Desolate Devouring Art - Chapter 1693 - Third-Level Heavenly Immortal Realm
Chapter 1693 – Third-Level Heavenly Immortal Realm
News that Liu Wuxie was the reincarnation of an immortal began spreading like wildfire.
Meanwhile, Liu Wuxie remained composed even before the Giant Spirit Blade’s suppression. Just as Gan Xingzhou had said, he had created the Giant Spirit Blade in the past, and he knew this strike was only a test.
If he could not break through the Giant Spirit Blade, it would mean he had not reincarnated, since he could not even deal with an immortal art he had created himself in the past. If he managed to dissolve it, it would further confirm their suspicion that Liu Wuxie was the person they were looking for.
A seemingly casual strike carried too many meanings within it. Gan Xingzhou had attacked to verify Liu Wuxie’s identity.
The Heretic Blade slipped into Liu Wuxie’s hand, and he unleashed a blade ray that instantly found the Giant Spirit Blade’s weakness and broke it apart.
“It’s really you!” Gan Xingzhou’s eyes narrowed. If another High Immortal had faced this attack, it would have been troublesome to deal with. The fact that Liu Wuxie found the flaw so quickly confirmed his identity.
“Attack together! Don’t even allow a strand of his primordial spirit to escape!” The spiritual array’s purpose was not just to kill Liu Wuxie, but also to prevent his escape.
In just a few short years, Liu Wuxie had risen from a mere mortal to an immortal. This talent was far too terrifying, making Gan Xingzhou and the others even more eager to kill him.
After all, if Liu Wuxie returned to the celestial realm, who knew what chaos he would create? Those who had betrayed Liu Wuxie back then were alive and thriving in the celestial realm, and they knew Liu Wuxie would not spare them.
Liu Wuxie found himself trapped in the triple-layered spiritual arrays, unable to break free no matter how he struggled. If he had reached the High Immortal Realm, these people would’ve been of no concern. He would’ve easily killed them with one strike. In the end, his cultivation still limited him.
Shockwaves surged out in all directions as Liu Wuxie unleashed the Divine Eternal Fist, only for the array to suppress it with ease. After all, the two sides were not on the same level.
It was not that Liu Wuxie’s immortal art was not strong enough, but that his number of immortal runes and the level of his primordial spirit lagged behind theirs.
More than twenty immortal artifacts suppressed him at once, causing Indigo Bamboo Star to tremble violently as the entire planet began crumbling. They would not hesitate to destroy an entire planet just to kill Liu Wuxie. Countless lives on Indigo Bamboo Star would perish from the shockwaves of their attacks.
Emperor Haoyuan grew increasingly anxious because no matter how he tried, he could not stop the shockwaves from reaching Indigo Bamboo Star. Once Indigo Bamboo Star collapsed, destruction would quickly spread across the Indigo Bamboo Astral Domain.
At that time, the entire Indigo Bamboo Astral Domain would face disaster, resulting in the loss of countless lives.
Everyone watched furiously and helplessly. A battle between heavenly immortals was already beyond their reach, let alone a battle between high immortals.
With a loud rumble, a mountain reaching three thousand feet exploded. Many cultivators lived on that mountain, and they vaporized before they could even react. Countless astral beasts also died.
Murderous intent flashed in Liu Wuxie’s eyes. These people were innocent, and they had all died because of him.
“Why must you lay hands on the innocent!” Emperor Haoyuan also roared furiously and charged into the battle to fight alongside Liu Wuxie. The addition of another High Immortal immediately eased the pressure on Liu Wuxie.
“A mere ant dares to fight us?” Liang Hong mocked as he struck his palm toward Emperor Haoyuan, planning to kill him before Liu Wuxie.
Emperor Haoyuan naturally had an excellent reputation, or he would not have become Indigo Bamboo Star’s planet lord.
With a loud explosion, Liang Hong’s palm shattered the barrier created by Emperor Haoyuan before continuing down toward Indigo Bamboo Star, causing more mountains to vanish and riddling the planet with wounds. Even mountain ranges stretching tens of millions of miles were affected by the attack.
“Nine Absolute Fist!” Nine different powers began to overlap and surge through the sky.
Gan Xingzhou and the others became concerned after seeing the Nine Absolute Fist. They had never seen the immortal arts used by Liu Wuxie in his previous life, nor had he created any of them.
Gan Xingzhou did not dare to think any further. He knew Liu Wuxie’s talent had become even stronger than before after his rebirth.
A loud rumble echoed, and an opening appeared in the Nine-Star Immortal Slaying Array, which Liu Wuxie had forcibly opened. It was no wonder Gan Xingzhou looked so shocked.
Even a ninth-level High Immortal would find it difficult to tear through their spiritual arrays, let alone someone at the second-level Heavenly Immortal Realm.
After the blow sent him flying, Emperor Haoyuan’s face turned pale. But Liang Hong had no intention of sparing him and struck with another palm strike. If this attack landed, Emperor Haoyuan would die without question.
Then again, Emperor Haoyuan would not hesitate to sacrifice himself to protect his planet, just as Liu Wuxie would protect True Martial Star. If True Martial Star faced danger, Liu Wuxie would also pay any price to eliminate the threat.
Just as the palm was about to land on Emperor Haoyuan, a flame appeared and enveloped him.
“An Ancestral Talisman!” The Ancestral Talisman had become even more complete than before after Liu Wuxie had repaired it.
Greed flashed across Gan Xingzhou and the others’ faces. They clearly had not expected to find an Ancestral Talisman in the mortal realm.
