63: Chapter 63 The Power of the Nine Revolutions Law!
Time is a merciless carving knife...
By the age of thirty, Jiang Chuan already possessed three Monarch Grade Spirit Beasts, becoming the most promising Beast Tamer in the Dragon Kingdom.
At forty, with seven Monarch Grade beasts, he ventured into the Menghala Desert alone. In a single night, he slaughtered a hundred Monarch Grade Demonic Beasts and countless others below that rank. Upon his return, he rested for three days before reviving with full vigor to follow his seniors into the Endless Sea Region...
Back when he was young, no matter where he ventured, he only needed a good sleep and a hearty meal to feel full of energy again...
He had fought countless battles in his life, defeating unknown numbers of enemies alongside these old friends.
In the beginning, he didn't take the enemy known as 'aging' seriously at all...
Back then, when he heard his seniors lamenting how heartless time was, he would always smile indifferently, thinking they were overthinking things...
But... when this enemy truly stood before him, he finally understood that deep sense of powerlessness...
At fifty, he possessed eight peak Monarchs, but his mental strength could no longer support the release of a ninth contract. Consequently, he gave up on contracting a ninth Spirit Beast...
At sixty, he still hadn't reached the Ninth Revolution. Watching others step into the ranks of the Ninth Revolution one after another, Jiang Chuan no longer possessed his former high spirits...
When others started calling him 'Grandpa,' and when his seniors passed away one by one... he finally felt fear toward this enemy that grew stronger with every passing year...
But time stops for no one...
When he began to pray for time to pass more slowly, his inner drive began to dissipate...
And for some reason, his strongest first contract no longer obeyed his commands...
Ten years passed just like that—ten muddled years. He was seventy this year. He had thought he would die in regret, ending a life that was both frantic and helpless, until the figure of a young man appeared in his sight...
The arrogance and unbridled nature on that young man's face brought a deep sense of shock even to an old man with one foot in the grave like him...
What was even more inconceivable was that the boy actually possessed something he had dreamed of his entire life—the Saint Spirit Level!
Jiang Chuan felt as if he could already see the end of his own era, like a wave dying on the shore...
He had come to guard the Eastern Region alone this time precisely because he didn't want others to see the dejection on his face...
He wanted one last moment of madness, to reignite his spirit at the end of his life, even if it meant dying in battle right here!
So, the moment he saw the Fire Jiao Saint Emperor emerge from the starry vortex, he felt a flicker of instinctive fear. But following that fear, the youthful spirit he had lost for many years surged into his heart. At that same moment, he broke through his bottleneck...
Ninth Revolution...
His long-coveted dream of the Ninth Revolution was realized in this instant...
An aged Ninth Revolution dream...
Simultaneously, his first contract, which hadn't responded to him for over a decade, finally broke through the peak Monarch Grade and stepped into the Saint Spirit Level!
...
Up ahead, the Fire Jiao Saint Emperor's giant lava claw lunged toward Jiang Chuan's position!
The power of this claw was enough to tear through space, and the air was scorched until a layer of white mist rose!
Jiang Chuan raised his head. His originally aged face actually looked a few years younger at this moment as he spoke slowly:
"Die."
Almost instantly, a crack was torn open in the obscure formation diagram behind him!
A powerful pressure poured out instantly, actually freezing the Fire Jiao Saint Emperor in place!
Within the crack of the formation diagram stood a divine existence...
Its body was as towering as a mountain, and its blue-gold scales shimmered with a radiance that seemed to flow with the sun, moon, and stars...
The head of the Qilin Saint Emperor had two horns, their bases as thick as ancient trees. As its lips moved, one could faintly see sharp fangs exuding a holy majesty...
Its pair of pure golden eyes looked through the crack at the Fire Jiao Saint Emperor outside.
*Crack.*
The sky full of fire was extinguished instantly!
The Fire Jiao Saint Emperor's massive body actually began to fracture inch by inch...
Chu Ran watched this scene, feeling a cold sweat break out on his back!
One look!
With just a single glance!
A Saint Spirit Grade Demonic Beast died just like that before it could even react...
There wasn't even a slight possibility of resurrection...
The Fire Jiao Saint Emperor was a Saint Spirit Grade Demonic Beast after all! Although Turtle and the Mosquito Emperor could have surrounded and killed it quickly, they couldn't have done it this fast...
The aura of that terrifying Spirit Beast within the formation diagram was even above Chu Ran's two Saint Spirit Level beasts!
Fortunately, this pressure only lasted for a moment...
After the Fire Jiao Saint Emperor died, that terrifying aura dissipated instantly, and the Qilin within the formation returned to a Saint Spirit Level aura. Only then was the aura it emitted similar to that of the Fire Jiao Saint Emperor from just now...
Is this the Power of Laws?
Chu Ran was already filled with shock. It could actually multiply the combat power of a Spirit Beast that had just entered the Saint Spirit Level by several times. Although it was only for an instant, it was truly heaven-defying, directly insta-killing another Saint Spirit Level!
However, the price was also heavy...
A few more wrinkles appeared on Jiang Chuan's already aged face, and his few remaining black hairs all turned white. He looked as if he had aged another ten years...
The Power of Laws on his body dissipated, and his aura returned to the Peak Eighth Turn...
...
A hint of serenity appeared on Jiang Chuan's face. He finally understood that he could have stepped into the Ninth Revolution a long time ago...
The Qilin Saint Emperor had already touched that Saint Spirit barrier many years ago...
It was just that he had lost himself in his obsession, losing the confidence that belonged uniquely to a Beast Tamer...
This caused the Qilin to wait for over a decade...
Although he had aged considerably again, Jiang Chuan's face didn't have the previous distress; instead, it held a bit more open-mindedness.
"If time could go back, I'd really like to be fifty years younger and fight alongside you once..." Jiang Chuan looked at Chu Ran nearby and smiled.
"You are at the prime age for striving, Senior," Chu Ran said calmly, a smile appearing on his face.
This bit of humor made Jiang Chuan let out a raspy chuckle.
"Tell me secretly, was I cool just now?" Jiang Chuan leaned toward Chu Ran's ear, acting like a child waiting for praise.
"Too cool! I'm no match for you," Chu Ran said, but his eyes were fixed intently on the Fire Jiao Saint Emperor's corpse.
Jiang Chuan noticed this and shook his head helplessly: "I know what you're thinking..."
"Oh..." Chu Ran raised an eyebrow: "Then..."
"Go take it."
"Got it!"
Chu Ran ran fast, soon digging out a fist-sized fiery red stone from the Fire Jiao Saint Emperor's corpse.
The Fire Jiao Saint Emperor's Demon Core!
"This kid is quite the little money-grubber," Wang Mo joked as he walked up to support Jiang Chuan.
A trace of a smile appeared on Jiang Chuan's face: "He's a child; they're all like this, full of curiosity about everything..."
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