Chapter 803
The Power of Faith
As Jiang Shu stepped into this place, he raised an eyebrow and immediately felt an inexplicable sense of oppression.
This sense of oppression wasn't some kind of intimidation, but rather like a fish diving into water and suddenly the water turned into an incredibly viscous gel, as if it were in a hostile environment.
"Is this what they call group faith?"
Jiang Shu raised an eyebrow slightly, a hint of doubt immediately appearing on his face.
When the number of individuals practicing the laws of faith exceeds a certain limit, it often creates a special environment.
Extreme emotions arising from faith can stir up the surrounding environment, generating a certain collective will of faith.
Enemies will be repelled by that will, and their own power of law will weaken accordingly.
Jiang Shu fell into thought.
Just then, Jiang Shu's eyes flashed, and he looked up into the distance.
It was a planet that was barely habitable. At that moment, countless gales were raging across the planet, and the environment was extremely harsh. The normal temperature could reach below minus fifty degrees Celsius, and in some extreme environments, it could even reach nearly minus one hundred degrees Celsius.
Jiang Shu could clearly see large patches of green things slowly crawling on that planet.
His gaze then fell upon a patch of green.
Do not!
Or perhaps it's a single particle within that green.
That was a venerable orc, and he was watching him intently at that moment!
"Oh?"
Jiang Shu looked surprised. He hadn't expected to be discovered so soon after he stepped into this place.
"Could it be because this group has different beliefs?"
At that very moment, Jiang Shu suddenly felt an unprecedented sense of oppression wash over him.
It was as if the entire starry sky and the entire universe were rejecting and hating him, as if they wanted to get rid of him as soon as possible.
"coming."
The mechanical race elder spoke up.
"Let them come, why should I avoid their attacks?"
Jiang Shu chuckled, and at that moment, the entire starry sky surged with a vast power of faith.
This power of faith was far greater than that of the orc lord he had previously slain, perhaps because it had been accumulating for so long that the faith here was far too intense.
"Roar!"
In that instant, roars echoed throughout the entire starry sky.
These roars, and even the countless orcs living here, seemed to be stimulated by something at that moment, roaring and howling incessantly!
Generally speaking, no sound travels in a vacuum. However, those sounds traveled along with the countless thoughts of faith and flowed directly into Jiang Shu's ears.
"That's interesting."
Jiang Shu's eyes flickered slightly, and he saw countless lights suddenly light up at this moment, vast and boundless, just like a sea of stars!
Jiang Shu glanced around and saw that there were a total of four habitable planets in this star field.
The number of orcs was countless!
At this moment, Jiang Shu felt countless forces of belief converge and then merge into one of them.
That was none other than the Orc Venerable One!
This orc seemed to be at the mid-stage of the Venerable realm, but his aura was much more vast and boundless, far surpassing that of an ordinary mid-stage Venerable.
"coming."
Jiang Shu raised the corner of his mouth, showing great interest in the beliefs of the orc race.
In an instant, a green streak of light suddenly approached them, as if it were a meteor, moving at an unbelievable speed.
"Roar!"
A roar resounded through the starry sky as the Venerable One in the star field suddenly roared forward and attacked with all its might.
Jiang Shu raised his hand and threw a punch forward.
"boom!"
The two sides clashed, and the terrifying aura swept across the surrounding star field, vast and mighty, causing space to fold and distort, just like a twisted and tattered cloth.
The next moment, something unexpected happened: Jiang Shu was instantly blasted into a desolate planet by this attack.
In an instant, dragons and snakes rose from the planet, as if the continental shelf had been struck!
"That was a powerful blow!"
Jiang Shu laughed loudly and suddenly flew out, having actually been sent flying backward by that attack.
It would have been almost impossible for anyone else to hurt him, but the orc in front of him did!
In a simple contest of strength, defeat is rare.
At the same time, Jiang Shu's injuries healed rapidly, and he was eventually reunited with his family.
He suddenly flew out, coldly stared at the orc, grinned, and said, "Come on, let's continue!"
"Roar……"
The orc venerable one let out a low growl, his eyes fixed on Jiang Shu as if he were looking at an extremely dangerous prey.
