Read Novel Full Chapter 1780: Chapter 960: Stone Snail, Sword Obsession
Chapter 1780: Chapter 960: Stone Snail, Sword Obsession
Ascension Ancient Array, southwestern side.
Zhao Sheng’s figure flickered, suddenly appearing in front of the ancient array stone pillar.
Scanning the surroundings, he immediately saw a translucent white stone sphere with a diameter of about seven or eight zhang, its surface unusually smooth and able to reflect human figures clearly.
Upon a second glance, the surface of the stone sphere suddenly became hazy and indistinct, and a faint black glow emerged, as if some force field was distorting his perception and vision.
“I, Hunyuan Zi, request an audience with Wozu.” Zhao Sheng’s gaze fell upon the stone sphere, and he suddenly bowed respectfully.
As his words fell, the translucent white stone sphere not far away suddenly trembled, followed by a slight tremor in the ground.
Then the stone sphere rose more than a zhang, and dense, tadpole-like ancient symbols suddenly appeared on its mirror-like surface.
Countless “tadpoles” swam and glowed across the sphere, as if they had come to life.
In the next moment, a slippery head with two ocular tentacles on top slowly emerged from the bottom of the stone sphere.
The two tentacles, as large as heads and jet-black in color, stared vacantly at Zhao Sheng opposite, their gaze revealing some bewilderment.
At first glance, the legendary “Wozu” indeed appeared peculiar, much like a snail magnified a thousandfold!
After a moment of confusion, Wozu finally came to its senses and slowly transmitted a message: “Slurp, you… you intend to challenge us?”
Us?
Zhao Sheng was stirred inside, and before he could respond, he felt his sleeve tremble, from which a watermelon-sized crystalline egg stone rolled out.
After falling to the ground, the egg stone rolled forward a couple of times, then emitted a radiant glow, turning in an instant into a miniature version of the “Wozu.”
Seeing this scene, the real Wozu was taken aback: “Huh?”
“Haha, you big oaf. Can’t you see! We’re of the same kind!” the Stone Spirit shouted joyfully, simultaneously rolling its body swiftly and colliding with Wozu’s stone shell in the blink of an eye.
Wozu had been lonely for so long, its intellect and consciousness clearly not as sharp as the Stone Spirit’s.
It examined carefully for a long while, finally nodding its ocular tentacles slowly and said, “You… you are the same kind as us? Seems so… right!”
The Stone Spirit, both delighted and anxious, leaped onto Wozu’s shell, chastising with frustration: “Big dummy, move your stone brain! Besides you and me, are there any other naturally born Earth Spirits in the world?”
Feeling a surge of kinship originating from its core, Wozu suddenly came to a realization, nodding repeatedly: “Right, right, we are all naturally born Earth Spirits!”
After speaking, the large and small “Stone Snails” faced each other, their eyes filled with curiosity and excitement.
Zhao Sheng, observing this beside them, couldn’t help but marvel at the overwhelming coincidence, so unbelievable!
Who would have thought, the legendary Wozu was also a naturally born Earth Spirit.
Following a round of communication, Wozu then raised its ocular tentacles again, looking over at Zhao Sheng, its gaze carrying a bit of friendliness.
“Hunyuan Zi, though you are the ‘Spirit’s’ master, the rules cannot be broken. As long as you can leave a mark on our shell, we will let you pass. Do you agree or not?”
Zhao Sheng nodded: “I hold no objections.”
“Very well, you may proceed!”
With that, Wozu retracted its head back into the stone shell, and the unknown force field on the surface of the sphere instantly intensified countless times, appearing shadowy and dark, like a black hole.
But for some reason, there was a missing corner above the black hole, coincidentally where the Stone Spirit was just lying.
Seeing this, Zhao Sheng realized that though Wozu said the rules couldn’t be broken, it subtly left a “flaw,” as if afraid he wouldn’t pass the test.
He deeply appreciated Wozu’s goodwill.
However… if he were to win, he wanted to win honorably!
Rumble…
At this moment, Zhao Sheng’s eyes changed, and the infinite magical power within him, dormant for a long time, erupted like a volcano.
Suddenly, he seemed like a divine being radiating endless light, his aura shaking the four voids and eight wildernesses, causing space to tremble violently and even distort.
Meanwhile, the layer of “profound darkness” surrounding Wozu instantly became transparent and clear, revealing layers of space-time “wrinkles.”
