Chapter 485 - 8: Results

Chapter 485: Chapter 8: Results

Outside Dawan Village,

Above a desolate, uninhabited valley.

The fist-sized Flying Heaven-Splitting Spirit Ant King hovered in mid-air. A pair of translucent wings extended from its back, and its body was covered in profound golden patterns. It resembled a tiny, gold-adorned sprite and emanated a mysterious and powerful aura.

"Go!"

As Shen Changchuan issued the command with his Divine Thought,

the golden patterns on the Flying Heaven-Splitting Spirit Ant King’s body suddenly lit up, and an indescribable, mysterious power rapidly gathered within it.

BZZZT!

The Flying Heaven-Splitting Spirit Ant King’s wings trembled slightly, and a golden radiance flowed around its body.

The next moment, an invisible spatial shockwave erupted from its head, blasting straight ahead!

Everywhere it passed, the void seemed to tear, creating large-scale distortions visible to the naked eye!

BOOM!

Accompanied by a deep, tremendous roar, the towering, cloud-piercing mountain ahead was instantly blasted to smithereens!

From the halfway point up, a massive, crescent-shaped gap was blasted directly through thousands of feet of cliffs!

The summit above the massive gap had vanished completely.

Warm sunlight poured through the gap into the valley’s abyss, a chasm that had not seen the light of day in years, illuminating a world that had long been shrouded in darkness.

HISS!

Shen Changchuan, with the Flying Heaven-Splitting Spirit Ant King in tow, slowly floated toward the mountain.

Gazing at the gap, which was as smooth as a mirror, and at the vanished mountain peak, he couldn’t help but suck in a sharp breath.

This power...

It’s too terrifying!

To test the Flying Heaven-Splitting Spirit Ant King’s might, Shen Changchuan had even left a couple of defensive Magical Artifacts on that mountain.

However, under that spatial impact, the Magical Artifacts had been annihilated along with the mountain, leaving not a single trace behind!

Shen Changchuan asked himself,

’If I were to face such an attack, I’m afraid I couldn’t block it even with all my strength!’

’I never imagined a living Flying Heaven-Splitting Spirit Ant King would possess such divine might!’

’It’s a good thing I acted in time and used that Jade Talisman to kill Li Changzun. Otherwise, with this creature’s power, I doubt many people present back then would have survived!’

Recalling the scene from that day, Shen Changchuan felt a surge of relief for having survived.

Such terrifying power was simply not something a Soul Emergence Realm Cultivator could withstand!

Against an impact containing the Power of Space, even a defensive Spiritual Artifact would be torn apart as easily as paper!

The power of a living Flying Heaven-Splitting Spirit Ant King was immensely greater than the one-time-use attack weapon Li Changzun had forged from a dead one!

However,

Shen Changchuan didn’t let this terrifying power go to his head.

After the shock wore off,

he quickly calmed down

and began to examine the Flying Heaven-Splitting Spirit Ant King’s weaknesses.

First, the Flying Heaven-Splitting Spirit Ant King was, at its core, an insect-type Gu Insect.

It had no Divine Sense.

Therefore, its attacks couldn’t lock onto a target and could only be fired in a straight line.

This straightforward attack style was extremely easy for an opponent to dodge.

Shen Changchuan could feel that even he would have been able to dodge that last attack in time if he were on full alert.

Against an existence at the Soul Emergence Ninth Layer Peak, or even the Divine Travel Realm, dodging it would likely be even easier!

Second, while the Flying Heaven-Splitting Spirit Ant King’s attack power was astonishing, its own defense was extremely weak.

Shen Changchuan could clearly sense that

a full-power strike from even a Soul Emergence Seventh Layer Cultivator could potentially severely injure it!

This meant that in a real battle, the controller would have to constantly protect the Ant King and create a safe combat environment for it.

’Its power is impressive, but unfortunately, its weaknesses are also significant!’

’It seems I still need to refine it into a Void Escape Gu after all!’

