Desolate Devouring Art - Chapter 1430 - Treasure Gourd
Chapter 1430 – Treasure Gourd
The Heretic Blade opened like a bloody maw and swallowed Fan Wenhao whole.
The sheer power of this single attack reached the level of a third-level Earth Immortal Realm cultivator, and it killed Fan Wenhao before he could even let out a scream.
The sight made everyone realize they had severely underestimated Liu Wuxie, who could easily slay first-level Earth Immortal Realm cultivators despite only standing at the Void Realm.
Cultivators at the Earth Immortal Realm could command the power of heaven and earth, and their battle strength far surpassed that of Void Realm experts.
The sight of such cultivators being butchered so mercilessly made everyone feel both shock and fear. How could they not feel that way at the terrifying sight?
“A’Lei, go and deal with those Void Realm cultivators,” Liu Wuxie said. He didn’t unleash the Heaven-Severing Strike again. Instead, he used the Dragon Grasping Hand and the Nine Heavenly Dragon Forms against the remaining four Earth Immortals.
He had to devour more laws of the Earth Immortal Realm to accelerate the refinement of his true essence into immortal energy.
The quantity of his true essence had already reached its limit, and his desolate world had stopped expanding unless he could step into a higher plane.
The only path left was to purify his true essence and absorb even more Earth Immortal Realm laws.
A’Lei charged into the crowd and swung his fist down, instantly reaping the lives of ordinary Void Realm cultivators. With a single punch, he wiped out an entire batch of enemies.
“Dragon’s Roar, Tiger Howl!”
“Dragon Dive!”
“Dragon Ascent!” Liu Wuxie executed three forms that contained the essence of the Nine Heavenly Dragon Forms all at once. His body seemed to transform into a dragon as he unleashed immense power.
Luo Hai, on the other hand, could only stand to the side and watch like a spectator.
When the combined attacks of all four Earth Immortals crashed down on Liu Wuxie, the Divine Heavenly Feather Robe dissolved them with ease, leaving him entirely unscathed.
This was the reason Liu Wuxie dared to fight so recklessly. Cultivators at the low levels of the Earth Immortal Realm could no longer threaten him.
Even if he stood still and did nothing, the Divine Heavenly Feather Robe alone could keep him undefeated, as his enemies couldn’t even break through his defenses.
Dragon Ascent was the most straightforward of his attacks. When Liu Wuxie’s fist struck an Earth Immortal, the man’s body exploded. Even so, an Earth Immortal could still regrow their body as long as their head remained. Even if someone shattered their head, their primordial spirit could still flee.
However, Liu Wuxie intended to kill them all, so he had no intention of allowing any of them to survive.
He summoned the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron to devour all of their energy as a massive black hole opened in the sky. After refining the Undying Chessboard, the cauldron’s power had increased tremendously, allowing him to refine even low-level Earth Immortal Realm cultivators.
Hidden in the void, Elder Jian and Tong Yue’s eyelids twitched. They saw clearly how Liu Wuxie’s combat strength had grown tremendously in just a few days since the apprenticeship ceremony, and it was all thanks to the transformation of his true essence as it began evolving toward immortal energy.
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When Shen Tian slowly emerged from the main hall, Shen Yue followed behind him, and her face was twisted with resentment. She had initially planned to marry Mu Heng after they stabilized their position in the Heavenly Dragon Sect, but Liu Wuxie’s appearance had crushed all of her plans.
Not only had the sect expelled her, but they also delayed her marriage to Mu Heng again and again. A strange gourd appeared in Shen Tian’s hand. It was his artifact and his greatest trump card for staying alive.
As a planet lord, he couldn’t afford to be mediocre. Over the years, countless people had tried to replace him, and the fact that Shen Tian still sat as planet lord proved that he truly possessed extraordinary means to stay in his position.
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Outside, the battle gradually drew to a close as Liu Wuxie slew five Earth Immortals with ease.
The Earth Immortal Realm laws he devoured poured into the desolate world. His cultivation didn’t rise, but the purity of his true essence increased drastically, and more golden hues flowed through it. The newly absorbed laws of the Earth Immortal Realm further reinforced the desolate world.
A’Lei’s battle had also ended. Countless people tried to flee, but he cut down most of them where they stood.
When their gazes finally met, Liu Wuxie locked eyes with Shen Tian. This was their first face-to-face meeting, yet they felt no sense of unfamiliarity, as if they had known each other for a long time.
From the day Liu Wuxie stepped into the Heavenly Dragon Sect, their conflict had turned into a blood feud that wouldn’t end until one of them died.
“Liu Wuxie, well done,” Shen Tian said, taking a deep breath to force down the fury raging in his heart. The foundation he had built over the past hundred years was ruined in a single day by one man’s hand.
He wouldn’t rest until he killed Liu Wuxie today.
“Come and fight,” Liu Wuxie replied. He had no interest in wasting words. From the moment Shen Tian sent people to kidnap Gu Yu, this outcome was already decided.
His fighting spirit surged, and he even gave off the illusion that he would break through to the third-level Void Realm at any moment. However, that was all it was—an illusion.
Liu Wuxie had just broken through in the past twenty days, and he still needed time to consolidate his cultivation before advancing again. Forcing another breakthrough now would only hinder his future growth.
No one moved. They waited as Liu Wuxie’s gaze dropped to the gourd in Shen Tian’s hand. The gourd made him feel immense pressure, and he wondered if it was some heaven-defying treasure.
“Liu Wuxie, I want you dead!” Shen Tian snarled, his face twisting like a demon crawling out from the depths of hell. He slowly raised his hand, and the gourd released a faint radiance as the runes on its surface came alive.
