Chapter 103 - Decay

[20 days later]

While Cang Yue turned safely in the Blue Wind Profound Palace with Yun Canghai, Xiao Lie and Xiao Lingxi, Fen Juechen was in the Divine Phoenix Empire, in a small village.

Every day he would travel with a flying profound beast.

With the speed he was going, he would need a bit less than 6 months before reaching the Black Fiend Nation.

However, traveling wasn't the only thing he did. He knew about the situation outside the Blue Wind Empire, they were the weakest nation in the Profound Sky Continent.

So he also started to cultivate diligently. 4 hours of traveling, 8 hours of cultivation, 4 hours of traveling and then 8 hours of rest. This was his daily routine.

The place he was staying was a nice one, fortunately he still carried his Interspatial Ring carrying food, necessities, and money, which should have been used for the journey with Jean and Cang Yue.

During this time, he also noticed something suspicious.

Recently, around the Profound Sky Continent, there were posts with Jean's face and a bounty reward of a Emperor Profound Weapon and 10 million of Purple Profound Coins.

This type of reward was something insane that few would have believed, however, there was something that attracted everyone's attention.

Fen Juechen snorted when he saw it for the first time, it seemed as if Jean was a magnet for problems, first it was his quarrel with the Xiao Sect, then an otherworldly entity, and finally one of the Sacred Grounds. Everything in less than 1 year.

Probably if Jean comes out alive, there might also be a Profound God coming after him… Or maybe there is already one…

[Brahma Monarch God Realm]

In an extremely luxurious room, a world-shaking beauty was resting on a bed, she had golden hair and golden eyes, even her clothes were golden-coloured. 

Beside her, there was a old and skeletrical-like man that bowed to the beauty. "Please forgive me, I didn't found any trace of the Heavenly Star Slaughter God."

"It doesn't matter if you didn't found anything now, Gu Zhu. The Evil God's Immortal Blood is still inside the Primal Chaos Dimension. Even if that little girl is dead and someone might have taken it, we can just take the person in question. There isn't any need to rush things." A divine voice echoed in the room, and the old man called Gu Zhu bowed down. "Yes…"

[Back]

Beside that, Fen Juechen could feel that he was approaching the 6th Spirit Profound Realm, which made him smile.

"Just a few weeks and I will breakthrough… One day I will surpass Jean!" With that thought in his mind, he nodded and continued to cultivate.

If Jean wants to reach the peak, he will surpass him.

"Help!"

Fen Juechen's eyes snapped open and heard people yelling outside. He stopped cultivating and went outside the room he rented before going outside.

This village was made up from mortals, with a few cultivators, so even a single profound beast is dangerous for the village.

As he got outside, he found a profound beast devouring the mortals. It looked like a young tiger who seemed confident enough to go in a village to claim it as his territory.

Fen Juechen took out his Demon Flame Sword, a Sky Profound Weapon that he took from Fen Juebi, since he defeated him, even if with dirty methods, and Fen Juecheng was crippled.

Armed with a Sky Profound Weapon and the Sky Profound Artifact, Dragonscale Armor, that Jean gave him before the separation, he headed towards the young Spirit Profound beast.

[Meanwhile]

A month and 10 days passed since the beginning of this Hell…

Death, death, and more death… It was slowly chipping away parts of Jean's sanity.

This made his evolution going even faster, right now he reached the 20th wave, and also broke through the 3rd stage of the Great Way of Buddha, increasing his body's defensive power.

However, it wasn't much of an help, because at the 20th wave, there was an "Anomaly".

The human statues became 20 instead of 15, which, combined with the remaining few, reduced Jean into mincemeat.

His defensive power was enough, his speed was enough…

But his attack power wasn't nearly enough.

Unfortunately, the Dragon Soul Domain doesn't work with soulless beings such as these statues, so Jean will be in constant fighting after the 1st wave.

However, since his attack power couldn't be evolved that easily, his evolution took a sharp turn to the wrong way.

Pain Tolerance. 

He also started to grin in pŀėȧsurė from destroying the statues.

But that didn't last long as he temporarily got his sanity back, then he cried…

He passed the entire minute before the first wave crying in pain, he seemed to have lost any hope…

There was only a single wire that kept connected his broken sanity, one thing kept him from giving up, it was the promise he made to Xiao Lingxi, to return, stronger than ever.

"Jasmine… What should I do?"

Jasmine remained silent as Jean asked her a question.

"...What should I do, Jasmine?" Jasmine still remained silent, she, as a teacher, was unable to even answer that simple question.

She can't just tell him to continue fighting… Both of them knew that he couldn't get out of there.

"WHAT SHOULD I DO?!"

…

Sandalphon isn't a weapon that belongs to that universe, it is a type of weapon that belongs exclusively to Spirits, beings that were once formerly humans, with some exceptions.

The weapon in question is called Angel. That, together with the Astral Dress, were the main equipment of a Spirit.

A Spirit was created from a Sephira Crystal implanted in a human body through magic.

The Sephira Crystals could be called "Diluted" versions of Qlipha Crystals, they represent the true power of a Spirit, and a Spirit using one is called Inverse Spirit. 

To become an Inverse Spirit, one needs to "fall in the darkness".

Usually, an Inverse Spirit's weapon turns from Angel to Demon King.

...However, even without a Qlipha Crystal, it is still possible for someone possessing an Angel to turn it in a Demon King.

…

Without any answer from Jasmine, the 1st wave began once more. However, Jean still didn't summoned yet Sandalphon.

He just started to laugh like a maniac as two human statues pierced his body with their lances, but that just made Jean laugh louder while raising his right arm in the air.

"Tyrant Ruler, Nahemah!"