Essence Devouring Art

Before the Yong Bird descended.

Wu Dao had explored and analyzed the myriad intricate connections between the various magnetic fields of this domain.

Ultimately, he had found the first domino—the one that, once toppled, would trigger the energy of every magnetic node.

In essence, it was a clever trick.

But power is only a matter of strong or weak; the foolish notion of "cleverly borrowing external force" did not exist.

...

BOOM!

Within the hunting grounds.

As Wu Dao threw a punch, the countless magnetic field lines connected to his physique trembled in unison. The domino fell, setting off a chain reaction.

The full momentum of the region’s magnetic field all swarmed to empower his fist. With the force of collapsing heavens and falling stars, it crushed layers of the void as it smashed toward the enraged Lie Huang.

"Evil Demon and Outsider, you’re courting death!"

Seeing Wu Dao turn on him right after suppressing the White Bone Daoist, treating him like an easy target, Lie Huang felt utterly humiliated.

He was certain.

Even if Wu Dao wasn’t an Evil God, he was definitely one of the Evil Demons and Outsiders that everyone had the right to execute. Suppressing the White Bone Daoist without killing him was a clear sign that he wanted to use them for some kind of Demon Dao technique.

Such rampant arrogance, looking down on everyone.

Did he really think that he, Lie Huang, was made of clay?

DONG!!

The starry sky thundered and shook.

Faced with Wu Dao’s punch, which mobilized the full momentum of the area, Lie Huang neither dodged nor evaded. His slightly dimmed Fourth Layer starry sky Body Image rumbled and turned as he, too, clenched his fist and struck back in kind.

Although the Yong Bird’s Drought World Pupil had burned away much of their Life Origin, it had only weakened them, not caused them to drop a realm.

After breaking free from the Drought World Pupil,

he, Lie Huang, still possessed the physique of a Fourth Step Yang God and the combat power of a seventh-step King Grade!

BANG! BANG! BANG!

In less than an instant,

the colorful magnetic Divine Fist collided with the tyrannical starry sky fist. The clash of ultimate Power was like two Ancient Fierce Beasts wrestling for dominance, or the grinding of the great millstone of heaven and earth.

Layers of vacuum were ground into dust.

Ripples of Power vibrated outward, sweeping across the entire hunting grounds.

Millions of miles away,

some of the weaker Dharma Phase Practitioners were sent flying, spitting blood. They crashed into the magnetic field barrier, their bodies nearly falling apart.

The moment their fists met, Lie Huang could clearly feel that Wu Dao’s physical strength and stamina were inferior to his. But in the next moment, his pupils abruptly shrank.

BUZZ—CRACKLE!

The sound of shattering porcelain rippled through the air.

Before Lie Huang’s shocked eyes,

Wu Dao’s physique, which had just been crushed like broken porcelain by his Power, was suddenly enveloped by a colorful ripple spreading from his fist.

Wherever the shimmering light passed,

his previously damaged body was restored to pristine condition. All the destructive Power was distributed and transferred through countless colorful lines, merging into the many magnetic field domains within the hunting grounds.

’Has he really become one with the hunting grounds?’

’No!’

’There has to be a limit, a weakness!’

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

A savage light flared in Lie Huang’s eyes. His Fourth Layer Holy Spirit Starry Sky poured out world-overturning might. His tyrannical fists rained down like a meteor shower, carrying boundless, unyielding baleful energy as they frantically bombarded Wu Dao’s body.

But it was useless.

No matter how he attacked,

even if he pulverized Wu Dao’s body into a human-shaped cloud of dust,

after the shimmering ripple passed,

Wu Dao would be perfectly unharmed once more. All the destructive Power was diverted into the magnetic fields in all directions of the hunting grounds.

Not only did it fail to harm Wu Dao, but it also caused the colorful cage sealing the hunting grounds to shine even brighter and become more indestructible.

Furthermore,

it began to faintly release an aura of absolute severance, an aura that could cut the connections between all things.

Some of the weaker Dharma Phase Practitioners at the edges were pulled involuntarily toward the walls of the cage like nails to a magnet, unable to tear themselves away.

"You brute, stop attacking!" the Qianzai Alliance Leader roared, finally realizing that something was wrong.

The more Lie Huang attacked Wu Dao, the stronger the cage walls became, and the more dangerous the momentum of the domain grew. It was like he was feeding Wu Dao Great Nourishing Pills.

