Chapter 593 - 343: A Grudge
The second time!
Yang An had killed Xuan You once again!
As Xuan You controlled fewer and fewer Earth Calamities, his power grew weaker and weaker. By now, it was utterly impossible for him to turn the tables on Yang An.
Xuan You knew this. His latest death brought only despair, but he still hadn’t given up. He resurrected himself using his remaining Earth Calamity.
The form of a massive cyan dragon swelled rapidly before the Light Giant that was Yang An. This was the Earth Disaster Qing Luo, now possessed by Xuan You. But in occupying Qing Luo, Xuan You had already abandoned his human form, choosing to appear in Qing Luo’s shape instead.
This meant that even if he managed to escape from Yang An, he could never return to his human form and would be trapped as Qing Luo forever.
And all this was just to survive Yang An’s assault.
To stay alive, Xuan You had resorted to the most desperate measures.
It was hard to imagine that an expert of the Insect Dao—one at the Late Stage, no less—could be so battered and hopeless at the hands of a Zombie God.
In the blink of an eye, Qing Luo swelled to a hundred zhang, like a peerless, ferocious dragon descending upon the world. It was far larger than the Light Giant Yang An had become.
It roared, baring its fangs and claws, and tried to bite off the Light Giant’s head in one go.
But the Xuan You of now was a shadow of his former self. Even channeling all of Qing Luo’s power through its massive draconic body, all he could do was put on a fearsome display in an attempt to intimidate Yang An.
Yang An, however, wasn’t falling for it. Facing Qing Luo’s attack, the Light Giant suddenly wrapped its arms around the massive dragon.
His goal was to keep the beast from getting too far away.
That way, the light radiating from his body would be enough to melt the creature until not even dregs remained.
ROAR—
Qing Luo chomped down on the Light Giant’s head, tearing off a large chunk. But the move backfired. The power of light erupted wildly inside its mouth. It didn’t harm Yang An at all; instead, the dragon only brought humiliation upon itself.
A cloud of cyan toxic mist emanated from the dragon’s body. In the past, this poison was potent enough to melt even an Insect Dao expert into a puddle of pus, but upon touching the light of the giant, it simply evaporated, burning away into thick black smoke.
The giant’s hands held the dragon’s body in a death grip. With a sudden exertion of force, they tore through the thick, keratinous layer and plunged into Qing Luo’s flesh.
Qing Luo began to struggle frantically, twisting and thrashing, trying to escape the giant’s embrace.
"Heh heh! Die!"
The more it struggled, the more frenzied Yang An became.
This beast wasn’t easy to kill, but seeing it grow weaker and weaker only made Yang An more excited.
’Now I understand the thrill Xuan You must have felt hunting me down,’ he thought. ’And I’m returning the favor in full!’
Countless rays of light shot out from the giant’s body, piercing through Qing Luo’s massive form.
At a speed visible to the naked eye, Qing Luo was riddled with holes by the light. Its incredibly thick, keratin-like scales offered no defensive bonus whatsoever; they were melted away with ease.
Its flesh and bones were even less able to resist the light’s corrosion, turning into a great cloud of ash in an instant.
When this enormous, ferocious beast was finally dead, Xuan You was left with only one final Earth Calamity. His power had been weakened to its absolute lowest point.
A vast black mist formed a violent hurricane that blotted out the sky.
Countless Soul Bodies wailed within the black mist, coalescing into a giant face—the face of Xuan You.
The gaze Xuan You now fixed on Yang An was filled with deep shock and terror.
’One wrong step leads to another,’ he thought. ’I never imagined my Earth Calamities would fall to Yang An one after another. Maybe I shouldn’t have used the Four Bones to resurrect myself in the first place.’
’If I still had the Four Bones, perhaps I could have survived his assault. But it’s too late for that now.’
"You can’t kill me! Prepare to face the wrath of the entire Fusheng Domain! The Sect Leader will definitely avenge me!"
He roared powerlessly, and just as Yang An urged the Light Giant to throw a punch, he abruptly exploded.
The black mist shattered into countless Soul Bodies that fled in all directions, an innumerable swarm that covered the sky.
It was as if countless tormented spirits had been released from Hell. Xuan You’s aura was mixed in among them as he attempted to use this chance to escape.
Using the power of the Earth Disaster Soul Mother, he had split his own soul into many pieces and hidden them among the Soul Bodies in the black mist.
If even a single Soul Body managed to escape, he would survive. However, even if he did, he could only be reborn through possession, and he would no longer be himself. It was a tragic fate.
But to escape, he had no other choice.
"Trying to escape?"
Yang An saw through Xuan You’s plan in an instant. The moment the black mist exploded and the countless Soul Bodies scattered, he unleashed ray after ray of light from his own body to pierce through them.
The Soul Bodies were fast, but how could they possibly outrun the speed of light?
The instant the light touched a Soul Body, it was utterly destroyed.
If light was the bane of all things in this world, then these feeble Soul Bodies were at the very bottom of the food chain, completely unable to withstand its terrifying power.
But the sheer number of Soul Bodies was overwhelming—tens of thousands, perhaps even hundreds of millions.
The light pierced through a vast number of them, but many still managed to flee into the distance.