Chapter 1903: Chapter 1903: Gains and Losses
"The true ’Innate supernatural abilities’ are genuine divine abilities, not inferior to ’Advanced supernatural abilities’!"
Elder Fire’s voice echoed in Wyatt Barnes’ ears, completely overturning his previous understanding.
In the past, the innate supernatural abilities he knew on the mortal continent ’Cloud Skies Continent’ had no real connection to the divine abilities he later encountered and were far inferior.
But today, he learned from Elder Fire that the so-called innate supernatural abilities of the mortal continent are not true innate supernatural abilities!
Real innate supernatural abilities are not even inferior to advanced divine abilities!
"Elder Fire, do you mean... the mental attack methods mastered by my ’Mysterious Eye’ are my innate supernatural abilities, which are not inferior to advanced divine abilities?"
Wyatt Barnes took a deep breath, trying hard to suppress his excitement, but his voice still trembled slightly.
"Yes."
Elder Fire responded, "According to your description... the power of your innate supernatural abilities can further enhance. For instance, if all the mental power accumulated within your mysterious eye is condensed into a soul attack at once, the power is not just as simple as one plus one!"
"Of course, it’s easy to say but not so easy to do; it all depends on you... In the past, I only knew the unique eye of the One-eyed Griffin wasn’t simple, but I never thought it would resonate with your technique and bring you such fortune."
As he spoke, Elder Fire couldn’t help but sigh, "Attack divine abilities are divided into general attack divine abilities and soul attack divine abilities... The latter only exist in innate supernatural abilities and cannot be comprehended."
"Soul attack divine abilities are much stronger than those soul attack secret techniques... The difference between them and soul attack secret techniques is like the difference between advanced divine abilities and ordinary martial arts."
Elder Fire finished in one breath.
Upon hearing Elder Fire’s words, Wyatt Barnes fell silent for a while, needing time to digest everything Elder Fire said.
Finally, he arrived at a conclusion:
He struck it lucky this time!
"Just within a day and a night, not only did my cultivation further enhance, but I also acquired such an ’innate supernatural ability’... Luck’s not bad."
Wyatt Barnes’ face revealed a smile.
Now, he is eager to enhance his strength!
Because he is well aware that even if he has arrived at the Fire Worship Sect, without sufficient power, unless he takes some shortcut, rescuing the mother and daughter of Keer would be very difficult... He might not even be able to meet them!
For this reason, every enhancement in strength makes him overjoyed.
Never has he yearned for strength as he does now!
"Elder Fire, you seemed to say something about the situation being different from what you imagined... What do you mean?"
As his excitement gradually calmed down, Wyatt Barnes asked.
He still remembered Elder Fire’s first words were: "The situation is different from what I imagined."
However, because his thoughts were all focused on the mutation of the ’Mysterious Eye’ at the time, upon hearing Elder Fire’s voice, he did not pay attention to Elder Fire’s words and directly inquired about the mutation.
Now that the matter of the mutation is resolved, he also remembers what Elder Fire said earlier.
"The fourth layer of the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda has been fully repaired."
Elder Fire’s voice timely transmitted, reaching Wyatt Barnes’ ear, making him spirited, his eyes brightened, and his body slightly trembled with excitement.
The fourth layer of the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda has been repaired!
This is absolutely good news for Wyatt Barnes!
"Three joys in one day, three joys in one day!"
Wyatt Barnes’ face flushed with excitement, and it took him a long time to regain his composure.
First, breaking through to the ’Human Saint Realm’, then mastering a powerful soul attack-type innate supernatural ability, and now learning of the complete repair of the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda’s fourth layer by Elder Fire.
All three matters are tremendous surprises for him!
"This means I can have even better training environments in the future... The time flow in the fourth layer of the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda is much slower than in the third layer! Inside, eight days pass while only one day passes outside!"
Wyatt Barnes excitedly muttered to himself, his tone tinged with extreme exhilaration, "Also, if I encounter any unbeatable opponent in the future, I can hide inside the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda to take refuge!"
"It might not be possible to take refuge."
However, just as Wyatt Barnes excitedly muttered, Elder Fire’s voice timely interrupted, negating Wyatt Barnes’ last words.
"What do you mean?"
Upon hearing Elder Fire’s words, Wyatt Barnes’ trembling body calmed down immediately, and the joyful smile on his face also quickly faded.
At this point, he realizes:
The situation seems to be somewhat different from what he imagined!
Otherwise, Elder Fire certainly wouldn’t be pouring cold water on him at this moment.
