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Chapter 1387: The Traitorous Cave Era

"Thank you!" Cave Era felt the power of Infinite Time erupt from her body. Although she couldn't reach Infinite Time in the true sense of the word due to her level and make time truly stop, such power was already the limit of the Terror grade. In some aspects, she had even broken through the limits of the Terror grade.

Without any hesitation, Cave Era knew that this was the power produced by the Guardian consuming her body. It wouldn't last long. She could only do something—no matter how negligible—during this period of time.

Attack Perfect Sword Immortal? Of course not. Cave Era knew very well that her strength was far inferior. Even if the Guardian consumed her body for power, it wouldn't be enough to leave Perfect Sword Immortal flinching.

"Therefore…" Cave Era's eyes flashed as she ran towards Zhou Wen.

Under the influence of Infinite Time, time in the surroundings seemed to come to a standstill. Even the Calamity-grade sword beam didn't appear fast. At the very least, Cave Era could keep up with the speed of the Calamity-grade sword beam.

Cave Era's figure shuttled through the sword beam like a ghost in the river of time. She rushed in and landed on the Chaos Egg.

"Do you know what the outcome of betrayal will be?" Perfect Sword Immortal stared coldly at Cave Era. The sword intent on his body was still expanding crazily. Jiang Yan's body was already half crystallized.

"I only know that Immortal is the owner of the League of Guardians." As Cave Era spoke, she pressed her hands on the Chaos Egg. The condensed temporal powers instantly erupted, causing the surrounding time to distort and change, producing a phenomenon of temporal chaos. Even the Calamity-grade sword beam seemed to be stuck.

"Time… Samsara…" Cave Era screamed as though it was the only way to squeeze out the last bit of her strength.

She knew that she couldn't injure Perfect Sword Immortal, much less stop him from unleashing his strength. The only thing she could do was take Zhou Wen away.

As long as she took Zhou Wen away, there was no reason for Perfect Sword Immortal to continue unleashing his might. Then, Jiang Yan might be able to live.

Time for the Chaos Egg was distorted as Cave Era and the Chaos Egg vanished into thin air, leaving the range of Perfect Sword Immortal's domain.

However, less than three kilometers away from Perfect Sword Immortal's domain, the Chaos Egg and Cave Era fell to the ground.

The glow over the Guardian armor on Cave Era's body vanished as though it had fossilized.

With Terror-grade strength, Cave Era couldn't withstand such expenditure required to continuously use two top temporal skills—Infinite Time and Samsara.

Zhou Wen saw everything from inside the Chaos Egg. At the instant the Chaos Egg and Cave Era dropped, Zhou Wen rushed out of the Chaos Egg and grabbed the enervated Cave Era. He wanted to use interstellar teleportation and head straight for Venus.

However, he soon realized that interstellar teleportation was still unusable. The surroundings lit up as Zhou Wen looked up and saw that the sky was completely enveloped by sword beams.

At some point in time, Perfect Sword Immortal was already floating in the sky like a sun. The light emitted from his body was the omnipresent sword beams.

"We didn't make it after all?" Cave Era smiled bitterly. She had already tried her best to evacuate Zhou Wen, but the expenditure needed to escape the Calamity Zone was just too great. The spot she had brought Zhou Wen to was still too close.

Now that Perfect Sword Immortal's Calamity Zone had expanded, she no longer had the strength to take Zhou Wen out.

"Traitor, it's time to atone for your sins." Perfect Sword Immortal looked down at Zhou Wen and Cave Era like a true immortal from the nine heavens.

At that moment, his gaze was mostly on Cave Era. At the same time, his body emitted blinding sword beams that illuminated everything like the sun. They were everywhere.

Zhou Wen hadn't advanced to the Terror grade and wanted to send Cave Era into the Chaos Bead, but the Chaos Bead required creatures to enter willingly. Cave Era was worried about Jiang Yan and had no intention of escaping, so Zhou Wen wasn't able to send her in.

However, the Chaos Egg could only protect Zhou Wen. If he used the Chaos Egg now, he would have to leave Cave Era outside.

Zhou Wen wasn't a goody two-shoes, but he wasn't willing to watch Cave Era die. She was, after all, Jiang Yan's sister and had tried to save him.

"I'll just make a Hail Mary effort. If it works, you'll live. If it doesn't, I've done my best. Don't blame me for escaping when the time comes." Zhou Wen grabbed Cave Era and quickly instant transmitted.

When they phased into existence, Zhou Wen had already produced the Chaos Egg and shielded Cave Era behind him.

The sun-like sword beams were everywhere. They were struck the moment they phased into existence.

Thankfully, with the Chaos Egg in front of them, Cave Era wasn't injured. Otherwise, with her present state, she would probably be dead.

Boom!

The Chaos Egg slammed into Cave Era and flew out like a cannonball. It slammed into a mountain range, snapping a mountain peak and smashing into a valley, thereby creating another huge hole at the bottom.

Zhou Wen came out of the Chaos Egg and pulled up Cave Era, who was coughing out blood. When he looked up, he realized that the sun-like Perfect Sword Immortal had already arrived less than five meters in front of them. He was staring coldly at them.

Jiang Yan, Jiang Yan, I hope you weren't joking with me.?Zhou Wen looked around, but he didn't discover anything special.

This was the place where Jiang Yan had pointed out to Zhou Wen. He had tried his best to bring Cave Era here, hoping that there was something special here that he could utilize in his defense.

However, no matter how he looked at the area, he couldn't see anything special about it. There wasn't even a dimensional zone, so it was impossible for him to escape into one.

Perfect Sword Immortal didn't wish to waste any more time. He once again unleashed a sword beam that resembled the sun, hoping to kill Zhou Wen and Cave Era together.

Zhou Wen had already planned on hiding in the Chaos Egg, but he suddenly realized that the sword beams stopped less than a meter away from them.

Jiang Yan really didn't lie to me, but what's going on? I didn't discover any special powers nearby. What stopped this sword art??Zhou Wen was pleasantly surprised as he looked at the sword beam that resembled sunlight. He looked up at Perfect Sword Immortal and saw him pressing his face with one hand, his body trembling slightly, as though he was in a battle with the heavens.

"You are too naive to think that you can vie for control of your body from me. Everything that belongs to you already belongs to me. What else can you use to vie with me?" Perfect Sword Immortal seemed to be muttering to himself. His tone was ruthless as he gradually lifted his face.

Although one couldn't see his face under the mask, his eyes seemed to be returning to normal.

Suddenly, a petal that resembled a rose flew out of the valley. It passed through the layers of sword beams and landed on the forehead of Perfect Sword Immortal.

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Chapter 1388: Jiang Yan's Plan

The strength of Perfect Sword Immortal was immense. Even the Chaos Egg couldn't withstand the increasingly powerful sword beam.

As for the petal that looked extremely weak, it didn't fly very fast. It actually passed through the layers of sword beams and landed on the forehead of Perfect Sword Immortal. This was somewhat unbelievable.

What was even more surprising was that after the petal landed on the forehead of Perfect Sword Immortal, it melted like snowflakes and seeped into his Guardian armor.

In the next second, purplish-red petals appeared over Perfect Sword Immortal's body. In the blink of an eye, they enveloped his entire body, forming a floral armor.

Fairy Burial!?Zhou Wen immediately widened his eyes.

He never expected Immortal to be Jiang Yan because Immortal's Guardian wasn't Fairy Burial.

Previously, he had joined Jiang Yan in his trip to contract his Guardian. How could he not be familiar with it? He recognized it at a glance.

So that's how it is… It's no wonder Cave Era wanted to save me… She was actually trying to save Jiang Yan…?Zhou Wen finally understood. He had been puzzled as to why Cave Era would take such a huge risk to save him.

Just because he was her brother's junior didn't seem to make sense.

"You… You actually contracted two Guardians…" Perfect Sword Immortal already understood what had happened and knew why the sword beam couldn't injure the petal.

He used Jiang Yan's body to fight. In essence, the current Perfect Sword Immortal was actually Jiang Yan.

As for Fairy Burial, it had a contract with Jiang Yan. Furthermore, it wasn't an ordinary Guardian contract. It was a Life-and-Death contract that went one step further. Jiang Yan's injuries were equivalent to Fairy Burial being injured. Likewise for the converse. Therefore, Perfect Sword Immortal couldn't injure Fairy Burial. Otherwise, he would be injuring himself.

Unless he abandoned Jiang Yan's body, it was impossible for him to injure Fairy Burial.

That's not right… What Guardian is this…?Perfect Sword Immortal frowned slightly. The floral armor formed by the Guardian was actually absorbing and devouring his Calamity power.

Perfect Sword Immortal naturally sensed that the floral armor was only at the Terror grade, but for some reason, it could absorb his Calamity-grade power.

Although the absorption speed wasn't fast, it was very rare to absorb something at a higher level. Perfect Sword Immortal vaguely felt that the power of the floral armor seemed to restrain him.

Under normal circumstances, he would have been able to control the Guardian that Jiang Yan had contracted since he had already occupied Jiang Yan's body. However, the floral armor rejected him and refused to be under his control.

"Fairy Burial." Jiang Yan obtained the power of Fairy Burial again and finally regained some control. However, he could only speak. Control over the rest of his body was still in the hands of Perfect Sword Immortal.

"Just this act deserves death. You've been hiding and plotting for so long because you want to use its power to devour me?" Perfect Sword Immortal said coldly. "I pity your ignorance. Although I don't know why this Guardian's power has a faint restraining effect on me, it's still too weak. As long as I leave your body, I can easily destroy your body along with it."

"But do you dare leave my body?" Jiang Yan said indifferently.

Perfect Sword Immortal understood what Jiang Yan meant. Without Jiang Yan's body as support, he would be ostracized by Earth's rules. When that happened, his strength would be greatly weakened.

With Zhou Wen near him, he would probably die if he was weakened to the Terror grade. It would be useless even if he destroyed Jiang Yan's body.

"It doesn't matter; I can kill you after I'm done with him." Perfect Sword Immortal turned to look at Zhou Wen.

Fairy Burial's powers couldn't deal much damage to him in a short period of time. The power it absorbed was only a tiny portion that didn't affect his combat strength much.

All Perfect Sword Immortal needed to do was stick to his original plan and kill Zhou Wen before leaving Jiang Yan's body to kill Jiang Yan and Fairy Burial.

However, Perfect Sword Immortal was still somewhat puzzled as to why Jiang Yan could contract two Guardians. In theory, an individual shouldn't be able to contract two Guardians. Furthermore, Guardians wouldn't be willing to share their contractors with other Guardians.

This was because Guardians were natural enemies with each other. They had been created to defeat each other. Guardians of different species shouldn't be able to contract with the same person.

"Jiang Yan, what other plans do you have? Quick, tell me," Zhou Wen shouted at Jiang Yan.

Since Jiang Yan had set up such a trap, there was likely a way to deal with Perfect Sword Immortal.

"My plan was for you to hold him back while I absorb his strength," Jiang Yan said.

Zhou Wen was slightly taken aback before he flew into a rage. "F*ck you. Are you human? You call this a f*cking plan?"

"Don't be anxious. That's just Plan A. I still have Plan B." Jiang Yan added.

"How can you still be in the mood to joke at a time like this? Quick, tell me," Zhou Wen felt a little relieved as he retreated with Cave Era.

"Plan B is for you to severely injure Perfect Sword Immortal. This way, my absorption will be faster and the danger will be resolved faster," Jiang Yan said.

"Are you really speaking anything human?" Zhou Wen's face darkened.

"Don't feel so inferior. You have to have confidence in yourself. I'm very confident in you. Work hard and kill him. Also, protect my sister." Jiang Yan's tone was very relaxed, as though Perfect Sword Immortal was some random character that could be killed with a single strike.

"Are you done?" Perfect Sword Immortal's voice seemed to emit a cold aura. It was obvious how furious he was.

Jiang Yan didn't think much of him. He actually said that he wanted Zhou Wen to kill him.

"Should I say that you are optimistic or ignorant? Humans can't even leave Earth. From the looks of it, it's not without reason." As Perfect Sword Immortal spoke, the sword beams on his body erupted like the sun again in a bid to kill Zhou Wen.

"Enter this." Zhou Wen extended his hand and pulled Cave Era. Cave Era didn't resist this time as she was pulled into the Chaos Bead by Zhou Wen.

Almost at the same time, the Chaos Egg enveloped Zhou Wen's body.

Boom!

The omnipresent sword beams struck the Chaos Egg, instantly filling it up. Zhou Wen didn't have the time to transfer it to Tyrant Behemoth as the continuous sword beams stabbed a few spots into the Chaos Egg.

In the blink of an eye, the Chaos Egg was about to become a porcupine.

Inside the Chaos Egg that was riddled with holes, solid Essence Energy immediately vaporized when it encountered the outside air, turning into white Essence Energy that spewed out.

Zhou Wen saw the sword beams penetrate the Chaos Egg and knew that it was difficult to dodge them. However, he was still a little short of breaking through the final barrier needed to advance to the Terror grade.

What am I short of??More and more sword beams appeared in front of Zhou Wen as some of them nearly stabbed him in the face.

"Die!" Perfect Sword Immortal squeezed out the last bit of his strength, hoping to kill Zhou Wen as quickly as possible.

The blazing sword beam seemed to devour the entire world, destroying everything around it. Even dust particles were sliced apart by the sword beam.

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Chapter 1389: Terror-grade

The indestructible sword beams illuminated everything, wiping out everything. The already riddled Chaos Egg immediately shattered as Zhou Wen was no longer able to hold out.

Instant transmission was useless under such circumstances because the sword beam was everywhere. No matter where Zhou Wen instant transmitted to, he would be killed by the sword beam unless he could leave Perfect Sword Immortal's Calamity Zone. That was naturally impossible.

Zhou Wen hadn't advanced to the Terror grade, but he had no choice but to make a last-ditch effort. He took out the Immortal Culling Sword, but his heavy heart kept sinking.

This was because the Immortal Culling Sword could only be used once. As for his surroundings, they were filled with sword beams. He would be penetrated by the myriad swords after slashing out.

What was even worse was that Zhou Wen knew very well that even if he used Immortal Slaying, he wouldn't be able to slay such a powerful Perfect Sword Immortal.

His strength was too weak; he was unable to unleash the full might of the Immortal Culling Sword. A full-powered strike was equivalent to a Calamity-grade strike. Such an attack couldn't hit Perfect Sword Immortal.

Zhou Wen even realized that the speed at which he could draw out his sword couldn't keep up with his thoughts. The sword beam had already arrived in front of him before he could pull out the Immortal Culling Sword.

Am I just dying like that??Zhou Wen held his sword and looked at the dazzling sword beam that was everywhere. He felt fear and indignation.

Although there was no time for him to think too much, the instinctive fear arose spontaneously.

Suddenly!

The sword beam that could destroy everything stopped in front of Zhou Wen. The tip of the sword beam was almost in contact with Zhou Wen's cornea.

To suddenly live in the face of impending death, Zhou Wen couldn't help but tremble. It was as though a gust of cold air instantly rushed to his head from the soles of his feet and spread to his entire body. It made Zhou Wen feel a little hot. His face warmed up as though he had a fever; his legs went limp as his head spun.

The feeling of having made a trip to the gates of hell was something that only those involved could understand.

As the saying went, there was great horror between life and death, but it was very difficult to experience it.

This was because the person would already be dead when they experienced it. It was useless even if they experienced it.

Those who could experience the horror of life and death and survive were extremely lucky. It wasn't an exaggeration to say that it was a rebirth.

At that instant, Zhou Wen experienced the horror of life and death. His mind immediately became clear as a mirror. Many things that he usually cared about were nothing when he thought about them. It was ridiculous to be sad over them.

At the same time, Zhou Wen finally understood why he couldn't take the final step to advance to the Terror grade. This was because he had never experienced true fear, so how could he understand the terror of others?

Only people who had truly experienced fear understood what fear was.

"What are you waiting for? Use your sword to kill him!" Jiang Yan's voice boomed in almost a roar, but he knew that it was already too late when he shouted.

Zhou Wen still hadn't reacted; Jiang Yan's heart immediately turned cold.

The best he could do was use this split second to use all the power Burial Immortal had gathered and its unique abilities. He could regain control from Perfect Sword Immortal while his control over the body was weakest during his delivery of a full-might attack.

He originally imagined that there was this unspoken understanding between him and Zhou Wen. That instant was enough for Zhou Wen to slash out with an earth-shattering strike. The strike that had once killed a dimensional Calamity—the strike that belonged to Human Sovereign.

However, Zhou Wen blanked out at such a critical moment and missed that instant.

"What a pity. You sure are scheming and resourceful." Perfect Sword Immortal had already regained control of his body. He too broke out into a cold sweat.

He never expected Jiang Yan to be able to regain control of the body. Although it was only for an instant, it was enough to shock him.

If Zhou Wen had reacted in time, he might have been severely injured.

When he saw the Immortal Culling Sword in Zhou Wen's hand, he recognized Zhou Wen's identity and knew that Zhou Wen indeed had the ability to severely injure him.

"So Zhou Wen is Human Sovereign. What a pity. Humans are only humans after all. They are ultimately unable to face the extreme fear of death calmly. He missed his only chance and wasted your efforts," Perfect Sword Immortal said with a sneer. "Jiang Yan, my dear Jiang Yan, you are indeed a talent. However, you chose the wrong person and stood on the wrong side."

Jiang Yan was exhausted from unleashing all his strength. He didn't even have the ability to control the body and make sounds.

"Don't make the wrong choice again in your next life." Perfect Sword Immortal once again controlled his sword beam to shoot out, hoping to kill Zhou Wen.

However, when he looked at Zhou Wen, he was surprised to discover that Zhou Wen's body was emitting a strange aura. The aura made him extremely disgusted and even somewhat afraid.

Terror transformation? Wasn't that ball his Terror transformation power??Perfect Sword Immortal sized up Zhou Wen suspiciously, having originally believed that the Chaos Egg was Zhou Wen's Terror-grade power.

However, from the changes in Zhou Wen's body, it was a sign that he had just advanced to the Terror form. This left him in disbelief.

He couldn't believe that a human who had fought him for so long wasn't even at the Terror grade.

However, Perfect Sword Immortal couldn't care less. He drove ten thousand sword beams downwards. Regardless of whether he was at the Terror or Mythical stage prior to this, that could be discussed after he was dead.

The sun-like sword beams devoured Zhou Wen, and in the blinding sword beam, a very discordant light suddenly appeared.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

The ten thousand sword beams shattered like glass and scattered in all directions. The thousands of sword beams rose up and deflected light, making the surroundings appear dreamy.

A sword beam tore through everything, splitting the shattered sword beams that filled the sky into two. It was as though the sea had been parted as a sword beam charged straight at Perfect Sword Immortal.

Perfect Sword Immortal condensed a sword with his fingers, converging the sword beams around him into one as he faced the sword beam.

"All the swords in this world obey my orders. You have a death wish to fight me with a sword…" As Perfect Sword Immortal spoke, his sword beam had already collided with his adversary's sword beam.

Boom!

The sword beams collided, producing a terrifying shockwave.

Perfect Sword Immortal's heart palpitated as he dodged to the side, but he was still a little slow. A bloody mark immediately appeared on his cheek when the sword beam swept past him. A drop of blood slowly dripped down his cheek.

What's wrong with that sword… Why is its power able to restrain my sword beam… Impossible… How can there be a sword in the world that I can't control…?The eyes of Perfect Sword Immortal widened into a contortion as he stared opposite him. He saw Zhou Wen walking over with the Immortal Culling Sword in hand. The Heavenly Robe on his body fluttered in the wind. He had not been injured.

"Why wait for the next life? I think I can choose again now." Zhou Wen felt the power in his body and the sword intent that roared like an evil spirit from Immortal Culling Sword. This was the first time he had been able to freely control the Immortal Culling Sword and not just draw it and slash it once.

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Chapter 1390: Terror-grade Combat Strength

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"All the swords in the world might be under your jurisdiction, but this sword of mine isn't," Zhou Wen said as he slashed out with the Immortal Culling Sword again.

It was an onslaught of sword aura!

Zhou Wen felt Slaughterer constantly spew out Essence Energy. After the Immortal Culling Sword—which had extremely high Essence Energy requirements—accepted the endless Essence Energy, it trembled and hummed.

It was like a parched land's desire for rain, the satisfaction of a hungry wolf when it ate meat.

The Immortal Culling Sword had been thirsty and hungry for too long. Zhou Wen's Essence Energy in the past wasn't enough to power it. Every time Zhou Wen had used the Immortal Culling Sword, it was like giving a person dying of thirst a drop of water. Not only did this drop of water not quench his thirst, but it only made him yearn for more.

Hum! Hum!

Under Zhou Wen's brandishing, the Immortal Culling Sword produced a humming sword hum as it slashed out sword beams.

Perfect Sword Immortal condensed sword beams to fight Zhou Wen, but he was alarmed to discover that his sword beams were restrained by Zhou Wen's sword beams. It was like a mortal weapon encountering a divine weapon that could slice through steel as though it was mud. Anything would be sliced apart the moment it came into contact with it.

Retreat! Another retreat!

Perfect Sword Immortal was alarmed to discover that he could only retreat again and again under Zhou Wen's sword.

He wanted to counterattack with his sword, but for some reason, Zhou Wen's sword technique made him uncomfortable. It was like a sword beam restraining his sword radiance. It made him feel uncomfortable—he was unable to unleash his full combat strength.

Perfect Sword Immortal suddenly had a feeling—a subconscious feeling—as though he was afraid of Zhou Wen. This fear was in his bones, like it was a part of his nature.

What… What's going on… A Terror-grade… Just a Terror-grade human… How can this be… How can this be…?The eyes of Perfect Sword Immortal flickered as cracks appeared in his defenses. Terror constantly spread in his heart.

Blood Shaman and Uesugi Nao, who were watching from afar, stared blankly.

Zhou Wen is Human Sovereign!?Uesugi Nao watched as Zhou Wen's sword forced Perfect Sword Immortal into a retreat. The powerful Perfect Sword Immortal that left one in despair was completely suppressed, as though he didn't even have the chance to counterattack.

"He… is at the Terror grade, right?" Blood Shaman said with a strange expression.

No one could answer him. Only the earth-shattering sword aura and sword hum echoed in the world.

Zhou Wen felt as though he was in an invincible state. It wasn't just because the Immortal Culling Sword had erupted with powerful combat strength, but more because of the power Slaughterer and the advancement to the Terror grade had given him.

In the past, Zhou Wen needed to make all kinds of observations and plans to deduce the enemy's weakness, but now, it seemed very natural. Without needing much observation, he could attack his opponent's weakness as though it had become an instinct.

This instinct wasn't without reason, but a judgment based on some rules.

It was like learning a math formula. No matter how varied the questions were, as long as one grasped the formulas, they could obtain answers without looking at all possible questions.

Now, Zhou Wen was such an example. He didn't need to see the weaknesses of all creatures to determine his opponent's weaknesses.

This feeling was simply intoxicating. It was as though he could see through everything at a glance. It felt like God.

Together with the power unleashed by the Immortal Culling Sword, as well as its ability to restrain immortals, along with Zhou Wen's Heart Defying Sword Art, he forcefully suppressed Perfect Sword Immortal to the point of him being unable to counterattack.

If it wasn't for the fact that the body belonged to Jiang Yan, the Immortal Culling Sword would have killed Perfect Sword Immortal.

Perfect Sword Immortal seemed to notice this as well. He stopped defending and transformed into a sword beam, hoping to escape.

Although Zhou Wen's speed wasn't as fast as Perfect Sword Immortal, he had the help of spatial teleportation. After Slaughterer advanced to the Terror grade, Zhou Wen experienced a tremendous change.

This change didn't only improve his physique a little. In fact, it had a greater effect on his other Terror transformation abilities.

For example, in his true Terror form, he could use the Godfiend Era's instant transmission almost instantly. It wasn't like before where there was an obvious pause.

For example, using Singularity Universe's teleportation ability greatly increased accuracy.

The other Terror transformation abilities seemed to be augmented by a halo under Zhou Wen's Terror transformation. They were greatly enhanced.

Zhou Wen could virtually instant transmit an infinite number of times, so he managed to catch up to the Calamity-grade Perfect Sword Immortal. He constantly slashed out with the Immortal Culling Sword, forcing Perfect Sword Immortal to dodge in a sorry state.

Perfect Sword Immortal had also attempted to let the Immortal Culling Sword slash at Jiang Yan's body, but he was alarmed to discover that after the Immortal Culling Sword injured Jiang Yan's body, it carried a strange power. The power directly injured his immortal body, but it didn't injure Jiang Yan's body. It was as though it was a power born to deal with immortals.

Perfect Sword Immortal was alarmed, unhinged with anger. He never expected to end up in such a sorry state on his descent to Earth.

"Zhou Wen, Jiang Yan, I'll remember you." Perfect Sword Immortal wanted to escape Jiang Yan's body and return to the dimension.

However, he was even more alarmed to discover that he couldn't leave Jiang Yan's body. The floral armor-like Fairy Burial seemed to have some mysterious power that imprisoned the soul that had descended into Jiang Yan's body.

How can this be!?Perfect Sword Immortal felt extreme regret. He never expected that his casual decision would result in his death.

It was already impossible to destroy Fairy Burial.

This was because the Fairy Burial armor had already fused with the Skyimmortal armor. As for the Skyimmortal armor, it was a Calamity-grade armor that the Perfect Sword Immortal had helped advance. Furthermore, in the battle with Zhou Wen, he had sent a large amount of Immortal Essence sword aura into the Skyimmortal armor. Now, the Skyimmortal armor was truly at the Calamity grade.

Coupled with the fusion with Fairy Burial, it had the power to restrain Perfect Sword Immortal's Essence Energy, preventing him from suicidally destroying Jiang Yan's body.

"Don't you think it's too late to leave now?" Jiang Yan said, finally regaining partial control.

Perfect Sword Immortal immediately felt that things were going south, but it was too late. Jiang Yan unleashed the power of Fairy Burial again and temporarily regained control of his body.

This time, Zhou Wen didn't miss the opportunity. The Immortal Culling Sword left his hand and transformed into a sword beam that instantly pierced through Perfect Sword Immortal's body, pinning him to the mountain wall.

The power of Immortal Culling Sword instantly spread across Perfect Sword Immortal's body. The power was extremely harmful to him, but it didn't deal much damage to Jiang Yan's body.

Zhou Wen had already discovered this in the battle just now. Although the Immortal Culling Sword could kill other creatures with similarly powerful destructive power, it had a special lethality against Perfect Sword Immortal.

When it injured ordinary creatures, the wound wouldn't continue extending, but it was different for Perfect Sword Immortal.. After injuring him, the wound would continue to damage his immortal body.

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Chapter 1391: The Disqualified

Translator: CKtalon

Perfect Sword Immortal was severely injured by the Immortal Culling Sword. Although Jiang Yan's body was also injured, it wasn't as serious as Perfect Sword Immortal, nor did he suffer from constant damage.

Under such circumstances, he finally regained control of most of his body. At the same time, Fairy Burial, who had fused with the Skyimmortal armor, crazily plundered and absorbed Perfect Sword Immortal's energy.

