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Reversal of Spiritual Energy: Chapter 244 Reversal of Spiritual Energy (14)
This was almost despairing. The attack, which was truly like a "heavenly tribulation," instantly drained the nearly inexhaustible spiritual energy from the Water Spirit Orb. However, it also indirectly showed that the spiritual energy inside the Five Spirit Orbs was not eternally inexhaustible; it was just that the user was too weak. But for "Murong Tianhe," who was now an incarnation of the fragment of the main god, there was obviously no such concern.
"The Five Elements - Heavy Water Calamity!"
Heavy water, falling from the clouds formed by water-elemental spiritual energy, crashed down in a deluge. Even before it touched the ground, the storm and sharp sounds it created had already engulfed a vast area around Linjiang. At this moment, the screams of living beings and the sounds of trees breaking and the earth cracking were all insignificant. Only the "calamity" and the "one who is destined to face it" were the sole focus.
Facing the "raindrops" overhead, each capable of severely injuring him, Lin Yi silently opened his left eye. What was reflected in it was neither the azure Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, nor the red and green Mystic Eyes of Distortion, nor the brilliant golden light unique to the Gate of Babylon, but a more eerie blackish-gray.
Almost as soon as his gaze fell upon the "heavy water" overhead, "Murong Tianhe," located behind the heavy water tribulation clouds, revealed a look of surprise.
"Petrification?"
——Petrified Magic Eye.
It is also a type of magic from the Tenth World, but this magic is usually not mastered by magicians. Instead, it is a special ability possessed by Medusa in mythology, whose only function is to turn anything she looks at into stone.
However, just like the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception and the Mystic Eyes of Distortion, the Mystic Eyes of Petrification also has huge limitations. The limitation of "continuous gaze" alone is enough for Lin Yi to abandon it. But now, when faced with "raindrops" falling from the sky with an almost straight trajectory and accelerating at a constant speed, it is perfect.
As the dark gray light in his left eye spread, the raindrops falling directly above the area began to solidify. After being covered by a stone barrier, they could no longer draw in the water-attribute spiritual energy escaping from the atmosphere. The 129,600-pound "raindrops" only carried the weight of a small stone when they fell to the ground.
However, the coverage area of a single petrifying eye is still limited...
"Boom boom boom——————————————"
Like an unprecedented magnitude 10 earthquake, countless "raindrops" carrying a mass of 129,600 kilograms fell from a height of 2,000 meters, bringing unimaginable disaster to this land. Even the land beneath our feet, which was not directly "bombed," began to crack and collapse due to the ripples. The damage to those areas that were directly "bombed" was unimaginable.
The terrifying tremors and explosions traveled more than 30 kilometers, causing a local earthquake of nearly magnitude 7 within a 50-mile radius. The dust kicked up by the "bombing" even swirled into a column of smoke nearly 1,000 meters high, blowing towards this place in the horrified gazes of countless people in neighboring cities...
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Ceremony for the opening of the cross-river bridge in H City.
"Today, the cross-river bridge in our city, which began construction thirteen years ago, is officially completed and put into use. We are honored to have the mayor of H City here to deliver a congratulatory speech for this opening ceremony."
Amidst enthusiastic applause, a beaming mayor took the microphone from the host and stood on the stage erected in the middle of the bridge. Facing the numerous cameras and reporters, he felt triumphant, having reached the pinnacle of his life: "To be able to stand here today, I first want to thank the workers for their hard work..."
Just as the mayor was giving a long speech on stage, Song San, who was basking in the sun below, couldn't stand it anymore. While wiping the sweat from his forehead, he unconsciously turned the camera slightly away from the mayor. When he noticed this, he quickly tried to adjust it back. Just then, he suddenly noticed an anomaly in the camera's field of view.
Patting his collaborator on the shoulder, Song San's gaze remained fixed on that direction: "Hey, is there any air force or anything to perform at this year's ceremony?"
"Huh? Are you out of your mind from the sun? A simple greeting ceremony requires an air force performance?"
Ignoring the sneers of his collaborators, Song San simply backed away slowly, his gaze still fixed on the camera.
