Chapter 116
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Chapter 116: Beast Attack on the Island
After the benefits left, Xu Fan felt a bit down. The thought of having to buy everything with real money in the future made his head ache.
“From now on, it’s all about spending money.”
“Master, once I reach the Golden Core Stage, can I…” Wang Xiangchi walked over and asked.
“Just like how my master wouldn’t let anyone go, once you reach the Golden Core Stage and master the final divine ability, you can go wherever you want for training, and I won’t stop you.”
“But the condition is to keep your life safe,” Xu Fan said. He knew it was impossible to keep all his disciples by his side. Probably only after becoming a great being would he feel a bit more secure.
"Look at Han Tianzun—he’s either running or on the run, only finding some stability after reaching the Core Formation stage."
“Understood,” Wang Xiangchi replied.
Xu Fan waved away the few disciples around him and returned to the dojo on the main peak.
There, he found Zhou Kailing sitting cross-legged, completely absorbed in a fantasy world.
For the past three months, Xu Fan hadn’t taught her anything. Instead, he had her immersed in watching intense battle anime like “The Black Absolute Saving Mother,” “Water Thief King,” “Column Crushing Sword,” and “Cannon Sister.”
Whatever Xu Fan had watched before, he made sure she saw it too. As a Creation Spirit Master, having a vivid imagination was crucial.
When mealtime came, Xu Fan had the tool puppets deliver two servings of food.
With a snap of his fingers, Zhou Kailing instantly woke up from her dream.
“I’m going to destroy this village!!”
Zhou Kailing shouted excitedly as she emerged, her face twisted with anger, veins bulging.
“Did you destroy everyone? Didn’t you leave a few?” Xu Fan asked with interest.
“The ramen-selling uncle and his sister can stay.”
“The little girl with the white eyes and the teacher can stay too.”
“But no matter what, the old man has to die.”
“He could’ve given the protagonist a perfect childhood. Why make a hero’s child suffer like that?”
Watching the agitated Zhou Kailing, Xu Fan remembered how, as a child, he’d watched “My Fair Princess” and wanted to grab a knife and confront the character Rong Rong during that scene.
“Don’t take the stories too seriously. I had you watch these mainly to show you the combat styles and expand your imagination,” Xu Fan said.
“Understood, Master. I got carried away,” Zhou Kailing said, bowing. She realized she needed to control her emotions after getting too immersed in the anime.
Seeing his disciple quickly regain her composure, Xu Fan nodded in satisfaction. He couldn’t find fault with the mindset of the disciples he’d taken in—perhaps this was a side effect of the trials.
“Eat first. After eating, you can continue watching.”
“Once you finish all the anime in the illusion, I’ll teach you other things,” Xu Fan said.
“Okay.”
After finishing the meal, Xu Fan watched as Zhou Kailing re-entered the illusion, nodded, and left the main peak.
On a mountain peak next to Hidden Spirit Island’s main peak, more than a dozen tool puppets were clearing the mountaintop.
Xu Fan held a small treasure tower in his hand. This was the trial tower he had crafted for testing. The new generation of disciples would need to come here to challenge it once they reached the Qi Refinement stage.
The tower had nine levels, corresponding to the artifact crafting levels from the fourth to the twelfth. To advance, one must first pass the corresponding trial tower; otherwise, they’d have to wait until the time limit expired to level up.
After the tool puppets finished clearing, Xu Fan released the tower. This was the largest precious artifact he had ever crafted. The base of the trial tower had a diameter of 50 meters and stood 90 meters tall, with internal space for expansion, allowing 100 disciples to be assessed simultaneously on each level. Xu Fan entered the tower and released the corresponding puppets for each level, a total of over 2,000.
“Hmm, with the trial tower, the disciples of the Hidden Spirit Sect will definitely have top fighting strength when they go out.”
After handing the trial tower over to Grape for control, Xu Fan returned to the main peak to start transforming the academy.
Recently, he had Zhou Kailing enter a fantasy world to learn, which sparked an idea in his mind: why not let the disciples learn in this illusion? With Grape in control, it would be efficient and save manpower.
So, Xu Fan asked Grape and found out that only minor adjustments to the academy were needed.
After completing all this, Xu Fan felt that a wonderful life as a carefree person awaited him.
However, the next day, while Xu Fan was meditating, Grape woke him up.
“Master, a large-scale beast invasion is happening. All defense systems on Hidden Spirit Island have been activated.”
Xu Fan slowly opened his eyes and sighed, “Can’t we have a bit of peace? This isn’t a game; why does this monster siege event never end?”
The distant sounds of cannons and explosions faintly reached his ears.
Xu Fan quickly piloted the Glimmering Light Ship to the area experiencing the most intense attacks.
At this moment, Xu Gang had already arrived on the battlefield, wearing Spiritual Energy Armor. Behind him, a thousand-hand illusion appeared, with hundreds of solid spirit iron balls floating behind the illusion, each the size of a basketball.
‘Magma World’
‘Magma Giant’
‘Rain of Magma’
‘Magma Serpent’
Xu Gang started with the largest area-of-effect spell from the magma system.
“Master, Little Sister and the other disciples are suppressing the situation in other areas. I’ll guard here; nothing will go wrong.”
Looking at the endless beasts in the lake, Xu Fan was grateful he had armed Hidden Spirit Island early.
“Grape, how long can the island’s defense system hold against this scale of attack?” Xu Fan asked.
“After half a month, the reserves of bullets and shells will run out.”
“Before that, unless multiple Transformation Stage demon beasts attack, no beast will be able to enter the island.”
Hearing Grape’s response, Xu Fan nodded. In his eyes, solving this wave of beast attacks was simple; he just needed to find and eliminate the leader.
“Xu Gang, you stay here. Yuexian and I will take care of the beast leader.”
“Be careful, Master.”
“You be careful.”
Xu Fan said as a set of Spiritual Energy Armor appeared around him, followed by an 8-meter tall spiritual giant armor materializing in the air. Xu Fan jumped into the spiritual giant armor.
“Yuexian, come with me to hunt down the beast leader,” Xu Fan communicated through thought.
As soon as he finished speaking, a sound of rapid movement pierced through the air, and a purple streak rushed toward Xu Fan.
“Master, what’s the battle plan?” Xu Yuexian said excitedly. As a treasure hunter, she had some affection for combat.
“You handle support, I’ll take the lead; just open a wound on the beast,” Xu Fan instructed.
“This beast leader might be at the Transformation Stage. Are you scared?” Xu Fan asked.
“With you here, I’m not scared,” Xu Yuexian laughed, thinking back to when her master could easily defeat Golden Core stage beasts during his Qi Training stage and perhaps could even handle a Transformation Stage beast in his Foundation Establishment stage; it wasn’t too much to ask.
“Haha, then follow me.”
Xu Fan said as he flew toward the area with the highest concentration of beasts.
He captured the soul of a Foundation Establishment stage beast directly in his hand, violently reading its memories.
“Oh, so you’re a turtle. Your egg is on this island, and you want to reclaim your child.”
Xu Fan instantly pieced together the cause and effect from the beast’s memories.
“If you speak nicely, I might consider returning your child to you, but this isn’t the way to go about it.”
“Sorry, but after you leave, I will take good care of your child.”