Facing the pincer attack of the Immortal Culling Sword and Fairy Burial, Perfect Sword Immortal lost his voice bit by bit amidst the painful roars. Finally, he was completely absorbed by Fairy Burial.

The floral armor on Jiang Yan's body was red to the point of turning purple. It was extremely beautiful, like red spider lilies that had fallen into hell.

Jiang Yan reached out to grab the hilt of Fairy Burial and pulled it out of his body before throwing it back to Zhou Wen.

"You came too early. If you had given me more time for preparations, I wouldn't be in such a sorry state." Jiang Yan looked at the wound on his body. The blood armor seemed to have a life of its own as it rooted itself in the wound and quickly healed his injured body.

"You didn't inform me. How would I know what you were up to?" Zhou Wen rolled his eyes.

"If I had told you in advance, even if you could fool everyone, I wouldn't be able to fool Perfect Sword Immortal who possessed me. Only when everything is real can Perfect Sword Immortal sink deeper and not have the chance to escape again," Jiang Yan said with a smile. "Thankfully, you didn't disappoint me. Although there were some tiny mishaps, the goal was finally achieved."

"My heart isn't too good. Please get someone else if you are doing this again," Zhou Wen said angrily.

"I wasn't the one looking for you, alright? You came knocking by yourself!" Jiang Yan said with a smile.

Zhou Wen was taken aback, but he knew that what Jiang Yan said made sense. Jiang Yan was only taking advantage of the situation. Even without Jiang Yan, the League of Guardians would still deal with him. A figure like Perfect Sword Immortal would still descend. It was only a matter of time.

"What plans do you have for the future?" Zhou Wen released Cave Era and asked Jiang Yan.

"I'm the owner of the League of Guardians. I was in the past and will be in the future." Jiang Yan looked at Uesugi Nao, Blood Shaman, and the other Guardians.

Uesugi Nao, Blood Shaman, and the other Guardians flew over and said in unison, "We are willing to continue following you, Your Excellency."

"Aren't you afraid that the dimensional fellows will deal with you?" Zhou Wen asked.

"I was afraid in the past, but now that my Skyimmortal and Fairy Burial have advanced to the Calamity grade, there's no need to be afraid. It's not that easy for dimensional creatures to come to Earth. Even if they do, they will be greatly suppressed. Up to now, only humans can allow Calamity-grade creatures to exist on Earth. They can't even send Calamity-grade creatures over. Even if they descend with the help of a body, they will at most be at the Calamity grade. Do you think I need to be afraid?" Jiang Yan said.

"Alright, take care. Goodbye… No… There's nothing good about it. It's best we don't meet again…" Zhou Wen waved his hand and prepared to leave.

"Do you want me to help you finish that?" Jiang Yan pointed at Zhou Wen.

"What?" Zhou Wen was slightly taken aback. He looked down and realized that the Heavenly Tribulation Sword he had been hit with was still embedded in his chest. It was still emitting lightning.

"Well, if you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten. This thing can't really injure people. I wonder how Perfect Sword Immortal managed to master such a useless skill." Zhou Wen felt that although the Heavenly Tribulation was still ongoing, it didn't affect him much. He had already forgotten about it as he was focused on the battle. It was obvious how useless the Heavenly Tribulation Sword was to Zhou Wen.

Jiang Yan glanced at Zhou Wen with a complicated expression. He had absorbed Perfect Sword Immortal, so he knew some of his abilities. The Heavenly Tribulation Sword's attack wasn't targeted at the body, but the mind. Under the nine instances of Heavenly Tribulation, even a Calamity-grade creature would most likely become an idiot or lunatic. They might even be erased or turned into a vegetative state. There were many who couldn't withstand it and committed suicide.

However, Zhou Wen didn't react to the nine tribulations of the Heavenly Tribulation Sword. Others didn't know how terrifying it was, but Jiang Yan knew very well that this wasn't a reaction a human should have.

It's no wonder Teacher said that about him, Jiang Yan thought.

"I'm leaving." Zhou Wen waved his hand and turned to leave. He didn't get Jiang Yan to help him pull out the Heavenly Tribulation Sword. After advancing to the Terror grade, his understanding of various powers had improved significantly. He knew that the Heavenly Tribulation Sword would quickly dissipate.

After using teleportation to leave, with the augmentation of his Terror state, Singularity Universe's location-locking was much more accurate. Zhou Wen teleported to the vicinity of Luoyang, and the deviation was only about five kilometers. It was much better than before.

When he arrived at an empty spot, Zhou Wen eagerly took out his phone and checked his stats.

Zhou Wen: Terror

Life Providence: Sigh of the King

Life Soul: Slaughterer

Wheel of Destiny: No Engravings (One Spin)

Terror Form: The Disqualified (Beyond S)

Strength: 82

Zhou Wen looked at his information and fell into a daze.

He originally imagined that his Terror grade was the upgraded version of Slaughterer, but from the looks of it, that wasn't the case. Slaughterer had indeed undergone Terror transformation, and its name was Slaughterer. Like the other eight Terror transformation abilities, it had an S-grade Terror transformation ability.

However, Zhou Wen's true Terror transformation ability wasn't Slaughterer, but The Disqualified. Although it had a certain relationship with Slaughterer, it was somewhat different.

After Zhou Wen entered The Disqualified state, he gained an extremely powerful augmentation for the other nine Terror states. He also had the ability to spy on weaknesses like before. However, this ability wasn't constant. It varied according to the different target creatures.

This ability was relatively powerful for common lifeforms. The effects on rare creatures would be weaker, but it wasn't completely ineffective.

Apart from that, The Disqualified had a very strong augmentation on various parts of his physique, including his senses. Otherwise, even if Zhou Wen's strength could keep up with Perfect Sword Immortal in battle, his eyesight and reaction would be far inferior—it would still be difficult for him to match him.

In fact, Zhou Wen's various abilities were very close to the Calamity grade in The Disqualified state.

Zhou Wen still needed to continue studying the other abilities of The Disqualified. After all, he had just condensed it, so he didn't understand it fully.

Zhou Wen pulled out Tyrant Behemoth's information, hoping to see how far it had advanced.

Tyrant Behemoth: Terror (Evolvable)

Life Providence: Extreme Strength

Life Soul: Violent Crown

Wheel of Destiny: Absolute Strength

Terror Form: Tyrant

Strength: 82

Speed: 82

Constitution: 82

Essence Energy: 82

Talent Skill: Mountain Consuming

Companion Form: Boxing Glove

He switched on his phone and randomly chose a dungeon.. Zhou Wen wanted to see what changes Tyrant Behemoth would undergo when it entered its Terror form.

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Chapter 1392: Blood Spirits

The Yang City dungeon had happened to finish refreshing, so Zhou Wen entered it with Tyrant Behemoth.

Due to his previous experience, Zhou Wen didn't dare touch the blood bone temples. All he did was make Tyrant Behemoth enter its Terror form—the Tyrant state.

The Terror-form Tyrant Behemoth instantly became as huge as a mountain. A crown appeared on its head as its black iron-like body suffused a red glow.

Its eyes suffused a red glow as a red glow also shimmered in its mouth. It looked like a devil that shimmered with a sanguine glow in the dark night.

Boom!

Tyrant Behemoth landed. As it was so huge, it stepped onto a blood bone temple.

Terror-grade creatures immediately rushed out of the blood bone temple, transforming into terrifying blood shadows that charged at Tyrant Behemoth.

Although Zhou Wen felt that Tyrant Behemoth couldn't defeat the dozen or so Terror-grade creatures, he had no intention of helping. He wanted to see how powerful Tyrant Behemoth was.

More than ten Terror-grade blood shadows rushed over from different directions. Tyrant Behemoth roared at the sky as the sanguine light over its body transformed into blood flames that burned around its body.

Tyrant Behemoth suddenly exerted strength at a terrifying speed. As its massive body moved, it produced afterimages.

Bang!

A Terror-grade blood shadow suspected to be a Whirl Turtle was pierced through by Tyrant Behemoth's claw. Its sharp claws sank into its body as it roared and ripped its body apart. Then, it picked up the corpse and threw it into its mouth. It chewed a few times before swallowing. It was as violent as a devil.

Kill! Kill! Kill!

Zhou Wen watched Tyrant Behemoth fight the group alone with no inkling of what retreat was. It ignored the enemy's attacks and seemed to only have eyes for its opponents.

Absolute Strength at the Terror grade was too powerful. In a head-on clash, no Terror-grade creature was Tyrant Behemoth's match. They were either torn apart by Tyrant Behemoth or smashed into meat paste.

However, Tyrant Behemoth kept attacking without delivering any defensive manuveurs. It was also hit by many forces. Although its body was very powerful, it didn't have Absolute Defense. It still suffered quite a number of injuries and some of them were rather serious.

A blood shadow that resembled an ox or a goat slammed into Tyrant Behemoth's waist. The horns that were more than ten meters long stabbed right in.

Tyrant Behemoth let out a tragic cry before grabbing the blood shadow and pulling it in front of it. It grabbed its head with one hand and its tail with the other before pulling.

Zhou Wen watched as the blood shadow's body gradually extended. Amidst the inhuman screams, its body snapped like a rubber band as blood spewed everywhere.

Tyrant Behemoth fought crazily. What surprised Zhou Wen was that its injuries healed extremely quickly. It could even be said to be abnormally fast.

Under the siege of the Terror-grade creatures, Tyrant Behemoth became more and more ferocious. It didn't weaken because of its injuries. Instead, as the blood shadows' numbers decreased, their position of disadvantage became more and more obvious.

After carefully observing for a while, Zhou Wen realized that Tyrant Behemoth could quickly recover from its injuries not because its physique was strong, but because it had devoured many opponents in battle.

The energy obtained from its opponent quickly healed its body. It was simply nourishing itself with food. As long as the injuries on its body weren't fatal and as long as it had something to eat, it was almost a perpetual motion machine.

This fellow's combat style is so strange! However, Absolute Strength is really useful. At the same level, Tyrant Behemoth is almost an invincible existence.?The more Zhou Wen watched, the more he liked it. He only felt that Tyrant Behemoth's body was a little weak. If it could have Absolute Defense, it would be perfect.

Unfortunately, Absolute Defense was Prisoned Dragon's ability. It was unlikely it would appear on Tyrant Behemoth.

After understanding Tyrant Behemoth's true strength, Zhou Wen realized that something was amiss. Tyrant Behemoth had already killed nearly ten Terror-grade blood shadows, but no items had dropped.

There wasn't even a single dimensional crystal, much less Companion Eggs.

Zhou Wen glanced at the game's notification box and realized that the in-game notifications were 'Killed XXX's Blood Spirit." Only then did Zhou Wen come to a realization. The blood shadows here weren't the true legendary Terror creatures. They were just undead.

There was no problem with being undead, but the problem was that nothing dropped. This left Zhou Wen depressed. He attempted to activate some blood bone temples and killed the blood shadows, but the outcome was the same. Nothing dropped.

What crappy dungeon is this? It doesn't drop anything.?Zhou Wen was greatly disappointed.

He originally imagined that he had found a treasure ground that could spawn some Terror-grade Companion Eggs, but nothing dropped.

However, Zhou Wen knew that there was definitely something impressive in such a strange place. More importantly, he didn't know if he could kill the Calamity creature guarding it.

Without the Immortal Culling Sword in-game, Zhou Wen could only rely on himself and his Companion Beasts in battle.

Since I'm already here, let me see what secrets are hidden in Yang City.?Zhou Wen summoned Banana Fairy, Demonic Neonate, and other Companion Beasts and stormed in.

There were many Terror-grade blood shadows here, and Zhou Wen had quite a number of Terror-grade Companion Beasts. Furthermore, they were all excellent. Every one of them could fight a group alone.

Zhou Wen watched for a while before he suddenly thought of something.

The Blood Spirits here were likely transformed from the wraiths of the Classic of Mountains and Seas beasts killed during the reign of Yu the Great. The strength of the Blood Spirits is naturally far inferior to the true Classic of Mountains and Seas beasts.

Zhou Wen even saw a phoenix-like Blood Spirit, but its strength was only considered top-notch at the Terror grade. It was probably much weaker than a real phoenix.

Such a Blood Spirit didn't drop anything, so it could be said to be useless to others.

However, Zhou Wen had The Disqualified which had the ability to sense his opponent's weakness. This ability actually required a certain level of support. If it was a creature that Zhou Wen had never seen before, the effects of the ability would be much weaker.

Although the Blood Spirits here were much weaker than their original versions, their abilities weren't fake. All Zhou Wen needed to do was familiarize himself with their abilities and attributes. When he encountered a true Classic of Mountains and Seas beast, he could directly sense their weaknesses. It was equivalent to knowing their weaknesses in advance.

This ain't too bad.?Zhou Wen originally found it pointless, but after this discovery, he became interested and carefully observed the abilities of every Blood Spirit.

As he was observing, a strange temple appeared in front of him.

In Yang City, the buildings Zhou Wen had seen were made of blood bones, but the temple in front of him wasn't made of bones or clay bricks. It was a stone temple.

Tyrant Behemoth was still burning with its killing fervor as it charged forward. Just as it was about to approach the stone temple, its door suddenly opened. A bull was lying inside.

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Chapter 1393: Kui

Zhou Wen's heart palpitated when he saw the bull. He immediately knew that something was amiss and wanted to unsummon his Companion Beasts.

Unfortunately, he was still a step too late. The bull opened its mouth and let out a thunderous roar.

The roar was like a bull's or dragon's, but it also sounded like a clap of thunder. Zhou Wen even saw light that resembled the sun and moon spew out from its mouth. As the roar sounded, it instantly illuminated half of Yang City.

Why was it half a Yang City? It was because the stone temple was in the middle of Yang City. Only the front of the stone temple was illuminated.

Zhou Wen's heart stirred as he made a decision without any hesitation. He immediately instant transmited to the area behind the stone temple.

When he phased into existence again, his body was immediately thrown to the ground by the terrifying sound wave. His innards churned as though his blood vessels were about to explode.

However, this was already considered good. Tyrant Behemoth and the other Companion Beasts suffered the power of the terrifying sound wave in the area in front of the stone temple. Their bodies exploded and turned into a bloody mist.

Even a Terror-grade creature with a powerful body like Tyrant Behemoth couldn't withstand it. Only Banana Fairy acted fast. Like Zhou Wen, she fled to the area behind the stone temple to avoid being killed by the sound waves.

Her situation was similar to Zhou Wen's. She was also injured from the shock, and her injuries were worse than Zhou Wen's.

As for Demonic Neonate, she kept hugging the Demonic Sword while sitting on Zhou Wen's shoulder. Although she had also been attacked by the sound waves, she looked fine.

I was probably killed by this fellow's roar the last time. I have to investigate what it is.?As Zhou Wen controlled the blood-colored avatar, he took out his other phone and opened the browser to search online.

This thing… Don't tell me it's a Kui…?The more Zhou Wen looked at it, the more it looked like it.

Although he had only taken a glance, he knew that the bull in the stone temple didn't have horns and was still lying there.

According to the information he had found on the Internet, Kui didn't have horns on its head and only had one leg.

Zhou Wen couldn't see how many legs it had, but it was lying there and not standing. It was very likely that it didn't want to keep standing because it only had one leg.

This discovery excited Zhou Wen because the bull was clearly not a Blood Spirit. It was a creature with flesh and blood.

According to the information on the Internet, every time the Kui appeared, it would be accompanied by a storm. Furthermore, it had the light of the sun and moon on its body as it roared like thunder.

Legend has it that when Yellow Emperor discovered the Kui, the Mysterious Maiden used its hide to make a drum and its bones as drumsticks. One strike of the drum quaked 250 kilometers out, no one could stop it.

This thing was definitely an excellent-grade music-type Companion Beast. Now, Zhou Wen didn't have any music-type Companion Beasts. If he could obtain Kui, it would make up for the weakness.

Zhou Wen was still fantasizing when he heard another clap of thunder. It gave him a fright, making him believe that the Kui had roared again.

However, when he looked up, he realized that it was true thunder, not the sound of the Kui.

Dark clouds gathered above Yang City as thunder rumbled. Then, without any warning, it began to pour heavily.

Zhou Wen turned his head to look in the direction of the stone temple and indeed, he saw the bull exit. Its upper body was raised as it hopped forward. On careful look, it really only had one leg.

It walked with one leg as the light on its body resembled the sun and moon. It was very similar to the information Zhou Wen had obtained.

Kui stood in the rain and looked at Zhou Wen before roaring again.

Zhou Wen already knew that Kui's sound wave attack was directional. Although sound could spread in all directions, being right in front of the wavefront would deal the greatest damage. As long as he dodged the wavefront, the damage he suffered would be minimized.

After unsummoning Banana Fairy, he instant transmitted again. This time, he appeared in a sport furthest behind Kui. The sound waves he suffered were indeed greatly reduced.

With Zhou Wen's Terror transformation ability, he was basically unaffected by the sound waves.

Kui jumped up and turned its body to face Zhou Wen as it roared again.

Zhou Wen continued instant transmitting in another direction. Kui kept blasting out sound waves, but Zhou Wen dodged them all. He couldn't help but be furious.

Kui stopped looking for Zhou Wen. It looked up and let out an unhinged roar into the sky.

The dark clouds and storm were dispersed by its roar. The roar was accompanied by light as it radiated in all directions like a sound wave, forming an indiscriminate attack.

This time, Zhou Wen had nowhere to dodge. All he could do was forcefully resist the sound waves.

He summoned the reformed Chaos Egg and the sound waves struck the Chaos Egg, immediately producing many solid crystals. Unfortunately, Tyrant Behemoth was already dead. Otherwise, he could have used them to feed it.

Kui roared a few times consecutively, causing the Chaos Egg to tumble out. It slammed into the city wall and bounced back. It slammed into the various temples like a ball.

In the blood bone temples that Zhou Wen had slammed into, Blood Spirits quickly rushed out, but they had nothing on the Chaos Egg.

Zhou Wen took the opportunity when Kui was exhausted from the roar to instantly appear behind it. Using his hand as a blade, he delivered Immortal Slaying.

Even without the augmentation of the Immortal Culling Sword, Zhou Wen's Immortal Slaying was still very powerful. The power that erupted was almost comparable to a Calamity-grade.

However, when he struck Kui's neck, it only produced a shallow wound. Furthermore, the wound quickly healed itself. It was useless.

Zhou Wen and Kui constantly fought. Neither side could do a thing to the other.

The Chaos Egg could withstand Kui's sound blast, and Kui couldn't catch up to Zhou Wen. There were no other means to injure Zhou Wen or kill him.

Although Zhou Wen could injure Kui, due to its powerful physique and how Zhou Wen's offensive strength was only able to touch the threshold of the Calamity grade, he couldn't severely injure it. Likewise, he couldn't kill it.

Finally, Zhou Wen gave up by quitting the game. There was no point in continuing. The injuries he dealt Kui weren't as fast as its self-healing speed.

This won't do. I have to think of a way to get a good weapon.?Zhou Wen was thinking about where to get a Calamity-grade weapon.

If he couldn't obtain a Calamity-grade weapon, he had to obtain a Terror-grade weapon with extremely powerful destructive power. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to kill Kui.

The Bamboo Blade has shattered, and the Son of Heaven's Sword can't be pulled out. Although the Immortal Culling Sword is useful, it can't be brought into the game. Where can I get a weapon??After some thought, Zhou Wen realized that only the boxing glove transformed by Tyrant Behemoth could be counted on.

After all, with the augmentation of Absolute Strength, Tyrant Behemoth's boxing glove's offensive strength was undoubtedly top-notch among Terror-grade weapons.

The only flaw was that it wasn't augmented by skills, so it couldn't produce effects similar to Ever-Victorious and Unstoppable.

If I don't have one, I'll fuse one and let Tyrant Behemoth's boxing glove have those skills.?Zhou Wen made up his mind to add all sorts of augmentation skills to Tyrant Behemoth's boxing glove.

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Chapter 1394: Sword Immortal

Translator: CKtalon

"Who dares to barge into the Octokind's land?" The Yaksha and Garuda, who were guarding the Octokind Holy Mountain, immediately berated when they saw an outsider walking towards the Holy Mountain.

The person looked like a man in his thirties, but his hair was white; his white clothes were whiter than snow. He walked over step by step. He clearly walked on the ground, but he gave off the feeling that he was walking on clouds.

It was as if the ground beneath his feet was no longer dirty, but pure white clouds.

The man didn't answer and continued walking over.

The Yaksha and Garuda were immediately enraged. Those who were sent to guard the Holy Mountain were the cream of the crop among the Octokind. They could be said to be elites, so when had they ever been belittled?

They erupted with Terror-grade power and attacked the white-robed man from both sides.

The white-robed man continued walking forward as though he hadn't seen them. As for the Yaksha and Garuda, they flew up with tragic cries.

It was as though invisible sword intents flashed, slicing their strength and bodies to pieces, turning them into a rain of blood.

The white-haired man stepped onto the stone steps of the Holy Mountain as though nothing had happened. The spot where he stood was clean and flawless, but behind him was blood-stained yellow sand.

The Yaksha and Garuda's tragic cries before they died had already alarmed the Octokind on the mountain. Many rushed down the mountain and were enraged when they saw the blood on the ground and the white-haired man who was climbing the mountain.

Many irascible Asuras and Yakshas had already charged at the white-haired man. The sky was filled with a strange light as though countless stars were crashing down at him.

The white-haired man didn't even raise his eyelids as he continued walking up the stone steps.

Without exception, the Octokind that charged at him were all killed by the invisible sword intent. Sabers, swords, spears, musical instruments, and all sorts of broken weapons were sent flying with bloodied flesh.

Wherever the white-haired man passed, no Octokind survived.

On the huge Holy Mountain, more than ten thousand members of the Octokind had gathered, but no one dared to approach the white-haired man.

With every step the white-haired man took, the Octokind that filled the sky involuntarily retreated. No one dared to resist him.

"We Octokind have always had a good relationship with the Immortals. As a member of the Immortals, why are you slaughtering the creatures of our Octokind? Could it be that the Immortals are violating the dimensional agreement?" A dancing, lute-wielding Gandharva floated in the air and stared at the white-haired man who was ascending the mountain as she asked.

The Immortal ignored her and continued walking up the mountain as though he was deaf.

"I'm talking to you. Didn't you hear me? I'm the Queen of the Gandharva. If there's anything you need, you can tell me. If there's nothing, don't blame me for being heartless if you take another step forward," said the Gandharva as her expression turned cold. She hugged her lute and stared at the Immortal.

The Immortal ignored her and continued walking forward.

The Gandharva was immediately enraged. She strummed the strings with her finger, and the resonating music transformed into an invisible killing intent that wrapped around the Immortal.

Crack! Crack!

There was no sword beam or sound of sword beams, but there was an invisible force that minced the music. All the strings on the lute in the Gandharva's hand snapped at the same time.

The Gandharva was alarmed. It was too late to retreat. She could already sense a terrifying sword intent approaching her. Perhaps she would be beheaded in the next second.

As Queen of the Gandharva, she was a Calamity-grade expert after all. She never expected the other party to force her to such a disadvantageous state without even touching her.

A dragon's roar resounded through the clouds. Dragon aura that resembled a waterfall cascaded down from the top of the Holy Mountain. It circled around the body of Queen of the Gandharva, as though it was colliding with some divine weapon. The dragon aura instantly shattered.

Thankfully, the sword intent had already vanished. The Queen of the Gandharva hurriedly retreated and distanced herself from the Immortal.

Apart from the monarchs of the Celestials and Dragons, the other six monarchs had already appeared and blocked the Immortal's path as though they wanted to take him down.

Tens of thousands of Octokind had already rushed over. They surrounded him from all directions. They held weapons in their hands and pointed them at the Immortal.

The tens of thousands of Octokind royalty and six Calamity-grade monarchs didn't seem to exist in the eyes of the Immortal. He continued walking forward, his gaze fixed on a figure standing at the top of the stairs.

When the six monarchs saw him in such a state, they were enraged as they prepared to kill him.

"Let him pass." A voice sounded from the top of the stone steps. The person standing there was none other than Wang Mingyuan, who had already become the Dragon King. He was also the one who had saved the Gandharva with his dragon aura.

When the six monarchs heard Wang Mingyuan's words, they had no choice but to order their men to retreat and make way.

However, the tens of thousands of Octokind were eyeing them covetously from both sides. They were everywhere. If it were an ordinary person, they would probably be terrified.

However, the Immortal didn't notice anything as he walked towards the top of the stone steps.

"Sir, why are you here?" Wang Mingyuan asked when the Immortal came close.

The Immortal ignored him and walked past him. His fluttering white hair brushed past Wang Mingyuan's face.

Wang Mingyuan stood there and watched the Immortal walk into the divine temple before sitting down at the main seat.

It was originally the seat of the Lord of the Octokind. Even Di Tian, who had been the leader of the Octokind, wasn't qualified to sit there. Now, Wang Mingyuan was only taking the deputy's seat. Only the king of the Exalted which the Octokind relied on had the right to sit there.

Seeing that the Immortal was sitting in that spot, be it the royalty or ordinary members of the Octokind, all of them rushed into the hall to kill the Immortal, but they were stopped by Wang Mingyuan.

"Sir, what do you want?" Wang Mingyuan asked as he looked at the Immortal sitting high on the platform.

"From today on, the Octokind shall be sealed in the mountain for three years. No Octokind shall take half a step out. All who disobey shall be executed." The Immortal looked down at Wang Mingyuan and continued, "In the past, Damo faced the wall for nine years and finally gained enlightenment on some principles. You don't have to face the wall. Just stand there and reflect for three years. No matter how slow-witted you are, you should be able to understand something."

"What gives you the right to dictate that?" The Yaksha King questioned. Instantly, the masses were enraged. Some of the Octokind couldn't help but rush into the hall.

Just as the battle was about to begin, a blob of golden light tore through the air.

"Supremacy… He…" When the golden light landed, it was a Buddha with a golden glow. Yaksha King and company hurriedly went forward to bow. Before they could say anything, they were cut off by the Buddha.

Buddha walked in front of the Immortal and pressed his palms together. He bowed slightly and said, "Sword Immortal, please calm down. From today onwards, the Octokind will stay sealed for three years. The Dragon King will reflect on himself for three years and will not be allowed to move half a step. Do you have any other requests?

"A disciple of my Sword Immortal lineage can't die for nothing. The ones who killed him have to pay with their lives." As the man spoke, he kept looking at Wang Mingyuan.. He knew that Jiang Yan was Wang Mingyuan's disciple.

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Chapter 1395: Unhappy About It? Put Up With It

"Definitely." Buddha nodded slightly and looked at Wang Mingyuan.

The news of Perfect Sword Immortal's downfall on Earth had spread to the higher-ups of the dimension. Although not many people knew the exact situation, most of the higher-ups knew that Perfect Sword Immortal had been tricked by Jiang Yan.

Buddha didn't find it strange that someone from the Sword Immortal lineage came to settle scores with Wang Mingyuan. However, Wang Mingyuan was now considered the leader of the Octokind. It was still acceptable for him to self-reflect for three years. If he really killed Wang Mingyuan, not only would the reputation of the Octokind be ruined, but even the Exalted whom the Octokind relied on would have their reputation marred.

This matter was done by Wang Mingyuan's disciple. It was the best outcome to have Wang Mingyuan answer to the Sword Immortal lineage.

