Chapter 1097: That One Look… (4)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
One step at a time, Su Ming moved up the stairs leading to the altar until he eventually reached the top. He lowered his head and cast a glance at the Rune formed by circles of countless runic symbols formed on the platform beneath his feet.
Silence.
The figure connected to Dao Chen's isolation grounds was silent.
Time slowly trickled by. When the time taken for an incense stick to burn had passed, Dao Lin and Dao Hua's faces filled with puzzlement. Compared to them being able to immediately sense Progenitor Dao Chen's will right after they stood on the altar, Dao Kong did not react in any way. Everything about him was normal.
Deep emotion appeared on Sang's face as he sat by the side and meditated. He sighed softly before he stood up, then without a single word, he swung his arm and swept up Dao Lin and Dao Hua as well as himself out of the area so that they could… leave the place to Su Ming.
When Sang took Dao Lin and Dao Hua out, another dozen something breaths passed before the air around Su Ming suddenly distorted. His body became indistinct, and a vast power came from nothingness, charging towards his Flourishing Lotus, clearly intending to activate the strange powers of the robe.
Yet right when that power was about to touch Su Ming's robe, he lifted his head and took a step back with a cold expression. As his power spread out from his body, it crashed against the incoming vast wave of power.
A loud bang shot up. Su Ming was forced three steps backwards, but he stopped the vast wave of power from activating the robe.
"I don't need you activating it." Su Ming's voice was cold. As he spoke, his eyes shone, and the power to reverse time swiftly spread out from his body. It was Abyss Builders' inborn ability, and the robe could only be activated by it.
It might be known as the Flourishing Lotus, but in truth, the moment Su Ming wore it, he already noticed that the robe was clearly created using Abyss Builders' inborn ability.
If he wanted to activate, he could do so himself.
When the Flourishing Lotus was activated, booming sounds echoed in the air. A dazzling light spread out and turned into eighteen lotuses that surrounded Su Ming, filling the place with flowing streams of light and creating a sight of peerless beauty.
A sigh came from an unseen spot in the air. At the same time, a vast amount of life force descended. It was life force aimed to grant him a serendipity so that his level of cultivation could increase.
In silence, Su Ming took another step backwards.
"Though there might have been quite a lot of times when I was not the one who increased my level of cultivation through training alone, it wasn't like this. Even if it was through external force, I would always have to pay a price, fighting for it with death hanging right over my neck. I obtained my current level of cultivation through various serendipities. Your life force is very precious… I can't have it.
"Goodbye."
Su Ming turned around and walked down the altar. At that moment, there was no longer any anxiety in him, and neither was there any complicated emotions. These emotions had long since turned into resentment.
Deep resentment.
"Ming Er…"
The instant Su Ming turned around and took his third step, a voice spoke into his ear. The voice was very gentle, and it held an apologetic note. The instant it echoed in the air, Su Ming came to a halt.
He closed his eyes, and at the same time, the Rune on the altar suddenly shone. When its light reached a dazzling degree, a power of Relocation swiftly appeared and covered Su Ming in it.
When Su Ming opened his eyes, he was in a secret chamber shrouded in a faint layer of fog. The chamber was very huge, and through the fog, he could see a figure with its back turned towards him sitting cross-legged. A decaying and ancient air came from that body, along with a dense aura of death.
While standing there, Su Ming could not see the wooden sword and rattling drum placed in front of the man, and neither did he see the figure hidden under the hood staring blankly at the rattling drum with a gaze filled with deep guilt.
If Su Ming could see that, perhaps he would have remembered how he had asked his elder to make one for him when he was still a child and saw his other companions having that toy. On the second day, when his elder handed the rattling drum to him, Su Ming's joy had lasted for several days.
Several years later, when Su Ming grew up and came to love climbing mountains with a new friend in Xiao Hong, he forgot about the rattling drum and threw it aside.
However, he should still remember that the rattling drum was the first toy for which he asked from the elder, and it was also the only one.
When that rattling drum turned about and let out rattling noises, he'd felt like he was the same as his other companions…
The man was silent, and Su Ming was also silent, but in the end, Su Ming was still the one who broke the silence. He sucked in a deep breath and wrapped his fist in his palm to bow at the man.
"I, Dao Kong, greet the Progenitor." His voice resounded in the chamber. There were echoes, and they lingered around for a long period of time, refusing to scatter.
"I am the Progenitor of Morning Dao Sect… but not your Progenitor." After a long time, a hoarse voice came from the figure. Su Ming did not see that the man's hand placed on the rattling drum was trembling slightly at that moment.
"You should be able to tell that with our ability as Abyss Builders and your wisdom as my son. Your return to Morning Dao Sect means that you have already understood this…
"I am Progenitor Dao Chen, and I am also Su Xuan Yi. I… am your father." In the end, even with an indescribable level of cultivation, the figure's voice still started quivering.
"You jest, Progenitor."
Su Ming remained silent after that. He then shook his head and turned around to walk back. He sent a divine thought to the bald crane, asking it to help him leave this place. He did not want to stay in this place. He absolutely did not want to.
Before he came, Su Ming had imagined what would happen when he met Su Xuan Yi. He had been anxious, filled with complicated feelings, but when he truly met the figure, he noticed that no matter how he thought about it and tried to remain calm, he could not force down the resentment in his heart.
He resented this man. This resentment was so great that he simply could not overlook it.
"You…" The figure shuddered for a moment. Su Ming could not see that the tremors of the hand placed on the rattling drum had become much stronger. Sadness could be seen from them.
"I can make it up to you, Ming Er, you know this. You should know my hardships, I…"
"Progenitor, are you done?" Su Ming stopped and turned around to stare at the figure with a sullen face. A ruthless expression appeared on his face.
"You are you, and I am me. It doesn't matter to me whether you are Dao Chen or Su Xuan Yi. You are you, and I am me! You can continue with your plan, but stop using me as your chess piece! Today, I am not your opponent, but once I've been your chess piece for long enough, I will surpass you.
"You are you, I am me. You have your plans, and I have my own pace!"
Su Ming swung his arm. He turned his head around and took a step forward. Rarely enough, the bald crane did not kick up a fuss or bother Su Ming. Instead, when it noticed that the atmosphere had turned incredibly bizarre, it obediently spread out its power, making ripples appear under his feet when he moved forward. With the bald crane's power, Su Ming wanted to force his way out of the place which caused him to be unhappy and raised that strange anger in his heart.
He was afraid that if he remained for a moment longer, he would be unable to suppress his anger and cause his other personality to appear.
"Your family name is Su; your name was given to you by your grandfather. In your body flows the blood of the Abyss Builders. This is a reality you cannot change. I can understand your resentment. I will use what I can to make up for the past. I…"
The figure spoke in anguish, but before it could finish, Su Ming stopped once more. Even the ripples beneath his feet dissipated. His hair instantly turned red, and a wave of madness appeared in his eyes. This was the Su Ming with the destructive personality.
However, this time, the red-haired Su Ming did not want to bring forth slaughter and destruction. Instead, he wanted to vent out the endless resentment buried in the depths of his heart. At the instant his hair turned red, Su Ming laughed loudly.
He turned around and stared at the figure. Red filled his eyes, and the crazed air about him became even more apparent.
"Make up to me? Make up to me, what a phrase! When I was a child and asked the elder where my parents were, his silence made me hesitant and fearful, and from then on, I no longer dared to ask this question. At that time, where were you? How are you going to make up for that?
"When I watched my companions returning to their houses with their parents whenever the sun set, I was the only one who went back to my house alone. When I was staring at the moon quietly, where were you? How are you going to make up for that?
"When I was a teenager, I watched the sky time and again on Dark Mountain, imagining that one day, my parents would come and pick me up. Where were you then?! How are you going to make up for that?!
"When I was bullied by my companions, mocked for having no parents, when Lei Chen fought against them every single time, where were you?! How are you going to make up for that??!!
"Make it up to me? What a phrase! You want my resentment to disappear with such simple words?
"This is hilarious,so hilarious, it's so utterly absurd. I'd like to ask you, Su Xuan Yi, when I found out that everything around me was just an illusion created by someone else, how do you think I felt? Can you make it up for my sadness and confusion?!
"When I discovered that I had gone through thirty something cycles of my life in the same Dark Mountain, can you imagine how I felt? Are you going to make it up for that feeling of being deceived by everyone too??!!
"When I discovered that I was just a soul in Dark Mountain and my body was used as the core of a Rune and a tool for cultivation practices, do you know the cold chill that ran through me in the darkness? Are you going to make up for that as well?!
"When Di Tian manipulated me time and time again, controlling my destiny repeatedly, where were you?! You have no right to tell me you're going to make it up to me!!
"When I was forced to leave Dark Mountain and got thrown into the Barren Lands of Divine Essence, when I was lying in Crimson Flame Planet like a corpse, where were you?
"And this is even more laughable. When I had already told myself that my parents were no longer around, I found with an aching heart that my mother was lying in the fifth kiln. I can understand her predicament, and I won't resent her, because even after she died, she still held me so that I could feel a mother's warmth.
"But you, where were you? You let a child who thought he did not have parents learn that he's actually not an orphan, but this isn't something that would bring excitement or surprised delight to him! You never felt it before, so you don't understand, but I do. It brings only… extreme pain and confusion!!"
Chapter 1098: That One Look… (5)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The crimson-haired Su Ming threw his head back and laughed. His laughter was filled with madness along with the resentment he had accumulated over the course of countless years. It was a resentment that came from since he was in Dark Mountain, and right then, he had had allowed it to erupt for the first time.
The resentment in his outburst reverberated in the chamber, causing the figure with its back turned towards Su Ming to remain silent as he trembled slightly.
"Make it up to me? What are going to do to make it up to me? How are you going to make it up to me?!" Su Ming swung his arm with red filled eyes. When he turned around, ripples immediately appeared under his feet, and he took a step into the air.
