64: The First Battle Between Magic and Cultivation

North side of the Great Chasm.

Sunday Empire, Scorching Sun sat on the golden throne.

Suddenly, the heavy palace doors were pushed open, and a scout, covered in dust, knelt on the golden carpet.

"Your Majesty!" the scout panted, "In the southern sky... a rift spanning the horizon has appeared! Its edges are wreathed in purple lightning, and inside, star-like misty light surges..."

The Emperor raised his arm, encased in golden armor: "This Emperor already knows. There's no need to worry. The Eternal Night Empire has already sent people. Our most important focus now is to gather our army and prepare to march south against the Dark Radiance rebels."

Although the subordinate was curious how Scorching Sun knew the Eternal Night Empire had already sent people, he dared not ask further.

Scorching Sun's mouth twisted into a ferocious arc: "This time, I will definitely capture that bitch Dawn Moon alive. How dare she rebel? I'll make her wish she were dead."

At the same time, in the Dark Radiance Empire, White Ember stood atop the highest spire, his silver hair wildly blown by the energy storm emanating from the spatial tunnel.

He could feel that the text at the entrance of the spatial tunnel felt the same as the deity who had bestowed upon him the title of Chosen One.

Clearly, this was another arrangement by the deity.

But he did not go, because his scouts had already discovered that Scorching Sun was gathering 200,000 troops. Soon, he would face Scorching Sun in a decisive battle.

He had to win this battle.

He had already promised Dawn Moon that he would help her get revenge.

As long as Scorching Sun was killed, Dawn Moon promised to unlock a few new poses, and he was very much looking forward to it... Inside the council hall of Dragon-Han City, Chen Xu gathered all members of the Spark Society to discuss the matter of the Sky Continent passage.

Su He was the first to break the silence: "I didn't expect the two continents to collide so quickly. We've only been developing for two and a half years!"

Chen Xu's voice was calm: "That's because we've developed too quickly. I speculate that the faster our technology advances, the larger the spatial tunnel will become, until the two continents are completely linked together."

Zhang Ye slammed his hand on the table, making the teacups clatter: "What's there to be afraid of! Our weapons have all been upgraded. We now have fully automatic cannons, mechanical machine guns, steam flamethrowers, distilled bombs, and so on. It's said that the Dwarf Race is building mechanical battle armor. Our combat power is completely capable of self-preservation!"

Chen Xu shook his head: "You know nothing about the power of this world. I am merely an Advanced Magician, yet I can easily wipe out a hundreds-strong cannon squad. If it were a Magister, a single area Spell could turn our entire city, thousands of people, into ashes. What's more, the Eternal Continent has Cultivators who are even more powerful than Magicians. We have no chance of winning."

The council hall was silent, even breathing became clearly audible.

Zhang Ye's face turned ashen: "Ah? So we're that weak. Then what are we producing weapons for? We might as well all learn magic."

Chen Xu gave a bitter smile: "Do you think I don't want to learn? Even someone as smart as me finds it very difficult to Breakthrough, let alone you all. This shows that our Physique is naturally not suited for Cultivating magic."

His gaze suddenly sharpened: "Therefore, we can only find ways to constantly develop new weapons and iterate upgrades! I think our future development direction is magic weapons! No matter how strong a Cultivator is, if we can create hundreds of self-detonating magic drones and continuously bombard them, I believe we can kill them!"

Cheng Xue shook her head repeatedly: "Drones? President Chen, you really dare to dream! In Earth's history, it took 138 years to develop from steam engines to drones. Even if we're faster, it would take at least several decades!"

Chen Xu grinned: "It won't take that long. You forgot, I still have a Titan AI laptop. Its processor is an Intel Ultra 9 275HX, 24 cores and 24 threads, and its graphics card is an NVIDIA RTX 5080 16GB. As long as we can build a stable generator to power up my laptop, then our technological progress will accelerate by a thousandfold! Oh, and my laptop has local AI deployed, so most technical problems can be solved."

Cheng Xue gave a wry smile: "I know nothing about electrical matters. You'll have to find Hu Se Mo for that!"

Hu Zhenxing's face flushed: "Cheng Xue, we're in a meeting, how can you call me by my nickname! How bad an influence is that, ahem, Speaker Chen, don't worry, I'll strive to build you a generator within half a year!"

Hu Zhenxing's glorious feat of bedding ten Human Race female slaves in one night among the Dwarf Race spread throughout Dragon-Han City! Still strong in old age! A pillar of heaven!

Zhang Ye brought the topic back on track: "So, should we send people to check the passage entrance?"

Chen Xu vetoed: "No need. With our current strength, we're not even qualified to be spectators. Let's not go courting death."

Wang Hao objected: "Go! We absolutely must go, especially Chen Xu, Song Nanzhi, and Li Changqing. The three of you must go. I've read some Cultivator novels, and the more intense the clash between strong individuals, the more insight a Cultivator can gain. Perhaps, by observing, the three of you can achieve a Breakthrough."

Chen Xu pondered: "What you say has some truth, but the risk is too high and the benefits are unknown. I cannot die right now, so I won't go."

Song Nanzhi's face flushed: "If Chen Xu doesn't go, I won't go."

Li Changqing laughed loudly: "Haha, I must go. Even if you didn't say anything, I would go. I can finally see true Cultivators. What kind of bullshit magic, I've had enough of it long ago."

Chen Xu nodded: "Alright, Li Changqing, take my Guard Squad and go together."

Li Changqing waved his hand indifferently: "No need, I'll go alone. More people would only get in the way."

Chen Xu said: "Very well, then you go. Perhaps it is your Opportunity."

...Li Changqing rode his warhorse, heading towards the Human Race's largest city, Arcane Royal City.

The Human Race has five great cities: the Alliance capital Arcane Royal City, the port city Tide City, the trade city Golden City, the Holy Land of faith White Tower Holy City, and the mercenary city Blood Pact Fortress. These five cities jointly formed the Human Alliance, existing in a state of both competition and cooperation. Internal competition, external unity, they are the strongest force on the Chaotic Continent.

Rumble!

Suddenly, the spatial tunnel roared!

The Legendary Mage sensed a powerful pressure: "They're here, they're here. Someone's coming from the other side."

All Magisters were tense, and thousands of Gryphon Knights and Black Dragon Knights were all on high alert, ready for battle.

After all, this was the first invasion from another continent in history.

Underworld Song led his nine vice-generals, just stepping out of the tunnel exit.

Hundreds of magic traps instantly activated.

Ice cages shot up from the ground, only to be crushed into ice powder by the invisible Qi barrier three zhang around Underworld Song's body;

Twelve layers of blazing firestorms had just formed, when Underworld Song casually flicked a finger in the air, and the firestorms turned into a sky full of sparks;

The most lethal multi-bladed dimensional cut had just flickered with silver light when it was shattered into spatial ripples by a cold snort from a subordinate behind him.

Underworld Song frowned, "What are these things?! Such idiotic Spells, only Foundation Establishment Cultivators like to play with them."

Underworld Song spread his five fingers, and with a casual gesture, "Break!" All the magic traps shattered.

Even the spatial Restriction blockade set up by Legendary Mage Luo Lan disintegrated.

The Chief Grand Magister of the Magic Council, Claude, looked at the scene before him in disbelief: "Impossible, this is impossible! The other side has no incantations, no magic resonance. They, they are directly rewriting the Law!"