Desolate Devouring Art - Chapter 1472 - Snatching Up Everything

Chapter 1472 – Snatching Up Everything

With the Ghost Vine Demons joining the fray, the human cultivators instantly lost their advantage. The Six-Clawed Netherbeast still struggled wildly, but under the combined suppression of the remaining humans, it could no longer stir up any great waves.

The Ghost Vine Demon, however, also failed to gain the upper hand against the Dark Evil Emperor and Xiao Yuetian.

The Great Dao of Wood’s fragment continued to thrash about, trying to break free from the Dark Evil Emperor and Xiao Yuetian’s control, yet it remained trapped within the restrictions that locked down the surrounding space.

The other Vine Demons lingered at the edges, quietly waiting for a chance to strike, all hoping to snatch the Great Dao of Wood’s fragment while the humans were distracted.

“Master, when should we act?” Xiao Rou asked anxiously. She understood Liu Wuxie’s strength better than anyone; the fact that he had easily broken her illusion meant he possessed abilities far beyond the ordinary.

On top of that, he had displayed power comparable to the fifth-level Earth Immortal Realm

“Not yet,” Liu Wuxie replied, speaking to Xiao Rou through his divine sense. He remained a thousand meters away from the battlefield, refusing to step into its core.

The Dark Evil Emperor had long sensed Liu Wuxie’s presence, but he dismissed him outright. In his eyes, a cultivator at the Void Realm entering the Outer Astral Spacetime was no different from walking to his death.

The Ghost Vine Demon drove countless black vines toward the Dark Evil Emperor and Xiao Yuetian, unleashing fierce specters and dense swarms of Ghost Bugs along with them.

The Ghost Bugs looked utterly horrifying, surging like a black cloud that swallowed the sky. Once they burrowed into a human body, they could drain a person dry of blood in an instant, a testament to how vicious they were.

The Dark Evil Emperor and Xiao Yuetian didn’t dare to show the slightest carelessness. They summoned protective barriers around themselves, blocking the Ghost Bugs from getting close. The other human cultivators did the same, unleashing their mythical arts to blast apart the incoming tide of black insects.

Seizing this opening, the Ghost Vine Demon shot forward and rushed to a spot not far from the Great Dao of Wood’s fragment.

“You’re courting death!” the Dark Evil Emperor roared as he swung his blade, releasing a violent shockwave that sent the fragment flying away and ruined the Ghost Vine Demon’s attempt.

The Ghost Vine Demon had believed the Ghost Bugs would distract them for a moment so he could seize the fragment. However, instead of recalling it, the Dark Evil Emperor knocked the fragment aside, and it hurtled away in Liu Wuxie’s direction.

The power surging from the Great Dao of Wood’s fragment was overwhelming, far beyond what any cultivator at the Void Realm could hope to withstand. As it flew, it released a torrent of boundless laws, and the nearby vines exploded one after another under the crushing pressure.

“What a golden opportunity,” Liu Wuxie murmured, andd the corner of his lips curled into a crooked grin. Just as he was about to make his move, the Great Dao of Wood’s fragment landed a few hundred meters away from him.

The Dark Evil Emperor had knocked the fragment toward Liu Wuxie’s side precisely because no Vine Demon occupied that direction, while the other regions were crawling with them.

In addition, Liu Wuxie was the human with the lowest cultivation present, so the Dark Evil Emperor felt no need to be wary of him.

In his mind, even if Liu Wuxie stood right in front of the fragment, someone at the Void Realm could never absorb it.

“Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron, swallow it!” Liu Wuxie said. At his command, a black hole appeared and drew the fragment into the cauldron in an instant.

No one had imagined that Liu Wuxie wouldn’t just try to seize the fragment but would actually attempt to devour it outright.

“Brat, you’re courting death!” Everyone halted mid-battle and stared at Liu Wuxie in stunned silence for three breaths before erupting into motion and charging toward him at once.

At that critical moment, Liu Wuxie did something even more shocking. He took advantage of the chaos to summon the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron again and dragged the Six-Clawed Netherbeast into it as well.

