Calamity of Tomorrow

"Shit!"

Upon seeing the young man open his eyes, Zhou Bai first let out a scream, and the first thing that came to his mind was a resurrection.

Then he instinctively activated the Tianhe Star Explosion Sword, and the violent gravitational force converged, filling the entire third layer of the treasure vault with mighty power, scaring Zuo Dao and Zuo Lu into thinking they were under attack.

Just as Zhou Bai was about to strike with his sword first to ensure the opponent had no power to resist, Christina shouted to stop him, "Wait, did you forget Qing Yun Zi's body is alive? This seems to be Qing Yun Zi, he should not be hostile."

"Hmm... Qing Yun Zi." Zhou Bai looked at the young man in front of him, noticing that although he was wide-eyed, his eyes were empty, showing no signs of thought.

Zhou Bai said, "Oh, I almost forgot about this."

Watching Zhou Bai slowly withdraw the Tianhe Star Explosion Sword, Christina thought to herself, 'Sure enough, the calamity reduced his wisdom, Zhou Bai seems a bit simple-minded now.'

Although the calamity reduced wisdom, just like Wu Fa relied on the Fool's ability to lower others' wisdom and then turned them into foolish followers, the wisdom reduced by calamity couldn't expel the state of foolish followers either.

Christina recalled how after Zhou Bai used the calamity, he cautiously tested his strength and refrained from using full power, fearing he might kill the wolf, ape, or ox, taking over thirty seconds to deactivate the calamity.

Christina smirked, 'Zhou Bai's wisdom is definitely below mine now.' She couldn't help but say, "Zhou Bai, with your current intelligence, it's hard to solve the problem at hand. Why not give me control of the body?"

"Scram."

Zhou Bai looked at the man in the coffin and said, "Can you confirm it's Qing Yun Zi? You should have seen what Qing Yun Zi looks like."

Christina also looked at the man in the coffin, swishing her tail, with a hint of hesitation in her voice, "This person indeed gives me a very familiar feeling, but to say if I've seen him... I can't confirm, you know I've forgotten a lot of things."

Zhou Bai asked, "Then what state do you think he's in now? Can he communicate?"

Christina said, "He probably can't communicate, right? Otherwise, they wouldn't have locked him up here."

Zhou Bai watched Qing Yun Zi in front of him, motionless like a puppet, and decided to release his Primordial Spirit power to sweep inside the coffin and the man's body, wanting to first find the Original Dao Scripture 08.

After all, the Original Dao Scripture 08 was his main goal for this trip, and Qing Yun Zi's matter could wait.

But as soon as the gray Primordial Spirit power swept into the stone coffin, Qing Yun Zi inside suddenly jumped like a startled wildcat, leaving a series of afterimages as he lunged at Zhou Bai, right hand clawing fiercely at Zhou Bai's crown.

Zhou Bai threw a punch, activating the Tianhe Star Explosion Sword, the punch carrying a fierce Sword Intent along with mountain-breaking power, colliding fiercely with Qing Yun Zi's palm, only to produce a loud bang, with shockwaves blasting outward.

Zhou Bai felt like his punch was a meteor hitting a planet, with himself as the meteor, and Qing Yun Zi as the planet.

Although his strength was unparalleled, he couldn't really destroy a planet, and his punch barely elicited a reaction from Qing Yun Zi.

Qing Yun Zi, in return, grabbed Zhou Bai's fist tightly, while his other hand struck towards Zhou Bai's chest.

Zhou Bai threw another strong punch, the chaotic gravity gathering in his fist, altering the surrounding gravity, making Zuo Dao and Zuo Lu feel light as if they might float up.

Bang!

There was another dull thud, and as fist met palm, the sensation became clearer. Zhou Bai felt his strength couldn't shake the opponent, instead waves of counterforce feedback into him, making him feel slightly overwhelmed.

"What kind of Dao technique is this?" Zhou Bai was stunned, "Such strong defensive power."

Bang!

Their fists collided once more, Qing Yun Zi and Zhou Bai clashing like two mountains repeatedly, the thunderous crashing sounds filling the third layer of the vault, turning the space into a vortex with shockwaves churning back and forth.

Zuo Dao unleashed bursts of Primordial Spirit power while activating his Protective Dharma Treasure, forming layers of blue force fields in front, absorbing waves of shockwaves and Gang Qi, as if facing a tsunami.

Zuo Lu watched the battle intently, eyes tracing their collision points, shockwave paths, and Primordial Spirit power waves, predicting that if he was near them, he would surely be shredded by their power.

And the clash between Zhou Bai and Qing Yun Zi grew more intense, neither using Dao techniques, just physical collisions, explosively powerful punches exchanged.

But as Zhou Bai kept engaging in close combat, he felt an increasingly strange familiarity.

"This guy's body is so hard."

"Damn... Feels just like... like hitting..."

"... like hitting myself."

Zhou Bai's eyes flashed as he recalled, "This feeling... is it Tang Ruhai? Or Tang Rushan?"

He remembered the fifth star point of the Lazy Diagram, called 'Mount Sumeru.'

Moreover, the opponent, like him, wasn't lying down, had no trace of the Guihai Black Fiend, just standing like the legendary Mount Sumeru, silently taking all his attacks.

'This guy standing has defensive power like Tang Ruhai?'

This was the second time Zhou Bai had seen someone with some Tianren Nine Calamities ability, the last time being the Fool's ability used by the Supreme Heavenly Venerate.

'Qing Yun Zi possesses the 'Mount Sumeru' ability?'

Upon realizing this, Zhou Bai immediately felt greed in his eyes towards Qing Yun Zi, 'Using this guy as a weapon would be great.'

Zhou Bai clearly understood how amazing his defensive power was after gaining Tang Ruhai, that conventional attacks couldn't penetrate it.

And Qing Yun Zi, for some unknown reason, crazily attacked him with no trace of sanity in his eyes.

That meant communication was pointless, he must defeat or at least subdue him first.

'Ordinary moves can't hurt him, I wonder if chanting a poem and charging...'

As Zhou Bai considered unleashing a big move, Christina said, "Zhou Bai, Qing Yun Zi's movements seem to be slowing."

Zhou Bai focused, and sure enough, it was true.

Evidently, Qing Yun Zi wasn't without cost in his current state; fighting Zhou Bai consumed some kind of energy, slowing his speed and reducing his strength due to depletion.

Christina advised, "Keep fighting hand to hand, exhaust his stamina, then subdue him."

Zhou Bai nodded, abandoning the Renhuang Sword, engaging Qing Yun Zi blow for blow.

Although Qing Yun Zi also had the 'Mount Sumeru' ability, his lack of sanity and random attacks were unmatched by Zhou Bai's various stamina replenishing methods.

Thus, as the fierce battle ensued, Qing Yun Zi's speed and strength waned, ultimately pushed to the ground by Zhou Bai, pinned by his head.

Zhou Bai exhaled, "Is there any way to keep him bound permanently?"

At that moment, the Qing Yun Zi below suddenly shivered and spoke, "You're a bit late."