Chapter 281 (1/2)

Chapter 281: Canyon

Translator: Yukidaruma Translations  Editor: Yukidaruma Translations

Rota followed Fang Xingjian into the Killing Techniques Palace’s second hall. However, the hall for this stage was many times bigger than the one from the previous level. Or rather, this place could not be considered a palace anymore.

A stretch of meandering canyons lay before Fang Xingjian and Rota. It was over two hundred meters deep, a couple hundred meters long, and had valleys which could be as wide as a hundred meters or as narrow as ten meters.

This was was a canyon built within the Killing Techniques Palace? The entire stretch of canyon looked as if someone had descended from the heavens, slashing their way through. Densely packed vegetation covered the bottom of the canyon, and there were even signs of animals living there.

To think that many pavilions and buildings were surrounding an enormous valley! What a majestic sight! How tremendous an amount of money had been spent! Even Fang Xingjian, who had gotten used to seeing the astounding buildings on Earth, could not help but be slightly astonished witnessing this scene.

Rota, next to him, was even more astonished. She looked at the staircase leading downward into the deepest part of the valley and said, “The second hall is within this canyon? Or is the entire canyon the second hall?

“Is this canyon something that was here originally? Or did someone slash through the stone to make it?”

Having seen the maze created by the Melancholic Monarch, she did not dare to say with certainty that it had been shaped by nature.

Fang Xingjian shook his head. He could only sense things within a ten meter radius with his Heaven’s Perception, unable to perceive an overview of the entire canyon. Rota turned, looking at Fang Xingjian, and suddenly said, “Hmm? Your eyes…”

Fang Xingjian opened his eyes. Other than the deeper pitch-black pupils, they did not appear any different from ordinary people’s eyes. He seemed just like a normal person.

Fang Xingjian calmly said, “The sparring from earlier leveled up my Thunderbolt Sword Technique and increased my understanding of ether particles. My ether synchronization rate has reached 15% and I can now transform visual information. I feel as if I can get more used to it if I keep my eyes open.”

This meant that Fang Xingjian’s current visual abilities were similar to ordinary peoples’. However, what was different was that the information he received did not come from his eyes, but through Heaven’s Perception. Furthermore, it only had a ten meter range.

Rota nodded, still trying to digest the news that Fang Xingjian’s ether synchronization rate had reached 15%. The rate of his progress was appalling.

She had yet to attain Heaven’s Perception. However, Fang Xingjian had not only completed his job transition, but was also steadily making breakthroughs, having raised his ether synchronization rate to 15%. The speed of his progress was truly too fast!

She subconsciously walked behind Fang Xingjian. Looking at Fang Xingjian’s back, Rota suddenly had a disheartening feeling.

‘Can I… really catch up to him?’

However, this feeling only persisted for a short while. Rota straightened up her posture, chest out, eyes full of determination. Her gaze when looking at Fang Xingjian was filled with fighting spirit.

‘What’s impossible about it? What Fang Xingjian can do, I can do too.

‘Even if I can’t do everything, the higher his progress, the greater the difficulties he will encounter. His speed will eventually slow down. As long as I give it my all, I’ll definitely have the chance to catch up to him.’

Youngsters, especially those who had become Conferred Knights… Which of them lacked the confidence to change the world? It was at this point in life that they all felt that they were the best.

Although Rota had seen how strong Fang Xingjian was, she had not been dealt a blow big enough to lose her fighting spirit. On the contrary, she reaffirmed her determination to put in great work so as to catch up to him.