"The fifth kiln where my mother is belongs to me. From now on, I will protect her. You… are unworthy!" With those words, he disappeared from the chamber with a bang.
The final three words were like an invisible sharp sword that stabbed into the person, causing him to tremble and lower his head with blood trickling down the corners of his mouth.
It fell on the ground and dyed the rattling drum. It also dyed the purple wooden sword that was the size of a palm beside it. That wooden sword was something he had nourished for countless years and was prepared to give it to his son as a gift, a present that symbolized his apology and his desire to make it up to him.
If Su Ming could see the sword, he would recognize it. It was the one he'd carved when he was young, and when he toyed with it, he even told Lei Chen in a heroic manner unique to children that he would walk down the path of Berserkers: fly in the sky and charge through the ground, and with the wooden sword, he would travel through the entire land.
Blood fell on the wooden sword and fused into its lines. The figure stared at it blankly, then closed its eyes in anguish.
The chamber might be Dao Chen's isolation grounds and its protection might be so incredibly terrifying that it was one of the few most tightly defended spots in True Morning Dao World, but the bald crane's power in disregarding all Runes could weaken the defensive power even in this place. However, it was not enough to allow Su Ming to leave without any damage.
But Su Xuan Yi did not want the Rune in the place to deliver any backlash on Su Ming. At the instant Su Ming left, he had deactivated almost all the Runes and seals in the place.
This was the first time the seal over the Rune was dissipated over a course of countless years, but Su Ming did not know that.
When he left the chamber, he did not see the figure with his back turned towards him touching the rattling drum with trembling hands once he left. The man had tears trickling down his cheeks from his shut eyes.
Neither did he see the shining seals on the trembling body.
"Is the plan to restore the Abyss Builders to their glory more important… or my family?" Light murmurs came from the figure's mouth, betraying their speaker's endless fatigue.
Su Ming left. He did not take with him any power, nor did he ask for any divine abilities, and neither did he ask about anything, because at that moment, he was his crazed, red-haired self. With resentment and anger he could not force down, he walked out of the isolation grounds, and when he appeared, he was standing on the altar.
Sang stood by his side. Dao Lin and Dao Hua had also returned at some unknown point in time. At that moment, they had their eyes closed in the distance as if they were meditating, but in truth, their bodies and souls had been frozen in time.
With red in his eyes, Su Ming cast a glance at Sang. He did not speak, but walked down the altar. A ruthless desire filled his whole body. He wanted to vent his anger, but could not find a target to do so.
At that moment, Su Ming was madness personified. There was not a single bit of rationality left in him. With just the tiniest spark, a sea of fire would erupt from him… and he would not care about any consequences of his actions!
Sang looked at Su Ming, then sighed. He had long since predicted this outcome… because he knew Su Ming.
With a sigh, he swung his arm, and the air immediately distorted. An invisible gust of wind swept up Su Ming, Dao Lin, and Dao Hua. They disappeared from the place and returned… to the place where the Anointment Ceremony was held!
"My young La Su has grown up."
Sang shook his head. There was a hint of sentimentality in his eyes, along with a kindly love that Su Ming did not see. He stared at Su Ming's figure leaving into the distance, and after a long while, he raised his foot to step into the Rune on the altar. He disappeared, and when he reappeared, he was already in Su Xuan Yi's isolation grounds.
"Master, he… has left." Sang stared at the still trembling body in front of him, sighed in his heart, and lowered his head.
The figure was silent for a moment before it asked slowly with fatigue in its voice, "Sang, is restoring the Abyss Builders' glory more important, or is my family more important? If you were me… how would you choose?"
Sang too fell silent. After some time, he lifted his head and stared at the figure before speaking in a soft voice.
"Master, I will never forget your kindness to me. Even if I am not an Abyss Builder, for you, I can overturn Morning Dao and do everything that you ask me to do. Because… you are my Master.
"Similarly… for Su Ming, I can give up on everything for him… because he is the young La Su I watched grow up. My whole life is only for the two of you." He did not answer Su Xuan Yi's question directly, but did so in a roundabout fashion.
With his eyes shut, Su Xuan Yi fell silent. After a long, long time, the purple wooden sword in front of him flashed with light and charged towards Sang.
"Deliver this sword to him…"
"Can he… control this sword?" Sang hesitated for a moment before he cast a glance at the seemingly normal purple wooden sword.
Su Xuan Yi was silent for a moment, then whispered, "He should have lived happily without knowing or understanding anything. He could have lived his lives happily. Even if they were fake, he could have still been happy.
"But he chose another path. This path is full of hardships and trials, and he has… only walked a small portion of it. There is also a limit to how much I can help him. If he can control this sword, then he will be able to move forward through his path at a faster pace in the future. In fact… he would even be able to walk out of Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos.
"If he can't control it… it will still be a good thing,"
In silence, Sang nodded.
…..
In the air above the spot at the center of the nine continents in the first plane in Morning Dao Sect, the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Turtle had four continents on their backs. The Azure Dragon was at the center.
There was a large number of tables on the four continents, and an Anointment Ceremony was about to take place.
There were less than one million out of the ten million cultivators from Morning Dao Sect who were worthy of sitting on the Azure Dragon's continent. These one million people were standing by the sides of the tables.
The remaining cultivators were all at the spot used for the Anointment Ceremony. They had yet to possess the right to step on the Azure Dragon's continent.
Located in three different directions from the Azure Dragon's continent were the Vermilion Bird, White Tiger, and Black Turtle's continents. As the beasts roared, there were three gigantic cracks in the air above them expanding as the lightning in them swam about.
Around the three cracks were twenty-four Sect Masters keeping the lightning in control. The three Sect Masters Ri, Yue, and Xing were each on one of the continents.
People walked out of the crack above the Black Turtle's crack. The person in the lead was the old man from True Spirit Hell World, the Fourth Great World. He was dressed in a blue robe, and the moment he stepped out, Reverend Zi Long followed swiftly behind him.
"We welcome the Fourth True World!" one of the twenty-four Sect Masters around the crack above the Black Turtle's continent immediately said. The near one million cultivators on the Azure Dragon's continent wrapped their fists in their palms and bowed towards the Black Turtle's continent.
"Fourth True World!"
The voices from the near one million people were like thunder. When they echoed in the air, the old man in blue from the Fourth True World smiled. He wrapped his fist in his palm towards the twenty-four Sect Masters beside the crack. Behind him, Reverend Zi Long and the one thousand something cultivators from the Fourth True World all wrapped their fists in their palms and bowed deeply.
"My fellow Daoists, you are too polite. Congratulations on anointing your Dynasts, Morning Dao Sect. I have prepared a congratulatory gift for them." The old man in blue smiled and swept his gaze past the twenty-four Sect Masters before finally looking at Sect Master Ri who was one of the three strongest people in Morning Dao Sect.
"Old friend, I hope you are well."
"Brother Tan, you are as elegant as always. This way, please!" A smile appeared on Sect Master Ri's face, and he pointed with his right hand towards the Black Turtle's continent. The old man in blue smiled faintly. As he nodded, he brought Reverend Zi Long and the one thousand something cultivators behind him to the Black Turtle's continent.
Reverend Zi Long's eyes shone while he scrutinized the crowd on the Azure Dragon's continent. With his level of cultivation, he could see everything there at one glance. He looked like he was searching for something, but in the end, he cast his eyes at the spot in the distance.
At that moment, a chilling presence erupted from the crack above the White Tiger's continent. At the same time, ancient bronze swords charged out with arrogance and an overbearing attitude. There were tens of thousands of them, and for a short period of time, they filled the entire area. In the end, two old men so old they looked as if they could not open their eyes walked out.
These two old men had sullen expressions, and when they walked out, they turned their heads and cast a glance at Sect Master Yue of the three Sect Masters standing among the twenty-four other Sect Masters by the crack. A cold sneer appeared on their lips.
Sect Master Yue had a smile on his face and wrapped his fist in his palm to greet them.
The two old men, You and Ming let out cold snorts. Without a single word, they charged towards the White Tiger's continent with the tens of thousands of ancient bronze swords. They descended instantly, but none of the cultivators disembarked. Only You and Ming as well as the middle-aged man in Life Realm previously tasked to fend against the Barren Lands of Divine Essence stepped on the White Tiger's continent.
"Welcome, True Sacred Yin World," one of the twenty-four Sect Masters said with an imposing voice. Once he spoke, the one million cultivators on the Azure Dragon's continent sported odd expressions, but they still wrapped their fists in their palms and bowed to the White Tiger's continent.
"I'm not important enough to receive your greeting. Where is Dao Kong?" the old Ming said coldly and flatly. His voice had a rotting presence to it, but the instant he spoke, the crack in the air above the Vermilion Bird's continent suddenly let a shocking dragon's roar pass through it. A gigantic Abyss Dragon extended its huge head from the crack. When it rushed out, a thousand something Abyss Dragons behind it flew out as well.
Sitting on the first and largest Abyss Dragon was the third prince of the Emperor of Abyss' True World. By his side… was Yu Xuan. A complicated look flashed briefly through her eyes before her expression returned to apathy that made it looked like her heart was dead.
"We welcome the Emperor of Abyss' True World!"
All three Great True Worlds had arrived, and they were all waiting… for the arrival of the Morning Dao Sect's Dynasts.
Chapter 1099: That One Look… (6)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
"Haha! Congratulations on anointing your Dynasts, Morning Dao Sect. I look forward to how majestic they will become. This time, I came on behalf of my father to congratulate you and become acquainted with Morning Dao Sect's Dynasts," the handsome third prince said while standing on a gigantic Abyss Dragon. He did not even need to show his cultivation base show for his presence alone to be peerless.
He came from the Emperor of Abyss' True World, the only one who had Abyss Dragons.
As the twenty-four Sect Masters from Morning Dao Sect smiled, the one thousand Abyss Dragons circled above the Vermilion Bird's continent. The cultivators from the Emperor of Abyss' True World standing on them descended after the third prince grabbed Yu Xuan by his side and landed first.
