Chapter 501 - 500: Grievously Wounded Jiang Zuo, the Madness Beneath the Calm

Chapter 501: Chapter 500: Grievously Wounded Jiang Zuo, the Madness Beneath the Calm

"You must die. Not even the heavens can save you."

If Jiang Zuo wanted it dead, he would use all his strength to kill it, and he wouldn’t stop until it was.

If one Celestial Punishment Sword couldn’t kill it, he’d use two. If two weren’t enough, he’d use three, and so on until it was dead.

However, after Jiang Zuo finished absorbing the Celestial Punishment and was about to summon another wave, he froze.

’I’ve broken through to Tier Three?’

He then looked up at the sky.

He discovered the Celestial Punishment had ended.

’It ended just like that?’

’Has the Celestial Punishment gotten this weak?’

In reality, the Celestial Punishment wasn’t weak. Jiang Zuo had simply never properly assessed his own condition. He was practically a dead man already; if he continued to endure the Celestial Punishment, he would likely die for real.

But he didn’t feel it, didn’t notice it. It seemed one of his episodes had been triggered.

The same madness that had taken him when he was forging long ago.

Meanwhile, nearly everyone outside had heard Jiang Zuo’s words.

The voice was distorted, but the content was crystal clear.

It seemed that fish had provoked someone it shouldn’t have.

But what exactly was this fish?

They had no idea.

The only one who knew was An Xi.

An Xi was starting to panic. ’If... if that person deals with me the same way, I don’t know if I can survive the Celestial Punishment.’

’I should be able to. Right. I’m different. My life is special. I can probably escape.’

An Xi kept reassuring herself, desperately trying to calm down.

’Come to think of it, I haven’t provoked anyone recently. I should be fine.’

’I won’t be targeted.’

She decided she had to abandon her plans for now.

Just then, Gu Jiansheng handed Xiaoli to An Xi.

An Xi didn’t understand what this human was thinking.

"Holding Xiaoli should calm you down."

An Xi said, "..., Human, do you take me for a fool like you?"

An Xi refused without hesitation.

’It’s not like I’m crazy,’ she thought.

————

By now, Jian Shisan had also seen everything.

In a single stride, he appeared beside Yue Xi.

She wasn’t surprised by Jian Shisan’s appearance at all, but she still asked, "Senior Brother, you’re here too?"

Jian Shisan nodded. "Yes. There’s, there’s something... I, I wanted to ask you, Junior Sister..."

Before Jian Shisan could finish, Yue Xi flew off, leaving a single sentence behind. "Wait for me for a moment, Senior Brother."

Jian Shisan was speechless. "..."

He could wait, but some people couldn’t.

In Jian Shisan’s eyes, the person advancing from Tier Two to Three was definitely Jiang Zuo.

Only Jiang Zuo could be so astonishing. Only he could draw down this unprecedented trial by Celestial Punishment.

That was why he needed to go over there. He wanted to help.

With his strength, he was qualified to do so.

So, he had sought out Yue Xi, but unfortunately, she had taken off before he could even finish speaking.

But he couldn’t explain it clearly now, so he could only wait for his Junior Sister to return.

The wait, Jian Shisan discovered, was merely a minute long.

His Junior Sister was actually rushing back toward him, and trailing behind her was an ordinary-looking woman who seemed rather exasperated.

Jian Shisan was a little confused.

But Yue Xi soon ran to Jian Shisan’s side with a smile. Before he could speak, she handed him two Elixir Pills.

They were two Shaping Pills.

Jian Shisan was stunned. He had just been about to ask to borrow another Shaping Pill.

"Junio—"

Before Jian Shisan could get the word out, Yue Xi said, "No need to say anything, Senior Brother. If you have something urgent, go take care of it."

Jian Shisan paused for a moment, then nodded and swiftly departed.

Only then did the ordinary woman catch up to Yue Xi’s side. "You actually helped Jian Shisan steal Elixir Pills? To be honest, with his Cultivation, we would have given them to him if he’d just asked."

Yue Xi didn’t say anything.

’I know that,’ she thought. ’But I just wanted to help him get them.’

As for making Jian Shisan ask her for them... how should she put it?

’As the Senior Brother, he’d surely find it a little hard to ask, right?’

So, Yue Xi didn’t want to put him in an awkward position.

It was better to just get them for him first.

As for how she knew Jian Shisan needed Shaping Pills, that was easy enough to guess.

Finally, Yue Xi turned her gaze to the space beneath the Celestial Punishment. The pocket dimension was about to disappear.

That person should have overcome the Celestial Punishment.

"If this person is a Candidacy Saintess, I really don’t know if it’s a blessing or a curse for the Holy Land," Yue Xi murmured to herself.

But she soon stopped worrying about it. She trusted Jian Shisan. It was as simple as that.

Even though he had stood her up last time, she still believed in him.

————

Jiang Zuo watched the fading Celestial Punishment but said nothing in the end.

He walked over to the fish, seemingly contemplating something.

"It’s useless, human. I won’t die. These things... are not enough to kill me," the Flying Fish said, its voice extremely weak.

