Essence Devouring Art

Courting death!

CLANG!

A large hand, resplendent with a Magnetic Field, clenched into a fist and shot forward.

Wu Dao shattered the blade’s light with a single punch!

As far as the eye could see, it was like being on a primordial battlefield.

The smoke of war stretched endlessly, Gods and Demons roared as they fought to the death, entire Star Seas collapsed one after another, and the Grand Cosmos itself was madly tearing open with pitch-black rifts!

At the heart of the universe...

...stood a supreme being of indescribable majesty, radiating a boundless Emperor’s Might. As the black saber light in its hand cut through the air, it unleashed a torrent of Chaotic Qi Flow, annihilating the All Heavens and Myriad Realms and causing the Grand Cosmos to explode and collapse.

It was horrifying beyond measure!

’This is...’

’A corner of the Five Tribulations battlefield?’

’The Heaven-Burying Emperor?’

Wu Dao retracted his gaze, his brow furrowing slightly. He concealed himself even deeper within the Magnetic Field, choosing not to act recklessly.

The Heaven-Burying Emperor couldn’t possibly be resurrected, of course.

If this were his true body...

...forget observing him directly, even the slightest ripple of his Emperor’s Might would instantly incinerate him to ash!

In other words...

...this ancient cosmic battlefield...

...was merely a temporal Magnetic Field projected by the Emperor’s Tomb!

But that saber light just now...

...the Power of Slaughter it carried was not the least bit false!

’It’s not just a projection!’

’Some of the battlefield’s Mighty Power has been recreated as well!’

’A scheme by the Heaven-Burying Emperor?’

’Or is it that madman, the Slaughter Emperor?’

’How am I supposed to break this formation?’

”AHHH!!!”

As these thoughts flashed through his mind like lightning...

...just like on the bloody forbidden road...

...a tragic, final wail echoed out.

Wu Dao looked over at once.

Boundless Emperor’s Might, brilliant saber light!

A beam of the Heaven-Burying Saber’s light, striking from the center of the universe, cleaved an ancient Demon Saint in two on the spot. The shattering Three Thousand Worlds and surging qi and blood flooded a vast expanse of the starry sky!

But strangely...

...the moment that Demon God’s blood qi and Creation erupted, they were completely absorbed by the battlefield, not even a single drop remaining!

At the same time...

...the Mighty Power of the Heaven-Burying Saber strike from the Heaven-Burying Emperor’s projection also weakened slightly.

”Hurry, make a blood sacrifice!”

Throughout the cosmic projection, a group of Great Powers were struggling to survive amidst the dense saber light. Upon realizing that blood sacrifices were effective, they roared frantically, their scalps tingling with fear.

But this time...

...the situation was completely different!

The Emperor demands Holy Blood!

Ordinary beings couldn’t weaken the killing saber’s power at all. In fact, it was counterproductive, drawing even fiercer saber strikes!

’Another blood sacrifice?’

’And only those at the Saint realm are useful!’

Within the Magnetic Field, Wu Dao’s eyes narrowed slightly.

’Two blood sacrifices.’

’The quality requirement is getting higher and higher. What on earth are the Heaven-Burying Emperor and the Slaughter Emperor trying to do?’

’This isn’t how a trial should work.’

’Without enough Great Powers to sacrifice, even someone with a key would perish in here fighting alone. It has nothing to do with personal ability at all!’

’What exactly is the blood sacrifice for?’

’Could it be...’

Hm?

As he pondered,

Wu Dao suddenly noticed something—

The people from the Heaven-Burying Alliance had vanished!

During the chaos earlier,

he hadn’t had a chance to look closely.

Only now did he realize that the few Demon Saints from the Heaven-Burying Alliance were not in the ancient battlefield’s projection!

’Su Xiuqi’s realm has fallen...’

Wu Dao breathed a slight sigh of relief. He looked toward the projection of the Heaven-Burying Emperor at the center of the universe, which was unleashing saber light that disintegrated all things, and proactively met the aftershock of a strike.

But this time,

he didn’t shatter it. Instead, he captured the Magnetic Field, vibrated his Primordial Magnetic Dao Source, connected to the Star Mother Database, and analyzed the saber light’s magnetic field structure and the information it carried.

”The Heaven-Burying Emperor’s Ultimate Skill, the Realm-Slaying Blade.”

A few breaths later,

Wu Dao got his answer. He sealed the captured Magnetic Field of the Realm-Slaying Blade within the Star Mother Database. Now was not the time to study and master it.

’Since Su Xiuqi’s realm fell here,’

’it proves he understands the layout of this deathtrap. It’s only logical that he’d find a shortcut to pass through early.’

As for the others...

”KILL!!”

The Black Mountain Demon Saint had also figured out the nature of this battlefield. With a furious roar that shattered one Star Sea after another, his massive hand, churning with demonic mist, descended like an eternal Demon Mountain to suppress the other Demon Saints.

The saber light grew more and more intense!

If he couldn’t pass through quickly,

he would definitely perish in this place. Better for his comrades to die than himself—his only choice was to go on a killing spree!

In the end,

after slaughtering ten First-Level Demon Saints,

the Black Mountain Demon Saint, along with a group of disheveled and battered Second and Third-Level Demon Saints, finally broke out of the projected battlefield.

After the Central Emperor Shadow dissipated,

Wu Dao, who had been hiding at the edge, didn’t hesitate either. He followed closely behind the Black Mountain Demon Saint’s group into the next Emperor’s Tomb Forbidden Area.

”Su Xiuqi, you ungrateful bastard!”

The group had just entered.

Before they even had a chance to observe their surroundings,

they immediately heard an aged, unwilling roar.

RUMBLE—

The baleful winds roiled and thundered, like a vortex, like an abyss.

This was a chaotic World ravaged by Heavenly Spirit and Earthly Fiend Qi. Every inch of space was filled with an ominous Power that reversed and defied everything.

There was no up or down; all things were in rebellion.

The moment Wu Dao entered, he felt his own Magnetic Field Power about to rebel against him. Only after a tremor from his Immune to All Laws bloodline branch did he manage to suppress it.

At the same time,

the fragmented Qiankun Bell inside his body also began to hum of its own accord, as if sensing something of the same origin and wanting to break free from Wu Dao’s control!

”Reversed Celestial Spirit...”

Wu Dao suppressed the rampaging Qiankun Bell and turned his gaze toward the source of the Heavenly Spirit and Earthly Fiend Qi in the chaotic World.

Like a swirling Abyss, the unstoppable power that defied everything instantly tore apart and disintegrated six Saint-realm experts from the Heaven-Burying Alliance!

At this point,

Wu Dao could already confirm it.

’The deadly formations we’ve encountered in the Heaven-Burying Emperor’s Tomb are all protective measures set up by the Slaughter Emperor.’

’The Heaven-Burying Emperor!’

’He’s most likely a part of the Slaughter Emperor’s scheme as well!’

’Using one of the All Heavens Great Emperors in a scheme, just to test a successor from a later generation?’

’The number one madman of Hongyuan!’

’That title really isn’t just a simple insult.’

”Su Xiuqi!!”

The moment the Black Mountain Demon Saint saw Su Xiuqi, he flew into a blind rage. Without a second thought, he attacked, intending to slap Su Xiuqi to death!

BOOM!

But just then,

the eye of the Celestial Spirits and Earthly Fiends, having received enough sacrifices, erupted. It swept everyone up and threw them into yet another deathtrap, nearly making the Black Mountain Demon Saint die of anger!