It was incredible, but the absurd reality was unfolding right before his eyes. He couldn’t help but feel anxious.

VMMMM~

The shimmering ripple appeared again.

Wu Dao, once again restored from his pulverized state, looked down with his abyss-like eyes at the gnashing Lie Huang and said coolly, "Are you done messing around? If so, it’s my turn."

CLANG!

The Heart Lake Alarm Bell rang wildly.

It was so frantic that it sounded like a single, continuous peal.

But before Lie Huang could react,

VMMMM—

It was still an ordinary-looking hammer fist.

But as Wu Dao clenched his fist and pressed down,

the full momentum of the hunting grounds’ magnetic field surged through the countless colorful threads, converged within Wu Dao’s Heavenly Essence Small Cycle, and poured into his fist.

VMMMM—RUMBLE!

The Primordial Dao Wheel spun at extreme speed before coming to a dead stop.

It too gathered endless magnetic field energy to empower the punch.

Celestial Essence Magnetic Burst Fist!

BOOM!!

It was as if the Yong Bird had unleashed its might once more.

Ten thousand great suns erupted from Wu Dao’s fist. Colorful divine light flashed at a high frequency, and everything in existence seemed to lose its color, becoming a two-dimensional black-and-white picture.

Beneath the fist, Lie Huang’s magnificent Body Image began to disintegrate. His Fourth Layer starry sky was dimensionally crushed into a single colorful line.

His peerlessly tempered physique, under the pressure of the Celestial Essence fist, felt as if it were shouldering the weight of the heavens themselves. His spine bent, his legs trembled, and he was on the verge of collapsing to his knees.

Utterly vast and heavy!

Utterly degrading and destructive!

This fist!

If he, Lie Huang, failed to take it...

"Decay!!"

CLANG!!

At the moment of life and death,

the Qianzai Alliance Leader made his move. His pitch-black Celestial Blade transformed into a gray, chaotic haze. Its blade aspect, which decayed all things, tore through the sky-filling flashes of colorful divine light and slashed toward Wu Dao’s descending fist.

VMMMM!!

He wasn’t the only one.

The Vacuum Sect also realized the gravity of the situation. Within the Vacuum Home, the ever-changing face of the Mother of the Void, with its ten thousand visages, suddenly froze in an expression of wrath.

The moment her eyes opened,

a pure white holy fire that could incinerate the filthy, evil mortal world erupted forth. With a single thought, it pierced through millions of miles of starry sky to intercept the Celestial Essence Magnetic Burst Fist.

This Demon was too demonic and bizarre.

If they were defeated one by one, none of them would escape. Their only chance to turn the tables was to join forces once more.

"AHH! KILL!!"

BOOM!!

With the two of them sharing the burden, Lie Huang also broke free from the pressure of the Celestial Essence Magnetic Burst Fist. His body erupted with a monstrous divine radiance, and every pore spewed forth stellar baleful energy. He unleashed the Power of his physical body without reservation, his spine straightening bit by bit.

"Innate... Light of the Tribulation Body!!"

As he gritted his teeth and held up the sky, Lie Huang unleashed a great slaughter technique exclusive to the physique of a Yang God—it was also the only Great All Heavens Divine Technique-level attack present.

BOOM!

A Chaos-colored tribulation light erupted from Lie Huang’s spine. It swirled with the shadows of Sacred Spirits, carrying an ominous aura that sent a chill through the bodies of everyone present as it spiraled in a column toward Wu Dao’s brow.

At the same time as the three Overlords attacked Wu Dao,

"Fellow Daoists, this Demon is vicious beyond compare! Our only hope of survival is to join forces and execute him! Form an array, quickly!"

The people from the Dharma Alliance were also roaring with killing intent, rallying morale and uniting the various Dharma Strongmen on the field, intending to form an array to besiege and kill Wu Dao.

This cage was too bizarre.

Even the one among them with the highest attainment in the Array Dao couldn’t find the slightest trace of a Grand Array, let alone a way to break it.

Through their previous observations,

they had discovered that Wu Dao, connected by myriad threads, was the core "Array Plate" controlling the orderly domain.

In other words,

only by killing Wu Dao could they escape with their lives.

"Sect Master Chen is right! Fellow Daoists, kill!"

"You son-of-a-bitch Evil Demon, die!"

