Chapter 1765: Chapter 6: The Attempt in the Year 1008! (Part 3)
"Splash~"
The Giant Sun Grassman swung its arm and took another large step forward.
Zhao Xing’s pace was slow, akin to a turtle’s crawl.
Those passing by saw this and were unimpressed.
What kind of clumsy way is this to pass a barrier?
It doesn’t match the reputation of an Ancient God’s disciple at all!
"Zhao Xing’s walking is really... solid," Yuan Qiusheng remarked, feeling a bit odd.
It was like the world’s top martial artist using a donkey roll move during a fight, not quite meeting their expectations for Zhao Xing.
"Indeed, Mr. Zhao chooses a path less traveled," Han Chuchen nodded in agreement.
"Master Miao Song has already tried twice, Han Qianye even a third attempt, yet he hasn’t reached the shore," Youling Fairy gazed across the Boundary River with her eyes open.
Six months had passed, but Zhao Xing barely made it to the shore.
...
"Splash~ Bang!"
The Giant Sun avatar finally reached the shore.
Meanwhile, Han Qianye and Master Miao Song also arrived ashore.
However, they no longer dared to underestimate Zhao Xing’s method of crossing the river.
In their senses, Zhao Xing’s Giant Sun avatar had not depleted its spiritual power, its structure remained unchanged, no signs of spell consumption, only a slight decrease in divine sense, but it was almost the same as half a year ago.
"Passed the first barrier unscathed?"
"His Giant Sun Grassman’s defense is truly remarkable," Master Miao Song was astonished.
"Such exquisite control," Han Qianye saw something different, "Spiritual power can’t possibly be unconsumed, and yet this way of slowly crossing the river, after it was consumed, he captured and absorbed it back into his body."
"Without casting spells, spiritual power won’t quickly dissipate in the waves... No, there must be something more."
"I feel the life force of his grassman is somewhat weighty?"
Han Qianye watched Zhao Xing for a while longer but ultimately refrained from asking.
Since they weren’t very familiar, it might involve another’s cultivation secret technique, too many questions would be intrusive, so he simply greeted him:
"Mr. Zhao, impressive skillery."
Back then, Han Qianye ranked in the top ten in the final trial, while Zhao Xing only won one round, just the top 80 level. Now he recognized Zhao Xing as being on the same tier.
"Brother Han, you’re too kind," Zhao Xing cupped his hands, not rushing into the city but instead inspecting the body of his Giant Sun Grassman.
Master Miao Song and Han Qianye entered the city once more.
"Consumption of spiritual energy wasn’t much, but the Boundary River washed away, leaving some minor internal injuries on the grassman’s body," Zhao Xing attempted to root into the soil to absorb spiritual energy, but couldn’t replenish even a trace.
"Without absorbing spiritual energy, the repair is impossible. Oh well, the issue isn’t significant; the first attempt is just to explore the situation."
......
Upon entering Taichu City, Zhao Xing immediately saw a black space-time rift appear, then realized his Giant Sun avatar was in an enclosed space.
"Unable to resist, everything happened too swiftly," Zhao Xing pondered.
"My soul’s strength only allows me to sense events occurring a thousandth of a second in advance, anything faster I can’t perceive, while Zuo Qiyu’s setup far exceeds my reaction limit."
"Seems dodging the rift is fundamentally unfeasible."
When various Daos reach a certain level, souls grow stronger, responding instinctively to the Time Dao.
Legend has it that the Central Plains Early Realm’s birth was at sixty-eight parts of infinite time! That is, in one in 10 to the 68th power seconds it was born.
Zhao Xing’s vague sense of the Time Dao was only at ’three parts of infinite time,’ meaning events a thousandth of a second outside he could sense and react to.
Any faster, like compressed into ten-thousandth of a second, equals ’four parts of infinite time’ level; at this speed, even a simple punch touches the realm of the Time Dao, leaving enemies unable to react.
"Those who can cultivate the Time Dao are typically Reincarnation Emperors, with True Spirits strong enough to complete spells or attacks within seven infinite times."
Zhao Xing stretched out, discovering no harm to his body after being swallowed by the black rift; he began surveying his surroundings.
"Up, down, left, right, front, back—all are gray walls."
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh~"
Activating Soul Heavenly Vision, Zhao Xing soon discovered he was trapped in a closed box with its length, height, and width each being ten thousand kilometers.
But these walls emitted gray mist.
"Bang!"
Zhao Xing attempted to punch downwards, his fist meeting resistance from the gray mist as if punching into water.
Upon contact with the ground, the impact was completely neutralized.
"Seems there is no solid matter."
Zhao Xing quickly moved, punching throughout the enclosed space.
"Bang bang bang~~~"
After a flurry of fists, everything remained unchanged.
"All the same, brute force can’t break it."
After testing, Zhao Xing sat cross-legged in thought, the external true body analyzing rapidly.
"There’s a time discrepancy between the true body and avatar’s space; Zuo Qiyu’s Taixu Pass contents are ever-changing, and I’ve hit a classic ’Time-Space Cage.’"
"Trying to break it is exceedingly difficult—below the Reincarnation Realm it can’t be cracked."
"Won’t waste more time."
Zhao Xing voluntarily dissipated his avatar.
Being forewarned delivers this advantage: knowing which path is a dead end.
Time-Space Cage can trap even Reincarnation Emperors; not just Zhao Xing and other geniuses, even peers in the Reincarnation Emperor status getting trapped, ninety-nine percent wouldn’t escape, only those who also cultivate the Time-Space Dao among Emperors could evade the ’Time-Space Cage.’
