Exploring Immortality Cultivation-Chapter 1083 - 166: Golden Core Slays Mahayana (Part 2)

The Immortal had at least comprehended the Unity of My Method, completely merging their consciousness with mana, where mana is the mind, and the mind is mana. This is one reason why an Immortal can be resurrected after being slain, relying on a sliver of mana to transcend tribulation.

This characteristic also has another wonderful use. Even the most ordinary punches and kicks of an Immortal possess both material and immaterial dual properties, capable of not only shattering the enemy's physical body but also attacking their spirit.

Currently, the Holy Emperor Venerable is using this method to continuously destroy those divine spirits attacking him. Ordinary divine spirits, as weak as land and mountain gods, can be thoroughly crushed on the informational level with just a flick of his finger. Divine Spirit Cultivators encountering such a situation can only sink into the Human Dao, waiting until the day they can be reborn relying on Incense Fire Power. However, these gods were being used by Wang Qi as expendable resources.

All of this was just to create ample opportunities for his avatars that had fused with the Divine Tao images.

"Hmm! The Holy Emperor Venerable crushed the divine body of the Xiao River God with one hand, but was immediately seized by Longevity Heaven for a frontal attack.

"Ugh..." The Holy Emperor Venerable stomped the Lushan Mountain God to death, but could not avoid the Great Wilderness God's punch.

At this moment, Longevity Heaven and the Great Wilderness God had also abandoned their old images and transformed. These two gods fused with Wang Qi's avatars that possessed the "Heavenly Poetry" Primordial Spirit Skill and the "Heavenly Selection Double Helix" Primordial Spirit Skill. The Great Wilderness God's face shrank into a skull mask, its neck disappeared, its shoulders bore thick bone armor, its limbs became elongated, and a huge red sphere appeared on its chest; Longevity Heaven remained formless, transforming into a strange blue octahedral crystal.

Most of the other divine spirits had also shed their human forms, turning into various twisted monsters.

This was practically a collection of Wang Qi's personal malicious interests.

"Don't underestimate the contribution of crystal diffraction in the electromagnetic domain oh oh oh!" Wang Qi shouted meaninglessly while driving Longevity Heaven, the octahedral divine body. One edge of the octahedron suddenly lit up, releasing divine power in ten thousand rays of light. The two adjacent edges also became magnetic poles, accumulating divine power Yin Thunder.

The Holy Emperor Venerable wished to prioritize dealing with Longevity Heaven. This divine spirit's Thunder Law was already troublesome enough, and now it was also combined with the Heterodox supreme technique, Heavenly Song, branching into multiple domains of heat, magnetism, light, and other vexing Divine Skills. The previously seen "Angry Thunder" [Ruyi Thunder Spell] was obviously also integrated, making it doubly difficult to tackle. However, Wang Qi was also aware of the Holy Emperor Venerable's intention. On all of his paths, countless divine spirits were intercepting. Most of these divine spirits weren't even his match. However, this brief delay was enough for those able to hinder him to catch up.

A violent fist wind attacked from the side. The Holy Emperor Venerable knew it was the Great Wilderness God's attack without even needing to look. This divine spirit fused with the kind of strange spell Wang Qi exhibited when he first attacked Spirit Phoenix Island, appearing righteous on the surface but actually as evil as an Outer Heaven Demon [Dao Heart Pure Yang Spell]. This spell had a fierce Dominant Intent that "repelled heaven and earth," most suited for defense. The Great Wilderness God's defense was now almost impermeable, and besides its original Wilderness Aura, its fists carried a Domineering Intent.

The Holy Emperor Venerable turned, twisted his waist, and punched.

When the two fists collided, several layers of octagonal Dao Heart Pure Yang Mirrors appeared in front of the Great Wilderness God's fist. The overwhelming punch strength of the Great Wilderness God, coupled with the recoil force, sent the Holy Emperor Venerable flying backward. The Great Wilderness God's arm bent unnaturally, almost entirely destroyed. However, the white Life Flame flared up, rapidly repairing the god's arm.

