Essence Devouring Art

Thunder Sea Fortress.

Its main stronghold was located within the eye of the storm in the Celestial Thunder Sea’s cosmos. To destroy this fortress, the primary mission was to kill its Marshal, Lei Huan.

Once the Marshal was dead, the rest of his forces would crumble on their own.

With his Life Magnetic Field locked on, Wu Dao quickly located Lei Huan after entering the Little Cosmos filled with golden Celestial Thunder. His target’s Magnetic Field was exceptionally conspicuous, like a golden thunder-sun suspended over the central main city in the darkness.

A Quasi-Ancestral King of the Second Realm.

And from the Celestial Thunder Qilin clan, no less.

’It’ll be a little troublesome to kill him instantly without revealing my full strength.’

However, Wu Dao had the Bitter Dust Robe.

He could sneak into the Celestial Thunder Main City undetected for a close-range ambush. Unless Lei Huan was prepared in advance, even a Tenth Layer Quasi-Ancestral King would be helpless against the barrage of several dozen Peak Quasi-Emperor Soldiers!

What he truly needed to consider was the ambush from Long Chen, who was lying in wait within this Little Cosmos, ready to strike after Lei Huan was killed.

This man possessed the heart of a ruthless schemer.

He cared only for the outcome, not the means.

The moment Wu Dao showed himself, Long Chen wouldn’t waste time with banter; he would instantly unleash his full power for a killing blow!

An Emperor’s Weapon would undoubtedly be involved!

It was laughably easy for a Quasi-Emperor wielding an Emperor’s Weapon to instantly execute a Great Venerable.

Even if that Great Venerable also had an Emperor’s Weapon!

Thinking of this, Wu Dao summoned the Holy Spirit Emperor’s Plate.

It enveloped him completely like a suit of armor. By now, he could awaken a significant portion of the Emperor’s Plate’s defensive capabilities and no longer feared a sudden attack from an Emperor’s Weapon.

’Is Mountain and Sea involved in this or not?’

Outside the Celestial Thunder Main City, Wu Dao could already use his Magnetic Field to observe a towering figure cultivating silently within a sea of liquefied golden thunder at the city’s core.

A Qilin’s head on a human body.

Destructive Celestial Thunder spewed from the pores all over his body.

Within his physique, two Proto-Cosmoses rumbled as they devoured the essence of the Thunder Pool, transforming it into resplendent Qilin ancestral blood that surged like a billion rolling thunderclaps.

Lei Huan.

The Marshal of the Thunder Sea Fortress.

He seemed completely unaware of the impending slaughter, wholly immersed in his Cultivation.

Within Celestial Thunder City, there were no deadly Grand Arrays either.

Even if it wasn’t Wu Dao, any other Quasi-Emperor could have easily concealed themselves and snuck inside.

It is said that abnormalities are a sign of foul play.

But sometimes, things being too normal wasn’t a good thing either, especially since Wu Dao was on Mountain and Sea’s kill list.

An act as suicidal as crossing the border would surely have been reported by a mole at the first opportunity. They would never pass up such a golden opportunity to capture Wu Dao.

’Could it be...’

Wu Dao’s deductive abilities were extraordinary.

Based on the abnormalities in Celestial Thunder City, he faintly deduced what Mountain and Sea was planning and couldn’t help but curse them as ’damned old schemers’.

But even knowing this, Wu Dao had to walk into the trap. If he missed this chance, Long Chen’s vigilance would certainly skyrocket, making it even harder to kill him in the future.

After a brief pause, with the Quasi-Emperor Weapons inside his body ready, Wu Dao’s gaze turned cold. He merged into the Magnetic Field and silently snuck into Lei Huan’s Cultivation dojo.

CRACKLE! POP!

The moment he entered the dojo, the golden Celestial Thunder grew even more violent.

It had liquefied into a surging ocean of Thunder Liquid, filled with an aura of destruction.

At its core, Lei Huan was like the Nine Heavens Thunder God wielding the power of judgment, too dazzling to look at directly. Infinite golden Celestial Thunder erupted from his body; a single strand could obliterate a Great Venerable World!

But he had not discovered that an uninvited guest had already snuck into the Thunder Liquid Dojo.

Wu Dao suppressed his killing intent, his heart calm.

Amidst the ferociously crackling Thunderbolt, he moved forward like an ethereal Infinite Walker, soon arriving at a distance from Lei Huan equivalent to a hundred billion light-years in his previous life.

This distance, which would be but a stone’s throw for a Great Saint, was practically nonexistent for the current Wu Dao. He had entered the perfect range for an ambush, no different from a mortal holding a blade to his enemy’s neck.

’In that case...’

RUMBLE!!!

The Thunder Sea quaked, and space-time shattered!

The shift from absolute stillness to explosive motion occurred in the span of a single thought!

Before Lei Huan could react, Wu Dao, wreathed in multicolored Destruction Divine Light, took One Step out of the Magnetic Field!

The terrifying Mighty Power unleashed by dozens of Peak Quasi-Emperor Soldiers erupting in unison instantly caused the Thunder Pool Dojo and the connecting Celestial Thunder City to swell and explode, making the entire Little Cosmos tremble violently!

”You...”

Amidst the near-frozen scene of destruction, Lei Huan’s expression was very strange. It wasn’t the shock and horror of someone caught in a deadly ambush, but rather surprise and confusion at the unexpected.

”Hello.”

Wu Dao naturally knew what Lei Huan was surprised about, but he still showed no mercy. With an indifferent expression, he mobilized endless Destruction Divine Light to submerge and annihilate Lei Huan on the spot!

He had confirmed it even before he attacked. The Lei Huan before him was merely a Puppet Incarnation, not the real body, but he had still chosen to strike with explosive force!

’Lei Huan’ had been surprised, most likely because Wu Dao had managed to sneak into the dojo so silently that not even the ambushing Mountain Sea Ancestor King had detected him in advance!

CLANG! CLANG! CLANG—

The very instant Wu Dao struck, the premonition of danger in his mind became a frantic alarm bell, and he felt the Little Cosmos instantly transform into an Asura Purgatory!

He snapped his head up!

Deep within the dissipating golden Thunderbolt outside the ruins of Celestial Thunder City, he finally saw the faint figure of Long Chen, holding a jet-black greatbow drawn taut like a full moon, channeling the Great Cosmic Power!

An Emperor’s Weapon—

the Path-Breaking Bow!

A Slaughter Dao Emperor Weapon secretly forged by the Rising Dragon Celestial Dynasty, it specifically targeted the Essence, Qi, and Spirit of all things. If a Great Emperor were struck by an arrow from it unprepared, even if they didn’t die, their Dragon Vein Dao Foundation would shatter, turning them into a cripple!

To open with an Emperor’s Weapon!

This was proof of Long Chen’s absolute determination to kill Wu Dao!

”Die!!”

TWANG—BOOM!!

In less than the span of a thought, the Three-Colored Divine Arrow, condensed by the fully drawn Path-Breaking Bow, was already loosed!

Order collapsed, and all existence plunged into Chaos!

It was only as thick and long as an arm!

But the instant the Three-Colored Divine Arrow left the bow, it erupted with infinite power, instantly tearing the golden Little Cosmos apart!