When they left the one thousand Abyss Dragons, the beasts immediately roared towards the sky, deafening the crowd. Their eyes shone with a fierce light, and they glared at the four Saint Beasts who supported the continents in Morning Dao Sect.
"Shut up," the third prince said faintly. When he spoke, it looked as if one thousand invisible hands had seized the one thousand Abyss Dragons and cut off their roars.
This scene immediately caused the cultivators from Morning Dao Sect to look at him askance, but naturally, there were a few people who could tell that the third prince from the Emperor of Abyss' True World was putting on a show.
Abyss Dragons were not ordinary creatures. They possessed intelligence akin to that of a normal person and would naturally not roar like wild beasts in this sort of situation. It was clear that the third prince had asked them to do this in advance so that he could show his power.
"Welcome, my fellow Daoists from the True Worlds. We welcome you in our ceremony here in Morning Dao Sect. Today is the day of the Anointment Ceremony. Everyone…" the seventy-two Sect Masters in the sky had spread out at that moment to surround the area. Sect Masters Ri, Yue, and Xing stood in the distance with smiles on their faces. The person who spoke was Sect Master Yue.
However, before he could finish speaking, a hoarse, cold snort cut him off.
Tens of thousands of ancient bronze swords shone with a sharp light above the White Tiger's continent. Among the many tables on the continent stood the Old You and Ming along with the middle-aged man in Life Realm. The one who spoke was Old Ming, and his words were brusque. "I'll ask a second time, where is Dao Kong?!"
When he spoke, his voice was like thunder that reverberated in all directions. It immediately caused the people from the Fourth True World who were on the Black Turtle's continent to look at him askanc. Even the people from the Emperor of Abyss' True World on the Vermilion Bird's continent looked over.
All of them had heard Dao Kong's name. Some of them were as calm as ever, some adapted odd expressions, while some smiled faintly, looking as if they were ready for an entertaining show.
"Dao Kong? The one who destroyed the forces of power from True Sacred Yin World stationed in the Barren Lands of Divine Essence in one go? I heard before that he is one of the Dynasts in Morning Dao Sect," the third prince from the Emperor of Abyss' True World said languidly while smiling faintly.
His words might have seemed ordinary, but in truth, there was no doubt that he was just fanning the flames. After all, once the prideful third prince had learned of what Dao Kong did, he was in a state of shock for a long time. Even though he refused to believe in this matter, there was a strange jealousy growing in him.
By his side, Yu Xuan remained numb. Not a single change in her expression could be detected. It did not matter to her whether it was Dao Kong or anyone else, none of them could cause her heart to stir even a single bit.
Among the ones from the Fourth True World was an old man Lian Shan who kept a smile on his face. His thoughts could not be read, but by his side, Reverend Zi Long had a slightly complicated expression on his face. He sighed lightly.
The destruction of the forces of power from True Sacred Yin World stationed in the Barren Lands of Divine Essence and the appearance of the fifth kiln were more than enough. If he did not understand these hints and did not know that the person he'd met before was the current Dynast Dao Kong, he would be unworthy of his level of cultivation and would not have the right to be known by the others as Reverend Zi Long.
Everything that happened in the fifth kiln and the fifth ocean were things that would be difficult for him to forget in his life, especially in regards to Dao Kong who'd risen to such power. A hint of admiration formed in the depths of his heart towards that man.
"Right now, we are holding our Anointment Ceremony, so Old Ming, please control yourself a little. The Dao Kong you wish to see is about to arrive soon," Sect Master Yue said flatly after casting a cold glance at You and Ming of True Sacred Yin World.
The Old Ming let out a cold bark of laughter, but he did not speak. His previous words were just to show the other True Worlds True Sacred Yin World's domineerance and that… they would absolutely not let this matter go so easily.
It also made the other True Worlds who wanted to interfere to think carefully before they acted.
"The Anointment Ceremony starts now. We welcome the three Great Dynasts of Morning Dao Sect!" Elder Yue's voice was calm.
When it echoed in the air, he raised his arms and swung them. The world immediately roared. When a loud bang shook the area, three long arcs descended from the sky.
They immediately attracted the attention of all the cultivators in the area, especially those from True Sacred Yin World. They even looked over with killing intent in their eyes.
Compared to the calmness exuded by the old man in blue, Reverend Zi Long immediately fixed his gaze on the three long arcs, then locked onto the purple long arc at the center.
The third prince from the Emperor of Abyss' True World looked over coldly. By his side, Yu Xuan looked ahead. Her gaze was empty as if her soul was not inside her body.
With a loud bang, all three long arcs descended. Once they did so and the light from them grew to a dazzling degree, voice came from the Azure Dragon's continent and the space beneath it.
"Greetings, Your Highnesses!"
The tumbling voices could have drowned out thunder. As they reverberated in the air, the seventy-five scattered Sect Masters wrapped their fists in their palms and bowed together to the three long arcs which had descended.
When the dazzling light spread out, the purple, red, and orange lights instantly reached a dazzling degree before they vanished to reveal Dao Kong, Dao Lin, and Dao Hua!
Around Dao Hua's body were nine lotuses. The power of those in Solar Kalpa Realm spread from him due to him not attempting to hide even a single bit of it. There was arrogance on his face, along with excitement.
As for Dao Lin, he had twelve lotuses surrounding him. The power of those in Mastery Realm spread out from him, causing him to instantly become the center of attention.
However, their ability to capture the other people's attention had only lasted for an instant before everyone's eyes were drawn to Su Ming.
Long red hair, bloodshot eyes, bloodthirstiness in his crazed gaze, eighteen lotuses which should have been white but had now been dyed blood-red and were shining with a crimson light that wrought fear to the other people's hearts.
This was Su Ming when the emotions he'd suppressed all his life burst out and the desire for destruction filled every part of his body. There was a strong malicious air about him!
His appearance instantly made him the center of attention, attracting the gazes of all the people in the area. An arrogant, domineering presence filled with an air of those with an absolute disregard for laws spread out with a bang from the crimson-haired Su Ming.
The domineering will was a madness belonging to those who would kill the moment they arrived at a disagreement with someone else. His arrogance was a madness that allowed him to destroy an entire camp from a True World. The presence belonging to those with an absolute disregard for laws was a terrifying attitude that put not mind to any sort of consequences.
All those who met Su Ming's gazes felt their hearts tremble. Su Ming's gaze, which was filled with destruction, shot through their hearts like arrows, and they sucked in sharp breaths of air.
It was especially so for the cultivators from Morning Dao Sect. They might have witnessed everything regarding Su Ming's journey, but they had never seen him with his hair red. When they saw him at that moment, their hearts trembled.
Yu Xuan was looking ahead blankly. Even when Su Ming appeared, she did not lift her head. Nothing in this place could stir up her emotions. She might have stepped into Morning Dao Sect, but while this place might be True Morning Dao World, it was not Yin Death Region, not the land of Berserkers. The ninth summit she was familiar with was not there… and neither was he.
That was why she did not lift her head.
However, when she noticed that the third prince of the Emperor of Abyss' True World had sucked in a sharp breath upon raising his head in front of her, she looked up as well and saw a person standing in the air like the sun at noon. The two people beside him seemed to have become like green leaves used as decorations for him to stand out more. While examining him, she saw his red eyes.
That one glance caused Yu Xuan's body to tremble furiously. She fixed her gaze on Su Ming, and the apathy in her instantly disappeared, as if her soul had swiftly returned to her body during that moment. The lustreless look in her eyes vanished, replaced by a hint of spiritedness and rapid breathing.
She did not dare believe her own eyes. Her body trembled. She gripped the corners of her sleeves tightly. During that moment, she forgot everything and everyone around her. There was only one person in her eyes, only Su Ming.
The person looked unfamiliar yet he felt incredibly familiar. That familiarity was buried deep in her soul, and it was a beautiful memory she would never forget in her life.
Su Ming's appearance might have changed, but his soul had not changed. His presence might be different from the past… but Yu Xuan's will had been in the kiss to deliver the breath to complete his soul. That breath was in his soul, and they… had long since fused together.
He could deceive everyone else, but he could not deceive Yu Xuan!
She bit her bottom lip, and a smile gradually appeared on her face. It was a smile that had not graced her face no matter whether she was sleeping or awake during the course of the past one thousand something years. There was livelines in that smile along with mischievousness, deep and fond remembrance, and gentleness that would not disappear. It was as if she had been revived and fully woken up from apathy. She smiled, and her smile was incredibly beautiful, unforgettable to anyone who caught at least a glimpse of it.
It was an expression that belonged to Yu Xuan. It was a smile that was mischievous and adorable, and smile that was like dazzling fireworks in her glistening eyes moist with tears.
She stared at Su Ming.
The obsession in that look of hers seemed to have been noticed by Su Ming's currently crazed heart. It caused him to lower his head, and his gaze shot through the one thousand Abyss Dragons towards the Vermilion Bird's continent where resided the people from the Emperor of Abyss' True World. Right there was also Yu Xuan, staring at him from behind the third prince.
That one look…
Su Ming jolted. He saw a figure that even when he had sunken into madness and his heart was filled with the desire for destruction, he would still be unable to forget!
His madness was a bloodlust to destroy all the living, but that figure had been branded in his mind so deep that even if the universe collapsed, he would still be unable to wipe it away from his memories.
"Do you know why I'm called Yu Xuan..? The meaning for Xuan is daylily, and it is a type of flower that forgets sadness. I'm a daylily in the rain. This is the name my mother gave me. She wanted me to forget the sadness in my life and be happy forever… My mother is calling me now. I'll be leaving to reunite with my mother… Before I leave, I'll give you a gift."
The kiss in the past had turned into the long look at that moment. If the galaxy was destroyed and the broken shards arranged into a canvas, what would appear on them would be her face…
Chapter 1100: My Right Hand (1)
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That one kiss, this one look.
