Li Qianxia didn't leave the otherworld.
She knew how powerful Immortals were, but she didn't underestimate the strength of a strange world either.
In the capital's conference room, the duel with the Iron Level adventurers had been arranged, and at the moment, the discussion was about the teleportation gate.
"...don't rush to close the teleportation gate, wait for the Earth Alliance to come in," said the king.
"Your Majesty, doing so might bring risks."
Li Qianxia watched the cautious minister and didn't know what to say. Avoid battle with the Earth Alliance yet duel with Immortals?
It was virtually "when others are greedy, I fear; when others fear, I go all in" in the stock market.
Even though Li Qianxia didn't understand stock trading.
"There's no risk only in low-return situations," the queen spoke, "the Earth Alliance is an opportunity for us; the increase in the number of missions from our national adventure guild during this time is the best proof."
The ministers nodded, no longer opposing the matter.
After the meeting was over, Li Qianxia and her four companions followed the king, ready to gather more intelligence about the duel.
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Jupiter.
An ocean made of liquid molecular hydrogen, churning due to convection, boiling and roiling, the temperature reaching up to 5500℃.
Bang!
Waves surged thousands of kilometers, and a shape nearly resembling a skeleton shot into the sky.
Merely sitting in the void, Li Changzhou was already unstable.
The Chaos Yang Snake coiled in his mind, the Giant Kun in his Dantian roared, space indented invisibly, and the essence that flowed into the dedent uncontrollably surged into "the bottom of the dedent" where Li Changzhou was.
It was like a tightly stretched plastic film; a metal sphere placed on it would press down to create a dent, and water naturally pooled at the dent.
Jupiter's essence was scorching hot, yet the Chaos Yang Snake and the Giant Kun swallowed it eagerly.
Over this time, Li Changzhou had gotten somewhat accustomed to Jupiter's harsh conditions; the once scalding hot water could now be drunk directly like warm water.
The process was somewhat like taking a bath; initially too hot to touch, gradually you get used to it and can immerse yourself completely.
Mana ebbed and flowed, with Five-Colored Immortal Light around him glowing brightly and intensely.
Bone-deep burns all over his body healed at the speed of sight, becoming more vibrant.
When the last patch of char on his face healed, with a booming sound, vigorous Qi-Blood shot into the sky, resembling a grove of autumn maple trees swaying in the wind!
Immortal Qi was also released without reservation, stirring up the wind and clouds.
If there were Earth probes observing Jupiter at this moment, they would detect a new storm cyclone in the atmosphere right above Li Changzhou's head.
The atmosphere churned, thick Thunder Clouds pressed down, seemingly with a huge creature tumbling within.
Li Changzhou opened his eyes; five days had passed.
Immortal mana was like a boundless ocean, vast and deep; even though he could absorb most of the energy in the universe, and on a hydrogen-rich planet like Jupiter, it still took a long time.
If Li Changzhou were to absorb on Earth, it would take the explosion of at least one hundred thousand able-bodied individuals into flesh and blood, turning into raw life energy, just to replenish his mana once.
Thunder Clouds above thundered, expanded, and swirled as Li Changzhou looked down at the hydrogen ocean beneath his feet, contemplating.
He had delved nearly ten thousand kilometers into the ocean; with his current strength, this was the limit.
Based on his observations, the depth of this hydrogen ocean was at least over 20,000 kilometers; staying further on Jupiter thus held no meaning.
Boom!
Thunder flashed, finally striking down.
Li Changzhou soared into the sky, transforming into a Giant Kun the size of a third of Xia Country!
The Giant Kun, known for its massive size!
Thunder roared, entering the abyss-like maw of the Giant Kun, with only a bright flash visible at the end.
The Giant Kun shattered the Thunder Cloud, roaming the atmosphere of Jupiter like a sea beast frolicking, causing "waves" to roll over the surface of Jupiter, even slightly shaking the immense Jupiter's Eye capable of holding two Earths.
If Earth players saw this scene, they would be driven to despair, kneeling on the ground and simultaneously excited to madness.
This was the power of an Immortal!
Suddenly, the Giant Kun collapsed into an endless Black Light, and Li Changzhou walked out from it, taking one last look at Jupiter, then "teleported" away.
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Outside Earth's atmosphere, Yang Qinglan and Turquoise Pool opened their eyes.
Their aura had deepened slightly; other than that, there were no significant changes. One month's time was completely negligible for Immortal cultivation.
Opposite them, there were no visible changes in Li Changzhou's aura, but his Qi-Blood had indeed thickened notably.
"How are things?" Yang Qinglan asked softly.
"Can't tell much," Li Changzhou sat cross-legged in the cosmos, recounting what he had seen and heard on Jupiter to them.
After listening, Yang Qinglan and Turquoise Pool had nothing to say, for the commotions on Jupiter were beyond analysis.
"What about Qian Xia?" Li Changzhou asked, not sensing Li Qianxia's aura.
Turquoise Pool smiled and said, "Your sister went to the otherworld."
"Otherworld?" Li Changzhou repeated, laughing, "What happened?"
After the Earth Alliance entered the otherworld, the teleportation gate at Shinagawa Prefecture in Japan was shut down, causing a considerable disturbance.
The teleportation gate had a base of Japan on the other side, supposed to be utterly secure. Everyone thought that to close the teleportation gate, one must approach it; no one anticipated it could be remotely controlled.
Due to this, Japan faced severe international criticism, with foreign armies advancing into Japan Island, intensely besieging it, seemingly ready to partition it.
If not for Shantian bringing back the news about the duel, Japan would have already been divided by foreign powers.