Chapter 584 Not Even My Fist (7400, Yesterday's Second Update, More to Come Later)

A cyan-purple spiritual light surged like raging waves, piercing through time and space. It erupted from the scales that exploded in the Nine Profound Realm and plunged into the soul of Bai Yuntian, who was healing in a hastily constructed camp.

This process, though seemingly vast, actually only happened in an instant. No one, not even Bai Yuntian, the target, felt anything.

The only thing that could be called a reaction was the slight burning sensation in the Zhuzhou blood within his body.

Was it resonance? Or the sensation of a tributary encountering the source?

Actually, neither.

The bloodline suppression between divine beasts is, frankly speaking, essentially just a simple food chain crush. Whichever side loses more often will naturally feel fear and suppression from the side that wins more often.

Aside from that, if one wanted any further suppression, they would have to specifically design the bloodline.

But Su Zhou never considered this issue when he was evolving his Zhuzhou form.

Therefore, the Zhuzhou bloodline is completely independent, without any backdoors or hidden dangers. Su Zhou was able to project his spiritual power over and keep Bai Yuntian from noticing, not because of any Zhuzhou connection, nor because of bloodline suppression.

But simply because he was strong enough.

Because he was strong enough, he could use a tiny fragment of scale to transmit power directly into the depths of Bai Yuntian's soul.

And he dared to do so without the slightest concealment.

"Who is it?! Invading my soul?!"

Even in a semi-conscious state after being severely injured, sensing a vast, inexplicable force coming from a distant place and 'knocking' on his soul without any concealment would be enough to wake the dead, let alone Bai Yuntian, who wasn't dead yet.

In an instant, although his physical body lying on the bed hadn't moved, a cyan-red spiritual light flashed in his soul space, condensing into the image of the Nine Profound Cloud King.

In the soul space, Bai Yuntian's image supported the heavens and the earth, as majestic and immense as a giant who created the world. Clouds entwined his legs, gales circled his waist, the three suns were his crown, and the six moons were the jewels on his armor.

"Come out!" The immense giant roared at the dark void, while cautiously forming a 'Purifying Heart Seal' with his hands to resist possible soul attacks.

When a person is alive, in their own physical home ground, it is basically impossible to lose a soul-level confrontation unless they encounter suppression from a higher realm.

And with Bai Yuntian's peak Human Immortal strength, even ordinary Earth Immortals would find it extremely difficult to suppress him head-on in this aspect.

But he was facing a Celestial Immortal.

"I've been here all along."

Along with Bai Yuntian's roar, an indescribable, seemingly silent yet grand and boundless rumble suddenly sounded.

As the rumble sounded, the giant formed from Bai Yuntian's soul suddenly felt his body sink—but that was just an illusion caused by rapid ascent. The incredibly astonished Cloud King raised his head to look up, but could only see a huge, unparalleled dragon eye, many times larger than his entire giant body, or even his soul space.

The voice came from the darkness, but at that moment, cyan-purple spiritual light shone again. Instantly, the entire soul space was illuminated, and the dancing light filled the surroundings. Deep, profound humming sounds began to echo from all directions, like a nameless hymn.

"This, this is..."

Bai Yuntian swallowed hard. He finally realized that his entire soul space, or rather, the 'thought domain' derived from his soul, was being held in the palm of an immeasurably vast will. This giant palm was incredibly gentle, and he hadn't even noticed it holding his soul.

The rapid ascent he had felt earlier was just the immense will-giant raising its palm, lifting him up.

Anyone could guess that someone capable of such a feat could crush his soul and all resistance at any time—and before that, they could simply read his soul inside and out with a single thought, taking all of his memories, and then throw his tattered soul into the trash like a discarded rag.

However, Su Zhou would not do such a thing.

He also wouldn't engage in any mystical trickery or deception.

He didn't even bother to hide his identity.

"I am Su Zhou, the strongest being in the 'Celestial Heavens Realm' that you are about to invade."

"As you can see, I am a Celestial Immortal, and also a Zhuzhou."

"You also possess the Zhuzhou bloodline and are a Scion of the Precursor, so you should be able to understand my power—that's good, it means I can say fewer unnecessary things."

A sound grander than thunder, like the rumbling of the heavens and earth, resounded as Su Zhou directly stated his strength and identity, and then stated his request: "I'm not here to kill you, nor to do anything to your Nine Profound Realm—I won't even pry into your memories or threaten you."

"I'm asking you openly and honestly, what is the current situation in the Nine Profound Realm? And why do you plan to invade my Celestial Heavens?"

"The more detailed and decisive your answers, the better the reward. If you refuse, I'll just find someone else."

