Cultivation: I Can Traverse Otherworlds

Inside the Nutritional Pod, hundreds of tubes extended from all directions, piercing into various points on Xie Zhongru’s body.

The Federation had not yet developed the technology to link a human nervous system directly to machinery. The reason he was able to control this Mecha, named ’Qianjun,’ was through a sharing technology.

Hundreds of cables connected him to the Mecha, making his movements its movements.

Lying in the Nutritional Pod, Xie Zhongru clenched his fist, and the Qianjun Mecha simultaneously clenched its own.

The Mecha was a full kilometer tall. With every joint and every part equipped with its own power source, a single, simple strike was enough to shatter a mountain.

In terms of sheer strength, not even a Holy King Beast could compare.

”BOOM!”

Flames shot from the elbow as the arm thrust forward. The air before the fist was compressed to its limit, sending visible shockwaves rippling outward, layer by layer. The terrifyingly immense force grazed the body of the Nine Profound Spirit Deer.

”Sky-Splitting Slash!”

Wang Chan, who had just been sent flying, timed his follow-up perfectly. The giant axe in his hand erupted with a blinding light.

This light contained a special type of radiation that could induce cellular and neural decay in living beings.

Combined with his own techniques, this forced the Nine Profound Spirit Deer to evade.

Their attacks were undeniably powerful, but they weren’t fatal to a Holy King Beast.

But being hounded so tenaciously, and getting farther and farther away from Funeng City, it couldn’t help but feel its anger rise.

”Humans!”

The Nine Profound Spirit Deer let out a low, muffled roar:

”You have angered me!”

”BOOM!”

As its voice faded, dozens of pillars of wind, connecting the earth and sky, appeared across the wasteland.

Their extreme velocity formed countless Wind Blades within the pillars, sharp enough to slice through anything.

Lightning snaked within them, coalescing into azure plasma. The sight alone was enough to make one’s heart pound in terror.

”Die!”

The white tufts on the Nine Profound Spirit Deer’s back rapidly elongated, transforming into white ribbons kilometers long. Each ribbon connected to a pillar of wind, and as the ribbons waved, the pillars were whipped around in tandem.

Across a fifty-kilometer radius.

The gales surged like a sea, the thunder rolled like waves, and the world-slicing white tufts flickered at speeds imperceptible to the naked eye.

”BANG!”

The kilometer-tall Mecha was swatted away, its landing causing the very earth to tremble.

Unleashing its full power, it revealed a shocking and terrifying might.

”Ah!”

Wang Chan cried out in pain. Unable to dodge in time, his left arm and the lower half of his right leg were severed on the spot.

”You beast!”

The pain didn’t make him flinch. Instead, it fueled the rage in his heart, and his aura surged violently.

He violently threw the axe in his hand.

”Go to hell!”

Guided by Star Power, the axe ignored the surrounding hurricane, appearing beside the Nine Profound Spirit Deer as if it had used Instant Teleportation.

Immediately, a black hole that devoured everything materialized out of thin air.

A Gravity Black Hole!

This was not a true black hole, of course, but an energy-devouring technique achieved through gravity technology.

Its blackness was simply an absence of light.

It devoured not only sight, but even Spiritual Soul Perception.

The Nine Profound Spirit Deer’s body stiffened. It frowned as it was slowly pulled closer by the black hole’s pull.

It had lived for over three thousand years. Unless absolutely necessary, it would never provoke humans.

Not out of fear.

But because they were troublesome.

The Human Race itself was not particularly strong, but with the aid of ’technology,’ they could unleash all sorts of incredible abilities.

Crucially, although the Human Race was rife with internal conflict, they were remarkably united against outsiders. Offending them meant a fight to the death.

A culprit responsible for wiping out a city would be marked by the Federation and hunted down relentlessly until they were dead.

Many a Holy King Beast had died at the hands of the Human Race for this very reason.