Noticing his unusual behavior, the staff quickly approached: "Sir, please don't do anything to make things difficult for us..."
"run……"
"run?"
"(II) Age 7, Wu Lin Jiu Shan Liao IXTM, run fast!"
As soon as the words were spoken, accompanied by a sharp, tearing sound, one side of the cross-river bridge was severed in full view of everyone. The broken bridge body and steel cables roared overhead. The project, which had taken thirteen years to complete, began to collapse amidst people's screams... This was only the beginning.
As Song San desperately squeezed into the crowd trying to escape to the other side, the temperature of the surrounding air began to rise at an unimaginable speed, accompanied by a strange tone from below.
At that moment, he caught a glimpse of the area where the "unidentified object" had fallen from the riverbed. In the center, exposed by the impact, a crimson sphere with a diameter of over three meters was expanding rapidly at a visible speed. The surrounding surging river water was evaporated by the intense heat before it could even get close, and the resulting high-temperature steam crashed into the people trying to escape.
Amidst the ear-piercing hissing sound, Song San watched in horror as those at the front struggled and collapsed, their bodies covered in blisters. The luckier ones were pushed off the bridge, their fates unknown.
"Retreat, retreat—retreat! Quickly!"
Those who witnessed such a horrific scene lost their ability to judge and blindly followed those who were equally blind. Some jumped off the bridge, which was dozens of meters high, some hid in corners trembling and crying, and some tried to jump over the five-meter gap between the two sides to escape to safety. But in the end, it was a loud explosion from the sky that resolved everything.
"Phase One of Increase - Impact!"
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The violent force that squeezed the atmospheric vortex accurately smashed the still-forming "Cataclysm of Fire" hundreds of meters away. The aftershocks of the flames spread out and forcibly "cut off" the river that had been flowing for thousands of years for several seconds. Only after the subsequent onslaught of the river water did it cover the scorched riverbed underneath again.
Looking down at "Murong Tianhe" standing above the river, Lin Yi expressionlessly gripped the Demon-Suppressing Sword that floated silently at his waist.
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City B, Supreme Command Center.
"...They started from City C and arrived at Linjiang Lake Scenic Area in City Z within ten minutes, causing devastating damage to the scenic area and surrounding area. After that, they chased each other along the provincial highway all the way to City H, where a battle lasting two minutes and seventeen seconds broke out on the cross-river bridge, resulting in the complete destruction of the newly built bridge and some damage to residents and property on both sides. Afterwards, they continued to chase each other southeast along the national highway..."
"Immediately dispatch fighter jets to intercept them; we must not let them enter the city!"
"The Central Military Region's duty troops departed thirteen minutes ago and have just arrived over Z City. We have urgently notified the Southern Military Region. Currently, three formations of fighter jets are heading towards the national highway, but we cannot guarantee that we will be able to intercept the target."
"why?"
"Their targets are too small, and..."
He hesitated for a moment, glancing at the gloomy-faced general in front of him, before finally steeling himself and saying, "They're too fast."
"..."
"..."
The vast command center fell into a deathly silence.
—Could there be a living creature that can travel faster than the fighter jets that humans are so proud of?
Such a statement was already a joke when the first airplane was invented, not to mention that modern fighter jets all use vector engines that are far more advanced. Yet this creation, which embodies the revolutionary achievements of all human civilization and technology, has lost again today, losing to two "humans".
"...Calculate how much damage they would cause if they broke into coastal cities."
As the Tianhe-10 supercomputer operated with subtle noise, a result that no one could accept was presented on it.
All that words and data could not express was revealed in the final, catastrophic map, which resembled a scene from a tectonic upheaval.
Centered on the city, nearly half of the land along the entire coastal area was razed to the ground by the floods, and secondary disasters such as tsunamis, earthquakes, and plagues occurred one after another.
Slumped into a chair, the general stared blankly at the ceiling, numbly awaiting his fate.
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"Fellow Daoist Lin, are you familiar with the concept of Heavenly Tribulation?"
The top floor of the skyscraper shopping mall in downtown S.
