Calamity of Tomorrow-Chapter 265: Abyss Fire 11

Upon hearing Zhou Bai’s words, Christina asked nervously, "What method? Why did you suddenly change your mind? Weren’t you going to leave?"

Zhou Bai smiled, "As long as I know that there are people who don’t want to submit to the Heavenly Demon, that’s fine. They can handle the logistics, while the experts take care of the fighting."

Flashes of Qian Wangsun, Zheng Wentian, Jing Xiu passed through Zhou Bai’s mind, along with the fervent scenes of men and women in the cafeteria and Jiang Mei’s determination to pursue the path of cultivation. He remembered how Du Bing had stood in front of Jing Xiu and Xia Li.

"It’s not just me who is going to resist the Heavenly Demon."

...

The next night, on the dark streets.

Zuo Dao stood there, looking at Zuo Lu in front of him, "What do you mean?"

Zuo Lu said, "Come with me, Donghua City is finished."

"What did you say?"

Zuo Lu’s pupils flickered with a faint golden light as he looked at Zuo Dao, "I said Donghua City is finished. The Heavenly Demons will conquer this place, and the whole city will become a battlefield for immortals and Heavenly Demons. Everything will be destroyed."

Zuo Dao’s expression changed, "Nonsense."

Zuo Lu gave a bitter smile, then suddenly glared fiercely at Zuo Dao, "My foolish brother, how naive can you be? Do you think I want to submit to the immortals? Do I want to be their dog? Do I want to betray human interests?"

"Who doesn’t want to stand tall above the rest, who doesn’t want to defeat the Heavenly Demon with their own strength, who doesn’t want humanity to be the strongest in the world?"

"But we are weak!" Zuo Lu clenched his right fist tightly, gritting his teeth, "We are too weak, whether facing the Heavenly Demon or the immortals, we’re just too frail. In this world, the weak must suffer the strong, they can only seek compromises, only kneel on the ground, begging for the other side’s charity. And with any carelessness, we could be easily crushed."

"Do you understand, Zuo Dao? We don’t have the qualifications to negotiate terms, nor the capital to be proud. The weak can only take a beating, only endure. Do you get it?"

Zuo Dao stared blankly at his brother, not expecting him to say such things.

It was at this moment, turning his head, Zuo Lu saw Zhou Bai who had somehow appeared sitting on the side wall, with arms crossed, looking at Zuo Dao and Zuo Lu, "Hey, you two alright? Come with me."

Zuo Dao, "Where to?"

Zuo Lu glanced at Zhou Bai, ignoring him and communicated to Zuo Dao telepathically, "Pack up. Leave with me tomorrow. You and I can’t be involved in what’s about to happen to this city."

After speaking, he turned and left without giving Zhou Bai a second glance.

Zuo Lu returned to his room to tidy up his things, but there really wasn’t much to sort out. More importantly, he needed to destroy various traces and intelligence he had left in his room.

After finishing all this, he went to see the great elder Jiaojiao to learn the Twilight Taoist Skill once more before leaving Donghua City, to glean a bit more intelligence about the skill.

As he walked, Zuo Lu covered his eyes from time to time, feeling bursts of pain through his golden pupils.

This was a change that had occurred in his body after he had consumed the nine-turn golden pill last time; he could feel that his flesh was slowly being remodeled.

Shaking his head, Zuo Lu continued deeper underground toward the great elder’s location.

However, when he arrived, he was slightly surprised to see more people than usual.

Qian Wangsun, Zuo Dao, Lu Wanzhen, Zheng Wentian, even Le Zhenzi, and Lin Muqing were all present.

Seeing so many people on this side, Zuo Lu was momentarily stupefied, "What are you all doing here?"

Zuo Dao glanced at him and said, "Zhou Bai is going to learn the Tianhe Star Explosion Sword."

Zuo Lu furrowed his brow, "Even if he learned the Tianhe Star Explosion Sword, why did he need you guys to come here?"

Qian Wangsun grinned and said, "He said that since he last practiced the Twilight Taoist Skill, over these days, he has deduced the method for cultivating the Tianhe Star Explosion Sword. He claimed he could master it with just one glance and wanted us to come and witness it."

"Ridiculous," Zuo Lu frowned, feeling that this Zhou Bai was being nonsensical. He had visited the Elder the most during this period, while this Zhou Bai hadn’t come to practice even once. To say he could master the Tianhe Star Explosion Sword in just a few minutes—did he think all the other cultivators were pigs?

At that moment, the Zhou Bai lying in the pit suddenly had his Primordial Spirit’s power surging all over him, and layers of chilling Sword Intent soared from his body into the sky, instantly filling every inch of space around them.

Everyone present, including Lin Muqing and Le Zhenzi from the fifth realm, felt their hearts tighten slightly. It was as if there were swords hanging in the air all around them, targeting each person; any slight movement, and the swords would stab into their flesh.

Zuo Lu looked at Zhou Bai in astonishment, "What’s happening? Why is there such a commotion in the outside world when cultivating within the Elder’s Dream Realm?"

"Could it be that Zhou Bai... truly mastered the Tianhe Star Explosion Sword?"

At this moment, he felt that Zhou Bai, enveloped in Sword Intent, was like a spark of light appearing within the darkness of Donghua City, which involuntarily made even him surge with a feeling of anticipation.

...

One minute earlier, within the Elder’s Dream Realm.

Zhou Bai once again reached the pinnacle where the Tianhe Star Explosion Sword technique resided.

Endless starlight shone upon his eyes, and a multitude of information flowed through his mind.

Before him, the world seemed to disappear in an instant, leaving only the vast universe and inexhaustible star rivers in front of him.

"Would you like to spend 1,050,000 Lazy Value Points to learn the Tianhe Star Explosion Sword?"

Zhou Bai curled his lips, "It’s 50,000 more than last time. I guess there are too few people, and Xiao Pei isn’t here either, so the charm bonus is a bit weaker... But it doesn’t matter now."

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What Zhou Bai didn’t know was that Jiaojiao was also standing behind him at this moment, watching the process of him learning the Tianhe Star Explosion Sword with a look of anticipation mixed with worry.

Zhou Bai glanced at the panel of his Auxiliary Cultivation System.

Analysis Degree: 20.0%

Primordial Spirit Value: 3000

Divine Chart: Nine Calamities of Heaven and Man

Lazy Value: 1,640,000

The reason for having 1,640,000 Lazy Value Points was because Zhou Bai had sold a necklace talisman, earning 1,200,000 Lazy Value Points, plus the toil of burning excrement over the week, accumulating so many Lazy Value Points.

Looking at the 1,640,000 Lazy Value Points, Zhou Bai recalled his recent conversation with Christina.

...

"What? You want to sell the talisman to learn the Tianhe Star Explosion Sword?" Christina said, "But I feel this talisman is very useful, very important! Once sold, it’s gone!"

Zhou Bai said, "So I plan to learn it, then use Time Reverse to come back. That way, the Tianhe Star Explosion Sword will still be in my memory, and the talisman wouldn’t have been sold."

"Ah? So then you won’t have Time Reverse available temporarily?" Christina said in surprise, "And wasn’t this method my idea?"

Zhou Bai chuckled, "When I heard this method, it became my method."

Christina said, "Didn’t you say that in such a dangerous world, you need to have Time Reverse on hand at all times for it to be safe, like having a second life, and shouldn’t use it for this?"