piratefiction Chapter 20 Calamity
Chapter 20 Calamity
Suddenly, a sudden impulse surged within Xiong Zhou's consciousness.
The Daoist chains that sealed the path of the saint and the power of abundance became blurred, and a fragment of past memory surfaced before his eyes.
[Qianyuan Hall:]
True disciple, Xiong Zhou.
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(Link to the True Lineage Ranking Competition Appendix)
The appendix information I had read kept resurfacing in my mind, flowing through my thoughts until I finally settled on a particular, summarizing phrase.
The True Disciple Competition aims to allow true disciples to demonstrate their individual cultivation inclinations, future potential, personal qualities, and corresponding abilities.
Xiong Zhou paused for a moment, then fell into deep thought.
He thought to himself, "Breaking through the upper limit of the fourth level of Qi Refining in the Azure Sky Realm and gathering the abundant authority of the Azure Sky Realm was achieved by building an altar and attracting Senior Sister Baiyu's divine projection... This is borrowing power that does not belong to oneself and goes against the original intention of the True Inheritance Competition."
"So, those senior brothers in charge of the Heavenly Guard placed a seal on my path to sainthood, forbidding me from using the Power of Abundance?"
Xiong Zhou seems to have grasped some of the special operating logic of the True Transmission Grand Competition.
He looked at the Daoist chains that were wrapped around the inner world, staring at the Daoist chains that sealed the path of the saints, and reached out to knock on them to test their strength.
"Crack...crack...bang!"
Seeing that a Dao inscription had been knocked off in just a few strokes, Xiong Zhou's eyes lit up.
"As expected, just as I thought, although the senior brother in the heavens sealed my account, he still left room for maneuver. This seal is not something I cannot shake or break."
"As long as I can tear off all the chains of Dao script with my own strength, I can once again use the power of the Path of the Saint and the authority of Abundance."
However, looking at the hundreds of millions of Dao characters and the sealing chains formed by them, Xiong Zhou's lips twitched involuntarily.
To break through all the Dao seals would be as difficult as regaining the [Lv.5] level Abundant Authority in the Azure Sky Realm without relying on any external force.
"Wait a minute?"
Suddenly, Xiong Zhou seemed to realize something.
"I seized the abundant power of the Azure Sky Realm by taking shortcuts and relying on external forces, so the senior brothers in charge are finding various ways to make up for the skipped steps for me?"
"Get on the train first, buy the ticket later... Do I need to buy the ticket now?"
"Look to the sky!"
"Couldn't you just turn a blind eye and let me get away with it?"
Looking at Junior Brother Xiong Zhou's pale and bluish complexion, his eyes were full of fatigue, and he looked like he had kidney deficiency, Zi Xuan, Wu Kang, Duanmu Ning, and Li Tianqing all looked at each other in bewilderment.
Li Tianqing asked, "Junior Brother Xiong Zhou, what's wrong with you?"
"Is it because the energy expenditure was too high?"
The illusory image that condensed to cover the entire ancient battlefield was formed, and tens of thousands of celestial energies rose up at once, which required a considerable amount of energy.
Xiong Zhou shook his head and said, "Although the consumption of the Qi of Heaven and Earth is great, it is actually bearable."
Don't be fooled by the fact that he cleared out all the Qi in his inner world all at once; there is still a reserve of Qi in the "Mountain and Sea Realm," which can be continuously transported over through the [Gate of Another World].
Compared to a typical Qi Refining cultivator at the first level, he has an additional source of recovery. His endurance and continuous combat ability will be at least twice as strong as his peers with the same cultivation level, Qi Refining cultivation, and understanding of the laws.
"The key issue is that the power over heaven and earth that I just acquired was sealed away by the senior brothers who are deacons from beyond the heavens."
The four of them exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with a daze.
Clearly, they didn't know much about the path of sainthood, nor did they have a detailed understanding of the cultivation of the divine path, and they didn't have much knowledge of concepts like the sealing of authority.
Xiong Zhou shrugged and explained, "You can think of it as the fact that some of the privileges I gained in this world were disabled by the senior brothers in charge of the outer realms."
"Right now, it's not possible to distort the laws of nature and do something like that before, which caused the plants to grow uncontrollably. Of course, there are no problems with the Qi Refining Spirit Foundation, and the basic combat strength is still there and has not been affected."
In the Azure Sky Realm, borrowing the Abundant Authority of Level 5 to instantly mobilize ten thousand times the amount of Heaven and Earth Qi requires waiting for some time.
Based on Xiong Zhou's assessment of his progress in breaking the seal, and the fact that the speed of breaking the seal was beginning to slow down, he knew that he wouldn't be able to use this authority for at least a considerable period of time.
