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Chapter 1195: Another Companion Egg
Translator: CKtalon
Zhou Wen was alarmed. This was the result of the Heaven-Opening Scripture's protection. From the Essence Energy that was rapidly converted by the Heaven-Opening Scripture, he could tell how terrifying the black-glowing Deva's Five Signs of Decay was.
If it were anyone else, not only would they not be able to hit the black-glowing Deva, but they would probably have their lives taken by the power of the Deva's Five Signs of Decay.
None of his hits connected. Zhou Wen's sword technique was already as fast as lightning, but he couldn't touch even a strand of the black-glowing Deva's hair.
How can I crack the black-glowing Deva's Luck and Fortune skill? Zhou Wen knew that if he couldn't crack it, it was useless no matter how fast his sword was.
The opposite of luck is misfortune or bad luck. Speaking of bad luck, Tai Sui should be the best choice. However, Tai Sui's combat strength isn't strong. It's fine against microorganisms, but it probably won't be of much use against a Deva. Furthermore, this is a Terror-grade Deva. A Mythical Tai Sui is probably useless... As Zhou Wen thought, he suddenly had an idea and took out the Bamboo Blade.
Bamboo Blade was one of the Four Gentlemen Blades. Legend had it that it was a blade with the curse of misfortune. It was unknown if it was of any use.
Now, Zhou Wen could only make a last-ditch effort. He didn't have any other solutions. If it still didn't work, he would have to get Banana Fairy to take action and see if an area-of-effect attack was effective against the black-glowing Deva.
However, after slashing a few times, he failed to injure the black-glowing Deva. Just as Zhou Wen was feeling disappointed, the Bamboo Blade tore through the black-glowing Deva's sleeve.
Eh, looks like it's still useful. Zhou Wen was overjoyed as he injected his Terror powers into the Bamboo Blade and slashed at the black-glowing Deva again and again.
Soon, Zhou Wen realized that the chances of the Bamboo Blade hitting the black-glowing Deva were very low. It took more than a hundred strikes to hit, and it was very difficult to strike a vital spot.
Even so, Zhou Wen was overjoyed. As long as he could touch the black-glowing Deva, there was a chance of killing him. It was better than nothing.
If a hundred slashes didn't work, he would use a thousand slashes. If a thousand slashes didn't work, he would use ten thousand slashes. There would come a time when he could successfully kill him.
Zhou Wen's Transcendent Flying Immortal was already fast enough. Coupled with the Clown Mask's teleportation ability, it was unbelievably fast. Blade beams flashed as though they were slashing at the black-glowing Deva from all directions. It was unknown how many strikes he had delivered.
The wounds on the black-glowing Deva gradually increased. Although they weren't vital spots, they still affected him. In the end, the black-glowing Deva's body was covered in blade wounds—suffering a death from abrasions.
A unique Terror-grade creature was killed by Zhou Wen just like that. All that was left was a pile of white bones. Its flesh had been sliced clean.
Zhou Wen didn't wish to be so cruel, but he had no choice. He wouldn't have been able to kill the black-glowing Deva if not for this strategy.
With a clang, a Companion Egg that emitted a black glow dropped out of black-glowing Deva's body, delighting Zhou Wen.
A Terror-grade Companion Egg! Zhou Wen hurriedly picked up the Companion Egg. He never expected it to come so easily. Furthermore, the black-glowing Deva's ability was very special. It would definitely be of great use in the future.
The Companion Egg's black glow flowed as though it contained infinite mystery. Zhou Wen didn't hesitate to hatch it.
As large amounts of Essence Energy surged in, the Companion Beast transformed into a black stream of light that entered Zhou Wen's body.
Zhou Wen hurriedly took out his phone and looked at the information inside.
Deva Asura: Terror
Life Providence: Like Heaven Not Heaven
Life Soul: Destiny's Return
Wheel of Destiny: Lesser Deva's Five Signs of Decay
Terror transformation: Greater Deva's Five Signs of Decay
Speed: 94
Strength: 91
Constitution: 93
Essence Energy: 91
Talent Skill: Luck, Fortune, Not Heaven, Asura Transformation
Companion Form: Saber
So the Greater Deva's Five Signs of Decay is the power of the Terror transformation. It's no wonder I didn't see it on the Golden Deva or the Crimson Deva. However, this fellow is actually called Deva Asura. That's Asura of the Deva race... Zhou Wen couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw his stats.
His companion form is a saber. If I use the saber transformed from Deva Asura to slay other Deva Asuras, what will happen with the augmentation of Luck and Fortune? Zhou Wen thought as he summoned Deva Asura in its saber form.
The Asura Saber was a long and narrow saber that was slightly curved. It was pitch-black, but it suffused a cold glow. It looked cold and mysterious, like the arc of the moon left behind during a lunar eclipse.
Zhou Wen held the saber and continued walking up the mountain. He couldn't wait to see if it could restrain Deva Asuras.
Soon, Zhou Wen and company encountered another Deva. Unfortunately, it wasn't a Deva Asura, but a Crimson Deva.
Zhou Wen slashed out with the Asura Saber, slaying the Crimson Deva under his blade. Zhou Wen didn't use much strength and even deliberately held back. Yet, the Crimson Deva was still beheaded in one strike.
It's indeed useful. Zhou Wen still wanted to know if it was effective against Deva Asuras. He continued walking up the mountain.
At first, he didn't wish to encounter Devas, but now, he couldn't wait to meet them. However, he only encountered some Crimson Devas and Golden Devas. He didn't encounter Deva Asuras.
After slaying eleven Devas, quite a number of stat crystals dropped, but he didn't obtain any Companion Eggs or see a Deva Asura. This left Zhou Wen somewhat disappointed.
As he walked forward, he suddenly saw a tree growing on the mountain wall in front of him.
Ever since Zhou Wen and company had entered the Deva Realm, they hadn't seen any plants. There was sand and mountain rocks everywhere. But not a single blade of grass grew.
However, there was a crooked tree growing on the mountain wall in front of him. The crooked tree's roots were embedded in the mountain wall, and the tree's body was hanging outside.
Zhou Wen didn't know what type of tree it was, but he could see that there were some red fruits on it. The fruits were about the size of a fist and looked a little like the fruits of a paper mulberry tree.
When the antelope saw the tree and fruits, its eyes immediately lit up. As for Chick, it was even more direct. It flapped its wings and flew towards the tree.
The antelope pressed Chick down from the sky with its hoof and wrote on the ground with its other hoof, "That tree is extraordinary. It has already entered the saint stage and can't be easily desecrated."
"That tree is what you are looking for?" Zhou Wen asked.
"The tree is useless. The fruit on the tree is what's very useful. I never expected it to still be there, but it's somewhat difficult to pluck them." The antelope continued writing.
Zhou Wen looked at the fruit on the tree and frowned slightly. If even a Calamity-grade like the antelope said it was difficult, then it was truly difficult.
"What are those fruits? How can I pluck them?" Zhou Wen looked for a while and didn't discover any danger, leaving him puzzled.
There were no Devas near the tree, nor were there any other dimensional creatures. If the fruits on the tree were so precious, why didn't the numerous Devas not pluck the fruits? Why would they still be there?
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Chapter 1196: Meru Mustard Seed
Translator: CKtalon
"Do you know what mountain this is?" The antelope wrote down a question in return.
"No." Zhou Wen had no idea what mountain it was. He had never been here before, nor were there any rock monuments at the foot of the mountain stating its name.
"The terror of being uneducated. Since you know that this is the Deva Realm, have you never heard of Mount Meru?" The antelope wore a disdainful expression.
"This is Mount Meru? Then is the mountaintop where the legendary Śakra Buddha lives?" Zhou Wen looked up at the mountaintop, but he still couldn't see its end.
"You sure read too much into things. That's not something you should be thinking about now. It's best that you come up with a way to pluck the fruit." The antelope continued writing. "Since you've heard of the word Meru, you should know of the Meru Mustard Seed."
"This... I don't think I've taken note of this word... What does Meru Mustard Seed mean?" Zhou Wen really hadn't kept abreast of such knowledge. Mount Meru was something he had chanced upon when reading Buddhist scriptures. He had only read it as a story without studying it in detail.
The antelope was somewhat astounded as it explained, "Mustard Seed refers to an extremely tiny space. Meru refers to Mount Meru. Meru Mustard Seed refers to a tiny space that can accommodate a mountain."
"A storage space?" Zhou Wen immediately thought of a word.
"Something like that. It's mostly that." The antelope nodded slightly.
"What has this got to do with that crooked tree?" Zhou Wen sized up the tree again.
"That's a Mustard Tree. The fruit on it is the Mustard Seed," the antelope answered.
"The fruit is a Mustard Seed? Didn't you say that the Mustard Seed is extremely small? Why is the fruit so big?" Zhou Wen found it unbelievable.
"Who told you that the fruit is a mustard seed?" The antelope wrote in disdain.
Zhou Wen was first taken aback before he understood what the antelope meant. He stared at the fruit and said, "You mean that there are many mustard seeds in that fruit?"
"A mustard seed can hold one Mount Meru. There are many mustard seeds in the fruit. If you reach out to pluck them, you will immediately fall into an endless space. You might not be able to escape even if it takes the rest of your life."
"Then how do I pluck it?" Zhou Wen asked.
"I don't know. If it was that easy to pluck it, it wouldn't still be there. Even a Calamity-grade creature might not be able to escape if it fell into the endless Meru pocket space," the antelope said.
"If you don't even know how to pluck it, what's the point of bringing us here?" Zhou Wen frowned.
"Solutions are thought up by people. You are also considered a person, so can't you use your brain?" The antelope rolled its eyes at him.
"It's not like I want that mustard seed fruit. I'm only here to find someone. Why should I think about it? If you want it, think of a solution yourself." Zhou Wen ignored the antelope and prepared to leave the mountain.
From the looks of it, Ouyang Lan hadn't come here at all. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for them to leave no traces when they passed by Deva Asura.
Even if they had a way to avoid fighting Deva Asura, they should have left some traces from using their skills. However, there was nothing along the way.
"If Chick eats those fruits, it can advance to the Terror grade." The antelope wrote calmly.
"Chick has fire-elemental attributes. If it wants to eat it, it should be eating Fire Dragon Fruits. Why would it eat something that clearly has spatial attributes?" Zhou Wen felt that the antelope was trying to trick him into plucking the Mustard Fruit.
The antelope patiently explained, "You're right that phoenixes are fire-elemental, but have you ever thought about why phoenixes can constantly undergo Nirvana Rebirth without truly dying?"
"Phoenix's Nirvana and resurrection are naturally fire-elemental abilities. What's there to say?" Zhou Wen said.
"From this, it can be seen that you don't understand phoenixes at all. It's too superficial. Fire represents destruction and an end, as well as a new life. However, a phoenix's Nirvana can't just rely on the renewal power of fire."
The antelope pointed at the Mustard Fruit and continued writing, "A Mustard Fruit is a Mustard Seed World. A thousand Mustard Seed Worlds make a small chiliocosm. A thousand small chiliocosms make a medium dichiliocosm. A thousand medium dichiliocosms makes a great trichiliocosm. Look at how many Mustard Fruits there are on that tree."
"Three," Zhou Wen said after taking a look at the Mustard Tree and confirming it.
"Three Mustard Fruits represent the three thousand worlds. If Chick can swallow three Mustard Fruits, it will obtain the spatial powers of the three thousand worlds. Only then can it truly obtain the ability to undergo nirvana and be reborn. As the saying goes, there are no rootless fruits in the world. If it wants to undergo nirvana and be reborn, it needs to have some kindling. If Chick leaves kindling in the three thousand worlds, then it will have the possibility of nirvana and rebirth in the future." The antelope wrote.
"Is that so?" Zhou Wen stared at the antelope, momentarily unsure if it was bluffing him or telling the truth.
"It's up to you to believe it or not. After all, without the Mustard Fruit, Chick will probably need hundreds of years to advance to the Terror grade. And this is under the circumstances of being sufficiently lucky. If you have the patience, keep waiting." With that mentioned, the antelope released its hoof that was pressing down on Chick.
Chick wanted to fly towards the Mustard Fruit, but Zhou Wen called it back.
From Chick's reaction, although what the antelope said might not be true, there was no doubt that Chick wanted the Mustard Fruit.
"How can I pluck the Mustard Fruit? Furthermore, even if I pluck it, as you said, if there are really three thousand worlds inside, how can Chick consume it?" Zhou Wen asked the antelope.
"You'll need to think of a way to pluck it, but you don't have to worry about the consumption. Three Mustard Fruits only represent three thousand worlds, not real ones. As long as you can pluck them, that will cut off their energy supply and the spatial powers will naturally converge. When the time comes, they will only be three fruits. How difficult would it be for Chick to eat them?" The antelope had clearly thought it through.
Even if it's not the real three thousand worlds, the spatial powers of the Mustard Fruits are too terrifying. It won't be easy to pluck them. Zhou Wen thought about how he could pluck the Mustard Fruits.
"You wouldn't have had the chance if it was easy. They would have long been plucked clean by the Devas." The antelope wrote.
Zhou Wen thought for a moment and managed to come up with a solution. Therefore, Zhou Wen said, "There's a solution, but I don't know if it will work. Let's give it a try."
With that said, Zhou Wen plucked a mountain rock from the ground beside him. He weighed it in his hand before throwing it at a Mustard Fruit.
Zhou Wen was naturally using the Sky-Stealing Sun-Swapping Art. As long as the stone touched the Mustard Fruit, he could swap them.
However, Zhou Wen wasn't sure if this method was effective against spatial-type Mustard Fruits.
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Chapter 1197: Mustard Fruits
The stone quickly flew close to a fruit. Just as it was about to approach the fruit, it suddenly vanished, similar to when Zhou Wen used teleportation.
The antelope didn't lie to me this time. The Mustard Fruit is indeed spatial in nature. There's a huge space inside. The mark Zhou Wen left on the stone still existed. He could sense that the stone had been teleported to a special space.
I wonder if it will work! Zhou Wen could still sense the spatial label on the stone. He planned on trying the Sky-Stealing Sun-Swapping technique, but he didn't know if he could succeed under the present circumstances. After all, the stone had been sent into another space. It was difficult to say if the Sky-Stealing Sun-Swapping Art would work.
Clown Mask that represented the Godfiend Era and the Singularity Universe that represented the Sky-Stealing Sun-Swapping Art circulated at the same time, producing a strange resonance. Zhou Wen sensed the spatial label on the stone and used the Sky-Stealing Sun-Swapping technique.
This technique combined two spatial Terror powers. The instant he used it, Zhou Wen found the fruit undergoing a strange change.
The Mustard Fruit that was originally growing on the tree branch, suddenly turned into a fist-sized stone. In the next second, the stone shattered and the Mustard Fruit dropped.
Zhou Wen was overjoyed—he had succeeded. He had exchanged the Mustard Fruit with the stone in the Mustard Space. As there was no space in the stone, the Mustard Fruit naturally dropped.
However, the Mustard Fruit had already left the Mustard Tree. Without an energy supply, the spatial powers within the Mustard Fruit clearly became weaker.
Before Zhou Wen could catch the Mustard Fruit, Chick rushed out excitedly. Like a golden bolt of lightning, it swallowed the Mustard Fruit in midair.
After Chick swallowed the Mustard Fruit, it suddenly vanished. However, it immediately appeared in another place before disappearing again. It was elsewhere when it appeared again.
Chick seemed to constantly teleport as its figure blinked in and out of existence. It took a while before it gradually stabilized.
Zhou Wen heaved a sigh of relief when he saw Chick slowly return to normal. He picked up another stone and used Sky-Stealing Sun-Swapping to get another Mustard Fruit.
Chick was very greedy as it flew over and swallowed the second Mustard Fruit. This time, its figure shimmered even more as it constantly vanished and appeared in different spots.
It lasted longer this time. Chick didn't completely return to normal. Even if it stood there motionless, its figure would suddenly vanish before suddenly appearing again.
"Oh no, a terrifying fellow is coming. Quickly pluck the third fruit." The antelope suddenly made a sound and didn't write on the ground. Its expression turned extremely solemn.
Zhou Wen also felt that something was amiss. He saw dark clouds billowing over the mountain, instantly darkening the world as though it was doomsday.
Almost at the same time, a beam of light tore through the dark clouds. It illuminated the area where Zhou Wen and company were.
The light was too fast. Before Zhou Wen could pluck the third fruit, the light had already scattered, brightly illuminating the area.
"Paradise Domain... F*ck you... I'm not done with life... I don't want to go to the Western Paradise..." The antelope cried out as a third vertical eye at its glabella suddenly opened. Its entire body emitted a crackling sound.
Originally, the antelope was thin and weak, making it look like a malnourished antelope, but at that instant, its body became as strong as a bull. The horns on its head were snow-white and crystalline like curved blades. A sanguine glow spewed out from its vertical eye, turning into a blood-colored barrier that enveloped the nearby area.
Boom!
The brilliance collided with the sanguine barrier. The latter quaked and abruptly shrank. However, it ultimately resisted the terrifying beam and prevented it from descending.
At that moment, Zhou Wen had already used Sky-Stealing Sun-Swapping to remove the last Mustard Fruit.
However, Chick was still constantly shuttling through space. It couldn't control its body. It tried flying towards the third fruit, but as it flew, it involuntarily entered a spatial teleportation state. When it appeared again, it was somewhere else.
After several attempts, Chick failed to approach the falling Mustard Fruit.
"What are you waiting for? Quickly take the fruit and run. When that fellow comes down, we will all be doomed," the antelope cried out.
Blood tears were already flowing out of its vertical eye. The eye looked like it was about to crack open. The sanguine barrier quaked as it shrank, as though it would shatter at any moment.
Without any hesitation, Zhou Wen teleported over and grabbed the falling Mustard Fruit. Then, he went over to grab Chick, hoping to take it away.
However, just as he grabbed Chick, Chick's body automatically tore through space and vanished from Zhou Wen's hand, appearing elsewhere.
Zhou Wen realized things were going south. Chick's situation was too unstable, so it was impossible for him to grab it and escape. He made a prompt decision and took out the Chaos Bead.
When Chick phased into existence again, Zhou Wen stuffed it into the Chaos Bead's space and stuffed the remaining Mustard Fruit inside.
After confirming that Chick hadn't tunneled out of it, Zhou Wen fled down the mountain at full speed.
Seeing that Zhou Wen had succeeded, the antelope turned around and ran. It ran much faster than him and overtook him in moments.
Rumble!
However, the brilliance kept targeting the antelope. Furthermore, it became more and more resplendent. It blasted the antelope's sanguine barrier. It kept crackling and fractures appeared. The brilliance was seeping in.
Struck by such a heavy blow, blood spewed out of the antelope's vertical eye. Its eyeball was about to burst.
"F*ck you. Do you really think I have nothing?" The antelope cursed and suddenly opened its mouth to spit something out. At the same time, it shouted, "Supreme Venerable Sovereign, be quick, as if this were a command! Seal..."
Upon saying the sutra, the antelope spat out another mouthful of blood on the thing it had spat out previously.
It was a yellow paper talisman. After the blood spewed out, the yellow paper talisman emitted a sanguine glow. A blood-colored Dao talisman lit up like a lamp.
The yellow paper talisman flew to the sanguine barrier and stuck to it like a seal. The sanguine barrier that was about to shatter stabilized and wasn't shattered by the brilliance.
Zhou Wen was still reeling in astonishment at the might of the yellow paper talisman when the antelope suddenly rushed over. With a flick of its horn, it sent Zhou Wen and Ya'er flying. It leaped into the air and let Zhou Wen and Ya'er land on its back.
In the next instant, it galloped forward without any regard for its life. Its speed was so fast that even Zhou Wen felt the scenery on both sides rapidly sweep backward, turning extremely blurry.
Boom!
An apocalyptic beam descended and struck the sanguine barrier. Even with the power of the yellow paper talisman, the sanguine barrier shattered as a terrifying beam of brilliance fell.
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Chapter 1198: Asura Realm
"Pui! Pui! Pui!" The antelope shouted as it spat out three mouthfuls of blood. The three mouthfuls of blood bloomed into three blood flowers that rose up and shielded their heads.
Boom!
The terrifying brilliance collided with the three blood flowers, producing a terrifying shockwave that sent the antelope, Zhou Wen, and company flying.
The antelope's majestic body was already covered in blood patterns as its vertical eye surged with blood.
It transformed into a sanguine beam in midair and carried Zhou Wen and Ya'er out of Mount Meru, heading straight for the exit of the Deva Realm.
Only then did the three blood flowers shatter. The brilliance continued chasing after the antelope and company, and just as it was about to catch up, the antelope had already rushed to the entrance of the Deva Realm and leaped out.
However, the brilliance couldn't leave the Deva Realm; it couldn't chase after them.
The antelope landed on the ground and its forelimbs went limp as it collapsed.
Zhou Wen landed on the ground and hurriedly turned to look at the antelope. He saw that it had already gotten up. The vertical eye on its forehead had vanished, but there was a bloody mark between its brows. Its body had returned to its normal antelope form.
Even so, its body was still stained with blood, and blood was still seeping from the corner of its mouth.
After spitting out a mouthful of blood, the antelope cursed, "That bastard on Mount Meru made me lose a bet. When I recover, I'll definitely storm my way up Mount Meru and capture those turtles and let some blood spill."
Zhou Wen looked at the antelope in shock. Its appearance overturned his former impression of it.
This fellow used to be lazy and ignored anyone while sprawled on the sofa. Furthermore, it didn't speak at all. Occasionally, he would write a few words with its hooves, looking aloof.
But now, the antelope was like a hooligan. It kept spewing out vulgarities.
"Um, do you need me to treat you?" Zhou Wen asked as he looked at the antelope's body.
"Even Mount Laojun's Nine Revolutions Golden Pill can't treat my injuries. Can you treat it?" The antelope was clearly in a bad mood. It glared at Zhou Wen and spat in the direction of the Deva Realm's door. "Pui."
"You mentioned a bet. What bet was it?" Zhou Wen asked curiously.
The antelope rolled its eyes unhappily. "It's none of your business. Stay out of it."
After a pause, the antelope asked, "How's Chick? Did it eat the third Mustard Fruit?"
Zhou Wen looked inside the Chaos Bead. He also wanted to know how Chick was.
However, his expression immediately changed from the scene he saw. He scanned the Chaos Bead several times, but he didn't find Chick.
"Holy sh*t, Chick is missing. Don't tell me it's still in the Deva Realm?" Zhou Wen was immediately alarmed.
The antelope was very calm and after some thought it asked, "Is the third Mustard Fruit still there?"
Zhou Wen was slightly taken aback as he somewhat understood the antelope's intentions. He hurriedly looked into the Chaos Bead and realized that the Mustard Fruit was indeed gone.
"The Mustard Fruit is gone," Zhou Wen said.
"Then it's fine. After some time, Chick will naturally complete its evolution and return... Ugh..." As the antelope spoke, it suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. Its body staggered and it nearly fell. It looked like it had suffered serious injuries.
"I have a Dragon Tiger Pill Essence here. It has a resurrective effect. Take a look and see if it's of any use." Seeing that the antelope's situation was terrible, Zhou Wen summoned the Mythical Dragon Tiger Pill Essence.
If it wasn't for the antelope going all out, they probably wouldn't have made it out alive. Although the Dragon Tiger Pill Essence was rare, there was still a chance of it dropping in the future. In such a dangerous place, having the antelope with such combat strength was far more useful than a pill essence.
"That low-grade item is useless to me. Keep it for yourself." The antelope glanced at the door of the Asura Realm and continued, "The person you are looking for is probably in the Asura Realm. If you want to go, be careful. I'm injured, so I won't join you in the fun."
The antelope was straightforward. With that said, it turned around and walked towards the Bridge of Helplessness to leave the strange six realms of rebirth and existence.
As it walked, it cursed. "What a huge loss. Sooner or later, I'll skin those b*stards and hang them on a flagpole and use them as lanterns..."
As Zhou Wen watched the antelope walk onto the Bridge of Helplessness, a thought suddenly flashed across his mind. Could it be that this fellow's bet was to not speak?
Without any time to think, Zhou Wen gritted his teeth and turned to walk towards the door of Asura Realm. Since Ouyang Lan and company weren't in Deva Realm, the most likely possibility was the Asura Realm.
The Asura Realm was fiendish, so it wasn't safer than the Deva Realm. It might even be more dangerous.
Since there were Calamity-grade existences in the Deva Realm, it was definitely the same for the Asura Realm. Zhou Wen only hoped that An Sheng and company were fine.
Taking a deep breath, Zhou Wen walked into the Asura Realm.
The moment he entered, Zhou Wen was immediately given a fright. He saw a cold saber cleave down, almost hitting his face.
Thankfully, Zhou Wen was prepared. The Asura Saber in his hand blocked the saber in front of him.
Crack!
The Asura Saber was transformed from Deva Asura. How could an ordinary weapon compare to a Terror-grade weapon? When the blade touched the Asura Saber, it immediately snapped into two.
The Asura Saber didn't stop there as it split the saber-wielding figure into two.
Only then did Zhou Wen identify the creature slashing at him—a humanoid creature wearing a ghoul mask. It bared its muscular upper body and revealed a strange bird tattoo on its back.
The strange bird symbol occupied almost all of his entire back and left shoulder. It looked like a peacock, but it was blood-red.
As for his lower body, he was wearing a black feathered piece of clothing that resembled a skirt and pants. It was difficult to tell what it was.
"Kill!" A tsunami-like battle cry sounded, causing Zhou Wen's eardrums to buzz.
Looking ahead, there were creatures everywhere on the dilapidated land that resembled an ancient battlefield. They held long sabers and their eyes were filled with killing intent as they swept toward Zhou Wen like a tidal wave.
Zhou Wen brandished the Asura Saber and instantly killed countless nearby creatures, but the other creatures continued charging forward fearlessly.
Zhou Wen slew the aggressors as he advanced, hoping to find An Sheng and company. However, before long, he discovered a problem.
The creatures he had killed came to life again. Even if their bodies were diced up, they could automatically reconnect. In the blink of an eye, they were no longer injured as they continued their charge.
