Immortal Path to Heaven

Chapter 464 The Extreme Grade Boundary

Raging flames and flying saber-lights-ripped, burned, devoured!

Ou Yangming’s eyes became brighter, and his aura became stronger. The change after he advanced to Extreme Grade was apparent, especially when he could activate skills with more ease.

A faint smile was seen on his face. The Inescapable Trap was incredibly enormous, but it became an endless source of nourishment for him due to the Devouring ability. When infinite energies gushed into the young fellow’s body and were converted into his essential Qi, his foundation was stabilized and filled.

Ou Yangming experienced the feeling once in the past, which was when he advanced rapidly in the imperial family’s secret realm.

Back then, he was fortunate to have directly advanced from the early phase of Yang Grade to the peak. This time, he stumbled upon another opportunity in the Inescapable Trap, allowing his ability to improve without an end. Needless to say, it was also because his mental power had arrived at the world’s limit, hence he could naturally advance smoothly. If his mental power was not sufficient enough to control the abundant essential Qi in his body, he would be courting his death at this moment.

Ou Yangming cried into the air all of a sudden, and it was so loud that it spread far and wide, causing everyone else to be appalled. The two spirit insects below looked at each other and felt strange. It was clear that Ou Yangming was trapped by the Inescapable Trap, and the goshawk’s power was slowly being reduced. The spirit insects wondered, ‘Why did the human become so vigorous as if he swallowed an All-nourishing Bolus?’

As the Flame Saber burnt, the Inescapable Trap controlled by the spirit beasts did not advance at all as it was completely blocked by the saber-lights and flames. On top of that, they vaguely sensed that something was off.

Ou Yangming’s advancement into Extreme Grade was an extremely big deal to him, but it was a trivial matter to the spirit beasts. To them, it did not matter if a human Supreme Great Ancestor or a Yang Grade powerhouse was trapped because it would not make a difference.

The Inescapable Trap should have captured Ou Yangming and his companions when the goshawk’s power weakened, but they ended up in a deadlock situation. While feeling bewildered, the spirit insects became anxious.

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“That’s not right…”

Elder Universe’s face changed, and he shouted from the top of the wall, “That’s Lil’ Friend Ou’s voice!”

“Yes, it’s him.” Ni Jingshen took a deep breath before he added, “The Insects are scheming something against him indeed!”

The Supreme Great Ancestors looked at each other worriedly.

“Save him—we must save him no matter what!” Elder Universe noted without any hesitation, “Lil’ Friend Ou is controlling two spirit beasts now, which makes him an indispensable power for the Humans. He mustn’t be harmed no matter what.”

Ni Jingshen and Fang Zhaoyang exchanged glances and smiled bitterly.

They naturally understood what the elder meant, but they also knew if they went over to Ou Yangming like that, they might not be of help even if they risked their lives.

Elder Universe sighed and expressed out of the blue, “Gentlemen, I have some properties in the city, and the people who rely on them to live are common folks. They’ve been serving me for three generations, so please take care of them in the future.”

Ni Jingshen was stunned. “Senior, what do you mean?”

Elder Universe shook his head and smiled as if he perceived everything. “I initially thought an old brat like me can live a few more years because of Lil’ Friend Ou’s existence among the Humans, but it turns out that I can’t escape my fate!”

“Senior.” Ni Jingshen’s eyelids twitched as he remarked, “This must be discussed thoroughly; you mustn’t act rashly!” “If Lil’ Friend Ou lives, the Humans will leave a peaceful life; if he dies…” Elder Universe sighed.

Ni Jingshen and Fang Zhaoyang looked at the spirit insects in the distance, as well as the huge bulge covered by the thin film.

The goshawk was a spirit beast, Multi-armed King Kong was a spirit beast, and the Insects had two spirit beasts too. Nonetheless, it was frightening because the spirit beasts were no longer fighting for themselves. If Ou Yangming died, nobody knew if the remaining spirit beasts would fight each other to death or would join hands to go against the Humans.

If it was the latter, even the odds would be against Wu Yuanwei—the imperial family’s greatest powerhouse, who was known to have exceeded the Extreme Grade Boundary.

“Senior, you might not be able to help even if you go over. At the end of the day, there’s a significant disparity between us and spirit beasts,” Ni Jingshen commented bitterly.

