Chapter 283 - 280: Pure Dream Truth-Seeking Physique · Pristine Saintly Nature

Chapter 283: Chapter 280: Pure Dream Truth-Seeking Physique · Pristine Saintly Nature

’I remember that 0.05 seconds ago, Ji Donglai’s position was...’

Within the reversed flow of time, Xiang Hongtu’s body moved on instinct, arriving several dozen meters away.

At this moment, the spot was empty.

In the normal flow of time, at this very instant, Fang Can—controlling Ji Donglai’s body—had teleported Yan Chqing away.

But time was currently flowing in reverse!

Within the reversed time, in the next instant, as space blurred, the figures of Ji Donglai and Yan Chqing, who had already left, reappeared as if they had willingly delivered themselves to him.

But Xiang Hongtu’s expression turned ugly as he felt his power being siphoned away like flowing water.

Because as Ji Donglai and Yan Chqing were teleported back by the time reversal, the Equality Domain, which extended a hundred zhang around Yan Chqing, also enveloped his body.

At that moment, his power was forcibly dragged down to Yan Chqing’s level.

’Is it because of this woman? What a nuisance!’

Xiang Hongtu immediately made a decision: he would not alter the future where Yan Chqing left, as it would interfere with his next attack.

Without hesitation, the moment Ji Donglai appeared, Xiang Hongtu’s fist shot forward.

THUD! THUD! THUD—

No sound traveled. After Ji Donglai’s body took three punches without resistance, his figure once again vanished in the time reversal, returning to the location of his previous teleportation.

This time, Xiang Hongtu did not give chase, because the threat of the antimatter bomb had not yet been resolved.

’Yi Tianxing is locked in the Go match and can’t interfere, but if I’m not mistaken...’

Xiang Hongtu’s figure silently appeared beside the golden-haired young man. ’This guy’s body is unexpectedly tough. Is he the Holy Son of this generation’s Sacred Heart lineage?’

’Then let me borrow you for a moment.’

As the thought formed, he dragged the golden-haired young man—who was also caught in the time reversal—in front of the antimatter bomb and made his body grab it.

With that, the 0.3 seconds of time reversal were completely used up.

THUD!

With a dull thud, the golden-haired young man appeared in front of Xiang Hongtu as if teleported.

He stared blankly at the dud bomb fizzling out in his palm, while on Ji Donglai’s end, a flurry of deduction notices appeared like falling snow.

’When did...’

Fang Can looked at the 5 billion defense points that had been deducted, and he immediately understood. ’Is this the Nameless Reversal? The damage was only 5 billion points... it must have been because of Yan Chqing’s influence.’

The defensive power purchased by Ji Donglai’s "Wealth Can Bend the Gods" ability was measured in one-second increments.

Within that one second, a single attack dealing 100 damage and 100 attacks each dealing 100 damage would both deduct 100 points. There was no difference.

Therefore, against Xiang Hongtu’s 0.3-second reversal, as long as you had entered his attack range within that past 0.3 seconds, the attack was absolutely unavoidable.

Within that one second, no matter how many times the enemy attacked, the deduction would only be for the single most powerful blow.

He glanced over his shoulder. The golden-haired young man and Jushan Chao the Power Dominator, whom he had teleported away, had returned, but Yan Chqing had not come back to the battlefield despite the change to the past.

Evidently, both Fang Can and Xiang Hongtu had simultaneously decided the woman was a nuisance.

With her equality aura active, killing each other would take far more effort. The fight would devolve from one-shot kills to endlessly chipping away at each other’s health.

"This kid..."

Yi Tianxing’s expression turned ugly.

He never imagined that this guy would be fighting an external enemy while simultaneously playing a match against him.

"What does this guy think Go is!"

The next instant, with a CLACK-CLACK-CLACK-CLACK-CLACK like stars falling like rain, within the 0.2-second time limit, all seven stones landed on the board. It was now Fang Can’s turn.

"What is Go? To me, it’s just a means to victory."

Fang Can sneered, and with a thought, the stones landed on the seven Go boards, the white and black energies locked in a frenzied slaughter.

And as Xiang Hongtu used his "Nameless Reversal," information about this Legacy, along with flashes of Xiang Hongtu’s past, began to be disclosed on the livestream by the All-Knowing as publicly available intelligence.

’That bastard! He deserves to die!’ Xiang Hongtu’s face turned ashen.

The livestream was even showing everything he had done during the time reversal.

After this battle, the All-Knowing would have leaked so many of his secrets he’d have nothing left to hide.

As this information was released, on a mountain peak a hundred li away, a graceful figure in blue stood, silently watching the events unfold via the livestream.

As Xiang Hongtu’s Legacy was revealed, a flicker of understanding crossed Liu Qingmeng’s face.

No wonder at Xiang Longtao’s hundred-day celebration over a decade ago, that Fourth Turn shaman had died instantly even after teleporting a thousand li away.

Although he had left in the present, his past self was still at the banquet.

By attacking the shaman’s body from 0.3 seconds in the past, the damage would propagate to his present self a thousand li away and detonate.

’There’s no escape...’ Liu Qingmeng’s expression was grave.

Even if she left his attack range, as long as she had been inside it for even 0.3 seconds, he could simply reverse time and wait for her, ambushing her effortlessly.

This was... a nearly perfect Legacy!

"He can reverse time... What kind of monstrous Legacy is that?" A deep shock filled the eyes of Yang Duan, the Second Turn Tiger Slaughter Sect Leader.

At this moment, with the exposure of Xiang Hongtu’s Legacy, it wasn’t just the common people; even the Fourth Turn experts who weren’t present felt a profound sense of dread.

