Chapter 348 (2/2)

“This body of mine,” the white-bearded old man began, “is comparable to those who succeeded in cultivating a Mysterious Gold Heaven Body. While its survivability might be below yours, it holds the advantage in terms of strength. All of the honorary disciples of my Crimson Rock Mountain usually practice World Deity rank secret techniques!”

Xue Ying nodded.

It made sense. His three True Meanings were all just at the stage three realm, and it was his secret skill that let him actually reach the minimum level of honorary disciples. After all, honorary disciples would usually have at least condensed a grade two Deity Heart. That made it comparably easier for them to cultivate World Deity rank secret techniques.

“The combat power I’m currently displaying can be reached by any honorary disciple who cultivates for a period of time,” the white-bearded old man finished saying and immediately acted.

A pole approached Xue YIng like a Flood Dragon moving in water. It moved toward him with the force of a maelstrom.

Xue Ying hurriedly moved his spear to block the attack.

Hua! The pole pushed Xue Ying’s spear to the side the instant they made contact, allowing it to smack his chest directly.

Peng!

While his Time Immemorial body allowed him to easily withstand such force, Xue Ying was still sent flying back from the attack. He did his best to regain his balance.

“Brat, your comprehension is still too weak.” The pole swept over the surrounding area. No Mirage avatar within a hundred meters had any way to escape, and they all ended up being smacked backward.

“Your physical strength is also poor.” In a head-on clash against the spear, the pole triumphed overwhelmingly and smacked Xue Ying in the head.

“Your spear technique is made up of only that single secret skill, which is focused solely on offense. It is too easily broken apart.” The pole easily smashed against Xue Ying’s wrist with a rotation. Fortunately, the Time Immemorial Body was formidable enough that it allowed him to keep tight hold of the spear.

Peng peng peng!

Xue Ying was completely suppressed.

He was physically weaker and slower, and his combat techniques were not up to par! Even his ability to switch positions with his Mirage avatars was useless before his opponent’s pole technique, as it enveloped the surrounding 100 meters with a single sweep!

Xue Ying was smashed back into the boundary of the circular space and fell down from mid-air. He finally regained his consciousness after hitting his head on the ground.

“Still want to continue fighting?” The white-bearded old man held onto his pole as he looked toward Xue Ying.

“Not anymore. This is quite enough.” Xue Ying shook his head. His head had suffered ten strikes of that pole, which caused him to feel dizzy. However, despite the torture which only now ended, there were no injuries visible on his skin, and not a single hair had dropped from his head. He now had a better sense of how tyrannically tough the Time Immemorial Body was.

“Go back and cultivate. You’ve just reached the requirements of being an honorary disciple, and only have a single World Deity rank secret technique at your disposal. You won’t even triumph over the first level like this,” The white-bearded old man said.

“Mn.” Xue Ying nodded.

…

In spite of all that happened, after leaving the Soaring Cloud Pagoda, Xue Ying could not help but feel ecstatic. A fight with such a formidable opponent allowed him to discover even more flaws in his spear technique and shed light on many ways he could continue perfecting it.

This Crimson Dust Island had the ability to speed time up, and he could watch the record of the Creation of Heaven and Earth whenever he wished. He could walk down the Path of Reflection or exchange pointers in the Soaring Cloud Pagoda; the whole place was nothing short of a holy ground for cultivation.

I have to make good use of my time as much as possible. I’ve no time to relax. If I succeed and become an inner disciple before the war erupts, my combat power should reach a level much higher than where I’m currently at. I believe that, by that point, I will have obtained the qualifications necessary to fight the Sorcerer God and the Great Demonic God head-on. Xue Ying looked forward to reaching that day.

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While Xue Ying was bitterly cultivating on the Crimson Dust Island, back in the Xia Clan world…

In a location deep underground, a towering Blood Creeping Flower grew. Its enormous green vine, countless thin sub-vines, and numerous flowers permeated through the entire earth. The flowers on the thin sub-vines in the ground were currently absorbing energy from the many corpses of Deity realm organisms.

Hong!

A terrifying wave suddenly emitted from the center of the Blood Creeping Flower. At that very moment, the flower was undergoing a qualitative change.

Above the underground area…a vast, mighty power gathered until it formed a huge ocean high up in the air. The mortals living in the surrounding cities all looked upward to watch the enormous oceanic illusion form in mid-air. They could hear the gurgling sounds of water moving.

Opening up a Deity sea released waves that simply could not be hidden!

Every last Transcendent throughout Xia Clan world could clearly feel these waves. Be they from the Xia Clan, the Beast Clan, or the Transcendents, everyone could feel the emergence of a Deity!