Essence Devouring Art

CRUMBLE CRUMBLE CRUMBLE—

The moment horror dawned on Tao Chuan, his Holy Body Domain began to violently collapse and disintegrate, from the macroscopic all the way down to the microscopic level!

He was disintegrating!

Like a sand dune eroding in the wind!

It was as if he were being de-dimensioned!

His vibrant, three-dimensional form instantly broke down into countless colorful, two-dimensional layers, which were then rapidly peeled away, losing their color!

His physical body, soul, Energy, Inner World, Taoist Magic and Divine Techniques, his very thoughts...

Under the high-frequency Magnetic Field vibrations that transcended comprehension, everything was annihilated layer by layer. The entire magnetic structure that constituted his existence collapsed and de-dimensioned, rapidly being destroyed down to Hongyuan Basic Particles!

BZZZT!

It all happened in less than an instant!

The innumerable Magnetic Field vibrations ceased!

Before everyone’s watchful eyes.

The distant Saints only saw Tao Chuan stubbornly clash head-on with Wu Dao’s large hand. In that instant, his entire body collapsed into Basic Particles and evaporated from the world, leaving not even a speck of dust behind!

’He’s dead?’

’A Half-Saint Body capable of fighting those in the Saint Realm was slapped into oblivion just like that?’

HSSS...

A chill shot up from the base of their spines to the tops of their Heavenly Spirit Covers. The Saints stared at Wu Dao as if they were looking at a Living Yama!

The previous Demon Saint.

It was understandable that he had died amidst the torrent of Killing Artifacts Wu Dao had unleashed.

But now...

He had slapped a Saint Realm expert to death in a single blow, without relying on any external force!

Slaughtering a Saint while in the Creation Realm?

And it was an instant kill!

The nature of the danger he posed had completely changed!

This Nirvana True Lord truly had the power to kill them all!

BZZZT!

After finishing off Tao Chuan,

Wu Dao didn’t pause for a moment. He manipulated his Magnetic Field to teleport through space-time, instantly appearing before a Second-Layer Demon Saint of the Heaven-Burying Alliance. Again, he struck down with a palm strike of Infinite Magnetic Shock!

After reaching the second stage of the Essence Devouring Art,

although he had mastered over a thousand Emperor Scripture Divine Techniques,

these branches all served as nourishment to perfect his Primordial Magnetic Dao Source and enhance his Life Magnetic Field. His strongest killing moves were still his self-created Magnetic Field Divine Techniques.

In other words,

every one of his Magnetic Field Divine Techniques integrated the strengths of all the Emperor Scripture Divine Techniques, pushing their upper limits to an unimaginable level!

Without even needing to unleash the Evil Lotus,

he could dominate and crush First and Second-Layer Saint Realm experts!

There was no problem at all!

"Don’t even think about it!"

As the hand of death descended upon him,

the old Demon Saint from the Heaven-Burying Alliance roared with all his might, unleashing a flurry of radiant Dao Treasure techniques in a desperate attempt to block Wu Dao’s palm!

But it was useless!

BOOM—

Wu Dao mobilized his torrent of big Killing Artifacts, instantly grinding away the old Demon Saint’s Body-Protecting Divine Light. His massive hand blotted out the sky as it descended, blasting the Yunmo Saint into Basic Particles on the spot!

CLANG—CRACK!

But at that exact moment,

Su Xiuqi launched a sneak attack with a killing blade, slashing at Wu Dao and shattering his Holy Soldier Armament, creating cracks like broken glass!

SWISH!

THUD—

Wu Dao whipped his head around, his Abyss-black eyes gazing down like a Demon God. He clenched his left fist and sent Su Xiuqi flying backward with a punch that shattered space-time, obliterating layer after layer of his Body-Protecting Divine Light!

"A Celestial Soldier Armament! That monster is armed with a Holy Soldier! Shatter his armament, and killing him will be as easy as butchering a dog!"

As he flew backward, Su Xiuqi coughed up blood while roaring in excitement, having discovered the real reason for Wu Dao’s freakishly tough body!

