Super Combat Soldier

Chapter 1036: Chapter 1035: Becoming a Stele

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Eighteen humanoid steles, all made of stone. Ye Tianchen examined them one by one but found nothing unusual. He couldn’t help but be shocked in his heart. Each of these eighteen humanoid steles exuded a mysterious and endless power, very magical and powerful, yet nothing could be discovered from them. Even probing with powerful divine thought could not unveil their mysteries. These eighteen humanoid steles are truly extraordinary.

Master Fang Yi and Master Fang Zheng, two eminent monks, have also observed them here many times and contemplated them many times, yet always to no avail. This is not a matter of one or two days, but after hundreds of years of contemplation, there has been no discovery, which makes Master Fang Yi believe that these eighteen humanoid steles are merely symbolic of one of the Buddhist sect’s strongest sealing techniques, the ”Eighteen Golden Arhat Array.”

However, Ye Tianchen would definitely not believe that these eighteen humanoid steles are just standing here like this. He doesn’t believe that a highly revered Buddhist monk, who has reached such an awe-inspiring level, would have no backup plans, would just let these eighteen humanoid steles stand here? Ye Tianchen wouldn’t believe it. This kind of Buddhist monk sage is worthy of admiration for his wisdom. From the mysterious and powerful aura emanating from these eighteen humanoid steles alone, it is clear they are by no means simple. It’s just that they haven’t found the right method, so they can’t explore the secrets within.

”So what does Master Ye intend to do next?” Master Fang Yi couldn’t help asking.

”If Master has nothing to do, you can wait here for a while. If you have matters to attend to, you may leave first. I will explore the mysteries of the eighteen humanoid steles here and learn the method of arranging the Eighteen Golden Arhat Array. Otherwise, I will not leave here temporarily!” Ye Tianchen said with a faint smile.

”Master Ye is indeed a person of great determination. I will wait here, awaiting the moment of Master Ye’s success.” Master Fang Yi nodded and said.

”Thank you, Master!” Ye Tianchen said seriously.

Master Fang Yi retreated not far away, sitting cross-legged on a rock to avoid disturbing Ye Tianchen in contemplating the mysteries of the eighteen humanoid steles. Ye Tianchen also had such determination that if he couldn’t explore the mysteries of the eighteen humanoid steles here, couldn’t cultivate the ”Eighteen Golden Arhat Array,” he wouldn’t leave, as he genuinely felt the crisis. He felt that the egg above the Sealing Demon Cliff needed a powerful seal. This egg has small cracks visible through divine thought and could hatch at any moment. If it truly emerges, I’m afraid no one below the Emperor Realm could stop it. Not to mention Earth, even the entire martial arts world has not seen the birth of an emperor in millions of years. No one knows the specific reason, but it gives Ye Tianchen a great sense of crisis. This egg on Earth, when hatched, if retaliated, Earth would suffer first.

In the once glorious era of cultivation, appearing from the late ancient times to the early ancient period, that was a brilliant great era, with countless clans standing, geniuses emerging, and countless strong ones. At the same time, this was the most tragic great era that ever appeared in the martial arts world, with too many prodigies contending fiercely against each other, defying the heavens, directly resulting in rivers of blood and mountains of bones, numerous young prodigies falling, countless strong ones perished. However, the traces of such a prosperous era of cultivation cannot be erased, and it absolutely cannot be buried by time, because it is simply too shocking, especially with the ultimate birth of an Overlord Immortal King, a truly world-mastering strong one, about whom legends persist incessantly and are circulated in every corner of the martial arts world. When the dust settled on such a great era, it left many legends, many heritages, and also some calamities, such as that egg, the Red Lotus Demon from the Fire Dragon Pond, the young Fire Qilin from Flame Valley, all of which are incredibly powerful existences. The thing Ye Tianchen couldn’t figure out is, regarding the entire martial arts world, now Earth is nothing more than an isolated environment, even with spiritual energy so thin that it’s not suitable for cultivation anymore. If it wasn’t for the preservation of the three ancient martial worlds, I’m afraid martial artists wouldn’t exist. Why do these things reside on Earth? What was Earth during the ancient and late ancient times, and what role did it play in the martial arts world? This point makes Ye Tianchen very eager to understand because he always feels that Earth is far from simple as imagined.

After calming his mind, Ye Tianchen sat cross-legged in front of the eighteen humanoid steles. These eighteen steles were all left in a row, neatly lined up in front of him, identical in appearance, all exuding mysterious auras, yet unable to be grasped or touched.

