While these two fools were babbling nonsense, the beautiful woman silently walked forward, of course able to hear Yang Hao and Hunyuanzi’s conversation, yet surprisingly, she showed no sign of anger.
Strangely enough, only after Yang Hao followed her for a few steps did he realize what true divine power really was. Yang Hao merely took small steps behind the beauty, yet within just three steps, it felt as if time had flown and history had reversed itself. He felt as though his whole being was moving at speeds surpassing light itself. Just three steps, and he had already crossed a vast expanse of land that he had previously thought boundless. The distance covered in those three steps must have been thousands of kilometers, yet he felt absolutely nothing unusual.
“Shortening the Earth technique!” Hunyuanzi exclaimed in awe. “This is a highly advanced spell.”
This remark caused the woman to turn around, glancing meaningfully at Yang Hao’s stomach before shaking her head. “Didn’t expect you, old man, to have some knowledge.”
“Of course,” Hunyuanzi, utterly charmed by the beauty’s glance, said proudly, “I am the master of a genius swordsman who is graceful, heroic, and surpasses all others. My reputation isn’t built on lies.”
“Hmph,” the woman scoffed. “But you’re mistaken. What I just used wasn’t that inferior Shortening the Earth technique. It was ‘Light Flow Shadow Steps,’ the true innate ability of the divine race. Your clumsy imitation of the Shortening the Earth technique is nothing but a superficial copy.”
“Light Flow Shadow Steps??” Hunyuanzi couldn’t help shivering involuntarily. Truthfully speaking, only now did he realize that the place he was in was no longer the universe he had known, and the people before him were no longer the so-called experts of that former universe.
The woman, whose alluring figure made her irresistibly tempting, was indeed a true divine being.
What made Hunyuanzi fully understand this was those four simple words: “Light Flow Shadow Steps.” These were certainly no ordinary words; to cultivators, they were as astonishing as the descent of a god.
The age of cultivation had been a long era. During Hunyuanzi’s time, people had already mastered extremely powerful techniques, appearing outwardly almost like immortals, so ordinary people regarded cultivators as celestial beings. In reality, however, in that world, the only true gods were the divine race.
Only cultivators themselves truly understood that their techniques had all originated from the divine race from the very beginning, and had been developed and refined from there.
The most advanced techniques included “Shortening the Earth into an Inch” and “Shortening the Earth Technique.” Some cultivation experts, once they mastered these two spells, could travel around the world in an instant, much faster than flying. They treated the entire planet like dust, not necessarily able to play with it in the palm of their hands, but certainly able to trample it underfoot easily.
It was precisely because of these techniques that cultivators could travel thousands of miles in the blink of an eye, earning them reverence from ordinary people.
However, no matter how advanced any “Shortening the Earth Technique” might be, in truth, they all stemmed from the same source. Tracing back to their origin, only “Light Flow Shadow Steps” could be considered the foundational technique.
How powerful is “Light Flow Shadow Steps”? Simply put, if all the power of every Shortening the Earth technique in the world were combined, it might not even amount to a thousandth of the power of “Light Flow Shadow Steps.” This includes Yang Hao’s “Fluttering Petal Phantom Steps,” which he often used as his last-resort survival skill. In reality, it was merely a superficial imitation of “Light Flow Shadow Steps.”
The “Fluttering Petal Phantom Steps” could allow one to shift position at speeds invisible to ordinary people within a small area, making it a technique capable of impressing people in this era. As for the “Shortening the Earth Technique” that Hunyuanzi knew, it could transport him to distant places in an instant, representing a deeper level of cultivation. But compared to “Light Flow Shadow Steps,” they were as laughable as children’s toys.
The divine race’s unique skill, “Light Flow Shadow Steps,” wasn’t really walking at all—it achieved complete spatial translocation. In other words, although this fierce-looking woman appeared otherwise unremarkable, her actual power was unfathomable. With just a single step, she silently transported everything around her—including the air, light, Yang Hao, and all—to a much more distant location.
“Light Flow Shadow Steps” could instantly shift time and space, even taking surrounding objects along. Such a divine miracle was indeed absurdly powerful.
However, while Hunyuanzi was shocked, Yang Hao didn’t yet grasp the severity of the situation. He thought the woman was just performing some sleight of hand. Moreover, the place where Yang Hao now stood had undergone even more peculiar changes. When Yang Hao had first arrived, he had been on a hard, white expanse that seemed endless. But after being led by the beauty with her “Light Flow Shadow Steps,” he now found himself in an entirely blue world. Yang Hao felt the ground beneath his feet was soft and slightly damp—like blue cotton. The sky bore a greenish hue, and this world, too, seemed boundless. Each step Yang Hao took caused the ground to tremble, nearly making it impossible for him to stand steadily.
