đź“– Chapter 1280 - Fire Dao!
Being illusory in nature, the Water World theoretically had no boundaries and was infinitely large.
Everything here was formed from the laws of water. There was seawater, glaciers, falling rain, and many more things derived from water, but… all of this changed because of the collapse of the blood-colored centipede.
Innumerable centipedes appeared in the blink of an eye, splitting again and again, and in the end, the final generation of centipedes completely filled the entire world. As soon as this final generation came into being, they all transformed rapidly into different things, causing life to appear in the Water World.
Fish and shrimp appeared in the ocean, along with giant sea beasts, plankton, seaweed, and all other kinds of marine life. Various birds took to the skies, and animals appeared on the glaciers. Even humans came into being.
And amid all of this, plants and vegetation sprouted as well, causing the entire world to change color. As life proliferated everywhere in this Water World, each and every living being seemed to share the same will.
They wanted to… destroy this Water World, escape this reincarnation, and snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.
All of these changes happened in the time it took a single sentence to ring out.
This sentence was spoken just as the gigantic statue sank below the water surface.
"You cannot escape."
As these words rang out, they seemed to echo throughout the whole Water World. They echoed again and again, and it seemed as if countless beings were whispering the same words softly…
In fact, describing this with the term “seemed” was inaccurate, because as these three words echoed throughout the now-lively Water World… more living things suddenly appeared. More fish, more shrimp, more sea beasts, more plankton, more birds, more animals, more humans…
More plants and vegetation appeared as well, and even lifeforms that couldn’t be seen with the naked eye appeared out of thin air. All these living things immediately entered pitched battle with the previous batch of living things that had originated from the blood-colored centipede!
At this moment, if an almighty being were to look from on high and observe everything, they would see that a massive world war was taking place across the entire Water World.
The reason it was a world war was because all existences in the world were participating!
In the waters of the ocean, fish were eating shrimp, and shrimp were feasting on plankton.
Big fish were devouring little fish, and sea beasts were gulping down the big fish.
Masses of seaweed intertwined with each other, ripping each other apart and devouring anything they could.
In the sky, all the birds were fighting viciously.
On the continents, the animals howled and the plants twisted around. All living beings raged against each other.
Endless fighting and devouring could be seen everywhere in the Water World. Even those countless microscopic beings invisible to the naked eye were embroiled in battle.
One moment, a large beast that had just ripped apart a smaller one had its neck bitten off by an even larger beast. The next, a wilderness giant’s palm descended, crushing the larger beast into the ground. It didn’t end. A moment later, a black wind arrived and enveloped the giant, carrying countless insects that gnawed and chewed until nothing was left of the giant.
The black wind didn’t get very far until it was destroyed by falling rain.
The rain also didn’t last long. It fell into an area governed by beasts which emitted a sea of flames, causing the rain to evaporate completely…
Such scenes played out over and over without beginning or end. The number of living beings in this Water World was plummeting rapidly.
And at the end of each fight, a sentence echoed out.
"You cannot escape."
These words repeated countless times in the Water World. In the end, they seemed to become the voice of the Heavenly Dao, echoing in this world for all eternity.
"You cannot escape."
It was like a curse. As these words continued to echo out, the living beings that originated from the blood-colored centipede died out in swathes. Some living beings originating from Wang Baole also died, but overall, they held the clear advantage.
At the same time, the seawater was slowly recovering from its blood-red color. Even the statue that had sunk to the bottom of the ocean was slowly resurfacing amid churning waves.
First was the top of the head, and soon the eyes were about to rise back above the water surface. Meanwhile, those three words continued echoing like the rumbling of thunder, and battles continued erupting everywhere. It was at this moment that… a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering roar suddenly exploded forth from the mouths of all living beings which originated from the centipede.
At this moment, the centipede’s living beings seemed to sense crisis, so they all burst into wisps of red smoke that flew into the sky. These wisps of smoke rapidly gathered, converging back into the form of the blood-colored centipede. Hissing sharply, the centipede’s head met its tail, creating an immaculate loop.
Within this loop, a vortex appeared, and within the vortex… the eyes of the Emperor’s true body emerged once more.
His gaze swept across the world with overwhelming might. The entire world trembled, as if it was about to fall apart. It was at this moment that the innumerable living beings originating from Wang Baole suddenly collapsed, turning into countless threads that surged into the statue rising from the ocean at the center of the world. The statue rose faster and faster, and its head quickly breached the surface, leading to its eyes staring directly at those of the Emperor. One on the water and one in the sky, two gazes clashed invisibly.
This clashing of gazes gave rise to a monstrous force that rumbled out in all directions. Wherever it passed, the vault of heaven collapsed, the glaciers crumbled, and the sea shattered. The entire Water World was like a bubble that suddenly popped.
As it broke apart, the loop containing the Emperor’s eyes broke, and the blood-colored centipede burst into motion. The statue with Wang Baole’s visage was filled with cracks at this moment, obviously having suffered from the Emperor’s gaze.
But just as the blood-colored centipede was about to escape this world of reincarnation, a deep voice rang out from the statue’s mouth.
“Five Elements… Fire World!”
As soon as these words came out, the collapsing Water World suddenly turned into a ball of fire that seemed eternal and indestructible. This fire pulsed with the aura of the Immortal.
There was a hint of fetterless intent within this aura, and as it appeared, it enveloped the blood-colored centipede that was about to escape. At the same time, the whole world… suddenly changed. The ocean turned into a sea of fire, and the glaciers turned into flaming mountains. The sky seemed to be burning, and it suddenly descended toward the blood-colored centipede’s head.
The sky was falling, falling to crush the centipede!
Looking carefully, it could be seen that the sky… was actually a gigantic rune, and appearing on this rune was Wang Baole’s face.
"You cannot escape."