Seeing Buddha look at him, Wang Mingyuan naturally knew what he meant.

"How may I address you?" Wang Mingyuan's expression was as calm as ever. What the Immortal had said seemed to have nothing to do with him.

"Berserker," the Immortal finally answered casually.

When he mentioned his name, the expressions of the Octokind changed drastically.

Few people in the dimension didn't know the name of Berserker. He was just too infamous and was known as the number one Calamity under the Apocalypse grade.

Furthermore, this name wasn't an empty one. Berserker had once killed an Apocalypse as a Calamity, shocking the entire dimension. Everyone knew about it.

Although Wang Mingyuan also had the strength of a Calamity-grade and had impressive combat strength, he was still much weaker than a powerful Calamity like Berserker.

Even most of the Octokind believed that the monarchs of the Octokind were on a completely different level from Berserker. No one treated Berserker as a Calamity-grade. Many people even treated him as an Apocalypse-grade powerhouse.

Previously, due to the Berserker's insolence, the members of the Octokind were still very indignant. However, after hearing the name of Berserker, they seemed to be doused with a bucket of ice water. It chilled their hearts, and the indignation in their hearts vanished for some reason.

Wang Mingyuan didn't show any surprise after learning Berserker's name. He only nodded slightly before walking towards him.

"Did I give you permission to move?" Sword Intent surged around Berserker as it slashed at Wang Mingyuan.

As Wang Mingyuan walked, he said, "I believe your race is still determined to retrieve that immortal sword left behind on Earth during the Mythical era, right?"

"You know where that sword is?" The sword intent around Berserker paused as he stared at Wang Mingyuan and asked.

"No." Wang Mingyuan shook his head frankly.

"If what you say next doesn't satisfy me, the resolution won't just involve three years of self-reflection," said Berserker coldly.

However, Wang Mingyuan didn't seem to hear him. As he walked towards Berserker, he said, "To retrieve that immortal sword, you need the help of humans on Earth. You don't have any objections about that, right?"

"Continue," said Berserker with a frown.

If they could directly descend to Earth to retrieve the immortal sword, the Immortals wouldn't have to go through so much trouble. They wouldn't have had to secretly nurture Jiang Yan and the League of Guardians; they could have gone to Earth to find it themselves.

Wang Mingyuan continued, "Then I'll provide you with an analysis. Now, the factions on Earth are divided into five major factions. The first faction is the Holy Temple and the six human families. I don't think this faction will be used by the Immortals. You know the reason better than me."

Wang Mingyuan had already walked into the hall, but he had no intention of stopping. He continued walking towards Berserker who was sitting on the seat of honor. As he walked, he said, "The second faction is the League of Guardians. Currently, Jiang Yan is the leader. According to what I know, his Guardian has already advanced to the Calamity grade. Furthermore, he is no longer under the Immortals' control."

"Continue." Berserker looked at Wang Mingyuan with killing intent brewing in his eyes.

"The third faction is the Holy Spirit Association. The president, Ya, is also my disciple," Wang Mingyuan said.

Berserker was slightly taken aback. He was unaware that Ya was actually Wang Mingyuan's disciple. He wasn't responsible for the matters on Earth. If his disciple, Perfect Sword Immortal, hadn't died, Berserker wouldn't have been involved in this matter.

"The fourth faction is the federal government. Compared to the first three, the current federal government is a little weaker. However, due to the appearance of the Mythical Serum, this faction has the greatest potential. Given enough time, more and more powerhouses will definitely be born to this faction in the future. It will definitely become mainstream." As Wang Mingyuan spoke, he arrived in front of the platform of honor. He still had no intention of stopping.

"Hui Haifeng is your disciple. This isn't a secret. You don't have to flaunt it," said Berserker.

Wang Mingyuan smiled. "The fifth faction is made up of local elites. Among them, Luoyang's An family is the strongest. Their strength can already match the six families."

"It's true that you came from Luoyang, but your Wang family is nothing in Luoyang. Don't tell me you want to say that An Tianzuo is also your disciple?" Berserker said coldly.

"No, but the number three figure in Luoyang now is Zhou Wen, who has some ties with the An family. He's also my disciple. You should know this very well, right?" Wang Mingyuan was already standing within reach of Berserker.

"So what?" Berserker said contemptuously.

Wang Mingyuan's disciples might be powerful figures on Earth, but in the eyes of Berserker, they were nothing.

If it wasn't for the fact that they were born on Earth and were protected by Earth, he wouldn't even need to raise his hands to kill them.

"It's not a big deal. It's just that beyond the five factions, may I ask who else can the Immortals use to find the immortal sword?" Wang Mingyuan asked Berserker.

Berserker was slightly taken aback before his expression gradually changed.

These people were nothing in the dimension, so much so that Berserker couldn't even be bothered to spare them a glance.

However, on Earth, the energy these people possessed was unimaginable.

Now, Earth's situation was basically stable. There was no need to think about the Holy Temple. The Holy Temple was originally the enemy of the Immortals. If the Holy Temple hadn't controlled Earth in the past, the Immortals wouldn't have been in such a disadvantageous position.

However, that immortal sword had an extraordinary meaning to the entire Immortal race. They had to retrieve it no matter what. The Immortals had gathered resources for so long and paid a huge price to teleport so many Guardians into Earth—all done to retrieve that immortal sword.

In this era, Earth had undergone a large-scale aberration. The situation in which the six families ruled had been overthrown. Only then did the Immortals finally usher in an opportunity.

They originally imagined that they could control the League of Guardians for their own purposes, but to their surprise, they ended up being plotted against by Jiang Yan. One could only blame Perfect Sword Immortal for being stupid. He had managed to turn the fine situation into its present state.

Without the League of Guardians, the Immortals could only support another human faction. However, based on the distribution of the present factions, it was probably very difficult for new factions to emerge. Furthermore, the Skysplit Tower was still in the hands of the League of Guardians. Without the Skysplit Tower's help, there weren't many resources that the Immortals could send to Earth. It wasn't that they lacked resources, but there was no stable channel.

Berserker thought carefully and realized that the Immortals had reached a point where no one could be used. The people who they could use were actually Wang Mingyuan's disciples.

Even if the Immortals weren't afraid of wasting time and effort to support a new faction, it was probably impossible for them to grow with Wang Mingyuan's disciples and the Holy Temple around.

Wang Mingyuan had already made his hint clear—with his disciples around, it was impossible for the Immortals to retrieve the immortal sword from Earth.

Pa!?Wang Mingyuan slapped Berserker in the face, causing his face to jerk to the side.

Everyone was alarmed as their eyes widened. Berserker also widened his eyes as he turned his head back and stared at Wang Mingyuan. He was like a beast that was about to devour him. The sword intent over his body stirred crazily as though it wanted to tear the world apart, but he ultimately didn't attack Wang Mingyuan.

"Unhappy about it?" As Wang Mingyuan spoke, he slapped Berserker in the face again. With a slap, his face jerked to the other side.

"Put up with it," Wang Mingyuan said casually as he looked at the enraged Berserker.

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Chapter 1396: Seeking Perfection

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Berserker ultimately didn't attack Wang Mingyuan as he tore through the air and left the Octokind.

Although the sword intent around him was terrifying when he returned, it no longer delivered the shock and awe from before. Instead, it made him appear to be in a sorry state. The Octokind looked at Wang Mingyuan with strange emotions.

Buddha seemed to acquaint himself with Wang Mingyuan for the first time as he sized him up deeply before leaving the Octokind without a word.

Although Berserker didn't take action, his departure left a huge impact on the Octokind and their Buddha race. Buddha didn't know how to deal with it, so he could only choose to do nothing and rush back to report the matter to the Buddha race.

In an ancient temple, the Buddha reported the matter to an ancient Buddha.

The ancient Buddha's eyebrows were connected and drooped all the way to the ground. His skin was wrinkled like tree bark and his body was covered in dust. He looked like a clay statue as he sat there.

After hearing what had happened, the ancient Buddha finally opened his eyes. The eyes weren't like an elder's eyes. They were bright and deep, as though billions of grains of sand were flowing in them.

His entire body was ancient and deathly still. Only his eyes were filled with vitality, making him look like a youth.

"Supreme One, for Berserker to be able to tolerate this and not kill Wang Mingyuan on the spot, there should still be room for negotiation, right?" the Buddha asked with a bow.

However, the ancient Buddha said indifferently, "It's not that he doesn't want to kill, but he doesn't know if he can."

The Buddha was taken aback, unsure what the ancient Buddha meant. If Berserker wanted to kill someone, there was no one beneath the Apocalypse grade that he couldn't kill.

The ancient Buddha continued, "Berserker is known as the number one Calamity under the Apocalypse grade. It's definitely not a lie. Do you think an ordinary Calamity can slap his face just like that? Even if he was momentarily distracted, how could he be slapped a second time?"

Only then did Buddha come to a realization as he said in surprise, "Supreme One, you mean that Wang Mingyuan is stronger than Berserker?"

"I don't know. Berserker might not know either. Furthermore, Wang Mingyuan is right. There are only so many humans on Earth who can be used, so Berserker didn't take action," said the ancient Buddha.

However, the more the Buddha thought about it, the more alarmed he became. "Apart from the Holy Temple and the six families, the factions that can be used are basically under the control of Wang Mingyuan's disciples. Did he do it intentionally? If he did, isn't this too terrifying? The Holy Temple has been plotting for so long, but they ultimately failed to control the situation. Wang Mingyuan only used a few disciples… If it's unintentional, is that possible?"

"Regardless of whether it was intentional or not, this person will play a decisive role in the future competition for Earth. He can't be underestimated," said the ancient Buddha.

"Now that he is a subsidiary of our race, can we…" the Buddha said with suppressed excitement.

"Fortune and disaster are two sides of the same coin. Why bother yourself? Go." As the ancient Buddha spoke, he slowly closed his eyes and returned to his clay statue-like appearance.

The Buddha looked at the ancient Buddha in a daze before bowing and leaving.

Zhou Wen wasn't in a good mood. He had already attempted pet fusion several times.

As he was afraid of failure, Zhou Wen used Companion Eggs as supplementary fusion materials every time. Such fusion only allowed him to fuse the skills without changing Tyrant Behemoth.

Furthermore, they were all combinations of species with higher success rates. They ensured that Tyrant Behemoth wouldn't be damaged because of failure.

However, no matter how he tried, Zhou Wen failed to obtain the skills he wanted.

Every time one skill was added, the next skill added would erase the previous skill.

Through repeated fusions, one skill or the other would vanish. It nearly drove Zhou Wen crazy.

He tried the Bloodline function again which allowed Tyrant Behemoth to have a second Life Providence, but he failed many times as well. Thankfully, the Bloodline function only expended supplementary materials and didn't harm the main pet.

After repeated failures, Zhou Wen had the urge to fuse Deva Asura and Tyrant Behemoth together.

Deva Asura's offensive strength was very strong, but it was still much weaker than Tyrant Behemoth's Absolute Strength. However, Deva Asura's lucky critical strike was very useful. It wasn't bad to be able to fuse it.

However, with so many failures, Zhou Wen didn't dare take the risk. Furthermore, it wasn't of much use.

He had to farm for Companion Eggs while fusing. If he couldn't obtain suitable Companion Eggs, he wouldn't even have the chance to fuse them.

Now, Zhou Wen had given Tyrant Behemoth five skills from all his attempts—Armor Breaker, Penetration, Ripping, Unstoppable, and God of Combat Blessing. Previously, it had Ever-Victorious, but it was wiped out when he was trying for Unstoppable.

Up to now, he still hadn't been able to have Ever-Victorious and Unstoppable together. He either lacked this or that.

In fact, Zhou Wen had already spent money to buy quite a number of Companion Eggs for fusion. He didn't know how long it would take for him to obtain one from farming.

This is the last Companion Egg with Ever-Victorious.?Zhou Wen looked at the Companion Egg in his hand and hesitated about fusing it.

To be honest, the five skills were already very good. They basically boosted Tyrant Behemoth's offensive strength, but without Ever-Victorious, Zhou Wen found it a little incomplete.

However, Zhou Wen had bought all the Companion Eggs he could. He wasn't afraid of spending money, but now, he couldn't buy them even if he had the money.

Life is about completion and being at ease. I'll fuse them.?Zhou Wen gritted his teeth and slotted in the last Companion Egg with Ever-Victorious.

Amidst the light, the Companion Egg fused with Tyrant Behemoth, shimmering with a successful fusion glow.

Zhou Wen was uneasy as he glanced at Tyrant Behemoth that had completed its fusion. He immediately felt a chill run down his spine.

Not only did it fail to fuse Ever-Victorious, but it also wiped out Unstoppable and God of Combat's Blessing. Apart from Armor Breaker, Penetration, and Ripping, a Poison Fang skill was fused.

My Tyrant Behemoth isn't a poison-type creature. What's the point of fusing Poison Fang? Return my Unstoppable!?Zhou Wen wanted to cry.

Now, there were no more Unstoppable or Ever-Victorious Companion Eggs. It was over.

"Ah Sheng, is there anyone else selling Overlord Snake Companion Eggs?" Zhou Wen had no choice but to ask An Sheng.

"Young Master, the Overlord Snakes that can be used and bought have all been bought by me. The Overlord Snakes in Dragon Gate Grotto have all been cleaned out. The price of Overlord Snake Companion Eggs has doubled, yet there are none for sale," An Sheng answered helplessly.

Zhou Wen asked about the few more Companion Beasts he needed, but the answer was the same. They couldn't be bought.

What should I do??Zhou Wen was extremely depressed. If he had known this would happen, he wouldn't have gone with the fusion. At the very least, there was Unstoppable. The augmentation of the God of Combat's Blessing wasn't bad either. It augmented his surroundings pretty well.

Sweetie watched Zhou Wen from the side the entire time, having been by his side all this while. However, she didn't let him see her. This was because she hadn't been able to help him when he was in danger, so she was somewhat embarrassed to appear in front of him again.

Seeing Zhou Wen's depressed look, Sweetie seemed to come to a decision.

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Chapter 1397: A Piece of Candy

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Although he's a baddie… Mother said that everyone is equal in front of God… He should have the right to be saved…?Sweetie muttered to herself as though she was convincing herself.

Zhou Wen was extremely displeased that his fusion hadn't succeeded. Putting away his phone, he wanted to take a breather, so he entered the garden.

Sitting on the bench, he summoned Banana Fairy, Demonic Neonate, and other Companion Beasts. He got Banana Fairy to fan him. Evil Spirit King massaged his legs while the other Companion Beasts came out to take a breather.

Demonic Neonate held the Demonic Sword and stood motionless by the side. Those who didn't know better would think that she was a wax statue.

I can only put the matter of fusing skills for Tyrant Behemoth aside for now. I'll think about it when I obtain the Companion Eggs. Since I can't do anything here, I can only head to Venus to kill the Calamity-grade creature who fires the bullets. If I can kill him, I might be able to have a Calamity-grade gun drop. Then, all my problems will be resolved.?Zhou Wen's infinite looping space had basically taken form. He was just short of the final test in combat. He still needed to experiment to see if he could trap the Calamity-grade bullet in the infinite looping space.

The Venusian instance dungeon hadn't refreshed. He could only wait until tomorrow to experiment.

Zhou Wen leaned against the bench and closed his eyes to relax, allowing himself to escape the depressing feelings of failure.

At that moment, Sweetie stood not far from him. She was sizing up the Companion Beasts Zhou Wen had summoned. She held a piece of candy in her hand.

Seeing how pitiful he is, I'll give him a piece of candy. This is to return him the plum blossom cake that he treated me to. I'll still avenge Yana…?Sweetie muttered as she sized up Zhou Wen's Companion Beasts.

The first thing Sweetie saw was Demonic Neonate. However, a sense of disgust immediately arose in her heart when she saw Demonic Neonate, as though it was innate hate.

Soon, Sweetie rejected Demonic Neonate and looked at Banana Fairy.

Sweetie's gaze landed on Banana Fairy's chest before she looked at her flat chest. She then gave up on Banana Fairy and looked at the other Companion Beasts.

She didn't like Evil Spirit King either. The other Companion Beasts seemed to have their own problems.

Zhou Wen had quite a number of Companion Beasts. Although he hadn't completely summoned them, there were more than ten outside. Sweetie swept her gaze and hesitated for a moment before walking towards the Soul Mirror that Zhou Wen had placed to the side.

Sweetie silently came in front of the Soul Mirror. Although the Soul Mirror was on the bench and was extremely close to Zhou Wen, Zhou Wen didn't discover her when she came in front of the mirror.

Even the Soul Mirror failed to reflect Sweetie's figure.

It's just a mirror. It shouldn't be lethal, right? I'll just give him some life-preservation abilities. They won't be used to harm others, Sweetie muttered as she peeled the wrapper from the candy in her hand and placed it on the mirror.

When the milk candy touched the mirror, it immediately melted and strangely flowed into the mirror.

At that moment, a faint shadow appeared in the mirror. The shadow swallowed the milk candy in one mouthful.

Zhou Wen was comfortably sunbathing when he suddenly sensed the unnatural vibrations of the Soul Mirror. He opened his eyes and realized that the Soul Mirror had undergone a tremendous change.

At that moment, the Soul Mirror had already turned jade-white. The mirror's surface also turned crystalline. It was clearly a smooth mirror, but it appeared to have many angles as though it was the cut surfaces of a diamond.

That wasn't all. The Soul Mirror kept changing. The jade layer on the surface gradually melted into milky-white liquid that dripped.

Every drop of liquid reduced the jade color of the Soul Mirror, making it even more crystalline and transparent.

Why is this happening??Zhou Wen watched as the Soul Mirror constantly evolved. He was alarmed and puzzled because in a short period of time, the Mortal Soul Mirror had already advanced to the Epic stage and was constantly evolving.

However, Zhou Wen didn't remember giving the Soul Mirror anything good. In fact, the Soul Mirror didn't eat anything. It could only absorb some Essence Energy dimensional crystals, but it didn't absorb much.

Zhou Wen wanted the Soul Mirror to evolve, but he never expected it to evolve on its own.

Could it be that the Soul Mirror's evolution is triggered by basking in the sun??Zhou Wen looked at the sun in the sky. Apart from this, he really couldn't figure out why the Soul Mirror would evolve so quickly.

As Zhou Wen was thinking, the Soul Mirror advanced again and reached the Mythical stage.

Zhou Wen realized that he could see a faintly discernible figure in the mirror. It seemed to be the shadow of a woman. He couldn't see her facial features clearly, but he could see her figure and clothes. She looked very beautiful.

Why is it still evolving!?Zhou Wen's expression turned odd when he saw that the Soul Mirror was still evolving.

Now, even a fool knew that the Soul Mirror's evolution trigger wasn't as simple as basking in the sun. Something must have happened to evolve it.

What happened??Zhou Wen used Truth Listener to pay attention to his surroundings. After advancing to the Terror grade, he had adapted to Truth Listener's ability and could hear all sorts of sounds he wanted to hear.

However, after listening for a while, he didn't discover anything. It was as though the Soul Mirror could evolve just by sunbathing.

Looking at Zhou Wen's surprised expression, Sweetie felt a little smug.?Isn't it too early to be surprised? What would you do next?

As the Soul Mirror turned crystalline, the figure in the mirror became clearer. It looked like a woman in a white muslin dress. From her appearance, she looked a little like a fairy.

However, for some reason, Zhou Wen felt that the figure seemed a little ghostly. It wasn't as elegant and ethereal as a true fairy.

Zhou Wen wasn't just shocked because he felt that the Soul Mirror was about to break through to the Terror grade.

No way. It's about to advance to the Terror grade??Zhou Wen was somewhat dumbfounded. He originally imagined that it was An Sheng's doing.

Now, it couldn't be An Sheng. No matter how capable An Sheng was, it was impossible for him to obtain something so good and directly advance the Mortal Soul Mirror to the Terror grade.

If there was really such a good item, he should have given it to An Tianzuo first. It was impossible for An Sheng to prioritize him.

Why isn't An Tianzuo back yet??Zhou Wen couldn't help but grumble when he thought of An Tianzuo.

He had no intention of guarding An Tianzuo's home for long. There were many things waiting for him to do. Luoyang was too small for him.

As expected, the Soul Mirror advanced to the Terror grade. Zhou Wen was pleasantly surprised when he saw it emit a strange light like glass.

He was delighted that the Soul Mirror had directly advanced to the Terror grade, reducing the trouble of him feeding it. However, he was alarmed that the Soul Mirror continued advancing without any signs of stopping its evolution.

No way… Could it really be advancing to the Calamity grade??Zhou Wen was alarmed and afraid.

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Chapter 1398: Evolving to the Calamity Grade

Zhou Wen knew that ordinary creatures needed to trigger a Calamity when advancing to the Calamity grade. He just didn't know if such a situation would happen when a Companion Beast advanced to the Calamity grade.

Regardless, Zhou Wen wasn't willing to take the risk. He stored the Soul Mirror into the chaos space.

Zhou Wen sank his consciousness into the chaos space and continued observing the changes in the Soul Mirror.

If the Soul Mirror can really advance to the Calamity grade, what kind of ability will it have? Can the Calamity-grade Soul-Washing Divine Light directly turn a Calamity-grade creature into an idiot??Many thoughts flashed through Zhou Wen's mind.

The Soul Mirror became more and more transparent, but the woman's figure wasn't completely revealed. She remained blurry and indiscernible despite being visible.

Not long after, the Soul Mirror's mirror was about to turn transparent. Zhou Wen was worried that he wouldn't be able to see it when it subsequently turned invisible. What if he accidentally shone it onto himself?

Suddenly!

Rainbow beams of light spewed out from the Soul Mirror, instantly melting a large area of the chaos fog in the chaos space. Zhou Wen felt a pain in his consciousness and couldn't help but be alarmed as he hurriedly retracted his consciousness.

Even so, he still felt dizzy and his mind went blank for a moment. His consciousness had suffered quite a bit of damage. If he had retreated any later, his consciousness might have been completely destroyed. He would probably have become an idiot.

Thankfully, I put away the Soul Mirror. Otherwise, based on the range of the rainbow beam, the An family would definitely have been wiped out, even if it didn't affect Luoyang.?Zhou Wen felt a lingering fear when he thought about it.

Although he didn't have a good impression of An Tianzuo, it would be too much to destroy the An family. Furthermore, his father, Ouyang Lan, An Sheng, and company were all here.

In the future, when Companion Beasts advance to the Calamity grade, I have to place them in the chaos space.?Zhou Wen didn't know when the Soul Mirror would finish its evolution, nor did he dare spy on the situation in the chaos space. All he could do was temporarily wait.

Zhou Wen carefully recalled the entire process of the Soul Mirror's advancement. Before he could figure out why it had suddenly advanced to the Calamity grade, he saw An Sheng walk into the garden.

"Young Master, someone has entered the Venusian dimensional zone again," An Sheng said.

"Who is it?" Zhou Wen looked at An Sheng's expression and knew that the person was likely someone he knew.

"Immortal of the League of Guardians," An Sheng answered.

Zhou Wen hadn't told anyone that Jiang Yan was Immortal, so An Sheng didn't know that Immortal was Jiang Yan.

However, even if he knew, the animosity between Jiang Yan and the An family wouldn't change much. This was because Zhou Wen already knew that Jiang Yan was Cave Era's younger brother, and both Cave Era and Uesugi Nao came from overseas. Jiang Yan was likely from overseas as well which made him an enemy of the Federation.

Jiang Yan's previous attendance at Sunset College was probably not just for studying. It was very likely that he was a spy.

Zhou Wen and An Sheng went to the Cube to watch Jiang Yan attempt again.

When Zhou Wen arrived at the Cube, Jiang Yan had already entered the Venusian dimensional zone. Furthermore, he had killed all the Metal Guards. The first Golden Battle God was about to come out.

The last time someone from the League of Guardians challenged the level, Jiang Yan didn't come personally. This time, only Jiang Yan came.

After the Golden Battle God came out, he attacked Jiang Yan. Frost bullets shot at him like streams of light.

Jiang Yan was still wearing the Skyimmortal armor. Fairy Burial was not seen.

However, just the Skyimmortal armor was rather terrifying. When the freezing bullets struck the Skyimmortal armor, they exploded into an icy mist, but they failed to injure it at all.

As expected of a Calamity-grade Guardian.?Zhou Wen was secretly envious.

An Sheng had obtained five Golden Battle God Companion Beasts from Zhou Wen, so he naturally knew how powerful the Golden Battle God was. Seeing that the Frost Bullets couldn't injure Immortal, he was immediately alarmed. "Calamity-grade? Immortal's Guardian has actually advanced to the Calamity grade!"

"Is there a need to be so surprised? The League of Guardians took so many dimensional resources. Isn't it normal to advance to the Calamity grade?" Zhou Wen said guiltily. He didn't dare say that Jiang Yan had advanced to the Calamity grade because of him.

An Sheng suddenly turned to look at Zhou Wen and sized him up.

"Why are you looking at me?" Zhou Wen forced himself to calm down.

"Young Master, didn't you make a trip to the League of Guardians previously? I didn't hear you mention that Immortal is at the Calamity grade," An Sheng said as he stared at Zhou Wen.

"That isn't something honorable for me to profess. What's there to say?" Zhou Wen said.

"That's not right. It doesn't seem like you, Young Master. When you saw that Immortal was at the Calamity grade, your emotions didn't change at all. You should have known long ago. It's obvious that you saw him in the League of Guardians. To be able to see the Calamity-grade Immortal and return in one piece, as well as him not coming to Luoyang to cause trouble, there's a huge problem in all of this," An Sheng said slowly as he stared at Zhou Wen.

"What problem can there be?" Zhou Wen pretended not to care.

An Sheng seemed to see through Zhou Wen's thoughts as he revealed a strange smile. "Young Master, with your temper, if there's danger, you will definitely give a warning. However, you didn't mention anything about Immortal being a Calamity-grade when you returned. This means that you don't think it's a threat. However, how can a Calamity-grade Immortal not be a threat? I believe there are only two possibilities. One is that your strength has already exceeded the Calamity-grade Immortal. Immortal isn't your match, so he naturally wouldn't dare come to Luoyang to cause trouble. There's no need to give the warning. Another possibility is that you know Immortal and are aware that Immortal won't attack you or Luoyang, so you didn't say anything."

Zhou Wen looked at An Sheng with an ambivalent expression as he thought to himself,?Can An Sheng read minds? How did he guess it right?

An Sheng continued, "Young Master, you are relatively cautious. Even if you have the ability to defeat Immortal, you should have given me the warning. I think the latter is more likely.

"Young Master, are you really very familiar with Immortal? Can you tell me who he is?" An Sheng seemed to have turned his doubts into affirmation as he pressed on.

"Since you are so good at guessing, guess it yourself," Zhou Wen said expressionlessly.

"I'm stumped. Young Master, you are still the best. You have a wide social circle." An Sheng lowered his head.

When Zhou Wen heard An Sheng's words, he knew that An Sheng had most likely guessed it. This was because Zhou Wen didn't have a wide social circle. He only knew a few people, so it wasn't difficult to work it out.

Zhou Wen pretended not to hear him as he continued watching Jiang Yan clear the level.