Ye Tianchen continuously stimulated the martial arts true power within his body, focusing all his divine thought to one point, looking towards one of the humanoid steles, hoping to break through one by one. As long as he could explore the mysteries of one of the humanoid steles, Ye Tianchen believed he could explore the secrets of the eighteen humanoid steles left by the Buddhist monk.

Buzz!

Unexpectedly, Ye Tianchen’s concentrated divine thought probe actually penetrated directly out of the frontmost humanoid stele, discovering nothing at all. This shocked Ye Tianchen. Such a situation was happening for the first time. He had some confidence in the strength of his divine thought. Even if an object was too powerful and unable to unveil the secrets within, it wouldn’t be penetrated. Why would this happen?

”These eighteen humanoid steles are really incredible. They obviously exude waves of powerful divine power, yet not a bit of mystery within can be detected. This Buddhist monk left these eighteen humanoid steles, surely as a backup plan for his successors, right? How exactly can I see the drawings on these eighteen humanoid steles?” Ye Tianchen couldn’t help but frown and think to himself.

After pondering for a while, Ye Tianchen shook his head, stood up, and walked towards the frontmost stele on the left side, stopped in front of the statue, and just looked at it that way, staring at it with his eyes tightly fixed. Suddenly, he felt a sense of vitality, and his heart skipped a beat. Could these humanoid steles really have life? It shouldn’t be. They are clearly made of stone. How could they have life?

”Since forcing exploration doesn’t yield clues even after much effort, perhaps I should look at it just like this, using a different mental realm and method...” Ye Tianchen muttered to himself.

Looking at the humanoid stele before him, Ye Tianchen looked at it as if it were a person, staring at it without blinking, and his mental realm entered a mysterious state, as if he was gradually transforming into a stele himself, blending into this group of eighteen humanoid steles.

Wow!

Suddenly, Ye Tianchen felt his body stiffen. The feeling was very obvious and very tangible, becoming increasingly rigid bit by bit. When he opened his eyes to look at his feet, he found his feet had turned to stone. He was shocked, wanting to move but unable to. Trying to activate the martial arts true power within his body, he couldn’t muster a bit of strength, startleed in his heart, thinking, ”Could I also be turning into a stele? Also being transformed into such a piece of stone?”

The sudden major change caught Ye Tianchen off-guard, yet he had no strength to resist, which surprised him greatly. These eighteen humanoid steles are too formidable, incredibly powerful. Could it be because when he just stood in front of the frontmost stele, relaxed his martial arts aura a bit, turning himself into an ordinary person, allowed a mysterious power from the eighteen humanoid steles to instantly penetrate his body, resulting in this situation?

”Master Ye!”

Swish! Master Fang Yi appeared before Ye Tianchen, seeing Ye Tianchen’s feet already transformed into stone, and the trend of this transformation was evident, continuously moving upwards. If it continued upwards, Ye Tianchen would completely turn into a piece of stone, and then he would certainly die, without needing any slaughtering skill; Ye Tianchen would be annihilated and turned into stone upon death.

Bang!

Master Fang Yi didn’t hesitate, and slapped Ye Tianchen’s lower leg with a palm, but it didn’t move an inch, startling Master Fang Yi to furrow his brows and said anxiously, ”How could this be happening? My palm force just now wasn’t weak; how could it not be shattered?”

Ye Tianchen glanced at Master Fang Yi. Indeed, he hadn’t expected his body to stone suddenly like this. What’s actually happening, yet couldn’t figure it out, and there wasn’t time to figure it out either. The signs of petrification continuously rose upwards; Ye Tianchen would completely turn into stone within two breaths.

”I’m not very clear, this indication is somewhat unfathomable, my internal martial arts true power is also restrained, unable to use it, it seems the mysterious power emanating from these eighteen humanoid steles shouldn’t be easily touched...” Ye Tianchen frowned and said.

”Master Ye, it’s all my fault, I’ve harmed you...” Master Fang Yi said somewhat guiltily.

”Master, don’t blame yourself, everything is predestined, but I don’t believe in fate...” Ye Tianchen said calmly.

Despite Ye Tianchen’s calmness, unafraid of life and death, it didn’t change his destiny of turning into stone. Master Fang Yi watched Ye Tianchen transform into a stone stele helplessly, unable to do anything about it. (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation tickets, monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please go to m.qidian.com to read.)