Eternal Life from the Golden Needle Technique

Chapter 555: Chapter 78: Making a Move

’So that’s how it is...’

In an inconspicuous corner,

the faint white light in Shen Changchuan’s eyes faded, and a look of realization dawned on his face.

He had more or less figured out the methods of that Celestial Demon Sect’s Candidate Saintess!

She hadn’t actually mastered the Power of Space, nor had she truly comprehended this authority that was rumored to be attainable only by those in the Profound Pill Realm.

She was more or less like him, relying on external means to gain limited control over this power.

’That Jade Bracelet is probably something like the Void Escape Gu... No, the Void Escape Gu is, to some extent, a strange living creature. The bracelet in her hand should be something akin to a Spiritual Artifact.’

’Her ability to travel through space relies on the Spatial Power of that Jade Bracelet!’

’And her Body Technique must be a complementary technique that works with the bracelet. That’s how she can traverse space so easily and reap the lives of those prodigies from the Outer Realm!’

Shen Changchuan couldn’t help but let out a long sigh of relief.

Just a moment ago,

he had clearly witnessed everything—how she had reaped the lives of the Outer Realm prodigies and evaded the volleys of attacks from the Divine Travel Realm experts.

Because of this, by relying on his Perfection Level True Seeing Eyes Technique, he had managed to spy on and discern nearly every detail about her, completely seeing through her methods!

This couldn’t help but put Shen Changchuan’s heart at ease.

That Candidate Saintess of the Celestial Demon Sect... her strength wasn’t as terrifying as he had imagined!

Before he understood her methods, he might have found the Celestial Demon Sect’s Candidate Saintess terrifyingly powerful, practically invincible.

But now, having seen the true nature of her abilities, he was no longer so worried or afraid.

’That makes sense. If she had truly comprehended and completely mastered the Power of Space, then by the same logic, she could have easily integrated it into her Magic to form killing moves like a Spatial Slash.’

’An attack that involves the dimension of space would be fast enough to cross any distance in an instant, arriving almost immediately. It would be more than enough to kill everyone present in a single blow.’

’So why would she need to go through the time-consuming and laborious effort of teleporting behind her enemies to kill them?’

’It must be because she’s merely borrowing an external power, not because she has truly mastered it.’

Understanding her methods, Shen Changchuan undoubtedly breathed a sigh of relief.

It was like the difference between external aids like armor and weapons, and a person who has trained their own body to be as strong as steel, turning it into a living weapon. The two were completely different concepts.

The former is powerful against an unarmed person,

but the latter is unquestionably more terrifying!

Before seeing through the black-skirted girl’s techniques, Shen Changchuan had subconsciously assumed she was the latter. That was why he felt such immense apprehension toward her and others on her level, like the Immortal Sect Daoists.

’That bracelet... a Spiritual Artifact or some other treasure that grants Space Manipulation Power...’

Shen Changchuan’s gaze fell on the silver bracelet revealed on the black-skirted girl’s wrist.

He couldn’t help but think of his master, Master Wandering Dragon’s, flying ship.

That ship could travel directly through space, easily crossing hundreds of millions of miles!

This must be something similar, but he had no idea where it came from.

’If it’s just the help of an external power, then that’s good.’

’At least the gap between them and me isn’t as wide as I imagined!’

’When the time comes for the Immortal Sect Grand Tournament, the situation won’t be as dire as I thought!’

Having confirmed that the source of the black-skirted girl’s Spatial Power was the silver bracelet on her wrist, Shen Changchuan was undoubtedly much more relieved.

Before, when he couldn’t understand the Candidate Saintess’s methods and thought she had mastered the Power of Space, he had assumed that others on her level had also mastered Spatial Power. This led him to believe he had been too arrogant and that there was an insurmountable gap between his own strength and that of the peerless Demons from the top-tier Immortal Sects and major powers.

But now that he understood the foundation of her power, she no longer seemed so terrifying.

A weight was lifted from his chest.

’Perhaps I could also try to learn from her method and develop a Body Technique that works with my Void Escape Gu to unleash its power?’

’If I could travel through space as easily as she does, my strength would undoubtedly skyrocket once more!’

Shen Changchuan’s eyes narrowed slightly. While he felt a sense of relief, this thought couldn’t help but surface in his mind.

If he could truly develop such a Body Technique and use it with the Void Escape Gu to achieve the same effect as her,

he couldn’t say for sure about other things,

but in terms of strength,

Shen Changchuan was confident he could increase his power by thirty to fifty percent!

For him,

this would be a massive boost!

However, all of that could wait.

Right now,

he needed to deal with the enemy first!

Shen Changchuan reined in his thoughts and began to think of a way to deal with the black-skirted girl.

Not only were their stances inherently opposed, but she had also clearly come to hunt them all down and exterminate them.

And he, Shen Changchuan, was one of her targets.

If he didn’t want to die,

he would have to face her eventually.

However,

even though he had seen through her tricks and understood the source of her power,

still,

the black-skirted girl was not going to be easy to deal with!

By using that Magical Treasure, combined with a Body Technique that was clearly of a high rank,

her speed was no different from Instant Teleportation—and continuous Instant Teleportation at that!

With the help of the silver bracelet,

she could even evade the targeting locks of Divine Travel Realm Level attacks.

With such power,

ordinary methods

were completely useless against her!

’How should I deal with her?’

Shen Changchuan was lost in thought.

...

At that same moment, the black-skirted girl, now completely free of worries, began her ”slaughter” of the prodigies from the various realms.

As her figure flickered in and out of existence,

bursts of blood-red light erupted one after another, and bodies fell continuously.

Bai Yusheng, Prince Nangong, and the others used every trick they had to resist, throwing out one last-resort, life-saving trump card after another.

But she dodged them all, one by one, using the silver bracelet with its Space Manipulation Power!

The few who remained began to fall into despair.

Some of the prodigies fled in all directions, desperately striking the curtain of light that enveloped the world,

but it was completely useless.

Not only did they fail to create the slightest ripple on the light curtain,

but they were also reaped by the figure that appeared behind them in a flash!

Very quickly,

of the Outer Realm prodigies originally gathered here,

more than seventy percent were dead!

The survivors were either desperately defending themselves with their trump cards to stay alive or had scattered to hide in the surroundings.

But in everyone’s hearts,

there was only complete and utter despair!

Because they knew,

at this rate,

they wouldn’t last much longer!

And at that very moment,

Shen Changchuan, who had been hiding in the shadows all this time, made his move!