, it's not as though you didn't gain anything. Even if the small treasure chest is empty, this crystal hourglass is rather magical. It might really be a treasure," An Sheng consoled.
Zhou Wen wasn't in the mood to say anything. He put away the crystal hourglass and the mini treasure chest and planned on thinking of a way to open it when he returned.
The two of them returned to Luoyang, but they realized that there were very few people on the city streets. Soon, they realized that most people were watching a livestream.
"Someone actually challenged Primordial Sword Immortal again. It's no wonder so many people are watching the livestream." Zhou Wen used Truth Listener to search and discovered the problem.
"That's not surprising. There aren't many days left for the three-month deadline. There must be someone who can't hold back. Let's see who's challenging Primordial Sword Immortal," An Sheng said as he took out his phone and turned on the livestream. He ended up somewhat surprised.
In the arena, Primordial Sword Immortal had already revealed his sword immortal body. He stood in the arena with the stone sword in hand, but there was no sign of a challenger.
Suddenly, the sword immortal's head seemed to suffer a heavy blow as his body flew out horizontally.
"What was that?" Zhou Wen and An Sheng failed to see what had happened.
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Chapter 700: The Last 72 Hours
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After Primordial Sword Immortal was sent flying, he immediately flew into the air and slashed out rows of sword beams in all directions.
However, other than Primordial Sword Immortal and his sword beams, Zhou Wen and An Sheng saw nothing.
"An invisible Companion Beast?" Zhou Wen and An Sheng could see the surprise in each other's eyes.
Invisibility Companion Beasts were rare. Zhou Wen had an Invisibility Cloak Companion Egg, but it was a problematic Companion Egg. He hadn't managed to hatch it yet.
Apart from that, he had also heard of some Companion Beasts that could be invisible. However, they weren't absolutely invisible.
For example, a Companion Beast named Chameleon could fuse with the environment through Chameleon Transformation and reach the goal of invisibility.
However, this kind of invisibility was basically useless against top-notch experts.
Ignoring Mythical creatures, even Epic experts like Zhou Wen's Hell King Life Soul could sense minute changes in the airflow.
To just be visually invisible wasn't of much use against top-notch experts.
It was only when dealing with special skills like the Bright Torch Vision World that invisibility had some effect.
What was truly terrifying wasn't visual invisibility, but complete invisibility. Even one's body could be concealed. It wouldn't cause any airflow, emit heat, or produce a lifeforce field. It was as if one had vanished into thin air.
Only then could an existence like Primordial Sword Immortal not discover its location.
In the battle arena's situation, Primordial Sword Immortal clearly hadn't discovered the enemy's location. All he could do was continuously slash out large swaths of sword beams, hoping to use the dense sword beams to force the enemy out.
This was clearly useless. Soon, Primordial Sword Immortal suffered another baffling strike and flew out again.
The battle scene in the arena was very strange. It was as though Primordial Sword Immortal was fighting the air, but he was constantly being attacked. The sword immortal's spirit body was also flickering from time to time. It didn't look good.
"There are still limitations to a livestream. Let's go to the cube to take a look," An Sheng said as he drove towards the cube.
There was almost no one on the other streets. The streets that could see the cube's screen were packed with people. People couldn't even squeeze through, never mind cars.
Even the buildings on both sides of the street were filled with people.
Zhou Wen and An Sheng had no choice but to find a place to park the car before finding a relatively closer spot to watch the battle.
The cube's big screen could perfectly enact the real battle. It was the same as a real scene. This was something that even high-speed cameras weren't capable of.
No matter how powerful the camera's functions were, there were still limitations. For example, no matter how high the resolution was, it was impossible to reach the standards of the real world.
Just like the scene on the phone, Primordial Sword Immortal was still being thrashed unilaterally.
His opponent seemed to be deliberately humiliating Primordial Sword Immortal. Every strike was like an invisible fist striking Primordial Sword Immortal's face, sending him flying.
Again and again, it struck. It wasn't in a rush to finish off Primordial Sword Immortal. It was as though it wanted to appreciate Primordial Sword Immortal's sorry state.
Ever since Primordial Sword Immortal appeared out of nowhere and suppressed the rankings for a few months, accepting the challenges of many powerful Companion Beasts, he had always appeared invincible. He was practically synonymous with invincibility. When had he ever been in such a sorry state?
Primordial Sword Immortal attempted to force his opponent out by using many methods, but the outcome was not as he wished. He was completely unable to determine his opponent's location.
Zhou Wen looked at the name on the ranking. The Companion Beast that challenged Primordial Sword Immortal was named "Origin Realm King", but he didn't see the image of Origin Realm King.
Could it be that Origin Realm King is invisible? Zhou Wen thought to himself.
The battle continued in a one-sided manner. The invincible Primordial Sword Immortal was helpless against an invisible opponent. All he could do was passively take a beating.
"It looks like the number one spot on the rankings will finally be changed."
"Origin Realm King, why have I never heard of it before?"
"Indeed, invisible opponents are the most terrifying. Origin Realm King is too powerful. To be able to beat Primordial Sword Immortal to such a state, it's practically invincible."
"I wonder who the Origin Realm King belongs to?"
"That's hard to guess. I've only heard of legends about the Divine Realm, the Immortal Realm, the Fiend Realm, the Spirit Realm, the Ghost Realm, the Demon Realm, and so on. I've never heard of the Origin Realm."
"Could it be from overseas?"
"Probably not. If the Origin Realm King is from overseas, I'd rather support Primordial Sword Immortal taking first place."
The entire Federation was abuzz with discussion. Primordial Sword Immortal was clearly at a disadvantage. Although he hadn't used his Wheel of Destiny and still had the ability to deliver a final blow, his chances of winning were much lower.
This was because most people determined that Primordial Sword Immortal's Wheel of Destiny was an offensive skill. He didn't even know where his opponent was, so the effects of the Wheel of Destiny were too limited. Unless Primordial Sword Immortal's Wheel of Destiny had a huge area of effect, it was difficult to turn defeat into victory.
Zhou Wen watched the battle the entire time. He had even used the Holy Hell King's Eye, but he still couldn't see where Origin Realm King was.
What powerful invisibility. It can even hide the sinflames on its body? Zhou Wen was somewhat surprised.
"From the looks of it, we should be able to see Primordial Sword Immortal's Wheel of Destiny." An Sheng also believed that Primordial Sword Immortal had been forced into a corner.
It wasn't only An Sheng. The six families and many experts also believed so. At this stage, Primordial Sword Immortal couldn't sit idle.
Just as everyone was hoping that Primordial Sword Immortal would release his Wheel of Destiny, something unexpected happened.
Primordial Sword Immortal actually chose to forfeit and gave up the throne of first place. He didn't use the power of his Wheel of Destiny.
The entire Federation was in an uproar. After occupying the rankings for months, the invincible Primordial Sword Immortal had been defeated just like that. First place was given to someone else, and Primordial Realm King became the strongest Companion Beast in the world.
Since Primordial Sword Immortal didn't use his Wheel of Destiny, it meant that he knew that he couldn't win even if he used it.
There were less than four days left before the three-month deadline Wang Mingyuan mentioned was reached.
All the major media outlets in the Federation were reporting on the matter of Origin Realm King taking first place. They were also guessing who its owner was.
Just like Primordial Sword Immortal, the owner of Origin Realm King had never appeared. All the speculation was nothing but speculation.
However, according to the deductions of the six families, it was very likely that Origin Realm King was an overseas Companion Beast. This was because, in the legends of the Federation's four districts, there didn't seem to be a place like the Origin Realm.
While people were guessing the origins and true colors of the Origin Realm King, the cubes around the world underwent a strange change. Each cube displayed a 72-hour countdown.
Anyone with a smidgen of intelligence could roughly guess what it meant. There were less than 72 hours left before the three-month deadline.
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Chapter 701: Light Beast's Challenge
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All the major factions who wanted to vie for first place mobilized their forces to study what kind of Companion Beast the Origin Realm King was, as well as its various abilities.
Without a doubt, the Origin Realm King's most terrifying ability was invisibility. Even Primordial Sword Immortal couldn't find it. This was an extremely terrifying ability.
In addition, it was also probably very fast. Otherwise, even if it was invisible, it would be difficult for it to dodge Primordial Sword Immortal's high-speed sword beams.
Based on these two points, professionals began to study and analyze various possibilities.
Everyone was constantly paying attention to the rankings. As there were less than 72 hours left, there was a chance that someone could challenge the Origin Realm King at any time.
In fact, other than first place, there were already many people with lower rankings challenging those with higher rankings. They hoped to obtain a better spot before the ranking matches ended.
In the final 72 hours, there was only an hour to accept the challenge. If one didn't accept the challenge within the hour, they would automatically be declared the loser.
Zhou Wen was also studying Origin Realm King. After watching the battle between Origin Realm King and Primordial Sword Immortal, he had a nagging feeling that something was amiss.
After getting the video to watch carefully, he still failed to see any problems.
Origin Realm King's invisibility ability could be said to be perfect. He couldn't find any flaws. No matter how strong Primordial Sword Immortal was, no matter how strong he was, it was useless against an enemy who could casually appear beside him.
All Companion Beasts have their weaknesses. Is the invisibility ability of the Origin Realm King really that perfect? Zhou Wen didn't believe in absolute perfection.
Just like Torch Dragon's Bright Torch Vision World, such a powerful skill could be nullified with just a mirror.
Origin Realm King's invisibility was indeed very powerful, but Zhou Wen felt that it definitely had a weakness. It was just that he hadn't discovered it yet.
Just as the various factions were nervously studying it, a Companion Beast named Light Beast suddenly challenged the first-ranked Origin Realm King.
"Light beast? Isn't that a Companion Beast of the Family Clan of Gods? I heard that it has the power of light, but its combat strength isn't strong. At best, it's about the level of Inferno Dragon? It's far inferior to Primordial Sword Immortal. How can it challenge Origin Realm King?"
"Could it be that the Family Clan of Gods has found the weakness of the Origin Realm King?"
"Can Light Beast restrain Origin Realm King?"
Everyone was puzzled as they waited for the battle to begin. They wanted to know from this challenge if the Family Clan of Gods had really found the weakness of Origin Realm King or if they had other motives.
Li Xuan organized the members of the Xuanwen Club to watch the battle in front of a cube. Zhou Wen followed them to the cube. He had a nagging feeling that Origin Realm King's invisibility wasn't that perfect.
"Holy sh*t, don't tell me everyone in Luoyang is here?" Li Xuan said gloomily as he looked at the crowd.
They were still a few streets away from the cube, but they were already unable to proceed forward. They could only see human heads bobbing about. They couldn't see the cube at all.
"That's not surprising. The various Companion Beasts that appeared before, including Primordial Sword Immortal, might be very powerful, but they could at least be clearly seen. However, this Origin Realm King is completely different. You can't even see it. The unknown has a fatal attraction to human curiosity. Everyone wants to know what kind of Companion Beast Origin Realm King is," Li Weiyang said.
"At this distance, we can't see a thing. We might as well stay at home and watch from our phones." It was rare for Huang Ji to join them. He was actually very interested in the abilities of various Companion Beasts, so he participated in the Xuanwen Club's excursion.
Of course, he mainly wanted to reproduce the data and abilities of these Companion Beasts in-game.
After the ranking battles began, Huang Ji had been analyzing the abilities of the Companion Beasts. He planned on using them as prototypes to create some game bosses.
"If there's really no other way, let's find a quiet restaurant and watch the livestream," Gulli suggested. He felt that watching the livestream was no different from watching from the cube's screen.
Zhou Wen also felt that they were too far away. Even Truth Listener couldn't reach such a distance, but they couldn't barge through the crowd.
Li Xuan's heart suddenly stirred as he said to the silent Gu Dian who was at the rear, "Old Gu, walk ahead of us."
Zhou Wen and company's eyes lit up as they knew what Li Xuan was thinking. They hurriedly made way for Gu Dian to take the lead.
"Stop squeezing! You... Ah..." A fierce-looking man felt that someone was trying to squeeze past him. He opened his mouth and wanted to curse, but just as he did so, he turned his gaze over. When he saw the person, his legs trembled in fear and he nearly fell to the ground. He hurriedly shut his mouth and retreated in fear.
He looked fierce himself, but when he saw the person squeezing through, he was so frightened that his heart pounded and cold sweat broke out on his back.