A Legacy so miraculous... could a Fourth Turn cultivator actually possess such a thing?

They were all Fourth Turn cultivators; they knew exactly how terrifyingly powerful this ability would be in their own hands. It was truly worthy of being called the strongest Fourth Turn Legacy by the All-Knowing.

In an instant, all the Fourth Turn cultivators from the various nations, except for those from Great Chu, had the same thought.

They hoped those superpowered individuals would be strong enough to kill Xiang Hongtu; mutual annihilation would be the best-case scenario!

Meanwhile, Fang Can looked at the King of Hacks and said, "Is your Freak-Finder Technique ready yet?"

The King of Hacks’ ability was to borrow the powers of other superhumans.

And of the five Fourth Turn experts on site, the Legacies of all but the golden-haired young man had been completely figured out.

So, Fang Can was planning to use the Freak-Finder Technique to analyze the golden-haired young man’s composition.

"I told you, there’s a delay when borrowing abilities across worlds... Okay, got it!"

As he spoke, the King of Hacks’ body had already changed its appearance. From within Ji Donglai, he looked at the golden-haired young man shielding Xiang Hongtu, using the King of Willpower’s psychic link.

The next moment, the analysis of the golden-haired young man’s composition was shared into everyone’s minds.

Name: Chixiao

Realm: Fourth Turn of the Heaven-Ascending Road

Cultivation Techniques: Celestial Eye Technique, One-Heart Skill...

Legacy: [Saintly by Nature]

Composition: [Flesh Memetic], [Humanoid Wishing Machine], [Truth-Seeking Pure Dream Body]

...

As the information was shared, the intel on Chixiao hit everyone’s mind like an avalanche. Every single person was stunned by his Legacy.

"Th-th-th-th-this... How can there be such a reality-bending talent? Fuck! It’s ’I think, therefore I am’! It’s a goddamn Innate Li Huowang Sacred Body! What is this, Mind-Element bullshit?!"

Even the King of Hacks’ eyes were filled with utter shock and astonishment.

[Saintly by Nature]: The entire world warps and changes to match one’s own cognition. What is thought is what is seen, and what is seen is what is heard.

[Truth-Seeking Pure Dream Body]: Anything that is not understood cannot affect or harm the body.

...

Fang Can’s mouth twitched, a hint of resignation in his eyes. "Did we just kick a hornets’ nest of monsters? How is every Legacy more terrifying than the last!"

Please choose one of the following opponents to fight:

①. A pot-bellied middle-aged man who can transform into a giant of light capable of leveling mountains with a wave of his hand.

②. A frail old man who, when attacked, forcibly pulls his enemy into a game of Go where losing means death.

③. A delicate woman, gentle as a willow in the wind, who can drag your power down to her level in a fight, and whose defense is far, far greater than her strength.

④. An intersex person who can turn back time by 0.3 seconds.

⑤. A young man with Down syndrome, whose cognition is completely different from a normal person’s, but the world twists to match his perception of it.

It was no surprise they had escaped the first wave of antimatter explosions. Each one possessed a unique, powerful skill, making them the best of the best among Fourth Turn cultivators.

The despairing reality was that Fang Can had no choice to make. He had to face all five of them at once.

All he could say was, thank goodness he’d taken the opportunity to kill fourteen other Fourth Turn cultivators in the earlier fighting.

These five alone were more than enough for Fang Can to handle; who knew what other bizarre Legacies they were hiding.

’So it’s finally been exposed...’

A look of relief appeared in the eyes of the Third Turn old man.

Since his grandson’s birth, they had remained cooped up in that tiny mountain village. Now, he had finally mastered the legendary Fourth Turn ability, [Saintly by Nature].

This exposé by the All-Knowing was the perfect opportunity to prove themselves to the world.

The next moment, the Third Turn cultivator used his Heart Image to send a coded message to Chixiao:

"Yun!!! Now is the time to prove yourself! Attack them!"

As he spoke, it was as if a switch had been flipped in the young man’s mind. His already innocent eyes grew even more brilliant!

In that instant, the Fourth Turn Legacy, [Saintly by Nature], activated!

The next moment, while Yi Tianxing was contemplating his next move, Ji Donglai’s body teleported behind Xiang Hongtu, preparing to strike.

And in the instant that followed, faced with Ji Donglai’s teleportation, Xiang Hongtu’s figure also moved as if teleporting, altering his trajectory to pull the young Chixiao in front of him like a shield.

Clearly, in that instant, he had activated "Nameless Reversal" to move Chixiao’s body, while simultaneously hitting Ji Donglai with an attack that cost 200 billion points.

Ji Donglai’s fist landed on Chixiao’s chest, but it didn’t even wrinkle the corner of his clothes.

’Useless, useless, useless, useless, useless!’

The Third Turn cultivator watched this scene, his eyes filled with pride. ’Chixiao has been under the protection of my Sacred Heart lineage for decades. He has never known the concepts of injury, hunger, pain, fatigue, fear, sadness, or anger.

’In his youth, we used Heart Images to simulate illusory attacks on him many times, but they had no effect.

’Over time, he came to believe that this is what an ’attack’ is—merely a gesture, something that has no effect whatsoever.

’Unless your power reaches the peak of the Fifth Turn, you have no hope of forcibly breaking through Chixiao’s [Saintly by Nature]!’

’Trouble! This guy’s a natural-born idiot!’

Hearing the old man’s words, at the very moment of his attack, Fang Can transformed his Heart Image into a massive flood of information and poured it into Chixiao.

He could only hope that the Heart Image would make the boy quickly understand the pain of knowledge!