Ch 136: There Is No Third Choice
That day, as soon as the Live Stream Room opened, countless barrages surged in:
“It’s too ridiculous! It’s really too ridiculous! I didn’t expect the power of the 《 Wind-Evading Palm 》 to be so strong!”
“I won’t mention the area-of-effect damage, the key point is that this thing directly becomes a ranged attack! You can use ranged attacks even with bare hands, can you imagine that?”
“Qi God, please, give the bottom-level Martial Cultivators a way to survive! If this continues, we Force Martial Cultivators will really become the lower class!”
“Damn, did I, a normal person, even get to speak? I strongly request the release of another Cultivation Technique. This is definitely not a problem with my cultivation aptitude, it must be that the Cultivation Technique isn’t suitable!”
“Even if Qi God releases it now, it’s probably too late to cultivate. If you meet others on the road, and you ask them, they’re all Innate Grandmasters. At the very least, they’re Transformation Force or Hidden Force. You, a small Manifest Force, will only be beaten to a pulp. Then you’ll complain that Qi God’s Cultivation Technique was taught too late.”
“Although there are many Innate, it’s not like you can see them everywhere on the street, right? Not to mention Grandmasters, are there even ten Grandmasters worldwide right now?”
“Let’s open a betting pool! Let’s guess how many Grandmasters there are worldwide right now?”
“Those who have publicly appeared include Xu Wei from Da Qian, William from the Lighthouse, Mufasa from Africa, the Third Brother’s High Priest Kumar, the scholar Urusu from Southeast Asia, the lawyer Thomas from Europe, and Jose, who came from a South American stall… Basically, there are Grandmasters in every major continent. Plus those who haven’t appeared, there are definitely more than ten.”
“Then are there any Great Grandmasters?”
“Are you playing a game and leveling up? Why are you already discussing Great Grandmasters so quickly?”
“It’s estimated that even Xu Wei and William, who have the fastest progress, are still far from being Great Grandmasters.”
“No matter what, the first Great Grandmaster will likely be born in Da Qian. Just in their country alone, the number of Grandmasters has probably already reached double digits.”
“Indeed, Da Qian has a large population, and the content of the floating Martial Arts is very compatible with their cognitive system. Under normal circumstances, they should have the most same-level strong individuals in the world.”
“But don’t forget that Qi Xuan also gave them three days. Although three days seems short, in the case of top geniuses with similar aptitudes, Da Qian will always be three days ahead of other countries. It’s not so easy to erase this gap.”
“You’re only focusing on the gap between the top geniuses, which is underestimating the influence of these three days.
Now, it’s very difficult for the Innate of many Small countries to even purchase the Yin-Extreme Pill and Yang-Extreme Pill needed for the Cultivation Technique. Some people simply cultivate without Pills, and their cultivation progress is very slow.
In contrast, Da Qian has been able to meet the drug needs of the Innate within the country because they have purchased a large amount of Medicinal Herbs in advance. In addition, they are the country that produces Ginseng, and they strictly control the smuggling of Pills. Now, their overall cultivation progress is almost a level ahead of other countries. As time goes on, their scale advantage will only become greater and greater.”
“That is, Land Immortals can’t resist Nuclear Weapons, otherwise the outside world would definitely not be able to maintain the current peace. Da Qian will definitely be besieged and restricted by many countries. Even if they are not afraid of Military force struggles, once external economic exchanges are completely cut off, the society of 1.4 billion people will inevitably fall into turmoil. At that time, either compromise or launch a hot war against the outside world, there is no third choice.”
“Yes, it’s really just a little bit before World War III would have started. Who would have thought that just a decision made by Qi God could have such a huge impact, completely changing the situation of the entire world. I’m afraid that if Qi God had forgotten to announce the Cultivation Technique on the third day, we might now be living in a nuclear wasteland.”
“Laughing to death, in the case of Nuclear Weapons flying around, it’s not certain whether we can survive.”
“However, after experiencing the Demon Bugs crisis, the relationship between countries should become more harmonious. After all, Demon Bugs don’t care what country you’re from, what language you speak, or the color of your Skin.
This is a war of one species against another, without any mercy, and without any hesitation, to eliminate the roots, without mercy!”
“I heard that many countries, including Da Qian, the Lighthouse, and Big Mao, are sending aid in all aspects, including personnel and equipment, to the backward and poor areas such as Africa, to sweep away the Insect Swarm, rescue the people, and even help those small countries that have been destroyed to rebuild their countries.”