He had never seen such a ferocious person in his entire life. He was very worried that the other party would directly stab him to death. Therefore, he kept retreating, forcing out some space to make way for the person.
Gu Dian ignored him and continued walking forward.
Zhou Wen and company lined up and followed closely behind Gu Dian. For some reason, they felt the thrill of cutting through a line that spanned several streets.
The streets were extremely crowded. Everyone wanted to squeeze in, but no one was willing to give in. There were even quite a number of people who had verbal disputes.
However, Gu Dian successfully passed through the crowd. It didn't look difficult at all.
Before long, Zhou Wen and company arrived at a suitable distance. It was equivalent to the best seats in a theater—around the sixth or seventh row. They waited for Origin Realm King to accept the challenge.
As it only had an hour to accept the challenge, and it took Zhou Wen and company quite a bit of time to rush over, there were less than ten minutes left. Yet, Origin Realm King still hadn't accepted the challenge.
"It can't be. Origin Realm King hasn't accepted the challenge? Could it be that Light Beast is really its nemesis?"
"It's really possible. Under the light, darkness has nowhere to hide. Perhaps it's really the nemesis of invisibility?"
"No matter how great a nemesis it is, Origin Realm King is an existence that can fight Primordial Sword Immortal. It would be odd if Light Beast could have an effect on it."
As people were arguing, they saw the name on the arena flash. Origin Realm King had accepted the challenge, but they didn't see its figure.
Everyone knew that Origin Realm King had already appeared in the arena, but they just couldn't see it.
Light Beast clearly knew this, so it didn't hesitate to launch an attack. Light emitted from its body like a sun, illuminating the entire arena. This was its Wheel of Destiny's power, Light Ray.
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Chapter 702: Perfect Companion Beast
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"I see. This Light Beast is using attacks indiscriminately to force out Origin Realm King. No matter how invisible Origin Realm King is, it can't really disappear. Such an attack is very likely to find its traces," Gulli said.
Sadie nodded and said, "Light Beast is a Mythical Companion Beast of the Family Clan of Gods. Its Wheel of Destiny is called Light Ray. Although its offensive power isn't strong, its range is very large. Furthermore, it can last for a long time. It's suitable for restraining invisibility. From the looks of it, the Family Clan of Gods didn't find a way to restrain Origin Realm King. They just want to use this method to figure out what kind of Companion Beast Origin Realm King is."
Zhou Wen and company stared at the cube's huge screen. The light illuminated the entire arena. If anything was in the arena, even if it couldn't be seen, it would be injured by the light rays.
Even if it couldn't be injured, it would have some reaction.
Strangely, nothing happened across the entire arena. The light rays didn't meet any obstacles, nor did they collide with any forces. Neither did the light refract.
"That's strange. Could it be that Origin Realm King is really an invisible and intangible spirit body?"
"Impossible. If it's really an invisible and incorporeal spirit body, how could Origin Realm King directly attack Primordial Sword Immortal during the battle? It definitely has a form."
"As you can see, Light Ray has already enveloped the entire arena. If it really has a body, it's impossible for it to not react to the Light Ray."
"Perhaps it's some temporarily incorporeal skill. It shouldn't last long."
The various families were discussing how Origin Realm King had dodged Light Ray, but they couldn't make an accurate guess.
Light Beast continued shooting out Light Ray. It could do so for several hours, so there was no need to worry about it being ambushed by Origin Realm King.
Just as everyone was discussing, they suddenly saw the nose and face of the Light Beast crater as though it had been smashed by an invisible fist.
Then, Light Beast flew out, bleeding from its seven orifices. It died immediately without even having the chance to surrender.
Instantly, everyone broke out into a cold sweat. Many people had guessed that Light Beast was no match for Origin Realm King.
However, no one expected Light Beast to lose so tragically. Not only did it fail to force out Origin Realm King, but it was even killed in one strike.
Clearly, the difference between the two was too great. Light Beast couldn't even withstand one strike. The Family Clan of Gods' plan had failed and they had even lost Light Beast.
"It's really too powerful. It has invincible invisibility and invincible strength. It's practically a perfect Companion Beast."
"If Origin Realm King wants to assassinate someone, I'm afraid no one in this world can escape its assassination, right? Just the thought of it is terrifying."
"What Primordial Sword Immortal? What Death of the Underworld? Compared to Origin Realm King, they are so weak."
"I wonder who was so lucky to obtain a Companion Beast like Origin Realm King."
The ordinary citizens of the Federation were discussing the topic of Origin Realm King. In the battle against Primordial Sword Immortal, people were still doubtful of Origin Realm King's strength. However, killing Light Beast in one strike had allowed Origin Realm King to truly ascend to the throne. It left a deep mark in the history of human Companion Beasts.
The various families began their intense research and analysis work. They had used all sorts of high-tech equipment to record videos, so they repeatedly studied and analyzed them.
However, no matter how they analyzed and studied it, Origin Realm King's invisibility was perfect.
Light Beast's indiscriminate Light Ray couldn't touch its body at all. It was even killed in a frontal attack. This capability was terrifying and made one feel uneasy.
Just as the man on the street said, having Origin Realm King was equivalent to having the most terrifying assassin in the world. Even the members of the six families were worried that they would be assassinated by Origin Realm King.
If Origin Realm King was from overseas, the Federation would be in even more danger.
Even if it was a Companion Beast of the Federation, it would be equally intolerable. It was like a sharp blade hanging over one's neck. It was unknown when it would land; furthermore, the person holding the blade wasn't them.
Repeated studies and analysis ensued as everyone in the world wanted to find out the weakness of Origin Realm King.
"I wonder if the power of Origin Realm King can augment its master," Feng Qiuyan said in thought.
"I don't think so. It's already invincible in this state. If it can augment its owner, wouldn't it be like a bug in games?" Li Xuan curled his lips.
"It's not impossible. Just like the Invisibility Cloak that once caused a stir, it can make people perfectly invisible. No reconnaissance method can see its existence," said Huang Ji.
Sadie seemed to know something about the Invisibility Cloak as she continued, "Although the Invisibility Cloak can result in complete invisibility that can't be detected, there's a time limit. It can only maintain an invisible and formless state for a period of time. Usually, it's just invisibility, but it can still be detected by special means. Just like the Light Ray from Light Beast just now, it can expose the Invisibility Cloak under normal conditions. If not for that, the Zhang family wouldn't have been able to successfully return the Invisibility Cloak to its Companion Egg form back then."
The few of them discussed as they walked. Zhou Wen didn't say a word. He had a nagging feeling that something was amiss, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.
After this battle, no Companion Beasts challenged Origin Realm King again. This was because no one wanted to risk having their Companion Beasts killed.
No Mythical Companion Beast was easy to come by. Knowing that it was suicide, no one was willing to do it.
The various factions could only keep researching and analyzing, hoping to find the weakness of Origin Realm King. However, in the blink of an eye, there were only 48 hours left. No one could figure out the weakness of Origin Realm King.
They watched the video so many times, but they couldn't even tell where Origin Realm King was, much less figure out what it looked like and what weaknesses it had.
Now, many people believed that Origin Realm King was probably going to take first place in the ranking battle. Up to now, no Companion Beast could restrain it and there wasn't much time left.
Zhou Wen had been studying the video the entire time as well. After repeatedly watching it, he failed to find the location of Origin Realm King.
Could it be that the Invisibility ability of Origin Realm King is really that perfect? How manymodes of invisibility are there? Spirit Bodies are considered one of them. Origin Realm King is most likely a Spirit Body. However, from its attack patterns, it seems to have a corporeal body. Also, total invisibility is impossible. If it's just total invisibility, it will definitely be detected by Light Ray. Then, there's the type akin to Invisibility Cloak that can temporarily turn into nothingness. From the looks of it, this possibility is the highest. Also, it could be as small as Primordial Spore, so it can't be seen. However, no matter how small it is, it should react when it's shot by the omnipresent Light Ray... Wait... That's not right... Zhou Wen seemed to think of something.
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Chapter 703: Zhou Wen's Speculation
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Zhou Wen carefully recalled Origin Realm King's two battles and specially watched a few important parts of the recording. The things that he originally felt were amiss gradually became clearer.
If I view Origin Realm King as a Companion Beast similar to Primordial Spore, or something even smaller than Primordial Spore, so small that even the Holy Hell King's eyes can't see the sinflames on its body, wouldn't that explain why Primordial Sword Immortal's sword beam can't hit it? It's not because its speed is so fast that Primordial Sword Immortal can't hit it, but because it's too small. In that case, its strength definitely can't be too strong. Therefore, although it looked like it was thrashing Primordial Sword Immortal in all sorts of ways, it was actually unable to kill Primordial Sword Immortal due to its insufficient strength.
Zhou Wen continued surmising. The battle with Light Beast proved this point even more. Light Ray was everywhere. If Origin Realm King was really in the arena, it would probably trigger a reaction to Light Ray. Even if it can turn into nothingness, at the instant it attacked Light Beast, it should have collided with Light Ray. However, despite repeatedly watching the recordings, nothing whatsoever happened. Light Ray didn't collide with anything from the beginning to the end. Then, there's only one explanation. Ever since Origin Realm King entered the arena, it had already drilled into the body of Light Beast. Therefore, Light Ray couldn't illuminate it no matter how vast the rays were. It wasn't in the arena at all.
Furthermore, Origin Realm King used this ability to destroy Light Beast's body or brain. Then, it used an ingenious opportunity to come out of its nostrils and strike Light Beast. It looked like it was extremely powerful and instantly killed Light Beast. In fact, it had already wreaked havoc in Light Beast's body. The Light Beast was almost dead.
Not only did it kill Light Beast, but it also made everyone believe that Origin Realm King's destructive power was extremely powerful. It concealed its greatest weakness, preventing others from easily challenging it. What a good plan. The more Zhou Wen thought about it, the more he felt that it was right. He brightened up.
Although he had guessed the various possibilities of Origin Realm King, defeating it wasn't an easy task.
Even Truth Listener's ability and the Holy Hell King's Eye couldn't discover its existence. Its body was definitely much smaller than Primordial Spore. It had probably reached the level of an atom.
Primordial Spore can parasitize large creatures, but it's not that effective against those that are smaller than it. Torch Dragon's Bright Torch Vision World should be able to kill it, but if it enters Torch Dragon's body before Torch Dragon activates Bright Torch Vision World, then Bright Torch Vision World will be useless... After some thought, Zhou Wen realized that the Origin Realm King wasn't easy to deal with.
It was very easy to fight Origin Realm King to a draw. With the strength it displayed during its battle with Primordial Sword Immortal, Zhou Wen only needed to use Tyrant Behemoth to challenge it. No matter how it attempted to drill into Tyrant Behemoth, it couldn't cause any injuries.
However, it wouldn't be easy for Tyrant Behemoth to find and kill it.
I wonder what kind of Companion Beast Origin Realm King is. If it's a fungal or bacterial type, perhaps I can send Tai Sui to deal with it, Zhou Wen thought to himself, but he didn't immediately attempt it.
After all, everything was just Zhou Wen's speculation. Tai Sui was only at the Epic stage. If his speculation was wrong, or if the Origin Realm King was just small in size and wasn't a Companion Beast like a fungus, Tai Sui wouldn't be able to restrain it. Wouldn't that lead to a tragic death?
There were still more than two days left. There would definitely be Companion Beasts challenging Origin Realm King, so Zhou Wen planned on taking a wait-and-see approach before deciding if he should send Tai Sui.
Even if he were to send Tai Sui, he would have to wait until the time was almost up. Otherwise, with Tai Sui being so weak, it would be easily defeated by other Mythical Companion Beasts even after he defeated Origin Realm King.
While waiting for Origin Realm King to be challenged, Zhou Wen didn't idle. He continued grinding in-game.
Ever since he knew that killing Guardians could advance Slaughterer, Zhou Wen had been targeting them.
Unfortunately, the one in Ant City was just too powerful. After some thought, Zhou Wen decided to target the nine black dragons in the underground sea.
I have quite a number of Mythical Companion Beasts now. I have the ferocious pair, Behemoth and Truth Listener, and Torch Dragon's Bright Torch Vision World. Together with the Great Might Vajra Bull, Golden Overlord Sword, and Demonic Neonate, who specializes in sneaking attacks on others, I can try to see if I can deal with the nine black dragons, Zhou Wen thought to himself.
