Chapter 1299: Deceleration (1/2)

The disciples of the Ancient Fragmentary Star Palace burst into a great clamor, as did those from the Void Spirit Society, the Heaven Span Pavilion, the Five Elements Sect, and other observers from various domains.

Anyone who had any idea of Gupi’s origin and formidable might thought Nie Tian had gone crazy.

Back in the day, even Ji Cang, Chu Yuan, and Qu Yi had failed to seal it, much less refine it. What could Nie Tian do to it?

Wasn’t he courting death by charging directly at it?

All of those Saint domain experts, who had traveled countless kilometers to this place in attempts to befriend Nie Tian and better their chances at entering the God domain, beat their chests and stamped their feet as they accused Nie Tian of not knowing the immensity of heaven and earth. (Idiom: having an exaggerated opinion of one’s abilities)

Yan Zhan, Wei Lai, and other experts charged into the heavens after him.

They wanted to drag him down from the Nine Star Heavens.

After all, the future of the sect lay with him!

However, by the time they charged into the Ninth Heaven of the Nine Star Heavens, Nie Tian, who had abandoned his Star Boat, had already reached the Seventh Heaven!

The miasma released by Gupi had already infiltrated the Seventh Heaven. In everyone’s eyes, it had become a deathtrap that would kill anyone who entered!

Wei Lai gasped with astonishment.

“Stop!” he yelled for everyone to stop chasing as he himself came to an abrupt stop.

At this moment, Nie Tian had entered the Seventh Heaven, while they were in the Ninth Heaven.

Bearing great sorrow and reluctance, Wei Lai shouted towards Dou Tianchen, Yan Zhan, Han Wanrong, and the others, “Nobody enters the Eighth Heaven!

“Gupi’s miasma may infiltrate the Eighth Heaven at any moment. Even the slightest contact with it may cause our domains to dissolve! Even our souls may be poisoned, and perish.”

One figure after another came to sudden stops in the Ninth Heaven.

Across the Eighth Heaven, they fixed their eyes on Nie Tian. “Nie Tian...”

The Seventh of the Nine Star Heavens was a shield that consisted of numerous flying streaks of starlight, all of which had been vested with profound Dao and secret magics by previous Lords of the Stars. There were also magical symbols and small spell formations that seemed to carry profound laws and rules of power other than star power inside it.

FIZZ! FIZZ!

The miasma released by Gupi came in colorful clusters. Its contact with the various talismans and spell formations gave rise to glorious sputtering lights.

Some emerald green, dark cyan, and ink black clusters of miasma seemed to have their own awareness, as they took the initiative to swoop towards Nie Tian like predators that had smelled blood.

They rapidly morphed into slim tentacles that couldn’t wait to drill into his nostrils, ears, and eyes.

Nie Tian, however, didn’t activate his domain.

That was because he had heard Chu Rui say that even God domain experts’ domains couldn’t ward off the miasma released by Gupi.

“Nie Tian!” Vice Sectmaster Chu Rui shouted. “You’re being foolish!”

After stuffing a handful of medicinal pills down his throat, he also charged into the Ninth Heaven. “You encountered the Fiends’ Domain-corroding Flames before. Those were special flames refined by Grand Monarch Nether Channeler of the Fiend race that could melt Void and Saint domain cultivators’ domains away and suppress God domain cultivators’ power. One of the main materials that were used to refine those Domain-corroding Flames were the special toxins that Gupi discharged as it fed.

“The Domain-corroding Flames couldn’t kill God domain experts or break their domains.

“However, their might isn’t even remotely comparable to that of Gupi’s! You can’t even imagine the destructive effect its toxins have on cultivators’ spiritual power shields and fleshly bodies!”

Chu Rui only shouted to restress the mightiness of Gupi because he hoped that Nie Tian would return immediately.

However, as soon as he finished, he discovered that the fatal toxins released by Gupi had already morphed into numerous slender tentacles and touched Nie Tian.

Technically, they had touched a special shield Nie Tian had enveloped himself in.

The shield was a mixture of his flesh aura and raging flames .

“Life Strengthening, Potential Stimulation, Blood Essence Seething...”

As one bloodline talent after another was activated, his well-built body bulked up instantly, every muscle bulging. This gave people a feeling that he was so explosive and powerful that he could split heaven and earth.

At the same time, he drew power from the flame spark in his spiritual sea and put on the Flame Dragon Armor.