Chapter 789: Human-shaped Connate Treasure (1/2)

Situ Zong was one of Lu Yun’s strongest trump cards; having his name written in the Tome of Life and Death elevated him to a strange level of existence. Though he was far less than Ge Long, he still melded perfectly with the Pelagic Orb due to the power of the book. Situ Zong was now a human-shaped connate treasure, one who could destroy heaven and earth with a singular punch.

Close at hand, the priest of ocean stared dumbly at the fist looming large in his sights. He didn’t have the time to form a thought before it landed heavily on his body, blasting him apart with currents of black water essence.

“Bastard!” screamed the priest of earth. He’d blurred into a streak of light to pierce through Lu Yun, but abruptly reversed course to attack Situ Zong instead.

Hummmmm.

Local space seemed to lose its shine after a tremendous hum and patches of the void winked out of existence. In response, Situ Zong fully unleashed the Pelagic Orb to create a real, standalone world. It wasn’t large, but it was sufficient to keep Lu Yun safe within.

Meteors dashed themselves to pieces against the Pelagic Orb while Situ Zong looked coldly at the priest of earth from his position in the air.

“Attacking a connate treasure with a combat art? Should I say you’re fearless or ignorant? Once master’s nascent spirit observation method is perfected, he’ll be able to create solid truth out of deceit and project a true connate treasure. But you? You’re far from it!” He flashed in front of the priest of earth and smashed a punch down on the latter.

“AaaaHHHHH!!” the priest of earth screamed with rage and furiously billowing robes, despite the lack of wind in the area. An enormous altar appeared beneath his feet, gathering dreadful earth essence and recreating the smashed meteors.

At the same time, the priests of forest and blade also coalesced their altars. The three altars resonated with each other in midair and sealed off the premises. A heavily injured priest of ocean reappeared as well, pale as a sheet from being blasted apart earlier. A black altar of water bubbled beneath his feet.

“Damn it, where have you gone, priest of flame?! Why can’t I sense your existence anymore??” roared the priest of earth while dense earth essence collected as stars revolving around his body. Throwing caution to the wind, he flung himself at Situ Zong’s terrifying punch.

Boom!

Boom!

Booooom!

The brilliant stars exploded one after another upon meeting the punch, each explosion draining a bit more color from the high priest’s face. A full eighteen stars shattered from the force of Situ Zong’s attack, but when the last star cracked into pieces, so too was his punch fully exhausted.

The priests of forest and blade, as well as the heavily injured priest of ocean, maneuvered their altars to attack Situ Zong. Nimble as he was, he vanished on the spot with an agile twist of his body and reappeared in front of the Pelagic Orb. He looked at the four high priests and licked his lips.

“Master, if this subordinate can swallow any one of the altars beneath their feet, the Pelagic Orb will evolve into a connate spirit treasure!”

Situ Zong’s current strength was on par with a fully unleashed connate treasure—which placed him at an unknown level above dao immortal. Even Lu Yun couldn’t say for sure how strong he was now, perhaps he could meet primordial immortals head-on in battle.