After arriving at the underground sea, Zhou Wen first summoned his Mythical Companion Beasts. Together with Demonic Neonate, the lineup was rather powerful.
Six-Winged Guardian Dragon was still the same as before. It appeared behind the blood-colored avatar in its six-winged form to prevent it from being instantly killed.
I still have to find time to draw more Substitute Talismans in the future, Zhou Wen thought.
With Zhou Wen's order, Truth Listener and Behemoth charged into the underground sea.
The Great Might Vajra Bull was actually afraid of water. It could only provide support on land and didn't enter the sea.
However, this wasn't a big deal. All he needed to do was lure the nine black dragons to a spot near the coast and let the Great Might Vajra Bull's Soul Suppression Bell work.
Before long, the nine black dragons appeared with the war wagon. After they saw Behemoth and Truth Listener, the chains on their bodies automatically released.
The nine black dragons immediately perked up as they transformed into ferocious dragons that charged at Behemoth and Truth Listener with a roar.
Zhou Wen made the two of them fly back and return to the shore. The two giant beasts stood in the shallow water, where the seawater only reached their calves.
When the nine black dragons charged over, Zhou Wen immediately realized that something was amiss. The strength and speed of the black dragons were even stronger than Truth Listener when it had shattered an earring.
Zhou Wen originally imagined that Truth Listener and Behemoth could each fight three or four black dragons alone, but now, he realized that without using Absolute Strength and shattering the other earrings, fighting two alone was somewhat difficult.
Roar!
Behemoth roared and used Absolute Strength to suppress the nine black dragons.
The nine black dragons were beginning to be affected by the suction of Absolute Strength, but soon, they forcefully escaped its restraints.
Boom!
Behemoth, who had used Absolute Strength, threw a punch and collided with a black dragon horn.
To Zhou Wen's surprise, Behemoth, who had Absolute Strength, was forced to take a few steps back by the collision with the black dragon. It plopped into the seawater, stirring up huge waves.
Truth Listener was in a worse state. It clashed with a black dragon and was sent flying into the sea.
Something's amiss... How can the nine black dragons be so powerful... Zhou Wen was alarmed as he carefully looked at the nine black dragons, but he didn't see anything.
Zhou Wen's heart stirred as he switched to the Holy Hell King Life Soul. With the Holy Hell's Eyes, he was immediately alarmed. There were chains that couldn't be seen with the naked eye connecting the nine black dragons to the war wagon.
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Chapter 704: Battling the Nine Dragons
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The chains weren't corporeal, but they were like soul chains. The nine black dragons were connected by them, and at the same time, the chains combined their powers.
The power unleashed by a black dragon was equivalent to the power of nine black dragons unleashing their might at the same time.
It's no wonder Tyrant Behemoth, who has used Absolute Strength, can't suppress the black dragon. This is fighting nine alone... Zhou Wen thought.
Tyrant Behemoth stood up again and roared as it charged at the nine black dragons.
Its strength was unparalleled, but it was still difficult to deal with them when it was actually equivalent to single-handedly fighting nine. The black dragon was a Mythical creature with immense strength, and with the nine of them combined as one, the explosive power they released suppressed Tyrant Behemoth.
Every clash of strength forced Tyrant Behemoth to retreat.
Thankfully, Tyrant Behemoth was indeed extremely powerful when using Absolute Strength. It wasn't severely injured even under the combined forces of the nine black dragons.
Truth Listener rushed out and attacked the black dragon from another direction.
The nine black dragons' movements were not affected at all despite being connected by invisible chains. Furthermore, the powers circulated among them extremely quickly.
As one side sent Tyrant Behemoth retreating, the other side fought Truth Listener, who had gathered its strength, again. The terrifying dragon claws broke through normal speed limits and blasted Truth Listener away.
Zhou Wen had already controlled the blood-colored avatar to slash at the black dragon. The Great Might Vajra Bull also released the Soul Suppression Bell at the same time. When the bell rang, the invisible chain trembled. The Soul Suppression Bell didn't work, nor did it make the black dragons faint.
Truth Listener looked like it was about to go berserk and shatter another earring. Zhou Wen hurriedly summoned it and Behemoth back before turning around to escape to the Bat Cave.
Demonic Neonate hadn't attacked all this time, so it looked like she hadn't found a chance.
The nine black dragons didn't dare come ashore. They roared in the water, causing huge waves to surge into the sky. The commotion was extremely terrifying.
The nine black dragons are so terrifying. I wonder how powerful the Guardian in the war wagon is? I'm afraid it's another Buddha Annihilation... Zhou Wen looked at the nine black dragons that surged with ferocious flames as he secretly calculated his chances of killing the Guardian in the war wagon.
I finally understand why the Lost Immortal Sutra can imitate so many Essence Energy Arts and obtain many benefits so easily. Even with such an abnormal ability, killing a Guardian is still as difficult as ascending to the heavens. Zhou Wen had already realized that the Lost Immortal Sutra was indeed an unparalleled Essence Energy Art.
Ignoring the question of whether the Lost Immortal Sutra could advance to the Mythical stage, just killing the Guardian to advance to the Life Soul realm was probably unprecedented.
Unless I think of a way to sever the connection between the nine black dragons, preventing them from gathering the power of nine dragons to attack together, killing them is just a pipe dream. Zhou Wen began to miss the six-winged seraphim.
Among the Guardians that Zhou Wen had seen, he was the easiest to kill.
Unable to kill the nine black dragons, Zhou Wen had no choice but to vent his frustration on the other dimensional creatures. He killed all the rare dimensional creatures in the dungeons and also killed some Musical Note Sprites.
Now, Zhou Wen's Musical Note Sprites numbered nearly ten thousand. Under the control of the Golden Harp, they could be of some use. However, they were still a distance away from the million-strong army that Zhou Wen had expected.
I heard that there's an Undead Scourge in the West District which sent millions of Undead rampaging across the land. In the future, I'll control the million-strong Musical Note Army and create a Musical Scourge. It will be much cooler than the Undead Scourge. At the very least, they look better than them, Zhou Wen thought.
Despite leaving a wake of destruction, his luck today seemed to be especially bad. He didn't have any rare Companion Beasts drop.
It was time for Medusa to respawn. Zhou Wen planned on farming Medusa once. When he arrived at the Curse Demon Palace, he suddenly thought of something.
Every time he came to the Curse Demon Palace, the beautiful girl would become the demoness, Medusa. Therefore, Zhou Wen killed Medusa in her demoness form every time.
What will happen if I kill the beautiful girl before she becomes Medusa? Zhou Wen couldn't hold back his emotions when he had this thought.
How can I kill her before she transforms? Zhou Wen didn't open the door to Medusa's palace.
In the past, Zhou Wen had attacked her when she was a beautiful girl, but once he attacked her, she would immediately become Medusa. Killing her before she became Medusa was clearly not an easy task.
In terms of speed, my Transcendent Flying Immortal is fast enough, but I can't kill the beautiful girl before she becomes Medusa. In that case, I can only rely on her. Zhou Wen's heart stirred as he looked at Demonic Neonate, who was standing there with a cold expression like a doll.
As long as Zhou Wen didn't take the initiative to attack, the beautiful girl wouldn't become Medusa even if he entered the palace.
After Zhou Wen finished his plans, he carried Demonic Neonate into the palace. Indeed, he saw Medusa sitting there quietly. The current Medusa was still a beautiful and pure girl. Just one look at her made him pity her.
If it wasn't in-game but in the real world, Zhou Wen really couldn't bear to attack her.
However, this was the game world. No matter how beautiful she was, she was still an NPC. He didn't have any qualms.
Zhou Wen walked towards the beautiful girl step by step without gathering any Essence Energy or using his Companion Beasts.
However, Demonic Neonate was slumped on his back. Her black eyes were secretly looking at the beautiful Medusa.
When he arrived in front of the beautiful girl, Zhou Wen didn't continue walking forward. If he continued walking forward, even if Zhou Wen didn't attack her, the beautiful girl would become Medusa.
At that moment, Demonic Neonate, who was on Zhou Wen's back, suddenly moved. A black-purple sword beam drilled out from beneath the blood-colored avatar's crotch.
Without giving the beautiful girl a chance to react, the demonic sword had already stabbed her in the chest, causing her blood to splatter everywhere. Demonic aura invaded her body, causing her to fall to the ground.
It's done! Zhou Wen was delighted as he looked at the beautiful girl's corpse, only to see it disintegrating and disappearing.
Ding!
Soon, something dropped.
Zhou Wen took a closer look and was immediately overjoyed. The thing the beautiful girl dropped was a Companion Egg that was crystalline like a sapphire.
A Companion Beast dropped! Zhou Wen found it unbelievable. It hadn't been a day or two since he started farming Medusa. Dimensional crystals had dropped, but there had never been a Companion Egg drop.
Could it be that only Medusa in her beautiful form can drop a Companion Egg? Zhou Wen guessed as he picked it up.
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Chapter 705: Medusa Companion Beast
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Medusa: Mythical
Life Providence: Tragic Beauty
Life Soul: Eyes of Enticement
Wheel of Destiny: Demon God Transformation
Strength: 41
Speed: 41
Constitution: 41
Essence Energy: 41
Talent Skill: None
Companion Form: None
Zhou Wen was immediately alarmed when he saw Medusa's stats. The weakest Mythical that Zhou Wen had seen was Primordial Spore.
However, Primordial Spore still had the Eternal Immortality Life Providence that made it invincible. It also had a parasitic skill that was very useful.
Medusa was ridiculously weak in contrast. She didn't have any skills. Her Life Providence was Tragic Beauty—a negative skill that actually reduced her stats.
The only useful ones were probably the Eyes of Enticement and the Demon God Transformation.
The Eyes of Enticement were very similar to the Eyes of Petrification. They could petrify people, but the limitations of the Eyes of Enticement were much greater than the Eyes of Petrification.
The Demon God Transformation was even more ridiculous. It was actually a single-time use Wheel of Destiny. The annotation was very clear. Once used, it would forever transform into a Demon God, making it impossible for her to be restored to her human body.
From the looks of it, after using the Demon God Transformation, Medusa should become a snake-haired demoness. Although becoming a snake-haired demoness will definitely be much stronger than she is now, she's just too ugly in that form. She still looks good now... However, good looks can't be eaten or used to block bullets. What's the point?
Although he had such thoughts, Zhou Wen still couldn't bring himself to do it when he thought about how such a beautiful Medusa would become an ugly snake-haired demoness.
Forget it. I'll keep her for now. Who knows what special effects she might have? Zhou Wen planned on farming Medusa tomorrow to see if Medusa in her girl form would continue dropping Companion Eggs.
If a Companion Egg dropped, he would try to see what would happen after the Demon God Transformation.
...
Before Medusa respawned again, a Companion Beast challenged Origin Realm King on the rankings. This time, it was none other than Death of the Underworld.
Li Xuan invited Zhou Wen to watch the duel at the cube. When they arrived, the Origin Realm King still hadn't accepted the challenge.
"Old Zhou, who do you think will win this battle?" Li Xuan asked.
"It's hard to tell," Zhou Wen said with a shake of his head.
The battle between Origin Realm King and Death of the Underworld was worth watching. Zhou Wen couldn't predict the final outcome.
Death of the Underworld had a Spirit Body, rendering physical damage virtually ineffective. It was useless even if Origin Realm King entered its body.
However, it was also unknown if Death of the Underworld's attacks were effective against Origin Realm King. Therefore, Zhou Wen was very curious about the outcome of the battle.
Soon, only ten minutes were left for the countdown. Just like the last time, the name on the ranking flashed at the end. Origin Realm King had accepted the challenge.
Everyone, including Zhou Wen, widened their eyes. They wanted to know how Death of the Underworld would deal with Origin Realm King. With the experience gleaned from Light Beast's lesson, Death of the Underworld would definitely do something. It might even use its Wheel of Destiny to transport the Origin Realm King into the Underworld for the final battle, just like with Primordial Sword Immortal.
However, to everyone's surprise, after Origin Realm King accepted the challenge, Death of the Underworld did nothing but float in the air.
"What's going on? Why isn't Death of the Underworld moving? Does he want to be passive and end up getting beaten?"
"Shouldn't he strike first to force out the invisible Origin Realm King?"
