Seeking Immortality in a Bizarre World-Chapter 622 - 617 The Great War Erupts, Kidnapping Immortal Treasure_1
Jia Ren devoured nature’s spiritual energy like a whale, causing such a commotion that vast amounts of it surged into his body like a tide.
The slumbering Dead Immortal Will awoke, sensing the changes here.
A mysterious power gradually grew within him, seeming as if it wanted to come back to life.
As long as they absorbed the nature’s spiritual energy of this world, they would contaminate their Spiritual Power, becoming complete slaves to this world. Once shackled, there was no possibility of escape.
Moreover, the Dead Immortal Will could control nature’s spiritual energy to erupt, destroying one’s physical shell.
The Dead Immortal Will, revived within the body, took control of the physical shell; life and death rested entirely on its whim.
Jia Ren had no chance of survival.
"Heaven, this is the gift I bring You. I hope You will find it pleasing," Emperor Gan said, his face showing more respect, subtly mixed with a hint of flattery.
For the sovereign of a world, the absolute ruler of the Daqian Kingdom, such a demeanor was rare.
Emperor Gan understood his place. He seemed all-powerful in the realm, a supreme existence, but in reality, he was nothing more than a dog for the Dead Immortal... for Heaven.
If Heaven so wished, it could easily bestow everything he had upon someone else, erasing him completely.
Although he resented this restriction, it was also the very source of his steady grip on the imperial throne and sole authority.
If he ever dared to harbor treasonous thoughts, the Dead Immortal Will would not hesitate to replace him.
For many years, Emperor Gan had diligently played the role of a faithful hound, searching devotedly for the Phoenix, all because he clearly understood the source of his power and authority.
He was deeply bound to the Dead Immortal; they would thrive or suffer together.
Jia Ren’s body kept growing; in a short time, he had already reached sixty thousand zhang.
The vast spiritual energy propelled his body to grow taller, swiftly heading towards seventy thousand zhang.
Just then, a whirlpool of nature’s spiritual energy converged at his Dantian, and a terrifying will began to awaken.
A dark-featured face took shape with the spiritual energy, transitioning from illusion to reality.
This was the Dead Immortal Will, already awakening within Jia Ren.
The Dead Immortal Will would control Jia Ren, accessing his memories to locate his Divine Skills, and potentially the Divine Beast Phoenix.
After possessing the Phoenix, it would live its second life!
Ordinary people could not deal with the Dead Immortal Will awakening within them. The only way was to escape to survive before their True Spirit also became contaminated.
But... with the entire realm under the control of the Dead Immortal, where could one possibly flee?
Enter the Void?
That would only slightly slow the inevitability of death.
Emperor Gan felt the immense and familiar will rapidly growing within the giant’s body, and his face involuntarily broke into a radiant smile.
"Welcome the return of Heaven!"
His tone was filled with indescribable joy.
This time, by forcibly detaining the visitor from the Otherworld to assist in the revival of the Dead Immortal Will, he would surely receive a grand reward.
Perhaps he would even gain the ability to leave this realm...
Now that matters had reached this point, the dust had settled; the visitor from the Otherworld had no chance of escape.
Jia Ren was aware of the potential dangers of absorbing this world’s nature’s spiritual energy. Since he had done so, it meant he had a way to deal with it, rather than acting in desperate haste without a plan.
"Ten Thousand Beasts Sovereign Body!"
Nearly seventy thousand zhang tall, the giant’s body sprouted dark black and pure gold scales. His form resembled a dragon-headed being with a human body: his left wing blazed with five-colored flames, and his right wing was crimson, pure white without a trace of impurity.
The power of four mighty Divine Beasts circulated within his body, his physical strength, already augmented by Law of Heaven and Earth, ascending another tier.
Pure white flames surged within him, rushing toward his Dantian to incinerate the Dead Immortal Will that had yet to fully form.
If the Dead Immortal Will were to fully revive within his body, only a perfected Southern Ming Separation Fire would have the absolute certainty of incinerating it completely.
