Chapter 1068 - 464_2

After the battles with several Divine Envoys, and even facing a God’s corpse directly, he clearly understood the terror of the Gods. Even though that Bright Venerable was dead, even though there was only a strand of remnant soul left in the palace, Chu Xiu dared not underestimate it in the slightest.

Charging directly into the center of a God’s palace? He was not that foolish!

Without further thought, Chu Xiu devoted himself wholeheartedly to cultivation.

While waiting for the right moment, the only thing he could do was gather as much Power as possible.

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The so-called Nascent Soul is actually a special form of the Soul, essentially very similar to the Fierce Ghost soul derived from cultivating the Yama Scripture, and the Fighting Spirit derived from the cultivation of the Divination Chapter.

The main distinction is that its core purpose is to comprehend the Heavenly Dao, or the rules of this era at its birth; other extraordinary powers are merely incidental abilities.

Ordinary cultivators, upon reaching the Golden Core stage, gradually begin to explore the mysteries of the Divine Soul, so they need to allocate a significant amount of time to enhance the Divine Soul, changing its form according to their life-bound cultivation technique, and in the gradual accumulation of hundreds or even thousands of years, condense the Nascent Soul from the Divine Soul.

But at this time, Chu Xiu’s Divine Soul Strength had already reached the Divinity Transformation level, and he was equally adept in the study of Divine Soul. Cultivation, much like a top student learning calculus, felt like learning a new subject again, but his Foundation was incredibly solid, and he had already ventured into related areas, making progress swift and vast.

After consuming three hundred thousand Cause and Effect Points, in just one day, his Infinite Reincarnation Technique broke through several stages. Following traditional classification, it could be said that Chu Xiu had reached the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.

And while cultivating, he did not forget to send out ghosts to observe the situation in the Outer World.

The situation was changing rapidly, starting with the Molten Steel People’s counterattack.

As the God’s palace rose, it forcibly lifted the entire 370,000-meter upper layer of the earth, and upon the destruction of the stabilizing structure, these layers shook violently like collapsing sand, causing any buildings upon it to be utterly devastated.

Miraculously, all the survivors were shielded by a supernatural power, forming a protective shield around them, piercing through the rumbling and tumbling earth all the way through the 370,000-meter-thick crust to enter the palace interior.

The survivors gathered here by the Molten Steel People mostly possessed remarkable talent, promptly raising the overall combat power within the palace, and the number of personnel rapidly increased.

As for the Molten Steel People, they were not so fortunate; they suffered tremendous casualties in the crumbling earth, with rough estimates exceeding five million!

To put it in perspective, this was nearly the crew count of an expedition ship!

In other words, only a few strong figures, some lucky ones near those strong figures, and the ones left behind on the expedition ship survived!

Most of these ordinary people accompanying the expedition ship were family members of the strong figures and technical personnel; the tragic death of five million brewed enormous hatred.

Within just five minutes after the drastic change, the expeditionary army issued a fire command, and dense artillery fire bombarded the expedition ship. Unfortunately, even high-energy armor-piercing shells could not penetrate the outermost armor; when compared to the palace, which had a diameter of over ten thousand kilometers, calling it mosquito bites was an exaggeration.

However, Chu Xiu knew that this wave of attack was merely to vent anger and to let the crew realize the enemy’s strength so they’d calm down, as the true trump card within the expedition ship had not been used.

He was so certain because there were countless nuclear-powered sources in the Molten Steel Drill, and yet the expedition ship hadn’t even used a nuclear bomb; within that massive forty-kilometer-long ship, there must be powerful weapons.

It seemed that at least the Molten Steel People’s upper echelon remained calm, which reassured Chu Xiu, as calmness often equates to making the right decision.

Sure enough, next, the Molten Steel People shifted their strategy; instead of assaulting fiercely, they sent forces to rescue the people trapped in the palace. Clearly, their objective had changed from attacking the palace to gathering intelligence.

However, the Molten Steel People dispatched over a hundred strong figures, yet not a single one returned.

"Is this the depth of a God?"

This development surprised even Chu Xiu, as among those over a hundred strong figures, there were eleven Demigods in total! Although compared to the Molten Steel Expeditionary Army’s two hundred Demigods, it might not be much, but causing eleven Demigods to vanish without a trace was equally astonishing.

"What kind of means are hidden in there..." Chu Xiu lightly furrowed his brow.

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At the same time, inside the God’s palace.

A Molten Steel Demigod swiftly dashed through one block after another, followed closely by a figure moving equally fast.

Upon closer inspection, one would discover that the figure was merely a King Tier!

It seemed as though he wasn’t using his own Power to fly, but rather the entire space was propelling him forward! He simply stood with his arms crossed, yet burst forth with speed no less than that of a Demigod!

Suddenly, the Demigod seemed to have entered a closed block, five sides sealed by impenetrable alloy walls!

He abruptly turned, his expression grim, saying: "Lu Xingchen! We Molten Steel People have treated you well, do you truly want to leave no survivors?"

The figure chasing behind laughed heartily: "It’s your turn now! The pain my compatriots endured, I want you bastards to feel it fully!"