Extreme Essence (continued)

"Sword Five - Heaven's Destruction!"

Each move contains a rebellious Sword Intent. Every Sword Qi that strikes the Heavenly Silkworm Cocoon will cause a large area of True Qi to rebel. It looks like a virus infection that spreads rapidly, devouring and embracing others. Once it reaches a certain scale, the gathering shadows burn like a wildfire, with no possibility of being extinguished.

"Sword VI: Betrayal!"

With the final strike, the accumulated sword energy from the previous five strikes was completely detonated. The Heavenly Silkworm Force, which served as a protective shield, turned against its master, reversing course and contracting inward. With a deafening roar, its power was no less than that of Void Returning Great Grandmaster of Returning to Emptiness self-destructing. Its unparalleled force swept across all directions, destroying everything above the horizontal plane. In an instant, mountains and hills were razed to the ground.

But Si Ming knew that this attack had not seriously injured the Myriad Gu Witch Ancestor, because at the moment of the Primal Qi explosion, he felt that Anomalies sense of disorientation again. The opponent had clearly taken advantage of the gap to escape and was hiding somewhere.

Instead of hastily spreading his spiritual sense to search, he activated the Heart Devil Secret Sword, resonating with the Heart Devil Sword Intent implanted within his opponent's body. He instantly locked onto his target, only to find his opponent had hidden underground. He immediately let out a cold snort and unleashed his true killing move—

"Kidrahou - Dark Sword Kill!"

Si Ming merged with his sword, spun in mid-air, and transformed into a giant dark moon, plummeting straight down from the sky.

The Myriad Gu Witch Ancestor, who was hiding underground, immediately felt an immense pressure coming from above. Unable to use his time-manipulation abilities for the time being, he could only gather all his strength, raise his palms upwards, and the Heavenly Silkworm Force reappeared on his body.

The moment the dark moon fell to the ground, endless dark Sword Qi shot out, raging downwards and carving a deep pit Qianzhang in diameter into the earth. The Myriad Gu Witch Ancestor was forced to reveal himself, blood spilling from the corner of his mouth, his clothes tattered and torn, looking extremely disheveled. But before he could catch his breath, he saw those shadow-like Sword Qi twist and transform, turning into countless jet-black Si Ming, who surrounded and attacked him with swords.

"Nine Insects Art - Ominous Ghostly Robbery!"

The Myriad Gu Witch Ancestor opened his palms, and a powerful, malevolent Vicious Qi distorted space. Countless streams of Heavenly Silkworm Force shot out, penetrating every crevice and leaving no gaps, turning all the shadow clones that surrounded him into sieves and blocking all attacks in one fell swoop.

"Huh? No, that's not right!"

None of the targets hit were Si Ming's true form. The Myriad Gu Witch Ancestor immediately sensed something was wrong, but even after spreading her spiritual sense to cover a radius of ten miles, she still couldn't find any trace of Si Ming.

"No need to look anymore, I'm right inside you."

The next moment, the Heart Devil Sword Seed in his sea of consciousness transformed into a node of consciousness, and countless shadow Sword Qi erupted from the body of the Myriad Gu Witch Ancestor. Each Sword Qi tore open a wound, and in the blink of an eye, he was torn to shreds, riddled with holes.

The shadowy Sword Qi converged, revealing Si Ming's figure. His eyes were filled with disdain as he said, "As expected, a fortress is easiest to breach from the inside... You have no other options left. Accept your fate!"

"No other option... is there any way to proceed?"

The Myriad Gu Witch Ancestor's body trembled, as if he could not bear the excruciating pain of being torn apart by a thousand knives, or as if he was extremely angry. Vicious Qi enveloped his body, and many Gu worms wriggled and intertwined with each other at the wounds, eventually turning into part of his body to heal the wounds. This made his body look like a tattered piece of clothing with many patches, uneven and extremely ugly.

"I was so wrong. I shouldn't have played these tactical games with you. I should have gone all out from the start and shown you, a frog in a well protected by the Eternal Barrier, what a true master is!"

With a wave of his left arm, the Myriad Gu Witch Ancestor instantly expanded a hundredfold, as if hundreds of giant pythons were intertwined and swirling with swirling Gang Qi.

Si Ming never backed down when it came to a contest of strength. He immediately put on the golden statue of the wrathful Buddha, his whole body enveloped in golden light, and threw a punch at the opponent's face. The three divine powers were combined, and the Divine Sight Illusory Observation Art amplified the power. He met the attack with his strongest state without holding back.

In the instant the two clashed, Ten Thousand Canopy Witch Ancestor's left arm, which resembled a hundred worms bound together, exploded in mid-air. However, an unimaginable surge of Yuan Power also erupted with overwhelming force, and Si Ming was instantly blasted Qianzhang away, only stopping his momentum after crashing into the mountain wall.

