Chapter 286 The Strongest Star Ranger
The sudden sound seemed to resound throughout the entire world and the starry sky. Even the dark clouds covering the moon overhead were shaken away, revealing the bright moon.

Then, a dazzling light appeared from the east. It was so bright that it covered all the colors between heaven and earth.

This ray of light was like a sword that could cut through the sky and split the earth. It came from the east across hundreds of kilometers and struck the huge palm.

boom!
The two collided with each other, and extremely violent energy exploded in the air like a nuclear explosion, forming an energy sphere as huge as the sun in an instant.

The night sky within hundreds of kilometers around was illuminated in an instant, and countless people on the ground thought that it had suddenly turned from night to broad day.

Shen Cheng, who was closest to the enemy, suffered the greatest impact. He was blown away like a leaf in a typhoon and could not control himself at all.

However, this simple aftermath of the battle could not cause any harm to Shen Cheng. He even took the opportunity to start the core furnace and absorbed all the energy dissipating in the air. After a while, he filled up his energy reserves again.

By the time Shen Cheng had stabilized his body again, the huge ball of light in the sky had disappeared, and only countless stars and sparks like fireflies floating around in the night sky remained.

And in the sky higher up, the thick clouds were swept away, revealing the dark and deep night sky, and the originally hazy stars became extremely clear.

"Shangguan Zhou."

Jing Lan's unhappy voice echoed in the night sky: "I warned you not to return to the Federation."

"Haha, I have a bad memory and I forgot it all of a sudden. You can warn me again."

Along with a hearty laugh, Shen Cheng saw a figure appear in his sight.

This is a middle-aged man with a decent appearance, probably between 40 and 50 years old. He is dressed very ordinary. If it were not for his outstanding temperament, he would give people the impression of being an ordinary office worker seen everywhere on the street.

Shen Cheng had never seen this person before, but he was very familiar with the name Shangguan Zhou.

It can even be said that this name is known to everyone in the entire federation.

Shangguan Zhou, known as the strongest star ranger, once did something that shocked the entire federation - he assassinated the president of the federation alone.

Shen Cheng used the alias of Star Ranger and had a deep understanding of this group. Naturally, he would not miss the strongest Star Ranger of the contemporary era.

After he assassinated the President of the Federation, he disappeared amidst the Federation's manhunt. Many people thought he was dead. Only the Star Rangers knew that Shangguan Zhou was not dead, but had simply run away to avoid the limelight.

Noticing that this legendary figure came from the east, Shen Cheng finally understood why Ning Qing said that by going east, they could escape danger.

Because he could just happen to meet Shangguan Zhou, and Shangguan Zhou had enough strength to help Shen Cheng escape from danger.

"Shangguan Zhou, do you think my tolerance has no limits?"

"I understand. I have no intention of disrupting the order and stability of the Federation this time. I will leave soon."

"I hope you can keep your word and not waste the last bit of our friendship."

Jing Lan seemed to know that Shangguan Zhou had a very difficult personality, so she just left a threatening remark and disappeared without further aggrieving with him.

After making sure Jing Lan had left, Shangguan Zhou turned to look at Shen Cheng and looked him up and down: "Shen Cheng?"

Shen Cheng was a little surprised: "Do you know me?"

Shangguan Zhou laughed: "That little girl Wei Yiting praises you in the forum all day long. I have no choice but to understand."

Shen Cheng knew that Shangguan Zhou had never spoken on the forum since he disappeared, but he didn't expect that he had been secretly peeking at the screen.

Shangguan Zhou immediately followed up with praise: "Not bad, kid. There are not many young people who can make that old woman Jing Lan take action personally."

Shen Cheng couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I'm far behind you guys."

After getting the core furnace, Shen Cheng thought that he had no rivals among the Aces. Even if he met a person with legendary abilities, he would be able to protect himself.

But after actually fighting with Jing Lan, Shen Cheng realized that he was still far behind.

Jing Lan was hundreds of kilometers away and he couldn't withstand it even if he played all his cards.

Although Jing Lan finally broke her promise to attack only once, in other words, she only needed to attack twice, which would be enough to kill Shen Cheng from a distance of hundreds of kilometers.

