70: Azure sea condenses, silver moon pierces; a thousand blades soar through the void, formed in a single thought.
Zhang Sheng flew high into the sky, heading east.
The boundless sea came into view, but unfortunately, there were no longer any ships passing by.
People had no effective solution for the Yao Beasts in the ocean, but fortunately, it was extremely rare for sea Yao Beasts to come ashore and attack people.
Zhang Sheng plunged into the seawater and indeed discovered a few Foundation Establishment Realm Yao Beasts with his Divine Sense.
The Nine Tribulations Secret Codex was truly powerful. Just by Cultivating the Foundation Establishment Chapter to Perfection, his body moved as if on flat ground in the sea, almost unaffected.
Zhang Sheng continued to swim deeper into the sea.
One hundred meters,
Two hundred meters,
One thousand meters,
The deepest part of this seabed was only a thousand meters deep. Although the pressure was immense, its restriction on Zhang Sheng's body at this moment was still very limited.
After testing that he could fight in the sea, Zhang Sheng returned to the shore.
The main purpose of coming to the seaside this time was to Cultivate two second-tier Spells.
Zhang Sheng simultaneously operated his Mind-Cultivation Technique, formed hand seals, and needed to use his Divine Sense as a guide to engrave moon-shaped Spiritual Artifact blades.
Mind-Cultivation Technique, hand seals, Divine Sense—one mistake would result in Spell failure.
First attempt, failed; second attempt, hand seals too slow, failed; third attempt, Divine Sense engraving error, failed; fifth attempt, Mind-Cultivation Technique and hand seal rhythm out of sync, failed... failed!
Failed!
After a full two hours, finally! A crescent-shaped silver waning moon slowly formed in front of Zhang Sheng.
The silver waning moon was only one meter long, but it was as substantial as reality. It was hard to imagine that this was a Spell; outsiders would only consider it a Spiritual Artifact.
Whenever Zhang Sheng cast a Spell, the spiritual Qi in his Dantian would be consumed, and the Perfected State Primordial Chaos Qi Refining would automatically operate.
Even without taking qi gathering pills, he could absorb the surrounding spiritual Qi at a rate of one small circulation per minute, restoring his Dantian spiritual Qi.
Therefore, Zhang Sheng didn't have to worry about the consumption of spiritual Qi, nor did he need to use spirit pearls to restore spiritual Qi.
“Spell: Moon Slash (Beginner: 1/100)”
Like the Mysterious Spider Thought Binding Method, the Moon Slash Spell also required one hundred attempts to Cultivate to the Proficient Realm.
Achieving instant casting of Spells would require considerable effort.
Fortunately, thanks to the transformation of his physical body, Zhang Sheng's speed in both operating his Mind-Cultivation Technique and forming hand seals was extremely fast, almost instantaneous.
Round after round of silver waning moons were unleashed by Zhang Sheng, flying into the distance until they dissipated.
Half an hour later,
“Spell: Moon Slash (Proficient: 1/1000)”
A large amount of insight flooded his mind.
Zhang Sheng quickly cast the Spell, and a mini Moon Slash with a diameter of ten centimeters hovered in front of him.
“Awesome! Just like first-tier Spells, once a Spell reaches the Proficient Realm, not only does the casting speed increase, but I can also control the Spell's power level.”
Now he could cheat his way to improvement because the speed of condensing mini Moon Blades was much faster.
In just one hour, the Moon Slash Spell was Cultivated to the Proficient Realm.
The casting speed further increased, and Moon Blades of the same size had their power boosted fourfold.
However, this was not what Zhang Sheng wanted.
He wanted this Spell to be Cultivated to Perfected State, allowing for instant casting.
To avoid attracting attention, Zhang Sheng flew high into the sky to Cultivate.
Previously, when he first entered the Qi Sea Realm, flying to thirty thousand meters was his limit.
Now,
Zhang Sheng had flown to a height of fifty thousand meters without feeling anything. Ever since Cultivating the Nine Tribulations Secret Codex, Zhang Sheng no longer needed to breathe; oxygen was no longer a necessity.
