đź“– Chapter 1281 - Earth of the Five Elements!
The vault of heaven shook!
The sky had turned into a rune, and a monstrous noise rang out as it sank down. The void between heaven and earth collapsed and the sound of shattering echoed as the rune crushed down to the ground.
At a rate visible to the naked eye, the entire world seemed to be shrinking. Obviously, as the rune that made up the sky continued to fall, it would eventually touch down, and everything between heaven and earth would be completely crushed, including… the blood-colored centipede.
The descending rune carried with it a boundlessly domineering intent, such that all before it had no choice but to despair!
This was the Fire World.
As the sky fell, the sea of fire on the ground surged. Sweltering heat seemed to fill the entire world, but within this heat, there was the aura of the Immortal.
The sea of flames raged furiously, but the Immortal’s aura remained tranquil and unfettered.
These two things were completely contradictory, and as they clashed, distortions filled the Fire World. Right now, there were two layers of suppression weighing down on the blood-colored centipede.
The first layer came from the sky, and the second from the contradictory clash between the sea of flames and the Immortal’s aura.
The former affected the fleshly body, while the latter struck the divine soul.
And unlike the Water World, this time it was impossible for the centipede to try to escape by incarnating into all living beings. In this world filled with distortions and fire, no living thing could possibly survive!
“Damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it!!” In this moment of crisis, the blood-colored centipede let out a deafening roar. Its body suddenly exploded into blood mist, then reformed in the shape of a giant. This giant’s body was a dark crimson, and its expression was twisted in madness. As it roared, it raised both its hands and pushed upward at the descending sky. At the same time, it planted its feet firmly at the bottom of the sea of fire. With that, the sea of fire rumbled, the ground quaked, and the falling sky finally halted.
However, the blood-colored giant shuddered, and cracking sounds rang out from everywhere in its body, as if its very bones were being crushed as it attempted to hold up the sky. But in the end, it managed to stay standing. A bloody light burst out from within it, and its strength seemed to suddenly skyrocket. It seemed that the giant was about to start lifting the sky that was crushing down on it.
As loud rumbling echoed out from the sky, the rune became more and more solid, and Wang Baole’s face became clearer and clearer. Casting the giant a cold glance, he spoke indifferently.
“Nostrils, open!”
In an instant, the nostrils of the face on the rune twitched, and he inhaled sharply. Heaven and earth rumbled as a powerful wind sprang forth, sweeping across the sea of fire with violent force. This wind stoked the intensity of the flames, causing them to dance and flicker as they covered the whole world.
At the same time, the rune that made up the sky of this world erupted with power. Dazzling light exploded forth from it as the might of its descent multiplied in an instant.
Even though the blood-colored giant roared madly and resisted with all its strength, it wasn’t enough. After merely a few breaths of time passed, the rune-sky resumed its descent, forcing the giant’s body to slowly bend under its horrific weight.
The sea of fire burned more and more intensely, causing the surroundings to become hotter and hotter. It was as if this world had turned into an all-refining pill furnace.
Cracks appeared on the giant’s body, and under the immense weight of the rune-sky, they spread more and more rapidly. In the end, with a miserable howl, the giant’s whole body collapsed.
The instant it did so, the rune-sky immediately fell with peerless momentum, crushing the void and everything in its way as it finally collided with the sea of fire on the ground with a deafening boom.
But the battle wasn’t over.
As soon as the sky touched the ground, a massive bulge suddenly appeared in their middle. Although their edges had fused together perfectly, there seemed to be something at the center of heaven and earth that was refusing to let them meet. And this something was growing bigger and bigger, causing the bulge to enlarge at a shocking rate!
If someone were to examine the bulge with an all-piercing gaze, they would see that the something causing the bulge was a blood-red vortex, the same one that the blood-colored centipede had already unleashed several times. Within the vortex was its true self’s eyes, crossing an endless distance to gaze upon this place.
However, compared to the previous two times, the eyes in the vortex were much blurrier than before. But no matter how blurry they were, the horrific power vested in them was still almost too much for the Fire World to bear. As the bulge expanded, heaven and earth cracked, and it seemed like they were about to split apart again.
“Just a clone, just a gaze sent from a distant starry sky… is still so powerful!” As heaven and earth seemed about to collapse, Wang Baole’s sighing voice echoed out. His illusory figure appeared in the void, looking down at the fused heaven and earth and staring at the expanding bulge.
Almost as soon as Wang Baole spoke, the Fire World finally burst open, turning into countless fragments that scattered into the surroundings. The blood-colored vortex was revealed, and continued expanding at an even more alarming speed. It was as if it wanted to envelop Wang Baole as a counterattack.
Blood-red light filled the void and even reflected into the core of the stele world, causing the countless living beings there to feel shock and horror.
The Moon Star Sect ancestor and the others who were paying close attention to this battle all inhaled sharply. Even the gazes coming from outside the stele world were extremely focused at this moment.
Compared to the rapidly-expanding vortex, Wang Baole seemed tiny and insignificant. However, as the myriad living beings placed all their attention on the battlefield, a hint of unruliness appeared in his originally calm eyes.
“Hmph. How long can this gaze from the Emperor’s true self persist?” As he spoke, Wang Baole raised his right hand and suddenly clenched it toward the blood-red vortex!
“Five elements… Earth!”
With the echo of Wang Baole’s words, the scattering fragments of the Fire World suddenly changed direction. As if time was flowing backward, they shot toward each other and fused together wherever they touched.
But what appeared in the end wasn’t the Fire World that had been destroyed. Instead… as the fragments whirled around the vortex, they rapidly assembled together to form the outline of a giant stele!
Although the vortex expanded quickly, the rate at which the stele was being constructed was even faster!
After the outline was completed, the rest of the stele filled out at a frightening pace. From 10% to 30%, then 50%, 70%, 90%…
And finally… 100%!
In an instant, the blood-colored vortex could no longer be seen. It had been replaced by a massive stele standing tall in the void!
The Earth World had formed!
“Suppress!” Outside the Earth World, Wang Baole’s sealed ears suddenly opened up. He turned into a long arc of light that swiftly sank into the stele-shaped Earth World.