The Southern Ming Separation Fire’s current power was insufficient, offering little chance of victory, but... the Dead Immortal Will had not yet revived enough power within Jia Ren’s body.
The Dead Immortal Will fused with nature, controlling this world’s spiritual energy with Immortal Law, subjecting it to its manipulation.
This had a downside: its power was diffused throughout the realm, and gathering its full strength was too slow, requiring time to mobilize.
The Dead Immortal Will had maintained this state for over ten thousand years. Instead of growing stronger, it had weakened daily.
Unable to reverse its weakening power and the trend towards destruction, it had no choice but to adopt a state of slumber.
This was the root of the Dead Immortal Will’s slow reaction.
Only by finding the Divine Beast Phoenix, stealing its primal force, and being reborn through the Phoenix’s innate gift of nirvana could it live a second life.
The revived will was merely fueled by the nature’s spiritual energy Jia Ren had absorbed in a short time, which was but a drop in the ocean for this realm; the portion of Dead Immortal Will it contained was equally insignificant.
Ordinary people would be helpless, able only to wait for the Dead Immortal Will to gather more strength until it grew to a point of no return.
Jia Ren, however, could use the Southern Ming Separation Fire to nip the danger in the bud, not giving the Dead Immortal Will a chance to grow uncontrollably.
"Ah! Southern Ming Separation Fire?!"
"How do you possess Southern Ming Separation Fire!"
The Southern Ming Separation Fire burned rampant within him, reducing the scarce Dead Immortal Will to ashes, erasing all hidden dangers.
The subsequent nature’s spiritual energy that entered his body was also purged of any alien forces and no longer controlled by the Dead Immortal.
Emperor Gan had been spectating the battle all along; his sycophantic smile soon froze on his face.
Southern Ming Separation Fire? Phoenix Flame, Golden Dragon, and Kylin! Up to this point, Jia Ren has already displayed the power of four Divine Beasts! Where did he get so many Divine Beasts from?!
Having eradicated the hidden dangers within him, Jia Ren’s eyes opened, flashing with cold intent.
He violently slapped his palm towards Emperor Gan, the Daqian State Preceptor, and the Daqian Martial King, ready to flatten all the culprits at once.
This was also a test of my own strength.
"Jikong Palm!"
The moment the giant palm was raised, space suddenly shattered, and a terrifying, suffocating pressure engulfed the three individuals like a tide. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦
"Stop him!"
The heavens and earth shook. A vast will, hundreds or even thousands of times stronger than before, awakened. The firmament condensed into a massive demonic face, as if challenging the seventy-thousand-zhang giant.
"Sky-Flipping Seal!"
"Sword Exterminating Immortal!"
"Eight Realms Sixty-Four Gates Mirror!"
The three cultivators, united as one and all at the Mahayana Realm, each deployed an Immortal Treasure.
The heavens and earth reversed, the sun and moon turned upside down. The Sky-Flipping Seal transformed into a ten-thousand-zhang colossal seal, tearing at Jia Ren, hurtling him towards itself.
The evolving Sword Light of the Annihilation Sword, carrying its Annihilation Sword Qi, fearlessly charged the heaven-obscuring giant palm.
The gold and black scales clashed with the sword’s body, emitting a grating sound that set one’s teeth on edge.
This Immortal Treasure was exceptionally sharp, rightfully called the foremost weapon of destruction. Even with Jia Ren’s Law of Heaven and Earth and the Ten Thousand Beasts Sovereign Body augmenting him, his physical body—far surpassing common Sky-reaching Spirit Treasures—couldn’t withstand the edge of the Annihilation Sword.
The giant palm held for only a moment before the Scale Armor shattered, pierced by a bloody hole.
The Annihilation Sword, carrying its sword intent, drove straight through hard bone and flesh, seeming to want to dismantle Jia Ren from within.
The Eight Trigrams Mirror, meanwhile, split into sixty-four luminous mirrors. The striking giant palm was suddenly divided into sixty-four segments, each plunging into a different mirror.
Their power was also scattered into sixty-four streams, their might severely diminished.
