Mythical Era: My Evolution into a Celestial Beast-Chapter 455: Flying Sword Unleashed, Soul Projection (I)

In the vast ocean, a group of over ten massive mutated orcas repeatedly breached the surface, causing towering waves with each splash as they fell back into the water.

Soon, these orcas detected a school of mutated fish three hundred meters deep in the sea. Most of these mutated fish were at level 2, with a few at level 3 and several at level 4.

Suddenly, Hu San's eyes lit up.

Squeak! Big Head, you take three and drive them from the left. Small Head, head to the right and release your aura to block that side.

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Squeak! Round Head, you and your mate cover the top. As for you, Spike, watch for the right moment and take out the ones at the peak of the same level for me.

With Hu San’s instructions, the mutated orcas immediately spread out, their speed exploding as they began to herd the mutated fish, each about six to seven meters long, with some just over ten meters.

In an instant, that section of the sea boiled with chaos.

Under the relentless pursuit and siege by the orcas, the mutated fish attempted to break through in every direction. In the end, they left behind the corpses of more than twenty peak level 2 and 3 fish before they managed to escape.

The black orca known as Big Head, with a body length of over twenty meters and strength at the late stage of level 6, tore into the carcasses of the mutated fish with great satisfaction, collecting small white crystals from their bodies. However, it couldn't help but voice its confusion.

Squeak! General San, weren’t we supposed to be gathering intelligence about our Dragon Palace?

Hu San looked oddly at Big Head. Squeak! Gather intelligence? What is there to scout about that?

The other orcas all displayed confusion and doubt in their eyes.

Wait, General, didn’t you become a traitor? You promised to gather intelligence on the Dragon Palace for that terrifying level 9 beast.

Back then, you were shouting so loudly that you’d defeat the Dragon Palace's King of Black and White. Was that all just a lie?

This group of orcas had only recently been recruited. They had never encountered the Thunder Fiery Dragon Emperor and had never visited the World of Water and Fire, so they didn’t feel much attachment to the Dragon Palace.

For now, they only recognized this powerful black orca as their leader. Therefore, when General San agreed to join the colossal beast empire and betray the Dragon Palace, even promising to help gather intelligence, none of them had reacted too strongly.

Big Head, now understanding the situation, cautiously responded. Squeak! General San, are you still going to meet that colossal beast in ten days?

The black orca nodded. Squeak! Of course! I’ll go and get some good stuff from that guy. I'll just give him some fake information. But before that, I’m going to visit my mother.

Hu San glanced at its orca subordinates, planning to leave them under the care of its mother, Horn Hime, so that it could continue to deceive that foolish colossal beast and get free food.

In fact, there was no need to wait ten days—it could go in just a few days and score some fruit to eat. It planned to tell the colossal beast that it had discovered that the Blue Giant Crab, General Crab of the Dragon Palace, had already broken through to level 8.

Since that guy was just a gatekeeper, sharing this information shouldn’t expose anything important. Later, it'd have its mother notify its father about this.

It's unfortunate that my elder siblings’ flame patterns are too obvious. They’d likely been exposed in the previous battle; otherwise, I could have brought them along to scam some food as well.

No, it won't work—even without the flame patterns, my older siblings are so dumb they will surely be caught. It's better to leave them out. I can handle it all myself.

Hehe, I’m too clever. Mom will definitely praise me.

With pride swelling in its chest, Hu San carefully wrapped the water currents around the Life Crystals they had just acquired to store them in a pouch made from the stomach of a mutated fish, hanging off of the dorsal fin of a level 4 orca.

Squeak! Little Hime, take care of this bag.

The female orca, who appeared somewhat dainty by orca standards, responded with a sweet squeak.

Squeak! Yes, Leader!

The black orca’s eyes glimmered with cunning as it led the group of orcas to the sea region its mother was responsible for.

***

As Chen Chu continued to move forward through the depths of the void, the pressure on his soul grew stronger with every step, eventually weighing on him like a mountain.

