CHAPTER 480: CHAPTER 462 WATCHER

The Thunder God Universe Light Saber is a divine treasure; if it were placed in the outside world, cutting through rock and earth would be like slicing tofu.

However, within the divine spirit ore vein, the Thunder God Universe Light Saber can only leave a faint mark on this rock and earth.

The hardness of this rock and earth is almost equivalent to that of a divine treasure!

Such terrifying hardness can only be mined by beings above the Celestial God Realm. For those in the Mixed Universe Realm, even using a divine treasure, breaking off a piece of rock is as difficult as ascending to the heavens.

Wang Xu did not use his full strength with this strike; he merely wanted to test the hardness of this rock and earth.

Then, he increased his force, and the Thunder God Universe Light Saber suddenly pierced into the rock and earth, reaching nearly half a meter deep.

The physical strength of the Hundred Generations Celestial God played its role, making it extremely easy for Wang Xu to cut through the rock and earth.

"Hmm?"

Others seemed to notice Wang Xu’s unusualness, their gazes subtly glancing towards him.

Wang Xu also discreetly glanced around and found that their strength could not compare to his. They could only pierce a little over ten centimeters deep and found it extremely difficult to break a piece of rock.

In contrast, Wang Xu, with the support of the Hundred Generations Celestial God’s physical body, exhibited force far more powerful than those around him.

Wang Xu continued with another strike.

But after penetrating a little more than ten centimeters this time, the strike could progress no further.

Wang Xu chose to hide his strength.

Before figuring out the whole situation, he could not reveal all his trump cards, or it would only invite disaster upon himself.

Wang Xu understood this well.

Seeing that Wang Xu’s strength appeared normal like theirs, the others only then withdrew their gazes slightly and focused on mining.

In the mine tunnel, it was so quiet that only the tinkling sounds were left.

After a long time.

"Why don’t you use secret techniques?"

Wang Xu asked aloud.

After observing for such a long time, he noticed that none of those present used secret techniques; they were all simply relying on physical strength to excavate the ore vein.

Seeing this bizarre scene, Wang Xu dared not use secret techniques either, choosing to follow them in using only physical strength.

But eventually, after weighing the situation, he asked this question.

"Hmph!"

A cold snort came, with an intense gaze directed at Wang Xu.

It was a middle-aged man with a scarred face and fierce eyes.

He was the strongest among all the laborers present, having reached the peak of the Initial Celestial God Realm.

"Shut up immediately!"

The young man in white robes urgently whispered, "This is a divine spirit ore vein. If you use secret techniques, it will cause the divine stones to dissolve, lowering their grade, and ruin the ore veins! If it attracts the watcher because of this, none of us will escape the consequences!"

Only then did Wang Xu understand.

"Where are you from?"

Seeing Wang Xu had understood, the scarred middle-aged man’s expression slightly softened as he asked.

"Red Sun Divine Continent,"

Wang Xu answered.

"Red Sun Divine Continent? Is it a small continent? I’ve never heard of such a divine continent. Have you?"

The crowd shook their heads.

"That’s right, it’s a small continent, but it is my hometown. Red Sun Divine Continent is now beset by war, and I must leave here as soon as possible. Do you have any methods?"

Wang Xu inquired.

The crowd fell silent upon hearing this.

Moments later.

"No way out,"

The scarred middle-aged man sighed, "I’ve been here the longest and have inquired numerous times, but the result is that besides defeating the watcher, there is no way to leave here."

"Take my advice: focus on cultivating. Once you ascend to the Hundred Generations Celestial God, perhaps there will be a glimmer of hope to leave here."

The crowd silently lowered their heads, their expressions desolate.

They had also been here for quite some time and had attempted to find a way to leave.

But the result was the same as the middle-aged man’s: other than advancing to the Hundred Generations Celestial God and defeating the watcher, there was no way to leave here.

"Are you really planning to wait here for a hundred law eras?"

Wang Xu felt unwilling.

This place was not the outside world, with no cultivation resources or secret techniques to aid them, only the primordial Qi of heaven and earth available for their cultivation.

At such a cultivation pace, after a hundred law eras, they might still not be able to advance and break through!

Moreover, after a hundred law eras, Celestial God Realm beings must face the Hundred Generations Thunder Tribulation. By that time, apart from enduring the thunder tribulation and becoming a true Hundred Generations Celestial God, the only path left is to be struck and disappear completely in the tribulation.

"What’s the use of unwillingness? You don’t know; tens of thousands of years ago, when you hadn’t been captured here yet, this ’cage’ was filled entirely with peak Initial Celestial Gods!"

The middle-aged man’s gaze turned nostalgic, "Each one of them was a genius from various divine continents, exceptional in strength, and I was merely at the bottom here."

"But even with such a group of people uniting to face the watcher, they were all completely annihilated in the end by the watcher!"

"I was only able to escape with my life because of my weak strength, which disqualified me from participating."

A somber atmosphere spread.

Wang Xu also fell silent.

From the scarred face of the middle-aged man, it was clear that he was once a genius, a favored son of heaven, basked in the admiration and praise of countless people.

