Chapter 785: Determined To Protect Zen |
The only excuse that the audience could think of to explain what was currently happening before their eyes was that War Emperor York had unexpectedly shown immense mercy to Zen. He couldn't have gone all out to attack Zen.
After the Soul Sea was created by martial artists, they created a world within their body in order to make it easier for them to cultivate their souls.
The resources of the Lower World were scarce. It was completely incomparable to what the Upper World had. In the Lower World, the means for martial artists to cultivate their souls weren't that many.
In the Upper World, many talented martial artists could cultivate their souls and make their souls enter the Fighting Soul Realm while they were at the Virtual Tribulation Realm or Life and Death Realm. In the Lower World, however, many martial artists could only cultivate their souls and make their souls reach the Fighting Soul Realm after they had created the Soul Sea and had reached the Soul Sea Realm.
Zen was a shining exception to this.
From a certain point of view, however, this was not totally unexpected. First of all, Zen did not cultivate his soul in the Lower World. He had actually relied on the Dragon Soar Arena to ascend to the Genuine Dragon World. It was in that place that he had gone through the Owl Beast devil spirit's test, and that made it possible for his soul to improve rapidly. Moreover, he was able to absorb a significant amount of soul force and that helped his soul to reach the Fighting Soul Realm.
In the Lower World, the most powerful warriors at the Soul Sea Realm would easily suppress all the Life and Death Realm warriors. The gap between their level of soul was vastly enormous.
Only after reaching the Fighting Soul Realm could one's soul be transformed into a powerful weapon.
War Emperor York stared at Zen in utter confusion. He could feel Zen's powerful soul which was in no way weaker than his own. In fact, it seemed like it was even stronger!
Moments passed and it became clear that Zen would not counterattack. War Emperor York thought that he was probably wary of his overall strength.
War Emperor York stared at Zen blankly for a while before saying, “Good, good, good job! At such a young age and with such a low cultivation level, you actually possess a soul close to the Jasper Fighting Soul Realm! Such a young hero, you are!”
The moment the people around heard what War Emperor York said, their faces became contorted with expressions of utter disbelief.
They all originally thought that War Emperor York had held back his strength, but with his pronouncement, he had indirectly confirmed that wasn't the case -- it was just that Zen's soul had almost reached the Jasper Fighting Soul Realm!
Even for warriors at Soul Sea Realm, it would be extremely difficult for their soul to enter the Jasper Fighting Soul Realm. It was all the more impossible for such thing to happen in the Lower World!
In the Lower World, the available number of refinement techniques and pills used to cultivate one's soul was simply too small. Then, even if someone got a hold of them, their effects were usually very poor. Another thing was, since the ancient times, there had never been a Life and Death Realm warrior that had cultivated his soul to reach the Jasper Fighting Soul Realm. Zen was just a warrior at Virtual Tribulation Realm -- how was he able to achieve that? Furthermore, he was only at the middle stage of the Virtual Tribulation Realm!
These played inside everyone's head as their stares bounced off from War Emperor York to Zen, their mouths wide open.
Without any hesitation, Marine, the Holy Maiden immediately said, “Yes! Master Wallace has mentioned before that the Spirit Container he arranged in the Sky Northern Region was destroyed by Zen Luo. This person's soul force is so strong. We don't need Elder Gong to come to have a look. You are definitely Zen Luo!”
“No matter who this kid is, how did he cultivate his soul to such a level that even War Emperor York was helpless against him?”
“Isn't this all too shocking? Furthermore, he came from a small place like the Sky Northern Region. It has been said since ancient times that if a Life and Death Realm warrior enters the Sky Northern Region, he can flatten the entire region and kill all the living beings there.”
“This is impossible! How could such a talent come from such a place like the Sky Northern Region?”
The Virtual Tribulation Realm warriors who could stand beside the West Dragon River were basically the divine-level talents of the four divine kingdoms. Moreover, they were talents of the first tier and the second tier. There were rarely any third tier warriors among them.
These divine-level talents even had a high possibility of stepping into the Soul Sea Realm in the future! But then, in the end, that was just a possibility. There still weren't many warriors who had been able to reach the Soul Sea Realm.
Despite this, nothing had stopped them from being conceited. After all, they were the best warriors in the four divine kingdoms!
But at this moment, nothing could stop them from being shocked. Zen's glaringly formidable strength wasn't the main source of their surprise, however. After all, there were many ways to gauge a martial artist's strength: cultivation method, strength, speed, cultivation level, and soul…
The soul was just one aspect.
Just like what War Emperor York had said, Zen's soul was indeed strong, like it was close to the Jasper Fighting Soul Realm, incomparable to all of theirs. However, this did not mean that Zen's all other aspects were very strong. After all, he had not shown his real strength yet.