Time seemed to have fused with the air to turn it into yellowing rice paper. Color seemed to have withered away, like time had turned it into dull ink, but the smile on the face formed by the fragmented pieces of Su Ming's memories on the canvas was still the same as before…
The song in the land of Berserkers had ended, and the audience had left… The fragments of his memories had fallen all over the floor in a wretched state and crushed a heart filled with happiness. Callousness lasts eternally during the night, and in endless loneliness, she had closed her eyes. She refused to wake up.
This was Yu Xuan.
Yet there had always been a hint of fond remembrance in her gasping for breath through the passage of time, but it could no longer find the brightness from the past. In the darkness of her slumber, midnight lasted for a long time. The night was cold, but the silk blanket was thin, and she wondered whether the person she liked would be cold too.
That one kiss, this one look.
She could no longer talk about her feelings. When she turned her head back, she felt as if she had left the past behind. She was alone while she leaned against dusk, but she could not see the its color. She only mumbled in her heart and lamented how unpredictable destiny was.
This was also Yu Xuan.
The crimson-haired Su Ming stood in midair with everyone watching him, but his gaze was fixed on one person. It was as if time had stopped, as if there was no longer any other form of life in the area around them… like she was the only one.
The separation of one thousand something years has lasted for a long time. When Su Ming was in the Barren Lands of Divine Essence, Xu Hui's company, Bai Ling's gentle but aloof words… all of these things had made him forget many things, but at the depths of his heart, there was always a small white flower in the rain, and the name of that flower was daylily.
She had kissed him once. When their gazes met each other's after a long separation, the determination and gentleness in the girl's eyes and the sadness as well as madness in Su Ming's eyes was a scene that would never fade away in the passage of time.
He still remember that one kiss that marked their parting. It was not a separation where someone left into the distance, but a separation by death. From then on, there should have been no longer any girl in the world who was so spirited and would smile in such a manner.
Once she kissed him, she stepped on the wind and slowly let her eyes fall shut. Her petite figure fused into the air, because she knew that once she left… they would most likely not meet even in their next life.
"You are Dao Kong?"
A cold voice laced with killing intent traveled through the air like a gust of sinister wind from the White Tiger's continent. It reverberated in the air, and was like an extremely sharp blade which wanted to slice through all enmity.
However, no matter how sharp that blade was, it could not cut down the only thing within Su Ming's field of vision at that moment…
He had ignored the third prince of the Emperor of Abyss' True World, which was why he did not see the prince turning his head back at that moment and noticing how peculiar Yu Xuan was acting. He did not see how stunned he was by that breathtaking sight before his expression turned dark. He could not stand the sight of the smile that had not appeared for a long, long time on Yu Xuan's face.
It was a pity that the smile was not directed towards him. As the third prince of the Emperor of Abyss' True World slowly turned his head around and saw the gaze shared between Su Ming and Yu Xuan, rage rose in his eyes.
He snorted coldly, then right in front of Su Ming's face, he raised his right hand and seized Yu Xuan's neck. He squeezed it tightly and yanked her to his side, even sniffing the center of her brows.
He lifted his chin, and with a hint of derision and provocation in his eyes, he lifted his head… to look towards Su Ming.
The crimson-haired Su Ming could disregard Old Ming's voice from the White Tiger's continent and not bother with the emotions of all the other people around him, but when he saw pain on Yu Xuan's face when the third prince from the Emperor of Abyss' True World seized her as she still tried to maintain the smile on her face… he descended into madness!
The crimson-haired Su Ming had always been outrageous and showed complete disregard for the laws as well as any consequences. The strong desire to vent his anger he'd suppressed in his heart when he was in Su Xuan Yi's isolation grounds was something that could erupt from within him at any moment. With just a small spark, it could make the crimson-haired Su Ming act with reckless abandon.
If the third prince from the Emperor of Abyss' True World had not done anything, then under the effect of Yu Xuan's smile and gaze, Su Ming would have slowly calmed down until he returned to normal. If that had happened… then perhaps there wouldn't have been much slaughter on that day.
However, the ignorant third prince and his foolish action became… the spark that ignited Su Ming's madness!
He became the spark that released… the madness that had been hidden in Su Ming's heart since he returned from the Barren Lands of Divine Essence. It was something that would push him to destroy the entire camp of the forces of power from True Sacred Yin World at the moment of the slightest disagreement!
A monstrous sea of fire erupted from Su Ming's body with a bang. It swept through the entire area with a loud bang. Immediately, Dao Lin and Dao Hua were swept away together. They coughed up blood at the same time, and the Flourishing Lotuses on their bodies instantly activated. Only because of that were they not killed under the impact of the sea of fire as they fell backwards.
At the instant the sea of fire erupted, the people from True Morning Dao World on the Azure Dragon's continent immediately stood up and stared at the sky in shock. At the same time, the expression of all the Sect Masters in Morning Dao Sect surrounding the area immediately changed. It was especially obvious if one looked at Sect Masters Ri, Yue, and Xing. When they looked towards Su Ming, they frowned.
They were very aware of True Sacred Yin World's intention for coming to this place, and they had also thought about how to handle the situation. Since Dao Kong had already become a Dynast, they could not allow True Sacred Yin World to kill him. This was something that True Sacred Yin World knew very well as well. If worse came to worst, they would just punish him slightly, and at most, they would just have to compensate them a little.
As long as they showed enough respect to True Sacred Yin World and Su Ming chose to suffer a little, they could minimize the problem. As for how they would choose to completely solve it, they had another method to do so.
However, Su Ming had chosen to release a sea of fire at that moment, shattering their arrangements in an instant. As the three Sect Masters frowned and were about to rebuke him, Su Ming suddenly let out a string of maniacal laughter. The sea of fire around him surged into the sky. This fire was not the fire from Flame Fiends' Progenitor, but the flames of resentment suppressed in the crazed Su Ming's heart. On a certain level, this fire was similar to the flames belonging to the Resentful Wei.
Almost the instant the sea of fire surged to the heavens, Su Ming took a swift step forward and turned into a long arc to charge… towards the Vermilion Bird's continent, where resided the people from the Emperor of Abyss' True World.
The expression of the third prince from the Emperor of Abyss' True World changed drastically at that moment. With a sullen face, he swung his arm, and the one thousand Abyss Dragons floating around the Vermilion Bird's continent roared simultaneously as they charged towards Su Ming.
This scene caused the people in the area to be stunned, especially the Sect Masters. They had thought that Su Ming was targeting True Sacred Yin World. In fact, True Sacred Yin World had already made preparations the moment the sea of fire erupted from Su Ming's body. However… he did not spare the White Tiger's continent even a glance. He just charged straight towards the Vermilion Bird's continent, where resided the people from the Emperor of Abyss' True World.
All of this might have seemed to have happened over a long period of time, but in truth, it took only an instant. As the sea of fire surged into the sky, Su Ming had already collided against the Abyss Dragons which had rushed towards him.
The Abyss Dragon in the lead was the third prince's stead. The mighty pressure spreading out from this dragon, which was the largest among all of them, made it clear that it was equivalent to those in Mastery Realm.
Yet it was an Abyss Dragon. No matter how great their levels of cultivation were, they were Abyss Dragons whose souls were controlled for generations by the Emperor of Abyss' True World!
It was also only this sort of level of cultivation which could allow the dragon to become the stead of the third prince of the Emperor of Abyss' True World. The dragon's body was filled with an ancient presence. At that moment, when it rushed towards Su Ming, it opened its ghastly mouth and let out a shocking roar.
RAWR!
The crimson-haired Su Ming did not stop for even a single moment. At the instant he was about to collide with the incoming Abyss Dragon, he lifted his right hand and threw a punch at them.
With a loud bang, Su Ming's punch fell on the lead Abyss Dragon, and it immediately shuddered. It fell back from the force of the attack. Its flesh and blood trembled, and with a loud whoosh, tens of thousands of wounds tore through its body apart. Soon after, a large amount of blood gushed while its body fell backwards.
In just the span of a few breaths, all the flesh and blood from the dragon's entire body were separated from its bones. When it fell back, a blood fog surrounded the dragon. All of its flesh and blood were destroyed, and what remained… was only an empty skeletal frame. Even its life force and soul had been destroyed under the rebound caused by Su Ming's punch.
With a loud bang, the skeletal frame scattered on the ground, right in front of the third prince from the Emperor of Abyss' True World. It caused the third prince to shudder, and he pulled Yu Xuan in front of him. He stood up as well, with disbelief on his face, his breathing quickening.
"Abyss Dragon formation, stimulate your life force, kill that person!"
The remaining one thousand Abyss Dragons in the sky were only in the later stage of World Plane Realm. They were chosen carefully by the third prince, which was why their levels of cultivation were the same. At that moment, the one thousand Abyss Dragons roared towards the sky and charged towards Su Ming together.
While doing so, they connected with each other in a bizarre manner. Each Abyss Dragon bit down on another Abyss Dragon's tail. Like that, they formed a circle, instantly surrounding Su Ming who was charging madly to the Vermilion Bird's continent.
Everything had happened so suddenly that the crowd in the area had only just registered what had happened at that moment. It was especially so for the True Morning Dao disciples on the Azure Dragon's continent. They immediately flew up and had their cultivation bases erupt from their bodies.
This was True Morning Dao World, and the one surrounded by one thousand Abyss Dragons at that moment was Dao Kong, their Dynast who had just been anointed moments ago!
During the challenge, they could fight and even try to kill each other, but when there were external enemies, they were fellow members who would move as one! This was a teaching carved into them over countless years in Morning Dao Sect. It was etched so deep into the bones of the disciples of Morning Dao Sect that it had become a brand in their souls!
The people from the Fourth Great True World on the Black Turtle's continent remained composed. A glind shone in the old man in blue's eyes. He did not open his mouth to speak though. By his side, Reverend Zi Long frowned. He might have fought against Su Ming before, but in the end, they had formed a strange type of friendship between them.