The Golden Battle God was blasted apart by Immortal with a wave of his hand. The Golden Battle Gods that appeared next were the same. They couldn't injure Immortal at all as they were all destroyed with a wave of his hand.

None of this was surprising. What Zhou Wen really wanted to know was how Jiang Yan planned on dealing with the sure-kill seventh bullet.

Does he want to rush to the Golden Palace before the seventh bullet??As Zhou Wen was pondering, Immortal had already walked into the opened tunnel.

His speed didn't seem fast. Every step he took made him look like a normal person walking, but with every step he took, his figure had already traveled extreme distances. His speed was even faster than ordinary Terror-grade creatures running at full speed.

The first shot finally sounded. When their eyes focused, people realized that Immortal had a bullet between his fingers. He had actually used his fingers to clamp down on the Calamity-grade attack.

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Chapter 1399: The Person Who Gives A Friendly Nudge

Gunshots constantly sounded. Six consecutive shots were caught by Immortal's fingers. Furthermore, they were unable to stop him from advancing.

Others might think that Immortal's Guardian was extremely powerful, but Zhou Wen knew that this fellow still had Fairy Burial hidden within. In fact, it was the power of two Guardians. Furthermore, it was two Calamity-grade creatures, so it was naturally not something ordinary Calamity-grade creatures could compare with.

However, Zhou Wen still wanted to know how Jiang Yan was going to deal with the sure-kill seventh bullet.

The seventh bullet wasn't something that could be blocked with strength. Unless Jiang Yan's strength had exceeded the Calamity grade, it was impossible.

The people from the other factions were also paying attention to Immortal.

Many people were alarmed, especially the factions that had once been enemies of the League of Guardians. They yearned for Immortal to die in the Venusian dimensional zone.

After all, the various factions didn't have Calamity-grade combat strength. A Calamity-grade like Immortal was like a nuclear bomb. Who wouldn't be afraid?

In the Venusian dimensional zone, before the Calamity could deliver the fatal seventh shot, Jiang Yan had already arrived in front of the Golden Palace. All he needed to do was take a step onto the steps to successfully clear the dungeon.

However, Jiang Yan didn't do so. Instead, he stopped in front of the stairs. It was obvious that he was waiting for the sure-kill seventh shot.

Bang!

The seventh shot finally sounded. Everyone widened their eyes as they stared intently at Jiang Yan, wanting to see how he would deal with it.

When everyone saw the seventh bullet, it had already hit Jiang Yan's palm. The Skyimmortal armor failed to completely block it.

The bullet tore forward crazily like a drill. Sparks and lightning drilled through the Skyimmortal armor as it continued, almost piercing through Jiang Yan's palm.

However, Jiang Yan closed his fingers the next second and grabbed the bullet. Sparks flew out between his fingers, but the bullet failed to escape.

Jiang Yan held the bullet and walked up the stairs, opening the Golden Palace door as a metal ball flew out.

The scene switched back to the rankings. Everyone stared at the rankings, wanting to know what rank Immortal would receive.

From Immortal's performance, his ranking was definitely not low. He had grabbed the Calamity-grade bullet with his bare hands, and it was the sure-kill seventh bullet. Previously, even the Dragon Turtle's defense couldn't withstand it, but Immortal had done it.

Others might not know, but Zhou Wen knew that the Skyimmortal hadn't been able to block the fatal seventh bullet. Jiang Yan had still used Fairy Burial, so the bullet was probably resisting its power.

From the final scene, Fairy Burial wasn't able to completely suppress the bullet either.

"Five stars… It's five stars…" someone exclaimed.

Immortal's name appeared on the rankings, followed by five shiny golden stars. Furthermore, despite both being five stars, Immortal's name was higher than Tsukuyomi's, putting him first on the rankings.

This ranking made many people feel uncomfortable.

After all, many factions were secretly competing with the League of Guardians. From their point of view, the League of Guardians was just a lackey of the dimension. Immortal had advanced to the Calamity grade and obtained first on the rankings. It was a greater blow to the average person than Tsukuyomi getting first.

It was especially so for humans who had worked hard and even risked their lives to use the Mythical Serum or Spirit Casting. At that moment, their hearts felt as though a boulder was pressing down on them.

Zhou Wen wasn't concerned. After the last battle, he realized that Guardians weren't necessarily all tools of the dimension.

Just like the Guardians of Cave Era and Jiang Yan, although they were created in the dimension, they were born on Earth. They had independent thoughts, and the dimension couldn't completely control them.

Thinking back to a Guardian like Drought Demon Fairy, it wasn't that easy for the dimension to control her either.

Of course, although Zhou Wen's view of Guardians had changed, that didn't mean that he wanted to contract them.

He had been used to being alone since he was young. Companion Beasts like Demonic Neonate and Banana Fairy had already been considered a part of him, so he didn't feel an aversion towards them.

However, Guardians were independent entities. Zhou Wen wasn't used to having such an existence inseparable from him, afraid that his secrets would be exposed.

After this battle, the reputation of the League of Guardians was pushed to its peak again. Many youths from the new generation had thoughts of contracting a Guardian.

Compared to the other paths to the Mythical stage, contracting a Guardian was undoubtedly the easiest and fastest way to increase one's strength.

"Young Master, do you plan on obtaining the Venusian Companion Beast?" An Sheng suddenly asked.

Zhou Wen saw that An Sheng's expression was extremely solemn when he spoke. It was rare to see him speak in such a manner, so he asked, "I did, but I don't know if it will succeed."

"If it's possible, let's take first place now," An Sheng said seriously.

"Why now?" Zhou Wen asked in puzzlement.

"Because humans need confidence. Humans nowadays lack confidence." An Sheng's expression was solemn as he continued, "In this era, most humans are at a fork in the road where they are at a loss. At this moment, someone needs to step forward to give them a nudge, but the person who steps forward might nudge them to a different path. Now that Immortal has stepped forward, he has nudged many. It might even affect the future choices of an entire generation."

"That might not be a wrong path," Zhou Wen said after some thought. He didn't believe that contracting a Guardian was definitely the wrong path.

An Sheng nodded and sighed. "It's true that it might not be the wrong path, but at the very least, we have to let the next generation see that there are other paths to take, not just one. The path might be a good one, but with more people taking it, it will become the sole path."

Zhou Wen lowered his head and pondered over An Sheng's words. After a while, he looked up and said, "Then let me open up a new path."

"Young Master, go break a leg!" An Sheng's expression changed instantly when he received Zhou Wen's affirmative answer. He looked like a fanatic who was rooting for Zhou Wen.

Zhou Wen looked at An Sheng and was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. He suddenly understood An Tianzuo. An Tianzuo was clearly very satisfied with An Sheng's capabilities, but he still kept lecturing him.

An Sheng was a person who didn't let others live in peace. Sometimes, Zhou Wen had the urge to strangle him to death.

"However, I can only give it a try. It's hard to say what rank I'll get. Furthermore, I still need some time to prepare." Zhou Wen didn't know what rank he would get if he tried his best.

If he wanted to maximize the chances of getting first place, it was best if he waited for the Soul Mirror to complete its evolution. Furthermore, Zhou Wen still had one final step to complete the skill he had created.

Since he wanted to do it, he had to do it big.

"If Young Master needs anything, the Sunset Army will definitely provide you maximum support," An Sheng said solemnly.

"If you really want to support me, help me get some Companion Eggs. You have the list," Zhou Wen said.

An Sheng's expression immediately turned bitter. "Young Master, I've already tried all means. There really aren't any."

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Chapter 1400: Fusing Skill

Zhou Wen entered the Venusian instance dungeon when it finished refreshing. This time, he wanted to see if he could crack the fatal seventh bullet.

Spacetime Bandit, Sky-Stealing Sun-Swapping, Absolute Space, Minor Heavenly Cycle Stellar Array, and other skills were used according to his repeated practice.

A miniature Minor Heavenly Cycle Stellar Array formed around Zhou Wen. This Minor Heavenly Cycle Stellar Array had the Lunar Mansion Array as its core. With the augmentation of spatial skills, it formed a small periodic space around Zhou Wen.

In theory, any attack that entered would be trapped in the looping space forever. It was like walking into the orbit of a M?bius loop.

Of course, in fact, it didn't have such a powerful effect. It only used the tricks of array formation and spatial swapping to make the prey enter alternating spaces.

When the bullet shot by, the Metal Guard was within three feet of Zhou Wen. It immediately changed from taking a straight line to exhibiting circular motion around Zhou Wen's body.

A large number of bullets spun around Zhou Wen like a galaxy.

Zhou Wen had already done the experiments. Typical Mythical bullets were indeed unable to break through the restrictions of the looping space, but Zhou Wen wasn't sure if they could withstand a Calamity-grade bullet.

After killing all the Metal Guards, the Golden Battle God appeared. The Terror-grade bullets failed to break through Zhou Wen's protective array. The bullets could only revolve around his body.

After killing all the Golden Battle Gods, he obtained two stat crystals. One had 89 Strength and the other 91 Essence Energy, raising Zhou Wen's two stats. He was still a distance away from his 99 stat limit.

An ear-piercing alarm sounded. Zhou Wen felt a little uneasy, unsure if he could block the Calamity-grade bullet.

Bang!

A bullet shot out from the tunnel. With Zhou Wen's present strength, he could already see the trajectory of the bullet when he activated The Disqualified.

However, he didn't block it and allowed the bullet to reach his body.

When the bullet was three feet from his body, it underwent a distortion. However, it continued advancing, causing Zhou Wen's heart to sink.

Thankfully, after advancing less than a foot, the trajectory of the bullet finally changed. It spun into an arc that revolved around Zhou Wen like a satellite.

There's a chance!?Zhou Wen was overjoyed.

Bang! Bang!

Bullets shot over one after another. No matter where they shot at Zhou Wen, they would eventually turn into satellites that orbited him. They would only fall to the ground when all their strength was expended.

However, Zhou Wen soon discovered a problem. The Calamity-grade bullets shot out one after another. Before the first bullet's force was completely eliminated, they were followed by subsequent shots.

As the number of bullets increased, there was a problem with the looping space. The bullets entered with increasing distance, but they got closer and closer to Zhou Wen's body.

Bang!

When the fifth bullet shot in, the Minor Heavenly Cycle Stellar Array around Zhou Wen immediately disintegrated. Due to the impact of the force, a gap appeared in the alternating space. Unable to swap them accurately, the balance was broken, and the entire system instantly collapsed.

Without waiting for the sixth shot to be fired, Zhou Wen exited the game.

There was still a problem with his ability. If he didn't resolve it, there was no benefit in fighting again.

Just five bullets caused problems in the alternating space. I didn't even see the seventh bullet. There appears to be a huge problem with this skill.?Zhou Wen's goal had always been to kill the Calamity creature on Venus, not just clear the level.

Zhou Wen switched dungeons and constantly used skill combinations in-game to figure out where the problem was.

After some extended research, Zhou Wen finally gained a rough understanding of the problem.

It was because Zhou Wen's alternating space was a combo formed from the combination of several skills. Once the combo deviated, its stability would be affected, easily causing the combo to crack or even collapse.

After trying a few times, he wanted the combo to be more perfect and optimized, but the outcome wasn't ideal. Once he suffered a strong impact, the combo would produce slight deviations. This was something that couldn't be completely avoided.

The sure-kill seventh bullet has the characteristic of perpetual attacking, but my combo can't withstand too much pressure. In other words, it's impossible for me to block the sure-kill seventh bullet.?Zhou Wen was somewhat vexed.

Now that he knew that this combination could form an alternating space, but was unable to withstand the Calamity-grade bullet, Zhou Wen had no choice but to continue thinking of a different plan.

Since there's no way to avoid the gap between skills, I'll fuse them into one skill.?After some thought, Zhou Wen realized that this was the only way.

"What's Little Wen doing? Why haven't I seen him recently?" Ouyang Lan called An Sheng over and asked.

"Young Master Wen has been studying something recently. He hasn't left his room in days," An Sheng answered.

Ouyang Lan looked at the empty dining table and sighed. "I clearly have a husband, two sons, and a daughter, but there's no one to eat with me. What's going on?"

"Madam, did Uncle Zhou go out again?" An Sheng asked.

"That's right. The Dugu family discovered an ancient site in a dimensional zone. They don't understand some words, so they invited him to take a look," Ouyang Lan said.

"Didn't he discuss it with Young Master Wen before going?" An Sheng whispered.

"It's not like you don't know his temper. He usually does whatever I say, but once there are those strange ancient texts, he won't listen to me. I can't do anything about him," Ouyang Lan said helplessly.

"Although the Dugu family has a good relationship with us now, Uncle Zhou's identity is special. If someone tries to use him, it will be very disadvantageous for Young Master Wen. It's best to be careful. If we really don't want to trouble Young Master Wen, I can get someone to accompany Uncle Zhou," An Sheng said.

Ouyang Lan said with a bitter smile, "It's useless. I did send someone to protect him, but if the Dugu family really wants to touch him, how can the typical person stop them? Unless he doesn't leave, such matters can't be done just by providing him with bodyguards. Thankfully, nothing serious has happened up to now. He's only a scholar after all. His cultivation is very ordinary, so ordinary people won't make things difficult for him."

An Sheng also knew that this matter was thorny. He couldn't come up with a good solution even after some thought.

If they didn't let Zhou Lingfeng out, what was the difference between that and sending him to jail? However, he couldn't let Zhou Wen follow him 24/7, right? Typical bodyguards would be of little use when encountering powerful enemies.

"Go and see how Little Wen is doing. If he has the time, get him to come over to have a meal with me and have a chat. He shouldn't stay cooped up in his room all day. He'll end up with depression," Ouyang Lan said.

"I'll go now," An Sheng agreed and turned to leave the hall, heading for Zhou Wen's yard.

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Chapter 1401: Minor Heavenly Cycle Killing Formation

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When An Sheng arrived at Zhou Wen's yard, he saw Jade Rabbit and Banana Fairy in the yard, but he didn't see Zhou Wen.

"Is Young Master around?" An Sheng knocked on the door and attracted Banana Fairy's attention before saying.

Banana Fairy nodded before shaking her head.

This action was very confusing, but An Sheng understood what she meant.

Zhou Wen was around, but he couldn't see him.

"What's Young Master doing? He hasn't come out for days." An Sheng was somewhat curious, but it wasn't convenient for him to disturb Zhou Wen, so he had no choice but to leave.

After walking for a short distance, he suddenly heard a strange sound coming from the yard. He couldn't help but stop and turn around to leap up. He landed on the wall and looked into the yard.

Upon seeing the situation inside, An Sheng was alarmed. He saw that the room Zhou Wen was in was spinning crazily like a huge top.

"Young Master, are you alright!?" An Sheng immediately jumped into the yard and shouted in the direction of the house.

No one answered him. The room continued spinning faster and faster.

An Sheng gritted his teeth as his body shimmered with a strange glow. He held a Golden Battle God Gun in each hand and timed it before making a charge.

An Sheng's grasp of timing was really impressive. Under such a rapid spin, he grabbed the moment when the door flashed past him and slammed it open, entering the spinning room.

"What's going on?" An Sheng landed in the room and realized that everything was still. It was completely different from the situation outside.

However, the strange thing was that the originally squarish room had bent into an arc. Furthermore, standing in the room, he could only see less than half the room's space. Then, as though it was isolated by a mysterious force, he couldn't see anything.

He clearly felt that there was something there, but he just couldn't see it.

"Young Master…" An Sheng called out a few more times, but there was still no response. He walked to the side of the curved room, hoping to find something.

The room wasn't big, but after An Sheng walked for a while, he realized that he seemed to be walking in circles. He was still near the door.

Spatial power??An Sheng immediately rushed towards the door, hoping to rush out of the room.

However, when he rushed out of the door, he realized that he wasn't in the yard. In front of him was still the room from before.

An Sheng's expression changed immediately as he turned his head to take a look. Indeed, the door was behind him. He gritted his teeth and rushed out of the door again, only to see the same room again.

An Sheng tried several times, but the outcome was the same. No matter where he rushed out from, even if he broke through the wall, he found himself still in the room.

The entire room was like a sealed spatial cage, trapping him inside forever.

Boom!

An Sheng's expression changed constantly. Just as he was thinking about a way to escape, he heard a boom. Then, the curved room returned to normal.

He could now see the room that he couldn't see previously. Zhou Wen was sitting at his desk gaming on his phone.

"Young Master, what happened?" An Sheng was pleasantly surprised as he hurriedly asked.

"What do you mean what happened? I've been gaming and didn't notice anything," Zhou Wen said as he put away his phone.

"This room just now…" An Sheng didn't know how to describe it.

"Oh, perhaps I was too engrossed in the game and was a little excited. I accidentally exerted some strength and affected the room a little. Don't worry, it's not an enemy invasion," Zhou Wen said.

An Sheng looked at Zhou Wen with an odd expression, momentarily at a loss for words.

"Ah Sheng, why are you here?" Zhou Wen asked.

"Madam said that if you have the time, go over and have a meal with her. Overseer isn't at home, and Miss Jing has been cultivating hard. Uncle Zhou is also out. Madam is home alone, so she can't help but worry. Young Master, if you have the time, spend more time with her," An Sheng said.

"Then let's go," Zhou Wen said as he stood up.

He was in a good mood because he had finally successfully created a new skill, not just a skill combination.

Although he hadn't experimented with it, Zhou Wen was already certain that his skill could trap the Calamity-grade bullet.

As he walked, Zhou Wen glanced at his phone's information. Indeed, a new skill had appeared in the skill column.

Minor Heavenly Cycle Killing Formation: Calamity (Rank 10)

Calamity-grade??Zhou Wen wasn't surprised. He had experimented countless times in-game and knew that the effects of this skill had indeed exceeded the Terror grade.

The only flaw of the Minor Heavenly Cycle Killing Formation was that it required a certain amount of time to gather strength. Although it wasn't a long time, it was very difficult to use it in actual combat. It had to be released ahead of time.

However, this was enough for Zhou Wen. Releasing the Minor Heavenly Cycle killing formation ahead of time was enough to clear the Venusian instance dungeon. This was his best weapon for clearing the dungeon. However, it lacked adaptability in the face of an emergency.

When the Venusian instance dungeon refreshed, Zhou Wen would experiment again. If he succeeded, he could directly challenge the Cube's ranking in reality.

While having a meal with Ouyang Lan, Ouyang Lan complained to Zhou Wen about An Tianzuo and company. Zhou Wen knew very well that it was a manifestation of her worries.

In this era, there were no guarantees that even a powerhouse like An Tianzuo wouldn't die.

Zhou Wen wasn't good at consoling others, so he could only sit and listen.

After the meal, he returned to his room. Zhou Wen attempted to sink his consciousness into the Chaos Bead to see if the Soul Mirror's evolution was completed.

This time, Zhou Wen was prepared. He made his consciousness stay far away from the Soul Mirror. The space in the Chaos Bead was huge, almost infinite. It was impossible for the rainbow beams emitted by the Soul Mirror to illuminate everything.

Indeed, Zhou Wen's consciousness wasn't injured by the Soul Mirror. However, he could see from afar that an area was enveloped by rainbow beams. He couldn't see anything in that area.

From the looks of it, it hasn't completed its evolution.?Zhou Wen checked the things in the chaos space. Thankfully, he had already deliberately placed the Soul Mirror in a relatively distant space, so it didn't cause any damage to the other things in the Chaos Bead.

Zhou Wen roughly did a scan and was taken aback when he saw Explosive Fiend Man.

Explosive Fiend Man had previously been interested in metal, so Zhou Wen placed him and metals into the chaos space together. Now, Explosive Fiend Man looked like a metal robot. It was completely enveloped by a metal carapace, with only two transparent crystal jars on its back. One could see a strange purple liquid in the jar.. The purple liquid was bubbling like boiling water, giving off the feeling that it would explode at any moment.

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Chapter 1402: Spacetime Fiend Man

When did this fellow evolve??Zhou Wen didn't see the metal parts. When he sensed Explosive Fiend Man's aura, he realized that it had already reached the Terror grade.

After unsummoning Explosive Fiend Man, he used his phone to look at his information.

Explosive Fiend Man: Terror (Evolvable)

Life Providence: Unlawful

Life Soul: Destroyer

Wheel of Destiny: Annihilation

Terror Form: Spacetime Fiend Man

Strength: 82

Speed: 82

Constitution: 82

Essence Energy: 82

Talent Skill: Death List, Time-Blast

Companion Form: Self-detonation Device

Zhou Wen carefully studied his stats. The power of the Wheel of Destiny augmented his explosive power, greatly enhancing his destructive forces.

As for the Terror transformation ability of Spacetime Fiend Man, it was probably tied to the metal parts.

After Zhou Wen carefully studied the notes of Spacetime Fiend Man, he was pleasantly surprised to discover that this was the most terrifying ability of Explosive Fiend Man.

Spacetime Fiend Man was actually an ability similar to resurrection, but it wasn't true resurrection. Perhaps calling it a replica would be more accurate, but it wasn't completely accurate.

To put it simply, after Explosive Fiend Man used the Self-detonation Device, he could revive again.

Or rather, Explosive Fiend Man from another spacetime would come to this spacetime and replace the previous Explosive Fiend Man. Unfortunately, in the same spacetime, only one Explosive Fiend Man could exist. Therefore, it was equivalent to a resurrection skill.

With such a Terror transformation ability, Explosive Fiend Man is equivalent to a big boss who can self-destruct infinitely. If I don't like anyone, I can just send him charging forward and self-destruct…?Zhou Wen knew how terrifying Explosive Fiend Man's self-destruction was. It was a one-time release of all his energy.

It was very difficult for creatures of the same level to withstand such self-destruction.

Zhou Wen entered the game excitedly, hoping to see how powerful Explosive Fiend Man was.

The Venusian instance dungeon's cooldown hadn't ended, so Zhou Wen took Explosive Fiend Man to Yang City, planning on using the Blood Spirits for testing.

When the Blood Spirits appeared, Explosive Fiend Man charged forward under Zhou Wen's orders. Zhou Wen realized that his actions seemed to have some spatial compression or temporal acceleration effect. He became very fast.

Explosive Fiend Man rushed past a Blood Spirit and reached out to press it down, installing a time bomb. When he pulled away, the time bomb immediately exploded, shattering the Blood Spirit into pieces.

This fellow was like a punctual time bomb installer. Anything touched by his hands would turn into a bomb and detonate its energy.

Zhou Wen also noticed that when Explosive Fiend Man's fingers touched something, a purple liquid would drill out. It was likely the liquid in the bottles behind him. The liquid turned whatever he touched into a bomb.

This fellow is a little strong!?Zhou Wen was delighted.

Unless one was faster than Explosive Fiend Man and could avoid contact with him or had a stronger defense, preventing the purple liquid from being effective, anyone he touched would die.

Let's try the Self-detonation Device. Zhou Wen got Explosive Fiend Man to charge at a Blood Spirit.

As Explosive Fiend Man hugged a Blood Spirit, his body turned into a Self-detonation Device device that enveloped the Blood Spirit's body. In the next second, there was a boom.

A purple sun rose in Yang City and devoured a large area. Wherever the power of self-destruction passed, everything was reduced to ashes.

Holy sh*t, it's so powerful! The power of this self-destruction is almost at the Calamity grade!?Zhou Wen was so overjoyed that he could hardly close his mouth.

However, he was somewhat depressed. Although the Spacetime Fiend Man had shown its effects, Explosive Fiend Man couldn't be revived immediately. He had to wait twenty-four hours.

Forget it. Twenty-four hours is good as long as he can be revived. Otherwise, the Self-detonation Device would be a useless skill. I wouldn't dare use it in reality. I don't have so many qualms now.?Zhou Wen was very satisfied.

When the Venusian instance dungeon refreshed, Zhou Wen entered it again and activated the Minor Heavenly Cycle Killing Formation.

When the Calamity-grade bullets shot in front of Zhou Wen, they immediately circled around his body. The first six bullets didn't affect Zhou Wen at all. Instead, Zhou Wen absorbed their energies and they quickly fell to the ground.

The sure-kill seventh bullet similarly failed to penetrate the Minor Heavenly Cycle Killing Formation. It kept spinning in the formation, its power absorbed by the Minor Heavenly Cycle Killing Formation that was transferred to Zhou Wen.

As its strength was rapidly drained, the seemingly perpetual seventh sure-kill bullet ultimately fell.

I've finally succeeded!?Zhou Wen quickly instant transmitted into the tunnel, hoping to find the Calamity-grade creature.

Now that the bullet could no longer injure him, as long as he could find the Calamity-grade creature, there was a high chance of killing him.

According to Zhou Wen's guess, the Calamity-grade creature's body definitely wasn't strong. Perhaps he didn't need a powerful weapon to kill him.

However, Zhou Wen failed to find the Calamity-grade creature despite constantly instant transmitting in the tunnel.

He found nothing every time he rushed in the direction of where the bullet came from.

Zhou Wen suffered countless Calamity-grade bullets, but he still failed to find the Calamity creature. He came up with all kinds of solutions. Zhou Wen pushed Truth Listener's abilities to their limits, but he still couldn't find his location.

This Calamity-grade's body definitely isn't strong. As long as I can find him, killing him shouldn't be difficult.?Zhou Wen was increasingly certain that his previous guess was right.

Unfortunately, he couldn't find him. It was useless even if he knew that he could kill him.

Although I can't find him, the Minor Heavenly Cycle Killing Formation should be enough to clear the dungeon. I wonder what rank I'll get.?Zhou Wen wasn't sure what rank he would receive.

From a practical point of view, his method of level clearing was actually in the same vein as using the Heavenly Robe to clear the level. Both prevented the bullets from hitting him.

Therefore, in theory, if he couldn't kill the Calamity creature, it was very likely that he could only obtain a three-star grading like before.

No, I have to think of a way to kill him no matter what. If I don't get first place, what's the point of getting on the rankings??After some thought, Zhou Wen felt that getting a three-star was meaningless. He had to get first if he wanted to be on the rankings.

"Young Master, someone has offered a high price for the Heavenly Robe. Unfortunately, he's not from the League of Guardians." An Sheng called.

"Is the price very high?" Zhou Wen had previously told An Sheng that he wanted to sell the Heavenly Robe to the League of Guardians. Yet, An Sheng had even informed him under such circumstances, indicating that the price offered was probably extraordinary.

"Very high." An Sheng enunciated each word clearly.

"Who's buying? What's the price?" Zhou Wen asked again.

"The Cape family. The starting price is enough for us to use the accelerator again. We can discuss the exact price later," An Sheng said.

"Alright, let's meet and talk." Zhou Wen was originally determined to sell it to the League of Guardians, but he didn't feel strongly about it anymore. It didn't matter who he sold it to.

As for the Cape family, they had always been at odds with Zhou Wen. Zhou Wen didn't mind letting them bleed.

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Chapter 1403: Negotiation

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The Cape family also knew that they had a deep grudge with Zhou Wen, so they planned on paying a high price to obtain the Heavenly Robe.

Zhou Wen went to the meeting room and saw the Cape family's negotiator.

The person's name was Wood. He wasn't a direct descendant of the Cape family. An Sheng had heard that the Wood family's ancestor was the head butler of the Cape family, and he slowly became a part of the Cape family.

"What a promising young man you are, Mr. Zhou. I've always wanted to meet you, and my wishes have come true today." When Wood saw Zhou Wen and An Sheng stand up, he immediately stood up and walked over to shake Zhou Wen's hand.

