I'm Not Reconciled!
"This Asura God seems to still be breathing!" Liu Yu exclaimed in horror.
The five looked at the giant sitting under the tree. Even though his body seemed to be made up of a pile of scraps of flesh, behind him was the Nine Thunder Cauldron, which was thousands of feet tall. Endless lightning surged and was swallowed by the roots of the Saha Sacred Tree that were embedded in the void. Every time the Asura God Fruit throbbed, streams of blood mist and lightning were absorbed into it.
The giant's chest, riddled with countless wounds, would rise and fall slightly with the pulsation of the Asura God Fruit.
The Saha Sacred Tree, the divine fruit, and the Asura God all seem to be alive.
Even the Fairy Nishang, who had previously been certain that the Asura God Giant was dead, held her breath and dared not advance any further after reaching Baili.
"Even if such a being dies, it might still retain a breath of life to guard the Saha Sacred Tree and its divine fruit," Yun Yuchan said. "Senior Sister Nishang, do you have any powerful offensive treasures? Let's destroy this Asura God's body first, and then we can go and collect the magic treasures and the sacred tree's divine fruit."
If a Earth Immortal of the Void Return- level Asura God were alive, it would be absolutely terrifying. Even if it were dead, who knows what desperate measures it might have left behind before it died?
Even with the protective golden light of the Liang Clan Celestial Ancestor, the group dared not act rashly or recklessly cross the giant body of the Asura God.
"Alright." Fairy Nishang flipped her hand and took out a red lightning bead.
This time, I entered the fragmented world to retrieve the lost immortal-grade magic treasure for my family. My ancestor also bestowed upon me three Dao talismans and a thunder pearl.
The three talismans are: the Golden Protective Talisman for protection, the Great Teleportation Dao Talisman for escape, and the Treasure-Collecting Talisman for collecting the Nine Thunder Cauldron.
This red lightning bead was crafted from ' Dry Yang True Thunder ', specifically designed to subdue demons and monsters. Even Void Return Asura would be doomed.
"Go!" With a thought, Fairy Nishang sent the red lightning orb flying towards the Asura God Giant.
Boom!
A deafening thunderclap shook the heavens and earth. In this dark world shrouded in blood clouds, it was as if a small sun had suddenly appeared. The entire world trembled, seemingly unable to withstand the terrifying power of this Dry Yang True Thunder.
Just then--
Call!
The Asura God seemed to have already passed away, with only his chest rising and falling slightly, suddenly opened his eyes. The golden light that burst from his eyes seemed even more dazzling than the Dry Yang True Thunder.
His few remaining intact arms suddenly rose high, as if supporting the sky, while the Nine Thunder Cauldron behind him tilted slightly, spewing out countless bolts of lightning to meet the incoming Dry Yang True Thunder.
"Not good." Without hesitation, Zhou Hao waved his hand and unleashed countless three-colored Extinction Divine Needles. The Dragon-Suppressing Stake was also summoned and used to suppress the Asura God who had suddenly awakened.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh~~~~
The Saha Sacred Tree in the void suddenly erupted, with hundreds of branches dancing like human hands or long whips, lashing out at the Extinction Divine Needles and Dragon-Suppressing Stake that were attacking the Asura God.
Bang bang bang bang bang...
It was as if an ancient god or demon had used a supernatural technique; the Extinction Divine Needles was instantly smashed into countless points of light by the branches of the Saha Sacred Tree.
The Dragon-Suppressing Stake seemed about to be smashed into dust. The Origin Power that Zhou Hao had been using to protect the magic weapon was shattered, and hundreds of branches wrapped around it, instantly drawing it into the lush foliage of the Saha Sacred Tree.
"Tens of thousands of years have passed, and I, Asura, am finally about to be reborn!"
To the astonishment of the five people, the Asura God actually stood up.
Its damaged body now exuded a powerful aura that seemed poised to shake the entire world.