Su Zhou thought that after saying all this, whether the answer was refusal or agreement, it should be quick.

But who knew that Bai Yuntian was no ordinary person.

After sensing Su Zhou's power and bloodline, Bai Yuntian, who was initially furious and then fearful, instantly had his eyes light up.

"You, you are..."

He excitedly stared at Su Zhou's dragon eye. With just that, the Nine Profound Cloud King could discern the truth of Su Zhou's words and know his identity: "You are the Primordial Zhuzhou!"

"To actually encounter you directly, oh my god! A Celestial Immortal-level existence, that's considered a high-end combatant in 'Journey to Subdue Demons' or 'Ragnarok'! First time seeing one, to actually let me personally meet a Celestial Immortal..."

"Good lord..."

Seeing the uncontrollably excited Bai Yuntian, Su Zhou immediately felt a headache: "I forgot, most of the Scions of the Precursor aren't normal people. If the Precursor himself was usually like this..."

"Well, I'm not very normal either, so I don't have much right to judge others."

He complained a few times casually.

Because the Precursor had already returned to the Great Seal, and since it was voluntary, it was basically impossible to unseal him, so if Su Zhou wanted to understand Him correctly, he could only infer from the Explorers in the Precursor's space.

But the result of this inference… was quite disastrous.

Everyone who knows about the explorers understands. If the Precursor was like this in addition to exploring, then it's no wonder he was sealed.

"Cough cough, I'm sorry, Your Honor, I was too excited just now and lost my composure."

Although Bai Yuntian was indeed a bit abnormal, he could still understand the current situation.

A Celestial Immortal expert from the Celestial Heavens Realm had personally come to ask him for information, and he, as the Cloud King, one of the Twenty-Four Kings of the Nine Profound Realm, should now directly...

He should directly pledge his loyalty!

So, after calming down, he immediately lowered his head respectfully and saluted Su Zhou. He was also a decisive and straightforward character, and after that, he didn't waste any words and directly began to answer Su Zhou's questions: "As for the situation in the Nine Profound Realm... to be honest, it's truly a disaster."

"If the entire world didn't have a broken jar, no one would easily go looking for a strong and healthy neighbor next door, risking the jar breaking and the house falling apart to fight a war!"

Bai Yuntian was, after all, a King, and had managed an entire Nine Profound Realm territory for many years. He naturally knew the current situation of the Nine Profound Realm better than others, and also understood why the Nine Profound Emperor, although not a warlike person, had almost never hindered the war faction's proposals.

Su Zhou and Bai Yuntian, one dared to come, one dared to respond, one dared to ask, and one dared to answer. Before long, Su Zhou had a general understanding of the current situation in the Nine Profound Realm.

"I see, the situation in the Nine Profound Realm is a complete mess."

"Resources are scarce, and the public's will cannot suppress the emergence of cultivators—the Nine Profound Emperor has the power of an Earth Immortal, but is helpless because He is the King, not a lone wolf. Since He wants to rule His kingdom and lead civilization forward, He cannot directly kill and use force to stop it."

"Otherwise, even if the Nine Profound civilization is preserved, the entire society's dynamism will disappear. Everyone will only follow the orders and thoughts of the Profound Emperor in everything they do, because everyone knows that the Profound Emperor is a guy who will use his own ideas to force the entire civilization to turn."

The speed of communication between transcendents is extremely fast, especially when one side is almost giving away everything, without any concealment or lies.

At this moment, Su Zhou's understanding of the Nine Profound Realm could be called the best on Earth. He frowned and pondered the current situation of the Nine Profound Realm, muttering to himself: "In that case, the entire Nine Profound civilization will become a carriage pulled by the Profound Emperor alone... An Earth Immortal can indeed pull it, and if He advances to the Celestial Immortal realm in the future, He will pull it even more smoothly... but such a civilization is essentially nothing more than a strongman's vassal, a meaningless one-man show."

Thinking of this, Su Zhou shook his head slightly and sighed: "The objective conditions don't allow it, and the people's hearts don't support it. This Emperor is not easy to be."

"And most importantly, this problem is obviously not something that can be solved by defeating the Nine Profound people—that's just temporary. Without solving the fundamental problem of the 'world', it's meaningless."

Thinking this, Bai Yuntian, who was bowing his head slightly, suddenly heard a chuckle: "Interesting, using a world as an opponent is indeed more interesting than dealing with the Nine Profound people."

"The Nine Profound Realm? It's not a bad opponent."

Even the ripples caused by the chuckle were enough to shake Bai Yuntian's soul, but even so, this explorer of the Precursor Space was still full of curiosity.

