Chapter 60: First Encounter with the Double-Pupils

"Hahaha, Dean, we've really struck gold this time..."

High up in the void, the Dean of Zhulu Academy, along with the other teachers and elders, beamed with joy from ear to ear!

The looks they cast toward Shi Jian were filled with fanatical fervor.

Shi Jian's strength was truly terrifying.

It had not only startled outsiders, but left their own people awestruck as well.

Initially, everyone had merely thought they were welcoming a "young supreme being" with boundless potential.

Who could have guessed that just a few months later, this young supreme being would display such terrifying might!

Breaking the ultimate physical limit of the Blood-Moving Realm at two hundred thousand catties of force.

Slaughtering a high-level expert of the Inscription Realm.

Who could imagine that the exact same person had accomplished both feats?

And what's more, only a few months had passed between them!

"Bada must have broken through to the Spirit-Transformation Realm. He went into seclusion to break through the moment he entered Zhulu Academy!"

The Dean of Zhulu Academy said with a smile, recounting Shi Jian's previous period of closed-door cultivation.

When he first learned from the War Goddess that Shi Jian was breaking through to the Spirit-Transformation Realm, he had been utterly shocked.

Shouldn't he be breaking through to the Grotto-Heaven Realm? How did it suddenly become the Spirit-Transformation Realm?

Upon receiving the news, he rushed over to check on Shi Jian at the very first opportunity.

It was only after sensing the terrifying tremors emanating from atop the mountain that he confirmed Shi Jian was indeed breaking through to the Spirit-Transformation Realm.

He had even worried for a while because of this, afraid that Shi Jian might not have laid a solid foundation in the Grotto-Heaven Realm and broke through after condensing only a few grotto-heavens.

However, seeing Shi Jian's terrifying combat prowess now, all his misgivings vanished completely.

"Since Bada possesses such terrifying strength right upon breaking through to the Spirit-Transformation Realm, could it be that he condensed the legendary Ten Grotto-Havens?"

The other elders asked in astonishment.

Though they had already learned Shi Jian's real name, they had grown too used to calling him "Bada"!

Therefore, they still addressed him as "Bada."

"It's definitely the Ten Grotto-Havens!"

The Dean of Zhulu Academy stated with absolute certainty.

With that, he stared intently at the plaza below.

Earlier, it had been a clash among the geniuses of various clans and their mount beasts, making it inappropriate for higher-ups like them to step in and intervene, as it might look like adults bullying children.

Now that Shi Jian had completely suppressed this group of arrogant upstarts, it was naturally a wonderful thing.

However, he also had to guard against any ill-intentioned individuals attempting to make a move against Shi Jian.

...

Having upheld the dignity of Zhulu Academy, Shi Jian turned around and prepared to leave.

Suddenly, a voice rang out by his ear.

"Your Excellency, have you just finished insulting my Martial King's Manor, and now you think you can just walk away like this?!"

Following the voice, Shi Jian looked over and saw a youth about his own age standing on the ground!

This person's expression was calm, his eyes faintly shimmering with a divine light, and a terrifying power lay dormant within his physique.

He carried a unique aura about him.

This person was none other than the Double-Pupiled Shi Yi.

"You're not convinced?"

Shi Jian looked at him indifferently. He had already noticed Shi Yi earlier, but figuring this fellow was meant to be the whetstone for the Little Stone, he had simply ignored him.

He hadn't expected that Shi Yi would still dare to speak up after witnessing him slay an Inscription Realm expert.

Shi Yi felt immense pressure radiating from Shi Jian, yet he still issued a challenge:

"Do you dare to fight me in the Realm of Gods?"

If they fought in the real world, Shi Yi naturally wouldn't dare to measure himself against Shi Jian.

An expert of the Inscription Realm had been slain by Shi Jian with a single spear strike, let alone someone like him!

Yet in a battle within the Realm of Gods, Shi Yi felt a measure of confidence and reliance.

For no other reason than that he possessed the Supreme Being Bone, the Double Pupils, and had condensed Nine Grotto-Havens!

