Chapter 859: Chapter 64: Judge
Nether River!
No one could have guessed that what Mu Wanqiu saw in her dream would be such eerie and grim scenes—
Angry waves rolling.
Yet she showed no intention of retreat.
The poison of others, my delicacy.
This grim dream holds an inexplicable allure for the “Judge”… The storm rages, and the ghostly figure in white stretches out its arms, trying to cradle the withered wood, moving a bit closer to the end of the Nether River.
In this “nightmare,” Mu Wanqiu’s spiritual power was rapidly depleting, her face gradually turning pale, yet she was unwilling to give up…
She wanted to see what lay at the end of the Nether River.
She wanted to see the figure sitting atop the massive throne.
But finally, a huge wave crashed down heavily.
The great river shattered.
The log exploded.
Before plunging into the icy river, the white-clad Judge sighed softly, and followed Mu Wanqiu into the river, folding his arms and holding her in his embrace.
Thus sinking, falling into a long slumber.
…
…
Awakened from the dream, drenched in cold sweat.
Mu Wanqiu’s complexion turned pale, she held her head with her hand, feeling as though all her strength had been drained.
After the Duolu River Disaster Realm mission ended, she refused multiple tis the Spiritual Transcendents from the Investigation Corps to enter her dream.
The reason was simple.
Brother Zhong Yuan was haunted by ominous signs in the “Mirror Dream,” causing occasional confusion between reality and illusion… but she was different. The reason her ntal state had been poor recently was due to exerting all her effort to progress further into the Nether River every ti she dreamt.
If Lu Zhe were to enter the dream, he would surely consider the Dream of the Nether River as an ominous “nightmare.”
Only Mu Wanqiu herself knew that the “things” she saw in this dream seed to be guiding her forward.
“Ding-dong.”
A clear doorbell rang.
Mu Wanqiu furrowed her brows and glanced at the ti… two in the morning, at this hour the Captain wouldn’t visit her.
The “Deep Sea” transmitted the scene from outside the corridor.
“Gu Shen?”
Mu Wanqiu squinted her phoenix eyes.
This guy, whom she had only t once, why would he co looking for her without reason?
She had just expended too much spiritual power in the Dream of the Nether River, her voice sounded a bit fatigued and sowhat angry, saying, “Mr. Gu, it’s two in the morning.”
“I’m sorry…”
Gu Shen raised his head and spoke earnestly to the electronic eye, “But if you’ve reached the level of a Third-Order Spiritual Transcendent, you should have long adopted the habit of operating the Breathing thod, not needing to sleep.”
This guy from East Continent, why is he as straightforward as the Steel Brothers in the Corps?
Recalling the unfinished confrontation earlier, Mu Wanqiu felt a lingering anger, coldly saying, “So you ca to fight in the middle of the night?”
“No, no, no…”
This girl is too combative… Gu Shen quickly explained, “I heard from Brother Zhong Yuan that you’ve been haunted by nightmares in the ‘Duolu River’ Disaster Realm. I ca to visit, thinking maybe I could help with sothing.”
Sounds good… but actually, Gu Shen’s real intention was to gather more effective information about the Duolu River Disaster Realm from the dream.
Mu Wanqiu remained silent for a mont upon hearing this.
A mont later, she responded.
With just one word, simply and decisively.
“Get lost.”
With a beep, the communication ended.
…
…
Gu Shen was given the cold shoulder.
But this was expected; even though they had only t once, it was clear to anyone that Mu Wanqiu had a bad temper, so Gu Shen didn’t expect a smooth eting from just one visit.
This woman rejected the experts from the Corps entering her dream, an East Continent person like him was even less welco.
Even though the communication was terminated.
Gu Shen wasn’t angry; he smiled at the electronic eye and said, “Miss Mu, sorry for the disturbance tonight. There is sothing I need to tell you: I have eliminated the Spiritual Poison from Gu Castle’s Fortress, which is the sa source of power as the Duolu River Poison, sothing North Continent’s Spiritual experts couldn’t do, perhaps I can… over the next few days, you might consider it, you can contact at any ti.”
After speaking, he waited for another two minutes.
Mu Wanqiu gave no response.
Instead, a calm spiritual ssage floated into Gu Shen’s ear.
“Don’t waste your efforts.”
Beside Gu Shen, at the end of the corridor, Captain Lu Zhe from the first team was suspended in mid-air. This guy was elusive, and now under the dim corridor lights, he sat cross-legged, a ter off the ground, looking sowhat bizarre at first glance…
“Captain Lu?”
Gu Shen smiled, “I just wanted to visit Miss Mu, I didn’t expect to alarm you.”
“You probably don’t know Xiao Qiu’s character…” Lu Zhe transmitted with a smile, “Once she decides on sothing, no one can interfere. Regarding the Duolu River nightmare, she has decided to resolve it with her own strength. If you visit for this matter again, you might get kicked out.”
Gu Shen touched his nose, “I see…”
He and Lu Zhe descended together in the elevator.
“On the legion commander’s orders, I ca here to better look after her.”
Lu Zhe said with a hint of worry, “She faces the ‘Nightmare’ alone, I believe she will definitely succeed… it’s just that her ntal state is so poor, it might inevitably cause so trouble.”
“Trouble?”