“Wuxie, there’s something off about this gourd. Back away!” Luo Hai yelled, a powerful sense of foreboding gnawing at his heart.
Through their investigations, they had learned that even fifth and sixth-level Earth Immortal Realm cultivators had gone to the Tranquil Meteor Star to overthrow Shen Tian. Yet all of those challengers had vanished without a trace.
With Shen Tian’s strength alone, he couldn’t easily deal with sixth-level Earth Immortal Realm experts, which meant he had another trump card. But no one knew what that trump card was.
“None of you will leave here today. Come in!” Shen Tian’s laughter grew louder, like a raging beast’s roar, as the gourd in his hand expanded and a gigantic black hole appeared.
“Treasure Gourd, Treasure Gourd, devour them all!”
A dazzling brilliance shot out from the gourd and stretched into a long passage that wrapped around Liu Wuxie, Luo Hai, and A’Lei.
“I can’t move!” A’Lei exclaimed. The more he struggled, the tighter the restriction bound him.
Liu Wuxie’s pupils shrank. The gourd contained a world of its own, making it a rare treasure.
“Wuxie, think of something, quick!” Luo Hai yelled anxiously as his body rose into the air, slowly drawn toward Shen Tian along the golden passage. If they all ended up inside the gourd, it would refine them alive.
Liu Wuxie’s mind raced. He had never heard of this gourd before. He immediately summoned the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron, intending to swallow the gourd whole, but the cauldron didn’t react at all.
It was like the gourd didn’t even exist in this world.
Someone had either concealed the gourd through a special method, or the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron ranked below it in level.
The Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron’s growth rate was incredibly slow, but each advancement meant a drastic transformation.
Liu Wuxie’s feet slowly lifted off the ground, and he could only put the cauldron away helplessly.
“Ghost Pupil—Gate of Darkness, crush!” Liu Wuxie roared as darkness enveloped the surroundings, and a massive gate materialized in the sky, descending toward Shen Tian.
Elder Jian and Tong Yue exchanged a glance, and even their hearts trembled before the power of that gate.
“Liu Wuxie, it’s futile. My Treasure Gourd can disregard all attacks. Otherwise, do you really think that I became the Tranquil Meteor Star’s planet lord by just luck alone?” Shen Tian sneered. The Treasure Gourd devoured all of Liu Wuxie’s attacks, including the darkness around them. The Gate of Darkness slowly faded away, leaving Shen Tian completely unharmed.
“I can’t hold on any longer!” Luo Hai’s body was sucked into the gourd by the overwhelming force, and no sound followed, as if he had entered an entirely different dimension.
Next was A’Lei, whose body shrank as he was pulled into the gourd and vanished as well. Liu Wuxie continued to resist and search for a way out, but the gourd devoured every mythical art he unleashed.
“Liu Wuxie, I bet you didn’t think that you would have a day like this, did you?” Shen Yue stepped out from behind Shen Tian, mockery glinting in her eyes.
Liu Wuxie had been like a nightmare that would not let her go. Every time she closed her eyes, the demon in her heart would surface.
Even now, the black spot in her primordial spirit still lingered, and it would not disappear unless Liu Wuxie were dead. It tormented her endlessly to the point where she even wanted to end her own life to escape it.
Meanwhile, the suction force had grown so powerful that Liu Wuxie couldn’t execute any other mythical arts.
Elder Jian wanted to intervene, but Tong Yue blocked him.
“Who said that we’re only here to watch, and we’re not allowed to make a move?” Tong Yue asked with a smile, clearly delighted to see Liu Wuxie about to perish in Shen Tian’s hands.
Elder Jian’s face turned terrifyingly grim. The sect master had ordered him to intercept the Grand Unity Sect’s expert. As for Liu Wuxie’s fate, only the heavens could decide it at this point.
As Liu Wuxie drew closer and closer to the gourd, he could only watch as its mouth widened to swallow him.
“Get in!” Shen Tian formed a seal with his left hand, and the suction force surged again.
Liu Wuxie was only at the Void Realm and couldn’t resist the terrifying pull. He turned into a streak of light and shot into the gourd, and Shen Tian swiftly produced a stopper and sealed the gourd’s mouth.
“Hahaha! Liu Wuxie, I’m going to take my time with you!” Shen Tian laughed as he shook the gourd in his hand.
With that, the battle came to an end, and the remaining Tranquil Meteor Star cultivators slowly emerged from the ruins.
“Congratulations, planet lord, for capturing Liu Wuxie. As long as you refine him, you’ll be able to inherit everything he possesses,” said the ordinary cultivators as they dropped to their knees.
“Rise. Clean the battlefield, and I’ll be in seclusion for a while,” Shen Tian said before returning to the main hall to refine Liu Wuxie.
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Meanwhile, Liu Wuxie felt as though he had plunged into a massive black hole. Even after comprehending the power of darkness, he couldn’t see his own hands in front of his face.
“Senior Luo! A’Lei!” Liu Wuxie yelled, determined to regroup with the other two as quickly as possible.
“I’m here!” A’Lei’s voice boomed from roughly a few hundred meters away.
The gourd appeared small on the outside, but its interior stretched out like an enormous world that could easily contain an entire mountain range.
After finding A’Lei, Liu Wuxie quickly located Luo Hai and regrouped with him. Luo Hai took out a torch and lit it, the faint glow pushing back the darkness within a one-meter radius.
“Liu Wuxie, we need to find a way out as soon as possible,” Luo Hai said, a powerful sense of unease gnawing at his heart.
