📖 Chapter 1112 - Got Any Wine?

02 Oct, 2023

To a certain extent, Eternal Star Realm Almighties could already be considered nigh-invincible figures. Although there was quite the number of Eternal Star Realm cultivators in the Never-Ending Dao Domain, that was only due to the unimaginably huge population of the universe. Moreover, the overwhelming majority of them were only Mortal- or Yellow-grade. Even so… an Eternal Star Realm Almighty was still a terrifying existence who could prop up an entire civilization by themselves.

And even more terrifying were those with higher grade Eternal Stars.

For example, Chong Yizi, who had an Earth-grade Eternal Star, was the second-ranked Dao Child of the number one sect in the entire Left Dao Holy Region. This alone was enough to demonstrate just how rare and powerful high grade Eternal Stars were!

As for Heaven-grade… only the royal family of the Never-Ending Clan held the method to create a Heaven-grade Eternal Star. If a cultivator with a Heaven-grade Eternal Star were to arrive, even if their cultivation base was only in the middle stage of the Eternal Star Realm, killing the late-stage Chong Yizi wouldn’t take too much effort.

This was one of the reasons why the Never-Ending royal family had stayed in power for so long.

As for Wang Baole’s Eternal Star… it could no longer be judged by conventional standards. In terms of grade, it was beyond Heaven-grade, a legendary Dao-grade Eternal Star. In terms of size… after shattering one million barricades, it had gone past the limits of size and advanced to the level of a black hole!

Therefore, his current battle prowess was impossible to judge. Even Wang Baole himself didn’t know just how strong he was right now. But he did know that… if he had to face Chong Yizi’s clone again, he could kill him a dozen times over with just one finger!

“Although I can’t be said to be invincible, it’ll still be extremely rare to see someone capable of killing me.” Wang Baole sighed with emotion, pride welling up in his heart.

While the newly-advanced Wang Baole was meditating high above the Starfall Realm, the vortex at the entrance to the Starfall Realm suddenly began rotating more rapidly. And as it did so… bolt after bolt of lightning swiftly took shape within!

The moment they appeared, these bolts of lightning shot out toward the entrance of the Starfall Realm. At a glance, the endless lightning was like a river as it streamed out of the vortex, flowing unceasingly into the Starfall Realm’s entrance!

Looking at this scene, Chong Yizi’s face revealed an expression of shock and bewilderment.

Meanwhile, the paper human cutouts in the Starfall Realm were all looking up at the sky in terror. Countless bolts of lightning appeared in the vault of heaven, each one carrying an aura that seemed capable of annihilating all things. The moment they appeared, the lightning instantly crashed down on the Starfall Empire’s spell formation.

Deafening rumbling reverberated everywhere, and the sky dimmed as the spell formation distorted from the barrage. The entire world appeared on the verge of collapse as… Wang Baole looked up at the lightning.

“Wang Baole, this is a heavenly tribulation! Hurry and prepare yourself. Our Starfall Empire’s spell formation can’t stop it for long!!” The founding emperor shouted. Together with the current Starfall Emperor beside him, he rapidly formed hand seals to reinforce the spell formation.

They were unable to provide direct assistance, as that would conflict with the intrinsic laws of the universe and have a detrimental effect on the whole Starfall Empire. Thus, they could only activate the spell formation to buy Wang Baole some time.

“There’s no need. I am no longer the same person I was in the past.” Wang Baole stated calmly. The demeanor of an expert once again appeared on his body as he clasped his hands behind his back. He seemed to be giving off the aura of an absolute powerhouse.

This scene caused the founding and current Starfall Emperors to look at him strangely. After exchanging glances with each other, they stopped reinforcing the spell formation and opened a tiny gap. Instantly, countless bolts of lightning drilled through that gap, as if they possessed spirituality.

These lightning bolts didn’t care at all about the Starfall Realm; their sole target was Wang Baole. As soon as the spell formation let them through, they shot forth with unimaginable speed, closing in on Wang Baole almost immediately. Moreover, just this first wave alone consisted of more than ten thousand lightning bolts!