But now, he had fallen to such a state, becoming a laborer without freedom, stripped of everything.

This is reality.

"How strong is the Watcher?"

Wang Xu inquired.

"Very strong, extremely strong!"

The middle-aged man’s eyes trembled, "Initially, one of our leaders chose to challenge the Watcher alone, but the Watcher found individual challenges troublesome, so he let them all attack at once. In the end, the Watcher annihilated them completely with a single strike, leaving no room for resistance."

"To challenge the Watcher, you can use secret techniques, use any means, while the Watcher can only use his physical strength... We originally thought it was a challenge we were confident in, but who would have known that the Watcher’s physical strength was far greater than we imagined, and our leader paid with his life because of it."

The middle-aged man’s expression was bleak, full of desolation.

Only physical strength?

Wang Xu pondered internally.

This was a very crucial factor.

He was unlike the others here, who could safely cultivate the "Nine Transition Body Refining" and gradually become stronger to eventually challenge the Watcher.

The time required for that would be counted in at least tens of thousands of years.

Wang Xu couldn’t afford that time!

The Imperial Extreme Divine Sect was still waiting for him to go to the Buddha Transformation Divine Continent for reinforcements. If he couldn’t return within a hundred years, the Imperial Extreme Divine Sect would be annihilated again by the alliance of two Divine Sects.

A hundred years was too short, merely traveling would take decades, and if he spent decades here, Wang Xu would never see the Imperial Extreme Divine Sect again.

Therefore, Wang Xu had to challenge the Watcher quickly.

"If it’s only using physical strength, maybe I can give it a try..."

Cultivating the "Emperor’s Extreme Divine Suppression Record" to the Second Realm, Wang Xu’s physical body was comparable to a top Hundred Generations Celestial God. If he could break through to the Third Realm, perhaps Wang Xu could achieve an even greater leap, possibly even reaching the power of an Eternal Generations Celestial God.

The fantasies were infinitely beautiful, but to cultivate the "Emperor’s Extreme Divine Suppression Record," constant force was necessary.

With only that tiny bit of constant force stored in Wang Xu’s body every day, by the time the "Emperor’s Extreme Divine Suppression Record" broke through to the Third Realm, a hundred full Law Eras would have already passed!

What should be done?

"Newcomer, stop pondering. The Watcher cannot be defeated. Embrace this harsh fate willingly."

The middle-aged man sighed and continued breaking through the rocky soil.

The crowd also looked somber.

Only Wang Xu’s eyes were flickering, still contemplating something.

...

Very soon, a month had passed.

In a full month, Wang Xu and the others had advanced less than a kilometer.

Fortunately, the production of the broken core stones was very high, which was why the task’s quantity requirement was so large. A mere kilometer of the rocky mining layer had produced over a thousand Grade Three broken core stones, and even more Grade Four broken core stones.

Despite having only nine Grade Two broken core stones, at this rate, completing the task within a year was not a problem.

After a month of a mining career, Wang Xu gradually integrated into it.

He did not attempt to escape, because merely ten kilometers away from the ore vein, there was a conspicuous watchtower, upon which three Watchers sat cross-legged.

The three took turns extending their spiritual consciousness, probing the people within the mining tunnels.

They didn’t need to pay attention to the specific details, only to verify if the numbers matched, and if people were in the tunnels.

But this was just the tip of the iceberg.

Throughout the entire Vein of All Things, such watchtowers stood at regular intervals, each with three Watchers seated atop them.

Such a terrifying oversight formation made it difficult even for a minuscule grain of sand to escape.

Despite this, Wang Xu still did not give up on his plans.

He was always contemplating how to leave this dreadful place.

Every day, the laborers had a quarter-hour of rest, during which they could leave the dark mining tunnels and bathe in sunlight.

Wang Xu used this opportunity to meticulously observe all the Watchers on the watchtowers with the Mechanical Ancient Eye.

Elite Hundred Generations Celestial God, Top Hundred Generations Celestial God, Peak Hundred Generations Celestial God...

Watchers of various realms were all accounted for.

Based on the analysis from the Mechanical Ancient Eye, Wang Xu also detected the different waves of aura within them.

"This is... constant force!"

Indeed, Wang Xu finally judged that the faint and weak aura flowing through them came from constant force.

"The power behind them must be incredibly frightening to grant each person the method to cultivate constant force!"

Wang Xu mused.

Nowadays, those in the Celestial God Realm can’t cultivate constant force because the constant force within them is incredibly weak, and there’s no method to cultivate it, not even knowing its existence.

In the Imperial Extreme Divine Sect, those who knew about constant force might only be the sect’s high ranks.

And the only method to cultivate constant force was the Chaos Secret Scripture, the "Emperor’s Extreme Divine Suppression Record," practiced by the Green-robed Divine Master.

This was a passed-down Chaos Secret Scripture, impossible for everyone to cultivate, not even for the prominent figures.

But it’s different here.

Every one of these Watchers possesses the method to cultivate constant force.

This shows that the power behind them already completely surpasses the Imperial Extreme Divine Sect. (To be continued. If you like this work, feel free to vote for it on Qidian (qidian.com) with recommendation votes and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)