Eternal Sacred King Chapter 568 to 577
Chapter 568: Arrival of the Nascent Souls
The masked man bolted away at an extremely fast speed!
He had already vanished from his original position almost at the same time as the arrival of the sword beam.
It was entirely silent.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
The sound of metal ringing was extremely piercing in the silent battlefield!
All the paragons witnessed clearly as a crack appeared on the metallic mask of the man, splitting the mask into two!
Clang!
The mask fell to the ground, revealing that person’s true appearance.
Psst!
Many people gasped.
Some female cultivators even exclaimed.
Filled with grisly wounds, that face was extremely horrifying. It looked nefarious like a malevolent ghost, as though it was eaten away by something.
For some unknown reason, Su Zimo felt an indescribably strange feeling when he saw that face.
Sensing the weird stares all around, the masked man had a venomous expression as he howled deeply with an endless hatred surging in his eyes.
“I’m going to kill you!”
The masked man strode forward with a torrential aura.
Boom!
One after another, streaks of rainbow-colored lights appeared behind the masked man with a frightening energy fluctuation that threatened to destroy everything in the world!
Ancient phenomenon, Glass Divine Light!
Although the masked man’s Glass Divine Light was clearly not as terrifying as Xi Wuya’s, it was nothing to scoff at as well.
After all, that was Glass Palace’s legacy phenomenon.
“Heavenly Encompassing Swords!”
Clang! Clang!
The sound of swords buzzing reverberated relentlessly through the world.
A series of sword qis appeared behind Dugu Jian once after another, encompassing the entire firmament as they streaked over with a daunting might!
Glass Divine Light was ranked 13 on the previous Phenomenon Ranking.
Heavenly Encompassing Swords was ranked 40 on the previous Phenomenon Ranking.
But now that the two phenomenons clashed, they were on even ground!
On the one hand, the masked man’s cultivation realm was only at early-stage Golden Core.
On the other hand, the might of Heavenly Encompassing Swords was truly pushed to its limits in the hands of Dugu Jian!
In the hands of different people, the same Golden Core phenomenon would also release a different level of might.
“Fellow Daoists, if we don’t strike now, all of you guys are going to be hunted once that beast recovers!” Ouyang Xiayu surveyed the surroundings and declared coldly.
She had already noticed that Su Zimo was recovering his stamina and channeling qi to heal himself.
The paragons present looked hesitant.
However, after exchanging glances, most of them were decided!
If they did not give it their all now, it would be hard for a similar opportunity to present itself in the future!
“Kill!”
Someone strode forward and growled deeply.
“Kill! Kill! Kill!”
Many cultivators roared in unison with a mighty aura, as though they were bolstering their own courage as well.
Flying swords and spirit arts filled the air.
There was only a single target – Su Zimo who was in the center of the battlefield!
Su Zimo’s eyes gradually narrowed with a vicious glint.
Clang! Clang!
Before Su Zimo made a move, Dugu Jian waved his palm and directed a portion of the Heavenly Encompassing Sword Qi in the air to form a barrier that wrapped around Su Zimo!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The flying swords that struck the barrier of sword qi were repelled instantly.
Spirit arts that rammed onto it dissipated right away.
In terms of combat strength, the only one who could match Dugu Jian right now was the masked man from Glass Palace.
Buzz!
A sword beam flashed.
Dugu Jian had attacked once more.
That slash seemed to transcend the void and arrived before Ouyang Xiayu instantly.
The Green Luan was the first to sense the killing intent and burst in retreat with Ouyang Xiayu on it instantly.
Poof!
The sword beam shot into the Green Luan.
It let out a tragic howl.
Although it was a pure-blooded ferocious beast, it could not withstand Dugu Jian’s slash.
While that wound was not deep, when the sword qi entered its body, it destroyed all life within it almost instantly!
The Green Luan was dead.
Ouyang Xiayu’s face was pale as a sheet as she barked hatefully with vengeful eyes, “How dare you hurt my spirit beast, Dugu Jian!”
Dugu Jian did not reply.
Another sword beam flashed!
Poof!
A scarlet streak appeared across Ouyang Xiayu’s chest and her gaze dimmed gradually.
Initially, she was a blessed woman from the heavens. Born with fairy-like looks and in an ancient aristocratic family, any cultivator that saw her would naturally feel a sense of inferiority.
There were few cultivators who could bear to attack her.
Unfortunately, her opponent was Dugu Jian.
In his eyes, Ouyang Xiayu was nothing more than an ordinary cultivator.
There was no great deal about killing her.
The blessed woman of an ancient aristocratic family fell from midair, already dead by the time her body reached the ground.
Boom!
At the end of the day, Dugu Jian had still used up quite a bit of his focus to divert part of his phenomenon’s power to protect Su Zimo while killing Ouyang Xiayu.
The masked man seized the opportunity to strike.
Boom!
An arm flawless as jade tore through the air with a fist that resembled a steel hammer, bursting forth with an extremely alarming might instantly.
Dugu Jian’s expression did not change. Unable to raise his sword in time, he could only punch in retaliation!
Bang!
The two fists collided.
Snap!
The sound of bones cracking could be heard.
Dugu Jian’s wrist was snapped by the masked man, twisting to an unbelievable degree!
Glass Palace was the best-versed in body tempering in the cultivation world.
Glass Palace disciples, even if they were not Xi Wuya, had extremely strong physiques and frightening melee combat strength that ordinary cultivators could not imagine.
However, what everyone truly felt terrified about was Dugu Jian.
Even with his snapped wrist, Dugu Jian was still emotionless as ever, as though that was not his hand and he did not feel any pain at all.
He was way too calm.
Dugu Jian was so calm that nobody could sense any trace of panic coming from him.
Despite his snapped wrist, Dugu Jian did not stop at all and instead, raised his sword in reverse without giving the masked man a chance to follow up at all.
The masked man retreated slightly slower and instantly, a bloody gash appeared on his chest!
Poof!
Once again, the masked man’s expression changed as he spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.
He could clearly sense an endlessly sharp sword qi surging into his body, trying to cut up his flesh, bones, tendons and organs.
Hurriedly, he channeled his blood qi to suppress it.
After spitting out a mouthful of blood, he managed to contain the wound and purge out the sword qi.
Although it seemed like he gained the advantage in that exchange of blows, in reality, they were on even ground.
The only difference for Dugu Jian with his snapped left wrist was that he wouldn’t be able to hold onto his sword sheath with his left hand.
However, Dugu Jian’s sword technique was completely unaffected and turned even more intimidating instead!
A paragon was bound to die with every single attack of his!
Both sides continued in the stalemate.
All of a sudden!
The sound of clothes fluttering through the air could be heard from the distant horizon.
A series of incomparably strong auras surged forward, tearing through the air.
The auras were wildly berserk, seemingly filled with rage, as they sped over. Before they even arrived, an unnerving dominance had already engulfed everyone present!
“This aura...”
“Nascent Souls!”
“Even Nascent Souls are alarmed and there’s so many of them!”
Instantly, the crowd went wild.
Everyone knew that they would definitely fade into the background the moment Nascent Souls interfered.
It was unknown who the Vermilion Fruit would end up with eventually – that would still depend on the capabilities of the Nascent Souls.
However, there was only one thing everyone was certain of... somebody was about to die!
That person had slain way too many paragons of the North Region and had offended almost all the factions of the North Region – he was definitely doomed to die today!Chapter 569: Exposed
The might of the gathered Nascent Souls was horrifying and all of the cultivators fighting stopped, not daring to act recklessly.
The old man from Glass Palace was the first to arrive and his expression was terribly dark!
Although he had already rushed over with all his might after noticing that something was amiss, it was still too late.
Xi Wuya’s Destiny Talisman was already shattered on his way here!
Who was the person who could kill Xi Wuya?
There was definitely no Golden Core in the North Region who could be a match for Xi Wuya.
Even if a Nascent Soul managed to avoid them and infiltrate the Great Qian Ruins, wasn’t there a chance for Xi Wuya to escape if he could not defeat his foe?
That was impossible!
In the blink of an eye, the various Nascent Souls have already arrived.
Their eyes were filled with endless shock as they looked at the corpses sprawled on the ground!
They had expected this Vermilion Fruit fight to be a cruel test for the paragons of the North Region.
However, none of them expected it to be this tragic!
Xi Wuya’s body laid limply on the ground with its tendons and bones snapped – it was already a meat sludge.
His eyes were widened, as if even till the moment of his death, he could not believe that he would be buried in these ruins!
Duanmu Kang’s body was torn into pieces and his original appearance could not even be seen any longer.
Ouyang Xiayu’s corpse had a gash on her chest that was evidently created by an expert of the Dao of the sword.
There were way too many paragons that could no longer speak at this point either as they laid on the ground as ice-cold corpses.
The old man from Glass Palace’s gaze turned extremely sharp as he surveyed his surroundings, scanning everyone present. When he came across Su Zimo, he paused slightly.
Su Zimo was extremely calm and there was no trace of fear in his eyes even as he faced this many Nascent Souls!
When he sensed the stare from the old man of Glass Palace, Su Zimo smirked and glared back in return with the same intensity.
“What happened here!”
The Perfected Lord of Taba clan could not help but holler loudly, asking.