"What is he trying to do?"
People discussed as they guessed what Death of the Underworld was planning.
Zhou Wen's heart skipped a beat when he saw the motionless Death of the Underworld. It was as though it had fallen asleep while floating there. It was not good.
That's bad. Someone has guessed that Origin Realm King is a microscopic Companion Beast just like me. They know that its strength is insufficient to kill a top Mythical Companion Beast, so they want to use the characteristics of Origin Realm King to stall for time. They want to wait until the countdown ends before defeating Origin Realm King... Zhou Wen already understood Death of the Underworld's strategy.
In fact, Zhou Wen had thought of a similar method. For example, if Tyrant Behemoth challenged Origin Realm King, Origin Realm King wouldn't be able to kill Tyrant Behemoth, so he could continue delaying until the time was up.
However, as Tyrant Behemoth might not be able to kill Origin Realm King, Zhou Wen gave up on this plan. Now that Death of the Underworld had used this plan, it meant that its master was confident that he could defeat Origin Realm King at the final moment.
Zhou Wen originally imagined that Origin Realm King would definitely take this opportunity to kill Death of the Underworld. However, to his surprise, Origin Realm King didn't take any action.
Zhou Wen thought for a moment and immediately understood that Origin Realm King's master was indeed smart.
It was the best choice for him not to let Origin Realm King move.
If Origin Realm King was really as Zhou Wen and company had guessed—a microscopic Companion Beast that wasn't very strong—then if it were to attack now, not only would it fail to kill Death of the Underworld, but it would also expose its true strength, allowing the master of Death of the Underworld to understand its weakness.
However, Origin Realm King remained motionless, giving Death of the Underworld immense pressure.
If it didn't move, Death of the Underworld's master wouldn't be able to confirm if his judgment was correct. This would raise doubts.
Could it be that Origin Realm King also wants to stall for time? Could it be that it's different from my conclusion? Could it be confident that it can defeat Death of the Underworld at the end of the countdown?
All sorts of guesses appeared in people's minds. It was originally Death of the Underworld who was stalling for time, but it devolved into both sides stalling for time. No one could be sure whether Origin Realm King had the ability to defeat Death of the Underworld.
If this continued, there would be no time or chance in the event Death of the Underworld was defeated.
If Death of the Underworld were to attack now, the previous plan would fail. It would also expose Death of the Underworld's strength. It was equivalent to shooting oneself in the foot.
Although the two Companion Beasts in the arena didn't move, the battle had already begun. Such a battle was no longer limited to the confines of the arena. Instead, the owners of the two Companion Beasts were having a psychological game.
Ordinary people couldn't figure out the mystery behind it. After waiting all day, people who were originally looking forward to a huge battle ended up surprised to watch a battle in which one of the Companion Beasts couldn't be seen while the other Companion Beast remained motionless. It left them depressed.
"What the hell? Wasn't this supposed to be a challenge? Why aren't they fighting?"
"Hurry up and fight. Let us see which is the best—Origin Realm King or Death of the Underworld."
"Can't you tell? Death of the Underworld doesn't even dare to move. It must be afraid of Origin Realm King. When Origin Realm King makes a move, Death of the Underworld will die like Light Beast."
"Bullsh*t. It's obvious that Origin Realm King is afraid of Death of the Underworld. Don't you see that it doesn't dare to attack? Death of the Underworld is almost falling asleep waiting for it to attack."
The arena remained still. The fans of the two Companion Beasts and the streamers who supported them were the first to engage in a war of words.
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Chapter 706: Quick Battle
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The silent battle continued, greatly displeasing many onlookers.
By standing there for a few hours without moving, how was this a duel? It was a punishment.
Questions that this was a rigged match began to spread. Some people were already suspecting that Origin Realm King and Death of the Underworld came from the same faction. They were stalling for time to directly obtain first place.
In fact, even many of the six families had such doubts.
Zhou Wen also felt that something was amiss. Although Death of the Underworld might not be from the same faction as Origin Realm King, if they were to continue wasting time like this, either one of them would definitely end up coming first.
All the factions that still had hope for coming in first were paying attention to the battle situation. At the same time, they were secretly gathering information.
Although they didn't know who Origin Realm King belonged to, Death of the Underworld was undoubtedly from the Family Clan of Gods. Therefore, all sorts of probing and pressure targeted towards the Family Clan of Gods continued.
"Old Boll, if you can't beat it, hurry up and admit defeat. Don't end up letting that Origin Realm King reap all the benefits later," Rhaego Cape said with a smile while on a video call with the Family Clan of Gods.
Boll said indifferently, "There's no need for you to worry."
Rhaego continued, "Old Boll, if you have a hundred percent chance of defeating Origin Realm King, it doesn't matter if you wait until the end. But if you don't have a hundred percent chance, why don't you leave a chance?"
Boll naturally understood what Rhaego was getting at. He was also very conflicted.
He had originally planned on dragging it out to the end before letting Death of the Underworld defeat Origin Realm King. Just as Zhou Wen had guessed, he believed that Origin Realm King was a microscopic Companion Beast.
As long as Death of the Underworld opened the path to the Underworld and pulled the microscopic Companion Beast in, it would no longer be able to hide. When that happened, killing it wouldn't be difficult.
But now, Origin Realm King was also stalling for time. This worried Boll a little.
Many people already knew about the abilities of Death of the Underworld. The owner of Origin Realm King definitely knew some, but he still chose to remain still. This made Boll suspect that the Origin Realm King might have the ability to defeat Death of the Underworld, but it could also be a psychological battle.
After hanging up the call, Boll was thinking about what to do next. However, Feia said, "Father, if we don't have full confidence in winning, why don't we do as Rhaego said and leave a way out? We can still grasp the opportunity in our hands."
"Tell me about it," Boll said to Feia.
Feia said, "Since we can't be sure if Death of the Underworld can defeat Origin Realm King, why don't we complete the battle before the final time limit? It's naturally best if we can win. If we can't, we'll find a chance to forfeit. When the time comes, our Companion Beasts has the initiative to pose the challenge. It's equivalent to having another chance."
"I'm just afraid that this opportunity will be snatched away by others," Boll muttered.
"There can only be one challenger. It depends on who poses the challenge first. We are the ones deciding when Death of the Underworld admits defeat, so we can also apply for the challenge at the same time. How can others be faster than us?" said Feia.
"That's right. Then let's do it this way. Prepare your Companion Beast. If Death of the Underworld fails, you will be the one to complete the final battle," said Boll after some thought.
As there was no battle in the arena, many spectators lost their patience after waiting for several hours. Many people chose to return to work or to do other things. They planned on watching the results nearer to the end of the countdown.
Zhou Wen watched as time ticked by. Neither side had any intention of taking action. It was apparent that both sides wanted to drag it out until the countdown ended. They knew that there was no hope of vying for first place.
However, Zhou Wen still held onto a sliver of hope as he rushed to the town in Funiu Mountain. He wanted to wait there for the countdown to end. If there was a chance, he could try again.
In fact, there were many people with the same thoughts as Zhou Wen. Many people from large families were standing guard in front of the cube. Once the battle ended or one side gave up, they would immediately initiate a challenge. Regardless of whether they could win, it was better to try than have no chance at all.
Time slowly passed. When there were only two hours left before the countdown, more and more people returned to the cube. Most of them returned just to see the results.
However, Death of the Underworld and Origin Realm King remained still. One couldn't be seen, while the other was motionless.
An hour and a half... an hour and fifteen minutes... an hour and ten minutes...
Suddenly, Death of the Underworld, who had been silent all this while, finally moved. Its cloak spread out, and the strange Underworld domain was about to devour the entire arena.
This was identical to when it fought Primordial Sword Immortal. However, Origin Realm King wasn't Primordial Sword Immortal. If it were to be trapped, there would be a question if it could storm its way out.
Everyone's spirits were lifted. Death of the Underworld's sudden attack meant that the two Companion Beasts weren't from the same faction. They still needed to determine a victor.
Although there was less than an hour and ten minutes left, having some time left meant that there was a chance.
The only thing they were afraid of was that there was too little time left. If one side lost and there was less than an hour left, then even if they chose to challenge the victor, the other side would still have an hour to prepare for battle. Before the challenge was accepted, the countdown would be over.
Please decide the victor before the hour mark! Many people were praying.
However, no one expected the outcome to be far faster than they had imagined.
At the instant Death of the Underworld activated its Underworld domain, a strange scene suddenly happened.
Inside the Death of the Underworld's grayish smoke-like spirit body, a flower suddenly grew out of its head. The flower was beautiful like snow, and there was lightning circulating over it. It was like an electric flower.
The flower rapidly grew. In an instant, the flower bud bloomed. As the flower bloomed, Death of the Underworld's Spirit Body seemed to be pulled by some force as it rapidly flowed into the flower, as though it had been devoured by the flower.
Before the Underworld domain could fully activate, half of Death of the Underworld's body had been sucked into the flower.
Not good! Boll was shocked. He quickly wanted to give up and admit defeat, but it was too late.
The remaining half of Death of the Underworld's body was completely absorbed by the flower in the blink of an eye. As for the flower, it bloomed and shimmered with a strange electric light. Then, it quickly withered and vanished as though nothing had happened.
Everyone was stunned. No one dared to believe that the nearly invincible Death of the Underworld had died just like that. Old Boll's face was ashen, and even Feia, who was about to issue the challenge, was stunned.
It was just too shocking that Death of the Underworld was instantly killed. It made him hesitate, afraid that his Companion Beast would suffer the same outcome if he entered.
It wasn't just Feia. Everyone who was prepared to issue the challenge hesitated. Death of the Underworld's death shocked them greatly.
Origin Realm King... is too powerful... The spectators also had such thoughts.
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Chapter 707: The Dust Settles
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Just as everyone was in a daze, a Companion Beast almost immediately issued a challenge. The cube's screen lit up again as a name and a Companion Beast appeared on the screen.
"Tai Sui..." Everyone was slightly taken aback when they saw the Companion Beast and name.
The people from the East District knew what Tai Sui was, but the people from the other districts weren't aware. However, when they saw a white and tender ball appear on-screen, it didn't look like a particularly powerful Companion Beast.
"No way? Is that thing a slime? Can such a Companion Beast challenge an invincible Companion Beast like Origin Realm King?" someone from the West District commented.
"Is that a legendary blob monster?" The people from the North District were puzzled.
"How can such a Companion Beast challenge Origin Realm King? Isn't that guaranteeing Origin Realm King's first place? Don't tell me they are in cahoots?" Many people guessed.
Although the people of the East District knew about Tai Sui, they didn't know much about its abilities. They only knew that Tai Sui brought bad luck. As the saying went, "Messing with Tai Sui incurs disaster." It was a very popular saying in the East District.
Even if it could bring bad luck, it was impossible for it to defeat a powerful existence like Origin Realm King with bad luck in a duel, right? That was a terrifying existence that could kill Death of the Underworld!
However, Zhou Wen didn't think so. Origin Realm King killed Death of the Underworld, Zhou Wen didn't dare release Tai Sui to challenge him.
However, after seeing how the Origin Realm King killed Death of the Underworld, Zhou Wen was finally certain that Tai Sui would be able to restrain it. In essence, Origin Realm King was still a type of microorganism, not some special physical entity.
As for Tai Sui, it was extremely effective against all kinds of microbes. It could devour the Mythical Primordial Spore back at the Mortal stage. What's more, it was now at the Epic stage. It had a high chance of defeating Origin Realm King.
Time ticked by. Origin Realm King hadn't accepted the challenge. In the blink of an eye, less than an hour was left.
"What? Origin Realm King is just stalling for time. It looks like there's zero suspense left. First place will undoubtedly go to Origin Realm King."
"Origin Realm King is really too powerful. An existence like Death of the Underworld was actually killed by it. It didn't even have the chance to forfeit. Did you see what happened? What's up with that flower? The moment it appeared, it sucked in Death of the Underworld. I wonder what kind of ability it is."
"I should have known. Even Primordial Sword Immortal isn't a match for Origin Realm King, much less Death of the Underworld."
Almost everyone believed that there was no longer any suspense in this battle. Without a doubt, Original Realm King was first, and the remaining time would be wasted.
After Tai Sui was defeated, there wouldn't be enough time left to challenge it. Even if one had a Companion Beast that could fight Origin Realm King, they wouldn't be given the chance.
