Chapter 236 A Sudden Battle
"You mean, you didn't feel anything when the colossus of the ruins was activated?" Qu Shao frowned.
"Yes." Yu Cang nodded.
"Strange... Since this relic colossus can be used normally, why is it only activated when it encounters you..." Qu Shao stroked his chin, "Xiao Cang, at what age did your soul energy well awaken?"
"I'm seventeen, what's wrong?"
"hiss……"
The activation method of each Ruins Colossus is actually slightly different. In addition to the most basic stepping into the attack range and carrying a part of the Colossus crystal, some Colossi seem to have talent requirements.
As for the talent of the soul card master... it can be judged intuitively based on the awakening time of the soul energy well.
Zhong Lin, for example, didn't awaken his Soul Energy Well until he was nineteen, and even after a long period of cultivation, he'd only reached Level Four. Even if he gathered all the Colossus Crystals, he wouldn't be able to activate the Colossus ruins on the mountainside.
The age at which the Soul Energy Well awakens varies, but no matter what, seventeen years old is theoretically the earliest time to awaken the Soul Energy Well.
In this talent area, as long as you gather all the Colossus Crystals, you can activate all the Ruins Colossi... Some geniuses who awakened the Soul Energy Well earlier came here to try, but the results were no different from those who awakened normally at the age of seventeen.
But if it’s not a matter of talent, then what could it be?
"Master Qu, don't worry about it for now." Yu Cang seemed to be thinking about something. "I may know why."
"Oh? What is it?"
"Sorry, this needs to be kept secret."
“…” Qu Shao’s excitement was all swallowed in his throat.
As a card-making master, he rarely encountered such a situation of insufficient authority... The past two days made him think about it again.
The reason Yu Cang mentioned...actually refers to the Starry Sky Vision, or to be more precise, the Rhythmic Body.
When the giant statue of the ruins was activated, Yu Cang felt that his rhythmic body was suddenly stared at by something for a moment. Now thinking about it, it might be the existence that controlled the giant statue of the ruins.
However, this result made him a little confused.
Grandmaster Yun said that all the creations here were made by humans ten thousand years ago. At that time... why did they have the ability to recognize rhythmic bodies?
The colossus of ruins here, from a functional point of view, should only serve as a trial... What kind of trial actually requires the condensation of a rhythmic body to trigger it? Let alone ten thousand years ago, even now, Yu Cang felt that it was a bit of an exaggeration.
The trial required a rhythmic body to trigger, but the ruins colossus that stood up was an epic... Even if this epic was much stronger than the average epic, it was still a bit shabby.
This doesn't make any sense.
Could it be that these creatures also came here from the astral realm?
While thinking, Yu Cang had already arrived at the training ground where Zhong Qi had disappeared before.
After finding a place to sit down, Yu Cang glanced at the entry recorder.
It will take some time to extract all the legendary entries on it, but the entry extraction that was launched here yesterday seems to be almost completed.
After hesitating for a moment, Yu Cang closed his eyes and entered the starry sky vision.
Although I haven't finished extracting legendary items yet, I have a lot of epic items, so my combat effectiveness is guaranteed. From yesterday's test, it seems that a few epic items are enough to ensure I can escape unscathed.
Now he was curious about one thing.
After he defeated the Colossus of the Ruins, the success rate of implanting those abnormal entries indicated that some consciousness had noticed him. He really wanted to know whether this consciousness was the same one that had previously controlled the fog in the Starry Sky Vision.
When defeating the colossus of the ruins before, Yu Cang had entered the Starry Sky Vision and taken a few glances, one to check if there was anything unusual nearby, and the other to test it - as a result, although the fog was still there, the pressure that wanted to trap him had disappeared.
Is it gone now, or has the hostility towards me been reduced?
Ye Shenhua said that there is a consciousness from the astral realm here. If this is it... then maybe he can try to communicate now.
Rising into the starry sky field of vision, Yu Cang's sight was once again shrouded in thick fog.
He looked around and found that the pressure had indeed disappeared.
"Are you looking at me?" Yu Cang said, "There are rhythms related to language in the Starry Sky Vision. You should be able to understand what I'm saying, right?"
Quiet.
In the thick fog, only Yu Cang's rhythmic voice was slowly echoing, and no one responded to him.
After thinking for a moment, Yu Cang continued, "This is Yan Country. We welcome friends from other places. No matter what you want, you can raise it and we can satisfy you."
There was still no sound in the thick fog.
Yu Cang continued, "Friend, one of our people disappeared here a month ago. The myths of Yan Nation have already noticed this place, and we don't want to hurt feelings. But if we can't communicate, we can only choose to demolish this place violently. I think this is probably something you don't want to see, right?"
