Gods Vanish on a Cloudy Day
Chapter 20 Haphazard Analysis, and Subsequent Abandonment
Chapter Amazed, He Really is Thor!
[Not only Aquaman, but also the Flash?!]
[If we have to explain it, the way he flies is a bit like a certain Metropolis reporter!]
[Su Zhou: I alone am half the Justice League!]
[Where's Batman? |?w?`)]
[Thanks for the invite, I'm at the scene, just got out of bed. I feel refreshed after electrotherapy, and even my typing isn't shaky anymore. From now on, I'm a Zhou Zhou fan (?w?)]
[Is everything alright upstairs? I heard there's some kind of inner demon sickness in the South...!!!∑(?Д?ノ)ノ]
Because Su Zhou's battle with the Shepherd, in which he struck dozens of lightning bolts, was filmed by the camera he was carrying, the entire Zheng Country's internet was in an uproar.
In fact, the initial video wasn't clear, and was even particularly blurry due to strong electromagnetic interference.
But in addition to the original video, the Zheng Country's official also created a second, smoother version of the battle video through expedited technical restoration and CG reconstruction. This video was released immediately after the original and is being played on major video websites.
This can basically be regarded as the world's first video of extraordinary individuals at the Transcendent level fighting each other, immediately attracting countless netizens to discuss and analyze.
[Oh my god, this Shepherd can actually turn into a spirit body to avoid artillery fire? I originally thought he would have been blown to pieces long ago!]
[After all, he's a Transcendent, having trump cards is natural. I'd be disappointed if Transcendents couldn't handle conventional artillery fire.]
[What's the use? Spirit transformation can't avoid lightning strikes. Whether it's a physical or ethereal body, it's all the same!]
[Ethereal state, takes 40% more spell damage.]
[Boom boom boom boom, my ears are going deaf from the thunder.]
[This is too far! Transcendent-level attack range is directly extended to several kilometers? Wouldn't going higher be beyond-visual-range combat? Can cultivation really have such strong power?]
In fact, in this year since the resurgence of spiritual energy, many Awakening-level Transcendents have already recorded fighting videos that have been leaked. With some post-production effects, they are indeed very dazzling, like two supreme beings fighting, and the Great Dao is being obliterated.
But in fact, everyone can see that the strongest output of Awakening-level fights seems to be just mortar RPGs... Of course, the latter can't really be said to be "just" anymore. For ordinary people, this is already terrifying enough, and destroying a house is very easy. Compared to ordinary people, they can already be called mini-supermen.
However, this has not exceeded the imagination of most people... How should I put it, it hasn't completely transcended 'reality' and reached the realm of 'extraordinary'.
And Su Zhou's battle video, although it doesn't have any special effects, the silent and incomparable aura of 'I'm going to kill you with lightning', and the electric arcs spreading around him like a magnetic storm, are even more terrifying and awe-inspiring.
Clouds, thunder, and high altitude... What could be closer to people's fantasies about the extraordinary than this, and stir up people's desire for cultivation? Especially since they know that Su Zhou has only been cultivating for a mere year. Although the other party's talent is indeed very good, and they can't be compared, young people with good, promising Transcendent-level talent are all yearning at this time.
"Isn't this going to be bad?" This is the doubt of some cultivators in the official who are responsible for this area: "Publicly broadcasting the battle video, what if someone analyzes Professor Su's weaknesses from it? Wouldn't that be terrible?"
Even ordinary cultivators who don't need to fight much know that the battle between two Transcendents is basically a competition of understanding each other, guessing each other's trump cards. Otherwise, they will have to pay the price of injury or even serious injury to 'learn' the other party's hidden moves.
So now, even though major organizations around the world know that publicizing a powerful Transcendent is beneficial to national stability and the promotion of spiritual energy cultivation, they still haven't made a decision in this regard—the more the target of publicity is understood, the easier it is to be defeated by others. If the banner that was so hard to erect falls easily, it's better not to erect it from the beginning.
Or rather, don't rush it. It is precisely for this reason that many long-established Transcendents who originally existed around the world did not take this opportunity to make a name for themselves after advancing to the Transcendent level.
After all, not everyone is Su Zhou, a newly emerged Transcendent existence. Compared with hiding trump cards to exert deterrence, it is better to show strength and announce their existence.
However, this cultivator's rather rational analysis received a rather rude reply.
"Analyze? Our entire think tank analyzed it for five hours and didn't analyze anything. What can they analyze?"
A staff officer who had been working overtime for a long time and had lost a few hairs replied grumpily: "Professor Su's battle process, from beginning to end, is just full power lightning strike, lightning strike, lightning strike, take a breath, accumulate power, and then strike five lightning bolts in a row... He was just discharging electricity in the thundercloud the whole time, doing nothing but striking lightning from several kilometers away.
"What weaknesses are there to analyze? Don't fight a Dragon Blood Lightning Law cultivator who can control lightning in a thunderstorm? Or challenge him on a sunny day? Or wear an insulated suit or something... Does this need to be analyzed? Even elementary school students know not to walk with an umbrella on flat ground in a thunderstorm! This doesn't even count as a weakness!"
"It's all nonsense!" he asserted.
"Uh..." The cultivator who was choked up couldn't even refute for a moment... Thinking carefully, it seems that this is indeed the case!
