Calamity of Tomorrow-Chapter 496 - 495 signifies an ending and a sense of urgency

Listening to Zhou Bai's words, Xuan Nu felt a moment of confusion in her head.

She blinked in slight astonishment, and in the next moment, Zhou Bai had become adorable in her eyes again, "This feeling... it's the same as before..."

She had become delusional again after her wisdom was reduced, and Zhou Bai had injected 50 points of contamination into her.

"Is her ability taking effect again?" Xuan Nu quickly realized, "Is it because I believed his lie?"

She couldn't help but wonder, "He... lied?"

Just then, the White Shadow Man arrived a step late due to the decline in strength after using the Twilight Taoist Skill, and Wei Cang, finally getting ahead, came to Xuan Nu's side. With a sweep of his morbid energy, he had grasped Xuan Nu, pulling her backwards.

Xuan Nu angrily shouted, "Let go of me! I want to kill him!"

Feeling Xuan Nu's fierce struggle, Wei Cang hurriedly said, "Go! Wang Yan is coming!" With a powerful effort, relying on his Ninth Realm Primordial Spirit power, he snatched Xuan Nu away with his dark energy.

Without the Abyss Nether Dragon Armor, Xuan Nu naturally couldn't match Wei Cang's strength.

At a distance, a sky-high wave of blood surged over, it was the Evil Sect's Sect Master, the anomaly teacher 'Wang Yan.'

Upon sensing the upheaval at the Evil Sect, he had tracked down the traces of the grand battle all the way here. Indeed, the commotion from Zhou Bai's "Sword of Genesis Star Collapse" and the subsequent chase with Wei Cang had been too great, leaving an excessive trail of clues.

"Ah!!" Seeing this scene, Xuan Nu roared in frustration as Wei Cang dragged her a hundred meters backwards.

Allowing her right hand to tear, she pulled herself back a few meters with force, pointing at Zhou Bai, she said, "Next time... I will definitely kill you!"

After speaking, Xuan Nu turned and grabbed Wei Cang, teleporting away in an instant. In the blink of an eye, her entire being had disappeared into the sea, thoroughly vanishing from sight.

Zhou Bai truly wanted to unleash another "Sword of Genesis Star Collapse" at that moment.

Under Wei Cang's protection, a "Sword of Genesis Star Collapse" obviously wouldn't kill Xuan Nu.

However, Zhou Bai could cram all the contamination that had grown into Xuan Nu's mind while he had the chance.

But he didn't know whether stuffing so much contamination into Xuan Nu's body could actually kill her, or if, due to her abnormal constitution, it would have the opposite effect?

In his mind flashed the final introduction of the calamity, "... contamination discharge of 200, the target will enter a state of madness, seeing the true reality, perceiving the essence of the universe, falling into complete insanity."

"If I were to unleash the Tianhe Star Explosion Sword again, the contamination would definitely exceed 200. But if I were to inject more than 200 points of contamination into Xuan Nu... is it a good or a bad thing?"

But all this was mere speculation. The Zijin Flying Sword was already completely shattered. The "Sword of Genesis Star Collapse," as the ultimate move of the Tianhe Star Explosion Sword, required the simultaneous explosive force of the sword weapon, technique, and intent. Without his long-cultivated sword, Zhou Bai was temporarily unable to use this move.

Zhou Bai sighed inwardly, looking at the looming blood wave in the distance, pondering the ambiguous stance of the Evil Sect, and considering his own identity that must remain hidden, he completely abandoned the idea of capturing Xuan Nu.

"It's a pity, if I could have captured Xuan Nu, it would have been greatly beneficial for the human side in researching anomalies."

Zhou Bai sighed again, commanding Elsa to swallow the dragon armor, as his Primordial Spirit darted out like lightning.

By the time Wang Yan arrived at this stretch of sea, both Zhou Bai and Xuan Nu had already disappeared, leaving only a white shadow stained with blood standing motionless in mid-air.

Wang Yan looked at the white shadow and said, "Aren't you bringing Xiao Pei back?"

A cold male voice emanated from within the White Shadow,

"Forget it… Since Xiao Pei is unwilling, we can talk about it next time. After all, she wasn't kidnapped, she will definitely go back to find Sun Jingping."

