Chapter 122 - 121: A Fist Like a Mountain, Merging with Heaven and Earth, Fertile Land, Rich Waters, the People Rejoice
A golden-white light swirled around Su Bai’s knuckles as he gently caressed Teng’s head.
Legend says the Immortal’s Touch grants eternal life!
But now, as Su Bai touched his head, he was granting him Rebirth!
There was a certain twisted similarity between the two.
He didn’t even need to check what level of the Divine Platform Realm the man was.
With Su Bai’s current Physique and strength, he could obliterate any existence below the Dao Palace Realm with a single punch or palm strike.
He now had countless Cultivation Techniques and Divine Techniques converged within him, a Flawless Spirit Sea, and a top-tier Eighth-Grade Body Cultivation Technique!
No cultivator at the Divine Platform Realm could possibly withstand a single palm strike from him!
’The Immortal’s Touch, granting Rebirth!’
Su Bai’s palm strike looked deceptively casual.
But the golden light spilling from his knuckles shattered a small patch of the void, revealing a flicker of piercing blackness.
An aura that utterly terrified the Soaring Demon enveloped his entire body in an instant.
BAM!!!
The next moment, Teng’s form instantly exploded!
His head was crushed into a cloud of mist.
Su Bai froze for a moment.
He watched the mist dissipate, a flicker of surprise in his eyes.
’This Divine Technique is rather interesting!’
The thought had barely formed when he vanished from his spot.
...
Outside the prison, Teng had transformed into a wisp of mist. He shot toward the heavens like a bolt of lightning, melting into the fine rain and becoming streaks of vapor that fled away from the Imperial City.
’Damn it! How could there be such a terrifying existence inside the Great Xia Prison?!’
Teng roared inwardly, his heart blazing with fury.
The memory of that near-death experience still made his body tremble with lingering fear.
That sudden palm strike had felt like facing his Eldest Brother.
He hadn’t dared to even think of resisting. He had immediately used every trick in the book to escape the prison in an instant.
He didn’t even dare to look back.
He hadn’t even gotten a clear look at the man’s face.
’Run! I have to run!’
The thought flashed through his mind.
In a flash, he had covered dozens of miles.
Seeing the desolate landscape around him, Teng finally breathed a sigh of relief.
’I’ve come this far. I should be safe now, right?’
Teng slowed his pace slightly and glanced back subconsciously.
His pupils contracted violently.
A thread of Golden Purple True Qi was shooting toward him from the far distance.
Wherever the golden-purple thread passed, it incinerated and annihilated every drop of rain.
It left a narrow vacuum in its wake.
In the blink of an eye, it was before him.
The Soaring Demon had no time to react before the strand of Golden Purple True Qi pierced the spot between his eyes.
With a POP, Teng’s head exploded.
His body dissolved into a cloud of mist and rapidly dissipated.
The Golden Purple True Qi that had pierced his head simply vanished into the sky without a sound, leaving no trace.
’This Divine Technique... its life-preserving abilities are that powerful?’
Su Bai, who was following from a great distance, looked surprised as his Divine Thoughts reached the scene.
If the True Qi of an ordinary Spirit Transformation Realm expert was like gentle water, then Su Bai’s True Qi was like the hardest stone ice.
With True Qi of such quality, he could kill the man without even using a Cultivation Technique.
Su Bai had been completely confident that attack would finish the job.
He never expected the man to slip away yet again.
Su Bai spread his Divine Thoughts.
His Divine Thoughts, far exceeding the range of anyone in the Divine Platform Realm, quickly found the man’s trail again, dozens of miles away.
’He’s fast.’
Su Bai lifted a finger and shot out another strand of Golden Purple True Qi. With a piercing shriek, it drew a brilliant, straight line through the air.
It shot into the distance.
But a moment later, surprise once again crossed Su Bai’s face.
’He used that Divine Technique to escape again?’
After this happened four or five times, Su Bai grew increasingly interested in the man’s Divine Technique.
Each time, he used his Golden Purple True Qi to pierce what was clearly Teng’s True Body, yet it would instantly prove to be a fake.
It would dissolve into mist and dissipate, only for him to reappear somewhere else.
