novelraw Chapter 157: The Observer
Chapter 157: The Observer
"Hold it back."
Su Yuan immediately restrained his power.
With his current strength, he only needed to exert a little effort to tear through space and achieve Shattered Ascension.
The previous Pavilion Master of the Azure Wave Pavilion had said that to experience shattering the void, one needed to strike with full force, drawing upon their comprehended Cosmic Force.
But for Su Yuan, merely circulating the Cosmic Force of Yin, Yang, and the Five Elements slightly was enough to overwhelm the surrounding space, causing it to show signs of shattering.
'What is my current strength?'
With a subtle shift of his mind, Su Yuan looked toward the gray mirror deep within his sea of consciousness.
The hazy surface of the gray mirror rippled, displaying Su Yuan's latest physical statistics.
[Power of Extreme Yang: 100%]
[Power of Extreme Yin: 100%][Metal Element Power: 100%]
[Wood Element Power: 100%]
[Water Element Power: 100%]
[Fire Element Power: 100%]
[Earth Element Power: 100%]
[Power of Ultimate Yang: 1%]
[Power of Ultimate Yin: 1%]
[Combat Bonus: 52376%]
'My Combat Bonus has increased by more than two hundred times?'
Su Yuan felt delighted. Before he had fully comprehended the Five Elements Power, his Combat Bonus was less than three hundred times. Now, it had directly exceeded five hundred and twenty times.
The scale of this improvement was nothing short of terrifying.
'Merely fully comprehending the Five Elements Power could never result in such a massive improvement,'
Su Yuan thought to himself.
Fully comprehending the Five Elements was not the key. The true catalyst was forming a cycle with Yin and Yang after that comprehension, blessing himself with the Great Cycle of Yin-Yang and Five Elements to bring about this qualitative leap in strength.
"Time to leave."
Su Yuan stood up and walked toward the gates of the ancestral temple.
Outside the ancestral temple.
The old man was standing guard.
At this moment.
Creak—the ancestral temple gates were pushed open.
The old man instinctively looked inside.
"Pavilion Master Wu..."
The old man was about to ask a question when he suddenly froze.
In his eyes, the Su Yuan before him gave off a completely different aura than the one from just moments ago.
The previous Su Yuan, while overwhelmingly powerful, at least still felt human. But now?
The old man felt that Su Yuan was entirely out of place with the surrounding space, like a whale forced into a small pool. The space around him seemed more like a restrictive cage than an environment.
"Pavilion Master Wu, your current strength..."
The old man trembled inwardly. Anyone with eyes could tell that Su Yuan had experienced another breakthrough in strength.
But the original Su Yuan had already surpassed the Super Grade-1 level, suppressing the Imperial Palace single-handedly. Just how strong was he now after another breakthrough?
Su Yuan glanced at the old man but said nothing, walking straight toward the exit of the Imperial Palace.
Clatter—within the Imperial Palace, the imperial guards all turned their eyes toward Su Yuan.
Even after the slaughter from Su Yuan's initial intrusion, the remaining number of imperial guards was still close to twenty thousand.
Yet at this moment, wherever Su Yuan walked, the guards parted to make way.
Out of tens of thousands of imperial guards, not a single one dared to stop him.
It was not until Su Yuan had left the depths of the Imperial Palace that the Dayong Emperor emerged from the Hall of Mental Cultivation and approached the ancestral temple.
"Uncle Ancestor,"
the Dayong Emperor called out, unable to hold back as he looked at the old man standing outside with a complex expression.
"Mhm,"
the old man responded, turning to the Dayong Emperor. "There shouldn't be any more trouble. Pavilion Master Wu... he has no interest in our Great Yong Dynasty."
"No interest in Great Yong..."
The Dayong Emperor fell silent once more. To think there would come a day when the grand empire and state power that past emperors had dedicated their lives to build would be looked down upon by someone.
"Uncle Ancestor, just how strong is that Pavilion Master Wu?"
The Dayong Emperor composed himself and asked in a low whisper, "If we coordinate with the millions of troops outside the city, could we..."
He stared intently at the old man.
"Millions of troops?"
"Absolutely not!" The old man's expression changed drastically.
