Chapter 439 - 416: Army at the Gates, Giant Mechanical Divine Soldiers
For Golden Core cultivators to advance, they must comprehend a certain degree of the Laws for each minor realm.
A Golden Core Perfection cultivator’s comprehension of the Laws must be at least 80% or more, according to the panel’s calculations!
As for Su Ye, among the three Laws he had mastered, the Netherworld Skill was not a problem, as it was a complete Law in itself.
But as for Annihilation Flow and Life and Death, improving these two Laws quickly would be somewhat difficult.
Although his Nine-Method Golden Core allowed him to cross-reference and comprehend the Power of Rules far faster than cultivators of the same rank, the time required was still measured in centuries!
This was already very fast.
Reaching Golden Core Perfection in a hundred years.
At that time,
Su Ye would only be one hundred and sixty years old when he attempted to break through to the Nascent Soul realm!
But now, it seemed this rate of advancement could be accelerated even further?
’More experience points...’
’Level up, advance quickly...’
A rough plan formed in Su Ye’s mind.
Of course,
this rough plan was still missing a piece.
’A Cultivation Technique...’
’A primary Cultivation Technique for the Golden Core Stage.’
Su Ye’s eyes narrowed as he gazed at the faint, distant outline of Cloud Sea Immortal City.
As the Lord of Day Flame, the Flame Alliance and Wanlong Commerce Association controlled numerous Cultivation Techniques.
When Su Ye was the Guardian Envoy, he had seen a Nascent Soul Skill on the merit exchange list that was compatible with him, but he had been unable to redeem it due to insufficient merits.
’Looks like this time...’
’It’ll be a zero-cost acquisition?’
A smile touched Su Ye’s lips.
...
Cloud Sea Immortal City.
A silver-white Array shield, like an inverted bowl of light, covered the entire city.
At this moment, thousands of elite cultivators were gathered on the city walls, ready for battle.
Most of these cultivators were related to the Chu Family by marriage, or were simply members of the main family. In addition, there were also some commoner geniuses sponsored by the Chu Family!
The Chu Family’s foundation was still very strong.
With the family’s survival at stake, the entire Chu Family had mobilized every connection they had: blood ties, regional alliances, academic connections... In short, almost every force that could be rallied within Cloud Sea Immortal City was here!
’If they were all killed?’
Uh... the effect would be roughly equivalent to casting a certain skill on the Chu Family: the Emperor Escape·Nine Clans Stripping Skill.
At this time,
in the core area of the city wall, Chu Jiangheng stood tall.
Back then,
after reaching an agreement with the Flame Alliance, even though he had not obtained the Liangyi Immortal Jade, Su Ye had released Chu Jiangheng in order to ease tensions and buy time for development.
After being released,
Chu Jiangheng was overwhelmed with shame and anger at the tragic fact that he was still crushed by Su Ye, even after using a Golden Core decree!
Therefore, this direct descendant of the Chu Family went into seclusion within Cloud Sea Immortal City, attempting to break through to the Golden Core Realm so he could find Su Ye and avenge his humiliation!
But he never expected that,
before his seclusion could yield any results,
the situation in the sea region would undergo a heaven-shaking change.
"Su Ye..."
Chu Jiangheng said in a suppressed voice.
He had never imagined that one day, the great Chu Family would be pushed into such a miserable state by a cultivator from the Outer Sea... even to the brink of annihilation!
"WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!"
"High energy signature approaching. Strength detected: Golden Core!"
"Estimated time of arrival: one minute and twelve seconds."
The Array’s early warning alarm blared!
A piercing red light flashed across the city walls!
Chu Jiangheng walked to the edge of the wall, his expression heavy, as he stared at the increasingly conspicuous black and red meteor in the distant sky!
’Has the fleet been wiped out...?’
’The Fallen Immortal Bomb that cost millions of Spirit Stones... had no effect at all...’
Chu Jiangheng’s gaze was grim, and sweat unknowingly beaded on his palms.
The urgent feeling of life hanging by a thread!
"What about the Giant Mechanical Divine Soldier?"
"How are the preparations?!"
Chu Jiangheng took a deep breath and asked.
At that moment, over a hundred Artifact Refiners and Puppet Masters were surrounding a thirty-zhang-tall, solid-silver humanoid metal puppet holding a glaive, making final adjustments!
The Giant Mechanical Divine Soldier, a large-scale War Puppet!
Its body was forged entirely from Bright Silver, a fourth-tier metal that was both tough and hard, and possessed extremely outstanding conductivity for Spiritual Power!
A top-tier material for refining puppets and constructing Arrays!
Inside the Black Flame Fortress, the material used for the silver-white walls Su Ye had seen was mixed with 1% Bright Silver.
