Chapter 138: Reaching The Castle Of Astral Benevolence
Chapter 138: Reaching The Castle Of Astral Benevolence
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"Pan Nu, huh…?"
"I know it's a weird name, but that is just what the people who birthed me decided to name me... How about yours?"
"My what?" Azmodeus inquired.
"...Your name… You have one, don't you?"
Pan Nu was really starting to believe that this man was a big, pretty idiot.
Azmodeus realized that he was being judged, but he still decided to respond, "My name is also an unusual one and far more out-of-place than yours."
"Oh yeah? What is it?"
Pan Nu was becoming increasingly curious about what he was talking about, as she even took the time to stop munching.
Azmodeus observed the expectant look in her gaze as he responded, "My name is Azmodeus—Azmodeus the Crimson Devil Lord."
"That really is an odd name, but I kind of like it."
After getting out those words with a small smile on her cute face, she once again got back to munching away at all the desserts on the endless buffet line.
Azmodeus watched the girl eat everything in sight with a satisfied look on her face as he lightly shook his head before taking a seat at a nearby window sill.
He wasted no time and went right to circulating his Elusive Ascension Technique, immediately noticing that the Qi inside of the Astral Leap Locomotive was countless times higher than what he possessed inside his Heaven Exploding Cave Abode, even with all the Formation Rune Array's in the mix.
With this level of Qi absorption, I should be able to break through to the Lunar Ascendancy Realm the moment we reach the Starry Expanse…
Furthermore, my foundation will be beyond impeccable, with no room for flaws.
A slightly content look emerged on his face for a moment before returning to complete neutrality.
After which, he continued circulating his technique while watching the various universes and cosmic constructs pass him by at speeds surpassing the definition of speed.
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Time passed like a raging tsunami as the tides swept anyone around into its everlasting current.
Two weeks forever disappeared from the calendar.
During this past half a month, Azmodeus had managed to perfect his cultivation foundation, and he wasn't the only one, as Nao Long, Yang Hua, and the rest of the girls were able to absorb the outside Starry Qi and progress their cultivation by tremendous degrees!
Nao Long and Yang Hua had successfully broken through to the Early Mahayana Realm, while You Mei, Li Na, and the more industrious Rou Tian made it into the later stages of the Early Mahayana Realm, only a few months away from breathing through to the Middle Mahayana Realm!
On the other hand, Bing Nu Shen made quite a lot of progress into the 1st Stage of Lunar Ascendancy, making her quite the talented genius. And that was still the case when one included the fact that her talent had just broken through the Comet Rank after leaving Prometheus.
And then there was Jue Mei, a mysterious alien cat that had appeared in the Crimson Devil Lord's life from what a group of villagers called 'A rock that fell from the heaven's'.
There was still not much known about this cat, but her undeniable ability to defy talent gaps was definitely a gift, as she had already achieved the Half-Step Lunar Ascendancy Realm in such a short amount of time, putting her neck and neck with the monstrous genius himself!
However, that was only the case in base cultivation, as Azmodeus knew for a fact that he had far more power augmenters than the alien cat, who likely cared not the slightest bit about her combat strength.
Furthermore, he had all his professions to focus on, and that wasn't to mention all the Formations, Runes, and Array's that he was constantly researching outside of progressing in the professions themselves.
All in all, the Unparalleled Crimson Devil Lord still lived up to his title, and even if the cat was some mysterious creature from space, there would be no impeding his advance as the Indefatigable Aberration!
However, all of this was merely the cultivation and combat power-mark improvements of the residents of the Heaven Exploding Cave Abode, completely excluding what was happening on the Astral Leap Locomotive—a train that rapidly neared its destination in the vast void of space.
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"Do you know how much longer it'll be until we get there, Pan Nu?"
A deep and raspy voice resounded inside a luxurious cab of the Astral Leap Locomotive as Azmodeus looked toward a young girl who held a highly intelligent intent within her misty eyes.
Pan Nu turned her apathetic gaze toward the overly handsome man before replying, "We should be there right around-"
CREAK!
"Now."
She finished her words at the same time that the train took an abrupt halt, leaving one side of the windows still at the Train Station, while the other half found itself in an area filled with a wide assortment of luminous mushrooms, all of which lit up the gray and black sky like a place from Pandora!
Azmodeus was a little taken aback by the scenery on the right side of the train as he instantly moved through infinite stretches of space and yet but a mere few feet, all in order to get a better look at what lay outside.
There's no ground in this world… Just a glass screen of sorts… And of course, this glass screen extends out farther than the eye can see.
However, this infinite layer of space seems a little different than most, as there are clouds and stars below this sheet of glass.
Furthermore, there are what appear to be cultivators flying around inside the ground, and their cultivations: unknown…
He looked up from the ground floor and saw nothing except some form of floating blue castle that had its existence fluctuate in and out of reality, along with an untold number of luminously glowing green, yellow, and purple mushrooms, all of which were made of Laws and materials far beyond what a Low-Mortal World could produce.
"So, this is the place that I've heard so much about…"
"Yeah, the castle of Astral Benevolence, along with the Starry Shrooms… I've heard that absorbing a tenth of the essence of one of those things would allow the cultivator to progress straight through the ranks of the Starry Expanse, directly achieving the Moonlit Path Realm!"
"The Moonlit Path Realm!? Really!? To skip the Lunar Ascendancy, Comet's Passage, and Meteor Shower Realm is insane!"
"I know what you mean, but that is just the level of power contained within the Starry Shrooms that the Ten Principality Rulers of the Astral Benevolence Castle use as mere snacks!"
"How do you know so much, senior brother!?"
"Well, I come from the Azure Downfall World, so it's obvious that I would possess a lot more information about the Astral Leap Trial than what you all are privy to!"
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