Chapter 471: Giving Out A Beating - 471
Like a tree falling into an ocean, the water sphere was almost completely cut through with a single sword wave. Zhu Yi's swordsmanship was on a completely different level compared to before.
He had even considered fighting the old man as a Foundation Establishment realm cultivator, but eventually decided against it.
The nascent soul realm old man was clearly shocked by Zhu Yi's single attack. He began to use water Qi wildly.
Zhu Yi simply disappeared. After so long, he had mastered a movement technique that complimented his swordsmanship. Zhou Fan called it the sword walk.
Spears of water Qi shot around, but Zhu Yi was nowhere to be seen. He quickly reappeared to the side of the bubble and used a sword wave once again.
This sword wave popped the water bubble, but the old man remained undamaged so far. The old man gathered water Qi on his palm and slammed the ground. Many thin spikes shot out, but Zhu Yi was up in the air.
Sword wave.
This time, there was no water sphere. The old man shot out 50 spears of water Qi, but they only slowed down the sword wave.
Just as the sword wave was about to hit the old man, he used another water Qi technique. This technique formed armor around his body.
Unfortunately, this was not enough to completely protect him. The water Qi armor shattered and the old man was forced deep into the ground.
Suddenly, the area began to shake. So far, the battleground had been confined to a reasonably small area, at least for core formation and above cultivators. Now, the old man was going all out.
He floated up from below, six rings of water spinning around him. Only a faint drop of blood had seeped from his lips.
"Did you ever imagine that such a thing would happen?" Zhu Yi asked.
Flying for the first time, Zhu Yi flew across from the old man.
The nascent soul realm old man looked at Zhu Yi deeply. "I regret nothing."
The six rings around him expanded and sliced out. Zhu Yi sheathed his sword as one of the rings flew towards him.
Formless sword.
Zhu Yi unsheathed his sword, and the six rings collapsed. Zhu Yi moved in front of the old man with a single step and punched out.
The old man, unable to react, was helplessly smashed into the ground.
Zhu Yi used Qi to grab his body and bring it out from underground. He held the old man's robe and looked him in the eyes.
"Let me ask you now. What are Chaos Beasts?"
The old man sighed in resignation. "Fine."
Zhu Yi threw him over to his house. The old man pierced through it, destroying the entire house.
Zhu Yi stood across from the old man. The old man sat with his back against a tree and spoke.
"Keep in mind that I only know what I've been told. Chaos beasts are far above my level. From what I know, Chaos Beasts are a disaster that the entire universe faces. The war is mostly focused in one direction, but space has a left, right, forward, back, up, and down. While most intruders can be spotted, some manage to slip through. That is what our world faces. Breaking through space with the power of Chaos, Chaos Beasts can occasionally appear in random locations. About once every hundred years in our world, a soul formation Chaos Beast appears. On its body like parasites are many lower level Chaos Beasts." The old man explained.
"A Chaos Beast cannot be defeated by someone on the same level. This is not only a saying, but a rule, a part of logic. Yet, Chen Jie had broken that rule. Of course, both the Chaos Beast and him were only in the core formation realm. Chaos Beasts cannot grow, they are born with their cultivation. The higher the realm of the Chaos Beast, the stronger it is in its realm. Perhaps Chen Jie could defeat a Chaos Beast at the core formation level, but the same can not be said for a Chaos Beast at the soul formation level. Of course, I've never heard anything further. Perhaps someone else knows." The old man stopped speaking.
"Is that all you know?" Zhu Yi asked.
"That's the gist of it. Everything else is only stories or legends." The old man said.
"Tell me the legends." Zhu Yi said.
The old man nodded. "Apparently, the world tree is the main part of the defense against Chaos beasts on a universal level. Although it is said that the world tree's cultivation is actually low, it apparently has a restraining effect on the strongest Chaos Beast of all."
"How is that possible?" Zhu Yi asked.
From what he had heard, Chaos seems to be the strongest power of all. Zhou Fan was similarly interested.
The old man hesitated for a moment before speaking. "Well. Remember, this is just a legend. It could be false. Apparently, the world tree was raised by the Origin God, and the Origin God wore clothes made of Chaos Qi. He also wielded that power. From the legend, the world tree was wrapped around the Origin God, and constantly made contact with his clothes. The world tree somehow evolved to have a restraining effect on the Chaos Beasts as a result."
Zhu Yi found it laughable, but on his shoulder, Zhou Fan was laughing.
It was such a stupid reason, a mere coincidence, and yet it was the reason that the universe had survived. He had always known that Leaf was talented, and the world tree was undoubtedly Leaf.
Zhu Yi was surprised that Zhou Fan found the legend so funny.
"Are there any more legends?" Zhu Yi asked.
The old man nodded. "It is said that there is a race called the destruction race. All of the life in the universe used to be their enemies, but when Chaos Beasts came, they formed a treaty of non interference."
That info didn't seem useful, and Zhu Yi asked about any more legends.
