Chapter 715: The Astonishing Effect of the Pill |
Zhou Hao killed a Scavenger, retrieved its crystal core, and then surveyed the battlefield.
Seeing that his companions had also each dealt with their opponents, he said to the group, "This battle is ending early!"
Behind him, a large number of Chaos Dominators looked puzzled at his words.
Clearly, this deviated from the original plan, but since Zhou Hao gave the order, they naturally had no objections.
"Yes, Captain!"
Zhou Hao nodded and withdrew back.
After the group returned within the walls and dispersed.
Some Chaos Dominators curiously exchanged telepathic messages: "What just happened? Why did the operation end early when we were fighting just fine?"
"No idea. Didn't feel any danger."
"Oh? Is that so?"
"Seems like several major squads have returned."
"Then something must be going on!"
"Don't say that. Captain Zhou is invincible in physical combat. With him here, we can fight without a care. I don't want anything to happen to Captain Zhou!"
"Captain Zhou is already a forty-seventh-tier powerhouse now. He might be heading to a higher-level battlefield!" someone guessed.
Everyone buzzed with discussion.
Zhou Hao hurried back to the military camp and entered the training world.
He then took out the pill, observed it for a moment, and tilted his head back to swallow it.
Instantly, a rich aura of Dao principles enveloped his mind, and Zhou Hao immediately entered a state of epiphany.
Without Zhou Hao's notice, several temporary trait statuses manifested on his body.
[Balancing Work and Rest]!
[Daoist Techniques Naturally]!
[Seven Stars Shine Bright]!
[Once Proved, Forever Proved]!
Zhou Hao's soul rumbled like thunder. Everything he had experienced in the past now became fuel for enlightenment, illuminating the path ahead!
The Chaotic Gods and Demons Great Dao immediately skyrocketed!
Forty-eighth tier!
Forty-ninth tier!
Fiftieth tier!
Fifty-first tier!
One revelation after another surged into his heart. As his enlightenment broke through, the vast origin energy within the pill simultaneously elevated his physical realm and his Life-bound Chaos realm.
Zhou Hao felt as though he were in a dream, but he was certain it wasn't an illusion. He firmly believed that even in an illusion, his teacher could manifest out of thin air, so as long as it was his teacher's voice, whether in illusion or reality, it was always real!
Thus, he devoted all his focus to enlightenment, holding nothing back.
An unknown amount of time later.
Zhou Hao recovered from his cultivation.
At this moment, he had the illusion that he could punch through the entire Second Frontline wall.
He took a deep breath, and heaven and earth instantly changed color, as fierce winds howled toward him.
He exhaled, and the violent gale turned into a raging wave that shook the entire training world.
He clenched his fist and threw a powerful punch.
The space of the training world was directly pierced by the fist, and the entire world collapsed!
Zhou Hao showed a look of shock: "This training world has a strength of the sixtieth tier, and I destroyed it with one punch!"
By now, he had already fallen back into the military camp.
A squad rushed over.
"What happened?" a logistics supervisor asked.
Zhou Hao said awkwardly, "I accidentally punched through the training world!"
"You're Zhou Hao? Weren't you only in the forties tier? How could you punch through a training world?"
The logistics supervisor instinctively released his perception.
Instantly, a terrifying pressure like a god or demon surged toward him.
He felt as if he had entered a life-or-death crisis and involuntarily activated a defensive secret technique and a life-saving Dominator Artifact.
Zhou Hao quickly suppressed his aura.
Only then did the logistics supervisor recover his senses, and he couldn't help but gasp: "What's going on with you? Your aura is already on par with a sixty-fifth-tier powerhouse! You jumped twenty tiers in one go? Are you kidding?"
Zhou Hao coughed lightly: "Just a slight improvement."
He glanced at the shattered training world: "No compensation needed, right?"
"No," the logistics supervisor said, coming back to his senses.
Zhou Hao nodded: "Sorry, I have things to do. I'm leaving first!"
He hurried away.
The logistics supervisor watched Zhou Hao's retreating back with a complicated expression.
He knew Zhou Hao must have used some kind of extraordinary treasure, but that secret was not his to probe. However, some people might not be able to sit still.
Soon, the information from here was reported upward.
But before anyone could act.
News of several cultivators making rapid breakthroughs in their strength spread through the military camp one after another.
It was easy to see that these people all shared one common identity—they were all disciples of the Seven Stars Divine Teacher!
The Seven Stars Divine Teacher was a hero of the frontline, a figure who had contributed trillions of Dominator Artifacts!
That such a figure's disciples would experience rapid progress made perfect sense, and it was almost certain that it was the work of the Seven Stars Divine Teacher.
Zhou Hao received a summons from a high-ranking official and nervously went to meet him.
Upon seeing the high-ranking official, he immediately recognized him.
"Zhou Hao pays respects to the Third Speaker!"
Xie Tingfeng waved his hand and said, "You're Zhou Hao, right? Your strength sure has increased fast! Did your teacher give you something good?"
"Yes! My teacher remotely delivered a pill to me. I've already taken it, and my strength skyrocketed!" Zhou Hao said sincerely.
"Can you let me sense your condition?" Xie Tingfeng paused, then added, "I'll compensate you!"
Zhou Hao replied calmly, "No problem!"
Xie Tingfeng then extended his perception toward Zhou Hao, and soon he understood Zhou Hao's situation.
A cultivation base of the sixty-fifth tier, extremely stable; a physique as formidable as a high-quality Dominator Artifact of the same tier; coupled with secondary defenses from his Dominator Artifact, Zhou Hao was practically immortal!
On the battlefield, he could withstand attacks up to the seventieth tier.
More importantly, he discovered a deeper difference in Zhou Hao.
He exclaimed in shock, "Your foundation has been reshaped!"
"What?" Zhou Hao was stunned and immediately sensed his foundational origin.
He indeed felt that his original shallow foundation of twelve Dao foundations had now been enhanced to the strength of about twenty-four Dao foundations.
Though this strength was still not high, it had already made it possible to break through the bottleneck of the seventy-second tier!
Unlike his previous twelve Dao foundations, where the possibility was virtually negligible.
Xie Tingfeng said excitedly, "Can you... can you still contact your teacher? I want to... I want to buy one of these pills!"
Zhou Hao replied, "I can try, but my teacher might not respond."
"Good, good!" Xie Tingfeng calmed his emotions, but inside, a storm was raging.
This was about reshaping one's foundation! He had only heard of starting over from scratch, but directly enhancing the existing foundation? This was his first time seeing it; he had never even heard of it.
Zhou Hao called out to Su Yuan in his heart and relayed Xie Tingfeng's request.
He knew that his teacher was omnipresent; as long as he called out sincerely, his teacher would know.
Sure enough, a voice sounded in both their minds out of thin air.
"Old Xie, I can indeed give you a pill. As for compensation, just offset it with the refining materials you gave me before. I still haven't given you the seventy-second-tier Dominator Artifact you asked me to refine."