Under the immense pressure from external forces, Chen Chu’s soul power gradually began to manifest, forming a towering, indistinct figure behind him that exuded a sense of overwhelming oppression.

Behind this vague humanoid figure, a larger, more terrifying presence loomed in the distant void, coiled like a mountain.

Indeed, Chen Chu’s main body and his avatar were governed by two separate souls. Thanks to his Soul Splitter ability, the essence of Chen Chu’s soul and that of his colossal beast avatar remained unified, yet each possessed a complete soul.

This was the true strength of a top-level soul ability.

For both transcendent mutated beasts and human cultivators, a fragmented soul would prevent them from connecting with the heavens and earth, making it impossible to break through to the Seventh Heavenly Realm or level 7, let alone comprehend the forces of nature and master their abilities.

However, Soul Splitter separated the soul while keeping the essence intact. Both Chen Chu’s and the Dragon Emperor’s souls were like two sides of the same coin, anchored in a dimension on a deep layer that maintained their connection.

Chen Chu had only discovered this unique existence after he began cultivating the Taixu Nether Light Scripture and touched upon his own soul.

By now, an hour had passed since Chen Chu had embarked on the soul path. His projection on the path to divinity had already traversed over seven thousand meters.

The soul pressure had increased more than tenfold, yet Chen Chu still found it manageable.

At the mountain peak, Xia Youhui raised his head and looked up at Lin Xue, who hovered a hundred meters in the air with her flame wings spread wide. "Can you see how far Ah Chu has gone?"

"The mist is too thick, I can’t see," Lin Xue responded as she retracted her flame wings and descended from the sky.

Chen Chu had already passed seven kilometers, and with the clouds and mist swirling along the path, not even a high-level cultivator like Lin Xue could see clearly.

Lin Yu smiled softly. "Not being able to see is actually a good thing—it means Chen Chu is moving farther and farther ahead."

Xia Youhui's face flushed with excitement, and he said with enthusiasm, "Ah Chu is too incredible! I heard that if you can make it through the third stage of the path of heavenly kings, you’ll have the bearing of a heavenly king. A heavenly king!"

"He will definitely make it through," Lin Xue declared with certainty.

Passing the path of heavenly kings didn’t mean one became a heavenly king immediately. However, given the terrifying talent Chen Chu had displayed and his dominance since entering the ruins, he was bound to succeed.

Just then, Lin Mei, who had been walking at the 2,500-meter mark, suddenly fell through the cloud layer beneath her feet, disappearing from the path.

Lin Yu, who had been observing her, sighed with a tinge of regret. "Lin Mei also fell. What a pity—she was only two steps away from the end."

Lin Xue also sighed. "It’s a real shame. Now that Lin Mei has fallen, only An Fuqing and Chen Chu remain from the southern battlefield."

By this point, most of those on the path to divinity who were bound to fall had already fallen. Out of nearly two hundred people, more than thirty hadn’t made it through the path of the pinnacle, leaving just over a hundred who had entered the second stage.

However, the path of kings was a significant threshold. With five trials, each one would eliminate a group of people, and with a thirty-minute limit, no one could afford to delay.

As a result, four hours had passed, and only about twenty people remained on the path to divinity, while the number of onlookers watching through the Eye in the Sky continued to grow.

Xia Youhui shook his head. "After all, this is the path that tests a king’s potential. Among all the geniuses who went up this time, I think only a few can make it through. Li Daoyi’s a given, since he’s already entered the third stage. Aside from him, Ji Wuji and Bardas should be fine too.

"Being able to break through to the late stage of the Seventh Heavenly Realm while still in the third year is a rare talent in this generation of East Xia. Then there’s that Bredos guy from North Lin. He gives me a bad feeling—he might be even more dangerous than Bardas.

"As for Gabriella, she’s hard to judge. I’ve heard that mech cultivators aren’t usually good at comprehension, so I’d bet more on An Fuqing than on her."