"Mr. Wood, thank you for the compliments. Let's get down to business." Zhou Wen shook Wood's hand before walking to the main seat and sitting down.

An Sheng and another officer sat on both sides of Zhou Wen.

"Alright, I'll get straight to the point. Mr. Zhou, can you name a price for your Heavenly Robe? It will also let us know if we have the capital to obtain it. If we have the funds, we can continue negotiating. If we don't have the funds, no one needs to waste time. Don't you think so?" said Wood.

"A thousand tonnes of Essence Crystals. That's my bottom line. Not one gram less." Zhou Wen had already discussed it with An Sheng before coming.

He had originally thought that Wood and the other representatives would bargain. After all, a thousand tonnes of Essence Crystals was just too much. Even Zhou Wen felt that it was impossible to sell it at such a price.

However, to his surprise, Wood didn't haggle and agreed immediately. "Sure, we are willing to exchange a thousand tonnes of Essence Crystals for Heavenly Robe."

"That's good. When's the deal?" Zhou Wen and An Sheng exchanged looks. They felt that things weren't that simple.

Indeed, Wood said, "However, Mr. Zhou, Adjutant An, you should know that a thousand tonnes of Essence Crystals is a staggering amount. Ignoring our Cape family, even if the six families combine their resources, it's a question if they can gather that many Essence Crystals."

"Then what did you mean? Are you messing with me?" Zhou Wen deliberately said with a heavy expression.

"How dare I mess with you, Mr. Zhou? We do have a thousand tonnes of Essence Crystals, and we are willing to use a thousand tonnes to buy Heavenly Robe. However, Mr. Zhou, you'll need to dig up these thousand tonnes himself," said Wood.

"What do you mean?" Zhou Wen frowned.

"So here's the problem. It's true that we can't take out a thousand tonnes of Essence Crystals immediately, but we do have a high-quality Essence Crystal mine. Furthermore, the reserves of Essence Crystals definitely won't be less than a thousand tonnes. It might even be two thousand or three thousand tonnes…" Wood's tone was very provocative.

"You mean to say that you want to exchange the Essence Crystal mine for my Heavenly Robe? Do you think we have the ability to dig Essence Crystal ores in the West District?" Zhou Wen frowned.

"Mr. Zhou, don't worry. The Essence Crystal mine I'm talking about isn't in the West District. It's in the East District. However, other than our Cape family, no one knows its location. However, we've already specially explored it. The Essence Crystal mine there definitely has more than a thousand tonnes. If you don't believe me, you can send professionals to explore the Essence Crystal mine during the transaction. After confirming the reserves, you can give us the Heavenly Robe," said Wood.

"Mr. Wood, that's not what we agreed upon. We've been talking about physical item exchanges," An Sheng said.

"Of course. If we had a thousand tonnes of Essence Crystals, we would definitely want to buy the Heavenly Robe. However, in fact, the Essence Crystals we can offer now amount to only about 800 tonnes. We really can't afford to pay such a huge sum. If possible, we can use money or Companion Beasts to cover the rest," Wood said with a sincere expression.

"How about this? We didn't know about your suggestion before. We need to hold another meeting to study the feasibility. How about we continue tomorrow?" An Sheng said.

"Of course. We sincerely hope that we can complete this deal." Wood and company left the meeting room.

"The Cape family sure is scheming. They want to use our East District's Essence Crystal mine to exchange for the Heavenly Robe. This is equivalent to them doing a business without any capital. They definitely won't be able to mine the Essence Crystal mine on a large scale. Over time, it will definitely be discovered by others. Sooner or later, they would lose its ownership," An Sheng said with a cold snort after they left.

"You mean you don't plan on doing the exchange?" Zhou Wen said to An Sheng.

"No, if you agree, Young Master Wen, it's best we continue the trade. Although the mine is in our East District, we don't know where it is. We can't guarantee that our people will discover it first in the future, so we have to do the exchange if possible. However, before that, we have to ensure that the mine can be safely mined and the goods transported back safely," An Sheng answered straightforwardly.

Zhou Wen understood what An Sheng meant. Most of the Essence Crystal ores were in dimensional zones. If that dimensional zone was too dangerous and humans couldn't stay in there for long, it was useless no matter how many Essence Crystals there were.

Furthermore, if the Essence Crystal mine was too far from Luoyang and was in an area that Luoyang's power couldn't reach, even if it was mined, it would be easily snatched away by others midway.

"In that case, I'll leave the negotiation to you." Zhou Wen wasn't willing to waste time on such matters. He still had many things to do.

Now that he had advanced to the Terror grade, he needed a plan on how to advance to the Calamity grade.

His stats definitely had to increase first, but if he only increased his stats, he definitely wouldn't be able to advance to the Calamity grade even if he reached the limits of the Terror grade.

Zhou Wen had already seen a few Calamity grade advancements. Tsukuyomi had relied on the power of a dimensional zone to advance to the Calamity grade. When she advanced to the Calamity grade, the dimensional zone had nearly collapsed due to excessive expenditure.

There was also Jiang Yan's Skyimmortal and Fairy Burial's advancement to the Calamity grade with the help of Perfect Sword Immortal.

Then there was Zhou Wen's Soul Mirror. He had clearly sensed powerful energy infuse into it, allowing it to advance to the Calamity grade.

Zhou Wen summarized that advancing to the Calamity grade required immense energy. Furthermore, this energy wasn't ordinary Essence Energy. No matter how much Essence Energy ordinary people had, it was impossible for them to advance to the Calamity grade.

Now, Zhou Wen hoped that a Calamity-grade dimensional zone would appear. When the time came, he could observe how dimensional creatures used the dimensional zones to advance to the Calamity grade.

Zhou Wen vaguely felt that he could use their method to use the dimensional zones' powers to advance to the Calamity grade.

Dimensional zones… Calamity Zones… No matter how I think about it, these two are related… Perhaps dimensional zones are the key to my advancement to the Calamity grade…?Zhou Wen thought to himself, but as he hadn't heard of any Calamity creatures appearing recently, he didn't have the chance to observe it even if he wanted to.

In the next few days, An Sheng kept negotiating with Wood and company, but Wood and company weren't willing to compromise on some key issues. There was no progress in the negotiations.

Finally, Wood raised a condition for Zhou Wen to attempt the Venusian dimensional zone again. He was not to use any other Companion Beasts and could only use Heavenly Robe.. If Zhou Wen could clear it, they were willing to compromise.

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Chapter 1404: The Unbelievable Heavenly Robe

"It looks like the Cape family has been suspicious of the Heavenly Robe's effects from the beginning. They have long planned to make this request, and to do it now, if we don't agree to this condition that seems to be beneficial to us at this step in the negotiations, it's equivalent to telling them that there's a problem with the Heavenly Robe. When the time comes, I'm afraid no one will buy our Heavenly Robe. But if we agree…"

An Sheng paused for a moment to which Zhou Wen replied, "Then agree to it."

An Sheng was taken aback. "Young Master, didn't you say that only Companion Beasts with high luck can bring out the effects of the Heavenly Robe? Now, the Cape family wants you to only use the Heavenly Robe. How are you going to clear it?"

"That's not a problem. If they want to see the Heavenly Robe, let them. I can now achieve the same effect even without the Heavenly Robe," Zhou Wen said.

"I see. That's great. In that case, I need to work harder." An Sheng's eyes revealed a cold glint.

Zhou Wen knew that it wouldn't be wrong to leave such matters to An Sheng. He wouldn't suffer any losses, so all he needed to do was prepare to clear the dungeon.

After a day, An Sheng had already finished negotiating with Wood and company.

Zhou Wen could do the attempt, but other than the Essence Crystal mine, the Cape family needed to provide an additional hundred tonnes of Essence Crystals.

This hundred tonnes of Essence Crystals was equivalent to a deposit. After Zhou Wen completed the test, they would hand over the Essence Crystal mine.

Under An Sheng's arrangements, Zhou Wen signed a contract with the Cape family's representative. If Zhou Wen couldn't rely on Heavenly Robe to clear the Venusian dimensional zone and enter the rankings, he would have to pay an additional hundred tonnes of Essence Crystals for the breach of contract.

The moment the contract was signed, the Cape family released the contract's content through their official channels.

If Zhou Wen couldn't do it and refused to refund the deposit, the entire Federation would know of this matter. Even if the An family did refund the Essence Crystals, it would deal a huge blow to Zhou Wen and Luoyang's An family's reputation. It would still spell quite a loss and setback.

Regardless, Zhou Wen had to clear it.

"Zhou Wen actually agreed to the Cape family's request?" Xia Liuchuan wore a look of surprise after reading the press release.

Anyone would find it unbelievable that a Terror-grade Companion Beast—Heavenly Robe—could perfectly withstand a Calamity-grade attack. There had to be other supplementary means and Companion Beast abilities augmenting it to reach that level.

Many people had the same thoughts as Xia Liuchuan. After Zhang Chunqiu finished reading, he revealed a pensive expression. Clearly, he didn't believe that a Terror-grade Heavenly Robe could clear the Venusian dimensional zone.

However, Zhou Wen had agreed to such a request. This left Zhang Chunqiu somewhat puzzled.

With the same question in mind, many people focused on the Cube, hoping to see how Zhou Wen would handle it.

Zhou Wen didn't make them wait too long. Soon, the Cube lit up and a projection of the Venusian dimensional zone's external platform appeared.

Zhou Wen, who was wearing the Heavenly Robe, stood on the platform.

He was only wearing the Heavenly Robe. Apart from that, he didn't have anything else on him. He didn't even have accessories like rings. He looked extremely clean and tidy.

Here it comes. Could it be that the Heavenly Robe is really that effective against the Calamity creature in Venus??Xia Liuchuan found it unbelievable when he saw Zhou Wen's attire. He clearly didn't plan on using other Companion Beasts.

The Cape family paid more attention to this battle. If Heavenly Robe could really perfectly dodge the Calamity-grade attack, they naturally wanted to obtain it.

Ignoring the value of being on the rankings, just dodging a Calamity-grade attack made it priceless.

However, they were also very suspicious. If it really had such powerful abilities, why did Zhou Wen want to sell it? Although the reason given by the An family made sense, they were still somewhat suspicious.

Zhou Wen dripped his blood to activate the Venusian dimensional zone as everyone watched him enter.

Upon seeing the Metal Guard, Zhou Wen summoned Sword Pill and killed it with one strike.

Large numbers of Metal Guards rushed out and were wiped out by Zhou Wen in the blink of an eye. Their bullets couldn't injure him at all.

After a Golden Battle God rushed out, the bullets that shot out could only circle around Zhou Wen without touching him.

Zhou Wen charged forward and killed it with one strike. He didn't even dodge the bullet.

The six Golden Battle Gods were killed by Zhou Wen, and a Companion Egg dropped. It made one envious and jealous.

Zhou Wen put away the Companion Egg and charged into the tunnel.

Zhang Yuzhi and company, who were watching the Cube's live broadcast, couldn't help but feel nervous. After all, it was still doubtful if the Terror-grade Heavenly Robe could single-handedly block a Calamity-grade bullet.

Bang!

After the gunshot, a Calamity-grade bullet appeared around Zhou Wen. It spun around him like a bolt of lightning. It looked very similar to Zhou Wen's previous attempts at clearing the level, perhaps even stronger.

Previously, it was only the sure-kill bullet that had spun around Zhou Wen, but now, even the bullets at the beginning were spinning around him.

Zhou Wen ignored the bullets as he quickly traversed the tunnel and headed for the Golden Palace.

Bang! Bang!

Gunshots sounded as bullets appeared around Zhou Wen one after another, but they could only circle around him and failed to injure him, nor could they stop him from advancing.

Zhou Wen was very fast. Before the sure-kill seventh bullet shot out, he had already arrived in front of the Golden Palace.

But Zhou Wen stopped in front of the stairs just like Immortal. He didn't ascend the Golden Palace but waited for the seventh bullet to arrive.

Bang!

The sure-kill seventh shot finally sounded as a bullet with lightning sparks appeared around Zhou Wen. It was more dazzling than the halo formed by the other six bullets.

Zhou Wen stood there without moving, allowing the seven bullets to circle around him.

That Heavenly Robe… can actually perfectly restrain the Calamity-grade bullets…?It wasn't just the Cape family. Many people who had been very interested in the Heavenly Robe widened their eyes.

This wasn't the end. Zhou Wen, who had already proven his Heavenly Robe's abilities, still hadn't left.

The Calamity-grade bullets kept firing over, but none of them could injure Zhou Wen. When the second round of sure-kill bullets circled around Zhou Wen, the Overseer Manor's phone and An Sheng's phones nearly exploded from all the ringing.

Zhou Wen didn't use any other Companion Beasts, nor did he use any offensive or defensive means. This undoubtedly meant that the Heavenly Robe was the best of the best. It had unbelievable dodging abilities. Obtaining it not only allowed one to enter the rankings, but it also greatly ensured their safety. How could anyone who had the means to acquire it not want it?

Instantly, the Overseer Manor's phone was busier than a particular brand's after-sales service call.

At that moment, Zhou Wen finally walked up the stairs and arrived in front of the Golden Palace. The scene that happened next drove people crazy.

Zhou Wen's name appeared on the rankings, but it wasn't a three-star. Behind his name were five shiny golden stars. Furthermore, he was ranked first, squeezing out Immortal, who had only been in first place for a few days.

Thankfully, only one phone connection could be established at any one time; otherwise, the Overseer Manor would definitely be flooded with calls.

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Chapter 1405: Essence Crystal Mine

Translator: CKtalon

"Adjutant An, when is it convenient for Mr. Zhou? Let's trade the Heavenly Robe as soon as possible." Wood and the other representatives of the Cape family couldn't sit still any longer. They took the initiative to look for An Sheng.

"Sorry, something happened here…" An Sheng wore a difficult expression.

"What's wrong?" Wood asked patiently, but he was already burning with anxiety.

After watching Zhou Wen's performance, everyone believed that the Heavenly Robe was an excellent-grade Companion Beast. The master of the Cape family had already ordered them to bring it back as soon as possible.

"Well, someone offered a higher price than your family… As you know… My Young Master is already a little impatient with your many requests… Furthermore, others are handing over the physical goods directly…" An Sheng stammered.

"Adjutant An, we do have a contract. With the An family's status, you wouldn't go so far as to violate the contract for such trivial gains, right?" Wood immediately reeled in anxiety.

He also knew that the display of Heavenly Robe's abilities was shocking. Furthermore, the Cube had given a five-star evaluation, allowing Zhou Wen to reach first place. Who in the Federation didn't want the Heavenly Robe?

The headlines of the various media outlets were all reporting about Zhou Wen and Heavenly Robe. Anyone with the means was probably eyeing the Heavenly Robe now.

"We don't want to break the contract either, but you know the abilities of the League of Guardians. Now that they want the Heavenly Robe, do we dare not give it to them?" An Sheng sighed.

"So what if it's the League of Guardians? Even if Immortal himself comes, he has to be reasonable, right? Why don't we do this? Adjutant An, get Mr. Zhou to complete the handover as soon as possible. If the League of Guardians wants to force it, get them to cause trouble for our Cape family…" Wood said.

"This… The risk we take is too great…" An Sheng looked conflicted.

"Adjutant An, help us settle this matter. The Cape family definitely won't treat you unfairly… This is a token from our Cape family…" Wood stuffed something into An Sheng's hands.

"No, no, no. This isn't appropriate, right?" An Sheng said, but he turned sideways and unzipped a pocket on his jacket with one hand.

Wood had already requested permission several times. Now, it wasn't just Wood. The upper echelons of the Cape family were filled with regret.

If they had known this would happen, they would have just bought the Heavenly Robe back then without all the fuss. However, by making a fuss, the price they had to pay now was ten percent higher than before.

Even so, the Cape family was willing to pay. They were now afraid that Zhou Wen wouldn't sell the Heavenly Robe to them.

From their point of view, it was only because the An family needed a large number of Essence Crystals for the accelerator. Otherwise, no faction would exchange such a Companion Beast for Essence Crystals.

Finally, they reached a new agreement. Even an important member of the Cape family, Woods, rushed over overnight and prepared to personally receive the Heavenly Robe.

"As long as we can bring the Heavenly Robe back, it will all be worth it. We have to be fast and not delay any further. Otherwise, the problem with the Essence Crystal mine will be exposed. When the time comes, it won't be that easy to exchange for the Heavenly Robe again." When Woods arrived, the family head's exhortations were still ringing in his ears.

Woods knew that this matter couldn't be delayed. After rushing to Luoyang, he immediately contacted An Sheng and Zhou Wen to head to the Essence Crystal mine with him to carry out the transaction.

The location of the Essence Crystal mine wasn't very far from Luoyang. Coincidentally, it was near Guide City. The dimensional zone was originally under Guide City's jurisdiction, but it was no longer inhabited. There were dimensional zones everywhere.

I never expected there to be an Essence Crystal mine here.?Zhou Wen wasn't unfamiliar with this place. His grandfather had brought him here a few times when he was young.

Back then, this was a mausoleum. It had turned into a valley at some point in time. Flowers bloomed everywhere in the valley as butterflies fluttered in the air.

As there were many dimensional zones nearby, there were many break-out creatures everywhere. The nearby humans had long moved away and headed for relatively large human cities. The vicinity was uninhabited.

Woods led Zhou Wen and company into the valley. It was unknown when the valley had become a dimensional zone. Strangely, there were only ordinary butterflies in the valley. There wasn't a single dimensional creature.

"The reserves of Essence Crystals here are plenty. Furthermore, the Essence Crystal mine is very close to the surface, and the purity is high…" As Woods led the way, he explained. Soon, everyone saw exposed Essence Crystal ores on the nearby mountain wall.

An Sheng hurriedly got the experts to investigate. The preliminary conclusion was better than what the Cape family had said. The reserves here were probably far more than a few thousand tonnes.

Although Woods looked calm on the surface, he felt uneasy. He knew that this place looked good, but at a certain time, it wouldn't be as beautiful and peaceful as it was now.

He was now hoping that An Sheng and company would quickly finish the inspection and complete the handover so that they wouldn't notice anything.

Zhou Wen had only taken a casual look and didn't discover any problems, but the emotional fluctuations in Woods's heart were too intense. It triggered Truth Listener's inner thoughts.

Soon, Zhou Wen knew that the Cape family didn't have any good intentions. This place wasn't as peaceful as it looked.

It's no wonder the Cape family doesn't mine it themselves. So there's actually something odd about it.?Zhou Wen wasn't angry.

After all, he and An Sheng didn't have any good intentions either. The Heavenly Robe wasn't as perfect as it looked.

Zhou Wen remained unperturbed as he circled the valley. After weighing the pros and cons, he planned on pretending not to know anything and continue completing the deal.

Woods's heart was in his throat while Zhou Wen wandered around, but he pretended to not care and didn't rush Zhou Wen and An Sheng.

It had to be said that Woods was indeed a wily old fox. He was extremely worried, but his expression remained stoic. If not for Truth Listener's ability, Zhou Wen wouldn't have been able to tell that there was anything wrong.

After all, even An Sheng couldn't tell what was wrong, much less someone as inexperienced as Zhou Wen.

"Mr. Zhou, Adjutant An, are there any problems?" Woods said when Zhou Wen and An Sheng returned.

An Sheng looked at Zhou Wen. Clearly, he hadn't discovered any problems. He was very satisfied with the reserves and purity of the Essence Crystals here, nor did he discover any potential danger factors in the dimensional zone.

"Mr. Woods, you should know that I'm from Guide City, right?" Zhou Wen said with a faint smile.

Woods's heart skipped a beat, but his expression didn't change at all. He said with a smile, "I've heard that Guide City is indeed an illustrious place. To be able to produce someone like Mr. Zhou and such an Essence Crystal mine means that this place is extraordinary. Unfortunately, our Cape family's base is in the West District.. Otherwise, we would have come here to develop."

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Chapter 1406: Completing the Transaction

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"Since you know that I'm from Guide City, do you think I'm unaware that this place was originally Master Zhuang's Mausoleum?" Zhou Wen said coldly.

"Is there a problem with this being Master Zhuang's Mausoleum?" Woods asked in puzzlement.

"As one of the representatives of Daoism, will such a dimensional zone be as safe as it looks? I'm just afraid that we might end up dying here before we get to mine the Essence Crystal ores here." Zhou Wen left some leeway as he still wanted to close the deal.

Woods turned somewhat nervous when he heard Zhou Wen say that. If Zhou Wen really noticed something amiss, it would be impossible for him to return with the Heavenly Robe.

"Mr. Zhou, you can't have your subjective thoughts color the issue. It's been quite a while since our discovery of the Essence Crystal ores. As you can see, there's no problem here. If you don't believe me, you can stay another two days or even attempt to mine the Essence Crystals. Our Cape family will definitely not lie and do something that's at odds with the contract," Woods said solemnly.

"Then we'll do as you say. We'll stay here for a few more days. If there's really no problem, I'll transfer the Heavenly Robe to you immediately," Zhou Wen said indifferently.

Woods cried inwardly. He only wanted to dispel Zhou Wen's doubts verbally, but he never expected Zhou Wen to really choose to stay for a few days. If that happened, something would probably happen.

"Of course." Although Woods said that, he was burning with anxiety. He was thinking about how he could get Zhou Wen to hand over the Heavenly Robe as soon as possible.

"Ah Sheng, make some preparations. Find a good place to set up camp and entertain Mr. Woods and the rest. They are guests from afar. We can't slight them," Zhou Wen said to An Sheng.

An Sheng understood what Zhou Wen was getting at and got someone to find a place to set up camp. He even got someone to return to transport supplies over, as though they wanted to stay here permanently.

Woods was anxious, but there was nothing he could do.

"Mr. Zhou, you can stay here and watch for as many days as you want, but we can't keep delaying this deal, right? We know that you aren't the kind of person who abides by contracts, but you have to give us a deadline, right? The family head is still waiting. We have to return and answer to him." Woods patiently beat around the bush.

"Then let's give it five days. As long as nothing happens in these five days, I'll immediately transfer the Heavenly Robe to you and complete our deal," Zhou Wen said.

Woods knew that they couldn't wait five days. In another four days, this dimensional zone would undergo an anomaly. When that happened, everything would be for naught.

However, Woods couldn't think of any way to get Zhou Wen to immediately transfer the Heavenly Robe to him.

Just as Woods's brain was about to steam from an overdrive, an officer suddenly rushed over on a Companion Beast. He looked extremely disheveled and had several injuries. He looked like he had just been in a massive battle.

"Young Master Wen, Adjutant An, bad news. A large number of break-out creatures have appeared in Dragon Gate Grotto. Governor Qin is leading the Sunset Army to mount a full defense. There are heavy casualties. Please return immediately to provide support." The officer jumped off his Companion Beast and rushed to Zhou Wen as he stumbled and shouted.

"What!" Zhou Wen and An Sheng were alarmed as they got up to return.

"Mr. Zhou, you can't leave. According to our agreement, we have already led you to the Essence Crystal mine. Before you hand over the Heavenly Robe Companion Beast, you mustn't leave this place." Woods and company immediately stopped Zhou Wen.

At that moment, Woods was overjoyed. Heaven is really helping me!

"Young Master Wen, why don't you stay here? I'll lead the others back to provide support," An Sheng said anxiously.

"Adjutant An, that won't do. Governor Qin said that a Calamity creature might appear. Young Master Wen has to return. Otherwise, I'm afraid Luoyang won't hold… Young Master Wen, quickly return… It will be too late if you delay any further…" The officer was about to cry.

"Young Master Wen!" An Sheng looked at Zhou Wen anxiously.

Zhou Wen was still hesitant. "This was Master Zhuang's Mausoleum in the past. I have a nagging feeling that things aren't that simple here."

"Sigh, Mr. Zhou, you are really overthinking things. Why don't we do this? Now that Luoyang is in trouble, we will give you a hand. We still have a portion of the Essence Crystals left, so we can give them to you. There are also some Companion Eggs here. Take them back with you as a token of our appreciation. We hope to help Luoyang tide through this crisis."

Woods pointed into the valley and said, "This place is only so big. You can see everything at a glance. If there's anything amiss, you would have long seen it. Even if you can't see it, with so many people walking around, something would have already happened if there was danger. If you are still worried, you can circle around the area a few more times and confirm that there's no problem. After the deal is completed, we will go to Luoyang with you to help you resist the break-out creatures. We can also stay in Luoyang for a few days. If there's really a problem, it won't be too late for you to come back to us."

Now, all Woods wanted to do was get the Heavenly Robe in his hands as soon as possible. He would leave the rest to later.

"Young Master Wen, the bigger picture is more important," An Sheng urged anxiously when he saw Zhou Wen still hesitating.

"Alright, let's do as Mr. Woods says." Zhou Wen gritted his teeth and walked to him. He held Woods's hand and said, seemingly touched, "I'll cut the niceties, but thank you for your help. Mr. Woods, you're really a nice guy."

Without waiting for Woods to say a word, Zhou Wen released his grip and said to An Sheng, "Ah Sheng, quickly move everything back. We'll head back immediately to provide support."

"Mr. Zhou, about the Heavenly Robe…" Woods was a little anxious.

"I'll get them to move the things. I'll transfer it to you now," Zhou Wen said as he began circulating his Essence Energy. His face flushed red as though he was using a forbidden ability.

Seeing that Zhou Wen was about to transfer the Heavenly Robe, Woods didn't think it was right to stop An Sheng and company from moving things. All he could do was stand in front of Zhou Wen and wait for him to transfer the Heavenly Robe.

As transferring a Companion Beast required one to pay a considerable price, Woods felt that even if Zhou Wen had any special abilities, it was impossible for him to do so without paying a price. It was normal for Zhou Wen to look like this.

Zhou Wen constantly circulated his Essence Energy, but he had no intention of doing the deed. When they finished moving most of the things, Woods couldn't help but ask only for Zhou Wen to suddenly reach out and press his hand on his chest.

Here it comes!?Woods immediately swallowed the words he was about to say and waited to receive the Companion Beast.

However, after waiting for a while, he saw Zhou Wen's face turn redder and redder. However, Woods didn't sense any Companion Beast transfer. As for the things there, An Sheng and company had almost finished moving them.

Woods felt that something was amiss. Just as he was about to say something, he heard Zhou Wen roar, "Go!"

Woods immediately felt a force enter his body as the energy of a Companion Beast surged into his body. He was immediately overjoyed.

Soon, the Companion Beast was transferred to Woods. Zhou Wen said with a pale face, "Mr. Woods, take a look. Is it the Companion Beast we were talking about? Don't make a mistake."

"There's nothing wrong about it. Perfect. It's a Terror-grade Deva Companion Beast. Thank you, Mr. Zhou. Are you alright?" Woods repeatedly made confirmation. The skill was the same as what was written in the contract. He was still worried, so he summoned it and wore the robe transformed from the Deva. Seeing that it was identical to what Zhou Wen wore, he felt relieved.

"Since we have closed the deal, I'll head back to provide support. Let's do business again if there's a chance in the future.." Zhou Wen completed the handover and signed off the contract with Woods before leaving with An Sheng.

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Chapter 1407: With Heavenly Robe in Hand... Ouch...

