Chapter 354: LV6? The Power of Baichuan's Characteristic (Part Two)

In an instant, Baichuan's gaze shifted, his eyes growing serious.

It wasn't that he found the opponent troublesome now, but rather that this was the first time he had witnessed the complete process of another living being breaking through to the Earthly Immortal Realm.

In the past, he had simply never seen such a thing. After all, a breakthrough of this magnitude was an enormous event for anyone — how could it possibly be observed by bystanders?

His own breakthroughs held no reference value either, because from the very start he had relied on the Ability Panel to evolve an LV5-level ability.

His subsequent breakthroughs had occurred silently while he slept, scattering Light Points — he had never even known what a bottleneck felt like. The only purpose of later cultivating Spirit Power was merely to add a few more tricks to his arsenal and shore up his own shortcomings.

Therefore, this rare spectacle before him was worth observing carefully. In order to observe what changes had occurred in the other party, Baichuan even quietly loosened the power of his "Field."

What a pity — the one currently breaking through was a metallic lifeform with Desolate Gold coating its body, and its true body was no longer present. Otherwise, Baichuan would have wanted to summon it out and send Light Points to invade its body, carefully observing how an LV5-level ability was born.

It was precisely because of this that Lan Yu — whose myriad tentacles had seemed frozen in midair — could finally move, taking advantage of the breakthrough to Earth Immortal!

This discovery was nothing short of driving the already somewhat ecstatic Lan Yu into complete madness!

"Hahahaha, Earth Immortal! Earth Immortal!! The Earth Immortal I've dreamed of!!!"

"I have finally broken through!!!"

"As expected, destiny is on my side! I am the true Child of the Stars!"

After laughing wildly for a while with a crazed, dreamlike air, Lan Yu finally came back to his senses. Feeling the unprecedented, almost qualitatively transformed power — the body under complete control and the special force that allowed him to merge effortlessly with heaven and earth — an intoxicated expression once again surfaced on his face.

On his twisted features, Lan Yu spoke slowly with confident composure: "Unknown ant, thank you for allowing this Banzhu to break through to the Earthly Immortal Realm. In gratitude, I shall let you personally taste this sacred power!"

As his words fell, boundless Grey Mist surged forth from his body, droplets of liquid carrying the briny scent of seawater dripped down, and in the blink of an eye they covered the earth and swallowed the trees. A deep-sea giant beast glowing with blue light danced its limbs within, and as tentacles whipped about, the waves began to spin, transforming into a terrifying waterspout!

The place had utterly become a kingdom of ocean!

Only the spot where Baichuan stood still retained the form of land — but that was not Baichuan's doing. Throughout the entire process, Baichuan merely watched the scene with shining eyes.

Perhaps to flaunt this magnificent power, perhaps to vent the fear in his heart, perhaps to retaliate and inflict cruelty, or perhaps…

This desolate beast Lan Yu, who had broken through to Earth Immortal and reached Tier 5, had deliberately preserved the patch of land where Baichuan stood. Within the entire ocean, it was like a Cage of water, imprisoning Baichuan and Jin Yun'er.

Within the waterspout that rose from the land and continuously swirled, a massive figure occasionally swayed, its myriad tentacles appearing and vanishing.

"Bai, the opponent seems to have become even stronger. In a moment I'll hold them off — you run first."

Watching in alarm the increasingly terrifying figure in the sea, Jin Yun'er — still unaware of Baichuan's true strength — felt her body weakened by the venomous fluid staining her. With a resolute glint in her eyes, she struggled to stand and whispered to Baichuan beside her, waving her scorpion pincers.

It seems I've been underestimated~

Baichuan looked at the earnest Jin Yun'er beside him, feeling both exasperated and amused. It seemed that from the moment he met her, he had never revealed his true strength. Her only impression of him was still that of a newly crowned Desolate King at Tier 3. As for his previous displays, he had merely deployed the invisible "Field" — any creature that had never truly experienced it would never understand that power.

In that case, it was time to end this.

Let him witness the power of the Characteristic born from the (incomplete) Star Beast Force!

Even though it is incomplete, according to Baichuan's understanding of abilities, it should still be an LV6-level ability!

Amid the rhythmic crashing of waves, Lan Yu's figure finally emerged once more from the depths of the waterspout — seemingly having vented enough of the power belonging to an Earth Immortal!

He stood high above at the peak of the waterspout, like a lofty deity looking down upon all living beings. His gaze was utterly imperious, brimming with arrogance. He gazed down at the two tiny figures below and spoke in a magnanimous, granting tone:

"Ants, it is time to let you witness what an Earth Immortal is — the true might of a Banzhu beneath the Xingkong! To die beneath this power is your glory!"

"Remember well — this Banzhu's true name: Lan Yu of the Blue Ring Ghost Octopus!"

As his words fell, he raised his myriad tentacles high, slowly gathering them into a pair of enormous palms, as if grasping power, hope, light… everything in the world! Under the seemingly tangible fluctuations of force, boundless waves rose, condensing into water droplets each as heavy as a thousand jin, until finally the droplets transformed into a Zhong Shui Chang Mao in his hands, powerful enough to pierce through the earth!

The terrifying weight crushed even the air into sinking — it seemed as if what he held in his hand was not a single water spear, but the weight of an entire ocean!

Lan Yu's gaze shifted, filled with self-satisfaction. He looked at the water spear as though looking at his own future, and finally he aimed it like a marksman toward the ground — that tiny patch of land wrapped within the waterspout.

Be destroyed!

In the next instant, the Zhong Shui Chang Mao seemed to become a streak of light, hurled downward, silently tearing through the void and arriving in an instant.

Baichuan held back Jin Yun'er, who seemed ready to step in front of him with the resolve to die. Gazing at the terrifying Zhong Shui Chang Mao that seemed to arrive in an instant, what he saw was not a small water spear, but the entire weight of an ocean condensed into a single point — a point of ultimate sharpness that seemed capable of piercing through anything! To oppose that Zhong Shui Chang Mao was to oppose an entire ocean! He understood: to shatter it, one must possess the power to smash an ocean!

And he happened to possess exactly that!

The power called Characteristic!

Invisible, razor-sharp qi silently began to converge from all directions — from the sky, the earth, the ocean, the void… coming from every direction as if wanderers returning home, gathering upon his right claw, dyeing it with brilliant golden light, as if capable of cutting through anything.

Under this force, cracks began to appear in the earth, the endlessly swirling waterspout began to tremble, faintly showing signs of collapse, as if it might shatter and scatter the very next second… In the end, even the air carried a razor-sharp edge — merely breathing brought a stinging sensation, and this was felt most keenly by Jin Yun'er behind Baichuan.

The brilliant golden light on Bai's right claw alone, merely by looking at it, made her heart tremble with fear. This trembling could not be shielded even by the incomparably hard Desolate Gold, and the aura it emanated made her not even dare to breathe too deeply.

As this force was about to reach its peak, in the next instant Baichuan swung fiercely!

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(End of Chapter)