NABC Chapter 57 Was that a speed bump just now?
Chapter 57 Was that a speed bump just now?
Chapter 57 Was that a speed bump just now?
Xiong Zhou kept muttering to himself, beginning to doubt for the first time the guidance of his whims and the will of the mountains and seas.
However, his claws, reaching out towards this battlefield filled with ominousness and calamity, showed no sign of slowing down.
In an instant, the furry white dog paws pressed down on the bricks formed from fragments of space, which exuded a metallic stench.
"Clatter..."
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The crisp sound was completely drowned out by the increasingly fierce battle between Zhu Yan and the other beasts, without causing the slightest ripple.
Suddenly, a deep, chilling current appeared, surging from the bricks that had been soaked with the blood of more than one beast. Like an iron needle, it pierced Xiong Zhou's paws, causing him to shiver violently. A drop of blood, shimmering with brilliant life force, fell and merged into the battlefield.
"It doesn't hurt..."
'
"But I feel like I'm freezing!"
The cold current entered Xiong Zhou's body, freezing his vibrant and warm blood as if it were frozen, leading him toward his final death.
At the same time, this cold current was filled with an indescribable tranquility, carrying a deathly intent that was completely contrary to the dynamic vitality of "abundance," rampaging through the body and causing Xiong Zhou to experience both psychological and physiological rejection.
Xiong Zhou's inner world instantly erupted, putting up the fiercest resistance against this cold current that was both deadly and tranquil.
The ever-undulating, dreamlike ocean surged with waves, merging with the abundance generated by the cube's spirit base, and clashed with the deathly cold current from all directions, creating a "either you die or I die" situation.
"This chilling current, carrying both death and tranquility, is in significant conflict with the Abundant Laws I possess."
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"Is this my destiny and good fortune?"
This unexpected turn of events left Xiong Zhou completely stunned.
He was determined to deal with his body, which had become a "battlefield," but the terrifying clash between life and death left him completely at a loss as to where to begin.
The standard teaching materials of the Tai Li Immortal Sect include the "Tai Chi and Yin-Yang Theory," which he has studied diligently. He also knows that the "life force" and "death intent" in his body at this moment can be regarded as the "Yang fish" and "Yin fish."
With proper adjustments, his current state is a significant opportunity and a stroke of luck for him, allowing him to refine his blood and energy.
However, theory and practice are two completely different concepts.
My brain is desperately trying to say, "I understand, why aren't you moving?" but my body keeps yelling, "You understand, but I don't."
For a moment, Xiong Zhou felt two different voices gradually rising in his mind, sometimes loud and sometimes soft, sometimes strong and sometimes weak, like gentle water and like a raging storm.
I feel like I'm going to have a mental breakdown...
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The excruciating mental torment appeared within his consciousness, causing the already solidified consciousness within Xiong Zhou's inner world to become unstable and slightly blurred.
【修行境界：炼二重·真意当前进度：Lv.6（3↑/10，000，000）】
Just as Xiong Zhou felt he was about to faint, [Innate Divine Power: (Pixel Cube)] suddenly popped up an information panel, showing that his cultivation progress bar had not changed significantly since he advanced to the second level of Qi Refining.
"The progress bar for cultivation level has increased slightly..."
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"And it's still improving?"
Xiong Zhou immediately realized something, and his mind became somewhat detached.
The next moment, the realization became even more profound.
He was like an outsider, able to look at his own heart and consciousness from a detached perspective, watching the two "selves" arguing, seeing the "me" composed of vitality and warmth within his body, and the "me" composed of death and tranquility from the outside.
"Delusion".
"Both of these 'selves' are delusions."
Xiong Zhou's understanding seemed to be more profound.
The true meaning of cultivation in "Tai Li Refining Method" is to cultivate the "original self" rather than the "true meaning of heaven and earth," which is different from ordinary Qi refining methods and other immortal scriptures.
Therefore, the stages of cultivation are slightly different.
The true meaning of heaven and earth must be sought outward. Among all kinds of laws and principles, there are countless true meanings that can be interpreted. One must comprehend their essence and bring one's own consciousness closer to these laws and principles of heaven and earth.
To cultivate one's "true self," one must look inward, thoroughly understand one's own essence, eliminate acquired delusions, return to innate true meaning, allow one's consciousness to permeate one's life cultivation, harmonize one's innate spiritual knowledge with the universe, and thus align with the laws of the universe.
Taking away delusions and thoroughly understanding one's own fundamental nature is the key and the prerequisite.
Now, under the sudden "life-or-death conflict" and the reminder of [Innate Divine Power: ■ (Pixel Cube)], Xiong Zhou clearly saw his own "delusions".
