Chapter 588 (2/2)

“I’ve inherited the Waves legacy of the Mystic Abyss Heavenly Emperor, so I can control a portion of the power of the Hades Vault, borrowing the almost endless energy that’s located in the core of the vault. At the center of the vault, my abilities are comparable to that of a Divine level expert.”

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With the speed at which Fang Xingjian’s group was moving at, the distance they covered after three whole hours would have allowed them to cross almost the entire world. However, other than the increasingly powerful pressure and high temperature, as well as endless burning and explosions, they did not encounter anything else.

Philip frowned. “Isn’t the Mystic Abyss Heavenly Emperor’s control of space too powerful? Is a Divine level expert able to create such an immense space? Additionally, I sense that the flow of time seems to be a little strange?”

A level 29 Conferred Knight was already able to sense the flow of time and the changes to space. This was even more so for a Divine level expert.

The Fourth Prince nodded as well and looked at Fang Xingjian, asking, “Xingjian, what do you think?”

Fang Xingjian did not say a word. He merely performed the Mountainous Sea’s Book of the Way and sensed his lifespan. His lifespan, which had initially been decreasing with every passing second, now only moved after ten entire seconds had passed.

‘The time in here has been accelerated? And to think that even with such an acceleration, the reduction of my lifespan has not accelerated with it.’ Fang Xingjian smiled coldly as he thought, ‘It seems that I really must die three years later, without a single minute or second less.’

Hearing what the Fourth Prince said, Fang Xingjian replied nonchalantly, “Time has been accelerated. As we continue to get closer, the acceleration of time will probably get increasingly faster.”

Hearing that, both Philip’s and the Fourth Prince’s frowns deepened. Philip asked, “Xingjian, you can sense these?” Philip tried his best to sense the surroundings and seemed to discover that there really were such signs. However, he still could not be too sure.

Changes to time were too hard to sense. It already took a great level of cultivation for one to be able to sense the flow of time, let alone being able to sense the acceleration of time or even being like the Mystic Abyss Heavenly Emperor and controlling time.

Fang Xingjian did not say anything but slowed down his speed. Hints of chaotic and indifferent auras flashed in his eyes, giving one an intense feeling of something that was not human. He then said slowly, “Let’s walk slowly. I feel that this Mystic Abyss Heavenly Emperor’s legacy isn’t something that we can get our hands on so easily. Let’s cultivate as we advance forward. We can make use of the time acceleration here to increase our cultivation. That way, we’ll be in the best state to face on our opponents.”

The Fourth Prince gave it some thought. Thinking of the consecutive judgements Fang Xingjian had made earlier, be it about how someone had been tailing them, that there was danger and they should leave, or even about the flow of time… Fang Xingjian always had been right. Therefore, the Fourth Prince decided to trust him once again, saying, “Alright, we’ll listen to you.”

In Fang Xingjian’s eyes, waves of faint aura grew increasingly intense. He now looked like a god up in the heavens, controlling the ways of the heavens while looking down on the mortal world.

Concurrently, he thought to himself, ‘I’ll make good use of this time to condense my ether organs in this space with accelerated time and strive to attain the Divine level.’ He also thought, ‘If this Hades Vault can really keep on accelerating time while not affecting my lifespan, won’t I be able to keep staying here and enjoy a longer lifespan?’

The three of them slowed down their rate of advancement and maintained their battle strength. Fang Xingjian even spent half of his attention on condensing ether organs.

Then as they went deeper into the vault, the temperature and pressure in the surroundings continued to increase incessantly. The entire space seemed to have become a huge furnace, and they continued to be scorched by the high temperature and high pressure. As such, they constantly used their powers to reinforce their physical bodies and increase the toughness of their bodies.

Both Fang Xingjian and the Fourth Prince could sense that their physical bodies seemed to have become sturdier and stronger due to being subjected to such tempering. It was like how when a piece of heavily tempered steel was hammered repeatedly, only the strongest essence would be left behind.

As they cultivated and progressed onward, two months passed by in the blink of an eye. Fang Xingjian’s group experienced a total of nine qualitative changes to the temperatures and pressure level. There seemed to be no end to the space before them.

However, one day, Fang Xingjian’s eyes suddenly shone with gleaming light, and a series of rumbling explosions rang out from his body. It sounded as if countless worlds were being destroyed and created.

Both the Fourth Prince and Philip looked at Fang Xingjian’s body. “This is…”