The Post Sky Tipping Era
Chapter 555 - 395 Sudden Sky Tipping

Chapter 555: Chapter 395 Sudden Sky Tipping

Li Yi was cultivating alone in his room, but the people in the living room couldn’t help but become anxious. They would occasionally look up at the sky through the glass with a hint of worry on their faces because this kind of waiting felt like waiting for death, torturous to endure.

"Li Yi has disappeared again? Where did he go?" Lin Yue wanted to talk to Li Yi to relieve her unease but found that he had vanished once more.

"It seems Li Yi went to visit his father, who is among the Silent Ones. I saw him enter the room and he hasn’t come out since," Zhao Xiaoxiao pointed to a corner of the hall and said.

Upon hearing this, Lin Yue heaved a long sigh, "If only Uncle Li were here. He was a genius who had mastered soul crossing six years ago. If nothing had gone wrong, he would have stayed on Earth to cultivate. By now, let alone the Spiritual Power Realm, he’d probably be a top expert in the Spirit God Realm. For Li Yi, the Golden Academy wouldn’t have posed any challenge at all, and he wouldn’t have to bear such immense pressure now."

She had met Li Yi’s father and knew he was a significant figure, which made her all the more regretful whenever she thought of him.

Even now, a cultivator who hadn’t improved their cultivation in six years would still be considered strong in the Evolver category within the Soul Realm.

"Since Li Yi wants some time alone, let’s not disturb him. We’ll wait patiently. Keep an eye out and take turns on watch; everyone else should rest up and stay in good condition," Lin Yue said.

The crowd nodded, continuing to wait with patience running thin.

And before they knew it, evening had arrived.

But this night was especially dark, so dark that you couldn’t see your hand in front of you. Many areas in the city had gone dark to save electricity for vital facilities, ensuring the city’s safety. However, that night, Zheng Gong from the Investigation Bureau had some urgent news.

He reported that Fierce Beasts and Extraordinary Creatures near the city had gone on a rampage for some unknown reason, bursting into the city and refusing to leave. They were already battling cultivators in various parts of the city, and some cities were caught off guard and directly overtaken by the Extraordinary Creatures, suffering heavy losses.

"The Sky Tipping is approaching, and Extraordinary Creatures are incredibly sensitive to it. They must feel that the wilderness is too dangerous to stay in, which is why they’ve left their territories and rushed into the cities seeking shelter and survival," Lin Yue’s heart tightened upon hearing the news.

Zhao Lingfu said, "Fortunately, Li Yi had the foresight to clear the Extraordinary Creatures near the danger zone ahead of time. It’s a pity that there wasn’t enough time; we only managed to clear within a hundred kilometers of the danger zone. The areas beyond that were not dealt with. If we had ten more days, we could’ve almost completed cleansing within two hundred kilometers of Tianchang City. Especially with those two mutant beasts and a Thunderbolt Fighter Jet, the efficiency is too high, especially the Good Wings—its speed is astonishing when it takes flight, able to eradicate Extraordinary Creatures in an area within a few minutes."

"That should be enough to ensure the short-term safety of Tianchang City," Lin Yue stated.

However, she had barely finished speaking.

Suddenly, a brilliant beam of light was launched from the top of the skyscraper, streaking across the city’s sky and hitting an Extraordinary Creature that had flown into the city, instantly killing it.

"Intruding Extraordinary Creature detected, now within range of the high-energy beam cannon, and has been successfully killed."

Lan Ji’s voice echoed in the hall, reporting the situation just now.

Lin Yue glanced over and took a breath of relief: "The high-energy beam cannon deployed at the top of the skyscraper has an effective range of thirty kilometers, almost covering the entire Tianchang City. Its power is immense; any Extraordinary Creature below the level of the Spiritual Power Realm can be killed in one shot. And with Lan Ji’s computational capabilities, the probability of a hit is substantial. Li Yi’s decision to deploy three beam cannons here was crucial."

"It seems there are quite a few that slipped through the net. Even after a round of cleansing, so many Extraordinary Creatures have entered the city," Zhao Lingfu remarked, gazing at the dark sky.

At this moment, the beam cannon attacked once again.

The bright energy beam arrived in the blink of an eye, and then a dazzling glow exploded in the distant sky.

Another transcendent creature was hit and fell from the sky with a mournful cry.

"It’s not just the beam cannons. The Investigation Bureau has also deployed transcendent weaponry and has started attacking. The night is rather restless," Lin Yue frowned, looking at the continuous explosions outside, her unease growing stronger.

"There are two mutant beasts nearby and a Thunder Fighter guarding the area. Super creatures at the Spirit Power Realm level can’t break through, so there’s no need to worry too much."

Zhao Lingfu said, "If super creatures above the Spirit Power Realm appear... then we’ll just have to accept our bad luck."

"Eh, another Thunder Fighter has opened fire?"

Suddenly, from another corner of the city, an energy beam struck down a transcendent creature, and as it illuminated its surroundings—

A fighter jet in blue and white, with a sci-fi design, was revealed.

"That’s the fighter jet Li Yi gave to that Yang Wei. This guy really didn’t leave Tianchang City,"

Lin Yue glanced over and immediately said, "A single fighter jet, a storage magic artifact, in exchange for an opportunity to save Auntie. Although it’s a fair trade, I don’t know much about this ’Wei’ person. I only know that he is also a soul crossover from the dangerous World No. 36 and has rich experience in dealing with fierce ghosts."

"However, from what we can see now, he seems to also want to protect the city and the residents, so he’s likely to be a fairly upright person."

Thinking of this, Lin Yue immediately ordered Lan Ji to also direct the Thunder Fighter to provide support, together defending the city.

