Chapter 405: Chapter 345: Hatch (Part 3)
However, Hu Qi wasn’t searching blindly.
Although the worlds within were constantly moving, they were confined to certain areas.
For example, a world from the Intertidal Zone would only enter the Shallow Wave Zone if it used some kind of Extraordinary Power to raise its world origin to a certain level.
The rest of the time, it would only wander within a general region.
What Hu Qi was looking for was a world with a complete Cultivation System, not a malformed Extraordinary World like the Nightmare World.
Although practicing Secret Martial Arts could also condense a Spirit Seed, his time in the Nightmare World had made Hu Qi realize that he should probably experience other Extraordinary Paths, rather than only practicing Secret Martial Arts.
This would be very helpful for his future path.
For example, the Nightmare Demon Elephant Spirit Seed possessed the power of Nightmares and Demon Elephants, while the Divine Spirit Seed formed from his Sun God Clone allowed him to use some divine techniques.
These techniques were strange and were by no means weaker than the system of a Secret Martial Artist.
...
More than ten Earth Star Days passed.
Hu Qi was exploring the Shallow Wave Zone, as usual.
At this moment, he was sitting on the back of a colossal black turtle, which resembled a small, floating island.
This was a Spirit Realm creature he had casually captured to use as a mount.
’This Extraordinary System for tempering one’s will is rather interesting. A pity it’s still too weak...’
Hu Qi sighed, then retracted his Power of the Heart from a black-and-white, bubble-like world before him.
As his power grew, his own Power of the Heart could already ignore the defenses of some worlds.
The world inside this bubble was shaped like a sideways hourglass.
One side was the world of humans, and the other was the territory of beings called Demons.
The general situation in this world was that Demons were invading the human world, and humans were rising up to resist by piloting Mechas.
In this world, Mecha pilots practiced a Cultivation Method for tempering their will.
Through Cultivation, they could project their will outward, transforming it into a force called Telekinesis.
The stronger their Telekinesis, the more nimbly they could control their Mechas, and the greater the combat power they could unleash.
However, the upper limit of this world’s World Level seemed to be only the Refining God Realm, which was the Spirit Level. It really wasn’t of much value.
During this time, Hu Qi had already explored five or six worlds, but none of them were satisfactory.
Either the World Level was too low, only at the Mayfly Level, or the Extraordinary System was malformed and incomplete, like this world of Mechas and Demons.
Here, the lethality of the Telekinesis produced by the Mecha’s Extraordinary System was limited; its main purpose was just to control the Mechas.
And the strength of a Mecha was primarily dependent on its materials.
’Actually, this Extraordinary Path isn’t entirely without potential. If the world’s technology were more advanced and they could create stronger biomechanical Mechas that could merge with their hosts... thereby influencing and nurturing the Mecha pilots themselves, raising their own Life Levels... the result might be different.’
Unfortunately, the current world’s size and World Level limited the upper potential of this Path to Transcendence.
’Forget it. If nothing else works out, I’ll just enter this world and take a look. This Dharma Gate for tempering one’s will is rather interesting...’
Just as Hu Qi was thinking this, he suddenly seemed to sense something. His figure flickered and vanished from his spot.
The next second, a giant Long Spear, radiating a dazzling white light, suddenly materialized and plummeted down.
The giant turtle-like Spirit Realm creature that had been carrying Hu Qi, a being at the Middle Stage Spirit Level, hadn’t even had time to react.
Its thick shell, tens of millions of times harder than cast steel, was like paper-mâché before the Long Spear and was instantly pierced.
The white Long Spear shot straight through the giant turtle’s body. Before it could even let out a cry, its entire form was instantly reduced to Ashes in the white light.
Witnessing this, Hu Qi’s expression turned cold.
He looked up, his gaze locking onto a spot to the side.
Suddenly, a flash of white light, like a bright gleam, appeared and vanished in the distance.
Immediately after, a white meteor appeared in the blink of an eye and shot straight toward Hu Qi.
Its speed was incredibly fast, trailing a long, white tail flame behind it.
Seeing this, Hu Qi acted without hesitation. As he raised his hand, a golden phantom abruptly materialized behind him.
He threw a fierce punch, and the phantom behind him simultaneously raised its hand, throwing an identical punch.
In that instant, the two attacks collided thunderously.
BANG!
A massive explosion.
A ripple erupted from the point of impact, spreading in all directions.
The surrounding Spiritual Sea Water, originally clear and transparent, roiled and surged to the sides under the impact, creating faint ripples.
The green Lights of the Soul that were closer were caught in the powerful shockwave and were instantly turned to dust, dissipating completely.
Hu Qi only felt his body jolt violently as ripples spread through the Spiritual Sea Water beneath his feet.
He was forced back several steps uncontrollably before he could steady himself.
The white meteor didn’t escape unscathed either; it was also sent flying backward by the impact.
At the same time, the light enveloping the meteor dissipated, revealing a stern-looking Young Man clad in a white robe.
The Young Man had a high-bridged nose and deep-set eyes, with sharp, well-defined features. His skin was so fair it was almost translucent, seeming to glow faintly.
A cascade of brilliant golden hair fell to his shoulders, every strand shimmering with the radiance of the sun.
Six wings formed of condensed white light slowly beat behind his back.
Orbs of white light swirled around him, and his entire being was suffused with a sacred, radiant aura.
"Hm? I didn’t expect you to have reached this level!"
Xi Zhongsi looked down at the unharmed Hu Qi, who was in perfect condition.
A trace of astonishment flashed through his eyes.
It seemed he hadn’t expected Hu Qi to withstand one of his attacks.
"Who are you? We don’t know each other. Could this be some kind of misunderstanding?"
Hearing this, Hu Qi’s gaze darkened slightly.
’This thing before me... I suppose it’s a human-like creature. It’s very strong. From our brief exchange just now, it’s not hard to see that he is, in fact, a powerhouse at the Apostle Level Peak.’
’Apostle Level isn’t something you see every day. In all my time wandering the Shallow Wave Zone, as I’ve ventured deeper, I’ve only seen Apostle Level Spirit Realm creatures once or twice. But they were, at most, equivalent to the Initial or Middle Stage of the Apostle Level. They can’t compare to this person at all.’
’And he seems to be here specifically for me. This only confused me more.’
’I’ve always kept to myself. Even when I have to make enemies, I always eliminate them completely, root and stem, never giving them a chance for revenge. How could an enemy like this just show up at my doorstep?’
’Of course, that was all secondary. The thing that concerned me most was the aura of light coming from him, an aura that made me extremely wary. That’s one of the reasons why I didn’t attack immediately and chose to ask him a question instead.’
