novelraw Chapter 1343: Wouldn’t It Be a Laughingstock?
Chapter 1343: Wouldn’t It Be a Laughingstock?
Han Yan could clearly feel that there were at least three seals on the box refined with alchemy, and that Heavenly Destiny Star Plate itself had no less than five seals.Every time she obtained a new Heavenly Destiny Star Plate, it meant enormous opportunity, but it could also contain great risks. Opportunities and risks were often proportional to each other. She remembered that when she first obtained the one left by Mu Tianlie, she almost lost her life, but after overcoming the danger, her strength improved by leaps and bounds.
This time, what kind of opportunity or danger would this Heavenly Destiny Star Plate bring her? Judging from the three seals on the box and the no less than five seals on the Heavenly Destiny Star Plate itself, this Heavenly Destiny Star Plate was obviously extraordinary, and Han Yan was filled with anticipation.
The three seals on the box were exquisite and mysterious. However, with her current sealing technique, breaking them was not very difficult. After pondering for a moment, Han Yan formed hand gestures.
Soon, a fantastic light burst like soap bubbles, releasing dots of light stars. The first seal was broken, followed by the second and third.
In a short time, all three seals were opened one after another. Han Yan exhaled lightly and was about to study the five seals on the Heavenly Destiny Star Plate when suddenly, the pendant on her chest started vibrating violently, and a blinding white light shone from it, turning the entire room as white as if exposed to the noon sun. Han Yan also felt an extreme joy emanating from it.
Every time she found a new Heavenly Destiny Star Plate, that pendant, which evolved from the original Star Plate, would always exhibit various anomalies, revealing a similar sense of joy.
But this time was evidently different from the past. The pendant’s vibration was so intense that it almost detached from her body, and the light was so dazzling that Han Yan could hardly open her eyes. The extreme joy was as if Han Yan heard a spiritual thought cheering loudly: "Found it, finally found it, it’s the one, it’s the one!"
Everything confirmed Han Yan’s previous suspicion. This Heavenly Destiny Star Plate was indeed different from the others, and her mood couldn’t help but become excited.
"Not good!" At that moment, the terrified voice of Star Illusion Thousand Machine suddenly echoed in her mind.
In the midst of her ecstatic state, Han Yan found herself doused with a bucket of cold water, instantly calming down. The greater the opportunity, the greater the risk. The anomaly caused by this Heavenly Destiny Star Plate was so astonishing; the crisis it contained must far exceed imagination.
"Quick, quickly seal it again!" Star Illusion Thousand Machine anxiously urged.
Without waiting for advice, Han Yan decisively formed hand gestures, attempting to seal it again, but unfortunately, it was too late.
Almost at the same moment Han Yan formed the hand gestures, the Heavenly Destiny Star Plate shattered with a boom, pulverizing the entire box.
Han Yan was astounded. Though she had broken the box’s seals, it was crafted from Refined Steel combined with Outer Heaven Meteorite Gold. The solidity of the box itself, even compared to many so-called Divine Swords forged through repeated hammering, was not inferior in the least, yet it shattered like this, not into fragments but directly into powder.
The power contained within that Heavenly Destiny Star Plate was incredibly strong, incredibly terrifying!
In an instant, Han Yan was enveloped by that immense power.
Endless pressure squeezed from all directions. At this moment, Han Yan felt submerged one thousand fathoms under the sea, her heartbeat and breathing ceased under that enormous pressure.
Han Yan wanted to circulate her Cultivation Technique to resist, but no matter how she urged her Qi, it wouldn’t budge. The pressure was so overwhelming that even her Qi couldn’t flow.
Under that massive pressure, even the meridians began to wither, and Han Yan felt an intense pain as all her bones showed cracks.
Small blood vessels in her skin began to burst, and a strange, terrifying layer of crimson emerged on her body.
Under that extreme pain, Han Yan’s whole body trembled violently.
But that wasn’t the scariest part. The scariest part was, that power surged into her meridians, rampaging like a flood finding a sluice.
If Han Yan could circulate her Cultivation Technique and guide her Qi, she might have been able to channel that power through her meridians to alleviate some of the pressure, but now, her Qi was completely suppressed and immobile, allowing that power to flow aimlessly.
Though she was already at the Sixth Rank Peak of a Sword Master, and despite having undergone meridian clearing and marrow washing multiple times, making her meridians far tougher than ordinary people, compared to this power, her body was still remarkably fragile.
Han Yan could feel that compared to the Heavenly Destiny Star Plate left by Mu Tianlie, this one contained Nine Heavens Star Power that was unimaginably much purer and more solid.
Once again, a heart-wrenching pain came from within her meridians, and Han Yan could even hear a faint crackling sound as her meridians ruptured.
It wasn’t until this moment that Han Yan realized that within the Nine Heavens Star Power, there were also two types of Heaven and Earth Power from the Holy Court Continent and the Divine Continent. She suddenly understood that the Holy Continent was actually just one of countless cultivation planes, perhaps just one of the millions of stars for others, and that the power of the continent likewise originated from that mysterious Heavenly Star Power.
Yet, understanding aside, it didn’t help her at all. Though she had adapted to the Heaven and Earth Power of the Divine Continent long ago by using the Moon Shadow Orchid, so she didn’t immediately lose her life, that power was so overwhelming that her body couldn’t withstand it.
As the power surged violently, one after another, her meridians ruptured. If this continued, it wouldn’t be long before the power surged into her Qi Sea, into her Heart Meridian, by then she would be utterly done for.
For others, having their Qi Sea destroyed and meridians shattered might at most reduce them to a cripple, but since her cultivation core was in the Heart Meridian, if that shattered, she wouldn’t even have the chance to become a cripple, she’d be outright dead.
Han Yan desperately focused her Divine Sense, trying to mobilize her Qi to guide that force, but no matter how hard she tried, all her Qi remained tightly suppressed, unable to move a bit.
"Am I going to die under this Heavenly Destiny Star Plate?" Han Yan chuckled bitterly. She never expected that after almost sacrificing her life, and causing Huayue and others to be seriously injured for this Heavenly Destiny Star Plate, it would contain such immense danger.
It’s ironic how Jing Jianjue had tried his utmost to snatch it from her; even if he relied on the other Heavenly Destiny Star Plates to forcibly boost his strength to Great Sword Master level, he probably wouldn’t have been able to bear it. If Jing Jianjue ended up dying to this Heavenly Destiny Star Plate, one wonders if it would make people laugh their heads off.
Of course, Han Yan certainly wouldn’t be laughing, because shortly, she’d be the one laughed at.