Just as the battle was underway—

Li Yi in the room was still in cultivation. His body emitted a silvery glow, and his surrounding was filled with an intense and vibrant Qi-Blood, his nine acupoints trembling like a giant heart beating on and on, faintly, one could even hear the resonating sound of his muscles and bones.

He sought to break through to the Gang Refining Realm and open the tenth great acupoint, a feat not easily achieved.

But through repeated attempts, Li Yi eventually grasped a glimmer of insight.

Accompanied by surges of silver Qi-Blood, he suddenly opened his eyes and couldn’t help but let out a long howl.

As Qi-Blood converged and Divine Blood stirred, the tenth acupoint beneath the nine acupoints was forcefully opened by him, like a dazzling star emerging in the dark night sky.

But after the howl—

Li Yi’s Qi-Blood suddenly retracted, his body drenched in sweat, gasping for breath. Though he appeared exhausted, he couldn’t help revealing a smile of excitement.

It proved—

His path was viable.

The tenth great acupoint was successfully illuminated.

From that moment on, his martial arts could no longer be called the martial arts of the Four Seas and Eight Continents, but rather an evolution and innovation of tradition. He named this martial arts discipline Divine Martial Technique.

However, the Divine Martial Technique has a high threshold for cultivation, requiring the practitioner to possess divine bloodlines and a sufficiently strong physique; otherwise, the body could not withstand the power and harm brought about by opening acupoints.

Feeling the massive depletion of his Qi-Blood.

Li Yi’s stomach grumbled; he was hungry again.

Right away, he stepped out of the room and entered the main hall.

When everyone saw Li Yi coming out, they breathed a sigh of relief. Lin Yue hurriedly asked, "Li Yi, what happened to you?"

"I was cultivating and accidentally caused a bit of a disturbance, but it’s all right now. However, I’m quite hungry. I’m planning to go outside and roast some meat. Do you want to eat?" Li Yi asked.

"We are not hungry," the others shook their heads.

"Then I’ll just eat by myself."

Li Yi said this and then walked outside, set up a fire in the square, and truly sat down to roast meat. In no time, the peculiar aroma of the meat spread all around.

This time he was smart, roasting extra to store in his magic artifact as emergency rations.

If one Extraordinary Creature from the Spirit Power Realm wasn’t enough, he would roast another.

Seeing this, everyone immediately came over to help with the roasting.

"You’re in good spirits, still having an appetite at a time like this," Lv Jue said admiringly. "There’s constant artillery fire above the city, and some flying Extraordinary Creatures have invaded. Thankfully there aren’t many, otherwise our city would likely have fallen."

He then briefly described the current situation.

Li Yi, while eating, said, "I can’t do much about other cities, but as long as we can hold Tianchang City with our current strength, that’s fine. The number of Extraordinary Creatures entering the city definitely won’t be high. Those potential troublemakers are lying in my storage magic artifact, turned into emergency rations."

"What time is it now?"

"Almost four in the morning," Lin Yue immediately replied. "It seems like the Sky Tipping event won’t happen tonight. The Investigation Bureau may have misjudged the situation."

"No, that’s not right, the cosmic energy density around us is still increasing," Li Yi narrowed his eyes and looked up. "And the amount of pure cosmic energy is increasing, indicating that a large number of spatial wormholes are opening. Under such a concentration of cosmic energy, anything could happen."

He didn’t waste time, hastening to eat and drink to fill his stomach and recover the depleted Qi-Blood.

And in this short period, the density of cosmic energy around them had climbed at least by a factor of two.

Under such dense cosmic energy, even without entering Meditation, just by the intention of thought, one could absorb cosmic energy into the body and complete cultivation.

Facing such changes, everyone was stunned.

At this moment, Lin Yue’s body suddenly radiated light, the brilliance of her soul. Stimulated by such abundant cosmic energy, her body evolved, her soul grew, and she easily crossed the threshold, successfully becoming an Evolver of the Soul Realm.

"I... I’ve made a breakthrough," Lin Yue said with a face full of disbelief.

Zhao Lingfu also widened his eyes and looked at her: "To form a soul so simply?"

"The world is changing, and the speed of human evolution is being passively accelerated."

Li Yi felt not a trace of joy at this moment, but rather a tingling sensation on his scalp: "This Sky Tipping event is terrifying, am I being too optimistic before?"

The richness of cosmic energy represents opportunities but also significant dangers.

"Wait, what is that?"

Suddenly, Li Yi’s silver eyes sharply contracted, and he saw a crystal clear, glowing tendril hanging from the pitch-black sky. The tendril was thin from a distance but was actually thick enough to match the girth of a person, resembling the tentacle of some creature, hanging down from the other end of the sky to Earth.

Wherever the tendril passed, the ground was cleaved open, and with a slight sway, skyscrapers were split in half.

And there wasn’t just one.

Before long,

more crystal filaments appeared, floating in mid-air, like willows in the wind.

Merely by swinging in mid-air, everything in sight was torn asunder, nothing able to halt their path.

"Sky Tipping has begun..."

Subsequently, this thought flashed through Li Yi’s mind.

And he was not the only one to witness this scene; Lin Yue, Zhao Lingfu, and others saw it too. Zhang Lei and Zheng Gong from the Investigation Bureau saw it as well, and even the experts from other cities could observe it.

Boom!

A Thunder Fighter suddenly opened fire.

A fully charged shot hit one of the glowing tendrils that was floating by.

This shot, potent enough to leave those in the Spiritual Power Realm in despair, turned out to be utterly futile against it, causing no damage whatsoever, not even altering the tendril’s drifting path.

"Is that... Yang Wei’s fighter firing?" Li Yi snapped back to reality, noting this information.