Chapter 344 - Chapter 344: 344 Slaying the Celestial Being (1/2)
Chapter 344: 344 Slaying the Celestial Being
Half God, it’s a term used in the West Bank Continent, which refers to the Celestial Being realm.
In the Valley of Dead Souls, there was a Celestial Being.
Zhong Zilin felt an impulse to turn tail and run.
The power of a Half God was unmatched by any legend, even a third-tier legend was no match for a Half God.
They stood at the apex of the world, the closest beings to the gods.
The fundamental difference between Half God and legend, is the possession of divine power, a higher level of force than mana.
Even using taboo curses, it would still be difficile for legend to hurt Half God.
In the history of the West Bank Continent, there have been only five real Godslaying events, where a Half God was killed. Behind all of these, there were gods plotting for them to succeed.
Zhong Zilin had also interacted with Half Gods. In fact, his being an outsider, able to stand firm in a foreign land, was because he had joined a major power.
There was a Half God in that major power. He had been granted an audience twice.
So, he instantly recognized that the person in the valley was a Half God.
Despite being separated by two continents, each with its own cultivation system, they ultimately converged.
When a martial artist reached the Celestial Being realm, the power they possessed was almost identical to divine power.
Zhong Zilin was stunned to see that Gu Yang showed no sign of leaving. He couldn’t believe the thought that sprang to mind, “Could it be that he wants to slay a god?”
Half God is also a god. During this age when all gods fell into slumber, a Half God wandering the lands was considered an embodiment of a deity.
To kill a Half God is to slay a god.
Had he gone mad?
Zhong Zilin was afflicted by an internal struggle.
He had just recently attained the status of a legend and was still at the first level. In front of a Half God, he was barely a match.
Only the third-tier legends could exchange a number of blows with Half Gods.
If he stayed, he was close to death.
After a moment, he made the decision. He waved his hand and used some mana to send his disciple, Zhong Yanxing, away, speaking through a message talisman, “Wait for me in Yuzhou.”
He, however, stayed behind, retrieved his weapon, and provided auxiliary support for Gu Yang.
…
Gu Yang stood with his hands behind his back, three divine beasts standing behind him; they stared intently in the direction of the valley, eyes filled with a fierce intent to combat.
He said loudly, “Shao Yuhong, do you truly believe that by means of some shallow tricks, opportunistic sneaking into the Celestial Being realm, you are strong enough to be undefeatable?”
From the valley, a woman flew out.
Although she appeared humanoid, there wasn’t a trace of humanly scent in her. Her skin was somewhat bluish, and her eyes glowed in a dark, eerie black. She looked akin to a zombie.
This person was none other than one of the two leaders of the Nether Sect, Shao Yuhong.
“I did not anticipate that in this world, there are still people who know my name.”
Her tone was somewhat complex.
Ever since a hundred years ago, after the Dao Sect’s leader obliterated the Nether Sect, no one had called her by her name.
In the mouths of the world, she and her senior brother were referred to as the Yin and Yang demons of the Nether Sect. She was Yin demon and her senior brother, Yang demon.
A hundred years had passed, and finally, she heard her name once again.
“So, you are Gu Yang?”
She stared at the young man across from her, her gaze growing even deeper, as if she intended to see through him, “You truly are a one-in-a-million genius, having already reached this realm. If you had arrived a few days earlier, I might have been wary of you, but alas, you have come too late.”
“Now, you are mine!”
Saying this, she turned her hand, revealing a black bronze bell that was completely dark and emitting an eerie aura.
This was a spirit tool called Heart Capturing Bell, and it was the treasure of the Nether Sect.
Back in the day, when the leader of the Dao Sect came to destroy the Nether Mountain, she had escaped unharmed with her senior brother by using this treasure.
Over the past hundred years, she had been in the Valley of Dead Souls, utilizing the valley’s adverse qi to re-refine the Heart Capturing Bell, elevating its power to a higher level, becoming even more insidious and ruthless.
She had originally intended to use this spirit tool against the Academy’s Dean.
But this young man before her eyes posed a considerable threat to her, especially the three divine beasts behind him, each possessing formidable divine powers, making even her somewhat wary.
A moment ago, she watched as her disciple Shen Li was killed. Under the siege of the three divine beasts, he was left without any opportunity to fight back.
She did not want to follow in her disciple’s footsteps, so without hesitation, she brought out the Heart Capturing Bell, prepared to strike him down with a thunderous blow.
Afterward, she planned to refine the man and the three divine beasts into death zombies. With them in her control, no one in the world would be able to resist her.
Shao Yuhong swung the bronze bell in her hand.
Ding Ling Ding Ling…
An invisible ripple spread out in all directions.
Not far away, Zhong Zilin suddenly froze, his eyes rapidly filled with a layer of black fog.
He abruptly turned around and lunged towards Gu Yang.
At this moment, a black screen of light appeared around Gu Yang, which was the Xuan Light Shield.
Under the invisible ripple, the black screen of light shuddered violently, maintaining only for a single breath before shattering.
The ripple swept over Gu Yang’s body, causing him to stiffen involuntarily as a black air crept onto his skin.
Simultaneously, the three divine beasts behind him were also affected, their bodies trembling slightly as they resisted the ringing of the Heart Capturing Bell.
Under these circumstances, Zhong Zilin, controlled by the Heart Capturing Bell, attacked. In the blink of an eye, he appeared in front of Gu Yang, thrusting a sword towards his chest.
At the critical moment, a long black tail flashed past from one side, whipping Zhong Zilin away.
A monkey with golden pupils appeared out of nowhere, holding a golden token in its hand, which completely blocked the bell sound of the Heart Capturing Bell.
This token was the Sky King pardon token from the Golden Court that originally belonged to the Divine Ape.
Gu Yang’s first pet, the golden-eyed Divine Ape Yuan Xing, had always wanted to refine this pardon token and inherit the rank and power of the Sky King.
In the Golden Court system, the Sky King was equivalent to the Celestial Being realm.
…
“Another divine beast?”
Shao Yuhong’s eyes narrowed. This divine beast was a species unknown even to her.
What shocked her even more was that the item held by this divine beast could withstand the bell sound of the Heart Capturing Bell. She wondered what kind of treasure it was.
“It seems like I actually have to make a sincere effort.”
Seeing that even the Heart Capturing Bell was unable to deal with the adversary, Shao Yuhong realized that using other means would also be insufficient to kill him, so without hesitation, she contacted that entity.
BOOM!
The Valley of Dead Souls shook violently and a horrible aura exploded, covering everything. Even the ubiquitous black fog surrounding it was expelled.
This was the kind of stature a real Celestial Being should have.