Why aren't you saying anything?
Jiang Shu narrowed his eyes, sensing something was amiss.
However, the orc lord pounced again the next moment, this time with even more terrifying killing power.
In an instant, the mechanical venerable one beside him immediately made his move, and countless energy halos that were almost solidified suddenly burst forth, directly blasting into the body of the orc venerable one.
At this moment, the orc venerable one neither dodged nor evaded, directly taking the blow head-on.
That mechanical race Venerable Electric Current was also a mid-stage Venerable expert. He had just unleashed a full-force attack. If an ordinary mid-stage Venerable were hit by it, they would definitely suffer severe injuries!
However, the orc venerable one withstood the attack, yet his injuries were not obvious.
Moreover, the injury is healing rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"As expected, in the land of orcs, under the blessing of the faith laws of this place, the combat power of the orcs will advance to another level."
Jiang Shu nodded.
He had this suspicion before he came to the Orc Starfield.
It's as if, if other cultivators entered his own domain, they would inevitably be weakened.
The Orc Starfield was once home to saints.
The laws of faith pervade all, and the laws have almost reached their limit, far surpassing his understanding and comprehension.
The laws of faith emanating from this orc venerable were not something he had comprehended on his own.
Rather, it was passed down from the eternal warriors of saints.
Fighting purely on instinct, one can unleash the full potential of combat power within the same realm.
This demonstrates the power of those who fight eternally.
Thoughts swirled in my mind.
Before him, the orc lord withstood the full force of the electric current and immediately pounced on Jiang Shu, as if he knew who the most dangerous enemy was.
Jiang Shu raised an eyebrow, quickly retreated, and suddenly a lightning spear burst forth from his palm.
Blue-purple lightning illuminated the sky and exploded, and Jiang Shu, holding the lightning spear in one hand, struck off the orc's head!
The two engaged in close combat, and the orc neither dodged nor flinched, allowing the lightning spear to strike his head. His half-shattered head roared and howled, his entire body swinging wildly like a madman.
A ferocious glint appeared in Jiang Shu's eyes as he continued the fight.
As a practitioner of the Great Way of Power, one can feel the various mysteries of the Great Way of Power even more in such close combat.
After entering the mid-stage of the Chaotic Realm, Jiang Shu had not encountered such an exhilarating battle among his peers for a long time.
The two sides clashed violently, and with each collision, Jiang Shu could feel the terrifying power within the orc venerable.
In terms of pure power, the orc Venerable before him possesses far greater strength than any other late-stage Venerable Jiang Shu has ever seen.
This is by no means an exaggeration or falsehood!
however……
"Although this orc is powerful, it relies almost entirely on the power of laws, which is somewhat similar to the Burning Heaven Demon Lord in the Demon Realm..."
"If only we could search souls..."
Jiang Shu frowned slightly, then shook his head.
These orcs themselves are not very intelligent.
The memories that were retrieved were all fragmented and incomplete, and I had no idea how the laws of faith within me were comprehended and operated.
It seemed to be entirely based on instinct.
"boom!"
"boom!"
"boom!"
The two sides continued to fight fiercely. The orc lord seemed to become increasingly agitated as he realized he could not harm his opponent for a long time, and the power contained in each of his attacks exceeded that of the previous ones.
The collision between the two was like two stars shaking the entire star field.
Meanwhile, cheers rang out from the various orc-inhabited planets, just like the ancient times when countless spectators celebrated for their warriors on the battlefields on both sides of the arena!
"Roar!"
In an instant, cheers resounded throughout the entire starry universe.
In the distance, the Mechanical Venerable Electric Current, observing the scene before him, quickly transmitted his voice to Jiang Shu, saying:
“Venerable Jiang Shu, please be careful. I have detected that faith power equivalent to a hundred times the total energy of a standard early-stage Venerable is gathering. It seems that because of your battle, those ordinary orcs are now in an even more excited state.”
"Then let him come!"
Jiang Shu spoke excitedly.
He hadn't encountered such an opponent in a long time.
The orc before him, in some respects, was already comparable in strength to him!
