Redemption of a Born Demon

Chapter 331 - 248: The Storm Gathers Again, The Sky’s Anomaly Reveals an Array Map (Part 2)

"Sister Shu, you don’t have to be so modest. If you’re not considered strong, then who is?"

A young woman from the research station was already turning into a fangirl. She thought Shu Xuanji, who braved the blizzard, slew the monster in an instant, and walked freely through the Pole, was just incredibly cool.

"Have you heard of Yi Beidou, the one who caused an uproar in Japan? Now that’s a true expert."

Shu Xuanji said softly, a strange light flashing in her eyes.

It was a light of reverence, of anticipation, of ambition.

These young people idolized her, but wasn’t she also idolizing an even greater existence?

In other words, which of the younger generation of Saint Experts didn’t see Yi Beidou as the goal to chase?

Yi Beidou?

Hearing this name, everyone fell silent.

A powerhouse who could take on an entire country... what realm was that? Just how strong was he?

To be honest, although they could read all sorts of news about him online, they still had no concrete concept of such an existence.

After all, it’s hard for people to measure things beyond their own comprehension.

"Ms. Shu, we’ve all seen stories about this Mr. Yi online. I wonder, just how powerful is a person like that?"

A male researcher couldn’t help but ask.

"How powerful?"

A hint of reminiscence appeared in Shu Xuanji’s eyes.

It was when she first met Yi Beidou. She had just achieved Ascension and was full of youthful vigor, her pride burning bright.

However, that man, even younger than her, had given her a rude awakening. The image of him effortlessly neutralizing her Flying Sword Technique in an instant was still deeply seared into her mind. It forced her to completely cast aside her budding arrogance and, even after her Ascension, continue to focus on her Cultivation.

Several months had passed since then, and her strength had improved by leaps and bounds. But how could a man like that have stood still?

It wasn’t just about him taking on a whole country. Before coming to Antarctica, she had spoken with Meng Qianyuan and the others again. She learned that a single Silver Needle Yi Beidou had planted, when removed, released a burst of power that even the two of them found difficult to handle.

That man... she had no idea what realm he had reached.

"I wonder if I could even take a single one of his moves now," Shu Xuanji said, shaking her head.

Hearing Shu Xuanji’s words, the crowd fell even more silent.

Shu Xuanji, who in their eyes was like an Immortal walking the earth, actually thought she probably couldn’t even take a single blow from Yi Beidou?!

Just what kind of power was that?!

Station Chief He noticed the mood was off and quickly changed the subject, finally bringing the atmosphere back to life.

While chatting, Shu Xuanji took out an Elixir and swallowed it. After a while, her Physical Ability had more or less recovered.

"Alright, everyone, that’s enough small talk. I must continue onward and investigate the situation."

Shu Xuanji prepared to take her leave.

Everyone was shocked to hear this.

Shu Xuanji’s arrival had given them a sense of security they hadn’t felt in a long time. And now she was leaving? What would they do if that Yeti came back and started banging on the door again?

"Ms. Shu, won’t you rest a while longer? Besides, it’s dangerous up ahead..."

Station Chief He hurriedly tried to persuade her to stay.

"No, and you don’t need to worry too much. That Yeti’s strength isn’t actually that great. If it shows up again, you should be able to take it down by spraying it with machine-gun fire the moment it enters the door."

"Don’t worry, I won’t be gone for long. If I run into any trouble, I’ll have to return here to rest anyway."

Shu Xuanji said with a smile.

Seeing that Shu Xuanji was resolute, Station Chief He and the others couldn’t say much more. They all stood up and escorted her to the main entrance.

"Ms. Shu, please be extremely careful."

The group said.

"I will."

Shu Xuanji nodded, reached out, and opened the main door. A fierce wind surged in. With a slight movement, her figure vanished at a ghostly speed, darting out the door, which she pulled shut behind her.

When the group went back to the monitoring room, Shu Xuanji’s figure was nowhere to be seen outside.

"To be able to move so freely in such a heavy blizzard... she’s truly a godlike person..."

Station Chief He couldn’t help but sigh in admiration.