"There is one more, but it is also useless. Apparently, the world tree is fond of elves, and elves are fond of the world tree. As a result, all elves live on the world tree and take care of it. That is all I've heard."
Chapter 472: Learning Arrays - 472
It truly was useless knowledge. Zhu Yi kicked the nascent soul realm old man in the head, knocking him out.
He then grabbed the ring off of his finger and left. As he walked away, he looked inside of the ring. There were a few mid quality spirit stones and a high quality spirit stone, but they were nothing compared to Zhu Yi's fortune.
Still, Zhu Yi took the spirit stones out of the ring and threw the ring away. There were a few other things in there, but they were useless to him.
"He was a 1st level nascent soul realm cultivator. You did good." Zhou Fan said.
Zhu Yi thanked him and began to fly.
"Where do you plan on going?" Zhou Fan asked.
"I can go just about anywhere. Even joining the top ten sects is not something impossible." Zhu Yi said.
In this world, core formation realm cultivators stood near the top level. From what Zhu Yi had inferred, the strongest level of cultivation in this world was the void traversing realm.
Otherwise, the world would be destroyed by a single soul formation realm Chaos Beast. He did not have any idea how many void traversing realm cultivators there were, but there were likely very few.
As Zhu Yi thought, Zhou Fan suddenly spoke. "After hearing about Chaos Beasts, I believe that they may be a shortcut to recovery."
Zhu Yi paused and looked at Zhou Fan.
Zhou Fan continued. "Chaos Qi is something completely different from any other Qi. It would be hard for me to give you the ability to use Chaos Qi unless I am able to reconnect my soul with my body and more or less be considered recovered. It can be considered purer than any other Qi, and while a deadly poison to others, it may be the greatest healing tonic to me. I'm not sure if you can defeat a Chaos Beast at the same level right now, but defeating one a level below you should not be impossible. We should at least try it."
Zhu Yi listened and agreed. The faster Zhou Fan recovered, the better. Either way, there was nothing else in this world that could help Zhou Fan recover. Top grade spirit stones were too rare, and Zhou Fan would need a large amount to recover.
"For now, focus on increasing your strength. A Chaos Beast seems to be able to match an average cultivator two realms above it. In other words, a core formation realm Chaos Beast could fight a soul formation realm cultivator. You, on the other hand, would be nearly instantly killed. At best, you could run with instant completion."
Zhu Yi nodded.
Luckily, anybody who could reach the void traversing realm in this world was talented. Otherwise, a soul formation realm Chaos Beast would still be able to destroy the world.
Even for Zhu Yi, it would have been hard to cultivate to the 10th level of the Foundation Establishment realm in a year without the assistance of Zhou Fan and the usage of spirit stones.
Actually, he never used an entire top grade spirit stone while cultivating. It had simply lost about half of its Qi.
All of this was due to the low Qi density. It had a horrible effect on all cultivators.
Zhu Yi continued to fly around while thinking about what to do next. Eventually, he decided to get a bit stronger. At his current strength, he would probably be able to defeat a Foundation Establishment realm Chaos Beast, but would that really help Zhou Fan? It was unlikely, no matter how mystical Chaos Qi was.
Zhou Fan agreed.
After flying for a few days straight, Zhu Yi settled down in a forested valley. There were a few beasts around, but Zhu Yi scared them off.
He sat in a slight clearing and began to learn arrays under the guidance of Zhou Fan. As a core formation realm cultivator, he didn't have to worry about as much as before.
In the worst case scenario, he could live in the woods. He did not need to eat or drink. Qi was his food and water, figuratively.
Unlike his newfound talent in swords, Zhu Yi was still untalented in everything else. It took him nearly 2 weeks, while inside the time bubble, to learn an array that could help power the time bubble. All he needed was a power source and a connection to his own power.
It could not be fully automatic as there had never been an array made using time Qi, and Zhou Fan's mind was still too injured to do anything that complicated.
That and he did not want to imagine how long Zhu Yi would take to learn it. He suddenly regretted not making array talent a tangible thing like weapon talents.
Luckily, it was no burden for Zhu Yi to be connected to the array. He was now able to cultivate within the time bubble using its full efficiency.
With Zhu Yi in the core formation realm, Zhou Fan was able to help him increase the speed of the time bubble even more.
There was now a three times time difference. Of course, it consumed more Qi, but Zhu Yi had top grade spirit stones. A single one would last a long long time.
Inside the time bubble that now had a three times time difference, Zhu Yi cultivated for a year. The entire time, he had the help of Zhou Fan's river of cultivation and top grade spirit stones.
When the equivalent of three years passed in the time bubble, Zhu Yi had reached 3rd level of core formation. He was disappointed with this result.
Zhou Fan explained. "Don't worry about it too much. The Qi here is really too thin. Even with my help and top grade spirit stones, you cultivate as if you had spirit rank meridians, a rank below your king rank meridians. That makes you about as fast as someone with emperor rank meridians in this world."
Zhu Yi nodded, but he was still a little down.
"Cultivation is a long experience. You have to get used to it."
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