Shangguan Zhou comforted him, "Don't underestimate yourself, kid. You are already an ace like me at such a young age. You have a lot of room for growth in the future. There is no need to rush."

"Are you an ace too?"

Shen Cheng showed a surprised expression on his face.

According to his previous understanding, this strongest Star Ranger was indeed an ace, but Shangguan Zhou had just helped him to withstand Jing Lan's attack, so he subconsciously felt that Shangguan Zhou should be at the same level as Jing Lan and should also be a person with legendary abilities.

"If you think I'm also a legend, then you're wrong. If I were also a legend, I wouldn't have been driven out of the Federation and had to run away to avoid the limelight."

Shangguan Zhou was not embarrassed at all about his embarrassing incident: "I was able to help you just now because you had already resisted most of Jing Lan's attacks by yourself. I was just helping you along the way. The main thing still depends on you."

Shen Cheng nodded slowly, but still felt something was wrong, because the power displayed by Shangguan Zhou had clearly surpassed that of the ace.

Shangguan Zhou saw through Shen Cheng's thoughts at a glance, smiled and said: "But, I am indeed a little bit stronger than the ordinary ace, do you know why?"

Shen Cheng pretended to listen attentively: "Why?"

Shangguan Zhou did not answer directly, but asked: "I use destruction as an example. Do you know how many abilities there are on the path of destruction?"

Shen Cheng shook his head: "There are at least several hundred species, I don't know the exact number."

Shangguan Zhou continued to ask: "Do you think the more abilities the better?"

Shen Cheng originally wanted to answer, of course.

He has encountered countless enemies so far, and many of them were at the same level as him, and he beat them up with more abilities.

But before he opened his mouth, Shen Cheng suddenly remembered that if the more abilities the better, why should he merge those abilities of the same type? To turn more into less?

He thought for a moment before answering, "More abilities are not better, but higher abilities are better."

A large number of low-level abilities can only bully people who are better than you, such as your own magical skills of bullying weaklings.

In order to truly improve one's own strength, one still needs higher-level abilities.

"You are right, but the word 'higher' should be replaced by 'purer'."

Shangguan Zhou did not keep the secret any longer and explained directly: "There are hundreds of abilities on the road of destruction, but these abilities, to put it bluntly, are just different ways of using energy. All destructive abilities lead to the same goal. We need to put aside the appearance and pursue the most essential and pure things..."

He paused here and looked at Shen Cheng with anticipation.

Shen Cheng continued his words: "Control of energy?"

Shangguan Zhou laughed, with an expression that showed he was teachable: "That's right, the essence of destruction is the control of energy. The operation of this world and even the universe is completely inseparable from energy. When you can control all the energy, you have the ability to destroy the entire universe." Shangguan Zhou's words made Shen Cheng fully understand the essence of these abilities.

Destruction is the manipulation of energy, chaos is the modification of rules, spiritual consciousness is the spirit and soul, and protection is survival and protection.

Those extremely large and dazzling number of abilities are actually different ways of using them.

As long as one can master the purest and most essential power, all other abilities will lose their meaning.

For example, if Shen Cheng mastered the power of destruction, he would be able to control energy, then all destructive abilities would lose their meaning to him, because these abilities were originally created for the purpose of mastering and using energy. Shen Cheng has already learned the most essential method, and other methods are useless.

To put it in one sentence, if you understand one principle, then you will understand all principles!
Shen Cheng suddenly remembered the Star God theory that Tianxuanxing had once told him.

"If I can control all the energy, wouldn't I become a star god of destruction?"

"The Star God of Destruction?"

Shangguan Zhou asked curiously: "What is a Star God?"

Shen Cheng relayed to Shangguan Zhou the star god theory that he had heard from Tianxuanxing.

"When a person with special abilities goes deeper and deeper into the concept of his or her belief, he or she will gradually merge with the concept, becoming indistinguishable from it. When a person with special abilities reaches the end of the concept, he or she will become the concept itself, existing in the entire world, or even the entire universe, in the form of a rule..."

Shangguan Zhou whispered these words, his eyes gradually brightening.

"Your Star God theory is very good."