If it had been before Su Yuan entered the ancestral temple, the old man might have actually considered it.
After all, human stamina had its limits. Even an expert like him would eventually be ground down to death if surrounded by an army of millions.
But now?
Having witnessed the scene where even the surrounding space could no longer suppress Su Yuan, the old man now viewed him as no different from a god. Millions of troops?
He was genuinely terrified of witnessing a scene where millions of soldiers were slaughtered straight through by Su Yuan alone.
"Absolutely not?" Hearing this, panic swelled in the Dayong Emperor's heart.
For his Uncle Ancestor to be terrified to this extent, the only possibility was that Pavilion Master Wu's strength had reached a level completely beyond comprehension.
"Your Majesty need not worry."
The old man thought for a moment before offering some comfort. "With Pavilion Master Wu's level of strength, he will ultimately have to choose Shattered Ascension..."
"Shattered Ascension..."
The Dayong Emperor felt slightly relieved.
Outside the Imperial Palace.
Numerous Imperial Citizen Players were watching intently without blinking.
Far too many unforeseen events had occurred today.
First, Pavilion Master Wu had barged into the Imperial Palace alone, then he was placed on a Red-Tier Wanted Order, and soon after, an army of millions had laid siege to the city.
Finally, the bounty on Pavilion Master Wu was revoked, and the massive army outside the city gradually retreated. Then, word came from the higher-ups of the Azure Wave Pavilion that Pavilion Master Wu was not dead...
"Pavilion Master Wu, Pavilion Master Wu is coming out!"
"Yes, Pavilion Master Wu is out."
A sharp-eyed Imperial Citizen Player spotted a figure walking out from within the Imperial Palace.
It was none other than Su Yuan.
"Pavilion Master!"
"Pavilion Master!"
Before the crowd of Imperial Citizen Players could make a move,
the two Vice Pavilion Masters of the Azure Wave Pavilion and a group of their core members hurried forward to greet him. "Pavilion Master, are you alright?"
Vice Pavilion Master Zhu She's tone carried a hint of concern.
"I am fine."
Su Yuan shook his head slightly.
His current condition was better than ever before. Yin, Yang, and the Five Elements formed an endless, perpetual cycle within him.
This gave Su Yuan the illusion of having boundless stamina; as long as the powers of Yin, Yang, and the Five Elements existed in the world, he would never feel fatigued.
This state had already shattered certain ironclad rules of the Shattered Void World.
"Let's go."
Su Yuan headed straight outward.
And as Su Yuan walked away,
the numerous Imperial Citizen Players made no unusual moves.
For Su Yuan to successfully leave the Imperial Palace, he had definitely brought out the Shattering-tier Martial Arts Manual.
Logically speaking, given the lawless nature of the Imperial Citizen Players, they would normally fight over it even if they knew they were outmatched.
For example, when the previous Pavilion Master of the Azure Wave Pavilion had stolen a Shattering-tier Martial Arts Manual, he was hunted down by a horde of Imperial Citizen Players.
But Su Yuan?
Not a single Imperial Citizen Player dared to try.
The previous Pavilion Master of the Azure Wave Pavilion had sneaked into the Imperial Palace and secretly stolen the Shattering-tier Martial Arts Manual.
And Su Yuan? He had charged into the Imperial Palace single-handedly, slaughtered his way through, and then swaggered out without a care in the world.
The two scenarios were fundamentally different concepts.
Even the Great Yong Imperial Palace of the Shattered Void World allowed Su Yuan to come and go as he pleased. If they, mere Imperial Citizen Players, dared to try and rob him, wouldn't they be courting death?
Imperial Citizen Players were not afraid of death, but they weren't eager to throw their lives away for nothing. Besides, a hundred thousand Azure Surge Coins was already a substantial amount.
On the highest floor of the Azure Wave Pavilion.
After Su Yuan entered, he dismissed the various high-ranking officials.
He then sat cross-legged on the elevated platform.
Swoosh—at that moment, an invisible Mental Will descended, quickly materializing into a chubby figure that looked toward Su Yuan.
"Pavilion Master Wu."
The chubby figure smiled amiably at Su Yuan. "I am Observer No. 29."
"Observer No. 29?"
Su Yuan showed a timely trace of surprise on his face.