Such a Divine Technique was truly unfathomable.
’This is a good Divine Technique!’
A pleased look appeared on Su Bai’s face.
He replayed the recent events in his mind, then tilted his head back and looked at the sky.
’I think I have a rough idea of how this Divine Technique works now.’
...
’Damn it! Good thing I’m a master of escape!’
After dodging several lethal attacks in a row, Teng had begun to relax. The sheer terror he’d felt before was starting to subside.
He took out an ancient-looking black Beast Scale, ready to activate it at a moment’s notice. Then, he raised his right arm.
Golden Scales materialized on it.
He gripped one of the scales and thought grimly.
’I should contact Third Sister first. My position has been exposed. If I continue to act rashly, my chances of survival are slim!’
’I’ll regroup when I get back and we can make a new plan!’
As he thought this, he continued to flee, preparing to activate the Golden Scale in his hand.
Before he could make contact, the entire sky above him...
...suddenly went dark.
’What’s happening?’
Teng frowned and looked up.
His eyes widened, and his lips began to tremble.
He saw a towering, majestic golden mountain.
It blotted out the sun like a cloud.
And it was bearing down on him.
’Where did a golden mountain come from?!’
Amidst a deafening roar, the stunned, burly youth saw waves of immense pressure radiating from the golden mountain.
Light!
He saw a blindingly intense light!
It bloomed from the golden mountain, like a great golden sun.
In that instant, for dozens of miles around...
...the mist vanished!
A brilliant ray of light spanned heaven and earth.
In that single moment, all the dark clouds and mist vanished completely.
Only the bright sun was left, shining in a clear sky.
The air around him became scorching and dry.
The Soaring Demon stared blankly at the golden mountain, having given up all thought of struggling.
Such power, like that of the Immortal Gods, was beyond his comprehension.
For a fleeting, dazed moment...
...he snapped out of it!
But the golden mountain was already upon him.
At this moment, all around him...
Water!
Mist!
It was all gone. How could he possibly use his Divine Technique?
"Damn it!"
In his desperation, the Soaring Demon activated the black Beast Scale in his hand.
The Beast Scale erupted with a dense, dark light, about to envelop the Soaring Demon and carry him away.
"Stay,"
Su Bai’s indifferent voice echoed from the heavens.
With a mere thought, he spread his five fingers.
Five majestic, towering peaks, like golden pillars of heaven, appeared.
They gathered all light and sun, eclipsing all sound and shape.
They closed in and crushed the burly youth in an instant.
As the Soaring Demon’s body exploded...
...Su Bai could vaguely make out that it was a hybrid demon, part fish and part Dragon.
But what surprised Su Bai was that as the Soaring Demon’s remains fell to the ground, they rapidly faded, seeping into the soil like water...
...while the blood left hanging in the air transformed into motes of hazy light and slowly dissipated.
’What a peculiar demon!’
Su Bai scanned the area with his Divine Sense and immediately discovered something.
After the Soaring Demon died, its body and essence fused with the surrounding world, nourishing the land and water.
The soil became more fertile, the water clearer. Fish and shrimp populations boomed, and resources multiplied.
At the same time, it purged the air of toxins, malevolent energies, and Demonic Qi.
With an abundance of fish and rice and sweet, clean air, the lives of the common people would naturally improve.
Within the range of his Divine Thoughts, he could already sense crops beginning to grow and ripen at an accelerated rate, nourished by the Soaring Demon’s essence.
Countless people were celebrating; cheers echoed through every street and alley.
’He committed monstrous sins in life, yet in death, he nourishes the world.’
’So the Soaring Demon did end up being useful for something, after all.’
Su Bai withdrew his Divine Thoughts, a smile touching his lips.
Since ancient times, it has been true of every Dynasty:
when it rises, the people suffer; when it falls, the people suffer.
A stable environment and an abundance of food are the only true foundations for a peaceful and prosperous life for the common folk.
It seemed that in death, by a strange twist of fate, the Soaring Demon had even managed to accumulate a bit of Merit for itself.
How amusing.
’Time to go back and claim my reward,’ Su Bai thought, his mood improving.
His gaze turned in the direction of the prison.
His body became a streak of light, vanishing into the distance.