"Cultivators progress from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment, from Foundation Establishment to Golden Core, from Golden Core to True Person, and then to the mortal limit of Tribulation Transcending. If they successfully transcend the tribulation, they will be listed among the immortals and become immortals; if they fail to transcend the tribulation, they will be digested into ashes. Among these, what they are transcending is the Heavenly Tribulation."
Glancing at Xihe and Wangshu, who were stuck upside down on the ground next to "Murong Tianhe," Lin Yi abandoned his attack and instead began the conversation with a question about how to deal with them: "And then?"
"Hehe, Fellow Daoist Lin, don't be anxious... Now that you know about the tribulation of cultivators, have you ever heard of the tribulation of the world?"
"I'm listening now."
Upon hearing this, Murong Tianhe's face showed an unexpected expression: "The tribulation of cultivators is called the Heavenly Tribulation. If one passes through it, one becomes an immortal. The tribulation of the world is called the Dao Tribulation. If one passes through it, one can evolve the three realms—the Underworld, the Human Realm, and the God Realm."
Connecting the "Five Elements Heavy Water Calamity" and the "Five Elements Separation Fire Calamity" that he had just encountered, Lin Yi suddenly had an ominous premonition.
"The calamity of this world refers to the Five Elements Calamity."
As he spoke, Murong Tianhe took out the third Earth Spirit Pearl in his hand, which shimmered with spiritual light: "In the world of Shenzhou, I am the Lord of the Realm, wielding the power of heavenly tribulations. In Fellow Daoist Lin's world, I should be the Lord of Tribulations, wielding the power of this tribulation—the function of opening up the Three Realms!"
"In that case, fellow Daoist, please accept this third tribulation—"
A vast and majestic sound emanated from the top floor of the skyscraper shopping mall, spreading outwards in all directions.
"The Five Elements - Earthquake of Zhen!"
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As one of the normal forms of internal energy release on this planet, earthquakes are familiar to everyone living on the ground. However, this "earthquake" that struck S City was destined to be different - it was not from the inside out, but from the outside in.
On the lower level of the skyscraper shopping mall, a couple was shopping and selecting things they liked when a sudden tremor caught them off guard and caused them to fall. When they got up, still shaken, the scene before them left them speechless.
……
Floating island.
A beautiful and fantastical existence, yet the omnipresent force of gravity in reality makes this fantasy impossible to see. Only by bringing it to life with an equally "fantasy" force can such a breathtaking scene be created...
Standing atop this skyscraper, completely detached from the earth and suspended in mid-air, one sees the wreckage of others similarly "abandoned" by gravity, and looks down at the land receding into the distance. All that remains is a massive void with a diameter of over ten kilometers, and at the center of that void stands a "monk" atop the only tower that hasn't "derailed."
Lin Yi caught a word from his lip movements.
—All things return to one
In an instant, all the floating debris and clods of earth froze, and what Lin Yi's contracting pupils reflected was a massive magnetic field centered on itself. This magnetic field dragged and pulled all unattached objects, indiscriminately squeezing them towards its location—
"boom------"
Looking up at the solid earthen sphere with a diameter of more than one kilometer above his head, "Murong Tianhe" revealed a satisfied smile. He casually tossed aside the now dull Earth Spirit Orb and took out the fourth Thunder Spirit Orb, which was flashing with lightning, and pointed it at the sky above his head.
"Five Elements - Night Thunder Tribulation!"
Under a clear sky, a thunderbolt crashed down, stealing away all light except for its scorching glow. Millions of tons of earth and rock were pulverized by the thunderbolt, hurled into the scorching earth's crust and crashing down, bringing a terrifying secondary disaster to the panicked city below.
"Heaven and earth are ruthless; they treat all things like straw dogs. The Five Elements—"
In his hand, the last spirit pearl, swirling with a gentle breeze, slowly floated up. Wisps of energy began to gather and converge around it—growing wildly until finally, what appeared before everyone was a gigantic tornado that seemed to connect heaven and earth.
"The Calamity of the Southeast Wind!"
A massive storm tore objects still in the air back into the vortex's center. The cutting force of the air currents shredded and obliterated all tangible matter within them. As the light emanating from the Wind Spirit Orb grew ever stronger, "Murong Tianhe" reached out and grasped the Xihe Sword floating beside him for the first time—
"In that case, fellow Daoist, you may leave in peace."
