My Apocalypse Territory-Chapter 386 - 372 Lu Jianjun Visits

Chapter 386 -372 Lu Jianjun Visits

This suicidal idea lingered in his mind only for a moment before he quickly put it aside.

The spiritual wave contained the direction of the Ancient Spirit Imperial Capital, and riding on a Floating Airship, Tang Yu believed that no matter how far it was, he would have the ability to reach it… However, he currently had no plans to make contact with the Ancient Spirit Royal Family.

It felt rather insubstantial.

In such a small country as Nanlin, the rise of Yan Dingtian as a Transcendent Strongman was not surprising; Ancient Spirit, being one of the Three Great Countries, would not surprise him if it had eight or ten Transcendents.

According to Yan Dingtian, although small worlds function in a self-sustaining cycle, they fall far short of the true world and likely could not satisfy the needs for breaking through to Transcendent… The descendants of the Ancient Spirit in the small worlds might be numerous, but their strength was not necessarily strong.

Besides the small worlds, Ancient Spirit must have had control over a significant number of Secret Realms.

Nanlin Country could support the hibernation solution for five or six people, so it seemed very likely to Tang Yu that Ancient Spirit might have one hundred or two hundred strong personnel, strategizing in hibernation.

Even with the probability of failure, several dozen Ancient Spirit strongmen had successfully awakened in this Epoch…

He realized that to capture the small horn, the path was still long and arduous.

“And besides, apart from ordinary Transcendents, the Ancient Spirit might possess more senior Transcendent Strongmen.”

Like Yan Dingtian who had just broken through to become Transcendent, he did not take him very seriously.

With combat power equivalent to only 0.7 of a Floating Airship, given that Nancy could handle four or five when fully unleashing her firepower, even he could spar with Yan Dingtian in the Spirit Space with a newly constructed battle system.

Yan, who is now keen on challenging the ‘Trial Tower’, had his combat power fully measured inside out. His greatest use had become Tang Yu’s sparring partner, who was recreated repeatedly in the practice space every day, making Tang Yu feel that once he advanced to the Thirteen Layer Great Perfection in Awakening, he might possess the strength comparable to one Yan Dingtian.

But Ancient Spirit was different.

Besides newly promoted Transcendents, it likely possessed veteran Transcendents, who existed even in the Fourth Epoch.

During the Middle Stage of the Fourth Epoch, predictably, the world was already incapable of supporting advancement to Transcendent, but much earlier, in the Basic Period of the Fourth Epoch, there were still traces of Transcendent activity.

The Three Great Countries existed since the Basic Period of the Fourth Epoch, with historically famous Transcendent Strongmen too numerous to count on two hands.

When the lifespan of a Transcendent Strongman was nearing depletion, sealing them in hibernation solutions for protection of the entire country was completely normal.

Perhaps this was one of the reasons why the rule of the Three Great Countries had been so stable.

…

The matter of Ancient Spirit establishing the capital had been making waves these past few days.

The Municipal Department had discreetly collected the thoughts of many survivors, compiling and packaging them for delivery.

It was somewhat unexpected; what people discussed the most was not how powerful Ancient Spirit was, or where the Ancient Spirit Imperial Capital was located… but rather, what exactly was Ancient Spirit?

A personal name? A place name? A country name?… Or the name of a dish?

The understanding of the Fourth Epoch was unclear even among the upper echelons of many large Sanctuaries, let alone ordinary survivors. The event of Ancient Spirit founding the capital was known to everyone, but it had merely become a topic of casual conversation after meals.

Tang Yu was rather concerned about it, however, other than the spiritual wave ripple that had spread far and wide that day, the Intelligence Department, which now had outposts in many places in the south of Daxia Country, had yet to obtain any information about Ancient Spirit.

The world’s small horn had not appeared again either.

He guessed that this treasure had quite a few usage restrictions… such as a character limit, which made advertising a bit of a worry.

…

Awakeners lived as usual, taking on commissions daily at the adventurer guild, forming teams to head into the wilderness to complete tasks. The rewards—points, Source Crystals—were either used to buy weapons, enter training camps, or gather in high-end restaurants.

The Source Crystal circulated once and grew larger before returning to his treasury.

“Boom!”

In the Spirit Space, on the training ground.

Tang Yu spread his arms wide, with ripple-like patterns emerging behind him, defensive buildings like the Arrow Tower spheres, Cannon muzzles, and Mage Tower crystals appeared, and a fierce energy burst forth instantly. Arrows, light beams, and Heavenly Fire thunderously launched a covering strike towards the distance.

The ground shook.

The simulated forest environment was struck by the worst disaster; trees were destroyed, the ground was blasted into deep pits, and a heat wave swept past, scorching the thick trunks farther away to a charred black.

Yan Dingtian moved swiftly through mid-air, leaving trails of afterimages in his eyes.

The protective force field on the outside had shattered but was quickly repairing itself, leaving Yan Dingtian’s clothes tattered.

He rapidly closed the distance, taking less than a third of a breath to arrive nearby, his fists wrapped in Source Power, radiating a bright intense light.

Boom boom boom boom—

In front of Tang Yu, layers of invisible barriers unfolded. Under Yan Dingtian’s furious strikes, his entire field of vision constantly shook. Except for a small area covered by the local barriers, the ground nearby had already collapsed and turned into dust.

He felt as if he were enclosed in an egg, bombarded all the way down to the subterranean, surrounded either by cracked, shattered, and obliterated rock, or by the rich white glow released by Yan Dingtian’s fists.

Blinded.

Merely lasting over three seconds, the stacked layers of invisible barriers finally shattered explosively. Before he could react, he was kicked out of the training space and appeared in the gray fog-filled buffer zone.

He was out of the game.

Tang Yu sighed helplessly, “Once it gets up close, there’s basically no chance to resist, but I can’t keep Yan at bay all the time… My eyes can’t keep up, perception within the domain can barely capture it, and my reaction is still a beat too slow.”

Even so, compared to being instantly killed at the start, Tang Yu felt a significant sense of achievement.

Especially since fighting in the Spirit Space didn’t actually consume Source Crystals, allowing him to fully engage.

“Looks like I’ll need to reach the Thirteen Layer to have a real chance of contending with Yan.”

However, Tang Yu somewhat forgot that Yan Dingtian, who often trained tirelessly, was growing in strength not slower than Nancy, if not faster.

…

Stepping out from the Spirit Space, standing on the training camp rooftop.

Built on the mountainside near the castle, the training camp was in an excellent location, overlooking most of the Sanctuary. Below, the survivors bustled about, his mood at this moment becoming very calm.

In the distance, a Source Power Locomotive approached with a low rumbling brake noise, slowly halting beside the platform.

Leaning on the handrail at the edge of the rooftop, enjoying the cool breeze, after a while, an Awakener from the Municipal Department hurried over:

“Director, General Lu from Lindong has arrived.”

…

Lindong’s top leader and authoritarian controller, Lu Jianjun, Old General Lu, was a man deserving of admiration.

This was his first personal visit to Green Shadow.

Tang Yu speculated it might be related to the Ancient Spirit Imperial Capital construction from two days ago.

Nodding slightly towards the Municipal Department’s official, he leaped from the fifty-six-story high rooftop. Stepping on air as if on flat ground, he dashed out dozens of meters, disappearing in the blink of an eye amid the admiring and envious gazes of the Municipal Department’s Awakeners.