Chapter 258: The Three Great Weapons

"Truly an extraordinary young man; indeed, each generation produces its own geniuses!"

Quietly looking Shen Yu up and down, the other party did not immediately make a move, but instead maintained a gentle and refined demeanor, radiating a soft aura.

The gaze he directed at Shen Yu was not hostile, nor did it carry any enmity; rather, it was like looking at a junior who had achieved success in their studies.

It was as if the person before him was not some ancient monster who had lived for who knows how many years, nor the existence that countless people feared.

But merely a weak, scholarly man with a bookish air, a village teacher, a senior full of warmth for those who came after.

Yet Shen Yu would not lower his guard just because the other party appeared gentle and refined; he knew very well just how dangerous this person before him truly was.

Being unable to see through someone meant that the danger was boundless.

How could such a person be as harmless as they appeared on the surface?

"So you have already reached the Kong Realm, remarkable!" Standing to the side, the other party's eyes seemed capable of seeing through everything.

The two stood facing each other like senior and junior. He did not make a move, and neither did Shen Yu.

The Mountain and River Map had long since been unfurled, and they had already entered the map; Shen Yu was carefully sketching between the mountains and rivers. Since the other party was not attacking, he was naturally even happier to have more time to prepare.

It was just unclear what the other party was preparing for.

"The Void Realm is divided into two stages: the former is the Xu Realm, and the latter is the Kong Realm."

"Those in the Xu Realm condense and gather all they have learned, like trickling streams returning to the sea. They converge the Dao they have learned before them, gathering it into a cave-heaven world."

"Those who study the sword condense a sword-Dao world. Those who study the blade condense a blade-Dao world. As long as the Dao heart does not shatter and the world does not perish, all techniques are difficult to invade, and one stands in an invincible position."

As he spoke, the other party circled Shen Yu twice more, unable to stop himself from clicking his tongue in wonder.

"As for the Kong Realm, one glimpses a thread of spatial power between heaven and earth, and that spatial power is added to one's own world. Thus, the three-foot world before one becomes ethereal and illusory, impossible to contend against by force."

"Looking at your age and bone structure, you are clearly no more than twenty years old, yet you have already reached the Kong Realm."

"This Void Realm is already perfected, yet the limit of this world is still the True Soul; you have not only crossed the threshold but have also taken several steps forward. You are truly a heaven-sent genius!"

Looking toward the distant sky, the other party could not help but sigh softly, "The Great Contention Era has indeed arrived; even geniuses like you have begun to appear. This world is becoming more and more interesting!"

On the other side, within the illusion, the old father had already been testing medicines for the town's pharmacy for three months, his entire body covered in blood blisters from the poison, looking utterly hideous.

His face and body no longer bore any resemblance to his former self, but he still stubbornly struggled to live; even with only a single breath left, he was still desperately trying to survive.

He wanted revenge; even if he died, he would drag those people down with him.

At this moment, the old father was struggling to crawl forward with his hands, having to rest every few meters.

The blood blisters all over his body were squeezed and burst as he dragged himself along; every time a blister burst, he seemed to grimace and groan, a pain that made one feel it just by watching.

Yet this old father did not say a word the entire way, just silently crawling forward, inching closer to his target.

Until he reached the outskirts of the mountain village, he silently cast the poison he held in his arms into the well. From then on, not a single soul in the village survived.

"Wrong!" Watching the illusion before him, Shen Yu suddenly shook his head. "Even if he poisoned it, how could an entire village die in an instant!"

"I killed them!" Also watching the illusion, Mo Cheng's eyes revealed an inexplicable expression, as if he were speaking of a trivial matter.

"I had just awakened at that time and was in a bad mood, so they all died. To be precise, every living thing around this mountain died, except for this old man before us."

"Although I have a bad temper, I still gave him a chance to live, but he gave it up himself!"

As if to echo Mo Cheng's words, the old father, holding the corpse of the young girl who had been tortured to death, leaped down from the wellhead in deep grief.

From then on, that well became a well filled with deadly poison; anyone who approached seemed to be attacked by the toxic fumes lingering at the wellhead.

Perhaps this old father never knew that the poison in his hands was not poisonous at all; the pharmacy in town had lied to him and had not given him any poison.

In fact, he himself was the most poisonous toxin. Those blood blisters all over his body, every drop of his blood, were enough to poison the wild beasts in the mountains.

The doctor at the pharmacy had used his hands to see how powerful the poison he had concocted was, to see just how strong his masterpiece truly was.

The scene shifted again, beginning to repeat the previous images, just as before.

"There are always so many injustices in this world, so many regrets and tragedies. I don't have any special hobbies; I just like watching tragedies."

"Plays like this are performed every day; it really is something one never tires of watching!" His gaze remained fixed on the illusion, and he seemed completely immersed in it.

The old father and the young girl in town were smiling as they served people coming to buy tofu, cycling over and over; this scene seemed to have no end.

"Oh, then when will this constantly cycling scene end?"

"When I grow tired of watching it, it will naturally end. I don't know why, but I am starting to get a bit tired of watching it now."

With a wave of his hand, the scene before them came to a complete standstill; he seemed to have grown weary of this repeating cycle.

"I like to walk around, collecting the tragedies of this world, just like these ones here. Only by seeing these do I know that I am still alive."

Hearing this, Shen Yu could not help but look at him. His gaze gave him a very dangerous feeling, and in that instant, Shen Yu suddenly felt his hair stand on end.

Intuition told him that the other party was about to make a move. Therefore, the speed of his hands behind his back began to increase; one Rune after another was completed by him, perfectly merging into the Mountain and River Map.

"And what if you can't find any? You must know that while there are indeed many tragedies in this world, there are not many that are satisfying."

"If I can't find any tragedies, then I'll just create some myself. It's just that those artificially created by human hands are ultimately not as good as those that have truly happened!"

"That is why I prefer the Great Contention Era after the Spirit Qi Surge, because back then, tragedies could be seen everywhere!"

"I want to go out for a walk; will you stop me?" He seemed to have already concluded that Shen Yu would stop him, and a trace of a smile appeared on his joyless and sorrowless face.

This faint smile, however, made Shen Yu feel as if he were being pricked by needles on his back.

"You cannot stop me!"

"How would I know without trying!"

"Very well!" With a light wave of his hand, the expression on the other party's face remained unchanged, as if nothing could make him show even the slightest hint of nervousness or similar emotions.

Yet with this wave of his hand, the scenery within ten thousand miles changed abruptly, and countless whirlpools seemed to appear before their eyes. Within each whirlpool, a breath of destruction seemed to be hidden.

Influencing heaven and earth with his own power—no, this was forcibly changing this piece of heaven and earth. What terrifying means; he is truly worthy of being an ancient monster.

"You geniuses always like to turn the impossible into the possible, not knowing that no matter how strong your abilities are, there is ultimately a limit."

"When this gap is like a chasm or a natural moat, it is not something you can easily reverse."

Walking toward Shen Yu step by step, as the other party approached, those whirlpools seemed to twist and gather together, converging into a terrifying black hole about to swallow the heaven and earth.

Some people can shake the heavens and earth with their own power, while others can turn the universe upside down and destroy the world. Human power has its limits, yet it can also be infinite.

"You are indeed a genius, capable of breaking your limits, but it is not enough, far from enough."