Desolate Devouring Art - Chapter 1485 - Massacre
Chapter 1485 – Massacre
After grasping the profundities of the Divine Eternal Fist, Liu Wuxie’s gaze turned icy, and his right hand suddenly dropped.
With a thunderous rumble, the world seemed to collapse as countless mountains vanished and forests turned to dust. The trees that had just managed to give birth to spirituality all perished beneath the Divine Eternal Fist.
“No!” Xiao Yuetian roared, and he could only watch helplessly as a ball of fire descended before swallowing him whole. The Divine Eternal Fist destroyed his body first, and then True Samadhi Fire engulfed what remained.
One after another, experts at the Earth Immortal Realm fell, while the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron continued to devour them, increasing the Earth Immortal Realm’s laws within the desolate world.
After refining so many experts at the pinnacle of the Earth Immortal Realm, Liu Wuxie ought to have enough to break through to the seventh-level Void Realm.
However, the desolate world had expanded threefold, and the difficulty of that breakthrough had tripled as well.
The upside stood just as clearly, as the desolate world’s current size could now support a powerful fist technique like the Divine Eternal Fist.
“Liu Wuxie, the Grand Unity Sect won’t let you off!” The instant the Heavenly Deity Valley opened, the Grand Unity Sect’s elders crushed their Communication Talisman to send word back to the sect, but no one came to save them.
Back then, enemies hunted Yin Ying, but she still managed to send a message back to the sect. Cracking sounds rang out as the Dark Evil Emperor’s fleshly body exploded as well, leaving only his head hovering in mid-air.
“Divine Purgatory Palace!” Liu Wuxie summoned the Divine Purgatory Palace, and it smashed on the Dark Evil Emperor’s head.
“No!” The Dark Evil Emperor screamed as his head burst apart, reduced into a mass of pure energy and laws.
After reaching the pinnacle of the Earth Immortal Realm, the Dark Evil Emperor had become entirely composed of heaven and earth laws, and his body no longer counted as ordinary in the usual sense.
When the last person vanished, Liu Wuxie collapsed onto the ground and opened the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron.
“Junior Brother…” His three senior brothers rushed over at once to catch him and hold him up.
Executing the Divine Eternal Fist had torn Liu Wuxie’s physique apart, leaving him in this miserable state. Even though the cauldron had devoured dozens of people, his desolate world still felt empty because he had poured most of what he had absorbed into his fist.
“I’m fine. Guard me,” Liu Wuxie said with a smile. His physique had already achieved unity with heaven and earth, so he could recover from severe injuries, but he couldn’t fight right now. He would also need two days to recuperate fully.
Xiao Rou and Fiery immediately took up positions beside Liu Wuxie to protect him. Gong Gong returned to the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron to absorb witcher energy and recover.
As for Sun Xiao, Tang Shan, and Yin Ying, they sat around Liu Wuxie as well, guarding him closely. For the moment, they didn’t need to worry about anyone finding them aside from the Vine Demons, but the Divine Eternal Fist had thoroughly deterred the Vine Demons and dared not approach them.
Moreover, the Heavenly Deity Valley and the Astral Sea had not fully merged yet, but once they did, the Vine Demons would be able to enter the valley with ease.
Seeing the Vine Demons lingering in the distance, Xiao Rou bared her teeth and forced them to retreat further.
Over the past few days together, Xiao Rou became utterly devoted to Liu Wuxie and had decided to follow him, mainly because he had helped her rise from the fourth-level to the ninth-level Earth Immortal Realm in just five or six days, which was something she had never even dared to dream about before.
Even so, her breakthrough had come as a shortcut, relying on the Great Dao of Wood’s fragment and the energy Liu Wuxie absorbed from the Heavenly Deity Monument.
Meanwhile, Liu Wuxie felt satisfied with this trip to the Outer Astral Spacetime, as he had advanced from the third-level to the sixth-level Void Realm.