Woods was overjoyed. Although he had paid more in the end, as long as he could obtain the Heavenly Robe, everything was worth it.

"Mr. Woods, something seems amiss. Why did Zhou Wen and company leave so quickly without getting us to join them in Luoyang?" Wood said suspiciously.

However, Woods seemed to be overly excited. "The Heavenly Robe is real. There won't be any problems. Besides, if we were to go to Luoyang, would they dare to really allow us to join them? When the time comes, not only will they not get help, but they will also have to get someone to watch us. Cut the chatter. Quick, let's test the Heavenly Robe's abilities."

Woods stroked the Heavenly Robe on his body with an eager expression.

Wood summoned a bow and aimed it at Woods, but he didn't dare to aim at his vital spots. All he did was shoot at his arm.

With a whoosh, the arrow tore through the air and arrived in front of Woods. Woods didn't dodge. When the arrow arrived in front of him, the Heavenly Robe moved autonomously, pulling his body to dodge the arrow.

"Haha, as expected of the Heavenly Robe. With this robe in hand, it will be easy for our Cape family to enter the rankings. In the future, even if a Calamity-grade expert wants to make things difficult for our Cape family, with this robe around, we might still have the strength to put up a fight. Come, come, shoot a few more arrows at me. Let me experience the magical power of the Heavenly Robe," said Woods excitedly.

When Wood saw that the Heavenly Robe was indeed magical, he was overjoyed. He immediately drew his bow and strafed a few arrows without any worries.

As he had confirmed that the Heavenly Robe was indeed useful, Wood didn't target any special spots. He just randomly shot them at Woods.

Woods stood there without any intention of dodging. He believed that since the Heavenly Robe had allowed him to dodge the first arrow, and the subsequent arrows had the same strength as the first arrow, it would be impossible for him not to dodge them.

However, how could he know that the Heavenly Robe had a dodge chance? He was lucky to trigger the Heavenly Robe's Lucky Dodge for the first arrow, but without the augmentation of lucky equipment, the Heavenly Robe's dodge chance wasn't high.

Everyone was in a festive mood as they waited for the Heavenly Robe to showcase its magical powers. However, they suddenly heard Woods scream.

Out of the eight arrows that Wood shot out, five of them hit Woods, of which four hit the Heavenly Robe. Being Terror-grade equipment, the Heavenly Robe's defense was pretty good, allowing it to block four arrows. However, one arrow hit Woods's face; there was nothing obstructing it. It shot right into his nose, causing him to fall to the ground and roll around in pain.

"How can this be!" Wood and company were dumbfounded. After they reacted, they hurriedly ran to Woods and pulled out the arrow to treat his injuries.

"Woods, is this Heavenly Robe fake? Did you check it properly?" Wood's expression changed as he looked at the bloody hole in Woods's nose.

"It's not fake. The information transmitted by the Heavenly Robe isn't wrong. It's a Terror-grade Heavenly Robe. It does have the ability to dodge. As you saw just now, the first arrow was dodged by the Heavenly Robe… But how did the subsequent arrows…" Woods was alarmed and unsure. He repeatedly confirmed the information transmitted by the Heavenly Robe. All the skills and abilities were identical to the one Zhou Wen had written in the contract. Their levels weren't bad either.

"Try sensing the detailed information of those skills again. See if there's any problem based on whatever you can sense," Wood said.

Woods hurriedly sensed the information. After a while, his expression turned ugly as his body began to tremble.

"This dodging skill has a certain chance. Not all attacks can be dodged. We've been scammed." Woods was trembling in anger.

"How did this happen? How did Zhou Wen use it to dodge all the Calamity-grade attacks?" Wood asked in a daze. He now understood that they had been fooled. There were probably no break-out creatures in Luoyang. Zhou Wen and company were deliberately scamming them.

"How would I know!" Woods was beyond tears. He suddenly struggled to get up and took out his phone to call An Sheng. As he called, he said hatefully, "No, this matter isn't over between us and the An family. We have to make them give us an explanation."

After the phone rang a few times, An Sheng's voice sounded. "Mr. Woods, do you have any business to offer us?"

"An Sheng, that Heavenly Robe can't dodge attacks 100%. You guys were pulling off a scam," said Woods angrily.

Although he knew that being angry was useless, he couldn't hold it in.

They originally thought that they had exchanged an unmineable mine for a huge bargain, but they never expected that the thing they had exchanged for was equally useless. They had even lost nearly two hundred tonnes of Essence Crystals.

He originally only needed to pay an additional hundred tonnes, but with the bribe he had given An Sheng and Zhou Wen's subsequent scam, it was almost worth an additional hundred tonnes.

An Sheng said calmly, "Mr. Woods, please don't say that. Our An family has always been trustworthy. It's impossible for us to sell you fake goods. Is the level and ability of the Heavenly Robe identical to what's written in the contract? If there's no discrepancy, how can it be a fake Companion Beast?"

"But this Heavenly Robe only has a chance of dodging. Even a Mythical attack can't be completely dodged, much less a Calamity-grade attack," said Woods in exasperation.

"Oh, you're talking about that? Of course. The dodging ability of the Heavenly Robe requires the augmentation of the Luck stat. The higher the Luck stat, the higher the success rate of dodging. If you need it, we also have Luck Companion Beasts for sale," An Sheng said.

Woods, Wood, and company were taken aback when they heard that. Woods said in disbelief, "It still needs the augmentation of the Luck stat? Didn't Zhou Wen only use Heavenly Robe previously? How did he dodge all of them?"

"Mr. Woods, you can't make such a comparison. My young master is a lucky person blessed by the heavens. He received the favor and care of the heavens and was born with abundant luck. No matter how low the chances are, it's a hundred percent chance when it comes to my young master. However, it's different for ordinary people. They still need some lucky equipment to achieve the ideal effect of the Heavenly Robe." An Sheng's words were clearly saying: "How can you unlucky fools compare to my young master? Don't you know what kind of trash you are?"

"Adjutant An, are you sure that lucky equipment can increase the dodge chance? What kind of lucky equipment can achieve a 100% dodge chance?" Woods suppressed the urge to curse An Sheng and asked softly.

"Of course I'm sure. If you don't believe me, you can experiment with lucky equipment. As for how many Luck stat augmentations are needed, I know that too well. Previously, my young master had bought quite a lot of lucky equipment. It was thanks to that equipment that he was able to reach a 100% dodge chance. Now that the Heavenly Robe has been sold to you, those lucky Companion Beasts are useless. If you want them, I can persuade my young master to transfer them to you. I'll definitely give you a discount on the price. After all, you are old customers," An Sheng said.

"I'll give it a try first. We'll talk about the Luck Companion Beast later." Woods hung up and braced himself to contact the head of the Cape family to tell him the entire story.

"Come back and try using the Luck Companion Beasts first before we discuss the necessary countermeasures." The Cape's family head knew that it was pointless saying anything now. All he could do was let them return first. If they could achieve a 100% dodge chance with the augmentation of the Luck stat, it wasn't unacceptable.

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Chapter 1408: It's Really Nothing

After the Heavenly Robe was brought back to the Cape family by Woods, they quickly experimented. After using Luck Companion Beasts to augment it, its dodge chance increased, but it was still far from 100%.

However, they confirmed that the Luck stat had an augmentation effect on the Heavenly Robe's dodge chance. An Sheng wasn't lying.

However, as there were very few lucky Companion Beasts to begin with, the typical person would hatch them upon obtaining one. Therefore, the Cape family didn't have any Luck Companion Eggs available. They could only buy them on the market.

However, when they wanted to buy Luck Companion Eggs, they realized that they couldn't buy any on the market with Luck stat and skills. There were only a few Luck Companion Eggs on sale. Even those at the Legendary and Epic stage were sold at astronomical prices.

"Damn it. It must be those bastards from the An family," Woods cursed hatefully.

"We should have known this long ago. Since the Heavenly Robe has such a requirement, Zhou Wen must have already plundered all the Luck Companion Eggs on the market. It's normal for the price of Luck Companion Beasts to increase." The Cape family head thought for a moment and said, "However, as long as we can gather enough Luck equipment and make the Heavenly Robe dodge chances 100%, everything will be worth it. Let's talk to the An family and see if we can buy Luck Companion Beasts from them. We have to try our best to buy the Luck Companion Beasts from other places as well. I reckon the An family won't sell all their Luck Companion Beasts to us."

At this point, the Cape family head could only continue. Otherwise, the Heavenly Robe he had spent a large sum of money to buy would be useless. It could even be said to be trash.

The Heavenly Robe's defense was much weaker than armor of the same level. Its dodge chance wasn't 100%, so it was unknown when one would be hit if they wore it. Who dared to use their lives to test their luck? It was equivalent to being useless.

Now, they still believed that the Heavenly Robe could achieve a 100% dodge chance. After all, Zhou Wen had relied on the Heavenly Robe on clearing the dungeon. There was unlikely to be anything wrong with that assumption.

They were right, but unfortunately, they didn't know that the augmentation of ordinary lucky equipment could only increase the dodge chance to a very high percentage, but it wouldn't ever reach 100%. One needed Wang Lu's Invincible Lucky Star to obtain a 100% dodge chance.

The Cape family contacted An Sheng again and proposed to buy some Luck Companion Beasts. However, the price An Sheng offered nearly made them curse.

"Adjutant An, the Heavenly Robe was bought from you. Luck Companion Beasts should be considered accessories. It's not appropriate for you to demand such a high price, right? If this matter were to spread, would anyone dare to do business with the An family in the future?" Wood, who was in charge of this matter, said as he suppressed his anger.

As for Woods, he had been temporarily abandoned by the Cape family due to his previous mistake. Wood was fully in charge of buying Luck Companion Beasts.

"We strictly followed the contract and completed the transaction. We didn't do anything against our conscience. There's nothing we can't let others know. Besides, there are countless people vying for a good item like the Heavenly Robe. You shouldn't go against your conscience and smear it, right?" An Sheng said with a chuckle.

Wood was first taken aback before he understood what An Sheng meant. He immediately felt choked.

An Sheng's meaning was very clear. Now that the Heavenly Robe was in the hands of the Cape family, if they revealed the problem with the Heavenly Robe, its value would crash. It would also let others know the weakness of the Heavenly Robe. The Cape family would end up being on the losing end.

If the Cape family didn't tell others, others would still be afraid of the Heavenly Robe. Perhaps there would be a chance to sell it in the future.

Wood had no choice but to suppress his anger and negotiate with An Sheng. This was because there were too few Luck Companion Beasts that could be bought on the market. No matter how angry he was, he could only buy them from the An family. Otherwise, the Heavenly Robe would only be a piece of Terror-grade equipment with ordinary effects.

"Has the Heavenly Robe been sold to the Cape family?" As Zhou Wen was grinding dungeons, Wang Lu called.

"The Companion Eggs have been sold? How much did you get?" Zhou Wen immediately knew that the Cape family had definitely bought a Luck Companion Egg from Wang Lu.

"Only a few dozen times more expensive than the purchase price," Wang Lu answered easily. After knowing that Zhou Wen was selling the Heavenly Robe, she began acquiring all the Luck Companion Eggs on the market. Most of them were in her hands.

"Now that you've earned so much, the debt I owe you should be written off, right?" Zhou Wen said with a smile.

"Those are two separate matters. Furthermore, I earned it with my own abilities. Why should I count it as payment?" Wang Lu curled her lips.

"You've earned so much, yet you're still so greedy?" Zhou Wen was helpless.

"You're already first on the rankings, but aren't you still working hard to advance?" Wang Lu paused and asked, "How's Little Chan?"

"She's still on the Moon. Don't worry. I just went to visit her two days ago and she's learning from Lady Supreme Yin. Lady Supreme Yin is an impressive existence. If Little Chan learns from her, there's a high chance that she will become an impressive figure in the future." Zhou Wen had indeed visited Wang Chan, but her situation wasn't as optimistic as he had said.

Wang Chan had suffered quite a bit under Lady Supreme Yin. She cried and shouted about returning with Zhou Wen. It wasn't easy for Zhou Wen to get her to continue staying there.

"That's good. I don't really have extravagant hopes that she will become an impressive figure. As long as she won't be troubled by misfortune in the future and can live happily, that's enough." Wang Lu also knew that Wang Chan definitely wouldn't have it easy. Success didn't come easy in this world.

To be able to follow a powerhouse at the level of Lady Supreme Yin was indeed an opportunity for Wang Chan. If Wang Chan could control her abilities in the future, be it for Wang Chan herself or the entire Wang family, it would be an excellent outcome.

"By the way, when are you going to repay the debt you owe me? Don't just give me lip service every time, alright?" Wang Lu said.

"Have you had dinner?" Zhou Wen asked after some thought.

"Not yet. Why? Do you want to treat me to dinner? You are still in Luoyang, so you won't make it in time, right?" As Wang Lu spoke, she suddenly heard a knock on the door.

"Didn't I say not to call me over for dinner?" Wang Lu said in puzzlement.

There was no answer from the door. The person outside continued knocking.

"I already said not today…" As Wang Lu spoke, she opened the door. Before she could finish her sentence, she was stunned. The person standing outside the door was Zhou Wen.

"It shouldn't be too late to treat you to dinner, right?" Zhou Wen asked with a smile.

After advancing to the Terror grade, the teleportation accuracy of Singularity Universe was much higher with the activation of The Disqualified. Typically, teleportation only had a deviation of twenty to thirty kilometers. Zhou Wen's luck was pretty good this time. He landed only a few kilometers away from Wang Lu's house, so he quickly rushed over with instant transmission.

"That depends on what you are treating me to. I'm very picky," Wang Lu said with a smile.

"I'll do the cooking. It should be alright," Zhou Wen said as he took out utensils and ingredients from the Chaos Bead.

He set up a stove in the yard and quickly made a few dishes. He even took out the sake wine that An Sheng had prepared for him and decorated the dining table beautifully.

Seeing Wang Lu walk over, Zhou Wen hurriedly went over and pulled out a chair for her.

Wang Lu sat down and looked at the spread that Zhou Wen had meticulously prepared. She curled her lips and said, "Speak. What's the matter?"

"How can there be anything the matter? I'm just treating you to a meal," Zhou Wen said.

"If you don't want to say it now, don't say it today. I don't like to hear nonsense while eating." Wang Lu rolled her eyes at him.

"Ahem. Actually, it's really nothing serious. I just haven't been very lucky recently. I keep failing at fusion when I'm gaming. I want to rub off some good luck from you," Zhou Wen said with a light cough.

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Chapter 1409: I'm Not Your Tool

Translator: CKtalon

"Dream… On…" Wang Lu said through gritted teeth.

"Just pretend I didn't say anything. Hurry up and eat." Zhou Wen had no choice but to give up.

Over the past two days, Zhou Wen had finally obtained a Mutated Overlord Snake Companion Egg. An Sheng had also helped him collect some relatively suitable Companion Eggs.

However, considering the low success rate from before, it was very difficult to fuse Ever-Victorious and Unstoppable with just one Mutated Overlord Snake.

If he had Wang Lu's luck, the success rate would be much higher.

However, if Wang Lu wasn't willing, Zhou Wen wouldn't force her. He would try fusing again when he returned.

"How's the Wang family's situation now? If you need help, just inform me." Zhou Wen sat down opposite Wang Lu and uncapped the wine. He poured a glass for Wang Lu and one for himself.

"It's not a problem to survive, but the Wang family hasn't found a path that we can call our own. Standing at a fork in the road, we don't know how to proceed." Wang Lu smiled and raised her wine glass, clinking it gently with Zhou Wen's. "Cut the crap. How did you get on the rankings? Don't tell me you relied on Heavenly Robe."

"I've mastered a spatial circulation skill. The effects are similar to Heavenly Robe. It can prevent the Calamity-grade bullets from injuring me," Zhou Wen answered truthfully.

"It's no wonder you don't need my Invincible Lucky Star," said Wang Lu.

"It's not that I don't need it. After all, it's yours. How can I keep hoarding it? Besides, you have to keep safe. With the Invincible Lucky Star and Heavenly Robe, at least you won't be injured so easily in the future," Zhou Wen said.

"Has the sun risen in the west? You are actually worried about me?" Wang Lu looked at Zhou Wen with a faint smile.

"Of course. If anything happens to you, who can lend me their luck?" Zhou Wen said.

If looks could kill, Zhou Wen would probably have been diced by Wang Lu's gaze.

"Go to hell. Don't come looking for me again. I'm not your tool," Wang Lu said through gritted teeth as she stood up angrily.

Zhou Wen hurriedly went over to press down on her shoulders and made her sit down again.

"Don't be angry. I didn't mean that. Even if you don't have luck, I don't wish for you to be injured. Luck and whatnot are just a bonus. If you don't like it, you don't have to lend it to me," Zhou Wen hurriedly explained.

"Humph, that's more like it." Only then did Wang Lu sit down and continue eating.

The two of them chatted about what had happened during their school days and recalled their beautiful youth.

Zhou Wen didn't mention using Wang Lu's luck again. He wasn't someone who liked to force things.

"Do you still have records of the debt?" Zhou Wen asked Wang Lu after the meal.

"It's all in my notebook. Don't even think about reneging on it." Wang Lu took out a small notebook from her pocket and patted it smugly.

"Alright, let's strike off one using today's meal and I'll slowly repay the rest in the future. I have to return now." Zhou Wen packed his things and prepared to return to Luoyang.

He couldn't leave Luoyang for too long during An Tianzuo's absence.

"Hey." Just as Zhou Wen was about to leave, Wang Lu stopped him.

"What?" Zhou Wen turned to look at Wang Lu.

"Don't you find it cloying to eat so much meat? Eat an apple to detox your stomach." Wang Lu threw a clean apple at Zhou Wen.

"I don't like apples." Zhou Wen really didn't like apples.

"Eat it." Wang Lu glared.

"Why are you glaring at me? I'll eat it, alright?" Zhou Wen took a bite. It was rather sweet. Zhou Wen waved his hand as he ate the apple. "I'm returning. I'll pay you back your meals another time."

"I'll be waiting." Wang Lu smiled.

Zhou Wen teleported back to Luoyang, but his luck wasn't good. He landed more than fifteen kilometers away. Thankfully, this distance was nothing to Zhou Wen. He quickly returned to Luoyang.

Since I can't borrow Wang Lu's luck, I can only fuse them myself. However, I can't have too much hope. I just need to fuse Ever-Victorious or Unstoppable. I don't have any extravagant hopes of having both skills.?Zhou Wen returned to his room and took out his phone before putting Tyrant Behemoth into the fusion column.

Now, Tyrant Behemoth had four skills—Penetration, Tearing, Armor Breaker, and Poison Fang. Apart from Poison Fang, the other three skills were good skills that could increase its destructive power.

Let's see if I can fuse Unstoppable.?Zhou Wen placed the Companion Egg on it.

As he had two Unstoppable Companion Eggs thanks to An Sheng, he could try twice. If he failed to fuse Unstoppable, he could try Ever-Victorious next.

Although he knew that the chances of both skills succeeding were very low, Zhou Wen still wanted to give it a try. He couldn't bring himself to give up.

However, even if he failed this time, it would likely leave behind one of the skills. If he didn't fuse it with other Companion Eggs, he wouldn't have both skills wiped out.

As the Unstoppable Companion Egg had three skills, Zhou Wen didn't dare guarantee that he could fuse Unstoppable on the first try. All he could do was try his luck.

After tapping on fusion, Tyrant Behemoth and the Companion Egg lit up and fused together, leaving only Tyrant Behemoth.

Zhou Wen hurriedly looked at Tyrant Behemoth's skills and was immediately delighted. Tyrant Behemoth's skill had an additional Unstoppable. The other skills didn't change. The Armor Breaker, Penetration, and Ripping that Zhou Wen needed hadn't been wiped out.

I succeeded in one try. From the looks of it, my luck isn't bad. I have to strike while the iron is hot.?Zhou Wen placed the Mutated Overlord Snake on it and clicked on the fusion.

Zhou Wen felt a little uneasy. It probably wasn't easy to retain both skills. Furthermore, this Mutated Overlord Snake had two skills. Apart from Ever-Victorious, it also had a Bite skill.

It felt like a useless skill. In theory, Bite might replace other skills, so there was still quite a risk.

However, since he had the goods, Zhou Wen couldn't feel at ease if he didn't give it a try.

As the light lit up, Zhou Wen's heart hung higher and higher, almost jumping out of his throat.

When the light dissipated, Tyrant Behemoth appeared again. From its appearance, it was no different from before.

Zhou Wen hurriedly looked at its information and his mouth gaped open.

Armor Breaker, Penetration, Ripping, Poison Tooth, Biting, Ever-Victorious, Unstoppable. Zhou Wen counted several times. There was no mistake about it. There were a total of seven skills. Both Ever-Victorious and Unstoppable were present.

It actually succeeded. There are even seven skills. Great!?Zhou Wen nearly jumped up in joy as though he had eaten a ginseng fruit. He felt refreshed and indescribably comfortable.

He hadn't succeeded despite all the fusions in the past. Now, not only had he succeeded, but he had also ended up with seven skills. Although Poison Fang and Bite didn't seem to be of much use, they were better than nothing.

Should I try fusing a bloodline again??With everything going so smoothly today, Zhou Wen was eyeing the bloodline function again.. If he succeeded, he could allow Tyrant Behemoth to have two Life Providences.

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Chapter 1410: The Great Tyrant Behemoth

Tyrant Behemoth's Life Providence gave it immense strength, augmenting it greatly. It was very compatible with Tyrant Behemoth who had Absolute Strength.

Zhou Wen was wondering what Life Providence he should add to Tyrant Behemoth if he could make it have dual Life Providences.

He wondered whether to add an offensive Life Providence, a defensive Life Providence, or a support-type Life Providence.

If it was a defensive-type, Life Providences like Undying Body and Unbreakable were very useful. If one could be obtained, it would be of great help to Tyrant Behemoth's survivability.

However, the owners of these two Life Providences were Zhou Wen's main Companion Beasts. Zhou Wen couldn't bear to use them as bloodline materials for Tyrant Behemoth.

It was fine if he succeeded, but if he failed, it would be a huge loss.

Therefore, Zhou Wen could only choose low-level Companion Beasts as fodder. Life Providences of low-level Companion Beasts weren't necessarily bad. In fact, many low-level Companion Beasts had very powerful Life Providences. It was only because their levels were too low that they couldn't showcase their true might.

For example, the Mutated Overlord Snake's Born Overlord was a very powerful Life Providence. It augmented one's physique, especially their strength.

Tyrant Behemoth was a Strength-type Companion Beast. If it had the Life Providence of Born Overlord, its Strength would probably be off the charts.

There was also the Yin-Yang Purple Air Bell's Mountain River Absorption. Coupled with a glutton like Tyrant Behemoth, it would be rather impressive. However, during the fusion process, Zhou Wen had wiped out Tyrant Behemoth's default Mountain Consuming skill. Otherwise, it would be a pretty good choice.

Apart from that, there was Primordial Spore's Eternal Immortality and the Great Might Vajra Bull's Extreme Might, Extreme Strength Life Providence—both extremely powerful Life Providences.

However, Zhou Wen really couldn't bear to use these rare Companion Beasts as supplementary material. They were unique existences that would probably be difficult to find after fusing them.

I should check all of my low-level Companion Beasts.?Zhou Wen looked through all the low-level Companion Beasts he had obtained and saw quite a number of powerful Life Providences, but there weren't many that were compatible with Tyrant Behemoth.

After some choosing, Zhou Wen still felt that Born Overlord or Mountain River Absorption were most suitable.

However, Zhou Wen had used all the Mutated Overlord Snake Companion Beasts for skill fusion. He didn't have any on hand. Instead, he had the Yin-Yang Purple Air Bell. As its level was relatively low, it was useless now.

I'll try using the Yin-Yang Purple Air Bell. After all, the success rate of the bloodline function is very low. If I fail, I'll farm Mutated Overlord Snakes in the future.?Zhou Wen found the Yin-Yang Purple Air Bell and placed it in the Bloodline fusion column as a material before clicking on 'fuse.'

The Yin-Yang Purple Air Bell immediately transformed into a ball of light that flew towards Tyrant Behemoth and fused into its body.

Zhou Wen didn't have much hope because he had previously attempted the Bloodline function many times to no avail. Today, he was just taking advantage of his good luck and was happy to give it a try.

System Notice: Tyrant Behemoth has successfully fused a bloodline. Obtained Life Providence: Mountain River Devouring. Activated Tyrant Behemoth Bloodline. Obtained Talent Skill: Mountain Devouring. Obtained Talent Skill: Rampage. Obtained Talent Skill: Behemoth.

Zhou Wen was dumbfounded. After a while, he reacted and hurriedly opened Tyrant Behemoth's information.

Tyrant Behemoth: Terror (Evolvable)

Life Providence: Extreme Strength, Mountain River Absorption

Life Soul: Violent Crown

Wheel of Destiny: Absolute Strength

Terror Form: Tyrant

Strength: 82

Speed: 82

Constitution: 82

Essence Energy: 82

Talent Skill: Mountain Consuming, Rampage, Behemoth, Armor Breaker, Penetration, Ripping, Poison Fang, Bite, Ever-Victorious, Unstoppable.

Companion Form: Boxing Glove

This… This is way too strong…?Zhou Wen was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth.

With ten skills and two Life Providences, Tyrant Behemoth was now a unique excellent-grade Companion Beast. It was almost impossible for it to exist in reality.

Zhou Wen couldn't wait to know how powerful Tyrant Behemoth was.

After opening the Yang City dungeon and entering the game, Zhou Wen didn't let Tyrant Behemoth turn into a glove and instead had it appear in its original form.

A hundred-meter-long snake Blood Spirit rushed out of a blood bone temple. Tyrant Behemoth took a step forward and its body instantly became as huge as a mountain. Its claws extended out like lightning and grabbed the snake's neck.

The originally gigantic snake body was like a loach in Tyrant Behemoth's claw. No matter how it struggled, it couldn't escape.

The snake's body wrapped around Tyrant Behemoth's arm. Tyrant Behemoth used all its strength to snap the snake's bones, separating the snake's head from its body.

Way too violent!?With a thought from Zhou Wen, sword beams shot out and struck many blood bone temples like a storm. Immediately, hundreds of Terror-grade Blood Spirits roared and charged out.

Among the Blood Spirits were many primordial behemoths. They were huge, but in front of Tyrant Behemoth in its behemoth form, they didn't seem big at all.

It was as though some ordinary behemoths were attacking a behemoth king. Tyrant Behemoth looked like a super boss no matter how one looked at it.

Zhou Wen watched as Tyrant Behemoth tore the Blood Spirits into pieces with a swipe of its claws. It swallowed several Blood Spirits with a single mouthful. Such a boss-like demeanor made him have the urge to fight the boss and loot whatever drops he had.

Despite both being at the Terror grade, Tyrant Behemoth's suppression of the Blood Spirits was like a Calamity-grade suppression of a Terror-grade creature. It looked like a creature on a completely different level.

This fellow is too powerful! My luck is so good today. I should try it again!?Zhou Wen got Tyrant Behemoth to kill the Blood Spirit while he activated the Bloodline function. He wanted to see if he could fuse Prisoned Dragon's Life Providence.

