Chapter 64: Breaking Through the Limit
[How is your damn disciple this stupid? He hasn’t learned anything yet, and he’s already about to die.]
After unlocking part of the memory seal related to the skull ape’s weakness for Mark, the system immediately started complaining.
It also didn’t expect Mark to get so badly injured in such a ridiculous way. When improving his physical body through the fusion of his spiritual root, the system had even felt that Mark was already too strong and could easily win. That’s why the system increased the skull ape’s intelligence, but it seemed that it had overestimated Mark.
"You expected too much from him. That kid hasn’t even entered a dungeon before or learned martial arts. What he did isn’t outstanding, but it’s not that bad either."
Nexus didn’t react as strongly as the system. After all, Mark died because of himself, so there was no one to blame for this. The path of cultivation was never something easy to begin with.
[That stupid mortal, I helped him remember so much. Could he end up misunderstanding and thinking he’s the main character of this world?]
Remembering the scene when he first revived Mark and Mark’s arrogant appearance back then, the system found it quite impressive.
"Who isn’t the main character? As long as you have an author capable enough of telling a story, anyone’s life can be more exciting than they realize."
What main character or supporting character meant wasn’t that important to Nexus. He had been to many planets and met countless geniuses and trash. Everyone had their own story, and Nexus never looked down on anyone’s story.
[Nonsense! If this era’s Earth has a main character, then it can only be this great system.]
The system immediately retorted. It could tell that Nexus meant it was no different from those lowly mortals, and it absolutely refused to accept that.
"Suit yourself."
Nexus shrugged, his eyes turning toward Mark. Even though he could immediately see the outcome by looking into the future, Nexus only used ordinary observation to see if his disciple would survive this time.
But Nexus only had a second to observe before Ziz’s voice rang out beside his ear.
"Stupid mortal, stupid system, that kid is about to die. Do you want me to step in?"
Mark really did almost die just now, but the system intervened too quickly, so Ziz didn’t have a chance to wake up. Now Ziz had returned with a terrifying aura that made even space twist.
[What the hell are you saying, you fat shit-eating chicken? That kid is training, and there’s nothing dangerous about this.]
Being able to say something like this without stumbling at all, the system really did treat Mark’s life like a joke.
But there was nothing wrong with the system thinking this way when it could revive Mark as many times as it wanted, so it couldn’t really be considered that Mark was in danger.
"You bastard, what did you say?"
Ziz was so pissed that his feathers puffed up. But this damn system had no physical body, so there was no way to hit it. Ziz could easily smash those system screens to pieces, but could that even be called dealing damage?
[Remember this clearly: aside from not being able to revive this stupid master of mine, I can revive any human I want. There’s nothing dangerous here, got it?]
"Hmph, I kindly wanted to help you guys, but if you don’t need it, then fine. Now that I have some power anyway, I should go meet some mortals and let them witness the greatness of the lord of the sky. Nexus, you won’t stop me, right?"
After spending all day being a useless fat black chicken, Ziz was so sick of it that he kept sleeping and couldn’t be bothered to wake up. Now that he had a chance to show off his power, of course he wouldn’t let it slip. But the condition was that Nexus didn’t stop him.
[You bastard, you want to go show off by yourself? Who said you could!]
Just as the system yelled in protest, Nexus completely ignored it and said the exact opposite.
"Sure."
[My stupid master, is your brain waterlogged or something? He came to Earth to protect you, not to go aura farming.]
Whenever the system wanted to use its power to satisfy its own desires, it would face a huge obstacle. To put it bluntly, it was jealous of Ziz.
"Hahahaha, master, I like you a little more now. If anyone bullies you in the future, I’ll kill them."
Ziz burst out laughing and immediately flew away. In the blink of an eye, his figure had already disappeared.
"Just leave him alone. At least you have a job to do, while Ziz doesn’t have anything." Nexus ignored the system’s attitude and continued watching his disciple.
Mark himself clearly realized that his current strength was no longer enough to dodge attacks, let alone attack the skull ape.
Taking advantage of being in the consciousness space, Mark tried to sense the existence of his spiritual root. Right now, his spiritual root was the only thing that could give him temporary strength.
The space around him changed, and a gigantic earth spiritual root appeared before his eyes. True to its name, ’Supreme - Earth Spiritual Root’, its magnificence shocked Mark the first time he saw it.
Looking at the spiritual root before him, Mark wasn’t in a hurry to speak even though he was about to die. He wanted to make himself look like a more reliable and promising host.
"My spiritual root, huh? I know you can also sense that I’m about to die. You’re not a living creature, but you probably don’t want to disappear right after appearing either, right?"
The spiritual root was connected to his soul and body, so of course it knew Mark’s current condition clearly. It couldn’t speak, but a faint glow radiating from it was its answer.
A surge of power from the spiritual root sent Mark flying out of the consciousness space and back into reality. A faint glow surrounded his body, which was temporary spiritual power forcibly converted from its surroundings by the spiritual root.
It couldn’t help Mark recover from his injuries, but it could temporarily push Mark’s body beyond its limits and allow him to launch one final attack.
For a cultivator in a higher realm, doing this was no different from lowering their own cultivation talent by overworking their spiritual root. But Mark was too weak, and the spiritual root was at the supreme level, so the impact was too insignificant to worry about.
Only now did Mark understand the meaning behind the skull ape’s actions. Using the weakest part of its body to kill Mark was the greatest contempt it could show him.
"You’ll pay the price for this arrogance."
Mark gritted his teeth and used all his strength to thrust the spear forward. The pressure from both the front and back sides was concentrated on the spearhead, causing it to instantly pierce through the skull ape’s butt.
This was his last chance, so Mark had to use everything he had left. His hands tightened around the spear as he thrust it deeper until they started bleeding.