Eternal Life from the Golden Needle Technique

Chapter 554: Chapter 77: Insight

”A Saintess of the Celestial Demon Sect is a top-level prodigy, on the same tier as a Daoist.”

”And in this Immortal Sect Grand Competition, there are more than one or two major factions on par with the Yuqing Immortal Sect. There will be plenty of others who can stand shoulder-to-shoulder with a Daoist...”

Shen Changchuan’s gaze grew incredibly deep.

’If the number one prodigies from the other top-tier factions are also like this Candidate Saintess from the Celestial Demon Sect, wielding the Power of Space and possessing strength no less than an Early Stage Divine Travel Realm Cultivator...’

’Then even if I manage to raise my Cultivation to the Soul Emergence Ninth Layer in the future...’

’I’m afraid I still won’t be able to contend with people of this caliber!’

’I’ve really underestimated the geniuses of this world!’

Shen Changchuan couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.

’I originally thought...’

’...that after the Refinement and fusion of the Golden Wind Jade Dew Gu, as long as I raised my Cultivation to the Soul Emergence Ninth Layer and mastered a few more Tier Two Top Level Magic techniques...’

’...I would have enough strength to compete with the top-level prodigies from the major factions.’

’But now it seems...’

’...my horizons were too narrow. I was too overconfident!’

Just as there is an almost insurmountable chasm between ordinary Cultivators and geniuses...

...between one genius and another...

...there can also be a massive gap!

Perhaps thanks to the years of accumulation from his progress bar panel, he, Shen Changchuan, already had what it took to stand out among ordinary prodigies.

But compared to those truly peerless, demonic prodigies who stood at the Peak...

...there was still a considerable distance to go!

’Perhaps...’

’...securing a spot in the top fifty of the Immortal Sect Grand Competition won’t be as simple as I imagined!’

’Unless...’

’...like this Candidate Saintess from the Celestial Demon Sect before me...’

’...I can successfully master the use of the Power of Space ahead of schedule!’

As he watched the girl in the black dress on her killing spree,

Shen Changchuan’s mind raced.

However, despite the thoughts stirring in his mind, he wasn’t in a hurry to enter the fray and fight her.

’Her methods are too strange.’

’It’s best to formulate a plan before acting.’

’It won’t be too late to strike after I’ve clearly seen her techniques.’

’Besides, the real top-level masters haven’t even made their move yet...’

As these thoughts flashed through his mind,

Shen Changchuan discreetly took a step back, retreating behind some cover.

He suppressed his aura,

making himself look completely inconspicuous,

like an ordinary passerby, completely concealed.

At the same time, however,

a faint white light flickered in his pupils.

He activated his True Seeing Eyes at full power,

his gaze fixed on the center of the field,

trying to see through her techniques.

And just then,

just as he had expected,

after the girl in the black dress had slaughtered more than a dozen people,

the various prodigies, forced into a desperate situation, finally made their move!

Bai Yusheng, Prince Nangong, and the other top-level prodigies at the Soul Emergence Ninth Level had somehow reached an agreement.

At almost the exact same moment,

they erupted with power, unleashing their ultimate trump cards!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!!!

In an instant,

waves of terrifying auras swept across the sky, suppressing the heavens and the earth. The entire world began to tremble violently.

Endless pressure and killing intent crashed toward the girl in the black dress like a tidal wave!

The various prodigies had shattered the Jade Talismans gifted to them by their Family Elders—talismans that sealed a single strike from a Divine Travel Realm expert!

They unleashed their life-saving trump cards all at once!

One after another, Divine Travel Realm attacks blanketed the sky, seeming to freeze Time and space itself!

”Here it comes!”

Hiding in the shadows, Shen Changchuan focused his entire being, staring intently at the scene as his True Seeing Eyes operated at their absolute limit.

He wanted to see every single change clearly.

At that moment,

under the terrifying pressure of the multiple Divine Travel Realm auras,

the girl in the black dress, standing at the epicenter of the numerous Divine Travel Realm attacks,

was instantly suppressed and frozen in place.

It seemed that under the oppressive power of the Divine Travel Realm,

she could no longer use the Power of Space to teleport.

She was pinned there by a boundless, mighty force!

From a distance, light swirled in Shen Changchuan’s pupils, reflecting everything in the void before him.

Time and space seemed to be frozen.

The girl in the black dress appeared unable to move.

It looked as if she would be utterly crushed in the next instant, dying on the spot!

However,

since she dared to show herself,

and planned to use the prodigies present as fuel for her advancement within the Celestial Demon Sect, how could she possibly be unprepared for this?

”These techniques, sealing the power of the Middle to Late Stage Divine Travel Realm, are indeed extraordinary.”

”But they are merely inanimate objects...”

The girl in the black dress chuckled, her eyes filled with contempt.

Without any discernible movement,

the dense patterns on a silver bracelet on her wrist activated. An invisible, Abnormal Power suddenly erupted, transforming into a silver stream of light that enveloped her entire body!

At the same time,

the Divine Sense locks from the Divine Travel Realm Level attacks were broken in an instant!

In that moment, the girl in the black dress seemed to become a being both tangible and intangible,

breaking free from her locked and frozen state.

Then, in the next instant,

with a WHOOSH, her figure vanished,

instantly traversing space and reappearing thousands of feet away!

RUMBLE!!!

The Divine Travel Realm attacks missed their mark,

slamming into the earth and creating a world-shaking, deafening roar.

That part of the world,

seemed to be pulverized and annihilated under the barrage of terrifying attacks!

An area thousands of feet wide was reduced to nothingness.

An even more terrifying torrent of Magical Power swept out like a tsunami, shaking the very heavens and earth!

So much so that, at this moment,

even the light barrier of the Grand Array enveloping the Enlightenment Grotto Heaven began to tremble violently.

It shook like glass, looking as if it would shatter into pieces at any moment!

And yet,

despite this terrifying scene of destruction,

the expressions on the faces of Bai Yusheng, Prince Nangong, and the others were incredibly grim!

Divine Travel Realm attacks...

had no effect on that woman?!

No!

It wasn’t that they had no effect.

In a direct confrontation, any single one of those attacks would have been enough to crush the Candidate Saintess of the Celestial Demon Sect to dust!

But the problem was,

they couldn’t hit her!

She had used some unknown method to directly break free from the Divine Sense lock of the Divine Travel Realm Level attacks!

The Jade Talismans sealing a Divine Travel Realm strike were, after all, just inanimate objects.

It wasn’t the same as a Divine Travel Realm expert being present and attacking in person!

Once she evaded the subtle Divine Sense lock embedded within the attacks,

she then used a spatial jump to easily dodge the terrifying volley of Divine Travel Realm attacks!

An attack that can’t hit its target,

no matter how powerful,

is utterly meaningless!

But they clearly didn’t have the energy to dwell on that now!

For Bai Yusheng and the others,

the most important thing right now,

after their ultimate trump cards had failed, was how to face the current situation!

The surviving prodigies,

looked at the smiling figure of the girl in the black dress who had reappeared before them.

Their faces were pale,

and cold sweat streamed down their backs!

Their hearts plunged directly into the Dark Abyss!