But the mere fact that Zen's soul was close to the Jasper Fighting Soul Realm made them incredibly jealous. They didn't want to believe what they were seeing and hearing!
It was similar to a story about a group of young people, all in the same age, who were in the same starting line together. Every day, they would earn the same amount of money, but occasionally, one of them would earn twice as much. Every other person would get jealous, but since that was a normal occurrence, they would just carry on and try to earn as much as the guy who earned twice.
However, one day, a person suddenly appeared. This fellow was around the same age as them, and his cultivation level was also around the same as theirs. However, in the end, he had earned a hundred, even a thousand times more money than them. How could everyone accept that lying down?
Despite that, they still didn't have the courage to try harder and catch up to what the new fellow had already earned.
The three powerful masters at the Soul Sea Realm of the Jade Martial House were more surprised at War Emperor York's words. They had seen Zen's strength before and they knew what he was capable of. Not only did he have an outstanding level of comprehension towards the laws, but his own strength had also reached a terrifyingly high level. But now, the three of them had discovered that Zen's soul was that powerful. Zen was indeed a flawless warrior!
They then started to wonder: in the future, after he broke through and reached the Soul Sea Realm, how terrifying would his strength be?
The eyes of crown prince Bram were firmly fixed on Zen. 'A soul close to the Jasper Fighting Soul Realm… How could this be? And why? Alas, if I could win him over, he would definitely be great help to me in the future. Unfortunately, this person has already joined Randy's team. What am I going to do?' he thought, his eyes narrowing.
Today, the kings of the four divine kingdoms were present together with the crown princes and other princes from every divine kingdom.
The princes who were there were all the powerful ones. They were all martial artists that were at the first tier. Some of the princes who were present were even strong enough to be ranked at the top of the first tier!
These princes would eventually be important players in the game of the four divine kingdoms in the future!
The divine-level talents would eventually have the opportunity to become powerful warriors at the Soul Sea Realm, if they didn't perish. However, for these princes, there was no doubt that they would reach the Soul Sea Realm!
Despite all their potential, however, each of them had suddenly felt a pang in their chests.
They had been the pride of the divine kingdoms. Being the strongest warriors of the younger generation, they had steadily grown under the protection of their royal fathers. With the privilege to enjoy massive resources and practice places, their achievements and strength were several times greater than that of other warriors of the same age!
But now, they felt frustrated by Zen's shocking potential.
There was a saying that “comparisons are odious”. In the past, no one had been able to compete with them because they were a group of martial artists that walked at the forefront. They were the best of the best. But now, they were starting to compare themselves to Zen, and they discovered that between him and them, there was a huge disparity.
'Humph, he is only strong on his soul level. He must have obtained some great lucky chance that caused a change in his soul. His own strength might not be able to withstand a single blow from me!'
'I actually want to fight with this guy. It's useless just having a strong soul. I have the soul-protecting secret weapon bestowed by my royal father. I'm sure this kid wouldn't be able to hurt me!'
'I'll wait and see. If this kid can defeat Logan, maybe I'll be interested in playing with him!'
Thoughts ran wild inside the princes' minds, effectively drowning their self-doubts and insecurities. They couldn't afford to wallow in those thoughts.
As for Lord Randy, his eyes flashed with undeterred excitement when he opened his eyes. He had long noticed that Zen was extraordinary, but he didn't expect that Zen's soul would be so ridiculously strong. Even Lucien couldn't do anything about it. It was such a big surprise!
But at the same time, he suddenly became vigilant. He sent a message to Turner through his life vitality, “Father…”
How could Turner not understand what Randy wanted to say?
Just now, Lucien had suddenly made a move and used his soul to attack Zen. Unexpectedly, Zen's soul wasn't weaker than his at all.
With that revelation, his intent to kill Zen became stronger than ever. If he used life vitality to crush Zen, he surely wouldn't survive. 'Zen wouldn't be able to survive!' Turner thought to himself, doubts starting to creep up on him.
It would be a different case if such an extraordinary talent hadn't appeared in the Harlen Divine Kingdom. But now that he had already arrived and everyone knew of his existence, Turner had to protect him at all risks.
Whoosh!
Turner's figure flashed and soon he was standing between Zen and War Emperor York. After a few moments of silence, he calmly said to War Emperor York, “Lucien, it's enough. As a king, don't you think it's a bit too much to attack a kid like that? It doesn't matter if he's Zen Luo or Thad Luo-- he's a member of our Harlen Divine Kingdom!”
Turner looked firm as he said this. The meaning behind his words was crystal clear. It didn't matter if Zen had killed the prince of York Divine Kingdom or not - Turner was determined to protect him at all cost!
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