If it weren’t for the Seal, it wouldn’t be this weak. It wouldn’t be humiliated by this human.

The day it broke the Seal, it would have its revenge.

At that moment, Jiang Zuo grinned. "It’s fine. I have one more move. I can detonate the Celestial Punishment."

The Flying Fish’s pupils shrank. "Hu-human... you’ll die! We’ll both perish together!"

Jiang Zuo couldn’t care less. There was no way he would die. This was nothing.

He used to detonate Celestial Punishments all the time.

But just as Jiang Zuo was about to bite his finger, a wave of dizziness washed over him.

He seemed to have lost some of his strength.

Still, he planned to detonate the Celestial Punishment. (He never considered that he no longer had the strength to escape.)

At this moment, the pocket dimension was collapsing, and the seawater was coalescing.

Just when everyone thought it was all over, the Thunder Warriors moved.

The four of them transformed into four bolts of Celestial Thunder and struck directly at Jiang Zuo.

Everyone had forgotten about the existence of these four.

The four bolts of Celestial Thunder quickly rushed into the Seal, and at that very moment, the pocket dimension vanished.

No one knew what happened inside.

Inside, Jiang Zuo was also taken aback.

’A Celestial Tribulation?’

’Since when do these four attack people?’

The question suddenly popped into Jiang Zuo’s mind. This had never happened before.

He was extremely weak right now. He could handle a Celestial Punishment, but he couldn’t deal with a Celestial Tribulation in the same way.

He had never studied them.

Because Celestial Tribulations were utterly insignificant to him.

’Despicable Celestial Tribulation.’

With great difficulty, Jiang Zuo took out the Turtle Shield. This time, he would truly have to rely on luck to get through the Celestial Tribulation.

’To be defeated by an ordinary Celestial Tribulation in the end?’

’How utterly ridiculous.’

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The four bolts of the Celestial Tribulation slammed directly into Jiang Zuo.

In that instant, Jiang Zuo was struck. He didn’t even have a chance to resist.

This was the most pathetic state he had ever been in while facing a Celestial Tribulation.

Bar none.

PTHOO—

Jiang Zuo collapsed to the ground. The Shield fell right on top of him, and he felt completely drained of strength.

"Hahaha! Human, you’re dead, aren’t you? You’re about to die, aren’t you? Come on, kill me! Weren’t you so capable? Come on!"

The Flying Fish, which had always considered itself noble, never thought it would utter such pathetic words.

This was the taunt of a loser.

But it just had to say it.

It had to pay back the humiliation this human had dealt it.

Jiang Zuo stared blankly at the Flying Fish, a thought surfacing in his mind: ’How pathetic. How many years has it been? How many years since I’ve been in such a wretched state?’

’The Celestial Tribulation must be overjoyed, huh?’ (In this clash with the Celestial Tribulation, Jiang Zuo was defeated.)

Jiang Zuo shook his head.

But no matter what, he had to try and detonate the Celestial Punishment. This fish had to die.

Jiang Zuo began to crawl toward the Flying Fish. As long as he could get to it, he could detonate the Celestial Punishment. The Celestial Tribulation was gone, and soon the Celestial Punishment Sword would become impossible to detonate, but there was still enough time. He could do it.

"Human, go die! Go die, human! Don’t come any closer! Just die! DIE!" the Flying Fish shrieked ferociously, its body still pinned down.

It knew that as long as this person was alive, he would definitely do something insane. He was a madman.

This person terrified it, filling it with dread.

It had never met anyone like him, nor had it ever known of such methods.

He wasn’t human at all.

Jiang Zuo’s face was expressionless, showing not a hint of emotion.

He paid no mind to the Flying Fish’s words; they were nothing but the wails of the weak.

Right now, he only wanted to crawl over there. He only wanted to detonate the Celestial Punishment.

He had no other thoughts.

But just as Jiang Zuo was about to reach it, he suddenly froze.

He felt his phone ringing.

The phone was in his Dream Crystal Stone, which was why he could feel it.

’But is there a signal here?’

The sea hadn’t completely closed in yet, and it seemed a wisp of lightning had gotten stuck somewhere.

By sheer coincidence, the signal had gotten through.

Regardless of how the signal got in, if Jiang Zuo’s phone was ringing, it was almost certainly Su Qi.

The moment he thought of Su Qi, Jiang Zuo froze.

In an instant, he gave up on detonating the Celestial Punishment. Instead, he took out the key to the Deep Sea Cage’s passage and quickly left the area.

Seeing Jiang Zuo leave, the Flying Fish breathed a sigh of relief.

It actually felt as if it had just survived a disaster.

This human was a Demon, a monster.

Meanwhile, Jiang Zuo arrived in the Deep Sea Cage and was surprised to find he still had a signal.

He immediately took out his phone and saw that it really was Su Qi. He swiped the screen and answered her call.

Su Qi’s voice quickly came from the other end. "What took you so long to answer? Did something happen to you?"

Su Qi’s voice sounded healthy and vibrant. Jiang Zuo couldn’t help but smile. "No, I’m fine."