Chapter 619 - 613: Martial God’s Protection 2.5 – Yinghuang Star
Chapter 619 - 613: Martial God’s Protection 2.5 – Yinghuang Star
After noticing the change in Su Qiangwei’s expression, Ma Ran quickly realized that this persuasion had already achieved a good result.
But he continued to provide more substantial reasons: "If we go to the [Divine Court] together, the best outcome is that we both become lost in the cosmos, becoming homeless wanderers."
"98725 has been nurtured by me personally to this point. Although it’s also trustworthy, it’s ultimately still in its juvenile stage, lacking the capability to help us anchor the Earth’s coordinates."
"[God] Gray and [Haotian] Zhang Qianren have decent power, but their overall abilities aren’t as comprehensive as yours."
Upon hearing this, Su Qiangwei understood very clearly.
[Profound Immortal] Zhao Guanlan, [Sword Master] Lin Qiubai, [Academic Demon] Zhang Kuang, [Lord of the Red Lotus] Ye Fengqing, and others have sufficient power, but they are ultimately not Earthlings and each have their own matters to attend to. The cost of asking them to assist is something the Earth Civilization cannot afford to bear.
As for the little Daoist "Wudang", who once drank Brotherhood Wine with Ma Ran and Zhao Guanlan, linking their fortunes, and who has been staying at Wudang Mountain as a recluse...
Although after various Academic Society’s scientific tests, it was found that this peculiar life form does indeed have independent thought capability and combat power comparable to a National Guardian Level, in this interstellar war, for "Wudang" to hold his ground is already a rather decent performance. One cannot expect him to contribute more.
At least, the task of helping Ma Ran lock onto Earth’s coordinates is something beyond the little Daoist Wudang’s ability.
In terms of ability intensity, experience, adaptability, and ability scope...
All aspects do not meet the standards.
Ma Ran looked seriously at Su Qiangwei, speaking in a heavy tone: "This matter, no one but you can do it."
At these words, Su Qiangwei felt her cheeks start to heat up slightly.
She took a deep breath, calmly thought for a moment, finally giving her response.
Su Qiangwei didn’t say a single word of nonsense.
She simply answered Ma Ran with one word.
"Okay!"
Su Qiangwei trusted Ma Ran.
This trust was like how Ma Ran trusted her, handing her the plan for the return route without hesitation.
Sauntering and foisting responsibility onto others?
Sorry.
That is not the conduct of a [Martial God]!
Su Qiangwei believed...
Aside from herself, no one else had the qualifications to guard [Prophet]’s path back.
After all, those guys only had the capability of contending for third place and fundamentally differed from Master Qiangwei.
For this mission, she would accept it without hesitation!
Ma Ran’s lips curved upward slightly, forming a relieved smile.
"Very well."
He saw in Su Qiangwei’s eyes trust, determination, perseverance, and confidence.
This was also what Ma Ran appreciated most about Su Qiangwei.
Good looks are common, but an interesting soul is one in a million.
Although Su Qiangwei’s looks have always been striking, there indeed exist some globally who are more sexy and alluring than her.
However...
Cuteness pales in comparison to sexiness, and sexiness is just as unremarkable in the face of Su Qiangwei’s unique soul!
In Ma Ran’s opinion, even if all the world’s beauties teamed up, Su Qiangwei could easily outshine them all.
"Well then, we can start preparing."
Upon hearing this, Su Qiangwei wasn’t surprised.
The task of anchoring Earth’s coordinates, helping Ma Ran to lock onto Earth’s location, ensuring he doesn’t get lost in the endless cosmos—this may sound simple, but it’s extremely complex in execution.
The girl lowered her head, activating the Pillar Level Superpower known as [Mental Palace].
In that instant, Su Qiangwei’s appearance showed no notable changes, but her mind became exceptionally active, with her brain cells operating at high speed.
Every second, more than ten Superpower combination schemes surfaced in the girl’s mind.
Ma Ran didn’t urge her, simply waiting quietly by the side.
After half a minute, Su Qiangwei raised her chin, her lips curving upwards slightly, making an effort to suppress her proud emotions, smiling more conservatively: "Hahaha! I’m truly a genius!"