A Celestial Immortal from another world, a Zhuzhou with a primordial name.

A mysterious and unpredictable guy who saw through his identity as a Precursor Explorer at a glance, a powerhouse who seemed to not care about the combined strength of the entire Nine Profound civilization.

Such an unknown and mysterious existence… truly attracted someone like him!

Since their birth, the Nine Profound people have only been able to be trapped in those mobile underground fortress cities located in the molten sea of ​​earthfire.

Although the cities are large, they are closed spaces. Even if there are as many as thirty-three such large cities, they are ultimately just worlds known to the predecessors.

For thousands of years, the Nine Profound people have struggled in a world where everything is known and there is no freshness, until now.

Therefore, there are existences like Bai Yuntian who were called upon by the Precursor at the first moment and became explorers.

Su Zhou understood this.

Therefore, the Nine Profound Cloud King saw the huge dragon eyes once again lowered towards him.

Then, divine sense descended.

"Bai Yuntian... not bad, your answers are complete, detailed, and very sincere."

"I will fulfill my promise and give you a reward—but before that, I have a few questions about the Precursor Space that I want to ask you."

…

"Cough cough..."

The real world, the Nine Profound Realm.

In a fit of violent coughing, Bai Yuntian woke up in his camp, and the guards next to him quickly stepped forward and handed him a bottle of healing pills.

Bai Yuntian is considered one of the more enlightened and benevolent among the Nine Profound Twenty-Four Kings. He never exploited the people, but would often find a large number of resources from somewhere and hire people to maintain the cloud of King Ling's magic circle - this is essentially a free gift, because those jobs are essentially contributing to the entire cloud of King Ling, not just Bai Yuntian alone.

So in terms of loyalty, the guards of King Ling's cloud are probably second only to the Four Heavenly Guards of the Profound Emperor.

Bai Yuntian took the pill, looked at it, and swallowed it in one gulp - although he was seriously injured, his eyes were bright and his spirits were high.

At this moment, there was still a lingering sound echoing in his mind.

"Reward, want to know my form? You're a strange person, but you've grasped the mystery of the Zhuzhou body..."

"Remember, the newborn Zhuzhou, every Zhuzhou, must cultivate their own unique form. I can tell you my form, but those who learn from me live, those who imitate me die. Even in the Precursor Space, be sure not to forget this."

"My existence, you can tell others at will, but if I find out that you have done something to harm the human world in order to satisfy your own curiosity - not just the Immortal Sky, including the Nine Profound Realm - then wait to be destroyed both physically and spiritually, I can't tolerate those who hold the Zhuzhou blood committing such evil deeds."

"Hahahaha! A big win, a big win!" Just recalling it, Bai Yuntian couldn't help but laugh out loud, even though this laughter aggravated his internal injuries, and his lungs were in severe pain, his boldness did not diminish: "This Primordial Zhuzhou is indeed a gentle and kind, righteous and law-abiding Celestial Immortal! He is a virtuous Immortal God, what virtue and ability do I, Yun Tian, ​​have to be able to communicate with Him!"

"As expected of the bloodline I chose, sure enough, the Zhuzhou of each world is very interesting! It's really a pleasure to sign a contract with this kind of strong person and venture into the heavens!"

Hearing this, the surrounding Yun Tian Guards couldn't help but look at each other in confusion.

They obviously couldn't understand what their King was talking about.

Contract? Who did he sign a contract with, and he's still so happy?

But after all, he is the King. He often says things that no one can understand, and he often brings back materials from sources that only he knows. As guards, they naturally don't think about these things, so they continue their work and prepare for Bai Yuntian's healing.

However, at this moment.

Bai Yuntian, who had completely given up on chasing the exploration team, suddenly sensed that a sinister divine sense was coming towards him from the sky, flying rapidly.

"Cloud King, to be seriously injured by a group of Immortal Sky guests whose highest strength is only in the middle stage of Human Immortal, you are really embarrassing."

"Hong King..."

Recognizing who the visitor was in an instant, Bai Yuntian frowned slightly.

He could sense that the visitor was the King of Hong, whose territory was adjacent to the territory of Cloud and was one of the closest to the surface.

Because King Hong had always been harsh on his people, while King Yun had always been lenient, recently, there had been frequent cases of refugees from King Hong's territory sneaking into King Yun's territory. This loss of labor force was the most taboo thing for every King, and King Yun had never given King Hong face on this matter, so the relationship between the two was extremely bad.

Since the other party has appeared here, then the purpose naturally cannot be anything else, naturally it is also to chase the Immortal Sky exploration team.

Even, according to spiritual sense judgment, it is far more than that!