Strange? The Deva Asura is a Terror-grade saber. It can slay even Mythical, much less these creatures who don't even have combat strength at the Mythical stage. Yet, they are completely fine. Something's amiss. Zhou Wen realized the problem as he rushed forward.
An Sheng and company would probably be in trouble if they were entangled by these undying and indestructible monsters. Zhou Wen's number one desire was to find them quickly.
With his previous experience, Zhou Wen didn't teleport. All he did was constantly charge across the land. With the Asura Saber in hand, the tidal-like creatures couldn't stop him.
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Chapter 1199: Saint
When An Sheng and An Tianzuo entered the Asura Realm, their encounter was identical to Zhou Wen's. Under such circumstances, it was impossible for them to wait for Zhou Wen to enter and move together. All they could do was charge in.
An Sheng suspected that Ouyang Lan and company had entered the Asura Realm. It was so dangerous here that even if Ouyang Lan and company had really entered, they might have retreated.
After all, such a battlefield was too dangerous. There were Asuras everywhere, giving one no time to rest.
However, An Tianzuo seemed to be certain that Ouyang Lan had taken this path. He kept rushing deeper into the Asura Realm.
Wearing his armor, An Tianzuo was a Terror-grade existence. He held a Gatling firearm in his hand as he crazily swept at the ghoul-like Asuras. Wherever he passed, large swaths of Asuras fell, their bodies peppered with holes.
Unfortunately, the Asuras stood up again shortly after. Their bodies returned to their original states as they lunged forward again.
Among the Asuras, there was no lack of Mythical existences, but when faced with An Tianzuo's firepower, their bodies exploded before they could even charge forward. Occasionally, one or two would slip to the cracks, but they were killed by An Sheng.
The two of them charged forward and after an unknown distance, they saw a strange altar in front of them.
The altar was made of twelve black stone pillars, and on the stone pillar in the middle stood a flag.
The flag fluttered in the wind, and there was an anchor symbol drawn on it.
However, An Tianzuo and An Sheng didn't look at the flag. Their eyes were focused on the stone pillars.
A few people were tied to the different stone pillars. On one of the stone pillars was Ouyang Lan. The people on the other stone pillars were the Sunset Army generals who had followed Ouyang Lan to Netherworld City.
They were chained to the stone pillars. All of them were on their last breaths and most of them had already fainted.
When he saw the whip marks on Ouyang Lan and company and their ripped clothes with blood seeping out of the cracks, An Tianzuo's eyes instantly turned cold.
Gatling flames spewed out as the firepower seemed to become even more violent. It blasted the horde of Asuras ahead, turning them into sieves. Even existences as powerful as Mythical creatures were as weak as paper in the storm of bullets.
An Tianzuo flew up and wanted to rush up the altar to save Ouyang Lan and company.
Suddenly, a cold beam of light appeared and shot towards An Tianzuo's chest like a phantom. The cold beam was too fast and reached his heart in the blink of an eye. An Tianzuo didn't have the time to adjust the Gatling gun's muzzle.
Clang!
The broadsword in An Tianzuo's other hand struck the cold beam like a ghost.
Sparks flew, revealing the cold beam's true face—an arrow. As the tip of the arrow collided with the hilt, sparks flew everywhere. An Tianzuo uncontrollably took a step back as the arrow deviated from its trajectory and hit the ground beside him.
Boom!
A huge crater was blasted into the ground, but the arrow vanished.
An Tianzuo frowned as he looked in the direction of the altar. He saw a person wearing purple armor and a ghoul mask standing on a stone pillar.
He held a hunting bow in his left hand with his other palm open. The arrow that vanished appeared in his palm and was gently pinched by his fingers.
"You're finally here? I've been waiting for you for a long time," the person said indifferently as he looked at An Tianzuo.
"Who are you?" An Tianzuo asked slowly as he stared at the person.
The person had the aura of a Guardian, but there was no inkling of a human aura. It was unknown if there was a human inside the armor.
"Saint... Xiao..." the person said calmly.
"You were waiting for me?" An Tianzuo didn't immediately rush towards the altar but asked coldly.
"Yes." Xiao nodded slightly.
"You forced them here to lure me here?" An Tianzuo continued asking.
Xiao nodded before shaking his head. "Partially. You need to die; likewise for them."
"Why?" An Tianzuo wasn't outraged as he continued asking.
Xiao didn't answer, but he suddenly laughed. "People say that one should give birth to a child like An Tianzuo. From what I see today, you're nothing much. Your mother is hung here by me, her fate unknown, but you still have the mood to chat with me."
An Tianzuo's expression didn't change as he looked at Xiao and said, "Since you aren't willing to tell me, let me guess."
"Oh, please be my guest." Xiao looked at An Tianzuo with interest.
"You want to kill us because we investigated the expedition team." An Tianzuo's tone wasn't a question, but an affirmative description.
"Is that all?" Xiao didn't deny it. It wasn't difficult to guess this conclusion.
"You come from the Holy Land," An Tianzuo continued.
"Not bad." Xiao nodded in acknowledgment. He looked at An Tianzuo with a smile and said, "From the word 'Saint' I just mentioned, you can confirm that I'm from the Holy Land. This isn't difficult to guess."
"You come from the Trajectory Holy Temple," An Tianzuo said again, unmoved.
Xiao was somewhat surprised as he looked at An Tianzuo and asked, "How did you know that I came from the Trajectory Holy Temple?"
"It's not difficult to guess. Figure it out yourself," An Tianzuo said indifferently.
Xiao laughed. "You are indeed an interesting person. I can't bear to kill you. Unfortunately, you have to die here today. An Tianzuo will no longer exist in this world."
With that said, Xiao raised the hunting bow in his hand and nocked the arrow. However, he wasn't aiming at An Tianzuo, but Ouyang Lan on the stone pillar.
"It's best if you don't move. You should know that with my arrow speed, I can kill her before you arrive. If you want her to live for now, break an arm. Then, I can give you a chance to fight me," Xiao said.
"You've already lost. You don't have the confidence to defeat me," An Tianzuo said as he looked at Xiao.
Xiao said indifferently, "I just don't like trouble."
"Is that so?" An Tianzuo's hand that was holding the sword suddenly moved. He slashed at his right arm and severed the arm that was holding the Gatling.
Clang!
The Gatling along with the arm fell to the ground together, blood flowing everywhere.
"Overseer!" An Sheng was alarmed and furious.
"Do you still want my left arm? I can give it to you as well," An Tianzuo stopped An Sheng and said coldly.
Xiao's eyes narrowed slightly as he slowly moved the bow in his hand away from Ouyang Lan and slowly aimed it at An Tianzuo. He said coldly, "An Tianzuo, Overseer An, Luoyang's God of War. You have the right to be arrogant, but you chose the wrong time and place to be arrogant. You even chose the wrong person."
"Many people have said such words to me, but they are all dead," An Tianzuo said indifferently.
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Chapter 1200: Xiao
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"Is that so?" Xiao pointed his bow and arrow at An Tianzuo. The tip of the arrow gradually lit up like a light bulb. As time passed, the light on the tip of the arrow became brighter and more intense, like a sun.
"Sun True Body, Sun Strafe Art?" An Tianzuo was slightly taken aback.
The Sun True Body was nothing; one had a chance of obtaining it as long as one went to the Sun God Holy Temple. However, according to what he knew, An Jing was the only one who knew the Sun Strafe Art. He originally imagined that Zhou Wen had also practiced it, but he later realized that Zhou Wen wasn't practicing the Sun Strafe Art.
The crux of the matter was that the Sun Strafe Art was essentially exclusive to the An family. It didn't seem like it should be passed on to outsiders.
At the instant An Tianzuo fell into a daze, the arrow shot out. It was like the descent of a heavenly sun as it charged at An Tianzuo with an extremely blazing power.
An Tianzuo only had one arm left as he held the broadsword. His eyes were firm and determined as he raised the sword and slashed at the sun.
Boom!
The sun-like dazzling light was sliced apart by the broadsword. The blade collided with the tip of the arrow, and the terrifying light exploded like a hydrogen bomb.
The surrounding Asuras were instantly annihilated as An Sheng was sent flying by the shockwave.
Thankfully, although An Sheng hadn't reached the Terror grade, his skills and Companion Beasts were very good. He managed to leverage himself in the air as he traveled through it, all the while reducing the impact on his body.
After the light faded, An Tianzuo stood in his spot with the broadsword in hand. A large area around him had turned into a deep pit as the wrecked Asuras squirmed and recovered.
"Where did you learn the Sun Strafe Art?" An Tianzuo asked as he stared at Xiao.
"Aren't you good at guessing? Guess," Xiao teased.
An Tianzuo clearly wasn't a person who liked to waste his breath. He slashed his broadsword at Xiao.
Xiao stood motionlessly on the stone pillar until the broadsword was in front of him. Just as it was about to touch his hair, his body seemed to warp. Not only did he not retreat, but he charged at An Tianzuo.
As space distorted, the broadsword seemed to automatically avoid him as it brushed past him. Instead, Xiao used the hunting bow's bowstring as a blade to slash at An Tianzuo's neck.
The broadsword was clumsy to begin with, and the two of them were too close. An Tianzuo had lost an arm, so he had no time to block.
Everyone believed that An Tianzuo would dodge, but he didn't. At the instant the bowstring approached, he opened his mouth and bit the bowstring with his teeth, snapping it instantly.
Almost at the same time he snapped the bowstring, An Tianzuo slashed horizontally at Xiao.
Xiao did a twist and drew an arc. It didn't seem fast, but he dodged the sword's attack. The sword's trajectory seemed to be distorted. It should have been able to hit Xiao's blade, but it slashed past him.
"The Dugu family's movement technique," An Tianzuo said as he slashed at Xiao again without stopping.
"Didn't you say that I came from the Trajectory Holy Temple? What's so strange about me knowing the Dugu family's movement techniques?" Xiao's figure moved erratically as he dodged An Tianzuo's repeated attacks.
An Tianzuo knew that the truth wasn't as Xiao said.
The Dugu family's movement technique was indeed from the Trajectory Holy Temple, but what the Trajectory Holy Temple had given them was only the tricks to the Trajectory movement technique. The Dugu family's present achievements were due to their continuous research on the Trajectory movement technique.
The Dugu family's Trajectory movement technique had already been imprinted with their own unique trademarks.
Even if he had learned the Trajectory movement technique from the Trajectory Holy Temple, it would be impossible for it to be identical to the Dugu family's.
However, Xiao's Trajectory movement technique clearly had the inklings of the Dugu family's. It wasn't purely the Trajectory movement technique.
"Your sword art isn't as arrogant as you." Xiao dodged a few strikes before finally counterattacking.
As he dodged the broadsword, frost appeared on the bow that had its string snapped. It swept at An Tianzuo like an ice popsicle.
"The frost battle aura of the Ultimate Family Clan?" An Tianzuo's broadsword clashed with the bow. A cold aura immediately spread from the broadsword, forming frost on half the blade.
An Tianzuo blasted the bow away, but Xiao used the bow like a staff in an extremely strange manner. An Tianzuo's broadsword had no choice but to constantly clash with the bow.
Every time they clashed, the frost battle aura on the bow was transmitted into the broadsword, and traveled through the broadsword up to An Tianzuo's hand. His sword-wielding arm was already covered in frost that was spreading towards his body.
"Now, are you still sure that I'm from the Trajectory Holy Temple?" Xiao said as he attacked.
"Yes," An Tianzuo answered very calmly, but his tone was very certain.
He brandished his sword and sent Xiao retreating. The frost on his body instantly shattered and splattered everywhere. Ice shards fell to the ground, but An Tianzuo's body wasn't affected by the freezing.
"You are actually immune to the freezing forces of the frost battle aura. You shouldn't have revealed it so early. If you had waited a little longer and suddenly attacked when I was close, you would have been able to cause me some trouble," Xiao said as he retreated.
"There's no need." An Tianzuo struck again and again.
His sword art was domineering and orthodox. Ordinary people would have some evil aura when their sword art was so domineering.
It was just like how Zhou Wen's Transcendent Flying Immortal was domineering. But, despite being domineering, An Tianzuo's sword art gave off an upright feeling. It was truly odd.
Xiao's movement technique was ever-changing, and his moves were varied. It appeared as though he could freely use the famous techniques of the six families as if he had practiced them since he was young.
Even An Tianzuo was alarmed.
He knew that this was definitely not an mime ability, but something he had truly cultivated with great effort. He could sense that something was different.
Who is this fellow? An Tianzuo was momentarily unable to gain the upper hand.
An Sheng hadn't reached the Terror grade yet. Although his talent was special and he could vaguely see some shadows—blurry ones. It wasn't much different from not being able to see them. He only roughly knew where they were fighting.
Gritting his teeth, An Sheng avoided the area where they were fighting and rushed towards the altar, hoping to save Ouyang Lan and company.
Bam!
An Sheng wanted to rush up the altar. There was clearly no obstruction, but when he rushed over, it was as though he had slammed into a wall. He bounced back, his face swollen and his nose bleeding.
An Sheng summoned his Companion Beast and transformed it into a dagger that stabbed into the air. There was only a clang, and the hand holding the dagger went numb—the dagger failed to break through.
He tried various methods to break through the invisible barrier, but none of them worked.
Meanwhile, An Tianzuo and Xiao were fighting evenly. Neither of them had the absolute upper hand.
An Tianzuo's figure suddenly froze as he pointed the broadsword at Xiao. Instantly, the entire world seemed to vanish, leaving only the broadsword in the world.
Xiao was wearing a mask. It was unknown what expression he had, but his body stopped moving as he stared intently at An Tianzuo. The purple armor on his body emitted a golden glow as the Light of Terror above his head condensed into a crown.
"Holy Emperor Body?" An Tianzuo recognized what it was and couldn't help but frown slightly.
The Holy Emperor Body originated from the Divine Emperor Holy Temple. It had always been the heritage of the Cape family.
"Your Terror powers are similar to nomological powers. They can destroy all evil, but this power of imperial authority should be your nemesis, right?" Xiao looked down at An Tianzuo like a supreme god emperor.
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Chapter 1201: Inside the Altar
The broadsword that originally occupied the world seemed to become tiny in an instant. Instead, when Xiao's hand slammed down, the sword beam immediately disintegrated in a rapid collapse.
The broadsword in An Tianzuo's hand hummed as though it would snap at any moment.
Under the immense pressure, every step Xiao took made An Tianzuo take a step back. The broadsword's blade began to bend under the pressure.
"In front of the imperial authority, the law is just a toy. Your nomological sword can't defeat imperial authority, so you can't win against me either." Xiao constantly oppressed An Tianzuo while verbally disturbing his will.
An Tianzuo didn't say a word as he drilled his feet into the rocks like nails. He didn't retreat any further as the broadsword in his hand forcefully resisted the power of Xiao's imperial authority. It bent further and further under the pressure. The broadsword seemed to turn into bamboo as it bent to a ninety-degree angle.
"An Tianzuo, you lost because you were too confident and arrogant. If you had both your hands, I might not have been able to clinch victory so easily. Unfortunately, you are too weak with only one hand." As Xiao spoke, the divine imperial authority from his body completely erupted. He threw a punch and the golden light snapped the broadsword, drowning An Tianzuo in a brilliant golden light.
However, at that moment, Xiao's expression suddenly changed drastically. He circulated his Trajectory movement technique and quickly retreated, but it was too late.
Boom!
The glorious golden imperial authority shattered. An Tianzuo instantly appeared in front of Xiao with the snapped sword, stabbing at his heart.
Xiao's trajectory movement technique changed strangely. Just as he thought he could escape the snapped sword's attack, it suddenly flew out from An Tianzuo's hand and penetrated his heart.
The force from the broadsword didn't stop as it slammed into the stone pillar behind him, pinning him to it.
Xiao reached out to pull out the broken sword, but when his fingers touched it, they were immediately repelled by the power of the broken sword as though they had been electrocuted. At the same time, the broken sword was nailed deeper.
"So what if it's imperial authority? In my eyes, there's only right and wrong, nothing else. Ignoring the fact that there aren't any emperors in this era, even if there are, they still have to accept the punishment of the law." As An Tianzuo spoke, he rushed towards the altar to rescue Ouyang Lan and company.
Xiao, who was nailed to the stone pillar, suddenly cackled crazily. He grabbed the broken sword at his chest with both hands and allowed its nomological power to slice through his body, but he remained unperturbed.
His armor and flesh were lacerated by the nomological power, but he managed to pull the broken sword out of his chest.
Clang!
Xiao threw the broken sword to the ground. His almost shattered heart and the wounds on his body were rapidly healing at an unbelievable speed. In the blink of an eye, he had completely recovered.
"Invincible Connate Divine Art?" An Tianzuo frowned as he looked at Xiao. He recognized the power.
Floating in the air, Xiao stopped laughing and said coldly, "Your so-called law is just a product of the strong's circlejerk. Only by being strong enough can you set the law and ignore imperial authority. If you aren't strong enough, talking about the law and sanctions is just a joke. If you, An Tianzuo, say that there are laws, there can be laws. That's because you are strong enough, but what's the difference between that and imperial authority? It's just a difference in name. An Tianzuo, your nomological sword is ultimately a sword of authority. Why are you fooling yourself?"
At their level, battle was no longer a battle of pure technique. It was a battle of faith.
If a person knew that he was in the wrong, he could fight with all his might without any distractions. But even a momentary lapse in concentration could become a fatal flaw.
On the other hand, if one believed that they were in the right, their beliefs unbreakable, they could deliver 120% of their original strength.
An Tianzuo remained unmoved as he extended his hand and beckoned. The broken sword automatically flew back into his palm. An Tianzuo held the broken sword and said, "It doesn't matter. I've never believed in equality for everyone. My methods are for the law, and only for the law."
With that said, An Tianzuo walked towards Xiao step by step. The broken sword in his hand produced the nomological law that constantly condensed on it like a chain. It mended the damaged sword body and made its power stronger.
Xiao held the broken bow. His Terror power was strange and unpredictable. He had used many powers, so it was difficult to tell which power he had.
At the instant An Tianzuo raised his sword, Xiao took a step forward. With this step, the entire world seemed to press down on An Tianzuo. This wasn't the Dugu family's Trajectory movement technique, but the Xia family's Path to Snatching Heaven.
No matter how Xiao's movement technique and strength changed, the broken sword in An Tianzuo's hand remained the same. It didn't have many tricks or various magical abilities, but all opposing might was destroyed by his sword force. No matter how Xiao transformed, he couldn't gain the upper hand.
"Xiao, there's no time for you to continue playing." A voice sounded from the altar as a figure walked out from behind a stone pillar with a flag planted.
The person was dressed very similarly to Xiao. He was also wearing armor and a mask, but his figure was even taller and brawnier. He was nearly three meters tall and no longer looked like a normal human.
An Tianzuo and An Sheng's hearts tightened. What they were most worried about had happened.
The other party had spent so much effort to lure them here. There was no reason for Xiao to be alone.
In fact, it was true. The man walked out from behind the stone pillar and slowly walked to the stone pillar where Ouyang Lan was. He glanced at the nearly unconscious Ouyang Lan who was chained to the stone pillar.
"It's none of your business," Xiao said.
"I don't want to interfere either, but they have to die," the man said as he raised his fist. His fist emitted a sun-like glow as it blasted at Ouyang Lan with scorching power.
"Stop..." An Sheng slammed into the altar with all his might. He wasn't strong enough to break through the altar's barrier as it only resulted in him fracturing his bones. Blood seeped out of his mouth and nose.
Knowing that it was impossible to rush in, An Sheng gritted his teeth as his eyes emitted a demonic glow. It was as though numbers were flowing in his pupils.
Inside the altar, the man's arm seemed to be bound by an invisible rope. He paused slightly and turned to look at An Sheng.
An Sheng bled from his seven orifices as the strange light in his eyes intensified.
"Annoying worm." The man turned his arm and threw a punch at An Sheng.
Boom!
An Sheng didn't have the time to dodge. As his body was drowned by the sun-like punch, a huge crater was blasted open in the ground.
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Chapter 1202: Supreme Yin Cracks Supreme Yang
Translator: CKtalon
The armor on An Sheng's body shattered as his body was severely burned. His flesh was almost charred as he collapsed into the huge crater, smoking. It was difficult to tell if he was dead or alive.
The man turned around and was about to attack Ouyang Lan again when he realized that the force had wrapped around his arm again. He turned his head and saw An Sheng struggling to get up from the ground. His injuries were so serious that it was difficult for him to even stand up, but the demonic glint in his eyes didn't weaken.
"What a disgusting worm. It's as nauseating as a cockroach." The man glanced at An Sheng in disgust. The power of Supreme Yang over his fist became stronger and stronger, and soon, it was so intense that one couldn't look straight at it.
Even outside the altar, one could sense the terrifying heat from his fist. Clearly, the man wasn't interested in wasting time with An Sheng and wanted to finish him off in one strike.
This time, the power of the Supreme Yang over his fist was more than a hundred times stronger than before. It was power at the Terror grade, unlike the casual strike from before.
An evil glint flashed in the man's eyes. He didn't turn his fist towards An Sheng but continued aiming at Ouyang Lan.
If An Sheng gave up now, his fist would blast at Ouyang Lan. If he didn't give up, he wouldn't even have a chance of escaping—he would be killed.
An Sheng had already seen through the man's plan, but he had no other choice. He stood in the crater with great difficulty as the numbers in his eyes constantly streamed, transforming into a strange force that wrapped around the man's arm, preventing him from attacking Ouyang Lan.
An Sheng knew very well that his strength wasn't enough to restrain the man. The reason the man didn't attack Ouyang Lan directly was to deliberately put him in a dilemma and watch him suffer mental torment.
An Sheng wasn't outraged; instead, he felt lucky because his strength wasn't enough to really stop the man and he couldn't rush into the altar. The man's actions allowed him to stall for time.
"Your time is up." Seeing that An Sheng was unmoved, the man lost his interest in continuing the game. The terrifying sun-like punch blasted at An Sheng. The entire world seemed to be drowned by the incandescent punch. Even the air seemed to melt.
An Tianzuo wanted to rush over a few times, but he was held back by Xiao. Unable to help, he shouted at An Sheng, "Ah Sheng, leave!"
"Overseer, I hope that I can still be your adjutant in my next life." An Sheng faced the sun-like punch calmly. He no longer had the chance to leave, nor did he want to.
The terrifying light and heat melted everything. Just as An Sheng's figure was about to be overwhelmed by it, a breeze suddenly blew over.
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When the terrifying flames encountered the breeze, not only did they fail to intensify, but they were instantly extinguished. In an instant, the sun-like punch silently extinguished. Wherever the breeze blew, frost formed on the ground.
A girl who was as graceful as a fairy flew to An Sheng's side on a banana leaf.
When An Sheng saw the girl, he was immediately overjoyed. He turned his head and saw Zhou Wen carrying Ya'er over. "Young Master Wen, you're finally here. What took you so long?"
Upon seeing Zhou Wen, An Tianzuo's expression eased as he stared intently at Xiao.
"It's not bad that I managed to arrive alive." Zhou Wen came in front of the altar and looked at the man on it.
The man sized up Zhou Wen and Banana Fairy and asked coldly, "You are Zhou Wen, right? You came at the right time; you saved me the trouble of making another trip."
"Who are you?" Zhou Wen asked the man.
"Saint... Blaze..." the man answered arrogantly.
"Young Master Wen, they are from the Holy Temple. The disappearance of the expedition team is related to them," An Sheng said.
"Got it. Leave it to me." Zhou Wen summoned some pill essences and threw them to An Sheng before walking towards the altar.
"You sure are confident. Are you just banking on that Terror-grade Supreme Yin Companion Beast? Her strength indeed restrains me. She might be able to stop me for a moment, but unfortunately, you can't even enter the altar. You don't even have the right to stop me," Blaze said coldly as he threw a punch at Ouyang Lan and company. He didn't want any further trouble. He wanted to kill Ouyang Lan and company immediately.
However, before Blaze's fist could land, he suddenly heard a boom. The barrier outside the altar instantly shattered as a sword beam tore through the air.
In his horror, Blaze threw a punch at the sword beam, but his Supreme Yang punch failed to withstand it. The bones in his hand were instantly torn through. If he hadn't ducked to the side, even his body would have been penetrated.
The sword beam passed through Blaze's fist bone and circled around it before flying back to Zhou Wen's side, transforming into a sword that floated beside him.
Zhou Wen had already arrived beside Ouyang Lan. He held the sword transformed from Sword Pill and slashed thrice, severing all the chains that bound her. He reached out to catch Ouyang Lan and fed her a pill essence he summoned.
Ya'er and the antelope stayed by An Sheng's side. When An Sheng saw that Ouyang Lan had been saved, he finally heaved a long sigh of relief.
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Blaze looked at the Sword Pill in Zhou Wen's hand, no longer as arrogant as before.
The Supreme Yang glow over Blaze's body constantly condensed as his entire body emitted light and heat like the sun. At the same time, he said loudly, "Xiao, didn't they say that the only Terror-grades in Luoyang are An Tianzuo and Leng Zongzheng? What's the matter with this fellow?"
"How would I know? I know as much as you do," Xiao said indifferently. "But that's good. It's more interesting this way. Don't tell me you can't even deal with an adopted son of the An family?"
Blaze wasn't in the mood to waste his breath on Xiao. The Supreme Yang glow over his body became stronger and stronger.
"You have the power of Supreme Yang. Are you from the Sun God Temple?" Zhou Wen sized up Blaze and asked.
"Don't compare me to worms like you. I'm a saint of the Sun God Holy Temple," Blaze said coldly.
"In that case, you aren't human?" Zhou Wen sized up Blaze in surprise. As the Guardian aura on Blaze's body was intense, he couldn't be sure if there was anyone inside the armor. However, he had a feeling that Blaze wasn't a pure Guardian.
"Of course not." Blaze constantly gathered his strength, making him look like a nuclear bomb that could explode at any moment.
"Were you the ones who captured Professor Ouyang and the expedition team?" Zhou Wen continued asking.
"Ask him in hell," Blaze said as the power accumulated in his body instantly erupted. The terrifying power of Supreme Yang exploded like a supernova, producing a terrifying blast of light and fire.