"This is not a clash between life and death, nor is it a clash between the inner world and the external cold current; rather, it is my own delusion that has been stirred up by this ominous and calamistic battlefield."
The moment this thought arose, the battlefield that had been generated within the body vanished into a fleeting dream, as if it had never existed. The inner world remained unchanged, with no sign of the churning, dreamlike ocean, and the abundance that had naturally arisen from the cube-shaped spiritual foundation was never blended in.
【修行境界：炼二重·真意当前进度：Lv.6（10↑/10，000，000）】
【修行境界：炼二重·真意当前进度：Lv.6（100↑/10，000，000）】
【修行境界：炼二重·真意当前进度：Lv.6（1000↑/10，000，000）】
The information on the panel jumped three times in a row, and the progress within it rolled back and forth. The thousands of strands of heaven and earth in the inner world that Xiong Zhou could manipulate seemed to be more "hands-off" and more "operable". What used to require thousands of strands of heaven and earth to complete can now be accomplished with just one strand.
Despite his cultivation progress bar surging slightly, Xiong Zhou felt no joy, but rather a solemn expression.
Looking around, all around was a gray mist, and underfoot were bricks and stones stained with dried blood, with one after another hideous and terrifying white bones lying haphazardly on them.
A slight surge of emotion told Xiong Zhou that he was no longer outside this battlefield, which carried ominousness and calamity, but had stepped onto the battlefield, becoming one of the creatures about to fight against other beasts, and that opponents were about to appear.
"I just stretched out my claws and touched the bricks of this battlefield, how did I get moved to this battlefield... and so silently, without me even noticing."
"I recognized my true nature, and saw my own delusions." That shouldn't have taken too long, right?
"Also, where is the Zhu Yan, and the other beasts?"
Just as Xiong Zhou muttered a couple of things to himself, a strange beast suddenly burst out of the gray mist, its whole body shrouded in blood and death, its eyes bloodshot.
Upon seeing Xiong Zhou's figure, a burst of silver light erupted, scattering Dao patterns that covered his entire body as he charged towards him.
Xiong Zhou's pupils widened as he was startled by the power that was almost at the fourth level of Qi Refining. He subconsciously unleashed one-tenth of the abundance of his inner world and crushed it.
"boom!"
It was like a towering mountain collapsing, or a vast, sacred mountain, causing a mudslide that submerged and covered everything in its path.
The strange beast vanished, completely submerged in the abundant Qi of the hundred thousand strands, leaving no trace.
As Xiong Zhou regained his senses, he dispersed the ten thousand strands of abundance, leaving only strands of life spirits that had just reached the subtle level and carried the principles of the metal element.
"Wait a minute, why does this beast look so familiar?"
Memories replayed in his mind; the silver light and Dao patterns rushing towards him corresponded to things Xiong Zhou knew.
"I remember now, wasn't that beast just now the one that Zhu Yan killed with a single punch, the one with the bloodline of the Zhen?"
A look of astonishment flashed across Xiong Zhou's eyes.
"He's resurrected... No, what happened just now was his residual spirituality and lingering malice left on this battlefield, which hadn't been extracted."
"Although he possesses the essence of the fourth level of Qi Refining, he lacks rationality, and his strength does not quite match what I remember."
Xiong Zhou's gaze sharpened slightly. The remaining golden elemental principles and subtle life essence, which had been crushed by his ten thousand strands of heaven and earth energy, actually began to shrink and condense, becoming a crystal that emitted a dark golden light and floated in front of him.
Name: Fragment of Legal Principles Level: Fourth Refinement Legal Principle: Metal Element Description: A fragment that enhances cultivation level Special Features:
1. Spiritual Impurity: After use, the path to enlightenment will be tainted by the spirits of others. 2. Accompanying Calamity: After use, a wisp of calamity will merge into the body. 3. Turbid Path to Enlightenment: After use, the insights of others will be mixed into the path to enlightenment.
Strengthening Stone?
No, it should be called a reinforcing agent.
A kind of enhancer that, when consumed in excess, generates more "inspiration" in the mind, making it impossible to quit.
"What use would I have for this?"
"Using it is tantamount to sacrificing the possibility of becoming an immortal in the future in exchange for simply accumulating current cultivation progress, isn't it?"
Xiong Zhou looked at the thing with a "Holy crap" expression and slowly took a few steps back.
For some beings who have no hope of attaining immortality, or who have never even considered attaining immortality, this is an invaluable treasure.
However, for him, this was a deadly, slow-acting poison, the kind that would completely ruin his future if he touched it.
