Chapter 814: I Am God (1/2, please subscribe)

Everything was ready; only finding the Han Jiang giant ship to regroup remained, and Fang Yue's mood improved considerably.

He kept sprinting at full speed. Apart from the occasional shadows drifting beneath the river surface that gave him some worry, everything else was fine—Han Jiang didn't seem as dangerous as outsiders claimed.

Or perhaps… it was because the demonic corpse's aura kept trouble away from him?

The specifics, Fang Yue had no way of knowing, but during his sprint, Fang Yue suddenly noticed something.

His Frozen Heart Method was actually improving!

That's right—merely sprinting across the Han Jiang surface while running the Frozen Heart Method felt just like cultivating, with progress surging dramatically!

This had never happened before. Could it be… that this too was…

He lowered his head to glance at the anklet, and sure enough, sensed something strange.

He felt the anklet was the converter, and he himself was the plug.

The plug inserted into the converter, connected through the converter to Han Jiang's incomparably vast power source, then fed back through the converter into his own body.

And so, his strength began to amplify!

Clearly it was just ordinary sprinting, mobilizing the power of the Frozen Heart Method, yet because of Han Jiang's feedback, the cultivation progress of the Frozen Heart Method advanced by leaps and bounds, skyrocketing!

At this rate, breaking through to the second layer wouldn't take long.

"Excellent! If the Frozen Heart Method can break through to the second layer, my strength will immediately rise by quite a bit."

"This anklet is incredibly powerful—it can even assist my cultivation. Wait, if even I'm getting this kind of boost, then that demonic corpse must be even more so."

Fang Yue thought of his own wildly surging inner force, and a chill of alarm flashed through his heart.

Could that demonic corpse simply by staying in Han Jiang keep growing stronger? Is this what they call Han Jiang's erosion and baptism…

Fang Yue couldn't help but envy Han Jiang's strangeness—this way of boosting strength was simply too satisfying. Getting stronger just by soaking like in a hot spring—this is practically heaven.

And now, because of the Fate Disk, he had formed some connection with the demonic corpse and gained a portion of similar ability!

I don't have to do anything—just staying in Han Jiang, I can grow stronger! Stronger and stronger! Strong enough that no one can defeat me! As long as I'm in Han Jiang, I'm invincible!

【Fang Yue! Calm down quickly! Don't be eroded by Han Jiang!】

Eroded?

Fang Yue, who was in a state of excitement and running faster and faster, heard the parchment's voice in his mind and couldn't help but freeze.

How could that be? These were entirely my own thoughts; I'm the one in control…

His heart gave a sudden lurch, and Fang Yue gradually calmed down, his mind clearing by degrees.

Getting stronger just by staying in Han Jiang was true, but being invincible was completely impossible. Not to mention anything else, just that demonic corpse alone—he was far from being its match.

Strange—how could I have had that kind of thought just now… Could it really be Han Jiang's erosion…

【Fang Yue, look at the anklet!】

The moment text surfaced from the parchment in his mind, Fang Yue hurriedly looked down at his feet.

He saw that the originally thick anklet had now become much thinner—fully half its mass gone, reduced to a slender band.

【Its power is almost used up. If you still haven't found the Han Jiang giant ship by then…】

The parchment didn't continue, but Fang Yue understood her meaning.

His face darkened. Fang Yue said nothing, gritted his teeth, and began sprinting wildly.

This time, he couldn't be bothered with any concerns about the Frozen Heart Method's improvement—his entire focus was on finding the Han Jiang giant ship before the anklet completely dissolved.

"Parchment, is my direction correct? Can I board the ship before the anklet dissolves? Activate precognition!"

【My name is Fang Yue.】

【Direction correct.】

【I found the Han Jiang giant ship.】

【I boarded the ship!】

How concise?!

Fang Yue was slightly stunned. Has the parchment changed her temperament?

【I haven't changed! The great and noble Parchment-sama is forever cute and adorable!!】

"Then you…"

【Not enough power! Simplified procedure! The remaining power now can't even let me foresee images for myself…】

He could feel it—the parchment had been in a state of exhaustion ever since he exited the Fate Disk.

But Fang Yue hadn't escaped danger yet, so he still needed to rely on the parchment's power.

And as a contractee, the parchment still understood the principle that if one suffers, both suffer.

Protecting Fang Yue's life with everything she had was something the parchment had to do.

"Excellent! Since the direction is right, all that's left is to sprint at full speed!"

Taking a deep breath, Fang Yue began to concentrate his spirit and sprint with all his might!

Thud thud thud thud thud thud!

Every step that landed on the Han Jiang surface kicked up high sprays of water.

The surging river water, with its rolling waves, was trampled beneath Fang Yue's feet, splashing apart and becoming his aid.

With every step, Fang Yue felt his speed increase a little, and his comprehension of the Frozen Heart Method rising along with it.

This unprecedented state felt profoundly wondrous to Fang Yue.

Since entering the game, this was the first time he had entered such a mysterious and profound state—like… an epiphany!

That's right, the present state could only be described as an epiphany.

Everything around him—the surging waves, the rising and falling spray, the shadows beneath the river surface… all of it seemed to be completely within his sight, and through a mental analysis so calm it was almost detached from his flesh, he extracted the core information from each and responded to them one by one, avoiding all dangers while maintaining the most extreme-speed sprinting state.

At this moment, Fang Yue felt he had become a genius—a true genius!

Not the kind of genius whose comprehension hangs on a system list, but one who truly and effortlessly understands and perceives every existence. Everything, it seemed, could hide nothing from him!

He is a god, an omnipotent god! Lord of all things! Sovereign of the world…

【Fang Yue!!】

The parchment's voice made Fang Yue jolt back to his senses, a shiver running through his whole body.

He widened his eyes and looked around; Fang Yue's expression darkened.

Just now, eroded again by Han Jiang, his consciousness had grown hazy and strange, filled with many bizarre thoughts he could never have had on his own.

Han Jiang's erosion was truly silent and imperceptible, impossible to guard against!

Fang Yue gazed upon this boundless stretch of Han Jiang and felt fear—a fear that even surpassed the time he had been hunted by the demonic corpses.

Being hunted by demonic corpses belonged to the physical layer, but Han Jiang's influence belonged directly to the spiritual layer. Moreover, he was right within Han Jiang himself, surrounded on all sides by river water, like a prisoner confined to a solitary island, with no way out.

And just as Fang Yue ran along, pondering how to resist Han Jiang's erosion, the parchment suddenly resurfaced once more in his mind…

【Fang Yue, we've drifted off course! Our direction is off by a huge margin!】

What?!

Fang Yue's eyes went wide, and he immediately understood.

When Han Jiang had been eroding him just now, he had no idea whether he was even controlling his body, let alone any sense of direction.

So by the time he came back to his senses, he had actually already strayed from the channel.

(End of this chapter)