Journey to the West: Signing in for 500 Years-Chapter 616 - 610: Divine Sense Materializes [seeking subscriptions and monthly tickets]_1

Sha Chen's expression was also somewhat grave.

He had not expected that after Lord Yuan Shi stepped into the Saint Realm, he could enhance his cultivation strength so rapidly. Even more so, he had ascended to another level right before his eyes.

It had always been Sha Chen who, during combat, would comprehend profound truths and thereby grow stronger. Yet, he had never seen anyone improve further while battling him, especially when their strength already surpassed his. This was simply inconceivable. When a stronger being fights a weaker one, there is little enlightenment to be gained. This is even more true after reaching the Saint Realm, where each small advancement is extremely difficult.

But he hadn't expected that Lord Yuan Shi, during their fight, would threaten the Heavenly Dao with his power, causing it to react by becoming stronger.

Lord Yuan Shi laughed proudly. If the Saint Realm were divided into lower, middle, and upper tiers, then initially entering the Saint Realm was the lower tier. Just now, however, he had reached the middle tier. But now, after being blessed by the Heavenly Dao, his strength had increased even further, qualifying him as among the upper tier of Saints.

Perhaps among the six great Saints of all the heavens, Lord Yuan Shi's power could now match The sage Laozi, unless The sage Laozi had hidden some strength. As for the other Saints, they were no longer a match for Lord Yuan Shi.

Lord Yuan Shi naturally burst into delighted laughter, filled with pride and unrestrained exuberance.

As a result, Sha Chen and the two others fighting him were instantly put at a disadvantage, even beginning to retreat step by step. Originally, they had barely been able to hold their own, but now that Lord Yuan Shi's power had climbed another level, he was clearly suppressing them.

Siti was beaten until fear gripped his heart, while Yao Yue was beaten until her eyes rolled back.

Sha Chen was already wounded. Fortunately, he was bathed in immortal divine flames, his life force was exceedingly tenacious, and he carried a large amount of Healing Pills. It was also lucky that his understanding of space had deepened further, allowing him to shift most of the Divine Powers targeting him elsewhere. Otherwise, even with his tough physique, the Divine Powers unleashed by Lord Yuan Shi would have caused him significant trouble.

Inside the cave, the three Phoenix Sisters were anxiously circling, eager to help. However, their strength was too weak; going out would only make things worse. The more critical the situation became, the more nervous the three sisters grew. At the same time, they deeply blamed themselves for not being strong enough to offer any help in battles of this caliber. They didn't even have the qualifications to participate.

Lord Yuan Shi, now one with the Heavenly Dao within him, could also sense its desire to erase Sha Chen. He sighed at this realization. "Although I would like to spare you, you have already threatened the Heavenly Dao. Since the Heavenly Dao does not permit your existence, you cannot blame me for being ruthless and using my superior strength against you," he said.

Sha Chen snorted coldly. "Even if the Heavenly Dao tolerated me, you couldn't bear to see me grow continually stronger. Stop pretending. You can't stand to see a rising star outshine you. Besides, do you think that just because your power has broken through, you can kill me?"

He split off a strand of his Divine Sense to refine the Heavenly Measure.

Then he brought it out directly for battle, seeking Lord Yuan Shi's own weaknesses. With the addition of the Heavenly Measure, Sha Chen's power also reached another level. He used the Chaos Bell for both offense and defense, primarily for defense and suppression, while the Heavenly Measure was used to search for weaknesses in Lord Yuan Shi's Divine Powers and Magical Tools. Their battle was a spectacular back-and-forth.

Lord Yuan Shi, unable to suppress his fury, exclaimed, "The Heavenly Measure is my Magical Tool, and you've refined it! Damnable cur! Give it back to me immediately!"

Sha Chen sneered. "It belongs to me now. It's time you tasted a counterattack from your own Magical Tool."

Lord Yuan Shi was seething with anger, but he knew all too well the power of the Heavenly Measure: it could find the flaws in anything in existence and then exploit them. And when he used his Divine Powers and Magical Tools, the Heavenly Measure would identify their flaws, allowing them to be countered.

What Lord Yuan Shi found most unbearable was that Sha Chen's strength was also increasing, his comprehension of space gradually deepening. If this continued, once Sha Chen fully comprehended space and reached the Great Perfection Realm, he would become even more difficult to deal with.

Lord Yuan Shi took out even more Magical Tools. As a Saint, he had already scoured the lands for Magical Tools during the primordial era, amassing no fewer than eight hundred, perhaps even a thousand. Of these, more than a dozen were suitable for battle at this level, and many among them were exceptionally outstanding.

However, Sha Chen's collection of Magical Tools was equally vast, with more than twenty at the Innate Spirit Treasure level—even more than Lord Yuan Shi possessed.

Lord Yuan Shi himself had never imagined that he would one day compete with Sha Chen in terms of Magical Tools—and be outmatched. Fueled by his anger, his strength became even more formidable.

Sha Chen was also inwardly dismayed. He hadn't expected Lord Yuan Shi to be so powerful, nor for his strength to increase with his rage. Gritting his teeth, he used his spatial abilities to retrieve the divine herb, the Eight Diagrams Cloud Illumination Calyx, from the cave. He left only some of its roots, hoping it could be cultivated again in the future.

Then he immediately consumed the Elixir, the Eight Diagrams Fluorescent Tassel. In an instant, his cultivation surpassed its previous state, but his eyes and Divine Sense benefited the most. His ocular Divine Power underwent a revolutionary enhancement, and his Divine Sense strengthened several-fold.

Originally, relying on the Heavenly Measure, he could only find weaknesses in the Divine Powers and Magical Tools unleashed by Lord Yuan Shi, and not instantaneously. Consequently, out of every ten Divine Powers Lord Yuan Shi unleashed, Sha Chen could only find the flaws in and neutralize one or two; he had to dodge the rest. As for Lord Yuan Shi's own weaknesses, Sha Chen couldn't discern any at all, for he was not yet powerful enough.

But now, after consuming the Elixir, his Divine Sense and ocular abilities had increased more than tenfold. His Divine Sense, in particular, could now actually become tangible. Sha Chen even felt that with his Divine Sense alone, he could obliterate powerful experts.

Normally, Divine Sense could only become tangible and be used to eliminate other beings once one reached the Saint Realm, where the Heavenly Dao would transform it. However, although Sha Chen was not a Saint, his Divine Sense—augmented by the Elixir and his own innate comprehension—had evolved to achieve the same effect as a Saint's.

With such potent Divine Sense, combined with the Heavenly Measure, Sha Chen found that Lord Yuan Shi's movements seemed to slow. Weaknesses appeared on him; though they vanished quickly, Sha Chen had seen them. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

Lord Yuan Shi also sensed the change in Sha Chen. His expression shifted slightly. "What did you consume? How could it make your cultivation surge again and cause your Divine Sense to materialize?"

Sha Chen grinned. "You don't need to know. Just brace yourself for another surprise."

He then plucked the remaining blossoms of the Samsara Flower and the Nine Nether Purple Orchid, leaving their roots so they could be cultivated again. He consumed all the petals directly. His Divine Sense instantly surged, and his cultivation soared in that very moment.