BZZZT!

Under the Infinite Magnetic Shock,

the second Demon Saint from the Heaven-Burying Alliance evaporated from the world and fell. All that remained on the battlefield were the backward-flying Su Xiuqi, Liang Chen, Jia Baocai, Bixia Demon Saint, and one last Third-Level Demon Saint.

"A Celestial Soldier Armament?"

After hearing Su Xiuqi’s reminder,

the Saints had no time for shock. They all activated their Great Saint Weapons and charged toward Wu Dao through the destructive tide. If they let this monster continue his rampage, they would all be wiped out!

"You beast, die!"

The Bixia Demon Saint, white-haired, sinister, and vicious, summoned the Great Sage Poison Cauldron above his head. A toxic fog roiled from his withered claws, creating and destroying worlds as he unleashed the terrifying pressure of a Fourth-Layer Saint and lunged for Wu Dao.

The others were also going berserk!

They burned their World Mother Liquid to activate their Great Saint Weapons. One after another, brilliant Middle Thousand Worlds bloomed as their combat power surged to its peak. They closed in from all directions in a pincer attack!

"Old dog, if you’re going to run that filthy mouth, you might as well not have one!"

Wu Dao’s wild hair whipped about. His magnificent physique was like that of a Demon God descended to the mortal world, and his Abyss-black eyes locked onto the strongest of them, the Bixia Demon Saint!

RUMBLE—CRACKLE!

His Wind Thunder Gloves pulsed with power. A tempest of lightning and wind tore through billions of worlds as Wu Dao ignored the others’ attacks, clenched his fist, and punched toward the heavens!

CLANG!

CLANG CLANG CLANG—BOOM!

A vortex like a stormy sea eye of wind and thunder spun, shooting out countless world-ending sparks. The stalemate lasted only for a moment before the Ten Thousand Poison Cauldron was sent flying!

SMACK!!

A huge backhanded slap!

It landed with the explosive roar of giant thunderclap!

The Bixia Demon Saint felt as if he’d been struck by a charging Eternal Divine Mountain. His head spun like a top at high speed, his mouth full of old, rotten teeth sent flying to who knows where!

BANG!

The aftershock exploded with concussive force!

The Bixia Demon Saint’s head and entire upper body exploded into Basic Particles!

The Infinite Gang Shock continued to erode her macro- and micro-domains, preventing her from recovering quickly. Horrified and shocked, she could only continue fighting Wu Dao with the remains of her torso!

It was true she was a Fourth-Layer Saint!

But Wu Dao was also armed with a Four-Layered Holy Weapon, which was no less than being beaten senseless by a Sacred Body. Cracks spread across her remaining torso; she simply couldn’t withstand the force carried in his fists!

CLANG CLANG CLANG—

While Wu Dao was pummeling the Bixia Demon Saint,

the attacks from Su Xiuqi and the others arrived!

They all wielded Great Saint Weapons!

Their suppression and killing power was beyond normal standards!

Even with the Sacred Talisman Array Plate protecting him, Wu Dao was still sent stumbling. His supposedly indestructible Holy Soldier Armament was constantly cracking and disintegrating!

But Wu Dao was going berserk as well!

He focused on the strongest opponent, the Bixia Demon Saint, and beat her with deadly force, tearing her remaining torso to shreds. He was like an Ancient Fierce Beast on a warpath, savage to the extreme!

"Elder Bi, hold on!"

Su Xiuqi and the others were also relentlessly bombarding Wu Dao with a storm of attacks, blasting cracks into his physique. His Holy Soldier Armament was on the verge of complete collapse!

Victory was within sight!

’Hold on, my ass!’

Reduced to a piece of mangled flesh, the Bixia Demon Saint was cursing them out in her heart!

’I’m being pummeled by a Sacred Body!’

’This is no joke!’

’And Wu Dao’s Infinite Gang Shock is suppressing and destroying my life domain! I can’t recover at all! If this goes on, I’ll be ground down into Basic Particles and my Dao will be extinguished!’

