Chapter 716 Human or Immortal?
The hall was deathly silent; so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
The Master of Miraculous Hands stared intently at Zhang Yu's palms, looking at the two cubes formed by spatial barriers in Zhang Yu's left and right hands.
At the same time, he kept replaying the scenes that had just happened in his mind.
As the Nascent Soul True Monarchs on both sides launched their fierce attacks, Zhang Yu, standing in the center of the two sides, clasped his hands together. The distorted space swallowed up light, sound, and signals, like a bottomless abyss, absorbing all the attacks and even magical treasures launched by both sides.
“Zhang Yu… He stood in the middle of us at the same time as we attacked, and he actually managed to withstand all of our attacks all by himself.”
The Master of Miraculous Hands was shocked to reach this conclusion. He then had intense questions in his mind and began to analyze the situation at high speed.
"The reason why he was able to contain our attacks is primarily due to the immortal sect's technique, 'Kunlun in the Palm.' It is precisely because of this technique that he can reduce our attacks and contain them in the palm of his hand."
"But what happened next? What method did he use to seal off the power we unleashed?"
"Tai Xu Yun Cang? No, Tai Xu Yun Cang can't do that... Is this some kind of portable spatial barrier?"
The Mystic Hands True Monarch looked at the cube in Zhang Yu's left palm. The surging thunder and fire, along with various qi and sword qi, within it were the attacks released by the two Nascent Soul True Monarchs present. These forces collided and churned within, existing in an extremely unstable state. The Mystic Hands True Monarch believed that if it weren't for the suppression of the spatial barrier, the power within would have already been completely detonated, engulfing Zhang Yu and the entire hall.
When Zhang Yu faces these forces head-on, he will inevitably be the first to be blown up.
"But even if it's a spatial barrier, how long can it withstand so many attacks at once?"
It was clear that the Nascent Soul True Monarch was not the only one with similar thoughts. They looked at Zhang Yu as if he were a person holding a bomb, and that bomb could be detonated at any moment, killing Zhang Yu instantly.
But the next moment, amidst the shocked gazes of many Nascent Soul True Monarchs, Zhang Yu smiled slightly, his left hand clenching into a fist as if he were about to crush the cube in his left hand.
When Zhang Yu opened his palm again, it was completely empty. Both the cube formed by the spatial barrier and the surging power had vanished without a trace.
"What?!" Seeing this, the Master of Miraculous Hands widened his eyes, his eyeballs scanning Zhang Yu's hand at high speed, as if trying to find out where the vanished power had gone, how it could have evaporated like his recent stock market funds?
Not only Master Miaoshou, but everyone present, whether it was the steadfast faction of Master Xianyin and Master Leiji, or the retreat faction of Master Tiansha and Master Tianzhang, all stared intently at Zhang Yu's empty palm.
At the same time, Zhang Yu said calmly, "This power is too unstable. For safety's sake, I will disperse it first."
"As for these magical treasures..."
Upon hearing Zhang Yu's words, the many Nascent Soul cultivators present were all startled, fearing that Zhang Yu might crush their magical treasures with a clenched fist just like before.
But the next moment, Zhang Yu raised his right palm and said, "Please take it back, everyone."
After saying that, Zhang Yu's palm trembled slightly, and the many magical treasures that were originally sealed inside the cube suddenly expanded, like fish breaking free from their confinement, and flew out from Zhang Yu's palm.
The many Nascent Soul cultivators present sensed that the magical artifacts had been reconnected and quickly accepted them.
Having done all this, and seeing the many Nascent Soul cultivators who had lost their will to fight, Zhang Yu breathed a slight sigh of relief.
During the series of attacks, although Zhang Yu appeared calm and collected, his magical power was being rapidly depleted.
Zhang Yu understood that the reason he was able to seemingly easily withstand the attacks from the two Nascent Soul cultivators present was primarily because he used the level 40 "Kunlun in the Palm" skill to shrink space and contain all the attacks within his palm.