Prisoned Dragon had the Unbreakable Life Providence. If he gave it a Life Providence like Vajra Body, its defense would definitely rise to a whole new level.

Zhou Wen used the Vajra Malla as material and used the Bloodline function on Prisoned Dragon.

'Bloodline fusion failed… Bloodline fusion failed… Bloodline fusion failed…'

Zhou Wen tried several times and used up all the Vajra Malla Companion Beasts he had, but he failed to succeed.

Why is my luck gone just like that!?Zhou Wen was somewhat depressed.

Tyrant Behemoth was surrounded by hordes of Blood Spirits. As it was too large, it couldn't deal with every angle. Many Blood Spirits pounced on it and bit it.

Zhou Wen was just about to help Tyrant Behemoth when he suddenly saw a sanguine glow emit from Tyrant Behemoth's body. A blood-colored crown appeared on its head as it opened its mouth and sucked at its surroundings.

The surrounding Blood Spirits were sucked into its bottomless mouth. Without even chewing, it swallowed them.

Sick!?Despite being at the same Terror grade, Zhou Wen felt that Tyrant Behemoth's destructive power was more powerful than his.

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Chapter 1411: Drop Galore

Translator: CKtalon

Finally, Tyrant Behemoth's killing alarmed the Kui in the stone temple. The stone temple's door opened as the Kui lay inside and opened its mouth to roar at Tyrant Behemoth.

Rumble!

Tyrant Behemoth opened its mouth and wanted to rush forward to devour the Kui, but unfortunately, before it could reach it, its body was struck by the thunderclap-like roar. Blood gushed out as all the bones in its body constantly shattered.

Just as it reached the front of the stone temple, Tyrant Behemoth's body exploded. Blood and flesh splattered everywhere—it ultimately failed to withstand the Kui's sonar wave attack.

After all, it's still a Terror-grade body. Compared to a true Calamity-grade, its physical strength and defense are much weaker. However, Tyrant Behemoth's offensive strength should be infinitely close to the Calamity grade. In its boxing glove form, it should have a chance of killing the Kui.?Zhou Wen wasn't depressed about Tyrant Behemoth not being Kui's match.

He directly used a drop of blood to respawn and revive Tyrant Behemoth in-game before entering Yang City again. This time, Zhou Wen made Tyrant Behemoth turn into the boxing glove.

A black boxing glove wrapped around Zhou Wen's palm. To his surprise, Tyrant Behemoth's boxing glove form had changed. It was somewhat different from before.

In the past, there were two ox horn-like spikes at the front of the fist, but now, there were four spikes. However, they had become much smaller and extended out from the joints like four tusks.

When Zhou Wen punched, the four tusks would stab into the enemy's body first.

Furthermore, the tusks were black-red in color and looked like they contained poison. It was likely caused by the Poison Fang skill.

Zhou Wen stormed all the way in and stirred the Kui again. It roared from the stone temple, but unfortunately, it couldn't injure Zhou Wen. With the Minor Heavenly Cycle Killing Formation protecting him, even the terrifying sonar wave attack was trapped in the looping space, preventing it from reaching Zhou Wen.

After the Kui came out of the stone temple, Zhou Wen took the opportunity to instant transmit onto its back while it roared, striking at its neck with the Tyrant boxing glove.

Typical creatures had harder skulls, but their necks were relatively weak. With Zhou Wen's punch, the four tusks at the front of the Tyrant's boxing glove tore through the Kui's hide and stabbed into its flesh.

"Roar!" Kui let out a painful cry as it unleashed a sonic attack.

Zhou Wen had already instant transmitted into the distance. After the Kui's sound wave passed, he teleported behind it and threw another punch at its neck.

Bang! Bang!

Zhou Wen's figure flashed as he constantly vanished and appeared around the Kui. The fist wrapped in the Tyrant boxing glove struck the Kui's neck again and again.

Although the Kui constantly released sound waves, it couldn't injure Zhou Wen with the Minor Heavenly Cycle Killing Formation around. All it could do was passively take a beating.

In a certain sense, the Minor Heavenly Cycle Killing Formation was far better than the Heavenly Robe's dodging. The Heavenly Robe could only dodge single-target attacks, but the Minor Heavenly Cycle Killing Formation could even block area-of-effect attacks.

However, if the strength exceeded the limits of the Minor Heavenly Cycle Killing Formation, then it wouldn't be as effective as Heavenly Robe's 100% dodging. There were pros and cons.

The Tyrant boxing glove's offensive strength could indeed injure the Kui, but it wasn't easy to kill it with a few punches.

Zhou Wen originally imagined that with the Kui's self-healing ability, it would take more time to kill it, but he soon realized that the wound caused by the tusks constantly bled black blood. The Kui's self-healing ability seemed to have been greatly reduced. Its self-healing speed couldn't keep up with the injuries Zhou Wen caused.

The Kui's neck was riddled with holes. Many of its bones had already fractured. In its rage, it roared at the sky, sending sound waves through the entire Yang City dimensional zone.

It was still unable to break through Zhou Wen's Minor Heavenly Cycle Killing Formation. After it roared, Zhou Wen instant transmitted behind it and punched the back of its mangled neck.

Crack!

The Kui's neck, which had already fractured in many places, couldn't withstand it any longer. Its head drooped down.

Even so, the Kui wasn't dead. It jumped up with its single leg in a rage, wanting to slam into Zhou Wen with its body.

Unfortunately, it couldn't even touch Zhou Wen when it was perfectly fine, much less with its neck broken. It couldn't even make a sound.

Zhou Wen constantly instant transmitted and attacked. After more than half an hour, the Kui's body finally collapsed. Then, there was a tinkling sound as several crystals dropped.

Holy sh*t! Drop galore!?Zhou Wen was immediately overjoyed.

Zhou Wen roughly scanned the area and saw Essence Energy Crystals, Constitution Crystals, and Strength Crystals. Furthermore, their values exceeded a hundred. One of the crystals with the Kui shadow was the most eye-catching.

Unfortunately, no Companion Egg dropped. Zhou Wen picked up the Kui skill crystal, but he didn't pick it up himself. Instead, he got Tyrant Behemoth to take form and absorb the stat crystals.

Tyrant Behemoth's stats were 82. After absorbing one Essence Energy, Constitution, and Strength Crystal, its stats reached 99. Only its Speed stat was not maxed out.

With Tyrant Behemoth's stats increased, its offensive strength would increase. It would be beneficial for Zhou Wen when killing Calamity creatures in the future.

There was only one Essence Energy Crystal left on the ground. After Zhou Wen absorbed it, his Strength stat reached 99. Like Tyrant Behemoth, he was unable to break three digits.

Zhou Wen originally wanted to study the Kui skill crystal, but he realized that there was something else on the ground. It was a black-and-white stone. It wasn't eye-catching and there were words on it: Samsara Stone.

The Samsara Stone has finally appeared!?Only then did Zhou Wen recall that there was another Samsara function in-game. However, as he hadn't obtained a Samsara Stone, he didn't know what it was for.

After studying the information on the Samsara Stone, Zhou Wen's expression turned odd.

The Samsara Stone can only send Companion Beasts back to their Companion Egg form, but what's the point? It wasn't easy for me to nurture a Companion Beast. If I were to return it to its Companion Egg form, wouldn't I have to nurture it again? It would be a complete waste of time and energy.?Zhou Wen looked at the Samsara Stone in his hand and was momentarily at a loss.

Since he couldn't take out the items in-game, and refreshing the instance dungeon would wipe out the item, the Samsara Stone would probably disappear if he didn't use it now.

It wasn't easy for a Samsara Stone to drop. I have to give it a try.?Zhou Wen thought for a moment and planned on trying with an unimportant Companion Beast. Apart from turning a Companion Beast back into a Companion Egg state, what other uses did the Samsara Stone have?

Zhou Wen looked at his Companion Beasts and chose one to have the Samsara Stone. After the Companion Beast ate the Samsara Stone, its body immediately emitted a black-and-white glow.. Like a distorted vortex, it sucked in the Companion Beast's body and quickly shrank into a Companion Egg.

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Chapter 1412: Tripod Cauldron

Translator: CKtalon

Zhou Wen originally had plans of trying it out with a random Companion Beast, but considering how difficult it was to receive the Samsara Stone as a drop, it didn't seem right for it to be used on trash. After some thought, he found a relatively useful Companion Beast—Great Mighty Vajra Bull—to experiment with.

After the Great Might Vajra Bull turned into a Companion Egg, Zhou Wen looked at its stats.

Great Vajra Bull: Mortal (Evolvable)

Strength: 11

Speed: 11

Constitution: 11

Essence Energy: 11

Talent Skill: Great Might Divine Horns, Fury of Thunder, Infallible Vajra, Buddha Flames.

Companion Form: Mount

Although the Great Might Vajra Bull was at the Mythical stage, it didn't have any evolvable attributes. Now that it has an evolvable attribute, it has a chance of breaking through to the Mythical stage in the future. So this is the effect of the Samsara Stone.?Zhou Wen thought for a moment and felt that this might not only be the sole effect of the Samsara Stone. Perhaps there were other effects that weren't apparent to him yet. After all, the Great Might Vajra Bull had been reduced to the Mortal stage. There were still plenty of unknowns.

However, a Mortal Companion Beast with four skills was considered one of the best at the Mortal stage.

After hatching the Great Might Vajra Bull again, Zhou Wen began studying the Kui skill crystal.

Kui Crystal: Requires music-type Terror transformation ability, Essence Energy 99, Constitution 99.

This wasn't a high requirement, but Zhou Wen didn't have any music-type Terror transformation ability. He remembered that music-type skills in the past required spatial abilities. Why did the Kui only require music-type abilities? This made him lose the possibility of absorbing it.

Although he couldn't bear to part with the skill crystal, Zhou Wen had no choice but to throw it away since he couldn't absorb it.

In any case, he already had the ability to kill the Kui. He still had a chance of getting it in the future, so he didn't feel the pinch.

After packing up, Zhou Wen walked towards the stone temple.

With Yang City being so strange, it was definitely not an ordinary dimensional zone. Perhaps there was some peerless treasure.

If there was really any treasure, it was probably in the stone temple. The other places were all blood bone temples.

When he arrived in front of the stone temple, the Minor Heavenly Cycle Killing Formation around Zhou Wen activated. He stood at the door and looked inside.

The decorations in the ancient temple were very simple—stone platforms and stone tables. The accessories and objects inside were basically all stone.

However, there was a bronze tripod cauldron on the stone platform that looked out of place with the surrounding stone tools.

Zhou Wen carefully observed the bronze tripod cauldron and saw that there were patterns of mountains and beasts engraved on it. The mountains and beasts looked familiar as though he had seen them somewhere before.

Could this thing be a Nine Province Tripod??Zhou Wen thought of the legend regarding Yu the Great.

After Yu the Great controlled the waters, he established the first hereditary dynasty in the history of the East District, Xia, so Yu the Great was also known as King Yu of the Xia Dynasty.

All the vassals fought to present their gifts and gathered all the bronze in the world, bringing them to Yang City. Yu the Great melted all the bronze in the world into one furnace and forged the Nine Province Tripods, completing an unprecedented achievement.

This was Yang City. There was another bronze tripod cauldron in the stone temple. Furthermore, according to what Zhou Wen knew, every Nine Province Tripod had the famous mountains and rivers of the state engraved on it. They were mutated beasts and birds.

The symbols on the bronze tripod cauldron looked rather familiar. It was likely famous landscapes and beasts. However, due to the abstract carvings, Zhou Wen was momentarily unable to put his finger on them.

However, there were nine Nine Province Tripods. Zhou Wen searched the stone temple a few times, but there was only one tripod cauldron. He didn't find any of the other eight.

If it's really the Nine Province Tripod, it should be a huge treasure!?Zhou Wen carefully walked into the ancient temple with the Minor Heavenly Cycle Killing Formation activated.

Truth Listener constantly scanned the stone temple, but it didn't discover anything abnormal. Zhou Wen circled the temple with the Minor Heavenly Cycle Killing Formation, but he didn't trigger any danger.

Strange. Is there only one Calamity-grade Kui in Yang City??Zhou Wen was very suspicious.

Although the Calamity-grade Kui was very strong, Yu the Great had once killed many monsters from the Classic of Mountains and Seas. There were so many Blood Spirits and this was his lair. There shouldn't be only one Calamity-grade creature guarding it.

I remember now. It's said that King Xia of the Yu Dynasty moved the capital out of Yang City. Could it be that the other eight tripod cauldrons were also moved away? Only this tripod cauldron and a guarding Kui were left behind??Zhou Wen guessed as he reached out to touch the bronze tripod cauldron.

Regardless of whether the bronze tripod was a Nine Province Tripod, it was definitely extraordinary for it to appear in such a place and be consecrated in the stone temple.

Zhou Wen carefully touched the bronze tripod cauldron, but when his fingertip reached it, he didn't touch anything. His fingertip went through it.

Zhou Wen was first taken aback before he realized what was happening. He extended his hand and touched the bronze tripod cauldron a few more times, but the bronze tripod cauldron was like a phantom. He swept his arm randomly, but he couldn't touch it at all.

This bronze tripod cauldron is likely the same as the Fire God Platform's stone saber. Only in reality can I touch it.?Zhou Wen looked at the bronze tripod cauldron with a complicated expression.

Zhou Wen had seen a few similar things before. They were all extraordinary things. Even The Thearch wanted the stone saber on Fire God Platform. Unfortunately, no one could pull it out.

Zhou Wen could only pull out the stone saber after cultivating the Human Sovereign Sutra. Without cultivating the Human Sovereign Sutra, no matter how strong he was, it was impossible for him to pull it out.

Although I know that these things are treasures, they should be things that hold down a dimensional zone. If I really take them away, I'm afraid it will immediately cause chaos, Zhou Wen thought.

He even wondered that if he really took away the bronze tripod cauldron, would the blood bone temples in Yang City result in the revival of real Classic of Mountains and Seas creatures? If that was the case, anyone would die upon contact. Ignoring Luoyang, the entire Federation would be doomed.

A real Classic of Mountains and Seas creature was definitely not something those Blood Spirits could compare with.

Forget it. It's best I don't cause trouble.?Zhou Wen gave up on the idea of heading to Yang City in real life to retrieve the tripod cauldron. He circled the stone temple a few more times and didn't find anything good. All he could do was leave Yang City and continue grinding other dungeons.

In a hall in the Holy Land, many Saints knelt on the ground. On the throne in the hall sat a figure wearing holy armor. Holy light surrounded him, making him look like a holy god.

However, the helmet and visor covered his face, preventing anyone from seeing his face. They could only sense his holiness and strength, making them involuntarily prostrate themselves in worship.

"The Venusian Companion Beast must belong to the Holy Land. Who is willing to bring it back?" the holy powerhouse swept his gaze at the Saints and said indifferently.

"We are willing to go." All the Saints looked up and requested to be deployed. Only one Saint remained kneeling there with his head lowered without a word.

"Xiao, are you unwilling?" Holy God's gaze landed on the Saint as he asked with interest.

"It's not that I'm unwilling, but I'm unable to do so." Xiao had his head lowered, but his tone was neither obsequious nor supercilious.

"If I say you can, you can." Holy God got up and walked down the jade platform. He came in front of Xiao and extended his right palm. He placed it in front of Xiao and said, "Do you believe me?"

"I believe you." Xiao looked up with a firm gaze. He extended his right hand and placed it on Holy God's palm.

A strange light rose between their palms.

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Chapter 1413: Tai Sui God

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Zhou Wen held a metal ball in his hand and was taking pictures with his phone.

This metal ball was a reward that flew out of the Golden Palace after he cleared the Venusian dimensional zone. It was said to be a Companion Egg.

However, when Zhou Wen attempted to hatch it, there was no reaction at all. He used his phone to snap a picture, but there was no reaction. He couldn't store it in-game, nor could he see its information.

Is this thing really a Companion Egg??Zhou Wen was somewhat suspicious.

However, it was said that every creature that cleared the dungeon obtained a metal ball. Only the metal ball obtained by the final victor was the Venusian Companion Beast.

Although the other metal balls would also hatch Companion Beasts, there was no guarantee of their levels and qualities. They might have decent levels, but they might also be very low-level Companion Beasts.

If this is really a Companion Egg, it's impossible for the mysterious phone to not react to it. Furthermore, it was obtained from getting first place. It's just the difference in order. It should be difficult for Venus to tell who will get first in the end. It so happens that I can give him the Venusian Companion Egg…?After some thought, Zhou Wen felt that the metal ball was likely not a Companion Egg but a carrier. Only when it determined who was first would Venus inject the true strongest Companion Beast into one of the metal balls.

Of course, this was only Zhou Wen's guess.

After putting away the metal ball, Zhou Wen was about to grind when he suddenly felt a strange heat coming from his body. After carefully sensing it, he realized that the heat was from Tai Sui.

Tai Sui has advanced??Zhou Wen was delighted. On careful look, it had indeed completed its evolution.

Using his phone to look at Tai Sui's information, it had advanced to the Terror grade.

Tai Sui: Terror (Evolvable)

Life Providence: Clashing Tai Sui

Life Soul: Twelve Tai Sui Gods

Wheel of Destiny: Longevity Seed

Terror Form: Tai Sui God

Strength: 82

Speed: 82

Constitution: 82

Essence Energy: 82

Talent Skill: Earth Escape

Companion Form: Mimicry

Apart from another Terror transformation, there didn't seem to be much of a change.

When he summoned Tai Sui, it was still white and tender. It was like a white rubber ball as it rolled around on the ground and bounced around. People who didn't know better would think that it was a toy ball for children. They would never expect it to be a Terror-grade Companion Beast.

Tai Sui's defense isn't bad and its self-healing ability is excellent, but its offensive strength is too weak. Apart from having a strong restraining effect on microorganisms, it doesn't have much lethality against slightly bigger creatures. Could this Tai Sui God skill be targeted at microorganisms??Zhou Wen ordered Tai Sui to use its Terror transformation ability.

Just as Zhou Wen was wondering what was different about the Terror-form Tai Sui, he saw its body emit a golden glow.

How blinding!?Even Zhou Wen had no choice but to cover his eyes with his hand. The light was just too blinding.

Zhou Wen thought to himself,?From the looks of it, Tai Sui will undergo a huge change after it transforms into its Terror form. Don't tell me it will directly take human form? What will it look like if it transforms into a human form? From its original appearance, it should look fair and chubby when it transforms into a human. Perhaps it's a fatty… That's not right. Its Terror transformation is Tai Sui God. To be called a god, it should be an extremely mighty existence, right? From the golden light, it might be a handsome god in golden armor…

As Zhou Wen thought about it, the golden light over Tai Sui's body gradually dimmed. Soon, it completely vanished, revealing Tai Sui's true body.

Zhou Wen took a careful look and nearly vomited blood. Tai Sui was still as white and fat as before. Ignoring the fact that it hadn't transformed into a human, its size hadn't changed at all.

Zhou Wen circled Tai Sui a few times before finally discovering a golden symbol on its body. Zhou Wen didn't recognize the symbol. It felt like a musical note, but it wasn't completely the same.

Attack!?After entering Chess Mountain's instance dungeon, Zhou Wen got Tai Sui to attack. He wanted to see what changes there would be after the Terror transformation.

Although its appearance hadn't changed much, it might have become very powerful internally. The golden symbol might be able to shoot out terrifying lasers or something.

Upon receiving Zhou Wen's order, Tai Sui immediately jumped up with all its might and charged at the group of fake immortals in Deer Terrace Pavilion.

Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam!

Tai Sui bounced off the fake immortals one by one with great might. Its speed was really fast. It bounced several times on each fake immortal like it was a billiard ball.

Zhou Wen watched Tai Sui bounce back as the fake immortals stood there motionless. He thought to himself,?Could it be that Tai Sui has gained a strange offensive power after advancing? It can kill others in bizarre ways. They will be killed as long as they touch it? In that case, I've made a killing.

As he was in thought, the fake immortals suddenly moved. They weren't dead at all.

Not only did they not die, but they also became even more ferocious. They cried out as though they had gone berserk and charged at Tai Sui.

Bam!

One of the fake immortals kicked Tai Sui away.

Holy sh*t… What the hell… Not only has it not become stronger… Why do I feel like it has become weaker… Those fake immortals are only fox demons or chicken spirits. They are at most at the Mythical stage…?Zhou Wen nearly blew a gasket.

He originally hoped that Tai Sui could undergo a qualitative transformation after advancing to the Terror grade and become an important combat force for him, but to his surprise, this fellow became weaker after the evolution. He couldn't even defeat some ordinary lesser demons.

Great!?Zhou Wen killed the fake immortals in Deer Terrace Pavilion.

However, Zhou Wen still discovered some problems. The combat strength of these fake immortals seemed to be much stronger than before. This was new.

Could it be that Tai Sui's Terror transformation has the effect of augmenting one's combat strength? But why would this effect augment the enemy??Zhou Wen thought to himself.

Thankfully, although Tai Sui's offensive strength wasn't very good, its body was indeed top-notch at the Terror grade. It wasn't injured at all after being kicked out. It quickly bounced back.

Zhou Wen got the blood-colored avatar to touch Tai Sui, hoping to see if it really had the ability to enhance one's combat strength. If it could enhance one's combat strength, it would make for very good support.

When the blood-colored avatar touched Tai Sui, it immediately felt a strange force augment its body. The feeling was indescribable as though a god had possessed it.

Zhou Wen controlled the blood-colored avatar to charge into Deer Terrace Pavilion and casually killed the group of fake immortals, Nine-Headed Pheasant Spirit, and Lute Spirit. He felt that his Speed, Strength, and other aspects had been greatly augmented. Even his skills had become ferocious, making him twice as strong as usual.

Tai Sui's ability actually augments every aspect.. That's very powerful!?Zhou Wen went from sadness to joy as he couldn't stop smiling.

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Chapter 1414: Tai Sui Symbol

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Tai Sui's ability can enhance skills and even Terror transformation abilities. Even Companion Beast equipment on me has been augmented. Under such circumstances, my Speed and Strength are comparable to a Calamity-grade. Can I use Tai Sui's strength to kill the Venusian Calamity??Zhou Wen felt that he was really about to take off and soar.

With Tai Sui's powerful augmentation ability, he could fight a Calamity-grade creature head-on. He might not be at a disadvantage.

With the augmentation of Tai Sui and The Disqualified, Zhou Wen could even instant transmit seamlessly. The chances of finding the Calamity creature in the Venusian instance dungeon were much higher.

The so-called seamless instant transmission was actually a skill that had virtually zero casting time. By continuously instant transmitting, he could almost constantly be in a state of instant transmission. It was impossible for others to attack Zhou Wen as they couldn't lock onto his location or even see him.

If the Calamity creature couldn't see him and he could quickly instant transmit to find the target, there was a high chance of finding the Calamity creature.

Unfortunately, Zhou Wen had just grinded the Venusian instance dungeon and ended up dying. All he could do was wait for the Venusian instance dungeon to respawn tomorrow.

"My dear Tai Sui, you're really outstanding." Zhou Wen raised the fair and fat Tai Sui and felt blissful. With Tai Sui by his side, he really didn't think much of ordinary Calamity-grade creatures.

To be safe, Zhou Wen led Tai Sui into Deer Terrace Pavilion again. He wanted to try a few more times to prevent any miscalculations.

Tai Sui's ability was really impressive. Zhou Wen killed all the way. The Terror-grade creature that he needed to expend some effort to kill was instantly killed. The thrill left Zhou Wen somewhat mesmerized.

However, when he came to the four generals of the Mo family and activated them, even with Tai Sui's augmentation, the blood-colored avatar was quickly killed.

Although he had the Minor Heavenly Cycle Killing Formation protecting him, after the four statues were activated, thousands of pearl beads shot out from the umbrella the Demonized General opened like a vortex, filling the entire space. The Minor Heavenly Cycle Killing Formation was actually affected and couldn't circulate normally.

Then, Zhou Wen was ganked and killed. These four fellows were all Calamity-grade existences, and they were top-notch ones. Any one of them had very special abilities that made Zhou Wen envious. He wished he could kill them all and have Companion Eggs drop.

It's no wonder The Thearch got me to steal the pearl instead. These four fellows are indeed ferocious.?Zhou Wen had previously stolen the beads from the umbrella. Back then, he didn't know that they were so ferocious.

He couldn't defeat the four generals of the Mo family for the time being, but Zhou Wen didn't have any intention of targeting them. He still focused on killing the Calamity creature on Venus.

As long as he could kill the Calamity creature, a Calamity Companion Beast would drop sooner or later. When the time came, with the sure-kill seventh bullet, he could sneak an attack on the four Mo family generals from afar.

As long as I obtain the Companion Beast on Venus, it will be much easier to kill a Calamity creature.?Although Zhou Wen also had his sights on the Kui, nothing dropped.

After respawning, Zhou Wen grinded other dungeons before sleeping. When he woke up, the Venusian instance dungeon had already refreshed.

After killing me so many times, it's time for me to kill him.?Zhou Wen led Tai Sui into the Venusian instance dungeon and made it undergo Terror transformation.

As a golden light flashed, Tai Sui entered a Terror state as the golden symbol appeared on its body.

Filled with confidence, Zhou Wen wiped out the Metal Guards with a wave of his hand. He wasn't in a rush to use the Minor Heavenly Cycle Killing Formation. After all, with Tai Sui's augmentation, he could set it up almost instantly. There was no need to prepare in advance. This was what Zhou Wen was most satisfied with.

When the Golden Battle God appeared, Zhou Wen wanted to kill it with a wave of his hand, but he suddenly felt that something was amiss.

Zhou Wen hadn't paid much attention due to his excitement. Now that he had summoned Sword Pill to kill the Golden Battle God, he realized that his summoning speed was much slower.

Bang!

The Golden Battle God's bullet shot out. Zhou Wen wanted to dodge, but his actions were much slower. He failed to dodge and was hit by the bullet.

What was even more unbelievable was that with his physique, it was fine even if he took a shot head-on. It was impossible for the freezing bullet to freeze his body.

However, when the freezing bullet struck the blood-colored avatar, it froze his body, preventing him from moving.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The Golden Battle God continued firing as freezing bullets struck the blood-colored avatar's body. Finally, the blood-colored avatar's body shattered into pieces as the game screen went black.

What's going on??Zhou Wen widened his eyes as he felt extremely humiliated.

He could kill the Golden Battle God even before he advanced to the Terror grade. Now that he had advanced to the Terror grade, he had been killed by the Golden Battle God. It was a great humiliation.

Tai Sui… is problematic…?Zhou Wen dripped his blood to revive. He launched the game again and carefully looked at Tai Sui.

Soon, Zhou Wen realized that after Tai Sui transformed into its Terror form, the golden symbol on its body was different from yesterday's. It looked very similar, but it was indeed different.

Zhou Wen tried a few more times and indeed, he realized that the problem was with Tai Sui. After touching it, not only was he not augmented, but his body was greatly weakened. In a head-on clash, he couldn't even defeat ordinary Terror-grade creatures.

He got Tai Sui to exit its Terror form before using it again. This time, there was no golden light, and it was the same symbol.

Zhou Wen studied it for a long time before finally discovering that the symbol on Tai Sui wasn't fixed. After twenty-four hours, the symbol on Tai Sui changed when it used the Terror transformation ability again.

