Exploring Immortality Cultivation-Chapter 869 - 198: Secret Realm Showdown? More Like a Total Smackdown
Jumping out of the river's dominion, Cave Heaven Comparison Ruler, relativistic effects...
These are different civilizations' attempts at understanding the same phenomenon. When two objects are in different reference frames, a situation arises where they cannot influence each other.
Except for the one and only measure that can cross different reference frames, the constant and absolute speed of light, nothing else can transcend it.
This is an ironclad rule. The iron rule of spacetime, the iron rule of motion.
For immortals, jumping out of the river is a defensive method superior to any protective Gang Qi. Once you jump out of the river, you are protected by the laws of spacetime and motion itself, and ordinary events can't affect you. And when others can't know what your personal time is, the harm they can inflict on you is extremely limited.
And now, has this layer of relative defense been breached?
How did he accomplish it?
"You must be thinking, 'How did this guy accomplish it,' right?" Wang Qi's malicious voice sounded right behind Mei Gemu: "Guess..."
Mei Gemu growled, "Tell me..."—because it was too fascinating "Say it!"—couldn't wait to know "Make it quick for me!"
Wang Qi chuckled, "Not going to tell you!"
In fact, when the divine power spreading at light speed appeared in space, and Mei Gemu immediately left, his fate was sealed.
The high concentration of Heart Demon Curse power that Wang Qi initially deployed around him was actually just a diversion.
Its purpose was to make Mei Gemu believe that, apart from that high concentration, ordinary, low-concentration Heart Demon Curse power had no effect on him.
And indeed it was like that, for a Banished Immortal is inherently powerful. So as long as he didn't recklessly assume the Heart Demon Curse was harmless like Zhao Qingfeng did and proactively refine it, ordinary Heart Demon Curse could be exempted.
However, Wang Qi's true killer move was not the Heart Demon Curse, but the Divine Plague Spell.
The core of the Divine Plague Spell is "information" rather than substance. As long as a complete piece of "code" enters the opponent's body, it can perform an "infection."
If the high concentration Heart Demon Curse power near Wang Qi was equivalent to twenty-megabit broadband, then the low-intensity Heart Demon Curse power was like a small five-hundred-kilobyte pipe.
Connecting through such a small pipe, it's indeed slow to surf the web, but as long as there's network connection, it means the "virus" can strike.
Moreover, this small pipe won't be disrupted — don't forget, the propagation speed of Heart Demon Curse power can also be at light speed.
This time, the Divine Plague Spell Wang Qi deployed wasn't the makeshift variety he previously used to snipe Mei Gemu by shooting his thought outwards. He had chosen the strongest combination of Divine Plague Curse after about an hour of thought and preparation.
Destruction, lurking, self-replication to occupy thinking space, thought theft... This composite Divine Plague Spell encompasses every capability Wang Qi could imagine.
Then, this Divine Plague Spell took effect in the last moment before Mei Gemu jumped out of the river.
The first card Wang Qi stole was Mei Gemu's "target" for jumping out of the river — the reference frame he intended to reach!
Wang Qi followed this thought to arrive in Mei Gemu's reference frame.
"How are you, Banished Immortal." Wang Qi clasped Mei Gemu's shoulders, sneering: "This feeling of being unable to move suddenly in what you thought was absolutely safe, and then having someone approach your back... It's like... A man who can only hold his breath underwater for incense-time, being pulled back into the sea just as he surfaces to breathe after a stick of incense — am I right?"
"Wang... Wang Wang..." Mei Gemu's consciousness was constantly invaded, his eyes turning white, drool seeping from his mouth. Ancient memories, such as roaming all heavens and myriad worlds as an Immortal, forcibly collecting "taxes," and remnants of other "selves" resisted the barrage of Wang Qi's input.
"Barking like a dog won't help you." Wang Qi continued to provoke his opponent. For him, this was part of the plan. Provoking the Banished Immortal also helped weaken their mental defense and mislead their judgment. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚
"Wang Qi... Wang Qi!" Mei Gemu finally extracted from some memory of a "self" the name of this great enemy before him.
Wang Qi was stunned: "Damn! You actually know me... No way, Old Zhao? Turns out you were an acquaintance, uh, familiar immortal, oops, familiar Banished Immortal, forgetting you as an Immortal had been slain God-knows-how-many years ago."
"You you you you... scoundrel..."
"It really is you! How hilarious, hahahahaha.... Haha... Loved and hated, loved and hated... Who would've thought you'd be tricked by the same magic spell twice... Sorry, sorry..." Wang Qi was nearly rolling in laughter "Oh, since you're Zhao Qingfeng, then the qualities of your soul should have a few similarities with his. Tsk tsk, now I can establish a test and control group, you're an outstanding little white mouse, Old Zhao, oh, having been tricked to death once, now you're called Mei Gemu, right?"
Under the torture of Heart Demon Curse and Divine Plague Spell, Mei Gemu's immortal mental state was close to collapse. Wang Qi's actions further enraged Mei Gemu, accelerating this process.
Soon, the anomalous spacetime phenomena around Wang Qi were cleared. The gravity fields of stars and planets returned them to their original relative time.
