Chapter 489: [ A slap ]

“… …” The giant was silent for a moment. Suddenly, the happy face of the giant turned around and smiled at Allen.

“Very well, I shall make a bet with you. Show me that compassionate heart that says the heaven’s will was a mistake and the harmony of nature wasn’t great—a person who had crossed both worlds and cultivated both different methods at the same time—you obtain the qualifications to prove me wrong. I will bestow you this, Void Spider Buddha Scripture—”

"Break the will of heavens if you deem it wrong...!"

“… …” Allen was startled and then a hidden gleam flashed across his eyes. Was this, after all… a test?

“—However, if you fail to make me see the thing I wanted the most, I shall give you a punishment that you would never able to imagine!” The wrathful face of the giant glared and in an instant, Allen’s face paled as a massive crushing force crush down on him causing him to kneel.

“Defying the heavens will cause you pain and tragedy but… rise up all of this and contradict the heavens as you will. Make them see that what they knew were not absolute and the truth they had believed is sometimes…fleeting…”

Allen’s mind trembled as a massive pain appeared as if squishing his brain. However, within Allen’s vision, he saw the five pair of eyes looked down on him and although they had different expressions—for some reason, they all had the same kind of eyes.

—They had no emotions.

There is only solemnness and rightfulness.

It is looking down on the world, but it is not arrogant… It is like… all living things suffer and that is just the norm? Or maybe what his eyes are showing is some kind of… mercy?

No. It is not just mercy. There is some… heartlessness, cruelness. It is some kind of… decisiveness.

There is no hesitation with it…

It is some murderous intent… There is also a sense of righteousness in it.

What is it that it was thinking…?

Extremely complicated!

This scene was like a lightning that struck on Allen's head. It suddenly cleared his mind!

One shouldn’t just follow the heavens will and law—the heaven’s will is not your will.

The heaven’s law is not your law!

A human was given the right to distinguish good from bad, white from black.

A human doesn’t need to just follow but also contradict!

I shall save whatever I wanted to save and kill whatever should be killed.

I shouldn’t follow what heaven dictates.

I shall show no mercy!

Even if there will be a mountain of dead bodies behind me and a long blood river under my feet, even if I will be cursed by all the people in the world, as long as I feel unashamed… I shall be a real human!

A human follows what he deemed is right and righteous!

That is… human!

Allen opened his eyes and looked at the giant man. His eyes were concentrated and fearless.

The eyes of that giant man actually had some changes.

His solid, murderous, arrogant eyes gradually turned soft and gentle.

There seemed to be a smile in it.

“… …” Then different elements surged through the giant and each of his hand carried different elements. One pair of arms turned into a blazing fire and wood. The other pair turned into water and metal. The third pair turned into rock and while the other emitted crackling lightning sparks.

The last pair at the bottom was covered in a glowing light and hazy darkness. One arm was shining in blinding light while the other was covered in ink like shadows.

“… Let me see how you defy the heavens… human child…”

- Boom! - And then the giant just disappeared.

As the giant man vanished, the world started to shake and explode. It became pieces of stars.

At the same time, Allen returned to his body.

*** ***

In front of Si Mulan stunned gazes, Allen started to advance from initial-Stage Apprentice Realm and slowly went into, Mid-Stage Apprentice Realm then, Late Stage Realm…

Allen’s countenance reddened once more…

A dense aura burst out!

A look of disbelief could be seen on Si Mulan’s face. It was still not stopping…?!!

“And… and he’s breaking through again… Peak Apprentice Realm…Oh my God!! He finally reached Initial-Stage Master Realm…!!” Si Mulan stuttered. She was dumbfounded. Her neck almost stretched like a giraffe as she looked at the person in front of her; her eyeballs almost dropping out.

Allen actually shot through Master Realm in an instant…?!

However, it still didn’t stop yet. Allen was already an initial-stage Master realm, but the aura continued to rise… mid-level, top-level…

Bang!

…it broke through Peak level!

Si Mulan’s mouth grew wider and wider; finally, it let out a cracking sound as she almost dislocated her jaw. It hurt so much that her body trembled. She called out in horror, “Peak Master Realm… He is at Peak Master realm already…!!”

That voice of her was extremely high-pitched like an old woman had just discovered her husband was having an affair in front of her; that kind of underlying bitterness… was truly indescribable…

Grandmaster Realm initial stage, mid-level Grandmaster Realm…

Si Mulan fell down on her butt and hastily covered her mouth with her hand, “Damn, I need to calm down…”

Finally, bang…

Si Mulan was once again petrified!

Peak Grandmaster Realm…

Bang!

King stage!...Mid-stage King Realm…

A long time passed. And when Si Mulan almost lost her patience…

Finally…

My god, he has finally stopped! Si Mulan at Allen in horror. How in the world was cultivation as easily as he expressed it to be? But Allen still did it just as easily like he was splitting bamboo!

That was unexplainable!

The result was unbelievable.

Allen had broken through over ten levels in an instant!

Strange things happen every year, but there are a little more of them this year!

"It is truly so hard to compare one person to another..." Si Mulan sighed as she looked up.

With such comparison, Si Mulan suddenly wanted to kill herself! She had always considered herself a heavenly talent; now, she realized that she was as dumb as a pig!

The gap was too great!

Who cares if he was cultivating again back to zero due to injury—he was already a King stage with just one day of cultivation. With just this alone, one can easily imagine that he was far beyond when he was at his peak!

Most importantly—his age which was just a bit older than her?

Si Mulan sighed. She had to admit that there were really geniuses in the world.

*** ***

Unaware of the chaos he created, Allen felt a slight tingling sensation and his body began to purify.

The human body, ever since it was born, would constantly be exposed to the contaminated air of the world. This kind of air was contained in every breath, in the grains they ate, in the water they drank.

It was inevitable that the impurities would accumulate in the body.

The violent Qi caused his muscles to become more solid, the impurities within his skin also excreted with sweat. Allen’s physical body felt as though it had undergone some remodeling.

Boom!

Allen heard a booming sound in his head. He felt a bountiful Qi momentarily burst into his body from all directions.

Boom, boom, boom!

A huge amount of Spirit Qi continuously entered Allen’s body, however; it wasn't as dangerous as before. Because of the remodeling of his meridians and body, Allen can now absorb a huge amount of Qi without it getting torn.

After a few moments, Allen finally opened his eyes. While his body did not stop absorbing Qi, the speed was considerably lowered compared to before. In other words, even if he didn't focus on cultivating in the future, his strength will still continue to grow.

As he woke up from cultivation, Allen started to look around and he found his entire body was covered by something black. He exclaimed in shock, “Ah. This is disgusting…”

He smelled it and found that it was a bit smelly. He might be a man, but even still, he loved cleanness as much as women. How could he bear the dirt on himself?

Letting out a wry smile, Allen looked at his skin and saw the dark red substance that was oozing out from the top layer of his skin. That was the impurities within his body. The substance was extremely oily and dirty and smelt really disgusting as if he hadn't washed in years.

Finally, he raised his head and found himself staring at Si Mulan’s eyes.

“What?” He asked curiously.

“… …”

Si Mulan didn’t respond and still kept on looking at him. Because of this, Allen turned awkward but before he could ask again, a slap went into his cheek. Eh…?

Allen stared at Si Mulan in shock. What did he do?