Taba Feng pointed at Su Zimo and shouted, “It’s all because of him! He’s the monster incarnate of Divine Phoenix Island from the ancient battlefield!”
“That’s right! He was the one who killed most of the fallen Fellow Daoists of the Golden Core realm!”
“Hmm?”
The expressions of the Nascent Souls changed slightly.
The monster incarnate of Divine Phoenix Island!
To think that the monster incarnate of Divine Phoenix Island would actually arrive in the North Region after leaving the ancient battlefield!
It was no wonder!
It was no wonder why the paragons of the North Region met with such a great calamity!
This monster incarnate of Divine Phoenix Island was truly scary. Even just at early-stage Golden Core realm, he was able to kill the number one Perfected Being of the North Region, Xi Wuya!
Who else could be a match for him?
The many Nascent Souls stared at Su Zimo with somewhat weird gazes. Apart from hatred, there seemed to be something else.
It was more like... greed!
Their gazes resembled the way the Golden Cores looked at the Vermilion Fruit.
Many of the Nascent Souls instinctively looked towards Su Zimo’s right hand.
There was a rumor in the cultivation world that the monster incarnate of Divine Phoenix Island’s right hand contained a supreme treasure – the divine phoenix bone!
That was the bone of a divine being!
Even Void Reversions and Dharma Characteristics would be tempted to get their hands on a treasure as such, let alone Nascent Souls!
The gaze of the old man from Glass Palace flashed.
In his eyes, there was far more than the divine phoenix bone to Su Zimo.
This man possessed way too many secrets in his body.
There was everything concerning Divine Phoenix Island.
The legacy of the Saber Emperor.
The secrets within the Human Emperor’s Palace.
Also... was this monster incarnate a human or demon?
How could immortals and demons coexist?
The only way to find out about those unknowns was by capturing this monster incarnate!
“Monster incarnate of Divine Phoenix Island. Great, great!”
The old man from Glass Palace had a cold tone. Withdrawing an antiquated mirror from his storage bag, he said, “Let’s see what the true form of this monster incarnate is!”
When he heard that, Su Zimo’s heart sank.
Before he could react, the old man from Glass Palace flung the mirror in his hands in the air.
Instantly, a resplendent radiance burst forth in a bedazzling manner.
The endless radiance converged into a light column that descended on Su Zimo.
There was an extremely mysterious power in the light column that did not contain much killing power.
However, Su Zimo shuddered and his bones and tendons rang at the same time as his body shrank uncontrollably.
His face and features started changing!
Under countless gazes, an elegant face was revealed.
The burly man with rough features earlier on had vanished entirely!
“Who is this? Is he the monster incarnate of Divine Phoenix Island?”
“So, the monster incarnate of Divine Phoenix Island is a human. He looks rather refined, like a scholar.”
“To think that such a frail and refined scholar would be so domineering. I truly couldn’t tell at all.”
Su Zimo’s heart sank as he heard the discussions.
He knew that he could not hide everything anymore!
Even when he saw so many Nascent Souls arrive, Su Zimo could still maintain his composure.
However, he truly had not expected that his true appearance would be exposed by a mirror!
In the cultivation world, there was a Dharmic weapon to deal with demons known as the Demon Revealing Mirror.
Although the Demon Revealing Mirror did not have much killing power, it could expose the true appearance of demons and expose all their disguises!
Despite his endless precautions, Su Zimo had missed this out.
With this mistake, all his efforts had gone to naught!
Su Zimo merely felt his limbs go cold. In fact, he even felt devastated!
Even if he could escape from this place, he wouldn’t be able to survive for long.
He could not return to Ethereal Peak.
Otherwise, Ethereal Peak would be destroyed because of him!
It was even more so for the Yan Country.
Otherwise, Yan Country would be annihilated!
While the North Region was huge, there was nowhere he could hide!
It was even less possible for him to escape from the North Region.
At Golden Core realm, even if he were to sprint day and night without eating or drinking, it would take him hundreds of years.
Furthermore, he would have to deal with the hunt from various major factions and sects!
As long as the matter of his immortality and demonic double cultivation was revealed, nobody in this world could protect him!
From this day forth, Su Zimo would have to take on the world as his enemy singlehandedly!
Most of the cultivators present had not seen Su Zimo personally before.
However, in the vast crowd, there were some cultivators who shuddered with looks of disbelief – they were so shocked that they nearly exclaimed!
“It’s him! To think that it’s him!”
Mu Dongqing was astounded and could not help but murmur to himself.
Bai Yuhan clutched her cherry lips with a disbelieving expression, unable to speak at all.
At that moment, both of them finally understood something.
It was no wonder why Su Zimo was able to cultivate to the legendary Extreme Foundation Establishment realm; the second person after the Human Emperor to do so.
That was because he was the monster incarnate of Divine Phoenix Island and had entered the Human Emperor’s Palace!
“So, it’s you!”
Blaze Columbus Valley’s Wang Yan’s eyes lit up as he recognized Su Zimo immediately.
A month ago, this was the refined scholar that wiped out most of the cultivators from Blaze Columbus Valley, Stellar Luna Sect and Shadowless Sect, causing them to suffer a massive defeat.
It was no wonder why this person also had the Divine Turtle phenomenon.
It was because he was the same person from a month ago!
Since this person had a double phenomenon, it meant that he did not fight with his full strength a month ago!
Today’s battle was the example of this man’s full strength without holding back.
“Wait, something isn’t right!”
Suddenly, Wang Yan’s expression changed.
This man did not fight without holding back today either!
A month ago, he had a gigantic seal that was a connate spirit weapon. However, that weapon did not show itself today.
A month ago, he also had a quasi-connate spirit weapon that he used to shoot Qian Xinyu of Stellar Luna Sect to death – that wasn’t shown today either.
“Just how many more secrets are there to this man? What else does he have up his sleeves?”
That thought sent shivers down Wang Yan’s spine.
Chapter 570: Even Nascent Souls Won’t Be Able to Protect You!
After the masked man from Glass Palace caught sight of Su Zimo’s true appearance, his first reaction was to freeze up.
Thereafter, an endless hatred filled his eyes as he burst into laughter menacingly.
“Fufufu... HAHAHAHAHA!”
His hoarse voice was deep like a baleful ghost from Hell!
“So, it’s you!”
The masked man had a venomous expression as he snarled with grit teeth, “Do you recognize me, Su Zimo?!”
“Su Zimo?”
“I seem to have heard that name before somewhere. It’s a little familiar.”
A commotion broke out among the crowd.
“I heard that a disciple from a major sect within the territories of Great Zhou cultivated to the Extreme Foundation Establishment realm and is called the second Human Emperor. His name is Su Zimo.”
“Oh, that’s him. I’ve heard of him before.”
“I heard that this man was outrageous in the ancient battlefield and obtained the Saber Emperor’s legacy. He wiped out Poison Sect singlehandedly before killing cultivators of Glass Palace and Malevolent Earth Sect!”
“At that time, the sudden appearance of Divine Phoenix Island’s monster incarnate drowned his reputation in the ancient battlefield. To think that they’re both the same person!”
Now that things had come to this, Su Zimo calmed down instead.
With a cool gaze, he looked at the masked man slowly, as though he was trying to discover something.
“Why? You can’t recognize me?”
The masked man laughed; his initially ugly face turned even more frightening!
“Pei Chunyu?”
Su Zimo raised his brow.
Any Glass Palace cultivator that could recognize him had already perished in the ancient battlefield.
There was only a single person whose whereabouts and life and death was unknown – Pei Chunyu!
“That’s right, it’s me!”
Pei Chunyu ground his teeth and spat hatefully, “It’s all because of you that I’m in this state right now. Luckily, the Heavens took pity on me and I finally found you!”
Every single word from Pei Chunyu was filled with an endless hatred, as though he wanted to tear Su Zimo apart!
Back in the fog valley of the ancient battlefield, he managed to survive after taking a huge risk and hiding inside the abdomen of a Cloud Seeking Leopard.
At the same time, he was corroded by the strong digestive fluids of the Cloud Seeking Leopard which distorted his features.
During this period of time, there were countless times when he jolted awake from his dreams because of that elegant face, shivering in fear and drenched in sweat!
That face and figure had already turned into his nightmare.
He could not erase it!
“Su Zimo, you were domineering and invincible across the same level in the ancient battlefield. I’m sure you’ve never imagined that this day would come, have you?”
Pei Chunyu barked coldly, “I’ve sworn countless times to return everything I’ve suffered a hundred times more to you! I’m going to let you suffer a fate worse than death, tormenting you day and night till without allowing you to die or rest!”
The many paragons felt chills run down their spines when they heard that.
Those words could have only been spoken with immense hatred.
Su Zimo did not say anything, merely healing up in silence as he recovered his stamina.
When he heard Pei Chunyu’s words, Su Zimo’s lips curled with a mocking expression.
He looked at Pei Chunyu like a pitiful insect.
That gaze triggered Pei Chunyu once again!
“Su Zimo!”
Pei Chunyu bellowed with a menacing expression, gripping his fists so tightly that they cracked, “Don’t get cocky! I’m not only going to torment you, I’ll capture your kin and torture them viciously right before you!”
“I’ll let you witness and experience that pain personally!”
The paragons were secretly shocked.
Pei Chunyu had gone insane.
The only way to purge his mental demon was if he could kill Su Zimo.
