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Chapter 210 Divine Skill - So Close Yet So Far!
"Whoo~"

"Finally, it's all done." Shen Bailian breathed a sigh of relief, habitually wiping the sweat from his forehead, only then realizing that he was in the universe in his mental form, not in his physical body.

However, this matter was not important to him.

After briefly tidying himself up, and making adjustments for more than ten minutes, Shen Bailian finally achieved a result that satisfied him.

[Divine Skill: A World Apart Within Reach LV1 (0/300)]

[Remaining fixed anchor points: 1/1]

[Skill Description: Time and space—whoever possesses either can roam freely between heaven and earth, and I am the latter!]

【Skill Effect 1: Fixed Point Teleportation: You can drop a unique fixed anchor in the vast land. After a 5-second full-state channeling, you can instantly traverse thousands of miles of space and teleport to the location of the fixed anchor.

Current distance limit: 5000 kilometers.

【Skill Effect 2: Instant Random Teleportation: Consumes stamina and mental energy/divine matter to instantly teleport randomly over a wide area. The teleportation distance depends on the stamina, mental energy/divine matter consumed.】

Current distance limit: 50 kilometers.

(Note: Fixed-point teleportation guidance is possible even when the character is "dead".)
[Activation required: 900 points of divine substance]

Activate?

Although Shen Bailian had mentally rehearsed the calculations several times beforehand, he still encountered considerable trouble when actually carrying them out.

The biggest problem is the instantaneous random teleportation of skill effect 2. If it is changed to targeted teleportation, then this skill is equivalent to teleportation, which would require a full 10000 points of divine matter.

Now it has been changed to instantaneous random teleportation, which greatly reduces the amount of divine matter required. It only requires 100 points of divine matter to solve the problem.

However, this also creates a major drawback: it's difficult to use this skill as teleportation in actual combat because the word "random" is too mysterious and depends entirely on luck.

If you accidentally teleport into someone's knife, wouldn't that be like offering yourself up for death?
Secondly, it allows for fixed-point teleportation even when "dead," and this single passive effect alone requires a whopping 600 points of divine matter.

However, when paired with the divine skill—Following in the Shadow—this combination is practically unbeatable, especially in this mythological era where the gods are temporarily in a state of annihilation.

Teleporting to a fixed point takes three seconds, which would be a huge problem in a normal battle, making the target an easy target.

Because Shen Bailian's current battles are all lasting only a fraction of a second, or even a fraction of a second...

Three seconds is enough for a late-stage Transcendent Realm martial artist to make a hundred attacks, not to mention that Shen Bailian also needs to end his combat state and stay in place to guide for three seconds.

However, in the "dead" state, it's a completely different story. Apart from the gods who have fallen into oblivion, Shen Bailian has not encountered anyone who can affect him in the "dead" state.

Even those favored by the gods are not allowed.

It can be said that it is worth the price. The rest is about growth potential. It consumed 100 points of divine matter, and the remaining 100 points of divine matter are used to form the foundation of [Close at Hand, Far Away].

The current state is the best solution that Shen Bailian can think of. The other versions either do not achieve the desired effect or require too much divine matter.

"activation."

Shen Bailian looked at the two options on the panel, silently recited them in his mind, and then the light screen in front of him, along with the fragments of the divine spark in front of him, made a soft "bang".

In an instant, it shattered, turning into specks of starlight that merged into the boy's limbs and bones, becoming one with him completely, indistinguishable from him.

"This matter is temporarily settled, but where should we place this anchor point?" Shen Bailian looked at the single anchor point and instead of rushing to leave the Universal Land, he began to ponder the next matter.

Since there is only one anchor point now, where to place the anchor point is a crucial question. As for the Heavenly Gang Academy?
Shen Bailian didn't want to, because there were far too many surveillance cameras in the public areas of Tiangang Academy, and when he entered or left his dormitory, the Tiangang Academy's smart terminal would display corresponding data traces.

Therefore, once he is teleported back from the battlefield thousands of miles away, he will inevitably be detected by the personnel or intelligent robots responsible for monitoring within the Tiangang Academy.