Zhou Wen didn't move as Banana Fairy spat out another mouthful of Supreme Yin Wind.
The power of Supreme Yang that Blaze had accumulated for a long time was blown out by the Supreme Yin Wind, as well as the flames over his body. He was swept up by the Supreme Yin Wind, and only stopped when he slammed into the stone pillar.
When he fell to the ground, frost had already formed over his body, almost turning him to an ice sculpture.
Blaze struggled to stand up, but his eyes were filled with horror. He knew that Banana Fairy was a Companion Beast with the Supreme Yin attribute, but he never expected such intensity. She was his nemesis. His Supreme Yang power was completely suppressed and useless.
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Chapter 1203: Different Asuras
Zhou Wen teleported to Blaze's side planning on capturing him alive. After investigating for so long, he finally had clues, so he naturally had to get to the bottom of it.
"Come to hell with me." However, before Zhou Wen could touch Blaze, Blaze's body suddenly bloated up. Light and fire spewed out from his body as he chose to self-destruct without any hesitation.
Damn it! Zhou Wen could teleport away, but there were other people chained in the altar. If Blaze self-destructed here, the others would definitely die.
Instantly, Zhou Wen made a decision. Almost at the same time Blaze's body exploded, he reached out and pressed down on him, transferring his body away.
Boom!
In the distant Asura horde, a terrifying explosion happened. The explosive force exploded like a hydrogen bomb, instantly wiping out countless Asuras.
When Xiao saw this scene, his figure flashed and drew a strange trajectory as he charged towards the exit of the Asura Realm.
An Tianzuo chased after Xiao and held him back. Under An Tianzuo's attacks, Xiao couldn't escape for the time being.
Ouyang Lan woke up after consuming the pill essence. Zhou Wen placed her by An Sheng's side and waved his sword to rescue the other prisoners. Only then did he rush over, planning on helping An Tianzuo take down Xiao.
They could only make headway on the former principal's disappearance through these people. He wanted to know if the former principal was still alive.
Zhou Wen held Sword Pill and joined the battle. His sword art wasn't inferior to An Tianzuo's, but their styles were different. Although they had never fought together, it didn't affect their performance at all. They had good teamwork.
Facing the siege of the two, Xiao was immediately at a disadvantage. He was in imminent danger.
Xiao was a ruthless person. He endured An Tianzuo's full-powered strike and forcefully broke out of the encirclement. However, to his surprise, he didn't rush in the direction of the Asura Realm's exit. Instead, he charged towards An Sheng, Ouyang Lan, and company.
Zhou Wen and An Tianzuo rushed over to stop him when Xiao suddenly did an about-turn and landed on the altar beside him.
The two of them immediately knew that something was amiss. Xiao's target was the altar. He had rushed towards An Sheng and company only to divert their attention.
This person still has such a clear train of thought under such circumstances and has such executional ability. He's really good. Zhou Wen teleported over and continued slashing at Xiao.
Xiao suffered An Tianzuo's strike, but he recovered extremely quickly. Zhou Wen also recognized that it was the Xia family's Invincible Connate Divine Art. He knew that ordinary injuries were useless against him. Zhou Wen even hid Great Brahma's power in this strike.
Xiao didn't dodge. Instead, he raised his chest and allowed it to face Sword Pill. The extremely sharp Sword Pill penetrated his body, causing blood to gush out and drip onto the altar.
Zhou Wen's expression changed slightly as he guessed the reason for Xiao's actions. However, he had no other choice. He brandished Sword Pill, hoping to slice Xiao's body into two.
Xiao's body strangely retreated as Zhou Wen slashed out a foot-long wound in his chest, but he failed to slice him into two.
A large amount of Xiao's blood landed on the altar. After the altar came into contact with the blood, it began spinning like a wheel.
As the altar spun, the stone pillars began to move.
Zhou Wen knew that something bad would definitely happen, so all he wanted was to quickly take down Xiao. The Sword Pill in his hand struck out at ever-increasing speeds.
However, Xiao wasn't bad at movement techniques either. Its Trajectory movement technique wasn't inferior to Zhou Wen's Transcendent Flying Immortal. Its speed was in no way inferior, and he was even faster than Zhou Wen.
Zhou Wen was still at the Mythical stage after all. His stats hadn't reached the Terror grade, so he was definitely at a disadvantage.
As the altar spun, something strange happened. The Asuras, who weren't afraid of death, suddenly retreated like a tide and quickly left the altar.
When all the stone pillars formed a circle, a hole opened in the middle of the altar. Endless demonic aura spewed out from below as though a volcano had erupted.
An Asura rushed out with a demonic aura effusing from him. He looked similar to the ordinary Asuras.
He wore a mask and was half-naked. He wore a feathered dress with a strange bird tattoo on his back. He held an Asura Saber in his hand.
The difference was that this Asura's hair, mask, feather skirt, strange bird tattoo, and Asura Saber were all purple, while ordinary Asuras were black.
A Terror-grade Asura? Just as Zhou Wen was in thought, the Asura slashed at him.
It was unknown what Xiao had done, but despite both of them being on the altar, the Asura ignored him and slashed at Zhou Wen.
This strike was filled with a demonic aura. Be it its Strength stat or ability, it was completely different from Deva Asura.
Zhou Wen brandished his sword to block as the Sword Pill collided with the Asura Saber. A strange thing happened. The Asura Saber was like a phantom as the Sword Pill passed through it while the Asura Saber continued slashing at Zhou Wen.
Without any hesitation, Zhou Wen teleported away from the altar, having no plans on testing the saber with his body.
When Zhou Wen appeared below the altar, the Asura actually chased after him and slashed at his neck like a ghost.
"Let's meet again if fate allows it," Xiao said with a chuckle before flying up. He drew a strange trajectory in the air and headed for the Asura Realm's exit.
An Tianzuo immediately chased after him, hoping to stop him.
Zhou Wen didn't dare chase after him. He might be able to shake off the Asura with teleportation, but if he and An Tianzuo left, An Sheng and company would be in danger if the Asura changed targets.
Zhou Wen could only hope that An Tianzuo could capture Xiao while he fought Asura.
This Asura was very strange. Zhou Wen used teleportation to dodge his attacks and the Sword Pill had stabbed him several times, but it was as though he had stabbed an illusion. The Asura didn't suffer any damage.
Could this be an illusion? Zhou Wen was puzzled. When the Asura slashed over again, he deliberately summoned a Poison Bat to block the Asura Saber.
The Poison Bat was cleaved into two by the Asura Saber. It couldn't be more dead.
Zhou Wen secretly rejoiced that he hadn't experimented using his body of flesh and blood. At the same time, he felt a headache. His attacks were useless against the Asura, so it was equivalent to his adversary being invincible.
From the looks of it, it's a power similar to a Spirit Body. I can only try Great Brahma. Zhou Wen summoned Great Brahma.
The four-faced, eight-armed Great Brahma with a spinning black hole on his back appeared in front of Asura. The Asura didn't know what fear was as it slashed over.
Great Brahma automatically counterattacked and struck Asura's saber. With a clang, Asura's saber was blocked.
Seeing that Great Brahma could block Asura, Zhou Wen heaved a sigh of relief.
However, Great Brahma wouldn't take the initiative to attack. As the Asura slashed down with his saber, Great Brahma blocked with his palm successfully, albeit unable to kill him.
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Chapter 1204: Carving the Ancient Sovereign Sutra Again
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The Asura was blocked by Great Brahma. Zhou Wen looked at the altar and saw that the exit in the middle of the altar had been sealed. The stone pillars had also returned to their original spots. He heaved a sigh of relief when no other dimensional creatures rushed out.
"Sis Lan, are you alright?" Zhou Wen went to Ouyang Lan's side and asked.
"I'm fine." Ouyang Lan felt much better after eating some pills. She said to Zhou Wen, "Little Wen, my father might still be alive."
"You found the former principal?" Zhou Wen's eyes lit up as he asked excitedly.
"We previously saw the undead Chu He in Netherworld City. We used some special abilities to extract some memories from him. Although the memories are incomplete, we still gained something," Ouyang Lan said.
"What did you discover?" Zhou Wen hurriedly asked.
Ouyang Lan pointed at the flag on the stone pillar. "This... Before Chu He was replaced, he had seen this symbol more than once on those fake expedition members."
Zhou Wen didn't know if this had anything to do with the conclusion that the former principal remained alive. This only meant that they came from such an organization.
Ouyang Lan continued, "Now, we have learned that this symbol is related to the Holy Temple. And after those two fellows captured us, they kept asking about my father. It's very likely that they are looking for something. If my father has something they need and they haven't found it, would you kill my father if you were in their shoes?"
"No." Zhou Wen finally understood why Ouyang Lan said that the former principal might still be alive.
In other words, the former principal might be in the Holy Temple? Zhou Wen was somewhat excited. After such a long investigation, he finally knew where the former principal might be.
"Although it's only a possibility, it's better than blindly searching. Unfortunately, entering the Holy Land isn't an easy task," Ouyang Lan said with a sigh.
The Holy Land had a restriction on the level of entry. High-level humans couldn't enter, and low-level humans were useless even if they entered. They would only have their fates toyed inside.
Zhou Wen had entered the Holy Land before, so he naturally knew that the six Holy Temples there looked like guardians of humanity, but in fact, it was an extremely strange place. If someone of a lower level were to investigate this matter, it would be no different from courting death.
"Sis Lan, this isn't a place to talk. Get some rest. We'll return together after I finish off Asura." Zhou Wen got An Sheng to take care of Ouyang Lan and company before walking towards the Asura.
Zhou Wen yearned to chase after Xiao, but with An Tianzuo already chasing after him, he couldn't join in the chase. Otherwise, Xiao might suddenly do an unexpected return, causing even more trouble if he captured Ouyang Lan as a hostage.
Xiao's Trajectory movement technique was too bizarre. Even Zhou Wen wasn't 100% confident that he could intercept him. Among the few Terror-grade creatures on him, only Banana Fairy and Demonic Neonate could match Xiao's speed.
Jade Rabbit and Ice Maiden were slow. It would be impossible for them to stop Xiao if they were released.
And when Zhou Wen fought the Asura, Banana Fairy had to guard Ouyang Lan and company to prevent Xiao from launching a sneak attack. It was difficult for her to simultaneously take on another role.
As for Demonic Neonate, she had always been good at sneak attacks. Direct combat wasn't her forte.
Zhou Wen was good at movement techniques to begin with. He knew how terrifying an enemy like Xiao was. Zhou Wen could kill a Strength-type enemy like Blaze without any qualms.
Killing Xiao wasn't that easy. He was very similar to Zhou Wen in every aspect. He was the type of person that wasn't easily killed.
The power of Asura was extremely bizarre. Among the few Terror form powers Zhou Wen had, only Great Brahma could deal with him.
However, after observing for a while, Zhou Wen had other ideas.
If he used the back-facing side of Great Brahma, it wouldn't be difficult for him to kill the Asura. However, its power was similar to Torch Dragon's Bright Torch Vision World. Once it was used, even if he could kill the enemy, he wouldn't obtain anything.
Since it was too late to rush over, Zhou Wen could only choose to trust An Tianzuo. He would stay behind to kill the Asura and see if he could get something good.
The power of this Asura should be demonic in nature. However, it also exudes a smell of death. Zhou Wen couldn't tell what kind of power it was.
I'll give it a try. I wonder if the power of the Ancient Sovereign Sutra can restrain the Asura's power. Zhou Wen engraved the Ancient Sovereign Sutra on his Wheel of Destiny.
The Mythical Ancient Sovereign Sutra naturally wouldn't be of much use against Terror-grade creatures. Therefore, Zhou Wen wanted to attempt to let the Ancient Sovereign Sutra break through to the Terror grade. Only then could it be effective against the Asura.
As the Ancient Sovereign Sutra was engraved on the Wheel of Destiny, a figure that resembled an Ancient Sovereign appeared.
An Tianzuo wasn't slow, at least not slower than Xiao. However, An Tianzuo had a serious problem. His straight line speed was very fast, but his variability was inferior.
Once he changed directions, his speed would drop drastically.
As for Xiao, it was the opposite. No matter what kind of turns he did, it didn't affect his speed, preventing An Tianzuo from catching up to him.
However, Xiao wasn't able to shake An Tianzuo off. An Tianzuo had a good idea of Xiao's general direction of escape, making it difficult for Xiao to shake him off.
An Tianzuo was ultimately one step ahead of Xiao. He occupied the exit of the Asura Realm and stood there with his broadsword, staring coldly at Xiao.
Xiao naturally understood that he had to rush out before Zhou Wen arrived. He couldn't be entangled with An Tianzuo here, so not only did he not slow down, but he also rushed over even faster.
With his Terror-grade speed and excellent movement techniques, Xiao's movement had long exceeded the limits of human vision.
An Tianzuo didn't move, as though he was an extremely precise instrument. He didn't move at all, but once he did, it would trigger a chain reaction.
In Xiao's eyes, although An Tianzuo was just standing there, his entire aura was like an invisible net. The net seemed to be woven by a fairy without any flaws.
"The law shows no kindness, but so what? I'll use kindness to break it." Xiao's eyes shimmered with a strange glint. He held the bow with the broken string and followed a profound trajectory, instantly arriving in front of An Tianzuo.
An Tianzuo slashed down with the broken sword as though an invisible net had fallen. Countless criss-crossing sword beams sealed off Xiao's path of retreat.
Crack! Crack!
Under the ruthless nomological net, the bow in Xiao's hand and the armor on his body were shattered inch by inch.
Blood spewed out from Xiao's wounds, but he remained undeterred. He charged straight at An Tianzuo like a person covered in blood, as though he wanted to perish together with him.
His eyes were peeled to An Tianzuo as though he was provoking him: "Don't dodge if you have the guts."
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Chapter 1205: Ancient Sovereign Battles Asura
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An Tianzuo had already slashed out with all his might with the broken sword in his left hand, almost shaving a piece off Xiao, but he ultimately failed to kill him.
If An Tianzuo still had both his hands, he could smash the bloody Xiao into meat paste with one palm. Unfortunately, An Tianzuo only had one hand left.
Even so, An Tianzuo had no intention of retreating as he stood there like a mountain and looked into Xiao's blood-stained eyes.
The blood that spewed out of Xiao's body seemed to have a life of its own as it charged towards An Tianzuo. The bloody Xiao was like a blood-colored devil. Its ferocity made one shudder.
An Tianzuo didn't retreat. At the instant Xiao slammed into him, An Tianzuo headbutted Xiao's head.
Bam!
The two unreserved Terror powers collided as Xiao's head exploded. After his bloody body slammed into An Tianzuo, he was sent retreating. Blood splattered everywhere, no longer able to cling on to Xiao's ravaged body.
The machine armor on An Tianzuo's head shattered as his forehead kept bleeding. However, he ultimately guarded the Asura Realm's exit and didn't take a step back.
Seeing Xiao's corpse fall, An Tianzuo's expression suddenly changed. He immediately turned to look at the Asura Realm's exit and saw a drop of blood that had spewed out of Xiao's body falling towards the door.
An Tianzuo drew his sword and slashed, but he was still a step too late. The drop of blood landed on the door like a stone thrown into a lake, causing spatial ripples to appear before it vanished.
...
Li Xuan, Lu Bushun, An Jingyu, and company waited beyond the Bridge of Helplessness.
"Why aren't Overseer and the rest out after so long?" Lu Bushun's fat body paced around without stopping.
"Can you stop pacing around? My head is spinning from watching you," Li Xuan said.
"What has your dizziness got to do with me? That's because your kidney is weak," Lu Bushun retorted.
"Get out of the way!" Just as Li Xuan was about to say something, he suddenly heard a loud shout.
Lu Bushun and company immediately recognized An Tianzuo's voice. All of them stood up warily and looked in the direction of the Bridge of Helplessness.
However, they didn't see anything. There was nothing on the Bridge of Helplessness.
Li Xuan saw An Tianzuo rush out of the Bridge of Helplessness. At the same time, he saw a drop of blood shoot towards Lu Bushun at an unbelievable speed.
Li Xuan didn't have the time to completely turn into his Terror form. All he could do was Terror transform his palm and block Lu Bushun's forehead.
Bam!
The drop of blood penetrated Li Xuan's Terror-form palm like a bullet.
Thankfully, with Li Xuan blocking him, he bought Lu Bushun time. The latter's reaction was fast enough. He did a roll as the drop of blood brushed past his head.
In midair, the drop of blood took Xiao's form. Sucking two officers towards him, each of his hands grabbed one by the head. If he were to exert a little more force, their heads would explode.
"An Tianzuo, take another step and I'll crush their heads," Xiao said calmly.
An Tianzuo stopped. He knew that Xiao wasn't joking. A person like him didn't bluff.
"Overseer, don't worry about us." The two officers struggled with all their might, but they were like chickens. No matter how they struggled, they couldn't escape the butcher's hands.
"An Tianzuo, what do you say?" Xiao narrowed his eyes as he looked at An Tianzuo.
"Let them go and you can leave," An Tianzuo said.
Without a word, Xiao released his hand, but he didn't leave immediately.
The officers surrounded Xiao, but An Tianzuo said indifferently, "Let him go."
"As expected of An Tianzuo. I hope I can truly determine the outcome of the battle with you another time," Xiao said as he reached out and grabbed at the air. A wisp of black gas rushed out from the heads of the two officers he had grabbed and landed in Xiao's palm before disappearing.
"See you again," Xiao said to An Tianzuo. When he turned around, he glanced at Li Xuan before flying away and disappearing in the blink of an eye.
"Overseer, who was he?" Lu Bushun said in shock.
"An enemy, try your best to avoid him the next time you encounter him." An Tianzuo glanced in the direction Xiao had left as though in thought.
An Tianzuo didn't chase after him, knowing that he couldn't catch up no matter how hard he tried.
"Li Xuan, do you know that person?" An Tianzuo finally cast his gaze on Li Xuan.
"He wore a mask, so I didn't recognize him. However, if I knew such a powerful fellow, I would have an impression of him, but I have none," Li Xuan said.
"That's strange," An Tianzuo said after some thought.
Li Xuan knew that An Tianzuo implied that the matter was likely related to him, so he asked, "What's strange?"
An Tianzuo looked at Li Xuan and said, "These people know our An family very well. They should know that our family values Jingyu very much. In that situation, his best choice of hostages should have been Jingyu and you, but he didn't do that. Instead, he chose to distance himself and abducted two officers that even he might not know. This clearly goes against common sense."
Everyone felt that it made sense when they heard that. In that situation, anyone would have targeted An Jingyu, followed by Li Xuan—who was physically closest to An Jingyu.
"Perhaps he knows how powerful I am and saw that An Jingyu was too close to me, so he didn't dare attack him?" Li Xuan also agreed with An Tianzuo's speculation.
"His goal was very clear. It wasn't you from the beginning, but Lu Bushun. You only used your Terror powers after the target was chosen. Your advancement to the Terror grade happened in Netherworld City, so it was impossible for them to know about that, much less avoid you from the beginning. It still doesn't make sense," An Tianzuo said with a shake of his head.
"I'm stumped. I really don't know that person," Li Xuan said as he spread out his hands.
"Yes." An Tianzuo nodded and didn't say anything else as he frowned.
"Overseer, where are Young Master Wen, Adjutant An, and company? Do we need to help them?" Lu Bushun asked.
"There's no need. Just wait here for them to return." An Tianzuo didn't return to the Asura Realm. Firstly, he was afraid that Xiao would return, and secondly, he was confident in Zhou Wen.
...
In the Asura Realm, Zhou Wen's body emitted a glow like a sun god. He had already fused with the Primordial Human Sovereign and was constantly transforming.
With a thought, Zhou Wen landed on the top of Great Brahma's head. When the Asura attacked again, his fist emitted a virile glow as he struck at the Asura.
The Asura's attack was completely blocked by Great Brahma. Zhou Wen took the opportunity to strike with his fist, leaving him no room to dodge.
Zhou Wen's punch struck the chest of the spirit-like Asura body which seemed impervious to any force. A fist-sized hole melted into existence when it was struck by Zhou Wen's punch.
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Chapter 1206: Alive
It works! Zhou Wen was delighted.
Unfortunately, the Asura quickly recovered from the dent produced by the Ancient Sovereign Sutra's power. This left Zhou Wen somewhat vexed.
The power of the Primordial Human Sovereign gave Zhou Wen the ability to heal. No matter how badly he beat his opponent or how serious the damage was, they would ultimately recover.
This was because the usage of the Primordial Human Sovereign's power to beat someone was actually saving them.
Zhou Wen originally imagined that since there were traces of death powers in the Asura's body, the power of Human Sovereign might possess true lethality.
From the looks of it, Zhou Wen was overthinking things.
Could it be that the power of the Ancient Sovereign Sutra really doesn't have any lethality? Zhou Wen had thought of this problem back when he was trapped, but he failed to come up with an answer.
In fact, the Ancient Sovereign Sutra wasn't necessarily without lethality. It was just that Zhou Wen's own insights and advancement direction had made the Ancient Sovereign Sutra lean towards this aspect. This eventually led him to condensing a strange Life Soul like the Primordial Human Sovereign.
Just as Zhou Wen was pondering over it, the Asura lunged forward again. Fortunately, it was blocked by Great Brahma.
Zhou Wen stood on Great Brahma's head. No matter how the Asura attacked, Great Brahma could withstand his attacks. Even if Zhou Wen stood there in a daze, he wouldn't be injured at all.
As Zhou Wen thought about it, he put theory into practice. From time to time, he would throw a punch at Asura. The Ancient Sovereign Sutra's power grew stronger, making Zhou Wen feel as though he was about to turn into light.
However, the power of the Ancient Sovereign Sutra remained the same. It didn't have any true destructive power. The wounds that were inflicted healed in a short while.
Furthermore, the power of the Mythical Ancient Sovereign Sutra couldn't really harm the Asura.
Zhou Wen kept pursuing lethality, but he realized that it was counterproductive. Not only did the Ancient Sovereign Sutra's power undergo Terror transformation, but it also weakened. The marks left on the Wheel of Destiny became shallower and shallower.
Realization dawned on Zhou Wen. He knew that he had been too stubborn. Some things couldn't be forced.
After giving up on forcefully changing the Ancient Sovereign Sutra's characteristics, Zhou Wen restarted his deductions on the Ancient Sovereign Sutra. He engraved all his thoughts and insights into the Wheel of Destiny.
The sovereign forged from blood and fire led humanity to defy the heavens and seek the true meaning of life.
This was Zhou Wen's previous understanding of the Ancient Sovereign Sutra, but being trapped for a hundred years had given him a deeper understanding of life.
Even if Zhou Wen didn't deliberately think about it, he inevitably thought of this problem during his time in imprisonment.
What was life? In the past, Zhou Wen felt that as long as one was alive, it was life. However, after a hundred years of imprisonment, Zhou Wen realized that life wasn't as simple as being alive.
Living happily, living in sorrow, living while traveling the world and taking in the world's scenery—even lying in bed like a vegetable was living.
There were many ways of living. Ten thousand people had ten thousand ways to live, but which way was meaningful?
Different people might have different answers. Such questions might crop up in a person's extreme boredom. Zhou Wen would occasionally have such thoughts and had seriously considered this question, but he hadn't obtained a final answer.
From Zhou Wen's point of view, there was no such thing as a better, more outstanding way to live. Some people were very happy just lying there under the sun, eating peanuts and drinking a bottle of beer. Some people put in all their efforts and only achieved happiness when they obtained higher achievements and status.
In fact, there was no right or wrong. As long as one could make themselves feel happy, they would be living their dream.
Such an understanding didn't allow the Ancient Sovereign Sutra to advance to the Terror grade. Therefore, Zhou Wen knew that he hadn't grasped the core.
What kind of life does the Ancient Sovereign Sutra pursue? Longevity? Zhou Wen thought to himself, but he felt that this wasn't the answer.
Qi Refinement Warriors pursued immortality, but not the Ancient Sovereign. From the beginning, the Ancient Sovereign only wanted survival.
If the conditions for survival are satisfied, what should I do next? Zhou Wen planned on considering the problem from a different angle.
An Sheng and company watched Zhou Wen fight Asura. Although they couldn't see the Terror-form Asura and Great Brahma, they could see the shockwaves produced by their battle.
From their point of view, Zhou Wen floated in the air and spent most of his time thinking. He would occasionally deliver a punch, but even if he stood there motionless, the Terror-grade Asura failed to injure him at all. The terrifying shockwaves shattered everything nearby.
"Madam, Young Master Wen's strength is probably not inferior to Overseer's," an officer who had been rescued said to Ouyang Lan.
"My sons naturally won't be bad," Ouyang Lan said matter-of-factly.
An Sheng also nodded and said, "Young Master Wen is extremely talented. His future achievements will definitely not be limited to this. In the future, with Overseer and Young Master Wen presiding over Luoyang, it will definitely be as stable as a mountain."
The other officers felt something amiss when they heard that.
As the saying went, a mountain couldn't accommodate two tigers. In the past, they felt that any genius was an underling in front of An Tianzuo. There was always a main and a support, so there was naturally no need to worry about the two tigers fighting.
However, the ability Zhou Wen displayed made them worry. What if Overseer can't suppress Zhou Wen? Will Luoyang become a battle between dragons and tigers in the future?
Experiences from the ancients and cruel reality told them that such things were too common. They naturally couldn't help but worry.
However, Ouyang Lan and An Sheng didn't have such concerns. This was because they knew that Zhou Wen's ambition wasn't that small. At the very least, Luoyang wasn't enough.
At that moment, the light on Zhou Wen's body stopped growing stronger. Instead, it gradually dimmed.
The Primordial Human Sovereign was still fusing with him, but the sun-like glow was converging as though Zhou Wen was degenerating from a god to a mortal.
However, Zhou Wen's aura didn't weaken as a result. Instead, it grew stronger.
A thousand people have a thousand ways of survival. With my intelligence, I'm unable to tell which way of survival is the correct one. However, I'm certain of one thing. The form of living I want depends on age. The things done at different ages should be things done at that age. At the age of five, I wanted an ordinary plush toy. That would be my greatest joy, but I failed to obtain it back then. This was because the money my father left me was only enough for my daily meals. If I used the money to buy a toy, I would starve for a week. Therefore, I chose to give up on the toy.
