đź“– Chapter 1147 - Scalp-Numbing Occurrence!
“Who’s the fool…” The Never-Ending prince’s pupils contracted. However, there was no time for him to even feel angry. As soon as the sea of paper around Wang Baole began burning, the Never-Ending prince immediately roared.
His Eternal Star manifested behind him and his true form was revealed, but he still couldn’t stop himself from turning into paper. He could only delay the process slightly. At the moment, almost half his body had turned into paper, including one head and three arms!
But he was a ruthless person, after all. In this moment of crisis, his two normal heads instantly bit the tips of their tongues and spat out blood. The blood gathered above his body and turned into a crimson blade that chopped not toward Wang Baole, but down on himself!
A moment later, bloody light shone to the heavens as the blade slashed the Never-Ending prince’s body. Just like that, the parts of him that were rapidly paperizing were instantly severed!
With one slash, he lost one head and three arms!
The Never-Ending prince screamed miserably and coughed up blood, but severing the paperized portion of his body bought him some breathing room. He immediately backed up and swallowed a bunch of medicinal pills. Then, his body withered rapidly and another arm and head shriveled up. But in return, the half of his body that had been cut off swiftly regenerated, finally bringing him back to a somewhat normal state.
His complexion was deathly pale and his aura was feeble, but he had still managed to stay alive. As for the others… they weren’t as decisive as the prince, nor did they have as many life-saving means. Thus, as Wang Baole unleashed flames into the sea of paper, the first to burn up were the paper scraps from the explosion of the bamboo sticks.
Next was the dozen Dharma Protectors from the Never-Ending Clan, who had been turned into paper human cutouts. Flames instantly engulfed their bodies, turning them into scattered ashes within seconds.
Not one of them escaped. All of the prince’s Dharma Protectors had been killed in body and soul!
“Wang Baole!!” The Never-Ending prince was no longer as calm as before. His hair was disheveled and he cut a sorry figure as he retreated even further. This battle had been a huge blow to his prestige.
All his Dharma Protectors had died, and even he himself almost lost his life. But worse than the damage to his body was the damage to his mind. He’d thought that he had been plotting against others, but he didn’t expect that he was the one being plotted against.
Wang Baole’s previous domineering and reckless behavior was clearly all fake!
From beginning to end, he had just been waiting for the prince to take the bait. He wanted to crush the prince easily without expending too much effort. After all, if he really got bogged down in battle, there would be too many opportunities for accidents to happen.
The Never-Ending prince understood everything in an instant. But the more he understood, the crazier he felt.
He had really lost too much this time. Not only were his Dharma Protectors all dead, he himself had been heavily injured. In fact, even his cultivation base had fallen, from the great circle of the Eternal Star Realm to the late stage.
And all of this was due to a single mistaken judgment!
Right now, not only was he going crazy, even the surrounding cultivators were going crazy. They were all shocked by Wang Baole’s ruthlessness!
In the battle for the furnace previously, Wang Baole had been domineering, but not ruthless. Only in the battle with the Never-Ending prince could his ruthlessness be seen. The onlookers couldn’t help but inhale sharply. Their fear of Wang Baole grew even stronger.
“His cultivation base is strong, and his mind is sharp…”
“I thought he was just domineering, but it turns out he was cunning and ruthless all along…”
“So, there was such a monster in the Left Dao Holy Region!!”
It wasn’t just those battling for a furnace who were shocked, but even those around the other three occupied furnaces looked at Wang Baole as if they were facing a powerful enemy.
For example, the figure of a tall woman suddenly emerged from the furnace with a silver dragon coiling around it. Narrowing her eyes, she looked closely at Wang Baole.
In the furnace surrounded by five ancient swords, a young man had been sitting cross-legged in meditation. He also opened his eyes and looked at Wang Baole.
Finally, there was the other furnace occupied by the Never-Ending Clan. The young man inside was a prince as well, but judging from his aura and demeanor, he wasn’t part of the same lineage as the one whom Wang Baole had just fought.
Wang Baole didn’t pay attention to all the gazes on him. Right now, he looked at the pale and resentful Never-Ending prince in front of him and spoke lightly.
“Is my name something you can call out so casually?” As he spoke, Wang Baole’s body flickered and he disappeared on the spot. The Never-Ending prince’s expression changed drastically and he immediately retreated again. He quickly moved in the direction of the other Never-Ending prince.
However, compared to Wang Baole, he was too slow. Before he could move very far, the void beside him twisted and Wang Baole stepped out, already releasing a punch!
“Still want to kill me?” Wang Baole’s voice was calm, but he didn’t hold back with his punch. A boom rang out, and the Never-Ending prince’s body instantly became full of cracks as blood splattered everywhere. But without even waiting for him to scream, Wang Baole used his other hand and threw another punch!
“Still think I’m a fool?” This punch carried even stronger momentum than before. With a boom, the Never-Ending prince was sent flying far away. Even more cracks appeared on his body, and even his bones were poking out. His body seemed on the verge of completely falling apart.
“Still dare to call my name?” Wang Baole’s eyes flashed with killing intent, and he caught up to the Never-Ending prince with a single step. Then, he raised his right foot and was about to stomp down.
But at that moment, a cold voice rang out from the furnace of the other Never-Ending prince.
“Fellow Daoist, hurting him is alright, but killing is not.”
Wang Baole didn’t respond and pretended not to hear. Meanwhile, the person who spoke didn’t do anything to stop him, either. Obviously… as a member of the same clan, he had to speak up, but he wasn’t obligated to take action.
If the other Never-Ending prince wanted to make a move, he would have just done so earlier. Wang Baole knew this, and this was also one of the reasons he had acted so mindlessly earlier.
Thus, he didn’t hesitate to stomp down with his right foot. A boom rang out, and the Never-Ending prince’s heavily-injured body instantly collapsed. At that moment, his divine soul used some unknown technique and suddenly unleashed a powerful force that pushed Wang Baole a hundred zhang away.
A moment later, the prince’s divine soul screamed miserably as he shrouded himself with a ball of black gas and fled into the distance. He quickly headed out of the gray region’s central area, wanting to flee outside as fast as possible.
“Wang Baole!!”
However, the prince’s divine soul didn’t notice that there was a black fish, a donkey, and a sinister-looking young man approaching him quickly. None of them seemed to have good intentions.
In fact, it wasn’t just him who didn’t notice them. None of the Eternal Star Realm cultivators aside from Wang Baole noticed this scene. All of them were still in awe of Wang Baole’s performance.
Meanwhile, Wang Baole didn’t bother with the one who ran away. Instead, he flew over to the furnace that was suppressing the little girl from the Underworld Sect and waved his hand, instantly unlocking the seal. The little girl jumped out and cheered, excitement and admiration on her face.
"Uncle is so awesome!"
“I’m not your uncle!” Wang Baole glanced at the little girl. He could sense the aura of the Underworld Sect in her body, but he was still a little wary. Thus, he internally called out to his senior brother.
“Senior Brother, who’s this kid?”
“What kid?” Chen Qingzi’s surprised voice instantly echoed in Wang Baole’s mind.
“Huh? This little girl from the Underworld Sect in front of me.” Wang Baole was taken aback, but he was even more shocked by what his senior brother said next.
“In front of you? There’s no one there…”
Wang Baole’s pupils instantly contracted. When he looked again, the little girl… was gone!
Shocked, Wang Baole immediately looked at everyone in the surroundings. He found that none of them had any surprise in their expressions, as if they hadn’t seen any little girl from beginning to end. As if… the little girl had been nothing but Wang Baole’s own hallucination!