However, some people didn't think so. Leng Zongzheng had seen Zhou Wen's Tai Sui before and knew that Tai Sui was very effective against microorganisms. Furthermore, he had clearly determined that Origin Realm King was a microorganism.
"From the looks of it, he got lucky. Your family's Zhou Wen sure is lucky," Leng Zongzheng said to An Tianzuo as he watched the livestream.
An Tianzuo replied expressionlessly, "Humans can't just rely on luck. If we only rely on luck, we will suffer a huge loss sooner or later."
Leng Zongzheng said with a smile, "Actually, luck is similar to money. Money isn't omnipotent, but it's impossible without money."
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There was less than half an hour left. Origin Realm King still hadn't accepted the challenge. Everyone believed that Origin Realm King would accept the challenge at the last moment. Then, with less than ten minutes left before the countdown ended, its first place would then be secured.
Origin Realm King still didn't accept the challenge in the final moments. Despite having less than ten seconds on the clock, it still didn't make a move. It made people feel that something was amiss.
"What's going on? Why hasn't it accepted the challenge?"
"There's no need to keep our hearts racing, right? Does it want to accept the challenge at the last second?"
"Could it be afraid of Tai Sui?"
"What a joke. How is that possible? That's Origin Realm King!"
"Seven... Six... Five... Four..."
Everyone counted silently with the countdown in their hearts, but even at the last second, Origin Ream King didn't accept the challenge.
Upon seeing the first ranked Origin Realm King's name being squeezed out and replaced by Tai Sui's name, the entire Federation and those overseas were in an uproar.
"Origin Realm King doesn't dare accept the challenge? Is Tai Sui that strong?"
"Tai Sui... What kind of Companion Beast is this?"
"I knew that Tai Sui was extraordinary, but I didn't say anything."
"Facing Primordial Sword Immortal and Death of the Underworld, Origin Realm King can definitely suppress them, but it didn't dare accept Tai Sui's challenge. It doesn't even have the courage to fight. That Tai Sui is too terrifying. I really want to know what kind of abilities it has!"
"What bullsh*t is this Tai Sui? I think it's all a scam. They're in cahoots."
"I don't think so. Origin Realm King was already first. If they are in cahoots, there'd be no need to admit defeat and let Tai Sui take first place."
As everyone was discussing, they saw another Companion Beast issue a challenge. However, Tai Sui ignored it. It didn't accept the challenge even when the 72-hour countdown on the cube ended.
The scene on the cube turned into a ranking. Tai Sui was first, and the defeated Origin Realm King was second. Third was Primordial Sword Immortal, and fourth was Zhou Wen's Tyrant Behemoth.
This continued until the hundredth spot. The names of the Companion Beasts emitted a resplendent glow. It made the entire world know that they were the strongest hundred Companion Beasts among humans.
However, most people did not realize that Tai Sui, who was ranked first, had yet to advance to the Mythical stage.
"Mommy, Tai Sui is so cute. I want a Tai Sui doll. Can our family's factory produce one?" A little boy hugging a Tyrant Behemoth doll looked at his mother with anticipation.
"This..." His mother was somewhat hesitant. Although Tai Sui looked adorable, it seemed a little ominous.
"Mommy, our Tyrant Behemoth doll has been very popular. I believe Tai Sui will also sell very well. Pretty please?" The boy pulled his mother's hand and wheedled.
"Alright... Let's give it a try..." His mother stroked the boy's head dotingly.
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Chapter 708: Reward
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The hundred names on the cube lit up. Zhou Wen suddenly felt a huge amount of energy appear out of nowhere in the bodies of his three Companion Beasts on the rankings—Tai Sui, Tyrant Behemoth, and Six-Winged Guardian Dragon.
The least energy appeared in Six-Winged Guardian Dragon's body. It didn't result in much of a change. The energy in Tyrant Behemoth's body was extremely huge, causing Tyrant Behemoth's body to constantly stir.
The most powerful energy was inside Tai Sui's body. The immense power turned Tai Sui into an egg and it began to evolve.
So there are benefits for all the Companion Beasts on the rankings. They can obtain a strange energy. However, the higher the ranking, the stronger the energy obtained. As Zhou Wen thought about it, he looked at Six-Winged Guardian Dragon's situation.
As it had obtained very little energy, it had completely absorbed it.
Zhou Wen took out his phone and checked Six-Winged Guardian Dragon's stats. To his surprise, Six-Winged Guardian Dragon's Strength stat had reached 81 points.
After being strengthened by the cube the last time, all of Six-Winged Guardian Dragon's stats had reached 80 points, but that was all. They were still within the limits of Mythical creatures.
This time, the energy obtained by Six-Winged Guardian Dragon allowed its Strength to break through to 81 points. Although it was only one point, it was very significant. This was because only a top Mythical creature had stats with 81 points.
As Six-Winged Guardian Dragon had never accepted challenges, its ranking kept dropping when it was challenged by other Companion Beasts. It had ended up in the seventies. For such a ranking to increase its stat by one point was amazing enough.
Zhou Wen couldn't wait to see Tyrant Behemoth. He wanted to know what kind of strengthening it had obtained. It was ranked fourth, so the energy it obtained would be immense. It was incomparable to the energy that Six-Winged Guardian Dragon had received.
When Zhou Wen looked at Behemoth, he realized that the power in its body was constantly erupting. Its stats hadn't changed for the time being.
After more than an hour, the energy in Behemoth gradually stopped erupting. Zhou Wen hurriedly looked at its stats.
Behemoth's stats were top-notch to begin with. Now, it remained unchanged at 81 points.
Zhou Wen carefully looked at Tyrant Behemoth's Life Providence, Life Soul, and Wheel of Destiny. There were no changes either. When Zhou Wen saw Behemoth's talent skills, he was immediately overjoyed.
Originally, Tyrant only had one talent skill—Mountain Consuming. But now, Tyrant Behemoth had an additional skill. The skill's name was "Rampage."
After reading the introduction of the Rampage skill, Zhou Wen was even more excited. This skill could enhance its Speed and Strength for a short period of time. It was very useful for Tyrant Behemoth, allowing its strength to improve further.
If I had known that there would be so many benefits, I would have gotten all my Companion Beasts to get a ranking. Even if I can't obtain any talent skills, it's good to increase their stats.
Of course, Zhou Wen was only musing. It wasn't worth it to expose his Companion Beast's abilities to exchange for stats.
The skills obtained by Tyrant Behemoth were just icing on the cake. It didn't have an absolute effect on Tyrant Behemoth's strength. The one with the greatest influence was Tai Sui who was evolving.
The immense energy allowed Tai Sui to directly evolve. By the time it completed its evolution, it would be at the Mythical stage.
In addition, Tai Sui had obtained first place. He likely had a chance of plucking the divine fruit, but Zhou Wen didn't discover the passageway that led to the divine tree.
Just as he was feeling suspicious, he saw a pillar of light rise from the center of the cube, leading straight into the void.
Zhou Wen was hesitating about walking towards the pillar of light when he suddenly realized that a figure was slowly descending from it. It was none other than the Mythical Wang Mingyuan.
Wang Mingyuan slowly landed on the cube and said to Zhou Wen, "I never expected the Companion Beast that obtained first place to be yours, Little Wen."
Zhou Wen looked at Wang Mingyuan and was momentarily at a loss for words.
Wang Mingyuan was his teacher and had treated him pretty well. In this aspect, Zhou Wen should respect him.
However, at the same time, Wang Mingyuan had caused great harm to the Federation. From this angle, Wang Mingyuan was already an enemy of humanity. Zhou Wen was a part of humanity, so he should treat Wang Mingyuan as an enemy.
Therefore, Zhou Wen's emotions were extremely complicated. He looked at Wang Mingyuan and opened his mouth before calling out, "Teacher."
Wang Mingyuan could tell that Zhou Wen was struggling internally, but he thought nothing of it. He smiled slightly and said, "I'm already very gratified that you can call me teacher again. Come, pluck the reward you deserve."
With that said, Wang Mingyuan walked up the pillar of light. At the end of the pillar of light, a phenomenon of a divine garden appeared. The divine tree also appeared.
Zhou Wen followed behind Wang Mingyuan and walked into the pillar of light. Immediately, he felt a gentle force envelop his body as he slowly rose up and headed for the divine garden at the end of the pillar.
Soon, Zhou Wen followed Wang Mingyuan into the garden and immediately smelled a fruity fragrance.
The air in the divine garden was clean and pure. Even with the Holy Hell King's eyes, he couldn't sense any impurities. There was no dust or bacteria. It was like the legendary Paradise.
Here, even if one wanted to get sick, it was probably very difficult. There was no way to get infected.
"Do you know the name of this tree?" Wang Mingyuan walked to the divine tree and stared at it with a complicated expression.
"Is its name important?" Zhou Wen asked.
"To ordinary people, its name isn't important, but to me, its name is very important," Wang Mingyuan said.
"What's its name?" Zhou Wen asked curiously.
"Its name is Samsara," Wang Mingyuan said slowly.
Samsara? Zhou Wen looked at the Samsara Tree with mixed feelings as he thought to himself, If there's really samsara in this world, will Teacher make the same choice in this life if he were to live again?
"Little Wen, go pluck that divine fruit. This is the only ripened divine fruit in the past year. It can allow any Companion Beast to advance to the Mythical stage. Even if it's just a Mortal Companion Beast, as long as it consumes the divine fruit, it can still advance to the Mythical stage," Wang Mingyuan said.
Although he had guessed it, Zhou Wen still asked, "What if a human eats it?"
"I don't think you will like that outcome." Wang Mingyuan smiled and continued, "Of course, you can also give it a try. There are some things that you have to experience before you know whether they're good for you. There's not much time left. Quickly pluck the divine fruit and don't let it fall to the ground. Otherwise, it will be useless."
Zhou Wen walked to the Samsara Tree and reached out to grab the ripened fruit. With a gentle tug, he plucked off the fruit.
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Chapter 709: Dimensional Axis
The fruit that emitted a divine glow felt similar to a peach when held in his hand.
"Teacher, have you realized your dream?" Zhou Wen put away the fruit and asked Wang Mingyuan.
"If it's so easy to realize it, it wouldn't be called a dream." Wang Mingyuan pondered for a moment and pointed into the distance. "Look over there."
Zhou Wen looked in the direction Wang Mingyuan had pointed and saw a huge building in the void. It was extremely strange, like a pillar that emitted a divine glow. It was unimaginably huge.
"What's that?" Zhou Wen asked.
"The Dimensional Axis. Its existence connects Earth to dimensional zones," Wang Mingyuan said.
Zhou Wen's eyes lit up. "If we can sever the connection to the Dimensional Axis, will we be able to stop the invasion of dimensional creatures?"
"In theory, it's indeed feasible. However, there's more than one Dimensional Axis. It connects different dimensional spaces. Every Dimensional Axis is the core of a dimensional space. Almost all the most terrifying dimensional creatures will gather here, making it very difficult to reach it. Besides, a Dimensional Axis can connect to dimensional zones. It's not that easy to destroy it," Wang Mingyuan said.
"Teacher, you have already thought of a solution, right?" Zhou Wen asked.
"I've indeed thought of a way to sever the Dimensional Axis, but I don't plan on severing it," Wang Mingyuan said.
"Why?" Zhou Wen was stunned.
"I thought of a solution, but it takes too long to implement it. I'm afraid Earth would already be occupied by dimensional creatures before I can ever sever a Dimensional Axis. Therefore, I don't plan on severing it," Wang Mingyuan said as he narrowed his eyes at the Dimensional Axis.
"Why?" Zhou Wen asked in puzzlement.
No matter how difficult it was, there was still a chance as long as it was done. As for Wang Mingyuan, didn't he enter the dimensional zone to stop the dimensional invasion? Why was he giving up now?
"In ancient times, floods were a perennial threat. Humans wanted to control floods. In the beginning, they tried building tall levees to block the flood. Do you know the outcome?" Wang Mingyuan asked.
Zhou Wen had heard of this myth before. The people who tried to stop the floods naturally failed. The higher the levee was, the stronger the flood. Once it breached the levee, it would cause a destructive force that was ten times or a hundred times greater.
Zhou Wen's eyes lit up as he looked at Wang Mingyuan and said, "Teacher, do you mean to think of a way to guide dimensional creatures to other dimensional zones instead of rushing to Earth?"
