đź“– Chapter 989 - Killing His Way to the Dao Palace
The one who spoke was Wang Baole's true self!
His voice was icy cold and contained boundless killing intent. If it had been his clone speaking, those present may have felt some shock, but it wouldn’t have been anything too horrifying. But now… it was different!
On the one hand, there was the sea of nine-colored light. On the other, there was the terrifying baleful aura emanating from Wang Baole’s words!
Baleful aura seemed to be something illusory, but to true powerhouses, it was something that could be felt directly, allowing them to get a feel for their enemy’s strength. And the boyish Eternal Star Realm ancestor was certainly a powerhouse. With his vast cultivation base along with some special techniques, the baleful aura in Wang Baole’s words was enough for him to sense… the aura of death of at least five Planet Realm cultivators!
In other words, this person had killed at least five Planet Realm opponents, and quite recently at that!
To kill so many others in the same realm, no matter what methods he’d used to do so, was enough to prove one thing…
This new enemy… was extremely powerful!
And this was indeed the case. Wang Baole’s baleful aura spread out without reservation. His rage was partly because there were more cultivators awakened from the ancient bronze sword than expected, and partly because his clone had been suppressed earlier.
He knew that he had to settle things with the Vast Expanse Dao Palace this time. Moreover, he had to do so in an overbearing manner. He couldn’t allow them to assume they had any advantages at all!
Thus, as soon as he sensed his clone being sucked into the gourd, Wang Baole’s true self used the power of the Divine Eye Civilization’s Eternal Star to teleport over instantly. The first thing he did when he arrived was summon his Dao Planet and burst forth with the full power of his cultivation base, creating the nine-colored sea of light that swept through the entire solar system.
Currently, Wang Baole was only in the early stage of the Planet Realm. However, with the power of his Dao Planet, his battle prowess was enough to steamroll even great-circle Planet Realm enemies as long as they had advanced with a Spirit or Immortal Planet!
Only those who had advanced with a Special Planet and were two minor realms higher than him could battle evenly with him. In other words, only those in the late-stage of the Planet Realm with a Special Planet could be his match.
Or… if he encountered someone who had advanced using another Dao Planet, in terms of quintessence, they would be on the same level. However, Wang Baole’s Dao Planet was particularly formidable. Thus, even if someone had a Dao Planet and was at the same cultivation base as him, they would still be no match for Wang Baole.
This was what made those who wielded Dao Planets so terrifying. It was also why higher-quality Planets drove everyone in the Never-Ending Dao Domain crazy, as well as why the Starfall Realm was so attractive to those massive organizations!
On the path of cultivation, the further people went, the greater the gap between them would grow. Sometimes, even in the same realm, the gap between two people could be as great as the difference between heaven and earth!
For example, when Wang Baole’s true self arrived and the nine-colored sea of light appeared, De Yunzi immediately let out a miserable scream. His divine soul instantly began to show signs of dissipating, and he felt a tearing pain radiate from his very being. He retreated without hesitation, returning to the beam of light that came from the ancient bronze sword and fleeing frantically.
Fear of impending death was only one of the reasons that De Yunzi automatically chose to escape. The other was the realization that the person he had been fighting earlier was just a clone, and that mere clone had already required his master and senior disciple to come out in order to suppress it. Now that this person’s true self had arrived… If De Yunzi’s master was uninjured, there would be no worries. But in his current wounded state, whether or not he could win was already uncertain!
Moreover… even if De Yunzi’s master could win, De Yunzi himself was in no shape to even observe the battle. As soon as the two began fighting, just the ripples caused by their clash could wipe his divine soul out of existence.
The moment De Yunzi moved to escape, his senior brother did the same. Although this senior brother wasn’t injured, Wang Baole’s terrifying baleful aura and the vast nine-colored sea of light made the middle-aged man feel a sharp pain between his eyebrows. This pain came from a certain divine ability that he’d cultivated.
This divine ability had only one use, which was to predict a crisis of life and death. The prediction manifested itself as a stinging pain between the eyebrows, and the greater the pain, the higher the probability of death. At that moment, the stinging between the middle-aged man’s eyebrows was almost the same as back when the Vast Expanse Dao Palace had come under attack and had nearly been annihilated. Thus, the middle-aged man instantly chose to flee alongside his junior brother.
