God-Level Special Forces Soldier

Chapter 839 - 835: Eruption or Extinction?

The reason for Xiao Tian’s unease was, unsurprisingly, Tao Zhenghao’s behavior.According to Xiao Tian’s estimation, the other party should have had some reaction by now. Yet, Tao Zhenghao remained silent with his head down, although the aura surrounding him became increasingly intense.

Such a reaction left Xiao Tian uncertain whether it was good or bad, but for him personally, the downside clearly outweighed the upside.

One either explodes in silence or perishes in it. Judging by Tao Zhenghao’s current demeanor, it was indeed quite perplexing, making it impossible to discern his true intentions.

If it were the former, it would be easier to deal with. There were only two possibilities: one being that Tao Zhenghao might open his mind and voluntarily leave the closed Consciousness Realm; the other being that he cannot withstand the provocation and would attack Xiao Tian outright.

Xiao Tian had strategies to deal with both possibilities. If Tao Zhenghao left on his own, it would be a good thing, but even if they fought, Xiao Tian would not fear him.

However, if Tao Zhenghao chose to perish, that would be truly troubling.

In that case, though Tao Zhenghao would be dead beyond any doubt, Xiao Tian would also be dragged down with him. Calling it a true tragedy would not be an exaggeration.

Based on Xiao Tian’s understanding of Tao Zhenghao’s obstinacy, this possibility was quite existent and might well happen.

"As I see it, not just Sun Miaohan, but any woman with even a slightly normal mind couldn’t accept someone like you, who claims love but uses actions that would harm her to death."

Following this sarcastic remark from Xiao Tian, Tao Zhenghao immediately looked up, his eyes flaring with rage to an extreme, and shouted out in a ripped voice.

"Enough!"

Like the camel crushed by the last straw, Tao Zhenghao finally reacted after prolonged silence.

With his roar, the overwhelming dark clouds in the Divine Sense Realm’s sky scattered instantly, revealing a glimmer of brightness as light began to spread across the whole sky...

Seeing this, Xiao Tian secretly let out a sigh of relief, knowing that the crisis at hand was finally averted. Then, with a slight movement, he followed the previously established passageway back to the real world.

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Back in the real world, Xiao Tian opened his eyes to be met with the anxious and bewildered faces, all directing their focus onto him.

Seeing Xiao Tian finally show some movement, the bewilderment on those faces vanished, replaced by delight.

In such situations, the fear of not seeing hope is indeed terrifying, but what is more frightening is having hope only to watch it shatter before your eyes.

At that point, disappointment turns into despair, worsening the already dire situation.

The many people who had managed to find their backbone in Xiao Tian could no longer bear any heavier blow, otherwise, without outside interference, the emotions within would cause severe mental strain.

Fortunately, Xiao Tian did not fail to meet expectations and woke up, allowing everyone to finally relax.

Glancing at Tao Zhenghao, who was still lying on the ground, Xiao Tian then shifted his gaze away, knowing that it would not take long for him to awaken.

Sure enough, a moment later, Tao Zhenghao, lying on the ground, opened his eyes, but his gaze upon seeing Xiao Tian was rather complicated.

Upon realizing the other was looking at him without any peculiarity, Tao Zhenghao finally confirmed that the Xiao Tian in the Divine Sense Realm earlier wasn’t just an illusion he had created.

This method of entering someone else’s Divine Sense Realm was something Tao Zhenghao encountered for the first time in his life. Previously, even as the leading successor to the Wind Blade Valley Sect Leader, he had never heard of it in the slightest.

For a moment, Tao Zhenghao indeed felt an indescribable feeling.

Before, he merely regarded Xiao Tian as someone with mediocre strength, nothing worth a second glance, not understanding why such a person could earn Sun Miaohan’s favor.

In Tao Zhenghao’s view, aside from Xiao Tian’s fairly pleasing appearance, regarding identity, status, strength, he surpassed Xiao Tian by a great margin, and was certain that Sun Miaohan was deceived by him.

However, after the earlier ordeal, albeit his verbal disagreement, Tao Zhenghao’s innermost thoughts about Xiao Tian had subtly changed. Just the ability to enter someone else’s Divine Sense Realm was something he couldn’t achieve at all.

Unlike Lauren, Tao Zhenghao had a significant understanding of the Divine Sense Realm, knowing how this method, if used in battle, could significantly enhance one’s combat power.

Thinking this, Tao Zhenghao inadvertently showed a hint of seriousness in his gaze towards Xiao Tian.

Slowly standing up, Tao Zhenghao struggled to squeeze out two words through clenched teeth: "Thank you!"

Xiao Tian replied in a calm tone: "No need to thank. You helped me once before, and this time I helped you in return. We owe each other nothing, so there’s no need for formalities."

"Yes!" Tao Zhenghao replied, somewhat self-deprecatingly, "Though reluctant, I must admit that there are indeed some qualities in you worthy of my respect."

Then, Tao Zhenghao’s expression turned extremely serious: "However, if you think this is enough to make me give up on Hanhan, you’re advised not to have such thoughts."

Regarding Tao Zhenghao’s misunderstanding, Xiao Tian had no words left, akin to never being able to wake someone pretending to sleep.

Since the other party’s subjective will couldn’t be changed, Xiao Tian decided not to explain further and shifted the topic: "What do you think of this world?"

Tao Zhenghao raised an eyebrow, clearly understanding that by "this world," Xiao Tian meant the Shaking Light Disc realm they all were in at the moment.

After a brief contemplation, Tao Zhenghao replied, "The space is vast and boundless, and detached from the reality plane, it has an independent set of laws, deeply profound!"

This rather candid evaluation received unanimous agreement from everyone, but it remained just that.

Everyone certainly understood the mysteriousness of this world, along with its concurrent danger, but acknowledgment was one thing; it was of no help in solving their predicament.

They wanted to escape from this space, not listen to long theoretical expositions.

Consequently, although they didn’t oppose Tao Zhenghao’s speech, they weren’t particularly enthused by it either.

Having nodded in agreement, Xiao Tian moved straight to the point: "If you intend to leave this place, how confident are you?"

With this question, even the highly formidable Tao Zhenghao frowned, pondering deeply before finally saying, "Conservatively, about sixty or seventy percent."

Tao Zhenghao’s claim of a sixty to seventy percent chance was like a shot of adrenaline to everyone!

To everyone, this percentage, though seemingly not much, was far better than having no hope at all.

Moreover, there was great interest in the phrase "conservative estimate" that Tao Zhenghao mentioned.

If even the conservative estimate was sixty to seventy percent, wouldn’t that mean without conservatism, there’d be an eighty to ninety percent chance of success in escaping?!

The group’s spirits soared instantaneously, not realizing for a moment that Tao Zhenghao never mentioned taking them along...