Chapter 676: The Immortals Descend!
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
As the battle axe appeared and eldest senior brother grabbed it, a primal and savage air erupted swiftly from his headless body.
That presence turned into a gigantic vortex and started sweeping in all directions from the entire area where eldest senior brother was standing. The world rumbled, causing drastic changes in the faces of Immortals around the area.
It was especially so for Ji An, whose eyes had begun shining with a brilliant light. He stared at Su Ming's eldest senior brother, and a solemn expression appeared on his face. Even with all his experience, he had never noticed the plans Su Ming's eldest senior brother had harbored. Only at that moment was he able to see that determination and resolve within him.
'This person has an incredibly powerful will… that was why he was able to retain a small portion of his will even after he was controlled by Di Tian, and that will was resisting all this while in the depths of his soul. But the way he resisted was a little unique. He didn't struggle, but instead used Di Tian's power to stimulate his blood, which was equivalent to Di Tian helping him gain the greatest boost in the evolution of his blood.
'He even cut off his own head so that his blood would return to that which belonged to his ancestors. With Di Tian's power, he allowed himself to successfully turn into Xing Gan's will and bravery. This person… is the same as Su Ming. They're both incredibly difficult to deal with, and by the looks of it, this Xing Gan's presence is even a little stronger than Su Ming's!
'The things he told Su Ming previously belonged to Di Tian, but were also his own words! It was especially so when he used his head to knock against Su Ming previously. No one would be able to see anything off with his actions just now… but they're fellow brothers under the same Master, so it's clear that Su Ming had been able to detect something.'
Ji An's expression turned dark. The process of forming his deductions after the events was much easier compared to forming all those guesses before everything happened.
It was just as Ji An had thought. Su Ming had mentioned that he had come to understand something earlier, and what he had come to understand was the meaning behind his eldest senior brother's actions. His eldest senior brother was a blade, and the person holding onto that blade was Di Tian. That blade wanted to become sharper, and it needed a whetstone.
Su Ming understood his eldest senior brother's intentions, and he was willing to become that whetstone and sharpen… the blade used by Xing Tian [1] to fight against the heaven!
The moment the edges of the blade were sharpened marked the instant the blade would turn against the person controlling it. Not only did the act of sending his own head flying into the air show how fierce and powerful eldest senior brother's will was, he had also managed to cut off all ties connecting him to Di Tian.
That was why the Di Tian which had appeared from the head when it flew up had shown disbelief on his face. As his soul disappeared and eldest senior brother lifted his body from the ground, the face that was protruding from his chest seemed to look at the sky.
During that instant, a muffled roar that shook the sky erupted from eldest senior brother's mouth.
"Youngest junior brother, I don't know where Master went. His presence has disappeared from the land of Berserkers, but I can sense that he hasn't died… However, your second senior brother's presence is incredibly weak… He's in Great Leaf Immortal Sect!
"No matter the results of this battle, you must go to the land of Berserkers' Great Leaf Immortal Sect and save… your second senior brother!" Eldest senior brother's voice reverberated in the air until the ground trembled and the sky roared.
"Youngest junior brother, your cultivation base is still showing signs of increasing, and you still can reach an even higher level of cultivation, but your heart is not resolute. I can tell that the world of Berserkers has acknowledged you. The world of Berserkers' kismet is upon you, and you are… the fourth God of Berserkers!
"But you still haven't acknowledged the world of Berserkers and the kismet in you. You also haven't acknowledged the status of the fourth God of Berserkers. I will fight this battle for you. Think carefully on whether you want to accept the title of God of Berserkers!"
Eldest senior brother was usually a man of few words, but at that moment, he uttered a long string of them. Almost at the same time he said al that, he took a step towards midair.
During that instant, Ji An's pupils shrank. He could feel a wave of killing intent and savagery from Xing Gan. Ji An moved and formed a seal with his hands before he swung his arm. Immediately, an endless amount of light hoops appeared around his body. Those light hoops surrounded him like a dimensional mouth. At the moment that happened, an eerie and sinister presence swiftly spread out.
Su Ming's eldest senior brother closed in and lifted the battle axe in his hand to cut down on Ji An.
A booming sound surged into the sky. These two people immediately started fighting fiercely. The near hundred imperishable Shaman Souls on the ground lifted their heads, and at the same time sobriety returned to their faces. They roared towards the sky, then cut off their heads at the same time. Once they became similar existences to Su Ming's eldest senior brother, their heads turned into battle axes. When they held them, they instantly flew up and charged towards Ji An.
Su Ming was silent by the side. As he watched his headless eldest senior brother fight against Ji An and listened to the continuous rumbles in the world, what appeared in his head was his eldest senior brother's words. They branded themselves in his heart.
It was indeed as eldest senior brother had said. Within the depths of Su Ming's heart, he had not acknowledged the world of Berserkers and its kismet. He did not have the desire to become the God of Berserkers.
If his memories of Dark Mountain were fake and if everything was fake, then he was not a Berserker and he did not have the blood of Berserkers flowing in his veins. If he continued tracing back, he would find that the memories of his childhood were clearly different from those of other Berserkers. The only reason he had succeeded in the first Berserkers' Initiation and obtained the right to practice the ways of Berserkers was because of...
Su Ming touched the black stone fragment that had been hanging over his chest for many years. It was all because of it.
Su Ming was feeling slightly miserable in his heart. In truth, he had noticed a long time ago that he was a tree without roots. He floated in the sky and did not know where he was supposed to go and where he could return to, neither did he know… where he was born.
In this state, he was indeed unable to acknowledge the world of Berserkers, its kismet, and that he could possibly be that God of Berserkers.
"I'm not a Berserker…" Su Ming mumbled.
The rumbles in the sky continued. Eighteen gigantic statues appeared behind Ji An. Each of them looked incredibly strange and evil, and all of them had different appearances. There were some in the form of people, and some in the forms of beasts. They were filled with ferociousness and evil, and they were also exuding an eerie and chilling presence.
There were also presences akin to those of vengeful souls on the eighteen statues. However, they were not filled with grudges. They were instead filled with bloodthirst and murderous intent. It was as if they were not creatures that existed in the world, but came from the boundless galaxy. They were ferocious spirits that had drifted about for years.
Their roars were incredibly unique. While sounding piercing to the ears, they were also sonorous. When anyone heard them, they would find their Qi and blood flowing backwards, their heartbeats increasing, and their emotions changing.
As Su Ming looked at the eighteen statues, his pupils suddenly shrank. He seemed to have recalled something and felt that the roars from these ferocious, murderous fiends from the world beyond sounded rather familiar. It was as if he had heard them somewhere before.
Yet right at the moment this sense of familiarity appeared but before Su Ming had the time to mull over it carefully, a loud boom that sounded as if the sky had shattered suddenly traveled from the sky.
At the instant these roars rang out, a presence that did not belong to the land of Berserkers spilled out from the sky. Su Ming sensed it instantly, because at the moment that presence came down, his body immediately started showing signs of decaying.
Su Ming swiftly lifted his head. When he looked up, he saw the two gigantic Runes that had originally been there but had later on been hidden away by the distortions in the sky!
The presence that did not belong to a Berserker but clearly was one of an Immortal was spreading out from the Runes in the vortex, which looked as if they had sunken quite considerably.
"Bright Yang's presence!"
Su Ming narrowed his eyes. His past self would have been completely unable to withstand the Bright Yang's presence. Yet now, he had one half of a Bright Yang Stone sealed within his body. As he continuously resisted that presence, he could last a little longer under compared to his past self.
His eyes sparkled at that moment, and with one move, he charged towards the two Runes in the sky. He did not need to listen to the excited voices coming from the tens of thousands of Immortals underneath. He could tell himself that there were… Immortals descending to the place.
Almost at the instant Su Ming closed in, the booming sounds instantly increased exponentially. Right before everyone's eyes, two gigantic light hoops appeared, shining with a piercing light in the sky. They descended to the ground with a bang, forming two gigantic pillars of light that connected the sky and earth.
Several figures could be seen within the two pillars of light as they shone. In their distorted and indistinct states, these figures gradually appeared, and as if they were being elongated, as the forms of these figures gathered together and shrank, their bodies slowly showed up.
Almost at the moment these people showed up but before they completely regained their forms, Su Ming closed in on them with killing intent surging within him. He was so fast that he rushed into one of the pillars of light in the blink of an eye. At the instant he stepped in, black fog that surged into the sky immediately spread out from his body. He was not letting out this black fog intentionally, but due to the thick and dense power of Bright Yang, it had naturally come out from within him as his body withered and aged.
