The Transcendent Era

As he was now, he stood at the pinnacle even among First Order Transcendents.

He only needed to strengthen his roots once more, then use Evolution Points, and he would have a chance of breaking through to the Second Order Transcendent level.

And what did the Second Order Transcendent level mean?

A spiritual energy peak in the hundreds of thousands-even merely stretching one's body would be enough to shatter mountains and sever rivers.

Take Yu Ziyu as he was now. Although he had only seventy to eighty thousand spiritual energy, if he chose to unleash his power, his terrifying combat strength, comparable to that of an ordinary Second Order Transcendent, could destroy this two- to three-hundred-meter-long Beiyu Canyon in an instant, even razing it to the ground.

And according to what Qing'er had learned from the humans,

Second Order Transcendents were already the embodiment of disaster.

But first, there were First Order Transcendents to discuss.

Reportedly, over these past few months, First Order Transcendent mutated beasts had ceased to be mere legends.

In places such as the depths of the ocean, terrifying monsters like these had become a common sight.

And just how terrifying were these First Order Transcendent mutated beasts, or even sea monsters?

They were already approaching a demonic transformation, possessing a rudimentary capacity for independent thought that allowed them to keenly detect danger and respond accordingly.

Even more alarming was that such monsters no longer feared bullets or most other human firearms, and their combat strength was utterly terrifying.

Among humanity's recorded discoveries, a mutated octopus with a spiritual energy peak exceeding eighty thousand had ravaged the waters near Sakura Country, even successfully sinking a ten-thousand-ton cargo ship.

It was also because of this incident that all of humanity had learned how terrifying First Order Transcendents were.

They were not beings that ordinary firearms could contend with. If they proliferated into a scourge, they would be enough to threaten all of humanity.

For this reason, experts from hundreds of human nations had all stepped forward, beginning their first round of research and discussion with a mutual exchange of knowledge.

Fortunately, however, after ten full days of research, they had reached one indisputable conclusion: becoming a First Order Transcendent

was difficult,

truly difficult.

It was no easier than the legendary carp transforming into a dragon, or a green snake transforming into a flood dragon...

It was a leap in the level of life itself, and even a true sublimation of the soul.

Thus, humanity as a whole had been able to rest easy.

Yet shortly after the public had settled down, genuine undercurrents began to stir.

For the Huaxia Federation and the Free Alliance, far across the Pacific Ocean, had actually discovered a terrifying fact.

Above the First Order Transcendent level, there was also the Second Order Transcendent level.

With hundreds of thousands of spiritual energy surging through their bodies, they were embodiments of disaster in the truest sense.

If First Order Transcendents merely threatened a city,

then a Second Order Transcendent destroying a city single-handedly was no longer an empty claim.

Their very existence was disaster, was destruction.

Unless humanity brought out its ultimate national weapon-nuclear arms-annihilating them completely would truly be no easy task.

Of course, the possibility of overwhelming them with sheer numbers of troops could not be ruled out.

Thus, Second Order Transcendents were also called "disaster level," life-forms highly likely to inflict enormous damage on cities and towns.

And one thing worth mentioning here was that even among disaster-level Second Order Transcendents, strength would vary according to their species and spiritual energy.

Weaker disaster-level beings might be overwhelmed by some armies.

Powerful disaster-level beings, however, could pose enough danger to plunge a country into a nationwide crisis.

For example, without support from the Federation, a small nation like Sakura Country could face utter catastrophe at the hands of a single powerful disaster-level being.

"Whew..."

Letting out a deep breath, Yu Ziyu felt a flicker of fervor in his heart.

Second Order Transcendent.

Just reaching the Second Order Transcendent level would be enough to threaten a nation like little Sakura Country. How could that not be exciting?

Although it was not yet enough to strike fear into a great power like the Federation, the might of a Second Order Transcendent was already something great powers could not ignore.

Of course, what Yu Ziyu was considering now was certainly a powerful disaster-level being.

As for a weak disaster-level being-sorry, but with his foundations, he could not become one even if he wanted to.

After all, he had an underground Spiritual River to absorb from, as well as the aid of his cheat. If he still ended up as a weak disaster-level being after being given enough time to develop, that would be utterly inexcusable.

At this thought, Yu Ziyu could not help recalling the Third Order Transcendents above the Second Order, possessing a million spiritual energy.

If humanity's deductions were correct,

then the might of Third Order Transcendents was already beyond what small nations could handle. They were terrifying beings that only great powers putting forth their full strength could contend with.

And among humans, such beings had another taboo designation-"disaster-level."

They were calamities, and scourges as well.

Unless beings of the same level arose among humans, humanity could only counter them with nuclear weapons.

Of course, that meant only countering them.

According to the Spiritual Energy Research Institute's conjecture, merely gathering millions of spiritual energy together would be enough to produce an invisible force field, capable of withstanding nuclear weapons to a certain extent.

Not to mention that some mutated beasts specialized in defense.

If a mutated beast specializing in defense truly became a disaster-level Third Order Transcendent, preparations would have to be made to commit the full might of a great power.

Because that would most certainly be the most terrifying of disasters.

And this was what was truly terrifying about the spiritual energy revival and the arrival of the Transcendent era.

Strength cared neither for species nor origins.

With enough luck to seize the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, even an ant that humans casually trampled underfoot could become a regional overlord.

And here, humanity's greatest fortune was that the arrival of the Transcendent era had only stripped humans of electronic communications, not their weapons. Otherwise, the human race would have fallen to the bottom of the food chain.

As things stood now, however, the human race's reliance on firearms gave it an inherently higher starting point than other species.

Of course, a higher starting point was only a higher starting point.

If humans failed to strive for progress, sooner or later they would be overtaken by these madly evolving Transcendent creatures.

According to Yu Ziyu's guess, if a terrifying Third Order Transcendent-a disaster-level life-form-truly came into being, humanity's position would face the greatest upheaval in its history.

Heaven and hell were both only a step away.

No wonder that, in just a few short months, no fewer than ten institutions like the Spiritual Energy Research Institute had sprung up in the Federation alone.

It was not only Yu Ziyu who had thought of this. Humans had thought of it too.

They were worried, and afraid as well.

Crimson consulted a lot of material for the combat strength classifications. (*^▽^*)

I hope everyone likes it. Hehe.

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