Nine Grotto-Havens were considered by the world to be the absolute peak of the Grotto-Heaven Realm.

The Ten Grotto-Havens were merely a legend.

"What gives you your confidence? The Double Pupils in your eyes? The Supreme Being Bone you plundered? Or the Nine Grotto-Havens you condensed?"

Shi Jian looked at him with a half-smile.

The calm expression Shi Yi previously wore could no longer hold even a shred of composure. The plundered Supreme Being Bone?

How did he know?

Very few people knew that Shi Yi possessed the Supreme Being Bone in addition to his Double Pupils...

And even fewer knew that this bone had been stolen.

"You—how do you know?"

He stared fixedly at Shi Jian.

"There is nothing in this world that I do not know..."

Shi Jian said calmly. He hadn't expected that instead of building a "charismatic sage" persona in the chat group, he was actually establishing one here in the Perfect World!

The feeling of instantly exposing someone else's secrets was quite refreshing!

"The Double Pupils are naturally an invincible path; why must one borrow another's bone..."

"You are unworthy of being my enemy!"

Every word and gaze of Shi Jian was filled with utter disdain.

It was as if, in his eyes, Shi Yi, the bearer of the Double Pupils, was nothing more than a failure.

After all, Shi Yi's temperament and mental fortitude had not yet reached absolute maturity, and at this moment, he was much younger than when he first appeared in the original story.

Consequently, he was instantly provoked into fury by Shi Jian.

"You deserve to die!"

Streaks of divine light erupted across Shi Yi's body, and behind him, nine grotto-heavens suddenly unfolded, devouring the primal chaos energy of heaven and earth and channeling it into his body!

This sight shocked everyone present, prompting widespread sighs that he truly lived up to being a natural-born supreme being!

To be so young and yet have already opened up nine grotto-heavens, coupled with the Double Pupils.

This Shi Yi also possessed boundless potential!

What a pity, though, that he had run into "Bada"!

Without even glancing at him, Shi Jian casually threw a punch. In an instant, lightning ran wild, and terrifying electric arcs swept across the entire arena.

"Boom!"

In a flash, Shi Yi's figure was sent flying backward.

Even those nine grotto-heavens shattered into pieces in the span of a single breath.

"You can't even block a single strike where I suppressed my cultivation..."

Shi Jian brushed his hand, as though he found engaging with Shi Yi had dirtied his hands.

"Pfft..."

With his face blackened by electricity, Shi Yi coughed up a mouthful of blood and collapsed heavily to the ground!

His guardians hurriedly swarmed around him, casting vigilant and wary glances toward Shi Jian.

[Supreme Being Bone recorded: 3%]

[Double Pupils recorded: 1%]

As the information from the Heavens Library flashed past, a flicker of disappointment crossed Shi Jian's eyes.

Though Shi Jian had spoken aloud of the "Double Pupils being an invincible path, why borrow another's bone"...

His actual innermost thought was: "The Double Pupils are an invincible path; the more bones you have, the more roads you can take!"

Shi Jian was extremely interested in both the Double Pupils and the Supreme Being Bone possessed by Shi Yi.

As long as the Heavens Library cataloged these two items, he would be able to wield the divine might of both the Double Pupils and the Supreme Being Bone.

It was just a pity that Shi Yi's current degree of development for these two abilities was only mediocre.

The Heavens Library could not complete the collection yet.

This was also the exact reason why he had deliberately provoked Shi Yi.

Under the pressure he applied, Shi Yi would cultivate more diligently and work even harder to activate the full power of the Double Pupils and the Supreme Being Bone...

And when the time came, he would harvest them directly.

Once Shi Yi grew stronger, he would in turn apply pressure to the Little Stone...

Which meant the Little Stone would also have to cultivate with greater diligence.

Multiple gains from a single move...

"Rest assured, I have no interest in slaughtering the weak..."

Shi Jian said calmly, looking at the guarded guardians stationed around Shi Yi.

"Pfft..."

Hearing these words, Shi Yi coughed up yet another mouthful of blood and passed out cold on the spot.