Free Web NovelChapter 478: Chapter 478: If It Can Absorb, It’s a Good Baby; Otherworldly Flame?
The stone... it really was breached.
No, "breached" wasn’t the right word. That incredibly hard bluestone, like a piece of rotted wood desiccated for eons, instantly turned into a cloud of swirling dust the moment the ice crystal fell. Not even a speck was left.
Beneath the Meridian Gate, the once-raucous crowd fell into an eerie, deathly silence.
What had they just witnessed?
That bluestone, the one that even an Emperor Realm professor from Jing University had studied all day to no avail, had just... shattered?
Dripping water... really can wear away stone.
This wasn’t scientific!
And it defied all Martial Arts!
It completely transcended their understanding of power and Laws! freēwēbnovel.com
In the crowd, the few guys who had been laughing and joking just moments ago, even taking bets on the outcome, were now dumbstruck. Their terminals had slipped from their hands and fallen to the ground, completely unnoticed.
’How is this possible...’
’She actually succeeded?’
’She really broke the barrier set by the Xuanyuan Family?’
’And from the time she started trying to her success, had it even been five minutes?’
’Damn it, this has to be rigged by some corporation, right?’
...
Among the crowd, after a brief moment of stunned silence, the students of Jing University erupted in earth-shattering cheers.
"Holy shit! It’s broken! Sister Gu really did it!"
"I knew it! I knew it! This is what Jing University is all about! First place in the Global Martial Dao Tournament—you think that’s a joke?!"
"So badass! This is a straight-up miracle! A huge slap in the face to all those people who looked down on Jing University!"
Their voices were filled with excitement and the cathartic joy of vindication.
For the past ten days, Jing University had endured too much criticism and ridicule. They had all been holding in a simmering rage, and now, that rage finally had an outlet.
’Sister Gu Yuexi, bring glory to Jing University!’
Not far away, the mocking sneer on Qin Wudao’s face froze, replaced by a look of profound shock.
But soon, that shock sharpened into a keen glint in his eyes.
’Heh, just as I thought.’
He sneered inwardly.
’You really do possess an understanding of Laws that far exceeds your current realm, just as I suspected. Otherwise, how could you possibly have broken the Xuanyuan Family’s methods?’
’You and I are the same kind of person!’
’Now, things are getting more and more interesting.’
Just as the crowd was still reeling from the shock, a student suddenly pointed to the cages on the city tower and raised a question.
"Wait a minute! The ’Dripping Water Wears Away Stone’ challenge has been beaten, so why hasn’t Senior Sister Luo Qingyu been released yet?" fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm
"I don’t know... Does this mean both barriers have to be broken before Senior Shen and Senior Sister Luo can be freed together?"
"Then we’re screwed! Look at the other side, the Divine Mosquito is still frozen in ice, not moving at all!"
"Doesn’t that mean all of Sister Gu’s hard work was for nothing?"
The hearts of the Jing University students, who had just been cheering wildly, sank once again.
...
「In a private room of a teahouse not far from the Meridian Gate.」
Xuanyuan Qing was elegantly holding a cup of fragrant tea, watching the scene displayed on an ancient bronze mirror before him.
When he heard Gu Yuexi say, "The methods of the Xuanyuan Family are nothing special," a disdainful sneer curled his lips.
’Truly, the ignorant know no fear.’
’These so-called prodigies outside, every one of them arrogant, have no idea how high the heavens are or how deep the earth is.’
’This is a Law Barrier personally set by Old Man Zhao. How could you possibly...’
Before the thought could even finish, he saw the scene in the bronze mirror: the bluestone turning to dust.
The smile on his face froze instantly.
His calm, superior demeanor vanished without a trace.
’How is this possible!’
A monstrous wave crashed through his mind. ’This is impossible!’
’This barrier was set by Old Man Zhao himself!’
’And who is Old Man Zhao?’
’He is the old steward who has served the Xuanyuan Family his entire life. Though a servant in name, his status within the Xuanyuan Family is anything but ordinary.’
’Old Man Zhao’s power was immense. While he’d never managed to take that final step into the legendary Emperor Realm, he had already reached the Peak of the Emperor Realm before he was even thirty. He has been at that level for decades, and his understanding and application of the Laws have long since reached a state of perfection.’
’One could say he is the number one person below the Emperor Realm, just a single step and a bit of luck away from truly reaching it.’
’A Law Barrier set by his own hands should be impossible to break unless a true Emperor Realm expert were to intervene!’
’This Gu Yuexi... just how did she do it?’
For the first time, Xuanyuan Qing, who had always been full of confidence and looked down on the heroes of the world as if they were nothing, began to doubt his own judgment.
He took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the turmoil in his heart, and turned his gaze to another scene in the bronze mirror.
’Hmph. So what if you got lucky and broke one of them?’
He snorted and muttered to himself.
"If you can’t solve the other one, it’s all useless anyway."
"Besides, the other one is far more difficult than this!"
"That cluster of violet-black candle flame is a wisp of strange fire that Old Man Zhao brought back from a deadly Secret Realm, a place he barely escaped from with his life, sustaining heavy injuries in the process."
"To gain control of this wisp of strange fire, Old Man Zhao went into seclusion for several years, and even now, he has yet to completely succeed in Taming it."
"And that damn mosquito actually dared to touch it? It’s practically courting death!"
Xuanyuan Qing himself had once felt the aura of that strange fire from a distance. The chill it gave off wasn’t something that simply froze the body; it felt as if it could freeze a person’s very soul into shards of ice!
’Just wait. It won’t be long before that mosquito’s soul is frozen and scattered, leaving it deader than dead!’
...
「Beneath the Meridian Gate.」
Gu Yuexi had broken one of the barriers, but she felt no joy.
Her expression was calm as she turned her head to look at Chu Sheng, still frozen in mid-air on the other side. Her lovely brow furrowed once more.
Although she could sense through their soul’s Blood Covenant that Chu Sheng was in no mortal danger, the strange chill still made her feel a little uneasy.
She took a step and slowly walked over.
When she reached the cluster of violet-black flame and felt it carefully, a grave expression appeared on her cold face.
「Meanwhile, one minute earlier.」
「In Chu Sheng’s mind.」
[Ding! Mysterious otherworldly flame discovered. Detecting a small amount of a peculiar Law of Fire. Analyzing and attempting to absorb...]
’The hell?’
Hearing the system’s notification, Chu Sheng’s mosquito eyes went wide.
’Otherworldly flame?’
’What does that mean? Don’t tell me this fire is a transmigrator, just like me?’
’No, that’s not right. It must be a wisp of flame that fell into this world from some other world for some unknown reason.’
’Awesome! To think I’d stumble upon a one-in-a-million treasure like this!’
’I’ve struck it rich! I’ve really struck it rich this time!’
’System! Hurry! Put your back into it! We have to suck this thing dry today!’
As if hearing his innermost thoughts, the system’s voice rang out once more:
[Analysis successful. Beginning absorption of special Law of Fire...]
[Ding! Fire Realm Comprehension +3000!]
[Ding! Fire Realm Comprehension +3000!]
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