Chapter 645 - 638: Solidified Crystal
In their countless past battles, the Celestial Demons had always relied on their bizarre and uncanny abilities. Even when Zhou Yuanjue managed to gain the upper hand, the final result, more often than not, was the Celestial Demons escaping through various means.
This reliance on their uncanny abilities gave the Celestial Demons a sense of superiority.
After all, they were on a different level from humans. It was difficult for humans to pose a genuine threat to their lives and very existence.
However, the Zhou Yuanjue of today was a far cry from his former self. His power had reached a level where he could meet a Celestial Demon Ancestor as an equal, or even look down upon them.
Now, the Celestial Demons could no longer flaunt their bizarre abilities as they once did, coming and going as they pleased before him.
From now on, any opponent who appeared before him, who he captured and locked onto, would meet only one fate!!
BOOM!!
A vast, silver-white Sacred Lotus pattern spread out, covering the entire battlefield and instantly dispelling the gray fog that shrouded the Master of Desolation and Rainbow.
At the same time, Zhou Yuanjue raised his head and looked to the infinite heights of the sky, his gaze seemingly meeting that of a certain figure hidden high above.
Then, with a faint smile, he withdrew his gaze and turned his attention back to the Master of Desolation and Rainbow.
HUFF!! HUFF!!
Their breathing suddenly grew heavy. A sense of pressure and helplessness brewed within their hearts, violently disrupting their state of mind.
"Do you think we can’t escape?!! Even you can’t truly kill us! Even if we die here, we can be reborn elsewhere!!"
"You want to be humanity’s Savior, don’t you?! Then let’s see if you can save everyone here!!!"
The Master of Desolation seemed to have descended into a frenzy.
THUMP-THUMP!! THUMP-THUMP!!
Accompanied by the intense thumping of a heart, a terrifying power began to gather within his body.
His body swelled visibly, like an inflating ball, as green veins and blood vessels bulged on his skin.
Zhou Yuanjue could sense it even more clearly: within the Master of Desolation’s Energy Core—his heart—the Power of the True Realm was coalescing as an immense force was continuously compressed.
The man had already prepared to self-destruct the moment he was outmatched.
This reminded Zhou Yuanjue of the Ancient True King who served under the Master of Desolation. After realizing he was outmatched and had no chance of escape, he had also detonated himself.
This was because they had fail-safes. Even if their bodies were destroyed and their wills annihilated, as long as a Divine Fragment existed, they could be reborn, albeit at a price.
It was an alternative form of escape, similar to how a lizard sheds its tail to survive.
The power and range of a self-detonation under these circumstances were terrifying.
He naturally didn’t have to worry about his own safety, but the Martial Artists behind him likely wouldn’t survive.
In fact, judging by the scale of an Ancestral Level self-detonation, perhaps half of Donghua’s territory would be threatened.
"Resorting to self-destruction already? It seems this tradition of your Desolate line was passed down from you..."
"Trying to escape this way again?"
"But you won’t get that chance in front of me."
SWOOSH!!
The next moment, Zhou Yuanjue’s figure vanished, reappearing before the Master of Desolation at near-teleportation speed.
"You can’t stop me!!"
The Master of Desolation roared with laughter and charged toward Zhou Yuanjue’s approaching figure.
With his heart’s core now activated, he was in his most terrifying state of power. His every move contained the terrifying force to annihilate matter.
BOOM!!
He threw a punch like a nuclear explosion at Zhou Yuanjue, who had just appeared before him.
Zhou Yuanjue met his attack with a punch of his own.
The Sacred Lotus Structure unleashed a ferocious power.
WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH!!
The Master of Desolation’s figure was sent flying into the sky. He seemed completely unable to block the terrifying power.
FWOOSH!!
However, before he could regain his balance, ten thousand meters up in the sky, Zhou Yuanjue’s figure abruptly appeared behind him.
TAP!!
A palm landed on his back, right over his heart.
The sigil of the Sacred Lotus Structure was branded onto his body like a hot iron.
The ethereal Sacred Lotus that enveloped Zhou Yuanjue sent countless roots surging along with the sigil. They rapidly entwined the Master of Desolation’s body and, with the aid of the Power of the True Realm, pierced into his flesh to firmly envelop his heart’s core.
Then, the Rebirth Ability activated.
"You!!!"
The Master of Desolation felt the vast power he had accumulated rapidly draining away, converting from the material world into the True Realm.
He could not resist the process. Among the Twelve Primordial Ancestors, though he wielded the Power of the True Realm, his strength ranked last among those who possessed it. There was a clear difference in Energy Level between him and the current Zhou Yuanjue.
Zhou Yuanjue could crush him through his superior Energy Level alone.
GURGLE GURGLE!!
Then, Zhou Yuanjue’s entire palm, and even his entire arm, began to "melt."
No, it wasn’t so much melting as it was flesh and blood proliferating.
Under his control, a mass of flesh and blood spread from his body, rapidly covering the Master of Desolation’s entire form.
These were cells that possessed the essence of the Sacred Lotus Structure, cells capable of channeling the Power of the True Realm!
In a sense, he still couldn’t completely kill a Primordial Ancestor. However, he could now do to them what a Primordial Ancestor had once done to him.
Using a vast amount of Energy and the Power of the True Realm, he could "isolate" his opponent’s primary consciousness from the material world, severing the connection to their pre-arranged methods of rebirth, thereby sealing and imprisoning them.
Moreover, this method of his was even more effective than the "Exiled from the True Realm" ability the Master of Nightmares had once used.
Based on the Rebirth essence of the Sacred Lotus Structure, the sealed target’s internal Energy would be drained bit by bit, just as a plant drains nutrients from the soil, completely robbing them of any chance to escape.
"No!! No!! No!!"
The Master of Desolation seemed to have a terrible premonition and began to struggle violently. But the roots of the Sacred Lotus had already dug into his flesh, and a mass of cells and blood had already covered him, even forcing its way into his body through his mouth and nose. With Zhou Yuanjue suppressing him, he had no way to resist.
The mass of flesh and blood enveloped the Master of Desolation in a fleshy cocoon. His struggles grew weaker and weaker, and his voice and magnetic field fluctuations gradually faded away.
Then, Zhou Yuanjue controlled the flesh and cells to gradually enter a semi-dormant state. They collapsed, solidified, and crystallized, becoming a translucent substance like an Energy crystal.
A solidified crystal.
On the ground, everyone was looking up at the sky. They saw two figures suddenly plummet from above, landing on the other side of the field and kicking up a massive cloud of dust.
When the dust settled, everyone could clearly see the scene.
Zhou Yuanjue stood tall and proud. Beside him, a large, translucent crystal was embedded in the ground at an angle. Everyone could clearly see the Master of Desolation frozen within, like an insect trapped in amber.
His eyes were wide, his expression twisted, his body caught in a final struggle.
Panic and fear were perfectly frozen on his face.