It's totally worth the loss.

Sudden.

"I've got it." A brilliant idea suddenly popped into Shen Bailian's mind, and his eyes lit up with an unusual gleam. He murmured excitedly, "Since the Tiangang Academy can't do it, I can set this anchor point at home."

Bozhou City is located on the very edge of the northern border. Although there are surveillance devices there, they are not as densely packed as those at Tiangang Academy.

Moreover, if the anchor point is set outside Bozhou City, he can return to Bozhou City as quickly as possible once there is news of a beast tide.

"it is good!"

"It's settled then. Anyway, I'll have to go back in a couple of days." Shen Bailian only thought for a few seconds before making up his mind and setting the first anchor point in Bozhou City.

In a couple of days, according to the academic calendars of the six universities, it will be time for winter break.

But that's just what they say on the surface. After a six-day holiday from January 18th to January 24th, according to the requirements of the Great Xia government, they will have to go to the Great Xia border for three weeks of military training.

After three weeks of military training, it will be February 14th, followed by a month-long winter break.

However, this is only the official statement, because February 22nd is the start date of the annual Freshman Cup Competition, and participation is voluntary for first-year students majoring in martial arts.

As one of the most prestigious and prestigious competitions in the Great Xia Dynasty and even the entire Earth Star, the Freshman Cup offers extremely generous rewards for each edition. As long as you can pass the first round of elimination matches, you can receive a considerable reward.

The grand finale of each Spring Festival is the semi-finals and finals of the Freshman Cup Competition, attracting a staggering audience of at least two billion viewers annually. Consequently, in this atmosphere, almost every first-year martial arts student at one of the six universities makes sure to attend this once-in-a-lifetime spectacle.

Within the Tiangang Academy, the participation rate in each year's Freshman Cup reaches an astonishing 98% or more.

"I was worried that my strength would shock everyone at the Freshman Cup, but now it seems..." Shen Bailian frowned slightly as he recalled the scene he saw in the underground training room in Congyun City yesterday.

He originally thought that his cultivation speed was already far ahead of his peers, but he never expected that someone else would actually cheat.

Although he didn't know how the higher-ups at the Mountain and Sea Academy had managed to inject the power of the gods into Li Hongling's body and make it merge with theirs.

However, Shen Bailian was certain of one thing: the person using cheat codes was definitely not just Li Hongling, but six or even more.

Just like clinical trials in medicine, generally speaking, a technology that can be applied to the clinical stage indicates that the underlying technological foundation has reached a considerably high level.
Both the Mountain and Sea Academy and the Heavenly Gang Academy have their own god-making plans, and Shen Bailian does not believe that the other four academies of the six academies do not have their own god-making plans.

Even if the "god-making plan" still has some drawbacks and hidden dangers, the speed of technological iteration will definitely be improved after the first clinical trial is successful.

Furthermore, based on the footage in the video, Shen Bailian could roughly determine that Li Hongling's current strength was probably at the late stage of the Transcendent Realm, not exceeding the peak of the Transcendent Realm.

This rate of improvement is astonishing, because Li Hongling's original talent was considered exceptional in Bozhou City, second only to Shen Bailian in martial arts prodigy.

However, among the six prestigious universities teeming with talent, she could only rank in the middle among martial arts prodigies at best; even Chen Jiyue could overpower Li Hongling.

However, after completing the so-called god-making plan, he suddenly rose to the ranks of top martial arts prodigies, and Shen Bailian did a simple calculation in his mind.

Even with the help of the Thunder Pearl, Yuwen Changkong at this stage is highly likely to only be able to fight Li Hongling to a draw.

Generally speaking, martial artists without a sacred body or a fully developed battle body, even those at the peak of the Transcendent Realm or the early stage of the Sea Opening Realm, would likely find it difficult to effectively suppress Li Hongling.