“This is also necessary to rescue them. If those Small countries are slaughtered by the Insect Swarm, their land will become a breeding ground for Demon Bugs in the future. Once the Demon Bugs completely grow into Complete form, with tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of them spreading out on a large scale, imagine the terrifying scene when so many Innate and even Grandmasters are dispatched together. Even if Nuclear Weapons are deployed, humans may not necessarily win.”
“Don’t be too pessimistic about the future, believe in the potential of humanity itself. Now there are Grandmasters who, with the 《 Wind-Evading Palm 》, which they cultivated for less than half a day, can kill thousands of Demon Bugs with one palm. After a while, when humans have Supreme Grandmasters, or even Land Immortals, the scene of Demon Bugs running rampant in a country like today may only require one Supreme Grandmaster to suppress them all.”
“That’s right, the destructive power of top Martial Cultivators should be quite considerable, and dealing with Demon Bugs is not a problem at all. Moreover, we may not have to wait that long. I heard that many places have already discovered Nests.”
“Why do I hear that the Nest is a bit strange?”
“It is indeed a bit strange. In the several underground Nests that have been discovered so far, there are all scattered remains of Demon Bugs. Those Demon Bugs are not ordinary Demon Bugs, they should be the Elite among the same kind of Demon Bugs.
But what’s very strange is that these Growing form, which are very close to the Complete form, didn’t let them go out and Devour to evolve, but were eaten in the Nest. This is really incomprehensible.”
“Have they found what’s Devouring the Demon Bugs in the Nest?”
“It seems that they all escaped in advance, but since the Nest has been discovered, they have left many obvious migration traces in the ground and even nearby, and it shouldn’t be long before they are found.
Currently, this kind of Demon Bug Devourer is tentatively named the Mother Bug by the academic world. It is very likely to be the incubator of all Larva, not going out to hunt, only responsible for giving birth in the Nest, and feeding on the Growing form Demon Bugs.
It’s just that we haven’t yet figured out its ecosystem and population structure. When we understand it, master its development status and nesting rules, it will not be difficult to deal with the insect disaster in the future, and maybe we can eliminate it from the source.”
“I hope that day will come as soon as possible.”
…
Netizens were chattering in the Live Stream Room.
Under the camera, Qi Xuan was also busy.
According to the map, he should have arrived at the Zhao Family’s location.
But the problem is, since before the Live Stream started, he has been wandering around here, and it’s been almost two hours now, but he still hasn’t found the Zhao Family’s trace.
Although two hundred years have passed since the era of the Zhao Family, and even the terrain has changed recently.
But such a large Zhao Family, it’s impossible for them to completely disappear for no reason!!
Even the Nangong Family, after their destruction, still had such a large area of wreckage. There’s no reason the entire Zhao Family would be completely gone!
Qi Xuan’s search was exhausting.
“Something’s wrong! Very wrong!”
“The Zhao Family couldn’t have disappeared for no reason, especially since they were facing the Zhang Family and the Han Family’s siege. They wouldn’t have had time to move the entire family.”
“Even if a Golden Core expert could use the art of moving mountains to move the entire family’s territory, the Zhao Family didn’t have a Golden Core, or even a Foundation Stage Full Completion. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have ended up with the same fate.”
“There must be something I’ve overlooked.”
After thinking about it, Qi Xuan took a Clarity Spirit Pill.
Clarity Spirit Pills are generally used to break through the state of mental confusion and mental chaos caused by miasma, toxins, etc. In addition to the detoxification effect, taking Clarity Spirit Pills can also quickly concentrate the mind, eliminate external interference, and make the mind clear.
Under the effect of the Clarity Spirit Pill, many distracting thoughts dissipated like mist. Only the sole idea of finding the Zhao Family became increasingly obvious in his mind. Many related clues emerged one after another, and then were quickly ruled out by him.
Until later, a mottled large stone encountered on the road suddenly froze in his mind.
He wondered why there would be a large stone in the bush, but he didn’t think much about it because he was in a hurry.
Now, after careful reflection, that mottled large stone was clearly a large piece of Yin Armor Rock.
Yin Armor Rock is hard and suitable for conducting Spiritual Energy, and is often used as a formation base material for arranging formation nodes.
If nothing unexpected happens, the Zhao Family’s protective family formation should have used a large amount of Yin Armor Rock.
