Chapter 394 - Chapter 394: 394 Glimmer of Hope (1/2)
Chapter 394: 394 Glimmer of Hope
“This Celestial Being level monster has been specifically lying in wait for me, hasn’t it?”
Feeling the terrifying power that was enough to affect his emotions, Gu Yang found himself a bit apprehensive.
Last time, after he nearly cleared this area of all monsters, he encountered a Celestial Being level one during a simulation. He died on the spot.
This was rather unreasonable.
Logically speaking, after clearing this area of monsters, it would take some time for the monsters from the outside to wander in and fill the void, then give birth to powerful monsters.
This should have been a rather lengthy process.
However, it hadn’t been long before a Celestial Being level monster appeared here.
Where did it come from?
Why is it that it only appeared after I cleared all the monsters in this area?
This couldn’t just be a coincidence, could it?
From this Gu Yang had a bold thought, maybe this Celestial Being monster came here only upon discovering that all the monsters in this area had been wiped out. To eliminate the threat that wiped out the monsters?
If that’s true, then the monsters are more terrifying than he had imagined.
These monsters had been around for several hundred years, and it’s unknown whether any Ruin Realm monsters had emerged.
In many simulations, once monsters invaded the human realm, within a decade or so, Ruin Realm monsters would be born.
Thinking about this, Gu Yang felt it was better to play it safe.
As he was thinking, that Celestial Being monster appeared right before his eyes.
This time, what he saw was not a head, but a person.
It was a woman dressed in a Daoist robe, carrying a sword on her back. She was clearly a cultivator, still maintaining her appearance from when she was alive. Only her eyes were pitch black.
Upon laying eyes on those pitch black orbs, his heart filled with an uncontrollable hatred. Thinking back to the simulation where he was killed by the monster in front of him, he wanted nothing more than to charge over and smash it into dust.
Just one look can make a person lose control.
“Don’t look into its eyes!”
At that moment, a loud shout sounded, resounding like a giant bronze bell, shaking one’s heart.
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Xu Tianxing, who was chasing from behind, was also affected, almost falling into a hateful emotional state. Jolted awake by that shout, he broke into a cold sweat.
What the hell is that thing?
Can it actually directly influence his Daoist Heart, giving rise to his inner demon, just like the rumored other-worldly celestial demons?
In ancient times, these other-worldly celestial demons were a test that every Immortal Cultivator had to face. Those with unstable Daoist Hearts were easily exploited by these inner demons, ultimately leading to their deaths.
However, today’s Martial Arts practitioners no longer need to face such a test. These other-worldly celestial demons are just the stuff of legend, no one has ever encountered one.
Having encountered this thing for the first time, Xu Tianxing was wary and instinctively slowed down.
Yet, he saw Gu Yang maintaining his speed, flying towards that eerie thing.
For a moment, he was a bit shaken.
Should I chase or not?
If I don’t chase, I resent the idea of letting the peach within reach fly away.
If I do, that weird thing is too eerie, and he had no confidence about it.
Xu Tianxing was born in the most prosperous period of the Xia Dynasty when the Xia Emperor had absolute power, with everyone having to submit to him.
Those who didn’t accept this were all swept into the trash heap of history.
He was able to cultivate step by step to the Celestial Being realm in such an environment, becoming one of the Xia Emperor’s most capable subordinates. He was no ordinary man.
Moreover, upon the emergence of the Four Great Sacred Lands, realizing their strength, he made a decisive choice to feign death and escape.
Such judgment and decisiveness are the main reasons why he has been able to safely survive until now.
Now, Xu Tianxing just took one look and determined that this strange existence was not to be meddled with, and it’s best to stay as far away as possible.
While he was hesitating, the Celestial Being powerhouse behind him made a move. A talisman flew out, transforming into a black cage in the air, trapping the eerie woman.
“This Heavenly Prison can only trap it for ten breaths time, go quickly.”
The tone of the Celestial Being who had assisted was somewhat urgent.
Talismans?
Xu Tianxing was taken aback.
In Divine State, the art of Talismans had been long lost. During the Xia Dynasty, some people still cultivated them. Later, with the near extinction of the Monster Race on the Divine State continent, and the loss of monster blood as a raw material, the basis for their existence was also lost.
He didn’t expect that in this hole world, there would still be such a profound Dao of talismans.
Just one talisman, capable of trapping a Celestial Being, even if only for ten breaths of time, was terrifying.
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“There really are Celestial Being powerhouses in this world.”
Seeing the unfamiliar Celestial Being take the initiative to assist, Gu Yang was rather surprised.
The restrictions on the cultivators of this world are far more severe than those of the Unleaking realm.
Unleaking realm martial artists consume their lifespan when they take action.
It’s nearly the same with the cultivators of this world, after using up their mana, they absorb the vitality of heaven and earth to recover, unwittingly inhaling toxins into their bodies, undoubtedly committing slow suicide.
That’s why the cultivators here cherish their mana and True Essence exceedingly, to the point of being miserly, hoping to spend one unit of True Essence as if it were two.
The prevalence of Talisman Dao here is also for the same reason. Making talismans consumes the least mana, using the talisman as a carrier to unleash the greatest destructive power.
This unfamiliar Celestial Being, when faced with a Celestial Being level monster, was actually willing to assist, which was very rare.