"It seems... it's gotten stronger again!"

The Holy Emperor Venerable felt a slight surprise.

He killed a few more divine spirits, confirming one thing.

—Every time a divine spirit is killed, eighty percent of its strength remains, dispersing to other gods!

This "eighty percent" retention rate is absurdly high, practically defying the Heavenly Dao. But since the Holy Emperor Venerable deduced this fact, he couldn't ignore it. He quickly calculated if he forcefully broke the defense of "Benevolent Father, Holy Child, Pure Wind King," then eighty percent of the power at the Heavenly Immortal level of Shenzhou's ancient first divine spirit would disperse to the remaining divine spirits, making them unbelievably powerful, which could lead to his own downfall. On the other hand, if he slowly killed other divine spirits, the overall eighty percent of power would eventually fall to Benevolent Father, Holy Child, Pure Wind King, making it impossible in his current state to break its defense. If Wang Qi utilized this ancient first god's defense, it would be very troublesome.

Several thoughts flashed by, and the Holy Emperor Venerable made a decision. He ceased contemplating Spirit Phoenix Island and focused wholly on dealing with the immediate problems. One divine spirit after another was blasted to death in an instant. As he expected, the Great Wilderness God and Longevity Heaven, the two strongest and most formidable warriors, remained aloof from the battlefield.

After Spirit Phoenix Island's Human Dao was networked into a pure calculator, the amount of computational resources Wang Qi could access became terrifyingly vast. Every action, every move of all the divine spirits was calculated, while the Holy Emperor Venerable's techniques were continuously analyzed and deciphered. The Holy Emperor Venerable was already mired in a vast sea of divine citizen warfare, constantly hamstrung, unable to employ many of his powerful methods.

Under Wang Qi's tactic of "feeding heads," divine spirits sacrificed themselves one after another. Their deaths only added another wound to the Holy Emperor Venerable. Soon, the Holy Emperor Venerable's physical body was covered in scars, and the only enemies he faced were the Great Wilderness God and Longevity Heaven.

Gazing at these two godly beings he had cultivated for thousands of years, now easily snatched away by the enemy, a cold smile curled on the Holy Emperor Venerable's lips. His intact right fist rose to a position level with his right ear, boldly charging at the final foes.

"Aaaah! Go die for me!"

The monstrous form of the Great Wilderness God was not to be outdone, swinging a fist.

The two fists met head-on, several octagonal Dao Heart Pure Yang Mirrors flashed and vanished. One of the Great Wilderness God's fists was larger than the Holy Emperor Venerable's entire body, yet when the fists collided, they achieved a similar result—both arms recoiled with similar amplitude. Life Flame wrapped around the Great Wilderness God's arm, swiftly repairing it. Simultaneously, the Great Wilderness God lifted its other arm for another punch, while the Holy Emperor Venerable rotated his arm in the air, using an exceedingly skillful method of force redirection to return the blow, meeting the Great Wilderness God's second punch.

Then came the third punch, fourth punch, fifth punch, sixth punch...

An ultimate divine being and a crippled Immortal, abandoning all mysterious means, engaged in the most primitive slugfest. Their punching exchanges seemed less like fists and more like two immense storms. The knife-like sonic booms spread out from the plane of their exchanges, forming an almost vacuum "wall," with massive quantities of seawater and steam on either side, continually cycling like a rolling cylinder! Tsunami waves expanded behind this god and Immortal, only to be pulled back by atmospheric circulation!

An unparalleled brute force showdown!

"Weak, weak!" The Wang Qi avatar inside the Great Wilderness God laughed, "Useless, useless, useless, useless... huh?"

The muffled sound of a "bang" appeared in front of the Great Wilderness God.

Amidst the thousand punches per second exchange, the Holy Emperor Venerable managed to find a gap to strike the body of the Great Wilderness God with his hand across the air! He did not use overly complex hand techniques but instead condensed his immortal power into chunks and shot them out like cannonballs. However, this also displayed extraordinary power!