At this point, it's easy for me to buy thousands of toys, but that happiness, that desire back then, can never be retrieved again. Zhou Wen closed his eyes as the past surfaced in his mind like a movie.
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Chapter 1207: Human Sovereign
Every compromise, every concession, every act of tolerance in the past—the reasons that seemed imposing to him in the past—appeared pathetic and laughable when he recalled them.
Life is long, but it doesn't regress. No matter how ridiculous the things you wish to pursue today are, it will only be meaningful if you do it today. If you miss this day, even if there are countless tomorrows in the future, you won't gain the satisfaction you get today... The glow over Zhou Wen had completely vanished. He didn't seem to have the god-like halo of a sovereign, but there was an indescribable aura over him.
Perhaps they might be very humble and laughable, but that's what I only want to do today. I only live in the now, not tomorrow. Zhou Wen's eyes gradually became firm as the Ancient Sovereign in his body produced a strange resonance.
On the Wheel of Destiny, the mark that belonged to the Ancient Sovereign Sutra became more and more resplendent. It nearly illuminated the entire Wheel of Destiny space, but Zhou Wen's body didn't emit any light that could be seen with the naked eye.
Zhou Wen's body didn't vanish. An Sheng and company could still see him, but Zhou Wen knew that the Ancient Sovereign Sutra had completed its Terror transformation.
Some Terror forms were invisible to others. Or rather, some powers weren't something humans could see with their naked eyes.
If Zhou Wen had only understood the Ancient Sovereign's superficialities in the past, he now grasped the Ancient Sovereign's spirit.
The Asura slashed out again. This time, Zhou Wen didn't let Great Brahma stop him. He even unsummoned Great Brahma and allowed the Asura to charge at him.
The bizarre Asura Saber came with a monstrous demonic aura. However, from Zhou Wen's point of view, the Asura wasn't as ferocious and terrifying as before. It could even be said to be fun.
When one's heart had no fear, there would no longer be any fear in the world. Even when facing death, fear was something that only brushed past.
At the instant the Asura Saber slashed in front of Zhou Wen, Zhou Wen finally moved. He extended his bare hand and grabbed the Asura Saber.
The sharp blade sliced into his palm as blood flowed out and stained the blade. The Terror-form Asura Saber lost its Terror powers and gradually appeared in An Sheng and company's eyes.
It wasn't just Asura Saber. The Asura, who was holding the Asura Saber, also slowly regressed from his Terror form, allowing everyone to see him.
After losing his Terror transformation powers, although the Asura was still at the Terror grade, his stats dropped drastically in every aspect—it was no longer as powerful and invincible as before.
Crack!
Zhou Wen's palm snapped the Asura Saber and punched the Asura.
The powerful Asura was sent flying by Zhou Wen's punch. His chest exploded as his body flew out like a cannonball and slammed into the Asura altar. His body shattered into pieces as blood and bones splattered across the ground.
Ouyang Lan and company looked at Zhou Wen in a daze. Although there was no divine light or glorious brilliance, his figure was even more shocking.
The wise man's saying is right: All demons and ghosts are paper tigers that can't withstand a single blow. Zhou Wen sighed and retracted his fist, having the melancholic feeling of loneliness by being at the very top.
However, in the next second, the Asura that Zhou Wen had blasted apart instantly recovered under the power of the Ancient Sovereign Sutra. He condensed his body again without any injuries.
Holy sh*t... Zhou Wen nearly staggered and fell from the sky. After all this time, the power of the Ancient Sovereign Sutra couldn't really injure anyone. He had already forgotten about it.
Seeing the Asura charge over again, Zhou Wen felt so depressed that he wanted to vomit blood.
A certain part of his body emitted heat as Demonic Neonate rushed out. The demonic sword in her arms automatically unsheathed and instantly penetrated the Asura's heart.
In the next second, the demonic aura over the Asura's body was crazily devoured by the demonic sword. In the blink of an eye, it was completely devoured. Only a skill crystal and a stat crystal dropped.
After the demonic sword devoured the Asura, it circled around and returned to the scabbard in Demonic Neonate's arms. Then, Demonic Neonate automatically returned to his body and transformed into a tattoo.
What's going on? That's it? Zhou Wen was still stunned.
He had gone through all the trouble only to have Demonic Neonate kill the Asura with a single strike. This was completely different from his expectations.
"Eh... Young Master Wen, why don't we head back now?" An Sheng ran over and picked up the skill crystal and stat crystal dropped by the Asura before handing them to the stunned Zhou Wen.
"Ahem, alright. Let's head back." Zhou Wen coughed lightly and accepted the skill crystal and stat crystal.
"Sis Lan, how did you pass Netherworld City and the Bridge of Helplessness?" Zhou Wen asked on the way back.
Without suffering all the punishments of Netherworld City, it was impossible for them to reach the Bridge of Helplessness. They wouldn't be able to leave their names on the Three-Lives Stone and retain their memories to enter the six realms of rebirth and existence.
It was understandable that one or two of Ouyang Lan's entourage were special. However, Zhou Wen found it unbelievable that all of them were special.
"We aren't very sure either. After we were forced into Netherworld City by them, we were captured and knocked unconscious. When we woke up, we were already tied to the altar," Ouyang Lan said.
"So entering the Asura Realm wasn't your choice?" Zhou Wen's expression turned solemn.
Xiao and company could even determine which path An Tianzuo would choose, so it was obvious that they knew the An family like the back of their hands. Such an enemy made one shudder.
On the way back, Zhou Wen stole a glance at the Ancient Sovereign Sutra's Terror transformation information on his phone.
Terror transformation: Human Sovereign (S-grade)
It was very simple. Even the word 'primordial' had been dropped. It felt like it was regressing.
Demon God Body, Heaven-Opening Scripture of the Highest Elder, Godfiend Era, Singularity Universe, Great Brahma, Sword Pill, and Human Sovereign. Only the Chaos Egg and Slaughterer haven't undergone Terror transformation. The path to advancing to the Terror grade shouldn't be far for me, Zhou Wen thought to himself.
After walking off the Bridge of Helplessness, he saw An Tianzuo sitting there. An officer was treating his severed arm, but it didn't seem to be effective.
Regeneration of severed limbs wasn't easy for ordinary people, but not for a person like An Tianzuo who had all sorts of officers with him. There were also many who had healing abilities, so it wouldn't be difficult for him to regrow the severed limb.
However, when such power was used on An Tianzuo, it didn't seem to be effective. Although the wound had healed, he couldn't regrow his severed arm.
"Young Master Wen, don't you have a healing ability? Why don't you treat the Overseer?" An Sheng handed the arm he had picked up to Zhou Wen.
"There's no need," An Tianzuo said directly before Zhou Wen could say a word. His tone was firm, without any intention of it just being an act of politeness.
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Chapter 1208: Treatment
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"Little Zuozuo, there's no need to stand on ceremony. We are family," Ouyang Lan said as she took the arm from An Sheng and stuffed it into Zhou Wen's hand. She continued, "Little Wenwen, ignore him. If he's sick, he needs to be treated. Who doesn't let doctors treat them? Please, treat him."
With that said, Ouyang Lan winked at Zhou Wen.
Zhou Wen was momentarily at a loss as to what Ouyang Lan's wink meant.
When the others heard Ouyang Lan call An Tianzuo Little Zuozuo, their expressions changed, but they didn't dare say a word.
"I said there's no need." An Tianzuo got up to leave. He knew Ouyang Lan too well.
However, it was already too late. Ouyang Lan had already pressed down on An Tianzuo's shoulder. An Tianzuo didn't dare to shake her off by force. All he could do was say, "It's just one arm. It's no big deal. There's no need to treat it."
Ouyang Lan ignored An Tianzuo and said to Zhou Wen, "Little Wenwen, I call the shots. Ignore him and quickly treat him. I saw that you were great at treating wounds, so please treat Little Zuozuo."
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When Zhou Wen heard Ouyang Lan's words, he immediately came to a realization. Ouyang Lan was referring to the time he beat up the Asura.
Then does she mean that she wants me to take the opportunity to beat up An Tianzuo? Zhou Wen held the severed arm and looked at An Tianzuo, understanding what Ouyang Lan meant.
Zhou Wen originally believed that even if he wanted to beat An Tianzuo up, he should have done it openly without using such tricks.
However, on second thought, I'm not beating him up; I'm treating him.
With this in mind, Zhou Wen no longer hesitated. He walked in front of An Tianzuo with the severed arm.
"Mom, I'm fine. There's really no need to treat me." An Tianzuo wanted to convince Ouyang Lan, but it was useless.
"Overseer An, bear with it. It does hurt a little during the treatment, but you'll be fine soon," Zhou Wen said as he threw a punch at An Tianzuo's face.
Everyone was stunned. That was An Tianzuo, Overseer An, the War God from Luoyang.
An Tianzuo was stunned. He never expected Zhou Wen to suddenly hit him, so he failed to react.
"Little Zuozuo, this is a treatment. Don't move." When An Tianzuo reacted and tried to stand up, Ouyang Lan pressed down on his shoulder.
Zhou Wen felt every cell in his body crackle with exuberance and ignored everything else. He quickly threw out a punch that rained down on An Tianzuo's face and stump, causing his angular face to cave in.
If looks could kill, Zhou Wen would have died ten thousand times over. If Ouyang Lan hadn't held An Tianzhuo back, he would have long turned hostile.
An Tianzuo could tell that Zhou Wen wasn't treating his injuries. He was clearly abusing the mandate he received for personal revenge.
Bam!
Zhou Wen's final punch struck An Tianzuo's high nose, causing it to collapse.
Seeing that An Tianzuo couldn't hold back, Zhou Wen took two steps back and muttered to himself, "From the looks of it, it's mostly done."
With that said, Zhou Wen shattered the broken arm in his hand and threw it at An Tianzuo. The broken arm automatically connected to the wound that had also been shattered by Zhou Wen.
In a moment, An Tianzuo's severed arm recovered. His face that had caved in from Zhou Wen's strike also returned to its original state. The injuries from his battle with Xiao had completely vanished.
"Little Wenwen's treatment is really excellent. You don't look injured at all. We're family, so there's no need to thank him." Ouyang Lan didn't dare tease An Tianzuo further when she saw his cold expression. She hurriedly released her grip and pulled Zhou Wen away. "The weather today is rather fine, don't you think so, Ah Sheng?"
"Indeed, Madam. The weather is excellent today. Why don't we go back and have a good meal?" An Sheng hurriedly followed Ouyang Lan, not daring to stay behind to face the fuming An Tianzuo.
"Ah Sheng, you are most considerate. Little Zuozuo just doesn't understand me." Ouyang Lan walked as she spoke without stopping.
The group left Netherworld City and rushed back to Luoyang.
The stat crystal left behind by the Asura was a 96 Constitution Crystal. After Zhou Wen absorbed it, his Constitution only reached 81 points without any further breakthroughs.
The other skill crystal was named "Asura's Evil". It was a Terror-grade skill crystal that required 81 Constitution. It also required one to cultivate an Essence Energy Art with a demonic attribute, as well as a demonic Wheel of Destiny.
Zhou Wen thought for a moment and realized that he had never cultivated a demonic Essence Energy Art. After giving it a try, he realized that he couldn't absorb it. All he could do was temporarily put it away.
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Should I open up Netherworld City in-game? Zhou Wen was very interested in the dimensional creatures in the Six Realms. There were many Mythical creatures there, and there were also Terror-grade ones that could be killed. It was an excellent place for farming resources.
However, when he thought of Netherworld City's punishments, Zhou Wen had no choice but to temporarily give up.
Ignoring everything else, it wouldn't be easy to clear the final dream chamber. Zhou Wen didn't have Li Xuan's ability that was similar to an AI brain and datastream powers. Just the thought of being punished in a dream for more than a thousand years made even someone as determined as Zhou Wen shiver.
After returning to Luoyang, the An family began to study the possibility of entering the Holy Land.
At the very least, they had to let a Terror-grade human enter the Holy Land. Otherwise, they would only be sending themselves to their deaths.
"Sis Lan, do you know what they want from the former principal?" Zhou Wen privately asked Ouyang Lan when no one else was around.
Ouyang Lan shook her head slightly. "I don't know either. From what they said, I'm guessing that my father obtained something from Zhuolu."
Zhou Wen whispered, "Could it be the silver-haired Companion Beast in Xiyuan's shop?"
Ouyang Lan was slightly taken aback. "Why would you have such thoughts? Typically, Companion Beasts can't be traded. The chances of them seeking a Companion Beast isn't high."
Zhou Wen thought for a moment and felt that Ouyang Lan was right. The Companion Beast they wanted was probably the strongest Companion Beast on Earth. The silver-haired Companion Beast didn't seem to make the cut.
The thing they are looking for is definitely related to the strongest Companion Beast on Earth, but what is it? What did the former principal take out from Zhuolu? Zhou Wen thought about it but couldn't figure it out.
"Why did you think of that silver-haired Companion Beast?" Ouyang Lan was a shrewd person. Upon hearing Zhou Wen's question, she felt that there was something amiss.
Zhou Wen recounted the matter about the passcode. Ouyang Lan was the former principal's daughter, so she should know the former principal better.
"That actually happened? Are you sure that the passcode was given to you by my father?" Ouyang Lan was very surprised when she heard that.
"I'm not sure." Zhou Wen shook his head. He really couldn't be sure.
"This matter is odd. There's something wrong with that silver-haired Companion Beast. It's right that you didn't rashly open it." Ouyang Lan pondered and was about to say something when she heard hurried footsteps from outside.
"Madam, the Cube has been activated again.." An Sheng's voice sounded from outside.
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Chapter 1209: The Cube Starts Again
"Why would the Cube activate at such a time?" Ouyang Lan and Zhou Wen found it odd.
Ever since Human Sovereign slew Di Tian, there hadn't been any more Battles of the Cube. Due to the existence of Human Sovereign, the dimension didn't dare to randomly activate the Battle of the Cube.
He switched on his phone for the livestream. Indeed, everywhere in the Federation was reporting the restarting of the Cube.
However, the opening of the Cube this time was different from the previous times. There was no ranking. All the Cubes showed the same scene.
It was a red planet, and most of it was covered in hard rock. There were some spots on the planet's surface that were bubbling with boiling magma. The heat made space seem distorted, making it look very strange.
"This is... Venus?" Ouyang Lan looked at it for a while before recognizing the planet on the screen. She looked at An Sheng in puzzlement.
An Sheng hurriedly said, "Yes, Madam. Many astronomers have confirmed that the planet on the Cube is undoubtedly Venus. However, it's still unknown why the Cube is showing Venus."
After a pause, An Sheng pointed at a corner of the Cube's screen and said, "There's a 72-hour count here. We don't know what its use is for now. Everyone is guessing."
"Let's go to a Cube. There's too little we can gather from a phone," Ouyang Lan said to Zhou Wen as she walked. "From Earth, Venus's brightness is second only to the moon. In ancient times, Venus was also known as Changgeng, Taibai, Qiming, Evening Star, and so on. The name Venus comes from the West District. Now that it's suddenly appearing on Cube, I wonder if it's a blessing or a curse."
"Nothing good has ever come from the Cube's appearance, right?" Zhou Wen said helplessly.
Ouyang Lan asked An Sheng again, "Has anyone attempted to use the Cube to enter the rankings?"
"Someone has already tried, but they can't enter the rankings," An Sheng answered.
"Cannot enter the rankings? What are those fellows from the dimension up to?" Ouyang Lan frowned even more.
When Zhou Wen and company rushed to the Cube, An Tianzuo and An Jing were already there. Seeing Zhou Wen follow Ouyang Lan over, An Tianzuo's gaze met Zhou Wen's for less than a second before he immediately turned to the side without looking at him again.
"Little Zhou, we meet again." Qin Wufu was also there as he greeted Zhou Wen with a smile.
"Governor Qin, what's the situation now?" Zhou Wen wasn't willing to ask An Tianzuo, so he asked Qin Wufu.
Qin Wufu explained, "It's been about half an hour since the Cube lit up. The various factions in the Federation are actively probing it, but there's no movement from it. We can't enter the rankings, nor is there a combat arena. There's only the image and countdown of Venus."
"Don't tell me they want to use Venus as a combat arena?" Zhou Wen asked.
Qin Wufu said, "Many people think so. There are large amounts of basalt on the surface of Venus. Furthermore, the surface temperature is extremely high. The amount of carbon dioxide in the air exceeds 97%. There will often be sulfuric acid rain..."
Zhou Wen carefully listened to Qin Wufu's introduction. He didn't know much about Venus. He had heard that the surface temperature of Venus could reach more than 500C. Even at the Mythical stage, it was very difficult to stay on Venus for long.
Furthermore, with current aerospace technology, it wasn't easy to reach Venus. Some teleportation abilities could speed up interstellar traveling.
However, not many people had interstellar teleportation abilities. They were considered rare in the Federation.
Zhou Wen carefully sized up Venus through the Cube. At the same time, he used Great Brahma's power to strengthen his vision, hoping to see something.
After some observation, Zhou Wen's expression gradually turned solemn.
Ouyang Lan noticed that Zhou Wen's expression was odd, so she asked, "Little Wen, did you discover something?"
Everyone looked at Zhou Wen as he pondered for a moment before saying, "There seems to be a shadow slowly surfacing in the magma. However, I can only see a shadow. I can't tell what it is."
Upon hearing Zhou Wen's words, An Tianzuo and company looked at the scene of Venus in the Cube, but they couldn't see anything.
An Sheng's heart stirred as he looked at Zhou Wen and asked, "Young Master Wen, look at the countdown. Could it be the countdown to when the shadow surfaces?"
"It's very likely, but I can't be sure. The distance from the Cube is too far. Furthermore, the magma has blocked my vision. There's too little I can see," Zhou Wen said.
Everyone's mood was somewhat heavy. For the dimension to suddenly activate the Cube and have it hosted on Venus, they were definitely up to no good.
As they couldn't verify any of their hypotheses, they could only wait for time to pass and wait for the shadow Zhou Wen mentioned to appear.
Luoyang City had already entered a state of high alert. The citizens who could be evacuated into the dimensional zones began to move into them. If a terrifying creature appeared on Venus, it wouldn't be difficult for it to reach Earth from that distance.
Just as Zhou Wen was about to leave, he suddenly heard someone shout, "Someone... There's someone on Venus..."
Zhou Wen and company, who were chatting, hurriedly looked at the Cube. The scene was still Venus, but a humanoid creature appeared on the screen. It floated above Venus and stared at the magma as though it was observing something.
After taking a closer look, Zhou Wen was certain that it wasn't a human. Although the figure looked like a human, his entire body was like gold. It wasn't in the form of armor, but his body was like a golden sculpture.
Unfortunately, he couldn't sense his aura through the Cube. He didn't know what kind of creature he belonged to.
As Zhou Wen and company were watching, the unknown creature suddenly plunged into the magma and quickly vanished.
Others only knew that the creature had burrowed into the magma, but Zhou Wen could roughly tell that it was heading for the shadow.
After the golden person entered the magma, it didn't come out again. After waiting for almost an hour, there was still no movement.
After a while, another dragon from Western legends flew over and similarly arrived beside the magma. Like the golden person, it quickly rushed into the magma.
Zhou Wen suddenly felt that the shadow might not be a creature. Instead, it might be some treasure. Although the two fellows that had appeared hadn't undergone Terror transformation, they were most likely at the Terror grade to be able to enter the magma so easily.
No matter how low their intelligence was, it was impossible for a Terror-grade creature to tempt fate, right?
Should I take a look? Zhou Wen was somewhat tempted. His Singularity Universe had interstellar teleportation abilities, so it would be very easy for him to reach Venus.
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Chapter 1210: Successful Birth
Zhou Wen was originally worried that this was the dimension's ploy as a way to lure him over.
However, Zhou Wen quickly dispelled this thought because he saw Tsukuyomi on the Cube's screen.
However, Tsukuyomi arrived at Venus in her Terror form. Ordinary people couldn't see her at all. Zhou Wen nearly exclaimed when he saw Tsukuyomi dressed in white like a goddess of the moon.
However, Tsukuyomi didn't enter the magma. She only looked at it for a while before turning around and disappearing again.
In the next few hours, Zhou Wen saw two strange creatures appear. One was an angel with black wings, while the other was a skeleton creature that resembled the Grim Reaper.
They arrived near Venus's magma, but just like Tsukuyomi, they quickly left.
Not long after, the golden person and dragon that had entered the magma came out one after another before disappearing again.
Zhou Wen was already very curious. He wanted to know what was in Venus's magma that could attract so many powerful creatures. Even the Calamity-grade Tsukuyomi had come.
Although he was extremely curious, Zhou Wen held back and continued gaming at home. Thankfully, he obtained a Demon Blood True Dragon Companion Egg.
Now, Zhou Wen had eight Demon Blood True Dragon Companion Eggs. All that was left was the Wu dragon pearl.
Ding!
Just as Zhou Wen was grinding the Pill Furnace Mountain dungeon, he suddenly heard a notification on his phone. Then, a message popped up.
'Light Concealment Sword and Night Immaculate Sword have had a successful birth. Obtained a Companion Egg.'
Zhou Wen was slightly taken aback before he realized that thirty-six days had passed without him realizing it. Light Concealment Sword and Night Immaculate Sword had really produced a Companion Egg.
He hurriedly opened the Birth interface and indeed, he discovered a Companion Egg. The Companion Egg was somewhat different from the Light Concealment Sword and the Night Immaculate Sword. It wasn't completely transparent, nor was it in vapor form like the Night Immaculate Sword. Instead, it was like a shadow, only a shadow without any form.
Could this be the Shadow Concealment Sword? Zhou Wen was puzzled as he opened the Companion Egg's information. It was indeed the Shadow Concealment Sword.
Shadow Concealment Sword: Mythical
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The stats of the Shadow Concealment Sword were very similar to the Light Concealment Sword and Night Immaculate Sword. Its skills and Life Providence were somewhat different, but it was also a very good Mythical Companion Beast. Its abilities weren't inferior to Light Concealment and Night Immaculate.
However, Zhou Wen was somewhat disappointed. If the Birth ability could only give birth to Companion Eggs of the same grade, the birth of Mythical Companion Eggs wouldn't be of much help to him.
Zhou Wen was originally looking forward to it. Even if the function couldn't produce a Terror-grade Companion Egg, it wouldn't be bad if it could produce an evolvable Companion Egg. However, it was just an ordinary Mythical Companion Egg.
A Mythical sword was indeed of little use to Zhou Wen with the Terror-grade Asura Saber.
He suddenly recalled that he could try out and see the effects a fusion of the three swords would have.
Zhou Wen had been looking forward to obtaining the nine Demon Blood True Dragon Companion Beasts because he wanted to fuse them, but he didn't know if there would be any special effects after fusing them.
Light Concealment, Shadow Concealment, and Night Immaculate were said to be a set of swords. Furthermore, Light Concealment and Night Immaculate had an extremely high compatibility when matched to each other. Perhaps he could give it a try.
After incubating the Shadow Concealment Sword, he launched the synthesis interface and placed Light Concealment, Shadow Concealment, and Night Immaculate together. After the three swords were in place, a beam of light flashed on the synthesis column. The synthesis compatibility reached 99%. Furthermore, the three swords were glowing as though they were covered in a layer of divine light.
However, other than that, there was nothing special. There were no special hints.
Zhou Wen thought for a moment and pressed the fusion button.
In the next second, the three swords glowed brightly and instantly occupied the entire screen, preventing him from seeing anything.
After a while, the light converged. However, after the light vanished, Zhou Wen looked again and realized that a Companion Beast wasn't the product.
In the fusion interface, a Companion Egg appeared. There were words under the fusion and a percentage indicator. It was only at 1%.
Zhou Wen waited for more than ten minutes, but the percentage was still 1%. It didn't move. He didn't know how long the fusion would take.
After about an hour, it finally jumped to 2%. Zhou Wen estimated that it would take four days to reach 100%. He had no choice but to ignore it and continue grinding Pill Furnace Mountain.
His luck today was pretty good. Zhou Wen had actually obtained another Resurrection Pill Essence. Although its effects were inferior to the Dragon Tiger Elixir, it was still a good healing item. Even if his heart shattered, he could be revived with one pill.
Of course, he couldn't really die. At the very least, it would only be effective if he ate it on his last breath.
After that, Zhou Wen's luck seemed to run out. He farmed many Mythical creatures, but nothing dropped.
Zhou Wen had already figured out the respawn pattern of the Terror-grade creatures he had killed. They could respawn in a week, but the drop rate of Companion Eggs wasn't high, so he didn't gain anything.
As time passed, the shadow in the magma became more and more obvious. Zhou Wen was no longer the only one who could see it—many people in the Federation could see the shadow.
There were also impressive people who managed to deduce that the shadow was likely a building.
Furthermore, it was certain that the shadow would appear when the countdown was up.
Now, people were guessing that the building in the magma was likely the arena for the Battle of the Cube. When the building appeared, it would be the true beginning of the battle.
However, some people believed that the building wasn't a combat arena. It was very likely a dimensional zone—a dimensional zone on Venus.
There were also all sorts of random guesses. Zhou Wen also read some of them, but he didn't really find them plausible.
Tai Sui has eaten all kinds of good stuff. Why isn't there any reaction? Zhou Wen realized that most of the Dragon King Gu in the calabash had been eaten by Tai Sui. Only a segment about four meters long was left of its huge body. It wouldn't be able to last much longer.
He was somewhat conflicted about Tai Sui's advancement. Tai Sui was too infamous. If it advanced to the Terror grade and brought disaster to Zhou Wen, it wouldn't be worth it.
After grinding all the dimensional zones he could with no harvest to speak of, all he could do was wait for the respawn time and study the shadow on Venus.
It had been two days since Venus appeared on the Cube. There were less than twenty-four hours left on the countdown. When Zhou Wen went to the Cube to take a look, he could see the true appearance of the shadow despite it not having surfaced.