CLANG—BOOM!

Another explosive sound of Divine Iron colliding rang out!

Under the relentless assault,

Wu Dao’s Holy Soldier Armament was finally broken. Liang Chen, wielding a Great Saint Divine Staff wreathed in ten thousand dragons, unleashed the True Dragon Power and blasted Wu Dao into fragments of flesh on the spot!

"Die!!"

At that very moment!

Su Xiuqi’s eyes glinted sharply. Seizing the opportunity to strike a man when he’s down, he brought out a Celestial Fire Talisman!

FWOOSH~

The pitch-black Talisman was covered in dense patterns of fire-path rules. It seemed to contain a Great Thousand World’s worth of condensed Divine Fire. The moment it appeared, the soaring temperature evaporated the rules and order of the starry sky!

BOOM!

In the next instant,

it was as if a great realm of Divine Fire had burst its dams!

The Talisman exploded, unleashing a torrent of black Divine Fire that flooded the cosmos. The starry sky of the Emperor’s Temple instantly transformed into a fiery Purgatory, completely submerging and incinerating the fragments of Wu Dao’s body!

’A Grand Thousand Talisman?!’

Everyone present was shocked. Their scalps tingling, they retreated madly, not daring to be touched by even a wisp of that ominous black Divine Fire!

They never would have imagined!

Su Xiuqi actually possessed a Saint Master Level Killing Talisman. If it weren’t for the Nirvana True Lord, he might have used it on them!

"Damn it! A Grand Thousand Talisman? I curse you!!"

From the core of the blurry world of Divine Fire,

came Wu Dao’s mournful, unwilling roar. It seemed as if everything had been burned to cinders, with only ninety indestructible Heaven-Burying Steles shooting out in all directions!

’He’s dead?’

Su Xiuqi himself was stunned for a moment.

’Could the Nirvana True Lord who had played them all for fools really be dead just like that?’

However, on second thought, it was reasonable.

This Grand Thousand Talisman contained a peak attack from the Saint Master Realm. It could instantly incinerate the main structure of the universe; there was no possibility of survival for anyone below a Saint Master!

What a pity...

"Su Xiuqi, what is the meaning of this?"

Having narrowly escaped death, Liang Chen, Jia Baocai, and the Bixia Demon Saint glared at Su Xiuqi with eyes wide with fury, roaring their question!

That Talisman just now!

It had indiscriminately bombarded and incinerated everything!

It wasn’t just the Nirvana True Lord!

That Third-Level Demon Saint from the Heaven-Burying Alliance had been burned to cinders on the spot.

If they hadn’t had life-saving trump cards,

they would have met the same fate!

BOOM!

Su Xiuqi, however, had no interest in explaining. With an indifferent expression, he suddenly erupted with the power of a Fifth-Layer Saint, snatching all the Heaven-Burying Steles into his possession!

"You dare!"

"Kill him!"

"To think he was hiding his strength so deeply!"

Liang Chen and the others were aghast. They never expected that Su Xiuqi, who they thought had suffered a drop in cultivation, could still erupt with the power of a Fifth-Layer Saint. He had caught them completely off guard.

"Get lost!!"

Su Xiuqi unleashed a world-ending torrent of energy from his hands, blasting Liang Chen and the others who stood in his way. He then shot toward the crimson Emperor Stele at the entrance to the Emperor’s Tomb!

With the genuine Heaven-Burying Steles in hand,

he no longer needed to hide his strength. By controlling the Emperor Stele and reactivating the layout of the Emperor’s Temple, killing Liang Chen and the others would be a simple matter!

When that time comes...

"It’s all mine! Hahaha!"

Success was right before his eyes!

Su Xiuqi couldn’t help but laugh out loud. With all the Creation from an entire Emperor’s Tomb, it would be more than enough to restore his cultivation—he even dared to dream of reaching the Emperor Realm!

CLANG CLANG CLANG—

One by one, the Heaven-Burying Steles...

...were pressed onto the crimson Emperor Stele amidst the hysterical, unwilling roars of Liang Chen and the others!