Chapter 1956: Collecting the Sky-Connecting Divine Wood
Seeing Bore being engulfed by divine lightning, the Ten-Eyed Qiankun Insect couldn't help but reveal a smug smile. Daring to withstand divine lightning head-on was nothing short of seeking death.
When Canglong had handed him that talisman, he had said that the divine lightning released by the talisman was immensely powerful. A single bolt was enough to severely wound or even kill an ordinary Lin Dao realm expert. With hundreds or thousands of bolts striking together, even a top-tier Lin Dao realm expert would find it hard to survive.
Although Bore was strong, there was absolutely no way she could withstand the bombardment of thousands of divine lightning bolts.
Of course, even if Bore wasn't dead, she would certainly be grievously wounded. At that point, he could easily suppress her with a flip of his hand, and she would no longer be able to stir up any trouble.
"Daring to look down on me, do you really think I'm someone to be trifled with?" The Ten-Eyed Qiankun Insect's eyes were filled with cold mockery.
He was waiting for the talisman's power to be exhausted, to see just how miserable Bore's fate would be. As long as he could collect a wisp of her remnant soul, he could exchange it for a large amount of merit points.
After a long while, the violent divine lightning finally subsided, and everything returned to calm.
"How is that possible?"
Seeing the scene before him, the Ten-Eyed Qiankun Insect couldn't help but widen his eyes, almost thinking he was seeing things.
Bore stood quietly within a golden Buddhist lotus, a faint golden Buddhist light radiating from her body. Her appearance was solemn and dignified, like a living Bodhisattva walking among the world.
The golden Buddhist lotus was completely unharmed, perfectly blocking all the power of the divine lightning, preventing it from causing any harm to Bore.
The Ten-Eyed Qiankun Insect was completely stunned. He had used his strongest trump card, yet he couldn't even injure Bore. Just how powerful was she?
Soon, the Ten-Eyed Qiankun Insect snapped back to reality, and his first thought was to flee.
Bai Bian Xiao Xiao Sheng sensed the Ten-Eyed Qiankun Insect's crisis and unleashed several high-rank Ten-Thousand Pattern Sacred Artifacts, including a damaged Monarch Battle Artifact he had obtained in the Kunlun Realm. He wanted to block Bore and buy time for the Ten-Eyed Qiankun Insect to escape.
"Hurry up and go!" Bai Bian Xiao Xiao Sheng's face showed anxiety.
The Ten-Eyed Qiankun Insect naturally didn't dare to delay. He immediately fled at his fastest speed, no longer caring about collecting the Sky-Connecting Divine Wood.
Bore didn't move. She remained standing within the golden Buddhist lotus, her hands quickly forming strange hand seals.
Instantly, an even more brilliant golden Buddhist light surged from within her body, condensing a golden Bodhisattva statue that merged with the golden Buddhist lotus, as if the two were originally one.
"Bang."
The golden Bodhisattva extended a hand, easily shattering the high-rank Ten-Thousand Pattern Sacred Artifacts that Bai Bian Xiao Xiao Sheng had unleashed, turning them into pieces of scrap metal.
As for the damaged Monarch Battle Artifact, the golden Bodhisattva grabbed it directly. The King-rank inscriptions within it retracted, unable to release any power at all.
Silver liquid droplets flew out from between Bore's brows, condensing a crystalline sacred sword that emitted a bone-chilling cold aura, as if it would freeze even this void space.
The crystalline sacred sword, like flowing water, rapidly shuttled through the void space, instantly reaching behind the Ten-Eyed Qiankun Insect.
"No!"
The Ten-Eyed Qiankun Insect let out a terrified and unwilling roar.
"Pfft."
The crystalline sacred sword pierced through the Ten-Eyed Qiankun Insect's head, and hundreds of thousands of Sword Dao rules instantly surged into his body.
As a Primordial Relic, his life force was extremely powerful, but after taking this blow, the Ten-Eyed Qiankun Insect immediately lost his vitality, quickly transforming into a strange insect with ten eyes, its body massive, comparable to a wild ox.
Seeing the Ten-Eyed Qiankun Insect dead, Bai Bian Xiao Xiao Sheng was horrified and desperately tried to escape.
He himself was skilled in transformation, and his true strength was actually inferior to that of the Ten-Eyed Qiankun Insect.
If even the Ten-Eyed Qiankun Insect could be easily killed by Bore, how could he possibly be a match for her?
Bore didn't give chase. She slowly extended a hand, and strange Fate rules emerged, transforming into chains that flew toward Bai Bian Xiao Xiao Sheng.