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Chapter 1211: Done
Translator: CKtalon
Beneath the magma, one could see a metal palace. It was completely bronze and mixed with the magma, making it difficult to see it at its core.
Zhou Wen carefully observed it for a while before roughly figuring out that the metal palace looked like a hemisphere. However, this was only the upper half. He couldn't see the lower half, nor did he know how big it was.
The front of the hemispherical building appeared more than a thousand meters in diameter. There were latitude-like grooves along its parallels. At the topmost parallel, a platform could be seen. It was also circular and about twenty to thirty meters in diameter. It looked like an entrance, but it was sealed. There were no gaps, buttons, or handles.
Zhou Wen looked at it for a while, unsure what the building was.
When his gaze accidentally swept across a corner of the hemisphere, Zhou Wen's eyes suddenly lit up. In the grid divided by the longitude and latitude meridians and parallels, there was a tiny palm symbol engraved at the bottom periphery. In the palm was a golden circle symbol. It looked like Venus.
There's actually a tiny palm symbol! Zhou Wen was pleasantly surprised.
He held his phone up at the Cube's screen to see if he could snap it, but he realized that it was useless. Even if he really stood on Venus, it was too far away. He had to dive into the magma and take a close-up shot.
Zhou Wen hadn't originally planned on taking the risk on Venus, but when he saw the tiny palm symbol, he knew that the metal building was definitely not a combat arena, but a dimensional zone.
Furthermore, the creatures that had appeared previously had safely come out after entering. Zhou Wen felt that it wasn't too dangerous, so he planned on making a trip and snapping the tiny palm symbol.
However, before that, Zhou Wen needed to be fully prepared.
After the antelope returned, it slept on the sofa all day. Zhou Wen used to think that it was lazy, but now, he knew that it was heavily injured and was recuperating.
Without a Calamity-grade protecting him, Zhou Wen didn't dare take Ya'er on adventures. He made her stay with the An family so that they could take care of her.
Although Zhou Wen's relationship with An Tianzuo was terrible, he had to admit that An Tianzuo's care for Ya'er was even more meticulous than his own.
He took Jade Rabbit and Ice Maiden with him, but Zhou Wen felt that Ice Maiden wasn't of much use. That place was too hot, so Ice Maiden's strength would be greatly weakened. Her combat strength would definitely plummet.
Deva Asura, Banana Fairy, and Demonic Neonate should be of considerable use. There was also the Seven Seas Dragon King. It was unknown if the fellow's mucus was susceptible to high temperatures.
He put on the Invisibility Cloak, put on the earrings, and had Doctor Darkness possess him.
Although Doctor Darkness was only at the Mythical stage, his Light of Penetration and Darkness Right Hand were still very useful.
After making sufficient preparations, Zhou Wen used Singularity Universe's ability and chose Venus as his teleportation target. He instantly arrived above Venus.
Singularity Universe allowed for distant teleportation, but it wasn't precise enough. When Zhou Wen appeared on Venus, he didn't land near the magma.
He was in a huge mountain range. The mountain was even taller than the Himalayas.
After gathering his bearings, Zhou Wen was about to head for the magma when he suddenly realized that there was a faint sound coming from the rift valley at the foot of the mountain.
What's there? Zhou Wen was alarmed as he hurriedly activated the Invisibility Cloak's complete invisibility ability before carefully listening to the commotion in the rift valley.
After using Truth Listener to listen for a while, he realized that there weren't any creatures in the rift valley. What made the sound was a fake flower.
The reason it was called a fake flower was that it had three red leaves. Above those were white petals. Its entire body was metal, looking nothing like a living plant at all. It looked like a work of art.
However, after listening carefully for a while, Zhou Wen realized that the metal flower wasn't an artwork, but a living plant. Its roots were embedded in the rocks, and it seemed to survive rather well in the high temperatures and air that was filled with carbon dioxide. As the heat flowed, the leaves rustled slightly and emitted a strange sound.
The sound Zhou Wen had heard was from the leaf.
A metal flower? Zhou Wen was especially sensitive to flowers and didn't dare head straight into the rift.
With a flash, he summoned a Golden Battle God Halberd and sent it flying into the rift valley.
It wasn't that Zhou Wen didn't wish to use ordinary Companion Beasts to probe. The temperature of Venus was just too high. Typical Companion Beasts would probably be killed by the high temperature before reaching the rift valley.
The Golden Battle God Halberd flew down the mountain and into the rift valley. Not long after it entered, the Golden Battle God Halberd suddenly disintegrated before it could approach the metal flower.
It was somewhat similar to the shattering of tempered glass. The Golden Battle God Halberd immediately disintegrated into countless fragments. The fragments were much smaller than tempered glass shards—only the size of sesame seeds.
Before the fragments fell to the bottom of the valley, they vanished. The Golden Battle God Halberd's name also vanished from Zhou Wen's Companion Beast list.
Zhou Wen felt his heart ache, but at the same time, he was somewhat puzzled. He only knew that the metal flower's power had disintegrated the Golden Battle God Halberd. As for what kind of power it was, he couldn't tell.
After some thought, Zhou Wen dispelled his plans to continue exploring. After determining where he was, he teleported towards the magma abyss.
Clown Mask's teleportation ability was already very powerful. His teleportation distance was much further than before, so it didn't take him long to arrive in the vicinity of the magma abyss.
Zhou Wen didn't walk over directly because it was within the confines of the Cube's field-of-view. Even if he went in his Terror form, ordinary people might not be able to see him, but he could still be seen by Terror-grade experts.
Therefore, after Zhou Wen determined the distance, he teleported into the magma to prevent himself from being discovered.
The moment he entered the magma, he experienced the terrifying temperature. Thankfully, he had already fused with the Terror-form Human Sovereign. Although Human Sovereign could only heal others and not himself, just the increase in strength produced by the fusion was enough to withstand the high temperature.
Not daring to stay for too long, Zhou Wen continued teleporting inside the magma and quickly arrived in front of the metal building.
Just as he had seen on the screen, there was a huge metal hemisphere at the front. However, in front of it, it looked even more spectacular, making him feel tiny.
What was even more terrifying was that the temperature emitted by the metal building was even more terrifying than the temperature of magma.
Even with Zhou Wen's Terror-grade power protecting him, he still felt a burning sensation.
Thankfully, Zhou Wen didn't plan on searching the metal building. He found the tiny palm symbol and forcefully dispersed the surrounding magma. He took out his phone and snapped a picture of it.
Zhou Wen heaved a sigh of relief when the long-awaited download screen appeared.. He put away his phone and let it download slowly.
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Chapter 1212: New Mythical Serum
He didn't dare stay for too long. Since a Calamity-grade creature like Tsukuyomi had appeared, there might be other Calamity-grade existences.
It would be a tragedy if he encountered a Calamity-grade who wanted his life.
Using Singularity Universe, Zhou Wen returned to Earth. The coordinates of his destination were similarly inaccurate, so he didn't return to Luoyang.
This is... Holy City? Zhou Wen carefully observed his surroundings and realized that he was standing in an alley. People were coming and going on the streets.
He used Truth Listener to scan the area and realized that this was Holy City.
Back then, Wang Mingyuan had used the power of the six Holy Temples to break through the barrier between Earth and the dimension and forced his way into the dimension. At the same time, he nearly destroyed the Holy Land.
This was Holy City, but it was different from the tragic scene back then. Holy City had been rebuilt—although it was slightly smaller than before, it could be considered a medium-sized human city.
However, Holy City's defensive barrier hadn't been repaired. It had lost its greatest defense and could only rely on human experts to protect it.
According to what Zhou Wen knew, the federal government led by Hui Haifeng had its headquarters in the Holy Land. Hui Haifeng had chosen this place himself. As for why he didn't use the former president's office, the reason wasn't something Zhou Wen was privy to.
He took out his phone and took a look. It was still downloading, and it didn't look like it would be done quickly.
Since I'm already here, it won't be a bad idea to visit Hui Haifeng. Zhou Wen used Truth Listener to identify the buildings in Holy City and easily found the building for the president's office.
However, Zhou Wen used Truth Listener to scan the interior of the building, hoping to find Hui Haifeng. He teleported over and realized that Truth Listener's power couldn't infiltrate the building.
The ring-shaped building was screened by an unknown force. Truth Listener was completely unable to probe the interior.
Interesting. I wonder if it was made by Hui Haifeng or an expert from the Federation. Zhou Wen couldn't find Hui Haifeng, so after some thought, he gave up on the idea of looking for him.
"What are you doing here?" Just as Zhou Wen was about to teleport away from Holy City, a boy with a backpack walked over. He looked to be about five or six years old. He wore a pair of wide black-framed glasses that covered most of his face.
At that moment, the boy was looking at him in puzzlement, his eyes constantly sizing him up.
"I'm passing by," Zhou Wen answered.
"Passing by?" The boy looked back at the alley before returning his gaze to Zhou Wen's face. His expression seemed to say: Are you an idiot?
Zhou Wen took a careful look and realized that the alley was a dead end. Furthermore, there was only one house in the entire alley, and there was only one door. Zhou Wen's excuse of passing by seemed a little forced.
Zhou Wen didn't mind the details and said with a smile, "I took the wrong path. I'll leave now."
"Wait," the boy said as he placed his backpack on the ground. After opening it, he took out something and threw it at Zhou Wen. "Consider yourself lucky. Take this."
Zhou Wen caught it and saw that it was a palm-sized crystal bottle with a golden liquid inside.
"What's this? Why are you giving it to me?" Zhou Wen looked at the golden liquid in the tiny bottle before looking at the boy in puzzlement.
From the looks of it, the boy didn't seem to be deliberately plotting against him. Ignoring the fact that he wasn't suitable for such matters at his age, even if someone really wanted to scheme against Zhou Wen, no one knew that he had come to Holy City. It would be impossible for them to plot a scheme against him in advance.
"I forgot that ordinary people like you have never seen exclusive Mythical Serums before." The boy revealed a look of enlightenment before saying to Zhou Wen, "It's fine if you don't know what it is. This is Mythical Serum. It's very high-level and is somewhat different from the ones circulating on the market. Children above the age of three can use it. The effects aren't as intense as ordinary Mythical Serums. It won't completely fuse with the consumer from the beginning. There will be a long process. This reduces the burden on your body. The effects of the fusion will be better and it will be more suitable for your body. However, you are a little too old. Even if you use it, the chances of you advancing to the Mythical stage are very slim. I suggest you give it to any children of yours. It's best if they are between three and six years old. Of course, you can use it yourself. It will still be beneficial."
With that said, the boy packed his bag and picked it up again before turning to leave.
"Wait." Zhou Wen found the boy odd. He didn't know whose child it was.
"Is there something else you don't understand?" The boy turned around and asked Zhou Wen without any signs of impatience.
"Why are you giving me this Mythical Serum?" Zhou Wen asked as he pointed at the tiny bottle.
The boy didn't answer him and only asked, "Don't you want it?"
"No." Zhou Wen shook his head.
The boy nudged his glasses with his finger and looked at Zhou Wen in puzzlement. "According to what I know, ordinary Mythical Serum is difficult to find. Many people are fighting to buy a bottle. Such a new Mythical Serum is priceless. Do you really not want it?"
As the boy spoke, he seemed to come to a realization. He looked at Zhou Wen and said, "You don't have to doubt it. This Mythical Serum is genuine. It's from the Hui family. Look at the mark at the bottom of the bottle. No one will dare forge the mark of the Hui family in Holy City."
"Your surname is Hui?" Zhou Wen asked the boy.
"This has nothing to do with you. If you don't want it, you can return the Mythical Serum to me," the boy said.
From his expression, Zhou Wen had zero doubts that the boy's surname was Hui. However, he didn't know what relationship he had with Hui Haifeng.
"I believe this is a Mythical Serum and I want it. However, I didn't put in any effort. I can't take something from others for nothing. If there's anything you need me to do, we can make a deal. This way, it won't be me getting it for nothing." Zhou Wen knew that there had to be a reason for the boy's odd actions. If he really had something to do with Hui Haifeng, Zhou Wen couldn't just ignore him.
The boy nodded as though he felt that Zhou Wen's words made sense. However, he lowered his head and thought for a moment before muttering to himself, "But I don't have anything I need you to do."
"Anything is fine. If you have any difficulties, you can tell me," Zhou Wen said.
The boy shook his head. "If it's something I find difficult, it's even more impossible for you to complete."
Why isn't this fellow cute at all? He doesn't sound like a child his age. Zhou Wen was somewhat exasperated.
The boy thought for a moment and said again, "How about this? You can't do something if it's too difficult. Lead the way. I'm going to Fireworks Lane to find a woman."
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Chapter 1213: Fireworks Lane
Fireworks Lane? Find a woman? Zhou Wen looked at the boy with an odd expression before using Truth Listener to scan Holy City. Soon, he found Fireworks Lane.
However, after figuring out where Fireworks Lane was, Zhou Wen's expression turned even odder.
He originally believed that the name of the place was just something prone to misunderstanding. It was likely a normal place where the boy was looking for his family and friends.
However, Zhou Wen realized that Fireworks Lane was really as he first imagined. It was filled with colorful neon lights and strange men coming and going. Other than that were a bunch of strange women.
"Don't tell me you don't even know where Fireworks Lane is? I heard from Ah Quan that all men in Holy City know where it is," the boy said with a frown.
"I know, but who are you looking for at a place like that?" Zhou Wen asked.
"That's my business. Just lead the way. Take me to the place and the Mythical Serum will be yours." The boy clearly didn't wish to say too much to a stranger.
"Alright." Zhou Wen didn't ask further. He wanted to go with him to see what he was up to.
"What's your name? I have to know how to address you, right?" Zhou Wen asked the boy.
"Hui Wan." The boy hesitated for a moment before giving his name.
"Did I catch it right? Hui Wan[1]? Is that your name?" Zhou Wen looked at the boy with an odd expression.
"Let's go now. I don't have much time. In two hours, I have to return for piano lessons. There's also the violin, zither, and erhu after that..." The boy raised his wrist and looked at his watch.
"Why are you learning all that?" Zhou Wen was even more curious. In this era, he had heard of people forcing their children to cultivate in Essence Energy Arts. He had never heard of anyone letting their children practice so many musical instruments.
"Why do you have so many questions? If you aren't going, I'll go by myself." As Hui Wan spoke, he walked towards the lane.
"Let's go now," Zhou Wen said as he walked. "Fireworks Lane is very long. Do you have the exact address?"
Hui Wan shook his head. "No."
"Then do you know the name of the woman you are looking for?" Zhou Wen asked again.
"I only know that others call her Ah Cai," Hui Wan said after some thought.
"It's much easier with a name. We can ask around when we get there. Why are you looking for Ah Cai?" Zhou Wen continued probing.
However, Hui Wan didn't answer him this time. He just walked by himself.
Seeing Hui Wan ignore him, Zhou Wen stopped asking. Since he already knew that he was going to find Ah Cai, he could just follow him and not let anything happen to him.
This was the central area of Holy City, and Fireworks Lane was in a relatively remote area. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that it was a slum.
To save time, Zhou Wen summoned an inconspicuous Companion Beast mount and took Hui Wan over.
To his surprise, Hui Wan didn't sit on Zhou Wen's Companion Beast. He took out a blanket from his backpack which had a Companion Beast sealed using some unknown method.
Although the Companion Beast didn't belong to Hui Wan, he could control the blanket to fly with a few buttons on the blanket. As a five-year-old child, Hui Wan could easily steer it.
"What's this?" Zhou Wen looked curiously at Hui Wan's flying carpet.
"This is a Pet Flying Carpet that our family recently developed. It hasn't been mass-produced yet, and is not sold on the market. If you want it, you have to wait at least three months. However, there will only be some trial products then. It won't be sold on a large scale," Hui Wan explained.
The Hui family sure knows how to rile things up. This thing is interesting. Zhou Wen sized up the flying carpet and roughly knew how it was done.
Although the method wasn't difficult, the person who could do it was undoubtedly a genius.
Soon, the two of them arrived at Fireworks Lane. The combination of the adult and child, together with the flying carpet, was very eye-catching.
Many ladies standing at the entrance were looking at them. The bolder ladies even wanted to get their business.
Hui Wan wasn't shy at all. He didn't look like a five-year-old child at all.
"Little friend, you're so cute. Wanna come to my shop to play?" A woman came over to tease Hui Wan.
"Hello, Sister. I'm looking for Ah Cai. Do you know where she is?" Hui Wan asked.
The woman who had reached out to pinch Hui Wan's cheek suddenly had a drastic change in expression. As though she had been electrocuted, she retracted her hand and turned to leave. She even whispered, "I don't know... I don't know..."
"Sister, do you know where Ah Cai is?" Hui Wan asked as he went shop to shop to ask while sitting on the flying carpet.
However, anyone who was asked by him, be it men or women, seemed to be bitten by a scorpion. They turned around and left. Some shops even pulled down their shutters as though they were the plague.
Interesting! Zhou Wen originally wanted to ensure that Hui Wan could return safely, but now, he realized that this matter was much more interesting than he had imagined.
No matter if it was the women or the guests who entered the pubs, as long as Hui Wan asked about Ah Cai, all of them wanted to escape immediately.
Even Zhou Wen was somewhat interested in Ah Cai, considering how her name had such magical power.
As the two of them walked, the originally lively Fireworks Lane suddenly turned bleak and empty. Almost all the bars and clubs closed.
The reason why it was 'almost' was that one pub remained open.
The signboard of the pub was still lit and the door wasn't closed. Zhou Wen saw that the signboard said "Non-Alcoholic Pub."
Hui Wan was still a child after all. Although he was a little odd, he was only bent on finding Ah Cai.
Seeing that the Non-Alcoholic Pub was still open, he decided to go in and ask if the person inside knew where Ah Cai was.
However, before Hui Wan could enter, someone drew the curtains open and came out.
It was a middle-aged man. His face was fierce and he looked a little ferocious.
"Go back. The one you're looking for isn't here," the middle-aged man said.
"Do you know where Ah Cai is?" Although Hui Wan was young, he was very smart. He could immediately tell that there was something odd with the middle-aged man's words.
The middle-aged man ignored Hui Wan and said to Zhou Wen, "It's still not too late to leave now. I'm afraid it will be too late if you wait any longer."
He believed that Zhou Wen had been sent by Hui Wan's family to protect him, but he was mistaken.
"I'm afraid it's too late." As Zhou Wen spoke, he turned his head and saw that on both sides of the street, a large number of people had appeared with weapons. They filled up both ends of the street.
They didn't say a word as they surrounded Zhou Wen and Hui Wan. It looked like they wanted to trap them here.
"Come in." The middle-aged man frowned slightly and moved aside to open the door.
[1] A homophone to playboy.
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Chapter 1214: Faceless Buddha
Translator: CKtalon
Before Hui Wan could say anything, Zhou Wen had already pulled him in.
Although he didn't think much of these people, he couldn't just massacre them in Hui Haifeng's territory.
After entering the Non-Alcoholic Pub, Zhou Wen realized that it was empty. Apart from a male bartender and a waitress, he didn't see a single customer.
"Little kid, what would you like to drink?" A girl in a bunny costume walked over and bent down to ask Hui Wan with a smile.
"I'm not drinking anything. I'm here to find Ah Cai. Is she here?" Hui Wan said.
"Give him a cup of warm milk," the bartender said.
The bunny girl responded tersely and quickly placed a cup of hot milk in front of Hui Wan. "Little kid, try it. It's delicious."
"What would you like to drink?" the bunny girl asked Zhou Wen.
"What's there?" Zhou Wen asked.
"Hot milk, iced milk, and yogurt," the bunny girl answered.
"Isn't this a pub?" Zhou Wen looked at the bunny girl in puzzlement. Why was everything milk-based? Was this a pub or a milk shop?
"Is this your first time in Fireworks Lane?" the bunny girl asked.
"It's my first time here." Zhou Wen nodded.
"No wonder. Didn't you see that our shop's name is Non-Alcoholic Pub? In other words, we don't sell alcohol. We only sell milk products here," explained the bunny girl.
Selling milk at Fireworks Lane... Zhou Wen's expression was odd. This was the first time he had heard of such a shop. Furthermore, it did business in a place like Fireworks Lane. It would be odd if business was good. It was no wonder it was so empty.
"Then give me a cup of warm milk." Zhou Wen had no choice but to order a cup of warm milk.
The moment the bunny girl brought the milk over, the people outside had already blocked the entrance of the Non-Alcoholic Pub.
"Hand him over." Zhou Wen heard someone shouting outside.
However, it wasn't random shouting. Only the leader spoke.
"Hand who over?" the middle-aged man standing at the door said coldly.
"Old Demon, stop pretending. Do you think we are blind?" When the leader said that, the crowd behind him was immediately enraged. Instantly, shouts reverberated across the sky as the huge crowd seemed eager to rush in.
"Is it convenient for us to be here?" Zhou Wen asked the bartender. He could naturally tell that the bartender was the head of the Non-Alcoholic Pub. Perhaps he was the boss here.
"Since you've ordered milk, you are my customers. No one can bully my customers here," the bartender said calmly.
"But something doesn't seem right outside." Zhou Wen heard the commotion outside.
The bartender glanced at the door and said loudly, "Old Demon, let them in."
With the bartender saying that, the clamoring outside immediately quietened down.
After a while, Old Demon led the leader in. However, he was the only one who entered. Even though there were many people outside, they only stood outside obediently. No one dared to enter.
"Brother Milk." The leader saw the bartender and squeezed out a smile.
"Brother Jin, they are just two insensible children. They don't have any ill intentions. Don't make things difficult for them," said Brother Milk.
"Brother Milk, aren't you mocking me? Just call me Old Jin. Since you've already said the word, I won't say anything. I can choose not to capture them. However, Brother Milk, don't make things difficult for us. We can't let them stay in Fireworks Lane any longer," said Old Jin.
Before Brother Milk could say anything, Hui Wan said directly, "Why can't I stay in Fireworks Lane? I want to find Ah Cai. I won't leave without finding her."
"Brother Milk, as you can see, it's not that we don't aren't cutting you some slack and want to make things ugly, but we really can't answer our boss when we return," Old Jin said with a bitter expression.
"Sorry to trouble you. Give me some time," Brother Milk said as he looked at Zhou Wen. "Shouldn't you take him back?"
"It's none of my business if he wants to come or leave," Zhou Wen said with a shrug. He didn't mind watching the matter escalate. It was getting more and more interesting.
Brother Milk was taken aback when he heard that. Old Jin read the situation well. Seeing what was happening, he got up and said, "How about this, Brother Milk? I'll wait for you outside. I reckon my boss won't be able to make it here in half an hour. I really can't guarantee anything after that. You know my boss's temper."
"Sorry to trouble you, Old Jin," said Brother Milk.
"Brother Milk, there's no need for that! I'm just doing my part." As Old Jin spoke, he left the Non-Alcoholic Pub. However, he didn't retreat. He let his men wait outside.
"Are you really not leaving?" Brother Milk asked Zhou Wen.
"You have to ask him." Zhou Wen pointed at Hui Wan.
"I'm not leaving. I won't go back unless I find Ah Cai," Hui Wan said firmly.
"Aren't you from the Hui family?" Brother Milk asked Zhou Wen.
"No."
Brother Milk said, "It doesn't matter if you're from the Hui family. Since you brought him here, you have the obligation to take him back safely. Leave now. You heard what Old Jin said. In half an hour, if that person really comes, I'm afraid you won't have a chance to leave."
"He's just looking for someone. Is there a need to go that far? This child is from the Hui family after all," Zhou Wen said.
Old Demon said coldly, "It looks like you are a greenhorn who doesn't know anything. It's because he's from the Hui family that it's dangerous. Why would the Hui family let a person like you bring a child out?"
"I was just about to ask; what's going on?" Zhou Wen was also extremely curious.
Hui Haifeng was now the federal President, and Holy City was now the Hui family's territory. It was too strange for him to say that it was dangerous because Hui Wan was from the Hui family.
"You really don't know anything? That old saying is right. The ignorant are fearless." The bunny girl smiled and roughly explained the situation.
Zhou Wen's jaw nearly dropped when he heard the story. He never expected such a thing.
Someone had actually gone to the Hui family to snatch a woman. Furthermore, the Hui family didn't dare demand her return. The woman who had been taken away was the Ah Cai that Hui Wan had mentioned. The person who snatched her was the boss of Fireworks Lane. No one knew his real name, but they knew that he had a nickname—Faceless Buddha.
"Is it possible for a person to go to the president's residence to take a woman away without the president having the guts to demand her return?" Zhou Wen felt like he was listening to a fantasy.
"It's not a possibility, but a fact. Don't underestimate Fireworks Lane. This is Holy City's underground market. There are countless good things flowing here from all over the Federation every day. The number of transactions is unimaginable for you. If the president is the ruler of Holy City's day, then Faceless Buddha is the king of Holy City's night." Old Demon snorted coldly. "Old Jin and company gave you a chance to leave Fireworks Lane on account of Brother Milk. If you don't leave now, when that Faceless Buddha comes, even the heavens won't be able to save you.. Even if Hui Haifeng comes personally, he might not be able to take the two of you back."
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Chapter 1215: Super Genius
Zhou Wen still found it unbelievable. He dares to fight the entire Federation with his strength alone, and in such a blatant manner?
Old Demon said coldly, "Hui Haifeng only represents the federal government. Now, there's not only the federal government on Earth, but there are also the League of Guardians, the Holy Spirit Association, the overseas faction, and others. And these factions need a place to exchange resources. And that's the underground market at Fireworks Lane. Here, as long as you have money, you can exchange for anything you want. Even the six families need resources that they don't have. There aren't many people who can balance the relationships between the various factions and complete this matter. Do you think the Hui family can touch such a person?"
With Old Demon giving this explanation, Zhou Wen understood that the Faceless Buddha in Fireworks Lane didn't only represent himself. It also represented the interests of the League of Guardians, the Holy Spirit Association, overseas, and even the Federation itself.
Ignoring the fact that the federation president didn't control the entire federal government, even if he could fully control the federal government, he still needed to consider carefully if he wanted to touch Fireworks Lane and Faceless Buddha.
