đź“– Chapter 1132 - Specially Prepared Opportunity!
“Let’s hurry!” Wang Baole could hardly contain his excitement as he entered the gray region. Aside from his anticipation toward seeing his senior brother again, he was also certain that his previous analysis was correct.
His senior brother Chen Qingzi had deliberately let news of the Split Moon Divine Emperor’s imminent death get out, not just to cast bait, but also to tell Wang Baole to hurry over.
“Senior Brother, oh Senior Brother, can’t you make your hints a little more obvious? If I wasn’t incredibly intelligent, then I probably wouldn’t have noticed.” Wang Baole’s heart was filled with joy and slight urgency. He moved through the gray region faster and faster.
He felt like there was a peerless opportunity waiting for him up ahead. All he wanted to do was reach his senior brother even a second sooner.
“A Divine Emperor…” Wang Baole’s eyes gleamed, and he couldn’t help but lick his lips.
“I actually forgot to ask Master how many star domains, Eternal Stars, and Planets there are in the body of a Divine Emperor… There must be a lot, right? Maybe even comparable to a small universe.” The more he thought about it, the more excited Wang Baole became. If it were anyone else, perhaps they would only be able to absorb the Divine Emperor’s enlightenment of natural laws and nothing more, but Wang Baole was different.
The cultivation method Wang Baole practiced was the Star Marking Art, a forbidden art that allowed him to seize ownership over any star in the universe. Although practicing this method was said to bring disaster, Wang Baole wasn’t afraid.
“I’ll eat! I’ll feast! I’ll mark!” Wang Baole’s heart pounded faster and faster as he fantasized. He felt that he might even be able to reach the Star Domain Realm in one go.
“Well, that might be a bit much… but breaking through a couple of minor realms shouldn’t be a problem.” Eyes shining brightly, Wang Baole accelerated even further as he gradually approached the center of the gray region.
However, this gray region was incredibly large. Even if Wang Baole maintained his current speed, it would still take a long time for him to enter the true central area.
Thus, after flying along for a while, Wang Baole gradually calmed down. He knew that he couldn’t rush things; otherwise, it was easy for accidents to occur due to carelessness.
“Alright, I’ll just take my time. Anyway, with Senior Brother and Master holding the fort, my opportunity won’t run away. And it’s not like anyone here can kill me.” Thinking to this point, Wang Baole cleared his throat and completely let go of his urgency. He spread out his divine sense to observe his surroundings.
In fact, after flying all the way here, he had a good understanding of the differences between this place and the outside world.
First was the people.
There were many cultivators in this gray region, and most of them had bizarre appearances. Whenever they noticed each other, they quickly flew off in different directions without getting closer, as if everyone was in a hurry to look for something.
These people were all Chosen from various factions, searching for good fortune in this place.
“There are so many people here, probably in the millions…” Wang Baole narrowed his eyes and watched seven or eight figures pass by in the distance. A few of them paused slightly upon noticing him, as if weighing something in their hearts, but they quickly left.
Next was the force of repulsion that grew stronger the farther he went. Wang Baole could sense that if he didn’t have any way to offset the repulsive force, he would only be able to stay here for five days. After that, he would be forced to leave and recover.
Because aside from the feeling of repulsion, there was also… a powerful aura of death. This deathly aura was intertwined with the repulsive force and constantly entered a cultivator’s body, eroding their divine soul along with their flesh and blood. If they remained in this state of erosion for too long, they would end up dead!
Well… that was the case for other people, at least. Even if there was some mysterious force out there with a method to restrain the deathly aura, they would only be able to last a bit longer and couldn’t cancel it out completely.
In fact, even the mighty Never-Ending Clan would be somewhat restrained by this deathly aura. It could be said that across the entire Never-Ending Dao Domain, the only people who could thrive in this place were… those from the Underworld Sect!
That was because the repulsive force came from the spell formation, but the deathly aura intertwined with it came from… the Underworld Sect’s Heavenly Dao!
Thus, when Wang Baole noticed the deathly aura permeating his entire body, his heart suddenly pounded slightly. The deathly aura here not only didn’t cause him any damage, but… brought him benefits instead!