Su Ming's body started aging quickly, but not only did his speed not decrease, he instead traveled even faster. He quelled the pain that had appeared all over his body due to the power of Bright Yang and lifted his right hand swiftly to swing it in the direction before him.
With it, three of the people who had yet to regain their forms immediately trembled, and shrill screams of pain came from another dimension. The three figures instantly crumbled and disappeared into the air.
Su Ming did not stop for even a single moment. In a flash, he tapped another figure who had regained most of his or her form with his right index finger. As that figure shattered, Su Ming stomped the air beneath him, and with it, a large amount of ripples spread out violently under his feet.
The ripples caused the three nearest figures to immediately begin trembling, and they exploded with a bang. Su Ming moved and clenched his right hand into a fist before punching the final figure in this pillar of light.
This punch contained the full force Su Ming could gather within the later stage in the Berserker Soul Realm. Along with the power he gained after turning his entire body into that of a true Berserker, even Di Tian's clone would need to be wary of this punch. As he hurled his fist forward, he punched the figure that had regained most of his or her form.
Translator's Note:
1. Xing Tian: This is probably what Xing Gan was based upon. He was a nameless giant serving under the Flame/Red Emperor. After the Flame/Red Emperor was killed, he swore revenge and brought a shield and a blade to fight against the Yellow Emperor (the one who killed Flame/Red Emperor). But he lost and his head was cut off, but then even after his head was cut off, he continued fighting. His face appeared on his chest as well. After that, he was known as Xing Tian. This came from Classic of Mountains and Seas: Classic of Regions beyond the Seas, West.
Chapter 677: The Curse's Pursuit!
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The figure seemed to have let out a low growl and even showed signs of resisting against Su Ming's attack even if he was still caught in the state of regaining his form as he descended. Clearly, this person had extraordinary power, since he could do such a thing. After all, all the other Immortals descending to the place had been unable to put up even the barest form of resistance while their bodies were in the process of regaining their forms. They could only vanish while hate burned within them as Su Ming attacked them with his swift execution of his divine abilities.
The figure lifted his right hand and formed a seal before he pressed towards Su Ming's incoming fist. The two sides clashed, and loud bangs surged into the sky. A layer of ripples instantly spread outwards before tumbling backwards, shaking the pillar of light so much that it almost crumbled. Su Ming staggered nearly a thousand feet backwards and his Qi churned within his body. When he lifted his head, a brilliant light appeared in his eyes.
The figure in the pillar of light shuddered and crumbled swiftly, turning into thin black threads that eventually vanished into thin air. This person had failed in his descent, and even if he did not die, he would definitely be injured gravely!
A roar filled with discontent came from the pillar of light from another dimension.
"Who attacked me?! I'll remember this! Next time I come here, I'll definitely destroy you a thousand, no, a million times over!"
Su Ming turned a deaf ear towards those words. He might have dealt with the Immortals descending from this pillar of light, but there was another one. At that moment, several figures were rapidly gaining form within it, and two of them had even taken a step forward, as if they wanted to walk out of the pillar of light.
A glint appeared in Su Ming's eyes. Immediately, threads of black smoke manifested around him. That black smoke instantly gathered on his right hand, and almost in an instant, the Undertaker of Evil's Spear appeared. Once Su Ming grabbed it, he swiftly lifted it up and tossed it towards the other pillar of light.
The Undertaker of Evil's Spear was like a purplish black dragon that sliced through the air with a piercing whistle. It instantly shot into the pillar of light and penetrated through one of the figures who was taking a step forward. When Su Ming lifted his right hand, formed a seal, and pointed towards him, that figure instantly exploded and turned into a large wave of impact that swept through the entire area within the pillar of light.
It caused the figures that were still regaining their forms to freeze for a moment, and during that instant, Su Ming closed in on them like a shooting star. He rushed in among them. The black fog around him had covered his face, and wherever he went, the only thing that could be seen of him was an emaciated hand that looked like a skeleton stretching out from the fog. That hand crushed all the figures that could not put up any form of resistance, but among those who descended, there was one who retreated swiftly under Su Ming's ambush.
That figure had only regained half of its form, but he did not slow down the slightest in his retreat. Almost at the instant Su Ming stepped into the pillar of light, that figure avoided the Undertaker of Evil's Spear and shot back in desperation. He turned into a pale looking middle-aged man dressed in a black robe, and as he ran, his expression was filled with livid sullenness.
The Evil Sky Sect's Sect Elder was among the first batch of Immortals descending to the land, even though he could not have his real body come to the place. He could only form a magical body and send it to the land of Berserkers. But even if this was just a magical body, it could still bring up power that could suppress the Berserkers. After all, based on the Immortals' knowledge, the strongest group of people in the land of Berserkers were only equivalent to those who had reached great circle in Ascendance.
Yet during the instant he descended, he sensed a life threatening danger that made his skin crawl. He had never expected something like this to occur in the process of him descending to the land of Berserkers. This was something that he had never even considered.
No matter how intense the battle between the Immortal sects and Evil Sect were, they would not do something like destroying the bodies of those who had yet to regain their forms. This sort of thing was too despicable! And the Immortals would definitely not accept it!
"Who are you?!"
Once the black-robed man shot out of the pillar of light, he swiftly retreated. When he lifted his head to look, there was no longer any of his people in the pillar of light. There was only an illusory figure surrounded by fog, and that person was leaving with a single step.
Once the person surrounded by fog walked out of the pillar of light, most of the fog dissipated to reveal an old face. However, his face soon started squirming about, recovering rapidly. When he took his seventh step, Su Ming regained his normal appearance.
"Just what is going on?!"
The man in black's face turned even paler. The strange sight of Su Ming's body had filled him with fear, and his act of destroying the Immortals who descended made him wary. In the distance, he could see a headless person fighting against Ji An and the booming sounds that surged into the sky due to their battle left him shocked. He did not know… just what had happened in this place.
It was especially so for the tens of thousands of Immortals standing on the ground. They consisted of people from Evil Sect and the Immortal sects, but they only watched the Immortals who descended be destroyed. None of them did anything to prevent this. In fact, as he looked over, he could see hesitation… and even fear on their faces!
"They're afraid… What are they afraid of?!" The black-robed man retreated once again, then lowered his head swiftly. Once he swept his gaze across the ground, he fixed his stare on Evil Sect's crowd.
"Shen Dong, tell me what is going on?!" The black-robed man clearly knew Evil Spirit Sect's Shen Dong. As he roared, he could see the pained look on the man's face, but he did not manage to last till his answer.
Su Ming's gaze landed on him at that instant. A glint appeared in his eyes, and he turned into a bolt of lightning that charged forward.
The man's expression immediately changed. He instantly turned into seven figures that spread out rapidly into seven directions. His power had not completely descended at that moment, and he only had power equivalent to those who had achieved great circle in Ascendance. As the figures spread out, he did not choose to escape, but instead had them charge towards Su Ming from seven different directions.
Su Ming might have intimidated him previously, but he also managed to determine Su Ming's origins. He had the presence of a Berserker, and the most powerful group of people among the Berserkers were only equivalent to those who had achieved great circle in Ascendance. He had been ambushed in the pillar of light previously, so the man believed that it was completely impossible for Su Ming to fight him on even grounds now that he was out.
'As long as I hold him back for a moment, the second batch of Immortals will descend, and at that time… this person will surely die, and I'll also know just what had happened here!
'But there's something really strange here. Who's the person fighting against Ji An? He's actually preventing Ji An from even have a chance to speak, for he has to pour every single bit of his attention on attacking!
'And where is Di Tian?' As these thoughts raced in the head of the black-robed man, he charged towards his attacker.
Su Ming swept his gaze around him. There were seven figures—this divine ability was incredibly ingenious, he decided—but he didn't need to spent too much effort to find the real person. Instead, he chose to stand on the spot.
Almost at the instant Su Ming stopped moving and froze in midair, the seven people that were transformed from the black-robed man spotted glints in their eyes, and cold sneers appeared on their lips.
In the span of a breath, these seven figures accelerated and appeared around Su Ming right away. All of them formed a seal at the same time. Then, with a low shout and several dozens of feet between each of them, they pushed their palms at Su Ming.
A power that belonged to those who had achieved great circle in Ascendance rammed into Su Ming's body at that instant. Booming sounds reverberated in the air, but Su Ming did not move. He simply allowed those waves caused by the attack land on his body, thenlifted his right hand to punch the fourth person.
