I Can Transform Into a World-Destroying Colossal Beast-Chapter 97 - 94: Still Forging the Ninth Era

At three in the afternoon, Qin Buyi, who was still asleep, was awakened by a call, with the company asking him to return.

However, as he was about to return to the company, Jiang Hou called him.

Jiang Hou held two small black boxes: "Uncle, these are gifts I prepared for you, one for defense and one for attack, both are Extraordinary Items, with manuals inside."

"Even though they are just regular Extraordinary Equipment, you will have some ability to protect yourself as long as you don’t encounter Tier Four monsters."

"This stuff is quite valuable, isn’t it?" Qin Buyi said slowly.

Although unfamiliar with the Heavenly Punishment, the fact that Natalie didn’t have such readily usable Extraordinary Equipment for ordinary people already indicated its worth.

Jiang Hou smiled and dismissively said: "Whether it’s valuable or not doesn’t matter, what’s important is it ensures your safety. Uncle, didn’t you say the most important thing is family peace and health?"

"I’ve also prepared one for Siyu, and with me at home, you don’t need to worry about safety."

Qin Buyi paused, then gave Jiang Hou a firm pat on the shoulder. He smiled broadly, "You are right, I’ll accept them."

Qin Buyi accepted the items without hesitation and quickly left the house.

Actually, Jiang Hou wanted to tell Qin Buyi not to work at the mining company since with his abilities, he could easily earn hundreds of thousands or even millions, enough for his entire family.

Or, with his status as a chief member of the Heavenly Punishment, he could help Qin Buyi transfer to a more relaxed job in the city.

But after thinking it over, Jiang Hou didn’t say anything. He knew Qin Buyi’s personality wouldn’t allow it, so it was something he could only do secretly.

The disturbance last night didn’t cause much impact, and except for the old city district, other areas of Yidu had already returned to normal, with people working and shops opening as usual.

Only the schools had continued the holiday for one more day, with classes resuming the next day.

After sending off Qin Buyi, Qin Siyu was in her room doing something unknown, while Jiang Hou sat down on the sofa and was about to watch some videos when Jiang Ruochan suddenly tagged Zong Zheng Nan Mo in a group chat.

Jiang Ruochan: "I saw you take out a piece of talisman paper and summon lightning last night."

"Hehe... President, you’ve finally noticed what sets me apart?"

Zong Zheng Nan Mo quickly responded, sounding proud: "Recently, after much dedicated research, I’ve successfully drawn a Five-Thunder Divine Talisman."

"Next, my research direction will be to draw the Six Ding and Six Jia Divine Talisman, and Great Strength Vajra talismans, to become a true Daoist Celestial Master."

Jiang Ruochan dampened his enthusiasm: "Your success rate in drawing talismans is quite low, right? What’s the rate?"

"...One percent." Zong Zheng Nan Mo paused some time but then answered honestly.

Jiang Ruochan: "One percent? That’s not bad; the most important thing is that you are only at Mid-tier Two, yet you managed to explore your own Ninth Era."

The Ninth Era! Seeing these words caused Jiang Hou’s gaze to shift slightly.

Plus, the fact that Zong Zheng Nan Mo could summon lightning with talisman paper, which he hadn’t noticed because his attention was elsewhere at that time. He didn’t know this guy had such a trick.

"The Ninth Era? What does it mean, President?" Zong Zheng Nan Mo seemed confused.

Jiang Ruochan didn’t answer directly but asked: "Jiang Hou, are you online too?"

"Yes." Jiang Hou chimed in.

Jiang Ruochan calmly explained: "Let me briefly tell you. It’s no secret within our circle."

"The ancient civilization buried under ruins is divided into eight eras based on their respective timelines, while our current era is the Ninth Era."

"After several decades, some exceptionally gifted strong individuals have gradually discovered some powers unique to our era using Inheritance Power."

"For instance, there are strong individuals from the Dharma Era who have created True Word Power, able to control reality with their words, holding down a region, and legendary strong individuals of Daoist origin who have condensed Sword Vein within themselves, unleashing Sword Energy with a wave of their hands."

