manynovel Chapter 24 The Flame of Life, The Great Wilderness
Chapter 24 The Flame of Life, The Great Wilderness
The sky was clear and blue, and a young golden-winged roc soared and danced in the distance.
The dark golden elephant stood tall and imposing, its four legs treading on the desolate red earth. Its long trunk swung, and after swallowing endless thunder, its entire body was surrounded by lightning. It was masculine and sacred, radiating boundless power and beauty.
Gen Kiyosu, standing at the center of two feet resembling a divine elephant pillar, is the embodiment of beauty and strength.
Following the sixteenth colossal particle, the seventeenth colossal particle also awakened. A vast power surged within his body, and the aura of a primordial beast radiated outwards. Although the boy was so small compared to the phantom of the divine elephant lightning, he seemed to be the true ferocious beast.
Boom!
dong dong!
A tremendous heartbeat emanated from his withered chest, pounding like a war drum, propelling his blazing blood energy to surge, nourishing his limbs and bones, causing the charred skin on Yuan Qingsu's surface to peel away continuously, and his dry, translucent skin to plump up again.
Her raven-black hair fell over her shoulders. Yuan Qingsu stood tall, her eyes shooting out two beams of divine light. An invisible aura spread out in all directions from her center, forcing Ji Haoyue to retreat repeatedly.
"you......."
"The taste of lightning tribulation is quite good, it's a pity you're only at the fourth level."
Yuan Qingsu glanced at Ji Haoyue, whose face was turning pale and then red. Because of the requirements of the "Demon Prison Mystic Embryo" ritual, she no longer intended to attack him. Therefore, with a thought, she dispersed the divine elephant phantom behind her, which resembled a sovereign over the earth, and collapsed it back into the Sea of Wheels Secret Realm, absorbing the enormous lightning contained within the divine elephant as well.
The purple sea entered his body, causing tiny, crystalline purple lightning arcs to swirl and crackle between his breaths, nose, and hair.
The Heavenly Tribulation symbolizes destruction, but it also gives birth to new life. It is a great creation in the universe of Shrouding the Heavens. All the outstanding talents in this world must go through the Heavenly Tribulation at various levels.
The stronger one's innate talent, the stronger the path one follows, the stronger the calamity bestowed by Heaven, and the greater the fortune nurtured within that calamity.
This was Yuan Qingsu's initial attempt, taking advantage of the Eastern Wilderness Divine Body.
He made this attempt also because of resources.
Since breaking through to the third level of the Dao Palace, he has discovered that the giant elephant particles in his body are also stirring under the stimulation of the secret realm technique, showing signs of recovery. However, the resources are not in place, and he can only rely on absorbing the essence of heaven and earth to replenish what he needs, so the progress bar is progressing very slowly.
So when Ji Haoyue used heavenly lightning to fight, he simply took a gamble.
It seems the results are quite good.
In the early stages, he seemed somewhat disheveled, even giving Ji Haoyue the illusion that he had the upper hand. This was partly because his mortal body had encountered a lightning tribulation, causing a strong reaction during the tempering process, and partly because he had consumed a lot of his energy and spirit in opening the [Gate of Wisdom - Dao Self] and comprehending the lightning of heaven and earth.
As a conceptual gate derived from the Gate of All Gates, the Gate of Wisdom is indeed mysterious, but it is not a perpetual motion machine. Opening it with Yuan Qingsu's current sequence requires consuming his own power.
When facing Ji Haoyue's innate Taixu Gangqi, he had already expended a great deal of energy opening the Gate of Wisdom. Now, he was using it again, and the object of his comprehension had changed to the tribulation of lightning in this world. One can imagine the amount of energy required.
He almost sucked the source of the essence dry.
But correspondingly, the gains are also quite astonishing.
First, there was the Sea of Wheels Secret Realm, which was reshaped as the giant elephant particles continued to awaken. After this second reshaping, the body's potential was continuously unlocked, giving birth to a unique phenomenon belonging to Yuan Qingsu: the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison.
The combination of 840 million giant elephants formed a divine elephant, which traversed countless hells, like the sands of the Ganges.