It was still quiet.
This made Yu Cang frown.
How come this consciousness has no desire to communicate at all?
He is also very curious about the consciousness from the astral world, and he would be very happy to see it if the problem could be solved through communication.
Why ignore yourself?
At this time.
The thick fog suddenly surged for a while, and the fog dispersed slightly, allowing Yu Cang to see some of the patterns there clearly.
"Hello, scholar from Blue Star." A gentle and elegant female voice came from it.
Yu Cang's mind moved.
That was exactly the place where I felt something strange yesterday!
Are you finally willing to communicate?
"Hello, friend." Yu Cang smiled. "My name is Yu Cang. What's your name?"
"You can call me Stardust," the female voice said. "I'm sorry for taking your people without permission. I tried to communicate, but no one had ever entered the Starry Sky Vision Zone before, and I couldn't find a way to communicate."
The female voice was surprisingly friendly, which made Yu Cang feel relieved. He said, "Then may I ask how Zhong Qi is doing now?"
"He's doing well. He's currently studying the secret arts of the empire. Once he's finished, he'll be able to return."
As soon as the woman finished speaking, a picture suddenly appeared in the thick fog. In it, a young boy was sitting on the ground, staring straight ahead without blinking, not knowing what he was looking at.
The boy looks a bit sloppy now, with long beard and hair, and it's obvious that he hasn't taken care of them for a long time, but his eyes are particularly bright.
Although he was equally sloppy, he looked much more pleasing to the eye than Qu Shao from yesterday.
"That's good." Yu Cang breathed a sigh of relief, "Can I communicate with Zhong Qi now?"
"Of course." The girl replied, "You can get closer and hear what he says..."
"Come closer..." Yu Cang suddenly paused, a sense of vigilance rising in his heart, "Is it not possible at this distance?"
"No, Zhong Qi has never entered the Xingtian Vision Area. He can't hear you from such a distance."
"...Then wait a minute, I'll come back later." Yu Cang decided to wait until the cooldown of the legendary entry was over before trying again.
"No, it has to be now." There was an inexplicable smile in the woman's voice.
"Hmm?" Yu Cang frowned. He realized something and hurriedly wanted to exit the Starry Sky Vision, but suddenly found that waves of sluggish touch enveloped him from all directions, making him feel as if he was stuck in a quagmire and unable to break free!
Yu Cang looked forward: "Do you know what you are doing?"
At this moment, after a moment of silence in the fog, a light hum was heard, and the tone of the female voice on the opposite side suddenly changed, with a hint of pride.
"...Okay, stop pretending. Do you think you can fool me?"
"What?"
"Oh, you still don't admit it?" The female voice seemed to tsk, and the gentleness from before was gone. "I don't know how you managed to sneak across to Blue Star, bypassing the control of the Star God and my brother... Humph, no matter what method you use, what I hate most is people like you who want to dilute the power of the Imperial Star for your own selfish interests!"
Um?
Yu Cang raised his brows.
Smuggling yourself across the border?
He couldn't help but feel panicky - could it be that his identity as a time traveler had been discovered?
Xingchen was naturally quick to notice his panic, which only strengthened her suspicions. She snorted coldly, "Hmph, you idiot, you've given yourself away, haven't you? Tell me how you sneaked in! If you tell me everything, maybe I'll spare your life!"
Yu Cang frowned.
wrong.
She shouldn't be talking about time travelers.
Because... for some reason, when the female voice mentioned the name "Emperor Star", he suddenly had an inexplicable feeling in his heart... It seemed that the owner of this name was denying Xingchen's words?
What a mess.
He couldn't figure out the situation, so he decided to exit the Starry Sky Vision first. But—it was too late.
…
In this world, outside the cultivation area.
Yu Cang had told them not to disturb him for the time being, so Qu Shao and Yun Yan were chatting outside at this time.
Suddenly, Qu Shao paused, as if he sensed something. He quickly raised his head and looked at the sky, his eyes immediately widening.
That is...
A rainbow light shot up into the sky!
Exactly the same as the one a month ago!
"That... is bad!" Qu Shao's face turned anxious. Without saying a word, he and Yun Yan ran towards the training area where Yu Cang was. As soon as they opened the door, they were staggered by a burst of energy.
"That is..."
At this moment, Yu Cang's body was floating slowly. All around him, all the relic crystals that Yu Cang had hit before flew out, each emitting light of different colors and swirling around Yu Cang. The light gathered together above Yu Cang's head, and seemed to be turning into a rainbow light shooting towards the sphere in the sky!
Around him, the warriors tried every possible means, some tried to intercept with electronic buffer barriers, and some tried to shatter the crystals of the ruins with energy cannons, but it was of no use.