Wang Yan said, "What about the other person? Who is that? They even managed to defeat the four of them, including Sun Jingping, which is too dangerous."

The White Shadow replied indifferently, "Merely a pawn of the Three Pure Dao Sect, not even clear on who their real enemy is. It's irrelevant."

...

Zhou Bai's Primordial Spirit emerged from his body and flew at high speed, quickly returning to his dormitory at the Dao School.

As soon as he returned to the dormitory, Zhou Bai breathed a sigh of relief, and Elsa, within his Primordial Spirit, hastily jumped out and ran to use the bathroom.

"This trip resulted in heavy losses, but the gains were also substantial."

Zhou Bai glanced at his cultivation aid system panel. The laziness points had dropped from over 7.3 million before departure to just over 3.2 million now; this trip to the southern city had cost him a total of more than 4.1 million points.

Then there was the complete destruction of the Zai Zi Geng Jin flying sword. He would not only need to find someone to reforged a new flying sword but also had to re-cultivate the sword moves and the power of the Tianhe Star Explosion Sword from scratch.

Besides that, the Gui Hai Hei Sha was completely exhausted, partly used up, but mostly destroyed by the Abyss Nether Dragon Armor that swallowed it.

Of course, although the losses were heavy, the gains were also immense.

Just the set of Abyss Nether Dragon Armor alone was enough to elevate Zhou Bai's combat strength by a level. Additionally, the Primitive Dao Treasury 05 provided him with room for further improvement in strength.

'A pity… the Abyss Nether Dragon Armor is unregistered; I definitely can't use this armor in the upcoming debates of Daluo Heaven.' Zhou Bai pondered, 'Also, the Fool, the Fool's Disaster, the Gui Hai Hei Sha, it's best not to use them either.'

Zhou Bai knew that in this Daluo Heaven debate, it would be best to rely on true strength, to defeat others openly and honorably on the arena. This way, there would be the least side effects, and the victory would hold the highest value.

Without wearing the dragon armor and not using abilities like the Fool, the Fool's Disaster, and the Gui Hai Hei Sha, he could handle the 7th Realm without a problem, and he should also be able to defeat most of the 8th Realm opponents.

But with Wanxian Island daring to prepare the Daluo Heaven debate, who knows what kind of opponents they would set up. Twilight Taoist Skill, Ninth Realm magical treasures, and various overqualified elixirs, magical treasures, and Immortal diagrams could all be in the possession of the opponent.

Zhou Bai thought to himself, 'These Immortals have been oppressing humanity for so many years; god knows how much wealth they've accumulated. Just a tiny fragment slipping through their fingers could crush a poor student like me.'

'And these Immortals are cunning and ruthless; they don't regard people as humans at all. Who knows to what lengths they would go to win, resorting to all sorts of underhanded tactics and deceitful schemes.'

'How can a simple and naive student like me play tricks against these old schemers? Their darkness, despicability, and boundlessness are beyond my wildest imagination.'

In Zhou Bai's mind, the scene of the Daluo Heaven debate seemed to emerge.

Those seed contestants chosen by Wanxian Island would come armed to the teeth: a 9th Realm flying sword in hand, rings of magical treasures on every finger, clad in two layers of 9th Realm armor, with a sack of Healing Holy Medicine in their mouths, standing atop two giant dragons, with a pair of phoenix wings on their back.

They would also master some powerful Immortal diagrams exclusively of the Heavenly court, with their bodies modified by Immortals' hands.

While he, a lone and impoverished student, wouldn't just be poisoned in his food and drinks, and have his magical treasures stolen, but there would also be biased referees, foul play, and even his friends taken hostage by the Immortals, used to threaten him.

Thinking of this, Zhou Bai became tense, "No, to win the championship in this Daluo Heaven debate, I'm still too weak. I must increase my true strength. At least..."

Zhou Bai firmly determined, "At least… I must be able to kill a 9th Realm cultivator barehanded, only then can I possibly win the championship."

With this thought, Zhou Bai deeply felt the inadequacy of his strength and a sense of urgency followed.