Giving Out A Beating - 471

Like a tree falling into an ocean, the water sphere was almost completely cut through with a single sword wave. Zhu Yi's swordsmanship was on a completely different level compared to before.

He had even considered fighting the old man as a Foundation Establishment realm cultivator, but eventually decided against it.

The nascent soul realm old man was clearly shocked by Zhu Yi's single attack. He began to use water Qi wildly. 

Zhu Yi simply disappeared. After so long, he had mastered a movement technique that complimented his swordsmanship. Zhou Fan called it the sword walk.

Spears of water Qi shot around, but Zhu Yi was nowhere to be seen. He quickly reappeared to the side of the bubble and used a sword wave once again. 

This sword wave popped the water bubble, but the old man remained undamaged so far. The old man gathered water Qi on his palm and slammed the ground. Many thin spikes shot out, but Zhu Yi was up in the air.

Sword wave.

This time, there was no water sphere. The old man shot out 50 spears of water Qi, but they only slowed down the sword wave.

Just as the sword wave was about to hit the old man, he used another water Qi technique. This technique formed armor around his body.

Unfortunately, this was not enough to completely protect him. The water Qi armor shattered and the old man was forced deep into the ground.

Suddenly, the area began to shake. So far, the battleground had been confined to a reasonably small area, at least for core formation and above cultivators. Now, the old man was going all out.

He floated up from below, six rings of water spinning around him. Only a faint drop of blood had seeped from his lips.

"Did you ever imagine that such a thing would happen?" Zhu Yi asked.

Flying for the first time, Zhu Yi flew across from the old man.

The nascent soul realm old man looked at Zhu Yi deeply. "I regret nothing."

The six rings around him expanded and sliced out. Zhu Yi sheathed his sword as one of the rings flew towards him.

Formless sword.

Zhu Yi unsheathed his sword, and the six rings collapsed. Zhu Yi moved in front of the old man with a single step and punched out.

The old man, unable to react, was helplessly smashed into the ground.

Zhu Yi used Qi to grab his body and bring it out from underground. He held the old man's robe and looked him in the eyes.

"Let me ask you now. What are Chaos Beasts?"

The old man sighed in resignation. "Fine."

Zhu Yi threw him over to his house. The old man pierced through it, destroying the entire house.

Zhu Yi stood across from the old man. The old man sat with his back against a tree and spoke.

"Keep in mind that I only know what I've been told. Chaos beasts are far above my level. From what I know, Chaos Beasts are a disaster that the entire universe faces. The war is mostly focused in one direction, but space has a left, right, forward, back, up, and down. While most intruders can be spotted, some manage to slip through. That is what our world faces. Breaking through space with the power of Chaos, Chaos Beasts can occasionally appear in random locations. About once every hundred years in our world, a soul formation Chaos Beast appears. On its body like parasites are many lower level Chaos Beasts." The old man explained.

"A Chaos Beast cannot be defeated by someone on the same level. This is not only a saying, but a rule, a part of logic. Yet, Chen Jie had broken that rule. Of course, both the Chaos Beast and him were only in the core formation realm. Chaos Beasts cannot grow, they are born with their cultivation. The higher the realm of the Chaos Beast, the stronger it is in its realm. Perhaps Chen Jie could defeat a Chaos Beast at the core formation level, but the same can not be said for a Chaos Beast at the soul formation level. Of course, I've never heard anything further. Perhaps someone else knows." The old man stopped speaking.

"Is that all you know?" Zhu Yi asked.

"That's the gist of it. Everything else is only stories or legends." The old man said.

"Tell me the legends." Zhu Yi said.

The old man nodded. "Apparently, the world tree is the main part of the defense against Chaos beasts on a universal level. Although it is said that the world tree's cultivation is actually low, it apparently has a restraining effect on the strongest Chaos Beast of all." 

"How is that possible?" Zhu Yi asked.

From what he had heard, Chaos seems to be the strongest power of all. Zhou Fan was similarly interested.

The old man hesitated for a moment before speaking. "Well. Remember, this is just a legend. It could be false. Apparently, the world tree was raised by the Origin God, and the Origin God wore clothes made of Chaos Qi. He also wielded that power. From the legend, the world tree was wrapped around the Origin God, and constantly made contact with his clothes. The world tree somehow evolved to have a restraining effect on the Chaos Beasts as a result."

Zhu Yi found it laughable, but on his shoulder, Zhou Fan was laughing.

It was such a stupid reason, a mere coincidence, and yet it was the reason that the universe had survived. He had always known that Leaf was talented, and the world tree was undoubtedly Leaf.

Zhu Yi was surprised that Zhou Fan found the legend so funny.

"Are there any more legends?" Zhu Yi asked.

The old man nodded. "It is said that there is a race called the destruction race. All of the life in the universe used to be their enemies, but when Chaos Beasts came, they formed a treaty of non interference."

That info didn't seem useful, and Zhu Yi asked about any more legends. 

"There is one more, but it is also useless. Apparently, the world tree is fond of elves, and elves are fond of the world tree. As a result, all elves live on the world tree and take care of it. That is all I've heard."