Otherwise, he would definitely die from his own demons before long!
When he heard that, Su Zimo’s expression suddenly turned cold.
He did not have much kin left.
Be it Su Hong or Xiaoning, they were his Achilles’ Heel and neither could be touched!
Expressionlessly, Su Zimo said slowly, “Pei Chunyu, you were lucky to have escaped the last time. You will definitely die today!”
“Hahahaha!”
Pei Chunyu reared his head in laughter, as though he heard the greatest joke in the world.
“Because of what? You? Notwithstanding the fact that your stamina is depleted, your spirit energy is drained and you’re at your limits, even if you are in peak condition, so what?”
Pei Chunyu pointed to the many Nascent Souls nearby and shouted, “There are so many Nascent Soul seniors around! There’s no room for you to be brazen!”
“Monster incarnate? In the eyes of Nascent Souls, you’re nothing but an ant that can be squashed at any moment!”
Su Zimo smiled as well. Lowering his head, he twirled his fingers and said leisurely, “Do you think that I won’t be able to kill you with these Nascent Souls around?”
“Insolent!”
The old man from Glass Palace suddenly roared.
It was a rich sound that boomed like thunder.
Many Golden Cores shuddered with frozen gazes and fell limply.
Su Zimo’s expression did not change and his body merely swayed slightly.
With his double immortality and demonic cultivation, he had a strong physique and he had even cultivated a powerful vocal secret skill before.
Although the sound released by the old man from Glass Palace was powerful, it was not enough to affect Su Zimo’s mind!
More than half the paragons of the North Region died in Su Zimo’s hands in this Vermilion Fruit fight.
At this moment, there were countless Nascent Souls staring at Su Zimo.
It was truly ridiculous if he wanted to kill Pei Chunyu right under everyone’s eyes.
However, Pei Chunyu had to die no matter what!
Su Zimo was extremely clear about that.
He knew that if he allowed Pei Chunyu to survive, it would bring about unimaginable trouble for him, Su Hong and Xiaoning.
For other people, this short period of rest would not amount to much difference.
However, for Su Zimo, this was enough for him to stabilize his wounds and recover some stamina!
“Pei Chunyu, let me tell you one last thing.”
Su Zimo had a cold, murderous gaze as he said coolly, “Even Nascent Souls won’t be able to protect anyone that I want to kill!”
Swiping his palm across his storage bag, a gigantic, shiny golden seal appeared in his palm!
The connate spirit weapon, Coiling Dragon Seal!
In just this short period of time, Su Zimo had already recovered some spirit energy.
His dantian circulated and spirit energy surged into the Coiling Dragon Seal.
“Go!”
Su Zimo flung his arm and the six bedazzling spirit patterns on the Coiling Dragon Seal shone as it descended fiercely onto Pei Chunyu!
It was frightening, like a blazing sun!
Pei Chunyu’s expression changed starkly.
He had not expected Su Zimo to be this decisive and attack him even under the watchful gazes of Nascent Souls!
More than that, he thought that Su Zimo was clearly exhausted earlier on!
And yet, Su Zimo had already recovered to this extent in this short period of time!
How strong were his regeneration capabilities?
The gigantic seal crushed down, engulfing Pei Chunyu and almost sealing every possible escape path for him.
“How dare you!”
The old man from Glass Palace roared and waved his sleeves.
“Swoosh!”
Instantly, the sleeves stretched dozens of feet along with the wind, blanketing the heavens as it wrapped around the descending blazing sun in midair!
Although the blazing sun was scorching, it could not burn through the sleeves of the old man from Glass Palace.
No matter what, Su Zimo was only at early-stage Golden Core at the end of the day – he was definitely not a match for a Nascent Soul in a direct clash!
Pei Chunyu raised his head and only felt relieved when he caught sight of the blazing sun wrapped in the sleeves.
If not for his sect’s senior, he might have truly been killed by that gigantic seal earlier on!
At that moment, Pei Chunyu experienced another sense of trepidation.
Chapter 571: Kill!
“Something isn’t right!”
Pei Chunyu’s heart sank.
Given Su Zimo’s determination to kill him, how could his attack be this simple?
Could Su Zimo truly be naive enough to think that he could kill him with just a connate gigantic seal under the watch of so many Nascent Souls?
That was impossible!
Su Zimo must still have tricks up his sleeves!
Instinctively, Pei Chunyu turned his gaze towards Su Zimo.
His pupils could not help but constrict violently right away!
Unknowingly, a milky white gigantic bow had already appeared in Su Zimo’s hands.
The bowstring was already drawn.
Five spirit patterns shone on the gigantic bow. If one were to pay attention, they might even vaguely catch sight of a sixth spirit pattern that although illusory, was extremely blinding!
To Pei Chunyu, it seemed like Su Zimo was hugging a round moon in his embrace at that moment.
That round moon was pierced by an ice cold arrow.
Dark black in color, the arrow shimmered with a faint golden glow.
Behind that black gold arrow, Pei Chunyu caught sight of a firm wrist and a pair of brilliant eyes.
Those eyes seemed like they were looking at a dead man!
The next moment, Pei Chunyu truly sensed the feeling of death!
The Black Gold Arrow was getting closer and closer to him.
Pei Chunyu could clearly see the chilling glow on the arrow tip. By now, the elegant face behind the arrow had already turned blurry.
The Black Gold Arrow arrived in the blink of an eye!
Although Pei Chunyu had clearly seen it, he realized that he was rooted to the spot, unable to budge at all!
“S-Save me...!”
His eyes were filled with fright as he howled from the depths of his throat.
It was too fast!
The arrow was fired almost the same time as when the old man from Glass Palace wrapped his sleeves around the Coiling Dragon Seal.
“Such guts!”
The old man from Glass Palace bellowed in rage.
He had not expected Su Zimo to still have such a terrifying move left after releasing a connate spirit weapon!
Initially, the Black Gold Arrow only shone with a single gold streak.
However, the moment it left the bow, six spirit patterns appeared on its body.
The light was blinding!
Psst!
The paragons in the crowd gasped.
An early-stage Golden Core had actually summoned two connate spirit weapons!
Xi Wuya only had one.
Even the Nascent Souls of the North Region were shocked.
A connate spirit weapon!
That was a true killing weapon!
The burst killing power from a connate-grade arrow fired from a quasi-connate gigantic bow was more than enough to kill most of the Golden Cores present instantaneously!
Even a cultivator of Xi Wuya’s level might not be able to escape unscathed.
Furthermore, Pei Chunyu was only at early-stage Golden Core.
He was more than a single realm weaker than Xi Wuya in terms of strength.
Everywhere the Black Gold Arrow passed, the surrounding spirit qi would be drawn into the arrow, leaving a streak of forbidden area made of spirit qi that propagated the Black Gold Arrow to an even faster speed!
The old man of Glass Palace wanted to step in and stop things but he was already too late!
Turning into a cold streak of light, the Black Gold Arrow arrived instantly.
All of a sudden!
The jade pendant on Pei Chunyu’s waist seemed to sense something and shone brightly, releasing a mysterious power.
An almost transparent barrier was formed around Pei Chunyu.
Boom!
When the Black Gold Arrow struck this barrier, a deafening bang reverberated through the entire place!
Crack! Crack! Crack!
Instantly, a series of cracks rippled through the jade pendant.
The jade pendant was an expendable defensive spirit weapon and was extremely rare.
This was given to Pei Chunyu by his grandfather on the way here and could defend against the full-powered attack of a peak Golden Core!
Even Xi Wuya wouldn’t be able to shatter the barrier formed by the jade pendant in a single blow.
However, that arrow pierced the jade pendant right away!
The Black Gold Arrow was repelled.
Pei Chunyu let out a breath and his eyes were filled with relief.
He was saved after that arrow was blocked.
That was because with a Nascent Soul of Glass Palace present, Su Zimo would definitely not get a second chance to strike again!
Suddenly, a black gold glint streaked past the corner of Pei Chunyu’s eyes.
It looked familiar.
Poof!
In his moment of distraction, Pei Chunyu felt a sharp pain in his chest.
Instinctively, he looked down.
His chest was already punctured with a grisly wound and blood spurting out like a fountain!
Bam!
The sound of a bowstring quivering only reached Pei Chunyu’s ears by then.
That strike was way too fast!
Before the sound of the bowstring arrived, he was already shot by the Black Gold Arrow!
When he heard the trembling sound of the bowstring, Pei Chunyu instinctively thought of something.
Earlier on, Su Zimo did not shoot a Black Gold Arrow.
He shot two!
The two Black Gold Arrows stuck close to one another, front and back.
Because the arrows were so fast that they transformed into a chilling streak of light, everyone mistook that it was only a single Black Gold Arrow.
The first arrow tore through Pei Chunyu’s barrier.
The second arrow was to take his life!
The combination of the quasi-connate gigantic bow and connate Black Gold Arrow rendered Pei Chunyu’s supreme-grade defensive spirit weapon to paper.
That single arrow swept away every trace of life within Pei Chunyu’s body!
Su Zimo lowered his arm and put away the Moon Concealment Bow into his storage bag with a calm expression without any emotions in his eyes.
That was a display of extreme confidence!
If I want to kill you, you will definitely die!
It was dead silent on the battlefield such that a pin drop could be heard.