Bai Bian Xiao Xiao Sheng's speed was ultimately no match for the chains formed by the Fate rules. In the blink of an eye, he was bound by the chains.
One of the chains, glowing with strange light, directly pierced through Bai Bian Xiao Xiao Sheng's body, pulling his Sacred Soul out from within.
"Bang."
The chain vibrated lightly, and Bai Bian Xiao Xiao Sheng's Sacred Soul shattered.
With this, the Six Jue of the Nether God Hall had lost two more, and from now on, they could only be called the Two Jue.
As soon as Bai Bian Xiao Xiao Sheng died, his body transformed, turning into an unknown strange beast.
Bore didn't waste anything. She collected the corpses of both the Ten-Eyed Qiankun Insect and Bai Bian Xiao Xiao Sheng. After all, the bodies of such Primordial Relics were still quite valuable.
The next moment, Bore's gaze locked onto You Yuexin, clearly not intending to let this survivor of the Black Demon Realm go.
"I'll fight it out."
You Yuexin knew she couldn't escape. She steeled her heart and took the initiative to attack Bore.
A demonic moon flew out from within her body, releasing surging demonic qi, and crashed toward Bore.
Bore's expression was indifferent. She casually waved her hand, and a vast Death Evil Qi surged forth, colliding with the demonic moon.
"Bang."
The demonic moon exploded, and all the demonic qi was annihilated into nothingness.
You Yuexin's body trembled violently. She spat out a mouthful of blood, once again suffering severe injuries.
Before she could make another move, Bore unleashed a Fate light, which instantly entered her body.
You Yuexin's body stiffened and became immobile. Her eyes quickly lost focus, and in the end, she couldn't escape this calamity.
Just as Bore was about to continue her attack, Ji Fanxin blocked her path, unleashing an Ancient Witchcraft Art. Countless witch curses densely filled the void space, extending toward Bore.
A faint smile appeared in Bore's eyes. She formed another hand seal, and a powerful Death Thought Power surged from within her body, clashing with the witch curses.
With Ji Fanxin holding off Bore, the weaker members of the Heavenly Court faction couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. They had truly been afraid that Bore would target them.
At the same time, a group of Heavenly Court experts attacked the Death Clan with all their might, creating an opportunity for Zhang Ruochen to strike.
As long as they could keep the Death Clan experts too busy to respond, Zhang Ruochen would be able to find a chance to assassinate them.
Everyone could see that, relying on his advantage of free movement, even if his opponent was much stronger than him, Zhang Ruochen still had ways to kill them.
After a fierce battle, aside from Bore and the seven powerful Divine Sons and Divine Daughters, all the other Death Clan experts had been killed, and all of them had died at Zhang Ruochen's hands.
For Zhang Ruochen, these Death Clan experts were all merit points. Together, they were enough to increase his merit points by over a hundred million, far more than killing ordinary Death Clan members.
Soon, Zhang Ruochen selected another assassination target: Ku Shenzi, who was engaged in a fierce battle with Bi Yunhai.
This person's strength was inferior to Bi Yunhai's, and he was completely being suppressed by Bi Yunhai, making him the best target.
With a flicker of his form, Zhang Ruochen appeared beside Ku Shenzi.
He activated the Space-Time Secret Scripture, causing space to tremble. A massive Space Rift extended toward Ku Shenzi.
Ku Shenzi's expression changed drastically. He immediately shifted sideways at his fastest speed, but he was still a bit too slow. He couldn't completely avoid the Space Rift, and both of his arms were severed by it, blood gushing out.
"Die."
Seizing the opportunity, Bi Yunhai immediately attacked, activating the sky-blue gourd. A brilliant sacred light, formed by the interweaving of countless Sacred Dao rules, blasted toward Ku Shenzi.
Caught off guard, Ku Shenzi could only quickly set up dozens of protective barriers around his body while using the Shadow of Death to guard himself.
"Bang."
The Shadow of Death couldn't withstand the terrifying attack unleashed by the Monarch Sacred Artifact and was pierced through.
Then, the dozens of protective barriers that Ku Shenzi had hastily set up were also shattered one after another. His entire body was sent flying backward.
Zhang Ruochen seemed to have calculated everything. He instantly appeared behind Ku Shenzi, and the blurry Sword Soul flew out from within his body, controlling the Abyssal Ancient Sword to execute the Time Sword Art.
Countless Time Imprints appeared, enveloping Ku Shenzi.
"Not good."
Ku Shenzi thought to himself that it was bad.
Unfortunately, it was already too late for him to try to block the attack.
