Chapter 1918: Chapter 1911: I Am Your Benefactor
"Brother Gu, this is Illusory God Valley. With my abilities, I can only get you this far. If I go further, the aura on me might attract high-level Phantom Profound Beasts of the Dao Realm."
"Thank you so much, Brother Banak, getting me here is more than enough," Zhang Menglong said gratefully.
"Are you really going to look for the former City Lord of Fortress City, Rosay? I’ve heard he’s more than 80% crazy most of the time. I’m afraid you won’t be able to handle him when the time comes. Maybe you should reconsider."
"Don’t worry," Zhang Menglong smiled, "Since I’ve come to this place, I obviously have a plan. Just help me keep an eye on Illusion City while I’m away."
With that, Zhang Menglong directly entered the deep valley.
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Illusory God Valley, a place considered the most dangerous in Endless Land, inhabited by Phantom Profound Beasts, the lowest level of which are at the Peak of Divine Cultivator. Martial Artists below the Dao Realm who dare to take even a couple of steps inside almost never make it out alive.
Originally, this was an excellent place for Dao Realm experts to train and hunt Phantom Profound Beasts. But ever since the former City Lord of Fortress City entered this place, it became a forbidden zone for humans because you never know if the next thing to tear you apart will be a Phantom Profound Beast or him.
The former City Lord’s name was Ose, who used to be a renowned expert in this Endless Land. He was the one who established Fortress City with his brothers.
However, during his time, Soul Suppressors were still in development. Soul erosion was difficult to control, and even when not in madness, his temper became very volatile. As a result, over time, some brothers were killed by him, while others abandoned him.
If those brothers from the founding days were still around, he wouldn’t have fallen into such dire straits.
Now, for Ose, the driving force behind his continuous strengthening is to defeat Vic and reclaim Fortress City.
As for the current strength comparison between Ose and Vic, outsiders really can’t say.
One has the entire city’s resources to support his training, while the other is a madman fully engrossed in combat.
After reaching the Dao Realm, everyone begins to frantically condense energy. They believe that when quantitative changes accumulate to a certain extent, qualitative change will occur, perhaps leading to a new realm.
But no one knows what the limit is, whether it’s 99 times, 999 times, or even 9999 times.
It’s said that Vic has condensed his energy to about 50 times, which means that with the same amount of energy, he might be more than fifty times stronger than the usual martial artist at the Peak of Dao Realm! As for the former City Lord Ose, his strength is still an unknown to most people.
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Quickly, Zhang Menglong delved further into Illusory God Valley, gradually becoming more cautious. Just now, he had seen several Dao Realm Phantom Profound Beasts pass by him, but they didn’t notice him because he completely suppressed his power.
"Gou Dan, can you find Ose?"
[It’s impossible; the entire Illusory God Valley is too vast. Finding one person is harder than finding an ant in a country!]
Gou Dan’s detector, although very powerful, finds it difficult to tackle such needle-in-a-haystack tasks unless there’s an intense battle underway where Gou Dan might locate through energy reactions.
[Wait, Director, I seem to have really found something!]
Gou Dan suddenly quieted down, likely increasing the precision of the exploration.
[There’s a significant energy reaction, numbering over 300, far away from us. But because of the intense battle fluctuations, I’m not certain if it’s Ose. After all, I’ve never seen him. Should we check it out?]
"Since there’s something so lively going on, even if it’s not Ose, it piques my interest," Zhang Menglong said. "Let’s take a look. Lead the way!"
Guided by Gou Dan, Zhang Menglong quickly headed for that region. Along the way, Gou Dan told Zhang Menglong that the energy reaction in that area was growing larger, with new energy reactions constantly joining and others disappearing, now exceeding 500!
The intensity of each energy reaction nearly surpassed Dao Realm six-grade, and there were even dozens at the Peak of Dao Realm—a level of combat Zhang Menglong had never encountered. In the previous world, Dao Realm experts were exceedingly rare.
Zhang Menglong flew towards that direction for almost two days, yet the battle still hadn’t ended, just reaching its climax, with roughly over a hundred life reactions remaining.
Finally, Zhang Menglong arrived at the core area of the battle.
Even tens of kilometers away from the battle center, Zhang Menglong felt the surrounding energy become extraordinarily chaotic; those slightly weaker might cough up blood within seconds.
Under such intense pressure, Zhang Menglong still didn’t dare advance to the very center of the combat zone, yet he could barely see a figure akin to a War God.
Sure enough, it was a human, clad in ragged clothing, face unkempt, seemingly standing nearly three meters tall. Just his physique alone exerted immense pressure.
At the moment, he was surrounded by over a hundred Phantom Profound Beasts.
Yet he showed no sign of fear, grabbing the tail of one such beast and wielding it like a weapon, whipping it around to keep other attacking beasts at bay.
This particular Phantom Profound Beast was more than 2000 meters long but seemed like a mere toy in his three-meter frame, being tossed around effortlessly.
Those Phantom Profound Beasts struck by him had unstable forms, seemingly on the brink of dissolution.
[Director, this person’s impressive. All those hundred Phantom Profound Beasts are at the Peak of Dao Realm, and this person fights them all without falling behind, possibly comparable to the master of Divine Profound Hall!]
"All of them are Phantom Profound Beasts at the Peak of Dao Realm? How mighty is this person!"
[Just that his combat skills are slightly lacking, he fights purely with brute force. Clearly, he seems heavily eroded, Director. This person is likely the one you’re looking for.]
"Hmm!"
Zhang Menglong stayed hidden on the side silently observing the battle. The man fought relentlessly for so long with no sign of fatigue, whereas those Phantom Profound Beasts were being pushed back, some even having their forms dissipate.
The epic battle lasted three days and nights. As the last Phantom Profound Beast turned into a light point, the battle finally reached its end.
Massive energy was absorbed by him, yet it seemed not to have markedly increased his aura.
Suddenly, Zhang Menglong felt his power get locked onto, and his breathing became difficult.
The burly man instantly appeared behind him, a rough voice sounded from behind, "Who are you? I noticed you days ago. Are you with Vic?"
"No, no, no," Zhang Menglong smiled, "I’m definitely not with Vic, rather, I should be considered your benefactor!"