"There are also Transcendents from family-inherited ancient martial arts who have broken their shackles and opened their Dantian to condense True Essence, including Innate Superpower Users who have emerged in recent years."

"These powers are unique to us humans and belong to this era."

"But such pioneers of their paths are few, and the process of forming these powers is filled with serendipity, not forming a standardized cultivation system others can replicate."

"Hence, it’s called one’s own Ninth Era Power rather than humanity’s Ninth Era Inheritance."

"Wow, I am so powerful." Zong Zheng Nan Mo seemed excited, no wonder Duan Xuan was so shocked at the time.

Jiang Ruochan calmly said: "You indeed are not bad, with a 50% accuracy rate in fortune telling, and this Talisman Power, the possibility of you establishing your own path in talismans stands at fifty percent."

"At present, Shentu Ni is the only one in the Yidu City Branch hoping to open a path; everyone else is a regular Extraordinary."

"@Jiang Hou, hahaha... Jiang Hou, I’m a genius, with a chance to open an unprecedented Inheritance path for humanity." Zong Zheng Nan Mo became even more excited.

"Awesome!" Jiang Hou praised.

"Don’t get too happy too early."

Just then, Jiang Ruochan poured cold water again: "While it’s rare to open a new path, the unknown also represents having no road ahead, only to explore on your own."

"Do you know how to improve the success rate of talisman drawing, raising one percent to ten percent, or even directly drawing a Void Condensing Talisman?"

"Do you know how to use talismans to elevate your own realm, allowing your body and even soul to leap into Tier Four, or even break through to Tier Seven Saint Tier?"

"...This?"

"Do you know how to organize the talisman drawing method into a book, so others can, through diligent practice, slowly draw the Five-Thunder Divine Talisman and summon lightning?"

The three consecutive questions left Zong Zheng Nan Mo silent.

Jiang Hou, too, was stumped by these questions.

Even though he physically broke his shackles through evolution, condensing meridians similar to the Ren and Du Meridians in his body, allowing him to absorb the energy between heaven and earth to refine his body.

But this is a power unique to him, impossible for others to replicate.

His physical strength constantly increases, derived from consuming the blood and flesh of beasts in Giant Beast Form, enhancing his physical foundation step by step, without any ’Cultivation Technique’ to rely on.

Not to mention how to operate Yuan force, improve cultivation, breakthrough realms, or unleash powerful moves like Divine Weapon Power.

Jiang Ruochan said calmly, "@ Zong Zheng Nan Mo, I am telling you this today to remind you that the path of talismans can serve as an alternative, but it’s not the main direction for improvement."

"The inheritance of the Divine Era is a complete path that can lead into the Divine Domain, and it’s the only route that can quickly enhance your strength currently."

"As for the path of talismans, even if you spend all your efforts on research for a year or so, the improvement in strength is minimal."

"The best choice is to wait until one day you feel mentally chaotic, with a sense of losing control, then halt the progress on the Divine Era and switch to this path."

"By then, when you look back from a higher level of realm, you will find that many problems that limit you now are not a problem at all."

"Of course, you can also juggle both paths now, but you should distinguish between the primary and secondary."

"Thank you for the reminder, President, I understand what you mean." Zong Zheng Nan Mo said sincerely.

Jiang Ruochan replied calmly, "No need to thank me, I just don’t want to see you go down the wrong path and waste time."

"Time is very important in the early stages for every Awakened one. Mental strength is still very weak under the influence of power and can quickly enhance strength. Beyond this period, it’s hard to say."

"Alright, that’s all for today. I have matters to attend to, so I’ll leave first."

With that, Jiang Ruochan’s avatar dimmed and went offline, leaving Zong Zheng Nan Mo sitting in the room, staring headache at the large pile of talismans in front of him.

Jiang Hou was also deep in thought, surprised to find that not only he but many Extraordinary Strongmen have also touched their own Ninth Era power.

