Chapter 88 - 50: Heavenly Sword Divine Song

"Now, we are on the same electric potential, and your Thunder Strike is nothing but a loose swirl of demonic power to me!" Wang Qi burst into wild laughter as he continuously struck the Deer King's head at critical points. Whenever this happened, he was reminded of a saying from a great sage in his past life—knowledge is power. Even a Qi Storage Stage Demon Beast, equivalent to the Foundation Establishment Stage of the Human Clan, was utterly suppressed by him! See, this is the power of knowledge! The Deer King winced repeatedly, slowly giving up on the idea of using its Thunder Attribute innate talent to kill the enemy and instead started to accelerate and leap frantically, trying to shake Wang Qi off. Wang Qi was startled by this move; if he was thrown off now, he'd surely be trampled to death by the Deer King! He stopped attacking and clasped the deer's antlers tightly with both hands, his legs forcefully clamping down on the top of the Deer King's head. However, the Deer King's movements became increasingly vigorous. Wang Qi clenched his teeth and thought, "I need to come up with a method... to construct a closed electric field between me and this beast, use magnetism to stick to him, and prevent being thrown off!" Before the unification of all cultivation techniques by the Heavenly Calculation Atlas, Wang Qi could only create open electric fields. But with familiarity in Maxwell's equations or the Heavenly Song's Heavenly Element methods, transforming between two types of electric fields wasn't too difficult. After unifying the various techniques, Wang Qi had practiced the Heavenly Song extensively and had long since learned to form closed electric fields. He closed his eyes and concentrated, silently circulating the Heavenly Song mental method. Soon, a Vortex Field centered around his antlers enveloped him and the Demon Deer. After doing all this, Wang Qi felt a numbing sensation in his body. After raising his electric potential to be nearly equal to that of the Deer King, the electric current wouldn't flow toward him. However, what he was doing now was essentially connecting himself with the Demon Deer, meaning he inevitably had to endure the flow of Thunder Attribute demonic power from the massive deer within the magnetic field. Luckily, the flow of demonic power that came with the electric current was gentle. Wang Qi had anticipated this, so when the numbness set in, he wasn't startled in the least but instead invoked the Heavenly Song Power, forming another magnetic field within himself to protect his organs and resist the demonic power. Although the rotation of the Thunder Attribute demonic power was quite gentle due to being at the same electric potential, the sheer amount of power from the Qi Cultivation Early Stage's mana and the Deer King's power at the Early-Stage Foundation Establishment differed too much, and Wang Qi still couldn't completely block the demonic power. As the Thunder Attribute power passed through his body, every inch of his muscles ached. Wang Qi bit down and thought to expand the magnetic field in his body. Just then, the mana circulation developed by the Heavenly Calculation Atlas underwent a mutation, and the Heavenly Calculation Power spontaneously followed a new pathway, flowing toward the areas where the Demon Energy rampaged within Wang Qi's body. As the Heavenly Calculation Power, which had remarkable effects on Body Refining, joined in, ninety percent of Wang Qi's pain was alleviated. The Heavenly Calculation Power continuously adjusted its path, combating the invasive demonic power. Could this be the rhythm to evolve electrical resistance? Wang Qi inwardly inspected for a moment and immediately joy filled his eyebrows. Such a predicament, packed with pretense and ripe for harvesting experience, the longer it lasted, the better! The Deer King faintly sensed that some of its demonic power was out of control, flowing toward the vile little creature atop its head, and thinking that its essence was being devoured, it was struck with panic. Its movements grew larger and larger. Wang Qi, fearing that the brute's vigorous actions would harm his little buddy, forcibly twisted its antlers, shouting, "This way! This way!" The Deer King, in pain, had to move in the opposite direction from Mao Zimiao and the others. Wang Qi suddenly felt a thrill of excitement as if he'd tamed a Pokémon, even forgetting about his motion sickness. Amidst the Deer King's wild jumps, he let out a loud yell, "Oh oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh, na na na na na