A faint smile hung on Wang Baole’s lips. As soon as the lightning neared, he pointed forward with his right hand, and his Eternal Star came into being behind him.

It gave off neither light nor heat. The gargantuan Eternal Star was just like a massive black hole.

In an instant, the incoming lightning twisted and bypassed Wang Baole’s body, being sucked into the black hole and disappearing without a trace.

“That’s it?” Wang Baole said lightly.

A moment later, twenty thousand more bolts of lightning streamed in through the gap in the spell formation. But as soon as they got near Wang Baole, their paths distorted and they were harmlessly absorbed by the black hole behind him. Seeing this, Wang Baole sighed, and his expression seemed to be filled with boredom as he glanced at the Starfall Empire’s founding emperor.

“Got any wine?”

The founding emperor’s face twitched. The current Wang Baole was indeed different from before… For some reason, he couldn’t help but feel an inexplicable urge to beat him up. But he quickly suppressed the impulse and spoke in a plain voice.

“This is just the start. The longer the tribulation goes on, the stronger it becomes.”

“Is that so?” Wang Baole smiled slightly. His indifferent demeanor seemed to enrage the tribulation, and a hundred thousand bolts of lightning instantly descended. Their color had changed, and the aura they gave off was even more majestic than before.

However… as soon as the new wave of lightning reached Wang Baole, it was devoured by his black hole all the same.

Wang Baole shook his head, indiscreetly rubbing his slightly blackened fingers inside his sleeve. Enduring the urge to bare his teeth and grunt, he slowly spoke in a calm voice.

"How boring."

But as soon as he spoke, thunder boomed once again. Outside the vault of heaven, hundreds of thousands of lightning bolts appeared in an instant. If it was just an increase in number, that was one thing, but these lightning bolts were also completely different from before. This time, they took the shape of gruesome and intimidating weapons that radiated astonishing power as they rushed through the gap in the spell formation and charged toward Wang Baole.

Wang Baole’s pupils contracted, and he scalp went a little numb. Before he could react, the hundreds of thousands of weapon-shaped lightning bolts exploded all around him.

As deafening booms filled the sky, all the lightning was sucked into the black hole. After about seven or eight breaths of time passed, the dust dispersed, revealing Wang Baole still standing in the sky. His hair had frizzed up a little and his clothes were in tatters.

But his calm expression and indifferent smile made his external appearance seem like nothing. After discovering that the power of the tribulation seemed to be fading, despite the tingling in his internal organs, Wang Baole felt that he had to keep up appearances. Thus, he looked up at the vault of heaven and spoke again in an indifferent tone.

“This tribulation isn’t bad. About the level of scratching an itch. Is there anything else?”

The founding and current Starfall Emperors exchanged strange glances, but neither could be bothered to speak up. They naturally saw through Wang Baole’s unaffected facade, but the other paper human cutouts were all shocked, looking up at Wang Baole with awe and veneration. However, before anyone could say anything, a muffled boom that shook the entire world suddenly echoed from the vault of heaven!

At that moment, outside the Starfall Realm, the vortex that had given birth to the tribulation lightning suddenly turned chaotic. Seemingly completely infuriated, it rapidly shrank and condensed into a massive lightning finger.

As it did so, the people in the battleships, despite not being targets, couldn’t handle it any longer and quickly retreated. Even Chong Yizi turned around and ran away, his whole body trembling in terror. When he looked back over his shoulder with lingering fear, he saw that half of that astonishing lightning finger had already rushed through the entrance to the Starfall Realm!

“What’s happening in there?! It set off a lightning tribulation, and the tribulation actually took corporeal form…” Watching with abject terror, Chong Yizi saw the rest of the lightning finger enter the Starfall Realm. He thought about going in as well, but when he recalled the fluctuations of that finger, he decisively gave up on this dangerous idea.

Meanwhile, inside the Starfall Realm, Wang Baole assumed the demeanor of an expert and lifted his head… only to see the massive lightning finger poking in from the outside world. This finger occupied almost half of the sky, and just by looking at it, his whole body instinctively trembled. A powerful sense of crisis immediately erupted in his heart.

‘Motherfu- Are you kidding me?!’ Wang Baole’s scalp went completely numb.