Chapter 69 (1/2)

How did he kill the demon commanders?

Meng Chuan’s heart tightened. His grandaunt had long ordered him to keep the glabella space a secret until he had figured out what it was after entering Archean Mountain.

“Marquis,” said Meng Chuan respectfully. “When I rushed to Blazing Sun Dao Academy, the demons had already attacked Blazing Sun Castle. Qiyue was also heavily injured. I was eager to save her, so I didn’t think too much as I tried to stop the two demon commanders. I never expected my body to erupt with such extraordinary strength at that critical moment. The power of my saber arts also soared, and I managed to kill a demon commander with one slash. Following that, I killed the second demon commander.”

“An eagerness to save Liu Qiyue?” Marquis Southcloud came to a realization. He nodded and smiled. “It looks like Liu Qiyue is very important to you. She managed to catalyze the eruption of your potential.”

In a life-and-death situation, his strength had skyrocketed.

For the sake of the most important person in his life, he was able to unleash greater power. This had precedents in history, but they were few in number. In fact, according to legend, there had been a Godfiend who had erupted with ten times his strength in a desperate situation, thus killing his opponent. But very quickly, he died from his body breaking down!

Godfiends at extremely high realms were able to perfectly excavate their bodies’s potential without harming themselves at all. As for those who were able to unleash strength many-fold their usual at critical moments, they ended up dealing tremendous damage to their bodies. The greater the released strength, the greater the damage. Dying from their bodies failing was possible.

Of course…

It would be very difficult for one to unleash strength multiple times higher. One needed plenty of inducement. Many cultivators found it hard to increase their strength when facing death, no matter how crazily they attacked. For example, when Meng Chuan was being pursued by Demon Monarch Poison Pool—no matter how strong his desire for survival was—his speed only increased by 20%.

For example, experts who unleashed strength several times their normal might only be capable of doing so once a lifetime. If they were to face a dire situation again, they wouldn’t be able to replicate that explosion in strength.

It could only be obtained by chance!

“Qiyue and Meng Dajiang grew up together.” Meng Dajiang also explained with a laugh, “The first thing on this kid’s mind was to save Qiyue when he learned of the demon invasion.”

“I see.” Marquis Southcloud nodded. “Although you haven’t figured out Saber Intent, many demons saw you killing two demon commanders. That’s not something that can be hidden! If the demons know about it, they might arrange for the Skydemons to assassinate you.”

“Skydemons will carry out assassinations?” Meng Chuan and Meng Dajiang felt pressured.

In the cultivation system that demons had specially created for human traitors, Skydemons were equivalent to demon monarchs and Godfiends.

“You will definitely be participating in the entrance examination at Archean Mountain, right?” Marquis Southcloud said.

“I will participate this year.” Meng Chuan nodded.

“Archean Mountain will be sending someone to fetch Liu Qiyue.” Marquis Southcloud said, “When the time comes, you can also go with them. You can stay in Archean City temporarily. There’s no need to worry about danger when you’re there.”

“Archean City?” Meng Chuan and his father exchanged glances.

The most prosperous and safest city in the Great Zhou Dynasty was not the capital but Archean City.

Archean City was located at the foot of Archean Mountain. Many of the Archean Mountain Godfiends had moved their loved ones to the city. There were even powerful Godfiends who lived within the city. They could scale Archean Mountain if there were any pressing matters.

That was why Archean City was the safest city in the Great Zhou Dynasty. In eight hundred years, it had also become the most prosperous city.

“Alright, I’ll go to Archean City.” Meng Chuan nodded.

“Can I go with him?” Meng Dajiang asked.

“Sure.” Marquis Southcloud nodded. “But you can’t bring anyone else.”

It was common for family members to follow. Every year, geniuses participating in Archean Mountain entrance examination would bring along a family member.

Of course, if they were accepted by Archean Mountain, their family members would usually return to their hometown.

After the Meng duo left, Marquis Southcloud shook his head slightly. To think that it was just a temporary explosion in strength. I thought that our Wu State had produced a peerless genius who had comprehended Saber Intent at the age of eighteen. I thought too much. He was somewhat disappointed.

A genius with the phoenix bloodline was very important. A peerless genius who had comprehended Saber Intent at the age of eighteen was even more important, because such a peerless genius would definitely become an extremely powerful Godfiend. Unfortunately, it was too rare.

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Yun family, underground hall.