"Daoist Fellow Mei!" Lian Yichen was shocked, not knowing what had happened. Just a moment ago, he suddenly lost his sense of Mei Gemu, and then Wang Qi also disappeared. Then, the two of them appeared behind Lian Yichen, one standing and one kneeling—Wang Qi had Mei Gemu's arm twisted behind him, grasping his shoulder, clearly subduing him.
"What..." Lian Yichen could hardly believe his eyes.
A Banished Immortal... A Banished Immortal actually lost to someone of the same level?
Even that seemingly omnipotent Banished Immortal lost to this guy?
Who exactly is he!
Almost instinctively, Lian Yichen drew his sword to rescue him. He knew his own limits. Any Primordial Spirit Master could easily defeat him. Without the help of the mysterious Banished Immortal Mei Gemu, he wouldn't be able to survive in Shenzhou at all.
However, Wang Qi was currently in an overpowered state, so what if Lian Yichen was several times stronger?
In front of Wang Qi, even a Divine Separation Stage Cultivator couldn't stir up any waves.
Moreover, like Mei Gemu, Lian Yichen had been exposed to the Heart Demon Curse for a long time. Without the essence of a Banished Immortal like Mei Gemu, how could he resist the erosion of the Heart Demon Curse?
For Lian Yichen's desperate strike, Wang Qi merely hooked his finger, triggering all the Heart Demon Curse and Divine Plague Curse techniques within him. In an instant, Lian Yichen lost consciousness, falling into a state similar to Mei Gemu's, lying on the ground with rolling eyes. That strike, full of determination, ultimately became a joke.
At this moment, Wang Qi turned his gaze to Lian Xingling and Lian Xinjie: "Now it's just you two left. How should I put it? I am a Modern Cultivator and you are Ancient Method Practitioners. Letting you go is impossible. Moreover, letting you stay here isn't an option either..."
——What I am about to do violates the Immortal Alliance's rules in some ways. It wouldn't be good if you witnessed it, right...
Lian Xingjie was already mentally broken. She was a Golden Core Stage Cultivator, at least nearly a century old. But lately, too many things had shaken her faith—her father, esteemed as a god, was repeatedly defeated by Golden Core Stage Cultivators, the Banished Immortal who defeated her father was humiliated at will by this heterodox, her father's life and death were unknown...
Wang Qi's mere glance made her spirit collapse, crying like a little girl: "No... I beg you... Don't kill me..."
And Lian Xinling, though his hands trembled violently and his eyes showed hidden fear, still followed the mental method, holding the essence and guarding the unity, making his Spiritual Core solidify. He raised his long sword and said sternly: "Heterodox evil demon... I won't... I won't yield to you! Junior sister... I will protect you..."
"Oh." Wang Qi rather appreciated this determination. But it was meaningless. He pointed in the air, gathering the heart demon spell power. This heart demon spell power, at the Unification Level, crushed him, a mere Golden Core Cultivator, shattering his mental state with just a trace.
Wang Qi kicked unconscious the nearly incontinence-stricken Golden Core Stage Cultivator Lian Xingling. After confirming there was no one around, he pressed his hand on the mystical thought body simulated by demon bee cells: "Mana circulation... main line, unimpeded; computation unit, fine; storage unit... perfect."
With a gesture, a ray of spirit light landed on the forehead of the convulsing Mei Gemu. The other end of this spirit light landed on those mystical thought bodies on the ground.
"Hmm, this is to ensure the safety of research materials, making a backup." Wang Qi said, issuing the final order: "Soul memory, download, transcode, write!"
What Wang Qi was going to do now was to steal all the memories of this Banished Immortal!
Mei Gemu was different from Zhao Qingfeng. He was a special individual and had already highly awakened [the Immortal Alliance people believed he was fully awakened]. His memories held significant research value.
Perhaps in the comprehensiveness of the Law Gate, Mei Gemu's memories might not be as good as the Immortal Dao Burning Book List, let alone the Immortal Alliance database, but through his memories, Wang Qi could learn about cultivation in other realms of this universe.
He might even solve the mystery of Immortal Heaven from his memories.
This was also the initial purpose of Wang Qi arranging the mystical thought body.
In the presence of both Heart Demon Curse and Divine Plague Curse techniques, why did he specifically prepare the mystical thought body? Why not wait for the Divine Plague Curse technique to gradually take effect, then directly harvest the victory, instead of pouring more effort into enhancing computing power for a fight?
That was, of course, to leave behind battle traces.
In this way, when questioned by the Immortal Alliance, he could completely claim it was necessary for battle and brush it off.
And if something happened to Mei Gemu during the wait for the Primordial Spirit Master [such as being played to death, or being played to death, or being played to death], Wang Qi could also use the secretly recorded part of the Banished Immortal's memory as a concession, telling the Immortal Alliance that this was an irresistible force. It wasn't that he wasn't working hard, but the Banished Immortal was too cunning.
At this moment, Wang Qi's calculator flickered, and then a voice appeared directly in his consciousness: "Immortal Alliance Wang Qi, report the battle status."
Wang Qi's lips curled upwards: "The enemy has lost combat capability, suppression complete."