"This guy, brought his entire guard team with him?" Noticing the vast spiritual light that seemed to cover half the sky in the distance, Bai Yuntian's expression couldn't help but become serious: "This is enough to fight a small battle, this guy, is really using a dragon-slaying knife to kill ants..."

"Bai Yuntian, I know your strength is not weak, the injury must have been caused by the trump card of that group of Immortal Sky guests, but it's just right, they don't have any trump cards anymore, they are just a group of fish."

At this time, the divine sense that had been flying away was still releasing a cold message, and King Hong's tone was a bit harsh: "Cloud King, just watch here how this King brings that group of Immortal Sky guests back!"

Although King Hong's tone was extremely arrogant, deliberately trying to anger the now seriously injured Cloud King.

But Bai Yuntian just showed a subtle smile.

"An exploration team with a Celestial Immortal-level Zhuzhou's protective scales... King Hong, although you and I have been at odds for decades."

"But even so, I hope... I hope you're okay and can come back intact! Hahahahaha!"

At the same time.

Earth, Zheng Country, Qingzhou.

Next to the newly completed time-space gate fortress near the Nine Profound Realm time-space gate.

Tang Yuan, as the highest person in charge of the New World Exploration Department under Su Zhou, had just driven here to meet the return of the Nine Profound Realm exploration team.

And with him, there were a neat eight battalions of 'White Emperor Guards' and 'Red Emperor Guards'.

The full exoskeleton armor armed force of the Zheng Country, the 'Five Emperors Guards', is a force named after the Five Emperors of the Five Directions, is composed of all transcendents, and is equipped with the highest-level spirit weapons of the official.

Among them, some guards even have experience fighting the Crowe people in outer space.

Generally speaking, the Black Emperor Guards are responsible for special affairs, the Blue Emperor Guards are responsible for maintenance and logistics, the Yellow Emperor Guards are responsible for construction, the White Emperor Guards are responsible for frontal combat, and the Red Emperor Guards are responsible for heavy firepower.

Six battalions of White Emperor Guards and two battalions of Red Emperor Guards are equivalent to more than a thousand of the most advanced transcendent armed tanks, and more than four hundred composite heavy firepower attack turrets, and the moving speed is extremely fast, and the defense is even difficult to destroy by heavy bomber coverage bombing.

In short, it can be regarded as nearly two thousand humanoid Gundams.

In the past world, such force was enough to easily destroy small countries... uh, even large countries with small strategic depths could be destroyed.

"Okay, it seems that the troops are all here..."

Seeing this scene, Tang Yuan nodded slightly and couldn't help muttering to himself.

He came here, in addition to being responsible for meeting the New World Exploration Department, he was also responsible for distributing 'Ermu' and 'Qiling' to the garrison troops. As Su Zhou's subordinate, this was the only thing he was most suitable for doing.

The situation is urgent now, and everyone has learned about this through Yan Sheng's notification, so Tang Yuan didn't waste any time, but directly used his spiritualization magical power to distribute those Ermu and Qiling that had been tested by Su Zhou and were relatively gentle and obedient to the guards in the exoskeleton armor.

However, during the distribution process, he saw someone in the White Emperor Guard's queue open the cockpit and walk out in big strides.

"This sergeant, what are you... ah this."

At first, Tang Yuan originally planned to reprimand the other party for coming out without authorization during the formation. This was simply disregarding military regulations.

But when he saw who came out of it, he suddenly stuttered and stayed in place: "The Zhen Country Envoy... Old Mr. Liu Li?"

"Why are you here?! And... actually..."

"Actually brought the Sunset Bow?!"

The visitor was the wielder of the Zheng Country's town god weapon 'Sunset Bow', the Town Country Envoy, the Liu family ancestor of Ruian.

Zheng Country's Martial God Liu Li.

This old man is now more than eighty years old. His most glorious time was around the First Energy War. In that indescribable time, he became the Martial God known to everyone in the Zheng Country's transcendent world and was able to hold the Zhen Country's weapon Sunset Bow.

The divine bow had already been strung, and the old man walked out of the exoskeleton armor with this black bow that looked ordinary except for some fierce evil, and his extremely strong muscles made people completely ignore Liu Li's white hair that had not yet turned black, making people think that he had always been in his prime.

"Ah, Tang Yuan kid."

Seeing Tang Yuan, Liu Li's originally calm expression was slightly raised. He looked at the young man who had been busy with Su Zhou's work for most of the year and said with a smile: "Yes, I must come - the title of Town Country Envoy, since it is a foreign war, then I must be the vanguard."

"And."

Saying this, the old man with extremely developed muscles jumped down from the exoskeleton armor and looked at the time-space gate not far away.

