No wonder Old Bird couldn't believe it. The elite team's strength, levels, and equipment were far beyond what Chen Guan's group could match. Even they couldn't kill a Legendary-grade Mystical Spirit, so the idea that a few newcomers like Chen Guan could do it seemed unrealistic.
Without the Cheerleader's Soul, even with Rouge the rabbit, Chen Guan's team truly wouldn't have succeeded.
In the battle against the Water Burial Buddha, Rouge wasn't the key factor—the most crucial role belonged to Qin Ziyu.
According to Qin Ziyu, he had entered an incredibly profound state where his entire consciousness seemed to open up, making the world appear completely different to him.
In that state, the Purple-Green Dual Qi Profound Skill within his body achieved perfect harmony between yin and yang, blending hardness and softness into one, unleashing unimaginable power. It somewhat resembled the chaotic energy effect produced when the Purple-Green Dual Qi Profound Skill reached its highest level.
Feeling omnipotent in that state, Qin Ziyu could perceive even the subtlest changes, and the Primordial Energy he unleashed became indestructible.
At that moment, Qin Ziyu felt like a god.
But the state didn't last long. Later, no matter how hard he tried, Qin Ziyu couldn't re-enter it. After examining his attributes and techniques, he found no differences from before, so he could only consider it a temporary explosion of life potential.
It was like how a woman who normally struggles to lift a bucket might flip over a car to save her child, displaying unimaginable strength.
Because within the Cheerleader's Soul talent information, a top-secret archive had appeared.
Currently, this archive only contained one entry.
Top-Secret State—The Limitless Extreme: No limits, no boundaries, no form. Yin and yang indistinguishable, encompassing all things. Formless, imageless, soundless, colorless, beginningless, endless—this is The Limitless Extreme.
The Limitless Extreme was the state Qin Ziyu had comprehended and entered. However, this state surpassed life's limits, making it difficult to control at will. Even Qin Ziyu himself couldn't re-enter it without the Cheerleader's Soul's encouragement.
Yet Chen Guan could directly experience The Limitless Extreme state through the top-secret archive of Cheerleader's Soul.
When activating The Limitless Extreme, Chen Guan's attributes didn't change, but he felt as if he had merged with all creation—as if he were the universe and the universe were him. His Primordial Energy became extremely pure, capable of encompassing everything, with all chaotic energies blending seamlessly into something indestructible. ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ novel⸺fire.net
His reaction and perception abilities also reached a wondrous level—hard to describe, but significantly stronger than usual.
Since Chen Guan hadn't comprehended The Limitless Extreme himself, he couldn't fully grasp its meaning when using it, making it impossible to utilize 100% of its power. He could only explore it gradually.
The advantage was he could activate it anytime, already surpassing Qin Ziyu, who had originally comprehended the state.
Chen Guan felt The Limitless Extreme's greatest strength was its inclusiveness. Normally, the Purple-Green Dual Qi from the Purple-Green Dual Qi Profound Skill required reaching the pinnacle to achieve yin-yang unity.
With The Limitless Extreme, the Purple-Green Dual Qi could instantly unite, essentially allowing premature access to the technique's ultimate effect. That's how Qin Ziyu managed to kill the Water Burial Buddha in one strike.
Unfortunately, Chen Guan didn't possess the Purple-Green Dual Qi Profound Skill, so entering The Limitless Extreme couldn't produce Qin Ziyu's chaotic sword energy.
There were drawbacks but also advantages. Normally, even with multiple techniques, one could only use one at a time.
But in The Limitless Extreme state, multiple techniques could be combined. If he obtained both yin and yang techniques, the result might rival the Purple-Green Dual Qi Profound Skill.
However, techniques were hard to find. The portion of The Epang Scripture copied from the seven-treasure glazed tree remained unusable, and they hadn't picked the seven Seven Treasures Glazed Fruits.
Not because they didn't want to, but because according to the tree's records, the fruits weren't ripe yet. Picking them now would drastically reduce their effects—even eating all seven wouldn't increase their levels.
Based on the tree's information, the fruits should ripen in a few months, so they decided to return then for harvesting.
Old Bird had gone mad, so Chen Guan gave him a quick death, burying the body in a pit.
The group continued onward, heading toward the next Legendary-grade Mystical Spirit's location.
The Epang Scripture was divided into six parts. According to Wang Lian, after killing the Water Burial Buddha, their next target was the Tomb Lord.
The Tomb Lord resided in Shituo Forest, which Chen Guan had visited before. Essentially, the Tomb Lord was a Shituo—or rather, the master of Shituo Forest—but no ordinary one. He could be called the King of Shituos.
However, when they arrived at Shituo Forest, they found human cultivators guarding the only path in.
"The elite team is handling business here. Go somewhere else," the guarding cultivator shouted at Chen Guan's group before they could approach.
Exchanging glances, they knew the elite team's numbers gave them an advantage. At their current strength, challenging them wouldn't be wise.
Yet they had no choice—they needed to kill the Tomb Lord.
"Let's level up first, then return. Maybe they'll be gone by then," Qin Ziyu suggested after some thought.
"Agreed." Chen Guan saw no need to rush into conflict with the elite team.
Just as they prepared to leave, hoofbeats suddenly echoed from Shituo Forest. Turning, they saw a young woman in red armor leading seven or eight people charging out.
Chen Guan recognized her as Ji Nanhong, leader of the elite team.
But Ji Nanhong's expression was grim, and her followers looked equally unsettled.
"Retreat... everyone retreat now!" Ji Nanhong shouted while sprinting.
Behind them, hordes of Shituos surged from the forest like stampeding beasts—too many to count.
"Oh no... run!" Chen Guan's group paled.
One-on-one, Chen Guan with Rouge could challenge a Legendary-grade Mystical Spirit. But against thousands of mystical spirits, even Rouge couldn't save him.
Realizing the danger, Qin Ziyu and the others turned to flee.
But before they could run, Shituos emerged from the trees along their path, blocking their escape. Countless Shituos flooded in from all directions.
These weren't just ordinary Shituos—many were mutated variants.