đź“– Chapter 1153 - Extreme Dao Fleshly Body!
In fact, the nature of the suction force hadn’t changed!
This was merely the effect of something happening on Wang Baole’s end, that something being… after absorbing a huge amount of fragmented natural laws and green wisps of Heavenly Dao, Wang Baole’s intrinsic scabbard finally turned completely transparent!
If you didn’t look closely, you wouldn’t even be able to sense its existence. And once the intrinsic scabbard turned completely clear, the suction force it gave off instantly became utterly terrifying.
The nearly one million green wisps in the surroundings seemed to light on fire as they crazily rushed into the intrinsic scabbard. And this was the core reason behind the sudden changes in the outside world.
Because the suction force had increased so abruptly, the Never-Ending battleships in the outside world were naturally affected. It was like a game of tug-of-war – if one side suddenly increased in power, the other side would topple!
That was why the battleships had collapsed and exploded. At the same time, after absorbing almost a million green wisps at once, the intrinsic scabbard very generously sent Wang Baole a shocking amount of nourishing power.
In an instant, Wang Baole’s fleshly body went from seventy steps on the stairway of the great circle to ninety, and then beyond!
93, 94, 95…
Wang Baole didn’t even have time to react before booms echoed out from his body. The power of his fleshly body almost instantaneously reached one hundred steps, the absolute peak of the great circle!
At that moment, runes suddenly appeared on Wang Baole’s body, ancient runes that seemed to have existed since time immemorial. The moment they appeared, heavenly tones seemed to ring out, reverberating in all directions. The runes flew into the air and circled Wang Baole, making him seem like the only existence in the starry sky.
From a distance, the current Wang Baole seemed to be transcending mortality!
As his body continued to exude an ancient aura and horrifying pressure, the void around him twisted and distorted. The starry sky itself trembled, as if it couldn’t bear his presence.
Because… he had reached one hundred steps!
One hundred steps was the theoretical limit of the great circle of the Eternal Star Realm. Reaching this limit with the cultivation base required heaven-shaking good fortune, and reaching it with the fleshly body was even harder. But the most difficult was reaching one hundred steps with the divine soul. Without the help of some almost extinct treasures of heaven and earth, it was almost completely impossible!
In the Never-Ending Dao Domain, above the commonly-seen myriad factions were some extremely ancient forces. There weren’t many of these forces, and each and every one of them was highly valued by the Never-Ending Clan. For example, the Xie Family was one such force.
And in these ancient forces, the standard for measuring the top tier of Chosen was precisely that their cultivation base, divine soul, or fleshly body had reached ninety or more steps in the great circle of the Eternal Star Realm.
Right now, Wang Baole had reached the absolute pinnacle of the Eternal Star Realm in terms of his fleshly body. If news of this was to spread, then the whole world would definitely be shocked!
In fact, the little-girl-turned-monster inside the leaf seal was already feeling shocked. Staring at the runes outside Wang Baole’s body and sensing the horrifying pressure coming off of him, her eyes became dazed and her centipede-like body trembled uncontrollably.
“I messed up…” The little girl murmured. Many pupils suddenly appeared in her eyes, and different voices began coming out of her mouth.
“Extreme Dao fleshly body!!”
“This is impossible. Throughout the ages, the Extreme Dao fleshly body has been nothing more than legend. It’s impossible for any living being to achieve it!”
“Yes, this is absolutely impossible. If you want to obtain a body at the extremes of Dao, supreme treasures of heaven and earth aren’t enough. Although the power of the Heavenly Dao is mighty, it should still be impossible to take that last step!”
“In theory, only someone whose fleshly body was heaven-defying from the very start could achieve this. But in that case, it’s not a breakthrough, but a return to origin!”
As various voices echoed out in all directions, Wang Baole finally lifted his head. He could tell that his current fleshly body had reached an astonishing level of strength. But right now, the most important thing for him wasn’t testing out his new strength. Instead, it was… killing the little girl and escaping this strange space!
A moment later, as the little girl’s multiple pupils all contracted rapidly, Wang Baole’s eyes flashed with cold light. Staring at the little girl, he suddenly raised his left hand and grabbed his intrinsic scabbard!
At the same time, his right hand grabbed the empty space above the scabbard, as if there was an invisible hilt there that couldn’t be seen. After readying his stance, Wang Baole’s divine will summoned the curse leaf back to him!