Now that such a large chunk of Yin Armor Rock has been blown away so far, it’s conceivable that the entire Zhao Family ruins were probably swept away during the terrain change.
But having a clue is much better than having no idea.
Qi Xuan cheered up and immediately urged Sunday to search in the southeast direction. Finally, fifteen miles away from the original site of the Zhao Family, he found the scattered Zhao Family.
That’s right, scattered.
It felt like the entire Zhao Family was thrown down from the sky by an infinite force. Some fell close, some flew far. The Zhao Family, which occupied the size of several small residential areas, is now spread out over an area about ten times larger.
After being slightly stunned, Qi Xuan murmured:
“No matter what, it’s good that I found it.”
He began to scavenge for various useful objects and information in the ruins of the Zhao Family, like a scavenger.
Seeing the scene, the netizens couldn’t help but discuss:
“It looks like the Zhao Family was destroyed very thoroughly.”
“It’s more than thorough, their ancestral graves were also destroyed, okay?”
“Alas, the Zhao Family was a large family with several Land Immortals in charge. On Blue Star, they could easily suppress a country’s bug disaster, but they ended up in this situation. The Floating Continent is still too dangerous.”
“Laughing to death, the Demon Bugs came from the Island in the first place, so it’s not wrong to say they are products of the Floating Continent. Now a group of small bugs have made us like this, it’s hard to imagine what we will be like after the strong races of the Floating Continent invade.”
“Don’t mention it! That damn Four-Armed Monster is still on the island. If it runs out one day, a nuclear war would have to be fought.”
“Hehe, I’m not so worried about the Four-Armed Monster now. Maybe before the Four-Armed Monster breaks out of the Island, everyone will be infected with the 【 Bone-Spur Disease 】 and die of a sudden illness.”
“Please, Qi God, find the Cultivation treasure quickly! Everyone on Blue Star is waiting for the Mother Tree to save them!”
…
Qi Xuan carefully searched the ruins.
Everywhere were collapsed houses, broken skeletons, rusty weapons, and messy daily necessities, and so on.
He also found some things that could barely be used, including intact clothes and even Jade Slips that stored information.
He didn’t dislike the clothes being ancient objects from nearly two hundred years ago. He picked a well-fitting robe woven from Spiritual Grass and put it on, and changed into a comfortable pair of shoes. He didn’t discard the rest, but put them all into his Personal Space as a backup.
After being on the Floating Continent for so long, the problem of clothing being easily damaged was finally completely solved.
In the future, he wouldn’t have to fight with Demon Beasts and suddenly have his clothes burst.
He continued to move forward, picking up trash in the ruins.
Although he was picking up trash, seeing those medicinal herbs gleaming with spiritual light, the crystal-clear Pills, and even the high-quality stone materials being taken into Qi Xuan’s possession, the netizens’ eyes turned red with envy.
Is this him picking up trash?
This is straight-up digging a gold mine, okay?!!
If such a ruin full of treasures were to fall on Blue Star, not to mention ordinary people like them, those great nations would probably start fighting like dogs!
But now everyone could only watch, watching him alone excavate the entire treasure, gaining countless treasures rarely seen outside.
“Damn it! You really deserve to die!”
“How come all the good things are happening to you?!”
“Please, Qi God, throw the kids a few scraps!”
“Knock me out! I can’t watch anymore, I really can’t watch anymore!!”
“Thinking about so many treasures on the Floating Continent, but only he is qualified to excavate, my heart is bleeding!”
“That blade that could cut through iron like mud, you just threw it away?! You can’t treat it like that just because you have weapons! Pick it up! Pick it up properly!!”
……
The netizens were almost driven crazy with jealousy.
Qi Xuan looked at the few broken blades on the ground, pursed his lips, and kicked them away.
This thing was only slightly better in material, but it hadn’t reached the level of a Magic Artifact, and it couldn’t catch his eye at all.
After walking forward for not long, a stone slab full of cracks suddenly trembled slightly.
Qi Xuan’s eyes suddenly narrowed, and the countless netizens outside were also stunned.
Then, under everyone’s gaze, the huge and heavy stone slab suddenly burst open.
A figure suddenly stood up from inside, stretching its body, with four arms raised high, looking both domineering and evil.
Feeling the Aura on the other party’s body, Qi Xuan couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow.
“Qi Condensation Stage?”
“No, Qi Condensation Stage should be a little short, but it’s much stronger than Nangong Yaohua.”