"Form the array! Form the array!"

The many Dharma Phase Practitioners were no fools.

All those who weren’t bound to the walls of the cage took advantage of Wu Dao being tied down by the three Overlords. They roared and gathered, their auras linking as they combined their Dharma Aspects and Divine Techniques to charge into battle.

Hooo~

Wu Dao’s Divine Fist continued to press down. His Primordial Magnetic Tribulation Finger rotated through an All Heaven cycle, and his demonic black eyes shot out two extremely condensed beams of Primordial Magnetic Tribulation Light. They struck last but arrived first, continuously dissolving the Light of the Innate Tribulation Body.

From the corner of his eye,

he glimpsed the nearly one hundred Dharma Phase Practitioners charging toward him in a terrifying Killing Array.

But his expression remained indifferent and composed.

There wasn’t the slightest hint of panic.

’A human wave attack?’

’Heh...’

VMMMM!

The momentum of the domain shifted.

A vast Magnetic Field Power surged into Wu Dao’s body like a thousand rivers returning to the sea, empowering his Divine Techniques one after another and causing their Mighty Power to skyrocket.

THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!

A heartbeat like a God and Demon beating a war drum suddenly echoed throughout the hunting grounds without any warning. A tragic omen of war and calamity filled every inch of spacetime in the Ten Directions.

Within the dark Chaos,

a ferocious Ancient Giant Beast that controlled war and disaster seemed to slowly open its eyes, looking down upon the chaotic world of mortals.

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH~

In the even deeper darkness,

wisps of black Karmic Fire began to blaze, outlining the terrifying silhouette of an ancient Fierce God.

Vermilion Bird Dharma Aspect—Chaos Heart Monkey!

Qiongqi Dharma Aspect—Black Lotus Karmic Fire!

Normally, a Ten Yang Gods practitioner, limited by their natural talent and Comprehension, would, after achieving the Yang God realm, fuse five Holy Spirit Divine Techniques into the Light of the Innate Tribulation Body, a Slaughter Body Technique comparable to a Great All Heavens Divine Technique.

But Wu Dao looked down on that so-called Light of the Tribulation Body. After achieving the Yang God realm, he fused his Five Great Sacred Spirits Divine Techniques into One Origin, Ten Thousand Transformations, and refined them all into Dharma Aspects.

Every single Divine Technique underwent a transformation.

Each one possessed the potential of the Thirty-Three Heavens, and the Mighty Power of any single one was equivalent to an attack from a Dharma Phase Practitioner with the potential of a Daoist Child.

Now, under the empowerment of the magnetic field’s momentum,

the Mighty Power of these two Divine Techniques soared to the level of a seventh-step King Grade Dharma Aspect!

Anyone below the seventh step could not resist it at all!

"What the hell is this stuff?"

Within the grand array formed by the many Dharma Phase Practitioners, Heavenly Dragon, who had been trying to fish in troubled waters, suddenly felt countless Heart Monkeys throwing his Divine Soul into disarray. His violent aura surged, and he felt an overwhelming urge to destroy heaven and earth.

But before he could vent his fury,

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH~

an even more terrifying Qiongqi’s Karmic Fire ignited within his Heart Lake and Divine Soul, burning away all his evil karma and sinful obstacles.

Fueled by the violent and evil desires stirred up by the Heart Monkey, it was like pouring oil on a roaring fire. The flames gushed from every pore on his body, burning his soul and flesh, and instantly turned him into a black torch.

"AHHH!"

A bloodcurdling, inhuman scream rang out.

Heavenly Dragon writhed on the ground, suffering the unimaginable pain of being burned by Karmic Fire. He wished he could end his own life, but he couldn’t even control his own body to do so.

"AH, NO!!"

More human torches lit up.

Screams echoed across the hunting grounds.

The Killing Array formed by the numerous Dharma Phase Practitioners instantly collapsed, its members turning into one human torch after another, unable to live and unable to die.

It wasn’t just them.

The two men and one god wrestling with Wu Dao were also affected by the Chaos Heart Monkey and Qiongqi’s Karmic Fire. Their divine light flickered, and their power continuously weakened.

’Chaos Heart Monkey... Qiongqi’s Karmic Fire? How is this possible!’

Lie Huang, the one with the strongest Transverse Cultivation, was especially horrified. He had instantly recognized these two Holy Spirit Divine Techniques.