Shen Changchuan sighed softly, having already made his decision.

In battles between Soul Emergence Late Stage experts, a single, tiny flaw could often decide victory or defeat.

The Flying Heaven-Splitting Spirit Ant King’s weaknesses would be infinitely magnified in the heat of battle,

making it clearly unsuitable for direct combat.

He would have to stick to his original plan and refine the Void Escape Gu!

...

Shen Changchuan returned to Dawan Village with the Flying Heaven-Splitting Spirit Ant King.

However, he didn’t immediately go to refine the Void Escape Gu.

The reason was,

an old friend had come to visit.

And he had to go see him.

"Brother Nangong, long time no see!"

The visitor

was none other than Nangong Cheng, with whom he had shared a friendship many years ago.

He was one of Shen Changchuan’s few old friends in this Immortal Cultivation World.

Back then,

when Shen Changchuan was not yet the peerless young prodigy whose fame now shook the Tian Nan Domain, but merely an insignificant Qi Introduction Realm Cultivator in the Immortal Cultivation Realm,

he had killed an enemy and unexpectedly obtained a Demon Artifact.

With that Demon Artifact, Shen Changchuan had then resolved an issue with Nangong Cheng’s injuries.

This was how their deep friendship began.

During that time when he was weak and struggling to survive,

the two of them had interacted frequently,

and Nangong Cheng had brought Shen Changchuan quite a few benefits.

But later,

Shen Changchuan joined the Dragon Cloud Sect,

while Nangong Cheng left a message saying he had to leave for a while on important business.

Since then,

the two had been separated,

and in the blink of an eye, nearly ten years had passed without them meeting!

Now,

seeing Nangong Cheng again, Shen Changchuan recalled the years he had spent struggling to survive in Dawan Village,

and ripples of emotion stirred in his heart.

"Brother Shen, long time no see!"

Seeing Shen Changchuan,

Nangong Cheng’s face also filled with deep emotion.

"It’s been almost ten years since we last saw each other, hasn’t it? When we parted back then, I could barely consider myself to be at the same Cultivation Realm as you."

"But now that we meet again, you’ve long since become a peerless prodigy renowned throughout the world, while I can’t even hope to see your back anymore!"

Nangong Cheng sighed emotionally.

His voice was filled with both lament for the great gulf that had grown between their Cultivation levels, and sincere joy for his friend’s accomplishments.

"Brother Nangong, what are you saying! The only reason I’ve achieved what I have is because my luck has been a little better."

"If our positions were switched, Brother Nangong would certainly be no inferior to me, and might even have achieved more!"

Shen Changchuan said humbly.

His gaze, however, lingered on Nangong Cheng for a moment, a trace of astonishment flashing in his eyes.

Because,

Nangong Cheng’s Cultivation had shockingly reached the Soul Emergence Fifth Layer Peak!

When they had parted, he had only been at the Qi Introduction Ninth Layer.

Now, in just ten short years,

he had not only advanced to the Soul Emergence Realm, but had even reached the Soul Emergence Fifth Layer Peak!

This was simply unimaginable!

Although a Cultivation at the Soul Emergence Fifth Layer Peak

was nothing to the current Shen Changchuan—he could suppress it with a casual slap—

the speed of the other man’s Cultivation Realm advancement,

was still quite a bit slower than his own.

But the problem was,

he, Shen Changchuan, was different!

Along his journey, Shen Changchuan not only had the help of his progress bar panel but had also encountered numerous fortunate opportunities and miraculous encounters.

His experiences were completely unique.

For Nangong Cheng to continuously break through Realms, advancing from the Qi Introduction Ninth Layer to the Soul Emergence Fifth Layer in less than ten years—

that kind of Cultivation speed was enough to cause a massive sensation in the outside world!

’So, does that mean Nangong Cheng is from the Outer Domain...?’

Such a thought flashed through Shen Changchuan’s mind.