Chapter 400 - 166: World-Destroying Pillar of Light, Clone Body, Spirit Immortal Realm
Chen Shaoyou subconsciously took two steps back, only to feel the ground beneath him give way, as if he were stepping on sand. It appeared to be empty air, but he was actually standing on an invisible Sealing Barrier.
Hearing the Jade Toad’s whisper, he suddenly understood.
The seal here hadn’t activated on its own. Someone had deliberately triggered it, causing it to erupt and sweep them all inside.
From what the Jade Toad said, it seemed the cause was this very Boxing Saint Daoist before them.
"It was me."
Su Bai stood suspended in mid-air, his gaze lowered to the small Jade Toad in the far distance as he spoke calmly.
"Some matters are more conveniently dealt with in here than out there."
After breaking through to the 10th Layer of the Dragon and Phoenix Immortal Scripture, his Divine Spirit’s perception of the world had become unprecedentedly Extraordinary.
From the smallest blade of grass or single fish to the grand movements of mountains, rivers, the sun, moon, and stars, nothing could escape his senses.
He could even mysteriously perceive things invisible to ordinary people.
Take Ling Province at this very moment, for example.
And this Old Demon Ghost before his eyes.
This Elder Demon was sealed within this special space.
This fact could no longer be hidden from him after his Divine Spirit’s transformation.
However, he hadn’t expected this old toad to pull a little trick like the Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell.
This little Jade Toad was Toad Wrath, one of the Three Li. In other words, it was a Clone Body that had escaped after the original shed its shell.
It had escaped from the unstable void while Cui Yanliang was fighting the Celestial Secret Sect Master and Monk Taixuan.
If not for his powerful Divine Spirit, which had already detected this subtle change...
As soon as anyone carried it away from that Deadly Pool Water, it could have escaped to freedom.
Once it hid itself amongst the sea of people, no one would ever be able to find a trace of it again.
As these thoughts crossed his mind, he glanced at Chen Shaoyou, who was still backing away in the distance.
The man froze as if struck by lightning, becoming as still as a statue.
The Jade Toad stared at Su Bai, seeming to probe for something, or perhaps waiting for something.
Su Bai, standing high in the sky, was also sizing up the toad.
Ever since he arrived in the Dayu Immortal Dynasty, the name "Seven Heroes and Three Li" had been like an unavoidable threshold.
All the ancient legends seemed to eventually connect back to them.
Now that he was finally seeing one in the flesh, how could he not take a good look?
Immortal and indestructible!
For anyone, this held an unimaginable allure, especially for someone who had once struggled fiercely on the brink of life and death.
「A moment later.」
The airflow within the void gradually subsided, and the Void Gate behind Su Bai slowly closed.
"So, it’s just you..."
The Jade Toad’s eyes finally twitched, and it let out a cold sneer.
"It seems that man really is dead. And his two Dharma Protectors... are they dead as well?"
"How very interesting..."
It was just a cold sneer.
But the vast Sealed Space shook from the sound, and currents of air swept through the void.
Billowing Demon Qi instantly filled everything as far as the eye could see.
In an instant, the sound of countless ghosts wailing and gods howling erupted, seeming to blot out all light.
Ye Xiaoyu’s expression changed. She grabbed Chen Shaoyou with one hand and rapidly retreated for dozens of miles.
Looking up, she saw a storm of dark green Demon Qi swirling violently.
Within it, a colossal toad materialized, as vast as the stars and moon. Even from hundreds of miles away, it still felt pressingly close.
She couldn’t help but retreat frantically once more.
"This is bad! It really is the Elder Demon!"
In the far distance, feeling the biting blast of Demon Qi, the expressions of both the Celestial Secret Sect Master and Monk Taixuan changed drastically!
"No, that’s not right. The Elder Demon’s true body is still sealed in the Death Qi Space. It’s not yet time for it to break free. Unless..."
"This is its Clone Body?"
The Celestial Secret Sect Master made a quick calculation with his fingers, then suddenly threw his head back and spat out a mouthful of blood.
The blood was shockingly red. In the blink of an eye, it wove itself into a small chessboard, the countless pieces within it flashing in and out of existence.
In a mere instant, all the originally lustrous white pieces had turned jet black.
"A great... a great omen of disaster!"
"This is an omen of terrible misfortune!"
"Just as I thought! The Elder Demon is really about to break free!"
Before the Celestial Secret Sect Master could speak, Monk Taixuan had already read the information displayed on the chessboard, and his heart began to pound wildly.
Golden fragments clattered down from his cracked Golden Body.
"That Elder Demon... it can actually break free?"
Cui Yanliang shot across the sky. Countless electric serpents and Thunder Dragons roared within him as he crossed thousands of miles in an instant, stirring up a majestic storm as he charged toward the distance.
"So that’s how it is... so that’s how it is..."
At the same time, watching the giant toad Dharma Aspect as he was being carried away in a frantic retreat by Ye Xiaoyu, Chen Shaoyou’s heart trembled, and he began to mutter to himself.
𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮
Suddenly, it was as if he understood everything.
’Some farmer having a world-shaking fortuitous encounter.’
’Some descendant of the Seven Heroes and Three Li.’
’It was all a lie!’
’This was clearly a scheme by that old toad to break free using these means.’
’No wonder the legend only mentioned it in passing, without even explaining the farmer’s fate.’
’Looking at it now, the farmer probably became the Elder Demon’s puppet the moment he left the mountain forest!’
Chen Shaoyou’s heart filled with shock and terror.
’Just as I thought, legends are all lies.’
’How could it be so easy to stumble upon a great fortune?’
’Especially when it involves the Seven Heroes and Three Li. How could those ten terrifying Great Demon Ghosts possibly grant a fortune to someone else?’