’The Human Race is growing stronger and stronger. In the past, it would take dozens of Martial Saints to confront a Holy King Beast, but now two can hold me in place. Given enough time, this world will inevitably fall back into the hands of the Human Race.’

’A pity...’

’The end is here. All living things will die!’

End this quickly!

An unusual Spiritual Light flared in its dark eyes, instantly locking onto Wang Chan, who was using the opportunity to draw closer.

Fear!

Madness!

...

A mental shockwave powerful enough to move mountains slammed into Wang Chan’s mind, churning it like a steel needle.

”BOOM!”

A Returning Ruins Bomb detonated beside the Nine Profound Spirit Deer, the massive shockwave causing its body to stagger uncontrollably.

Immediately after,

”BANG!”

”BANG BANG BANG!”

Shells struck one after another, the relentless barrage even tearing through its defenses.

Several chunks of its flesh were blasted away.

However, the Mecha didn’t carry many of these high-powered shells.

”WHOOSH...”

The cracked Qianjun Mecha braved the hurricane and charged forward, slamming its fists together.

”BOOM!”

”Die!”

”Die!”

”...”

The elderly Xie Zhongru roared, desperately wringing out every last bit of the Mecha’s power to unleash a frantic bombardment on the Nine Profound Spirit Deer.

”BOOM!”

”RUMBLE...”

The earth trembled, mountains collapsed, and the hurricane swept across hundreds of kilometers.

Amidst the rumbling, the kilometer-tall Mecha slowly toppled to the ground, and the Nine Profound Spirit Deer was also covered in wounds.

”Mecha...”

Gritting its fangs, it zipped onto the Mecha’s chest. The white tufts on its back acted like tentacles, grabbing the outer shell and yanking with immense force. The hardened alloy was ripped away and tossed aside.

Xie Zhongru, submerged in the Nutritional Pod, was revealed.

”Human!”

”WHAM...”

Before it could finish speaking, a blood-soaked figure flew in from the side, ramming into it and sending it flying half a kilometer away.

”It’s you?”

The Nine Profound Spirit Deer showed surprise:

”You were hit by my Soul-Stealing Demon Eye, and you’re not dead?”

Wang Chan’s body trembled, covered in blood, his eyes suffused with crimson. Hearing this, he grinned.

”Fear? It’s useless against me!”

He slowly raised his middle finger, waggling it slightly.

”You have no idea what I’ve been through. Among the Federation’s Martial Saints, my power is ranked outside the top hundred, but on the rankings for mental fortitude, I’m second. This means not even the mental abilities of a Holy King Beast can affect me.”

”Is that so?” The Nine Profound Spirit Deer flicked its white tufts and glanced at the two of them.

”Even so, do you really think you’ll make it back alive?”

It was injured, too.

And not lightly.

But it was in better shape than the two of them, and killing them was merely a matter of time.

Wang Chan’s heart sank, but he said nothing, merely raising his one remaining, uninjured arm.

”Bring it on!”

”BANG!”

The air vibrated as he fearlessly charged his opponent.

Xie Zhongru also leaped from the Nutritional Pod. With a look of grim determination, he drew a sharp sword capable of severing anything at the atomic level and charged forward.

”Kill!”

Facing the two charging men, a hint of disdain flashed in the Nine Profound Spirit Deer’s eyes. The white tufts on its back suddenly shot forward to stab them.

”SWOOSH!”

Just as the white tufts were about to pierce through their bodies, the space around them suddenly changed.

Wang Chan and Xie Zhongru’s vision blurred. When they reappeared, they were already several kilometers away.

Huh?

What happened?

The two were stunned for a moment, then they saw the space around the Nine Profound Spirit Deer suddenly fold inward on itself.

A strange device appeared beside it. At its center was a bomb filled with red liquid.

”That’s...”

Xie Zhongru’s eyebrow twitched:

”An Entropy Silence Bomb!”

”That’s right.” Wang Chan nodded with a grave expression:

”It’s an Entropy Silence Bomb.”

The Entropy Silence Bomb was the culmination of Federation technology, a device that pushed the weak nuclear force to its absolute limit.