It wasn’t just the Golden Core paragons of the North Region... even the Nascent Souls had not expected an early-stage Golden Core to kill a cultivator of Glass Palace right before their very eyes!
The process seemed simple and instantaneous.
However, the read of the situation, attention to detail and precision of timing were all perfect!
Any single delay and this monster incarnate of Divine Phoenix Island wouldn’t have gotten the chance.
The end result was the death of Pei Chunyu!
It was exactly as the monster incarnate had said, “Even Nascent Souls won’t be able to protect anyone that I want to kill!”
Taba Feng, Murong Wushuang and everyone else were even more shocked.
It was only at that moment when they realized that there was nothing exaggerated about how Su Zimo singlehandedly defeated the paragons of the immortal, Buddhist and fiend sects beneath the Human Emperor’s Palace nor was it due to luck.
This man had way too many tricks up his sleeves!
They seemed to be endless.
Suddenly, a ridiculous thought flashed through the minds of some people.
Could this monster incarnate manage to escape alive?
Impossible!
Those cultivators denied the thought.
There were so many Nascent Souls here that have long sealed every single escape path of Su Zimo. No matter if he wanted to fly up above or burrow down beneath, there was no way that man would be able to escape alive!
More than five kilometers away from the Great Qian Ruins, a middle-aged man stood in the air.
The man’s complexion was a faint golden color and his hands were behind his back, exuding a shuddering aura. Gazing in the direction of the Great Zhou Dynasty, his eyes shimmered, seemingly in deep thought.
All of a sudden!
The middle-aged man’s expression changed as he slapped his storage bag and withdrew a Destiny Talisman before looking at it intently.
The Destiny Talisman was already shattered.
Like dust, the fragments slipped through his fingers and dispersed.
“Wh... at?!”
The middle-aged man hollered with widened eyes spewing with killing intent.
“Whoever killed my grandson, I’ll make sure you are torn into pieces and burned into ashes!”
Spinning around, the middle-aged man sped towards the direction of the Great Qian Ruins in a flash, vanishing at the edge of the horizon before long.Chapter 572: A Great Gift
On the battlefield.
The old man from Glass Palace had an extremely terrible expression!
For this trip, Glass Palace sent two Golden Cores.
Notwithstanding Xi Wuya’s death, even Pei Chunyu was murdered and it happened right in front of him!
Although Xi Wuya was a Golden Core, his status in the sect and in the hearts of the elders was much more important than ordinary Nascent Souls!
The sect had raised Xi Wuya as a titular disciple.
Naturally, he would be punished when he returned to the sect with news of Xi Wuya’s death!
Right now, the only thing he could do was to try and make up for it by bringing Su Zimo back to the sect. That way, he might have a chance of avoiding punishment.
“Little beast, let’s see how much longer you can maintain your cockiness!”
The old man from Glass Palace hollered and strode forward, extending his arm to capture Su Zimo alive.
“Hehe!”
Suddenly, the Perfected Lord of Dark Ghost Sect sneered sinisterly, “This little beast slewed my disciple. I’m going to take his arm as compensation!”
Swash!
Dark Ghost Sect’s Perfected Lord’s spirit consciousness shifted and turned into a sinister saber that cut towards Su Zimo’s right arm.
His intent to sever the right arm was an excuse for his true motive of getting the divine phoenix bone!
Of the Nascent Souls present, the old man from Glass Palace was not the only one targeting Su Zimo – all the other Nascent Souls of decent capabilities wanted to fight for the divine phoenix bone!
There was no reason for them to give up an opportunity as such!
“How dare you!”
The old man from Glass Palace shouted with rage.
“Hehe!”
Suddenly, Duanmu clan’s Perfected Lord laughed. “This little beast is ruthless and murdered my Kang’er. I’m going to kill him and take his corpse back so that I can account to my clansmen!”
“Our Ouyang aristocratic family is not going to let that little beast off either!” Ouyang clan’s Perfected Lord remarked coldly.
“Bullsh*t!”
Taba clan’s Perfected Lord cursed, “That weakling from your clan was clearly killed by a sword rather than this lad! What rights do you have?!”
“In that case, you’ve got even less rights since your Taba Feng is still alive and well!”
All the Nascent Souls moved one after another – all of them wanted to take their share of the loot by getting Su Zimo’s right hand!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The power of Nascent Souls collided with a rampant might, filling the skies with resplendent light in a terrifying manner!
The frightening power extended and all the Golden Cores in the vicinity retreated hurriedly in shock, afraid that they might be embroiled in the fight.
Su Zimo stood firmly in the center of the battlefield, looking at everything with a faint mockery in his eyes.
“Everyone, listen to me, there’s no need for us to fight with our lives here!”
Murong clan’s Perfected Lord suddenly said, “How about splitting that lad’s divine phoenix bone into pieces and divide it evenly!”
“That’s good!”
“I agree!”
Some Nascent Souls agreed readily.
“No!”
The old man from Glass Palace stroked his beard fiercely and an intimidating power exuded from his seemingly scrawny body. With every single move of his, a rainbow light would glow blindingly.
Even Dharmic weapons wouldn’t be able to get close to him!
He remarked coldly, “I’ll see who dares to try and challenge Glass Palace for a treasure today!”
At that moment, a series of cool sighs could be heard coming from the center of the battlefield.
Many Nascent Souls stopped instinctively and turned their gazes over.
Scanning his surroundings, Su Zimo said slowly with a calm expression, “I’ve expected all of you to come and I’ve prepared a great gift. Please kindly accept it!”
“Humph!”
Stellar Luna Sect’s Perfected Lord sneered, “Little beast, you won’t be able to escape today even if you’ve got wings. Let’s see what tricks you have up your sleeves!”
“Escape?”
Su Zimo smirked with a hint of incredulity in his eyes. “Everyone, you may have mistaken something.”
The many Nascent Souls frowned slightly.
All the paragons of the North Region hiding far away froze momentarily as well, confused by Su Zimo’s words.
Su Zimo continued, “I’m not the one who has to escape. It’s... you guys!”
The hearts of many Nascent Souls skipped a beat.
Before his words were finished, Su Zimo slapped the storage bag on his waist and whisked out a bronze square tripod that was more than a meter tall!
The tripod was dull and lifeless, filled with cracks. However, its edges were defined as it stood in the world, as though it wanted to pierce the firmaments and tear the ground asunder!
“Hahahaha!”
Seven Kills Sect’s Perfected Lord froze for a moment before rearing his head in laughter. He pointed at the bronze square tripod in Seven Kills Sect’s hands and asked loudly, “You’re truly a beast without any brains! Do you really think that you can threaten us with that broken piece of metal?”
The other Nascent Souls were relieved at the sight of that bronze square tripod as well, their expressions relaxed and their eyes shining with mockery.
No matter what the grade of this bronze square tripod was in the past, even if it was a treasure even beyond Dharmic weapons, it was already useless right now.
If it could not release Dharmic powers, what was the difference between this tripod and scrap metal?
“Fufu.”
Su Zimo smiled as well.
Indeed, that bronze square tripod was of no threat to Nascent Souls.
However, that might not be the case for the golden lava inside!
After it was contained in the bronze square tripod, the golden lava seemed like it was sealed by some power and was calm as water without emitting any heat.
Gripping the hind legs of the bronze square tripod with both hands, Su Zimo raised it and spun, swinging it at the Nascent Souls all around him!
Swoosh!
The golden lava gushed out, blanketing the skies.
When the lava splashed through the void, it burst forth with a shuddering heat that was enough to annihilate everything and incinerate all living beings!
At this moment, the Nascent Souls who coveted the divine phoenix bone were all in the vicinity and none of them could escape from the radius of the golden lava!
Contact with the golden lava – even if it was only a single drop – would immediately ignite a shiny golden flame.
It burned in the void relentlessly!
Given the bodies of Nascent Souls, they would be burned into ashes within dozens of breaths in the golden flames!
If they were drenched by the golden lava, they would be engulfed immediately with no corpse left!
The scariest thing was that once the Nascent Souls were touched by the golden flames, they would not be able to extinguish it no matter how they struggled!
“Ah! Ah! Ahhhh!”
Tragic cries reverberated through the world.
In midair, countless figures engulfed in flames streaked through the air.
They did not manage to fly far before they fell as a pile of ashes.
The battlefield had instantly transformed into a burning Hell!
None of the Nascent Souls could avoid this calamity.
Even the old man from Glass Palace who was well-versed in body tempering only managed to hang on for dozens of breaths before falling to the ground without any trace of life.
Only the Golden Cores who hid far away managed to survive.
The golden flames burned furiously.
All the stone pillars in the underground palace were incinerated.
The underground palace collapsed with countless rocks crashing down and dust billowing.
Everywhere the golden lava reached, a massive pit would be burned in its place!
The flames surged into the air, illuminating the dark night like day!
Against the scarlet golden flares, the monster incarnate’s figure was faintly visible, looking like a divine being scrutinizing everything from the flames!
It was over!
Everything was over!
The flames burned through the entire skies!
Even the clouds shone tragically beautiful with a scarlet golden shade.
The world has changed!
From this day forth, the cultivation world of the North Region was going to be overturned!
Chapter 573: Tribulation of Life
A lost expression flashed through Su Zimo’s eyes as he gazed at the endless flames around him as well.
