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Chapter 254 - Ball Rock
🕑 Added 2025-03-03 07:00:08 +0000 UTCLeyvi had thought the spiritual energy in the Central Region was already dense enough, but once again, his bubble of assumptions popped. Now, he couldn't help but wonder if there were places with even denser spiritual energy than here.
Fortunately, he hadn't been pulled into any of the other cracks in the void tunnel during the chaos. If he had, he might have ended up who-knows-where. But when he crossed the designated portal—which had been acting strangely due to the chaos—he found himself high in the air. To his surprise, flying was impossible here, leaving him no choice but to plummet like a meteor.
After he was out of the crater, Leyvi felt a pang of worry for Anda and the others. He quickly tried contacting them using the array communication device, but there was no response. What happened back there? Did the chaos cause us to get separated? he thought, his unease growing.
"Oh right, let's bring them out first," Leyvi muttered, reaching for the Spirit Beast Portable Sanctuary to release his spirit beasts. But when he summoned them, nothing happened.
"..."
"What the heck! Mr. Bison, Stripey, and Scarlet are missing too? That stupid tunnel! Stupid portal! Where the heck did it send everyone?" Leyvi growled, his annoyance flaring. He was not one to flare up easily but he couldn't help it right now. He couldn't even feel the connection to his spiritual imprint, indicating they were very far away.
Just then, something in the distance caught his eye. Far on the horizon stood a towering, gigantic tree. It was so tall that its silhouette blurred into the sky, and even the mountain on the opposite horizon was only a third of its height.
"How is it possible for a tree to be that tall?" Leyvi murmured, his surprise momentarily overshadowing his frustration.
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"Hmm...it feels weird being alone. There's no one at all within my spiritual sense," Leyvi muttered, scanning the area. The lack of response felt foreign to him. "Sigh...I miss my panda wife. Let's try searching for anyone around this region first. If I still can't find anyone, I can go to that stupidly tall tree. Maybe everyone will go there as well. Well, Lilian definitely will go there. No doubt."
Leyvi propelled himself upward as usual, attempting to fly, but after reaching a certain height, his Qi dispersed uncontrollably, causing him to drop back down. He had forgotten about this strange limitation.
Annoyed, Leyvi muttered, "What is wrong with this place? It feels like an external force is dispersing my Qi. Don't tell me I can't use martial skills too?"
To test his theory, Leyvi tried a few of his martial skills, and they worked without any issues. The problem only occurred when he attempted to fly. As he scanned the sky, he noticed something unusual—there weren't any flying creatures at all.
"Is this Mystic Realm racist against birds or something? I wonder if Ava can run in the sky using her movement technique," he muttered, half-joking.
Then an idea struck him. "Oh right, I can try using my Trailblazing movement technique."
Leyvi activated his fiery legs and attempted to run upward, each step bursting with power. His old movement technique was rougher and less efficient compared to Ava's, but with his current strength, it shouldn't have been difficult to maintain altitude. However, just like before, after reaching a certain elevation, his fiery legs dispersed, forcing him back down.
Curious, Leyvi decided to test if there was an elevation limit. He tried flying low, just a meter above the ground, but after a short distance, his Qi dispersed again, and he dropped back down. It seemed the restriction wasn't just about height—it applied to any form of flying.
"Yup. This place is racist against birds. I'm convinced now," Leyvi said with a sigh. "Oh well, walking or jumping is good too. It's been a while since I traveled by foot."
As he walked, memories of his journey with Anda and Lilian surfaced. He recalled the time they traveled on foot, accepted Tal and Tasya as disciples, and eventually found Mr. Bison. The nostalgia brought a faint smile to his face.
Leyvi chose a random direction and began surveying the landscape. The area was vast and open, filled with rocky terrain and nothing particularly interesting. After a few minutes of walking, he decided to pick up the pace by hopping forward, alternating legs with each leap. Each hop was powered by a burst of his Qi and covered about a hundred meters.
After hopping for 100 kilometers, Leyvi switched back to walking. "Is this place really the Mystic Realm? Where's the life-changing opportunity? It's all rocks," he complained, kicking a large rock half his size. The rock flew through the air before crashing into a boulder in the distance.
Leyvi was surprised. With his current strength, a normal rock like that should have shattered into pieces from his kick, but it was perfectly fine. Was the rock a treasure? A life-changing treasure?
"Hahaha! My lucky chance has come!" Leyvi laughed as he leaped toward the big rock.