It took a full three hours for Zhang Sheng to Cultivate Moon Slash to the Transcendent Realm, with casting occurring almost instantaneously.
However, Zhang Sheng was still not satisfied.
In a confrontation between strong individuals, an instant can mean the difference between life and death.
To defeat Rodi, this second-tier Spell had to be Cultivated to Perfected State.
This Cultivation lasted for three days.
For three days, Zhang Sheng did not stop for even a second.
Almost every second, Zhang Sheng released Moon Slash three times!
Three days,
259,200 seconds!
1,000,000 Moon Slashes!
“Spell: Moon Slash (Perfected State: 1,000,000/1,000,000)”
Several silver waning moons emerged around Zhang Sheng, each engraved with a Direwolf pattern.
There were a total of nine waning moons, varying in size, the largest like a truck, the smallest like a pin.
A thought forms the waning moon, a thought attacks with the waning moon!
Zhang Sheng's resolute face was reflected on the silver Moon Blades.
Zhang Sheng glanced at the time,
“August 11, 2030, 01:24 AM.”
Only three days remained until August 14. Starting from August 14, Yao Beasts in the Blue-level Secret Realms that had not been cleared would descend into the present world.
If a Divine Breath Realm Beast was not cleared and descended into the present world, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Qi Sea Realm Yao Beasts would develop sentience upon descending into the present world. If it were a Divine Breath Realm Beast, its intelligence would likely be no less than that of humans.
Coupled with Rodi's threat, the Earth would surely descend into chaos.
It seemed there wasn't enough time to Cultivate Sand Blast Funeral. He had to find Rodi and kill him before August 14 to eliminate future troubles.
During these days of Cultivation, Zhang Sheng was not only Cultivating but also contemplating tactics to deal with Rodi.
And the best way to lure Rodi out was to use himself as bait.
Zhang Sheng flew back to First Cultivation University overnight... “What? You want to deal with Rodi alone?” Hearing Zhang Sheng's plan, Hou Wu couldn't sit still. He abruptly stood up and continued:
“Zhang Sheng, I know you're strong, but according to our intelligence, Rodi has successively devoured the Talents of several top Awakened Ones these past few days! Do you know what that means?”
“To deal with Rodi, you must call Song Xian. Only with the two of you working together can I rest assured!”
Zhang Sheng knew his plan required the cooperation of China's high-level officials, so he reluctantly accepted Dean Hou's suggestion.
In the underground Cultivation hall, the seven Sequence Members gathered again.
The other SSS Awakened Ones in China had formed the confidential Sequence Team Two, so even though Zhang Sheng's ten Sequence Members had lost three members, there were no replacements.
During the time Zhang Sheng was Cultivating, another Blue-level Secret Realm appeared in China, which Song Xian had already led a team to clear.
Without needing to provide international support, China's current top combat power was absolutely sufficient.
Aside from Song Xian, Zhang Sheng noticed that all the other Sequence Members had already entered the Divine Breath Realm.
“Brother Sheng, let's act together. That Rodi guy is too terrifying!” Zhao Xue approached Zhang Sheng and whispered.
“Zhao Xue, Dean, everyone, please listen to me.”
“In Rodi's eyes, perhaps devouring the Talents of many others is not as good as devouring mine alone, so I must use myself as bait to lure Rodi out.”
“Song Xian, and all of you, must not show yourselves, otherwise Rodi will surely be wary.”
“If it's just me alone, with Rodi's style of action, even if he knows it's a trap, he won't be able to resist making a move on me,” Zhang Sheng said calmly.
“So, Dean Hou, I hope China will assist me in creating such an opportunity!” Zhang Sheng said seriously.
“As for the concerns you have, Dean, I don't think they will be an issue.”
Zhang Sheng deactivated his Breath Concealment Art and removed the flawless body effect gained after Cultivating the Nine Tribulations Secret Codex.
The ninety million spiritual Qi contained within the nine golden suns in his Dantian instantly erupted with an astonishing aura.
Everyone present was shocked by the powerful spiritual Qi aura emanating from Zhang Sheng.
“So, Dean,
Are you at ease now?”