Chapter 238 : Chapter 238
Chapter 238: A Glimmer of Hope in Despair!
“What are you, exactly? Human... or one of the eldritch?”
Chen Shu stared at Su Ming with a strange look in her eyes, disbelief written all over her face.
She had never expected Su Ming to wipe out the entirety of Heavenly Emperor City by himself, and in such an overwhelmingly dominant fashion at that.
“Do I look like one of the eldritch to you?”
Su Ming could not help but laugh, though that only made his already pale face look even paler.
After regaining her composure, Chen Shu did her best to calm herself down and said, “I think you’re even more terrifying than the eldritch!”
Chen Shu was not lying.
At the same realm, no eldritch being could match Su Ming. Forget the same realm—even those below the Immortal Realm were no match for him.
Su Ming let out a hoarse laugh.
“I need to recover a bit. We’ll return to the Hope Zone in a few days!”
Su Ming’s voice was rough and raspy. Right now, he truly was in an extremely weakened state.
More importantly, he planned to rest here while continuing his simulations.
After reaching an open patch of ground, Su Ming directly built a temporary wooden hut to use for a short period of secluded cultivation.
Chen Shu watched all of this without trying to stop him.
At this moment, her heart was filled with mixed emotions.
She had no idea how this matter should be handled once they returned to the Hope Zone.
Since Su Ming could destroy Heavenly Emperor City by himself, then he also possessed the power to destroy their Hope Zone.
“Sigh...”
After letting out a long sigh, Chen Shu decided it would be better to wait until her brother Chen Tian arrived before saying anything.
...
Inside the wooden hut.
Su Ming looked at the Simulator panel before him and spoke softly.
“Start the simulation!”
【Simulation begins!】
【Day One: You recovered from your injuries in the temporary wooden hut you had built.】
【However, you discovered that this time, your injuries were recovering much more slowly than before.】
【After thinking it over, you guessed that it was probably because this was simply a case of exhausting all your Spiritual Power.】
【Under such circumstances, your True Dragon Treasure Body could not provide much additional benefit.】
【You knew that the True Dragon Treasure Body only showed its advantages when it came to severe external injuries.】
【And so, one month later!】
【Your body had returned to its peak state, and you walked out of the wooden hut.】
【When you stepped out, you saw someone you had not expected to see.】
【You had not expected Chen Tian to have arrived at Heavenly Emperor City at some unknown point.】
【When Chen Tian heard the noise and looked toward you as you emerged from the wooden hut, his eyes were filled with a complicated expression.】
【Chen Tian had never imagined that you would actually destroy the entirety of Heavenly Emperor City by yourself.】
【Moreover, he had learned from Chen Shu that the Bai Family had indeed drawn close to the Eldritch Race and betrayed the human race.】
【Chen Tian had originally intended to do everything in his power to protect you, but after seeing how things had turned out, he could not help feeling a little awkward.】
【After a brief silence, Chen Tian was the first to break the stillness.】
【“Let’s leave this place first and return to the Hope Zone. What happened here must be reported to the Council of Elders!”】
【You nodded and followed Chen Tian back.】
【One month later!】
【You returned to the Hope Zone within the Ancient Emperor Ruins.】
【After returning, Chen Tian immediately prepared to head for the Council of Elders, but you suddenly stopped him.】
【Chen Tian looked at you in confusion.】
【After a brief pause, you asked Chen Tian whether there was anywhere in the Qingxuan Realm that had news of Xuanhuang Stone Marrow.】
【“Xuanhuang Stone Marrow?”】
【Chen Tian frowned as he searched his mind for any information related to Xuanhuang Stone Marrow.】
【After a long while, Chen Tian shook his head helplessly.】
【“Xuanhuang Stone Marrow is simply too rare. In this age, when body cultivators have already declined, it’s almost impossible to find any trace of it.”】
【“However...”】
【“There may be Xuanhuang Stone Marrow in the Fallen Immortal Abyss.”】
【After hearing Chen Tian’s words, disappointment rose in your heart.】
【You naturally already knew that the Fallen Immortal Abyss contained Xuanhuang Stone Marrow, but the amount there was only enough to forge a single Xuanhuang Shield.】
【You no longer pinned your hopes on Chen Tian.】
【After hearing what he had to say, you knew that the Qingxuan Realm was completely hopeless.】
【If you wanted to successfully survive the ninefold Chaos Divine Lightning, then there were only two necessary conditions: either a much stronger body, or the use of an Immortal Artifact like the Xuanhuang Shield to help you withstand it.】
【The former path—breaking through the Spirit Bone Realm of your body and reaching an even higher level—was possible, but it would take far too much time. You simply did not have that much time to cultivate.】
【Moreover, with the current environment, making a breakthrough would be extremely difficult. There was already no better tempering ground than the Fallen Immortal Abyss for your cultivation.】
【In the end, you could only place your hopes on Xuanhuang Stone Marrow.】
【However, you planned to ask Xuanyuan Tianji whether there were any other Immortal Artifacts similar to the Xuanhuang Shield that could withstand tribulation lightning.】
【Inside Xuanyuan Tianji’s wooden hut!】
【“Only an Imperial Weapon or Xuanhuang Stone Marrow can help you!”】
【Xuanyuan Tianji told you that Xuanhuang Stone Marrow itself was formed from a portion of the essence blood of a mighty body cultivator, combined with Xuanhuang Qi. That was why a Xuanhuang Shield forged from it could naturally withstand the Chaos Lightning Tribulation.】
【Xuanyuan Tianji told you that aside from that, only an Imperial Weapon would be able to block it.】
【“Also, I advise you to give up this idea as soon as possible!”】
【You looked at Xuanyuan Tianji in confusion and asked her why.】
【Xuanyuan Tianji told you that although a Xuanhuang Shield forged from Xuanhuang Stone Marrow could help you block tribulation lightning, it could only be used once during each tribulation. After that, even if the Xuanhuang Shield was not damaged, it could no longer be used.】
【Xuanyuan Tianji told you that if you forcibly used it again, then the power of the Chaos Lightning Tribulation would increase a hundredfold.】
【Xuanyuan Tianji told you that in the past, there had also been opportunists who gathered a large amount of Xuanhuang Stone Marrow, hoping to rely on the Xuanhuang Shields they forged to pass tribulation easily.】
【“Do you know what happened in the end?”】
【You shook your head.】
【“When that person faced the second Chaos Lightning Tribulation, the power of the Chaos Divine Lightning increased a hundredfold. He was reduced to ashes on the spot, and even everything within a thousand-li radius around him was affected!”】
【After hearing that news, your heart sank involuntarily.】
【Once Xuanyuan Tianji told you this, you knew that your plan had completely failed.】
【If only one Xuanhuang Shield could be used, then the Xuanhuang Stone Marrow in the Fallen Immortal Abyss was already more than enough.】
【At the side, Xuanyuan Tianji saw how awful your expression had become and quickly guessed your current predicament.】
【“Sigh!”】
【“I told you long ago that this path is incredibly hard to walk. Since time immemorial, almost no one has managed to complete it.”】
【“Is there any other way?”】
【You told Xuanyuan Tianji all the thoughts in your heart.】
【You told her that, with the ninefold lightning tribulation, you could probably endure at most five or six bolts right now. You were still far from complete success.】
【You asked her whether, aside from body cultivation, there was any other method that could help you successfully survive the tribulation.】
【As your words fell, an eerie silence settled over the wooden hut.】
【A long time later!】
【“Yes!”】