Chapter 2158: Catastrophe in the Chaos (IV)

“Oh no! You’ve seen right through us!” howled an enraged Human King. He rushed the crumbling Fang Wushuang and curled his lip with distaste. “You fucker! I raised you myself, how would I possibly lose to you?! What kind of joke is that??”

I honored you by treating you as my son! How dare you betray me!

You wavered from the power of darkness given to you from a mere dao master of light and dark! You’re so useless!

A long blade of darkness stabbed into Fang Wushuang’s body!

“My replica is trash,” sighed Fang Ping. “It looks like I can only rely on you, Big Cat. You’ll have to work a bit harder and devour him. It’s not yet time for me to take action!”

It wasn’t time for him to become one with his dark side yet. Things had not progressed to that state. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to, but that... the situation was not yet sufficient.

Since he couldn’t rely on his son, he could only have Big Cat devour the useless thing. Ash Cat opened its mouth and swallowed the pieces of Fang Wushuang around them. It smacked its lips with dissatisfaction. “Me again!”

“No shit! I beat my sonny boy to death because he didn’t listen to me. You’re more docile than my son and I trust you so much. Are you not going to listen to me as well? You should be touched by my regard instead!”

“......” Touched? More like touched in the head! grumbled Big Cat.

All I do everyday is eat eat and eat. The power of darkness tastes awful. Okay, it’s fine at first, but it still gets pretty disgusting if I eat too much.

The ninth ranks blinked with surprise when the cat started devouring Fang Wushuang. They looked at Fang Ping.

“Thanks!” smiled the Human King.

Snarls twisted the ninth ranks’ faces! Damn it, so the Human King’s dark side had really turned on him?!

This guy... really knew how to put on an act. He was still up to these tricks even now, but everyone had taken him seriously and helped him thanks to that assumption. They’d personally suppressed the trouble that Light Dark had created for him!

“Why don’t you make a move?” The Human King leered and turned toward Li Hao. “You were just watching a show, weren’t you!”

All of them had been busy watching him just now. No one had made a move!

“There were nine of them and you weren’t participating either,” laughed the young man. “You beat your son to death with no problem. What were we supposed to do?”

Fang Ping didn’t know what to say!

“Never cultivate a replica,” he couldn’t help but murmur. “It’s so easy to lose control of them! We’re only just getting started, but he rebelled just because he got a bit of darkness...”

Fang Ping looked at Su Yu. “That little sister of yours is completely perverted with all of her replicas. How come she hasn’t turned on you yet?”

“It’s alright, Fellow Daoist Lan Tian won’t turn on me,” smiled Su Yu. The cackling of billions of demons echoed around them in response

“I would never dare!” Lan Tian said feebly. “My Big Brother Yu doesn’t have one personality either. Sometimes he kills even himself! What should I do if an even meaner personality appears after I betray and kill him?”

“......” Su Yu scowled and looked into the distance. “Shut up. How are you still alive when so many have died!”

“More than half of my replicas are dead, but I still have a lot of them,” came Lan Tian’s wispy voice.

Su Yu grinned and didn’t say anything more.

Outside, nine ninth ranks regarded them closely. They didn’t make a sound as they were caught between a rock and a hard place!

Their enemies had lost a lot of people, Supreme Zhang and the rest from New Martial had become part of the Human King again. In return, they’d personally done away with the little Human King and also lost Light Dark and Devour.

There were nine ninth ranks left, but all they had to show for their efforts were a bunch of small fry. The main force was still hale and hearty.

These losses were too severe!

The nine exchanged glances and decided that it wouldn’t do to continue like this. Once Calamity’s side was beaten back by Skyward... they would really be in trouble. There was no way out anymore!

Nine presences rose once more!

A loud rumble sounded nearby as countless thunder pillars shattered. The exalted emperors that’d connected their daos to Calamity vomited blood. Color drained from their faces. Skyward had smashed through Thunder Region!

Countless thunder shadows immediately winked out!

Calamity roared with fury and absorbed endless dao strength. Skyward hovered in the air, directing the millstone of life and death at the closest ninth rank.

That person was ground to dust!

Skyward breathed out heavily and took a few steps back. Calamity screamed with fury, absorbing the dao strength of the one who’d died. He punched in Skyward’s direction, detonating the void wherever his fist whistled through!

“Thunder Region... is no more!” A pale Calamity faced the three survivors next to him with a sigh. Despair and desperation also crossed their faces.

They’d been six, but lost two in short order. No reinforcements were coming—none could come. The other side had lost Devour and Light Dark, trading them only for the little Human King!

As for Supreme Zhang and the rest from New Martial, they didn’t even register to the ninth ranks. None of those minions were worth anything!