The world trembled. The fourth figure shuddered and coughed up a huge mouthful of blood. He immediately fell back, and disbelief as well as shock appeared on his face.
"This is… power that has surpassed Ascendance. You…" As the fourth figure fell back, the other six figures shattered and were destroyed. The fourth figure was the black-robed man's real body. At the instant he started falling back, Su Ming had already disappeared from his sight.
His heart trembled, and a strong sense of danger rose within his heart. He turned his head around, and as his pupils shrank, the final picture that he would see for the rest of his life appeared in front of him.
It was a finger, and it filled his entire vision. That finger tapped the center of his brows, and a destructive power surged into his body with a bang. It tore through his flesh and blood, and at the same time it crushed his Nascent Divinity, a Curse also fused into his soul, charging straight towards his real self in the land of Immortals through the faint connection that existed between them.
"This is impossible!"
The black-robed man let out a shrill scream, and there was true terror within that scream. In truth, even if his magical body died, his real self would at most feel a decrease in its power, but his life would not be in danger. As long as he did not die, then he could redo everything. Yet now… the chilling Curse within his soul could attack his real self through his magical body. This was something he had never expected and was the true source of his terror.
When shrill scream rang out in the air, the black-robed man erupted with a bang, and died.
In the region of the endless floating continents in the Immortals' galaxy, there was one continent at the center that had several altars built on it. There was a middle-aged man sitting on one of the,, and that man was the black-robed person Su Ming had just killed.
At the same time his magical body died, his body started trembling violently, and black patches appeared on his skin. They began rotting rapidly, and almost in an instant, they covered his entire body. That person opened his eyes and let out a shrill scream of pain. Fear appeared on his face and he swiftly stood up. He swung his right arm before himself, and a Rune immediately appeared in front of him. He lifted his foot, intending to step into that Rune.
Yet almost at the moment he lifted his foot, his eyes turned dull and he trembled, then fell to the side. His body turned into black blood at that instant, and even his Nascent Divinity was unable to escape. He… truly died!
Moments before that, he saw more than a hundred altars around him as well as in the other continents shining with a powerful light. It was as if… the Immortals were about to activate another round of transportation and send another batch of people to descend.
Su Ming pulled back his finger in the land of Berserkers. He lowered his head and looked at the tens of thousands of Immortals on the ground. All those who met his gaze instinctively lowered their heads.
Even if they were prodigies, and even if they were people who were familiar to him from his memories.
'The Berserkers gave me strength.' Su Ming's gaze swept past the crowd on the ground.
'The Berserkers gave me the power to search for the truth…
'There are people here who I can't bear to part with.
'The home which I will find hard to forget is here…
'I was born here. My existing memories contain the presence of the land of Berserkers…
'Then, from now onwards, why should I not… be a Berserker?!'
Su Ming lifted his head and looked at the two still operating Runes in the sky, which had the presence of Immortals descending to the place appearing once again. There was no longer any confusion in his eyes, but a look of determination, resolution, and also… acknowledgment!
"When you learn who you are, you are no longer you. When you no longer know who you are, you will be you."
The faint song of a xun that carried with it an ancient air resounded in Su Ming's ears...
Chapter 678: Great Completion in the Berserker Soul Realm!
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
'I am the God of Berserkers!' Su Ming lifted his head and said these words quietly in his heart.
At the instant they echoed in his heart, the presence of those descending appeared once again within the Runes in the sky. Those presences came from new Immortals, and they were coming from their distant land.
It was also at that moment that the rainbows beyond the two Runes increased, and the distortions also became even more violent. Sounds of something being ripped apart shook the sky and earth, and there seemed to be a faint voice roaring continuously towards the ground from those distortions.
"God of Berserkers!" If anyone listened closely, they would be able to tell vaguely that those roars were crying out these three words!!
Su Ming's statue of the God of Berserkers appeared instantly before him. The torso that had no head and only two arms was exuding an endless mighty pressure. Under that pressure, Su Ming's eyes shone with a brilliant light that surged into the sky.
"My statue of the God of Berserkers still lacks a pair of legs before it can reveal itself in its complete form in the universe… I am the God of Berserkers, and the third God of Berserkers' soul shall be my statue's left leg!"
As Su Ming spoke, he lifted his right hand and swung it forward. Immediately, the three pearls that were transformed from the third God of Berserkers' body after he died flew out. Those pearls turned into an illusory old man in midair. That old man opened his eyes, and once he swept his gaze across the land, he looked towards Su Ming. His obscured face made it impossible for anyone to see his appearance clearly, but they could still tell that he was smiling.
As he smiled, the old man's figure gradually disappeared. Almost at the moment he completely vanished, the left leg of Su Ming's statue appeared!
Su Ming's hair moved without wind. He watched the old man disappear, and saw the smile on his face. That was the smile the third God of Berserkers' soul left behind throughout the ages.
That smile contained acknowledgment!
At the instant the statue's left leg manifested, Su Ming's cultivation base erupted within his body and reached the pinnacle of the later stage in the Berserker Soul Realm within an instant. Only a membrane stood in his way to attain great completion!
As Su Ming's cultivation base increased, his presence was like a tidal wave that shook the sky and earth. The roars within the distortions in the sky grew stronger, and more rainbows appeared all around the area.
The figures within the pillars of light that were formed due to the Immortals descending from the Runes were gradually showing up. There were about a hundred of them, and they were rapidly gaining form.
Su Ming did not bother himself with them. He looked at his own statue of the God of Berserkers, then closed his eyes. When he reopened them, he lifted his right hand and swung it swiftly against the sky.
With it, the sky boomed, but those booming sounds could not cover Su Ming's voice, which brought shock to all the people's hearts at that moment.
"Second God of Berserkers, you, who exist as soul fragments in the world, who cry out during each Day of Eternal Creation, are you willing… to gather here and become my statue's right leg?! I swear the oath of a Berserker to you, I will surely destroy the Immortals and take revenge for you!" Su Ming's voice reverberated in all directions, causing all those who heard it to swiftly fall silent.
Besides the booming sounds from Ji An and Su Ming's eldest senior brother's battle still ringing in the air, the area was in dead silence.
Su Ming silently waited for his answer. If it had been any other moment, his words would not have obtained any answer, but now, he had the world of Berserkers' kismet in his body, and he was in the process of forming his statue of the God of Berserkers. His voice fused into the world of Berserkers, and it reverberated with his meaning, all the soul fragments in the world could hear it.
Time passed. With each breath, more Immortals appeared within the two pillars of light from the vortex. Some of them had even almost completely gained their forms.
Then, a whiff of green aura appeared out of nowhere at the empty spot where the right leg was supposed to be for Su Ming's statue. Soon after, more of it manifested from all directions of the world. As that aura gathered together, it formed an indistinct green figure before Su Ming.
This figure's appearance was as obscure as that of the third God of Berserkers. His eyes were blank when he turned, as if observing Su Ming. Su Ming also cast his gaze on the indistinct green figure.
The meeting of their gazes made the sense of familiarity that was hidden within the depths of Su Ming's memories rise up once again. This had happened the first time when he fought against Si Ma Xin and stepped on the second God of Berserkers' arm.
Right then, as this sense of familiarity rose up the second time, a dazed look appeared on Su Ming's face. He seemed to have returned to that unknown time all those years ago. In his ears he heard a baby girl's cries, a woman's gentle voice soothing her, and also… a man's voice that was filled with dignity, but at the same time a sense of gentleness.
The second God of Berserkers…
The green figure in Su Ming's eyes was made up of the second God of Berserkers' soul fragments, which had scattered through the world. This was the embodiment of all his unwillingness to admit defeat and his grudge before his death. At that moment, he was looking at Su Ming, and his empty eyes slowly gained light. Then, he gradually closed his eyes.
At the instant he did so, the green figure charged towards Su Ming's statue of the God of Berserkers to turn into its right leg, causing this statue to truly stand in the world.
At that instant, Su Ming's cultivation base erupted with a bang. At the same time, his statue became mostly complete and was only lacking a head. The statue of the God of Berserkers that stood in the world was ten thousand feet tall and looked like a colossal giant that was exuding a mighty pressure which shocked all the Immortals in the sky.
"The first God of Berserkers… Lie Shan Xiu, who left the land of Berserkers… who crafted the Berserkers' Enchanted Vessel to protect the entire land of Berserkers, the legacy you left behind will only last till the third God of Berserkers…
"It is impossible for the fourth God of Berserkers to appear among the Berserkers, because they no longer have any legacy and inheritance, that is why if that person really appears, he would no longer be the fourth God of Berserkers, but would be… a new God of Berserkers!