Although everyone knows that Professor Su's power is very strong, he is very good at discharging electricity, and he can even strike dozens of lightning bolts in one breath, is this really something that can be analyzed for weaknesses?
Especially that scene where he started bombing from several kilometers away, there's nothing to analyze except for being terrified—this can actually be seen from the comments of a large number of netizens on the internet. Most people are just saying 'Holy crap, awesome', 'So cool!', 'Cool!', 'Give me one too!'... And professional analysts are actually just like the silly netizens, no matter how they analyze, they are all confused and can only analyze randomly, and then give up.
"I see, I understand!"
Although he didn't know what he understood, his expression clearly showed some understanding, causing the staff officer next to him to nod slightly.
In fact, this staff officer had some things he didn't say.
On the surface, Su Zhou's lightning magic skills displayed this time are indeed very terrifying. This kind of power that can control the weather, if it were in ancient times, could already be considered an immortal who could summon wind and rain.
After all, the ancient name for the Transcendent level is the Innate level, and returning to the Innate is a land immortal. Although it is exaggerated for Su Zhou to have this kind of power at this stage, it is not particularly strange.
"But not only that, he flies very fast in addition to releasing lightning, and his physical strength is also extremely high! Moreover, judging from some details of his actions, Professor Su's close combat ability can also be called the realm of a grandmaster!"
Recalling the data that can truly be regarded as confidential, the staff officer murmured in his heart: "On the surface, everyone is attracted by the dazzling and flamboyant lightning, and everyone has overlooked how Su Zhou actually flew up... That powerful wind control power, if used for defense and attack, even anti-material sniper rifles, or even artillery bombardment, as long as it's not armor-piercing rounds, can be blocked."
"And he can control lightning and storms, and move easily and freely at speeds of over a hundred meters per second. With this strong nerve reaction speed, seeing bullets, or even artillery shells, and then dodging them, is probably easy."
"During the Saint Ascension Selection, he was already able to lift a twenty-ton barbell with his physical body. Now it seems that that is not his physical limit. Coupled with a theoretically not-bad fighting foundation, he will be a powerful Transcendent with no weaknesses or loopholes in any range, close, medium, or long."
Finally, he concluded in his heart: "The official can release the video, but it is to use dazzling abilities to cover up the data that really deserves attention. In this case, if someone has the idea of 'I can win as long as I get close and sneak attack on a sunny day' to sneak attack Professor Su, then the one in danger will definitely not be Professor Su!"
At the same time.
"Can you compare to him?"
In the Europa Union, in a mountain villa, a huge screen showed Su Zhou slamming down five dragon-like lightning bolts in one breath. A blond young man holding a golden electric mouse plush toy raised his head from the screen of the Nintendo game console in his hand. He looked at the video and then looked at his own hand.
It could be seen that faint golden electric light was缠绕 flashing between his fingers, releasing a sacred light and also revealing a hint of danger.
But it was not comparable to the video at all—so the young man sighed and smiled bitterly: "Forget it, Grandpa, I can barely control high-voltage electricity now, so don't compare me to a guy who can control thunderclouds, right?"
"If he gets a little stronger at this rate, he can really be Thor."
"I know you little lazybones can't do it. I was just asking." The old voice's tone of regret almost made the blond young man 'tsk' out loud, thinking 'You old geezer, you knew it and still asked me?', and then continued to look down and play the game.
In fact, they both knew that the blond young man really couldn't be considered lazy. It's just that cultivation requires a balance between work and rest. Forcing continuous cultivation is completely chronic suicide. In a year, he had the power of the Awakening peak, which was already very, very fast.
And that young man named Su Zhou, who is estimated to already have the strength of a Transcendent high-rank, is simply an outlier and has no comparability—the blond young man's grandfather had only just reached the Transcendent level.
And similar scenes happened all over the world, and many deeply hidden Transcendent families were shaken by this.
This press conference, as well as the videos circulating on the internet, caused an impact that was even more eye-catching than the Saint Ascension Selection.
After all, a Transcendent-level student and a Transcendent expert who can skillfully use their abilities and even kill old-brand cultivation experts are definitely not the same concept.
"Su Zhou."
Different languages, different forces, recited in unison in a low voice. This name has completely entered the vision of all Transcendents around the world and has been labeled as 'extremely dangerous'.
At this moment.
Su Zhou himself, who has already been labeled as 'extremely dangerous' and 'Thor in the world' by various forces, is not aware of it.
Because he had already moved to the backstage and was resting alone, he unexpectedly received a message.
"Huh, you mean to say that the essence of the Shepherd is also a fiend, so after killing it, there is also a harvest of the aura of a Great Existence, which can be used on the Celestial God Imprint to provide the coordinates of another world?"
Su Zhou's expression was quite surprised: "I thought that this kind of guy who steals the power of a Great Existence would not be recognized by a Great Existence at all!"
"Isn't that nonsense." Yala bit Su Zhou's ear, sucked a mouthful of blood, and then sighed with satisfaction: "Even if this Shepherd's behavior basically twisted the original intention of the Lord of Silence, it is indeed a Celestial God眷族 (juànzú, dependent/subordinate family), or rather, a fiend. Great Existences are not that petty, or rather, even a twisted belief is still belief."
"What's that saying? There are actually no haters in this world, only fans and twisted fans. As long as it is a fiend that gathers extraordinary elements, then it must have an aura that can be utilized."