Qu Shao was still in a daze when Yun Yan flew out from the side. A huge soul card shadow appeared in the air and flipped over beside him. A dragon roared and a real dragon rushed out fiercely!
The real dragon grabbed Yu Cang with its claws and opened its mouth wide, and sprayed a breath of dragon's breath towards the direction where the rainbow light was shooting!
Buzz...
The dragon claws missed and the dragon breath had no effect. Only a buzzing sound was heard rising and disappearing in the air, and Yu Cang's figure had disappeared.
"This..." Yun Yan was sweating profusely.
What should they do… They were already careful enough, so how could Yu Cang still be sucked in… And in full view of everyone!
Damn it, the thing I was most worried about happened!
Damn it, why did it have to be Yu Cang? Yun Yan had also collected all the relic crystals, why didn’t he pull him in... Yu Cang’s life was much more important than his!
"I'll contact the association!" Yun Yan gritted his teeth and immediately turned around and left.
On the side, Gu Jieshuang was holding a sword, his face as cold as ice.
It was right under her nose...but she didn't feel a thing!
how so.
For a moment, Gu Jieshuang felt a sense of emptiness in her heart, and this feeling even made her feel suffocated.
Just when she didn't know what to do, Ye Lai came in front of Gu Jieshuang and said, "No need to be anxious."
Gu Jieshuang didn't say anything, turned her head and looked at Ye Lai.
"The master of this body is calling my true name." Ye Lai said, "The master of this body said that he is safe and I just need to wait."
“…Okay.” Gu Jieshuang took a deep breath and calmed down.
By the way, I can communicate with the boss at night... Since the boss said so, there must be no problem.
She trusts her boss very much.
Although he said so, Gu Jieshuang remained silent when looking at the place where Yu Cang had just sat.
A feeling of powerlessness crept into her heart.
How could I not be able to do anything...
Gu Jieshuang clenched his fists quietly, feeling somewhat unwilling.
If I can't even help my boss, then what's the point of taking risks together...
Suddenly, she seemed to have thought of something and took out a gray soul card from her arms.
Destiny Star, the passage to the other world.
…
Yu Cang lowered his gaze and returned to the real world, only to find that the scene in front of him had changed.
He was silent for a moment, then he figured out what was happening.
The stardust used the thick fog to block herself from the Starry Sky's vision for a while, and during this time, she used some unknown means to teleport her body here.
Miscalculated.
With the epic entries, Stardust really couldn't trap himself, but he didn't expect that he would be pulled in directly after being trapped for such a short period of time.
Yu Cang began to look around.
It was very spacious here, and all around was made of classic white metal. The ceiling looked to be dozens of meters from the ground, with some railings and platforms on top.
It looks like... an arena?
However, there was always an uncomfortable blur that blocked his vision, as if he had suddenly become nearsighted. He could never see the walls in the distance clearly, which made him very uncomfortable.
Yu Cang turned his head and saw a huge stone statue standing on the side.
Yes, a stone statue… The workmanship was just as crude as the colossal statues in the ruins outside, completely out of place. However, perhaps because this place had been closed off for years, there was no vegetation covering this statue, and the carvings on the stone were surprisingly well-preserved, not looking like they had been there for thousands of years.
Yu Cang's breathing stopped.
Wait, this suspicious space, and this suspicious colossus... Will I have to fight it myself later?
The eleventh-level relic colossus outside is already strong enough, but the big guy in front of him is nearly ten times larger than that colossus. This guy can't be epic no matter how you look at it, right?
I can’t beat this one!
At this moment, the female voice suddenly came from the side.
"Stowaway, what are you thinking? I advise you to honestly confess everything you know, otherwise... hmph."
"I'm not a stowaway." Yu Cang said, "I'm just a Blue Star Yan countryman. I don't know what you are talking about."
"Are you still being stubborn at this point?" The female voice seemed to move closer. She gritted her teeth and said, "Stowaway, don't force this princess to swear!"
“…”
"Okay, okay, you don't admit it, right? Fine, then don't blame me for being rude!"
Buzz...
A strange sound came from the front. Yu Cang looked over immediately and saw a rainbow light suddenly falling in front of him. After the light dissipated, a blurry figure appeared there.
In Yu Cang's perception, the figure was also very confused, obviously not knowing what was going on. But when Yu Cang looked closely, he found that the person's appearance was blurry and unclear.
Yu Cang raised his brows, as if he had some guess in his mind.
…
"Where is this place?" Zhong Qi frowned slightly. He looked at Yu Cang across from him, but he could only see a blur. So he asked tentatively, "Princess, is that you..."