"Then, I will use the monument you left behind and the items you scattered in the land of Berserkers today to make the head for my statue. From now on, I will lead all the Berserkers… into new glory!"
Su Ming was silent for a moment before he swiftly opened his mouth. His words reverberated through the world and caused the world to resonate with him. During that instant, all the ferocious beasts in the entire land of Berserkers—Eastern Wastelands, the islands of South Morning, Northern Province, and the Alliance of the Western Region—started worshiping the sky while letting out shocking roars.
Hidden in the forest of Eastern Wastelands was Berserker Fang Tribe. There were several thousands of people kneeling on the ground behind the old man standing on the empty ground at that moment. Their bodies were trembling, and the desire as well as the expectation in their eyes had almost reached their limit.
Their gazes were gathered on the old man, who was the only person standing. At that moment, he was looking silently at the sky. After some time, he seemed to have made a decision in his heart, and he turned his head around and looked at all his tribe members behind him.
"Oh well, the flames within us have caused our blood to reach a boiling point. We of Berserker Fang Tribe will take this risk, and if we succeed, the Berserkers will be different from now on, and if we fail… we will die buried under the Berserkers' sky!
"Berserker Fang Tribe, come with me to pay our respects to the God of Berserkers!"
The old man swung his arm, and roars immediately rose from within the forest. In the span of a breath, nearly ten thousand long arcs charged out into the sky to move towards the spot where their burning blood directed them.
The person in the lead was the old man.
The tribe that was hidden in the mountain range had moved out earlier than Berserker Fang Tribe. They could no longer remain silent. The flames in their blood had increased their level of cultivation, and at the same time, a will had also erupted within their blood. Eventually, most of the people in the tribe chose to fly into the sky to meet the God of Berserkers.
All the Berserkers in Eastern Wasteland erupted at the same time and charged towards the spot where Su Ming was from all directions.
Right at that moment, Su Ming swung his right hand at his statue of the God of Berserkers, and a gigantic stone monument immediately flew out from his storage bag. An ancient air spread out from it, and it was the legacy the first God of Berserkers had left behind after he went away!
Su Ming's words made the stone monument shake as it flew out. It crumbled on its own and gathered instantly on the empty spot where the head of Su Ming's statue was supposed to be. Within an instant, that dust turned into a head!
That head had no features, but its appearance completed the statue of the God of Berserkers!
As his statue of the God of Berserkers was completed, a vast presence spread out. The world rumbled, and the statue slowly turned its head around, and its featureless face was like a mirror that was looking at Su Ming.
During that instant, he completed the final requirement to arrive at the Berserker Soul Realm— having his own reflection on the God of Berserkers!
Curves immediately appeared on the featureless face of the God of Berserkers, and gradually, a face that was the exact same as Su Ming's took shape. At the instant that happened, all the rainbows in the sky crumbled with a bang and gathered within the statue.
The distortions in the sky all collapsed as well, until there was not a single one left, and the sky to become transparent at that moment.
The sky in this area was not the only part that became transparent. The entire Berserkers' sky turned transparent during that instant, causing all the Berserkers to be able to see, perhaps for the first time in their lives… the true Berserkers' sky!
The world of Berserkers had no sky.
There was only a gigantic vortex. It was large enough to cover the entire land of Berserkers. It did not matter which corner a person resided in the land of Berserkers, they would be able to see that gigantic black vortex in the sky.
The vortex was still spinning at that moment. It was formed by an endless amount of dense fog that isolated their world from everything beyond. As it rotated with loud, booming sounds, some ferocious beasts that were several hundreds of thousands of feet in size or even bigger occasionally appeared within the fog.
However, while these creatures might be big, compared to the vortex, they looked like little animals in an ocean, and they could not even hope to compare with it.
This was the true Berserkers' sky!
This was also the sky that had existed during the first God of Berserkers' time. The sun, moon, and stars that appeared later on were all… fake!
They existed because of the Immortals' Rune!
At the instant everyone saw the sky, all the Berserkers who were flying stopped moving and stared blankly at the vortex.
As for Su Ming, at the instant the face of his statue of the God of Berserkers appeared, his cultivation base broke through the later stage of the Berserker Soul Realm, and he attained… great completion in the Berserker Soul Realm!
Chapter 679: The Thirty Seventh Time!
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
At the instant Su Ming attained great completion in the Berserker Soul Realm, a sharp, extreme pain immediately traveled out from the seal in his head. That pain caused veins to pop up on his face as cracks appeared on the seal. Su Ming sensed the power coming from the dimension once again, but it felt as if… it was no longer coming from another dimension. It was instead not too far away from him. Over that spot was a pair of eyes, and they were staring at him.
They were interfering with the cracks in the seal so that it would not break open. Instead, as the seal continued breaking, those cracks repeatedly closed up, resisting again and again within Su Ming's consciousness.
He could clearly tell that this was the power that had been trying to seal his memories all this while. The only difference between then and now was that it had previously been in another dimension. Right then, it seemed to be right in front of his eyes, having arrived in the land of Berserkers.
Su Ming lifted his head slowly. The eruption from his cultivation base, the resistance in his consciousness, as well as the cracking and subsequent closing of the seal caused a large amount of red to appear in his eyes. They looked as if they had turned crimson red, and as he swept his gaze across the area, his eyes landed on the pillar of light that was descending from the Rune at that moment!
"Are you… all ready?" Su Ming asked hoarsely. There was an unimaginable amount of power from the world in his body. He even had the feeling that he could cause the entire world to crumble with a single thought.
If he was the sky, then the sky was also him!
As his words traveled through the air, his voice seemed to have become one with the sky and rose with a loud rumbling. His words even sounded like a law that was implemented the moment it appeared, resulting the trembling of the entire world. As his voice reverberated in the air, the two pillars of light from the Runes began shivering, as if they were about to be unable to handle his might and crumble.
There were nearly a hundred figures within those pillars of light, most of which had already completed their descent, and all of them were silently looking at Su Ming with their hearts filling with shock.
They saw the entire process of Su Ming attaining great completion in the Berserker Soul Realm, and they also saw the ten thousand feet statue of the God of Berserkers before him. The terrifying might spreading from it caused their hearts to race.
Su Ming's voice caused the pillar of light to tremble, which brought disbelief to the faces of all those people watching.
"Welcome… to the land of Berserkers!"
Su Ming swiftly lifted his head. At the instant his words left his mouth, the world rumbled, and the two pillars of light trembled violently before they crumbled with a bang. At the same time, the people within them instantly shot out in all directions.
Most to these people had extraordinary power, and some of them had even reached great circle in Ascendance. There were even two of them who had power equivalent to Di Tian's clones.
Yet at the instant they rushed out, Su Ming lifted his right hand, opened his palm, and seized in the direction before him, just as he did all those years ago when he saw the old man in the Undying and Imperishable Realm, and just as he did towards the endless undying souls in that world.
Su Ming was doing the exact same thing he did in that world. At the instant he lifted his right hand, his statue of the God of Berserkers also lifted its right hand and performed the same action.
Booming sounds instantly rose into the air, and most of the Immortals from the pillars of light froze. As their bodies trembled, they let out shrill screams filled with despair and exploded with a bang.
As that happened, wisps of life force tumbled backwards and charged towards Su Ming's right hand. Once he held them in his fist, the power of his Curse spread out and rushed straight to the land of Immortals by tracing back the trails provided by the Rune!
At the same time, Su Ming took a step forward, and his body instantly appeared before one of the cultivators with power equivalent to Di Tian's clone. That cultivator turned his head around, and dark green light instantly appeared on his body. Just as he was about to retreat, Su Ming lifted his left hand and pierced through the dark green screen of light, completely unperturbed by it. He grabbed the cultivator's chest and squeezed.
The man's eyes went wide, and his heart was crushed.
A Curse also spread out and destroyed this person's Nascent Divinity before it went straight towards the land of Immortals to destroy his real self!
"From now on, the land of Berserkers… is forbidden grounds to Immortals!" Su Ming stated calmly.
Once he unclenched his hand, he turned around, his long hair dancing behind him. He lifted his left index finger and pointed forward. At the instant he turned around, the other cultivator with power equivalent to Di Tian's clone had already warped towards him. Mountains and rivers appeared in his hand, and the sun, moon, and stars as well as the entire universe also seemed to be contained within it. These things turned into a gigantic flag, and he was swinging it at Su Ming.