The curse leaf had long reached its limit, and it instantly burned away. However, it didn’t vanish into nothingness. After all, the leaf originated from the Flame Patriarch’s curse. Thus, after burning, it turned into a cloud of mist that returned to Wang Baole. After returning, it formed back into the shape of a leaf and disappeared into his storage pouch.
Meanwhile, the little girl’s expression warped, and she let out a horrifying roar. In this moment of crisis, rather than run away, she actually charged straight toward Wang Baole with blinding speed!
Dozens of shadowy figures suddenly appeared on her body, and they increased moment after moment. When their numbers reached just under a hundred, the power of the shadowy figures seemed to converge. The little girl’s mouth grew gigantic, opening wide as she closed in on Wang Baole!
Wang Baole’s eyes were icy cold as he pictured a sword in his mind. His right hand held the hilt of the sword, and he pulled it out of its scabbard little by little.
The movement of his right hand in his mind was then mirrored in reality!
One cun!
He pulled the imaginary sword just one cun out of the scabbard!
With that single cun, heaven and earth seemed to explode. Monstrous rumbling spread in all directions, and an enormous pressure descended, accompanied by dazzling rays of light. In an instant, the little girl let out a shrill scream, and her body began melting like snow meeting boiling water.
But the little girl was extremely vicious. In spite of the melting of her body, she forcibly endured the severe pain and continued rushing forward. Her gaping maw seemed to seal off Wang Baole’s surroundings and was about to close!
Wang Baole’s expression didn’t change. He just pulled the imaginary sword out a little more.
Two cun!
The heaven-shaking, earth-shattering rumbles instantly intensified, and a power that seemed capable of ripping all creation apart erupted from the scabbard. The light turned from dazzling to absolutely blinding, causing heaven and earth to dim and the starry sky to twist and distort. The little girl instantly reached her limit and exploded with a bang!
As she exploded, the cultivators who had fused into her centipede-like body all reappeared, completely unconscious and falling in all directions. At the very center of the explosion was the prince of the Never-Ending Clan who had been possessed by the little girl.
The prince’s body shuddered, and the two heads that still belonged to him instantly collapsed. At the same time, all the parts of his body that didn’t belong to the little girl collapsed as well. The little girl reappeared in the starry sky, seemingly having escaped the lock of the scabbard’s sword qi through sacrificing her host. However, her complexion was deathly pale, and she screamed as she retreated with all her might.
“You’re not Wang Baole! You’re not a cultivator, nor are you a lifeform of this era! No, you… you’re not even an existence belonging to this stele world! Who are you!?”
Wang Baole narrowed his eyes. He was about to pull the imaginary sword a third cun out of the scabbard, but he suddenly paused. A smile appeared on his face, and he didn’t continue pulling the sword out.
Because… as soon as the little girl began to retreat, the void behind her suddenly ripped open. A giant hand reached in, grabbed the little girl by her head, and yanked her through the gap in the void!
“I didn’t expect that this ancient will also came back to life along with the Underworld Sect’s Heavenly Dao! Junior Brother, this was your senior brother’s mistake!”
As Chen Qingzi’s voice echoed out, the zone that the little girl separated from the outside world with some strange ability suddenly collapsed. It was as if an invisible curtain had been ripped apart, returning the area to the gray region outside!
At this moment, Wang Baole saw a figure whom he hadn’t seen for a long time standing above the central furnace… Chen Qingzi!
“Greetings, Senior Brother!” Wang Baole’s eyes were full of emotion. Cupping his fists, he gave Chen Qingzi a deep bow!
Right now, only three of the furnaces in the surroundings were still functional. The other six had been sucked dry by Wang Baole and were completely devoid of energies. Meanwhile, the cultivators of the myriad factions were strewn around all over. All of them were completely unconscious.
Wang Baole and Chen Qingzi were the only ones awake!
“You’ve grown up…” Chen Qingzi sighed, feeling emotional. Just as he spoke, his expression suddenly changed. He looked up, seemingly peering at the world outside the gray region, and a strange light flashed in his eyes. His lips curled up in a grin as he spoke.
“Baole, Senior Brother has reeled in a big fish this time. Are you interested in eating with me?”
Wang Baole laughed.
“How could I disobey my senior brother’s orders?”