After he secretly absorbed a bit of deathly aura, his cultivation base became active and the Underworld Fire appeared in his eyes. It was as if every cell in his body was cheering, making Wang Baole feel extremely comfortable.
“What a great place!” Wang Baole instantly perked up and started absorbing deathly aura at a frightening speed. However, his expression suddenly changed as he felt a powerful sense of crisis. He glanced up and saw wisps of green smoke spreading through the gray region. The green smoke seemed to be between illusion and reality, and it appeared to be spreading in all directions, facing the deathly aura in mutual annihilation.
But once Wang Baole began absorbing deathly aura, three or four wisps of green smoke suddenly split off and shot toward him. Wang Baole could sense extreme danger that seemed to target his divine soul, making him immediately retreat with a grim expression.
“These wisps of green smoke should be… what the Never-Ending Clan’s battleships were dropping into the gray region. According to Master, the green smoke is… part of the Never-Ending Heavenly Dao?
“Why are they only attacking me? The other Chosen should also have deathly aura entering their bodies…” As Wang Baole retreated, he quickly analyzed in his mind and came to some conclusions. When the other Chosen absorbed green smoke, it was passive and involuntary, so the Never-Ending Heavenly Dao ignored them. To some extent, they were sharing the burden with the Heavenly Dao.
But things were different when it came to Wang Baole. His absorption was active and willing. This might be why the Never-Ending Heavenly Dao was attacking him.
Moreover, Wang Baole suspected that the Heavenly Dao’s hostility was also because of his Star Marking Art.
He instantly felt a headache coming on. After thinking things through, he calculated that he could still withstand three or four wisps of green smoke. However, he would be in danger if there were more.
“Come on then, send me thirty wisps if you have the guts!” Wang Baole snorted. However, he stopped absorbing deathly aura, and only then did the wisps of green smoke chasing him dissipate.
Looking around, Wang Baole could see endless deathly aura all over the place. If he absorbed it, then his cultivation base would improve greatly and his Underworld Fire would become far stronger. But all he could do was look; he didn’t dare to take any. He felt quite stifled.
“I have to figure something out…” Lost in thought, Wang Baole continued traversing the gray region. Aside from the Heavenly Dao and the other cultivators, there was one more thing that caught his attention.
It was… the number of vortexes scattered about!
These vortexes were incredibly eye-catching, and almost every single one of them had a few cultivators meditating inside. As for any unoccupied vortexes, there would always be a number of cultivators fighting each other to claim ownership.
After a period of careful observation, Wang Baole’s eyes lit up. These vortexes all contained powerful deathly aura as well as fragments of natural law with varying degrees of strength.
“The death sites of powerhouses!” Wang Baole murmured, narrowing his eyes. He didn’t know just how many vortexes there were in the gray region, but he knew that these vortexes should be the remnants of the Split Moon Divine Emperor’s armies!
Either they had been killed by Chen Qingzi, or they were driven to their demise by the deathly aura.
“The armies of a Divine Emperor…” Wang Baole pondered for a moment before disappearing on the spot. When he reappeared, he was near a small vortex where seven or eight cultivators were locked in fierce combat.
As soon as he appeared, he waved his hand and caused a powerful force to sweep out. The group of cultivators instantly trembled violently, coughing up blood and looking at Wang Baole with horrified expressions. At the same time, they rapidly fled, not daring to stay a moment longer.
Wang Baole didn’t bother chasing after these weaklings. Instead, he swiftly entered the small vortex and sat down cross-legged to absorb some insights.
But as soon as he sat down, before he could even enter a meditative state, the intrinsic scabbard that had remained motionless in his body for a long time suddenly trembled. In an instant, the fragmented natural laws of the vortex surged inward, entering Wang Baole’s body and disappearing into the scabbard!
As they did so, the scabbard shone brightly, as if it were swallowing the fragmented natural laws.
“Hm?” Wang Baole was taken aback. He was about to check what had happened, but his expression suddenly changed drastically. After the fragmented natural laws were absorbed into the scabbard, it was as if the vortex had become a vacuum. Huge amounts of deathly aura instantly rushed to fill the empty space. If it was just deathly aura, that would be fine. But the problem was… the deathly aura was pursued by wisps of green smoke.
More than forty wisps of green smoke instantly converged on Wang Baole’s location!