Staring in that direction, Liu Li said calmly: "Now is the time to show strength."

For a time, Tang Yuan had not recovered from the sudden appearance of Liu Li - the sudden appearance of a Zhen Country Envoy who was equivalent to the Holy Seat and was vaguely more important was indeed somewhat unexpected.

But soon, he sensed that there was a change in the time-space gate not far away.

Accompanied by extremely strong time-space fluctuations, in a series of star-like flashing spiritual light circles, a group of exploration team members who looked quite embarrassed and disheveled returned from the other side of the time-space gate.

At first, these people showed surprise when they saw the Five Emperors Guards lined up in front of the time-space gate, but soon they all showed ecstasy.

"Good, good!"

"The official has really prepared!"

"I said that the official would have reinforcements after hearing the information we sent back!"

Everyone was extremely happy, and then they were surrounded by rescue personnel who had been prepared to carry out emergency treatment.

At this moment, people were still constantly returning from the other side of the time-space gate, and Tang Yuan, who had been paying attention, saw Li Yeyu, who was tired, bleeding from the corner of her mouth, but still calm, indifferent, and as if she had a plan in mind, returning with the support of others.

"Miss Yeyu, how is the situation?"

Li Yeyu was slightly stunned when she sensed the divine sense transmission, because she was suffering in her heart and was suppressing the pain by emptying her mind.

But after hearing the familiar voice of Tang Yuan, the secretary of her team's professor, she immediately reacted and said in a deep voice: "Secretary Tang, the situation is not very good!"

"We have pursuers behind us, and there are many of them - it is said that the elite of an entire Nine Profound King's territory has been dispatched!"

Tang Yuan originally wanted to continue to say something, but Liu Li stepped forward and walked out in big strides.

"Little girl, those people from the Nine Profound Realm, are they humans or aliens?"

The old man's voice was steady and powerful, like a reef that had been beaten by thousands of waves.

"This... Although most Nine Profound people have some strange features on their bodies, those are the characteristics of the immortals of the past. I think they should still be considered humans..."

Hearing this, Li Yeyu blinked and responded with some difficulty - although she didn't know what the use of asking this question was, there must be a reason.

"I see."

Hearing this, Liu Li nodded slightly.

Then, he casually placed the Sunset Bow in his hand next to his exoskeleton armor and walked empty-handed towards the time-space gate: "Okay, I see that all thirty-two people have arrived, you can retreat with the Red Earth Guards."

"Wait, Old Mr. Liu Li..."

Seeing this scene, Tang Yuan couldn't help but be surprised. He stretched out his hand and pointed to the Sunset Bow that had been put down: "This divine weapon..."

"No need."

What the young man got was a straightforward answer: "It's not an alien race that is not of the same origin and species."

"The Nine Profound people... are not worthy of me using such a divine weapon as the Sunset Bow."

"Old Mr. Liu, those Nine Profound people are very strong!"

At this moment, even Li Yeyu, who was still maintaining her aloof persona, couldn't help but look sideways and advised: "Just now, I encountered two peak leader-level Nine Profound Kings who are probably not far from Earth Immortals!"

"They each have their own magical powers. Even if I used the life-saving things given to me by Professor Su, I only seriously injured one of them, and did not really kill the other!"

"And in their guard team, there are not a few leaders!"

Saying this, Li Yeyu couldn't care about etiquette at this moment: "Old Mr. Liu, you are only at the peak of the leader, even with the help of the Five Emperors Guards, you must not be arrogant!"

"Thanks for the reminder... but."

Turning his head and smiling slightly at the somewhat excited Li Yeyu, the old man's expression was still calm.

He turned his head again and looked at the time-space gate on the other side. An incomparably powerful martial arts will swept over, allowing him to cross the boundary and sense the visitors far away on the other side.

Then, nodded slightly.

——Indeed, they are all very strong opponents.

At the end of the time-space realm, the vast war intent from the Nine Profound civilization could not be concealed at all, and Liu Li sensed the strong among them, and couldn't help but praise.

"The vanguard is strong."

"The middle army is strong."

"The leader is even stronger!"

"This is a hundred-battles strong army, with firm will, and they dare to charge even into a mountain of knives and a sea of fire!"

Praising the enemy who was about to arrive without any hesitation, the old man showed an admiring expression: "And the leader of the team is at the peak of the leader, only one step away from understanding the four ways to ascend to immortality, and once he understands the Tao, he can ascend to immortality!"

"But."

But soon, Liu Li, who had been sincerely praising before, immediately changed the subject.

He raised his right fist and said calmly, as if he was stating the truth.

"Not even my fist."

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