Chapter 78

To be honest, before today, Wang Qi had always subconsciously overlooked Su Junyu's combat strength.

So far, Wang Qi had only met three of the Five Absolute True Disciples. The late Li Ziyi was a Heavenly Sword cultivator, granted a Heavenly Sword, which could crush any cultivator of the same realm. Xiang Qi, while not considered outstanding among the True Disciples, could still overpower Su Junyu.

Moreover, with Su Junyu's gamer-like demeanor, Wang Qi would always unconsciously ignore his identity as a True Disciple of the Myriad Methods Gate.

However, Xiang Qi herself had never underestimated Su Junyu. She was very clear that the reason she could overpower Su Junyu was entirely because Su Junyu's cultivation method was unsuitable for such minor skirmishes. If it came to a life-or-death battle, Su Junyu's chances of winning were greater.

Su Junyu's cultivation method was the "Xiangyu Tianwei Gong," the supreme cultivation method of the Myriad Methods Gate. This method could not be practiced directly but required the simultaneous cultivation of the "Yao Ding Suan Jing" and the "Geometry Book" to the Foundation Establishment level, then merging them.

The Xiangyu Tianwei Gong possessed powerful abstraction abilities, and its computational power surpassed the Yao Ding Suan Jing. However, this powerful cultivation method was not the foundation of Su Junyu's pursuit of the Dao. His core lay in the great technique supported by the powerful abilities of the Xiangyu Tianwei Gong—the "Baize Calculation."

By understanding everything that has happened, one can trace back to all the causes of the past and predict all the outcomes of the future. The principle of this divine ability is to infer the direction of the battle by knowing more conditions.

This method required powerful computational and perceptual abilities. The computational power of the Xiangyu Tianwei Gong was unparalleled in the world. To support such computational power, the Xiangyu Tianwei Gong's enhancement of the soul force was second only to the soul-specialized cultivation methods of the Yangshen Pavilion, making it a perfect match for the Baize Calculation.

However, both the Xiangyu Tianwei Gong and the Baize Calculation were extremely difficult to cultivate, and Su Junyu's strength was limited to his predictive abilities. He had little time to cultivate other combat techniques.

However, predictive abilities must be paired with diverse methods to achieve the best results. To overcome the limitation of having a single method, Su Junyu specially crafted a set of magical tools. Each card in this set was refined by familiar disciples from other sects, and each card was a powerful spell.

However, since the spells were not cultivated by himself, even though their power was the same, Su Junyu could not fully unleash the essence of the spells. Moreover, after using the spells on each card, they needed to be nurtured for some time. Because of this, Su Junyu could not go all out during private sparring sessions—how could he cry when he ran out of spells during a life-or-death battle?

To save the resources of the Immortal Alliance, Su Junyu had also made a significant effort this time.

The current battle scene with Su Junyu sounded spectacular, but it looked rather boring—至少在王崎四人眼里是这样的。Their spiritual senses could only extend about ten zhang, so they couldn't see the beasts Su Junyu was guiding and killing. To them, Su Junyu was just casting spells in all directions.

Wang Qi, bored, nudged Wu Fan with his elbow: "Hey, what do you think caused that earthquake just now?"

Wu Fan replied, "Eh? Wasn't it just a regular earthquake?"

Wang Qi shook his head: "I don't think so. Without getting into other details, that tremor actually damaged the array here! Look at the ground; there's not even a large crack. It's clearly not a major earthquake. How could such an earthquake damage an array that has been running for hundreds of years?"

Wu Fan shook his head, indicating he didn't know. Wu Shiqin, however, seemed quite interested in the question: "Perhaps there's some great being sealed beneath Xingshan, and he was just trying to break free?"

Mao Zimiao was clearly frightened by this terrifying guess: "Really, meow?"

Wang Qi patted her head: "Azimiao, how stupid can you be to believe this violent girl with her head full of stories? This is a classic plot from those stories!"

"Don't touch my head, meow!" Mao Zimiao quickly covered her ears and then looked at Wang Qi: "But how do you explain the earthquake just now?"

Wu Shiqin explained: "Xingshan has been the place where the Holy Infant Sect imprisoned Master Ge Bai for two thousand years. The newly ascended Free Choice God Lord fought against six Great Perfection cultivators, splitting Xingshan to rescue Master Ge Bai. This is also why the northern slope of Xingshan is steeper. So I think, even if there is a secret prison beneath Xingshan, it should have been destroyed by the Free Choice God Lord. Don't forget, the Free Choice God Lord forcibly broke into the prison to save the Master of the Mystic Star Temple."

Wu Fan also joined the discussion: "I also think it's unlikely. It's not difficult for an Immortal cultivator to kill ancient Great Perfection cultivators or peak demons. Why go through the trouble of sealing them?"

Wu Shiqin still held her view: "Perhaps it's a law-breaking Immortal of the modern method? In the past, the Demon Emperor Xi Shi caused chaos, and he persuaded more than one Immortal."

Is this related to the old matter involving the Sea Elder?

Daoist Unrestrained and Wang Qi lived in the same village for ten years. Although the other party did not reveal his identity, the two were still acquaintances. Wang Qi became interested in this matter and asked: "Have the whereabouts of the great masters and Immortals who assisted the Demon Emperor been found?"

Wu Shiqin nodded: "Most of them have taken on some tasks for the Immortal Alliance to atone for their sins. As for the stubborn ones, I'm not quite sure. However, it seems that the Myriad Methods Gate's Yue Si Ku was captured and then disappeared. Two months ago, Daoist Unrestrained of the Ethereal Palace was discovered, but we don't know what happened to him now."

Wu Fan was startled: "Could it be that the Sea Immortal was sealed inside, and that was just his last desperate struggle before dying?"

Wang Qi shook his head: "The Sea Immortal is one of the most talented cultivators in the Immortal Alliance in the past few hundred years. The Immortal Alliance's intention is more likely to capture him alive."

The four people's conversation began to shift from a rigorous discussion to idle chatter filled with conspiracy theories and gossip, and the atmosphere became increasingly lively. They didn't know that an unexpected event was quietly approaching.

The problem was with Su Junyu.

After all, Su Junyu's Baize Calculation was only at the Qi Condensation level, and he couldn't predict all the movements of the beast herd. When he used a lightning spell to drive the Thunder Horned Deer north of Jia Chen Lake, the Deer King suddenly went mad, resisting the lightning spell and charging towards Su Junyu.

Seeing this, the rest of the herd followed the Deer King. Su Junyu was startled and quickly cast several spells to block the herd. But he couldn't stop the Deer King no matter what!