"What's going on? Something feels off. I'd better switch places and grind levels somewhere else. This forest is too eerie. I'll leave once I reach Spirit Channeling Great Perfection."
After grinding levels these past few days, Lin Tian's cultivation had broken through from Spirit Channeling Early Stage to Spirit Channeling Late Stage. His cultivation speed could truly be called astonishing.
A moment later, a Flying Ship stopped above the forest.
Lin Tian looked up, and his eyes instantly widened, his face full of disbelief. "What the fuck? Did that bastard do something to me?"
"Lin Tian, you're finished. This time, you'll definitely die!" Zhou Qiongtian stepped out of the Flying Ship and instantly charged at Lin Tian.
Zhou Qiongtian was incredibly fast, trailing sparks and crackling lightning all the way. In the blink of an eye, he had arrived within ten meters of Lin Tian.
"Holy shit!" Lin Tian's expression changed drastically, shocked both by Zhou Qiongtian's speed and by his cultivation.
How had this bastard reached Feathering Early Stage already? This was absolutely cheating! Even with the Emperor-grade Cultivation Method, the Life Creation Art, he was nowhere near a match for him!
At this point in his previous life, Zhou Qiongtian's cultivation had been no more than the Spirit Channeling Realm. Why was the difference so enormous in this life?
Could it be because his rebirth had triggered a butterfly effect?
"Great Nirvana Finger!"
Zhou Qiongtian gave a low shout and pointed forward. At once, a gigantic pitch-black finger descended from the heavens, crushing down upon Lin Tian at terrifying speed.
The Great Nirvana Finger was a top-grade Heaven-grade cultivation method. With Zhou Qiongtian's current Feathering Early Stage cultivation, he could fully unleash its power.
Even ordinary Feathering Great Perfection experts would not be able to take this strike lightly.
Lin Tian's heart sank. He had not expected Zhou Qiongtian's strength to rise so quickly.
Without hesitation, Lin Tian activated the power of the Demon God Core's second form, gaining combat strength at Feathering Early Stage.
Yet mere Feathering Early Stage combat power was still no match for the current Zhou Qiongtian. Lin Tian swung his strongest sword strike, but failed to shatter the Great Nirvana Finger, only leaving countless cracks across it.
"This is bad!"
The next moment, heaven and earth thundered as deafening booms rang out without end. Dust billowed up and swallowed Lin Tian's body, while the Great Nirvana Finger pressed a massive crater into the ground.
Zhou Qiongtian frowned. His eyes transformed into Twin Pupils, instantly seeing through illusion and reality. Lin Tian was nowhere to be found at his previous location.
Zhou Qiongtian immediately swept his gaze around and quickly spotted Lin Tian. He had concealed himself and was rapidly fleeing into the distance.
"Hehe, I won't let you escape this time." Zhou Qiongtian used Lightning Step. His speed was immense, and he soon caught up to Lin Tian.
Lin Tian was injured. Even though he had avoided the Great Nirvana Finger, its aftershock had still wounded him. However, after activating the Demon God Core's power, the injuries on his body rapidly healed.
"Damn it!" Lin Tian cursed inwardly. He had already been cultivating against every second, slaughtering demon beasts day and night.
In just over ten days, he had broken through two realms. Even those peerless geniuses and monstrous prodigies could not match such cultivation speed.
Yet Zhou Qiongtian's improvement was far faster than his. During their last meeting, Zhou Qiongtian had been at Cycle Early Stage, but after only ten-some days, he had actually leapt to Feathering Early Stage!
He had crossed an entire major realm! How the hell had he done that? Even if he ate pills like meals, he would still need time to absorb them!
Were you really planning to fly into the sky and stand shoulder to shoulder with the sun?!
Lin Tian was only at Spirit Channeling Late Stage. Relying on the Demon God Core's power, he temporarily possessed Feathering Early Stage combat strength, and only with five hundred years of battle experience could he avoid dying.
But his physical body could not sustain the Demon God Core's second-form power for long. If this continued, even if Zhou Qiongtian did not attack him, he would be burned alive!
"I can't go on like this. Fighting him head-on is absolutely courting death. I can only borrow another force. I remember that place is the territory of a sacred beast. I hope it can hold Zhou Qiongtian back."
"I'll use the spatial movement divine ability with all my strength. If I don't care about the damage, I should be able to use it once, but it'll take several breaths. Whether I can escape depends on whether that sacred beast is strong enough!"
Gritting his teeth, Lin Tian sprinted toward a certain part of the forest. Zhou Qiongtian pursued relentlessly, bolts of lightning shooting toward Lin Tian one after another.
The lightning was incredibly fast. Even though Lin Tian dodged with all his strength, he was struck several times and suffered considerable injuries.
But Lin Tian did not dare pause in the slightest. Taking advantage of the terrain, he could barely prevent Zhou Qiongtian from catching him. The moment he stopped—even for a single breath—Zhou Qiongtian would catch up.
Lin Tian clenched his teeth, disregarding his injuries and only dodging without attacking, but the distance between him and Zhou Qiongtian continued to shrink.
Just as Zhou Qiongtian was about to catch Lin Tian, a sudden change erupted. Vine after vine lashed toward both Lin Tian and Zhou Qiongtian.
The vines were thick and long, yet astonishingly fast.
Rather than being alarmed, Lin Tian was delighted. He knew that the sacred beast had made its move. This sacred beast was a tree demon. It normally did not attack other demon beasts, but if anyone entered within a hundred meters of it, it would strike and kill the intruder.
Zhou Qiongtian's expression changed. Saint Power flowed over these vines. Clearly, the demon beast attacking him was at least in the Saint Realm.
So this was Lin Tian's reliance? How laughable!
"Elder Mo!" Zhou Qiongtian shouted softly. An elderly man suddenly appeared beside Lin Tian. With a wave of his hand, the countless vines instantly shattered into fragments.
The tree demon immediately chose to follow its heart and stopped attacking, desperately lowering its presence.
Can't see me, can't see me...
The tree demon only hoped the old man would not notice it and treat it like a fart, letting it go.
"A Saint King expert!" Lin Tian's face turned ashen, despair filling his heart. Even if he still had other methods, before a Saint King expert, those methods were so feeble and powerless.
Bitterness filled Lin Tian's heart. Was he truly doomed to die today?
Ding! Congratulations to the host for forcing the Child of Destiny, Lin Tian, into desperate danger. Destiny Points +.
Hearing the system's voice, Zhou Qiongtian rejoiced inwardly, yet he frowned, his expression turning solemn.
Zhou Qiongtian used the Fortune Sensing Divine Ability to inspect Lin Tian's destiny. He discovered that compared to the beginning, Lin Tian's destiny had already shrunk by more than half.
Given the Child of Destiny's usual bullshit, with heaven's will standing in his way, the chances of killing Lin Tian this time were probably not high.
Who knew what unexpected situation would appear now?
Just then, Elder Mo arrived at Zhou Qiongtian's side, his expression grave as he shielded Zhou Qiongtian behind him.
"Several of you have hidden yourselves for so long. It's time to come out, isn't it?" Elder Mo suddenly spoke. Saint Power surged within him as he transmitted his voice to Zhou Qiongtian. "Young Master, I will hold them back later. This old servant will send you away!"
Zhou Qiongtian was shocked. Elder Mo was a Saint King Great Perfection expert, one of the strongest beneath the Supremes, yet he was so wary. From Elder Mo's words, he might well be facing certain doom.
At that moment, five figures appeared, forming an encirclement around Elder Mo and Zhou Qiongtian.
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