Even dragon excrement is a rare treasure to mortals, let alone the god-making project that Li Hongling participated in, which to a certain extent is a direct and indirect acceptance of the inheritance of the gods.
"Wisdom truly is one of the most terrifying powers. No wonder those gods wanted to completely exterminate humanity before their demise. If things continue like this, I'm afraid... those gods can forget about going home."

After two days of pondering and considering past experiences, Shen Bailian had roughly guessed how the researchers at the Mountain and Sea Academy were carrying out their god-making project.

It's very simple; it's about ascending to godhood through the effects of divine fragments.

This must be a research project that has received strong support from the Great Xia government, which is quite alarming.

The new era has only lasted for 345 years, but the Great Xia has already produced double-digit numbers of Divine Palace Realm experts.

And this is only the data on the surface. The Great Xia government has a habit of keeping some tricks up its sleeve. If we look at the whole world, how many Divine Palace Realm experts are there?
Furthermore, during this period, the sources of power for those deities, except for a portion involving the core power and secrets of the rules, were almost thoroughly investigated by researchers within the Great Xia Dynasty.

The purification of divine power, the capture and utilization of divine fragments, the purification of divine fragments, the development of the functions of divine fragments... these technical difficulties have all been completely overcome.

If things continue like this, who knows, in another 345 years, those gods might not need to come back anymore. They should just find somewhere cool and stay somewhere else.

Otherwise, in another hundred years or so, they might be treated as "protected" animals.

From Shen Bailian's current perspective, the thirty-six layers of gale-force winds surrounding Earth Origin Star are both a hindrance to the humans of Earth Origin Star and a protection for life forms in other star systems.

Once the thirty-six layers of gale-force winds surrounding Earth Star fail, the Great Xia alone, with its advanced technology and millions of martial artists, could easily launch an interstellar war.

"They probably never expected that the development of the human race would be so unexpected, which is why they tried every means to return to Earth to consolidate their rule."

Shen Bailian recalled the owner of the divine fragment he had used before. That person had completely perished in the Sea of ​​Annihilation. He couldn't think of any other god who could have killed that person in the Sea of ​​Bitterness.

Surely they couldn't have drowned in a sea of ​​suffering?

If gods were so easily killed, it would be a real joke.

Of course, Shen Bailian's guess was not without evidence, because when he first obtained that fragment of divinity, it was clearly stated that to participate in the battle for power, he had to collect at least fifty percent of the fragments of divinity.

Moreover, they will also be subject to counterattacks from the gods who left behind fragments of divine essence.

Shen Bailian didn't believe that Li Hongling's survival in the god-making plan was solely due to her own willpower. She had directly withstood the deity's contingency plan.

There is only one reason: the owner of the divine fragment used by Li Hongling, like the owner of the divine fragment obtained by Shen Bailian, had completely perished in the Sea of ​​Annihilation.

Otherwise, even if it were just a fragment of a weak deity's divine essence, Li Hongling would have no chance of winning, nor would she be able to touch the core of the deity's power.

"In that case, I can confidently go all out in the Freshman Cup competition. After all, according to the records of the Tiangang Academy's smart terminal, I am also a participant in the 'God-Making Project'."

Cheng Shangwu personally told Shen Bailian this news on the way back yesterday. When he first heard it, he was stunned. Later, he learned that his inexplicably improved treatment was part of the god-making plan.

As for the start time, it was the moment he received the honorary title of "the first person in the history of Tiangang Academy" that he was included in the list of the god-making plan.

Of course, Shen Bailian knew that Cheng Shangwu's words also had a deeper meaning. It was the same old saying: there was no need to hide anything too much; young people should show their talents.

He wasn't without support; not only did he have backing, but he also had the support of the Heavenly Gang Academy, one of the top powers in the Great Xia Dynasty, and Si Buhui, giving him two direct lineage Divine Palace Realm experts as his backers.

This weight is such that anyone in the Great Xia who wants to do anything wicked would have to think twice about how heavy their own head really is.

"The next step is to focus on breaking through to the Sea Opening Realm." With a slight thought, Shen Bailian's illusory yet clear panel appeared before his eyes.

(End of this chapter)