The next step is to seal it off using the spatial barrier set up by the level 40 "Three Realms and Ten Directions Void Barrier".
If either of these two immortal cultivation techniques were missing, Zhang Yu would not have been able to perform the action he just did.
Even so, drawing back and containing the attacks of numerous Nascent Soul cultivators in one go was like a child wielding a sledgehammer, causing Zhang Yu to consume a massive amount of mana every moment during this process.
In just a short while, eighty percent of the magical power in his body had been consumed.
Once his magic power is exhausted and the sealed power goes out of control, he will be the first to be injured.
Therefore, he still needs a third step—to become a descendant of immortals.
The moment Zhang Yu clenched his fist, he opened the entrance to the immortal's lineage in his palm, channeling the collected violent energy into it.
It was precisely because of the independent space created by the descendants of immortals that Zhang Yu had the confidence to withstand the attacks of the many Nascent Soul True Monarchs present.
Just then, True Monarch Tian Sha looked at Zhang Yu with a serious expression and asked, "Zhu Yi, what have you done?"
Zhang Yu said calmly, "Since I obtained the immortal sect's cultivation technique, 'Kunlun in the Palm,' I have been studying its profound mysteries day and night, and finally pushed it to the peak of the Nascent Soul stage at level 40."
Upon hearing Zhang Yu's words, some Nascent Soul cultivators present were shaken, seemingly astonished that Zhang Yu had cultivated the immortal sect's techniques to such a level in such a short time.
Those who had witnessed Zhang Yu's previous attack, such as Heavenly Killer True Lord and Miraculous Hand True Lord, revealed a knowing look in their eyes.
Zhang Yu then said, "Space technology is too profound and unfathomable. The more I cultivate, the more I feel its difficulty."
"Fortunately, the spatial barrier set up by the Righteous Alliance gave me a lot of inspiration, allowing me to combine the strengths of both sides..."
As he spoke, Zhang Yu extended a finger, and the light and air gradually distorted at his fingertip, eventually transforming into a spherical space composed of spatial barriers.
Among the many Nascent Soul True Monarchs present, there were neither weak nor poor, and they were already proficient in using the Taixu Cloud Treasury.
Upon close observation, they could sense that this spherical space was remarkably similar to the Taixu Cloud Treasury they commonly used.
Zhang Yu played with the spherical space and then said, "That's why I was able to work with Teacher Magnet to create the Boundary-Breaking Cone and the Void Cloud Treasury, leading the revolution in space technology."
"And the first step in this process is naturally the technology of spatial scaling."
Upon hearing this, the Master of Miraculous Hands stared intently at Zhang Yu's fingertips, at the spherical space within them, and thought to himself, "Studying together with the Magnetic God? Could this sphere be the Void Cloud Treasury that Zhang Yu crafted himself?"
He looked at the spherical space and felt that it was getting bigger and bigger, higher and higher, as if it was suddenly expanding violently and about to fill his field of vision in the next moment.
Even Zhang Yu's finger seemed to be constantly rising and growing taller, like a high mountain or a majestic peak, trying to lift the spherical space into the sky.
At this moment, Master Miaoshou felt like a mortal standing in front of a towering mountain, only able to watch as Zhang Yu's fingers pressed down like a mountain.
The next moment, when the Master of Miraculous Hands came to his senses, the spherical space was still the spherical space, and the fingers were still the fingers; everything had returned to normal in size and shape.
But Master Miaoshou knew that what he had just seen was not an illusion, and judging from the conversations and reactions of the other Nascent Soul Masters around him, they had obviously also perceived similar scenes.
"Has the space itself changed?"
The Master of Miraculous Hands thought to himself, "Just now... did Zhang Yu enlarge his fingertips? Or were we both shrunk together?"
On the other side, True Monarch Xianyin looked at Zhang Yu in disbelief, thinking to himself, "What is this kid's background? How could he master spatial technology to such an extent? And... just now he said that he and Magnetic God Monarch researched and created the Boundary-Breaking Cone and the Void Cloud Treasury?"
