147: Chapter 146 The Gap in Strength

Chapter 146: Strength Gap (3 updates, asking for monthly votes)

Whenever these senior experts spoke, they always liked to make their words sound profoundly mysterious, as if it were best if no one could understand them at all.

Sun Po felt exactly this way right now, but he also roughly understood that whatever Zhuang Zhou dreamed seemed to materialize into reality at different moments.

The Zhuang Zhou before him was also a dream of the Primordial Daoist Ancestor Zhuang Zhou, but it could also be said that the Primordial Daoist Ancestor Zhuang Zhou was a dream of the Card Maker Zhuang Zhou. However, most importantly, the Card Maker Zhuang Zhou before him had just said:

"This old man's exclusive talent is borrowing the power that appears in different dreams. I must thank the little friend for providing this old man with top-quality dream material!"

Sun Po no longer dared to imagine just how devious this old man's exclusive talent was.

It was hard to imagine that there truly existed an exclusive talent like wishes coming true in this world.

Furthermore, it was likely a wish coming true that had lasted for who knows how many years.

Judging by Zhuang Zhou's tone, it seemed these Zhuang Zhous in the dreams were aware of each other's existence and could even dream of one another. Doesn't that mean that from the Primordial Daoist Ancestor Zhuang Zhou until now, countless dream Zhuang Zhous had been born? Some of these Zhuang Zhous were Daoist ancestors, some were swordsmen, and some were mages. But none of that mattered; what mattered was that because they had all appeared in the dreams of the Card Maker Zhuang Zhou before him, could the Card Maker Zhuang Zhou use the power of all Zhuang Zhous?

Even more terrifyingly, Tianhong, [Seven-Star Killing Might], and [Demon Gods Mighty Power] were none of the powers mastered by the Card Maker Zhuang Zhou, and other Zhuang Zhous had probably never mastered such power either. Yet, the Card Maker Zhuang Zhou before him had merely seen such power, fallen head over heels to sleep, and could directly remanifest this power.

Furthermore, even with [Overlord Xiang Yu] using the power of two demon god phantoms—meaning those dark red beams of light—they only had the power of two strikes. But ever since Zhuang Zhou and he started chatting in his own mind, Sun Po had watched with his own eyes as that dark red beam of light had already blasted dozens of times. Each time the dark red beam of [Demon Gods Mighty Power] bombarded Jinshan Temple on the opposite bank, ripples would form, and then it would return to its original state. However, as the frequency of the bombardment grew faster and faster, Jinshan Temple had been completely beaten into a patch of incessantly shattering golden ripples, utterly unable to recover.

Having bombarded for a full ten minutes just like that, Sun Po vaguely felt that Jinshan Temple seemed to be getting closer and closer to him.

This bombardment seemed endless, and Sun Po had already lost count of how many times it had blasted. Deep suspicion had now arisen in his heart.

Impossible! How could such an absurd exclusive talent exist under the heavens?

[Overlord Xiang Yu] could only blast out two strikes, yet by taking a nap he could continuously bombard for nearly half an hour?

Can this pirated version be so much stronger than the original? This is unreasonable!

Suddenly, Sun Po reacted to something and asked:

"Senior Zhuang Zhou, you previously said that when the gap in Card Maker tiers is too large, one's spiritual space is extremely easily invaded. I wonder if Senior can tell this junior what tier Senior's Card Maker rank is? So that this junior can pay more attention in the future."

Sun Po felt that this old man's Card Maker tier probably far exceeded his own; otherwise, he shouldn't have such an exaggerated performance. After Sun Po's unspoken thoughts, however, there was no response for a long time.

Sun Po asked doubtfully: "Senior?"

"I am here. I was just thinking about how to phrase it, since I haven't remembered this matter for a long time."

After a brief pause, Zhuang Zhou's voice sounded again: "The tier between me and you should differ by about thirty Ace Card Makers? Well, no, that's not right, around thirty-five, I suppose."

Long silence: "?????"

Ace Card Maker. In his entire life, Sun Po had only ever seen one living Ace Card Maker, and that was Yin Tianzheng, but he was the head of the military's Thunder Department! Other than that, Ranger Xuanyuan's strength was unknown and hard to judge.

In other words, an Ace Card Maker was already enough to serve as a commander of a sector in the military.

Yet this Zhuang Zhou said that there were thirty-five Ace Card Makers between him and himself?!

But judging by Zhuang Zhou's performance in actual combat, it was probably very likely true.

Sun Po asked in his heart: "In other words, Senior's tier is a Titled Card Maker?"

Zhuang Zhou yawned and said: "A title? More than a hundred years ago, the Card Association gave me some title like 'Master Nanhua', but I don't like it very much. Just call me Zhuang Zhou. A title is merely the beginning of seeing this world clearly."

"Little friend, you are still a bit too weak. When you are slightly stronger, this old man will come find you again."

Sun Po felt inexplicable shock. He was already capable of destroying a secret realm, yet in this old man's mouth, he was still too weak.

Zhuang Zhou continued: "This inner domain is merely a hotbed. Have you seen that [Wenchang Star] over there bending over and waiting for this old man? According to the terminology of the inner domain, it should be called a monster? This [Wenchang Star] is also a [Gold 5-Star] monster, but it is still nothing out of the ordinary in the outer domains."

Sun Po had long been mentally prepared for the high combat power of the outer domains, so he wasn't surprised. After all, he now possessed two gold cards himself.

However, he keenly noticed Zhuang Zhou's wording: monsters?

Could it be that these monsters in the outer domains were not monsters? And why would outer domain Card Makers mix with monsters?

It truly was labyrinthine and confusing. But were [Gold 5-Star] entities in the outer domains just ordinary?

One must know that Sun Po should find dealing with a [Gold 5-Star] monster very strenuous, and perhaps might not even be able to defeat it at all.

Because unlike gray to orange, every single star after the gold quality meant a huge gap in strength—not just in terms of raw power strength, but also involving other things. It was hard to turn the tables relying on just one or two powerful skills or traits.

Zhuang Zhou's voice sounded again: "However, this level is indeed too early for you, a little friend who has just stepped onto the path of a Card Maker. This old man is also curious, how is it that you, an elementary Card Maker, can possess cards at the level of ancient deities and chaotic demon god inheritors? Especially this Demon Gods Mighty Power, which can actually abruptly affect a higher dimension. Truly astonishing."

"But do you know how many people's schemes were ruined by your huge commotion?"

Sun Po answered honestly: "I do not know."

How could he possibly know?

He was just a civilian Card Maker from a small city, a poor kid who hadn't even finished the Gaokao. He had only come for the secret realm core, thinking to make a windfall profit. How could he have foreseen such a freakish thing?

Zhuang Zhou chuckled a few times: "You will know soon enough. With such a commotion, those old fellows behind the scenes should also be unable to help reaching out."

Sun Po recalled the four words mentioned earlier by Zhuang Zhou and that [Wenqu Star]—the struggle of red and white.

The struggle of red and white? Who was red? Who was white? And what were these two fighting over?

Suddenly, he felt this term was somewhat familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere before.

Suddenly, a flash of lightning seemed to cross his mind, and he became suddenly enlightened.

"[Mandate Dragon and Snake]?! Liu Jianren?!"