The symbol that appeared this time was different from the previous two times. After Zhou Wen touched them, he wasn't augmented or weakened. However, no matter what dimensional creature he killed, none of them dropped dimensional crystals, much less Companion Eggs.

"Bro, are you kidding me? Tell me honestly. How many of those crappy symbols do you have? Quickly give me the first one," Zhou Wen threatened Tai Sui.

Tai Sui continued bouncing around, unable to understand Zhou Wen.

Zhou Wen was exasperated. Before figuring out how many symbols Tai Sui had and what effects came with each symbol, he didn't dare touch them.

As Zhou Wen was studying Tai Sui, the Cube lit up again. The scene of Venus appeared as someone challenged the Venusian dimensional zone.

This time, it was really a person. Zhou Wen immediately recognized the person when he saw him. It was Saint Xiao, but the present Xiao seemed to be different from the Xiao he had seen previously.

Xiao emitted a holy aura, as though he was a saint who had just had his soul cleansed.

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Chapter 1415: Unique

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Xiao is the representative of the Holy Land. Since he's appearing in the Venusian dimensional zone, he will definitely be able to clear it. However, I wonder what method he will use.?Zhou Wen guessed how Xiao would clear the Venusian dimensional zone.

In theory, Xiao was only at the Terror grade. Only by using some special techniques could he clear the level.

However, the Holy Land was not to be trifled with. It was the only place on Earth that wasn't bound by Earth's rules. The powerhouses of the dimension could freely control their powers there.

Although they didn't dare leave the Holy Land, the help they could give the saints was beyond what the typical person could imagine.

In fact, it wasn't just Zhou Wen. The various factions were also paying attention to every move the Holy Land made.

After all, the Holy Land was the first faction to rule Earth. Although the six families' overt opposition and open strife made the Holy Land lose absolute control of Earth, no one dared to underestimate the Holy Land's influence on Earth.

The six families that had gradually escaped the Holy Land's control still didn't dare to openly say that they had betrayed the Holy Land. From this, one could tell how terrifying the Holy Land was.

Now, everyone wanted to know how much strength and influence the Holy Land had on Earth without the support of the six families.

Under the attention of everyone, Xiao entered the Venusian dimensional zone.

The Metal Guard that appeared in the beginning was naturally nothing to a powerhouse at Xiao's level. No one believed that the Metal Guard could deal any damage to Xiao. What people really wanted to see was how Xiao could fend off the Calamity-grade bullet.

However, what happened next surprised many people.

The Metal Guard didn't attack Xiao. It seemed to stand there in a daze.

Xiao watched as the Metal Guard did nothing, but the Metal Guard suddenly aimed its gun at itself.

Da! Da! Da! Da!

The Metal Guard riddled its body with holes.

"Body control or mind control?" Zhou Wen was somewhat surprised.

"The Metal Guard's body didn't look like it was under control. It's more likely to be a mind-control technique," An Sheng said.

"Are you sure?" Zhou Wen asked An Sheng.

"No." An Sheng shook his head with a bitter smile. "Let's watch and see. Perhaps we can find some clues."

Zhang Chunqiu and Zhang Yuzhi from the Zhang family were also discussing this problem, but they didn't have an answer.

In fact, the various factions were also studying and analyzing the situation, but they had no results.

Hordes of Metal Guards rushed out, but they only rushed out without shooting at Xiao.

Following that, the Metal Guards raised their guns and aimed them at themselves. Soon, they succeeded in killing themselves and dropped metal fragments on the ground.

After the Golden Battle Gods rushed out, Zhou Wen originally imagined that Xiao wouldn't clear them so easily, but the Golden Battle Gods raised their guns and committed suicide once again.

The entire Federation was in an uproar.

"Who is this person? Why haven't I seen him before? He's just too powerful."

"This is sick. His opponent committed suicide without him even moving his hand. Is he a god?"

"From the looks of it, he seems to be stronger than Immortal, Tsukuyomi, and Zhou Wen."

"It's still too early to say that he's strong. It's nothing to make the Golden Battle God commit suicide. It will be truly impressive if he can make that Calamity-grade creature commit suicide."

Everyone discussed spiritedly. The typical citizen only knew that Xiao showed a strong performance, but no one could tell how strong he was.

However, when the various factions saw the Golden Battle Gods commit suicide, they jumped in fright. Their expressions turned nasty.

Those who were truly knowledgeable were alarmed at the strength that could make Terror-grade Golden Battle Gods commit suicide.

One had to realize that other than Immortal, the strongest combat strength among humans now was at the Terror grade. If Terror-grade creatures would commit suicide when they saw Xiao, Xiao alone could probably destroy all the factions.

"He can't be that strong, right? There must be a limit," Xia Xuanyue said as she looked at the Cube's screen in surprise.

"He doesn't seem to have any restrictions." Xia Liuchuan also frowned.

Now, the Holy Land's control over the various families was weakening. It wasn't just the Xia family. The six families were deliberately or unintentionally trying to completely escape the Holy Land's control over them.

However, after seeing Xiao's performance today, the fear in their hearts deepened.

Like the Metal Guards from before, all six Golden Battle Gods committed suicide. None of the Golden Battle Gods shot at Xiao. Their bullets were aimed at themselves.

The alarms on the six doors sounded at the same time, snapping the bewildered people back to their senses. They stared at Xiao, wondering if Xiao's power was effective against the Calamity-grade creature.

Xiao walked towards the door leading to the tunnel as though he hadn't heard the alarms.

He didn't walk quickly, as though he was taking a stroll. He ignored the ear-piercing alarm.

Everyone's hearts pounded with his footsteps. Soon, they were alarmed to discover that Xiao had already walked into the tunnel, but they didn't hear any gunshots.

No way… Even a Calamity-grade creature can be affected…?Zhou Wen's expression changed.

He didn't know how Xiao had done it, but from the looks of it, Xiao was really terrifying.

And he was undoubtedly Xiao's enemy. If Xiao came knocking on his door that very moment, Zhou Wen didn't know if he could withstand Xiao's power.

If he couldn't withstand it, he would commit suicide like the Golden Battle Gods. When that happened, that was it.

Zhang Chunqiu's expression turned abnormally solemn. Xia Liuchuan stood up and stared at the Cube's screen without saying a word. However, his brows were furrowed.

Xiao was still walking in the direction of the Golden Palace. Every step he took made everyone's hearts beat as though they were silently keeping pace with his steps.

Many people were looking forward to the gunshot, but they didn't hear any even when Xiao reached the Golden Palace's entrance.

The Golden Palace's door opened as a metal ball flew out and landed in Xiao's hand.

The Cube's screen returned to the rankings. The words 'Saint Xiao' appeared at the top of the rankings, outranking Zhou Wen who had only been first for a short period of time.

"Ah! I thought that the maximum would only be five stars. Why are there six stars!?"

People were surprised to discover that behind the words "Saint Xiao," there were six golden stars.

Regardless of whether it was Tsukuyomi, Zhou Wen, The Fallen, or Immortal, the most they received was five stars via using all sorts of methods to clear the level. Therefore, people felt that the maximum was five stars.

However, the six golden stars behind 'Saint Xiao' clearly told everyone that five stars wasn't the limit, and he was the only existence with such an achievement.

Everyone's expression, including Zhou Wen's, turned solemn as they looked at Xiao's name on the rankings.

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Six stars. I wonder if that Calamity-grade gunman is dead. I didn't hear any gunshots. He probably isn't dead. If I kill the Calamity-grade gunman, I should have a chance of exceeding six stars, right??Zhou Wen thought to himself.

If other humans had obtained first place, Zhou Wen wouldn't put in so much effort. However, it was intolerable for someone from the Holy Land to obtain first place.

Now, Zhou Wen was more vexed about how to find the Calamity-grade gunman.

Killing him was unlikely to be difficult. The difficult part was finding him. Zhou Wen had tried many times and tried all sorts of methods, but he failed to find him.

That Calamity-grade gunman might very well have an invisibility ability like the Invisibility Cloak. Furthermore, it's high-level invisibility. Otherwise, it shouldn't be able to escape Truth Listener's notice, or perhaps it's some concealment ability.?After some thought, Zhou Wen couldn't think of a way to find the Calamity-grade gunman.

In the Federation, people were discussing Xiao's domineering ascension to the apex. After all, he was the only six-star. It rekindled their curiosity and anticipation for the Holy Land.

"These people are really easily incited. Yesterday, they swore that they would learn from you and raise Companion Beasts, but today, they are all thinking of joining the Holy Land," Li Xuan came to Zhou Wen and sat on his couch as he gloated.

An Sheng said, "Isn't that what humans are? It's very easy to abandon things like faith, bottom lines, and morals that don't benefit them."

"Brother Sheng, don't tar everyone with the same brush. I'm a person with morals and a bottom line. I'm different from ordinary people," Li Xuan immediately retorted.

"That's only because you haven't received enough benefits. It's hard to say how you would choose if I gave you enough benefits," An Sheng said.

"Brother Sheng, you are doubting my character. Nothing can shake my bottom line," Li Xuan said righteously.

"Is that so? Then if your brother is severely injured and will definitely die, but you realize that killing someone who has some grudge with you despite not deserving death will allow your brother to completely recover. Will you kill him?" An Sheng asked.

"About that…" Li Xuan was somewhat hesitant.

"Another example is the instance where everyone in your Li family has fallen into the hands of a serial killer. If you don't help him steal something, he will kill your entire family. Will you carry out the theft?" An Sheng asked again.

"I say, Brother Sheng, can you not curse me? Can't you think of something better?" Li Xuan said gloomily.

"I can come up with positive ones, but your enemy won't. The so-called beliefs and morals of a human are relative. Therefore, if you want to have a moral bottom line, you have to do and think more than others. Don't give yourself the chance to cross your moral bottom line. What's that saying again? If you want to be a clean official, you have to be more sinister than a corrupted official." An Sheng paused before continuing, "Of course, there are also people who can maintain their beliefs and bottom lines under any circumstances, but I think there are very few saints. It's best if we ordinary people don't let ourselves fall into such a situation, nor do we test the bottom lines of others."

"That makes sense. Brother Sheng, let me toast you." Li Xuan seemed to agree with An Sheng as he poured him a cup and clinked it with his.

"What are the two of you up to?" Zhou Wen looked at the two of them and asked with a frown.

The two of them had been sitting at his place for a long time and were mentioning things that seemed to imply something. He didn't know what they were up to.

"Nothing. Isn't this just a casual chat?" Li Xuan smiled and continued asking, "Old Zhou, do you have plans on getting first place again?"

"The reason that the two of you have been talking all this while is so that I'll challenge the level again?" Zhou Wen seemed to understand.

An Sheng sighed and said, "Humans are selfish creatures. Previously, there was Immortal from the League of Guardians, and now there's Xiao from the Holy Land. If this continues, I'm afraid everyone will want to join the Holy Land to contract Guardians in the future. Who will take the difficult path? At this moment, someone has to step forward and attract them back."

"I don't have what it takes. Find someone else," Zhou Wen said as he spread out his hands.

He really had no solution. If he couldn't find the Calamity gunner, he would at most obtain five stars like the last time. It was impossible for him to obtain six stars.

"You might not be able to do so, but Human Sovereign definitely can," An Sheng said with a wink.

"Even Human Sovereign won't be able to do it this time." Immortal Culling Sword was indeed very strong, but without finding the Calamity-grade gunman, it was useless no matter how strong it was.

Zhou Wen suddenly sized up Li Xuan and said, "That's strange. I can understand why Ah Sheng wants me to get first. Why do you want me to get first?"

"Hey, what kind of person do you think I am? I'm also a nice guy. I also want to do something for all life in the world," Li Xuan said stubbornly.

"That's not right. This isn't like you. There's definitely something going on here." Zhou Wen stared at Li Xuan, giving him the creeps.

"Stop staring at me like that. It's terrifying. I really want to do something good for all life in the world. However, I also want to earn some pocket money." Unable to withstand Zhou Wen's questioning gaze, Li Xuan revealed his intentions.

"Pocket money? What do you mean?" Zhou Wen asked.

Realizing that he couldn't hide it, Li Xuan could only say, "Actually, it's nothing. Someone made a bet on who will take first on the Cube. I placed a heavy bet on you. No, on Human Sovereign."

"You want me to risk my life just for that bit of money? Are you even human?" Zhou Wen cursed.

"This isn't just a bit of money. After Xiao's recent appearance, the odds for others have increased significantly, especially those who haven't been on the rankings. Human Sovereign is one of them. If Human Sovereign takes first place in the end, I'll be able to obtain a large sum of resources. Take note, it's resources, not money. They are paying with resources, paying whatever is bet," Li Xuan said.

"You dare buy into such a bet? Aren't you afraid that they will abscond with the money?" Zhou Wen frowned.

"They won't run. The Family Clan of Gods is the bookmaker." Li Xuan was very certain.

"You bought in too?" Zhou Wen looked at An Sheng.

"I bought a little," An Sheng said shyly.

"How much is a little?" Zhou Wen pressed.

"500 tonnes of Essence Crystals," An Sheng answered.

"You call that a little?" Zhou Wen was rendered speechless. 500 tonnes of Essence Crystals was probably the total amount of Essence Crystals Luoyang had on hand.

Although the Butterfly Valley where Master Zhuang's Tomb was located had Essence Crystal ores, there was no way to mine them. People could only enter at specific times. Therefore, they had yet to obtain any Essence Crystals from there.

"I really have no means of getting first place now. Good luck to both of you," Zhou Wen said.

"It doesn't matter if you don't have the means. We do," Li Xuan suddenly said.

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Chapter 1417: He Who Must Not Be Named

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"What means do you have?" Zhou Wen looked at Li Xuan and An Sheng in puzzlement. Clearly, the two of them had discussed it beforehand.

Li Xuan said, "Actually, our family has been researching ways to clear the level. We have come up with a few solutions, but the requirements are too high. No one in our family can meet such high requirements, but it would be different if it were you."

"What solution?" Zhou Wen couldn't be bothered to beat around the bush with Li Xuan.

Li Xuan finally said straightforwardly, "You can fend off the Calamity bullet and have enough strength to kill the Calamity creature. Based on our family's judgment, the Calamity gunner's flesh shouldn't be too strong, so you already have the basic conditions to kill him. Although Xiao is very strong, he failed to kill the Calamity gunner after all. You can, so you have a chance to surpass him and obtain first place."

"The family you are talking about is your brother, Li Mobai, right? He sure is scheming. He wants me to risk my life while he benefits in the comforts of his home." Zhou Wen glared at Li Xuan and said, "Go back and tell your brother not to fantasize. If I could kill that Calamity gunner, I would have done so a long time ago. Would he even be able to take advantage of me?"

"Listen to me. It's true that you are capable, but you can't find the Calamity gunner, right? Li Mobai has a solution that you can use to find it," Li Xuan hurriedly said.

"He has a solution? What solution does he have? He hasn't even been to the Venusian dimensional zone and knows how to find that Calamity gunner? Don't tell me he's trying to scam me?" Zhou Wen refused to believe it.

He had been grinding the Venusian domain for so long, but he hadn't been able to find the Calamity gunner. He really didn't believe that Li Mobai, who didn't even dare enter the Venusian dimensional zone, could tell where it was.

"You also know that my relationship with Li Mobai isn't good. How can I help him scam you? This time, he really has a way to get you to find the Calamity gunner. Trust me. Go meet him and hear what he has to say. If you think it's infeasible, it won't be too late to reject him when the time comes." Li Xuan seemed very confident in Li Mobai's method.

"You also believe in Li Mobai?" Zhou Wen asked An Sheng.

An Sheng shook his head and said, "I don't believe Li Mobai. I only believe in Overseer. Overseer sent a message asking me to cooperate with Li Mobai."

"Are you sure it's news from An Tianzuo?" Zhou Wen was somewhat suspicious.

"There's no mistake about it." An Sheng was very certain.

The more Zhou Wen thought about it, the more he felt that something was amiss. He seemed to realize something, but he couldn't connect the dots.

Although Li Mobai re-cultivated after the problem with his body, it will definitely take a lot of time. He won't be able to catch up so quickly. With his eyesight, it's hard to say if he can see the Calamity-grade figure. Furthermore, finding a Calamity-grade that's good at hiding definitely isn't something he can do.

Besides, why would An Tianzuo want to cooperate with Li Mobai? An Tianzuo should be in the Holy Land now. Why would he be in contact with Li Mobai?

Zhou Wen combed through his thoughts for a while before his heart suddenly stirred.?I get it. If all of these things are valid, there's definitely a missing link. This link might be something or a person. If An Tianzuo discovers the location of the Calamity gunner, he should have directly informed An Sheng without needing to cooperate with Li Mobai. In that case, it's very likely that the Li family discovered the location of the Calamity gunner, but it's unlikely that Li Mobai has such eyesight, nor can he be in contact with An Tianzuo while he's inside the Holy Land. The remaining possibility is that the Li family has someone in the Holy Land.

Zhou Wen looked at Li Xuan and An Sheng thoughtfully. He didn't believe that Li Xuan and An Sheng hadn't thought of this. They had figured it out, but they kept mum. This could only mean that this person's identity was very important. They were afraid that the Holy Land would catch wind of him, so they couldn't even say it out loud. They could only use this hint to let Zhou Wen know of his existence.

Zhou Wen exchanged looks with An Sheng before saying, "In that case, let me meet Li Mobai first."

"He's already waiting outside the manor. I'll invite him in." Li Xuan ran out.

"Young Master, safety first. These were the last words Overseer sent back," An Sheng whispered to Zhou Wen.

"It must be very difficult to send a message from the Holy Land, right?" Zhou Wen said.

An Sheng said, "Every Saint has a special power. Their every word and action, even if it's something related to them, or even just mentioning them might be sensed by the terrifying existences in the Holy Land. However, the further away they are from the Holy Land, the less effective this power is."

Zhou Wen knew that his guess was right. He probably couldn't even say the person's name, so it was best not to mention it. That meant that he was likely one of the Saints. Furthermore, he was the real deal, not an imposter like An Tianzuo.

"If there really is such a power, wouldn't An Tianzuo be easily discovered?" Zhou Wen frowned.

"Young Master, don't worry. Overseer has used a special method to successfully infiltrate the Holy Land. There's no danger for the time being." An Sheng was about to say something when a voice sounded from outside. It was Li Xuan and Li Mobai.

"Even if Overseer says that the Li family can be trusted, Young Master, you have to make your own judgment. You have to make the decision on what can and cannot be done. Don't be influenced by anyone. As long as you think there's a problem, don't listen to anyone, no matter who says it—including me. Stay true to yourself," An Sheng whispered the last sentence.

Zhou Wen nodded. Li Xuan had already led Li Mobai in.

"Can I have a private chat with Zhou Wen?" After Li Mobai entered, his gaze didn't land on Zhou Wen but on An Sheng.

"Of course." An Sheng led Li Xuan out and closed the door. He also activated the room's defense system.

"I never expected to meet you again in such a place," Li Mobai said with a smile as he sat down on the sofa without standing on ceremony.

"Just get straight to the point." Zhou Wen wasn't interested in chatting with Li Mobai.

Li Mobai didn't mind, but his body gradually changed. His eyes turned whiter and whiter as his black pupils shrank before completely disappearing.

At that moment, Li Mobai's eyes were white—ghastly white—even more terrifying than a blind person's eyes.

Mythical Serum??Zhou Wen frowned slightly. Li Mobai's aura was a little strange. It seemed to be the result of advancing through the use of Mythical Serum, but it also seemed different.

"Mythical Serum made from the Calamity-grade creature, Ghost Eyes, in the South District," Li Mobai said.

"You have the ability to kill a Calamity-grade creature?" Zhou Wen frowned.

"It was slain during its advancement to the Calamity grade. When it was made into Mythical Serum, it could and could not be considered a Calamity-grade creature. I still haven't been able to completely unleash the power of the Ghost Eyes Mythical Serum. I'm only at the Mythical stage now," Li Mobai answered.

Li Mobai didn't claim to be the one killing Ghost Eyes. Zhou Wen could roughly guess that it was likely done by the undercover Saint.

"My Ghost Eyes can help you find the Calamity gunner," Li Mobai continued.

"You want to clear the level with me?" Zhou Wen said to Li Mobai.

"No, from what I've reckoned, if two creatures were to challenge the level together, their ratings would be lower than if it was done by one. If you want to surpass Xiao, you can only clear the level alone." Li Mobai's answer exceeded Zhou Wen's expectations.

"Then how can you help me find that Calamity gunner? Communication with the outside world is impossible after entering the Venusian dimensional zone," Zhou Wen said.

"Therefore, you have to take my eyes with you," Li Mobai said as he extended his finger and stabbed it into his eyes.. Blood immediately gushed out like a blooming flower.

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Chapter 1418: Final Countdown

Zhou Wen watched helplessly as Li Mobai dug out his eyes and held the crystalline snow-white eyeballs in his palm. His hand was covered in blood, and there were only bloody holes in his eye sockets.

However, Li Mobai's expression was as calm as ever. It was as though what he had dug out wasn't his eyes, but something unimportant.

"I haven't agreed to it, right? Can your eyes be restored?" Zhou Wen said in surprise.

"No, they can't," Li Mobai said indifferently. "You will go not because of the eyes in my hand, but because you were going anyway."

"Is it worth it?" Zhou Wen fell silent for a moment before asking Li Mobai.

Li Mobai was right. He had originally wanted to go, but he hadn't gone because he couldn't find the Calamity gunner.

"Whether it's worth it depends on how you look at it. From my point of view, it's very worth it." Li Mobai extended his palm that was holding the two eyeballs in front of Zhou Wen. "It hasn't been long since I consumed the Ghost God Eyes' Mythical Serum. I absorbed very little of its energy, and most of the power of the Ghost God Eyes is stored in these eyes. Pure white is the Ghost Eye, and a speck of red is the God Eye. When the Ghost God Eyes touch, it will be difficult for any creatures in a radius of five kilometers to hide. They will definitely be discovered. When the time comes, the Ghost God Eyes will naturally guide you. However, remember that the Ghost God Eyes can only be used once. After using them, the power will erupt wantonly. If you can't keep it under control, destroy it."

"Why are you doing this?" Zhou Wen didn't understand why Li Mobai was doing this. Even if Xiao obtained first place, it wouldn't affect their Li family. Why was there a need to go all out?

"Because I don't wish to be forced to cross my bottom line one day. I'm only doing things ahead of time." Li Mobai got up and left. His words were clearly what Li Xuan and An Sheng had said previously.

The blood in Li Mobai's eyes had already coagulated and stopped bleeding. However, the lost eyes couldn't regrow.

"I'll walk you out." Zhou Wen held the Ghost Eye and wanted to help Li Mobai guide the way.

"There's no need. I just don't have eyes," Li Mobai said indifferently as he walked out of the room.

"Your… Your eyes… What's going on?" Li Xuan's expression changed when he saw Li Mobai come out and discovered his bloody eye sockets. He pointed at Li Mobai's eye sockets and spoke incoherently.

"I gave them to Zhou Wen," Li Mobai answered as he walked, seemingly unfazed.

"That's not what you said before. You said that you would challenge the level with Old Zhou…" Li Xuan exclaimed in agitation.

"You're still so naive. Isn't it obvious? I lied." Li Mobai walked towards the door of Overseer Manor without looking back.

Losing his eyes didn't seem to affect his mobility much, but looking at his straight back, there was a tinge of sadness.

"I… You… I, he… F*ck you…" Li Xuan was filled with hatred as his face contorted. He wanted to curse, but he didn't know who to curse. Finally, he slapped himself in the face. His face swelled, but his physique instantly healed his face.

"It's not your fault. Even without you, a person like him will ultimately do what he wants. No one can stop him." An Sheng understood Li Xuan's inner struggle as he patted him on the shoulder to console him.

"I'm heading back." Li Xuan shook his head and left Overseer Manor dejectedly.

When An Sheng returned to his room, Zhou Wen was holding the pair of Ghost God Eyes.

"Is Li Mobai a friend or foe?" Zhou Wen looked at An Sheng and asked with an ambivalent expression.

"I don't know." An Sheng shook his head and smiled bitterly. "I can't read Li Mobai either. Even Overseer doesn't dare underestimate him. Young Master, you have to be careful."

Zhou Wen nodded and put away the pair of Ghost God Eyes. He had the ability to protect himself, so he could try to see if it was of any use. Even if it was useless, he was more than capable of protecting himself.

However, Zhou Wen didn't plan on making the trip immediately. He still wanted to wait until the Soul Mirror advanced to the Calamity grade before challenging the level.

Furthermore, Li Mobai had also said that Ghost God Eyes could only be used once, but he didn't need to use it immediately. Zhou Wen needed to choose a suitable opportunity himself.

What is Li Mobai up to??Zhou Wen was extremely puzzled, but he couldn't figure out the crux of the matter.

According to Zhou Wen's recent observations, the rainbow beam emitted by the Soul Mirror was converging. It was likely about to advance to the Calamity grade. It would definitely advance in a few days at most.

Zhou Wen originally wanted to wait a few days, but after more than a day, he couldn't wait any longer.

That night, the Cube suddenly lit up. People imagined that someone had entered the Venusian dimensional zone, but when they saw the scene on the Cube, they realized that it wasn't the case.

There were no other creatures on the Cube's screen. All it showed was a countdown—a 72-hour countdown. Beside it was the rankings.

Anyone could tell that this spelled the last 72 hours. The Venusian Companion Beast would choose its owner in 72 hours. And its owner was naturally the person first on the Cube's rankings.

72 hours. Will the Soul Mirror make it in time??Zhou Wen wasn't sure. All he could do was wait. If he really couldn't wait, he could only try his luck with the Ghost God Eyes.

As Zhou Wen was thinking, he saw the scene on the Cube change. It returned to the outside of the Venusian dimensional zone, and a figure was already standing at the entrance. It was none other than The Fallen who had cleared the level and obtained a ranking previously.

The Fallen attempted again. This time, not only did he flip open the black leather-bound book, but the pair of mixed-feathered angel wings on his back also emitted a terrifying glow, making him look like a devil that had descended to the world.

Everything that touched the brilliance instantly turned to dust. Even the Golden Battle Gods were no exception. When the Calamity-grade bullet was still in the air, it had already turned to dust.

The Fallen reduced the seventh sure-kill bullet to dust as he walked into the Golden Palace in an indomitable manner.

However, he only obtained five stars. Although there was an additional star than the last time and he was ranked second, pushing Zhou Wen, Immortal, and Tsukuyomi down, he ultimately failed to obtain six stars.

"Such terrifying power can't even obtain six stars?"

"From the looks of it, Xiao's way too formidable to receive six stars."

"This time, the Venusian Companion Beast will most likely fall into Xiao's hands."

"After all, he comes from the Holy Land. The Holy Land is still strong."

"I'm afraid no one can produce another six-star result."

Everyone discussed spiritedly. Even such a powerful Calamity-grade creature couldn't surpass Xiao's ranking. From the looks of it, Xiao's first place was secured.

No one from the humans attempted. Even Immortal didn't appear. He probably knew that it was very difficult to obtain six stars and it was useless to make the attempt, so he gave up.

Half a day passed. At noon, the Cube finally stirred again. Tsukuyomi's figure appeared in the Venusian dimensional zone again.

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