Chapter 300: Chasing... Chasing Over Here!
“A jet of flame suddenly appeared beneath that man’s feet.”
“It seems he was pushed away by the flames…”
Lu Qingyang looked down at his own legs and realized he had no way to breathe fire either.
“This…”
Lu Qingyang fell into a dilemma.
He tried with all his might to make his feet spout flames.
Yet he simply could not do it.
After several attempts, Lu Qingyang grew inexplicably irritated.
But who would have thought that as soon as he became irritated, a certain power within his body—one he could neither explain nor describe—suddenly surged!
In the next instant, Lu Qingyang’s whole body trembled.
A wisp of flame burst from the tip of his foot, transforming into two fire dragons that coiled around his feet and waist!
The temperature of the air around him climbed to its peak in an instant!
The entire small island was almost immediately scorched by that searing heat until it cracked, then collapsed, with rubble falling into the sea.
Lu Qingyang seemed to be startled by his own sudden eruption of power as well, and hurriedly controlled that force to disperse.
“So powerful!”
Lu Qingyang was shaken.
What shook him was not merely that he could unleash such ferocious power.
What shook him even more was that he seemed to have been born with the ability to control this kind of power.
This power was as if it were innate.
Lu Qingyang thought for a moment, then extended his index finger and pointed at the void.
Instantly, a ball of blazing flame appeared out of thin air in the void.
“Whoosh!”
The flames flickered, illuminating the side of Lu Qingyang’s face, accentuating his incomparably handsome features until he resembled a deity.
But as time passed, his brow furrowed tightly, making him appear exceptionally cold and stern.
He always felt that his power was very likely far greater than this.
Yet he could not remember anything about himself.
This made him irritable, and the fire dragons beneath his feet blazed even brighter.
The seawater in this stretch of ocean seemed to boil at this moment.
But soon, Lu Qingyang let it go.
He was meant to seek the truth anyway!
Since he knew nothing, then next, he only needed to keep moving forward.
He had to find the self he had lost!
Thinking this, the fire dragons beneath Lu Qingyang’s feet suddenly erupted!
He was like a Great Sun as he sped toward the direction Li Zhao had vanished.
And on the other side.
Li Zhao was flying desperately, his face pale.
The more he thought about what had just happened, the more bizarre it seemed.
There was only a lone sea reef in that stretch of ocean.
A mortal, without a Battle-Suit Puppet Armor, could not possibly stay there.
Never mind how bizarre the other party’s origins were.
Just that power alone was absolutely not simple—one could even call it terrifying!
“Could that be the legendary cultivator’s might?”
“If so, then that person is definitely no ordinary cultivator.”
“My Type II Puppet Armor battle suit, though it hasn’t been loaded with Hyper-Isolation Pressure Spirit Material, but…”
“According to the battle suit’s characteristics, even the pressure of a Foundation Establishment or even True Monarch cultivator cannot penetrate the armor and deal me substantive harm, unless—”
As he thought, Li Zhao’s pupils constricted. “Unless he’s a Nascent Soul stage old monster!”
A Nascent Soul old monster!
Even in today’s world where Puppet Armor reigns supreme, they were existences not to be underestimated.
Among cultivators, they were extremely rare figures!
After all, although the Puppet Armor Spirit Technology of the Chaotian Realm was currently extremely advanced—
Ordinary mortals undergoing Puppet Armor modification and spiritual-energy body enhancement could live to around three hundred years old.
But these legendary Nascent Soul cultivators could genuinely live for a thousand years!
That was why there was the saying, Nascent Soul makes an Ancestor.
“Nascent Soul… Ancestor!”
“Could it be that this person truly is an Ancestor-level old monster?”
A chill ran through Li Zhao’s heart.
If so, he really had escaped death today!
Judging by that state, that Ancestor must have cultivated something wrong.
Otherwise, how could he have been in that kind of state?
And fortunately, he had reacted in time and run fast.
Otherwise, he would already have become a cold corpse, wouldn’t he?
Thinking this, Li Zhao relaxed a great deal.
He drew a deep breath and continued on his way.
After flying for a while longer, an island shaped like a sea turtle appeared before his eyes.
Artisan Island.
It was the place where he had settled down and made his living.
On this island was a great city.
Within it were ten million mortals.
He had taught for many years, toiling away, before saving up money and grain to buy a residence in this city.
“Whoosh!”
Looking at the island so close at hand, Li Zhao let out a long breath of relief.
Finally, home.
He drew a deep breath again, his steps light as he stepped onto the shore.
There were still quite a few fishermen at the shore piloting spiritual-energy fishing boats to fish.
As Li Zhao put away his Puppet Armor, he nodded in greeting to these fishermen from time to time.
But just as he was about to stride forward—
He saw the many fishermen at the shore all raise their heads, pointing at the sky behind him, chattering and clamoring about something.
The expressions on their faces were even extremely exaggerated, as if they had seen something utterly terrifying!
“Hm…”
Li Zhao froze.
He turned around in confusion.
Wanting to see what was behind him.
The moment he turned around—
His pupils instantly constricted!
Behind him, in what had originally been a deep blue sky, a massive red sun had appeared.
And this red sun was still hurtling toward his direction at extreme speed!
Within it, a figure seemed faintly visible.
That figure was like a blazing sun, its light so dazzling it made one unable to open their eyes and look directly at it.
“Th-this, this…”
Li Zhao was stunned.
Although this menacing sun was extremely blinding—
He could still make out an extremely familiar figure within it.
It seemed to be a blue robe.
That was right, it was the very same blue robe he had seen just a quarter-hour ago!
“That Ancestor is chasing… chasing over here…”
Li Zhao’s mind was a mush. This was the only thought in his heart at this moment.
And as this sun drew closer—
The Human Race city in the distance seemed to have detected this terrifying pressure as well.
In that moment, piercing alarm sirens rang throughout the entire city!
“Beep! Warning!”
“Warning! Warning! Spiritual-energy observation has detected high-tier spiritual power leakage!”
“A high-tier cultivator is suspected to be approaching!”
“Danger! Danger!”
“Please immediately activate the city’s spiritual-energy protection!”
The entire city erupted in an instant!
City Lord’s Manor!
“What!”
“A high-tier cultivator has actually appeared!”
Within the City Lord’s Manor, an old man with graying hair and beard suddenly stood up.
A sharp light burst from his murky eyes!
“Damn it!”
“Where did this high-tier cultivator drill out from!”
“Didn’t they say the Dao is obscure and high-tier cultivators rarely emerge into the world?!”
“Where did this King of Hell drill out from!”
“Hurry! Activate the spiritual-energy protection immediately! Have the Puppet Armor Guard prepare!”
“Activate the defense systems!”
“Boom!”
In an instant, the city’s protection system was triggered!
A silvery-white spiritual-energy metal light membrane instantly enveloped the entire city!
At the same time, the whole city lit up with dazzling radiance!
“Clank, clank…”
Countless steel mechanical components sprang up from the ground.
A Puppet Armor Guard over ten units strong, each a thousand meters tall and forged entirely of black iron, slowly emerged.
“Beep! Spiritual-energy protection activated.”
“Protection level: 6. Impact countdown, beginning now!”
“Ten… Nine… Eight…”
“Beep! Suspected to exceed protection level. Detected spiritual power leakage suspected: Tier 9!”
“Warning! Please evacuate immediately!”
“Warning! Please evacuate immediately!”
“Warning! Predicted impact result: Destruction!”