The ninth ranks here were unable to corral Skyward any longer, but they would die if they could not contain their enemy.

“Calamity...” One of the three looked at Calamity with a complicated expression. “I know what you’re up to!”

Calamity’s expression didn’t change, but the look in his eyes did.

“We’ve all underestimated you these years,” the speaker laughed in a self deprecating manner. “We also didn’t, at the same time. You came into your power from your position near Skyward major world and constructed the region of calamity, bearing a heavy burden on your back.

“Everyone said that you were the most humble of the ninth ranks, but we also knew that you had your own ways since you were able to survive to present day...”

The Skyward master had been magnificent and domineering back in the day! Who would dare build their own domain near him?

But someone had—Calamity!

When Order sought to extend his dao throughout the chaos universe, Skyward had answered with his annihilation. Calamity had done the same, yet Skyward had left him alone.

Was Calamity stronger than Skyward?

Of course not!

It was because Calamity knew how to bide his time!

Even when he was a formidable ninth rank, he presented himself as a servant to Skyward. If one was to compare him to modern day notables, then he might be the equivalent of the New Martial Pagoda King!

Being able to suffer through shame and humiliation was Calamity’s greatest strength.

But today, or rather a few days ago, he no longer held it in. He kept antagonizing Skyward and creating fractures in the ninth rank faction, pitting side against side...

Those who were familiar with him could actually glean a clue or two from his actions.

The current speaker walked the path of thunder and lightning. He was the bonafide master of thunder dao! And yet, he smiled as he dismantled Calamity’s motives.

“We’ve all become well acquainted with each other over these years, how would we not know what you have in mind? I just can’t deal with Skyward concealing his own so deeply, nor do I like the juniors being so arrogant!

“Calamity, we will probably not survive the day. But if you have other tricks up your sleeves... kill them all!”

A surge of thunder dao snaked toward Calamity!

The man’s eyes widened, but the dao master of thunder snorted softly. “I’ll fulfill your heart’s desire, I know you’ve had your eyes on me for a very long time! I’ve known for a very long time that your chaos tribulations can easily kill eighth ranks, but ninth ranks?

“Most likely not, since you lacked the real essence of thunder dao. Today... I bequeath that to you!”

Calamity’s eyes were wide open with shock now!

“Since you are all aware of it, you should know that Calamity is happier than me that you are in your current straits,” sighed Skyward. “Why do this regardless?”

“Calamity is a conniving little bastard and has indeed been creating disasters all this time, including today’s catastrophe, but he is also fighting back!” sneered Thunder. “Skyward, don’t go around thinking that you actually control everything! Why would we be in these straits if not for you?

“My dao of thunder despises the sinister Calamity, but it hates a hypocrite like you even more! I’d rather give my dao to scum that someone who appears to be on the side of all that is light and good, yet is anything but!”

“I...” Calamity smiled ruefully.

“You are indeed a conniving bastard, there’s no need to protest against those labels,” grinned Thunder. “Having so many people die today is the stuff of your dreams. When has there ever been such a catastrophe in the entire history of the chaos universe?

“If you still can’t win today, Calamity, then you’re seriously the biggest trash among trash!”

Thunder’s body exploded. Endless power of thunder and lightning integrated with calamity dao!

The other two ninth ranks sighed softly when they saw their brethren go out. They’d all seen what was underfoot here, none of them were actual idiots. Calamity had been biding his time all along, waiting for everyone to die and for the greatest disaster ever to visit the chaos!

Where there is disaster, there is calamity!

Was it important to Calamity how many powerhouses died?

No, not at all!

The more that died, the better! It strengthened his dao!

It also meant that when the entire chaos swung in full force of a catastrophe, that was when he was at his strongest.

Having reached the ninth rank cultivation level, everyone was well aware of what he was planning. But at this point, they disliked Skyward even more so. They held a distaste for his hypocrisy and how he was always so calmly composed, as if everything was in his grasp.

They would rather help scum reach their goals than consort with fake assholes like Skyward.

The ninth ranks remembered all too well how Order had died!

“And here I thought...” Calamity smiled wryly.

“What did you think?” The other two grinned equally wryly. “The more unrest there is, the happier your dao is. With a catastrophe upon us today, you set yourself against Skyward. You aren’t even willing to play along and pretend to be his ally for a while. Do you really think we can’t read what’s on your mind?”

“We knew a long time ago, but just couldn’t be bothered with pointing it out since you didn’t personally kill anyone in the end,” sighed the other. “Thunder is gone. You likely had the same end in mind for us in having us come to you. You want our dao to complete yours.”

The two exchanged glances, ones full of resignation and dejection. Calamity opened his mouth to explain, but was cut off by the other two.