Chapter 2170: Fall of Calamity (II)

Calamity’s primary body disappeared, assimilating into Thunder Region. This was similar to when Li Hao established the new chaos. Calamity had become the creator of a new world and the thunder pillars were his divine spirits of a new chaos.

He was much stronger compared to when Li Hao made his attempt. Thanks to the young man, Calamity had picked up the trick of strengthening himself through creating a new chaos. He hadn’t intended to do so before, but inspiration struck ever since Su Yu walked out of Li Hao’s creation.

If Li Hao can do it, why not me?

There’s more people dead today than last time, and they’re stronger!

Spirit was everywhere. Dao strength drifted through the void.

......

“What should we do?” asked an apprehensive Spring Autumn. Were the rest of them really just going to sit on their hands? Was that... right?

Li Hao had said that he wanted to commence single combat, but she was uneasy about the idea and worried that the young man would collect on old debts if he won!

The Human King and Su Yu ignored her. They didn’t know why Li Hao wanted Spring Autumn to collect a myriad of daos, but they wouldn’t interfere. The two weren’t looking at the young man. If Li Hao couldn’t handle even Calamity...

That meant he would be no match for Skyward. In that case, defeat was only a matter of time!

If that was the outcome, then it didn’t matter if he died in battle against Calamity.

The two of them considered the coolly composed Skyward in the distance.

“Senior Skyward, do you keep waiting because you think Li Hao isn’t strong enough?” Su Yu elected to break his silence. “Or do you think that the three of us haven’t gathered enough energy yet?”

Skyward suddenly focused on him, having ignored Su Yu all this time.

A faint smile appeared on Su Yu’s genteel face. “Senior, is killing Calamity enough?”

Skyward remained quiet, but looked thoughtfully at the youngster.

“I have some questions on my mind.” Su Yu’s smile deepened. “Is the senior free to enlighten me on a thing or two while Time fights Calamity?”

“Speak of them.” Skyward smiled indifferently.

“What did War discuss with the senior?” Su Yu was very curious about this topic and also slightly confused. “I once wondered if War was part of the senior’s arrangements. How could a powerhouse yet to leave New Martial’s home world be able to coalesce light? And once space and time come together, does that mean whoever wields it becomes the master of the chaos?

“I’m also wondering if the senior and War are two sides of the same coin. He represents the senior’s good side and the senior... is the evil side! Or maybe it’s the other way around?”

“What interesting conjectures!” Skyward burst out laughing.

Two sides of the same coin.

Space and time.

“This is just my personal opinion based on the small part I see, it might not be true.” Su Yu smiled blandly. “Does the senior keep waiting because you feel that the two sides aren’t balanced enough yet? Those of us in the field right now count as being from the same origin—New Martial. At least, our foundations are the same.

“If the three of us grow strong enough to the point of being able to rival the senior, does that mean that the senior’s long awaited opportunity is finally here?”

Skyward had simply been watching from the sidelines all this time, but someone of his level couldn’t possibly be without any preparation at all. He wouldn’t let them kill others for no reason as his opponents were strengthened each time they killed someone.

Fang Ping, Li Hao, and Su Yu continuously grew through battle!

How would a wise person who’d laid out plans for a million years permit such a thing to happen?

“Or should we say I guessed wrong and that the senior just wants to refine us into another aspect of you?” Su Yu continued. “I am familiar with the worlds of Yin and Yang, Silver Moon, and my Myriad Realms. In my view, when it comes to daos of the two extremes, the senior’s spatial dao has always been one extreme.

“Or perhaps the senior already has another extreme, but that shouldn’t be the case. If that was, then we wouldn’t be standing here today, alive.”

“So do you think I am the side of good or evil?” Skyward’s smile broadened. He looked at Su Yu with some appreciation. “If War really is the other side of me, is he good or evil?”

Number Two bristled and yowled before Su Yu could respond, “Bullshit! You can’t possibly be the other side of him and he can’t possibly be the other side of you. You’re not worthy!”

The cat was enraged!

“The dao of replication...” Skyward sighed with emotion when he looked at the cat. “This is actually very interesting. It’s War’s core dao, isn’t it? War’s time had many flaws to it since he was only a sixth rank. The dao of replication was pivotal in his success with the dao of time!”

He didn’t elaborate on whether War was another side of him or not. He didn’t say either if he was waiting for the three to join hands, gather core origin, and be three sources in one body. Did he want to absorb them after they balanced him, so that he became the true master of the chaos?

Since Skyward wasn’t forthcoming with information, Su Yu could only guess.

It was difficult for him to come to any conclusions, but he knew that Skyward hadn’t made any moves yet because he was waiting for Li Hao. Or perhaps... he was waiting for Su Yu and Fang Ping to grow stronger.

The three were from the same bloodline and heritage.

Countless thoughts flitted through Su Yu’s mind. He’d walked right into the ultimate battle after leaving Myriad Realms. He knew too little about the chaos and could only piece together things from what everyone talked about. Without clear intelligence reports, it was hard for him to gain a clear picture.

But one thing Su Yu was certain of, and that was they weren’t in major danger before Calamity died.

Once Calamity was eliminated, however, that might be when the real danger descended.