The instant the Six-Clawed Netherbeast fell into the cauldron, the Divine Purgatory Palace descended from above and smashed down on the beast, its anguished roars echoing endlessly inside.

With his current cultivation, Liu Wuxie had no hope of refining a pinnacle Earth Immortal Realm creature on his own.

However, the human cultivators had already inflicted grievous wounds on the Six-Clawed Netherbeast, and its combat strength had plummeted.

Fiery rushed forward without hesitation and began devouring the Six-Clawed Netherbeast, engulfing it in True Samadhi Fire.

It was already outrageous that Liu Wuxie had taken the Great Dao of Wood’s fragment, but he had also snatched the Six-Clawed Netherbeast. None of them had ever seen such brazen greed[1].

The Six-Clawed Netherbeast was a primeval beast with an entire body containing primeval laws. On top of that, it had reached the pinnacle of the Earth Immortal Realm, making every part of its body a priceless treasure.

If someone like the Dark Evil Emperor refined the beast, he could push his cultivation up to the Quasi-Heaven Gaze Realm.

However, the Great Dao of Wood’s fragment had fallen into Liu Wuxie’s hands, and the Six-Clawed Netherbeast had vanished with him. How could they not be shocked and furious?

Xiao Rou’s heart clenched as she watched so many experts charge at her master, uncertain whether Liu Wuxie could withstand their combined assault.

The thousand-meter gap vanished in the blink of an eye, leaving Liu Wuxie with no chance to flee.

The Dark Evil Emperor burst into sinister laughter. As long as he captured Liu Wuxie, he would obtain both the Great Dao of Wood’s fragment and the Six-Clawed Netherbeast. How Liu Wuxie had collected them was irrelevant.

“Gong Gong, now!” Liu Wuxie shouted without hesitation.

Gong Gong would have intervened even without the call. With those two treasures in Liu Wuxie’s hands, his future strength would undergo a drastic transformation, and Gong Gong would reap the benefits as well.

The stronger Liu Wuxie grew, the more the Witcher Realm flourished, and the purer its witcher energy became.

Liu Wuxie and Gong Gong now shared a symbiotic bond.

Gong Gong’s sudden appearance caught everyone off guard, and in terms of combat strength, he overshadowed every cultivator present.

A terrifying Witch Wheel Blade descended from above, forcing all nearby Vine Demons to retreat in panic.

Gong Gong was a being from the Primordial Era, his heritage even older than Fiery’s. How could mere creatures from the Primeval Era hope to contend with him?

The Dark Evil Emperor nearly lost his wits as the blade fell. Its power was comparable to an attack from the Quasi-Heaven Gaze Realm.

While they were powerful in their own right, they were still only at the pinnacle of the Earth Immortal Realm, and the primordial mythical art Gong Gong unleashed dwarfed their strength a hundredfold.

The weaker Vine Demons exploded one after another, unable to endure the might of the Witch Wheel Blade.

Taking advantage of the devastation, Liu Wuxie continued devouring the energy pouring out from the dying Vine Demons. When that energy flowed into the desolate world, Xiao Rou practically screamed with delight, as Vine Demons could devour each other’s power to strengthen themselves.

“Go!” Liu Wuxie refused to linger another breath. After Gong Gong forced everyone back, Gong Gong swiftly returned to the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron, and Liu Wuxie disappeared.

No one understood how Liu Wuxie vanished. One heartbeat, he stood there, and the next, he was gone.

Astral clouds drifted everywhere, and once Liu Wuxie slipped into them, they would block the detection of divine sense. With Ghost Eye, the astral clouds couldn’t obstruct his vision at all, putting him in an invincible position from the very start.

“Damn it!” the Dark Evil Emperor roared, stomping in fury. He had been on the verge of claiming the Great Dao of Wood’s fragment, only to have it stolen by a mere Void Realm cultivator.

“He can’t get far. Let’s spread out and search for him,” Xiao Yuetian said, his face dark with rage.

He could have accepted it if the Dark Evil Emperor had taken the treasures, but the fact that both the Great Dao of Wood’s fragment and the Six-Clawed Netherbeast were snatched by a Void Realm junior was a humiliating slap to the face.