If anyone else had refined as many treasures as he had, they would have reached the pinnacle of the Void Realm, but this only further proved Liu Wuxie’s extraordinary constitution.
In fact, it was the very reason he could slay Earth Immortal Realm cultivators while still in the Void Realm.
As the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron circulated, the rate at which Liu Wuxie devoured spiritual energy doubled compared to before.
He tossed another thousand astral crystals into the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron, and they shattered swiftly into liquid, flowing into the desolate world.
The Heavenly Dao Society earned a vast amount of astral crystals each day. Hence, Liu Wuxie never had to worry about cultivation resources, and that was precisely why he dared to burn astral crystals so recklessly.
If he were anyone else, they would be heartbroken. He had established the Heavenly Dao Society with one purpose in mind—to help him gather resources and cultivate his own force.
Time slipped away, and three days passed in the blink of an eye. Liu Wuxie gradually recovered from his injuries, and his physique even grew stronger than before.
The desolate world finally brimmed with energy once more, and Liu Wuxie felt an indescribably comfortable sensation as a vast tide of power flowed through his body.
After entering the desolate world, the Heavenly Deity Monument fell quiet, simply floating in mid-air without stirring.
Of course, Liu Wuxie didn’t dare disturb it, and he already considered it a blessing that the Heavenly Deity Monument caused him no trouble at all.
He believed that one day he would rely on his own ability to control the Heavenly Deity Monument, and that day wasn’t too far away.
When he rose to his feet, crackling sounds rang from his body, and Sun Xiao’s group of three sprang up immediately, startled by their junior brother’s sudden movement.
“Bone reverberates like thunder. Junior Brother, your physique is already comparable to experts at the high levels of the Earth Immortal Realm,” Tong Shan said in disbelief as he walked over.
Liu Wuxie’s cultivation still sat at the sixth-level Void Realm, yet the aura he released already surpassed Tong Shan’s. Even Sun Xiao and Yin Ying felt immense pressure rolling off Liu Wuxie.
“It might be related to the True Dragon Physique,” Liu Wuxie said. Elder Long had taught him the True Dragon Physique, and he could sense it growing stronger with every passing day.
“It’s getting late, and we should go back now in case our master is worried for us,” Sun Xiao said. Nearly a month had passed since they left. Returning to the Indigo Bamboo Astral Domain immediately would be best, in case their master grew anxious.
“Agreed,” replied Sun Xiao and the other two.
Liu Wuxie kept Xiao Rou in the desolate world to cultivate on her own and comprehend the Heaven Gaze Realm.
Fiery returned to the beast pouch as well, because it had gained tremendous benefits from this battle and could even attempt a breakthrough to the pinnacle of the Earth Immortal Realm.
Once Fiery reached the Heaven Gaze Realm, it would be able to take on a human form and no longer appear as a qilin.
The group of four returned to the Astral Sea, where a vast number of Vine Demons had gathered in the surroundings and refused to disperse.
They had all seen Liu Wuxie obtain the Heavenly Deity Monument, and if they could take control of it, wouldn’t they become rulers of the Astral Sea, with no outsiders daring to threaten them again?
Vast black mist rumbled in from afar as the Ghost Vine Demon appeared. The ordinary Vine Demons in the area immediately retreated to the sides, clearing a path for it.
“Human, hand over the monument, and you may leave,” the Ghost Vine Demon demanded. Aside from Liu Wuxie, no one knew the Heavenly Deity Monument’s origin or name.
“You’re courting death!” Sun Xiao roared as he raised the Divine Nine Yang Sword in his hand. This trip to the Outer Astral Spacetime had benefited him greatly, allowing him to reach the seventh-level Earth Immortal Realm, and his combat strength had surged as a result.
Tong Shan and Yin Ying also shifted into battle stances at once. Fiery had returned to the beast pouch, Xiao You had gone into seclusion, and Gong Gong still absorbed witcher energy with no time to help Liu Wuxie for the moment.