They might not have spoken about this friendship, but it existed. If they had to speak of a source for it, then perhaps it was born from a type of guilt and respect in Reverend Zi Long. He felt guilty for leaving when he was in the fifth ocean, and he respected Su Ming for doing all the shocking things.
"Morning Dao Sect, look at you. I wonder whether this is an Anointment Ceremony, or whether this is a slaughter fest which you intend to make all of us who have come from the three Great True Worlds observe? The Dynast you have anointed is a lunatic.
"This person could destroy an entire camp from True Sacred Yin World stationed in the Barren Lands of Divine Essence. Now, with just the slightest bit of disagreement, he went mad and killed an Abyss Dragon, and judging by his actions, he looks like he wants to kill our fellow Daoist from the Emperor of Abyss' True World. Is this really the Dynast you anointed?" Old Ming asked in derision while standing on the White Tiger's continent.
Chapter 1101: My Right Hand (2)
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"Morning Dao Sect disciples, stand down and sit!" Sect Master Yue said in a low voice. Yet it was like a thunderous roar, causing the Morning Dao Sect disciples whose cultivation bases had erupted and who were prepared to help Su Ming to fall silent. In a moment, they returned to the Azure Dragon's continent.
The nine million cultivators on the nine continents in the area below were also forced to a stop. They glared at the area above them and returned to their own stone platforms.
It was also during this moment that the circle formed by the one thousand Abyss Dragons started shrinking around Su Ming in the center. The speed of it was so quick that they rushed at him in the blink of an eye.
As they closed in, a gigantic, illusory dragon head took shape. Roaring, it gathered together the power of the one thousand Abyss Dragons and their burning souls. With a vast amount of life force, it charged towards Su Ming with loud booming sounds.
This was the power which erupted from the one thousand Abyss Dragons once they fused together and had all their cultivation bases as well as their power gather together. In fact, under the order of the third prince of the Emperor of Abyss' True World, an invisible flame had lit up in the Abyss Dragons' souls as well as their cultivation bases.
This was them burning their lives to have their greatest power erupt. Once they executed this attack, then even without receiving any attack, they would only have a few days left to live.
However, with this sort of price, they could use power which could even shock the heavens. In fact, this power would surpass even the one blow delivered simultaneously by one thousand cultivators in the later stage of World Plane Realm after they burned their lives!
After all, Abyss Dragons were not cultivators. They also possessed great physical strength.
If Su Ming had not gone through the trial of the Dynasts, then besides summoning the fifth kiln, he would not have had any other method to deal with this attack. He felt that this attack was just slightly weaker than the Ancient God's punch he'd faced in the battlefield.
However, since Su Ming had gone through the trial, blood-red light shone in his eyes. At the instant the huge dragon head formed by the shocking power came forth, he turned around without any hesitation so that his back was towards the incoming dragon head. He raised his right hand, and with the exact same motion of Dao Ocean's Predecessor when he controlled the body during the trial, he struck his chest with his right hand.
The instant he struck was the same moment the gigantic dragon head behind him crashed into his body. With it as the conduit, their blows landed at the same time, and a loud, booming sound rose into the sky.
Su Ming jolted. He coughed up a mouthful of blood, while he gigantic dragon head behind him shuddered violently. Roars reverberated in the air, and the dragon head shattered into pieces. This was due to the rebounding force from Su Ming's still, stable body. The tremors had even caused the connection between the one thousand Abyss Dragons to disintegrate.
They all fell backwards. They roared in pain, and then their bodies shattered at the same time. Wounds tore through their bodies, and in the end… their flesh, blood, and bones were separated from each other, just like what had happened to the Abyss Dragon in Mastery Realm. The flesh and blood of the one thousand Abyss Dragons exploded as they were forced back, and with only their skeletal frames left, they fell from the sky.
A thick, bloody stench filled the area. The expression of the crazed Su Ming twisted, and his eyes grew even more bloodshot. As most of the people in the area watched in shock, he sucked in a sharp breath.
Immediately, the endless flesh and blood in the area charged towards him where they disappeared into a gigantic vortex which had suddenly appeared before the crimson-haired person.
In the depths of the vortex was the Abyss Dragon belonging to Yu Xuan which had turned into a big dog in Su Ming's storage bag. At that moment, it shuddered, and with the same madness as Su Ming's in its eyes, it continuously sucked in the vast amount of flesh and blood.
As Abyss Dragons, they were existences who became stronger by devouring each other. However, this act of devouring each other was strictly prohibited in the Emperor of Abyss' True World. Any Abyss Dragon who did it would be killed straight away.
However, at that moment, the dragon in the storage bag no longer belonged to the Emperor of Abyss' True World, and it no longer cared!
Its wounds instantly recovered. Its cultivation base also continuously erupted, and it rose straight into Lunar Kalpa Realm from its previous level of cultivation before it reached a breakthrough and arrived in Solar Kalpa Realm. It might not have attained great completion, but it was enough to make it feel as if it had been reborn.
"I too… have an Abyss Dragon!"
Su Ming swung his arm, and a loud dragon's roar came from the vortex. It was the voice of the Abyss Dragon which belonged to Yu Xuan and also to Su Ming. It rushed out from the vortex. When it threw its head back and roared, a huge sun appeared behind it!
At the instant the Abyss Dragon appeared, another Abyss Dragon also shot out from the vortex with a roar. This Abyss Dragon was clearly much bigger than the first, but it had not a hint of imposing might in its eyes, only a sleazy look, making it clear… that this Abyss Dragon was what the bald crane had transformed into because it did not want to be left out of the limelight.
The two Abyss Dragons floated by Su Ming, their roars shaking the sky and earth. With one move, Su Ming turned into a long arc and charged towards the Vermilion Bird's continent. This scene shocked all the people in the area. It also caused the heart of the third prince from the Emperor of Abyss�� True World to tremble. As his expression twisted, he growled.
"Cultivators from the Emperor of Abyss' True World, what are you waiting for?! I'm ordering you now! Without regard for cost, no matter whether you are going to summon the Progenitor of our world or the Abyssal Nightmare by sacrificing your flesh and blood, kill him!"
"Dao Kong, what are you doing?!" Sect Master Ri shouted towards Su Ming. He lifted his foot, but just as he was about to take a step forward to put a stop to everything, Old You and Ming laughed long and hard from the White Tiger's continent.
"Such a conceited and mad person is not suited to be a Dynast in Morning Dao Sect. Since you do not clear your trash from your sect, then let the both of us help you deal with it."
Old You and Ming, the two old men who were so old that they looked as if they could not even open their eyes, chortled and jumped into the air. Their terrifying cultivation erupted with a bang from their bodies.
"Fellow Daoists from the Emperor of Abyss' True World, we will help you kill this person!" With a loud roar, the two old men charged towards Su Ming.
Sect Master Yue's foot stopped for a moment as his expression turned dark. He did not move forward.
"Haha! Thank you, Seniors You and Ming. I will certainly tell my Lord Father exactly what happened, and I will naturally repay you in the future." The third prince's spirits were lifted. He forced down the terror in his heart and stared at Su Ming with a ferocious expression.
"Huo Kui!"
The crimson-haired Su Ming charged forward with madness in him. At that moment, there was only Yu Xuan in his eyes. At the instant he spoke, ripples immediately appeared in the air. Flame Fiends' Progenitor stepped out of thin air. When he raised his right hand, the flames belonging to him instantly spread out with a bang. When they swept out in all directions, they formed one hundred thousand fireballs that swept towards the incoming cultivators from the Emperor of Abyss' True World.
"Zhu You Cai!"
Su Ming seized the air with his right hand, and the Life Inequity Spear appeared in it. Once he released his grip, the spear plunged down, and an arm instantly shot out from the air to seize it. Zhu You Cai's plump body walked out of thin air as well.
He sighed in his heart, and his huge body instantly started shrinking. In the blink of an eye, he turned into a middle-aged man with an imposing face. He tightened his grip around the Life Inequity Spear, then with a single step forward, he charged towards Old You and Ming.
"Life Inequity Spear… you…"
"Chang He, you're really the War Immortal Chang He!"
Old You and Ming's expressions changed swiftly. Besides searching for Dao Kong, they had also come to Morning Dao Sect with another task, and that was… to find True Sacred Yin World's War Immortal Chang He, their Sublime Paragon's disciple who was mentioned by the middle-aged man in Life Realm when he returned from the camp stationed in the Barren Lands of Divine Essence!
"Chang He died in the fifth kiln. I… am Zhu You Cai!"
Zhu You Cai's eyes fell shut before he opened them once more. The power of those nearly in Death Realm erupted from his body with a bang, and he charged straight towards Old You and Ming.
When he appeared as Zhu You Cai, his power would occasionally be weak, while at other times it would strong. However, when he adopted this form, he would never be the person who the middle-aged man from the camp of True Sacred Yin World thought possessed only Chang He's will. Instead… he would become the War Immortal who had truly attained great completion in Life Realm, and who had taken half a step into Death Realm!
However, during that moment, the War Immortal no longer belonged to True Sacred Yin World, but because of a promise, he had come to Su Ming's side!
Boom!
The battle shocked the heavens!
With Zhu You Cai holding back Old You and Ming, Flame Fiends' Progenitor killing the cultivators from the Emperor of Abyss' True World, the bald crane and the Abyss Dragon's roars echoing towards the heavens, Su Ming turned into a long arc. Filled with madness and killing intent that seemed to be able to crush the air, he rushed towards the Vermilion Bird's continent… straight towards the third prince from the Emperor of Abyss' True World who had injured Yu Xuan!
When the woman saw Su Ming coming towards them, a smile appeared on her face, and as she smiled, tears fell from her eyes. She knew. She always knew that Su Ming had not died.
She also knew that she would one day meet him, that there was still a possibility for them to see each other. Such things had only belonged to Yu Xuan's dreams before, but now… they had become true.