Although he managed to get his hands on the Vermilion Fruit, his identity was revealed.
It was hard to conclude his gains and losses at the exact moment.
Almost all the sects and factions of the North Region were implicated in this fire!
From this day forth, Su Zimo would be faced with an endless hunt and no place would be safe for him in the North Region!
How difficult would it be if he wanted to escape from the North Region?
The North Region was way too big!
Su Zimo was only at early-stage Golden Core. Even with his double immortality and demonic cultivation, he would have to take hundreds of years of traveling even in the best circumstances.
He would most likely be killed within that period of time!
With the conclusion of this battle, Su Zimo had not only offended Glass Palace, but the entire cultivation world of the North Region!
“No matter what, I’ve got to get out of this place first!”
Before long, he calmed down and made a decision.
Picking up the Coiling Dragon Seal on the ground, he put it away in his storage bag before donning on new green robes. Hiding in the bronze square tripod, he broke through the layers of flames and escaped into the distance.
All of a sudden!
Another streak of golden light surged through the flames.
Sweeping his gaze across that golden light, Su Zimo could not help but freeze momentarily.
It was a black basket that glowed with a golden light, resembling an iron pot with a few holes on top of it.
Behind the holes were a pair of black gemlike eyes that darted around rapidly.
Little fox!
That sharp little thing still made a decision in the end.
She chose to leave that ‘home’ which she had lived in for dozens of years.
She chose to leave her mother and enter the outside world.
Although Su Zimo was reluctant when he left the underground cave as well, he could only let the little fox make the decision for herself.
That basket that looked like an iron pot seemed unassuming but in reality, it could protect her from the surrounding golden flames!
Earlier on, even when many Nascent Souls tried to use their Dharmic weapons, they were incinerated into ashes by the golden flames.
“Come over! I’ll take you away from here!”
Su Zimo shouted softly.
He was the reason why the little fox was willing to leave the underground cave.
There was no way he could possibly abandon her in this place.
Given her ignorance to the outside world, she wouldn’t survive for more than a month living alone!
The little fox was extremely obedient and with a leap, she whisked her Fire Blocking Basket and slithered through Su Zimo’s robes, climbing to his shoulders with a few steps.
Swoosh!
A pair of spirit wings appeared behind Su Zimo.
Swoosh!
Flapping his spirit wings, Su Zimo channeled blood qi and sprinted with his full might into the distance.
He had not gone far when suddenly, the skies darkened!
A sinister voice echoed through the entire Great Qian Ruins!
“Without my permission, nobody is allowed to leave this place today!”
The next moment, a terrifying might descended and the countless otherworldly soldiers in the palace instantly dispersed into malevolent qi.
The Golden Cores who were initially watching from afar were shocked and shivered uncontrollably, nearly kneeling on the ground.
The pressure was way too immense!
Against this intimidation, many Golden Cores felt insignificant as ants that could be squashed at any moment.
That aura was way stronger than that of Nascent Souls!
Even the golden flames that were initially blazing diminished significantly, as though they were suppressed by someone.
“How scary. Who is it?”
“What’s the cultivation realm of this person? Could it be...”
“Void Reversion! A Void Reversion expert must have arrived!”
“There’s no way a Void Reversion would be interested in a 10,000 Year Vermilion Fruit! There must be another reason for it!”
Many Golden Cores exchanged glances as their minds filled with questions.
Su Zimo’s expression changed starkly as well with the descent of that might. He felt his footsteps getting more and more sluggish, as though he was trudging through a swamp.
However, he had no intention of stopping.
The person who arrived was extremely strong!
Among the cultivators Su Zimo had interacted with before, this person’s aura was the most similar to the Asura, Yan Beichen!
It was a Void Reversion!
Su Zimo did not know why any Void Reversion would be here.
However, he knew that this was his last chance and he had to get out of this place as soon as possible!
A middle-aged man in luxurious robes descended from the sky with a grim gaze, scanning his surroundings. A wary look flashed through his eyes when he caught sight of the blazing golden flames in midair.
When his gaze came across Pei Chunyu’s corpse, the hesitation in the middle-aged man’s eyes vanished, leaving nothing but an endless, murderous killing intent!
Some cultivators could not endure the pressure and recounted the earlier events vaguely.
“Hmm?”
Shifting his gaze, the middle-aged man caught sight of Su Zimo who was escaping and could not help but bark coldly with a dark expression, “Little beast, how dare you try to escape in front of me, Dao Being Xuan Yu?”
Boom!
Dao Being Xuan Yu’s spirit consciousness moved.
A horrifying might descended immediately!
With a bang, Su Zimo’s body crashed and slammed onto the ground harshly.
The tremendous shock caused the flesh on the surface of his body to rip apart, spurting with blood and adding injuries on top of his original injuries.
In the blink of an eye, Su Zimo transformed into a bloodied person. He could not help but grunt dully and his knees wobbled, almost falling.
The difference was too great!
This was not merely a difference in terms of strength.
It was the difference between two different levels and it was worlds apart.
Dao Being Xuan Yu did not have to make a move at all – Su Zimo could not even withstand his pressure as a Void Reversion alone!
The little fox was horrified.
Earlier on, she was protected in Su Zimo’s embrace.
Su Zimo had defended her from all damage using his body!
With his back against Dao Being Xuan Yu, Su Zimo continued to escape, panting with a hint of blood in his breath and blood frothing from his mouth. However, his gaze was unusually resolute and immensely fierce!
With his hands behind his back, Dao Being Xuan Yu traveled through the air and looked down at Su Zimo who was escaping down on the ground.
Those eyes were filled with mockery and cruelty, as though he was looking at an ant that was struggling to survive.
“Mr. Mo, he...”
When he saw that, Mu Dongqing wanted to say something but hesitated.
Nobody expected that the number one Weapon Refinement Master of Great Zhou would possess such an identity and frightening combat strength!
A few years ago, Su Zimo helped him refine a supreme-grade spirit weapon in the capital of Great Zhou.
At that time, he was still a little amateurish.
But now, that seemingly frail scholar had already grown to such an extent!
Yet, unfortunately, that scholar was about to die.
“What a pity, sigh,”
After a long silence, Mu Dongqing gave a long sigh of sadness.
No matter what, Su Zimo had once helped him.
Mu Dongqing felt pained when he saw the state Su Zimo had ended up in.
Bai Yuhan seemed to have recalled something and whispered with a conflicted expression, “If the third princess hears the news about Young Master Su’s death... she is going to be extremely sad.”
Mu Dongqing lamented, “At the end of the day, humans can’t fight against fate with their own strength. Even a Void Reversion has shown himself at this point. This should be a fated tribulation in his life such that he can’t avoid death.”
In midair.
Dao Being Xuan Yu seemed to have lost his patience and interest in toying around. Harrumphing coldly, he suddenly descended and blocked Su Zimo’s path forward.
Right then, something weird happened!Chapter 574c
Su Zimo did not stop in his tracks and a milky-white gigantic bow suddenly appeared in his palm.
The Black Gold Arrow was already drawn.
The bow was like a full moon.
The Moon Concealment Bow and Black Gold Arrow!
That was the strongest attack that Su Zimo could make given his current state!
So what if it was a Void Reversion?
Su Zimo was not going to give up just like that!
It was impossible for him to escape under the watch of a Void Reversion.
The only way was if he could kill the Void Reversion!
The light on the Moon Concealment Bow shone brightly and an endless spirit qi surged into Su Zimo’s embrace, as though he was hugging a full moon.
The Black Gold Arrow shimmered with a cold, chilling intent, almost fusing into one as the full moon in his embrace.
Bam!
The Black Gold Arrow was shot forward.
The two of them were way too close.
The Black Gold Arrow arrived instantly and even if Su Zimo and Dao Being Xuan Yu were in a different spot, this would have been an extremely difficult arrow to dodge!
Dao Being Xuan Yu did not move at all, his eyes filled with mockery as though he was completely unaffected by the cold flash before his eyes.
“Is that all you’ve got?”
He raised his palm in a seemingly slow motion but it tunneled through the void, arriving right in front of the Black Gold Arrow!
His palm was sparkling like jade and shone with a mysterious luster; his fingernails were long and slender, as flawless as glass.
Curving his finger, Dao Being Xuan Yu flicked gently!
Clang!
The sound of metal clashing echoed!
Under countless gazes, that arrow that was enough to kill Pei Chunyu instantaneously was flicked away by Dao Being Xuan Yu’s finger!
There were no injuries on his finger at all.
He did it extremely casually!
Su Zimo’s pupils constricted starkly and his heart sank.
It was way too scary!
The power of a Void Reversion had far exceeded his imagination!
The difference between them was way too great, akin to heaven and earth.
A savage glint flashed in Su Zimo’s eyes as he suddenly extended his right arm without stopping in his tracks.
The right hand that was in possession of the divine phoenix bone gripped into a fist without any fancy moves, smashing down onto Dao Being Xuan Yu’s head fiercely!
The Black Gold Arrow was the first move that Su Zimo prepared – it was meant to confuse Dao Being Xuan Yu and numb him, causing him to lower his guard.
His true killing move was the divine phoenix bone at the back!
Given Dao Being Xuan Yu’s cultivation realm, he would definitely take the attack of a Golden Core head-on without avoiding.