“This isn’t much of a secret,” Lu Zhe said, “All teammates must execute the reboot mission together, Mu Wanqiu, like you, is S-level. Do you know what her ability is?”
Mu Wanqiu’s file is highly classified by the North Continent military.
Chu Ling could not gather a single piece of relevant information.
But unexpectedly, Captain Lu Zhe just revealed it: “S-level ability [Judge], initially identified by the Federation as a ‘Spiritual Ability’. The ability of [Judge] is very simple. Within its domain, Xiao Qiu can decide the ‘life’ and ‘death’ of anything.”
“…?”
Gu Shen looked up, incredulously staring at Lu Zhe.
Seeing Gu Shen’s shocked expression, Captain Lu Zhe chuckled.
“Your ‘Chi Huo’ is also an S-level ability, but I guess it’s not as straightforward as [Judge]… there’s no need to be so shocked. Personally, I think the council’s classification of extraordinary abilities is still a bit rough. Even among A-level and above abilities, there are differences in strength,” Lu Zhe didn’t an to mock, he said seriously, “The power of [Judge] is just too strong. I believe it can’t be simply summarized with the word ‘S-level’, it might very well lead to misunderstandings…”
Lu Zhe slowly continued, not knowing that Gu Shen’s shock wasn’t because of the power of Mu Wanqiu’s S-level ability.
But because…
The ability of [Judge]… why does it sound a bit similar to his own “Netherworld King Power”?
Decide life and death!
Gu Shen gradually cald his mind, covering up his inner astonishnt, and played along: “Captain Lu, sorry… I have a question, did you just say that [Judge]’s ability is to decide life and death within its domain?”
“…Yes.”
Lu Zhe said solemnly, “Of course…this ability is not as terrifying as the literal description. The power under Xiao Qiu’s control is absolute domination over the ‘weak’. She can grant certain vitality to ‘dead things’ within the domain, making them stand up, or can let absolute weaklings within the domain die instantly.”
Hearing this, Gu Shen understood.
[Judge] is definitely an S-level ability…
Once the domain is unfolded, it’s a massacre for low-level Transcendents!
But against peers, or even higher-level Transcendents, the lethality of [Judge] isn’t that significant…
“With such terrifying power, the conditions for activating [Judge] must be very demanding, right?” Gu Shen curiously asked.
“Of course, each judgnt requires an enormous consumption of spirit…” Lu Zhe said aningfully, “Just like your Chi Huo, if I’m not mistaken, you always show the faintest ‘fla’ to reduce consumption. If you were to fight with all your might, fully revealing Chi Huo, it would probably require a massive amount of spirit, right?”
Gu Shen could only nod helplessly with a smile.
In fact, he only showed a faint fla not because he wanted to.
It’s because he had no choice but to do so.
The Battle Golden Hoop was on his head.
A large amount of his spirit was bound within the Spirit Sea, with no chance to “fully exert” it.
However, “Chi Huo” and “Judge” are actually two different types of abilities, Gu Shen’s “Chi Huo” is more like the starting point, everything in his battles needs Chi Huo to ignite as energy.
His consumption is not due to Chi Huo.
The Truth Ruler, Pure Land Domain, Netherworld King’s Divine Miracle thods all require consuming a large amount of spirit and source quality!
“The stronger the spiritual Transcendent, the more they need to break through to the ‘Super Realm’. Mu Wanqiu has achieved an unprecedented ‘twice Super Realm’, standing on the seventh level herself, yet possessing a spirit as thick as the ninth level.” Lu Zhe said solemnly, “This is also the reason the legion commander allowed her to represent the first team in the Duolu River expedition mission… She alone can surpass a fully equipped third-order Transcendent elite team!”
After a pause.
Lu Zhe continued slowly, “Brother Gu, telling you all this…actually isn’t to show off how powerful Mu Wanqiu’s abilities are. Have you noticed, the ability of [Judge] sounds sowhat familiar?”
Gu Shen couldn’t help but smile inwardly.
Alright…he pretended not to notice, in Lu Zhe’s earlier words, there was only a tiny bit of a boasting tone.
But this is understandable, North Continent has birthed such a genius, and still under the first team’s banner, if he were Lu Zhe, he’d also be tempted to say a few more words about their S-level genius to the Outer Continent.
Thank you, Captain Lu, for providing a wealth of information about [Judge].
Gu Shen remained composed on the surface, seriously asked, “Oh…why do you say that?”
“Doesn’t the ability of [Judge] sound like… an old throne?”
Lu Zhe’s smile slowly faded, he stared at Gu Shen, saying seriously, “That one who surfaced not long ago on your East Continent, who disappeared for twenty years, the ‘Netherworld King’?”
That’s truly asking the right person.
Gu Shen, “It really does seem very similar.”
“If not for the fact that the Netherworld King himself has already erged… I would suspect that Xiao Qiu is actually the chosen bearer of the ‘Netherworld King’s Spark’.” Lu Zhe sighed, “The power of [Judge] is practically a replica of the Netherworld King’s Spark… what do you think about this, Brother Gu?”
“Captain Lu is absolutely right.”
Gu Shen sincerely praised, symbolically applauded twice, and said, “The ability of [Judge], even the Netherworld King would applaud.”
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