Chapter 775: Cooperation |
Camilla smiled as she replied, “Don't worry, I won't hurt him!”
But just as she finished talking, the palm shadows around Zen became more intense and intimidating by the minute.
Her hands were delicate but she was capable of chopping a bronze statue made of fine iron into pieces. If Zen couldn't think of a way to deal with her, then she would definitely hurt him.
A light sparkled and burst out of Zen's eyes as he tried to comprehend the Time Law that Camilla was using.
“It won't help if you don't move. I'm really going to attack!” Camilla said with a hint of disdain as she saw Zen staring blankly at her. Who knew what kind of tricks this fellow had used to fool Randy into including him in the team?
She used a majority of her strength to hack at Zen.
Zen had been comprehending for a long time, but he finally shook his head. He reached out and easily grabbed Camilla's slender hands. He then said softly, “The power of the Time Law in your strike is too little for me to comprehend.”
He had caught Camilla's hands so swiftly and easily that it looked like Camilla had just offered them to him to hold instead of trying to attack him.
Camilla was dumbstruck for a moment. She wanted to pull her hands back from Zen's, but found that she couldn't. It was as if her hands were clamped down by a pair of large pincers.
Camilla's attack from the Thousand Lady Hands dazzled the people present there as if they had seen countless flower petals falling down. It contained a trace of the Time Law, which could change the time flow rate in a short period of time. It was next to impossible to break it; only method which was more powerful could do this.
But they never expected Zen to break it with a simple move. They looked at each other, exchanging puzzled glances and they knew that each was more shocked than the other.
A faint smile appeared on Randy's face, as if everything was happening according to his will. But there was still a trace of surprise in his smile. He had predicted that Zen would be able to break Camilla's attack, but he hadn't expected it to be so soon, as simply as having a meal or drinking water.
It was as if Zen's strength had far exceeded the strength that a Virtual Tribulation Realm warrior should technically have. Only this line of reasoning allowed for the fact that he had demonstrated such an amazing stunt.
“You, leave me!” Camilla wanted to pull her hands out of Zen's but after trying several times, she was still unable to do so. She glared at Zen, her eyes almost popping out of their sockets. Her face flushed in anger.
Zen then let go of her hands, a smile playing on his face. But before he could say anything, Camilla asked angrily, “What do you mean by the power of the Time Law is too little? You want to comprehend the Time Law from me!”
Everyone was baffled at this.
To start with, it was difficult to comprehend the Time Law. Moreover, the Time Law that Camilla had displayed was activated by her own life vitality. The Time Law activated by life vitality would usually be in a state of chaos, and only someone who had mastered the Time Law could control it. It would be impossible for Zen to comprehend his opponent's Law Power during battle, however badly he wanted it.
What they didn't know was that Zen had the highest degree of affinity with the Law Power in the entire universe after withstanding the baptism by laws. It might be difficult for others to comprehend the Law Power, but not for Zen.
The two most powerful laws were the Space Law and the Time Law. Zen had already comprehended the Space Law, but until now, he hadn't experienced the Time Law. This was the first time that he had ever seen it in action!
Zen smiled faintly and said, “Why would I let the chance to comprehend the Time Law slip by?”
“Humph!” Camilla snorted coldly. “Even I have only comprehended just 10% of the Time Law! You think it's that easy to comprehend it?”
“It's 10% of the first layer of the Time Law, right?” Zen asked nonchalantly, not caring if his remarks offended her.
Camilla's face swelled with anger and she glared at him, as if she would like nothing better than to kill him.
Compared to the other basic laws in the universe, the Time Law and Space Law were extremely rare and precious, making it much more difficult to practice them.
Zen had learned the first layer of the Space Law in the Genuine Dragon World, and the second layer from the Talent Tablet in the Tower of Sin. It was extremely difficult to find the tablet that carried the inheritance of the Space Law or the Time Law in the great world.
But the Time Law that Camilla had cultivated was even more difficult than the Space Law. Its power was even greater than that of all the other basic laws combined. The Time Law could enable the cultivator to change the time flow rate, which left much room for the cultivator to bring out his or her best potential and bring the enemy down.
Therefore, the fact that Camilla was able to comprehend 10% of the first layer of the Time Law was enough to make her far superior to the other martial artists at the same level.
But Zen, on the other hand, pitied her for having comprehended so little. And his pitying look pissed Camilla off to no end.
Randy walked over, grinning. He said, “Alright, let's call it a day. Thad's strength should be no less than mine. He will definitely be of great help if he joins our team.”
“Humph!” Camilla huffed and puffed, unconvinced.
Zen had casually broken her attack by simply reaching out and grabbing her. And with Randy's obvious favor to him, she realized that Zen's strength was at the same level as Gregory's. He was an extraordinary talent who should have been ranked in the first tier.
There were countless martial artists in the Harlan Divine Kingdom. But there were only four people at the first tier. And right now, Zen's strength was beyond her imagination.
Randy said to Zen, “I can tell that you've always been a loner. You don't seem to understand the meaning of teaming up.”
Randy's words reminded Zen of the Heavenly Evil Sect that Eddie had set up. Back then, the Heavenly Evil Sect had a special way to combine the life vitality of tens of thousands of Illuminating Soul Realm warriors, which made it possible for these low-level warriors to display a power that was terrifying to say the least.
Zen nodded at Randy's words.
Randy waved at Renzo, Camilla, and Barry, and then walked to the center of the hall to extend a hand to Zen, saying, “You can try to attack me.”
Renzo and Camilla stood on either side of Randy, while Barry stood behind him.