He said to Shen Cheng with some excitement: "I have always wanted to find a theory to summarize our group of people with special abilities, to explore our actions and destination on the road of faith. Your Star God theory is very consistent with the facts. Do you have more detailed theoretical content?"

Shen Cheng didn't want to steal Tianxuanxing's achievements: "This is a theory of a friend of mine, and she only told me this."

"Your friends? Can you introduce some to me? If it's not convenient, you can ask her to fully relay this Star God theory."

"Then I can only ask her first."

After the two exchanged contact information, Shen Cheng asked Shangguan Zhou: "Have you mastered the power of destruction?"

"It's not that simple. I've only scratched the surface at best. Legends like Jing Lan are the ones who have truly mastered the power that's close to the essence. According to your friend's Star God theory, that means they have mastered the power of destiny."

Destiny is the name of the Tianxuan star in the star god theory, which is used to describe the journey of a person with special abilities from the starting point to the end point.

According to the Star God Theory, people with special abilities all over the world have only touched their destiny. Only those with legendary abilities can be said to have truly embarked on their destiny and mastered the power of destiny.

Shangguan Zhou looked Shen Cheng up and down: "The strange power you used to resist Jing Lan just now was also very close to death, wasn't it?"

Shen Cheng nodded slowly. The power of nothingness was indeed the power that was closest to his destiny of nothingness.

He even had a premonition that he had not yet truly witnessed the power of nothingness.

It's only because the price I paid was not enough that the power of nothingness could exert its true power.

The small talk was over, and Shangguan Zhou's expression became serious: "How are the rangers doing? I couldn't contact them on the road."

In fact, he already had the answer in his mind, which was why he talked so much with Shen Cheng. Now he just wanted to confirm it.

Shen Cheng sighed with a heavy heart: "You are late."

He narrated the whole story.

Shangguan Zhou fell into silence for a long time after listening to this, and a trace of sadness slowly emerged in his eyes.

"I was outside the Federation. I rushed back overnight after receiving the news, but I was still a step too late."

Shangguan Zhou did not blame the rangers for not waiting for him to come back before taking action together.

Because it would be better if he didn't come back. If he came back, the three legends would probably not sit idly by. Once they took action, the Star Ranger would not be able to destroy the headquarters of the Living Tribunal.

"Jing Lan and the Life Court are thinking about you."

Shangguan Zhou suppressed the grief in his heart and reminded Shen Cheng: "Next, you'd better do the same as me and hide outside the Federation to avoid the limelight for a while."

Shen Cheng nodded. Even with Shangguan Zhou's strength, he was still forced to leave the Federation and hide after assassinating the president.

However, Shen Cheng is not as strong as him, and he has a group of burdens around him. If he does not leave the Federation, he will definitely be hunted down by both the Federal Government and the Life Court at the same time, and he will never have peace.

"I won't waste your time anymore, let's go."

"What about you?"

"I plan to go back and collect the remains of the rangers, so that they won't have no place to go after death."

"Would it be too dangerous?"

Shen Cheng was a little worried. He didn't expect Shangguan Zhou to return to the federal capital.

Shangguan Zhou laughed: "Don't worry, if Jing Lan wants to kill me, she must be prepared to be buried with the entire federal capital, so she will just drive me away. Goodbye."

He waved goodbye to Shen Cheng, then turned and flew towards the federal capital.

Shen Cheng looked at Shangguan Zhou's departing back and admired his indomitable courage.

Only after Shangguan Zhou's figure completely disappeared did Shen Cheng turn around and chase after Xiao Qingque's plane.

As soon as we got back to the plane, everyone was visibly relieved.

After Shen Cheng left just now, the plane did not fly too far. Everyone who was hiding in the distance and watching the confrontation between Shen Cheng and Jing Lan was worried for Shen Cheng.

Shen Cheng is now their patron saint. If anything happens to Shen Cheng, this group of people will definitely not be able to escape.

"Brother, I believe you can protect us."

Yan Qiuli hugged Shen Cheng tightly and refused to let go. Jiang Yingyue came over unconsciously and looked at her with some envy.

Xiao Qingque snorted: "It's because I set up the reverse flag well."

"Thanks for your crow's mouth, Sister Qingque."

"Are you being mean to me?"

"No! I was thanking you."

(End of this chapter)