Free Web NovelChapter 353: Chapter 55: I Am Friendly and Peaceful, Eager to Communicate
However, at that very moment, as if sensing Su Zhou’s aura, an incredibly swift Spirit Shadow suddenly shot out from the eye sockets of the distant Dragon Bone!
It was a Flood Dragon, one over twenty meters long whose twin horns had not yet fully grown. If its Dragon Horns were to finish growing, it would possess the body of a True Dragon. With just one more breakthrough and comprehension of its Lifebound Divine Techniques, it could reach the Commander Tier and become a regional Demon King.
In the deep sea, it let out a long, furious roar, then charged at the exploration team that had disturbed its state of cultivation. Immediately, inside every submersible, the Transcendents, who were already geared up and ready, all prepared to exit at once, ready to fight it.
This was also part of the plan. The humans would unleash their most practiced Divine Techniques, using their superior numbers to suppress this Sea Flood Dragon that was on the verge of transforming into a dragon.
But Su Zhou made a hand gesture, signaling the exploration team not to be in such a hurry.
Then, he reached out his hand toward the Flood Dragon, which was moving at nearly a hundred meters per second even in the sea, and made a "halt" gesture.
When the "Legacy of the Ancient Wasteland" program was airing, the upper echelons of Zhengguo—especially the relevant Holy Seats who had the time—were almost all watching the live broadcast.
They watched as Su Zhou exited his submersible, communicated with the numerous Sea Beasts, and was flanked by them in deference, just like a true Dragon King.
The one-eyed Military Saint let out a breath, and it was hard to tell if he was sighing or laughing. "His strength has improved again since the South Sea incident. Even the Sea Beasts close to him are rising through the Tiers quickly."
"Indeed." The Math Saint, who had recently witnessed Su Zhou in action in the Kunlun Secret Realm, also nodded slightly. With a voice full of emotion, the peaceful, middle-aged man said, "It’s only been two months, and it seems he’s condensed two more Extraordinary Organs... How long does it take you all to stabilize your internal Spiritual Qi Circulation after forming a brand-new Extraordinary Organ?"
"Three months, at a minimum," the Artisan Saint replied. The Holy Seats were communicating through the Artifice Sage’s platform. "I’m considered a genius myself, but he’s at least three times more of a genius than I am... Okay, more than that. I do have some self-awareness."
At this, the Literary Saint frowned slightly. "Do you think it’s possible that Su Zhou is a ’Favored’ of the ’Ancient Venerable Masters’ that are cryptically mentioned in the Immortal God Scriptures?"
In the Classics left behind by ancient Immortal Gods across the globe, strange narratives and terms frequently appear. They are called ’Destiny,’ ’Celestial Dao,’ ’Force Majeure,’ and ’the Torrent.’ Even the most powerful Immortal Gods were occasionally troubled by these entities, sometimes even perishing because of them.
The Immortal Gods speculated that there was a higher, greater existence that transcended the world. Although the power of this existence was formless, it could influence countless worlds. Their power often projected itself into the All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds to carry out all sorts of secret objectives and plans.
They called this existence the ’Ancient Venerable Master’ or the ’Great Will’. The Order Array was constructed precisely to guard against the projections of the Ancient Venerable Masters. Based on current observations, such projections—which appear inexplicably as if from other worlds—do indeed exist. And the Spirit Summoning Association itself is a dangerous Mysterious Organization that attempts to contact these Ancient Venerable Masters.
The Literary Saint’s suspicion was not without reason. Su Zhou’s rate of advancement had clearly surpassed the bounds of what was reasonable, exceeding the scope of genius or even Monster. There seemed to be no logic whatsoever to the speed of his power growth. To use an analogy: if other people’s sudden power-ups were like taking stimulants that show up in a drug test, then Su Zhou’s power-up was like his drug test finding no urine at all—only stimulants.
And this situation was very similar to the phenomenon of an Ancient Venerable Master’s projection landing on a creature, causing it to suddenly grow stronger and become part of a Clan.
"It’s possible." This time, it was the Daoist Saint who answered. The middle-aged Daoist, whose hair had returned to black, smiled. "But so what if he is? After all, we know nothing. Even the Immortal Gods didn’t know if the Ancient Venerable Masters truly existed, and if They did, what Their purpose was."
"Judging only from the data we can collect now, at least Su Zhou hasn’t changed because of his explosive increase in strength."
As he said this, the Daoist Saint, who was also from Hongzhou, forwarded the information on Su Zhou that he had recently collected to the Artifice Sage, who then sent it to everyone.
"My team has collected all data related to Su Zhou."
"He was a child who looked forward to the Extraordinary from a young age. It’s said he was born with the ability to see Ghosts and even developed a personality passionate about Kaidan and Anomalies, loving to explore and seek them out."
"Do you understand? Even when no one around him believed and he himself had never truly encountered the Extraordinary, he held an unwavering belief... he persisted. This Strong Conviction is, in itself, a catalyst. If he had harbored even the slightest shred of doubt, it would have been absolutely impossible for him to forcibly stimulate his bloodline to a successful Awakening in an era before the return of Spiritual Qi."
"And what’s more, from start to finish, he never resorted to any extreme measures." As he said this, the Daoist Saint couldn’t help but look at Su Zhou, who was currently communicating with a Giant Whale. He murmured, "Truly natural-born Transcendents exist in this world. Su Zhou is one of them. Even without a lineage, he can use his own Talent, bit by bit, to discover his own path—just like the Elder Sages of the ancient era who established the very cornerstones of our Human Race’s Spirit Techniques."
Even the Military Saint nodded slightly, as he understood the immense difficulty well. "For people like that, an era devoid of Spiritual Qi is a boring, empty Hell with no Miracles. If they become even slightly radicalized, they turn aggressive and dangerous, willing to attempt all sorts of cruel rituals and bargains just to obtain the power they desire. This is especially true for those of the Mimic Dao. Because they possess Demon Blood and have no one to guide them, they can easily go down a radical, bestial path and devour living people."