Zi Xuan pondered for a moment, made a slight calculation of the heavenly secrets, and said, "Junior Brother Xiong Zhou, you have done enough."
"According to the tasks listed in [Chain Mission 2], all you need to do is take that pom-pom and show us the way."
"From now on, leave the tasks of fighting and negotiating to the four of us. You should focus on recovering your strength."
Xiong Zhou nodded, took out the angular and sharp-edged Immortal Seed, and gently placed it in mid-air. A special energy began to emanate from within it, drifting in one direction.
Zixuan pointed lightly at the city gate, and the gates opened wide.
"Let's go, we'll catch up and finish [Chain Mission 2] as soon as possible."
"Other teams and disciples may be close to, or even have already, completed the second stage of the sect's mission."
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The boundary between mountains and seas.
Inside a karst cave deep within the Chaoyang Mountains.
The massive, crimson bull looked at the limp, powerless fat relic beneath its hooves and burst into pig-like laughter.
"Yicheng, I told you to come to my Chaoyang Mountains, I told you to ambush my Old Ox, I told you to extract my Lava Authority, and now you've suffered the consequences!"
"Hehehe...I didn't expect this snake's body to be so moist."
"Cough cough cough..."
The crimson giant bull coughed violently a few times, finally expelling wisps of dark, calamity-inducing energy that fell back onto the fat creature beneath its hooves, transforming once more into the beast's power.
"This is really going to be the death of Old Niu."
The crimson giant bull's face turned somewhat black, and it coughed again.
It took him fifteen minutes to slowly catch his breath.
"You ferocious beasts, you are truly a great scourge!"
"Not only will the totems you've harmed suffer severe damage to their origins and have their authority severed, but their bodies will also be tainted by the evil energy!"
"Now I'm really in trouble. I've been tainted by the evil energy. When I face the three calamities in the future, I'm sure I'll suffer."
Seeing the fat creature that had regained some strength under its hooves, the crimson giant bull raised its front hoof with an unfriendly expression and stomped directly on the snake's head.
He didn't dare to use too much force.
Once Fei Yi, a calamity beast containing calamity energy within its body, dies in the Chaoyang Mountains, the death energy and calamity energy it releases will draw down the three calamities that have been delayed, taking him along with it, even though he is already in extremely poor condition.
"Yicheng, I have to imprison you here."
"Don't blame me, blame yourself for being a calamity beast, for wielding a calamity-type power that is hated by almost all normal totems."
"Why did you have to come to my Chaoyang Mountain Range of all places?"
Strands of Daoist script carrying the authority of lava condensed at the horns of the crimson giant bull, shimmering with fiery red light.
However, just as strands of Daoist script were about to condense into sealing chains to imprison the snake's body, a peculiar fishy smell spread from Fei Yi's snake tail and reached the tip of the crimson giant bull's nose.
"Um?"
"What does it taste like?"
The crimson giant bull was stunned for a moment, its expression showing slight surprise and doubt.
The fat relic beneath the crimson giant bull's hooves glanced at the bull totem and seemed to let out a slightly mocking laugh.
Immediately afterwards, her snake tail lifted slightly, and a noticeably round swelling began to appear slowly from her abdomen until it moved to a position almost like the snake tail.
"Clatter..."
A bright red egg, still containing amniotic fluid, appeared in this underground cave.
The crimson giant bull was stunned.
Fei Yi's voice carried even more sarcasm: "I, Fei Yi clan, Yi Cheng, should indeed blame myself for being born a ferocious beast, a calamity beast."
"Coming to the Chaoyang Mountains to ambush you, an old ox several rounds older than me, and failing to extract your lava authority, losing your second body, and having no chance of further advancement in the future, you truly deserve it."
"Yes, I accept it."
Yicheng's tail curled up the fiery red egg, still wet with amniotic fluid, and slowly presented it to the eyes of the crimson giant bull.
"But what do you want to do to me now?"
"The child's father?"
Sensing the fiery red egg that was connected to him by blood, the crimson giant bull's pupils dilated instantly, and all the hair on its body trembled.
"Moo!"
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Fertile fields.
Xiong Zhou was lying on the pixelated wheat, slowly inhaling and exhaling the Qi of heaven and earth, while also breaking the seal that had been placed on his main body.
Suddenly, his dog ears perked up and twitched a few times.
"hiss!"
Am I hallucinating?
"I think I heard a slightly frightened cow's bellow?"
Xiong Zhou muttered to himself for a moment, then immediately calmed his mind and lingered within his bloodline, attempting to evoke a sudden impulse and use the power of his bloodline to roughly deduce whether there would be any danger involving himself.