However, Zhou Wen still found it ridiculous for Faceless Buddha to abduct a woman from the Hui family. There had to be another reason.
"Who's that Ah Cai? Why would Faceless Buddha abduct her?" Zhou Wen asked.
"I'm afraid only Faceless Buddha knows why. Perhaps you can ask the Hui family. However, Faceless Buddha once ordered that no one from the Hui family is allowed to enter Fireworks Lane. He's a man of action. Previously, there were people from the six families who refused to believe his claim and were killed in Fireworks Lane." Old Demon glanced at Hui Wan. Clearly, the Hui family member he was referring to was Hui Wan.
"Faceless Buddha is a big baddie. He snatched Ah Cai away," Hui Wan said through gritted teeth.
"I don't know if Faceless Buddha is a big baddie, but ever since he came to Fireworks Lane, this place, which was at the bottom of society and suffered bullying, is no longer having women like us suffer random bullying. No one dares to wantonly kill for fun," the bunny girl said seriously.
Zhou Wen couldn't help but fall silent when he heard that. He had previously heard of it and knew that what the bunny girl said was very pragmatic.
As the Earth's anomalies became more and more intense, and the environment became worse, many women who didn't have the ability to protect themselves or even obtain food had to engage in special work.
However, those who could come to such a place to enjoy themselves were people with power or money. Furthermore, the mental pressure was too great. Under the circumstances where the laws were weak, it was very common for women to be bullied. They weren't paid for their service and might even be beaten or killed.
It wasn't just Holy City. Many human cities had the same problem.
"In that case, Faceless Buddha is not a bad person," Zhou Wen said.
"He's not human. He's the Buddha of Fireworks Lane, the god here," the bunny girl corrected him seriously.
"From the looks of it, it's time for us to leave." Zhou Wen didn't wish to be embroiled in such a complicated matter. All he wanted was to take Hui Wan back safely.
"I'm not going back until I see Ah Cai." Hui Wan was very insistent. However, he wasn't like ordinary children who did things purely out of spite. He had his own independent thoughts.
"I want to see Faceless Buddha and ask him what's needed for him to release Ah Cai. As long as he's willing to release Ah Cai, I'm willing to pay any price. He can take anything within the confines of my abilities—money or the research products of our Hui family," Hui Wan continued.
"Then how great is the range of your abilities? How much say do you have?" Old Demon asked Hui Wan with contempt.
He didn't believe that a five-year-old child could have many resources at his disposal. Even if his surname was Hui—even if he was Hui Haifeng's son—he would at most have some pocket money that ordinary children couldn't have.
If such money could settle Faceless Buddha, Ah Cai wouldn't have been forced to leave the Hui family.
It looked like Hui Wan had come prepared. He opened his bag and took out some documents.
"These are the shares of the dimensional zones that I have in Holy City. There are also some shares of the dimensional zones in the North and South District that I bought from the six families. As long as the six families don't collapse, the profits should be very stable. There's also my company here. I own 73% of the shares..." Hui Wan gave a general introduction.
Everyone was dumbfounded when they heard that. Even Brother Milk's expression changed when he looked at Hui Wan. He picked up some documents and looked at them before saying with a strange expression, "These are all genuine."
Old Demon also picked up one of the documents and took a look. He immediately shouted, "Is the Great Fun Group yours?"
Hui Wan nodded. "Strictly speaking, it belongs to me after I acquired it half a year ago."
Zhou Wen was somewhat surprised when he heard that. He had recently heard of the name "Great Fun Group." Its main business was a project that combined Companion Beasts and technology. For example, the construction of some Companion Beast power stations was the business of the Great Fun Group. The An family and the Great Fun Group had business partnerships, so it could be said that it was a large corporation that covered the Federation.
"You're still so young. Is your family at ease handing such a huge corporation to you?" the bunny girl said to Hui Wan in disbelief.
However, Hui Wan corrected her seriously. "No, it's not from my family. I bought it myself."
"Doesn't the money you used to acquire it come from your family?" Old Demon said.
"No, my money was obtained by selling my inventions and investments. Apart from the experimental equipment and materials that my mother gave me in the beginning, I didn't take a single cent from my family for nothing," Hui Wan said.
"What inventions do you have?" Old Demon asked.
"A recent invention that has been pushed to the market. It's called a Companion Egg backpack. You should have heard of it, right?" Hui Wan said.
"You invented the Companion Egg backpack?" The bunny girl and Old Demon widened their eyes as they looked at Hui Wan as though they were looking at a monster.
They really couldn't believe that the thing had been invented by such a young child.
"If you don't believe me, you can take a look at the contract I signed with the six families. The Companion Egg backpacks made by the six families have all purchased my technology." Hui Wan took out some documents from the thick stack of documents for them to see.
After Old Demon and company read it, they couldn't treat Hui Wan as a child when they looked at him again.
"As long as Faceless Buddha is willing, I can use all of this to exchange for Ah Cai," Hui Wan said.
"Although you are very sincere, there are some things that can't be resolved with money. It's best you leave quickly," said Brother Milk.
Zhou Wen naturally knew that if money could resolve the problem, Faceless Buddha wouldn't have abducted Ah Cai from the Hui family.
"Why? The combined value of these can buy half of Holy City. Can't it satisfy Faceless Buddha?" Hui Wan clearly didn't understand.
He might be a super genius in some aspects, but in most aspects, he was still a child.
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Chapter 1216: Faceless Buddha
Translator: CKtalon
"Not enough." Brother Milk didn't explain much. He only said two simple words.
"How much more is needed?" Hui Wan asked seriously.
"A hundred times more." Brother Milk gave a number only because he wanted Hui Wan to return. He didn't believe that Hui Wan could really do it, at least not in a short period of time.
"Alright, I'll earn more money. When I return, I can exchange it for Ah Cai." Hui Wan was only a child after all, so he took Brother Milk's words seriously.
"Alright, I'll send you out." Brother Milk sent Zhou Wen and Hui Wan out.
When Old Jin saw Brother Milk take them out, he couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief. He didn't wish to clash with Brother Milk.
"Everyone, they are just children. Can you not make things difficult for them and give them a way out?" Brother Milk said as he looked at the crowd.
"Since you said so, it must be a misunderstanding," Old Jin hurriedly added.
Most people took Brother Milk's prestige into consideration and automatically made way.
Zhou Wen thanked Brother Milk and company. Just as he was about to leave with Hui Wan, he suddenly heard the strange sounds of hooves.
With the sound of hooves, everyone's expression changed. Even the color in Brother Milk's face drained.
Zhou Wen immediately realized what had happened. He turned his head and looked in the direction of the sound of hooves. He saw a person slowly walking over on a two-headed dragon.
The two-headed dragon's body was pitch-black, as though it was carved from black gemstones. Every scale emitted a dark light, as though it was an abyss in a mirror.
The person sitting on the double-headed dragon's back was extremely majestic. He was nearly three meters tall and looked like a giant. However, although he was majestic, he didn't appear clumsy. His body was in a muscular, streamlined shape, making him exude explosive strength.
Compared to the tight black armor, he looked even more domineering and mysterious.
No one could see the face underneath the faceless mask. Upon seeing the mask, Zhou Wen roughly guessed who he was.
Actually, there was no need to guess. The reaction of the people in Fireworks Lane was enough to explain everything. The person who had arrived was likely Faceless Buddha—a godlike existence in Fireworks Lane.
Wherever Faceless Buddha passed, everyone automatically retreated to the sides of the street. They pressed their palms together and bowed their heads as though they were praying to Buddha. No one dared to look up at Faceless Buddha.
Old Jin's face was pale. When he saw Faceless Buddha approach from afar, he immediately knelt down and said, "Your Excellency, I saw that they were only children and thought it was a prank, so I wanted to spare them..."
Even Brother Milk, who was rather respected, was less carefree in front of Faceless Buddha. He said with a heavy expression, "Your Excellency, this matter has nothing to do with Old Jin and company. I forced Old Jin to release them. The two of them are only children. You won't hold anything against two children, right?"
"Didn't I say that the Hui family isn't allowed to enter Fireworks Lane?" Faceless Buddha said indifferently.
"Yes," Brother Milk answered bitterly.
"Are they from the Hui family?" Faceless Buddha asked again.
Brother Milk opened his mouth, not knowing how to answer.
"I'm from the Hui family. My name is Hui Wan. I came independently. It has nothing to do with them," Hui Wan said as he came in front of the horse. He took out the various contracts in his backpack and introduced the value of the items.
"As long as you release Ah Cai, these will all be yours. If you think it's not enough, you can name a price. It doesn't matter if it's ten times or a hundred times more; I'll give it to you as soon as possible." Hui Wan's tiny body stood in front of the majestic double-headed dragon, showing zero fear.
"Even if it's a thousand or ten thousand times, it won't be enough to exchange for Ah Cai," Faceless Buddha said indifferently.
Hui Wan froze. Although he was good at earning money, it would still be too difficult to earn a thousand or ten thousand times more. Furthermore, even if he could amass that fortune, the other party wasn't willing to exchange Ah Cai for it. This made him feel unprecedented helplessness.
Only then did Hui Wan look like an ordinary child. He looked at Zhou Wen, at a loss, his eyes filled with helplessness and unease.
The two-headed dragon continued walking forward and was about to touch Hui Wan. Brother Milk thought that Faceless Buddha was really going to attack Hui Wan, so he hurriedly pulled Hui Wan away. However, he didn't dare attack Faceless Buddha. He pleaded, "Your Excellency, he's only a child. Even if his surname is Hui, what the Hui family has done has nothing to do with him. Please spare him."
Only Brother Milk had the guts to speak. The others, like Old Jin and Old Demon, didn't even dare breathe. The pressure Faceless Buddha gave was too terrifying. This person seemed to be born with a terrifying pressure.
Despite Brother Milk's pleas, the two-headed dragon didn't stop. However, Faceless Buddha didn't attack Hui Wan either. The two-headed dragon walked past them and arrived in front of Zhou Wen.
"When did your surname become Hui?" Faceless Buddha looked at Zhou Wen and asked out of the blue. It left Brother Milk, Old Demon, and company taken aback.
"When did my surname become Hui? Don't you know my surname?" Zhou Wen said with a smile. He had already recognized the person the moment Faceless Buddha appeared.
"When did you arrive?" Faceless Buddha asked again.
"I just arrived today," Zhou Wen answered.
"When are you leaving?" Faceless Buddha asked again.
"I originally planned on leaving now, but since you are here, I have to let you bleed a little. I'll leave after having a feast," Zhou Wen said with a smile.
"Come on up." Faceless Buddha turned the two-headed dragon around, clearly letting Zhou Wen sit on it.
This action made everyone in Fireworks Lane widen their eyes. Although Faceless Buddha was the king of Fireworks Lane, he had always been a loner. He never took anyone with him. No one had ever been to his residence, much less ride with him.
"I brought this child here. I have the responsibility to take him back safely. Can I bring him with me?" Zhou Wen knew that this person wasn't someone who would attack a child.
"Whatever. It's up to you." Faceless Buddha's answer left everyone gaping in surprise.
Old Demon, Old Jin, and company stole glances at Zhou Wen. They had never heard of anyone who could make Faceless Buddha make such a concession.
Back when the Cape family beat up a woman in Fireworks Lane, Faceless Buddha broke all their limbs and ordered that the Cape family was not to enter Fireworks Lane for three months.
However, a young man from the Cape family ignored him and came to Fireworks Lane. In the end, he was mercilessly killed by Faceless Buddha. The Cape family failed to do anything to him.
Now, because of Zhou Wen's words, not only did Faceless Buddha let Hui Wan go, but he was also willing to let Hui Wan, a member of the Hui family, go to his house. This was unbelievable.
Hui Wan also looked at Zhou Wen in a daze as he stood there motionless. It was unknown what he was thinking.
Zhou Wen grabbed Hui Wan and got onto the two-headed dragon's back.. Under the gazes of everyone in Fireworks Lane, the two-headed dragon carried them and vanished deep into the long street.
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Chapter 1217: Reunion
Translator: CKtalon
In an ordinary-looking yard, there were many plants—all kinds of grass and flowers. Most of them were edible vegetables.
These weren't plant-type dimensional creatures, but the most ordinary plants on Earth.
"Do you still have to wear a mask at home?" Zhou Wen said to Faceless Buddha who was sitting on the stone bench in the yard.
"I just don't want to scare others," Faceless Buddha said as he took off his mask, revealing a face that wasn't ugly, but was extremely ferocious. Just a look from him was enough to make one shiver.
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"Ah!" When Hui Wan saw that face, he immediately retreated in fright as though he had seen a ferocious serial killer.
The person known as the Faceless Buddha was none other than Zhou Wen's classmate, Gu Dian. In the past, Gu Dian had also been a member of the Xuanwen Club. Zhou Wen never expected him to become the famous Faceless Buddha of Fireworks Lane.
"Why did you come here to become Faceless Buddha?" Zhou Wen ignored the terrified Hui Wan and asked Gu Dian.
"To survive." Gu Dian said it very casually as though it was something extremely normal. However, Zhou Wen could sense the pain and helplessness contained within.
"Ah Cai!" Just as Zhou Wen was about to say something, Hui Wan shouted excitedly.
Zhou Wen turned his head and saw Hui Wan excitedly rushing towards a beautiful girl in a cloak. Zhou Wen finally saw the legendary Ah Cai.
She was a delicate and gentle woman who looked to be less than twenty years old. She had a sweet smile that warmed a person's heart.
"Ah Cai, you don't have to be afraid. I'll protect you." Hui Wan mustered his courage and stood in front of Ah Cai. He glanced at Gu Dian and his legs went limp again, but he didn't retreat. He remained very firm.
"Little Wan, no one will hurt me," Ah Cai said gently as she stroked Hui Wan's head.
"Didn't he force you here?" Hui Wan wanted to point at Gu Dian, but when he saw him, he didn't dare do so.
"No, I came here willingly with him. Although he looks very fierce, he's very nice and gentle," Ah Cai said.
"You don't have to be afraid. I... Zhou Wen and I will protect you." Hui Wan didn't believe her. No matter how he looked at Gu Dian, he didn't seem like a very nice and gentle person.
"Take him out to play," Gu Dian said to Ah Cai.
Ah Cai responded and took Hui Wan out of the yard.
Only then did Gu Dian say to Zhou Wen, "Is it a coincidence that you came here, or are you here specifically for me?"
"A coincidence. After I returned to school, I asked around for your whereabouts, but no one knew where you were. What happened? Why did you become Faceless Buddha?" Zhou Wen opened the Heaven-Opening Scripture of the Highest Elder and Great Brahma. One blocked any possible nomological forces, while the other prevented anyone nearby from eavesdropping on their conversation.
Gu Dian said, "Many factions need a place where they can conduct transactions. And the person presiding over this place has to be unrelated to any party. At the same time, he has to be trusted by many parties."
"It shouldn't be difficult to find such a person," Zhou Wen said.
"It's not difficult to find such a person, but there aren't many people who aren't human," Gu Dian said expressionlessly.
Zhou Wen couldn't help but fall silent. Half of Gu Dian's bloodline wasn't human. Although Zhou Wen and the members of the Xuanwen Club didn't mind, he would still be categorized as an anomaly among the human race.
However, Gu Dian didn't seem to mind this as he continued, "Most importantly, the dimension also needs a non-human person like me to work for them. That's why I became Faceless Buddha of Fireworks Lane."
"Dimension?" Zhou Wen's body trembled.
If Gu Dian were to surrender to the dimension, how would he deal with him when Zhou Wen fought the dimension in the future?
"There's something here. Take a look. Destroy it after you're done. If there's nothing else, don't come again." Gu Dian took out a package and handed it to Zhou Wen.
"What is it?" Zhou Wen asked.
"See for yourself when you return." With that said, Gu Dian got up and walked out of the yard.
Seeing that he was determined to see him off, Zhou Wen had no choice but to put away the package and get up to walk out of the yard with Gu Dian.
"Ah Cai, you really don't have to be afraid. I'll definitely save you." Hui Wan still didn't believe that Ah Cai had stayed here willingly.
Ah Cai still wanted to explain, but Gu Dian grabbed Hui Wan's head and pulled him in front of him.
"Come on, I'm not afraid of you. I'm saving Ah Cai." Hui Wan punched and kicked in the air, but his tiny arms and legs couldn't touch Gu Dian.
"Come again when you have the ability to save her." Gu Dian casually threw Hui Wan to the ground. Hui Wan's buttocks nearly split open as he cried out in pain.
Then, Gu Dian took Ah Cai back to the yard and closed the door. Hui Wan gritted his teeth and got up, but he didn't chase after them again. He also didn't clamor to save Ah Cai.
"Let's go back." Zhou Wen left Fireworks Lane with Hui Wan. This time, Hui Wan didn't insist on staying.
When they passed by Fireworks Lane, everyone consciously made way for them.
Not long after leaving, Hui Wan suddenly asked Zhou Wen seriously, "Faceless Buddha is very polite to you. You must be very powerful, right?"
"So-so. It's passable," Zhou Wen said with a shrug.
"Who's stronger between you and Faceless Buddha?" Hui Wan asked again.
"We've never competed, so I don't know. Why are you asking?" Zhou Wen looked at Hui Wan in surprise.
"I want to defeat Faceless Buddha. No one in the Hui family is stronger than him. I want you to teach me. Tell me whatever conditions you have; I'll meet them as long as I can." Hui Wan's expression was very serious.
"I don't lack money," Zhou Wen said with a smile.
Hui Wan immediately panicked and hurriedly said, "Do you have any Companion Beasts or Mythical Serums you want? I can think of a way to help you obtain them."
"Can you obtain such a Companion Beast? If you can, I'll teach you." Zhou Wen summoned Banana Fairy.
Hui Wan watched as Banana Fairy's beautiful figure gradually vanished in front of him. He couldn't help but widen his eyes. A humanoid Terror-grade Companion Beast?
"How is that? Do you still want to learn from me?" Zhou Wen said with a smile.
Hui Wan lowered his head, but he quickly looked up and said with a serious expression, "I can work for you. I'm still very young. I can't obtain such a Companion Beast now, but I'll definitely be able to obtain it in ten or twenty years. In those ten years... No... twenty years... I can work for you..."
Seeing Zhou Wen's expression remain unchanged, Hui Wan continued guiltily, "What about... 30 years..."
"Would you be willing to work for me your entire life?" Zhou Wen asked Hui Wan with a smile.
Hui Wan's body trembled, but his gaze quickly turned firm. He looked at Zhou Wen and said, "If you can promise to help me defeat Faceless Buddha, I will work for you for the rest of my life."
Zhou Wen looked at Hui Wan in surprise and asked, "Is Ah Cai that important to you?"
"It's not just for Ah Cai. I can't let my family be harmed like Ah Cai. I want to have the power to protect them.. Just having money isn't enough," Hui Wan said.
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Chapter 1218: Imparting the Qi Refinement Art
Translator: CKtalon
"I can teach you, but to what extent you can learn depends on your talent and hard work. It's not guaranteed that you can defeat Faceless Buddha," Zhou Wen said.
"I understand. In that case, are you willing to teach me?" Hui Wan said happily.
"I can teach you, but I don't need you to work for me forever. I just need you to help me do three things," Zhou Wen said.
"What are they?" Hui Wan hurriedly asked.
"I haven't thought of them yet. I'll tell you when I think of them." Zhou Wen didn't plan on getting Hui Wan to help him. He had only made a passing remark.
To his surprise, Hui Wan was very serious. "I'll do anything it takes, as long as it's moral and doesn't harm my family or friends. Even if I have to give up everything, I will definitely do the three things you want."
"That's good." Zhou Wen nodded.
"When are you going to teach me?" Hui Wan pressed anxiously.
"What do you want to learn?" Zhou Wen asked.
This question stumped Hui Wan. Although his knowledge far exceeded his peers, he didn't know what he should learn to defeat Faceless Buddha.
"Of course I want to learn what you're best at. I want to have the strength to defeat Faceless Buddha." Hui Wan thought for a moment and said, "Does the Essence Energy Art you cultivate require a special physique? I don't have a special physique, but I can use the Mythical Serum to change my physique."
"Let me take a look," Zhou Wen said as he grabbed Hui Wan's hand and injected his Essence Energy into his body.
Zhou Wen used the Demon God Body. He didn't need to transform into Hui Wan's appearance. All he needed to do was understand his body.
Moments later, Zhou Wen dispelled his Demon God Body and said to Hui Wan, "Your body really doesn't have any special physiques. I can give you two choices. Both of these Essence Energy Arts suit you. The first choice is to cultivate the Qi Refinement Art. This Essence Energy Art is very difficult to cultivate. Not only do you need massive amounts of resources, but you also need perceptivity and hard work. If you cultivate it well, you can become a first-rate expert or a top expert in the future. If you don't cultivate it well, as long as you have large amounts of resources, you can barely become a third-rate expert. Everything depends on your effort and hard work. There's also another one called the Ancient Sovereign Sutra. This Essence Energy Art requires fewer resources than the Qi Refinement Art, but it has extremely high requirements for one's talent and perceptivity. If you can succeed, you might soar to the sky. If you can't, you won't even be considered a third-rate expert. It will be difficult for you to achieve anything in this lifetime. Which one do you choose?"
Hui Wan thought for a while and quickly made a choice. "Qi Refinement Art."
"Why did you choose the Qi Refinement Art?" Zhou Wen was somewhat surprised. Typically, geniuses who were confident in themselves would choose the latter.
Hui Wan answered, "Talent is something that can't be controlled. I don't like things that can't be controlled, so I want to cultivate an Essence Energy Art that's within my control."
"Alright, I'll teach you the Qi Refinement Art." Upon hearing Hui Wan's words, Zhou Wen began to like this child. He indeed had the mind and qualities that were rare in ordinary children.
Although his cultivation talent might not be top-notch, as long as he could maintain such a mindset and with the Hui family's immense capital, constantly cultivating the Essence Energy Arts would lead to a certain level of achievements in the future.
Zhou Wen immediately taught the Qi Refinement Art to Hui Wan. Hui Wan was really smart. His memory was excellent—his photographic memory was just a basic trait of his.
"Can the Qi Refinement Art really make me an expert who can defeat Faceless Buddha?" After Hui Wan memorized the Qi Refinement Art that Zhou Wen had imparted to him, he couldn't help but have some doubts.
It wasn't that Hui Wan was doubting Zhou Wen. He only wanted him to demonstrate the might of the Qi Refinement Art so that he could have some confidence.
"I've said it before. Whether you can defeat Faceless Buddha depends on your effort and hard work. The more effort you put in, the greater your future achievements will be. The more likely it is to defeat Faceless Buddha." Zhou Wen had no intention of demonstrating its prowess.
"Then can you use the Qi Refinement Art to defeat Faceless Buddha?" Hui Wan asked again.
"I don't know," Zhou Wen answered.
Hui Wan was slightly disappointed, but not knowing was better than definitely not being able to defeat him.
As the two of them spoke, they had already walked out of Fireworks Lane. Not long after they walked out, they were surrounded by a group of soldiers. One of them was a well-dressed man with glasses. He walked in front of Zhou Wen and stared at him. "Who are you? Why did you take Young Master to Fireworks Lane?"
"Secretary Liu, this is the coach I hired. Arrange for him to stay in my yard," Hui Wan said.
When Secretary Liu heard Hui Wan's words, he couldn't help but frown slightly. "Young Master, you already have many coaches. If you still want to learn something new, I can hire the best experts in the Federation for you. You can't casually bring someone of unknown origins into the residence. This is against the rules. Otherwise, we won't be able to answer to the president."
"I'll explain this matter to my father myself," Hui Wan said as he pulled Zhou Wen's hand and walked forward. He knew that Liu Yujin was a very strict person. He maintained a suspicious attitude towards everything. In his eyes, anyone was either a criminal or a suspect.
It wasn't only Zhou Wen; even if the family heads of the six families came, Liu Yujin would treat them as suspects. As far as Hui Wan could remember, he had never seen any changes in Liu Yujin's ice-cold face.
Secretary Liu called for an officer and whispered a few words into his ear. Then, he led his men and followed. Instead of calling it protection, it was more like a tight surveillance.
"May I know how to address you?" Secretary Liu walked beside Zhou Wen and asked.
Liu Yujin didn't underestimate Zhou Wen because of his young age, but he was familiar with the young geniuses from all over the Federation.
He compared Zhou Wen's appearance to similar-aged experts of the Federation and even overseas and realized that he was momentarily unsure of Zhou Wen's identity.
It was no wonder Liu Yujin didn't know Zhou Wen. Liu Yujin knew Zhou Wen's name and had even seen his old photo. However, the photos he had seen were of An Jing's impersonation of Zhou Wen. There was already a difference in their temperaments. Furthermore, in the past five years of impersonating Zhou Wen, An Jing had been guarding Chess Mountain and had chosen to keep a low profile. Therefore, Zhou Wen's name had been silent for too long.
"Zhou Wen," Zhou Wen answered.
Liu Yujin was slightly taken aback when he heard that. After carefully sizing up Zhou Wen, he frowned and said, "You are Zhou Wen from Luoyang?"
He was very confident in his memory. Although he had only seen the Zhou Wen in the photo and the Zhou Wen in the photo was somewhat similar to the Zhou Wen in front of him, he still felt that they weren't the same person.
"I attended school in Luoyang and stayed for quite some time," Zhou Wen answered.
"Are you and Overseer An family?" Liu Yujin asked again.
"No, not really.." Zhou Wen's answer left Liu Yujin slightly taken aback as he sized up Zhou Wen again in surprise.
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Chapter 1219: I'm Not Good At Movement Techniques
Under Liu Yujin's "escort," Zhou Wen arrived in front of a mansion again. However, Hui Wan had taken the side door previously; this time, they were taking the main entrance.
This was the Hui family's private residence, not Hui Haifeng's office.
However, the area it covered was still rather sizable. After passing through the entrance, the first thing he saw was a large empty space. It was like a field with many soldiers training.
Zhou Wen glanced at the soldiers who were practicing and realized that they were practicing a movement technique that looked familiar.
Isn't this Hui Haifeng's Double True movement technique? Zhou Wen quickly recalled.