In that case, there would be a chance to trigger the power of the divine phoenix bone!
Su Zimo believed that once the power of the divine phoenix bone was triggered, it would be enough to injure Dao Being Xuan Yu even if it was unable to kill him.
However, that might be his only shot at survival!
Dao Being Xuan Yu’s eyes shone with a deeper mockery.
“The futile struggle of a trapped beast!”
Dao Being Xuan Yu sneered. As Su Zimo expected, he reached out with his fist and met Su Zimo’s right hand directly.
Su Zimo’s eyes shone viciously!
His Inner Core and Golden Core circulated wildly and his blood qi surged. All his tendons and bones were ringing with the sound of rumbling thunder as his organs shook while his orifices shone with a demonic glint.
There were even streaks of bloodshot lights forming around the top of his head!
Su Zimo was converging all the power within his body towards his right hand!
This single move would determine his victory or defeat!
Right as their fists were about to collide, Dao Being Xuan Yu smirked and suddenly converted his fist to a palm, choosing not to engage Su Zimo head-on.
Dao Being Xuan Yu’s palm glided upwards gently and avoided the incoming fist, arriving at Su Zimo’s right wrist area before gripping suddenly!
Su Zimo froze in his tracks.
A tremendous repulsion force surged into his body and he felt like his bones were all going to shatter.
“Ugh!”
Su Zimo’s expression changed as he grunted.
Dao Being Xuan Yu’s palm gripped his wrist tightly like an iron hoop.
The immense power almost crushed his right wrist!
It was way too painful!
Su Zimo shuddered from head to toe and clenched his teeth; bead-sized sweat droplets rolled down from his cheeks instantly.
With a cold expression, Dao Being Xuan Yu raised his chin slightly and looked down at Su Zimo, sneering, “Trying to kill me with your divine phoenix bone?”
“Fufu.”
Dao Being Xuan Yu chuckled gently and shook his head. “You’re way too naive!”
The difference between the two of them was not merely limited to their cultivation realms and strength.
In terms of experience and psychology, Su Zimo was even more disadvantaged!
Dao Being Xuan Yu had already guessed Su Zimo’s intentions and did not choose to take the divine phoenix bone head-on, gripping the latter’s wrist instead!
Su Zimo’s right hand had the indestructible divine phoenix bone.
However, his wrist was incomparably fragile against the power of a Void Reversion!
Dao Being Xuan Yu’s change in movement had severed Su Zimo’s final hope!
Enduring the immense pain on his wrist, Su Zimo glared at Dao Being Xuan Yu indignantly with clenched teeth.
“Divine phoenix bone,”
Dao Being Xuan Yu lamented, “An ant like you isn’t befitting of possessing such a divinely object!”
“From this day forth, the divine phoenix bone belongs to me.”
Before he finished his sentence, Dao Being Xuan Yu exerted slight strength into his palm.
Snap!
The jarring sound of bones snapping echoed.
Su Zimo’s wrist was snapped directly by Dao Being Xuan Yu!
His right hand hung limply, only connected by skin and flesh.
Many cultivators winced at the sight of that.
As though he could not feel any pain, Su Zimo did not let out any sound at all; his body merely trembled slightly while his features were distorted!
Su Zimo’s eyes were narrowed and his expression was extremely cold!
Dao Being Xuan Yu ignored the hatred in Su Zimo’s eyes and merely remarked indifferently, “Little beast, Pei Chunyu is my grandson. Since you took his life, I’ll let you suffer in pain and torment for all eternity!”
“Your snapped wrist is just the beginning.”
Dao Being Xuan Yu’s voice was like a malevolent ghost from hell and was extremely chilling!
Bang!
Suddenly, Dao Being Xuan Yu extended his feet and tapped Su Zimo in the dantian gently!
His kick was way too fast.
Even if Su Zimo was at his peak condition, he wouldn’t be able to dodge it, let alone the fact that he was now severely injured with his spirit energy drained and blood qi exhausted.
Furthermore, Dao Being Xuan Yu’s palm was locked on Su Zimo’s injured right wrist the entire time.
Su Zimo could not escape at all!
Although that kick seemed like it was slow and gentle, it let out a frightening amount of power on Su Zimo’s dantian.
It was like a gigantic spear that thrust into Su Zimo’s dantian!
“Pfft!”
Su Zimo shuddered and felt a sharp pain pierce through his abdomen, almost fainting from it.
A bloodied hole appeared on his dantian, muddied by flesh and blood.
Destroyed!
Su Zimo could clearly feel that his Golden Core was shattered by that single kick from Dao Being Xuan Yu!
His spirit energy drained rapidly.
In the blink of an eye, his dantian turned into an empty spot without any spirit energy at all.
Su Zimo’s body convulsed slightly and he almost could not stand straight. His face was pale, his eyes went dim and his breathing turned faint.
His cultivation was crippled!
The core of a Golden Core Perfected Being was their Golden Core – it could not be recovered once it was destroyed!
Dozens of years of tough cultivation was destroyed overnight!
For cultivators, there was nothing more cruel than having their Golden Cores destroyed and their cultivations crippled.
It was dead silent all around.
The Golden Cores had various expressions – some of them gloated, some sighed to themselves while others revealed pained looks.
Mu Dongqing and Bai Yuhan had some ties with Su Zimo in the past. At this moment, none of them could bear to continue watching.
Dugu Jian lowered his sword eyes and shook his head gently with a look of pity on his face.
No matter how much of a monster incarnate Su Zimo was, how amazing, or even if he had once cultivated to the legendary Extreme Foundation Establishment realm with double phenomenons... all of that had now vanished with the destruction of his Golden Core.
Chapter 575: Miserable
Su Zimo was long drenched in head and his head was slumped with his black hair raining down – the only thing that could faintly be seen were a pair of frightening eyes!
Even with his Golden Core destroyed and his cultivation crippled, Su Zimo did not despair.
He would definitely take revenge for this as long as he could walk out alive today.
He had his Inner Core despite his shattered Golden Core.
For the past eight years, Su Zimo had been cultivating the Mystic Classic of the Twelve Demon Kings of the Great Wilderness day and night religiously. The Inner Core that he refined was the essence of the first seven sections of the mystic classic!
He could still trample on everyone across the same level by relying on his Mystic Classic of the Twelve Demon Kings of the Great Wilderness!
Dao Being Xuan Yu tightened his grip on Su Zimo’s snapped wrist with a cold gaze. As he looked down at the silently slumped Su Zimo, he suddenly remarked, “Oh, right. I nearly forgot. You’re half a demon as well and you’ve also cultivated an Inner Core!”
The existence of the Inner Core could not be hidden from Dao Being Xuan Yu’s spirit consciousness.
“Is that what you’re relying on?”
Dao Being Xuan Yu laughed, somewhat menacing, before saying slowly, “Even though you’re a Golden Core, I’m not going to leave you any chances! I will let you experience the true meaning of despair!”
The moment he said that, Dao Being Xuan Yu extended his right fist.
Bang!
Dao Being Xuan Yu punched his right fist savagely through Su Zimo’s chest!
When the tremendous power surged wildly into Su Zimo’s body, the first to receive the impact was the Mystic Gold Silk Armor.
Unable to withstand the burst power of Dao Being Xuan Yu, a hole appeared through the connate spirit weapon and all six spirit patterns dissipated!
After breaking through the defensive connate spirit weapon, the remaining power cruised through into Su Zimo’s body.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
The sound of bones cracking could be heard.
Blood drained from Su Zimo’s face as he was lifted up before crashing down heavily once more.
A series of tears appeared on his Inner Core.
Su Zimo could no longer feel the existence of demonic power within him.
He had lost complete control of his Inner Core as well!
Once again, Su Zimo’s expression turned paler.
Even if his Inner Core was not completely crippled after receiving such an immense blow, the chances of it recovering in the future were extremely slim!
In reality, Dao Being Xuan Yu had intended to shatter Su Zimo’s completely with that punch.
However, the Mystic Gold Silk Armor blocked a large part of the power.
Furthermore, Su Zimo’s tendons, bones, blood and flesh were extremely frightening to begin with and he possessed a shocking defense – that was the only reason why the Inner Core was not pierced entirely with that single punch!
Prior to this, Dao Being Xuan Yu maintained his grip on Su Zimo’s right wrist the entire time.
It was only at this moment when he sensed that the situation was deadlocked that he felt relieved enough to release his grip.
Dao Being Xuan Yu had been cultivating for thousands of years up till now and he was no fool.
He would definitely not make a mistake nor would he leave Su Zimo with any chances!
The little fox was nearly scared out of her wits throughout the entire process.
She had never witnessed such cruelty and remained hidden behind Su Zimo the entire time.
It was up till this moment that the little fox realized something and shrieked.
No matter how timid she was, she could not bear to see Su Zimo bullied by someone like this!
Pshew!
She tossed the Fire Blocking Basket in her paws away.
The Fire Blocking Basket expanded rapidly in midair with nine golden streaks of light. Surging with an endless killing intent, it shone with a fiery blaze down onto Dao Being Xuan Yu.
“Eh?”
A hint of surprise flashed through Dao Being Xuan Yu’s eyes.
Against the incoming Fire Blocking Basket filled with endless flames, Dao Being Xuan Yu did not dodge nor avoid. Suddenly, he reached out with both hands and scooped in midair.