“You want the monument? You’re courting death!” Liu Wuxie roared, anger flaring as he locked his gaze onto the Ghost Vine Demon.
Others would be afraid of the Ghost Vine Demon because of the Ghost Bugs, but they meant nothing to Liu Wuxie.
The Vine Demons hadn’t dared act while Liu Wuxie recovered in the Heavenly Deity Valley because their roots remained planted deep in the Astral Sea, and they couldn’t go down there.
That was why they made their move the instant the group returned to the Astral Sea.
“I know you’re strong, and that punch earlier can easily kill experts at the pinnacle of the Earth Immortal Realm. But this is the Astral Sea, and I have countless Vine Demons. Do you think the four of you can escape?” The Ghost Vine Demon said.
It spoke the truth—Liu Wuxie had already struggled against fifty or so pursuers, and now he faced hundreds of Vine Demons. More Vine Demons gathered from every direction, and they were far stronger than the Dark Evil Emperor’s group.
“You can give it a try,” Liu Wuxie replied with a faint smile. These Vine Demons carried rich wood-attribute energy, and absorbing them would only benefit him.
Even if he couldn’t reach the seventh-level Void Realm, he could still absorb them to perfect the desolate world further.
The stronger the desolate world became, the stronger the world force it could supply, and the more terrifying the Divine Eternal Fist would become. Even his other attacks could fuse with world force as well, whether it was the Great Five Elemental Mythical Art or the Gate of Darkness.
The Heretic Blade appeared in Liu Wuxie’s hands, and his combat strength climbed again after killing the Dark Evil Emperor and the others.
Three days ago, he had just broken through to the third-level Void Realm before he faced the Dark Evil Emperor’s pursuit, but things were different now.
After killing that group, absorbing their Earth Immortal Realm laws, and consolidating for three days, Liu Wuxie no longer resembled the man he had been before.
The Heretic Blade released terrifying waves of power outward, and even if he couldn’t use the Divine Eternal Fist, he would still start a massacre today.
If he executed the Divine Eternal Fist again, he would fall into the same drained state as three days ago, and if he failed to kill them all in one sweep, he wouldn’t be able to rely on his three senior brothers to survive against these Vine Demons.
Liu Wuxie wouldn’t resort to the Divine Eternal Fist unless he truly had no other option.
Among the Vine Demons, the greatest threat remained the Ghost Vine Demon, and it dared act so arrogantly only because it relied on the Ghost Bugs.
“Senior Brothers, you three handle the other Vine Demons. Leave the Ghost Vine Demon to me,” Liu Wuxie said as he charged forward. Fire countered wood, and demonic flame flowed within Liu Wuxie’s body.
“Junior Brother, be careful!” Sun Xiao and the other two threw themselves into battle against the other Vine Demons because they had no way to deal with the Ghost Bugs.
The moment Liu Wuxie appeared before the Ghost Vine Demon, countless vines swept toward him.
“You have vines, but I also have the Demonic Purgatory Chains!” Liu Wuxie snorted as countless demonic chains burst out from the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron.
Demonic chains and vines collided and twisted together in the air, wrapping and grappling with neither side willing to yield. But what happened next made the Ghost Vine Demon realize something had gone terribly wrong, because demonic flames erupted from those chains.
After the chains tangled with the vines, demonic flames burst from within and burned straight through them.
The faces of all the Vine Demons changed instantly. They feared the qilin, but they weren’t afraid of Liu Wuxie, as he hadn’t displayed the fire attribute the entire time, and even when he used the Great Five Elemental Mythical Art, the fire attribute was too weak to harm them.
However, demonic flames were different. The flames radiated no heat, yet they reduced vines to ash with ease. Even the Ghost Bugs sizzled when demonic flame enveloped them, and the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron absorbed them in the same breath.
The faint trace of ancient laws carried by the Ghost Bugs fused straight into the desolate world. The Ghost Vine Demon flew into a rage because Liu Wuxie had already countered it in their very first exchange.
