Chapter 824: I Absorb! I Absorb With All My Might!

Another cultivator dressed in blue sighed, his tone filled with pity.

“We just saw Xiao Feng looking for Lord Mosquito. Obviously, the Eight Great Clans wanted to negotiate properly.

“That’s why we agreed when Lord Mosquito told us to leave.

“I just didn’t expect that Lord Mosquito had no intention of negotiating at all. He actually wants to clash head-on with the Eight Great Clans!

“A Void Refining Realm First Layer going against a Half-Step True God Realm… there’s absolutely no chance of winning!”

Another cultivator added, “Yeah, the power gap is too massive. It’s not something any amount of skill can make up for.”

Huo Lang clutched his head with both hands, his face full of frustration. “Why is Lord Mosquito being so stubbornly foolish!”

None of the loose cultivators had any faith in Chu Sheng. The atmosphere instantly plummeted, worry written all over their faces.

On the other hand, the elders of the Eight Great Clans standing opposite the loose cultivators didn’t take Chu Sheng seriously at all.

The Ye Family elder stroked his white beard and chuckled, his tone brimming with disdain. “This mosquito is an absolute idiot. To think it actually dared to challenge Old Jiang directly. It must have a death wish.”

The elders from the other families chimed in one after another.

“Indeed. Below the True God Realm, no one can confidently say they could secure a victory against Old Jiang. His overlapping Triple Divine Domain is no joke.

“Who knows where Gu Yuexi’s beast pet gets its confidence. A mere Void Refining Realm dares to jump out and clamor.

“Well, it’s a mosquito. Having no brain is perfectly normal; it acts entirely on instinct.

“The beast pet might be brainless, but is its master brainless too? Is she just going to watch her beast pet throw its life away?

“Look at Gu Yuexi. She’s standing in the back, not moving an inch. She isn’t worried about her beast pet at all.

“It’s just a mosquito beast pet. What’s there to worry about? If it dies, she can just form a contract with another one.

“True, maybe Gu Yuexi wanted to replace it a long time ago. She’s just using another’s knife to kill the mosquito and going with the flow.

“Tell me, once Old Jiang kills the mosquito, how do you think Gu Yuexi will fall to her knees and beg for mercy?

“When that time comes…” a younger elder trailed off, letting out a lecherous laugh, his eyes full of malicious intent.

The Xiao Family elder, who had been silent all this while, suddenly spoke up, interrupting their banter. “Say, after the mosquito dies, will Gu Yuexi bring out the faction backing her?”

The moment this question was raised, the scene instantly fell silent. The elders went quiet, not knowing how to answer.

They had been constantly guessing which faction stood behind Gu Yuexi and exactly how powerful they were. If it really was a Hidden Aristocratic Family or one of the Ten Great Sects that the Eight Great Clans couldn’t afford to offend, how should they deal with Gu Yuexi? They couldn’t possibly just kill her.

“Let’s not overthink it for now. We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it,” the Ye Family elder said, waving his hand to interrupt their train of thought.

“Once Old Jiang kills that mosquito, teaches Gu Yuexi a lesson, and extinguishes her arrogance, we can discuss what happens next.

“As long as we stand united in our own territory of Luoping City, we don’t need to fear any outside factions. Even a mighty dragon struggles to crush local snakes.”

The other elders nodded in agreement.

“Old Ye is right. Let’s kill the mosquito first to give the Jiang Family an explanation, and to serve as a warning to the loose cultivators.

“No matter which faction it is, it’s impossible for them to mobilize their entire force over this. It wouldn’t be worth it just for a junior.

“We haven’t been building our foundations in Luoping City for so many years for nothing. Our deep-rooted strength is right there.

“If the faction behind Gu Yuexi dares to come, we’ll just join forces and fight them. Who’s afraid of whom!”

The topics discussed by the elders of the Eight Great Clans entirely revolved around what to do after killing Chu Sheng. Not a single person brought up the question of whether the Jiang Family Grand Elder could actually kill Chu Sheng in the first place.

To them, wasn’t that a given? A Half-Step True God Realm fighting a Void Refining Realm First Layer. If he could still lose, that would be the biggest joke in the world! Did it even need discussing?