Wang Mingyuan looked at the Dimensional Axis calmly and said indifferently, "No, what I mean is that I want to control the flood. I want the flood to obey my orders. They will go wherever I tell them to go. They will do whatever I tell them to do. I will dominate everything."
"Dominate the dimensional zones"? Zhou Wen's heart stirred. If it was really as Wang Mingyuan had said, he would one day be able to ascend to the top of the myriad races and become an existence that controlled the dimensional zones. How delightful would that be?
However, this path was just too difficult. Even with Wang Mingyuan's shocking talent, it was difficult for him to reach that stage.
"Little Wen." Wang Mingyuan's gaze landed on Zhou Wen's face as he said with a strange tone, "Don't take my path. There's only death at the end of this path."
Zhou Wen was alarmed as he hurriedly asked, "Is there a problem with Spirit Casting?"
He was somewhat worried. With Zhong Ziya's personality, there was a high chance that he would take this path. If there was really a problem with the Spirit Casting Art, Zhong Ziya would be in danger.
"There's no problem with Spirit Casting, but this path isn't for humans." Wang Mingyuan sighed and waved his hand. A force swept towards Zhou Wen as he said, "Don't come again next time. You shouldn't be in a place like this."
Zhou Wen was about to say something when his body was sent into the void by an invisible force. The light in front of him changed and by the time his body returned to normal, he had already fallen onto the town's cube.
He stood up and looked up into the sky, but the pillar of light was gone. He found it indescribable.
Wang Mingyuan's last sentence had hinted at something. If he wasn't Wang Mingyuan's student, he might not have plucked the divine fruit so easily.
Unfortunately, Zhou Wen still didn't know what the person who obtained the divine fruit in his place would do or what they needed to do.
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After Zhou Wen left, Wang Mingyuan sat on the tree's root and closed his eyes as though he was deep in thought.
In the void above the pure land, lightning and thunder suddenly flared. It was as though the end of the world had arrived. A terrifying divine voice sounded from the void.
"Wang Mingyuan, you actually dared to violate the agreement. You should know the consequences."
Wang Mingyuan's eyes remained closed as he said indifferently, "Since I've done it, I'll naturally bear all the consequences."
"Very good. Then prepare to suffer divine punishment." A terrifying lightning bolt descended along with the divine voice.
Bolts of lightning descended from the void and stabbed into Wang Mingyuan's body like sharp swords. Thrust after thrust, they filled his entire body with lightning.
However, Wang Mingyuan sat there without any change in expression. It was as though the lightning bolts that stabbed into his body didn't exist at all. However, blood-red spots appeared on his white clothes like blooming peach blossoms.
"The divine punishment will continue until the next divine fruit ripens. I hope you will still be alive when that happens." The voice in the void faded and the lightning in the sky vanished.
The paradise returned to its original silence. Only the lightning on Wang Mingyuan's body sparked like countless lightning needles as they trembled.
...
Zhou Wen returned to school and took out the divine fruit, but he was somewhat hesitant.
There was only one divine fruit, and its use was to raise a Companion Beast to the Mythical stage. He naturally didn't need to consider the Companion Beasts that had already advanced to the Mythical stage.
Among the Companion Beasts that had yet to advance to the Mythical stage, Demonic Neonate had the greatest potential.
However, Demonic Neonate had the ability to evolve. It was only a matter of time before she advanced to the Mythical stage. And the greatest use of the divine fruit was to allow any Companion Egg to advance to the Mythical stage.
From this point of view, it was best to choose a low-level Companion Beast with immense potential to advance to the Mythical stage.
Zhou Wen really had a few Companion Beasts with such potential. For example, Doctor Darkness, Golden Harp, Fiend-Armored Tiger Soul General, and so on. All of them had immense potential.
Of course, Zhou Wen wouldn't dare raise the Fiend-Armored Tiger Soul General again. He eliminated it.
Zhou Wen's idea was to choose between Doctor Darkness and Golden Harp. However, this was also risky. This was because he didn't know if the Wheel of Destiny they condensed after advancing to the Mythical stage would be of any use. If it condensed a useless Wheel of Destiny, he might as well directly advance Demonic Neonate to the Mythical stage. Her being at the Mythical stage was definitely going to be extraordinary, allowing her to immediately possess powerful combat strength.
Zhou Wen was somewhat hesitant as he was momentarily at a loss.
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Chapter 710: Darkness Right Hand
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Explosive Fiend Man hasn't advanced to the Epic stage yet. He would be a pretty good choice for advancing to the Mythical stage. However, Explosive Fiend Man has the ability to evolve. He still has a chance of advancing to the Mythical stage in the future... After some thought, Zhou Wen summoned Doctor Darkness.
Doctor Darkness's abilities were rather outstanding. Furthermore, with his Fight Poison With Poison ability, he could resolve many problems that ordinary powers couldn't resolve. More importantly, Doctor Darkness's companion form was a soul. It could directly raise Zhou Wen's strength. This was very useful to him.
If Doctor Darkness could advance to the Mythical stage, he would probably be more helpful.
Without any hesitation, he handed the divine fruit to Doctor Darkness.
Doctor Darkness took the divine fruit and his eyes flashed with excitement as he swallowed it.
His body immediately emitted a divine glow. The glow grew stronger and stronger before finally turning Doctor Darkness into an egg.
Unlike the evolution of typical Companion Beasts in which ordinary Companion Beasts took a long time to evolve, Doctor Darkness immediately completed the evolution after transforming into an egg and hatching. In a moment, he completed the evolution from the Epic stage to the Mythical stage.
The Doctor Darkness in front of him didn't seem much different from before. He was still as dark and terrifying, like a puppet without a shred of humanity.
Zhou Wen hurriedly took out his phone and read the information regarding Doctor Darkness post-evolution.
Doctor Darkness: Mythical
Life Providence: Golden Left Hand
Life Soul: Dr. Soul
Wheel of Destiny: Darkness Right Hand
Strength: 79
Speed: 81
Constitution: 67
Essence Energy: 81
Talent Skill: Scalpel, Fight Poison With Poison, Light of Penetration
Companion Form: Soul
Indeed, Doctor Darkness had advanced to the Mythical stage. His skills, Life Providence, and Life Soul hadn't changed. His stats had increased to the Mythical stage, albeit a little extreme.
Typically, a Mythical Companion Beast's limit was 80 points. Doctor Darkness's Speed and Essence Energy had broken through the limit to 81 points.
However, his Strength and Constitution hadn't even reached 80. It was very strange.
The Wheel of Destiny's name was Darkness Right Hand. It seemed to match his Life Providence, Golden Left Hand, but the ability was unknown.
Darkness Right Hand: A place where even divine light can't reach. That is the forbidden zone of the Gods.
From the introduction, it didn't seem to have anything to do with his right hand.
Zhou Wen entered the game and planned on testing the power of Darkness Right Hand.
He brought Doctor Darkness to the Zhuolu battlefield and encountered a Chi. Zhou Wen immediately ordered Doctor Darkness, "Use Darkness Right Hand."
Doctor Darkness stood there and watched as the Chi ran over. He slowly raised his right hand.
Doctor Darkness had the Golden Left Hand Life Providence. Be it his Strength or Speed, his left hand was much stronger than his right hand.
When Zhou Wen got Doctor Darkness to attach himself to him as a soul, he could clearly sense that the Strength and Speed of his left hand had been enhanced.
During that period of time, Zhou Wen had deliberately practiced striking with his left hand because it was much faster than striking with his right hand.
All along, Doctor Darkness's right hand had been weaker, but when Doctor Darkness raised his right hand, it seemed to have the power of a devil burning over it like black flames.
The Chi had already rushed in front of Doctor Darkness, but Doctor Darkness remained motionless. Only when the Chi was about to collide with him did Doctor Darkness slightly tilt his body and dodge the Chi's charge, allowing it to brush past him.
Zhou Wen kept staring at Doctor Darkness's hand, but he didn't see any movement from it. When he saw Doctor Darkness brush past the Chi, he was puzzled as to why he hadn't attacked.
However, when Doctor Darkness turned around, Zhou Wen's pupils constricted upon seeing his right hand.
In Doctor Darkness's right hand was a bloody heart that was still beating.
The Chi ran a few steps before letting out a tragic cry. It suddenly fell to the ground and convulsed. Soon, it died.
Zhou Wen looked at the Chi's corpse and didn't see any injuries. He had no idea how Doctor Darkness had plucked its heart out.
Even I couldn't see how Doctor Darkness did it. Furthermore, its strength is too strange. It can actually pluck out a heart without dealing any injuries... No... I have to watch it again... Zhou Wen continued proceeding forward with Doctor Darkness.
Before long, he encountered a Wangliang.
This time, Zhou Wen didn't only maximize the Truth Listener earring's abilities, but he also switched to the Holy Hell King Life Soul, raising his senses to their limits.
Zhou Wen got Doctor Darkness to rush over and quickly he brushed past the Wangliang.
At that instant, Zhou Wen felt his devil-like right hand move.
As it was too fast, Zhou Wen only felt it move a little. He didn't see it clearly.
However, Zhou Wen was certain that the right hand had definitely moved. This was because there was something white on the right hand. It was like a pig's brain, and the blood vessels on it were still squirming.
How terrifying! Zhou Wen was pleasantly surprised.
The power of Darkness Right Hand could actually remove organs in an invisible manner. It was so fast that even Zhou Wen couldn't see it clearly. Such an ability made his scalp tingle.
In the future, if Zhou Wen didn't like anyone, he could get Doctor Darkness to pluck at their waist. If anyone pissed him off, he could pluck out their hearts, livers, and brains. It would scare him to death.
However, Zhou Wen wasn't sure if Darkness Right Hand's ability was merely fast or if it had any special effects.
The Chi and Wangliang weren't injured; yet, their heart and brain had been removed. Perhaps Doctor Darkness's Darkness Right Hand wasn't as simple as being fast.
Zhou Wen wanted to experiment further, so he went to the Metalwork Temple to find a Runic Heavy-Armored Warrior with extremely powerful defense. The outcome was the same. After Doctor Darkness used Darkness Right Hand, he easily plucked out the heart. The Runic Heavy Armor was useless. Even the runic patterns on it didn't light up.
Amazing. The Darkness Right Hand actually has the ability to penetrate through space. It can ignore defense and directly pluck out organs... Zhou Wen was even more excited.
With Doctor Darkness's ability, Zhou Wen could ignore dimensional creatures with powerful defense.
More importantly, Doctor Darkness's companion form was a soul. He could attach himself to Zhou Wen and allow him to use his abilities. In other words, Zhou Wen could also use Darkness Right Hand. This was equivalent to strengthening Zhou Wen's strength and abilities.
Zhou Wen still wanted to give it another try, but he was depressed. He couldn't use Darkness Right Hand again. After some research, he learned that Darkness Right Hand could only be used three times in twenty-four hours.
Three times is enough. I'll pluck the kidney before plucking the heart. If that still doesn't work, I'll pluck the brain. I don't believe anyone can survive, Zhou Wen thought.
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Chapter 711: Snatching Blood, Condensing Soul
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He attempted to get Doctor Darkness to attach himself to the blood-colored avatar as a soul. Zhou Wen immediately felt his physical attributes increase, especially his left hand. After advancing to the Mythical stage, the Golden Left Hand Life Providence augmented Zhou Wen's left hand even more.
After using all of Doctor Darkness's skills, he realized that the effects of his skills had increased significantly. Fight Poison With Poison's poison became even more potent. A single milliliter of poison could instantly kill an Epic creature, even when it was a venomous creature like the Chi.
The destructive power of Scalpel became stronger and it was sharper.
The enhancement of the Eyes of Penetration was the greatest. The ability to see through things had been enhanced. It wasn't as troublesome as before; yet, the effects had increased significantly. It was very easy to see through every minute detail inside a creature's body.
As long as Zhou Wen used the Eyes of Penetration, he could see the creatures' meridians and blood vessels clearly. However, he could only see through lifeforms; his ability to see through objects like metal was very poor.
All that's left is to experiment with Darkness Right Hand. If everything goes well, I might be able to enter Ant City and obtain the blood of that Guardian. Zhou Wen was somewhat excited.
Since Darkness Right Hand could dig out hearts across space, it might be able to dig out a Guardian's heart. When that happened, it wouldn't just be a drop of blood.