"Although the fourth layer of the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda has been repaired, the space inside remains very unstable... Hiding inside to take refuge isn’t realistic."
In response to Wyatt Barnes’ inquiry, Elder Fire timely replied.
"How did it come to this!"
Upon hearing Elder Fire’s words, Wyatt’s first thought was disbelief, "Elder Fire, are you sure you aren’t mistaken? I recall you previously mentioned that once the fourth level of the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda is repaired, the space inside would stabilize."
"And after the space inside the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda stabilizes, I can hide inside to seek refuge at any time... No matter how chaotic the outside world becomes, I won’t be thrown out!"
As he spoke, Wyatt’s tone became more agitated.
His anticipation for the fourth level of the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda, besides a better environment for cultivation and an exaggerative pace of time flow, mainly focused on the impact of stabilizing the space inside the pagoda.
According to Elder Fire’s previous explanations, the fourth level of the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda, as the central layer, once repaired, would completely stabilize its internal space.
By then, entering it, he wouldn’t be thrown out as easily as before with any minor disturbance.
Because of this, he is extremely eager to repair the fourth level of the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda!
However, now that the fourth level of the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda has finally been repaired, Elder Fire tells him that the space inside the pagoda is still as unstable as before, and he cannot hide inside it for refuge in perilous times.
How could he possibly accept this?
The saying "hope breeds disappointment" perfectly describes Wyatt’s current state of mind.
"The space inside the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda became damaged after it arrived on this secular plane... Initially, I believed that repairing the fourth level of the pagoda would stabilize the space within."
Elder Fire said, "However, upon repairing the fourth level, I discovered that the extent of the damage inside the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda far exceeds my imagination! Unless the pagoda is fully repaired, its internal space cannot stabilize."
"Fully repaired?"
Upon hearing Elder Fire’s words, Wyatt couldn’t help but chuckle bitterly, "Looks like it’ll take forever."
All the way, continually repairing the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda.
Starting from the first level up to the fourth, each level is harder to repair than the last.
According to Wyatt’s estimation, even if in the future he stands at the pinnacle of the Upper Domain of the Martial Dao Sacred Land with all its resources at his disposal... he might only be able to repair up to the sixth level of the pagoda.
The Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda, each level is harder than the previous, the difficulty in repairing an upper level is exponentially greater than the preceding!
"Even the sixth level, in the Martial Dao Sacred Land’s Upper Domain, may not be completely repairable."
Thinking of this, a bitter smile grew more pronounced on Wyatt’s face.
"Heaven surely played a huge joke on me! I even imagined once the space inside the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda becomes stable, I might use it to stealthily infiltrate the Enforcement Hall of the Fire Worship Sect’s Holy Land and rescue Keer and her mother unnoticed... After all, as long as I hide inside the pagoda, no one could discover me. But now it seems, it’s impossible!"
Wyatt clearly knows that now, to see Keer and her mother and even rescue them, there truly is no shortcut.
Only through hard work!
The path of the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda has already ended.
Even though, even if this path hadn’t ended, it might not have worked, it was still a hope.
Now, that hope is completely shattered.
"Aside from not being able to stabilize the space inside the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda, after completely repairing the fourth level, I discovered that the ’hidden injury’ sustained many years ago when the fourth level was in Boone Lee’s possession has healed. This can be considered an unexpected pleasure!"
Elder Fire’s voice continued.
"Hidden injury? Unexpected pleasure?"
Wyatt was confused.
"Actually, the true speed of time flow in the fourth level of the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda, compared to outside, isn’t ’eight to one’... The eight to one ratio was due to the hidden injury the fourth level suffered back then. However, since Boone Lee did not use the time flow speed of the fourth level, he never repaired it. Over time, this matter was put aside, and perhaps Boone Lee himself later forgot about it."
Elder Fire continued speaking.
Boone Lee was the previous owner of the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda in ancient mythology, also known as "King of Tota."
"Elder Fire... are you suggesting that after healing the hidden injury in the fourth level of the pagoda, the time flow inside has become slower?"
Wyatt, not a fool, reacted instantly.
"Yes."
Elder Fire nodded and continued, "The real time flow ratio inside the fourth level of the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda is ’ten to one’... meaning ten days inside equates to one day outside."
Ten to one!
Wyatt was shocked and couldn’t help but take a deep breath, showing expressions of surprise and astonishment.
Time flow rate of ten to one.
Compared to the third level of the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda, it’s twice as slow!
In other words:
Not considering the cultivation environment, just purely in terms of time flow speed, training in the fourth level of the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda is twice as fast as in the third level!