"The ' Form-and-Formless Protective Divine Light ' cast by a Celestial Zhou Hao?" Asura's eyes shot out a golden light, landing on the divine light sphere outside the Greenwood Flying Boat. "You were very cautious, killing E Luo and the others without allowing their corpses and flesh to be absorbed by the Sacred Tree. However, with this Dry Yang True Thunder and this top-grade Earth-rank magic treasure, the divine fruit is enough to nurture Void Return Saint Embryo, hahaha..."
The Nine Thunder Cauldron absorbed the Dry Yang True Thunder into its interior. Golden lightning bolts surged forth and were absorbed by the roots of the Saha Sacred Tree. At this moment, the mental connection between Zhou Hao and the Dragon-Suppressing Stake was suddenly severed.
Thump, thump, thump, thump, thump...
The Asura God Fruit on the Saha Sacred Tree pulsated more and more violently, and streams of yang energy as hot as the Solar True Fire spread out. Even from Baili away, Zhou Hao and the others felt as if they were about to be scorched and cooked.
"I understand. This Asura's body has already collapsed, and even its primordial spirit has collapsed; only its true spirit remains." Yun Yuchan's urgent voice rang out.
"For tens of thousands of years, he has used the life force of thunder from the Nine Thunder Cauldron to nurture the Saha Sacred Tree, and through the Saha Sacred Tree, he has absorbed the essence and blood of 100,000 Asuras to create a new Asura body, intending to enter it with his true spirit and be resurrected! We must stop him; he is now at his weakest point, having lost the ability to attack. If we wait for his true spirit to merge with the Asura body in the divine kingdom, he will become a complete Asura God Void Return."
A perfectly intact Asura God Void Return?
That's an existence on par with celestial beings.
The Nine Thunder Cauldron of the Liang Clan has obviously been refined and subdued by Asura. If he were to recover his full strength, even the most powerful Celestial Immortals might not be able to subdue it.
In the entire Profound Heaven Realm, it is estimated that only the Pure Yang Ancestor of the sect could subdue it.
By the time the Pure Yang Ancestor realizes the changes here and takes action, who knows what kind of devastation will occur in the Profound Heaven Realm.
"You little girl have quite a bit of insight," Asura laughed. "Too bad, even if you have the Great Teleportation Dao Talisman, it'll be too late to return to your sect and report."
Boom!
Most of Asura's body suddenly exploded into a cloud of blood mist.
As if it possessed a spirit, the blood mist instantly appeared outside the divine light sphere shrouded by the Greenwood Flying Boat, transforming into a bewitching datura flower that heavily enveloped the entire sphere.
"I may not be able to launch an attack, but I can still use my damaged body to trap you for a while. Time is almost frozen inside the Womb Treasury Mandala Barrier. Once I recover, I'll play with you properly." Asura laughed heartily.
He had no reason not to be overjoyed and excited.
Tens of thousands of years ago, he was drawn to the altar set up by the Asura race in this world, and crossed the space-time channel to come to this special little world.
Just as they were about to break the restrictions set up by the Mysterious Heaven Sect in the Northern Xiulu Continent, a Loose Immortal with a million-year strength from the Liang Clan arrived to stop them.
The longer Loose Immortal lives, the stronger they become. A Loose Immortal has lived for a million years is comparable to a Celestial Immortal. Moreover, he possesses the Nine Thunder Cauldron, a top-grade Immortal-level magic treasure. In a great battle with Asura, the hidden little world of the Asura clan was shattered and on the verge of collapse.
Although he eventually killed the Liang Clan's Loose Immortal, his physical body was shattered and his primordial spirit was torn apart by the immortal's final counterattack.
Fortunately, Asura possessed a magical artifact crafted from a branch he had taken from the ancestral tree of the Saha World, which allowed him to barely survive and avoid immediate death.