"It's you! You're not Dao Kong! You're Su Ming, the one from the land of Berserkers within True Morning Dao Sect's Yin Death Region! You're the Su Ming who that b*tch Yu Xuan got to know in the land of Berserkers! You're not Dao Kong!���
If the third prince from the Emperor of Abyss' True World still did not understand this by then, then he would have lived his life in vain.
At the instant his voice traveled outward, the crimson-haired Su Ming had already closed in, and with one punch forward, the world roared!
A screen of light spread out from the body of the third prince from the Emperor of Abyss' True World, and it looked like a huge, overturned bowl had been placed on him. The color of the screen of light was black, and waves of the Aura of Abyss spread out from it. A mighty pressure which could suffocate people came from the screen.
This mighty pressure surpassed those in Death Realm!
This was… the light of protection formed by the third prince's father, the Emperor of the Emperor of Abyss' True World.
A loud bang shot up.
Su Ming's fist landed on the screen of light. A powerful rebound forced Su Ming to fall back. As he coughed up blood, the air around the screen distorted. Four figures who clearly had been hiding all this while turned into four long arcs that charged towards the withdrawing Su Ming with strong killing intent.
Chapter 1102: My Right Hand! (3)
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The four figures were incredibly quick, and their power, which swirled around them, made it possible for the others to tell that two of them were in Mastery Realm and two in Fate Realm. One of them was even a cultivator who had mastered his own laws of fate.
No matter which True World they entered, such four people would be incredibly famous. When the four of them were together, their presence was like that of a tidal wave that was difficult for others to ignore.
However, the four of them had chosen to hide themselves. Even when the Abyss Dragon in Mastery Realm was killed and the one thousand Abyss Dragons died, even when the cultivators from the Emperor of Abyss' True World died with shrill screams under Flame Fiends' Progenitor's sea of fire, the four had remained composed and hid around the third prince, waiting for Su Ming's arrival. Only at the instant the screen of light appeared and Su Ming was bounced off that they launched a fatal attack.
Su Ming fell back. While his Qi and blood were still tumbling about, the long arcs had already closed in on him. The four aloof gazes and four great waves of killing intent of the four middle-aged men turned into four divine abilities filled with the Aura of Abyss that instantly rushed towards Su Ming.
He could not dodge. It was impossible even to consider. The laws in the area had changed. The area around felt as if it had been separated, isolated. All of Su Ming's retreat paths were sealed off, and since his Qi and blood were still tumbling about, he was in a death trap that would be fatal in most cases.
The third prince laughed madly while Yu Xuan bit down on her bottom lip. The firm look in her eyes seemed to have turned into words in her heart; she reminded herself continuously that the man before her eyes could bring forth a miracle.
Bang!
Su Ming trembled. Even his powerful physical body was injured gravely when the four people attacked together. When he coughed up blood, his body fell back, but as he did so, the four people smiled coldly and moved forward once more. They once again launched an attack together.
"Kill him, extract his soul! I want him to see how I will ravish this b*tch!" When he felt that he was no longer exposed to any danger and that victory was in his grasp, the third prince raised his right hand and slapped Yu Xuan fiercely behind the screen of light.
"B*tch, he's Su Ming, right?! He's that Su Ming you got to know in the land of Berserkers, right?! But so what if he appeared?! So what if he is incredibly powerful?!
"You b*tch, that Su Ming you met in the land of Berserkers is a foolish lunatic! If he had stayed obediently in Morning Dao Sect with his name hidden, I might have never found him, but now?! So foolish!" The third prince laughed loudly.
The entire area had descended into a strange silence. Besides the battle in the sky, the image of the third prince from the Emperor of Abyss' True World from before and as of right then was in the eyes of all the cultivators from Morning Dao Sect. It manifested in the form of silence.
It was especially so for Sect Masters Ri, Yue, and Xing, who had grim expressions which had never appeared on their faces before.
"Foolish, huh?" As Su Ming fell backwards, with his bloodshot eyes, he saw Yu Xuan cup her cheek. Blood trickled down the corner of her lips. His soul burned. Everything about him was boiling. As he mumbled, an extremely thick destructive power erupted furiously with a bang from his body.
At the instant the presence longing to destroy all lives in the universe erupted from him, on an altar formed by countless Runes which were fragmented continents incredibly far away but still in True Morning Dao World that was under the Immortals' Union's jurisdiction at the moment… was Su Ming's physical body. It was trembling furiously.
…..
What could be known as acting in a manner when one flung all caution to the wind?
What could be considered as not caring about any consequences?
There were times when madness could be used to describe it, but there was another word that was much stronger than that one and could be used to perfectly describe the source of a person not caring about all consequences.
And that was… care!
When care was shown to a certain thing or person, then due to their care for them, the person could overturn the universe, stopping at nothing!
For certain people, those things they cared about could not be touched under any circumstances!
"Foolish, huh? Perhaps… I am not an incredibly smart person. So what if I exposed myself? So what if I revealed everything?"
The red in Su Ming's eyes gradually disappeared. His crimson hair slowly turned normal. He regained his rationality, but in his heart, care that was several times greater than the madness he felt when his hair was crimson arose.
In all his life, there were only a few people that he cared about in his life. From the moment she kissed him all those years ago, Yu Xuan's image was etched deep in his heart, and she became one of the few people he cared about.
'She likes me… If I can't even protect her, then is there still any worth even if I come to Morning Dao Sect?
'There are few people in our lives who we need to treat like an obsessions and for whom we can give up on everything without any hesitation!
Steadfastness… Steadfastness… The red in Su Ming's eyes might have disappeared, but it was replaced by firm steadfastness. It filled Su Ming's heart, causing him to feel as if a barrier had been broken at that instant. As it shattered, the Three Mountains Illuminate the Moon appeared swiftly in the sky behind Su Ming, right before all of the cultivators' eyes. It happened without Su Ming intentionally summoning it.
The gigantic moon shone with a tri-colored light, causing all the cultivators in the area to suck in sharp breaths, especially the four people who closed in on Su Ming. Almost at the instant they executed their attack once more, an aura that erupted from Su Ming's body swept out in all directions. Once it crashed into the four, it forced them back continuously. Their expressions instantly changed drastically, and disbelief appeared on their faces!
"The power of manifesting Mastery Realm! This is the power of the world that every Almighty will stir up when their manifesting the power of Mastery Realm!"
"This person… the strength he showed previously had far surpassed those in Mastery Realm, so how is it possible that he's now manifesting the power of Mastery Realm?!"
"Lunar Kalpa Realm! He wasn't a cultivator in Mastery Realm! He was in Lunar Kalpa Realm! Such a huge moon… What cultivation method is he practicing?! How could he fight against the Almighties when he's just in Lunar Kalpa Realm?!"
The four people's breathing quickened. When they fell back, they could not hide the shock on their faces, because amid the disbelief in the depths of their hearts at that moment, an idea that brought fear had arisen.
'He could fight against Almighties when he was just in Lunar Kalpa Realm. If this person were to reach Mastery Realm… then how strong would he be?!'
During that moment, the four people weren't the only ones who reacted like that. Even the pupils of Old You and Ming—who were hesitant in their actions when they fought against Zhu You Cai—shrunk in surprise.
Reverend Zi Long from the Fourth True World stood up swiftly with disbelief on his face. His breathing quickened. Only at that moment did he realize swiftly that Su Ming… was just in Lunar Kalpa Realm! Su Ming had not hidden his level of cultivation and only showed the power belonging to those in Lunar Kalpa Realm, but was really just in Lunar Kalpa Realm!
A bright light flashed in the eyes of the old man in blue beside Reverend Zi Long. When he stared at Su Ming, strong praise and admiration were in his gaze.
There might be some people who had seen Su Ming's moon before in Morning Dao Sect, but at that moment, the aura spreading out from his body much increasing with an astonishing speed!
The three Sect Masters Ri, Yue, and Xing cast each other glances, and each of them saw a look of interest in the others' eyes.
'In just Lunar Kalpa Realm, he could fight against the Almighties. If this person reaches Mastery Realm…' The three people's breathing quickened at the same time, and the light in their eyes immediately reached a dazzling degree.
"Dynast Dao Kong!"
The Morning Dao Sect disciples on the Azure Dragon's continent might have been a little uncertain due to the third prince's words previously, but at that moment, someone immediately began shouting with force and vigor.
Once the people heard his voice, all the cultivators on the Azure Dragon's continent and the nine million in the area beneath shouted one after another, and slowly, their voices fused together, turning into a wave of sound that surged to the skies and reverberated in the air.
"Dynast Dao Kong!!"
"Dynast Dao Kong!!!"
The voices continued echoing in the air. They formed an astonishing roar that shook the sky. The weather changed, and wind swept out in all directions. Su Ming threw his head back and let out a long howl like never before. It shocked all the cultivators in the area.
As he howled, the huge moon behind him crumbled with a bang. As it did so, its countless fragments gathered together once more. As they grouped, they formed… a gigantic, peerless sun that was unprecedented and would most likely never be seen again by the people in the future. It was so huge that it far surpassed the sun possessed by all other cultivators in Solar Kalpa Realm!
It still shone with three colors. The crazed red, the sacred gold, and the chilling gray caused the sun to become the ultimate sight in the eyes of all the people in the area.
The Three Mountains Illuminating the Moon also turned into… the Three Mountains Shining on the Sun!
"Protect… care…"
Su Ming's figure was within the peerless sun. The strength of his erupted power shook the sky, and understanding appeared in his head.
He had been able to reach a breakthrough in his level of cultivation because the ability to care was a form of power. It would fuel his desire to protect and become a madness that could destroy everything.
This was a form of epiphany, a sediment that had laid in Su Ming's heart after all his changes of heart. It was… a form of power that allowed him to marginally understand Su Xuan Yi's form of protection at that moment.
'The source of power does not come from the universe or nothingness, neither does it come from the worlds outside… Borrowing the power from the things around us just leads to using external power in the end…
'True power comes from the heart and mind itself. It comes from the person.