“Confirmed, it should have been Foundation Stage in its lifetime! And it wasn’t just promoted, but a Foundation Stage cultivator who had cultivated for many years, perhaps not far from the Foundation Stage Middle Stage.”
After making the judgment, Qi Xuan immediately felt much more at ease.
He had already conducted a risk assessment before entering the ruins.
The strongest combat power deployed by the Han Family joining forces with the Zhang Family to deal with the Zhao Family should also be around the Foundation Stage Late Stage.
Of course, this doesn’t mean that the two families definitely don’t have Foundation Stage Full Stage cultivators, but even if they do, they probably have to guard their clan lands to prevent news from leaking and their hometown from being stolen.
Therefore, the strongest enemy he needs to deal with is also around the Foundation Stage Late Stage.
After two hundred years of degradation, it should now be around the Foundation Stage Early Stage, on par with Nangong Wuji.
Facing Nangong Wuji, even now, he still has no confidence in winning.
But it’s not necessary to win at this level.
If you can’t beat them, you can run.
And he should be able to run more easily than last time.
The Minor Teleportation Talisman is indeed not as good as the Teleportation Talisman, but don’t forget he also has the Body-Fixing Talisman, Thunder Bullets, and the Hundred Feather Universe Map.
It’s definitely not difficult to escape without injury.
After ensuring his retreat, he then sneaked into the ruins to pick up items, gather intelligence, and search for Cultivation treasure.
Now a Zhao Family Foundation Stage cultivator, slightly weaker than Zhao Yuehong, also wants him to escape?
Okay, okay, I’ll send you to reincarnation!
Qi Xuan rushed forward, and Sunday charged from the other side as well.
Seeing this scene, the netizens immediately started to cheer from outside:
“Big Brother with four arms, don’t lose to him!”
“That’s right! That’s right! He stole your family’s relics, I can testify!”
“It’s more than just the relics being stolen? He even threw away your weapons to humiliate you!!”
“You must work hard! The Zhao Family’s reputation, the Native’s glory, are all on your shoulders!”
……
Facing Qi Xuan who was charging forward at high speed, the four-armed person stomped his feet, and as the stone slabs shattered, he swooped down like a hawk, his four arms spread open, directly attacking Qi Xuan.
“Opportunity!”
Qi Xuan raised his hand abruptly, and three Water Arrow talismans instantly burned out.
The sharp arrows condensed from Xuan water suddenly shot out, and in an instant, they blasted onto the four-armed person, immediately creating two egg-sized blood holes in his chest, his right arm and shoulder only connected by a little bit of skin and flesh, and his entire body was sent flying backward due to the huge impact.
“War Stomp!”
Amidst the violent stomping sounds, a faint ripple quickly spread to the four-armed person’s body, causing his body, which had just landed, to fall into a state of dizziness.
At the same time, Qi Xuan had already rushed to him, the broken Magic Artifact blade, carrying the terrifying power after taking the Giant Strength Pill, fiercely pierced into his neck.
With a “crack,” it cut across.
The head rolled to the side, and Sunday bit the hair and ran away.
Qi Xuan then began to deal with the headless corpse that was baring its fangs and brandishing its claws.
With the help of the broken Magic Artifact blade’s sharpness, he easily dismembered the opponent, allowing the severed limbs to bounce around on the ground, finally returning to silence.
At this time, Sunday came back, again, carrying the head that had finished its rampage.
Until he confirmed that this four-armed person was completely dead, Qi Xuan couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Damn it, this ghost thing is so troublesome to kill.
It’s really hard to imagine how rampant they must have been two hundred years ago.
The Foundation Stage is already like this, if the Golden Core were to fall ill, what a terrifying sight that would be?
Qi Xuan shuddered, his hair standing on end.
Putting aside the unease in his heart, he began to search for the relics on this four-armed person.
Unfortunately, except for a jade pendant, he couldn’t find anything else at all, maybe it was taken away after the battle, or maybe it was scattered elsewhere after the terrain changed.
Unable to find anything useful, he simply continued to search forward.
However, until the live stream ended in the morning.
Until he repeatedly searched the entire area three times.
He still couldn’t find anything useful.
The Cultivation treasure wasn’t found, the Ghost Cicada Spirit Liquid wasn’t found, and he didn’t even find any useful information.
It seems that the Zhao Family was destroyed very thoroughly by the Han and Zhang families, and they were also searched very thoroughly.
“There’s no way, now, I can only use the last trump card.”