Speaking these words, the girl lifted her left hand, extending a forefinger, and lightly tapped it on Ma Ran’s forehead from a distance.
"This is surely a brand new experience for you... ahem!"
"No, let’s start over!"
Su Qiangwei lowered her hand, took two deep breaths, and repeated her previous action.
She hovered her forefinger over Ma Ran’s forehead, her eyes sharp, speaking solemnly: "This is the result of fusing the "Red Lotus Skill" with [Myriad Transformations]..."
"[Martial God’s Protection Version 2.5]!"
At Su Qiangwei’s fair fingertips, a blazing red lotus emitting a warm light slowly began to spread.
A gentle warm current brushed aside Ma Ran’s silver bangs, revealing his serene, deep, dark eyes.
The originally 3D blazing red lotus affixed itself to Ma Ran’s forehead, quickly merging with his skin to become a 2D flat design.
As time passed, the heat gradually intensified to an increasingly intolerable level.
The surrounding air twisted as it was scorched by the rapidly rising heat.
One second, two seconds, three seconds...
Five seconds, ten seconds, twenty seconds...
Finally, at the thirty-fifth second, when the bushes and lawns beneath them had been scorched yellow by the high temperature, Su Qiangwei finally withdrew her forefinger.
Simultaneously, a red lotus flower pattern surfaced on Ma Ran’s forehead.
This pattern was exquisite and small, only the size of a pinky fingernail, yet harbored immense energy within.
"..."
Ma Ran touched his forehead with a complex expression, where the tattoo part representing [Martial God’s Protection Version 2.5]was particularly smooth to the touch.
Standing from a personal perspective...
Ma Ran felt as though a miniature nuclear bomb had been planted in his head.
If this thing exploded on the spot, the entire Grass Hut Academy would be obliterated.
Even Ma Ran himself would suffer a loss of vision from it.
This blazing lotus tattoo continually absorbed energy from the air to maintain its presence.
At the same time, it provided Ma Ran with additional enhancements in power, endurance, agility, brain power, spiritual power, and soul resilience, among other aspects.
Although each enhancement wasn’t much individually, combined together, they weren’t insignificant.
After the red lotus tattoo was successfully imprinted, Ma Ran clearly felt an invisible chain linking him and Su Qiangwei tightly.
No matter where they were, closing his eyes would allow him to directly locate Su Qiangwei’s position and perceive her emotional changes and physical state.
Ma Ran was certain that with Su Qiangwei’s personality, she could also capture his position, emotions, and status changes at any time.
[Martial God’s Protection Version 2.5]is a bidirectional invisible bond.
"In that case... I’m off!"
Ma Ran took a deep look at Su Qiangwei, then immediately activated the multiplication ability of the [Sword Master] medal to lock onto the location of the [Divine Court]. Drawing his sword, he shattered the space barrier ahead and stepped through, vanishing completely!
...
Under the command of [Divine Court], there are three major civilizations.
These three major civilizations each govern hundreds of medium and small civilizations.
Upon descending, Ma Ran immediately used his spiritual power to trigger soul resonance, reflecting a thousand miles around him, efficiently gathering a wealth of basic information about the planet.
"I see."
A glimmer of understanding appeared in Ma Ran’s eyes.
The place he chose to land in was on a planet that, translated into Chinese, belongs to a small civilization named "Yinghuang".
"The strongest being on Yinghuang Star is known as [Shocking Flame]."
"He has only barely gathered a few wisps of divinity after less than a millennium of kindling his divine fire with [Weak Divine Power]."
"He doesn’t even qualify as a [Lower Rank God]."
"Although the fight for faith is fierce, the rulers of the other major forces... their hard power doesn’t even compare to [Shocking Flame]."
"The good news is..."
"The so-called [Yinghuang Common Language] on this planet, in essence, is a unified system with the [Divine Court]’s certified divine language, with part of its tone noticeably different, but it can be seen as a ’dialect’."
With additional comprehension and wisdom granted by the two great medals of [Academic Demon] and [Martial Arts Celestial Pride], Ma Ran needed only a few breaths to master the Yinghuang Common Language perfectly.
"Being the only Earthling here..."
"I can let go and do everything boldly!"
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