Absolutely not!

It wasn’t until the Jiang Family Grand Elder and Chu Sheng truly engaged in battle and the coercion of the Divine Domain spread out that the elders of the Eight Great Clans gradually put away their joking demeanor and looked toward the center of the battlefield.

But as they watched, they noticed that the development of the situation seemed to be going completely off the rails?!!

“BOOM!!!”

With a deafening explosion, the world changed colors. Elder Jiang’s Triple Divine Domain completely unfurled, instantly enveloping Chu Sheng in its very center.

Destruction, Thunder, and Fire.

All three Divine Domains possessed extremely aggressive attributes. If brought out individually, any one of them could effortlessly crush an Integration Realm cultivator. When the three Divine Domains were overlapped, the unleashed power wasn’t as simple as one plus one plus one; it skyrocketed exponentially.

“RUMBLE!!!”

The sky began to change color. Dark clouds gathered, lightning flashed, thunder roared, and fiery red light churned within the clouds. The entire area centered around the Jiang Family Grand Elder and Chu Sheng seemed to have entered a doomsday countdown. Space distorted and the earth cracked; the world could be turned upside down at any moment.

“Damned mosquito, let’s see where you can run to this time!” Elder Jiang stood at the core of the Divine Domain, laughing arrogantly.

“Your Lord Mosquito is right here. When did I ever plan on running?” Chu Sheng rolled its compound eyes, its tone flat. “Do all of you from the Jiang Family love imagining scenarios in your heads? Paranoid delusions?”

“Hmph! Let’s see how long you can keep acting tough!” Elder Jiang sneered coldly. He channeled his Divine Power to the maximum, summoning streaks of purple lightning entwined with flames within the Triple Divine Domain.

“Even an Integration Realm Peak cultivator wouldn’t be able to withstand the might of this Thunder Fire. One touch and they’d die. Let’s see how a little Void Refining Realm creature like you handles this!

“Die!”

Following Elder Jiang’s furious roar, dense clusters of Thunder Fire poured down like a torrential rain storm. Carrying world-destroying momentum, they viciously hacked toward Chu Sheng. Let alone a tiny mosquito, even a massive mountain would be blasted into ash by this Thunder Fire!

Chu Sheng watched the overwhelming Thunder Fire crashing down without dodging or evading. It even flew forward a bit, heading directly into the densest area of the onslaught.

Then, spreading its wings, it charged straight into the Thunder Fire.

[Star-devouring Spike!]

It had just upgraded Star-devouring Spike to Level 10, which was the current maximum level it could reach. With the increase in the skill’s level, Chu Sheng’s maximum energy absorption capacity had also increased, and both its absorption speed and conversion efficiency had significantly improved.

Facing the Thunder Fire unleashed by the Jiang Family Grand Elder, a Half-Step True God Realm expert, it merely extended its mouthparts, aiming at the sky full of Thunder Fire.

In the next second, a miraculous scene unfolded.

The berserk Thunder Fire seemed to be drawn in by something. Like streams flowing into the ocean, it endlessly surged toward Chu Sheng’s mouthparts.

It was actually being absorbed directly!

In just a brief moment, the sky full of Thunder Fire was sucked completely dry by Chu Sheng. Not even a single spark remained.

[Ding! Thunder Law Fragment detected, automatically absorbing…]

[Ding! Fire Law Fragment detected, automatically absorbing…]

[Ding! Destruction Law Fragment detected, automatically absorbing…]

Satisfying!!!

The skill unleashed by the Jiang Family Grand Elder contained three types of Laws: Destruction, Thunder, and Fire. After Chu Sheng used Star-devouring Spike to absorb it, it similarly gained Comprehension of all three Laws.

Wasn’t this just a walking experience pack?!

Having finished absorbing all the Thunder Fire, Chu Sheng smacked its lips, still wanting more. It looked up at the stiff-faced Jiang Family Grand Elder opposite it and waved its front leg.

“Hey, old timer.

“If you have any other tricks, just bring them all out.

“If your Lord Mosquito so much as flinches, I’ll make you take my last name!”