"Thirty-two percent? This is much larger than I thought."
The life radiation all over Joshua's body rose and shrank, making him still on the earth like a red sun embedded in the ground, constantly emitting light and heat to the surroundings. Through this simple and crude induction method, the warrior also It roughly explored part of the essence of the power of steel in the world called Grandia by the system.
If in the Mycroft continent, the free energy that overflowed at the beginning of creation was scattered between heaven and earth and existed in the form of elements, then the creation energy in the world of Grandia is even heavier. They were in ancient times It had condensed into many crystals before and was buried deep in the earth. Joshua scanned the surrounding area with his power and found many small crystal fragments buried under the trees. Most of them came from those who died hundreds of years ago. of strong men.
Of course, the energy in these crystals will gradually dissipate into the atmosphere over time, turning Grandia into an environment similar to Mycroft, but in essence, they are still more 'heavy' forces. The use of these crystals by intelligent life will further accelerate the dispersion step, making the atmosphere full of elemental power. This is why the world of Grandia now looks similar to the world of Mycroft. This is precisely because The reason why many extraordinary beings absorb the power of crystals to practice while they are alive, but after death, all their power dissipates into the heaven and earth.
After finding out the general situation, Joshua began to tentatively absorb these unique free energies in the atmosphere. With his lungs running, he absorbed these special elemental particles into his body and transformed them into his flesh and bones to complete himself. .
The warrior at this time had just arrived from the Mycroft continent. The power in his body was still entirely from the system at the other end of time and space, which was incompatible with the environment of the Grandia world, so he was suppressed and could only release 32% of his power. But now, with every breath, the soldier could clearly see that the system progress bar had begun to loosen, and after a burst of flashing numbers, it rose to 33%.
—As expected.
Seeing this, Joshua couldn't help but smile. Everything was pretty much what he thought. Although he has not fully analyzed the new power of this world, he can slightly liberate his own strength by simply absorbing and assimilating it with common sense.
In this case, there is no need to worry too much.
Standing on the earth, the warrior spread his arms as if embracing the world. Then, he opened his mouth and took a deep breath.
As soon as he took this breath, there was a sound of thunder. Joshua seemed to suck up all the air around him, endlessly swallowing the surrounding free energy, and even the naked eye could see the surrounding wind turning into translucent Ripples surged out with the warrior as the center, and countless bits of fluorescence were also gathered, and then all were sucked into his mouth.
Those who eat meat are strong and courageous, and those who eat grain are skillful and wise. This is the norm in the mortal world, but for extraordinary people, except for the flesh and blood of monsters, no food can bring them strength. The gains may have changed. Most of them absorb the free energy in the atmosphere and supply it to the operation of the extraordinary body.
This is the so-called feeding on Qi and energy. Joshua has already reached this state, but now, he has the momentum to transcend this state.
The elemental energies of different worlds, no matter how similar they are, are essentially different. Swallowing these energies hastily may cause indigestion, which is a major taboo that most extraordinary people need to worry about, but Qiao Xiu Ya does not have this tendency at all. On the contrary, the more he absorbs the power of this world, the more the warrior's body adapts, the greater the power he can exert, and his muscles and bones become stronger, and he evolves to the next level.
He is feeding on this 'heaven and earth', on the essence of this 'world', improving his understanding of all things, so that he can achieve the original power of steel.
This is the Eater of Heaven and Earth, and it is also the path Joshua has chosen for himself to advance into legend.
At the same time, Davian and his party were cautiously walking out of the Forest of Autumn Water, looking at the warriors on the plains in the distance.
Now, Joshua was devouring the free energy around him. The aftermath even affected the forest several kilometers away. The green grass in midsummer suddenly withered and turned yellow, while the vibrant old tree branches There are also fallen leaves falling, and the red sun is completely opposite to before. It seems to be emitting a deathly light towards the surroundings, bringing everything to destruction and end.
"Protected by the ancestral spirit, this..." A capable and strong knight comforted the restless war horse under him. His eyes widened and he exclaimed in a low voice: "Was this heroic spirit a certain demon king during his lifetime?!"
He believed that the warrior was a demon king whose bones were buried here in ancient times and was resurrected as a heroic spirit by the power of the cataclysm.
"No, not necessarily."
Davian first glared angrily, shutting up several other riders who seemed to want to refute, or who were eager to discuss, and then the imposing female knight said softly and cautiously: "This guy just now... he The power released from the body contains the terrifying breath of life, and those shadows of death collapse as soon as they encounter the sun's rays, so they should not be shadows of death."
For a moment, he couldn't think of what to call him, so Davian could only use him instead, but everyone knew who he was talking about.
"It's not a heroic spirit, what is it?" A rider scratched his head. He glanced in the direction of the warrior from a distance, then closed his eyes with some fear. He whispered: "How could such a powerful living being be so powerful?" Will you come to this remote place like ours?"