The Ghost Vine Demon floated in the distance, wrapped in black miasma, while it silently communicated with the other Vine Demons.

The Astral Sea lay carpeted in vines, and countless Vine Demons lived here, all linked to one another. As long as Liu Wuxie remained on the Astral Sea, the Vine Demons could sense him and pinpoint his location quickly.

The Vine Demons began to scatter, spreading out across the parallel world while maintaining communication through the web of vines below.

“Master, a Vine Demon just contacted me to monitor your whereabouts. It looks like all the Vine Demons have joined hands,” Xiao Rou warned.

The Vine Demons usually competed fiercely for wood-attribute energy, but now they had set aside their rivalry for one purpose—to share information. Whoever spotted Liu Wuxie would immediately alert the others.

They were not foolish. They knew that one or two Vine Demons alone wouldn’t be Liu Wuxie’s match, so they would only move after gathering in force.

The Dark Evil Emperor and the other human cultivators also scattered in all directions, combing the area in search of Liu Wuxie.

Under the cover of the astral clouds, Liu Wuxie had already slipped far away, but his cultivation realm remained a glaring problem. He stood out in the Astral Sea like a beacon. Almost no Void Realm cultivators came here; those who did were typically at least at the Earth Immortal Realm.

Even if he disguised himself, he couldn’t hide his cultivation level. With danger lurking everywhere, he had no chance to refine the Great Dao of Wood’s fragment. If he tried to refine it recklessly, the resulting commotion would be enormous and would only draw everyone straight to him.

Fiery remained inside the cauldron, devouring the Six-Clawed Netherbeast. If Fiery could reach the pinnacle of the Earth Immortal Realm, it would be a tremendous boon. In future battles against high-level Earth Immortal Realm enemies, Fiery would be able to fight side by side with him, and together, they could even slay opponents of that level.

Roughly an hour later, Fiery’s cultivation climbed to the seventh level of the Earth Immortal Realm and showed no signs of stopping.

Fiery’s True Samadhi Fire burned fiercely, no weaker than the True Samadhi Fire contained within the Universal Gourd.

By now, the Six-Clawed Netherbeast had completely lost the ability to resist, utterly suppressed by Fiery’s divine beast bloodline.

A portion of the Earth Immortal Realm laws flowed into the desolate world. While those laws couldn’t directly push Liu Wuxie’s cultivation to the next realm, they significantly strengthened the laws within that world, causing his true essence to evolve along a different path infused with primeval aura.

In just a short span, several more strands of immortal energy condensed within his body. If Liu Wuxie could transform half of his true essence into immortal energy, he would be able to cast immortal arts.

Immortal arts naturally possessed a power a thousand times greater than mythical arts, but each use demanded an astonishing amount of immortal energy.

Liu Wuxie had already accumulated more than ten strands of immortal energy, but it was still far from enough to unleash a true immortal art.

The desolate world continued to grow stronger. Its mountains stretched higher, and the Ancestral Tree towered even more majestically, its branches spreading wide enough to cover the entire sky of that inner world.

At the same time, Xiao Rou happily absorbed the surrounding energy as her roots spread out farther and farther. In the future, Liu Wuxie would be able to wield her vines as weapons, using them to bind enemies and kill them before they had a chance to react.

After traversing tens of thousands of miles, Liu Wuxie finally descended to the ground. The moment his feet touched down, a Vine Demon sensed his presence.

“Master, a Vine Demon is approaching,” Xiao Rou said. In just a single day, Fiery had risen to the seventh-level Earth Immortal Realm, and Xiao Rou’s cultivation had risen to the seventh level as well.

Liu Wuxie activated Ghost Eye, and his gaze pierced the earth, spotting a powerful Vine Demon tunneling toward him from below.

As Xiao Rou grew stronger, her perception would expand accordingly.

“You’re courting death!” Liu Wuxie roared, preparing to summon the Heretic Blade to cut down the approaching Vine Demon.

1. ED Note: MC’s becoming Pot of Greed ☜