Chapter 573: Chen Chu: The Teacher is Here, I Should Go Welcome Him

Outside Abyssal War City, deep within the battlefield over nine thousand kilometers away, towered a signal base dozens of meters within a small mountain range that spanned more than a thousand kilometers.

"Signal transmission activated."

"Network connection completed."

"All set. Brothers, time to head back."

Beneath a concealed signal station discreetly installed among the peaks, an elite squad composed of three Seventh Heavenly Realm experts and two Eighth Heavenly Realm powerhouses busily worked.

Once they confirmed that the signal transmission was stable and connected to the rear satellite network, the squad prepared to withdraw.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

In the darkness of the night, the squad concealed their auras and began retreating.

However, just as they emerged on the mountain ridge, endless dark forces surged in from the distance like a tidal wave. Everything that the darkness passed through was obliterated—trees turned to ash, and rocks crumbled into nothingness.

The apocalyptic pressure of the great demon king gripped the squad members’ faces with despair.

"Die!" a cold voice shouted as a dragon’s roar erupted in the skies.

A golden dragon claw, as vast as a mountain and spanning kilometers, descended from above. At the same time, a domineering aura of law filled the place and suppressed all resistance.

Boom!

The golden dragon claw crashed down like a meteor falling into the ocean. In a flash, the ground fractured, the space shattered, and everything within a radius of dozens of kilometers was obliterated. The mountain range shook violently.

The terrifying blow caused the tidal wave of darkness to explode, sending a devastating shockwave sweeping across the battlefield. The residual force carried the squad hundreds of kilometers away.

"Humans!"

Boom!

The engulfing darkness surged upward, transforming into endless black tides that attempted to swallow the golden divine dragon spiraling in the sky.

Boom!

Enveloped in a golden radiance, the over-two-thousand-meter-long dragon let out an earth-shaking roar. Its massive dragon claws sliced through the air, unleashing a domineering burst of golden divine light that crushed everything in its path.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

In the golden clouds, the divine dragon’s roars reverberated, shaking the skies above and the land below. In response, the black tides obscured the skies, forming thousands of meter-long tentacles that lashed out wildly.

The two heavenly-king-level entities’ clash ripped apart the mythical world's seemingly stable space like fragile paper. Every strike shook the heavens and earth, tore through the void, and unleashed waves of energy that swept across hundreds of kilometers.

As the two fought ferociously, a second explosive confrontation erupted in the distance. A pair of human king-level warriors engaged two demon kings in combat, making the battlefield tremble.

Although the larger war had ended and both armies had retreated for recuperation, sporadic conflicts still erupted near Abyssal City to secure special vantage points.

Elite human squads and Infernal True Demons frequently engaged in skirmishes across the battlefield, which encompassed multiple perilous forbidden zones and stretched over twenty thousand kilometers deep and tens of thousands of kilometers wide.

The ten-thousand-kilometer radius around Abyssal City was still under human influence. Numerous signal towers had even been established to form a network, creating an offensive zone.

Missiles could be launched from the rear of the city to anywhere within that zone at any time, bombarding the area with precision strikes that could decimate the enemy’s low-level and middle-level forces.

King-level powerhouses patrolled the area on rotation to ensure the safety of the network, preventing demon-king-level entities from ambushing elite squads.

𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

The explosion awakened Chen Chu, who had been cultivating overnight. He opened his eyes slowly, revealing countless blue and silver rune sequences swirling within them.

Sensing the earth-shaking battles in the sky over ten thousand kilometers away, Chen Chu’s expression turned grave.

"So strong!"

He stood up. With a single step, he turned into a phantom-like silhouette and instantly crossed hundreds of meters, passing through reinforced glass to get out of the Abyssal Tower.

Having evolved into a divine ability, his Agility ability had become increasingly mystical. It allowed him to shrink distances at will, ignoring certain material obstructions as he moved.

Chen Chu soared into the sky, flickering several times before appearing tens of thousands of meters above ground. His black-and-gold vertical pupils appeared as he peered toward the distant horizon.

Thanks to the mythical world’s flat terrain, Chen Chu’s extraordinary vision easily pierced through the void and locked onto the battle raging far away.

Through his Void Death Pupils, what appeared to be a golden divine dragon and a black tidal wave were revealed to be a dragon-shaped being and a spread of dark laws that covered the heavens and earth. Their every movement carried devastating force, affecting the changes in energy across hundreds of kilometers.

While Chen Chu gazed into the distance, over two hundred Ninth Heavenly Realm experts stood within a thousand-kilometer radius at altitudes of tens of thousands of meters.

These experts, belonging to various legions and departments, were the core powerhouses of humanity.