As a result, there was no reaction in the blood vessels within the body.
Xiong Zhou thought to himself, "This shouldn't be happening. I'm almost hallucinating, and there's still no reaction. Is the power of my bloodline diluted?"
"This ability to act on impulse has always been reliable, so why didn't it work this time?"
"This shouldn't be a completely passive ability..."
Xiong Zhou shook his head slightly, watching Bai Yi leading hundreds of large dogs running wildly across the wheat field, a scene of peace and tranquility.
His mind focused slightly, letting go of the perception that seemed like an illusion. His thoughts, passing through the [Gate to Another World], continued to explore the inner world of his true self, beginning to study and break the sealing chains that bound the Azure Sky Realm.
"These Daoist runes, besides their exceptionally powerful sealing ability, seem to have other uses as well?"
"This is the Daoist script for 'Perception,' used to enhance perception... This script, when connected with these other scripts, seems to form a 'communication'?"
"Then, combining 'perception' and 'communication' becomes 'empowerment'?"
Xiong Zhou's eyes lit up.
Although he had not yet fully understood the logic behind the Daoist inscription combination of this senior brother, the application he had developed so far seemed to be able to help him.
Xiong Zhou raised his head and shouted.
"Ugh!"
[Kashiwa Ichi!]
A large dog with fur almost the same color as Xiong Zhou, but already three and a half meters tall at the shoulder, instantly changed its running trajectory and rushed towards Xiong Zhou's location.
"call?"
[A cub, a god?]
Bai Yi stopped in front of Xiong Zhou, sticking out her pink tongue. Looking at Xiong Zhou, who was less than calf tall, she had a strong urge to lick him.
With a dark expression, Xiong Zhou looked at the large dog that was nominally a subordinate but whose control over him was highly suspicious, and stretched out its paw.
"Buzz!"
As Xiong Zhou's dog paw touched Bai Yi's chest, a green light flashed, accompanied by the power of [Authority: Abundance], evolving into an exceptionally simple pixelated wheat mark.
At the same time, a peculiar fluctuation emanated from Bai Yi, and the power of his cunning bloodline began to boil within him.
"boom!"
A beam of azure light rose from Bai Yi's body and shot straight into the sky.
Strands of earth-elemental qi, wood-elemental qi, and fire-elemental qi began to spontaneously converge and swirl around Bai Yi's body, transforming into the accumulated blood essence within him at an incredibly rapid pace.
After several hundred breaths, the surge of Qi in the world slowly stopped, and Bai Yi, whose shoulder height was just over four meters, stuck out his pink tongue.
He still has that silly look on his face.
Looking at Bai Yi's change, Xiong Zhou hesitated, "Uh, has my attempt failed again?"
"But... that shouldn't be the case. Bai Yi has changed quite a bit this time..."
"But the 'bestowal' of abundant authority and power should make Bai Yi 'wise'."
At this moment, strands of thunderous energy carrying a faint aura of calamity suddenly descended from the sky, instantly catching Xiong Zhou's attention.
Xiong Zhou's dog hair stood on end.
"call!"
[Bai Yi, get away from me right now!]
"call!"
[You have advanced to the third level of Qi Refining, reaching the realm of immortality. Your first tribulation of lightning has arrived!]
Before the big, silly-looking dog could react, Xiong Zhou led the rest of his underlings to get as far away from Bai Yi as possible, so as not to be contaminated by the calamity contained within the thunderous energy.
"Huh?"
[God, what are you talking about?]
Bai Yi squatted on the pile of pixelated wheat and tilted his head.
Several breaths later, Bai Yi belatedly looked up at the sky and sensed a terror emanating from the depths of his bloodline.
"call!"
[Help! Help!]
The reaction was a little too late; the thunderous energy in the sky had already fully coalesced and taken shape, transforming into the Three Calamities Thundercloud, which began to flash with lightning.
"Boom!"
A bolt of purple lightning fell from the sky, shaking the entire fertile field.
"call!"
[pain! ]
Caught off guard by the sudden lightning strike, Bai Yi immediately let out a painful howl.
The once fluffy and smooth fur stood on end, emitting a faint smell of burnt charcoal, and turned completely black.
"Boom!"
Ignoring Bai Yi's cries of pain, one purple lightning bolt after another fell from the sky, like a terrifying calamity.
No, not like.
This was a genuine robbery and punishment!
A calamity descended from the very instincts of heaven and earth!
The realm of immortality is different from the two realms of the mortal world. Such beings with long lifespans have been blacklisted by all of heaven and earth.
Those who advance from the second realm of the mortal world to the realm of immortality will all face their first calamity.