Su Ming's left index finger did not stop moving. It shot through the flag and touched the cultivator's chest. That cultivator coughed up fresh blood, and as shock appeared on his face, he fell backwards. Su Ming took a step forward and snatched the flag with his right hand. Then, with his left, he hurled a fist towards that cultivator through the air.
"All Immortals who come here will be killed!" As Su Ming's flat, emotionless words reverberated in the air, his punch landed, and a voice that surged into the sky and earth shot up, stirring up multiple ripples in space. The cultivator's body crumbled and turned into pieces of flesh that scattered outwards. This person hadn't sent and ordinary clone, and the person before him hadn't either. Both of them had sent their magical bodies!
Magical bodies were of a higher level than clones. These were existences that were equivalent to Nascent Divinities among Immortals. Cultivators could entrust their lives to these bodies and refine them into beings that could help them preserve their lives.
That was why their levels of cultivation were equal to that of Di Tian's clones. However, now that Su Ming had attained great completion in the Berserker Soul Realm and obtained the world of Berserkers' kismet, killing Di Tian's clones… was no longer a difficult task for him.
Su Ming waved his arm and took a step forward to appear on his statue's shoulder. As he stood there, he looked at the sky, and a wave of killing intent appeared in his eyes.
"Di Tian, since you arrived a long time ago, why don't you just show up?"
As Su Ming spoke, the two radiant Runes in the vortex that was the Berserkers' true sky let out rumbling sounds again. At that same time, a man with a black crown who was dressed in a black Emperor's robe slowly revealed his body below the Rune, to its right.
At the instant he appeared, a wave of power that even had corporeal form spread out from him, turning into thunderous booms that surged into the sky and traveled through the air in the process.
This was not a clone!
Su Ming looked at the black-robed Di Tian with a calm expression on his face. He could tell with just one glance that this Di Tian was clearly different from the three others he'd killed previously.
This person gave Su Ming a feeling that Di Tian had not obtained this body via Possession, but that it was truly born after gathering the power of the world. His features were also incredibly stark. There was not a hint of indistinctness that could be found on his face.
In fact, this was the second time Su Ming had this feeling. The first had been when he a man in black robes standing on a gigantic head in the black void while he himself was bound in chains after he left Dark Mountain to enter South Morning. The memory of it instantly rose in Su Ming's head.
The first time he had had this feeling was when he had first encountered Di Tian's clone. With his power at that time, he had been unable to find many clues that hinted at the fact of him being a different Di Tian than the one he saw in the void, which was why the feeling he had the first time could be dismissed.
From then onwards, he saw Di Tian's second and third clones. They might be strong, but they could not make that feeling appear within Su Ming, and he had never felt it again… up till now!
It could be said that with Su Ming's current level of cultivation, at the instant he saw the black-robed Di Tian, a large portion of the seal on his memories tore up, and he seemed to have remembered something, albeit only vaguely.
However, as vague as it might be, he had a clear feeling… this was definitely not the first time he saw this black-robed Di Tian. The person who had appeared in the void was this Di Tian!
Perhaps more accurately speaking, this was the only one who could truly be considered as Di Tian. All the ones that Su Ming had killed previously were clones that Di Tian had controlled after he gathered his will and placed it on those bodies!
"This is… the thirty-seventh time I sent my magical body to this place…" the black-robed Di Tian said calmly. His voice had an ancient quality to it, and it was greatly different from that of his clones. The awe-inspiring air was absent in his speech, but there was an air of supremacy that made it seem as if he was looking down on all manner of living, even as his eyes were focused on Su Ming.
Then he lifted his foot slowly and walked towards him.
"The previous thirty-six times I came here was because you broke your promise and failed to fulfill the pledge you swore all those years ago. You tried to fight against me… and in the end, I killed you thirty-six times.
"I never truly killed you, but only made you sink back into oblivion … This is the thirty-seventh time… and it will also be the last." Di Tian's emotionless voice seemed to be the law itself. As he closed in, the pain brought by the seal on the memories became stronger, and the cracks also increased in number.
"This time, there were more changes than ever before… It is also the only time you were able to destroy all my clones… However, in the end, you… will still fall!"
There were only several thousands of feet separating the black-robed Di Tian from Su Ming at that moment. A sharp pain that was enough to drive him mad appeared in Su Ming's head, and his memories… were gradually being restored.
At the instant Di Tian took another step forward, a bang resounded in Su Ming's head, and a large amount of pictures erupted swiftly in his mind, turning into a chaotic mess in his brain.
In the midst of all that chaos, he saw images… that belonged to a thousand years ago!
The boy a thousand years ago had been sucked into the void during the change in Dark Mountain, but he did not appear in South Morning. Instead, he had gone to a continent he had never been to before. That place was filled with wind and snow… and the people there were all strangers. The things there were all unfamiliar…
Several hundreds of years later, when he arrived at the later stage of the Berserker Soul Realm, he found his memories and tried to turn against heaven. Di Tian appeared, and during that battle, he had been bound by an endless amount of chains. At that time he had lost miserably, and the person who defeated him was a man who stood on a gigantic head. He was... the black-robed Di Tian standing right before his eyes at this moment!
"This is the thirty-seventh time I descended, and just like the previous thirty-six times, if you will manage to destroy my magical body, from then onwards, I will no longer be able to descend to the land of Berserkers, and you will truly regain your freedom… I will even give you this plate…" In Su Ming's newly appeared memories, these were exactly the same words spoken by the black-robed Di Tian before they fought a thousand years ago.
"You truly disappoint me…" This was the end of Su Ming's memories a thousand years ago, and they came from the same person.
The black-robed Di Tian walked towards him slowly and asked flatly, "Do you remember now?"
Su Ming's eyes became even redder. He lifted his head and glared up at him with killing intent flashing in his eyes.
"Just like the previous thirty-six times, if you can kill my magical body, then you will truly be free from now onwards, and I… will give this plate to you."
As Di Tian spoke, he lifted his right hand, and a black plate flew out. There was a complete spine on that plate, and a ghastly presence surrounded it.
At the instant Su Ming saw this thing, a loud booming sound instantly resounded in his head. He'd seen this plate before!
Chapter 680: The Berserkers Arrive!
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
"Among those thirty-six times, there were nineteen when you fell under my Abyss Sword. This time, I'd like to see how you will fare!"
When Di Tian moved forward, his presence was like one Su Ming had felt when he first saw him all those years ago. It was the presence of supremacy that was like mountains crushing his body, and as it charged towards Su Ming in an attempt to intimidate him, Di Tian lifted his right hand and seized the air in the direction of the sky.
A ray of dark light instantly appeared above and charged towards Di Tian's right hand before turning into a sword on his palm. This sword was Di Tian's Abyss Sword!
It was still the same, but the wielder of it before had been Di Tian's clone. Right then, the person who held it was Di Tian's black-robed magical body who had made Su Ming fall into oblivion time and again over a countless number of years!
This magical body was connected to Di Tian's own life, and his strength surpassed all his clones'. It was the strongest power he could muster in the land of Berserkers.
During the previous thirty-six times, Di Tian had used his magical body to perform the final judgment, and every single time he sent this magical body over, it would mean the end for Su Ming.
Only at this moment did his magical body descend from the land of Immortals, and it was telling enough that Di Tian had only now truly made his decision.
The most important reason behind his decision was because his magical body had descended to this place thirty-six times over the years, and the force of the laws within the land of Berserkers rejecting him had become incredibly powerful. Even if he did manage to descend, he could not stay for long, and so he had to end the battle as soon as possible.
The other reason was because Di Tian had sensed a strong danger after the thirty-sixth time he made Su Ming fall into oblivion and sealed his memories. This sense had not come from Su Ming himself, but a pair of invisible eyes in the land of Berserkers.
This pair of eyes always seemed to be staring at him, causing him to only send his clones to the land over the past thousand years and not dare risk sending his magical body again, as it was connected to his life. If it was not because he had to destroy Su Ming, he would not have sent his magical body to the land of Berserkers.
Di Tian was also too worried to send someone else to handle this matter, and since all his clones were destroyed, he could only… send his magical body!
Once the Abyss Sword appeared, the boundless vortex in the sky suddenly increased the speed of its rotation for an instant, and a wisp of Yin Death Aura was dragged down by the sword to the land. It turned into a ball of black fog that surrounded the Abyss Sword, and that black fog seemed to have turned into several faces of malicious ghosts once they surrounded the blade, and all of them were roaring at Su Ming.