He looked around the vicinity and saw that there was only one outsider among their midst—Spring Autumn!

Did Li Hao really not consider the possibility that the monster spirit ninth ranks might pass on their strength to Spring Autumn in a critical moment? He had Spring Autumn gather the spirits of ten thousand exalted emperors clearly to increase the number of chips in her hand...

Su Yu was analyzing everything from a myriad of angles. He didn’t believe that any of this was an accident.

There were no such things as accidents.

Even if there were, they would not happen now. Perhaps Li Hao’s premature exit from the new chaos was an accident, but Spring Autumn’s continued survival and gradual recruitment to Li Hao’s side was absolutely not an accident.

Was Spring Autumn easier to fool because she was stupid?

Not necessarily!

Su Yu cast a look at Spring Autumn out of the corner of his eyes at the little girl. The daos of withering and flourishing, a myriad of replicas, the past and present...

Various possibilities presented themselves.

I wonder how Li Hao is going to make use of Spring Autumn? As strong as she is, it’s a complete nonstarter if he wants to use her against Skyward!

“Or is time the key?” Su Yu contemplated deeply.

It was impossible to use time to activate all of her replicas and turn them into countless Spring Autumns. The cicada was so strong now that the dao of time would have trouble applying to her.

......

As Su Yu and Skyward conversed, Li Hao was trapped within Thunder Region. Calamity was the creator of a new world as innumerable thunder giants smashed giant clubs into the void. They created a new space!

Calamity was extremely apprehensive as he was deeply worried about the others interfering and Skyward making a move. Hence, he was highly on guard and even created Thunder Region to conceal the strength of fate. He’d reversed heaven and earth in an attempt to pull the wool over past eyes!

This was something he’d had in mind a long time ago. He wasn’t surprised by the deaths of the ninth ranks. It was a given that they would die today. As for himself, his goal was to create a new world as well!

There would be a world of calamity!

It would fully perfect his myriad of daos and uplift him from his current status of 9,600 dao rules. While it might not enable him to create a different space and time, that was fine. By then, his calamity dao would rival Skyward’s!

Creating a new world was the quickest shortcut to comprehending dao. Once it was fully sealed away and the flow of time was different inside... Calamity would be able to hide everything he was doing and complete it with none the wiser.

He watched with anticipation and excitement. The other guys didn’t seem to be paying attention to him. No one cared about what he was doing!

Skyward didn’t do anything, Li Hao’s helpers didn’t do anything. Calamity brightened with delight. Chaos dao was shaking as he was secretly absorbing chaos strength. Ninth ranks were naturally part of chaos dao, and he had no choice but to draw from it because Li Hao was too strong.

His opinion was also that Skyward wished to see Li Hao come into his own. In that case, Skyward probably wouldn’t interfere with Calamity if he absorbed chaos strength.

Reality proved that his speculation was correct!

Li Hao could only retreat in Thunder Region. Those thunder giants had taken the form of other giants. Some bubbled with death qi, others with yin and yang qi. Calamity grew increasingly excited.

He reared up from the worlds as the ultimate advent of genesis. He was gargantuan and smiled brilliantly!

“Li Hao!” Calamity’s laughter traveled through the void. “What do you think about this place?”

He’d completed the reverse of heaven and earth, making it impossible for the outside world to peer inside. Calamity could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

The major daos of heaven and earth, fate, and others were all meant to be used for this moment. He’d been able to successfully put them to use!

Calamity couldn’t help but throw his head back with laughter. The deaths of the ninth ranks meant that their daos lacked spirit and their dao strength was furiously dissipating. This completed his second step of absorbing the strength of a myriad daos to supplement his new world with!

Li Hao had once created his own world, so he should’ve understood what he was seeing by now. But alas, he was too late!

I am invincible here!

Incredibly thick great daos snaked in from the surrounding direction. It was Calamity’s first time demonstrating his own dao domain. It was marvelously complete. Each of the giants was connected to a great dao through the tops of their heads.

Calamity seemed to have turned himself into a river of the world.

“It’s all thanks to you that I saw hope.” He looked at Li Hao. “Otherwise, I wouldn’t have dared defy Skyward. Only I know how strong he is, but I can also tell that he’s been waiting for you to grow and develop.

“Or perhaps he was waiting for time to grow and develop...” Calamity seemed determined to vent the resentment and timidness within his heart. “I hadn’t dared oppose him from a very, very long time ago! He speaks of his arrangements with a very casual tone, but the more we think about it, the more horrifying they are!

“The Order master possessed 9,800 daos back in the day. He was incredibly strong, but he died because we killed him!” Calamity’s voice grew a bit more crazed. “We didn’t know that Skyward used us. He didn’t even show himself at first. He just casually poked a thing or two into motion, which somehow turned us into his henchmen. We killed the only person who could’ve stood against him!

“Once he died, only then did I realize that we were in trouble. There was no one who could neutralize Skyward, so we could only huddle together...

“Yet once spirit started dissipating from the universe, we had to look to him again. He searched out a secret locale, took us to shelter, and helped us recover spirit. That was why we were trapped for a million years!”

Calamity spoke freely of what he could not before. He was free! There was hope ahead and he was newly reassured of being able to stand against Skyward!