Chapter 627 - 616: Full Level Godslaying Tribulation

Whoosh!

In the void, a giant human face instantly transformed into a stream of light and charged at Ding Ling! This face seemed both illusory and nonexistent, utterly unavoidable and inescapable.

In just a moment, it crashed into Ding Ling’s sea of consciousness. Just as the face was about to wreak havoc and shatter his consciousness body, a library buried deep within his sea of consciousness trembled slightly.

Boom!

The face disintegrated and shattered instantly, like ice and snow meeting a blazing fire.

"Ah!"

Emperor Shitian let out a scream, blood and tears streaming uncontrollably from his eyes. He looked at Ding Ling with terror:

"Why is your primordial spirit so powerful?!"

He had cultivated for over a thousand years, yet the Godslaying Tribulation technique he refined was shattered in an instant!

He felt as if his head had been hammered repeatedly, and his mind buzzed with chaos, as if it was about to explode.

This was the sign of the Godslaying Tribulation being broken.

A symptom of primordial spirit damage!

At that moment, Emperor Shitian’s sense of shock reached its peak, and he dared not hesitate further. He activated the Free-Will Ascension Step, using the full power of the Holy Heart Technique, transforming into a stream of light. In a flash, he disappeared into the void, flying over a hundred meters in an instant.

Ding Ling let out a long howl:

"Where do you think you’re going!"

With a sword in one hand and a knife in the other, he fiercely pursued Emperor Shitian for over a hundred miles before finally turning back.

"Huff, huff."

Ding Ling panted heavily after the battle; he had expended ninety percent of his true qi.

If the fight continued, the likelihood of him losing was quite high.

Emperor Shitian’s Holy Heart Technique’s endurance was exceptionally strong.

Moreover, Emperor Shitian’s martial strength was greater than Ding Ling’s.

Ding Ling was battling above his level.

Though he fought with increasing courage and strength, he had reached the end of his resources.

Had it not been for the library shattering the soul fragment that forcefully entered his sea of consciousness and scaring off Emperor Shitian, Ding Ling estimated that if the fight continued, he might have been exposed.

Had Emperor Shitian chosen not to flee, it would have been troublesome.

"Venerable Lord."

Nie Feng, using the Wind God Leg, approached Ding Ling like the wind, calling out respectfully.

"Let’s go."

Ding Ling glanced at Nie Feng, used the Wind God Leg, stepping as if on clouds, seemingly becoming the child of the wind, and left.

Nie Feng followed closely, guiding the way.

The direction they headed was Unrivaled City.

Due to the low true qi consumption and high speed of the Wind God Leg technique,

Ding Ling chose this lightweight skill for travel.

[Gained a D-level Achievement Medal: Intimidated Emperor Shitian (Xu Fu).]

[Note: Emperor Shitian intended to kill you while also taking down Xiaao Sanxiaao. He thought that by making the first move this time, he could surely succeed easily. However, unexpectedly, you were so fierce and powerful, comparable to Wu Wudi, or even better to some extent! This left him deeply shocked, particularly after one shred of his primordial spirit was shattered; he believed your primordial spirit was also extremely strong and dared not face you head-on again.]

Having heard the prompt sound,

Ding Ling glanced at the library.

After shattering one shred of Emperor Shitian’s primordial spirit this time,

the bookshelves and the Martial Arts Melting Furnace body grew increasingly dim.

Ding Ling thought,

"Though the library’s passive skill is remarkably strong and can protect the consciousness body, it seems to be usable only a few more times."

Having used it once before,

the glow of the bookshelf and furnace had already dimmed noticeably.

This time it became extremely dim.

Estimating it can be used at most one more time.

Then the bookshelves and furnace would become completely dim, unable to perform the passive skill again.

To unleash the passive skill once more,

more books must be filled onto the shelves.

The Martial Arts Melting Furnace must also be strengthened.

Thunk!