"He's your enemy!" a female voice descended from the sky. "Zhong Qi, a month has passed to crack the mystery of the spirit particle, and you still haven't grasped it. Logically, you've lost your qualification... But you're the first gifted person I've met since awakening, so I'm making an exception and giving you one more chance. As long as you defeat the person in front of you, I can give you another chance to crack it."
Zhong Qi's eyes seemed to light up: "Really?"
He quickly sensed it - and sure enough, he could use the deck again!
After staying here for a month, I don’t know what means the female voice used to make me unable to use even the soul card... This is undoubtedly very uncomfortable for a soul card master.
"certainly."
"Then my opponent is..."
"It's just a puppet I made based on the card maker's system. Your goal is to defeat him—but be careful not to kill him."
"...Okay, I understand, Princess." Zhong Qi looked forward, and Yu Cang's figure was blurry.
It wasn't just Yu Cang, everything in this environment was blurry - in fact, ever since he entered here, this blurry feeling had been lingering in his sight, as if there was some power here that was affecting his perception, making him almost unable to hear anything, and as if he had more than a thousand degrees of myopia.
Fighting in this kind of environment...it's really difficult.
He narrowed his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking.
…
opposite.
Yu Cang frowned slightly.
There is some kind of communication going on on the other side.
After coming here, the fog lock in Xingtian's field of vision became even more exaggerated. He could hardly sense anything. Moreover, this fog lock even extended to the present world, making him unable to see the appearance of the person appearing opposite him, and even unable to hear his voice.
But he has the starry sky vision after all, so he can still perceive some information from the dark - compared to Zhong Qi who can see everything blurry, he can at least see the surrounding environment clearly.
At this moment, he suddenly sensed a fluctuation of energy, and then he saw that next to the figure in front of him, an even larger and blurry figure suddenly appeared.
Yu Cang's heart sank.
Is this... a fight?
The female voice didn't give him any clues, but he had been alert from the beginning, so he naturally reacted immediately.
Click!
With a slap on the card box, two soul cards flew out. After they shattered, a gray-white half-dragon man appeared in front of him, with Yu Cang guarding him behind him.
It seems that I have to defeat the person in front of me first...
Yu Cang narrowed his eyes slightly.
This isn't like a duel in the arena... There are no silent rounds, and no duel shields. The duelists' physical fitness is very fragile in front of those powerful soul cards, and they could die if they're not careful!
Yu Cang cheered up.
…
A certain space
The spirit particle flow condensed in the air, forming the princess's vague body.
"This Zhong Qi should be able to get rid of Yu Cang, right?" Xingchen tilted his head, looking unsure.
After all, she had seen Yu Cang fight the colossus of the ruins outside, but she had never seen Zhong Qi take action, so she was not very sure.
"It doesn't matter if I can't win. At worst, I can just do it secretly..." The princess made a secret decision in her heart.
Ten thousand years have passed, and her spiritual particle flow has been dormant in the Starry Sky Vision for too long, so long that it will not wake up for a while, and it is even a question whether some of the spiritual particle flows will wake up at all.
Now, the amount of spiritual particles in her hands is pitifully small, which makes her combat effectiveness very weak. She will definitely not be able to defeat Yu Cang in a head-on fight.
But it doesn’t matter. As a princess, strategy is a course that you must master!
This trick of hers, using a borrowed knife to kill someone, I'm sure her brother would praise her for being clever after seeing it. Humph.
She had already planned to use Zhong Qi to deplete Yu Cang's fighting power first, and then at the critical moment, she would take action and capture Yu Cang alive - although she hated these smugglers, but now is a time of chaos after all, and honestly, she understood the motivation of these people to save their lives.
Therefore, unless necessary, she could turn a blind eye and not care that they had violated her father's orders - it was just right for him to feel the empire's broad-mindedness!
She was able to cut off Zhong Qi's connection with the soul card by starting from the Starry Sky Vision - this was her area of authority, and Zhong Qi knew nothing about the Starry Sky Vision, so it was natural for her to succeed.
But you can't do this to Yu Cang - unless you knock him out first.
When Xingchen thought of this, he pouted.
This Zhong Qi is really... oh, so stupid.
He seems to be quite talented, so why did it take him so long to solve the mystery of the spirit particle... It's been a month, and there is still no progress!
Back then, she only took one day to crack it...
Alas, I hope there are people out there with better talents than Zhong Qi... By the way, it’s been a while since I released my insect recognition attraction wave. Logically, there should have been insect recognition coming here a long time ago, so why is there no response yet?
Only with the ability to identify insects will she be able to recruit talents on a large scale on Blue Star. Otherwise, the efficiency will be too slow as it is now.
(End of this chapter)
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