At the edge of the battlefield also stood a dozen kings and two heavenly kings, their imposing auras covering the sky and intimidating the enemy. Among them, several kings exuded faintly weak auras, still recovering from injuries sustained during the previous battle.

Boom!

The sky above the Abyssal Battlefield trembled. Hundreds of kilometers in the air, waves of terrifying energy erupted as six colossal sci-fi-style battleships appeared, each over ten kilometers long.

The main cannons at the front of the battleships slowly opened and gathered blue light that radiated horrifying energy auras.

Meanwhile, on the ground, massive super electromagnetic cannon turrets also began charging. Each of them was over five thousand meters tall and fitted with barrels hundreds of meters long.

In the Thirteenth Base, Mech No.1 lit up, its eyes glowing in preparation to strike at any demon king reinforcements.

This was the frontline. Battles could erupt at any moment.

However, both sides were still showing restraints. No demon-king-level forces intervened directly. Instead, they used law-infused pressures to clash against each other.

The skirmish lasted for over an hour before it abruptly ended.

When it did, Chen Chu's smartwatch vibrated slightly, and Gabriel calmly made an announcement.

—The conflict has ended. Everyone, return and rest.

Above, the six battleships powered down their glowing cannons and gradually disappeared, making the surrounding space warp and distort. The super electromagnetic cannons on the ground also discharged their electrical energy and shut down.

"A heavenly king who embodies a law, huh?"

A fierce battle intent burned in Chen Chu’s eyes as he turned and descended. While flying back, he scanned the advanced weaponry in admiration.

As the frontline that posed the most threat, humanity's technological advancements over the years had almost all been concentrated here.

Minerals harvested from the mythical world and the bones and scales of colossal beasts had overcome material limitations, allowing humanity to make stunning progress in destructive weapon technology.

Humanity now possessed king-level fighters capable of navigating space and orbital battleships akin to floating fortresses. A single shot from their main cannons could rival the attack of a mythical king.

On the ground, the super electromagnetic cannons could strike enemies tens of thousands of kilometers away with devastating precision. They served as humanity’s main force for suppressing enemy armies.

Back in his room, Chen Chu sat cross-legged and retrieved two silver crystals the size of fists from his Sumeru Bracelet. The crystals—god-level resources known as Darkworld Profound Essence—were translucent and contained what appeared to be a miniature world within.

They were also imbued with immense, concentrated energy that was infused with domain power. Refining it could greatly strengthen a Ninth Heavenly Realm cultivator's domain and physique.

When Chen Chu broke through the Eighth Heavenly Realm, Xie Chen provided him with resources worth millions of contribution points—enough for him to advance to the late Ninth Heavenly Realm.

However, they were now far from sufficient.

Due to his Innate Demon God Body, Chen Chu's combat strength had reached unprecedented levels. However, just like the Demonic Dragon, every minor improvement in his strength now required significantly greater resources.

A normal Ninth Heavenly Realm expert would need five to ten years of comprehending the laws, expanding their domain, and refining ten thousand units of transcendent energy to advance from the beginning stage to the middle stage.

By using natural treasures or god-level resources, they could accelerate this process.

In Chen Chu’s case, his innate compatibility with Heaven and Earth allowed him to advance through realms rapidly. His absorption and refinement speed was over tenfold faster than others, enabling him to advance in just a few months.

However, each advancement required staggering energy requirements that ranged around tens of millions of units.

Hence, although god-level resources could speed up his cultivation, he still needed to consume monumental numbers of them.

This was only a minor issue, though. In the next great battle, he could earn enough merit by slaying another Demon King or eliminating more Purgatory Demon Clan nobles.

While Chen Chu continued his secluded cultivation, building a summoning spatial passage, another king-level meeting was convened within Abyssal City.

Soon, a new announcement was sent out.

In the rear of humanity’s territory, a towering black stele stood in the void, rising tens of thousands of meters tall. Ancient, imposing characters that spelled "True Martial" were engraved on its surface, radiating an invisible aura that seemed to suppress time and space itself.

Beneath the stele, a middle-aged man with a solemn expression slowly opened his eyes.

...

"All departments, please take note: Mech No.1 is about to begin its thirteenth live-combat test. Everyone in the testing area must evacuate immediately, I repeat, evacuate immediately."

"Releasing the safety controllers..."

Under the bright moonlight, a black-and-red, ferocious-looking mech stood imposingly on the ground. The three-hundred-meter-tall Research Building B15 towered behind it.

As commanded, the massive mechanical arms fixed to Mech No.1 slowly disengaged from the building’s walls. Simultaneously, the mech’s eyes lit up.

"Soul synchronization rate is normal. Fluctuations stable."

