Chapter 587: Chapter 528: Divinity Transformation Conflict, Heaven and Earth in Upheaval
The Divinity Transformation Disciple, who had melded with their sword, streaked across the sky, tearing through the atmosphere, crushing all of Bai Zhenzhen’s attacks with sheer physical might.
But the more disadvantaged she became, the more resilient Bai Zhenzhen showed herself to be.
Watching Bai Zhenzhen’s increasingly formidable sword momentum, Wen Wuya mused, “Zhenzhen’s spirit root is very suitable for the flying sword—it can not only hide herself but also conceal her sword. Against opponents less skilled than she is, it only takes one or two rounds to cut them down.”
“But if faced with an evenly matched opponent, the more intense the fight, the stronger Zhenzhen’s battle intent grows, and the Seven Emotions Sword Skill is perfectly unleashed, often leading her to perform exceptionally in real combat, eventually triumphing over her opponent.”
“If she encounters an opponent stronger than herself…”
Watching the Divinity Transformation Disciple from White Bone University on the arena, Wen Wuya knew that this was precisely such a situation.
“Unable to win, the negative emotions in her heart start to accumulate, causing the power of the Extreme Emotion Sword Dao to surge.”
“Especially when she recalls Zhang Yu and their agreement, the power of the Extreme Emotion Sword Dao will skyrocket even further.”
“Thus, the stronger the opponent, the greater the improvement Zhenzhen experiences during the battle.”
Thinking of this, Wen Wuya increasingly felt that this tactic, or rather the Extreme Emotion Sword Dao, was rather underhanded.
This made her prefer to fight stronger opponents than to battle Bai Zhenzhen.
After all, the strength of stronger opponents can be estimated.
But Bai Zhenzhen’s tactical approach made her actions unpredictable.
Wen Wuya thought, “If she were to pause the fight halfway through and have a conversation with Zhang Yu, who knows how much her combat power would increase.”
While Wen Wuya was contemplating, the situation on the arena suddenly reversed, as waves of blood mist erupted from the Divinity Transformation Disciple, with Bai Zhenzhen forcibly breaking through his protective sword qi.
“She won,” Wen Wuya thought, “It seems Zhenzhen might make it into the top ten this time, right?”
But just as the result was decided and the match was declared over, an unexpected change occurred on the arena.
Streaks of scarlet sword light pierced through the Divinity Transformation Disciple’s body, cutting his fleshly body to death.
Seeing this, Wen Wuya was slightly stunned, mumbling to herself, “Zhenzhen was too excited and lost control?”
But regardless of the reason, Wen Wuya knew that things had become somewhat troublesome.
With the bodily death of the opponent, a dispute over compensation unfolded between Sky Sword University and White Bone University.
Soon after, multicolored sword light and white bone divine light exploded across the sky.
Wen Wuya was shocked, saying, “The Seven Emotions Divine Monarch and Bai Lian Divine Monarch are both here?”
She knew that Bai Lian Divine Monarch was the master of the deceased Divinity Transformation Disciple from White Bone University.
The conflict between the Seven Emotions Divine Monarch and Bai Lian Divine Monarch was like a fuse.
Days later, Qiongjiang University accused Wanfa University of cheating in the Treasure Bout, leading to a clash between the Ten Thousand Transformations Divine Monarch and the Qiongjiang Divine Monarch.
As the top ten leagues continued, more and more Divine Monarchs surfaced, and each of their brief clashes caused a great uproar.
In the following month, stock prices fluctuated, currencies plummeted, prices soared, companies collapsed, unemployment surged… all appearing in turn.
At this moment, countless cultivators suddenly realized that a financial crisis, a great catastrophe, had already quietly unfolded.
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Outside the arena, within the temporary cave mansion built by Wanfa University.
Ye Xingli was busy filming her own legs.
Previously, she hadn’t been so diligent in making videos.
However, as the Divinity Transformation figures confronted each other, the stock market severely fluctuated, causing Ye Xingli’s assets to continually shrink, affecting her combat prowess and performance on stage.