The lid of the Martial Arts Melting Furnace suddenly opened, and a stream of light flew out.

The stream of light hovered over a bookshelf for a moment, condensed into a book, and suddenly fell onto the shelf.

In the next instant,

[Holy Heart Technique’s Godslaying Tribulation Full Level]

[Wisdom +0.8]

Ding Ling’s sea of consciousness seemed to condense.

His memory improved significantly, with many past memories surging, allowing him to recall many martial details.

His understanding of techniques and analysis of skills also greatly enhanced.

Ding Ling even felt as though his consciousness body had subtly grown stronger.

"As expected."

Ding Ling’s eyes brightened slightly.

Whenever the passive skill exerted its power,

any primordial spirit body entering the sea of consciousness would be shattered, its memory refined by the Martial Arts Melting Furnace!

The same happened with Chiyou’s soul fragment before.

Now a shred of Emperor Shitian’s primordial spirit directly refined a ’Godslaying Tribulation’ cultivation technique mantra.

Aside from that,

there were also some scattered fragments of Emperor Shitian’s memory.

They didn’t form a cohesive whole.

Upon careful examination, Ding Ling found nothing useful and decided not to look further.

He regretted slightly:

"If all of Emperor Shitian’s primordial spirit had entered my sea of consciousness, it could have been directly shattered, allowing the Martial Arts Melting Furnace to refine all of his primordial spirit memories, thus granting me all of Emperor Shitian’s martial arts!"

Thinking of this,

Ding Ling felt a faint excitement in his heart.

But soon, he shook his head and dismissed the idea.

The stronger the primordial spirit body shattered by the shelves and furnace, the greater the energy consumption.

If the entire primordial spirit body of Emperor Shitian entered, the shelves and furnace might fail to shatter him, which would be troublesome.

As for what the exact reality would be?

Ding Ling did not know.

He didn’t wish to experiment with such matters.

His only option was to find ways to strengthen himself.

However, mastering the Godslaying Tribulation at full level provided Ding Ling a new technique for protecting his primordial spirit.

Whoosh!

He operated the technique of the Godslaying Tribulation, instantly covering his sea of consciousness with a frigid glow, condensing into human faces that blocked the entrance of the sea of consciousness.

Anyone wanting to penetrate the sea of consciousness next time would first have to break Ding Ling’s Godslaying Tribulation.

But Ding Ling’s Godslaying Tribulation was at full level.

For an ordinary person to break through it would be extremely difficult.

"It’s just a pity I don’t have the Holy Heart Technique, and my consciousness body isn’t strong enough to deploy the full potential of Godslaying Tribulation, only allowing it to protect the consciousness body."

His Holy Heart Technique was incomplete.

By operating just half of the Holy Heart Technique and combining with Godslaying Tribulation, he could only achieve this much.

Even so,

Ding Ling felt satisfied enough.

Compared to when his sea of consciousness had no defense at all,

at least now there was an additional layer of defense.

He carefully gauged the progress of the Martial Arts Melting Furnace.

[Martial Arts Melting Furnace Body Progress: 64%]

Previously the progress was at 56%.

During this time, Ding Ling learned the Proud Cold Six Formulas, Ice Heart Technique, Sun-Eroding Swordsmanship, Duann’s Heart Method, Ascension Step, Black Tortoise True Skill, Ten Strong Martial Dao, Wind God Leg, Dry Ice Palm, Holy Heart Technique (fragmented), Godslaying Tribulation, etc.

Causing the body progress to jump up by 8 percentage points.

"Indeed, quality is paramount."

This time, the quality level of the Ten Strong Martial Dao, Black Tortoise True Skill, etc., was extremely high.

This also led to significant progress of the body.

Moreover, Ding Ling was correct in his speculation.

With the full mastery of the Godslaying Tribulation,

the brightness of the shelves and furnace increased once more.

As long as the brightness is adequate,

the passive skill will be able to be unleashed again when the time comes.