Chapter 633: 632. Stars of Fire
Xuan Gui Great Saint looked sorrowful and puzzled as he said,
"For 2000 years, the Evil God had countless opportunities to completely annihilate the Divine Land, but it never took action, choosing instead to linger... It really makes no sense."
At this point, Lu Yao suddenly asked, "Great Saint, does that Evil God above possess wisdom?"
Xuan Gui fell into deep thought for a moment before answering,
"I believe it does. This Evil God, despite its gigantic form and numerous terrifying tentacles, always uses Divine Skills and spells to attack. One of them, a black death ray, is filled with an endless wil of extermination, even capable of extinguishing the life force of the Sun God Immortal Honored."
Lu Yao nodded slightly, deducing that theoretically, an attack imbued with wil indicated the presence of a 'self'."
At that moment, Xuan Gui Great Saint looked up at the sky.
The second sun, also known as the "Guiyi God," still had a huge dark blotch on it, the result of Ying Zheng's sacrificial strike.
However, it now appeared slightly smaller than before, indicating that the wound was healing.
Xuan Gui Great Saint spoke again,
"The Evil God won't be able to stir up trouble in the short term, but its minions, the so-called 'Primordial Ancestors,' are also not easy to deal with. Originally there were twelve, known as the twelve Angel Envoys. Six were slain by the Ancestral Dragon and others, and another perished during the Tang dynasty, leaving five remaining. I've heard that one awoke in Rakshasa Country not long ago..."
Before he could finish his sentence, Lu Yao produced the "Fusion Engine" and said, "Great Saint, there is no need to worry, for I have slain this demon."
Xuan Gui Great Saint saw the diamond-shaped crystal in his hand and immediately showed a shocked expression, and the entire small world shook in response.
"You, you've killed a demon equivalent to the Primordial Realm!"
The shock was so great that Xuan Gui stammered, unable to comprehend such an unthinkable feat.
He had personally witnessed the overwhelming ferocity of a Primordial Ancestor! A single one could withstand the siege of two or three Thunder Tribulation Heavenly Monarchs, and a punch from one could completely alter the landscape!
But the "Fusion Engine" was no trick; it was the core of a Primordial Ancestor, more crucial than all of a person's internal organs—the heart, liver, spleen, stomach, kidneys—put together!
Xuan Gui Great Saint sincerely praised, "Lord Lu Tian is indeed extraordinary, performing extraordinary deeds, slaying a demon while crossing an entire realm of difference; I hold the utmost admiration!"
Lu Yao replied with a smile, "That demon cultivator neglected his mind while strengthening his body; I merely took advantage of the opportunity to slay him."
This statement was somewhat modest, but the present company, all of whom possessed notable cultivation and insight, certainly understood how difficult it was to kill an enemy across such a vast realm.
Particularly because at the time, Lu Yao had not yet entered the Martial Saint realm, and while the battle's ferocity and enigma were such that one would lament not having witnessed it in person, the complete retrieval of the "Fusion Engine" inevitably indicated a glorious victory!
At this moment, Xuan Gui Great Saint and Xin Mei looked on with admiration; Yu Yanmei and the other women gazed at their own man with even greater adoration.
Especially the three Spiritual Sparrowhawk maidens, who only had eyes for their master, firmly believing there was no one more outstanding in the world.
Xuan Gui Great Saint also recalled Lu Yao's display of immense combat prowess, adaptability, and the enlightened understanding to breakthrough in the midst of battle against Wang Zhongfu, and realized that Lu Yao's achievements were not due to luck.
He could not help but exclaim, "No wonder the Ancestral Dragon entrusted everything to you; he truly did not judge wrongly."
Lu Yao smiled and said with equanimity, "I won't let down the expectations of the sages."
His words were simple, yet his tone was very firm.
The previously somewhat pessimistic Xuan Gui Great Saint felt a resurgence of hope upon hearing this.
The Demon Race, beings born from the spiritual essence of heaven and earth, sensed a premonition from this nearly 5000-year-old turtle that the man before them might truly be capable of saving the heavens!