If it detonated, the blast radius would extend for over a hundred kilometers. Within that area, the entropy of all things would skyrocket and atomic decay would accelerate. Anyone unable to escape in time, even a Martial Saint, would face certain death.

”I remember Funeng City only had one Entropy Silence Bomb,” Xie Zhongru said, rubbing his chin.

”In Boss Jiao’s hands?”

”Yes,” Wang Chan nodded.

”But now it should belong to that Mr. Zhu.”

”BOOM!”

As they spoke, a blinding light suddenly erupted before them, as if a scorching sun had materialized.

The Entropy Silence Bomb detonated beside the Nine Profound Spirit Deer.

Thanks to the Tier Three Array, none of the blast’s power escaped; it was all focused on the deer.

”ROAR!”

The roar pierced the sky and split the clouds.

Zhu Ju’s face turned pale. If it weren’t for the Twelve Celestial Star Array, he would have fled long ago.

’This creature... it’s actually this terrifying!’

’Watching Wang Chan and Xie Zhongru fight it, I could sense the Nine Profound Spirit Deer’s power, that it was an overwhelming foe.’

’But only now, up close, can I truly appreciate the terror of a Holy King Beast.’

’I was hoping to take advantage of the situation, but it seems I was overthinking things. Even a heavily injured Holy King Beast isn’t something I can handle in my current state.’

The mere explosion of the Entropy Silence Bomb and the Nine Profound Spirit Deer’s struggles had nearly destroyed the Tier Three Array.

’To kill it...’

’It’s next to impossible!’

As the thought crossed his mind, just as he was about to use the Array Power to fling the Nine Profound Spirit Deer away, Zhu Ju suddenly raised an eyebrow and looked up at the sky.

”SWOOSH!”

A streak of light appeared out of nowhere.

Like a twinkling star, a beam of light connecting heaven and earth suddenly materialized.

The beam of light ignored the barrier of the Twelve Celestial Star Array, striking the Nine Profound Spirit Deer and piercing straight through it.

”The Interstellar Orbital Cannon!”

Xie Zhongru’s expression relaxed:

”What luck!”

The Interstellar Orbital Cannon was known as the Federation’s greatest weapon, possessing the power to kill a Holy King Beast.

However, the Interstellar Orbital Cannon’s charging process was cumbersome, and once locked, it was difficult to change its trajectory on short notice. This made it difficult to inflict substantial damage on agile Exotic Beasts.

Unless.

Unless the target’s movements were restricted first.

Just now, Zhu Ju had trapped the Nine Profound Spirit Deer with the Twelve Celestial Star Array, and the beast was also affected by the Entropy Silence Bomb’s detonation. This succession of coincidences allowed the Interstellar Orbital Cannon to score a direct hit. Not a single one could have been missing, which was why Xie Zhongru had called it luck.

”Careful!”

Wang Chan, however, took a step forward and shouted loudly:

”It’s not completely dead yet!”

Hmm?

Zhu Ju snapped back to his senses. A faint smile touched his lips as twelve beams of starlight interwove in the sky, forming a net.

’I can’t let the natives of this world look down on me. I have a Killing Move of my own!’

”Celestial Star Pendant!”

”BOOM!”

A flash of light, no less brilliant than the detonation of the Entropy Silence Bomb, flared once more, causing Wang Chan and Xie Zhongru to instinctively shut their eyes.

When the smoke and dust cleared, the two of them slowly opened their eyes. The spot where the Nine Profound Spirit Deer had been was now completely empty.

”Where did he go?”

Xie Zhongru scanned the surroundings:

”Left?”

”That man is mysterious and secretive. I doubt he’s one of us,” Wang Chan said, shaking his head.

”If he’s avoiding us, then let it be.”

”Huh!”

His eyebrow twitched. He put a hand to his ear, and his expression darkened.

”Someone broke into the Wang Family warehouse and is trying to steal the Source Crystals inside. What audacity!”