But then, the group fell silent again.

A godlike person like her said she wasn’t even sure she could take a single move from someone else. Just how strong was that person?

Good heavens, how was this world going to change?

Could it be that in this day and age, a true "Deity" was about to emerge in the world?

「On the other side.」

After leaving Kunlun Station, Shu Xuanji advanced rapidly through the blizzard, searching for the source of the strange sensation in Antarctica.

Unfortunately, the magnetic field was in disarray within the blizzard. Even the senses of a Saint Expert were somewhat muddled, making it impossible to lock onto a direction. She could only keep trying to get closer.

After another half-day’s journey, the blizzard seemed to grow even more terrifying, and along the way, she encountered many abnormal species.

Besides the Yeti, there were also Crystal-like worms that burrowed out from under the ground, and a beast that resembled both a wolf and a tiger, with Physical Ability almost equal to a real tiger.

She could sense that these strange creatures all seemed to be fleeing toward the outer edges of Antarctica, and it seemed they didn’t originate from the surface.

She saw one of the wolf-tiger beasts crawl out of a hole in the ice.

As she drew closer, she finally got a clearer sense of the anomaly’s source.

’It really is coming from underground!’

Shu Xuanji’s expression turned grim. In her senses, although the blizzard was raging on the surface, the magnetic chaos originated from deep underground. The magnetic field there was like a terrifying storm of its own, prying open and distorting the wider magnetic field like a crowbar.

’What in the world is under Antarctica?!’

That was permafrost, accumulated over countless eons. Even with modern human technology, it was incredibly difficult to excavate effectively.

Humanity’s understanding of Earth was still far too limited.

"Let me see what this thing really is," Shu Xuanji muttered to herself and sat down cross-legged in the blizzard. Before long, the snow had buried her body, turning her into a small mound.

Her spirit focused, sensing the changes in the magnetic field beneath the ground, attempting to glimpse its true form from within the chaos.

Amidst the countless chaotic magnetic fields, she faintly glimpsed a stable image.

Within the permafrost, there was an extremely cold cavern where she saw an incredibly ancient structure.

It looked like a palace, or perhaps a grand tomb, radiating a strange glow. Its architectural style had features from various ancient buildings but was also completely different.

It was like Sanxingdui, with its distinctive cultural characteristics and symbols.

’An... unknown ruin, located inside the permafrost?!’

’What era is this from? And who could have had the ability to build a ruin in an extreme place like Antarctica?!’

Shu Xuanji was utterly shaken.

The next moment, something strange happened.

Within her senses, it seemed some mishap occurred at the ruin. The glow enveloping it trembled violently and then suddenly erupted.

Endless light shot into Shu Xuanji’s mind. Alarm bells screamed in her head, and she immediately withdrew her consciousness, severing the connection.

However, the instantaneous blast from the magnetic field still affected her, making her head roar and causing two streams of blood to flow from her nose.

’What the hell is going on?!’

Shu Xuanji opened her eyes. Faintly, through the blizzard ahead, she seemed to see a pillar of light shoot up, piercing the clouds.

The rampaging underground magnetic field seemed to have found some kind of release, and its influence on the weather began to diminish.

The blizzard quickly subsided, and the surrounding visibility rapidly improved.

’The extreme weather is weakening? So the abnormal blizzard really was caused by that underground ruin?’

’What kind of power could influence the climate of almost two-thirds of Antarctica?!’

The distant pillar of light lasted only a short time before vanishing. Shu Xuanji looked up at the Sky, and her expression froze once more.

She saw that the Sky had, at some point, become filled with aurora-like ribbons of light. They were beautiful and dreamlike. These ribbons intertwined, seeming to form a strange pattern.

It resembled a bagua, an astrolabe, the shape of the twelve zodiac houses, the He Tu and Luo Shu diagrams...

"This thing... it looks like an Array Map?"

Shu Xuanji couldn’t help but exclaim in shock.

’Underground ruins, a terrifying magnetic influence, and now an Array Map in the Sky?!’

She had a keen feeling that something extraordinary was about to happen in the world.