She had to seize the gaps between the top ten leagues to film more videos, supplementing her cultivation and competition.
Zhang Yu: Senior sister, how are things? Are you okay?
Ye Xingli was about to reply when she suddenly remembered she hadn’t activated the Poor Man Simulator, so she opened it to check.
Poor Man Simulator: The user again inquires on how to respond to Zhang Yu’s question. Hmm… It seems she still indulges in the fun of pretending to be poor and wants to continue improving the other’s favorability.
Poor Man Simulator: Considering the current backdrop of the financial crisis, for a user simulating poverty, when faced with the other’s concern, they should express useless concern, mindless comfort, meaningless mutual encouragement, showcasing the incompetence and foolishness of the poor.
Poor Man Simulator: Junior brother, I’m fine.
Poor Man Simulator: How are you?
Ye Xingli: This financial crisis might not end so soon, be careful.
Ye Xingli: If you have any problem, feel free to reach out to me at any time.
Zhang Yu: Alright, senior sister, take care.
Seeing Ye Xingli’s concern for him, Zhang Yu couldn’t help but feel a trace of warmth. His senior sister seemed more human compared to the Magnetic Pole True Monarch.
“Such a pity, senior sister also seems not too familiar with the conflicts between the Divinity Transformation individuals, and even less aware of the situation on Azhen’s side.”
“Divinity Transformation…”
Just a minor collision between a few Divinity Transformation had left Zhang Yu with a terrifying impression of their destructive power, as stocks fluctuated, currencies plummeted, and prices soared… It seemed not just a simple financial storm.
He himself felt particularly affected, as his company couldn’t receive project payments nor undertake any projects.
Next were Wen Wuya’s 10 spirit coins monthly fee and his sister Zhang Pianpian’s monthly repayments, both of which were put on hold.
Wen Wuya: I’m sorry, we don’t know whether this storm is big or small, or whether it will be long or short, so let’s pause the monthly package for a while.
Zhang Pianpian: Repayment has been suspended. I need spirit coins to get through this period. Be careful as well, don’t spend your spirit coins recklessly.
Then, the monthly company reimbursement of 30 spirit coins for Magnetic Pole True Monarch and Director Gao was suspended.
The impact of these matters left Zhang Yu with only the monthly 40 spirit coins from the Divinity Transformation Laboratory as his main income.
“It’s indeed a project involving the Divinity Transformation Remains, it seems not to be greatly affected.”
Zhang Yu couldn’t help but feel fortunate that he joined this project.
Zhang Yu sighed, “But how long will this financial storm last? Do we have to wait until the end of the top ten leagues? Isn’t that two months away?”
He could hardly imagine what kind of devastation Wanfa University would face if this situation lasted for two months.
Fu Ji said, “I’m afraid it’s not just a simple financial storm.”
“The last financial storm was caused by the bankruptcy of Qiongjiang Divine Monarch’s family.”
“This time, it’s multiple Divinity Transformation Divine Monarchs taking action.”
“If their conflict continues to escalate, it would be like re-refining Fengshui and Earth Fire, causing the sky to collapse and the ground to crumble.”
Zhang Yu asked, “Re-refining Fengshui and Earth Fire?”
Fu Ji said, “When ordinary cultivators compete, they need to mobilize their mana, moving it from their Dantian to various parts of the body, right?
“When Divinity Transformation cultivators compete, they also need to mobilize their power, and what is their power?”
“It’s stocks, it’s companies, it’s numerous assets and personnel under them, it’s the countless spirit coins in your accounts.”
“Not to mention that every conflict between Divinity Transformation cultivators affects everyone’s confidence in investments.”
“Like now, when the stock market and the coin market both plummet, it triggers a financial storm, leading to countless blowouts, even bankruptcy, turning people into ghosts, this financial storm is the disaster wind.”
