Chapter 41

Li Yao was taken aback, feeling a chill run down his spine.

Four ten thousand years ago, it was a cultivation practitioner who developed the Demon God Virus, leading to the rise of demon beasts and humanity entering a thirty-thousand-year "Great Dark Age."

Research-type cultivation practitioners are indeed god-like beings!

After composing himself, Li Yao continued to ask, "What about the fourth type?"

"The fourth type is the 'creative' cultivation practitioner. This type of practitioner has a relatively balanced spiritual energy and computational power, but they must have dexterous hands and boundless imagination, excelling in creation! Actually, this type of practitioner is quite common. For example, one of the most popular professions in the cultivation world, 'artificer,' is a creative cultivation practitioner! The most powerful creative cultivation practitioners in legend can refine starships as large as satellites and 'star-crushing cannons' with boundless power, capable of leveling an entire continent with a single shot!"

Li Yao's eyelids twitched, finally realizing that his path was that of a creative cultivation practitioner!

Zheng Dongming spread his fingers and curled his pinky, saying, "The fifth type is the artistic cultivation practitioner. Their spiritual energy and computational power may not be outstanding, but they possess a very mysterious mental power that can infect those around them, making others immerse themselves in their mental world. To be honest, artistic cultivation practitioners are considered the most mysterious type. No matter how experts in the cultivation world study, they cannot unravel the mysteries of this mental power! Artistic cultivation practitioners are usually the best poets, painters, novelists, and musicians!"

Li Yao nodded thoughtfully, "Painters? Novelists? They don’t seem very combat-capable!"

Zheng Dongming smiled strangely, "That’s not necessarily true. While ordinary artistic cultivation practitioners may not be very good at fighting, there are some terrifying outliers who are so formidable that no one dares to provoke them! For example, among artistic cultivation practitioners, there is a special profession called 'illusionist.' They may appear to be ordinary writers, but once they become angry, their mental world explodes, dragging enemies into the textual realm they have created. Think about it, in that realm, all the rules are created by them, so they can control the elements and do anything! Even cultivation practitioners several levels higher, once they are dragged into the textual realm, find it hard to escape unscathed."

"The cultivation world is indeed full of wonders, with so many amazing professions!" After some thought, Li Yao had to admit that the 'illusionist' was indeed a very formidable enemy.

Compared to such bizarre cultivation practitioners, the most common 'combat-type' cultivation practitioners are practically harmless and well-behaved citizens.

Zheng Dongming clenched his fingers into a fist, saying, "The sixth type is the composite type. They possess several different types of traits, capable of handling multiple roles, making them rare and valuable talents, often referred to as 'all-rounders.' However, the cultivation world is vast and boundless, and the more one learns, the harder it is to master. Truly cross-disciplinary composite cultivation practitioners are few and far between. When they do appear, they are often fought over by major sects, becoming hotshot figures."

Li Yao's heart stirred. He felt he had the potential to be both a 'combat-type' and a 'creative-type' practitioner, and had the chance to become a composite cultivation practitioner.

However, thinking about these things was premature. He needed to focus on the Extreme Challenge Tournament for now.

Just as he was pondering, the spirit energy airship gently vibrated, gradually slowing down.

The surrounding students let out exclamations of amazement.

Li Yao strained his eyes to look ahead, and the scene before him was completely different from the calm and serene Golden Scales Sea he had seen earlier.

The sea had turned deep black, with dozens of terrifying whirlpools appearing, roaring deafeningly, like a fearsome sea monster with dozens of jagged mouths.

In the midst of these whirlpools was a series of long, twisted islands, resembling a sea dragon struggling in the turbulent waves.

This was their destination, Demon Dragon Island, the 571st arena of the Extreme Challenge Tournament!

—What made the students exclaim in amazement was not the Demon Dragon Island itself, nor the demonic whirlpels surrounding it, nor the black sea with its raging waves.

It was the giant crystal warship quietly floating above all this, half-hidden in the clouds!

This was an ancient, old, and damaged, yet majestic and radiant super-heavy crystal battleship, over 7,800 meters long and weighing 63 million tons, operated by 13,250 sailors, with 300 cultivation practitioners at key positions to ensure smooth operation.

It appeared to have suffered severe damage, with countless scars, pits, and marks left by explosions and corrosion. Many parts of the armor were mottled and shattered, especially the forward deck and command tower, which were completely destroyed, leaving a terrifying large hole, as if a giant, unwilling to accept defeat, had opened its mouth to roar at the sky.

It had lost its power and had been floating here for a very long time, so long that the sea wind had eroded the armor, leaving countless marks of time. Even the originally shocking wounds had become part of it, turning it into a fossil, a statue, a tombstone.

Yet, on a level beyond "sight," in the unseen mental world, it still resembled a mighty tiger or a soaring dragon, radiating an inviolable aura!

"It’s the Federation’s eternal flagship, the Liao Yuan!" Even Li Yao was stunned by the aura of the crystal battleship, involuntarily holding his breath.

The Liao Yuan was the main battleship forged by almost all cultivation practitioners when the Starlight Federation was born five hundred years ago!

During the "Blood Sea Battle" five hundred years ago, the Federation Army, with the Liao Yuan as its flagship, engaged in a fierce battle with a million demon troops of the "Eastern Extreme Demon Kingdom" in the Far East Sea. In the end, the Liao Yuan, out of ammunition and food, resolutely charged towards the flagship of the "Eastern Extreme Demon Emperor," the Tian Ye, and sank it, securing victory!

The Blood Sea Battle was a decisive battle for the Federation's fate. It was this victory that completely destroyed the "Eastern Extreme Demon Kingdom," making the Starlight Federation a superpower in the Tian Yuan world, with a prosperous and thriving nation!

However, although the Liao Yuan sank the Tian Ye, it was also severely damaged and fell into the sea. It was not until eighty years later that it was salvaged, and it could no longer be used as a battleship.

The Federation then transformed this crystal battleship into a war museum and a patriotic education base, permanently floating above the original battlefield.

However, in folk legends, although the Eastern Extreme Demon Kingdom was destroyed, the Demon Emperor's lineage had not been completely eradicated. It still hid in the depths of the endless ocean, continuously gathering the souls of demon soldiers who died in the war, hoping to rise again one day and make a comeback.

This is why the sea has become a terrifying ghost realm with howling winds, whirlpools, and a pitch-black color—due to the chaos caused by the demon souls at the bottom of the sea.

The Federation suspended the "Liao Yuan" above the original battlefield and regularly organized young, bloodthirsty individuals to visit, igniting their blood and fighting spirit, which coalesced into the Starlight Federation's eternal national soul, permanently suppressing the Demon Emperor and thoroughly annihilating a million demon souls!

"Look, there’s something in the sky!" a student exclaimed.

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To everyone, I want to explain. Some friends in the comments suggested adding more PS at the end of each chapter to interact more with everyone.

Old Ox has considered this, but I think that for readers who follow daily updates, it might not matter much, but for those who read in one go, it could disrupt the reading experience to see the author suddenly jump in and chatter. So, I'll try to minimize my comments in the text.

If you have anything to say, please leave comments in the review section. I will see them and, if I have time, definitely come out to interact with everyone.

Today, I mainly want to talk about updates. The current update pace is not very fast, but Old Ox's speed is actually quite good. I can write 8,000 to 12,000 words a day if I push myself.

However, my main focus is currently on writing the outline and detailed plan for the later parts, and also preparing some drafts for the release. So, I have to control the posting speed for now, which is to ensure that I can frequently burst with updates after the release. I hope everyone understands.

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