'It's just like how we need our own will to not allow our power to spread outwards instead of using some from external sources. It's just like how we need our own bodies to form rebounds instead of using the power from external sources.
'True power, the true Great Dao… Perhaps the celestial origin from Saint Defier Expanse Cosmos is also like that, but no matter what it is, in the end, the path all of us take to obtain true power is of training our own minds and souls!'
Su Ming finally understood.
At the instant he came to an epiphany, an even more powerful wave of power erupted from his body with a bang. This eruption of his cultivation base caused the sun that had just been formed to instantly look as if it was about to melt. At the same time, the presence of those belonging to Mastery Realm radiated off him!
"Mastery Realm manifests a palm… because the palm symbolizes a full grasp of something, but the palm is also protection. To use the hand to protect… what is important is in the palm…" Su Ming mumbled.
As he did so, his real physical body lying on the altar surrounded by the fragmented continents in the territory of the Immortals' Union… furled his hand into a fist!
Chapter 1103: My Right Hand! (4)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
"The power to manifest Mastery Realm!"
An uproar immediately broke out in the area. All the cultivators who saw the scene were shocked, especially the disciples of Morning Dao Sect. Their spirits were lifted, and they continued shouting Dao Kong's name. Their voices traveled in all directions.
"All Almighties who step into Mastery Realm will have the power of manifesting Mastery Realm descend on them from the heavens. With this sort of power, even those in Death Realm will not be able to inflict even the slightest bit of damage to them.
"At this moment, all Almighties are protected!"
The Almighties who were retreating before Su Ming had shock hidden on their sullen faces. When they retreated, they immediately began communicating with each other with divine thoughts.
"Damn it, how could he suddenly reach a breakthrough and become an Almighty at this moment?! I thought he had long since become a Master of Fate, Lives, and Death based on his physical body and his combat abilities!"
"We can't fight against a person like this, but he can't walk away from the power of the world descending on him either. Only when he manifests the fingers and palm and completely enters Mastery Realm will he able to move."
"Let's accumulate power. We will wait for him to come out, and at that moment, he will die!"
The four people gritted their teeth while staring at Su Ming. Killing intent was evident on their faces, and their auras continued growing in power. Even though they were wary of what Su Ming's power would become when he stepped into Mastery Realm, they were four people and old monsters who had been in Mastery Realm for years. They had a certain amount of confidence that they could be able to kill him.
After all, in their eyes, no matter how strong Su Ming became, he would have only just reached Mastery Realm. Killing him when his foundation was not strong enough was not impossible.
They were not the only ones who stopped fighting. Old You and Ming as well as Zhu You Cai parted and looked towards Su Ming who was enveloped in a gigantic vortex with waves of strong, mighty pressure spreading out from him. He seemed to have fused with the universe.
Light flashed even in the eyes of Sect Masters Ri, Yue, and Xing when all of them looked over simultaneously.
Yu Xuan stared at Su Ming with his head back and roaring from the vortex. There was a smile on her face, and a hint of pride within it. She was proud for Su Ming's achievements.
The third prince's expression was dark and gloomy. In his eyes was strong jealousy. He longed to move into the ranks of Almighties, so when he saw Su Ming entering Mastery Realm, a cold and sinister light danced in his eyes.
Under the gazes of all those around since even all that fighters had fallen into dead silence, Su Ming could feel his power increasing at an extremely terrifying pace.
The gigantic sun which had just been formed behind him swiftly melted as the cultivation base in him erupted. As it did so, it gradually shrank. From the distance, the sun looked as if it had turned into a huge fist.
At the same time, almost at the instant the fist-like sun stopped melting, Su Ming's continuously increasing power came to a swift halt. It looked as if it had crashed into an invisible wall.
At the instant Su Ming's whole body shuddered, the several people who were staring at Y Xuan immediately focused back on him.
"He's starting to manifest his fingers. Breaking through Solar Kalpa Realm and stepping into Mastery Realm requires a person to manifest the fingers of a hand. Based on the different levels of potential and the power accumulated, the fingers manifested end up different."
"That's right. The three of us only managed to manifest four and a half fingers in the past, and that was already an unprecedented matter in Morning Dao Sect. It's not as if there are no people who have managed to manifest all five fingers the moment they stepped into Mastery Realm, but their number is far too small. There are a handful of such people over the course of tens of thousands of years in a True World."
"I wonder how many fingers Dao Kong will manifest."
Morning Dao Sect's Sect Masters Ri, Yue, and Xing cast each other glances as they communicated with divine thoughts.
Old You and Ming from True Sacred Yin World sneered. With their levels of cultivation, they were only slightly wary of Chang He. As for Su Ming, since they dared come, it clearly meant that they were not worried about him. They naturally had methods to deal with the fifth kiln, which was why when they saw Su Ming manifesting his fingers, they could still smile coldly.
"This boy will only have three fingers. That will be his limit!"
When one of the two old men said that, a long string of laughter came from the Fourth True World. The voice of the old man in blue also reverberated in the air amid that laughter.
"Why don't we make a bet? I bet that this Dao Kong will manifest more than the three fingers you speak of. Do you dare make that bet?"
Old You and Ming turned around and looked towards the old man in blue from the Fourth True World. Their expressions were slightly dark, but there was wariness hidden behind it as well. They let out cold harrumphs.
At the instant all sorts of expressions appeared on the faces of the people, a shocking rumble came from Su Ming. His expression distorted. He felt as if there was a wall in his way, and if he did not breakit, then it would be difficult for him to step into Mastery Realm. With a glint in his eyes, he had his cultivation base erupt and form an indescribable wave of impact that swept up all the power in his body and charged against the invisible wall.
Sound that shook the sky spread out in all directions. Under that wave of impact, Su Ming could clearly feel signs of the invisible wall cracking. After a moment, booming sounds surged into the air, and the wall shattered. At the instant it did so, Su Ming's cultivation base rose madly once more.
His long hair danced in the air, and a powerful light shone in his eyes. The area around him distorted. The vortex formed by the power of the universe descending in the area spread out. At the same time as Su Ming's cultivation base erupted from his body, the gigantic sun behind him extended a finger as if it was a fist!
The first finger appeared!
A power that was much stronger than before swept out from Su Ming's body. When it spread out, a deafening rumble shot into the air. Su Ming turned his head around and cast his gaze at the Vermilion Bird's continent beneath him, where the sullen third prince was enveloped by a screen of light.
A ruthless glare shone in Su Ming's eyes. He raised his right hand and pointed at the Vermilion Bird's continent.
Booming sounds surged into the sky, and Su Ming's vortex immediately roared. The shadow of a fingertip manifested within it before stretching into a huge finger. It was several thousands of feet big, and at the instant it appeared, it gained complete, corporeal form. Not a hint of it being a mere illusion could be detected.
The huge finger was the first finger Su Ming had manifested among in Mastery Realm. He was not in a hurry to open all five fingers though and attacked.
As he pointed forward, the huge finger charged towards the Vermilion Bird's continent with a loud roar. It was so fast that an arc which seemed like it was formed when air had erupted appeared in front of the finger. That arc even showed signs of burning, as if there was a barrier, and the finger wanted to pierce through it.
In the face of the power from that one finger, a cold sneer appeared on the third prince's lips. It was full of derision. He naturally knew that when the power of the universe descended, no one could hurt Su Ming, but Su Ming could also not go through the power of the universe and attack others.
This was the rule, the law. It was something that no one could change.
Because of that, the act of sending the finger was incredibly ludicrous to him. However, the instant that mocking look appeared on his face, it was replaced by disbelief.
The expression of all the people in the area also changed, including those of Sect Masters Ri, Yue, and Xing, Old You and Ming, Reverend Zi Long, and the old man in blue who had remained composed during the whole affair.
Everyone's pupils shrank at that instant.
Because… as that huge finger from Su Ming scrapped against the power of the universe, becoming slower as if unable to penetrate through the invisible power to bring forth the destruction it wanted, the slightly larger of the two Abyss Dragons let his eyes wander. All the people who fell into its line of vision felt as if the items in their storage bags had been seen through…
That Abyss Dragon let out a fake cough, cursed under its breath, lifted its claw, seized the air in front of it gently, and immediately, the power of the universe surrounding the large finger belonging to Su Ming and preventing it from moving forward… vanished.
At the instant it disappeared, the finger shot out with a bang, and with a speed even faster than before, it charged forward with a crazed desire to destroy the world—straight towards the third prince enveloped by the screen of light.
"This is impossible!"
Even with their level of cultivation and ability to compose themselves, Sect Masters Ri, Yue, and Xing were stunned at that moment. There was no need to even talk about other people.
It was especially so for the four Almighties who protected the third prince. The four of them had been gathering their strength when the sudden change in circumstances caused their expressions to change drastically. They were the third prince's guards, and they could not allow anyone to touch the third prince before them, or else it would show their incompetence and what would await them would be the punishment from the Emperor of Abyss' True World.
Without any hesitation, the four of them acted as one and turned into four long arcs which charged against Su Ming's huge finger rushing towards the third prince.
A loud bang shot up in the air, and it stirred up a powerful wave of impact from the spot where they came into contact with the finger. That wave of impact charged in all directions with loud, booming sounds. Ripples spread out, and a large number of cracks appeared in the air. As Su Ming's finger flashed a few times, it gradually disappeared from the people's sight.
However, the price for causing Su Ming's first finger to disappear was falling back of the four Almighties. They coughed up blood continuously, and the Almighty in Mastery Realm who was the weakest among them was torn to shreds, his body and soul destroyed!
One dead, and three injured. This was the terrifying power Su Ming showed once he manifested his first finger in Mastery Realm.
"This is unfair!"
The remaining three people retreated swiftly. Their faces had went pale, and one of them let out an indignant roar. They could not hurt Su Ming because of the power of the universe… but Su Ming could disregard it and kill one of them as well as injure the rest with just one finger.
