Chapter 1700: Double Amplification! I Believe in Your Future!

"That doesn't conflict at all? You must be mistaken."

Xu Jingming looked at Vera, his tone tinged with doubt.

"Huh? It doesn't conflict?!"

Vera was stunned again, floating right in front of Xu Jingming.

Her large purple eyes were filled with disbelief:

"This isn't scientific!

Only one soul-type equipment can be used—that's a universally accepted cosmic rule!

Two soul-type equipments repel each other in the consciousness sea; they simply can't function normally!"

"Is that so?"

Xu Jingming was skeptical, "Then why am I different?

Are you really the Undying Master? How can you not even know this?"

"I, I..."

Vera was left speechless.

Her little face flushed red, and finally she stomped her foot in frustration:

"How should I know! You're just a freak!

Everything about you is different!"

Xu Jingming smiled and stopped teasing her.

He sent a thread of his consciousness into the Virtual Universe to search for relevant information.

Soon, the results came in.

The Virtual Universe's database clearly recorded:

The consciousness sea can accommodate only one soul-type equipment—that is a cosmic law.

Any attempt to accommodate a second one

will cause the two pieces of equipment to repel each other, rendering them unusable.

"Strange… am I really some special constitution?"

Xu Jingming rubbed his chin, lost in thought.

Perhaps his soul structure differs from that of this world's natives?

Or maybe it's related to the Blue System?

But the thought flashed by and was quickly suppressed.

The System was his greatest secret—he must never expose it.

"Forget it. If I can't figure it out, I won't bother."

Xu Jingming soon let it go.

It's a good thing!

Two soul-type equipments mean his soul defense far exceeds the norm!

Even if an enemy breaks through the Ice Heart Crown's defense,

there's still the Nine-Layer Soul Tower's defense!

"When it comes to soul defense,

unless a Master-level being strikes, no one can touch me!"

Xu Jingming grew more excited by the thought.

And this might not even be his limit.

If he could continue to accommodate more soul-type equipment in the future, his soul defense would grow even stronger!

The benefits were obvious.

First, he needn't worry about being harmed by soul-based attacks.

He naturally counters masters like succubi and the Insect Empress.

Second, it greatly amplifies the power of his own enslavement technique.

"My true rank is Immortal Sixth Stage.

Originally, I could only enslave beings of that level.

But now, with the Nine-Layer Soul Tower, it's different.

My divine awareness strength rivals that of an Immortal peak cultivator who specializes in soul cultivation.

I can now try enslaving other Immortal peak beings!"

Xu Jingming secretly thrilled.

This meant his combat power would rise another tier!

At that moment, Vera suddenly spoke:

"Xuan Tong Shen is looking for you—she sent a communication request through the Virtual Universe."

"Oh?"

Xu Jingming's eyes flashed, "She's looking for me now?

I'd like to see what trick she's up to."

He shifted his intent, sending a thread of consciousness into the Virtual Universe.

In the Virtual Universe, against a vast starry sea backdrop,

Xu Jingming's figure slowly coalesced.

Ahead, starlight converged, shaping a tall, graceful silhouette of silver hair.

It was Xuantong Shen.

She still wore that moon-white flowing-cloud long dress.

The hem was dotted with fine star patterns, drifting gently with the breeze in the virtual universe.

Her figure was slender, nearly 1.8 meters tall, with exquisite curves.

Yet she did not appear frail at all; instead, there was a beauty that radiated a heroic air.

Her skin was Bai Xi like cold jade, faintly glowing under the starlight.

"Su Chen."

Xuantong Shen's crimson lips parted slightly.

Her voice was ethereal and pleasant, carrying a trace of a faint smile:

"It seems you've already gotten out safely."

"Many thanks to Xuantong Shen for stepping in to help."

Xu Jingming spoke up to thank her, his tone sincere:

"If you hadn't blocked Royce's attack, I probably wouldn't have escaped so easily.

But... I'd like to know, why did you help me?"

He never believed pies would fall from the sky.

Xuantong Shen and he weren't all that familiar.

Yet at a critical moment she stepped in to block Royce, helping him seize the Nine-Layer Soul Tower.

One had to know that Royce's background was extremely deep.

If it had been him, even at the risk of offending Royce, he would naturally have gone to seize the Soul Tower himself.

How could he possibly let someone else have it?

Xuantong Shen heard this.

The star river in her silver-gray pupils swirled faintly, and she gave a light smile:

"I don't have any special purpose; I simply think well of your future."

"Think well of my future?" Xu Jingming narrowed his eyes.

"That's right."

Xuantong Shen nodded, not hiding anything either:

"These eyes of mine can see many things."

She raised her slender fingers and gently tapped the corner of her own eye:

"The Star-Pupil Race's 'Star Pupils' are born able to glimpse a corner of the river of fate.

My Xuantong is a mutated form of the Star Pupils, with even greater ability.

The trajectories of ordinary beings are like streams in my eyes, clearly visible.

Even Sovereign-realm powerhouses, I can faintly see certain fragments of their future."

She paused, her gaze landing on Xu Jingming.

A strange glint flashed through her silver-gray pupils:

"But with you, I can't see through."

Xu Jingming's heart stirred.

Back then on Blue Star.

Aimuersi had said something similar.

At the time he hadn't paid it much mind.

But now, an Invincible Eternal-realm powerhouse was saying the same thing.

That was getting interesting.

"Your fate trajectory is shrouded in a thick fog.

Even when I exhaust all my strength, I can only see some blurry fragments."

Xuantong Shen recalled the memory from earlier on Shanfeng.

She had originally been merely curious, but she hadn't expected that once she looked, she would see something extraordinary:

"What I saw was an endless Lei Hai, at the center of the Lei Hai.

A figure stood tall, countless corpses trampled beneath his feet.

Among those corpses were demon race, devils, machine race......

Not only Eternal-realm, but also Sovereigns, and even Realm Venerable-level powerhouses."

She looked at Xu Jingming, an unmistakable trace of shock still lingering on her breathtakingly beautiful face:

"That figure was you."

As an Invincible Eternal-realm powerhouse, she herself already possessed Sovereign-realm combat power.

Judging from Su Chen's performance, he would reach this level sooner or later.

Having Sovereign-realm corpses wasn't strange.

But there were Realm Venerable-level corpses in those blurry fragments — that was absurd.

In other words.

The future Xu Jingming was probably at least a Realm Venerable-level existence!

"Oh?"

Xu Jingming narrowed his eyes.

Lei Hai? Corpses? Sovereigns? Realm Venerables?

These images, when spoken aloud, sounded like some kind of omen of the future.

But he did not entirely believe in so-called fate.

The future was full of variables—how could a single pair of eyes see through it all?

Besides, he had the Deep Blue System.

To his future self, a World Honored was indeed nothing to speak of.

"Just because you saw these, you chose to help me?

This is a heavy treasure—you could have fully tried to snatch it for yourself."

Xu Jingming still hadn't figured it out.

"That's right."

Xuantong Shen blinked her clear, large eyes, looking a bit playful as she said:

"You don't have the 'Xuantong,' so you won't understand that feeling.

You only need to know that I trust these eyes of mine, that's all.

For me,

investing in a powerhouse who might stand at the peak of the cosmos in the future—this deal is not a loss."