Just before Xihe was about to strike, a barely audible sound came from the storm: "Thunder."
"Smash! ——————————————!!!"
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Water, fire, wind, earth, and thunder—the five spiritual energies of the Xianxia world follow the principle of mutual generation and restraint, with thunder being the element that restrains wind.
Drawn by the magnetic field, the lightning generated by the high-altitude collision crashed down, splitting the storm vortex that stretched towards the sky in two. It was as if the burning Kagune wings were forcefully pushing open the aura that was restraining the surroundings, and the objects that had been squeezing close by were thrown into the distance with a sharp whistling sound.
When the scene before my eyes came into view again, everything around me had already become unrecognizable...
A large chunk of the bustling city center was forcibly "carved away," and the debris shattered by the thunderstorm seemed to have fallen across most of the city. The ensuing storm tore all moving objects to the center and obliterated them. So much so that when Lin Yi saw this land again, all he could see was devastation, and he couldn't even find a single non-fixed object.
His gaze swept across the distance, finally settling on the astonished Murong Tianhe before him. The latter seemed quite surprised by Lin Yi's reappearance, and didn't even try to hide his emotions in his tone: "Fellow Daoist Lin has truly surprised me time and time again. Such a tribulation only forced out your full strength. It seems that without using the Xihe and Wangshu Twin Swords this time, the outcome will be uncertain."
As he said this, besides holding the Xihe Sword with his right hand, he reached out his left hand towards the Wangshu Sword. Lin Yi remained silent until his left hand grasped the Wangshu Sword, at which point a look other than confidence appeared on his face for the first time.
"……This is?"
"I've said it before, this is my world."
Raising his hand, he drew in wisps of ethereal spiritual energy, which he then concentrated in his palm. However, compared to the concentration he had experienced in City C, the energy now appearing was far too thin. This was not merely due to the dissemination of spiritual energy from one city to the rest of the world; it stemmed from a deeper reason—
“But ‘my world’ has never been just one.”
"—!"
As Murong Tianhe's gaze gradually turned indifferent, Lin Yi was certain that it was aware of its predicament.
As Lin Yi said, the one who truly held the home-field advantage in this invasion war in World Zero was Lin Yi, not this "fragment". With such an advantage, there was no reason not to take advantage of it. However, the inherent zero activity of World Zero meant that it could not restrict or squeeze the invaders' survival and ability to use the various rules unique to active worlds. Therefore, it had to find another way.
Ultimately, this was the "solution" that Lin Yi found.
"Compared to the abundant spiritual energy of the Divine Land, this world is nothing but a barren land where spiritual energy is depleted. When the 'channel' is established, the spiritual energy will naturally flow backward. But have you considered another possibility?"
With his raised left hand, the Demon-Suppressing Sword, still crackling with lightning, pointed straight at "Murong Tianhe" before him: "An overflowing lake can submerge and assimilate a dried-up pond, but can a lake whose water level is no longer at its peak fill ten ponds of the same size?"
—7~Mioba looks like Liu Bar
If spiritual energy can flow backwards to World Zero through one "channel", then it can naturally flow backwards to ten other worlds through ten other channels. A high-water lake can easily submerge a pond, but the "water flow" it can contain still has an upper limit. If it is divided into ten parts, then this situation will occur.
"With this one-twelfth of spiritual energy, are you sure—"
Amidst the distorted sonic boom, dazzling "meteors" ignited in the rapidly frictioning air. Before the trails left on the retina could disappear, the figures that should have remained in front of them crashed to the ground.
"—Can you kill me?"
"boom--------!!!"
The three high-rise buildings that were connected in succession slowly tilted to one side under the force of the impact. His gaze was fixed on the figure falling to the ground, and his right hand clenched into a fist again.
"Increase"
This is a gamble; the winner gets everything, and the loser gets nothing.
If possible, Lin Yi would rather embark on a "perfect" and "safe" path of transcendence without bearing any sway from the winds of change. However, both the forbidden zone of life and the law of conservation of intelligence have proven that this is simply impossible.