Chapter 626: Chapter 482: Gilded Creation
"Is this the Tree-man avatar?"
Qi Ping felt the special Emperor Druid armor, and a strange feeling surged within his heart.
At the same time, the memories from when the temporal flux severed his consciousness connection returned.
"This..."
Seeing these memories, Qi Ping was immediately shocked!
First, the terror of the black dragon’s Time Realm; the powerful temporal flux had directly destroyed his Tree-man avatar’s flesh and Divine Soul consciousness, and despite using countless methods, he was powerless to resist!
A sheer crushing force!
But it was precisely this terrifying temporal flux that highlighted the strength of the Emperor Druid:
"Faithful are immortal, power is undying, an overpowering strength that fears no temporal cleansing!"
And the Druid faith, unknowingly deeply rooted in the Heaven and Earth, injected a soul into this overwhelming Emperor Druid power.
This belief is strong and firm, which Qi Ping has always strived for and practiced.
"I didn’t expect the Druid’s faith to slowly merge into a part of the Heaven and Earth Laws, that’s why the Emperor Druid armor can fight autonomously despite being beyond my control... But..."
"This fighting style... Hmm... It looks too much like mine..."
That kind of stealth, Qi Ping could be sure it was learned from him...
"This is practically my near-immortal clone, only the fighting style overly relies on Druid faith and my previous combat mode."
"Though it has this flaw, it’s still ridiculously strong!"
The mere capability for autonomous combat and near-immortal traits makes the Emperor Druid armor surpass most puppets.
Moreover, in most cases, Qi Ping could freely control this Emperor Druid armor.
"So now I can completely consider the Emperor Druid armor as my special clone? It can fight independently or enhance my original body..."
The value of a near-immortal, uncontrollable clone is beyond explanation.
"No wonder it’s the Emperor Druid!"
Yet Qi Ping’s excitement didn’t last long because a real major problem remained unsolved at present.
"How should we handle this black crystal dragon, which seems to be the Demon Nest’s consciousness descended?"
Confronted with this terrifying black crystal dragon, he immediately felt a chill down his spine.
The black crystal dragon is too powerful; even when unleashing his strongest Five-Colored Immortal Light along with the Celestial-Slaying Demon Saber, it only managed to create cracks across the dragon’s flesh, wounds that appeared to heal in the blink of an eye, leaving no clue on the extent of damage or how many times it could recover.
This means that within the Star Sea World, no one could stand against this creature for even a single round.
Once it enters the core battleground, there’s fundamentally no one who could stop this creature. Essentially, everyone would perish!
Only the Earth Immortal Druid leveraging Star Sea World could barely withstand it, but as Star Sea World succumbs to the invasion and destruction from the demons below, it would quickly weaken, inevitably leading to its downfall...
"Now, the only hope lies with the Emperor Druid..."
"Yet, it’s merely capable of stalling temporarily; the Emperor Druid’s power isn’t limitless, with limits existing on the Star Sea World’s believers’ life, leaving little power in the Emperor Druid armor after such prolonged battle..."
Ensuring immortality might pose no issue, but killing the enemy is outright impossible.
"What to do?"
Qi Ping suddenly felt restless; this battle erupted too abruptly.
Though from the moment Star Sea World transitioned from decline to prosperity, this war was inevitable; from the outset, Star Sea World was a prey kept in confinement.
"But... if only there were more time for Star Sea World’s soaring emergence that hasn’t even reached its limit yet..."
"If given several thousand more years, I could elevate Star Sea World’s economy and cultivator population several tiers up, and the power of both the Emperor Druid and Earth Immortal Druid could erupt..."
Qi Ping now comprehends Star Sea World’s potential more deeply than ever; this world’s foundation, Power of Creation, and human aptitude are all top-notch, only stripped of far too many resources.
With proper alignment, surpassing several tiers is entirely feasible.
Even though, at this level, it’s challenging to compare with worlds like the Celestial Dragon World or the Demon Realm, it’s temporarily sufficient for self-preservation at this stage.
Once the self-explosion completes and relying on the industrial capacity to produce goods for world trade, Star Sea World could gain new development momentum.
Qi Ping thereby has the opportunity to acquire the top resources and knowledge required for cultivation.
And Qi Ping discerns through slim clues a deeper connection and competition among worlds, beyond merely dark woods, possibly linking to the path of Immortal Ascension... But how does the path of Immortal Ascension relate to the world itself?
This, he hasn’t comprehended; perhaps that’s why both the Celestial Dragon World and Demon Realm persistently eye the Star Sea World.
"Is there truly no chance?"
Qi Ping looked at the eager, increasingly dangerous black crystal dragon before him, feeling increasingly anxious.
Once Star Sea World is obliterated, he will be left to drift in the void, something he preciously abhors confronting. Without the nourishment of a world itself, a cultivator in the void only dwindles towards death...
Unless one could find the recognition of a new world before dying, or forcibly contend against a world’s will, to invade and devour a minor world.
Yet, this amounts to drinking poison to quench thirst; without specific world coordinates, a cultivator alone in the vast void might not encounter a single world before perishing... From this perspective, how frail are cultivators? The so-called strength merely hinges on having a world’s nourishment.
Outside a world, a cultivator in the void is just a rootless duckweed.
Moreover, possessing a world seems to connect to the secret of Immortal Ascension; only ascending might truly break limitations, gaining immortality in the void.
"What to do?"
Qi Ping’s mind furiously churned.
"The Power of Creation has appeared..."
It was precisely the emergence of the Power of Creation that escalated the Star Sea World’s inhabitants’ strength, enabling the Emperor Druid to barely withstand the black crystal dragon; otherwise, there’s no way to hurt the dragon once detached from Qi Ping, but that’s all...
The greed projected in the black crystal dragon’s gaze confirmed Qi Ping’s inner unease.
"Why has everyone been favored by the Power of Creation, but not me?"
This is Qi Ping’s most perplexing point; he’s slain plenty of Integration Stage sacred demons...
It defies logic...
But now, Qi Ping could only conceive one path to crack the dilemma.
"Star Sea World... what are you contemplating?"
Just as this sigh crosses Qi Ping’s mind, an overwhelming surge of gilded Power of Creation suddenly burst forth, instantly infusing into the Emperor Druid’s armor!