Suddenly, a peculiar ripple rose in the dreamlike ocean of the inner world, reflecting a source of magma that exuded the charm of earth fire and immense disaster, condensing into an image, projecting out, and floating on the edge of the pixel plain.
Xiong Zhou was stunned.
"Can it be integrated into my calamity-filled, fiery earth-fire authority?"
"Can this really be used as a strengthening stone?"
"But what's the use of that?"
A palm-sized block of magma, sputtering sparks, was pulled from Xiong Zhou's inner world and collided with the fragments of law floating in front of him.
"Sizzle..."
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The sound of melting echoed, and the crystal fragments emitting a dark golden light disappeared. All the metal element principles within them flowed into the magma block in Xiong Zhou's hand, making the already somewhat deep magma block even darker, and it also showed a slight tendency to solidify.
Xiong Zhou's eyes lit up.
The Metal Element Law did not disappear; it entered the Earth Fire Authority that had been modified by [Innate Divine Power: ■ (Pixel Cube)]. This means that he can indirectly use this polluted Metal Element Law through his Innate Divine Power.
And as long as it can be used, it means there is hope of comprehending the internal principles of metal and transforming them into one's own.
The progress bar for the derivation method can continue to stack forward.
"Fighting monsters and upgrading equipment?"
"Will of the Mountains and Seas, quickly tell me, where are the remnants of these beasts' spirits?"
"I want to see their limits!"
When "Asking the Heavens" was activated, the spiritual energy of the world of the Mountain and Sea Realm traversed the entire battlefield filled with ominousness and calamity, bringing detailed information to the Bear Boat and constructing a map marked with red dots in real time within the Bear Boat's inner world.
Xiong Zhou looked at the nearest red dot, surrounded by ten thousand strands of abundance, and rushed straight toward the target.
Let's go!
Moon Wolf Mountain.
As Wolf King looked at Zhu Yan on the battlefield, who had already taken a solid step towards a higher realm, his desire grew ever stronger.
That intense desire translated directly into action. Wisps of incense energy surged from all directions of the divine realm, surrounding the consciousness located in the inner world. It leaped out of its body, ready to take full control of the battlefield and bring it under the control of Moon Wolf Mountain.
However, when his consciousness leaped out of his body and looked towards the battlefield, the scenery instantly changed, and what he saw and observed was completely different from before.
Wisps of gray mist swirled around the battlefield, creating a serene atmosphere imbued with a peculiar sense of death. The surrounding area was desolate, devoid of any living beings.
In an instant, the Wolf King had a certain guess about this.
"This battlefield, this treasure, actually has a dark side unknown to other living beings?!"
"Moreover, that Zhu Yan doesn't seem to have discovered this place yet; it's completely silent, and it's unlikely that any being has noticed this dark place."
Wolf King's face lit up with ecstasy, and he immediately paused his attack on Zhu Yan.
"First, gain control of the dark side of this battlefield," and after securing a certain level of authority, then seize control of the other parts from Zhu Yan.
With a touch of resolute determination, Wolf King, relying on his superior understanding of the laws that surpassed that of other immortal beings, caused the Moon Reflection Authority to curl up within his consciousness, transforming into a wisp of hidden moonlight that charged straight toward the battlefield.
As soon as Wolf King stepped onto the battlefield, he saw a ferocious beast that should have been killed by Zhu Yan appear and rush towards him with a death wish.
"Bang!"
With a swipe of its claws, the incoming Dao patterns and spells were all blocked.
"Boom!"
The wolf claws swung again, and the wolf king, relying solely on the power of his consciousness, repeatedly activated the Moon Reflection Authority, obliterating the ferocious beast after several strikes.
A crystal emitting a dark, fiery glow, condensed by the power of the battlefield, floated in front of him.
Wolf King used the Moon Reflection Authority to pick it up and studied it for a while, his face showing even more joy.
"Just as I imagined, it is indeed a treasure that can improve my cultivation level!"
However, just as the wolf king was eager to devour it and verify its effects, a terrifying feeling of palpitation erupted, causing him to look sharply in a certain direction, his expression changing drastically.
There, a vast amount of primordial energy was gathering, forming a fierce torrent under the influence of an unknown and powerful authority, boundless and limitless.
Moreover, it is surging towards him!
"No!"
The wolf king roared in despair.
The next instant, the torrent engulfed him, completely covering his existence, leaving no trace.
Xiong Zhou, who controlled hundreds of millions of heavens and earth with [Power: Abundance], was stunned for a moment.
"I think I bumped into something..."
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"Was that a speed bump?"