At the same time, as if to prove himself, Zhang Yu sent the evidence left to him by the Magnetic Extreme God to the many Nascent Soul True Lords present.
As they quickly scanned the evidence, the Nascent Soul True Monarchs present all changed their expressions several times, looking at Zhang Yu as if he were a freak.
Zhang Yu continued, "After that, the Taixu Cloud Treasury had a spatial locking function. The most crucial immortal technology here is the spatial barrier's ability to filter out passing matter."
As they spoke, the spherical space at Zhang Yu's fingertip gradually changed color, first turning red, then orange, and then yellow...
After seven consecutive changes in color, the sphere finally displayed a seven-colored radiance, as if a rainbow had been captured at Zhang Yu's fingertips.
Seeing this, the Heavenly Slaughter True Monarch's expression changed repeatedly, and he was shocked: "He used a spatial barrier to filter the light? Filtered light of different wavelengths?"
Then he thought of more. If even light could be filtered in this way, could Zhang Yu also filter their various martial arts, Taoist techniques, and magical treasures? Could Zhang Yu do that?
As the former head of the Security Department, now often referred to as the War Department, the Heavenly Slaughter True Lord immediately thought of the application of this technology in combat.
Tian Sha Zhenjun's heart sank: "If he can skillfully apply this technique in battle, he can launch a one-sided attack on us."
On the other side, True Monarch Xianyin sighed inwardly, "How long has he been cultivating immortal techniques? Just over ten months... and he's already mastered spatial technology to this extent? Is this reasonable? Does this conform to the path of immortality?"
"What exactly is he..."
At the same time, the same doubt arose in the mind of the Heavenly Slaughter True Monarch on the other side: "Is he human? Or an immortal?"
At this moment, the leaders of both Nascent Soul factions couldn't help but have a guess in their hearts, wondering if Zhang Yu was the reincarnation of some powerful being.
Otherwise, they simply couldn't figure out how Zhang Yu could have mastered the immortal sect's techniques and spatial technology to such an extent in just over a dozen months.
This was a consequence that Zhang Yu had long been prepared for and was willing to bear.
Zhang Yu understood that as he gradually revealed his talent and strength, all sorts of doubts, questions, and speculations would arise, affecting his future in various ways.
Even after the Heavenly Court returns, this influence will make his future even more unpredictable.
But in order to rescue Magneto and Aoki, and to protect his comrades, he was willing to accept this price.
Unbeknownst to him, as Zhang Yu's strength grew, he gradually became the one who stood in front of others.
Following that, Zhang Yu continued, "After completing the spatial filtering technology, I gradually found a more effective and lower-cost way to break through the sky."
"The underlying principle is not difficult to understand."
"The celestial dome set up by the Righteous Alliance also has a screening mechanism, allowing their own people to pass through but not our people."
"Therefore, as long as the filtering mechanism of the sky is cracked, it can be easily penetrated."
"And the more people do this, the more holes will be created in the sky, eventually leading to the collapse of the entire sky."
"Like this..."
With a flick of his finger, Zhang Yu transformed the spherical space into a plane, and then countless holes appeared on the plane, as if it were being pierced by some force.
When the number of holes reaches a certain point, almost covering the entire plane, the plane's structure gradually collapses, like a piece of paper pierced by a thousand arrows and then shattered into pieces.
As he spoke, Zhang Yu sent the blueprints of his latest magical artifact design to everyone present.
Not only Nascent Soul True Monarchs, but even Yan Qianji, Bei Wufeng, Jin Jun, Zi Yunzhen and others in the outer field received Zhang Yu's design drawings.
From the very beginning, Yan Qianji had been watching the dramatic changes unfolding on the scene and listening carefully to Zhang Yu's account to the many Nascent Soul True Monarchs.
The more he listened, the more astonished, shocked, and incredulous he became: "The Boundary-Breaking Cone researched and created together with the Divine Lord? The Void Cloud Treasury? How is this possible..."
In Yan Qianji's memory, Zhang Yu rarely visited the laboratory, spending his days squandering the research association's funds on his own cultivation.