"The first Abyss Sword is to extol the heavens!"
"The second Abyss Sword is to rise the land!"
"The third Abyss Sword is to execute people!"
The black-robed Di Tian swung the Abyss Sword in his hand, and it immediately split into three, resulting in three swords now flying around Di Tian. As they danced about, more Yin Death Aura surged forth from the vortex in the sky.
"The fourth Abyss Sword is to send off souls!"
"The fifth Abyss Sword is to mourn the body!"
"The sixth Abyss Sword is to destroy the spirits!"
A glint appeared in the black-robed Di Tian's eyes. The three Abyss Swords swayed once more before they turned into six swords that formed a sword Rune. They charged towards Su Ming with a sharp whistle, and the Yin Death Aura that they stirred up turned into thick black fog that tumbled about and formed a gigantic face of a malicious ghost in the sky. As it howled, it charged swiftly towards Su Ming.
A powerful sense of danger instantly rose in Su Ming's heart. That sense of danger came from his soul and from a spot in his memories that even he did not notice previously. It was as if his sealed memories remembered that there were a dozen more times when his body and soul had been destroyed under this particular style and he had sunk into oblivion because of it, just like Di Tian had said.
"If what you said is true, then this is the thirty-seventh time. I don't know why I would lose to this Abyss Sword the previous dozen something times, but now…"
Su Ming did not finish speaking. As he left his sentence hanging, not only did he not retreat, but he even took a step forward. At the instant his foot landed, his body disappeared in a flash. When he reappeared, he was already right before those six Abyss Swords.
At the instant he threw his punch forward—
"The seventh Abyss Sword is to bid farewell to life!"
"The eighth Abyss Sword is to bury the void!"
"The ninth Abyss Sword… is to destroy!"
The black-robed Di Tian swung his arm, and shadows instantly overlapped the six Abyss Swords around him. Once another three other swords were added to their number, they turned into nine Abyss Swords that clashed with Su Ming, and booming sounds reverberated in the air, surging into the sky.
Su Ming's fist stopped for a moment. When the nine Abyss Swords cracked inch by inch and fell backwards, they turned into fragmented pieces, but they did not disappear. Instead, once they fused with the fog, they turned into an eerie gigantic mouth of a malicious spirit that looked as if it had corporeal form, and it charged towards Su Ming to devour him.
This power could devour all those who had attained great completion in the Berserker Soul Realm, so even those who had incredibly great cultivation bases would find it difficult to escape it. This backlash from the power of Yin Death came from Di Tian's ultimate divine abilities, and it was an attack that could kill Su Ming a dozen something times in the past.
Di Tian's magical body did not bother to hold back even a single bit right from the start of the battle. His attacks were all filled with killing intent.
However, while this divine ability could destroy Su Ming a dozen something times in the past, it could not deal even a little damage to Su Ming on this day. Di Tian had made a miscalculation, and this mistake would cause him to pay an unbearable price.
In his memories, this was Su Ming's thirty-seventh awakening. To him, Su Ming's might came from the final burst in his cultivation base every single time after he awakened, and with each time, his cultivation base would be much stronger than before. Yet even so, he believed that he could control this Destiny who had awakened for the thirty-seventh time.
However, he did not know that this was not the thirty-seventh time Su Ming had awakened. He had awakened… a countless number of times!
Each destruction of his soul in the Candle Dragon's Undying and Imperishable World was like a real death. This resulted in not only the strength of Su Ming's will increasing by leaps and bounds, but he also obtained… innumerable awakenings the precise number of which even he himself did not know!
With each awakening, his potential would increase a little. This unforeseen circumstance of him awakening an endless amount of times in the Candle Dragon's Undying and Imperishable World now caused a miscalculation in Di Tian's plans, and had also molded Su Ming to become greater!
Almost at the instant the big mouth formed from the Yin Death Fog closed in on Su Ming, his expression twisted. He lifted his head swiftly and let out a low roar towards that mouth.
"Yin Death Aura is the aura within my body! How dare you try to devour me!" Su Ming's roar reverberated in all directions. Veins popped up on his face, and as his roar echoed in the air, the gigantic vortex in the sky rumbled as well.
The big mouth that closed in on Su Ming shuddered, and fear as well as hesitation appeared on the malicious spirit's face. Then, as Su Ming roared, it changed its direction, turned its head, and charged towards the black-robed Di Tian.
Powerful killing intent shone in Su Ming's eyes. With a single move, he rushed towards Di Tian like a shooting star. It did not matter whether this was his clone or his magical body, the entire world of Berserkers was filled with Su Ming's murderous aura, and whoever it was that he wanted to kill had to die!
"Di Tian, you're going to die!"
Su Ming's eyes were bloodshot. The seal in his head continued breaking, and his memories raged in his mind like a storm.
Almost at the instant Su Ming charged towards Di Tian, nearly ten thousand long arcs that looked as if they had blotted out the sky and covered the earth rushed over from the horizon. The person in the lead… was All Entities Clan's Grand Clan Elder, Tian Qi, a Berserker who had attained great completion in the Berserker Soul Realm!
Excitement was rife in his eyes. The Berserkers behind him were all burning with passion, and their roars traveled forward with a loud echo.
At that instant, there were also nearly ten thousand long arcs charging forward from another direction. The person in their lead was an old man that was as thin as a skeleton. That old man was Xue Sha, the Elder of the Great Tribe of Surging Clouds!
Chapter 681: Bright Yang, Yin Death
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
It did not matter whether it was the tribe members for the Great Tribe of Surging Clouds or the disciples of All Entities Clan. At that moment these people, who numbered to nearly twenty thousand, saw a shocking sight at the same time from two directions. They saw the gigantic statue of the God of Berserkers in midair, and at the instant their gazes fell on it, all of them felt their blood boiling with a bang.
That statue of the God of Berserkers gave Immortals pressure, but to the Berserkers, it brought them a wave of excitement and madness that could not be described with words. It was as if their full potential would explode forth if they were beside that statue, and their combat abilities would also increase by a large margin compared to before.
Aside from the statue causing these Berserkers to feel their blood boiling, the tens of thousands of Immortals on the land also caused the people from the Great Tribe of Surging Clouds and All Entities Clan to have their pupils shrink.
The Immortals on the ground also saw the Berserkers coming en masse as well. All of them were silent, but they no longer had the arrogance and suppressive air they put on when they met in the past, because there was a terrifying person here who had slaughtered an innumerable amount of their own and even destroyed Di Tian's clones, and they had witnessed the entire process of this happening!
The Great Tribe of Surging Clouds and All Entities Clan caused a slight change to happen to the battlefield. However, before the two forces of Berserkers could understand what was going on, they saw the gigantic statue of the God of Berserkers and the Runes rotating and rumbling in the sky!
As those Runes rotated, powerful light spread out from within them, and it was clear that a new batch of Immortals were about to descend.
Aside from these, there was also something else that caused the Great Tribe of Surging Cloud's Xue Sha and All Entities Clan's Tian Xi's gazes to gather in the same spot.
It was the sight of Su Ming's eldest senior brother fighting against Ji An in the sky, with loud, booming sounds echoing around. Eldest senior brother held a battle axe in his hand, and in his other hand was a huge shield that had been formed by the near hundred Shaman Souls at some point in time. He was engaged in a battle to the death with Ji An, and Ji An's expression was dark while retreating continuously. He had already executed a large variety of attacks, but none of them could suppress the fierce will that propelled his opponent to press forward courageously!
Black fog churned at the spot where these two people fought, and there seemed to be an endless amount of ferocious fiends from the world beyond roaring about. However, none of them seemed to have the courage to get closer to Su Ming's eldest senior brother. Booming sounds continued spreading outwards, and their battlefield took up half of the sky.
There was a long arc that was charging towards the person with the crown and the black robe. The face of that person in the long arc could not be seen clearly; he was only a blurry shadow. Almost at the moment these Berserkers arrived and saw the battle in the region, a loud boom that shook the sky and earth traveled swiftly in all directions from the spot where there was a person fighting against the black-robed man who looked like an Emperor.
"It doesn't matter whether it's thirty-six or thirty-seven times, neither does it matter whether these memories are real or fake… none of them matter to me!" Su Ming's voice echoed in the air in the midst of the rumbling. He staggered nearly a thousand feet backwards, and when he stopped, he lifted his head. There was blood trickling down the corners of his mouth.