“Uh…
He reached out to tug at the hem of the woman’s skirt, but unexpectedly stumbled, falling forward and grabbing onto her smooth, long legs.
“Assault!!!” The woman screamed like an ordinary woman startled, then kicked out with both legs, moving at an unimaginable speed through the air, leaving a red blur, and sending Yang Hao flying.
Hunyuanzi shrieked in horror: “Wow! The divine race’s ‘Phoenix Kick’!”
Legend had it that the “Phoenix Kick” was also an extremely powerful divine technique, and had appeared many times on Earth. Most of the massive stone footprints left behind in ancient times were said to have been created by the Phoenix Kick. A divine technique that ordinary people worshipped like a god, yet this woman used it instinctively, as simple as a self-defense move for women.
Regardless of how Hunyuanzi screamed, in the end, it was Yang Hao who suffered the pain, as the beautiful yet savage kick landed squarely on his body.
More precisely, she first flung Yang Hao away, then with uncanny accuracy, used the heel of her high-heeled shoe to stomp directly onto Yang Hao’s toenail.
“Yi!!! Oh!!! Ah!!!” Yang Hao let out a series of strange noises, his entire face contorting in pain. He felt numb all over, his mind going blank before falling backward stiffly.
With a loud thud, it sounded like someone had failed a dive and hit the water, followed by a sudden silence. Yang Hao immediately felt a cold sensation all around him—he was actually surrounded by blue water. It turned out the ground he had been standing on was actually the surface of water, but only because of the divine presence could he stand upon it.
Seeing Yang Hao had swallowed enough water, the divine beauty finally pulled him up with a sour expression, growling fiercely, “Dare to grope me? Do you want to die?”
“Sister!” Yang Hao’s mind was still clear enough. If he had blurted out “old lady,” his life would have been instantly forfeited. “How could I dare to grope you? I’d rather eat crab tofu than touch you. Although your legs are long and tender, and you’re young, beautiful, and graceful, I’d only dare to look with my eyes. How could I ever dare to touch?”
“Thought so,” the divine being, not immune to flattery, immediately softened her expression. “Remember this: I’m Xin Mei, the guiding deity here, the one who decides where you go. You’d better behave yourself, or I’ll drown you here.”
“Xin Mei…” Yang Hao muttered. “Oh, right, Xin Mei, where exactly is this place? Why can we walk on water?”
“Because it’s water, of course,” Xin Mei said, glancing at the sky with narrowed eyes, her expression elegant. She noticed Yang Hao didn’t understand, so she explained further. “I’ve brought you onto a dewdrop. Naturally, walking on a dewdrop means walking on water.”
“What!!!” Yang Hao jumped up, his face showing disbelief. “I’m walking on a dewdrop? A tiny little dewdrop? How is that even possible? How can a person be smaller than a dewdrop?”
“What’s so impossible?” Xin Mei snorted disdainfully. “You people are just so rigid-minded. There are countless worlds in a single speck of dust, and countless specks of dust can form a single world. Size is only relative. Like the place you first arrived at—it was merely a grain of sand. If I hadn’t told you, how would you have known?”
“A grain of sand… that endless white expanse of hard ground was just a single grain of sand. To think I’m now walking on a dewdrop, that’s quite a leap indeed.”
After a brief moment of depression, Yang Hao quickly accepted the idea and even drew an analogy: “So according to what you’re saying, our universe might also be just a grain of sand or a dewdrop, and there’s an even vaster space beyond it, right?”
“Of course. But you’ll need sufficient divine power to break through the barriers of space and see the truth.” Xin Mei kicked Yang Hao’s butt. “Alright, stop lying there like a deadbeat. Get moving. I’m going to take you into the true divine realm.”
Her long, white legs kicked Yang Hao, and it actually felt quite pleasant. At this moment, Yang Hao, that lecherous guy, didn’t move an inch, just lying there with his eyes closed, hoping Xin Mei would kick him a few more times so he could enjoy some more thigh action.
Xin Mei, being such a clever woman, immediately understood upon seeing Yang Hao’s lecherous expression. She got furious again, summoning her “Phoenix Kick” once more and delivering a vicious kick to Yang Hao’s backside.
This time, Yang Hao didn’t even get to experience the “Light Flow Shadow Steps”—he was sent straight up into the sky like a rocket. The force of Xin Mei’s kick was outrageous, sending Yang Hao soaring high into the clouds, the wind roaring past his ears. But before him was pitch black, and he couldn’t see anything at all. Presumably, the kick had been so powerful that he was directly breaking through space itself.
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