In truth, he had known all along that this chubby figure was coming.
The so-called Observer No. 29 was a game observer.
"Incredible, truly incredible!"
Chubby Observer No. 29 scrutinized Su Yuan for a moment, his tone filled with admiration. "To form a perfect great cycle using the power of Yin, Yang, and the Five Elements... incredible..."
Observer No. 29 repeated the word 'incredible' several times in a row.
He was genuinely astounded. With his discerning eyes, he could naturally see the terrifying potential of the perfect great cycle formed by Yin, Yang, and the Five Elements.
It was safe to say that as long as Su Yuan smoothly advanced to a Later-Stage Cosmic Life, opening up an internal world using the perfectly stable cycle of Yin, Yang, and the Five Elements would present virtually no difficulty.
In other words, Su Yuan was practically destined to become a Stellar Life Form.
The only variable left was the quality of the internal world Su Yuan would create.
How completely beyond comprehension was this?
Observer No. 29 vividly remembered how many risks he had taken, how many times he had brushed past death just to become a Stellar Life Form.
It was only through a final, desperate gamble that he succeeded.
But Su Yuan?
He was merely a mid-stage Starry Sky Lifeform, yet his future as a Stellar Life Form was already guaranteed. This made Observer No. 29 feel a gap so wide that he couldn't even muster any jealousy.
The disparity between them was simply too enormous.
"Thank you for the praise, Observer,"
Su Yuan immediately replied.
He also knew that Observer No. 29 standing before him was a Stellar Life Form, and the entity currently present was merely a body condensed from consciousness.
"Alright, let's get down to business."
Observer No. 29 reigned in his thoughts and revealed the purpose of his appearance.
His meeting with Su Yuan was also at the behest of the other observers.
"When does Pavilion Master Wu plan to carry out his Shattered Ascension?"
Observer No. 29 asked.
After comprehending a Shattering-tier Martial Arts Manual, an Imperial Citizen Player would gain the ability to shatter the void.
Furthermore, the first ten Imperial Citizen Players to achieve Shattered Ascension would receive exclusive rewards.
"Shattered Ascension?" Su Yuan looked at Observer No. 29 and declared, "I am in no rush."
"You're in no rush?" Observer No. 29's mouth twitched slightly.
Su Yuan might not be in a rush.
But he certainly was.
With Su Yuan's current strength, heaven only knew what kind of impact he would cause if he remained in the Shattered Void World.
If he suddenly felt like it and killed the Dayong Emperor, the game's balanced environment would be destroyed, and the ones who would suffer the consequences would be them, the observers.
"As long as Pavilion Master Wu achieves Shattered Ascension at the peak of Purple Mountain within a month, I will represent the officials and reward you with five billion Azure Surge Coins."
Observer No. 29 quickly proposed.
"Five billion Azure Surge Coins?" Su Yuan's expression remained unchanged. "Add a Starry Sky Divine Crystal to that."
A Starry Sky Divine Crystal was incredibly effective for refining the Physical Body and was one of the key resources Su Yuan planned to use when breaking through to become a Later-Stage Cosmic Life.
However, Starry Sky Divine Crystals were exceedingly rare and extremely difficult to purchase with mere Azure Surge Coins.
"A Starry Sky Divine Crystal?" Observer No. 29 pondered for a moment before nodding in agreement.
As long as they could send Su Yuan packing, a Starry Sky Divine Crystal was a small price to pay.
Once Su Yuan achieved Shattered Ascension and received his exclusive reward, he would advance to the later stage in a very short time.
And a Later-Stage Cosmic Life was strictly prohibited from attacking freely within the Shattered Void World.
"Alright. In two months, I will perform my Shattered Ascension at the peak of Purple Mountain."
Su Yuan said.
"Two months..." Observer No. 29 nodded. "No problem."
Bluestar, the North Pole continent.
Su Yuan sat cross-legged inside the warship.
'The observers of the Shattered Void World want me to ascend as soon as possible to avoid causing further disruptions to the world...'
Su Yuan naturally understood Observer No. 29's true intentions, but he didn't mind. He simply closed his eyes and returned to his cultivation.
Time flowed on.
In the blink of an eye, two months had passed.