Subsequently, Asura hid in this small world that was about to collapse, and was supported by generations of Asura people. With the help of the thunderous life force in the Nine Thunder Cauldron, he nurtured the branches of his ancestral tree into the ' Saha Sacred Tree ', which bore the Asura God Fruit.
Now, after tens of thousands of years of planning for resurrection, this moment is finally about to come true!
Boom!
Asura's remaining body shattered, turning into a cloud of blood mist that was absorbed by the roots of the Saha Sacred Tree, revealing his golden lotus primordial spirit.
The primordial spirit at the primordial spirit realm is Turtle-Snake coiled together, while at the Earth Immortal of the Void Return realm, a golden lotus grows on the back of the Turtle-Snake, known as the 'Golden Lotus Primordial Spirit'.
Asura's golden lotus spirit, like his body, was like shattered glass.
Having lost its physical body and exposed to the outside world, the Golden Lotus Primordial Spirit also transformed into countless points of light, which were absorbed by the Saha Sacred Tree.
"Nurtured by tens of thousands of years of thunderous life force, propelled by the essence of ten thousand Asuras' blood and the power of the Dry Yang True Thunder, plus the essence of my physical body and primordial spirit..."
With only a trace of its true spirit remaining, the completely transparent Asura looked at the Asura God Fruit, which was no longer pulsating and was filled with immense masculine blood energy, with eyes full of urgency.
That was the perfect divine embryo he had planned for tens of thousands of years and was willing to sacrifice 100,000 Asuras to finally cultivate.
Whew~~~
Asura's true spirit rose and slowly flew towards the Asura God Fruit. Having lost his physical body and primordial spirit, he could only maintain his true spirit through the power of his will.
After the Asura God Fruit on the Saha Sacred Tree stopped throbbing, it slowly fell down, like a ripe melon falling from its vine.
Just as the True Spirit and the Asura God Fruit were about to make contact, and Asura could even sense the immense vitality of the body being nurtured within the Divine Fruit.
A figure suddenly appeared silently, standing between Asura's true spirit and the Asura God Fruit.
In Asura's incredulous gaze.
Brush!
The Asura God Fruit was taken into a storage magic treasure by the figure that appeared out of nowhere.
"How is this possible! How could you have escaped?" Asura's true spirit surged, and he looked at Zhou Hao, the human youth he had never paid any attention to before, in shock and despair.
"The Womb Treasury Mandala Barrier formed from my flesh and blood—even if you could break the seal of time, that formation could only hold off a celestial being for a short while. How could you possibly escape!?"
Zhou Hao smiled slightly.
With Ao Xiaobao around, it can even enter the main hall's grand formation within the Turtle-Snake Immortal Mansion.
What is this Womb Treasury Mandala Barrier of yours anyway?
Faced with Zhou Hao's Bu Yu smile, Asura felt despair.
He was unwilling to accept it, and he couldn't understand it.
How could five mere human children, who hadn't even reached the primordial spirit stage, possibly extinguish his hope of resurrection at the last moment?
"I'm not reconciled! I'm not reconciled! Tens of thousands of years of scheming! In the end, it all benefited someone else..."
Whew~~~
Asura's true spirit dissipated like a wisp of smoke.
Despair eroded his will, and his true spirit could no longer hold on.
Zhou Hao silently watched the true spirit dissipate before him.
If it weren't for the Blue Flower Water Pearl, which would have allowed him to activate it without hesitation before the blood mist barrier enveloped them, he would have used the power of the Blue Flower to break the blood mist barrier's seal on time.
If it weren't for its own exceptionally gifted spirit beast, Ao Xiaobao, which excels at breaking formations... this dying Asura God would probably have been able to successfully revive and regain its peak strength.
But in this world, there are no "what ifs".
Wow!
Above Zhou Hao's head, the images of the sun and moon appeared in the void. The sunlight condensed into a giant hand, reaching out to grab the Saha Sacred Tree in the void.
"You swallowed my Dragon-Suppressing Stake, and now you're mine."
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