For some reason, the rider did not dare to look directly at the warrior, even from several kilometers away.
And his statement was agreed by many people. Many people also didn't understand why such a strong man would come to the remote edge of this continent. Whether he belonged to the Shadow of Death or the resisters, he should be there. The core battlefield in the center of the continent or the southwest is appropriate.
"We'd better leave as soon as possible."
After everyone discussed it for a while, the female knight, who had been thinking for a long time, spoke. Davian looked heavy. She restrained the horse under her, looked around at the riders and people on the carriage, and said sternly: "Although the shadows of death have been cleared around, they will not be completely eliminated. After a while, They will be reborn collectively, and if we don’t break out and return to the village quickly now, we will still be in extreme danger.”
This is indeed the case. Today, in the depths of the Autumn Forest, the mist has not completely dissipated. Although it has been severely damaged by the red light, it is rapidly regenerating, and twisted black shadows are also gestating in it, as if it will revive in the next moment. .
As for the terrifying existence in the distance... the female knight did not want to come into contact with the opponent at all. Although he did sweep away a large number of dead shadows, it was as easy as brushing away the dust on the table and saved the people who were besieged. But it was precisely because of the opponent Being so powerful made Davian unable to even think about communicating.
If the other party had good intentions and eliminated those dead shadows, that would naturally be a good thing. But if the other party just did it casually and did not actually notice their group at all, contacting them rashly would be extremely risky. , as long as the opponent waved his hand casually, the entire carriage team might be destroyed.
Even in Davian's view, this person who releases astonishing light and heat like a red sun and is constantly devouring the surrounding energy is probably not a good person. This is not based on rational judgment. The conclusion is rather an instinctive warning of danger. In any case, the kind of aura that can make people feel desperate and irresistible just by looking at it is definitely not something that a kind-hearted person can possess. The other party must have killed it with his own hands. He has killed countless lives and is possessed by endless resentment.
All in all, the further away, the better. This strong man indeed saved a life for each of their group. The descendants of the Astorea family will not forget this, but even if they want to repay, they have to wait until they return the carriage. We will wait until the supplies are safely delivered to the village. After that, it will be up to the strong man to kill or behead him.
Everyone in the carriage team believed this, but just when Davian turned the horse's head and prepared to continue running along the mountain forest path towards their destination, a cry of surprise rang out.
"Sister Dada Davian! Something big, something bad is going to happen!"
He was still the capable and strong man. This fierce man who had fought with the shadow of death before and had no fear now sounded panicked. He even bit his own tongue when he spoke. He was not at all as brave as before.
But no one laughed at him, including the female knight he called his eldest sister.
Because everyone looked behind them in horror.
Just then, the stumbling male voice echoed in the carriage team.
"That, that, he, he's coming!!"
In the distance, Joshua stopped breathing.
This time, he swallowed almost all the free energy and vitality of vegetation within a few kilometers.
The huge and complex energy in Joshua's body was filtered and separated step by step by the extremely pure life force, leaving only a part that the warrior was missing or temporarily unable to understand and analyze. The rest were all assimilated by his life force. , impurities that really cannot be assimilated are burned out and turned into light and heat and expelled from the body.
This time, the full breath of heaven and earth directly pushed Joshua's power release level from 32% to 37%, an increase of a full 5%. This is because the warrior has not officially begun to study and analyze the essential power of this world. Instead, try to make your energy as homogeneous as possible with the world. When Joshua officially starts research, there will undoubtedly be a qualitative leap in this progress bar.
But now is not the time to do this in a hurry. Studying the nature of the world can be done anywhere. Joshua raised his head, his eyes shot out majestic life radiation, and scanned the surrounding land.
The red light swayed through the entire Qiushui Forest in an instant, and everything fell into the warrior's eyes, including of course the horse-drawn carriage team that was about to turn around and leave.
Nodding with satisfaction, he found his goal.
With one step forward, Joshua took the two divine machines suspended behind him and arrived several miles away. The voice was left behind him. The warrior just led out of a long vacuum corridor and arrived at the convoy in a few seconds. the front.
The fighting energy around his body turned, suppressing the surging wind that followed. Joshua looked around at the dumbfounded female knight in the lead, and the panicked riders behind her who seemed to be looking at some terrifying existence, and then spoke in a calm tone. Asked: "Hello, may I ask where this is..."
Female knight: "***, ****?"
After everyone on the other side immediately dismounted and paid a respectful courtesy to him, Joshua discovered a huge problem.
According to the existing structure of Mycroft's common language in mainland China, he was completely unable to understand what the other party's pronunciation and intonation meant.
To put it in layman’s terms, it’s a language barrier.
"... This is a problem." The soldier looked at the scene in front of him, where almost everyone was half-kneeling on the ground, not daring to raise their heads. He couldn't help but rub his forehead with a headache: "I don't know the convenient spell of language... "
And the other side.
After Davian saw the terrifying humanoid being arriving in front of the team from several kilometers away within seconds, he simply gave up all resistance.