However, just then, Xuan Gui Great Saint suddenly showed an expression of extreme pain, groaning continuously, as the world around them trembled repeatedly.
~~~~~~~~~
The demons were thrown into disarray, and Xin Mei anxiously asked, "Great Saint, what's wrong? Has your old injury relapsed?"
Xuan Gui Great Saint nodded painfully, for it was the massive wound on his body that had expanded further outward!
Lu Yao, upon seeing this, of course couldn't ignore it and immediately flew to the scene. But at the sight of the wound, everyone frowned deeply.
The wound was located on the left rear of Xuan Gui's shell, pitch black like an irregular black hole, covering an area as large as a city.
It had been bombarded for a long time by the magical treasures of two Thunder Tribulation Heavenly Monarchs and, compounded by Xuan Gui's emotional highs and lows, the wound had now seriously worsened, threatening to spread throughout the entire body.
Lu Yao frowned and said, "Is this an injury left by the Evil God?"
Xuan Gui Great Saint sighed and replied, "That's right, it was caused by the black death light emitted from the eyes of the Evil God. Back then, I, Lao Gui, took a hit, and thanks to my robust demon body, I survived, but the injury has lingered ever since, never fully healing."
Lu Yao pondered for a moment and then scattered a handful of lingji into it, but unfortunately, it was like a drop in the bucket and completely ineffective.
The Xuan Gui Great Saint hastily stopped him, "Do not waste it, ordinary methods are completely ineffective for such a wound. Let me endure it on my own..."
"Endure it..." Lu Yao gave the other a look, as if he was not going to endure it much longer.
The giant wound was filled with a strong death and annihilation will, constantly eroding the surrounding flesh, causing it to become corrupt and decaying, similar to a diseased, withering plant.
And the rate of decay was accelerating!
Even Xin Mei could easily see this and was frantically panicked.
This fox lady had been born and raised in this realm, nurtured by the Xuan Gui Great Saint and had deep feelings for him.
She didn't want anything to happen to the elder who was both a mentor and a father figure to her and knelt before Lu Yao pleading, "Celestial Lord, please think of a solution... I beg you..."
She saw Lu Yao, with his heaven-reaching abilities, as a life-saving straw, sobbing with her pleas.
Lu Yao helped the fox lady, with her fluffy big white tail, to her feet and said, "I will give it a try."
Upon hearing this, everyone became curious.
With such a colossal wound stretching for miles, what would Lu Yao do?
Next, they saw him leap up and dive straight into the periphery of the wound!
The women couldn't help but cry out in shock! The wound, pitch black and filled with an extremely malicious will, was something they didn't even dare approach.
It could be said that any living thing that approached wouldn't experience anything good, and those with low cultivation levels might even wither and decay into dust instantly.
After jumping in, Lu Yao immediately felt that this thing was a bit like an enhanced version of the "Withering Bullet," but also quite different.
It harbored a will of "death and annihilation" that would continuously erode the flesh of living beings, making every cell in the body believe from the bottom of its heart that it was already dead.
Even Lu Yao's cultivation of Thunder Tribulation and Golden Body could not avoid it.
At that moment, he experienced an unprecedented weakness and powerlessness, and his cells, once like fanatical believers praying crazily for "Eternal Immortality," were falling silent one by one.
The Indestructible Will was visibly fading, as if his strong body, akin to a Divine Nation, was slowly disappearing.
"Impressive! Just at the edge, and I'm already affected like this!"
While feeling amazed, Lu Yao slowly threw a punch, imbued with a will—spirited and protective!
This was indeed his True Intent of the Martial Path, capable of dispersing the Indestructible Will of the Thunder Tribulation Heavenly Monarchs, and now it could also counteract this malicious will!
As the punch was thrown, a glimmer sparkled in the black hole-like wound, pushing back the surrounding darkness.
All present could feel this majestic aura, and Yu Yanmei watched her beloved with eyes wide open, saying excitedly:
"Focusing True Intent, illuminating oneself… He's a Martial Saint! When did Lu Xiaozi achieve this breakthrough?"
She had felt something off about him earlier, carrying a sense of returning to one's origins, never expecting it to be the legendary realm of the "Martial Saint!"