I Hate Systems

Kaboom!

The two celestial entities collided with one another, causing thunderous booms and a flare of electrical discharge that rumbled heaven and earth.

"Holy…damn!" Balmer gasped in shock as he stared at such a scene. Even though he had attained the Extreme Providence Stage, thinking that he had truly attained the limit of the cultivation world, here he was, staring at a power that exceeded his.

Boom!

Suddenly, celestial tunes emerged everywhere as a mysterious light descended onto Compass Carburettor and Straxia—that was seated within the Velar Secret Realm.

The light rapidly merged into their bodies, instantly causing a drop in their overall power. After all, they had surpassed the power an individual could wield in the Cultivation World. Hence, the Cultivation World itself took action, restricting their abilities.

But, it was of no concern as they were still miles ahead of Balmer's strength.

Hundreds of feathers were launched by the feathered snake, slamming into the lightning snake as portions of its lightning body were destroyed.

In response, the lightning snake unleashed countless lightning bolts onto the feathered snake, melting through hundreds of feathers.

The two celestial snakes continued to battle as their size gradually began to increase.

On one side was Compass Carburettor, hovering in the air, staring at the lightning snake with a frown.

And on the other side was Straxia's clone, the middle-aged lady with auburn hair, glaring at the feathered snake.

Suddenly, the figures of both the individuals flickered before clashing beside the celestial snakes, exchanging hundreds of attacks in a matter of seconds.

Energy blades swaggered around, constantly hacking into the figure that had transformed into a bolt of lightning, zig-zagging everywhere to avoid the attacks while retaliating against Compass Carburettor.

Boom!

The battle raged on for hours as the armies from both sides had retreated by now. Balmer stood at the forefront of Tura City walls, staring at the majestic bolts of lightning arcing through the sky like snakes while a sea of clouds formed by feathers constantly devoured it.

"They aren't mere cultivators." He announced in the end.

"This is his true power…" Ranze muttered, clenching his hand into a fist, feeling insignificant as every exchange between the two entities caused the ground to quake in response.

It was like a volcano was erupting nearby, with each tremor making him realise just how insignificant he was in the grand scale of things.

Even though he was aware of a lot of things by now, knowing about it and experiencing the full scale of something first-hand were entirely different things.

Until now, he had only seen the regular powers unleashed by Compass Carburettor but never his unsealed self.

So, it came off as an emotional shock.

"Did we…unknowingly intrude between a battle of dragons?" Xuer muttered softly, trembling in fear from time to time.

The sea of clouds felt like it could devour anything and everything in its way. She imagined the scene of her facing that, realising that she would be devoured in a matter of seconds.

It was why she was unable to digest the scene transpiring before her. After all, she had already attained peak cultivation. There wasn't much for her to improve in terms of strength.

And in such a situation, when faced with such a power capable of sundering heaven and earth, her emotions were pretty complicated.

It wasn't just her that was like this though. Every powerhouse was feeling the same. After all, they were aware that they would never attain such power.

While this was happening, there was another battle happening in the rear as hooded figures scuttled throughout Tura City and various other locations throughout the Gaider Realm.

They were engaged in a battle with the Clones of Straxia that had mysteriously appeared all of a sudden.

These clones only had strength at the Martial Origin Stage, with their goal being to disrupt the functioning of the Gaider Realm.

And facing them were the Double-Faced Monkeys that Compass Carburettor had reared with care. Therefore, irrespective of what the clones did, they were unable to manipulate the thoughts of the common populace.

They tried to spark a rebellion by fuelling the dissatisfaction of the people. But unfortunately for them, the Double-Faced Monkeys were experts in mental warfare.

"Another clone spotted. Moving to intercept it." A telepathic message resounded in the mind of a Double-Faced Monkey.

Immediately after, it changed directions, leaping onto the rooftop of a house before skipping in the same manner, displaying superior agility.

"The clone entered the market." Another telepathic message arrived as the Double-Faced Monkey, having peak cultivation frowned, arriving atop a building as it gazed at the throngs of people bustling in the market.

It was unable to identify Straxia's clone among them. Suddenly, it noticed a suspicious figure, transmitting a message through telepathy, "Spy detected. Manipulate his memories. Feed him fabricated information from book 7, page 88."

"Yes!" A reply resounded as a couple of hooded figures entered the market, their figures undetected to the common populace.

Origin Art—Gloss Over!

Through that, they tailed after the spies, fabricating their memories slowly as they continued to spy for information.

Every spy that had infiltrated the Gaider Realm had been detected and kept watch by the Double-Faced Monkeys. Most of the spies were killed while some were purposefully left alive, used to send falsified reports to Straxia and the other forces on her side.

The Double-Faced Monkey at peak cultivation observed the market for a minute before its figure vanished, turning ethereal as it appeared in the mind of a shopkeeper, rapidly scanning through his memories as it noticed something amiss.

As this shopkeeper had set up shop at the entrance to the market, those that passed by would have been registered in his senses.

So, looking through his memories would make things easier.

Immediately after finding some clues, the Double-Faced Monkey at peak cultivation vanished, using a trail of Origin Art of Mind Connect to transfer from the shopkeeper's mind into the mind of a customer.

In this way, the Double-Faced Monkey rapidly travelled from one mind to another, quickly appearing within the mind of Straxia's clone in a matter of minutes.

"What the…?" The pile of memories in the clone's mind morphed into a humanoid, expressing its shock upon gazing at the Double-Faced Monkey. "How can you do the same as the Main Character?"

"Guess?" The Double-Faced Monkey smirked, pulling out Anthozoa as it pressed the trigger.