'Is Lord Randy trying to join forces with the others and fight alongside them?' Zen thought. Zen glanced at the group curiously. Since he had already agreed to join Randy's team, he was supposed to be integrated into it. As he thought this, his figure flashed as he charged towards Randy.
Before Zen could even get close, Renzo extended his hand and waves of life vitality which were colored faintly purple surged out of his body and kept circling Randy swiftly and constantly.
Camila smiled. She waved a slender hand and a thin curtain of light appeared immediately. When Zen rushed towards the light curtain, he felt everything around him, including his own speed, slow down.
'It's the Time Law! And right now, all three of them are in complete support of Lord Randy!' Zen thought.
Randy's figure flashed suddenly and appeared behind Zen. With a flip of his hand, he had placed a sharp dagger at Zen's neck. It was a combined effort of several people, but it looked like they had done a perfect job.
But Zen was swift to react. Camilla's comprehension of the Time Law wasn't deep, and with a slight twist of his body, he slipped away from Randy's grip like a fish. A cocky, confident smile found its way to his face as he reached out, ready to snatch the dagger from Randy's hand.
In that instant, Zen felt a great tremor within his mind, as if an axe with the power to split a mountain apart had slashed through his head. Barry had launched a soul attack on him!
Anyone else probably wouldn't have been able to block this soul attack after these multiple attacks. Even if they managed to block it with a lot of effort, they'd probably have become distracted. And how could they block Randy's attack when distracted?
But Barry hadn't realized or even imagined that Zen's soul had almost entered the Jasper Fighting Soul Realm. The attack felt more like an itchy spot for Zen than a powerful spirit attack.
Zen, however, didn't want to reveal his full strength. He feigned a groan as he leaned forward, once again finding Randy's dagger at his neck.
Randy smiled smugly, thinking he had defeated Zen. He wanted to prove to Zen that their combined strength was far greater than Zen's individual strength.
Randy hadn't expected that the four of them combined would still not be a match for Zen. But since they had only come here to spar, Zen didn't want to reveal too much of his strength.
“Sweet little Randy! Kill him!” A proud smile appeared on Camilla's face when she saw that Randy had managed to restrain Zen. It was still obvious that her grudge against Zen hadn't disappeared because of his previous offence.
Randy, on the other hand, only wanted to show Zen the power of a team and didn't pay heed to Camilla's words. He smiled as he took the dagger away from Zen's neck.
“There isn't much time left. Once we enter the Feather Holy Sea, we will face a lot of competition. If you have the time, you can try to practice with Camilla and the others and break in. The five of us must obtain the best results on this trip to the secret land!” Randy said, his eyes gleaming with great anticipation.
The crown prince had always suppressed him and he had always looked for an opportunity to turn the situation around.
Although the crown prince was powerful, he wasn't powerful enough to do everything. If Randy could gain his father's favor, the crown prince would definitely restrain himself at Randy's rising influence.
Zen nodded. After all, Randy's goal didn't contradict his own. If he could achieve his goal and help Randy at the same time, he would not back out of doing so.
Zen stayed in the Jade Martial House to practice with the other three.
He slowly familiarized himself with these three people. Renzo was docile and easygoing while Barry was stiff and not very talkative. Camilla, on the other hand, was always cheerful and carefree.
With his increasing understanding of the techniques they practiced, Zen now knew why Randy had chosen the three of them.
Neither Renzo, Barry, nor Camilla were good at attacking. It looked like the cultivation techniques that they specialized in were all about auxiliary skills.
For example, the Time Law that Camilla had cultivated was only able to slow down the opponent's speed. When she displayed the Time Law, the opponent would become incomparably slow for just an instant. And that instant would be enough for the opponent to lose their life.
Renzo was adept at creating many obstacles for his opponents. And Barry cultivated a refinement technique that could disturb one's mind.
Their path of implementing martial arts was completely different from that in the Central region or even the Sea God Continent.
In the Central Region and the Sea God Continent, people attached great importance to individual strength. They rarely cooperated with others.
If the warriors at the Virtual Tribulation Realm worked together, the overall effect could be quite overwhelming. But if five or six powerful masters at the Soul Sea Realm collaborated with each other, the result would be unimaginable! An individual master at the Sea God Continent, like Amber, was very powerful. But if five powerful masters of the Soul Sea Realm on the Sea God Continent fought against five powerful masters of the Soul Sea Realm in a divine kingdom, it would be more likely that the masters of the divine kingdom would win. Because they were better at the art of cooperation.
In this hall, when Zen cultivated with them, they would occasionally communicate with each other, asking and clarifying each other's doubts about the martial arts.
But it was Zen who asked the others for advice most of the time.
The inheritances of the divine kingdoms were much richer than those of the Central Region. What was more, a considerable part of their inheritances came from the human race of the Upper World. Unfortunately, Zen didn't know which force of the Upper World's human race their inheritance came from.
As time passed, Randy also became busier. Since he was busy with matters of the royal house, he rarely appeared in the martial house.
Three months later, the Jade Martial House had gathered all the martial artists who had passed the test, including Zen.
Zen had conjectured that the Jade Martial House had probably gathered them because the Feather Holy Sea was about to open. The Feather Holy Sea was like a treasury of the four divine kingdoms, at a similar position as the Dark Nether Cave in the Sea God Continent. He didn't know how they were going to send the warriors into the Feather Holy Sea.
Camilla, Barry, and Renzo, however, weren't there. They belonged to Randy's forces, so they hadn't participated in the test. They would probably set out with Randy.