The Fairy: From the Traveling Merchant

Chapter 1048 Encountering Fire
With Zhao Chen's current strength, although he cannot obtain much control over the "Jade Pool Chess" treasure, and cannot even unleash its power in Xuan Tian, ​​he mostly uses it as a storage tool, it is a different story inside the "secret realm" he is attached to.

Because through that Miss Yao Ji, he can create corresponding "games" to achieve most of his goals.

For example, completely subduing that giant beast with black and red armor.

To this end, he designed a "fighting" game, in which the player is the black and red armored monster, and the boss on the other side is Noah, the giant of light with the power of "Dongxuan", which was "created" by "Yaoji" according to his intention.

Although such high-level beings or objects created by the "Chess of Yaochi" will not be recognized by Xuantian and will dissipate upon entering Xuantian, within this "secret realm," they are genuine "Dongxuan" level beings... and even carry a variety of powerful supernatural abilities!
As for whether the black and red armored monster will be able to clear the game, Zhao Chen said it was overthinking it. This giant of light, Noah, was just the first level; there were even more formidable opponents to come.

For example, the Milky Way in the back mountain... Anyway, he sets the rules of the game, and as long as he can afford the corresponding "rewards," the difficulty can be as outrageous as it wants.

Of course, "Yao Ji" needs to "verify her capital," but "verification of capital" is not "collateral." As long as the other party fails to pass the test, Zhao Chen does not need to actually pay anything.

Although the current difficulty ceiling of the game is only the second level of "Dongxuan", it is enough to handle a monster at the supernatural power level.

Watching the black and red armored figure being repeatedly knocked down by the giant on the "screen," Zhao Chen stroked his chin. He activated his "Vision Eye" and "Investigation" abilities simultaneously, and quickly "learned" about its many secrets.

"It possesses the bloodline of the 'Dragon King,' which is the source of its 'immortality,' allowing it to revive in any body that possesses the bloodline of the 'Dragon King' after death."

"This 'Dragon King' is indeed a bit problematic. Not only does he have retinues named 'Hydra' and 'Dagon', but his descendants are also all somewhat familiar, yet seemingly different 'monsters'."

"Now that I think about it, that shell monster might be Gatanothor? Although it doesn't look quite like it, it's smaller, and its abilities have been localized by Xuantian, but some of its skills still have some resemblance."

"From another dimension? But there's no relevant information in the 'Jade Book'..."

"Hmm, neither the 'Glassy Star Lamp' nor the 'Eight Trigrams Bright Mirror' reacted to it... Either my 'investigation' of it isn't thorough enough, or these seemingly strange monsters are indeed native to Xuantian, only intentionally 'shaped' like this..."

"So, the 'Dragon King' is also a time traveler? Or a Cthulhu and tokusatsu enthusiast?"
"No, I still tend to think that the 'Dragon King' is a being brought into Xuantian by a Star God or other Dao Lord, and these may be caused by the 'knowledge' that was instilled in him."

As his thoughts raced, Zhao Chen glanced at the black and red armored behemoth that had been unilaterally beaten and whose "halo" was beginning to shatter, and continued his analysis:

"Its 'halo' has roughly two effects. First, it can reflect most of the divine abilities below the first rank, and it also has a good protective effect against first-rank attack-type divine abilities. However, it is not enough against the powerful divine abilities of the mechanism type, which is why my 'Demon King's Binding' was able to sneak attack it."

"Secondly, it can manipulate gravity within the aura range... This should be a move designed for melee combat enemies."

"Unfortunately, the giant it is facing now is at the 'Dongxuan' level, and under the suppression of its status, any targeting is a joke."

"Furthermore, its bow and arrow skill, constructed from 'sparks,' is quite impressive. It's a pure manifestation of the law of 'destruction,' at an extremely high level. If I could grasp even a fraction of it, the power of my attacks would at least double..."

Just as Zhao Chen was using "All Things Under Heaven" to record and comprehend the "mysterious secrets" contained in the monster's skills, he suddenly saw the red crystal on the chest of the black and red armored behemoth begin to flash violently.

And the frequency is getting faster and faster, giving people the feeling that something terrible is about to happen.

At the same time, the golden ahoge on Zhao Chen's forehead stood up instantly, warning him to immediately stop the "investigation" and "analysis," or a rather terrifying fate would befall him.

Startled, Zhao Chen immediately stopped searching for the "spark." As he gave up, the flashing frequency of the light on the giant beast's chest began to slow down, eventually returning to normal.

Seeing this, Zhao Chen exhaled a breath of relief, and while still feeling lingering fear, he couldn't help but speculate:
"Did you just 'investigate' the source of this monster's power?"

This source does not refer to the "Dragon King," which is merely one of the sources of its bloodline; its power clearly comes from elsewhere.

Next, Zhao Chen tried to "investigate" the giant beast's other abilities, but there was no reaction. Only when he tried to touch the secret of the "spark" would the ahoge on his head "bob up" desperately.

“It seems that researching other skills is no problem, but this ‘spark’ skill is not working?” Zhao Chen frowned, recalling the prophecy given by the Empress before he left the capital: “When you encounter ‘fire’, you will retreat… Could this ‘fire’ refer to the ‘spark’ of this giant beast?”
Who does it represent?

"Some evil god outside of Xuantian?"

"But I've investigated the techniques passed down by the 'Evil God' before, and none of them had this strong reaction..."

"It's almost pinpointing my 'Jade Pool Chess'... Wait a minute!"

Zhao Chen suddenly realized that the reason he could freely study the evil god's techniques in the past was largely due to the existence of the "Zhou Tian Star Array," which prevented even evil gods at the Dao Lord level from investing too much power into it.

"And does the fact that the reaction was so intense this time mean that the source of the monster is within the 'Zhou Tian Xing Chen Grand Array'?!"

"Yes, the 'Tear of the Cloud Fairy' that I obtained in the Fengyin Pavilion's treasury also gave me the same dangerous feeling. At that time, my judgment was that she was still alive and was within the territory of the Great Xia."

"So, the beings that create these monsters might not be evil spirits?"

Zhao Chen narrowed his eyes and immediately began to suspect Daoist Taixiao. After all, this person also had the concept of "other dimensions" and could very well create something with such a strong sense of déjà vu.

However, he immediately rejected this guess, since he probably had no more secrets from Daoist Taixiao, and even if Daoist Taixiao traced them back, there should be no danger.

In other words, there is no danger until one's value has been fully utilized.

Therefore, it shouldn't be Taixiao Daojun...

"Who could it be? Is it related to the attack on the island chain by the 'extremely ominous' level demonic bird?"

Zhao Chen suppressed the urge to use the "Heaven-Gazing and Earth-Measuring Mirror" to inquire about the reason, and instead looked at the behemoth resembling "Zaki" that was still being brutally beaten, pondering:
"It seems that it may be hiding other secrets!"
"Therefore, its motive for leading its forces to attack the Three Immortal Islands is questionable..."

"Besides the dragon pearl, is there something else here that's attracting it?"

After a moment of contemplation, Zhao Chen took out one of the three "treasures" he had brought out from Fengyin Pavilion, the book "The Azure Sky Collection".

(End of this chapter)