“Pos… Neg… Five… Ele…ments… Annihilation… Divine… Light!”
A breath later, Zhao Sheng, with a solemn expression, slowly extended his index finger, aiming it straight at Wozu’s stone shell.
In an instant, the whole finger turned jet-black, filled with a terrifyingly strong aura of destruction.
As the fingertip passed, even space, countless times sturdier than the outer world, shattered inch by inch.
The layer upon layer of “space-time wrinkles” seemed like layers of thin paper, easily pierced through with a single finger.
Time seemed to stretch, yet also appear to vanish in an instant.
Thud!
Zhao Sheng’s fingertip struck heavily on the translucent white stone shell, immediately bursting forth a jet-black brilliance.
In the outer world, this Pos Neg Five Elements Annihilation Divine Light could easily pierce through a planet and also destroy half of the Constant Sand World.
Yet, when it landed on this layer of translucent white stone shell, the shell remained entirely unscathed!
Bang bang bang!
Zhao Sheng’s right arm suddenly burst with noise, then an unimaginably strong recoil force transmitted from his fingertip to his arm.
The entire right arm instantly shattered into countless flowing lights.
Even missing his right arm, Zhao Sheng’s expression remained unchanged.
In the next moment, a brand-new arm grew again.
Meanwhile, Wozu’s surrounding darkness space-time “barrier” restored itself once more.
After a failed strike, Zhao Sheng’s fighting spirit burned even more fiercely, his primordial spirit and will igniting vigorously, making him faintly resemble a human-shaped blaze.
A giant deity, ten thousand feet tall, manifested behind him, majestic and sacred, emanating law fluctuations a hundredfold more overwhelming than before.
“Great… De…struction… God… Fist!”
Zhao Sheng’s eyes gleamed like lightning, his whole body enveloped in a jet-black divine light, slowly bending his knees and sinking his waist, then launched a punch.
The giant deity image behind him mirrored his exact movements.
In an instant, the mountain-sized “fist” overlapped with his right fist, and its power surged exponentially.
The blackened destruction fist, seemingly slow yet quick, pierced through layers of space-time barriers, finally crashing heavily onto the stone shell of Wozu.
With the blessing of the Big and Small Ruyi Immortal Skill, this Great Destruction God Fist was at least a hundred times more powerful than the previous strike.
When the full force of the Infinite Destruction Law poured into a single point, the seemingly indestructible stone shell was instantly pierced through.
On the mirror-smooth sphere, there was suddenly a hole the size of a fist.
The power of Zhao Sheng’s punch had unexpectedly reached the True Immortal level; otherwise, it wouldn’t have shattered Wozu’s exterior.
In terms of defense alone, Wozu’s stone shell also reached the True Immortal level.
Zhao Sheng slowly withdrew his fist, the light around him gradually subsiding and dissipating, while the ten-thousand-foot Dharma Image behind him turned into a clear light and melded into his body.
At that moment, Wozu hurriedly poked its head out, repeatedly crying out in pain, “Ah, ah… it hurts so much!”
Stone Spirit, upon hearing this, quickly comforted, “It doesn’t hurt, no! We’ll go out to play in a while.”
As soon as the words were spoken, Wozu immediately forgot about its pain, its two antennae excitedly swaying, exclaiming, “Really? I’ll definitely show you my treasure collection.”
As they spoke, the hole in its body had already healed and disappeared, making Zhao Sheng’s eye twitch slightly.
“Master, I’m going to play with ‘Wozu,’ so I can’t accompany you,” Stone Spirit climbed onto Wozu’s back, simultaneously greeting Zhao Sheng.
“You go ahead and play, don’t worry about me,” Zhao Sheng smiled and waved his hand.
Seeing this, Stone Spirit urged quickly, “Alright, alright, ‘Wozu,’ let’s go!”
Wozu nodded, its body suddenly sinking into the ground, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
Witnessing this, Zhao Sheng’s eyes flickered, as if pondering something.
Soon after, he flickered and quickly appeared on the north side of the ancient array.
Staring at the ancient sword half-buried in the stone pillar, Zhao Sheng was about to speak when the sword suddenly emitted a clear hum.
In the next instant, the ancient sword flew out with a sound, transforming into thousands of sword lights in no time.