This is not just the orc's own power!
This also includes the vast power of faith that has accumulated in this star field over decades.
The orc lord's power grew stronger and stronger, seemingly without end, as a vast torrent of faith flowed into his body.
He roared to the sky, and the power within him poured out like a torrent, covering the battlefield for thousands of miles.
At this moment, the Orc Venerable seemed to have gathered everything around him into his embrace. His terrifying power affected the surroundings, causing the space to shatter suddenly and even showing signs of becoming a subspace.
The terrifying laws of faith transformed into twisted Dao patterns, imprinted on the powerful physical body.
"Roar!"
The orc lord roared and suddenly threw a punch.
A single punch unleashed a terrifying green torrent, vast and boundless, like an ocean, as if forcibly drawing a boundary for the surrounding universe—a boundary like a green torrent.
Jiang Shu's pupils contracted.
I could clearly feel that if such terrifying power were not resisted, an ordinary Venerable would be directly hit and might be reduced to ashes in the blink of an eye.
Instead of resisting, Jiang Shu directly activated the World Tree and the Tongtian Jianmu within his body.
The power of space forcefully broke through the seal of the surrounding laws of faith, instantly reaching a distance of 100,000 miles, thus avoiding this terrifying attack.
At that moment, a terrifying attack surged forward and struck a planet, instantly reducing it to dust.
Countless geothermal magma erupted in the void.
At the same time, the orc lord seemed to unleash a power he could not withstand. His two arms shattered into dust, and a hideous blood hole appeared in his chest. His entire body seemed to be stained with blood, making him look extremely miserable.
However, under the subsequent influence of faith, the injury healed at a visible rate.
Just then, the Machine Race Venerable Electric Current suddenly spoke.
"It has been determined that the attack just now was close to the Venerable's limit. However, the power of faith scattered throughout the entire starry sky has been consumed by nearly 40%."
Jiang Shu's lips twitched immediately.
If it were an ordinary Venerable, even one in the late stage of Venerable, they might not be able to withstand such an attack.
According to the mechanical race elder, the orc elder could launch such an attack again.
"Fortunately, my spatial abilities are not blocked by the thorough faith energy."
Jiang Shu breathed a sigh of relief.
"Please hold on a little longer, Venerable Jiang Shu. I am conducting the relevant analysis. The faith principles they have obtained are only a part of it and are bound to have flaws. Please give me some time."
"It's Electric Current, the venerable one of the mechanical race, speaking."
Jiang Shu nodded.
At this moment, the orc lord had recovered his fighting strength and was still staring intently at Jiang Shu, before rushing forward again.
Jiang Shu narrowed his eyes slightly. This time, he did not engage in close combat with his opponent, but instead engaged in constant entanglement, using spatial laws to teleport himself each time.
Each time he moved, the monster in front of him became even angrier and more violent.
It seemed that only fighting and killing could satisfy the heart of this orc lord.
Jiang Shu continuously used the Tongtian Jianmu to shift the universe, and the beastman venerable one ran back and forth like a dog on a leash.
For a period of time, the two sides did not engage in any battle at all; it was a meaningless chase.
The howling sound in this star field suddenly subsided. The originally fanatical orcs became restless after witnessing such a battle, and the power of faith that had been gathered in their bodies began to dissipate and drift away.
Jiang Shu's gaze sharpened. He had been paying close attention to the Beastman Venerable, and at this moment he clearly sensed that the Beastman Venerable's aura had weakened slightly.
Although the weakening was extremely subtle, only a trace, he still clearly grasped it.
If it were any other powerful individual, he would have chosen to act immediately.
After all, no one knows whether this energy will be replenished.
But now, with the Mechanical Race Venerable in command.
We can wait and see if this weakness is temporary or a result of his avoidance of battle.
Sure enough, the next instant, the sound of the mechanical race's energizer rang in his ears.
"Venerable Jiang Shu, continue to avoid battle! The faith power within this orcish venerable one originates from the other orcs. As long as we continue to avoid battle and prevent bloodshed, the orcish faith in this star field will no longer be concentrated on one person." (End of Chapter)