"Bang!"

"Bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang!"

"Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang..."

The dull sound continued to appear, initially one after another, and soon turned into a continuous roar. The speed of the Holy Emperor Venerable's punches grew increasingly swift, and the Great Wilderness God gradually couldn't keep up. The octagonal Dao Heart Pure Yang Mirror initially compensated for the disadvantage in the punching momentum, but it was soon shattered. The Great Wilderness God kept retreating, but it was to no avail. The Holy Emperor Venerable quickly seized the opportunity to land a fierce punch on the mountain-sized divine spirit body. The immortal power spread instantly throughout the Great Wilderness God's entire body, eliminating him as well.

Although the Holy Emperor Venerable was not a martial cultivator, he cultivated the martial arts amidst the grand punches with the physique of an immortal.

"Eighty percent of the strength is inherited by the Benevolent Father Holy Infant Pure Wind King. The other forty percent is inherited by the crystal transformed by Longevity Heaven." The Holy Emperor Venerable gasped for the first time: "My calculations were indeed correct... that little thief lacks perfect control over the Benevolent Father Holy Infant Pure Wind King and can't master him... Now, there's only one last enemy left..."

He was already at his wit's end. The Hongyuan God extinguished the light of his Innate Five Virtues, inflicting damage equivalent to a deviation. He prematurely faced tribulation as well. The Immortal Ascension Tribulation depleted nearly all of his mana, even injuring his essence. Leaving Spirit Phoenix Island's Human Dao certainly freed him from the constraints of the Human Dao system, granting long-term freedom, but it also caused temporary weakness. The recent punching exchange once again consumed a large amount of his immortal power.

All these events added up, rendering him exhausted.

But—so what?

Faced with the last avatar of Wang Qi before him—the cyan crystal transformed by Longevity Heaven, the Holy Emperor Venerable roared: "Only you... only you, this evil demon, must be killed by me personally!"

Amidst the roar, the Holy Emperor Venerable charged at Longevity Heaven.

Dozens of Dao Heart Pure Yang Mirrors unfolded in front of Longevity Heaven. Simultaneously, one of his edges flickered with dazzling spirit light.

Heavenly Song extreme move, aspiring to surpass the Star Sea silhouetted in light

Magnetic Light Transformation, Elemental Magnetic Pole Light Sword Qi.

"Ah ah ah—" The Holy Emperor Venerable did not dodge or evade, confronting it head-on.

In the collision between immortal power, sword qi, and Divine Tao power, the cyan crystal shattered completely, leaving no trace.

The Holy Emperor Venerable, panting, yelled, "Little evil demon, come out!"

"Behind you." Wang Qi's true self gently flicked the Heavenly Sword in his hand. After intercepting the Holy Emperor Venerable's sword during integration, the Heavenly Sword was flung far away. Wang Qi had secretly retrieved it from the seabed.

The Holy Emperor Venerable panted, wiping the blood flowing into his eyes, saying, "I really don't know if you are smart or stupid... Despite knowing the spell where one divine spirit's death leads to eight-tenths power inheritance to other divine spirits, you didn't manipulate the Holy Infant Sect's god to self-destruct... If that god self-destructed, and eighty percent of strength empowered other divine spirits, I wouldn't stand a chance..."

Wang Qi tilted his head, curiously said, "'A divine spirit dies, other divine spirits inherit eight-tenths power'? I would perform such a thing that clearly violates the 'Four Laws of Heaven Burning'? Am I that formidable?"

The Holy Emperor Venerable laughed loudly: "Stop pretending, I..."

"Emperor, why are you so sure it's the divine spirits that became stronger?" Wang Qi curiously questioned: "How do you know..."

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In the distance, the Black-Faced Master was perplexed: "Was that final strike by the Holy Emperor Venerable truly an immortal? I wonder if it's an illusion? I feel..."

Yue Luo Liu Li was also dumbfounded: "I also feel he's... just slightly stronger than me."

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"How do you know you didn't become weaker yourself?"