This blood was not due to him being injured by Di Tian. It had instead been caused by Su Ming biting the tip of his tongue to force his mind to clear up in the midst of the chaos that had been brought about by his memories erupting to the front of his mind.
"It was incredibly difficult to break this seal previously, but when you arrived, some of my memories were automatically released when the seal cracked. Di Tian… this is too fake. It doesn't matter to me whether what you said is true, as long as I kill you, none of this is important anymore!" Su Ming's eyes turned crimson, and he swiftly took a step once again towards Di Tian.
When he lifted his right hand, the statue of the God of Berserkers in the sky let out a roar and lifted its right hand as well before it hurled its fist forward. But it did not throw its punch towards Di Tian, it had instead directed its fist towards… Su Ming!
It was also at this moment that the people from the Great Tribe of Surging Clouds and All Entities Clan gathered their gazes on Su Ming from two different directions, even if they were still tens of thousands of feet away from the battlefield.
They… saw Su Ming's face clearly, and also saw the exact same face on the statue of the God of Berserkers. At the instant their gazes gathered on Su Ming's body, an impulse rose within them, and that impulse made their blood start erupting out of their control.
It was boiling violently in all Berserkers now. They did not know who was the first to cry out, but quickly more roars joined in, and the sound of them all instantly rose and fell in the air until there was only one voice left in the sky in the end!
"Greetings, God of Berserkers!"
"Greetings, God of Berserkers!"
"Greetings, God of Berserkers!"
That voice shook the sky and earth, born from twenty thousand people shouting at the same time. This was the booming sound coming from the blood of twenty thousand people. This was the roar of the Berserkers after they traveled several tens of thousands of lis to this place!
Almost at the moment that voice reverberated in the world and shook the entire area, the right fist of the statue crashed into the charging Su Ming.
The ten thousand foot tall statue of the God of Berserkers lifted its head and let out a violent roar, as if it was responding to the Berserkers' roars.
In the midst of that roar, Su Ming's body swiftly fused into his statue. At the instant he disappeared, a powerful light that had never appeared in the statue's eyes suddenly begun shining. That light was killing intent and intelligence. At the instant it appeared, it was as if the statue of the God of Berserkers became Su Ming himself!
Fusing with the statue of the God of Berserkers was a racial divine ability that could only be executed by those who had attained great completion in the Berserker Soul Realm. Before they attained this level of power, a strong Berserker in the Berserker Soul Realm could place their statue of the God of Berserkers in their body, but once they attained great completion, they could reverse the process and fuse themselves into their statue. Then, from there… they could bring out the Berserkers' powerful might!
The black-robed Di Tian's pupils shrank slightly. He let out a cold harrumph towards Su Ming's declaration that he did not care whether his words of killing him thirty-six were true. Di Tian did not bother to continue speaking. Killing intent instead shone briefly in his eyes, and he lifted his right hand swiftly, swinging it at the sky. During that instant, he opened his mouth and spat out a golden stone.
This stone was not big. It was only the breadth of a finger and half a finger long. However, once it appeared, the stone abruptly exploded, and the area around its edges began squirming. In the span of a breath, it grew to the size of a fist, and in the next instant it grew as large as a skull!
Once that stone appeared, a wave of power that belonged to Bright Yang abruptly spread out, causing the world around it to look as if it was being torn apart. Ripples spread out from around it, as if space itself could not withstand the stone's existence!
This was a Bright Yang Stone!
In fact, it was a Bright Yang Stone that was refined by Di Tian. The light it spread out could destroy all souls of Yin Death.
"You are, in the end, something from Yin Death. This Bright Yang Stone will be the item that will bring you your death. Under the radiance of Bright Yang, I'd like to see how you will manage to not be destroyed!" The black-robed Di Tian lifted his right hand and seized that stone before he squeezed it. The stone cracked and exploded.
When that happened, it looked as if a sun had broken down. Powerful rays of golden light spread out through the area with a bang, but it only spread out to a thousand feet before gathered together and charging towards Su Ming.
It caused the entire area around Su Ming, who had transformed into his statue of the God of Berserkers, to instantly turn gold. Moments later, a large amount of black fog spread out from inside it.
The face on Su Ming's statue began to swiftly and violently wither away. This feeling was much stronger than the first time Su Ming had walked out of Yin Death Region.
Su Ming let out a muffled roar, but he did not retreat. Instead, he took a step towards that golden light. He lifted his right arm, and with his palm facing upward while the back of his hand was turned downwards, he swung them towards the Bright Yang Light around him.
"What scatters away is the past, and what remains is the future, but the moment now… is Destiny!" Su Ming stated, his voice echoing in the air.
When he swung his arm, the Bright Yang Light that had caused him to feel death instantly fell back and moved away from his body, as if time had started flowing back. At that moment, he statue that was Su Ming's body was no longer enveloped by Bright Yang Light.
However, this was the divine ability Di Tian's magical body had used specifically to curb Su Ming. Even with Destiny's time reversal, Su Ming could only make that light retreat for an instant. Immediately after, Bright Yang Light gathered on Su Ming's body once again.
However, in that instant when there was none of it covering him, a large amount of black fog had spread out from Su Ming's body, and he looked as if he had grown endlessly older. His statue lifted its left hand at that moment and seized the Yin Death that filled the sky above the world of Berserkers.
"Verdant Abyssal Seal!" Su Ming let out a roar towards the sky, and as he shouted, seven green shadows immediately appeared around him. They were Su Ming's Seven Abyssal Yin Death Seal!
Bright Yang could curb Yin Death… but if he flipped it over, Yin Death could also curb Bright Yang!
Bright Yang Light came towards him once again. At the instant it covered Su Ming's body, the seven green figures around Su Ming gathered together to kneel and bow towards him.
At the instant they bowed down, the vortex in the sky let out a violent roar, and a large amount of black smoke descended swiftly, but it was not aiming to attack anyone. It was instead charging towards Su Ming.
Su Ming had placed the Verdant Abyssal Seal on his own body. By doing so, at the instant Bright Yang Light was about to reach him, the black fog that was Yin Death came rushing towards him with a loud rumbling.
A ceaseless noise that shook the sky and earth erupted. It shook the world so much that the sky changed and the earth looked as if it was about to start tumbling about. When that sound gradually dissipated, Su Ming's statue still remained standing in the sky.
He looked old, and an incredibly weakened air spread out from his body, but as killing intent flashed in Su Ming's eyes, he immediately started recovering from his weakened stated, because those who had attained great completion in the Berserker Soul Realm could absorb the power of the world and use it for their own!
It was especially so when Su Ming had fused together with his statue of the God of Berserkers. The speed at which he absorbed the power of the world made it seem as if he was devouring it.
Bright Yang Light that had been around him was already gone without a trace. The only person remaining before him was Di Tian, who was standing thousands of feet away with an incredibly dark expression.
"Nine Abyss Sword could not kill you, and neither could Bright Yang Light destroy you… Then, I'd like to see how you will handle… Punishment!"
Di Tian's lips lifted in a cold sneer, and he raised his right hand and pointed swiftly towards the sky after he formed a seal!
Chapter 682: Dying with You!
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
When Di Tian pointed upward, he also bit the tip of his tongue and coughed up a mouthful of golden blood.
At the instant this blood appeared, it immediately turned into drops of golden pellets that charged towards the vortex in the sky as he swung his right arm.
"With mine will, I activate the Immortals' Vessel and have it descend to Yin Death Void to execute Destiny's Heavenly Punishment!" Di Tian's voice reverberated in the area at that moment. There was a supreme might in that voice, causing all the people who heard it to feel their hearts tremble.
It was especially so since the divine ability Di Tian cast this time was definitely nothing ordinary. This was an Art that could only be executed by having him give up a mouthful of his magical body's blood as a price, and it would definitely not be on the same level as what his clones could execute.
Ever since Di Tian's magical body appeared, he had not once executed a weak Art. It did not matter whether it was his Abyss Sword or this Destiny's Punishment, all of them were killing moves!
Almost at the moment his blood turned into long arcs and charged towards the vortex that covered the entire Berserkers' sky, the vortex froze because of it, as if the rotations within it had stilled.
In the boundless galaxy beyond the vortex in the Berserkers' sky were nine cultivation planets that kept vigilance on Yin Death Region. When the vortex stopped moving, brilliant light erupted from the galaxy, and as the light grew to a piercing degree, a strong ray swiftly erupted with a bang from one of the cultivation planets and shot straight into that layer of Yin Death Fog. This forced the fog to spread out, allowing a little of that strong ray of light to seep through and charge towards the land of Berserkers.