The Myriad Gu Witch Ancestor glanced at his shattered left arm and snorted, "The human body ultimately limits my true power. To unleash my full potential, I must abandon this body. I never imagined I'd be forced to this point by a junior who isn't Void Returning Realm... World-Forgotten Mohist Luminary, that's what you called yourself just now, right? Be proud, aren't you? To destroy you, I've decided to cease being human!"

Before he finished speaking, his body began to swell, and countless enormous Gu worms, like giant pythons, surged out, intertwining together to form a huge sphere. Then, they transformed into limbs and a head, all composed of gigantic Gu worms, and their bodies were covered with a hard shell.

Although the transformed Myriad Gu Witch Ancestor still maintains a human form with limbs and a head, it has no relation to humans whatsoever. It has no internal organs, no vital organs, no limitations in vision or joints, and can transform into insects, fish, birds, or beasts at any time. Its muscles are made of different Gu worms, and it maintains its human form simply because it is accustomed to this mindset.

Si Ming burst out of the mountain, glanced at the transformed Myriad Gu Witch Ancestor, but instead of criticizing it for "revealing its true form," he said with a solemn expression, "What was that Primal Qi just now? It was so powerful that even the Tathagata's Indestructible Body couldn't withstand it?"

If you were close enough, you could sense the Blood Qi in his voice; he had clearly been injured in the attack just now!

"This is the Extreme Essence, the most powerful primordial Primal Qi in the world, capable of destroying even the Principle the Great Dao. It is the symbol of an ultimate expert."

The Myriad Gu Witch Ancestor did not hide anything, or rather, there was no need to hide such a thing. The Extreme Essence itself has no attributes and there is no such thing as a weakness. It doesn't matter if it is known; on the contrary, it can intimidate the opponent.

"Is something beyond the bounds of the Eternal Barrier immune to its restrictions?"

In his previous life, Si Ming read novels where people often compared the improvement of True Qi to liquefaction. Originally, it was a gaseous state, but after evolution, it became a liquid state, thus demonstrating the qualitative difference between the two.

If we use this analogy, then the True Qi of an ordinary martial artist is like water vapor, the True Qi of Void Returning Great Grandmaster is like flowing water, and this Extreme Essence is like a diamond!

The two are not a change of state of matter at all; they are fundamentally different things, even their basic elements are different.

"The Eternal Barrier shields all laws, but the Extreme Essence is merely a technique for manipulating vital Primal Qi; it's not some supernatural Divine Ability. However, to refine the Extreme Essence, a cultivation level of the Dao Integration Realm is the minimum requirement."

As soon as he finished speaking, the Myriad Gu Witch Ancestor shot out a destructive white light from his arms. Si Ming was already on high alert, hurriedly dodged. The two beams of light struck the mountain behind him and exploded with a bang. However, there was no huge mushroom cloud or rocks flying everywhere. Instead, the mountain was completely wiped out!

Do you understand your situation? You're the one who's truly helpless!

Time seemed to shift again. Suddenly, the arm of the Myriad Gu Witch Ancestor appeared above Si Ming's head, slamming down with a palm like swatting a fly, sending him crashing to the ground. At the same time, he opened his mouth and shot out another beam of light, which struck the distant Divine Pillar that was being repaired, piercing through all defensive formations and obliterating it.

"I guessed it before I set off: regardless of whether the Divine Pillar restoration plan is real or fake, you would definitely set up an ambush. And since I dared to come, I naturally have made thorough preparations."

The Myriad Gu Witch Ancestor, commanding his colossal body hundreds of meters tall, slammed down before Si Ming, looking down at him and saying, "Before you stands a great sorcerer who has lived since the Middle Ages, possessing knowledge of countless secrets and Divine Ability as numerous as the stars in the sky. How dare you, a mere cicada, harbor such disrespect? You truly know no bounds!"

Si Ming got up from the ground, his forehead covered in blood, one arm hanging down, bent in an unnatural way. He grabbed it with his other hand and forcefully bent it back into place.

"If living a long time equates to being powerful, then the turtle must be the most formidable animal in nature."

His eyes showed no fear, but rather a high level of fighting spirit, as if a martial arts fanatic had encountered a formidable enemy worthy of his battle and felt even more excited.

The Myriad Gu Witch Ancestor said, "What a disgusting look you have, full of the ignorance of an ant trying to shake a tree."

Si Ming raised his head and said, "That's the confident look of a fearless warrior. It seems that Extreme Essence is your last trump card. Now I can rest assured."

"Are you ready to die in peace?"

"Of course I'll confidently play my ace to kill you."

One Sword descended from the sky and pierced the ground, instantly unleashing billions of Sword Qi that formed a sword array that enveloped both sides.

"Six Heavens Forbidden Sword, Slay Witches and Seal Gods!"

The Mohist School Sacred Sword has been activated, but the one wielding it is not Si Ming, but Murong Qing!