This… was indeed unfair, but their only answer came from the Abyss Dragon which was the bald crane. It shook its butt then turned back to wink at the person who had shouted before cursing under its breath.
"Darn it all…"
As it spoke, perhaps its movements when it shook its butt were a little too great, for it immediately turned around. A loud bang shot up…
Chapter 1104: My Right Hand! (5)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
When the one finger killed a person, it shocked all the people in the area, and a dead silence descended. Everyone's gazes were gathered on the Abyss Dragon which was the bald crane. It was the first time it was the center of attention of so many people. A smug look appeared on its face, and it let out a few fake coughs, but just as it was about to say a few modest words…
Another loud roar came from the vortex, and the hearts of the people shuddered.
Su Ming felt his cultivation base continue rising. When it erupted, it crashed into the second invisible wall. This was his second obstacle, the gate leading to him manifesting his second finger in Mastery Realm!
If he broke that barrier, he could make the second finger appear on his sun. His cultivation base would increase once again at that moment. If he could not break it, then while he would still be in Mastery Realm, he would not be able to attain completion.
He might be much stronger than before… but he could still become much stronger!
"When I manifest my second finger, I will attack again, and I'd like to see… how many of you will be left," Su Ming said in a ghastly voice from the vortex. His cultivation base erupted and rammed against the invisible wall.
Twice, thrice. The booming sounds were even more intense than before. At the instant they shook the sky… the second finger appeared on the gigantic sun behind Su Ming!
There were two fingers on the sun which seemed to have turned into a fist, and Su Ming's power rose once more. A terrifying presence spread out from his body. There were just two fingers, but the presence spreading out from him was already equivalent to that of normal Almighties who had attained great completion in Mastery Realm.
After all, this was the presence of Su Ming's cultivation base. It was not his physical body, the power of which had surpassed his cultivation base by far too much. Yet now… the distance between them was swiftly decreasing. It meant that Su Ming's true combat abilities would reach a terrifying extent.
Soon after, the instant Su Ming had the second finger in Mastery Realm manifest, he lifted his right hand. With two fingers forming a sword, he swept his hand in the direction of the Vermilion Bird's continent.
With a loud bang, two huge fingers touched each other in the vortex. They instantly gained form, and with a presence even greater than before, they shot through the power of the universe and charged towards the Vermilion Bird's continent.
The faces of the three Almighties beyond the third prince's screen of light on the Vermilion Bird's continent turned pale at that moment. Despair appeared in their eyes, but it was soon replaced by madness. They roared together at the sky, and during that instant, their souls, flesh, blood, and cultivation bases burned. It was especially so for the Almighty who had already seized control of his own laws of fate. The burning of his soul, flesh, blood, and cultivation base caused his cultivation base to rise to a state that was infinitesimally close to Life Realm.
The three of them turned into three long arcs that charged towards Su Ming's two fingers in the sky.
A loud bang shook the sky and earth. As the people in the area breathed rapidly, Su Ming's two fingers disappeared, but the price for it was… the Almighty in Mastery Realm crumbled into powder. The Almighty in Fate Realm coughed up a dozen mouthfuls of blood in succession. His body instantly withered and his eyes became dull. He moved about thousands of feet backwards, but he could no longer rely on coughing up blood to suppress his injuries. His body was then torn to shreds.
The last Almighty who was infinitesimally close to Life Realm after he burned his soul shuddered. When he moved back, his presence grew dull. The blood he coughed up dyed his robes red. He might not have died, but his organs were already crushed..
While retreating, he seized the air with his right hand without any hesitation, taking a large number of medicinal cores before immediately devouring them. Madness was in his eyes. He believed that as long as he was not instantly killed, then with his level of cultivation, he could persevere and return to the Emperor of Abyss' True World. Like that, perhaps he would still have a chance to survive.
He was betting that Su Ming would not be able to manifest the third finger.
"His power is already equivalent to those who have attained great completion in Mastery Realm, and he has manifested just two fingers. This Dao Kong is…" Ri, Yue, and Xing cast each other glances with incredibly stern expressions.
"There's his physical power as well. Once he fused his cultivation base with his physical body, his two fingers… reached a power that could crush those in Fate Realm. This is… a power equivalent to one strike of those in the initial stage of Life Realm."
"This child has no limits to his future. A person who could devour a garrison in a Striking Land… I thought he was originally in Mastery Realm, but judging by the looks of it… we've underestimated him!"
"His blood shone with gold. If… he can manifest the third finger, we can…" Light shone in the eyes of Sect Masters Ri, Yue, and Xing. There was surprise within them, but it soon disappeared as they reached a consensus.
"If this child can manifest the third finger, then another top-notch warrior will appear in Morning Dao Sect in the future." The old man in blue from the Fourth True World shook his head while speaking calmly. By his side, Reverend Zi Long looked ahead with a glint in his eyes.
"However, he already committed a huge offense. It doesn't matter whether it is True Sacred Yin World or the Emperor of Abyss' True World, both will be great disasters to him…"
"The three True Worlds cannot fight against each other. They will only have a dispute. Even if Dao Kong kills that third prince, the Emperor of Abyss' True World will at most make Morning Dao Sect pay a great price.
"Besides, look at Ri, Yue, and Xing, those three old coots were sending divine thoughts to each other just now. I might not be able to hear what they were saying, but I can guess that they've already become interested in him. They've become interested in Dao Kong.
"I also feel the same way about this Dao Kong…" The old man in blue smiled faintly. As his eyes sparkled, thoughts that no one but he was to privy to formed in his head.
While everyone in the crowd harbored their own thoughts, a loud rumbling rose once again, and all of their thoughts left when they trained their gazes on Su Ming. His location was where the sound had originated.
This time, Su Ming's roar was mixed in the rumble. At the instant he threw his head back and roared, the third finger… appeared on the sun behind him!
Veins popped up on Su Ming's face. The appearance of the third finger might have seemed simple, but in truth, he had used his cultivation base to crash against the wall nearly one hundred times before he finally managed to break it. If it was not because his body was powerful to begin with, then such charges would have surely caused his body to crumble.
This was also one of the reasons why the sight of someone manifesting the third finger was considered rare in the four Great True Worlds!
In truth, practically all the Almighties in Mastery Realm Su Ming he'd met in the past had only manifested one or two fingers. As of then, he had yet to meet someone who had manifested the third finger.
After all, a person who had only manifested the first finger could also attain great completion in Mastery Realm and could reach Fate Realm. However, the difference between them would have been widen from the instant they stepped into Mastery Realm.
They might all be in Mastery Realm and would have all attained great completion, but a person who had manifested four fingers could kill a person in Mastery Realm who had only manifested one finger!
Almost at the instant Su Ming manifested the third finger, he lowered it. The killing intent in his eyes was laced with madness. It was a steadfast power formed by extreme care towards another person.
It was the source of power which allowed Su Ming to reach a breakthrough and become an Almighty. It was… a form of care because of which he wanted to use his palm to protect everything, defend the people he treasured so that they would not be injured!
"I'd like to see… how you'll withstand this!"
Su Ming raised his right hand and swept through the air with three fingers. The world rumbled, and the three large fingers appeared in the air beyond the vortex. They were thousands of feet long, and a power that allowed them to blot out the sky spread out from them. As the tumbles shook the area, the fingers charged towards the Vermilion Bird's continent with loud booming sounds.
The Almighty in Fate Realm who had burned his soul looked over at it with anguish. Despair showed up in his eyes. The instant Su Ming manifested his third finger, he understood… that he could not block the attack.
He could only be a pebble that was crushed because he had blocked Dao Kong's path as he rose to power. As he laughed brokenly, the Almighty in Fate Realm also came to understand that he no longer had any path for retreat. He roared at the heavens, and the instant the three huge fingers appeared, he rushed forward. When the three fingers were about to touch him, he chose to self-destruct.
Loud booming sounds echoed in the sky, yet the self-destruction from the Almighty from the Emperor of Abyss' True World could not make Su Ming's three fingers to stop for even an instant. They landed on the Vermilion Bird's continent and immediately crashed against the black screen of light. By then, the prince had seized Yu Xuan and dragged her in front of him. His expression was no longer what it had been before.
The entire Vermilion Bird's continent shuddered furiously. The Vermilion Bird supporting it let out a pained screech, and its body sank together with the continent for thousands of feet. The bird then flew out swiftly, no longer supporting the continent. Instead, it stared at Su Ming with a terrified gaze.
The Vermilion Bird might have left, but the continent did not sink. The black screen of light around the third prince expanded swiftly to envelop the entire continent, causing Su Ming's three fingers to crumble.
"Haha! How are you going to break through my Lord Father's protection screen?! I'll remember what happened today!" The third prince laughed loudly and raised his right hand to push it against the ground. Immediately, threads of light appeared in front of him. As they spun, they Branded the ground. At an extreme speed, they formed a Relocation Rune!
"I will need thirty breaths for the Rune to form completely and another twenty the moment I activate it to leave this place. Su Ming, you only have fifty breaths. You can only watch me take this b*tch and leave." The third prince laughed madly with derision as well as contempt in his eyes.
"I don't need fifty breaths."
A menacing glare appeared in Su Ming's eyes. The instant he said those words in a flat voice, he bit the tip of his tongue and coughed up a mouthful of blood. At the same time, he raised his right hand and swept his hand across the blood, causing it to turn into a blood-red Brand. Once he seized it, he pushed it at the center of his brows.
A loud bang shot up. The Brand formed by the mark from his blood and essence was Su Ming sparing no pains to stimulate his potential so that he could cut down on the time required to crush the wall. Even though doing so would cause his body to suffer an even greater impact, but as Ecang, Su Ming did not care.
In the mid of the loud bang, the fourth finger swiftly appeared on the sun behind Su Ming!
"The fourth finger!"
The breathing of all the cultivators in the area quickened at that moment. With his actions, Su Ming had told everything—that he was going to rise to power in one go!