However, just as he was about to pick it up, the ground suddenly shook violently, as if a massive earthquake had struck. Leyvi immediately became cautious, his senses sharpening.
The next moment, the earth split open, and hundreds of boulders and rocks tumbled out of the fissure. They rolled and clattered before climbing on top of one another, merging together to form a towering 30-meter-tall rock monster with human-like proportions.
Leyvi was dumbfounded. The first living being he encountered in the Mystic Realm was a giant rock monster? He knew it was possible for anything to gain sentience and become a living being, but such occurrences were supposed to be extremely rare and take an incredibly long time to happen naturally.
"Hahaha! I've been quite frustrated for a while, and here you are, showing up to be my stress-release punching bag! Come, come. Let's fight! I won't use my Qi!" Leyvi grinned, eager to test the rock monster with his physical strength first. He could sense that the monster didn't have the intimidating presence of a Commander-Level Demonic Beast or a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, so it probably wasn't that strong.
Groaaaaaa! The rock monster let out a deep, rumbling roar, sounding unmistakably angry.
"Small creature, how dare you kick my ball. I'm going to flatten you!" Leyvi's Universal Language automatically translated its voice as the monster raised its massive rocky arm high, its palm spread wide.
Leyvi was dumbfounded. That was your ball? How come your ball was on the ground, but most of your body stayed underground?
Before he could dwell on the absurdity of the situation, the rock monster's palm came crashing down. Leyvi quickly crossed his arms above his head, bracing himself for the impact.
Bang! The sound of crushing rocks and crumbling earth echoed loudly as the massive palm slammed into the ground, burying Leyvi beneath it.
"Gra gra gra! Small creature, you are so weak! That's what you get for kicking my ball!" The rock monster removed its hand, revealing a palm-shaped dent in the ground.
A moment later, two arms extended from a hole in the middle of the dent, and Leyvi climbed out, his body covered in dirt from the crushed rocks and ground. He used vibration Qi to shake off the debris quickly.
"Gaa? Small creature, how did you survive my earth-smacking attack?" the rock monster asked, its voice rumbling with confusion.
"Hahaha! Rock monster, you are quite strong, but not strong enough to injure me! It's my turn now!" Leyvi launched himself into the air and landed on the rock monster's head. Without hesitation, he unleashed a barrage of punches, each strike producing a loud, resonant clang as if rock were clashing against rock.
Despite the deafening noise, Leyvi's attacks barely made a dent in the rock monster's tough exterior.
"Small creature, since you survived my attack, I thought you were something, but it turns out you are nothing! Gra gra gra!" The rock monster laughed, its voice booming with mockery.
Leyvi was stunned. He suddenly remembered a crucial detail: he was a self-trained body cultivator with an incredibly tough body, but that was the extent of it. He wasn't a body cultivator specializing in strength, nor had he ever learned any martial skills designed for body cultivators. As a result, his attacks were ineffective against the rock monster.
If he had been fighting a creature made of flesh, his punches would have caused significant damage. Unfortunately, he was up against a being with immense toughness and durability, rendering his physical attacks useless.
Leyvi felt embarrassed. His attempt to show off had backfired, making him look foolish. Thankfully, no one was around to witness his clown show. It seemed he had no choice but to take back his words about fighting with only physical attacks.
"Alright, rock, I'll use my real power then," Leyvi said, his voice calm but determined, as the rock monster continued to laugh at him.
Fiery Qi began accumulating on his right fist, a terrifying aura pulsating as Leyvi's fist glowed brighter with each passing moment. The sheer intensity of the energy caused the air around him to ripple.
"Gaa? What is that power? Small creature, stop!" The rock monster's laughter turned to panic as it sensed the overwhelming power emanating from Leyvi, now positioned directly above its head.
Seeing that Leyvi had no intention of stopping, the rock monster swiped its massive hand upward, trying to catch him. But Leyvi dodged effortlessly, leaping high into the air. As he descended, he adjusted his body and unleashed his charged punch straight at the rock monster's forehead.
"Big Bang Punch!"
BOOOOM!
The explosive force of Leyvi's punch shattered the upper half of the rock monster's body into countless smaller pieces, scattering them in all directions. The lower half of the monster toppled backward, crashing to the ground with a deafening thud.
A few moments later, Leyvi landed gracefully, a satisfied smile on his face. "Hmm, not bad. It's been a while since I used my Big Bang Punch."
