Chapter 762 - 227: The Awakened One

In the subterranean world of magma, every word from Shen Bai was like Cold Ice, chilling Dean Hou to the bone despite the searing heat.

’He can kill me?’

For some reason, a chill gripped Dean Hou’s heart as this bizarre thought suddenly surfaced.

Once the thought appeared, it coiled around him like a Nightmare, making his breath catch and his chest tighten.

As Shen Bai spoke, terrifying auras enveloped him. Each layer radiated a world-shaking killing intent that blasted the surrounding magma away.

Sword Qi pierced the sky. A Buddha glared with fury.

Dao Text shimmered like an immortal. Shadows writhed like phantoms.

Arrays billowed like mist. Red eyes flickered like illusions.

...

When these terrifying, eerie auras layered to their peak, Shen Bai attacked.

A sword strike sundered the air. A Buddha held up the heavens.

Dean Hou stared at the hundred-foot-tall Buddha Dharma Aspect and the Blood Red Sword Qi that blotted out the sky, the veins on his forehead pulsing violently.

He roared, his six eyes narrowing as they radiated a terrifying, sinister light.

At Dean Hou’s Manipulation, the surrounding magma surged, stacking layer upon layer. Each layer radiated a terrifying heat capable of vaporizing a Celestial Spirit Realm master alive.

But when faced with Shen Bai’s attack, this terrifying magma was as fragile as paper, easily scattered by his Sword Qi.

Once the Sword Qi dispersed the magma, Dean Hou saw Shen Bai’s fist.

The fist was backed by the hundred-foot-tall Buddha’s Golden Body, looking as if it could bring salvation to all living things.

"Devour! Devour it all!"

Beads of cold sweat dotted Dean Hou’s forehead. He desperately activated the devouring ability of the Ten Thousand Gu Insects.

The Qi in his body drained at a visible rate. Meanwhile, the Buddha Dharma Form Fist channeled the sky-filling Buddha’s Light to its absolute peak.

A terrifying spectral image of a Gu Insect, as tall as an ancient tree, materialized behind Dean Hou and absorbed all of the Buddha’s Light.

PFFT!

A trickle of fresh blood ran from the corner of Dean Hou’s mouth, only to be instantly seared dry by the ambient heat.

"Hahaha!"

Dean Hou pointed at Shen Bai and roared with laughter. "I blocked it! I actually blocked it! You can’t beat me! Your strongest technique is useless before me!"

He had indeed blocked it, but at a great cost. He was already seriously injured.

But he had, in the end, stopped Shen Bai’s attack.

Now, it was his turn to attack.

Dean Hou prepared to kill Shen Bai in a single strike, but was stopped by Shen Bai’s next words.

"Not bad. Let’s continue, then." Shen Bai’s tone was perfectly level, as if he were remarking on some trivial matter.

The sight that followed left Dean Hou frozen in place, like a wooden statue.

A terrifying aura of light once again flared to life behind Shen Bai. This time, the Divine Power it contained was even more frightening than before.

Dean Hou muttered to himself, "Impossible... An attack of this magnitude should have an enormous cost. You’re only at the Void Realm! How can you use it over and over again?"

In that instant, his long-held confidence shattered completely.

After his confidence crumbled, even the life-or-death crisis seemed to matter less.

Shen Bai smiled. "I once told someone..."

Dean Hou asked subconsciously, "What did you say?"

Shen Bai said slowly, "What you call an ’ultimate move’ is something you use by pouring in everything you have, at a great cost. But for me... every attack is an ultimate move."

Every single one... is an ultimate move!

The light vanished from Dean Hou’s eyes. "How can someone like you exist? We’ve gone through painstaking Cultivation for countless ages, yet we’re no match for someone like you who’s barely been in this world. It’s so unfair! So unfair!"

He was on the verge of madness.

When Shen Bai unleashed another attack of the same intensity, he knew his state of mind had shattered. He was no different from a madman.

Shen Bai shook his head. "My apologies. I’m cheating."

The moment he finished speaking, Shen Bai wasted no more words. He activated the Qi in his body, unleashing the condensed power of all his Divine Powers once more.

This attack was even more terrifying than the last. The surrounding magma itself recoiled from its power.

A flicker of life returned to Dean Hou’s eyes as the spectral Gu Insect behind him swelled to a monstrous size.

He once again used the magma and the devouring ability of the Ten Thousand Gu Insects to meet Shen Bai’s attack head-on.

The more high-level the battle, the less need there is for flashy tactics. A direct clash of power is the simplest, most direct, and most effective form of combat.

BOOM!

A deafening roar echoed out. After this clash, cracks spiderwebbed across Dean Hou’s body.

In contrast, aside from the white light of his Flawless Divine Soul Body shattering, Shen Bai didn’t even have a single hair out of place.

Furthermore, Shen Bai had only to circulate his Qi for a moment before the white light of his Flawless Divine Soul Body was completely restored, looking just as it had before.

Dean Hou gasped for breath, his eyes locked on Shen Bai. "I don’t believe it!"

Believe what?

He refused to believe, of course, that Shen Bai could launch another attack on the same level.

But the scene that followed caused the despair in Dean Hou’s heart to swell.

The terrifying auras swirled around Shen Bai once more, like loyal Guards attending to a god.

Dean Hou’s fingers trembled and his lips turned blue. He tried to speak.

"Time’s about up. You talk too much," Shen Bai said, shaking his head.

Sword Qi and Buddha’s Light erupted, surging forward like a tidal wave to engulf Dean Hou.

"AHHH!"

Dean Hou could no longer activate the devouring power of the Ten Thousand Gu Insects, nor could he manipulate the surrounding magma.

His body was eroded away by Shen Bai’s attack. Pain consumed him, and his tormented screams echoed endlessly throughout the world of magma.