Living in the Doomsday and Becoming an Immortal Alone
Chapter 282 - 149: Double Crisis!_2

Chapter 282: Chapter 149: Double Crisis!_2

"Alright, jeez, you’re so fierce, boss,"

complained Mu Dan, sounding displeased.

...

Daoist Master Wang returned to Lingtong’s exclusive studio and removed his hazmat suit. His bloodied appearance utterly terrified Ms. Wan, leaving her pale-faced.

—Both Lingtong and Deep Sea’s mechanical arms were equipped with various scanners, which instantly revealed that Wang Jixuan was not injured.

Wang Jixuan kept saying he was fine and hurried off to take a shower, casually burning his dirty clothes with True Fire.

Amidst the sound of running water, Wang Jixuan did a quick inventory.

This trip couldn’t be described as a bountiful harvest, but rather...

a sudden leap forward!

His Dao Realm had reached the Return to Truth Perfection, leaving him just half a step away from the final stage of the Foundation Establishment Stage, the Returning to Void Realm.

This half-step required the initial fusion of his body and soul, and the first comprehensive transformation after cultivating his Dao Body to build the Foundation of Tao.

There could be no haste, only the slow process of refinement.

Some good news:

Once he entered the late stage of the Returning to Void Realm, Wang Jixuan would be able to barely perform the Five Elements Escape Technique!

Although it was impractical to use the Escape Technique for travel at his current stage, as his mana couldn’t keep up, it would definitely do in a pinch to save his life, greatly improving his survival abilities!

Correspondingly, there was also some bad news—the main focus of the Returning to Void Realm was the transformation of the Tao Foundation, so there wouldn’t be a significant increase in combat strength.

Luckily, his first flying sword was about to debut.

With the enhancement of this flying sword, Wang Jixuan was confident that without relying on X War Armor, he could challenge an ordinary, unarmored, non-ability A-Level Spiritual Ability User!

The greatest benefit from this life-risking cultivation was to his Primordial Soul.

At this moment, in terms of Primordial Soul Power alone, he was comparable to an ordinary cultivator in the middle stage of the Condensation Realm!

Extending his Spiritual Sense, he could explore a spherical space with a radius of two thousand two hundred meters.

Just a day before, he could barely reach one kilometer!

That’s a 120% increase!

But... one hundred thousand regular Crystal Cores and two hundred thousand discarded ones had been destroyed, making even Wang Jixuan sigh at the waste.

Political struggle sure wastes resources.

Delighted as he might be, and as invigorating as it all was, Wang Jixuan didn’t forget his predicament.

He quickly adjusted his mindset.

The cultivation environment in this world was extremely harsh, with the Blade Beast Tide close at hand and Spiritual Ability Users in the distance, not to mention a Spirit Cultivator civilization that hadn’t fully emerged.

Wang Jixuan could cultivate smoothly now because he benefited from his deep integration with the D5 Combined Combat Zone and the shelter of the great tree that was Fu Jian.

If D5 couldn’t hold up against the double pressure from Spiritual Ability City and the Blade Beasts, he naturally couldn’t continue to ’coast’ through happily.

He must prepare well in advance.

The bathroom door slid open, and Mu Dan placed a stack of clean clothes outside the shower, calling out in a clear voice:

"Boss, I’ve put your change of clothes here!"

"Mhm, got it. Give me a moment,"

Mu Dan hummed a cheerful tune and turned to leave.

Wang Jixuan turned off the water and a wisp of Qi swept over him, instantly evaporating the water from his body. He quickly changed into a set of dry casual home clothes.

He was now somewhat curious whether Mu Dan’s combat abilities had improved.

In theory, the birth of the Spiritual Body merely endowed Mu Dan with a sense of self, which didn’t seem to provide any enhancement to her combat methods.

If she wanted to improve her combat strength, it most likely still depended on upgrades to her mechanical body and weapons.

The awakening of spirituality in a mechanical body didn’t seem to play a significant role in her combat system.

’We’ll see about that later. This is quite a preposterous first in the pioneering annals,’ he thought.

’I must return to Fortress 76 immediately, have a simple celebration with everyone, throw together a Blade Beast meat barbecue feast, and resume normal cultivation tonight!’

Wang Jixuan pocketed his hands and slipped out of the bathroom, his Spiritual Sense catching that Zhou Zhengde, who had just left, was hurrying back.

Zhou Zhengde looked somewhat anxious, and the sightseeing vehicle’s speed was far exceeding the internal corridor’s limit.

Wang Jixuan patiently waited, discussing the subsequent itinerary with Lingtong and Ms. Wan in simple terms.

A few minutes later, Zhou Zhengde rushed through the gate, and his first words were:

"Two new King-level Blade Beast Groups have started moving toward our D5!"