After waiting for twenty-four hours, it was finally time for Darkness Right Hand to be used again. Zhou Wen got Doctor Darkness to possess the blood-colored avatar and he carefully studied the abilities of Darkness Right Hand.
After Zhou Wen experienced it personally, he concluded that Darkness Right Hand was indeed extremely powerful. It augmented his right hand's speed greatly. At the same time, this augmentation wasn't on speed alone, it also had the ability to pass through matter.
From his tests, there was nothing that could block or prevent Darkness Right Hand from entering.
The ability of Darkness Right Hand didn't only remove organs. As long as it was a region the right hand could enter, it could pluck anything.
However, Darkness Right Hand also had a flaw. Just like the Poison Dragon Palm, it required the palm to touch the opponent's body to be of use. This skill couldn't be used as a long-range attack.
I thought I could pluck hearts from afar using my right hand to reach into the Guardian's body. I wonder if I can do it with the speed of Darkness Right Hand? Zhou Wen wasn't confident.
Although Darkness Right Hand was very fast, the Guardian of Ant City was also extremely fast.
Even if there's no way to pluck the Guardian's heart, the ability of Darkness Right Hand is very useful. If a dimensional creature like Primordial Spore invades the body and can't be resolved with Fight Poison With Poison, I can rely on Darkness Right Hand to extract it from the body. Also, this ability is undoubtedly a divine skill for doctors. Surgery can be performed without cutting up bodies. Unfortunately, I'm not a doctor.
Zhou Wen gave his last usage of Darkness Right Hand to Medusa.
After Medusa respawned, Zhou Wen entered Medusa's palace. This time, he didn't get Demonic Neonate to help. With the speed of Darkness Right Hand, he managed to pluck out her heart before Medusa's Demon God Transformation.
Unfortunately, Medusa didn't drop a Companion Egg this time. All she dropped was a Speed Crystal.
With my hand's speed, I might really have a chance of obtaining the blood of a Guardian. I don't need a heart. Just a drop of blood will be enough. Zhou Wen felt hope again.
After waiting for another twenty-four hours so that Darkness Right Hand could be used again, Zhou Wen entered Ant City and arrived at the familiar ant nest.
With the Golden Flying Ant easily killed, Zhou Wen arrived in front of the Guardian cocoon. However, this time, he had no intention of cracking open the cocoon. Instead, he got Doctor Darkness to possess him and directly used the Eyes of Penetration.
With his penetrative vision, Zhou Wen immediately saw the situation inside the cocoon.
The Guardian was curled up in the cocoon. Her body was already rather mature, and the thin wings on her back had completely taken form. Her body emitted a strange glow.
The Guardian sensed that she was being looked at and moved.
Zhou Wen didn't dare hesitate as he used Darkness Right Hand. His right hand seemed to be enveloped by a devilish power as it instantly vanished.
Zhou Wen felt that everything in front of his right hand seemed to turn to water. His right hand easily passed through the cocoon and reached for the Guardian's heart.
Darkness Right Hand was just too fast, but the Guardian opened her eyes first and grabbed at it.
However, the Guardian missed as Darkness Right Hand passed through her palm.
Changing his plans, Zhou Wen didn't aim for her heart. He directly took a drop of blood from her palm and quickly retracted.
Without any hesitation, Zhou Wen retracted his Darkness Right Hand and switched to Lost Country. He teleported to distance himself before rushing out of Ant City at full speed.
Boom!
Just as Zhou Wen rushed out of Ant City, the underground space in Ant City exploded, instantly turning into ruins.
Not daring to turn his head, he controlled the blood-colored avatar to run as he circulated the First Order of Chaos, the drop of blood in hand. He hoped to see if he could absorb it.
The drop of blood was immediately absorbed when the First Order of Chaos circulated. As the First Order of Chaos circulated, it gradually underwent a strange change.
Can I finally condense a Life Soul? In that case, I might be able to rehatch the Invisibility Cloak's Companion Egg. After Zhou Wen absorbed the blood, he switched instance dungeons to prevent the Guardian from chasing after him.
The First Order of Chaos constantly circulated. With the drop of Guardian's blood as its foundation, it fused with Zhou Wen's essence, vitality, and spirit, nurturing a strange power.
Zhou Wen originally imagined that the First Order of Chaos would be similar to the Life Soul condensed by the Dao Sutra. After all, both of them used the blood of the same Guardian. Furthermore, the type of Essence Energy Art was very similar.
However, when the First Order of Chaos truly condensed a Life Soul, Zhou Wen realized that his guess wasn't accurate. Although the two shared similarities, they were two different Essence Energy Arts after all.
Boom!
Zhou Wen's essence, vitality, and spirit, as well as Essence Energy fused together. Like a terrifying explosion, it made Zhou Wen's body and mind tremble.
In the next second, Zhou Wen realized that the blood-colored avatar's body had turned into an egg.
No, it wasn't that the blood-colored avatar had turned into an egg, but that a barrier that resembled an eggshell had formed around it.
An eggshell? What Life Soul is this? Zhou Wen felt odd as he looked at the information on his phone. He saw the words "Chaos Egg" written in his Life Soul column.
It's really an egg! Zhou Wen was somewhat curious. He didn't know what special effects the Chaos Egg Life Soul would have.
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Chapter 712: Incubating the Invisibility Cloak
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Zhou Wen summoned the Chaos Egg in reality, and an eggshell immediately enveloped his body, making him appear as a newborn baby constrained within.
Inside the Chaos Egg, there was a mysterious force flowing. It was like water, but it wasn't corporeal.
Zhou Wen couldn't move, nor did he know what use this eggshell had.
Under such circumstances, Zhou Wen couldn't even move, much less fight. Such a Life Soul was probably useless in battle.
I'll ignore it for now. I'll try hatching the Invisibility Cloak. Zhou Wen took out the Invisibility Cloak's Companion Egg and attempted to hatch it.
In the chaos egg, Zhou Wen's Essence Energy stirred, and the Invisibility Cloak Companion Egg reacted. What was even more magical was that the strange power in the Chaos Egg also flowed into the Invisibility Cloak egg.
The life force in the Invisibility Cloak Companion Egg increased in intensity. Before long, the Companion Egg transformed into a stream of light that entered Zhou Wen's body.
It's done! Zhou Wen was overjoyed. After waiting for so long, he had finally hatched the Invisibility Cloak. It would be much easier for him to go anywhere in the future.
With the Invisibility Cloak, he could freely enter the dimensional zones controlled by the various families. He had long wanted to visit a few dimensional zones, but because they were controlled by the six families, he had no chance of entering them.
Zhou Wen already knew the Invisibility Cloak's stats which remained unchanged. He summoned it and put it on. A magical scene happened as Zhou Wen's body vanished into thin air. It was true invisibility.
Zhou Wen experimented and realized that the Invisibility Cloak's ability only made him visually invisible. To truly be invisible, he needed to activate the Wheel of Destiny.
Once the Wheel of Destiny was activated, Invisibility Cloak lived up to its name and reached an intangible state. No one could discover Zhou Wen's presence.
However, the Wheel of Destiny had a time limit. He could only be truly invisible for three minutes.
Three minutes is about enough. With Doctor Darkness's Darkness Right Hand, it won't be difficult to assassinate someone. Zhou Wen's heart suddenly stirred.
In the past, he couldn't kill the nine black dragons because they could combine their powers. Now, with the power of the Invisibility Cloak and Darkness Right Hand, he could completely conceal himself and aim to kill three black dragons first. He could mostly rely on the strength of Tyrant Behemoth, Truth Listener, and the other Companion Beasts to deal with the remaining six black dragons.
With this in mind, Zhou Wen couldn't wait to give it a try. Unfortunately, he had just used Darkness Right Hand once, so he only had two chances to use it. He had to wait for some time before the cooldown ended
"Young Master Wen, something happened to Deputy Governor Qin. Can you come over?" An Sheng spoke over the phone in a heavy tone.
"What's wrong with Deputy Governor Qin? Is there anything I can help you with?" Zhou Wen had a rather good impression of Qin Wufu, so he hurriedly asked.
An Sheng said, "Deputy Governor Qin returned to Chess Mountain to preside over it the past few days. He happened to encounter a break-out creature that rushed out of Chess Mountain and engaged in an intense battle. Deputy Governor Qin was heavily injured. We have done everything we can but to no avail. We hope to use your strength to save Deputy Governor Qin."
"I don't know any medicine. I used the power of a Companion Beast back when I treated the parasitic spores," Zhou Wen said.
"We want to borrow your Companion Beast's strength. That's our only hope. I'll pick you up now. We'll talk on the way." As An Sheng spoke, he had already arrived outside the school.
Zhou Wen left school and got into An Sheng's car. As An Sheng drove, he told Zhou Wen the general situation.
In fact, many experts in the Sunset Army had already made a diagnosis of Qin Wufu's injuries and found the reason for his serious injuries, but no one could save him.
A strange dimensional creature had drilled into Qin Wufu's brain. It was like a tumor that extended out blood vessels that intertwined with Qin Wufu's brain matter.
Unless Qin Wufu's brain was sliced open, it was impossible to extract the dimensional creature from his brain.
However, the brain was fragile. The dimensional creature had already penetrated deep into it and was entrenched in his brain. Even Chancellor Leng was unable to get it out without damaging Qin Wufu's brain.
Many experts and specialists in the Sunset Army had thought of many solutions, but none of them would be effective.
However, if they ignored the dimensional creature, it would continue invading Qin Wufu's brain. It was very likely that it would completely control Qin Wufu's brain and turn him into a puppet.
An Sheng's idea was to let Zhou Wen take a look and see if he could use the method of treating the parasitic spores to inject poison into the dimensional creature, causing it to die automatically.
"The poison itself might affect Deputy Governor Qin's brain. Furthermore, I wonder how poison resistant the dimensional creature is. There's no way to accurately apply the dosage with the poison. If too much poison is used, it will damage the brain. If too little is used, the dimensional creature's final struggle might destroy the entire brain..." Zhou Wen pondered.
An Sheng nodded and said, "Actually, the experts have already analyzed this plan of treatment. Just as you said, it's very dangerous, but at this stage, we can only give it a try. We can't just watch idly as Deputy Governor Qin gets destroyed, right?"
"Let's take a look at the situation first. There might be a way." Zhou Wen surmised that Darkness Right Hand might be useful, but it was situation-dependent.
"Alright, let's head over now." An Sheng drove all the way to the military hospital.
Zhou Wen saw Qin Wufu, who was already unconscious, on the bed. He was connected to all sorts of instruments, and some strange Companion Beasts were by his side.
A Companion Beast that resembled a jellyfish wrapped around his head. Its tentacles connected to his brain, but it was unknown what use it had.
Beside the bed were a few doctors and nurses. Many officers were in the room next door, looking at Qin Wufu through the glass window. An Tianzuo was among them, and his expression looked terrible.
"Overseer, Young Master Wen is here." An Sheng led Zhou Wen into the room.
Zhou Wen and An Tianzuo subconsciously glanced at each other before they involuntarily looked away.
An Tianzuo looked at An Sheng and was about to say something when the room was pushed open again. An officer walked over with an elder.
"Overseer, Mr. Dugu is here," the officer reported.
"Mr. Dugu, please take a look at Deputy Governor Qin's injuries," An Tianzuo said to the elder.
The elder didn't refuse. He looked at all the diagnostic information and some x-ray photos before saying, "It's not impossible to eliminate the dimensional creatures in Deputy Governor Qin's brain, but..."
"What conditions do you have?" An Tianzuo asked.
"Since Overseer is so straightforward, I won't beat around the bush. I can revive Deputy Governor Qin given ten tonnes of refined Essence Gold," the elder said confidently.
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Chapter 713: Extracting An Object From the Brain
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The expressions of the officers changed. The An family might not even produce ten tonnes of refined Essence Gold in three years.
An Sheng said, "Mr. Dugu, can you reduce it a little? Or can we use money and dimensional crystals to make up for the rest? As you know, the production of refined Essence Gold is very low. It's really difficult for us to hand over ten tonnes of refined Essence Gold."