Time seemed to freeze at that moment, and Ku Shenzi's thoughts could barely turn.
"Pfft."
The sword light flashed, and Ku Shenzi's head flew high into the air.
Even when dealing with a top-tier Death Clan expert like Ku Shenzi, the Sword Soul still had a restraining effect, and it was even more pronounced.
With just one sword strike, Ku Shenzi was dead.
The Sword Soul returned with the sword, merging back into Zhang Ruochen's body as if it had never appeared.
With a wave of his hand, Zhang Ruochen collected Ku Shenzi's corpse and the Sacred Artifacts he had used. These were all his spoils of war.
Seeing this, Bi Yunhai frowned slightly, clearly displeased. But in the end, he didn't make a fuss. In the void space, he really couldn't do anything to Zhang Ruochen. If they actually fought, he might even end up at a disadvantage.
"Ku!"
Seeing Ku Shenzi dead, Yuan Mo Shenzi's eyes were filled with rage.
He wasn't actually very concerned about Ku Shenzi's life or death, but in this situation, with Ku Shenzi dead, their predicament had undoubtedly become even more dire.
"Retreat. Use the Death Altar to deal with them. Anyone who dares to step into the Immortal Mechanism Mountain will not leave alive." Yuan Mo Shenzi coldly gave the order.
Fighting in the void space was too frustrating. They had a body full of powerful strength but couldn't unleash it. Otherwise, how could they be suppressed by Zhang Ruochen?
In an instant, the remaining Death Clan experts all gathered around Yuan Mo Shenzi at their fastest speed, including Bore.
The seven top-tier experts unleashed their Death Thought Power, jointly condensing a massive Shadow of Death. Yuan Mo Shenzi even handed over the Demon Spear, a Supreme Sacred Artifact, to the Shadow of Death.
"Boom."
The Heavenly Court experts attacked wildly. How could they let such a good opportunity slip by and allow Yuan Mo Shenzi and the others to escape?
The Shadow of Death trembled, becoming increasingly unstable and on the verge of collapse.
"Death Sacrifice."
Led by Yuan Mo Shenzi, along with the other five Divine Sons and Divine Daughters, they jointly sacrificed their own essence.
Bore did not sacrifice herself. Instead, she used her Fate techniques, using the Gate of Destiny to stabilize the Shadow of Death while doing her best to eliminate the influence of the void space.
In this way, the Death Clan side managed to hold on, slowly breaking free from the void space.
Outside the void space, there was no one at the moment. No one knew where those who hadn't entered the void space, or those who had withdrawn from it, had gone.
"Shua."
As soon as Yuan Mo Shenzi and the others broke free from the void space, they didn't hesitate for a moment. They immediately used their fastest speed to flash out of the cyan palace.
"Chase."
Xuan Yuan Lie Kong was the first to give chase.
Seeing this, the other experts all followed closely behind, wanting to take the opportunity to annihilate all the Death Clan members on the Immortal Mechanism Mountain.
Incidentally, Lu Baiming and Ming Gu had not been affected by the Sky-Connecting Divine Wood at all. They hadn't followed the others into the central area of the Immortal Mechanism Mountain and had been fighting outside all along. No one knew how the battle was going now.
At the edge of the void space, Zhang Ruochen paused for a moment, then immediately turned back.
With no one else around now, this was undoubtedly the best time to collect the trunk of the Sky-Connecting Divine Wood.
In a flash, he arrived in front of the trunk of the Sky-Connecting Divine Wood again. He opened the Qiankun Realm and had the sapling of the Sky-Connecting Divine Wood communicate with the will remaining in the trunk.
Everyone else had thought that collecting the trunk of the Sky-Connecting Divine Wood was too simple. This was the body of a powerful deity. If one couldn't gain its recognition, forcibly collecting it would not be an easy task.
In fact, if the Ten-Eyed Qiankun Insect had really used that ancient space artifact to collect the trunk of the Sky-Connecting Divine Wood earlier, not only would he have failed, but he would have also invited great trouble.
It didn't take long. The sapling of the Sky-Connecting Divine Wood successfully communicated with the will remaining in the trunk.
"Collect."
Zhang Ruochen fully opened the Qiankun Realm, releasing an extremely powerful suction force.
"Shua."
The massive trunk of the Sky-Connecting Divine Wood, along with the countless Devouring God Insects lurking within it, was instantly sucked into the Qiankun Realm without any resistance.
Following that, the dense Divine Wood Qi that filled the void space was also drawn into the Qiankun Realm. These were all good things and couldn't be wasted.