I Can Extract Divine Power

He knew he could run if he needed to. From what Shen Bai understood of the phantom, every time he saw it, it was to teach him a Divine Power.

And each time, the phantom had effortlessly annihilated the grotesque creature.

Even though the grotesque creature before him was terrifying beyond belief, if past encounters were any indication, the phantom should be more than capable of handling it.

Just as Shen Bai had this thought, the phantom finally moved.

The phantom had been completely locked down by a barrage of attacks, reaching a point where it seemed impossible to evade.

But as the phantom slowly took a step forward, its body suddenly disappeared.

The barrage of attacks struck nothing but air.

The phantom magically reappeared about a hundred feet away from the humanoid grotesque.

’So that’s Instant Teleportation. Pretty impressive.’ Shen Bai thought, his gaze sharpening as he watched with intense focus.

At this moment, the humanoid grotesque finally made a move.

It displayed an unparalleled speed, every step blurring into an afterimage that made its position impossible to track.

This speed was far, far faster than Shen Bai’s Divine Thousand Miles.

Sometimes, when one of either strength or speed reaches its absolute peak, one becomes nearly invincible in that domain.

And right now, the humanoid grotesque seemed to be just that.

It used its Speed to compensate for its lack of offensive power. This Speed placed it in an inherently undefeatable position. It could even rely on its Speed to escape, putting itself outside its opponent’s attack range.

Its attack was about to connect. Although the creature’s faceless visage showed no expression, Shen Bai could sense that the phantom remained perfectly calm, without a trace of joy or sorrow.

’It has a counter for this,’ Shen Bai thought.

As if it had heard his thought, the phantom shifted its feet and once again disappeared from the spot.

This was a true disappearance, not just moving so fast that one couldn’t track it.

After disappearing, the phantom immediately reappeared, this time behind the humanoid grotesque, pressing a palm toward the center of its back.

This palm strike didn’t look as exaggerated as that giant white cloud palm from before, but if it truly landed, the humanoid grotesque would be instantly annihilated.

The humanoid grotesque seemed to be quite clever, pushing its speed to the absolute limit and using all its strength to dodge the phantom’s palm strike.

But immediately after, the humanoid grotesque found itself relentlessly hounded, as if by a persistent spirit. Every time it moved, the phantom would appear right behind it.

The phantom wasn’t matching its Speed, but using instantaneous Movement.

Time slowly passed. After this exchange repeated for the tenth time, the phantom finally seized an opportunity and pressed its palm onto the humanoid grotesque’s back.

In a single instant, the grotesque aura emanating from the humanoid grotesque’s body vanished completely.

And as the grotesque aura dissipated, the humanoid grotesque itself turned into smoke, disappearing into the flawless white sky.

The phantom withdrew its hand and once again clasped them behind its back, striking a pose of supreme confidence.

Before his eyes, the entire scene began to gradually fade.

When Shen Bai came back to his senses, he was already back in his room.

...

There was no one else in the room; only Shen Bai was sitting in the main seat.

The smoke before him had already disappeared, having long since transformed into a vast amount of Information, allowing Shen Bai to completely master the Level 6 Divine Thousand Miles.

"Where the eye can see, one arrives in an instant."

After reaching Level 6, in addition to doubling its previous attributes, Divine Thousand Miles gained an Instant Teleportation Attribute.

The so-called Instant Teleportation was just as its name implied: instantaneous Movement.

For example, when going from one place to another, if Shen Bai were to use Divine Thousand Miles, he could arrive in the blink of an eye, as long as it was a place he could see.

And this Divine Power was of immense use to Shen Bai.

The Speed of Divine Thousand Miles was indeed fast enough, suitable for both short bursts and protracted battles.

But it was still fundamentally moving from one place to another.

If he were in a situation like the phantom during its fight with the humanoid grotesque, completely surrounded by attacks, even using Divine Thousand Miles wouldn’t be enough to escape, as there were simply too many attacks.

But Instant Teleportation was different.

Even if someone built thick walls all around him, Shen Bai would only need a single thought to vanish and reappear elsewhere.

’This is great stuff. But... it seems I’m about to break through to the Unity Realm.’

Shen Bai reined in his thoughts, then closed his eyes and carefully sensed the changes within his body.

Inside his body, the Golden Qi began to spread.

Originally, six and a half of Shen Bai’s meridians were covered by Golden Qi. But as Divine Thousand Miles reached Level 6, the golden energy, having already filled his first six meridians, began to spread toward the seventh.

In just the blink of an eye, the seventh meridian was completely enveloped in gold.

And at this moment, the gold did not stop, but continued to spread toward the final meridian.

The Meridian Realm was all about filling all eight meridians completely with Golden Qi.

Now, it was time for the final, eighth one.

When the eighth meridian was covered by the Golden Qi, a wave of understanding washed over Shen Bai’s mind.

Immediately after, he seemed to hear the sound of an eggshell cracking next to his ear.

CRACK!

After this sound rang out, a connection formed between the eight meridians, as if an invisible bridge had linked them all together.

And this bridge was a ninth meridian, born from nothing.

To call it a meridian was not quite right; it was more like an enormous container.

Shen Bai could feel that when this container appeared, the strength in his entire body underwent a qualitative change.