"Pilot’s mental state is stable. Physical readings are normal—no signs of erosion or assimilation."

"Okay. Pilot, please bring Mech No.1 to Test Site No.3. Begin today’s spatial phase barrier intensity training."

"Spatial barrier training completed. Proceed with the super-energy beam attack."

Hum!

Light began gathering inside the mech’s wide-open mouth. A ten-meter-wide blue-and-white energy beam then pierced the sky. With a thunderous crash, it struck a distant mountain peak several kilometers away.

Boom!

The mountain crumbled, and the intense light illuminated the heavens and earth. Rubble and dust were blasted skyward, covering a range of over ten kilometers in a terrifying display of power.

"

Tsk

! That’s pretty powerful."

On the rooftop of the research building, Chen Chu—his aura even more formidable after cultivating for two days—watched with his arms crossed and an intrigued expression.

Roughly three hours later, after devastating an area spanning over a dozen kilometers and completing all the training objectives, the massive mech slowly emerged from the lingering clouds of dust and debris.

Another ten minutes of data collection followed right after. Once everything was finished, a crystal embedded in Mech No.1’s chest glowed brightly, forming a beam of light.

From within the light, Luo Fei—clad in divine battle armor—flew out. Before landing, she propelled herself with a burst of blazing energy, landing gracefully on the rooftop.

Hum!

Runes flashed across the surface of her small mech, and the energy-based exterior slowly dematerialized into countless streaks of light before finally vanishing into Luo Fei’s wrist.

Thud!

Landing with a slight impact, Luo Fei flipped her black hair and looked at Chen Chu curiously. "Chen Chu, you were looking for me?"

Chen Chu smiled at her. The beautiful and sharp-featured girl looked especially valiant in her silver combat suit.

"I heard Mr. Pang and his team from the Second Legion are arriving soon. I thought I’d ask if you’d like to join me in welcoming them."

The main reason Chen Chu had come out of seclusion, apart from his curiosity about Luo Fei’s daily training, was the news of Pang Long’s legion arriving as reinforcements.

Although Pang Long—Chen Chu’s martial arts teacher—initially seemed somewhat irresponsible during the Foundation Building due to his focus on cultivation, he eventually began treating his students quite well.

Back then, Chen Chu’s talent hadn’t fully bloomed.

Pang Long did offer some assistance as Chen Chu grew more impressive with every step. However, his rapid progress quickly rendered it unnecessary.

Later, when they entered the mythical world and Chen Chu joined the mutated beast battlefield, Pang Long and Lin Xiong even asked a friend from the southern battlefield to look out for him.

Of course, by the time any such care was needed, Chen Chu was already dominating the battlefield.

Nonetheless, he still appreciated the gesture.

Now that they were coming as reinforcements from the Sky Battlefield, Chen Chu felt it necessary to meet them and let his teachers know that he had already broken through to the Ninth Heavenly Realm. The thought even made him smile.

"Mr. Pang Long is coming here?" Luo Fei was surprised. Seemingly coming to a quick realization, she soon smiled as well.

...

In a temporary base 150 kilometers away from the frontline base, massive transport planes landed and took off one after another.

At the same time, a colossal train—three kilometers long and dozens of meters wide—slowly stopped at the station platform.

[We have arrived at Abyssal War City’s frontline station. All special forces soldiers, please disembark in an orderly manner.]

As announcements were broadcasted, train carriages opened, and over sixty thousand cultivators emanating Fourth Heavenly Realm auras or higher disembarked.

The soldiers then quickly formed one-thousand-men units and stood in massive formations across the station.

Elite squads of Seventh Heavenly Realm cultivators led by Eighth Heavenly Realm powerhouses also gathered, soon forming a regiment of over three thousand people.

While Pang Long and the others assembled at the edge of the ranks, someone called out to them from afar.

"Mr. Pang! Mr. Lin!"

Pang Long and Lin Xiong turned toward the voice.

In the distance, among the welcoming team from Abyssal War City, Chen Chu and Luo Fei were smiling and waving at them. Pang Long and Lin Xiong were momentarily stunned.

Their leader, Jiang Long, also looked over. "Old Pang, you know them?"

"If I’m not mistaken, they’re two of the students I taught before coming to the frontline," Pang Long replied hesitantly.

Puzzled by Pang Long’s uncertainty, Jiang Long asked, "What do you mean?"

"I’m not entirely sure myself."

As Chen Chu flew toward them with Luo Fei in tow, Pang Long hesitantly added, "Do you think it’s possible for a student to reach the Eighth Heavenly Realm and get deployed to this place during their first year in high school?"

"Impossible! What kind of nonsense are you spouting, Pang Long?"

The thought made their other squad members burst into laughter.