Chapter 1080 - Falling Into A Mountain Forest (1/2)

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

In an instant, Gu Motian appeared 10 000 miles away. He still had a look of astonishment on his face. Blood flowed from the corners of his mouth. To escape the terrifying heavenly fire, he would rather unleash that self-mutilating forbidden release technique.

“Da*n it.”

The rage inside Gu Motian swelled up. He, Gu Motian, would actually fail so miserably at such an easy task. With the heavenly fire burning, everything would be burnt to ashes. He hoped that the Immemorial Heavenly Serpent’s residue soul and the combination type heaven spiritual treasure could withstand the fire. Otherwise, he would certainly walk away from this encounter empty-handed.

Gu Motian knew that once the heavenly fire burst out beyond control, even a low-rank sacred treasure, let alone a heaven spiritual treasure, would be burnt to ashes. The chances of nothing being left behind were too high. The heavenly fire was also categorized into ranks. If this youth’s heavenly fire was too obscenely powerful, even this area of territorial waters could be evaporated completely, the ocean turning into burnt ground or even possibly a never extinguishing burning mountain.

In the distance, the twisting flames became increasingly turbulent. It seemed to cause the world to also twist and contort. The terrifying aura still did not disappear, instead it was becoming more and more intense. It was definitely not safe within a distance of 10 000 miles. It might not even be safe within 100 000 miles. Gu Motian did not even think, turning to escape immediately. He unleashed his Unlimited Apparition Release to its limits. He hoped to be able to escape this area before the heavenly fire burst out completely.

In the sky, the remaining half of Mo Wen’s figure was still slowly walking forward. Everywhere he passed, everything was turned to ashes. Even in the ocean below, chasms appeared. As long as the area was within the range of the heavenly fire, all the seawater in the area instantly disappeared, causing a huge and bizarre empty hole to appear in the middle of the ocean.

If there were other people here, they would certainly notice that although the heavenly fire on the remaining half of Mo Wen’s figure seemed to be expanding rampantly, it was actually being compressed bit by bit. It was as though a formless hand was holding back the heavenly fire and returning it back into his body bit by bit. In a short while, the heavenly fire on Mo Wen’s body had completely disappeared into his body.

At the same time, beams of miraculous white light emanated from the surface of Mo Wen’s body. The light was rather warm and gentle. It was neither bright nor showy, but it seemed as though it was the center of the world and the root of all things. Although its light was not intense, it could illuminate the entire world, the cosmos, and all things in it.

Heavenly Path Sacred Light!

Bathed in the Heavenly Path Sacred Light, Mo Wen’s figure was rapidly restored at a rate the eyes could follow. In a mere instant, his dilapidated figure was completely restored, as tall and majestic as before.

If it wasn’t for the colorful bloodstains on his body, no one would believe that he was injured.

“That was close!”

Mo Wen heaved a long sigh of relief. He glanced in the direction that Gu Motian had disappeared into with lingering fear and then swiftly escaped in the opposite direction.

Mo Wen had indeed taken a huge risk in order to scare off Gu Motian this time. Of course, he did not want to take Gu Motian down with him for real. He had acted so before this just to scare off Gu Motian. Fortunately, Mo Wen’s current mastery of the heavenly fire was much better. Otherwise, he might not have managed to reign the heavenly fire back in at the end.

Mo Wen’s Celestial Body was a Heavenly Path remarkable power. It was impossible to kill him so easily. Even after Gu Motian destroyed half of Mo Wen’s body, with the foundations of the Heavenly Path that Mo Wen had, he could still recover. Gu Motian could not instantly kill Mo Wen completely; his Celestial Body could be constantly restored. After all, his foundations were of the Heavenly Path, the Heavenly Path that was above all other paths. If one could not influence the law of the Heavenly Path, they could not interfere with the earth-shattering power of the Heavenly Path.

Of course, all things had their limits. If Gu Motian kept destroying his body, after 10 times, 100 times, 1 000 times, the damage would accumulate and Mo Wen would still not be able to withstand it in the end. Moreover, Gu Motian had a power on him that Mo Wen was rather cautious of. Mo Wen was not confident that he would not die if subjected to an attack from that power. Hence, he had pulled off that act in order to escape.

Mo Wen’s speed was astonishing. Once Mo Wen put some distance between them, even if Gu Motian unleashed his forbidden release technique, he would still be unable to catch up with Mo Wen. In the time it took for a few breaths, Mo Wen’s silhouette had disappeared into the horizon.

Hundreds of thousands of miles away, Gu Motian had stopped on a high mountain. He gazed in the direction of the ocean with an incredulous gaze.

That youth did not come chasing after him!

“That can’t be right!”

Gu Motian was secretly suspicious. Could it be that the youth did not want to take him down with him before the youth died? With the youth’s speed, if he gave chase with all his might, Gu Motian could not guarantee that he could escape from the youth unharmed even if he escaped with all his might. He knew that the youth’s normal speed had already far surpassed his own. The chances of the youth catching up to him were very high.

“Could it be that something happened along the way?”

Gu Motian frowned. He had escaped all this way, and the youth seemed to have not chased after him at all. It was also too quiet! Based on the time, the heavenly fire should have completely burst out. However, it was frighteningly calm in the direction of the heavenly fire.

If the heavenly fire burst out, even separated by hundreds of thousands of miles, it was impossible for it to be so calm.

“What is going on?”

Gu Motian stood indecisively on his original spot. Why was it that he felt that something was off?

After another 15 minutes, nothing had happened in the ocean in the distance. Gu Motian could no longer sit still. He became a beam of flowing light and flew back to the area where he had previously escaped from.

After 15 minutes, Gu Motian once again appeared in the area of territorial waters. The surroundings were calm and there were no signs of destruction like he had imagined. If it wasn’t for the fact that the heavenly fire’s aura still permeated the air, and that some islands in the surroundings had mysteriously disappeared, he even suspected whether what he had seen prior to this were illusions.

“The might of the heavenly fire bursting out only amounts to this?”