The combined power of the nearly seventy-thousand-zhang giant under Law of Heaven and Earth and the Ten Thousand Beasts Sovereign Body made this palm strike terrifyingly potent.
The sixty-four mirror bodies showed cracks but did not completely shatter.
The unity of three Mahayana Realm cultivators was indeed not to be underestimated.
The next moment, a horrific spatial force burst through the mirrors, sending the three flying.
The power of the Jikong Palm lay in its ability to strike from a distance; it was a spatial class of Divine Skill. With the enhancement of Law of Heaven and Earth, its might was not inferior to a Great Divine Power.
Unfortunately, with its power dispersed into sixty-four streams and falling upon the three Mahayana Realm cultivators, who possessed numerous treasures, it posed no further threat.
BOOM!
Just then, the ten-thousand-zhang Sky-Flipping Seal smashed down, and Jia Ren’s head burst thunderously, exploding on the spot.
A bulge emerged from his left side, growing a new head.
The bloodline ability of the Nine-Headed Serpent!
A gigantic hand reached out to grab the Sky-Flipping Seal. The Immortal Treasure instantly shrank and vanished, reappearing in Emperor Gan’s hand.
The three Mahayana Realm cultivators cooperating with Immortal Treasures were indeed difficult to deal with, yet he still had the strength to fight.
The revived Dead Immortal Will was the real source of trouble.
This was not a place to linger; otherwise, he might truly end up trapped here.
Jia Ren had no intention of continuing to fight. He stepped into the Void, advancing more than forty li in a single stride, escaping this realm with astonishing speed.
"Come back to me!"
The Daqian Martial King seemed to realize something, controlling the Annihilation Sword to return.
The Annihilation Sword within Jia Ren’s right arm changed direction, attempting to pierce a hole through the limb and escape.
However, Jia Ren had long made up his mind to abscond with this Immortal Treasure; how could he let it do as it pleased?
A prize like this has fallen into my lap; why would I return it? You’re coming with me, nice and easy!
The flesh of his right arm continuously changed and reorganized, interweaving into a living net to obstruct it, with terrifying gravity taking effect within.
The Annihilation Sword was like an insect trapped in a quagmire. It thrashed left and right, continuously severing meridians, bones, and flesh, only to find itself back at its starting point.
If nothing unexpected happened, this Immortal Treasure would truly be lost...
"Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams!"
"Heaven and Earth Overturning!"
The Daqian State Preceptor and Emperor Gan, unwilling to lose an Immortal Treasure, pursued him into the Void, attacking with all their might.
Upon entering the Void, their Spiritual Power uncontrollably dissipated, rendering their attacks impotent.
This was the Dead Immortal Will’s constraint on this realm’s cultivators; it did not want the chess pieces under its control to escape the chessboard and break free.
Once they ventured into the Void, the Spiritual Power in their bodies would return to this realm.
They could only watch as Jia Ren fled into the distance, their hearts willing but their strength insufficient.
"Stay where you are!"
A corporeal ball of Spiritual Energy, ten thousand li long, flew into the Void, smashing down towards Jia Ren’s head.
It was several times faster than Jia Ren’s escape speed. As it neared, it had already grown a thousand hands and arms, as well as faces that could be seen across the Void.
"Maha Unlimited!"
A Whim of the Heart struck Jia Ren, and a strong sense of crisis washed over him.
The next instant, an unknown force assaulted him. Jia Ren startlingly found himself inside the ten-thousand-li sphere of Spiritual Energy, invisible shackles binding him.
His Spiritual Power was almost stagnant, as if trapped in quicksand; despite using all his strength, he could not break free from the bonds.
"Come back!"
The huge ball of Spiritual Energy quickly returned to the Daqian Kingdom. Everyone let out a sigh of relief, thankful that the person had not escaped.
Only the Dead Immortal Will, seemingly having confirmed the outcome, could not help roaring, seething with anger.
Inside the ball of Spiritual Energy, Jia Ren was just a shell... a skin. That’s right, he had shed his skin!
The Dead Immortal Will had only captured an empty husk; the real Jia Ren had long since slipped away under the cover of the Deceiving the Heavens Pearl.
