Chapter 861 - Dao Disciple? (1/2)

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After leaving the Realm of the Nine Spectrals, Wang Baole only knew the level of his cultivation but had no idea how powerful he truly was in battle. He could only make a guess based on past experience. The conclusion that he reached was… that even though he wasn’t at the Planet realm, any Planet realm cultivator who was thinking of killing him would have to think twice. It wouldn’t be an easy feat at all!

That was because the only difference separating him and a Planet realm cultivator was… that he didn’t possess a planet and its suppressive force. He hadn’t melded with a planet. That meant that his spirit energy was still at the level of the Spirit Immortal realm. His spirit energy was fundamentally less powerful than the spirit energy of a Planet realm cultivator.

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Normally, it would be almost impossible to bridge such a difference in power. But… Wang Baole had unimaginably deep stores of spirit energy. An ordinary perfected stage Spirit Immortal realm cultivator would only possess half of his spirit energy. He could easily kill a perfected stage Spirit Immortal realm cultivator with only 70% of his spirit energy. Now, he had unleashed his full spirit energy. His power wasn’t only boosted by his Emperor Armor but also augmented by his divine power, the Demonic Eye Art. They amplified the incredible cultivation that Wang Baole already had and allowed him to unleash unprecedented, incredible power.

His rich well of spirit energy gave him… the power to battle an opponent with higher-level spirit energy while he had lower-level spirit energy.

Everyone on the battlefield stared at the vortex that had materialized outside Wang Baole’s body. It was as huge as the Planet realm handprint and served as a backdrop for the cultivator. They stared as Wang Baole’s Divine Armament slashed downwards, sending a thunderous rumble across the cosmos and tearing the abyss into shreds.

The Demonic Eye Art unleashed its power then, in resonance with the million dead souls and twelve emperors around Wang Baole. The eyes that had materialized on the handprint exploded simultaneously, sending a shudder through the handprint. However, this was a Planet realm attack that the left-hand elder had unleashed with his full strength. Even though the Demonic Eye Art was powerful, its level of cultivation still wasn’t high enough for the divine power to destroy the Planet realm handprint completely. It only managed to weaken the handprint slightly!

The handprint continued to descend with a thunderous rumble. Wang Baole could sense waves of Planet realm spirit energy rushing out from the handprint like a tsunami. They charged at him, overwhelming waves that ate away at everything in their path, and eroded a good portion of his retaliatory attack.

They pushed Wang Baole back, preventing his Divine Armament from landing its downward slashing blow. He was forced to fall back as the Planet realm handprint continued its advance.

It was an awesome sight to behold. Everyone watched as Wang Baole was forced to retreat under the advancing handprint. They saw a man who was about to be crushed!

The Planet realm handprint was like a flaming ball of fire that was trying to burn away every trace of Wang Baole’s existence.

Wang Baole’s spirit energy, on the other hand, wasn’t strong enough. It couldn’t extinguish the fireball like water could. It resembled a fog more than it did water. But… even though it wasn’t water, it was still an incredible fog. And if thin wisps of fog couldn’t extinguish the fire, he could summon a cloud of fog. If that couldn’t do it, he could summon an entire sea of fog!

He had oceans’ worth of fog. He released it instantly and sent the fog towards what seemed like fiery, burning Planet realm power pulsing in the handprint. Fog enveloped the handprint. It might not have been powerful enough, and it might have disintegrated upon contact with the handprint, but Wang Baole’s incredible abundance of spirit energy seemed infinite. Since the first sea of fog he had released wasn’t enough, he would send forth ten or even a hundred more such seas!

His spirit energy could fill the heavens. It erupted from Wang Baole and rose to the skies!

“Destroy it!” Wang Baole let loose a thunderous roar. He shuddered in mid-air, blood showing in his eyes as he gave everything he had to fight back against the handprint. Spirit energy erupted from his body in a mad rush, fighting against the burning, fiery Planet realm handprint with incredible force.

It was like sending armies of ants against an elephant. The sheer number of ants made sure that the elephant didn’t stand a chance. The Planet realm flames gradually weakened, and the handprint started to turn blurry. Finally, as Wang Baole’s eyes flashed with murder, as he roared furiously, as his right hand tightened its grip on his Divine Armament and readied itself for the next attack, and as the cultivation inside him continued to rise, Wang Baole started to emit a bright light.

“Slash!” Wang Baole charged forward as he roared, his Divine Armament cleaving everything in its path. Thunder rumbled across the cosmos, and the increasingly blurry handprint was slashed into halves!

Another thunderous boom erupted in the air as the Planet realm handprint finally collapsed. Its destruction sent shock waves of spirit energy surging outwards. Cultivators on both sides who had moved far away from the battle didn’t escape the aftermath of the handprint’s collapse. They spat out mouthfuls of blood as they staggered back. At the same time, in the middle of the battlefield, vast empty space suddenly appeared.

Wang Baole was the only one standing in that wide, empty space. He looked up, his eyes shining with battle lust. This image was seared into the minds of everyone present. It was such a memorable sight that it was unlikely that they would ever forget it.

The look that Daoist Gu Mo, the butler, and the two perfected stage Spirit Immortal realm cultivators from the Heavenly Spirit Sect were giving Wang Baole at that moment was one of shock and awe. Killing a perfected stage Spirit Immortal realm cultivator wasn’t the same as fighting back a Planet realm attack. The former might have come as a surprise, but the latter… was worthy of awe and fear!