Those terrifying flames did not even manage to burn off Dao Being Xuan Yu’s hair or skin!
Reaching through the flames, Dao Being Xuan Yu’s arms were completely fine as he pulled the Fire Blocking Basket towards him for a closer inspection!
The glint in his eyes intensified as he nodded to himself.
A moment later, he placed the Fire Blocking Basket in his storage bag. “This is a great treasure. It’s a pity that you are too weak to be able to unleash the full might of the Fire Blocking Basket. From this day forth, it belongs to me!”
“Heeya! Heeya!”
The little fox was agitated.
That was her mother’s parting gift for her and she could not lose it!
“Don’t go!”
Su Zimo’s voice was hoarse and extremely weak.
Unfortunately, the little fox was flustered over her Fire Blocking Basket and it was too late even if she heard Su Zimo’s call.
The little fox dashed forward.
Initially, Dao Being Xuan Yu wanted to slap her to death. However, a thought crossed his mind.
“Fox race?”
A hint of lust could be seen flashing through Dao Being Xuan Yu’s eyes as he changed his mind and swept his hand.
Bang!
The little fox was repelled and fell into the mud, spitting out a huge mouthful of blood with a stricken expression!
She had not formed a core and could not even change her appearance yet. Naturally, she was not a match for Dao Being Xuan Yu.
“Little thing, it will be extremely easy for me to kill you. It will take nothing more than a single thought,”
Dao Being Xuan Yu remarked coldly, “From this day forth, you are my slave. If you dare to go against me, I’ll make sure you suffer!”
The fox race gave birth to natural seductresses.
If he could capture someone from the fox race as a slave to do whatever he wanted with her, he would definitely live his days in bliss like an immortal!
The little fox was seriously injured to begin with and was uneasy internally.
With Dao Being Xuan Yu’s words right now, she knew of her impending fate and was so agitated that she fainted.
Dao Being Xuan Yu did not care at all.
He had loads of time in the future to train up this fox.
Dao Being Xuan Yu’s gaze shifted towards the bloodstained cultivator not far away.
Their gazes met.
Dao Being Xuan Yu frowned slightly.
He had to acknowledge that there was still no sign of defeat in Su Zimo’s eyes despite the circumstances!
There were way too many powers in the world that could defeat Su Zimo.
However, there was nothing that could make him bow down!
Dao Being Xuan Yu frowned slightly.
Su Zimo’s gaze made him feel uncomfortable.
It felt as if something was not within his control!
“That’s impossible!”
Dao Being Xuan Yu lamented, “That kid’s Golden Core is crippled and his Inner Core is shattered. By now, he’s a complete cripple and there shouldn’t be any accidents.”
“Little beast, why aren’t you escaping anymore, hmm?”
Dao Being Xuan Yu sneered.
Su Zimo remained silent.
With an unpredictable tone, Dao Being Xuan Yu continued slowly, “Don’t worry, I won’t let you die that easily.”
“I’m going to imprison you and slowly torment you while interrogating you about the secrets of your divine phoenix bone and double immortality and demonic cultivation! There’s way too many secrets that you are keeping!”
Su Zimo smiled as well.
“I’m afraid you won’t get the chance to discover the secrets I’m hiding!”
A series of sinister sutras flowed through Su Zimo’s mind.
Poof!
His heart nearly ripped apart and his bloodline surged, blazing in flames!
In the blink of an eye, almost a third of his bloodline was burned up!
That was the Blood Escape technique of the fiend sects!
Even with his Golden Core crippled, Inner Core destroyed, spirit energy drained and demonic power exhausted, Su Zimo had another type of power within his body – the power of his bloodline!
Within a short period of time, Su Zimo’s speed would increase exponentially upon the release of Blood Escape.
Even so, it was still utterly ridiculous to think that he could escape alive from the grasp of a Void Reversion.
Otherwise, Su Zimo would have released Blood Escape long ago and escaped from this place rather than wait till this irrevocable state.
Right now, he only had a single aim for releasing Blood Escape – to escape to the Dragon Burial Valley!
Chapter 576: Leap
After releasing Blood Escape, Su Zimo turned to flee without hesitation.
When he passed by the little fox who fainted, he scooped her up into his embrace and continued sprinting with all his might!
Su Zimo did not dare to imagine what would happen to the little fox if he abandoned her here.
That would be a fate worse than death!
His figure transformed into a streak of blood light and sped outside.
All the paragons were stunned.
They saw that Su Zimo was a cripple on his last breath, someone who could not even stand steadily.
In the blink of an eye, that cripple released such a terrifying speed!
Even Dao Being Xuan Yu froze momentarily, let alone the Golden Cores who were watching.
Although he was a Void Reversion, a full two major realms above Su Zimo, he was extremely cautious.
He only relented his grip on Su Zimo’s wrist after crushing the latter’s Golden Core and Inner Core.
However, Dao Being Xuan Yu truly had not expected Su Zimo to still have energy left to escape!
“Blood Escape?”
His eyes flashed as he recognized the origin of that secret skill immediately.
Blood Escape was a secret skill from Asura Sect of the fiend sects and was extremely famous in the cultivation world. It provided a frightening burst power that was far beyond the other escape techniques of the five elements.
“Trying to escape in front of me? You’re truly way too naive!”
Dao Being Xuan Yu sneered, “Let’s see how long more you’re intending to run for!”
Before his sentence was finished, Dao Being Xuan Yu gave chase – his speed was even slightly faster than Su Zimo who was bursting with Blood Escape!
Su Zimo might have truly been able to escape alive with Blood Escape if he was hunted by Nascent Souls.
Unfortunately, he was facing a Void Reversion.
Furthermore, it was a supreme expert of the Void Reversion realm, a cultivator of Glass Palace!
Right now, in Dao Being Xuan Yu’s eyes, Su Zimo’s escape was nothing more than an ant struggling on the brink of death.
The distance between the two of them was decreasing rapidly!
If not for the fact that Su Zimo had made a move first, Dao Being Xuan Yu would have caught up to him within a few dozens of breaths!
Many Golden Cores followed hurriedly.
However, their speeds were far inferior compared to Dao Being Xuan Yu and Su Zimo who was in Blood Escape.
Thankfully, there were not many obstructions before them and the path was clear.
The paragons chased while gazing the entire time.
“By the looks of it, Dao Being Xuan Yu will be able to catch up to Su Zimo in less than a hundred breaths.”
“That’s right. Even with Blood Escape, that man is only grasping at straws. His death is inevitable.”
“I guess he’s just trying to stay alive for every single second possible for now.”
Mu Dongqing and Bai Yuhan had conflicted expressions when they heard the discussions.
No matter what, Su Zimo was a cultivator of Great Zhou.
They even had ties with him previously.
In the end, neither of them were as relaxed as everyone else when they saw the state he was in.
After a slight chase, Mu Dongqing suddenly exclaimed softly and frowned, murmuring to himself, “This direction doesn’t seem right. It seems to be...”
“Could it be...”
“The Dragon Burial Valley!”
Some cultivators in the crowd noticed something strange and exclaimed.
The Dragon Burial Valley was an extremely unlucky place. In the catastrophe 10,000 years ago, the blood of emperors was spilled, patriarchs were killed and a divine dragon was buried there!
In the past 10,000 years, countless experts have made their way into the Dragon Burial Valley to check things out. Eventually, there was no news of any of them and neither did they return.
It was said that even Dharma Characteristics and Conjoint Bodies wouldn’t be able to make it out alive!
Among them, there were some renowned and famous monster incarnates and supreme experts.
In fact, there were even people who regarded the Dragon Burial Valley as the tenth forbidden ground apart from the Nine Forbidden Grounds!
Suddenly, all the paragons read Su Zimo’s mind.
Since he knew he was going to die, he might as well leap into the Dragon Burial Valley so that Dao Being Xuan Yu gets nothing at all!
Dao Being Xuan Yu’s expression was grim in midair – clearly, he had read Su Zimo’s mind as well.
His blood qi surged and his Dharmic powers gushed. By now, his speed was already at its limits and there was even a buzzing sound coming from the voids!
The Vermilion Fruit was born in the depths of the Great Qian Ruins and was extremely close to the Dragon Burial Valley.
Now that Dao Being Xuan Yu was pursuing Su Zimo and his Blood Escape with full speed, the two of them arrived at the location of the Dragon Burial Valley before long!
Not far ahead, a gigantic ravine split the entire Great Qian Ruins into two.
The ravine was dark and chilling, exuding a shuddering aura!
From midair, it looked like it was a titanic creature with its mouth open, ready to devour any food that presents itself!
“Little beast, how dare you!”
Dao Being Xuan Yu was flustered and could not help but shout sternly.
He would suffer great losses if Su Zimo were to truly leap into the Dragon Burial Valley!
The divine phoenix bone and secret behind the double immortality and divine phoenix bone would be buried in the Dragon Burial Valley forever alongside Su Zimo’s leap!
Arriving at the edge of the Dragon Burial Valley, Su Zimo looked down and felt his head spin.
His injuries were way too severe.
Be it physically or mentally, he was at his limits after his Golden Core was destroyed, Inner Core shattered and the release of Blood Escape after a drawn out battle.
A conflicted look flashed through Su Zimo’s eyes.
