Light Fortress
Chapter 612 - 152 The First Day of Being Human_3

Chapter 612: Chapter 152 The First Day of Being Human_3

A basin of cold water poured down on him.

Only then did he realize... the Second Elder was right!

The last time he had come to Divine Temple Mountain was to investigate the "Seeking Light" project, and if there truly were a Goddess, why would they stop him from going up the mountain!

Take ten thousand steps back!

In this world, how could there possibly be a "stunning woman" born in a single day?

Clearly, the Extraordinary Aura of this woman was very powerful and also hidden; its depth was nearly impossible to gauge... She must have been the disciple of some young genius with a title!

"You... Get up there!"

Before Li Xuan could react, he was pushed by the Second Elder on his back.

His face immediately turned pale.

At the foot of the mountain... he had seen the might of that black umbrella.

It must have been a life-saving seal left to Li Qingsui by the Family Master, its charged attack even burned down the ancestral hall. He couldn’t withstand such a hit even if the Second Elder could!

But, he had no choice but to throw himself at Chu Ling.

The distance between them wasn’t far.

Chu Ling looked calmly at the figure rushing toward her.

Being new to this world... she was still unfamiliar with it.

This familiarity wasn’t about conceptual understanding but actual sensation.

Human babies need to learn to walk before they can run. Whatever they do... there is always a process, and the Divine Embryo was no exception. Even though she could float freely in the 0.001 Spirit Space, that was, after all, a virtual world and not real.

After descending from the Divine Temple Mountain Top, she began to "get accustomed" to everything.

Walking.

She had learned that already.

Running.

She should have learned that as well.

As for fighting.

She hadn’t started learning that yet.

The so-called "robust aura" was nothing more than a mistaken judgement by the Transcendents. Either they believed she was the "Divine Embryo" that the Li Family had poured six hundred years of effort into raising, or they thought she was the disciple cultivated by some high-ranking person... So at the moment, the inability to gauge the depth of her Extraordinary Aura naturally defined it as "unfathomable."

But in fact.

Her body was empty.

There was nothing, and nothing could stay... for this was not an ordinary body. She didn’t need to cultivate Extraordinary Essence, nor was she capable of it. All the "abilities" that Transcendents woke up to were, for her, a void.

Extraordinary Ability, that was a "Sky-reaching Ladder" only the mundane could possess.

But she was born standing in the heavens.

No ability.

That was her greatest ability.

This body almost exhibited an unparalleled receptivity and concealment towards the Extraordinary Essence.

For example, the "Black Flowers" that covered the hills were the most toxic to ordinary people.

But for Chu Ling... these "Black Flowers" were just black flowers.

She could pick them, play with them, even eat them.

Nothing would happen. The breakdown of order did not work on the "Goddess" because she herself was the biggest "breakdown of order." This world should not have had such a "person" appear.

However, there were things that were different between her and a human baby.

That was... the speed of learning.

She had learned everything quickly since she descended to the world.

It takes a year for a human baby to learn to walk.

She only needed a minute.

Human babies learn to run... a bit faster than walking.

And she was a bit faster, too.

So... fighting.

She should also learn very quickly.

The moment Chu Ling grasped the "Flame Demon Umbrella," myriad trajectories of calculation surfaced before her eyes... those were the predictive patterns used to assist Gu Shen in combat. Even as she was on Divine Temple Mountain, her consciousness remained asleep at the basic level of the deep water area, enjoying the strongest "source code" privileges of the entire Five Continents, with computational capabilities millions of times beyond that of ordinary mortals, racing rapidly through Spirit Space.

She had already calculated dozens of ways to win.

And yet... She chose none of the methods given in Deep Sea’s calculations.

Just a flash.

The Flame Demon Umbrella arched slightly.

Precise and elegant.

Like a scalpel... poised just right.

Li Xuan, thrust outward, found his throat caught; he gasped for air, unable to utter a word, his back soaked with cold sweat...

The blunt tip of the umbrella, pressed against Li Xuan, did not cut through his skin.

And it caused no actual harm.

In the calculation images provided by Deep Sea, all those dozen winning methods would have drawn blood...

But the way Chu Ling thought had changed.

She was starting to become like a "human."

Yes.

She was now a "human," today was her first day of being human, and she wanted to find a different way to solve the problem.

Perhaps there was no need for so much blood to flow.

"I... am the Goddess."

Chu Ling looked up to the people at the mountain top and spoke softly.

At the same time, a gentle force emanated from the tip of the umbrella, pushing Li Xuan back.

Li Xuan, as if granted a great reprieve, heaved a deep sigh of relief.

However, he dared not lean towards the Second Elder again; instead, he quickly dodged a few steps away... After that push, the crowd from the Li Family spread apart, not daring to draw close to the Second Elder.

In the ensuing silence, some had already chosen to be convinced in their hearts.

Perhaps it was because the girl was too beautiful, too stunning. If the "Goddess" spoken of in rumors truly existed, then she would be a person as dazzling as the stars!

The quiet at the mountain top did not last long, though.

Seconds later.

A rumble of thunder sounded from the heavens.

A raspy, deep laughter slowly spread from Li Changchi’s throat.

"Goddess... I don’t believe!"

The Second Elder drew out the hairpin that held his hair.

The thunder in the sky, as if guided by something.

"I don’t believe!!"

Chu Ling calmly watched as the hairpin pointed towards her.

A majestic bolt of lightning descended, striking her.

Bathing in Thunder Light and extreme temperatures.

She raised the Flame Demon Umbrella.

The moment she opened the umbrella, hundreds of Black Flowers danced in the valley, withering and shattering.

A column of fire, even more intense than the lightning, erupted. This time the umbrella did not flicker... The straight column of fire engulfed Li Changchi, then incinerated him into ash.

Chu Ling stood amidst the Thunder Light, silently watching the drifting ashes fill the sky.

There was a hint of regret at the bottom of her heart.

In the calculations of Deep Sea, this was the most dignified way to send Li Changchi off the mortal coil.

Theoretically, there would be no bloodshed.

But in the end, a single drop of blood splattered out, although it was burned into nothingness by the high temperature before it could fall.

At this moment, Chu Ling thought to herself, Gu Shen was right.

Being human... is really hard.