The Blade Beasts had increased their forces.

...

Because Blade Beasts ravaged the land and seas but rarely ventured into the cold regions, the Arctic Circle had become the most developed area of human maritime civilization.

On the edge of the Arctic Circle, on a peninsula that benefits from currents bringing some warm and moist monsoons, stood a magnificent city between the snow, ice, and blue sky.

This was the Spiritual Ability City.

Every district of the Spiritual Ability City was enveloped in protective shields of various sizes, within which the beauty of springtime could be seen all year round. In the spaces between these shields lay densely populated, bitterly cold slums.

Even with the severe cold, the conditions in these slums were better than in most areas of the Fortress Lower City.

Thanks to the contributions from the various major combat zones worldwide, the Spiritual Ability City had abundant supplies of all kinds, ensuring the slums did not lack food or warm clothing.

The one uncertainty for the people living here was how long they would live and whether they might be suddenly chosen to become materials.

At the core of the Spiritual Ability City was a huge spherical building, with more than six hundred meters in diameter of its hemisphere exposed on the surface.

That was the abode of the Six Elders.

This spherical building of reinforced concrete, continuously fortified over the decades, was an important device to counteract the force of thermal nuclear warheads. This massive sphere was named the Silent Ball, seemingly foretelling that one side would eventually fall silent.

The Six Elders did not set up the Silent Ball because they had a change of heart and wanted to take full responsibility without involving others.

Their construction of this extremely thick building was to reduce Fu Jian’s overall deterrence against the Spiritual Ability City.

Correspondingly, there was an order issued by the Six Elders—

"When the nuclear bomb is detonated and six pioneers perish within it, all Spiritual Ability Users shall rush to the D5 Combined Combat Zone, to eliminate all the sin and evil of this combat zone. Whoever can kill Fu Jian will inherit everything from the Six Elders."

The nuclear bomb, the Silent Ball, and this order were the delicate balance previously maintained between the D5 Combined Combat Zone and the Spiritual Ability City.

At this moment, a hovering flying device descended from the high skies above the Spiritual Ability City, reaching directly above the Silent Ball, and smoothly passed through the largest protective shield.

A dark passage appeared on the upper left side of the Silent Ball, allowing the flying device to enter.

The flying device went through a passage more than two hundred meters long and burst into the ’Spiritual Ability Park.’

The park was enveloped in a giant hemispherical screen, simulating blue skies, white clouds, and various landscapes. The ground was dotted with six estates, and young Spiritual Ability Users could be seen everywhere meditating and sparring.

The six estates were distributed like the petals of a flower, and their meeting point was a solemn church.

The Six Elders were trapped inside the church, wearing sensing collars that could not be removed. Should any of them leave the range of the church, one of the on-duty thermal nuclear warheads would explode.

—Thermal nuclear warheads are not easy to keep; usually, one is on duty, one is under maintenance, and one is ready to act.

The flying device landed directly on the helipad in front of the church, and its winged doors slowly opened. Dressed in a black leather jacket, S-level Spirit Ability User Xing Dian formally appeared.

He raised his brand-new mechanical arm, pushed up the sunglasses on his nose, and his silver-white hair, freshly groomed, made him look very spirited.

"Mr. Xing, the Six Elders are waiting for you to join them for lunch," said a voice.

"Hmm," Xing Dian responded indifferently. He walked forward with his hands behind his back, though he was grumbling inside.

He did not know why the Six Elders had called him over.

But he could roughly guess that it probably had to do with Mo Feng’s death and those few useless students of his.

No matter what, Xing Dian had already decided not to eat the sugar-coated traps of those six old men, nor would he make promises lightly. Even if he were forced to make any promises later, he wouldn’t follow through with them.

Xing Dian lowered his head and entered the church, where two beautiful girls in gauze skirts stepped forward to greet him, indicating that he should take off his leather jacket for a routine check.

At the same time.

In a corner of the Elders’ park, a middle-aged man dressed as a gardener quickly tapped his broom handle with his fingers.

The sound of the tapping traveled directly to an area over a thousand meters underground, within a cluster of low buildings.

A message was soon delivered to Dragonfly Lady, who was on a mission. After pondering for a moment, she casually sent the related intelligence to her partner.

[Xing Dian has arrived at the residence of the Six Elders, suspected of discussing retaliatory actions toward the D5 combat zone that are too extreme.]

Daoist Wang, who was studying the movements of the latest two King-level Blade Beast Groups with Lingtong and others, also had a wry smile on his face.

Quite the predicament, when it rains, it pours.

Were the Blade Beasts coordinating their attacks with the Spiritual Ability Users?