But no matter what he thought, Zhang Yu, with his powerful spatial technology, single-handedly stopped the fierce battle between the two Nascent Soul cultivators, which is an undeniable fact.
So when Yan Qianji received the design drawings sent by Zhang Yu, he immediately began to study them diligently.
But upon closer inspection, he was dismayed to discover that he couldn't understand most of the content at all.
"There is too much Taoist knowledge in it that I haven't learned yet. If I want to understand this design blueprint, I will have to take several more courses and read a lot of materials and papers as supplements."
It wasn't just Yan Qianji who couldn't understand it; many Nascent Soul True Monarchs without strong weapon-refining skills also couldn't understand it.
Even cultivators with certain weapon-refining skills would not be able to understand much of the design blueprints without a foundation in spatial technology.
For example, Lei Ji Zhenjun, who had been out of the game for a long time, also couldn't understand Zhang Yu's design drawings.
Lei Ji had no choice but to secretly send a message to True Lord Xianyin, asking: "Xianyin, what do you think of this blueprint?"
True Lord Xianyin did not answer; his attention was completely drawn to the design drawings, and he was intently trying to understand their contents.
As the current head of the weapon crafting department, no one doubts Xuan Yin Zhenjun's weapon crafting abilities.
In particular, he participated in various projects of the Magnetic God and learned a lot of space technology. If anyone present could best judge the value of this design blueprint, in everyone's opinion, it would be the True Lord of String Sound.
Under everyone's gaze, True Monarch Xianyin slowly spoke, "Incredible... The magical artifacts designed in this blueprint could indeed allow anyone to break through the heavens after using them, and even cause the collapse of the entire heavens if there are enough of them."
Upon hearing these words from True Monarch Xianyin, True Monarch Leiji quickly said, "Since that's the case, what else is there to say? I fully support True Monarch Zhuyi. Let's break through the sky together and support the Principal."
On the other side, the Civil Engineering Department, which also belonged to the faction of upholding the principles, nodded repeatedly. Tu Lishan said, "Now that there is a solution, I also support True Lord Zhuyi."
The division of the sky into different layers has always been a major concern for the top ten universities.
It can be said that since the great changes in the world and the start of the war, the biggest reason why the top ten universities have always been at a disadvantage is the existence of the sky.
Hearing that the dark cloud that had been hanging over everyone's hearts might be dispelled, the expressions of many Nascent Soul cultivators on the scene changed drastically. Even the Nascent Soul True Monarchs who had insisted on retreating showed a hint of joy on their faces.
If given a choice, who would willingly admit defeat? Who would willingly have their assets plundered? Their wealth evaporate?
Every Nascent Soul True Monarch planning to retreat thought about the stock and currency crashes after their departure, the various supplies they couldn't take with them, the losses from being pursued in the future, and the days they would have to hide after their defeat in the Nascent Soul battle...
How could a Nascent Soul True Monarch not feel distressed, frustrated, or uncomfortable when he thought about all this?
However, reason told them that they had no choice; they could only accept failure and they had to accept the loss.
But at this moment, Zhang Yu gave them a glimmer of hope.
However, despite this glimmer of hope, the Heavenly Slaughter True Lord remained calm.
He didn't know much about space technology.
In terms of weapon crafting skills, even the Heavenly Slaughter True Monarch was far inferior to the many True Monarchs present who were skilled in weapon crafting.
Therefore, it is difficult for Heavenly Killing True Lord to judge everything Zhang Yu said from a theoretical perspective.
The decision on whether or not to evacuate is related to the entire net worth of him and the many Nascent Soul cultivators in the evacuation faction. It is a decision involving a huge amount of wealth, so he cannot afford to be careless.
As for True Lord Xianyin's judgment... after all, the other party was originally the leader of the steadfast faction, and True Lord Tiansha could not completely trust the other party.
Therefore, the Heavenly Slaughter True Lord decided to use the method he had been most proficient in since ancient times to make a confirmation.
(End of this chapter)
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