Seeing Zhou Wen watch the soldiers practice their movement techniques, Hui Wan said proudly, "Zhou Wen, what do you think of the movement technique?"
"It's average," Zhou Wen said casually.
Zhou Wen had partial responsibility for naming the Double True movement technique. Hui Haifeng also said that half of the movement technique was Zhou Wen's. He was embarrassed to praise the potency of the movement technique as it would be akin to praising himself.
Furthermore, this movement technique was only considered average to Zhou Wen.
Hui Wan originally wanted to say that this movement technique was created by his father, but when he heard Zhou Wen say that, the latter half of the sentence was stuck in his throat as his face flushed red.
Liu Yujin couldn't accept what he was hearing. He said coldly, "The Double True movement technique originated from the Hui family, but it's used by many families in the Federation's four districts. It's a compulsory movement technique for the military. It has been verified by countless soldiers in numerous battles. Even an army as strong as Luoyang's Sunset Army practices the Double True movement technique on a large scale. Sir, you said that this movement technique is average. I believe you possess a better movement technique than the Double True movement technique?"
Hui Wan also looked at Zhou Wen. Although he believed that Zhou Wen was very strong, his father was also his pride.
"I'm not good at movement techniques." Zhou Wen didn't wish to argue with them, nor was there a need to. Doing so would be no different from having his left hand fight his right.
It was to Zhou Wen's surprise that the Double True movement technique was widely used in the military.
He had to admit that Hui Haifeng was a genius. Unfortunately, he had spent most of his energy on research and later became president. Otherwise, with his talent, his cultivation level would have been top-notch.
Seeing Zhou Wen admit defeat, Liu Yujin didn't say anything else.
Hui Wan was somewhat disappointed. He had mixed feelings. Although he didn't wish for his father's reputation to be damaged, he also hoped that Zhou Wen would be as strong as possible. As long as that was the case, the value of what he learned from Zhou Wen would be higher.
With Zhou Wen admitting that his movement technique was lacking, Hui Wan naturally wasn't happy.
"Young Master, His Excellency will be back soon. You and Mr. Zhou can wait in the living room for the time being." Liu Yujin stopped Hui Wan from taking Zhou Wen to the backyard.
Hui Wan also knew that this matter needed Hui Haifeng's permission. After some thought, he nodded in agreement and entered the living room with Zhou Wen as they waited for Hui Haifeng's return.
"May I know which aspect you are good at? What would you be teaching Young Master?" Liu Yujin asked again after instructing someone to pour Zhou Wen some tea.
Zhou Wen thought seriously for a moment before answering, "I'm best at life-preservation. However, I can't teach this ability to others. Even if I teach it, they won't be able to learn it. Therefore, I only plan on teaching Hui Wan Essence Energy Arts."
"Life-preservation?" Liu Yujin was slightly taken aback. When he heard that Zhou Wen was going to teach Hui Wan an Essence Energy Art, he couldn't control his expression. He said seriously, "Essence Energy Arts are the foundation of everything. How can one randomly learn one? Even the scions of the six families have to go through repeated selections to find the most suitable Essence Energy Art for their cultivation. Is your Essence Energy Art better than the Essence Energy Arts of the six families?"
"I can't say it's better for sure. The quality of an Essence Energy Art depends mainly on a cultivator's talent and ability," Zhou Wen said.
Liu Yujin couldn't help but sneer; he felt that Zhou Wen was resembling a charlatan.
Just as Liu Yujin was about to say something, he saw someone enter. It was none other than Hui Haifeng, who was dressed in formal attire.
"Your Excellency, this..." Liu Yujin was just about to warn Hui Haifeng that Zhou Wen was very problematic.
However, to his surprise, when Hui Haifeng saw Zhou Wen, he went over and punched him in the chest. "Why didn't you inform me before coming to Holy City? You even abducted Little Wan. What's the meaning of this? Are you jealous that I have a son? If you're jealous, say it. I'll get Little Wan to be your godson to prevent you from getting jealous."
"It's best if you keep him for yourself. I can't afford handling someone like him," Zhou Wen said with a smile.
"Your Excellency..." Liu Yujin was somewhat surprised. From Hui Haifeng's expression, he seemed to be certain that this was the real Zhou Wen.
Hui Haifeng didn't wait for Liu Yujin to finish before introducing, "Yujin, this is my junior, Zhou Wen. Make a pass for him so that he can enter and leave freely to avoid trouble in the future."
With that said, Hui Haifeng said to Zhou Wen, "Zhou Wen, I don't care if you want it or not. Anyway, Little Wan is your nephew. Do as you see fit and teach him something. Let me think about it. Let's start with movement techniques..."
"Dad..." Hui Wan's expression was odd as though he wanted to say something.
"Little Wan, what are you waiting for? Hurry up and give your Uncle Zhou your new year's greetings. A red packet is definitely in order," Hui Haifeng said with a smile.
"Aren't you shameless? It's only the middle of the year, alright? New year's greetings? Isn't that too early?" Zhou Wen was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
"I don't care. In any case, you have to teach him. I only have this one son. Do as you deem fit." Hui Haifeng sat down and poured himself a cup of tea, ignoring Zhou Wen. He looked as though he was a scoundrel and that he was proud to have a son.
"Dad... He said that he's not good at movement techniques..." Hui Wan found an opportunity and whispered.
Hui Haifeng nearly spat out the mouthful of tea he had just drunk when he heard that. "He isn't good at movement techniques? If his movement technique isn't good, is there anyone on Earth who has good movement techniques? He's partially responsible for naming the Double True movement technique. Part of this movement technique was imitating him. Do you think his movement technique isn't good?"
Standing beside them, Liu Yujin was dumbfounded. The Double True movement technique that Hui Haifeng had created had spread throughout the various military circles of the Federation. Even many people overseas were learning it, but it was actually an imitation of Zhou Wen's movement technique.
"I didn't say so. He said it himself," Hui Wan waved his hand and pointed at Zhou Wen.
"What's the point of lying to a child? This won't do; my son's young heart has suffered a heavy blow. This will leave an indelible shadow in his life. You have to pay..." Hui Haifeng looked like he was about to extort Zhou Wen's last coin.
"I've already taught your son an Essence Energy Art. Is that enough compensation?" Zhou Wen said with a bitter expression.
"That's more like it." Hui Haifeng pressed Hui Wan's head and asked, "Cultivate the Essence Energy Art your Uncle Zhou taught you. You don't have to cultivate other Essence Energy Arts in the future."
"Your Excellency, we spent so much effort to obtain the Essence Energy Art from the Family Clan of Gods and created the corresponding Mythical Serum..." Liu Yujin hurriedly reminded Hui Haifeng.
"With my junior's Essence Energy Art, what do you need that crap for?" Hui Haifeng's words left Liu Yujin's mouth agape.
That wasn't what Hui Haifeng had said in the past. The crap he was talking about was a top Essence Energy Art he had paid a huge price to obtain from the Family Clan of Gods.
Furthermore, in order to allow Hui Wan to cultivate it, he had specially created a Mythical Serum that could bestow a special physique on him. The price was unimaginable.
Now, without even knowing what Essence Energy Art Zhou Wen had imparted, Hui Haifeng had described it as crap. This change was too surprising.
"Junior, you can't only teach him Essence Energy Arts, right? You have to teach him your movement techniques. I only have one son and you only have one nephew. You have to make sure he stays alive..." Hui Haifeng continued trying to squeeze Zhou Wen dry.
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Chapter 1220: Venusian Dungeon
Translator: CKtalon
In a chamber, there was only Zhou Wen and Hui Haifeng.
"Where have you been for the past five years?" Hui Haifeng asked Zhou Wen.
"How did you know that I wasn't the one at Chess Mountain?" Zhou Wen asked in surprise. For Hui Haifeng to accurately say five years was clearly not a wild guess.
Hui Haifeng rolled his eyes. "Do you think I don't know your character? Just a glance at a photo was sufficient for me to tell that it wasn't you."
"Alright," Zhou Wen said helplessly. "I was trapped by Teacher. It was no different from being dead. I only came out after five years."
Hui Haifeng nodded. "I roughly guessed it. You are Human Sovereign, right? The dimension wouldn't let your killing of Di Tian rest. If you hadn't died, the past five years wouldn't have been so peaceful. However, with Teacher's personality, he probably wouldn't just let you die for five years. There must be some scheme, right?"
"Sort of. Time passed very slowly in the place where I was trapped. It felt like more than a hundred years had passed," Zhou Wen said
Hui Haifeng said jealously, "Teacher really dotes on you the most. Five years for a hundred years. If I had so much time, I might have even developed a Calamity-grade dimensional serum."
"It's only time for the mind. Your body can't even move. What can you research?" Zhou Wen was somewhat speechless.
"That's true." Hui Haifeng chuckled.
"In just five years, you became the Federation President. Impressive," Zhou Wen said.
"It's considered a multifaceted coincidence. On the one hand, it's because of my research. Also, didn't Teacher give us some things before he went to the dimension? Those things were very helpful to me." Hui Haifeng paused for a moment before continuing, "However, as the president, it's all in name with no actual power. In fact, most of the Federation's power is in the hands of the League of Guardians and the six families. As the president, I can't even completely control Holy City."
"Then why are you still the president?" Zhou Wen asked in puzzlement.
"Why not? Although I'm only a figurehead, I'm already in this position. I can slowly change some things and think of ways to realize my dreams. Just like an actor, only by appearing on stage can you let others see your acting skills and infect others with your emotions. If I were to only stand offstage, no matter how good my acting skills were or how much I fantasized, I wouldn't be able to affect anyone," Hui Haifeng said.
"What do you want?" Zhou Wen looked at Hui Haifeng.
"I want to make sure that there are no more orphans in this world," Hui Haifeng said seriously. "You might find it ridiculous, and I know that this is almost an impossible goal, but I just want to give it a try."
"It's not funny at all." Zhou Wen was somewhat moved. Although he didn't have such lofty goals, it didn't stop him from admiring such a person.
"Of course, I also want to see what it's like to stand at the peak of the world," Hui Haifeng chuckled and continued.
Hui Haifeng's change in attitude left Zhou Wen at a loss whether to laugh or cry. "Now that you've almost done it, how does it feel to be president?"
"Not good at all. There's many things I wish to do but can't." Hui Haifeng shook his head, clearly not wanting to say too much.
Zhou Wen didn't ask further. This wasn't his specialty. He couldn't help Hui Haifeng with anything, so asking was useless.
"What's going on between you and Gu Dian?" Zhou Wen asked.
"Some fellows don't wish for me to get too close to Gu Dian, or rather, they don't wish for me to get too close to the underground market, so this happened," Hui Haifeng said vaguely, but Zhou Wen still understood.
The two of them chatted about some matters, but they didn't chat for long. Hui Haifeng was just too busy. Soon, he had to leave to handle some matters.
Hui Haifeng got Zhou Wen to stay and wait for him to come back for dinner.
Zhou Wen returned to the temporary room Hui Haifeng had arranged for him. He took out his phone and realized that he had successfully downloaded the Venusian instance dungeon. It took much less time than he had imagined.
After tapping open the Venusian instance dungeon, the blood-colored avatar quickly appeared on the top platform of the hemispherical metal building. It was likely the entrance to the metal building, but it didn't open.
Zhou Wen knew that such an entrance that couldn't be opened needed a special method to enter.
Using Human Sovereign's power, he attempted to forcefully break through the entrance, but he failed. The metal building was unimaginably hard. Even a Terror-grade power couldn't damage it.
He tried using Truth Listener and Eyes of Penetration, but he failed to see what was happening inside the metal building.
After carving out Clown Mask, Zhou Wen used teleportation to enter. He succeeded. The scene in front of him changed as the blood-colored avatar found itself inside the hemispherical metal building.
However, the scene he saw left him slightly taken aback.
Beneath the entrance was a hexagonal room. In the middle of the room stood a metal statue that was four to five meters tall.
The metal statue was bright silver in color and looked very strange. It was like a huge human wearing modern metal armor. However, he was certain that there was no human inside. It was a pure metal statue.
In his left hand, he was actually holding a weapon. No matter how he looked at it, the weapon looked like a submachine gun but it looked more technologically advanced. The body of the gun was also bright silver metal.
Just as Zhou Wen was planning what to do with the strange metal statue, its eyes suddenly lit up with a golden glow.
Click! Click!
Following that, Zhou Wen saw the spear in the metal statue's hand spew fire at the blood-colored avatar. Large amounts of metal bullets spewed out at an unbelievable speed.
Zhou Wen controlled the blood-colored avatar and teleported to the back of the metal statue. He slashed down with the Asura Saber in his hand, splitting the metal statue into two.
'Killed Mythical creature, Metal Guard. Discovered Dimensional Crystal.'
A Strength Crystal dropped. Before Zhou Wen could pick it up, a door appeared on each of the six walls of the hexagonal room. A large number of Metal Guards rushed in with guns in hand.
At the same time, a large number of bullets shot from all directions. Their firepower covered the entire room, leaving almost no room for dodging.
Zhou Wen was an expert who could teleport after all. However, he didn't choose to teleport. He underwent Terror transformation and allowed the bullets to hit him. They passed through his body as though his body was an illusion. The bullets couldn't injure him at all.
The bullets hit the wall and many of them hit the Metal Guards, but they quickly melted into the walls or the Metal Guards. They didn't harm themselves.
If one isn't at the Terror grade, a Mythical human would probably have been killed instantly. This is just the beginning. This dungeon is interesting.. Zhou Wen now wanted to know what was deep inside the dungeon.
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Chapter 1221: Golden Gun
Translator: CKtalon
The Metal Guards that rushed out of the six doors came wave after wave. Zhou Wen slashed out and large swaths of Metal Guards were killed. The tinkling sounds of dimensional crystals dropping could be heard.
Among them was a silver metal Companion Egg. Zhou Wen picked it up.
Metal Guard: Mythical
Life Providence: Metal Life
Life Soul: Metal Armor
Wheel of Destiny: Bullet Storm
Strength: 78
Speed: 71
Constitution: 80
Essence Energy: 67
Talent Skill: Precision Shooting, Armor-Piercing Bullets, Crazy Sweep
Companion Form: Metal Submachine Gun
Zhou Wen attempted to summon it in the form of a submachine gun. The Metal Guard transformed into a bright silver submachine gun that was the same as the ones in his opponents' hands.
He pulled the trigger at the Metal Guard that was rushing over. Flames spewed out, and under the continuous recoil, bullets shot out one after another, hitting a Metal Guard, riddling his body with holes and turning him into a hornet's nest.
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However, the Metal Guard's injuries quickly recovered. The metal bullets were completely useless against him.
From the looks of it, it's impossible to use the Metal Guard to kill the other Metal Guards. I can only use it elsewhere in the future. Zhou Wen needed to continue using the Asura Saber to kill the Metal Guards that rushed in.
Finally after killing more than a hundred Metal Guards, no new Metal Guards poured in. Zhou Wen wanted to walk through the six doors.
However, just as he approached the door, his body was repelled by a force. It was as though an invisible force was blocking the door, preventing him from passing.
Zhou Wen tried using teleportation again, but he was similarly unable to teleport over. Even spatial teleportation was blocked by some force.
Just as Zhou Wen was wondering how he could enter, an alarm sounded above one of the doors.
Accompanying the shrill alarm, a figure walked out of the door.
It was also a metal lifeform, but this fellow was more than ten meters tall. His entire body was gold in color and he held a golden revolver in each hand. His body was burning with golden flames.
After coming out, he began firing at the blood-colored avatar crazily. Bullets with golden beams rained down on the blood-colored avatar.
Zhou Wen teleported behind the golden guard and slashed at its head.
However, the golden guard's joints spewed out golden flames that quickly propelled his body, allowing him to dodge Zhou Wen's strike.
A Terror-grade creature appeared so quickly? Zhou Wen's eyes flashed as his saber continued accelerating in midair. With Transcendent Flying Immortal, he caught up to the golden guard and split its head into two.
Half of the golden guard's head was sliced off, revealing a large number of metal components—but it didn't immediately die.
The Asura Saber in Zhou Wen's hand slashed repeatedly. As he dodged the twin golden guns' firing, he diced up his adversary's body into several pieces, revealing a golden energy source in his chest.
After destroying the golden energy source with one strike, the golden guard finally collapsed.
'Killed Terror-grade creature, Golden Battle God Mark I. Discovered Dimensional Crystal.'
Zhou Wen picked it up and realized that it was an 89-Speed Crystal. He hurriedly picked it up and absorbed it.
Before he could finish absorbing it, he heard another alarm. Another Golden Battle God walked out from another door. He was very similar to the Golden Battle God Mark I from before, but the golden guns in his hand were somewhat different.
Another Terror-grade! Zhou Wen was overjoyed. He was just worrying about finding a place to grind a large number of Terror creatures. The Venusian dungeon was an answer to his dreams.
The Golden Battle God here had powerful offensive strength and extremely strong defense. Its speed wasn't slow either. It was considered a very powerful Terror-grade dimensional creature.
However, in front of Zhou Wen who was good at teleportation and had powerful offensive strength, these Golden Battle Gods were basically lambs to be slaughtered.
The second Golden Battle God didn't last long before being slain under Zhou Wen's blade.
'Killed Terror-grade creature, Golden Battle God Mark II.'
Unfortunately, nothing dropped this time, leaving Zhou Wen somewhat disappointed.
Thankfully, the third Golden Battle God quickly appeared. These Golden Battle Gods looked similar. They couldn't touch Zhou Wen at all before being killed.
This time, the Golden Battle God Mark III dropped another dimensional crystal, allowing Zhou Wen's four stats to successfully reach 81 points, but there were no signs of him advancing to the Terror grade.
One Golden Battle God after another was killed by Zhou Wen. When the Golden Battle God that walked out of the sixth door was killed by Zhou Wen, a Companion Egg dropped.
The Companion Egg was made of gold. It was burning with golden flames and there were magma-like cracks that lined the surface of the Companion Egg. It looked extremely cool.
Zhou Wen was delighted as he hurriedly picked up the Companion Egg and chose to hatch it.
Golden Battle God Mark VI: Terror grade.
Life Providence: Metal Life
Life Soul: Metal Armor
Wheel of Destiny: Infinite Bullets
Terror transformation: Golden Battle God
Strength: 97
Speed: 94
Constitution: 98
Essence Energy: 98
Talent Skill: Explosive Bullets, Crazy Sweep, Rapid Fire
Companion Form: Golden Gun Mark VI
Zhou Wen extended his hand and beckoned. A golden revolver appeared in his hand. It looked gorgeous and beautiful, identical to the one in the Golden Battle God Mark VI's hand. However, the model was clearly much smaller, making it suitable for Zhou Wen.
Zhou Wen wanted to test the might of the Golden Gun, but the Golden Battle Gods didn't continue appearing. The six doors fell silent as though there were only six Golden Battle Gods.
Just as Zhou Wen was sizing up the doors, the alarm on the six doors suddenly sounded. The ear-piercing sound made him nervous.
What the hell will it be this time? Just as Zhou Wen was thinking, he suddenly heard a gunshot.
Before Zhou Wen could react, a hole in the blood-colored avatar's head blasted open. Its head exploded and the phone screen went black.
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Thankfully, I'm in-game. Zhou Wen secretly rejoiced that he hadn't entered this dungeon in real life. The person who had killed him with a bullet was most likely a Calamity-grade creature.
He wanted to drip his blood into the Venus instance dungeon again, but he was notified by the system that the instance dungeon could only be reopened after 24 hours.
Hui Haifeng hadn't returned, so Zhou Wen had nothing to do. He took out the package Gu Dian had given him.
Opening the package, he saw a set of clothes inside.
The clothes were naturally not the run-of-the-mill clothes, but a high-tech combat uniform. This combat uniform was typically used for ordinary soldiers. It was basically useless for humans at Zhou Wen's level.
Zhou Wen felt that Gu Dian wasn't the kind of person who would gift clothes, so he scanned the combat uniform and quickly found a hidden memory card in the first-aid kit that came with it.
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Chapter 1222: Live Broadcast of the Cube Battle
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He inserted the memory card into his phone and read the contents. After he was done, Zhou Wen's expression turned solemn.
The content was very simple. There were no videos or pictures. There was only some short text.
The Cube's activation this time wasn't initiated by the dimension? Zhou Wen frowned in thought.
According to Gu Dian's intelligence, the dimension couldn't completely control the Cube's operations. Venus's appearance was an operation initiated by the Cube.
According to Gu Dian's analysis, the dimension seemed bent on clearing the dimensional zone on Venus first. Furthermore, it was secretly pushing for this to happen. The League of Guardians had already taken action. Many Guardians that had contracted humans were secretly preparing for battle and buying many items they needed.
The dimension is determined to clear the dimensional zone on Venus? What do they want from Venus's dimensional zone? Zhou Wen's expression turned even more solemn after he was done reading.
Zhou Wen destroyed the memory card, not daring to leave any traces of it. Otherwise, it might be restored by some special ability.
I naturally can't let the dimension obtain what they want. Since they can't interfere with the operation of the Cube, that makes things simpler. I'll first explore Venus and might be able to succeed before them. Zhou Wen wanted to enter the dungeon, but the countdown wasn't up.
When Hui Haifeng returned, the two of them had a meal together. Hui Wan was beside them, chatting as they ate. After the meal, Hui Haifeng left again.
Zhou Wen stayed for half a day and taught Hui Wan the key to cultivating the Qi Refinement Art before letting him practice it himself.
Little could go wrong with an Essence Energy Art like the Qi Refinement Art. As long as he had Essence Energy Crystals, there wouldn't be too many problems with his cultivation.
After leaving the Hui residence, Zhou Wen repeatedly teleported all the way back to Luoyang, hoping to reach his destination before the countdown ended.
However, Earth had suffered drastic anomalies, so it took longer to return to Luoyang than Zhou Wen had expected. By the time he returned, the huge metal building had already surfaced.
Only the hemispherical metal part was exposed above the magma. No one knew how deep it went.
Just as the Venusian instance dungeon appeared, the golden person from before came in front of the metal building again. He landed on the platform at the top of the hemispherical building without any hesitation.
Thankfully, Zhou Wen had already arrived at a place with a phone signal and could watch the live broadcast on his phone.
I teleported in, whereas that golden person doesn't look like he knows spatial skills. How is he going to enter? As Zhou Wen was pondering, he saw the golden person slice off a piece of gold from his body and place it on the platform.
After the piece of gold touched the platform, it seemed to sink like it had dropped into a swamp and was quickly devoured by it.
As the gold was devoured, the platform automatically opened.
The golden person immediately rushed over. As he entered the hemispherical building, the platform's entrance automatically closed.
Zhou Wen originally imagined that he wouldn't be able to see anything, but to his surprise, the scene of the Cube changed to the interior of the building. He could see the golden person standing inside the hemispherical building.
Just as Zhou Wen had encountered in-game, there was a Metal Guard inside the building. After seeing the golden person, he immediately raised his metal submachine gun and shot at him.
The golden person extended a palm that emitted golden light, transforming into a light shield in front of him. All the bullets that struck the light shield were blocked.
When the Metal Guard stopped shooting, the golden person's figure blinked and appeared in front of him. He blasted the Metal Guard's body apart with a punch, turning it into fragments.
Following that, the situation was identical to Zhou Wen's. The six doors opened as hordes of Metal Guards rushed out and shot at the golden person from different directions.
The ferocious firepower terrified the spectating humans. It was virtually impossible to dodge.
The golden person's light shield couldn't block all the bullets from every direction. In the next second, the golden person's body turned translucent like a visible Spirit Body.
Zhou Wen was slightly taken aback as he saw the bullet pass through the golden person's body without injuring him at all. This was likely a Terror transformation.
However, after a Terror transformation, he should be completely invisible. Why was he still visible?
Could it be that his Terror transformation is a relatively rare type? Zhou Wen thought for a moment and felt that something was amiss. I get it. It's not that the Terror transformation of the golden person is rare, but the Cube deliberately allows ordinary creatures to see the golden person despite the Terror transformation.
The subsequent battle was a one-sided massacre. The Terror-form golden person slaughtered Mythical Metal Guards like livestock. He didn't even pick up the dimensional crystals that fell to the ground.
Many of the spectating humans widened their eyes as they looked at the shimmering dimensional crystals on the ground. They wished they could help the golden person pick them up.
"He's really not picking them up. They are all Mythical dimensional crystals!"
"A Companion Egg... A Companion Egg dropped... He's still not picking it up..."
The golden person quickly finished off all the Metal Guards. Following that, a familiar scene appeared. The alarm sounded as the Golden Battle God Mark I appeared.
Bam!
The Golden Battle God raised a golden revolver and shot a bullet at the golden person.
The golden person clearly didn't have Zhou Wen's teleportation ability. The bullet was too fast, so he couldn't shoot and deflect it. He condensed a golden shield again, hoping to block the Golden Battle God's bullet.
The bullet struck the light shield, but it failed to penetrate it. Instead, the bullet shattered.
However, in the next moment, something shocking happened. The shattered bullet turned into a mist of white frost. The frost mist froze whatever it touched.
First was the light shield, then the golden person's body. Moments later, it was covered in thick frost.
Although the golden person wasn't really frozen, its mobility was severely affected and its speed slowed down significantly.
The Golden Battle God fired both his guns at the same time, and bullets hit the golden person. Every bullet strengthened the freezing effect on the golden person.
Under a barrage of firing, the golden person's body exploded, turning into ice shards and gold.
I never expected the Golden Battle God to have such a move! Zhou Wen was alarmed because he had attacked too quickly. The Golden Battle God hadn't had the chance to use his full strength and was easily dispatched.
Now, Zhou Wen realized that it wasn't that the Golden Battle God was weak, but that he was too fast.
Once the golden person died, the Cube's screen returned to its previous point of view, returning to a zoomed out shot of Venus.
Now, Zhou Wen understood that the Cube would broadcast the battle in the dungeon.
Since the Cube isn't controlled by the dimension, what's its goal? Zhou Wen frowned in thought.
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Chapter 1223: A Way to Take Advantage
Everyone was discussing the death of the golden person and the terror of the Golden Battle God. Zhou Wen thought more about it.