Such a minuscule amount of Bright Silver had raised the power of the Fortress Array by an entire level!
Now,
a War Puppet forged entirely from Bright Silver, supplemented by the painstaking efforts of Array Grandmasters and Puppet Grandmasters, and powered by Cloud Sea Immortal City’s energy supply...
The Giant Mechanical Divine Soldier’s power was already comparable to that of a Late-stage Golden Core cultivator!
This was the trump card that the Flame Alliance had spent a fortune to create!
"The Divine Soldier is fully charged and can be deployed at any time!"
An Array Master stood up, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and replied.
"Very good."
Chu Jiangheng nodded and walked towards the Giant Mechanical Divine Soldier.
The sound of mechanical gears whirred from the Giant Mechanical Divine Soldier’s chest as a cockpit was revealed.
With a flash, Chu Jiangheng’s figure entered the cockpit. Silver-white threads appeared, linking to his limbs and Divine Sense.
[Loading Skill Spirit]
[Authenticating Pilot]
[Authentication Complete]
BUZZ!
The cockpit closed, and the eyes of the Giant Mechanical Divine Soldier lit up!
A tier-four, top-grade puppet. A surging, immense spiritual pressure emanated in all directions!
"Giant Mechanical Divine Soldier, awaken!"
"City defense Array, activate!"
...
WHOOSH!
The black and red meteor streaked across the sky as the Ghostly Flood Dragon arrived at Cloud Sea Immortal City!
Instantly!
The city’s defense Array activated fully. A barrage of lasers, as dense as raindrops, blotted out the sky as it shot toward them!
"Looks like this immortal city isn’t very friendly to me." Su Ye left the captain’s quarters and walked to the bow, watching the countless lasers rushing towards him.
It had to be said, it was quite a spectacular sight!
But that was all.
HUM!
An invisible force field emanated from the Ghostly Flood Dragon!
The Gravity Field derived from refining the Earth Crystal Core, when deployed through his Divine Realm, was exceptionally effective!
When the sky-blotting rain of lasers came within a hundred zhang of the Ghostly Flood Dragon, it all froze, unable to move an inch!
"Reverse!"
With a single thought from Su Ye,
the countless lasers changed direction and returned along their original paths, completely unchanged!
They bombarded Cloud Sea Immortal City, striking the silver-white defensive light membrane and creating waves of ripples!
And at that moment,
CLANG!
A blade’s cry rang out from within the immortal city!
The Giant Mechanical Divine Soldier appeared. Despite its massive size, the War Puppet’s speed was not the least bit slow!
Silver radiance flowed around its body, two pairs of silver light wings unfolded from its back, and silver flames erupted from its feet. Like a Gundam, it rapidly approached at several times the speed of sound!
SCHWING!
The Giant Mechanical Divine Soldier swung the glaive in its hand!
The blade’s light was incredibly sharp. In an instant, it tore through the Gravity Field surrounding the Ghostly Flood Dragon and slashed towards the black-robed figure on the bow!
"Su Ye!"
"It’s time to settle things between us!"
Chu Jiangheng’s voice was cold, his eyes filled with killing intent as he stared at Su Ye!
And at the same time,
on the other side,
WHOOSH!
Chu Wunian’s figure appeared!
His injuries were now fully healed. His eyes were cold and severe, waves of aura churned around him, and his long white beard billowed!
His entire aura was turbulent and violent, giving off the feeling of firewood crackling and burning fiercely in a raging fire!
Obviously,
from the looks of it, Chu Wunian must have taken a pill similar to a Life-Burning Elixir.
It suppressed his internal injuries at the cost of squeezing his potential and burning his lifespan, allowing him to obtain greater power for a short time!
’This old fellow is really going all out!’
"Go!"
Chu Wunian flipped his sleeve, and his fourth-tier Spiritual Treasure, the Cloud Smoke Duster, flew out, aimed straight at Su Ye!
His Magical Power was pushed to its absolute limit.
It even gave off a faint, scarlet-red bloody glow!
He was burning his blood essence!
In that instant!
Two terrifying killing moves, each reaching the level of a Late-stage Golden Core, locked onto Su Ye!
A tide of biting killing intent swept over him!
"Heh..."
"Is that all?"
A trace of mockery appeared on Su Ye’s face.
He took a step forward. Black and white light swirled in his eyes, and an aura of commanding life and death, of rebirth and annihilation, emerged!
HUM!
In that moment, time seemed to slow down countless times!
In Su Ye’s hand, a spear glowing with black and white light, swirling with the essence of life and death, appeared!
"Divine Technique..."
"End of Tracing Origin!"