na na..." The aesthetic of music and tune in Shenzhou was already different from Earth's, and Wang Qi was not skilled in rhythm. Besides, this was a memory from over a decade ago and the tune was not clearly remembered. Thus, to everyone's ears, Wang Qi's singing was simply cacophonous and piercing. Coupled with the so-called "Doppler effect," a natural phenomenon due to the Deer King's undulating body that made Wang Qi's voice fluctuate, even Mao Zimiao, who had just strangely begun to harbor a girlish affection for him, couldn't help covering her ears, wishing she could punch Wang Qi. The first to lose patience was Zhen Chan. He bellowed angrily, "Kid, what on earth is that awful song you're singing! I certainly don't recall such a ballad from your hometown!" Wang Qi naturally couldn't say he was from Earth. He smiled and said, "That day, several Carefree cultivators were dueling with their swords in front of me, and observing the Heavenly Sword Heart inspired me, so I composed a 'Heavenly Sword Divine Song' on the spot!" At this moment, seeing that he was unable to shake off Wang Qi, the Deer King let out a mournful cry, allowing Wang Qi to cling onto its head as it turned and charged toward Mao Zimiao and the other two. Wang Qi was shocked, thinking that this cursed beast was planning a scorched earth strategy. He hurriedly yanked at its antlers, hoping to alter the Deer King's direction. However, the reason Wang Qi could do as he pleased was only because he was not afraid of being struck by lightning, and the Deer King had no other means of attacking the enemy perched on its head. If it actually came to blows, he couldn't truly hurt the Deer King. Then, he quickly realized that the Deer King would not reach Mao Zimiao and the others at all; it merely passed a few meters to their left. "What in the world is this creature up to?" Wang Qi wondered, pausing his attacks for the moment. Seeing that the enemy on its head had calmed down for the time being, the Deer King immediately sped up. Its horns flashed with blue light again. Wang Qi thought it was still not giving up and planned to use a thunder attack on him again. Unexpectedly, the Deer King lowered its head, channeling all the thunder power in its horns forward. Several trees in front of the Deer King instantly turned black as a massive body appeared on the tree trunk. Those thick limbs, black fur, and a few tufts of white hair on the face—all were familiar to Wang Qi. There was no mistake; this was a Ghost-Faced Ape! However, unlike the two mid-stage Spirit Awakening Demon Apes which Wang Qi had previously repelled, this Ghost-Faced Ape had a larger body and stronger aura, clearly in the Qi Storage Mid-Stage! Moreover, the aura on this Ghost-Faced Ape was even more violent, as if it wanted to tear apart every living being in sight. The moment Wang Qi's gaze met that of the Demon Ape, he felt a chill. He instinctively judged that this Demon Ape had come from the opposite Combat Trial Zone! The Combat Trial Zone allowed participating cultivators to freely hunt, and after the laws at Spirit Beast Mountain accelerated the evolution, the subspecies of Demon Beasts that emerged from the Combat Trial Zone became more belligerent and adept at hiding. Ghost-Faced Apes, being Yin Attribute Demon Beasts, were naturally skilled at stealth, and this one even had awakened a Stealth Talent. Su Junyu's Spiritual Sense had swept over the area but had failed to detect it! Thundering Giant Antelopes and Ghost-Faced Apes were natural enemies, sensitive to each other's aura. The Deer King, sensing the Ghost-Faced Ape's presence, led the deer herd to attack it. Because the Ghost-Faced Ape was precisely in this direction, Su Junyu mistakenly thought they were attacking him and thus stopped the herd. As for why the Ghost-Faced Ape was over here... A vicious look came over Wang Qi's eyes. The Demon Beasts of the Combat Trial Zone were all hostile to the Human Clan, and here were four Qi Cultivation Stage Human Clan cultivators. What the Demon Ape was here for was self-evident, wasn't it? ————————————————————————————————————— PS1: The gag about the 'Heavenly Sword Divine Song' still comes from AZ. AZ's music track "Alize" is commonly known as the Nuclear Bomb Divine Song online. "Heavenly Sword", as everyone might guess, represents the Immortal Dao Nuclear Bomb of Shenzhou! PS2: This book has a Tieba and a readers' group with the number 277648916, welcome to join in the fun! PS3: Asking for recommendations! Asking for collections! If any generous readers are willing to tip, the author would be even happier.