The elder said with a smile, "Adjutant An, there's no need to act poor in front of an old man like me. Who doesn't know that the An family's Essence Gold mine is the richest mine in the Federation? Ten tonnes of refined Essence Gold might be a huge sum to others, but it shouldn't be much to the An family, right? I can guarantee that Deputy Governor Qin will enjoy a full recovery. You can rest assured about this. The Dugu family is an expert in this aspect. There's no one else in the entire Federation who can guarantee you that."
"Mr. Dugu..." An Sheng was about to say something when he was interrupted by the elder.
"Ten tonnes of refined Essence Gold, not one bit less. Why don't you discuss it again? However, you have to be quick. If that dimensional creature injures the brain, even my Dugu family will be helpless," the elder said.
Everyone knew that the Dugu family was trying to take advantage of the situation, but there was nothing they could do.
No one in Luoyang could treat Qin Wufu's injuries. If they wanted Qin Wufu to live, this was probably the only way.
An Tianzuo's eyes were resolute. Just as he was about to say something, An Sheng spoke first. "Overseer, let Young Master Wen take a look at Governor Qin's injuries before making a decision."
An Tianzuo fell silent as the elder beside him smiled confidently. "It's fine. You can get anyone to come and take a look. I don't dare say anything else, but in the field of microscopic Companion Beasts, no one will dare claim first if our Dugu family claims second. This dimensional creature that invaded his brain can only be eliminated by our Dugu family."
"Young Master Wen." An Sheng looked at Zhou Wen.
Zhou Wen nodded and said, "I need to observe Governor Qin's situation up close."
An Sheng hurriedly led Zhou Wen to the ward. On the way to the ward, An Sheng whispered to Zhou Wen, "Young Master Wen, using ten tonnes of refined Essence Gold to save Governor Qin's life is nothing. As long as we can save him, Overseer will be willing to pay anything. However, the research on the new Essence Gold weapons in the military factory is at a critical juncture. A large amount of refined Essence Gold is needed for experiments. Without this batch of Essence Gold, the research progress will be delayed for a year or more. This will deal a severe blow to Luoyang and the An family..."
"I'll try my best," Zhou Wen said.
After reading the information, he had a general idea of what to do. However, the images taken by the instruments weren't very clear. He still needed to use his Eyes of Penetration to take a clear look himself to ensure that nothing went wrong.
Standing beside Qin Wufu's bed, Zhou Wen used his Eyes of Penetration to look at his brain.
A strange dimensional creature that looked like a blood vessel had invaded Qin Wufu's brain. The blood vessels extended out like a fishing net that wrapped around a portion of his brain. Furthermore, it was still spreading.
Many blood vessels seemed to be part of the brain. It was difficult not to hurt the fragile brain if one wanted to remove it.
After watching for a while, Zhou Wen deactivated his Eyes of Penetration.
"Young Master Wen, what do you think?" An Sheng hurriedly asked.
"I can do it." Zhou Wen nodded.
An Sheng was immediately overjoyed. He hurriedly turned and said to An Tianzuo, who was on the other side of the glass window, "Overseer, Young Master Wen said that he can be saved. Governor Qin, shall we get Young Master Wen to immediately rescue him?"
At this moment, the elder beside him said, "Overseer, you have to think carefully. That dimensional creature has already merged with Governor Qin's brain. To eliminate it requires an extremely meticulous job. It also requires the cooperation of special microscopic Companion Beasts. Are you sure you want such a young man to do it? Ignoring the fact that he can't eliminate it, even if he can, Governor Qin might end up a cripple if his brain is injured."
An Tianzuo didn't say a word after hearing the elder's words. He walked to the glass window and stared at Zhou Wen. "Zhou Wen, can you ensure Governor Qin's recovery?"
"I can only guarantee that I can eliminate the dimensional creature without harming Deputy Governor Qin's brain. I can't guarantee anything else," Zhou Wen answered.
"Young man, don't be too blindly confident. Do you know what that dimensional creature is called? Do you know what kind of ability it has?" the elder said with a smile.
"I don't know, nor do I need to know. I just need to know that I can eliminate it," Zhou Wen said.
"Overseer, did you hear that? What kind of statement is that? Do you really want to use such a person?" The elder laughed.
But soon, the elder's smile froze. An Tianzuo directly said to Zhou Wen, "Immediately treat Deputy Governor Qin."
"Overseer, isn't your decision a little too rash? Or do you think Deputy Governor Qin's life is more important than ten tonnes of refined Essence Gold? Wouldn't this demoralize your subordinates?" the elder said with a smile. His words were clearly provoking the other officers.
He wanted to use the officers' emotions to pressure An Tianzuo. Ten tonnes of refined Essence Gold were very important resources for the Dugu family.
The elder wasn't afraid that Zhou Wen could treat Qin Wufu because he didn't believe that Zhou Wen had the ability to do so. He was afraid that he would have no hope of obtaining the batch of refined Essence Gold if Zhou Wen killed Qin Wufu.
An Tianzuo didn't answer the elder. He looked at an officer beside him and asked, "If you were Governor Qin, who would you choose to treat you?"
"Young Master Wen," the officer answered without hesitation.
The elder's expression changed slightly. Things seemed to be different from what he had imagined.
"What about you?" An Tianzuo asked another officer.
"Young Master Wen," the officer immediately answered.
An Tianzuo asked one by one, and all the officers chose Zhou Wen without any hesitation. There was no exception. From their expressions, it seemed like a forgone conclusion.
"Overseer, your methods of subordination are truly brilliant." The elder held back the surprise in his heart. He had imagined that An Tianzuo had given strict orders, making them be willing to risk their lives without any complaints.
Although he said that, he couldn't help but look at Zhou Wen in the ward. He thought to himself, Does he really have that ability?
However, when his gaze landed on Zhou Wen, his pupils constricted. He saw a strange dimensional creature formed from red threads in Zhou Wen's hand. It was the dimensional creature in Qin Wufu's head. Zhou Wen had already taken out the dimensional creature at some point in time, and it was alive.
"That's impossible!" The elder wore a look of disbelief as he pressed his hands against the glass window. His eyes yearned to reach out to Zhou Wen, hoping to see if the dimensional creature in his hand was fake.
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Chapter 714: Worm Dugu
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The dimensional creature contorted as it attempted to burrow into Zhou Wen's hand, but it was blocked by a force that prevented it.
The doctor brought over a specially tempered piece of glassware that he had prepared and Zhou Wen placed the dimensional creature inside.
It constantly twisted and slammed into the glass container, hoping to rush out. Unfortunately, it was too weak and couldn't break through the tempered glass. Furthermore, there was an instrument made of Essence Gold above the glass container. It had a weakening effect on dimensional creatures.
The elder didn't believe that Zhou Wen had really taken out the dimensional creature. He ran into the ward and wanted to examine Qin Wufu to confirm if the dimensional creature in his brain had really been taken out.
However, there was no need for a checkup. The elder knew that Zhou Wen wasn't faking it. When he entered the ward, he saw that Qin Wufu had already woken up.
"Sorry for making everyone worry." Although Qin Wufu was still weak, his brain seemed to be functioning normally. He could already speak.
"You are Young Master Wen, right? Can you tell me how you did it?" the elder asked Zhou Wen.
"No," Zhou Wen answered bluntly.
The elder was slightly taken aback as he carefully sized up Zhou Wen before continuing, "With Young Master Wen's abilities, it would be a pity if he doesn't join my Dugu family. Our Dugu family needs talented people. Young Master Wen, why don't you consider it?"
"Mr. Dugu, isn't it inappropriate for you to poach one of ours in front of our Overseer?" An Sheng said.
"The Federation is a family. Young Master Wen, you really should consider our Dugu family. Otherwise, your ability will be wasted." As the elder spoke, he cupped his hands at An Tianzuo and said, "I've broadened myself today. Thank you for the Overseer's invitation. However, with Young Master Wen around, I'm afraid we won't have many opportunities to cooperate in the future."
"Mr. Dugu, you're being too polite. There are still many opportunities for cooperation in the future," said An Tianzuo.
Before the elder left, he gave Zhou Wen an additional glance.
Qin Wufu chatted with Zhou Wen for a while until the doctor told him to rest. Only then did Zhou Wen leave.
When Zhou Wen arrived at the entrance, he saw An Sheng waiting for him in the car, but he didn't see An Tianzuo.
"Overseer has something to attend to. He told me to take you back," An Sheng said with a smile.
"It's not far. I can go back myself," Zhou Wen said as he got into the car.
"It's mainly because there's something I need to tell you. The person you saw just now is called Worm Dugu. He's a member of the Dugu family. In terms of seniority, Dugu Ge has to call him second uncle. The Dugu family is adept at microscopic Companion Beasts, and this person is an expert in Gu-type Companion Beasts." An Sheng explained the origins of Worm Dugu in detail.
"Why are you telling me this so solemnly? Could it be that there's something wrong with this Worm Dugu?" Zhou Wen asked.
"Young Master Wen, you are getting sharper. Although Governor Qin was injured because of the break-out creature at Chess Mountain, we still have our suspicions. Firstly, we haven't seen such a dimensional creature in Chess Mountain before. Secondly, the Dugu family lives far away in the South District. It's a coincidence that Worm Dugu happened to be in Luoyang. Although it might be a coincidence, it's best to be careful," An Sheng explained.
Zhou Wen understood what An Sheng meant. If the thing in Qin Wufu's head was really put there by Worm Dugu, then with Zhou Wen ruining the plans, Worm Dugu probably wouldn't give up easily.
"Young Master Wen, that white ball-like Companion Beast of yours is quite fun. Why don't you let it out for some fresh air? Perhaps there will be an unexpected gain," An Sheng said casually.
"I will." Zhou Wen knew that An Sheng wanted him to use Tai Sui to prevent the invasion of Gu-type Companion Beasts.
Unfortunately, Tai Sui was still evolving. It was probably useless for the time being.
After returning to school, Zhou Wen summoned Primordial Spore and made it stand guard. Tai Sui was still evolving, so it was the only weapon that could deal with microscopic Companion Beasts.
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Under the surveillance of An Sheng's men, Worm Dugu checked into a hotel. After dinner, he returned to his room to rest. He didn't do anything strange.
Through the surveillance cameras, one could even see that Worm Dugu was sleeping in bed.
However, in a place they couldn't see, a mosquito secretly flew out of the room, passing through the streets and heading for Sunset College at an unbelievable speed.
As Worm Dugu flew, he thought to himself, How can those fools from the An family defend against me? I want to see how capable Zhou Wen is to be able to extract the Blood Thread Brain-Eating Gu that was connected to his brain. Even if I were to take action, it would be impossible for me to pull it out as cleanly as him. With his ability, he's practically a genius at raising Gu worms.
The mosquito-shaped Worm Dugu quickly arrived at Sunset College. After getting his bearings, he headed for Four Seasons Garden.
Others might not be able to find Zhou Wen's location, but Worm Dugu had a smell-seeking Companion Beast. It could find Zhou Wen by searching for his remnant smells.
Soon, the mosquito-shaped Worm Dugu arrived outside Zhou Wen's building. He sniffed and confirmed that this was Zhou Wen's residence.
Worm Dugu landed in the grass on the yard and thought to himself, Let's get my baby to test his strength first.
With a thought, he summoned a Companion Beast that looked like a spider. The spider was only the size of a fingernail and it was gray. One wouldn't be able to see it if one didn't pay attention.
The spider accepted the order from Worm Dugu and crawled towards Zhou Wen's building. It crawled in through the crack in the door in a seemingly easy manner.
Just as Worm Dugu wanted to use the perspective of his spider Companion Beast to take a look at the situation inside the building so that he could pick up a strand of hair or a skin flake to proceed with the next step of the plan, the spider suddenly lost contact with him. Worm Dugu Worm didn't even see a thing.
He's indeed prepared. However, if he thinks that he can defend against me just because of some preparations, he is severely underestimating my Dugu family. Worm Dugu didn't seem surprised. With a thought, he summoned some Companion Beasts.
This time, it wasn't a spider, but an even smaller insect. It was like a black sesame seed, so small that it was almost indiscernible. There were many of them.
Under the control of Worm Dugu, the black sesame-like flying insects flew into the dormitory through the cracks in the door, windows, and so on.
Although my hundred or so Black Blood Gu are only at the Legendary stage, they can enter the bloodstream the moment they see it. As long as one is bitten by it, they will quickly reproduce in the blood. They can only be cured by me. I want to see if you have the ability to get these Black Blood Gu out as well, thought Dugu Gu.
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