How to resist? The aftermath of walking on the opposite side could wipe out all of their group. In this situation, I still think about being hostile to the other side. I am afraid that I was so bold because I broke my brain when I was a child.
Moreover, the female knight's mind was as fast as lightning. She had noticed that the other party deliberately suppressed the aftermath of her rapid advance to prevent them from being harmed. Since she did not kill him immediately and showed such obvious kindness, then this person A humanoid creature that doesn't look like a good person... maybe it really is.
At least they're not evil.
Davian couldn't help but feel ashamed of her previous behavior of relying on instinct to judge the good and evil of the other party, but she still didn't dare to raise her head and look directly at the face opposite. To be honest, the female knight felt that the muscles in her neck were sore. She was now In fact, I was so frightened that I couldn't even move my body, so I could only think about it.
The other riders present were all the same. Everyone, including the horses, knelt down on the ground. This was not a sign of respect, but they were simply too frightened to stand up straight.
Then, they heard this powerful being say something in a gentle tone.
Joshua: "***, ********."
Davian subconsciously replied: "I'm sorry, what are you talking about?"
The next moment, she realized - this strong man didn't understand the language with them!
Could it be that the other party is really some ancient hero and speaks some ancient language
Everyone present also understood this. Unfortunately, they are all knights who wield swords and guns. If you ask them how to kill people and set fires, at least seven or eight different plans will be proposed at that moment. But if you are proficient in ancient linguistics, it is really difficult for these guys who can't even recognize the common language of Grandia continent.
In Davian's careful sight, the unknown strong man opposite frowned, apparently also discovered this. Only then did the female knight see two huge weapons floating behind the opponent. The weapons are a silver-white giant sword and a black-gold giant axe. These two weapons are flashing with flowing fluorescence and automatically suspended in the air. They exude a frightening blood evil spirit, as if they are torn apart. Countless living bodies, drinking their blood.
- This aura is as oppressive as the ancestral holy sword enshrined in the village.
After swallowing, Davian lowered his head again. Although the other party showed some kindness, no one could confirm whether he was a good person, and the female knight did not dare to say anything at all.
But then, a gentle but undeniable force lifted everyone's half-kneeling bodies.
Standing in front of the team, Joshua asked everyone to stand up. He didn't know how to solve the language problem for a while, so he could only go to the next step directly.
"Since there are people, there will be a place to live. This carriage team is rushing through the mountains and forests, and it must be in a hurry to return to the gathering place."
The warrior's mind was quick, and he deduced a lot of information from the actions of Davian and his group: "When they saw me, everyone was extremely respectful. This means that people with extraordinary strength like me also exist in this world. Look at this With a skilled appearance, it seems that there are quite a few of them, or you can see them every day."
The language barrier is only temporary. With Joshua's current level of strength and brain development, it only takes a few days to learn a new language. If someone teaches him, the speed will be even faster. The warrior believes that as long as he follows this group of people to the gathering place of humans in this world, he will soon know and master most of the information about this world.
The body slowly floated in the air. Joshua watched the riders under him sit back on their horses in surprise. They seemed to be hesitating whether to return to their hometown along the original road. What if they were stared at by such a strong man? Even if their village has a protective card and can fight against the warriors, it will still cause a lot of casualties.
The warrior understands this and waits for his opponent to make a decision
"Hesitate, what are you doing!"
It was Davian who made the decision first. The female knight gritted her teeth and rebuked: "The Astorea family is not a coward who looks forward and backward. You all know that with his strength, it is only a matter of time before he finds our village. Look. His previous actions didn’t seem like he was trying to drive away the demon king, so just go back like this, anyway—”
Before he finished speaking, everyone nodded silently.
Anyway, the village is not completely helpless.
So, amid the shouts, the carriage team started on the road again, and the soldiers followed naturally, heading into the distance in the darkness.
The wind howled.
On the other side of the continent, in the extremely dark forest, a red-haired girl with dragon wings suddenly opened her eyes from her sleep.
She looked at the robe on her body that began to glow with a faint cyan light in surprise, and endless thoughts flashed through her heart.
This is the first time since the light beam moved that this ancestral robe has shown its extraordinary features. The cyan light is like the fluctuation of the heart, exuding endless sacred power and breath of life.
The girl had a premonition.
This change is absolutely different from the past.
On the other side, Joshua, who was flying in the air, raised his right hand thoughtfully and pressed it on his heart. The azure orb was stirring due to an inexplicable throbbing, sending out waves of energy. The pure power of order and vitality, this sacred and gentle aura made the members of the carriage team under him raise their heads from time to time, and their eyes changed from the fear and alertness at the beginning to no longer so wary.
The warrior took out the mirror given by Pope Eagle from his arms.
The light flickered.
It is located in the west.
Asking for a monthly pass at the beginning of the month!
5200 words, revise the vocabulary later
(End of chapter)