However…. Within Wang Baole’s nine-colored sea of light, how could the two of them even dream of escaping? Their only chance would be if their master unleashed all his strength to hold Wang Baole back at all costs.
But for Eternal Star Realm Almighties, emotions were often things that washed away with the years. This was even more so for De Yunzi’s master, who’d had a cold personality to begin with. He prized his own safety above everything else, and this aspect of his character had only become more exaggerated ever since the sect’s crisis back then. After slumbering for so long, he’d only barely managed to somewhat recover from his severe injuries, so he cherished his life more than ever. Unless absolutely necessary, he definitely wouldn’t do anything that might lead to injury.
That was because getting hurt at this stage would worsen his hidden injuries and might even cause him to fall back into slumber. The boyish Eternal Star Realm cultivator couldn’t accept such a result, so as soon as Wang Baole appeared, he was even faster than his two disciples. The moment that the gourd in his hand suddenly exploded, he had already begun to retreat. He quickly returned back to the crack in the void and… disappeared in an instant!
When his two disciples noticed his disappearance, their complexions instantly turned pale. However, they didn’t have time to say anything and could only continue fleeing at top speed.
Unfortunately, they wouldn’t able to escape from Wang Baole’s true self. After merging with the clone, Wang Baole shot out of the sea of light so fast that he seemed to be ripping through the void. A moment later, he had already appeared right in front of the beam of light that contained De Yunzi’s divine soul.
Although the beam of light contained a pulling force that boosted De Yunzi’s speed as he rushed back to the Dao Palace, it wasn’t enough to allow him to escape from Wang Baole. De Yunzi let out a mournful scream as nine colors invaded the beam of light and Wang Baole’s hand reached in. In an instant, Wang Baole’s fingers wrapped around De Yunzi’s struggling divine soul!
Wang Baole yanked hard, and De Yunzi’s divine soul was directly hauled out of the beam of light. Killing intent flashed through Wang Baole’s eyes, and he didn’t even give De Yunzi a chance to beg for mercy. Instead, he tossed the divine soul behind him, where the Nightmare Eye was waiting to devour it!
It was an ending too miserable for words!
Sensing the feedback transmitted from the black Nightmare Eye, Wang Baole revealed a dark expression as he glanced at De Yunzi’s senior brother, whose scalp had long gone numb with horror.
The middle-aged man’s teeth were chattering, and the waves of panic in his heart made him feel like he was drowning. To him, Wang Baole’s true self seemed no weaker than an Eternal Star Realm cultivator. No, he was even more terrifying!
A moment after De Yunzi’s senior brother met Wang Baole’s gaze, Wang Baole instantly disappeared from his vision. The stinging pain from between his brows suddenly intensified, and he immediately let out a desperate roar.
“I woke up three years later than De Yunzi. Senior, if you don’t believe me, feel free to search my soul! I haven’t given any orders to harm the Federation, and there’s no blood of the Federation on my hands!!”
Wang Baole had already appeared behind the middle-aged man, and his right hand was poised to strike the man’s head with a palm. Given Wang Baole’s strength, if his palm strike really fell, De Yunzi’s senior brother would die immediately, his fleshly body obliterated and his divine soul unable to escape the fate of being devoured.
But it had to be said that the middle-aged man’s hasty words had some effect. Although Wang Baole was angry, for the sake of Little Missy, he couldn’t be too ruthless. After all, to a certain extent, the Vast Expanse Dao Palace could potentially become an ally.
However, in order for that to happen, he had to first let them feel some pain. Thus, Wang Baole narrowed his eyes and his palm strike changed into a chop. In an instant, he ran his hand across De Yunzi’s senior brother’s neck, slicing through it in one smooth motion.
A fountain of blood erupted, and the middle-aged man’s fleshly body collapsed below the head. However, his head remained intact, with his divine soul suppressed inside. Although he managed to survive, Wang Baole instantly grabbed his hair. Holding onto the head of De Yunzi’s senior brother, Wang Baole rushed straight toward… the ancient bronze sword!
It wasn’t over yet!
This amount of deterrence… wasn’t enough!