Chapter 337: Instant Win - 337
After a bit more chatting, Ying Xiong brought up the idea of sparring.
"I've been the strongest in the galaxy for a good while. Nobody can match me, even if they all come at once. Can I spar with you before my arrogance gets too high?" Ying Xiong asked.
"Sure. Do you have any place in mind?" Zhou Fan asked.
"I have a general area in mind, but it's a bit far away from here." He responded.
"If it's in the galaxy, we can reach it in an instant." Zhou Fan said.
"Well then, let's just go to the outer edges of the galaxy." Ying Xiong said.
Before anything else was said, they both appeared in space. They were at the edge of the galaxy where Zhou Fan entered.
"Truly god-like." Ying Xiong said with a chuckle, although a faint feeling of fear blossomed within him.
Zhou Fan put his hand on his chest and sealed his cultivation until he was at the peak of the lesser dao creation realm.
The seal could be broken at any time, but it limited his power for the fight.
"I've sealed my cultivation and am now at the same level as you." Zhou Fan said to Ying Xiong.
"Then let's begin." Ying Xiong said with a smile as the clothing on his upper body ripped to shreds and a glowing tattoo was shown on his back.
"Buddha's palm." He said as he held his palm out.
He did not hold a single thing back from the start. The attack used the full power of his talent and divine physique.
Zhou Fan held his palm out and uttered the same words. Another buddha's palm shot out and collided with Ying Xiongs.
Unsurprisingly, Zhou Fan's buddha's palm soon fell apart and Ying Xiong's buddha's palm continued forward.
Zhou Fan had only casually released the buddha's palm, but that would have been enough to shatter any attack made by someone on the same level, besides Ying Xiong.
"You don't disappoint." Zhou Fan said as he held his palm forward again.
This time, he spurred his meridians and talent with the buddha's palm.
This time, the palms were equally matched. Soon, they both dispersed.
Ying Xiong stood there surprised.
"Without even using a divine physique's power, you managed to match my full strength. I admit that I must be inferior, but I will not give up. After all, if you do not have a divine physique, then that may be the limit of your power." Ying Xiong shouted as a cross legged buddha appeared and surrounded his body.
Then, a few more appeared and layered over the first one.
"Thirtyfold buddha phantom." Ying Xiong said.
Not only was his buddha phantom much more powerful than before, but it was also layered thirty times, increasing its power 30 times.
"Thousand buddha palm." He then said.
A shocking power burst out, layered by the equivalent of 30,000 buddha phantoms. Even Zhou Fan could feel its power.
If he continued to not use his affinity or divine physique, then Zhou Fan may only draw in the battle.
Of course, he could not allow such an outcome. Zhou Fan considered using Chaos Qi since it would not pose any threat to the final layer of space at the lesser dao creation realm, but he had never used his divine physique in battle.
As the buddha's palm stacked 30,000 times, although it did not display a power 30,000 times a normal buddha's palm, quickly made its way towards Zhou Fan, he closed his eyes and clenched his fists.
"Chaos divine physique." He said as he activated his divine physique.
He immediately felt an immense power bubbling within him, and he punched out without using any technique or talent.
In an instant, a gray fist popped Ying Xiongs attack like a balloon and instantly appeared in front of him.
Zhou Fan's attack had reached the peak inner world realm in terms of power!
As the attack collided with Ying Xiongs buddha phantom, he was knocked back and the phantom broke like an egg.
He spat out blood and broke space as he flew away. Zhou Fan hurriedly unsealed his cultivation and caught Ying Xiong, healing him as he was on the verge of death.
Zhou Fan had not expected that his attack would be so powerful with his divine physique. The punch he had thrown out was a casual one, and he could easily throw out thousands of them a second.
"Perhaps my talent is far beyond what I thought." Zhou Fan muttered to himself as he teleported back into the buddhist temple room with Ying Xiong.
He could have awoken him, but he allowed him to remain knocked out as he left. He was fully healed, of course.
With his mortal dao surrounding it, Zhou Fan was able to understand everything in the galaxy. He thought about where he should go next.
Sadly, the four beasts had died. They never managed to reach the lesser dao creation realm. Their lifespans ended long ago.
Zhou Fan felt slight sadness, but he had accepted death long ago.
Even if they had reached the lesser dao creation realm, they would have still died eventually.
Zhou Fan decided to go see Jack. He was at the deepest part of the ocean planet within the Zhou solar system.
He seemed to be drinking, perhaps due to his loss at the hands of Ying Xiong.
Zhou Fan teleported just outside his cave and knocked on the wall.
Inside, Jack almost fell from his chair as he coughed up some of his drink.
He had his divine sense extended outward a bit, but he still could not sense what or who caused the knocking sound. As someone in the lesser dao creation realm, the thought that someone could hide from him never crossed his mind.
A few figures entered his mind, but only one remained after a second.
"Come in." Jack said out loud.
Soon, as he had expected, Zhou Fan entered.
"I assumed that it was you." Jack said with a slight smile.
He was sitting on a large chair that could nearly be called a throne, a cup in one hand and a trident touching the ground in the other. In front of him was a small table.
His face had a full beard and he seemed extremely aged, which of course he was.