The power of this phenomenon is directly linked to the number of awakened particles.
Secondly, there is the "Holy Light Technique". Lightning is also a kind of light, and it is one of the strongest killing lights in the universe. This time, I comprehended the intricate innate patterns in the Heavenly Tribulation Lightning. Based on the Holy Light Cauldron and the Holy Light Spear, there is another change in the Heavenly Tribulation Light.
Finally, the mortal awakened seventeen giant elephant particles and underwent a baptism of lightning, thus becoming truly powerful, far surpassing ordinary people.
Yuan Qingsu stood on the endless red earth, as if he were standing at the center of the world, looking down on all living beings. Lightning crackled with every breath, like a thunder emperor in the heavens, so aloof and lonely.
The mere silence and confrontation were enough to suffocate Ji Haoyue and Ji Ziyue.
Ji Haoyue knew that even if she had broken through to the fourth level, she was no match for this young man. He was too strong, his combat power was astonishing, like an ancient demonic mountain pressing down on the hearts of the brother and sister.
In the past, Ji Haoyue often held himself to the standards of the "Great Emperor in his youth" and often heard his elders in the clan praise him in this way.
But today, he truly witnessed what it meant to be a "young emperor".
A faint sense of despair lingered in Ji Haoyue's heart. He saw Yuan Qingsu once again take out the forbidden artifact of Buddha with one hand and condense a holy light spear with the other, looking over at him. He first met Yuan Qingsu's gaze and said indifferently, "Do you want your sister to live? Don't waste time with nonsense. Just tell me directly whether you want to or not. You know I have the ability to decide your life and death."
"...I want to." Ji Haoyue gritted her teeth and nodded slightly, without any hesitation.
"Okay, I promise you, I'll let her go."
"..."
Receiving this promise, Ji Haoyue felt a surge of relief, but before he could react, Yuan Qingsu turned to Ji Ziyue and asked, "And you? Do you want your brother to live?"
"Of course." Ji Ziyue nodded without hesitation.
"Okay, I promise you, I'll let him go."
Yuan Qingsu said in a deep voice, "The path to becoming an emperor is inherently cruel. Once you embark on this path, you must be prepared to die at any time. Now that I am letting you go, you owe me two lives. This is karma, and I will collect it in the future. Senior Sister Yao, let's go."
As he spoke, he turned and walked towards the gate to the underground palace at the foot of the red hill.
The graceful Yao Xi glanced at the golden-winged roc that was flying closer and closer on the horizon, smiled thoughtfully, and then turned around to follow Yuan Qingsu's footsteps, leaving without looking back.
The commotion here is too great, and many people are on their way. In addition to the younger generation, there must be some terrifying older figures hiding in the shadows. It is indeed not a good place to stay for long.
In his youth, in the deep, dark underground palace, Yuan Qingsu's fair and slender hand grasped the dimly lit ancient bronze lamp.
"call!"
The flames flickered and then suddenly grew stronger.
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"call!"
The firelight flickered, the orange flames leaping and dispelling the darkness of the room.
Shi Yunfeng's hand, tightly gripping the ancient bronze lamp, seemed to overlap with the hand of a young man from countless ages ago. He stood quietly at the window of the house built of stone, his gaze passing through the entrance of Stone Village, silently watching the vast wilderness of mountains and valleys under the night sky.
A gigantic bird of unbelievable size, with its wings spread wide, swept across the sky and flew over the village of Stone.
A blurry figure, as tall as the mountains, holding an iron rod, walked past step by step, passing by the side of the stone village.
Countless ferocious beasts surged like a tidal wave, roaming the wilderness, but like those terrifying beings, they all avoided this mortal village when passing by Stone Village.
The reason is that a branch of the willow tree at the entrance of the village shines brightly green, as if a chain of order protects this place.
"Thank you, Goddess Liu..."
Thinking this, Shi Yunfeng turned his head and looked behind him again. On the stone bed covered with animal hides, a fair-skinned "little one" was fast asleep, looking adorably cute.
A kind smile involuntarily appeared on the old man's face.