407: Insane optimization! The power of the Five Ancestral Witches!

Just as Chen Heng was fighting for his life, the entire Great Liang was plunged into chaos.

The celestial phenomenon didn't just affect the small area of the capital, but the entire world was enveloped in endless darkness.

And the faint light in that darkness was Bai Jun and the Xuan Alliance members rushing frantically towards Qiyang City.

"What... what exactly happened?"

Hua Luandao turned his head to look at the giant eyeball in the sky, his head buzzing.

He prided himself on his extensive knowledge, having seen all sorts of celestial phenomena, but this level... no, this was no longer a celestial phenomenon; this was a precursor to the end of the world!

"Big Brother Chen never told you about this, did he?"

Bai Jun, holding the Buddha's alms bowl, turned to look at Hua Luandao.

"Elder Hua, you'd best not look at that thing anymore. Don't you feel your life and Soul being devoured?"

"What?" Hua Luandao immediately sensed his body and realized that Bai Jun was indeed right.

"Juner, what exactly did that boy Chen Heng tell you?"

"And is it related to that thing?" Qiu Yongling caught up to Bai Jun, and they flew side by side.

"Of course it's related, and..." Bai Jun hesitated, unsure if telling them about this was a good or bad thing.

"Forget it, even if we die, we should at least die knowing why."

Bai Jun sighed and explained the Ultimate Return and the root.

"So, that boy Chen Heng is now facing the root you spoke of?"

After hearing Bai Jun's words, everyone's hair stood on end.

They hadn't felt much before, as all the pressure from the root projection had fallen on Chen Heng alone.

"It shouldn't be. The root is suppressed on the Yin Side of the World by the world-suppressing nail."

Bai Jun shook his head; that thing shouldn't be the root... right?

"Wait, what is the Yin Side of the World?" Elder Yang suddenly felt that the world had become incredibly strange, as if he were a fool who knew nothing.

And his juniors, his younger generation, seemed to be bearing the pressure concerning the survival of the entire world.

"Wu Man and the others are people from the Yin Side of the World." Bai Jun explained that the world was divided into Yin and Yang sides.

After hearing this, everyone fell silent.

Their Thirty-Six Xuanmen had always prided themselves on cultivating the Dao for the common people.

But Bai Jun's words had hit them hard, waking them up.

What were they doing for the common people? They were just a bunch of ignorant, foolish insects.

"Juner, you... you always knew about these things?" Qiu Yongling hadn't expected her disciple to be under such immense pressure.

"Yes, I've always known." But Bai Jun didn't look like he was under any pressure, seeming to not take it seriously at all.

"Don't worry, with Big Brother Chen here, there's nothing that can't be solved."

"..." Everyone was at a loss for words. Was this boy so trusting of Chen Heng?

This was the root; just by its name, it wasn't something a Mortal could face directly.

"No matter how strong that boy Chen Heng is, he absolutely cannot face the root alone!"

Elder Yang frowned, looking back at the constantly shaking capital.

He seemed to have just seen a figure rush towards the eyeball in the sky... was it an illusion?

"Don't worry, I don't know about other things, but Big Brother Chen has never lost!"

Bai Jun's eyes lit up whenever Chen Heng was mentioned, looking completely like a devoted fan.

"Yes, Chen Heng has indeed never lost!"

Hua Luandao and Qiu Yongling nodded simultaneously, agreeing with Bai Jun's words.

"No, the Xuan Alliance cannot stand idly by in such a matter!" Elder Yang shook his head.

"Even if we hide behind that boy Chen Heng, we must help him."

"Letting a child face such a thing for us, do you still want your old faces?"

"Child?" The Xuan Alliance members were all stunned to hear this.

"It seems true, Chen Heng is only seventeen this year, isn't he?"

"He's not even as old as my son..."

"My grandson is twenty..."

Only now did they realize that the figure facing the root projection was only seventeen years old.

"There's only one thing we need to do now, and that's to move Qiyang City. This is what Big Brother Chen entrusted to me."

"Good!" The Xuan Alliance members nodded, without any unnecessary words.

Going back now would only cause trouble; doing what Chen Heng asked was the biggest help they could give him... In the capital, Chen Heng looked up directly at the root projection in the sky.

【Pure Power → Pure Power (+1)】

【Pure Power (+1) → Pure Power (+2)】

【Pure Power (+2) → Pure Power (+3...+6)】

【Please select Optimization branch...】

As the Optimization count rapidly depleted, Chen Heng's Aura grew stronger.

Gradually, just the Qi emanating from him pressured the ground until it cracked!

Chen Heng was not only Optimizing himself but also the ancestor shaman totem behind him.

【ancestor shaman totem (0%) → ancestor shaman totem (5%) → ancestor shaman totem (10%) → ... ancestor shaman totem (100%)】

【Second ancestor shaman totem activated, gaining Power of the Ancestral Witch 'Ancestral Shaman of Water'】

A phantom with a python head and human body, clad in black scales, treading on a black Dragon, and with a green python wrapped around his arm, emerged from behind Chen Heng. It was precisely Ancestral Shaman of Water, who had furiously crashed into Buzhou Mountain!

【Currently seizing the 'Water' Power of the world, please wait...】

【Water Power successfully stripped, Power of the Ancestral Witch 'Ancestral Shaman of Water' successfully activated!】

Looking at the more than five thousand remaining Optimization counts, Chen Heng grinned.

"Continue!"

【Host, please note, continuous Optimization will place a huge burden on your body. Do you wish to continue Optimization?】

"My body is mine to command, keep going!"

【Please select Optimization branch...】

"Why, why?" Helian Jinming couldn't understand why Chen Heng was still getting stronger.

And... he felt as if something had disappeared from the supreme being?

That thing seemed to have appeared on Chen Heng!

"You dare to seize my authority again!"

The root projection's previously emotionless tone finally changed; he seemed to have fallen into a state of frenzy.

"Shut up! I'm taking what's yours!"

Chen Heng spat a mouthful of phlegm at the sky, but unfortunately, it didn't hit the root projection.

"Just you wait! I'll drag you down and kill you right away!"

As the Optimization count became fewer and fewer, Chen Heng also stopped Optimizing.

It wasn't for any other reason, but simply that his body really couldn't take it anymore.

He had continuously activated five Power of the Ancestral Witch, namely, Ancestral Shaman of Water, ancestral shaman of fire, Ancestral Shaman of Wood, Jumang, Ruzhu, and Houtu.

The Five Elements Power of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth were now all in Chen Heng's hands.

There was also the strengthening of his body; after five rounds of branch selection, Chen Heng's path of pure power had reached its sixth branch.

"Watch closely, stare with your eyes wide open!"

Chen Heng's blood vessels bulged all over his body, and his eyes were bloodshot.

"See how I drag you down from the sky and crush you today!"