Calamity of Tomorrow-Chapter 335 : 334 I want to go to the front line

Hearing Zhao Shouyi's response, Zhou Bai helplessly shook his head; the secrets of this world were truly abundant, not something that could be easily sorted out in a short while.

Zhou Bai then asked another question he had long wanted to ask, "Heavenly Court… are they wary of the Four Great Taoist Schools? Wary of those elders who were saved after becoming deformed?"

Zhao Shouyi pondered for a moment and nodded, "You probably guessed already.

As far as I know, those elders who, before the Heavenly Dao twisted, had already achieved a Dao conversion rate of over 90%, even reaching 100%, naturally also underwent various insane and deformed conditions due to the twisting of the Heavenly Dao.

However, a part of them endured through the deformity, held on until other elders had made progress in researching the twisting of the Heavenly Dao, and then successfully, temporarily suppressed their deformity.

But the deformity brought more than just bizarre changes to the Primordial Spirit and flesh; it also gave them some abilities they could not have had or did not have in the past.

It is precisely because of their fear of these abilities that, although Heavenly Court is more powerful than the human race and exerts some oppression, there has always been a baseline. This baseline keeps changing and fluctuating amidst the collisions between both sides."

Zhou Bai nodded and said, "But the power that comes with deformity must have side effects, right?" He thought of Jiaojiao, who often fell into deep slumber, and of Yin Hai, the Zen Master who had just repelled the Immortal Ming Yue and had to rest afterwards.

Zhao Shouyi replied, "Indeed, every time they use such power, it intensifies the degree of their deformity and might even lead them to completely fall into madness; therefore, unless it is absolutely necessary, they will not easily utilize their own power—these are the true trump cards of the Four Great Taoist Schools.

Yet, both the great elders and Elder Yin Hai have used their powers for you, which shows how much importance they place on you.

Zhou Bai, you must not fail their expectations. You must cultivate diligently and protect the future of the human race."

"Don't worry, Headmaster, I'm reliable; you don't have to worry about me," Zhou Bai rubbed his palms together, some anticipation in his voice, "But now that I've won the grand competition of the four schools, what kind of reward will there be? I've waited a whole day already, how come no one has mentioned a prize for me yet?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Shouyi gave a slight smile, "Rest assured, there will definitely be a reward, and it will surely satisfy you. I will have a meeting with Wu Fa and others in a while to discuss how to best consolidate multiple resources to support your cultivation.

By the way, if you have any requests, you can bring them up now, and I will relay them."

Zhou Bai thought for a moment, looked at Zhao Shouyi earnestly, and said, "I want a chance to go to the frontline."

Zhao Shouyi frowned slightly, "Zhou Bai, don't be impatient. When your strength is sufficient in the future, there will be plenty of opportunities to fight Heavenly Demons. For now, it's best to continue cultivating at the rear."

However, Zhou Bai didn't see it that way; who knew how valuable Heavenly Demons were. Going to battle, capturing Heavenly Demons, and making a fortune were his real goals.

Especially with the aspect of destiny, he wanted to try if the Catastrophe Domain could diminish the destiny of the Heavenly Demons—if so, he had even more reason to join the frontline battle.

But Zhou Bai had already revealed several of his aces and relied on various things on the Primordial Dao Treasury and Dr. Zhuang, so he really didn't want to disclose another one of his trump cards.

So, he changed his approach, "Headmaster, you've seen my current strength. The common practitioners of the fifth realm are no match for me, and even against the sixth realm, I'm not without the power to fight back. Is my strength not sufficient for the frontline? You, as well as teachers Lv Chongyang and Ying Hui… which realm were you in when you joined the frontline?"

Zhao Shouyi shook his head and sighed, "It's different, Zhou Bai. You're too important; for humanity now, your talent is too precious. To have you join the frontline now, I really can't rest assured."

Zhou Bai spoke gravely, "Principal, I have already reached the peak of the third realm, and without the "Heavenly Dao's Primordial Dao Treasury," I cannot further improve my cultivation.

Even if I stay in the school, what can I practice? It's nothing more than grinding away to improve my Daoist martial arts.

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On the contrary, during my battle on the arena this time, I felt that my battle experience is still very lacking, and my martial arts and Daoist techniques are still separate and disjointed, not yet fully integrated.

Fighting on the front line against Heavenly Demons, with my current strength, unless I encounter a Heavenly Demon above the 7th level, I won't be in danger of losing my life.

And through continuous battling, I can truly meld what I have learned into a single entity, forming my own fighting style."

The things Zhou Bai was discussing were indeed his own reflections. His current combat abilities mainly consisted of the formidable defense of the Lazy Diagram, the speed bonuses of the Poor Diagram, the Catastrophe Domain of the Decay Diagram, and his own swordsmanship and Tianhe Star Explosion Sword.

However, through this arena battle, he also felt that although these abilities were impressive and he had mastered them well, they still hadn't truly merged into one.

After all, Zhou Bai's actual combat experience was still too limited, and in the past battles, either he crushed the opponent, swiftly resolving the fight.

Or he was overwhelmed by the opponent, and he had to cheat to win by using the special abilities of the divine diagrams.

Moreover, most of the sparring with students was not a fight to the death.

Zhou Bai was like an excellent sword blank that still needed countless bouts of actual combat and life-and-death struggles to temper his will, physique, and skills, to fuse his learning into one.

Of course, all this was only incidental for Zhou Bai, his greatest aim was to profit from killing Heavenly Demons, or even to try and reduce or devour the destinies of Heavenly Demons with the Catastrophe Primordial Spirit.

'I may not be able to kill you now, but if I can reduce, devour your fortunes...' Zhou Bai thought and felt exhilarated.

So, Zhou Bai looked seriously at Zhao Shouyi and said, "Principal, a fledgling that stays in the nest will never be able to spread its wings and soar. I want to go to the frontline and temper my martial arts and Daoist techniques through battle."

"There is no 'Heavenly Dao's Primordial Dao Treasury 04' for the time being, you indeed cannot elevate your realm."

Speaking of the 'Heavenly Dao's Primordial Dao Treasury 04,' Zhao Shouyi felt a slight headache.

Yan Hui and the others went to the coordinates given by Zhou Bai, where they found a vast mountain range with complex terrain and dense forests. It would be quite troublesome to seek there, not to mention that the 'Heavenly Dao's Primordial Dao Treasury 04' might have warped, changing the landscape.

With their abilities, Yan Hui and his team had not yet found any trace of the 'Heavenly Dao's Primordial Dao Treasury 04.'

Zhou Bai said, "That's why I say the best way for me to increase my strength right now is to go to the battlefield, to real battles!"

"But it's dangerous. Not just the dangers of the battlefield, your performance this time was too conspicuous, both Heaven and the Heavenly Demons may have already set their sights on you," Zhao Shouyi was still a bit uneasy, continually pondering Zhou Bai's words.

Zhou Bai said, "Then I can conceal my identity. You can say I've gone into seclusion, and then I'll disguise myself as an ordinary cultivator on the frontline. If you're worried, you can secretly arrange for some people to protect me."

With a hopeful look, Zhou Bai said, "If you're still not reassured, you can give me more magical artifacts. Look at the Evil Sect, they provided Cang Ming with ninth-realm artifacts. If you give me five or six ninth-realm artifacts, I would definitely be safe."