Tsukuyomi was forced to leave Earth not because she entered the dimension. She didn't even leave the Solar System. Then, if she said that leaving Earth would be dangerous, where does the danger come from? Zhou Wen thought further.
There's a Companion Egg in the Moon. Now that Venus has produced such a dimensional zone, could the danger they mentioned be referring to this? Zhou Wen felt that something was amiss when he thought about it. There had to be something he didn't know, but he couldn't figure it out from speculation. It made him feel terrible.
I'll just ignore it. No matter what, I can't let the dimension succeed. I have to think of a way to obtain the item in the Venusian instance dungeon. Zhou Wen returned to Luoyang as everyone discussed the matter.
"Old Zhou, what do you think is going on with the dimensional zone on Venus? Why was it live-streamed by the Cube?" Li Xuan came to Zhou Wen and raised the matter.
"How would I know?" Zhou Wen also wanted to know why the Cube was doing this.
Unfortunately, the Cube was beyond the dimension's control; humans knew nothing about it.
"I think the Cube loves to watch people fight to the death. It definitely doesn't have any good intentions for coming out with a Venusian dimensional zone. Could it be that it wants to lure humans to explore Venus and watch the thrill of humans being killed?" Li Xuan said jokingly.
"That's not impossible." Just as Zhou Wen was speaking, he suddenly saw the live broadcast stir again.
A human figure appeared on the platform of the hemispherical building. On careful look, it was a human covered in armor.
"Eh, a human actually went?" Li Xuan looked and quickly recognized him. "That's a fellow from the League of Guardians. How did he get there?"
"It's likely through the Cube," Zhou Wen guessed.
As the two of them were talking, the Guardian scratched his finger and dripped a drop of blood on the platform. Then, the platform automatically opened and sucked the Guardian in.
After the Guardian entered, he didn't encounter the Golden Battle God. The one who came out was still the Metal Guard.
When the Metal Guard shot the bullets, the Guardian released a terrifying frost power that froze the bullets in midair.
The Guardian was like a figure skater walking on ice as he shuttled through the Metal Guards. Wherever he passed, the Metal Guards would be frozen into ice sculptures.
When all the Metal Guards had turned into ice sculptures and the Guardian had retreated to a distance, the ice sculpture-like Metal Guards' bodies suddenly shattered, turning into ice cubes.
Unlike the golden person, the Guardian picked up the dimensional crystals and Companion Eggs on the ground. However, before he could finish picking them up, the Golden Battle God had already rushed out of the door.
The bullets shot out again at terrifying speeds. The Guardian also underwent Terror transformation, but under the effects of the Cube, humans could still see a transparent figure that didn't completely vanish.
He quickly moved and dodged some bullets, but his speed was clearly not as fast as the Golden Battle God's shooting. Just as he was about to fail at dodging a few bullets, the Guardian grabbed the bullets with both hands and actually squeezed them between his fingers.
The bullets exploded and turned into a terrifying ice mist.
However, this ice mist didn't injure the Guardian. Instead, it strengthened the Guardian's freezing power.
"The League of Guardians' idea isn't bad. They can use ice-type Guardians to fight those strange dimensional creatures." Li Xuan watched for a while and knew that the outcome was decided.
However, Zhou Wen knew that things weren't that simple. Although the Guardian's ice-elemental powers did restrain the Golden Battle God Mark I, there were a total of six Golden Battle Gods. Their bullets were different.
This Guardian was purely ice-type. He could restrain one type, but he would probably be at a disadvantage if he encountered others.
The Guardian fought bitterly for more than an hour before finally killing the Golden Battle God. Unfortunately, his luck wasn't good. Not to mention Companion Eggs, not a single dimensional crystal dropped.
Soon, the Golden Battle God Mark II rushed out again and shot crazily at the Guardian.
The Guardian didn't dare let his guard down. He condensed an ice wall to block the bullets.
The bullets struck the ice wall and immediately exploded. However, this time, it wasn't a bullet of frost. Terrifyingly high temperature flames quickly swept through the room.
Such terrifying flames were the nemesis of the Guardian. His ice-elemental abilities were greatly suppressed as the situation became more and more dangerous.
Unfortunately, the room was sealed—it was impossible for him to escape. In the end, he was burned to death in the room.
After that Guardian, no one entered the Venusian dimensional zone. The dragon, the black-winged angel, and skeleton monster that had previously visited Venus didn't appear again, nor did Tsukuyomi appear again.
It was unknown if they were no longer interested or if they were waiting for an opportunity.
Soon, Zhou Wen received confirmed news that it was possible to reach the hemispherical building through the Cube.
However, no one dared to head over for the time being. Only Mythical creatures could survive on Venus. However, if they entered the Venusian dimensional zone, the two Terror-grade creatures before them were examples of the outcome.
It was easy to enter, but not so easy to come out again.
Zhou Wen looked at Venus on the screen and suddenly had an idea.
In the game, one had to wait 24 hours after dying in the Venusian instance dungeon. However, in reality, there didn't seem to be such a restriction.
The interval between the golden person and the Guardian wasn't 24 hours, but there were equally many Metal Guards.
If he only killed the Metal Guards and the Golden Battle God before leaving the Venusian instance dungeon, he could kill large numbers of Mythical creatures and Terror-grade creatures in a short span of time. The chances of Companion Eggs and good items dropping would greatly increase.
Although Zhou Wen had such thoughts, he wasn't in a rush to take the risk. He still needed to confirm something.
It was an excruciating 24-hour wait before he could enter the Venusian instance dungeon again. Zhou Wen immediately entered and grinded the Metal Guards and the Golden Battle Gods inside.
However, this time, Zhou Wen wasn't that lucky. He didn't have a Golden Battle God Companion Egg drop and only obtained a skill crystal.
The skill crystal required 81 Constitution and 41 Fire stat. He also needed a Metal Essence Energy Art to absorb it. Zhou Wen had no choice but to give it up since he couldn't meet the requirements.
When the six alarms sounded at the same time, Zhou Wen used spatial teleportation to leave the Venusian dungeon and arrive at the entrance's platform.
It does work! Zhou Wen was overjoyed.
Following that, Zhou Wen made another attempt. He got the blood-colored avatar to drip a drop of blood on the platform and used the normal method to enter Venus.
After entering again, the alarm on the six doors stopped ringing. However, there were no more Metal Guards or Golden Battle Gods. The six doors remained open. The dungeon clearly hadn't refreshed.
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Chapter 1224: Son of Heaven's Three Swords
Zhou Wen immediately used spatial teleportation to leave the dungeon, but it didn't work this time. The blood-colored avatar failed to teleport out.
Bam!
In the next second, the blood-colored avatar's head exploded before the gunshot rang. The game screen went black again.
In that case, it means that any creature that enters by normal means can only fight to the death. They won't have a chance to come out until the end.
Zhou Wen frowned in thought. If that's the case, I can't get my allies to enter. I can only wait for others to enter and pick up the spoils after them.
Suddenly, Zhou Wen's eyes lit up. That's right. I can definitely enter to pick up the spoils. After all, those fellows won't survive after entering and won't be able to take anything out. It would be a waste if I don't take the spoils.
With this in mind, Zhou Wen looked forward to someone quickly entering the Venusian dimensional zone.
However, after a day and a half, no creature challenged the Venusian dimensional zone.
This was also normal. Be it contracting a Guardian or using Mythical Serum, there were very few Terror-grade humans. The death of one in the League of Guardians was probably enough to deeply upset them. Before figuring out the situation, no one would send someone in rashly.
Seeing the lack of opportunity, Zhou Wen could only continue grinding at home. As long as he ensured that the League of Guardians didn't clear the Venusian dungeon first and that the dimension couldn't obtain anything, he was in no rush.
'Progress: 100%. Synthesis complete.'
Just as Zhou Wen was grinding, a message suddenly popped up. Zhou Wen took a careful look and realized that the fusion synthesis of Light Concealment, Shadow Concealment, and Night Immaculate had completed.
Let me see what the outcome of the fusion is. Zhou Wen opened the fusion window and saw an ancient sword floating there.
It wasn't the formless Light Concealment Sword, nor was it the shadow of the Shadow Concealment Sword, nor was it the aura of the Night Immaculate Sword. It was an ordinary sheathed ancient sword.
Zhou Wen checked the ancient sword's stats and saw the words "Son of Heaven's Three Swords."
Strange, I've clearly fused a sword. Why is it called the Son of Heaven's Three Swords? Zhou Wen was puzzled as he looked at the detailed stats of the Son of Heaven's Three Swords.
Son of Heaven's Three Swords: Terror-grade (Evolvable)
Life Providence: Sword of the Son of Heaven
Life Soul: Dao Sword
Wheel of Destiny: Sword of Unkilling
Terror Form: Son of Heaven
Strength: 99
Speed: 99
Constitution: 99
Essence Energy: 99
Talent Skill: None
Companion Form: Sword of the Son of Heaven
What the hell are these attributes? Sword of Unkilling? Could it be that this sword can't kill? It's a Terror-grade Companion Beast after all. It doesn't even have a single skill. Isn't this too extreme... Zhou Wen was somewhat depressed. The only thing that left him gratified was that the Son of Heaven's Three Swords had an evolutionary attribute.
This meant that the Son of Heaven's Three Swords might reach the Calamity grade in the future.
Furthermore, the Son of Heaven's Three Swords' stats were rather impressive. All four stats were 99. This was the highest stats among Zhou Wen's Companion Beasts.
Summoning the Son of Heaven's Sword, Zhou Wen held the hilt and wanted to pull it out to take a look. However, after a few attempts, the sword remained motionless as though it was stuck from all the rust.
It can't be... I can't pull this thing out? It really lives up to its Sword of Unkilling name... Zhou Wen fiddled with it for a while, hoping to figure it out.
However, he tragically realized that no matter what strength he used, he couldn't pull the sword out. Furthermore, the sword didn't have any special strength. It was no different from a hard rod.
When it appeared in its own form, it was like a dead object. It didn't even move, much less fly up to fight.
Are you kidding me? Zhou Wen was depressed. It was difficult to imagine that this was a Terror-grade Companion Beast.
Unable to figure it out, Zhou Wen had no choice but to put away the Son of Heaven's Sword. He would slowly study it in the future.
Zhou Wen also knew that there was definitely something special about the sword, but he was momentarily stumped.
In the next few days, Zhou Wen didn't see any creatures enter the Venusian instance dungeon. He stayed home to grind.
Ding! When Zhou Wen grinded the underground sea again, a crisp sound of a drop sounded, causing his body to tremble.
When he focused his gaze, he realized that it was a Demon Blood True Dragon Companion Egg.
It's finally here! Zhou Wen's hands trembled in excitement. After grinding for so long, he had finally obtained the nine Demon Blood True Dragon Companion Eggs.
He picked up the Companion Egg and saw that it was indeed the Wu Dragon's Companion Egg. Zhou Wen hurriedly hatched it.
The Wu Dragon Companion Egg's stats were about the same as the others. It wasn't too special, so Zhou Wen didn't expect it to be very powerful. What he wanted to know the most was whether he could fuse the nine Demon Blood True Dragons together.
He first placed the Wu Dragon in the window. The game immediately indicated that it could be fused. Zhou Wen attempted to put the remaining eight dragons on it, and it really worked. There was no indication that it lacked a core.
When Zhou Wen pressed the Fusion button, the intense light devoured the nine Demon Blood True Dragons and flooded the entire phone screen.
When the light dissipated, a black crystal-like Companion Egg appeared in the Fusion window. There was also a percentage progress bar below.
From the looks of it, I'll have to wait another two days. Zhou Wen really wanted to know what the outcome of the fusion was, but all he could do was wait.
Now, he only hoped that there wouldn't be a strange Companion Egg like the Son of Heaven's Three Swords.
It just so happens that I don't have any particularly good armor. I hope they fuse into some good Terror-grade armor. Zhou Wen's body was only at the Mythical stage after all. He was somewhat inferior to a true Terror-grade. For instance, Demonic Neonate seldom participated in head-on battles because of her weak body.
If he had Terror-grade armor, it would greatly enhance Zhou Wen's strength. At the very least, his life-preservation abilities would be elevated.
With another wish fulfilled, what depressed Zhou Wen the most was his failure to obtain the last of the twenty-eight Lunar Mansions' skills.
The main reason was that the Endless Sea of Stars was just too huge. It took a lot of time just to grind it once, so Zhou Wen could only rely on luck.
"Living quite a good life recently, eh?"
A message made Zhou Wen, who had been enjoying his days, shiver involuntarily. The message was from The Thearch, who had been silent for a long time.
"What's the matter?" Zhou Wen replied, but he felt extremely worried. Every time The Thearch came to him, nothing good would happen.
Even with his Terror-grade strength, Zhou Wen didn't dare rashly head to Chess Mountain.
The stronger he was, the more he could understand how terrifying The Thearch was. After obtaining powerful strength, Zhou Wen knew how terrifying the power of wishes was.
"I want to make a deal with you." The Thearch quickly sent another message.
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Chapter 1225: Here Comes the Opportunity
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Zhou Wen felt his scalp tingle when he saw the word "deal." A deal with The Thearch definitely didn't end well. John was a perfect example that remained fresh in his mind.
"Ahem, The Thearch, I recently saw quite a number of powerful fellows among humans. The Great Skyfiend and Hermit in the League of Guardians are especially strong..." Zhou Wen wanted to change the topic.
"Why don't you say that there's Blood Shaman and Cave Era?" The Thearch replied.
"Those two are also super strong. I didn't have the time to tell you." Zhou Wen hurriedly replied.
"Why don't I help you destroy the League of Guardians? What say you?" The Thearch replied mockingly.
"Uh! The League of Guardians has nothing to do with me. Whether it's destroyed or not is up to you." Zhou Wen was no longer the kid from before. He didn't blush even when his thoughts were seen through.
The Thearch clearly wasn't in the mood to talk to him about this. She directly sent a message and asked: "You didn't contract a Guardian or fuse with other creatures, so how did you advance to the Mythical stage?"
"I just cultivated an Essence Energy Art, and as time went by, I advanced," Zhou Wen answered.
The Thearch naturally didn't believe him. In fact, it was impossible.
"If you don't wish to say, I can just let it pass. However, if you continue talking to me like this, do you believe that I'll let your fifth limb grow on your head?" The Thearch replied.
Zhou Wen really wanted to see if his present ability could withstand The Thearch's wish powers. However, considering the immense risk of his fifth limb growing on his head, he decided to see what The Thearch wanted of him.
"What deal do you want to make with me?" Zhou Wen asked.
"I won't ask how you advanced. But tell me, did you advance to the Mythical stage purely as a human?" The Thearch asked again.
"Yes." Zhou Wen thought for a moment and answered truthfully.
"That's enough. Help me get something. After it's done, I'll tell you a secret," The Thearch said.
"Can you be more detailed? What do I need to get? What's the secret you want to tell me?" Zhou Wen was working on a way to reject The Thearch.
"Your hometown is in Guide City, right? There's a Fire God Platform in Guide Ancient City. There's a stone saber on it. Pull it out and give it to me," The Thearch sent a message.
Zhou Wen was alarmed. The Thearch actually wants that stone saber. What does she want? Could it be that the stone saber can help her escape?
As Zhou Wen thought about it, he said, "I've heard of that stone saber, but I've heard that no one can pull it out..."
"As long as you are a pure human who advanced to the Mythical stage, you will definitely be able to pull it out." The Thearch seemed very confident and ignored Zhou Wen's excuse.
Just as Zhou Wen was about to say something, The Thearch sent another message. "You should have seen the situation in the Venusian dimensional zone. However, you might not know what that dimensional zone implies."
"You know about the Venusian dimensional zone?" Zhou Wen asked in surprise.
"If you can help me retrieve the stone saber, I can tell you how to obtain the item inside through the Venusian dimensional zone." The Thearch threw out the bait.
"What's inside the Venusian dimensional zone?" Zhou Wen hurriedly asked.
"Help me retrieve the stone saber and you will know everything." The Thearch immediately sent another message. "There's no rush. You can think about it. However, if the fellows from the dimension obtain the thing from the Venusian dimensional zone, I'm afraid the Earth Federation will really become a breeding ground for the dimension."
"Let me consider it." Since The Thearch didn't elaborate, Zhou Wen knew that it was useless to ask further.
If it were in the past, Zhou Wen would definitely have rejected it without any hesitation. However, the bait The Thearch threw out was too much; it left Zhou Wen somewhat tempted.
Zhou Wen had already learned from Gu Dian that the dimension placed great importance on the item in Venus. If he really couldn't clear the Venusian instance dungeon before the dimension did, he might really have to rely on The Thearch's strength.
However, Zhou Wen couldn't confirm if The Thearch was telling the truth, so he naturally wouldn't easily believe her.
"There's no rush. I can divulge some information first. There are six Terror-grade Golden Battle Gods in Venus who can fire bullets of different attributes. After them, there will be a Calamity-grade metal creature. Help me get the stone saber. I have a way that will allow you to kill that Calamity-grade metal creature."
"What's the name of that Calamity-grade metal creature?" Zhou Wen knew that The Thearch wasn't spouting nonsense. He had already verified the existence of the subsequent Calamity-grade creature.
"Bring the stone saber to Chess Mountain when you've thought it through." The Thearch didn't answer him. She didn't send any more messages after that.
Zhou Wen frowned in thought. From the looks of it, The Thearch really knows something about the Venusian instance dungeon, but she doesn't want the item in the Venusian instance dungeon. Instead, she wants the stone saber. Could it be that the stone saber is more precious than the item in the Venusian instance dungeon? Or can the stone saber help her escape?
After some thought, Zhou Wen still couldn't figure out what The Thearch was up to.
The stone saber in Guide Ancient City couldn't be pulled out. Otherwise, not only would Guide Ancient City undergo a breakout, but a large number of high-level dimensional creatures would appear. Zhou Wen didn't know what would ensue if he completely pulled out the stone saber.
Zhou Wen had previously investigated its origins.
The Fire God Platform was also known as the Yanbo Platform. It was the first place in the East District used for astronomy, and Yanbo was the Fire God, also the founder of the Shang Dynasty. Speaking of which, it was somewhat related to Chess Mountain.
However, when it came to a Fire God, the first thing most people in the East District thought of was Zhurong, not Yanbo.
Although Zhou Wen was born and raised in Guide City, the Fire God he recognized wasn't Yanbo Consort, but Suirenshi, who introduced fire to humans. He was the leader of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.
Could the Ancient Sovereign Sutra engraved on Fire God Platform be related to Suirenshi? If the stone saber is related to Suirenshi, it's easier to understand. The more Zhou Wen thought about it, the more convinced he was of its likelihood.
With The Thearch's request, Zhou Wen had the urge to return to Guide Ancient City to take a look.
However, Zhou Wen still didn't head to Guide Ancient City to prevent himself from being exploited by The Thearch.
He stayed at home and continued grinding dungeons. He grinded the Venusian instance dungeon once a day, but it was too slow. He couldn't farm Companion Eggs on a large scale. Instead, he obtained a few Terror-grade dimensional crystals which he fed to Banana Fairy. Her stats had increased significantly, averaging above 90 points.
Unfortunately, he could only farm it once a day. Most of the time, Zhou Wen could only farm ordinary dungeons.
Suddenly, the phone's live broadcast stirred. Another creature arrived in front of the Venusian dimensional zone. It was the black dragon that had appeared previously.
Here's my chance. Zhou Wen's spirits were lifted. Farming the Venusian instance dungeon once a day was just too slow.. Now was the best time to pick up freebies.
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Chapter 1226: Limitless Demon Dragon King
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Let me wait and see. Zhou Wen wasn't in a rush to head over. He planned on understanding the situation first.
His main goal was to determine the black dragon's level. Although it didn't seem like a Calamity-grade creature, the old saying was right. One couldn't judge a book by its cover. If it was a Calamity-grade, Zhou Wen might very well be killed if he went to pick up the spoils.
It wasn't only Zhou Wen. Many people in the Federation had their eyes peeled to screen. Many bigwigs from various factions wanted to figure out what was so special about the Venusian dimensional zone and why the Cube was broadcasting it.
The black dragon entered the dimensional zone. The situation inside was the same as before—the six doors were closed, and a Metal Guard was in the room.
This was just as Zhou Wen had imagined. Every time a creature entered the Venusian dimensional zone in reality, the same number of dimensional creatures would appear. It felt like a game refreshing its map, but it also felt different.
The black dragon spat out dragon breath and killed the Metal Guard. It looked easy, definitely placing it in the ranks at or above the Terror grade.
Just as Zhou Wen saw the six doors open, his fingers suddenly vibrated. He took out his phone and saw that the nine Demon Blood True Dragons' fusion had reached 100%.
He hurriedly opened the fusion window and saw a black demon dragon appear inside.
However, this demon dragon was somewhat different from the previous Demon Blood True Dragon.
This demon dragon's body seemed to be carved from black gemstones. There was no sign of it having nine heads. It had only one dragon head with a pair of corresponding dragon horns.
It only had one pair of eyes as well, but the pupils were in the form of the Eight Trigrams Taiji symbol. Apart from that, its body wasn't any smaller than the typical Demon Dragon True Dragon, but it looked much more mightier.
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Zhou Wen hurriedly looked at its detailed information, hoping that it was a Terror-grade armor. After all, the original Demon Blood True Dragons had armor forms. The possibility of this Demon Dragon being an armor was very high.
Limitless Demon Dragon King: Terror
Life Providence: Dragon King
Life Soul: Demon King
Wheel of Destiny: Limitless Wheel
Terror Form: Omega Dao
Strength: 99
Speed: 99
Constitution: 99
Essence Energy: 99
Talent Skill: Dragon Breath, Limitless Eyes, Demon Dragon Transformation
Companion Form: Armor
The armor companion form was expected, but the Limitless Demon Dragon King didn't have an Evolvable attribute. This left Zhou Wen somewhat disappointed.
Apart from that, Zhou Wen was very satisfied with the Limitless Demon Dragon King's various skills and stats.
Companion Beasts that form a complete set don't necessarily produce one with an evolvable attribute. Zhou Wen carefully looked at the Limitless Demon Dragon King's various abilities.
The Dragon King Life Providence had an extremely strong immunity to all sorts of elements. It was a little overboard to say it was immune to all elements, but it was at least immune to 80-90% of them.
The Demon King could demonize bodies to give them physical immunity. Although it wasn't completely immune, with the Dragon King Life Providence, it had a high immunity to all sorts of powers. Its defense was astonishing.
The Limitless Wheel was an ability that Zhou Wen valued the most. This was a skill that allowed him to freely transfer his strength. When combined with the use of Limitless Eyes, he could achieve the exchange of strength between different creatures, just like the nine Demon Blood True Dragons.
However, Zhou Wen needed to cast the Limitless Wheel on other creatures ahead of time. Furthermore, he needed the cooperation of the creatures to complete it. At the same time, he could only form a Limitless connection with eight creatures.
The Terror form's Omega Dao seemed to be a super state. Zhou Wen hadn't experimented with it yet, so he didn't know how useful it was.
Demon Dragon Transformation could make it's body stronger. Its effects also needed to be tested in actual combat.
After summoning the Limitless Demon Dragon King in its companion form, a mysterious black crystal armor appeared on Zhou Wen.
The black crystal scale armor enveloped Zhou Wen's body without leaving any gaps. The helmet was in the shape of a dragon's head, and there was a pair of dragon horns on his head.
Zhou Wen, who was wearing the Dragon King armor, was like a humanoid dragon carved from black gems. He exuded mystery and bizarreness, but he also emitted a terrifying aura.
I wonder how its defense is. I'll find an opportunity to test it later. Zhou Wen felt that the armor's appearance was a little exaggerated, but it likely wasn't lacking in ability. After all, its stats and skills were amazing.
On the Cube's screen, the black dragon had already finished off a large number of Metal Guards. Its body was extremely strong, so the bullets from the Metal Guards were useless against it. They were torn to pieces by the black dragon.
Many dimensional crystals dropped to the ground, as well as two Metal Guard Companion Eggs. The Earthlings were envious, but the black dragon didn't pick them up.
Soon, the Golden Battle God Mark I appeared. His freezing bullets hit the Terror-form black dragon. Although the freezing effect showed some effects, it was obvious that it wasn't very effective.
The black dragon pounced forward to engage the Golden Battle God in melee combat. Both of their bodies were especially powerful, but the black dragon ultimately gained the upper hand. After fighting for more than an hour, it finally killed the Golden Battle God.
The Golden Battle God Mark II appeared next. His flaming bullets weren't very effective against the black dragon, so it ended up in a melee battle again.
The black dragon obtained final victory again, but it was obvious that it had suffered some damage and was rather drained.
A third Golden Battle God appeared. This Golden Battle God had lightning bullets which had a paralyzing effect. When it struck the black dragon, it caused a portion of its body to be paralyzed. Compounded by its earlier injuries and exhaustion, the situation didn't look good.
Zhou Wen was already certain that the black dragon was at the Terror grade. It would be difficult for it to defeat all the Golden Battle Gods. It was time to pick up the spoils.
Without any hesitation, Zhou Wen used Singularity Universe's teleportation ability and arrived on Venus again. He wore his new Dragon King armor.
Many humans in the Federation and overseas were watching this battle. As neither side was human, they didn't show obvious support for either party.
However, the dimensional crystals and Companion Eggs on the ground were tantalizing. As they watched, the black dragon went into berserk mode and withstood the paralyzing effects of the lightning bullets as it charged at the Golden Battle God.
After biting at its opponent crazily and paying a considerable price, it finally killed the Golden Battle God Mark III. A golden Companion Egg dropped.
"A Terror-grade Companion Egg!" Everyone widened their eyes as they looked at the golden Companion Egg. Their drool was about to drip down.
That was a Terror-grade Companion Egg. Furthermore, it had such powerful strength. Who wouldn't want it? Unfortunately, no one could enter.
The black dragon wasn't interested in the Companion Egg either. It had no intention of picking it up, making the allure even more irresistible. They wished they could run in and grab it with their mouths before running out.
Suddenly, a black figure appeared on the screen, stunning all the spectating beings.
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