Ancestral Talismans were extremely rare, with only eight in existence worldwide. They represented eight supreme existences in heaven and earth.
Though the Fire Ancestral Talisman was heavily damaged, it still possessed the laws of an Ancestral Talisman. The repairs had only been slow in the mortal realm. If someone brought the Ancestral Talisman to the celestial realm, it could restore itself in a short time. Possessing the Fire Ancestral Talisman meant controlling all flames in the world and wielding unfathomable power.
The flames released by the Ancestral Talisman blocked Liang Hong’s attack. Even so, Emperor Haoyuan was still heavily injured and sent flying, his blood dyeing the sky red.
Emperor Haoyuan was the totem of cultivators in the Indigo Bamboo Astral Domain. When they saw him injured, they became furious, wishing they could charge out and fight those immortals to the death.
Countless people had yearned to become immortals and ascend to the celestial realm, but now they all felt disgusted by these immortals’ actions. It turned out that the very immortals they had admired were a group of people who would slaughter without distinguishing right from wrong.
The Fire Ancestral Talisman dimmed after blocking Liang Hong’s strike. Taking this opportunity, Liang Hong moved and charged toward Emperor Haoyuan, intending to seize the Fire Ancestral Talisman.
Emperor Haoyuan was heavily injured, with no strength left to resist the incoming attack. He could only watch Liang Hong charge toward him. The distance between them shrank as Emperor Haoyuan continued descending from the sky.
Liu Wuxie could not spare his attention, and he had no additional strength left to help Emperor Haoyuan. He could barely protect himself, let alone save Emperor Haoyuan.
Just as Liang Hong was about to seize the Fire Ancestral Talisman, Emperor Haoyuan suddenly made a shocking decision.
“Liu Wuxie, from this moment on, I hand the Fire Ancestral Talisman to you!” Emperor Haoyuan roared. He would rather give it to Liu Wuxie than let it fall into the hands of the immortals from the celestial realm.
He quickly stripped the Fire Ancestral Talisman from his body and injected it into Liu Wuxie’s body. The moment the Fire Ancestral Talisman entered Liu Wuxie’s body, terrifying flames erupted from him, and the entire desolate world seemed to come alive.
Liang Hong was naturally furious as he was about to get his hands on it.
“You old bastard! I’ll kill you!” Liang Hong roared and unleashed a terrifying power.
Just as Liang Hong was about to kill him, a light beam appeared and enveloped him.
The Radiant Mirror acted at the final moment. She might’ve been only an ordinary immortal artifact, but she possessed a mysterious ability that could shift space through the mirror’s refraction.
The surrounding space overlapped, forming an abyss that devoured Emperor Haoyuan. When he reappeared, he was already inside Nightmare City.
The shockwaves from the missed attack swept toward the skies above Nightmare City. In response, all the spiritual arrays within the city activated, forming layer upon layer of protective barriers around it.
The cultivators within Nightmare City prayed silently, hoping the city could withstand the impact.
Nightmare City shook violently but managed to block the High Immortal’s attack.
On Liu Wuxie’s side, the Ancestral Talisman entered the desolate world and quickly hovered above the volcano. The Fire Ancestral Talisman began expanding as countless elements fused with the desolate world, pouring into it to repair its laws.
With the reinforcement of ancient laws and immortal runes, most of the cracks on the Fire Ancestral Talisman disappeared after half a breath. The Ancestral Talisman had now been restored to roughly seventy percent of its power, unleashing an immense force that fed back into the desolate world.
The gateway to the third-level Heavenly Immortal Realm broke apart effortlessly as Liu Wuxie completed his breakthrough. Upon reaching the third-level Heavenly Immortal Realm, Liu Wuxie’s strength soared even further.
Just yesterday, Liu Wuxie had only been at the first-level Heavenly Immortal Realm, and seeing him reach the third level now made them feel like they were dreaming.
Gan Xingzhou turned terrifyingly grim as Liu Wuxie had managed to break through right before their eyes.
“Sacred Vajra Thunder!” Under Gan Xingzhou’s control, another powerful immortal art descended from the sky.
Lightning had already covered Liu Wuxie’s surroundings, but it was not ordinary lightning. It was Sacred Vajra Thunder, even more terrifying than the life-and-death tribulation.
Facing the Sacred Vajra Thunder’s suppression, Liu Wuxie remained unmoved. He began forming seals, conjuring a terrifying wave of flames that swept across the sky, drawing on the power of the Ancestral Talisman.
The moment Liu Wuxie gained control over the Fire Ancestral Talisman, he became the progenitor of all flames. He could mobilize any flame in the world to fight for him.
Terrifying flames covered the sky and transformed into a flaming divine dragon, opening its jaws to swallow all the Sacred Vajra Thunder. This immediately brought the battle to a stalemate. It would not be easy for Gan Xingzhou and the others to kill Liu Wuxie now.
“Damn it!” Gan Xingzhou roared furiously, but he could do nothing about the situation. He felt humiliated that he had failed to kill Liu Wuxie as a fifth-level High Immortal.
“Brother Gan, let’s resort to our trump card,” Liang Hong said. They still had a trump card they had not yet used.
Liu Wuxie frowned upon hearing that. He had only used the Fire Ancestral Talisman to force them back. Now that he had used its power, the energy would take a long time to recover again.
Moreover, he needed time to consolidate his cultivation after just completing his breakthrough, and it was not ideal for him to keep fighting now.
Just when Liu Wuxie found himself cornered, a loud explosion came from the distant sky as an enormous scroll appeared in their line of sight.
Gan Xingzhou withdrew his hand from his robe upon hearing the commotion and turned toward the massive scroll.
