Chapter 219: Chapter 90: Heaven and Earth Change Color
In North America, on the snow-covered Alaska Icefield, a young voice cried out in astonishment from the new headquarters of the Continuous Prayer Meeting, built deep beneath the permafrost. "Su Zhou is three years younger than me, and he’s already at the Extraordinary Realm?! I can’t believe it. To think there’s someone out there who’s more of a genius than I am!"
Beside him, a sycophantic voice piped up, "Leader, well... should we figure something out?"
"You idiot, what is there to do? The organization already suffered massive losses in Shan Country. The previous Leader and most of our Elite members died in that failed ritual... What plan could we possibly have? I haven’t even reached the Extraordinary Realm. By the time I do, who knows how many Spiritual Power Organs that guy will have formed."
The young voice rebuked his subordinate, a hint of disappointment in his tone. He made a decisive call. "Forget it."
"All our members in Zhengguo are to go into deep cover... We should have done this long ago. Now, we have the perfect excuse."
「Southeast Sea Region, beneath an island not marked on any map.」
"Yes, we’ll pull our main operations out of Southern Zhengguo and shift them to the Southeast Asia branch."
Communicating via electronic screens, the seven Leaders of the Spirit Summoning Association—none of whom ever revealed their True Body—were rapidly making decisions. "The experiment for the Celestial God Factor was thwarted in the south, right? Could that mysterious Martial Artist who destroyed the Evil Ghost also be one of Zhengguo’s hidden trump cards?"
"It’s highly likely. Both are Powerhouses who appeared out of nowhere... The Tang Family’s operation was extremely covert, practically untraceable. If anyone could have discovered what they were up to, it would only be the Zhengguo Government."
"Regardless, Zhengguo is making such a high-profile display of its Extraordinary power. They’re probably planning to use the momentum to clean out the hidden threats within the country."
"Let’s not confront them directly. We’re pulling back completely. Our time to shine will come only when an age of chaos descends!"
And at the very moment the leaders of every Transcendent organization made their decisions, Su Zhou pulled back his hand.
His right hand, which had channeled the Thunder Light, was charred black, drawing gasps of alarm from the crowd. Over at the Hongcheng Testing Ground, a professional medical team had already rushed out, prepared to treat the "critically injured" Su Zhou.
But a few seconds later, with a soft crackling sound, flakes of charred skin began to peel off. New flesh and blood regenerated and took form beneath. In utter silence, a powerful arm, as good as new, appeared before the eyes of all who were watching Su Zhou!
"Super-fast regeneration!"
"He actually has a rapid regeneration ability, too!"
"This level of Self-Healing Power... even Dragon Blood can’t explain this, can it?!"
"Why does it need an explanation? It’s not like he’s being audited for undeclared assets. Does being this talented require a justification?"
"Excellent! Excellent!" Back in the Celestial Capital, the Daoist Saint Zhang Qingyun was also watching the live Central broadcast. His eyes shone, burning with a hint of fanaticism as he praised aloud, "To have such Regeneration Power while at the same level... this is the best Talent there is!"
"There is hope for the future! Great hope!"
As for why Su Zhou possessed such a Talent—who cared? He had it, and that was that. The affairs of Transcendent beings were not something others needed to understand so clearly!
Su Zhou, standing in the center of the testing ground, didn’t know how many people were gasping and marveling at him from behind the cameras, nor how many were changing their plans and their very ways of thinking because of him. But he felt it was all perfectly natural.
Because this was the entire point of him revealing his Talent.
To shake the world with his own power—this was a privilege belonging only to the strong.
And Su Zhou was striving to become one of those ’true Powerhouses’.
’Yara, the age of Miracles and conflict has arrived.’
’I am no coward, nor do I wish to be a hero.’
He turned, his back to the now-inactive Spirit-Guiding Device, and began to walk away. In his mind, he communicated with the silently smiling Yara, stating calmly, ’I want to lead this era and mold it, and the entire world, into the shape I desire.’
At that moment, Su Zhou stepped down from the testing platform.
Above in the High Heavens, dark clouds swirled and thunder rumbled. A torrential downpour began, its roar like a rising tide.
The vast expanse of heaven and earth changed its colors for a single man.