Who knew, Elder Universe laughed out loud. “Just wait and see if I’ll be of any help.” He later flapped his sleeves and was about to jump off the wall. “Senior, I’ll go there with you.” Fang Zhaoyang stomped his foot and said sternly, “Brother Ni, I’ll entrust the Fang family to you too.”

He knew he would likely suffer a grim fate if he left, so much so that his corpse might not even be intact. Nevertheless, he was left with no choice because the city was faced with a crisis.

Ni Jingshen smiled bitterly. “Since the two of you are going, how can I not go too?”

Elder Universe furrowed his eyebrows. “Don’t try to play the hero. I have a way to kill spirit beasts, what about you? Are you going to get yourselves killed…”

“What? Kill the spirit beasts?” Ni Jingshen’s eyes lit up. Even though he could not figure out what trick Elder Universe had to achieve that goal, he knew the elder would not speak carelessly.

“Take good care of the city and don’t let the other races destroy our home,” Elder Universe ordered in a deep voice before he flashed and jumped off the wall.

Fang Zhaoyang moved his legs a little, but he did not follow the elder.

If Elder Universe really had a way to kill spirit beasts, Fang Zhaoyang would only be a burden if he insisted on following the elder.

Elder Universe was as fast as lightning. After jumping off the wall, he walked with his hands behind his back as if he was not walking amidst a sea of insects but a flat road.

The Insects, which picked up the smell of his flesh and blood, charged toward it madly. Despite that, before they could get close to Elder Universe, he went past them and traveled at a faster speed.

Far away, the two spirit insects noticed something unusual here, but they fully focused on the thin film in the sky and ignored Elder Universe.

How could a human do anything to affect their setup?

‘He’s overestimating himself and asking for humiliation!

Elder Universe flashed and finally arrived in front of the two spirit beasts. He stared at them, and his beard and hair stood on ends as a massive aura was about to gush out.

It was then when a deafening explosion was heard coming from the sky. It was thunderous and earth-shattering.

The elder quivered a bit, and the peculiar changes in his body stopped at once. He looked strangely at the sky and mumbled with a weird look on his face, “Do I not have to die again?”

The goshawk stood in the sky, which was also one of the Birds’ unique abilities.

It fixed its gaze on Ou Yangming and was in shock because its master’s power was too mighty and too bizarre. Not only could he rip the Inescapable Trap apart, but he could also convert the power for his own use. What power allowed him to convert the Inescapable Trap’s power? The goshawk dared not think further.

Even so, it feared Ou Yangming even more and dared not disobey him anymore.

It would obey Ou Yangming even if he asked it to fall from the sky at the next instant. If Ou Yangming could hold on without a limit to turn the plentiful energies into endless essential Qi into his body, with the pressure from his mighty mental power, his martial arts boundary could be upgraded. In fact, it also seemed possible for the young fellow to directly advance to the peak of Extreme Grade.

However, the spirit insects finally noticed something was off. In particular, when Ou Yangming’s abundant aura overflowed, and he could not help but cry into the air, they realized that the Inescapable Trap’s aura declined a lot.

The spirit insects looked at each other and immediately extended the trap further. They no longer hoped to capture Ou Yangming and his companions in this fixed spot.

Just as they began to deliver the thought and the Inescapable Trap became loose, Ou Yangming knew what they were planning to do.

It was a wonderful sensing ability, which was similar to when an expert could figure out his or her opponent’s every move during a battle. When Ou Yangming’s Military Fire and Devouring ability were fully unleashed, the Inescapable Trap’s movements were simulated in his mind, and he always had countermeasures.

Ou Yangming turned his hand abruptly. Right after the Inescapable Trap’s pressure reduced, he activated the Flame skill in his equipment and blasted it out.

Covered by the trap, the area here had been tightly suppressed long ago. That said, a forceful firestorm burst out and triggered a chain reaction. The Inescapable Trap was ignited in the narrow space, causing surges of energy that could not be released.

Accompanied by an ear-splitting explosion, the trap in this area finally exploded. With the goshawk as the core, blazing heat waves spread out in all directions like fireworks.

Inside the intense flames, Ou Yangming stood proudly on the goshawk. He was highly-spirited and carried an unexcelled aura, whereas the scorching fire around him enveloped the goshawk.

Far away, everyone on the ground turned to look at this moment.

The scene of the King of Flames would forever be imprinted on every living being’s memory.