novelraw Chapter 495 - 489: Formidable Enemy · The Cangming Scenario
Chapter 495 - 489: Formidable Enemy · The Cangming Scenario
Ma Ran slightly nodded, seemingly agreeing with Su Qiangwei’s statement, but did not further explain.
Sometimes, even Ma Ran felt that Su Qiangwei had some talent for being a Prophet.
Her reasoning was often completely off-track and utterly incorrect, yet her conclusions were always right.
Bringing along 98725 was indeed for maximizing benefits.
The residents of this planet, as the "Audience," held very low value, far below Earth’s average.
All of them combined couldn’t compare to a single Su Qiangwei, but in terms of "play," their presence was dispensable.
However...
In the vast Cosmos, everything has its value.
Even something as simple as a piece of toilet paper or a towel has its correct use.
These people, brainwashed for thousands of years, dull and weak, were not suitable as the "Audience."
But...
As Believers, the people on this planet were relatively qualified.
With proper guidance, they could provide Ma Ran with a massive amount of Power of Faith, creating an abundance of Deep Blue Faith Leafs, and even purple Faith Fruits.
For Ma Ran now, the currencies in circulation on Earth were just numbers; the pasture grass, leaves, and fruits condensed from the Power of Faith were the real "money."
Ma Ran now has a wealth accumulation of: 1 fruit, 3 leaves, 528 Hundred Herbs.
This meager savings could barely lock onto strong enemies twice, showing signs of inadequacy.
As the Main God Game progresses, the "play" ability will soon feedback the faith network system.
By then, consuming the Power of Faith will be significant.
With the help of 98725, letting this planet fall into a dream, gradually making all living beings believers of Game Main God Xuan.
Once the "play" ability fully feeds back Xuan’s faith system, this accumulation will translate into tangible combat power.
"Understood."
Imperial Audience, student Su Qiangwei, remained calm, showing an expression of "I understand without needing explanations."
The disguises of Zhang Qianren and his team could only fool ordinary Ability Users on this planet; trying to deceive the Second Generation God of Slaughter was purely dreaming.
Upon their arrival on this planet, the other side probably already sensed it.
Cheng Lixing, Zhang Qianren, Sikong Si, Wu Di, Zhu Hanyi, and others were like bait hanging on Ma Ran’s fishing hook.
When the fish would take the bait, no one could say for sure.
Patience was necessary to become the ultimate winner.
Su Qiangwei posed for a moment at Cloud Peak, instinctively rubbing her fingernail, wanting to activate the "Pandora" ability to take out a snack to satisfy her craving.
But on second thought, such an action seemed to lower her own grace.
How good was the surrounding environment!
With blood clouds swirling and dim yellow light filtering through the clouds, falling on the fluttering clothes of the "Martial God," how poetic!
Thinking of this, Su Qiangwei restrained her urge for a snack, casually saying, "If that Second Generation God of Slaughter really ignores them and hides away, what should we do?"
"Plan B? Plan C?"
She believed Ma Ran must have backup plans but was still somewhat worried.
After resolving the threats posed by powerful opponents like the Eternal Civilization, Chuanke Civilization, and Zhang Heng Civilization, Su Qiangwei felt that other Academic Society members’ confidence was gradually inflating, yet Ma Ran was just the opposite!
Beneath the gentle smile hid an unresolved worry.
Without any reason or evidence, Su Qiangwei’s Sixth Sense made her feel the emotions lurking beneath Ma Ran’s calm exterior.
That was...
A "future" one could not speak of to anyone!
Was the Second Generation God of Slaughter truly this strong?
Even Ma Ran feared him?
Or, was he worried about other enemies?
Slightly sensing Su Qiangwei’s emotional change, Ma Ran curled his lips, slightly smiling.
His gaze fell on the girl, calmly saying, "Just give Him some pressure."
"Us actively coming to this planet, to the Second Generation God of Slaughter, was both a crisis and an opportunity."
"The estimated training time for Wu Di and Zhu Hanyi is just one month."
"If the Second Generation God of Slaughter can really endure for a month..."
"Then it’ll be our turn to take the initiative."
Wu Di and the team were Ma Ran’s signal.
If the Second Generation God of Slaughter chose to ignore, he also had more violent, direct methods—no divinity of any kind would tolerate their Faith Ranch being completely destroyed.
However, that was the worst plan, with low final returns, definitely not the optimal choice.
Ma Ran said to give a month’s time, considering the huge time flow differences across different regions of the universe, on Earth, not even a minute might pass.
If everything went smoothly, after this battle, both the average combat power of Earth and the development potential of Earth Humans could be elevated to a satisfying level.
By that time, the pressure on Ma Ran’s shoulders would lighten significantly, allowing him to devote more energy to developing his combat power.
Since rebirth, Ma Ran had openly and covertly solved numerous troubles for Earth, prevented many tragedies, saved millions of innocents, not only leading the trend of the era but also achieving a personal combat power far exceeding the peak of Earth’s strongest contemporaries from his last life, truly doing all he could.
Yet, precisely because of this, Ma Ran, through the derivation of the Prophetic Ability from his medal, discovered many greater crises.
Even for individuals, many matters are interconnected, let alone that during this period, Earth had already contacted many alien civilizations.
Forcing the Eternal Civilization to sign a humiliating treaty and seizing mecha and Genetic Optimization Potion Technology, nonchalantly resolving the invasion crisis of the Chuanke Royal Family, destroying the Zhang Heng Civilization...
Adding them all up, the variables produced were too numerous.
The allies, enemies, and temporary collaborators of these civilizations learned of Earth’s existence through various channels.
The future Ma Ran saw included crises encountered in previous lives ahead of time and terrifying strong enemies never faced before.
As Earth’s strongest, he could completely defeat "God" Gray with just one hundred and one cuts, seeming to have reached the pinnacle, with the loneliness of a master.
But more than anyone, Ma Ran knew that in the boundless Cosmos, he was not truly strong.
Even as a "Star Driving Level" individual, regarded as the pinnacle of Extraordinary beings in Chuanke Civilization legends, it was insignificant.
Among the opponents Ma Ran observed with his prophetic ability, some were so strong that they instilled fear in his current self!
Absolutely formidable individual combat power!
Technological superiority!
A force so enormous it left one speechless!
Weaker enemies are always equally weak.
Those future opponents, however, have their own strength!
Despite this, Ma Ran remained at peace.
The stronger the enemy, the calmer he became.
When capabilities were sufficient, he would confront the enemy head-on and flatten them in one go.
When capabilities were lacking, he would make full use of existing advantages to compensate for deficiencies and amplify strengths!
Ma Ran had already written the script for the next act in his mind.
Once the last "Cangming Overlord" makes an appearance, the previously sculpted "Sword Master" Lin Qiubai and "Demon Offspring" Zhang Kuang would re-emerge, surpassing the past and reaching new heights!
The strongest?
No!
There is no ultimate, Cosmos-ruling strongest!
The so-called Supreme is merely the result of having not yet been defeated.
In Ma Ran’s eyes, there is only the ever-unsatisfied pursuit of becoming "stronger"!