He was indignant at the end of the day to die just like this.
However, if he were to end up in Dao Being Xuan Yu’s hands and endure endless torment, he’d rather jump down here and end things once and for all!
“Forget it.”
Su Zimo sighed internally.
“Little beast... S-Su Zimo!”
Dao Being Xuan Yu changed his manner of address hurriedly.
Standing at the edge of the Dragon Burial Valley, Su Zimo swayed as though a slight wind could knock him over – Dao Being Xuan Yu did not dare to close in at all.
“Su Zimo, there’s no need for you to do this,”
Dao Being Xuan Yu said with a deep voice, “We can make a trade. As long as you hand the divine phoenix bone to me, I can forget about the grudges between us!”
Su Zimo looked at Dao Being Xuan Yu mockingly with his back facing the Dragon Burial Valley.
Although Dao Being Xuan Yu was smiling on the surface, he cursed internally, “Don’t worry, I’m a man of my words. As long as you’re willing to hand over the divine phoenix bone, I’ll leave immediately without hurting you at all!”
“You want the divine phoenix bone? Sure!”
Su Zimo smiled and jumped behind, remarking indifferently as he fell into the Dragon Burial Valley, “Come down and take it!”
“You... ”
Dao Being Xuan Yu was enraged and disappeared from the spot in a flash.
In the blink of an eye, he had already arrived at the edge of the Dragon Burial Valley and stopped hurriedly.
He wanted to extend his robes to pull Su Zimo up but it was already too late.
He could only watch as Su Zimo fell into the darkness, vanishing entirely.
10,000 years ago, a few emperors of the human race joined forces and fought a legendary war against the divine dragon, forming this gigantic ravine.
The ravine was not only the tomb of the divine dragon, there were even more frightening powers mixed within it.
Even a Dharmic weapon would turn into dust if it fell inside, let alone the body of a cultivator.
Dao Being Xuan Yu did not dare to head down and could only watch as the divine phoenix bone disappeared from his sights.
“Little beast, do you think that this is over? Since you killed my grandson, I’m going to exterminate the Su family and no one will be spared!”
Dao Being Xuan Yu had a menacing expression that was beyond horrifying!
Chapter 577: Shock of the North Region
Su Zimo leaped down.
His body disappeared completely into the Dragon Burial Valley.
That was what the paragons saw when they rushed to the edge of the Dragon Burial Valley.
They could barely contain their shock and all of them had conflicted expressions.
That leap meant that the monster incarnate of Divine Phoenix Island was now a thing of the past.
All geniuses that fall would eventually be forgotten.
That was the case even if that man was the cream of geniuses.
That man possessed way too many secrets. In fact, he even broke through the restrictions between humans and demons and managed to cultivate both at the same time!
This man had once singlehandedly killed Sealers and paragons of the immortal, Buddhist and fiend sects in the elementary ancient battlefield and entered the Human Emperor’s Palace!
This man was the second after the Human Emperor to unlock nine spirit meridians and cultivate to the Extreme Foundation Establishment realm!
This man cultivated the extremely rare double phenomenon and they were even primordial phenomenons that were lost!
This man managed to obtain the Vermilion Fruit in the Great Qian Ruins domineeringly against the barrage of all the paragons of the North Region, even killing many of them along with the number one Perfected Being of the North Region, Xi Wuya!
This man incinerated hundreds of Nascent Souls and stained the skies with their blood!
This man managed to escape a Void Reversion’s hunt to leap into the Dragon Burial Valley even with his Golden Core destroyed and his Inner Core shattered, leaving nothing but legends that almost seemed impossible...
Su Zimo, the number one monster incarnate throughout history, had died in the Dragon Burial Valley just like that.
Everything was over.
Nobody expected that the fight between the paragons for the Vermilion Fruit would end in such a manner.
“The Dragon Burial Valley is an unlucky place. Could it be the reason for that man’s death as well?”
“It’s not just him! There were way too many paragons of the North Region who died in this battle! It should be because of how unlucky the Dragon Burial Valley is!”
“I guess we’ve escaped a calamity and survived.”
The paragons discussed in hushed whispers with trepidation – none of them dared to get close to the Dragon Burial Valley.
Mu Dongqing and Bai Yuhan left the crowd silently.
“We’ve got to inform the third princess as quickly as possible about everything here.”
Mu Dongqing said with a dark tone.
Bai Yuhan frowned. “You can see the relationship between the third princess and Su Zimo as well. If she finds out about this, she’s going to be heartbroken. Sigh, I can’t bear to do it.”
“It’s not a matter of whether you bear to or not,”
Mu Dongqing said with a calm expression, “There’s no way to hide this matter at all. She will find out about it sooner or later!”
“I know,” Bai Yuhan nodded and sighed gently.
Mu Dongqing retrieved a spirit crane from his storage bag and recounted the entire incident as clearly as he could before releasing the spirit crane.
...
A few days later.
Capital of Great Zhou, Rain Admiration Pavilion.
A spring shower had just poured down and a few shimmering droplets hung on the lotuses in the pond and the bamboo on the short, sparkling with a bright luster.
Two women stood beside the window looking at the picturesque scenery outside. They spoke softly with chuckles, sounding extremely charming.
Both of them were extremely beautiful, akin to fairies from heaven.
One of them was elegant and classy. Wearing a faint yellow dress, she exuded a hint of nobility through her brows.
The other was cute and charming, wearing a pink dress. Every smile of hers turned her eyes into crescent moons.
“Sister, congratulations. Father is going to pass down the seat of the throne to you,” The girl in pink said as she tilted her head with a bright, playful smile.
The dignified woman shook her head. “There’s nothing to be congratulated about. I’m a woman after all. There are bound to be people objecting to me inheriting the throne.”
“What are you afraid of? Father is in support of you!” The girl in pink raised her fist.
The elegant woman did not reply and merely gazed into the distance in deep thoughts.
A long time later, she finally spoke, “Yan’er, actually, it’s all because of one person that father is going to pass the throne to me.”
“I know! Young Master Su!”
The girl in pink blinked and said with a chuckle.
“Yes.”
The elegant woman nodded. “Zimo is at Extreme Foundation Establishment, the second after the Human Emperor. Both father and the seniors of Great Zhou have high regards for his potential. It’s because I’ve got some ties with Zimo, therefore...”
The girl in pink could not help but tease here, “Sister, things between you and Young Master Su are far from simple ties! In my opinion, you’re a couple... hehe!”
“Stupid lass, you don’t know anything!”
The elegant woman glanced at the girl in pink in a charming manner.
The two peerless women in the Rain Admiration Pavilion were the sisters, Ji Yaoxue and Demoness Ji.
Right then, a streak of spirit light flashed and curved in midair, flying towards Ji Yaoxue.
“Eh?”
Ji Yaoxue frowned slightly and murmured, “It’s a spirit crane. What happened?”
Reaching out with her smooth jade-like hand, she received the spirit crane. When she opened it, she froze on the spot and blood drained from her face!
A long time later, Ji Yaoxue’s figure swayed and she nearly fell down.
Gripping onto the window aisle of the Rain Admiration Pavilion, she used so much strength that her fingernails dug deep into the wood!
Demoness Ji hurried forward to support Ji Yaoxue.
“I am fine,”
Ji Yaoxue shook her head gently. Although she could still stand, an unresolvable sadness flashed through the depths of her eyes.
“Sister, don’t get worked up.”
Demoness Ji inched forward to take a look out of curiosity.
“What!”
She could not help but exclaim when she read what was on the spirit crane.
Every single piece of news on the spirit crane was one more explosive than the other!
The final statement clearly stated that Su Zimo’s cultivation was ruined entirely and he leaped into the Dragon Burial Valley... Also, a Void Reversion from Glass Palace declared that he was going to destroy the Su Family and spare no one!
There was no difference between leaping down the Dragon Burial Valley and death!
Instantly, Demoness Ji’s eyes fogged up with a layer of mist.
In the cultivation world, she was Demoness Ji who charmed the entire world.
However, there were many times when she was still just a young maiden at heart.
Ji Yaoxue closed her eyes expressionlessly.
A long time later, she opened her eyes with a resolute gaze. She pulled out a spirit crane and wrote a few lines on it.
“Swiftly protect the King of Yan, Su Hong, and escort him out of Yan Country! If Su Hong refuses to accept it, force can be used on him at this critical juncture! Handle this personally and do not let anyone else know about it! This mission must remain confidential, otherwise, his life might be in danger!”
Ji Yaoxue released the spirit crane immediately after penning her words without hesitation.
The spirit crane flapped and shone with a bright spirit light before disappearing into the horizons.
Ji Yaoxue was already exuding the aura of an emperor with complete dominance.
Demoness Ji did not have the mood to linger in the palace, turning to run outside as she wiped away her tears in secret.
She wanted to confirm with Gu Xi whether the news was real!
A few days later.
One after another, news arrived from the Great Qian Ruins.
The fight for the Vermilion Fruit, the battle between the paragons, the monster incarnate of Divine Phoenix Island, Su Zimo... the entire North Region was shaken!
The cultivation world of Tianhuang Mainland was in quite a stir!
Instantly, almost all the cultivators were discussing the battle at the Great Qian Ruins, about the number one monster incarnate of history who was now dead and had turned into a thing of the past.
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