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On the streets, bursts of divine power beams frequently fall, decomposing the bodies of bankrupt debtors, dragging their souls into the depths of the Spirit Realm.
On the Spirit Realm Network, reports occasionally sound: [Storm Warning]Urgent! The financial storm triggered by conflicts among Divinity Transformation cultivators in the top ten leagues is estimated to be of intensity 1.8. Small-scale debt recovery phenomena will occur in your area. Please stay away from crowds, reduce outings, and pay attention to account fund safety. Invest cautiously after the disaster, do not believe rumors. ——Wanfa University
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Fu Ji continued to lament, “And the water disaster is the unemployment wave. As Divinity Transformation cultivators gather their power for confrontation, a large amount of resources gather toward them, causing many projects to halt and many companies to face resource circulation difficulties, which in turn triggers layoffs.”
“Once the unemployment rate continues to soar, a large-scale wave of unemployment will emerge, which will worsen the poverty rate, causing countless cultivators to fall off the Immortal Path, their cultivations plummeting.”
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At the latest 670-layer construction site.
A large number of graduates with strong cultivation flocked to scramble for jobs.
Seeing this scene, Xiao Qingxuan felt a bit dumbfounded, “Why are so many people coming to the construction site to compete for temporary work?”
Xiao Qingxuan also saw several seniors who had graduated many years ago and had already established their own engineering teams, competing for temporary jobs.
And looking at the repeatedly dropping wages, Xiao Qingxuan couldn’t help but feel the urge not to work.
But thinking about the situation of graduating into unemployment, he couldn’t help but grit his teeth, while submitting resumes, waiting outside the construction site, just hoping to get a job.
“Our batch has such bad luck, this is simply the hardest graduation season.”
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Fu Ji sighed towards Zhang Yu, “Next is the earth disaster, the power of the Spirit Vein will be extracted by Divinity Transformation cultivators, many construction projects will also be abandoned, many arrays will lack maintenance, leading to a gradual shortage of Spiritual Mechanism supply, and places with stable Spiritual Mechanism supply will see rent surge, causing a mana shortage in the market.”
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Ji Yuanshu came out of the dormitory with his backpack.
Due to the sudden rent increase, he had to leave the dormitory.
Feeling the increasingly thin Spiritual Mechanism in the air, Ji Yuanshu walked underground.
He planned to pretend to visit the cemetery and sneak into Huilong Garden to leech off the Spirit Vein Spiritual Mechanism.
On the way, he met Li Xiao, and the two came together to the entrance of Huilong Garden, only to find a queue stretching as far as the eye could see.
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Fu Ji sighed, “Finally, the fire disaster.”
“As many people go bankrupt, poor, mana scarce, social order is severely affected, requiring the deployment of many True Gods to maintain order.”
“Besides maintaining order, True Gods also have to handle more and more debt issues, which will compress basic services of the Divine Power network.”
“Crime rates start to surge, various gang battles and conflicts become more frequent.”
“The Dark Seed Territory, Dark Mana Realm, as well as the Dual Cultivation Sect, Yuhua Sect, Unemployed Sect… will emerge like wildfire, burning everywhere, lighting up the entire heaven and earth.”
Listening to Fu Ji’s words, Zhang Yu seemed to see the four disasters of wind, water, earth, and fire occurring simultaneously, interacting and resonating, plunging the world into chaos.
“This…” Zhang Yu thought, “Could it be this bad?”
Fu Ji said, “If the Divinity Transformation cultivators don’t care, the situation will only get worse.”
“Of course, it’s unlikely that the Divinity Transformation cultivators won’t care.”
“The direction of this world is ultimately determined by the collective will of the high-level powerhouses, they won’t keep fighting at the risk of bankruptcy.”
“So what we need to do is hide well, quietly observe all this, just hoping to safely get through this disaster.”
“Fortunately, you don’t have much debt and still have the monthly income of 40 spirit coins, getting through this disaster won’t be a big problem.”
“In any case, hold on to your spirit coins and don’t do anything unnecessary.”