But it was not just one!
There were nine of them!
Eight other strong rays of light came from the other cultivation planets as well. With a loud whistle in the air, they burst into the galaxy, causing the Yin Death Vortex to roar and a thick layer of fog to start spreading outwards madly. Then… a pit appeared in the center of the fog!
Anyone in the world of Berserkers who lifted their heads and looked at the sky at that moment would be able to clearly see the center of the vortex in the sky. Once the fog stilled and started tumbling about with those booming sounds while looking as if it was boiling, the fog started dispersing at the edges, and as it scattered away, it revealed...
A gigantic pit at the center!
And for the first time in their lives, the Berserkers… saw the true galaxy!
Yet the instant the galaxy appeared, it was immediately replaced by nine powerful rays of light that were piercing to the eyes. They sliced through the sky with loud whistling sounds and shot through Yin Death Fog to descend on the land. Their appearance immediately turned them into the most powerful light in the world of Berserkers.
The nine punishments appeared at the same time, and they were all coming to destroy Destiny!
In fact, this would not just affect Destiny. The might of these nine powerful rays of light could destroy the entire Eastern Wastelands. This… was the powerful killing move that Di Tian had prepared to destroy Su Ming!
"You're mad!" Ji An let out a furious roar as he fought against Su Ming's eldest senior brother in the black fog.
In the midst of shock, the Immortals on the ground spread out and started fleeing in all directions. Before the nine powerful rays of light closed in, the land begun to feel like a sea of fire, and a wave of heat washed over everyone present!
The two Berserker forces in the sky were stunned, their gazes fixed on the sky. They watched the powerful light coming towards them, because… they had nowhere to run!
"Destiny, I refuse to believe that you will be able to fight back against this punishment! Besides…" A ferocious look appeared on the black-robed Di Tian's face. He bit the tip of his tongue once again and coughed up another mouthful of his magical body's blood. That blood charged towards the sky with a loud whistle.
At the same time, powerful light spread out from the nine cultivation planets beyond Yin Death Fog once again, and another nine rays of powerful light shook the planets, then burst forth with a bang.
"I'd like to see… how you'll fight against this!" The black-robed Di Tian let out a low growl. A malicious and cruel look appeared in his eyes as he looked towards Su Ming, who had fused with his statue of the God of Berserkers in midair.
Forget what sort of price Di Tian would have to pay to activate these eighteen powerful rays of punishment. If they descended on Eastern Wastelands, then it would bring this continent a disaster that was equivalent to the amount of damage that was brought forth when the it had rammed itself into South Morning.
The Immortals' might was shown clearly with this priceless treasure that could deal out a punishment strong enough to destroy the world of Berserkers. Perhaps this peerless treasure was the greatest reason for caution and would also bring about the greatest amount of damage to the Berserkers!
"I can spare you, as long as you lower your head before me and fall once again. I can give you… one final chance!" The black-robed Di Tian stood in midair and looked at Su Ming coldly.
At that moment, he had a real upper hand in this battle. Now that the true Punishment had appeared, Su Ming would not be the only one who died. The endless amount of Berserkers in Eastern Wastelands would die alongside him.
Su Ming looked at the sky. He saw the nine powerful rays of light charging towards him with loud whistles and also saw the second batch that had appeared right behind them.
This was not the first time he saw Di Tian executing this attack, but clearly, what he saw last time could not compare to what he was seeing right then. This… was the true Punishment!
'Is everything… about to end..?' Bitterness rose in Su Ming's heart. Even if he attained great completion in the Berserker Soul Realm, in the face of the priceless treasure that could destroy the entire world of Berserkers… he was still unable to fight.
At that moment, his vow to kill Di Tian seemed to have turned into a massive joke, a spoof, a fact telling him that he could not hope to fulfill his vow.
And this was not even the real Di Tian. This was just his magical body.
'But I don't want to accept this!'
Madness appeared in Su Ming's eyes, and a crimson red light shone in them. It was formed by blood capillaries filling his eyes and determination that appeared in the statue's gaze when he fused with it.
"I refuse to accept this! How can I lower my head to you?!" Su Ming let out a hoarse roar. It was a voice filled with madness, a cry screaming that he was not bothered by death.
"I can die, but even if I die, I will remain standing! I will hold my head high as I die! Who are you, Di Tian?! You are not worth me lowering my head!
"My power may not match up to yours, but my backbone… is made of madness that not even the universe can bend!" As Su Ming roared, he swiftly charged out and lifted his left hand to strike the first powerful ray of light that came from the sky.
He was full of an indomitable determination, a shocking will and resolution. It was a madness screaming that he would rather die than lower his head!
He hurled his fist forward, and at the instant his hand clashed against the first ray of light, loud booming sounds reverberated in the air, and the left hand of Su Ming's statue exploded with a bang. It turned into shards that fell backwards before turning into powder that scattered in all directions.
As violent ripples swiftly spread through the are, Su Ming's laughter reverberated in the air.
"I lived in an illusion, I was lost, I could not find my home, I did not have a home… but why does it matter?!" Su Ming lifted his right hand and hurled his fist towards the second ray of light as he charged towards the sky.
A roar reverberated in the air once again, shaking the world so much that the weather changed. Su Ming's right arm… was ripped into pieces and completely shattered.
"Why does it matter?! Between the threat of death and a spine that would never bend, I will choose… the latter!" Su Ming's statue of the God of Berserkers had lost both its arms, but his body still continued charging forward. With a spin, he lifted his right leg and kicked the third incoming ray of light.
It became darker, and the right leg of the statue was completely shattered!
This scenes even shocked the black-robed Di Tian. The horrifying charge made him feel as if he had just gotten to know Su Ming for the first time ever.
Ji An and Xing Gan were no longer fighting. The horrifying booms were enough to shock all the people's hearts. The tens of thousands of Immortals on the ground were shocked to silence as Su Ming went through the horrifying and devastating blows.
During that instant, some among the two Berserker forces wept.
A loud bang shot into the sky, but it could not cover Su Ming's laughter. He lifted his left leg and kicked forward, making his leg clash against the fourth ray of light. Once it was destroyed and disappeared, Su Ming, who had lost all his limbs, used his body to fight against the fifth ray of light.
With each bang, all those who bore witness would fall into a deeper state of silence. At the moment the torso of Su Ming's statue of the God of Berserkers shattered and he only had a head left in the sky, the sixth ray of light charged towards him.
Su Ming laughed long and hard, then rammed his statue's head against the sixth ray of light. Booming sounds swept through the world. At the instant the statue's head shattered, Su Ming's real body appeared in the sky. He coughed up a mouthful of blood and his body plunged down towards the ground.
The seventh, eighth, ninth… and up to the eighteenth ray of light were all charging towards him.
"I can still continue!"
Su Ming gritted his teeth. Without his statue of the God of Berserkers, he would immediately disappear into the wind under this light. Right at the instant the final burst of power erupted from Su Ming's body and he was about to force himself to charge towards the seventh ray of light… a tall, headless body appeared right in front of him.
"Youngest junior brother, I'll die together with you!" a muffled voice said, and tears fell from Su Ming's eyes. He laughed loudly.
"Damn it, if I knew about this beforehand, I wouldn't have come here… but since I'm already here… I, Xue Sha, from the Great Tribe of Surging Clouds, will die together with the God of Berserkers!" The thin old man from the Great Tribe of Surging Clouds let out a sigh at that moment, and his speed increased exponentially as he charged towards Su Ming.
"We of the Great Tribe of Surging Clouds will die together with the God of Berserkers!" The near ten thousand members of the Great Tribe of Surging Clouds behind the old man did not retreat. All of them roared and charged forward.
"I, Tian Qi, from All Entities Clan, hereby greet the God of Berserkers, and am willing to die together with the God of Berserkers!" All Entities Clan's Tian Qi was the first person to have chosen to come and pay his respects to Su Ming. At that moment, there was a slight complicated look on his face, but there was no hesitation within him as he said these words. With one move, he charged towards Su Ming.
Right behind him, the members of the twelve tribes that formed All Entities Clan roared together and charged forward with loud whistling sounds.
"We are willing to die with the God of Berserkers!"
The voices from these twenty thousand people shocked all the Immortals' hearts at that moment!
These voices created a huge wave of emotion in Su Ming's heart… He had never experienced this kind of feeling before. The indescribable warmth that was formed from what he was seeing now spread, for the first time, through his heart.