The sword lights, like a sea, converged in the blink of an eye to finally form a young, cold-faced swordsman in blood-red clothing and white hair.
“I already know your purpose. Take one sword from me… if you survive, you pass!” The Sword Immortal’s tone was indifferent, his eyes lifeless, devoid of any humanity.
Zhao Sheng’s heart tightened, realizing that the opponent had cultivated the most inhumane and ruthless Sword Dao.
Based on the previous two tests, this Nameless Swordsman must have reached the True Immortal level in some aspect, highly likely in his “slaughter power.”
Because the sword cultivator’s slaughter power has always been the strongest in the world!
“Are you… ready?” The Sword Immortal slowly raised his right hand, gradually coalescing a three-foot-long sword in it.
Seeing this, Zhao Sheng dared not be negligent; he immediately drew circles with his hands, and a dense dark barrier suddenly emerged in front and behind him, heavily protecting his entire being.
At the same time, the Wanxing Treasure appeared out of thin air on his face, with a white light rushing forth from the crown of his head.
The white light spun, instantly forming a square, jade-like seal.
As the seal’s brilliance flowed, its top beast loop depicted an odd demon beast resembling a dragon and Jiao Python, while the bottom was inscribed with the four ancient immortal seals, “Heavenly River Emperor.”
The Heavenly River Emperor’s Seal was undoubtedly a high-level True Immortal Device, but its true grade might be even higher than imagined!
Fully prepared, Zhao Sheng solemnly transmitted his voice, “Senior, please strike!”
The words were barely out when a sword rainbow shot skyward, its unmatched Sword Intent shaking the void, instantly suppressing all Law fluctuations around.
In a fraction of an instant, before the sword rainbow arrived, the invisible killing intent penetrated the Purple Mansion Soul Sea, directly locking onto Zhao Sheng’s Primordial Spirit.
Zhao Sheng’s spirit trembled violently, with a blood-colored long sword abruptly reflected in the depths of his eyes.
At the same moment, the sword rainbow, imbued with earth-shattering killing intent, fiercely slashed into the dense Law barrier.
The pure Slaughter Law and Destruction Law power collided, altering their frequencies countless times within moments, clashing numerous times.
Both Law powers were greatly consumed, yet the True Immortal level slaughter power ultimately surpassed the destruction power by a tier.
Dozens of destruction barriers were all slashed through, with the sword rainbow, diminished by almost thirty percent, still cutting into Zhao Sheng.
The flash of sword light, Zhao Sheng’s figure immediately shattered, splitting into myriad flowing lights that scattered away.
On the other side, Zhao Sheng employed the Infinite Heaven Traveling Skill, elevating his speed to the True Immortal level, narrowly dodging the earth-shattering strike.
However, how could such a sword be evaded so easily?
Above the Purple Mansion Soul Sea, a blood-colored long sword appeared out of nowhere, akin to a blood-red lightning bolt, inexplicably slashing down onto the head of the Primordial Spirit.
Seeing that the Primordial Spirit was about to be slashed, at the last moment, a broken pen quietly appeared, the pen’s tip just touching the blood-colored long sword.
In the next moment, the blood-colored long sword was simply wiped away.
Outside, the Heavenly River Emperor’s Seal simultaneously collided with the incoming sword rainbow, shattering it completely on the spot.
Zhao Sheng hadn’t expected that the Sword Immortal’s sword stroke not only contained incomparably pure slaughter power but also wielded the “certain strike” Divine Skill of the Sword Dao.
If not for the timely interception by the Life and Death Pen, his Primordial Spirit might have been cleaved in two by a single strike.
Even though this sword couldn’t kill him, it could have severely wounded his Divine Soul.
Seeing Zhao Sheng withstand the sword strike, a glint of life finally appeared in the Sword Immortal’s eyes: “You’ve passed this stage! I am Sword Obsession, and you?”
“Poor Taoist Hunyuan Zi, greets Sword Obsession Senior.” Zhao Sheng bowed in respect.
“In the future, I’ll come looking for you.”
As he spoke, Sword Obsession’s figure gradually transformed into the ancient sword, darting swiftly back into the ancient array stone pillar. A blood-colored necklace on the sword hilt fell, gently swaying.
Zhao Sheng frowned slightly at the words, then relaxed again.
He gazed at the ancient sword into which the Sword Immortal had transformed, his figure suddenly vanishing into thin air.