Chapter 643 — Into the Trap

But to go from the strongest quasi-god to someone capable of defeating an existence beyond transcendence 6 in just three or four years—wasn't that a bit excessive?

Even in fiction, no one would dare write it that way.

"Chirp chirp chirp." At that moment, Eleven tried to seek attention on Shi Jin's shoulder.

Seeing Eleven, Kong Di was rendered speechless once more. That Zhou Lan had given him the impression that even if he could win, it would take tremendous effort—and he might not even be able to kill the opponent cleanly.

But Shi Ying's earlier display had made it clear to everyone: Eleven had crushed Zhou Lan and the others with a single, brutally efficient staff strike, and Shi Jin had casually sealed the opponent's ruins, ignored the Vermilion Bird supergod's phantom, and forcefully suppressed and slain them.

Kong Di asked himself—unless one of his own beast companions had also reached supergod level and they fought together at full strength—he would find it very hard to accomplish such a thing.

And that... was only Eleven's own power. Shi Jin had not even augmented Eleven, and Shi Jin's other beast companions had not even appeared yet.

"What on earth did you do out there..." Lin Feng was numb. He did not believe Shi Jin would lie about something so important, but... he still could not comprehend it.

"The biggest gain was probably meeting the Cosmic Overlord in person. And under the Cosmic Overlord's intimidation, Eleven even broke through to the Epoch God level."

Kong Di and Lin Feng: ???

"So, there's no need to worry."

"We even withstood the Cosmic Overlord's intimidation. The Four Sages' supergods won't be our match." As Shi Jin spoke, to give Kong Di and the others reassurance, the phantom of a thirteen-layered heaven space gradually emerged behind him.

Seeing those layers upon layers of beast-taming space, Kong Di, Lin Feng, the Empress, Lu Yan, and the others all revealed expressions of disbelief.

"God level... thirteen-layered heaven??"

"That's right." Shi Jin withdrew the phenomenon and smiled. "Now you all believe I have the ability to fight the Four Sages' supergods, don't you?"

"I can say plainly that this is still not my full hand."

When Shi Jin finished, Kong Di and the others fell silent. Honestly, they did not know exactly how powerful a god-level thirteen-layered heaven was, but this unbelievable sight did indeed give them some confidence in Shi Jin...

"We can definitely win, right?" Lu Yan asked.

"Don't worry, we can definitely win." Shi Li said. "Stop dwelling on this."

"By the way, Senior Empress, Lu Yan, what was the ruin you two cracked?" Shi Tang said.

After a silence, Lu Heng said, "The Nirvana Ruins. Once it acknowledges a master, it's essentially a resurrection tool. Before its power is exhausted, it can let the user revive multiple times."

"Because Senior Empress had revived once in an extremely special way, and with my assistance, we happened to crack this ruin..."

"No wonder that Zhou Lan cared so much about this ruin. This rebirth ruin I took from him also had resurrection and rebirth effects before," Shi Li said.

It was probably because of this thing that Zhou Lan possessed such strength.

Shi Qi looked at the ruin in his hand and said, "But unfortunately, the one in Zhou Lan's possession broke directly after its acknowledged beast-tamer died."

He casually tossed the broken rebirth ruin to Lu Yan and the Empress, saying, "You two take it and study it."

"Wait a moment. I think... you need this thing more right now. This Nirvana Ruins currently acknowledges me as its master, and I don't know how to release it. Next, you and I can study it together. If we can make this Nirvana Ruins acknowledge you as its master instead, your chances of surviving the transcendence duel will be greater..." Huang Xi spoke up when she saw Shi Jin toss over the rebirth ruin.

The ruin itself did not matter. The key was Shi Ying's transcendence duel.

"It won't work," Kong Di said. "A Transcendence Duel is a battle that must end in life or death. Once the duel is established, the loser is certain to be erased. Escape death by any other means, and you will be hunted down by an Arbiter of Xuanxiao Peak's level."

"So once it's set, you can only win, never lose. That is the cruelest part of a Transcendence Duel."

"Right, don't worry about me." Shi Li: "With Shi Yun studying the Nirvana ruins, I'd better think of a way to raise my strength before the duel. The Realm King Star won't approve a Transcendence Duel that quickly. By past convention, it won't start for a year or half a year. In this stretch of time, I can still make a sprint for power."

"But—"

"No buts. From here on, we watch and wait," Shi Yan said with a smile.

"Handing the Four Sages family a legitimate way to kill me for free — they'll be sure to treasure this chance."

"Miss this chance, and there won't be a next one..."

Kong Di said, "Regardless, I'll first find a way to contact Senior Shi Di. And I should tell those five supergods about the situation — they're all on Blue Star..."

Lin Feng said, "If you tell them, won't you scare them to death..."

"Actually, the whole point of my issuing the Transcendence Duel was to avoid dragging others in. So don't bother — leave this matter to me to handle myself." Shi Li.

"No need to contact Senior Shi Di, and no need to tell the supergods of the five great god clans either."

"For the next few days I'll be in deep preparation. Don't worry about me — just manage the Skybound Realm and the Donghuang Realm."

"Enough talk. I'm off — saying any more is just wasting preparation time." Seeing that they still looked like they wanted to help somehow, Shi Jin teleported away on the spot, leaving Kong Di and the others speechless for a long while.

"Never mind. Let's trust him..." Lin Feng said.

"Yes. He truly never does anything he isn't sure of," Lu Heng said. Though the rules of a Transcendence Duel — that was just fooling themselves.

If Shi Jin really did die in the Transcendence Duel, how could others not be involved? Take her, for instance — she would fight the Four Sages family to the death, until the Four Sages family was annihilated.

Of course, Lu Heng still believed Shi Shuo would surely win.

...

After that, Shi Jin returned to the Donghuang Realm. Since he was going to challenge the Four Sages supergods, the preparations naturally had to be thorough.

"So, Bulu, isn't it exciting!" After returning, Shi Jue said to his new means of transport, Bulu.

A cosmic giant beast was worthy of the name; using it was truly satisfying, just like an Anywhere Door.

"Exciting..." The cosmic giant beast Bulu was depressed. Its beast tamer was indeed a madman.

The Four Sages supergods — it had heard of them. Four very ancient supergods.

They had just returned with Shi Jin, and now Shi Jin wanted a life-and-death duel with them. In Bulu's heart, ten thousand iron-eating beasts rolled past.

It felt that by Shi Jin's side, the odds of running into mortal danger were greater than traveling alone.

"Now I know why my misfortune can't counter you — you don't need countering at all. You go looking for trouble every single day," Bulu said.

"So, do you dare fight or not?"

"Fight!" Bulu said. "You said just now that they once tried to assassinate you, right?"

"You're my beast tamer. No matter who the enemy is, we're in this together."

"So what if they're the Four Sages supergods? I'll just turn into a staff and beat them to death!!" Bulu said.

It might not be able to beat the Four Sages supergods on its own, but paired with Shi Jin's beast, it feared nothing.

A supergod of the mid-Transcendence stage — it really had never fought one.

"Squeak squeak squeak!!" Eleven praised Bulu.

"That's all I needed to hear," Shi Yan said. "In a couple of days, I'll give you a surprise."

Bulu: Huh??

Shi Jin planned to push Bulu's other skills to consummate mastery as well.