"Good to see you again." Zhou Fan said.
Chapter 338: Meeting With Jack - 338
"What's brought you all the way out here?" Jack asked.
"I just happened to be in the area." Zhou Fan responded.
"Alright then." Jack said as he took a drink from his cup.
"I heard you lost to Ying Xiong." Zhou Fan said as he created a chair and sat down across from Jack.
"Indeed. And in just 3 moves." He said with a sigh.
After a moment of silence, Zhou Fan continued to speak.
"Are you gonna try and defeat him?" Zhou Fan asked.
"Why would I? There would be 0 chance of success. I'm so much older than him, yet I still lost in three moves. His talent is far too high." Jack said.
"Talent isn't everything, you know." Zhou Fan said.
"That's rich coming from you. Tell me, have you ever met anyone more talented than yourself?" Jack asked.
Zhou Fan didn't need to think of an answer, but he considered Jack's words.
"Of course I haven't." Zhou Fan said.
"Then how could you possibly understand the feeling of seeing someone work half as hard and get 10 times the results?" Jack asked.
"I couldn't understand, but I've seen someone far less talented than his worst enemy defeat him." Zhou Fan said.
"That's just it, I don't have that sort of motivation. Defeating Ying Xiong and becoming the strongest in the galaxy would be nice and all, but it would only be nice, nothing else. He is not my mortal enemy and I don't crave revenge." Jack said.
Zhou Fan nodded in understanding.
"My life has been a long one full of loss." Jack said. "First my race, then my pride as one of the strongest, and even my greatest comrade." Jack said as he held up his trident.
Zhou Fan didn't pay it any attention before, but there was a clear crack going down the trident's shaft.
Zhou Fan held his hand out and spoke. "Let me see that."
Jack nodded and handed it to him.
"It was cracked during my battle with Ying Xiong. He did not mean to do it, that much was clear. Afterwards, he even apologized and offered to repair it, but he could not. It was beyond him, and I figured that only the creator could possibly fix it." Jack said as he watched Zhou Fan.
"Couldn't this provide as motivation for defeating him?" Zhou Fan asked, although he already knew the answer.
"Motivation over a true accident? I am not so petty. Either way, defeating him would not fix my trident." Jack said.
After looking at it for a while, Zhou Fan waved his hand. The trident was repaired and its maximum level was upgraded to the inner world realm.
"Thank you." Jack said sincerely.
"It is not difficult for me." Zhou Fan said. "I do have an offer for you."
"What would that be?" Jack asked.
"I want to try out a possible technique. It would bind the soul of you and your weapon. If you died, so would your weapon, and if your weapon broke, you would die." Zhou Fan explained.
Jack put his hand on his chin as he thought.
"Of course, it is not a meaningless procedure. Your weapon would display much more power in the same realm and would even feel much more connected to you. Even if it was lost on the other side of the galaxy cluster, you would know where it is." Zhou Fan said.
Jack did not need to think much longer.
"That sounds good to me." Jack said.
Zhou Fan grabbed at Jack and took part of his soul. Since Jack's soul was much weaker than his, Jack did not even feel a thing.
Zhou Fan implanted his soul into the trident. It was almost as if he was creating life. It was also similar to the creation of Heaven.
Soon, as Zhou Fans hands moved, Jack felt like a string appeared, directly connecting him to his trident.
After a short amount of time, Zhou Fan took Jack's blood and smeared it on the trident.
He then handed it back to Jack.
"It won't have intelligence or anything, but it will now feel like an extra limb to you." Zhou Fan said.
"Thank you. Do you think this will allow me to defeat Ying Xiong?" Jack questioned.
"No. He is on an entirely different level in terms of talent. The words I spoke earlier were not completely false, but it would require a level of will that even I do not possess to catch up to him." Zhou Fan said.
The difference between Tian Fu and Yao Mun was one thing, but a much wider gap existed between Jack and Ying Xiong.
Even Pangu would find it nearly impossible to bridge the gap, though his talent was second only to Ying Xiong.
"Now, Jack, would you want me to recreate the mermaid race for you?" Zhou Fan asked.
This time, Jack looked at Zhou Fan suspiciously.
"Why are you offering me so much? I'm not in danger am I?" Jack asked jokingly.
"It doesn't take any effort from me. I'm just feeling nice I suppose." Zhou Fan said.
Zhou Fan thought to himself. 'I suppose that realizing the beasts were dead has caused me to be a little sad.'
"No, there is no need." Jack shook his head.
"Really. Are you sure?" Zhou Fan asked.
"The mermaid race perished long ago. Even if you brought them back, I would not be attached to them since everyone I know died. It's best to just let me live the rest of my life peacefully." Jack said.
Zhou Fan stood up with a smile. "I understand. I hope you manage to achieve that." Zhou Fan said as he turned around and walked out the cave.
Just before he left, he turned around.
"This may be the last time we meet. You are the oldest person I know that is alive as well. Goodbye Jack." Zhou Fan said with sincerity.
As he left, Jack mumbled goodbye as well.
As Zhou Fan stood in space once again, he looked upon the Zhou galaxy.
"It seems that once again, another thing connecting me to this place will soon be gone." Zhou Fan said to himself as he flew away.
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