But thinking about it, it’s quite normal. Nobody in this world is a fool, especially those who have the tenacity to reach Tier Seven Saint Tier, or even Tier Eight Legend level.

Every one of them is a genius among thousands, using their mastery of era inheritance and high-level understanding of the universe to develop their own powers seems quite normal.

......

Su Feng Country’s small border town, deep beneath the Giant Demon Association’s building.

Bang! A heavy biological chamber exploded, splattering green liquid as a monster slowly stood up.

The monster resembled Giant Shock, but its naked body had over a dozen twisted faces, resembling the slain association members.

At the moment, Giant Shock’s aura was weak, falling from Late-tier Five to Early-tier Four.

Standing up, Giant Shock glanced around and revealed a solemn expression: "The territory of Heaven’s Punishment is indeed dangerous. Luckily, I was prepared."

"President, I’m in pain. Oh, right, President, I found the test subject, it’s right..."

On Giant Shock’s body, the face of the young man whom Jiang Hou had almost slammed to death against a wall twisted in agony, crying out in pain, but before he could finish...

Slash!

Giant Shock tore off the twisted young man’s face, which turned into a green smoke absorbed into his body, as fragments of memory appeared in Giant Shock’s mind.

A small courtyard, a girl with headphones on her neck, and glowing white eyes sensing the Seal Stone.

Then nothing else.

This time, the ninja’s face on Giant Shock showed excitement, twisting as it shouted madly: "President, I found it, I found the test subject..."

Splat!

This face was torn apart by Giant Shock, and a fragment of the ninja’s memory before death appeared in Giant Shock’s mind, particularly before his white glowing Seal Stone.

Absorbing this bit of memory, Giant Shock showed confusion.

"The Seal Stone reacted more strongly to that member of Heaven’s Punishment? Then what about the girl with headphones, are there two test subjects?"

Subsequently, every time Giant Shock tore a face, absorbing the green energy caused a surge in his aura, quickly restoring it to Late-tier Five.

This was the last face, the face of Giant Battle, killed by Jiang Hou, opened its eyes and roared madly: "Kill, kill him, Dad, avenge me."

"Revenge, Dad will definitely avenge you."

Giant Battle’s voice seemed to greatly excite Giant Shock, whose expression grotesquely twisted, his form uncontrollably beginning to swell.

Boom!

Suddenly, a giant demon over twenty meters tall covered in green scales appeared, its aura surging to Tier Five Peak, even touching the terrifying level of Tier Six.

On one side of the giant demon’s neck, fresh blood flowed, as if a head had been forcibly torn off.

As the leader of a medium Extraordinary force, just as Jiang Hou thought, Giant Shock had many trump cards, like the Two-headed Giant Demon’s splitting abilities.

Years ago, feeling on the edge of losing control, Giant Shock tore off a head, splitting himself into two entities.

This body was sealed in a biological chamber with ancient artifacts, falling into slumber, while the other split entity continued to operate outside, gathering resources to help himself.

Additionally, to suppress the pollution within, he used a Dark Forbidden Artifact purchased from the underground black market to split his consciousness into more than a dozen parts, letting others help him bear the pollution.

Except the cost of this method was too great, one day even losing control, and the split consciousness ’ate’ his son.

This directly became Giant Shock’s ’Heart Demon.’

But Giant Shock had long gone mad in pursuit of power, his face twisted, his voice deep: "If I can consume the Ancient Angel’s Feather within them, I will undoubtedly purify the pollution within and successfully break through to Tier Six, even stepping into Saint Tier."

"Eat, eat them, eat them..."

As for contacting the Demon Dragon Divine Hall about finding the test subjects, Giant Shock already forgot about it.

Or rather, never even considered notifying them, the items within those two test subjects were something he was determined to obtain.

Boom boom!!

In the dimly lit basement, the massive giant demon was like a monster destroying everything, taking several items before a roar erupted, entering the underground dark river, disappearing without a trace.