Essence Devouring Art

BANG! BANG! BANG!—

Within the void.

The Harvest Village monster teleported relentlessly, leaving behind a series of afterimages. Its every move was like a nuclear explosion, bombarding the Primordial Magnetic True Gang from all sides.

Its speed was too fast.

For a moment, it was as if a hundred figures were besieging Wu Dao. Two fists can’t fend off four hands, let alone so many attacks.

Wu Dao could only contract his Primordial Magnetic True Gang to defend and reduce its consumption. He was battered about, blasting through air currents in the void as his position shifted, unable to even touch the ground.

Even more terrifying...

The Harvest Village monster could actually harm him, draining his life.

Yet his own attacks had no effect on the monster. Even when he managed to shatter it with all his might, it would instantly re-form elsewhere!

This was an unfair fight!

But.

Even while being completely dominated,

in his Divine Ghost Heaven State, Wu Dao’s mind was exceptionally calm and clear.

There wasn’t a trace of panic.

Nor was there any fear.

The only things that appeared in his mind were pieces of information about his opponent.

Devoured and fused with the Ice Flood Dragon!

’Immortal and Undying’.

Teleportation!

Control over Harvest Village!

It seemed that within this strange space,

the Harvest Village monster truly was an invincible, omnipotent god.

’But is that really the case?’

’If the Harvest Village monster were truly omnipotent here, why wouldn’t it just instantly obliterate its enemy?’

’Furthermore, with that kind of Power, why would it have needed to scheme to fuse with the Cold Ice Flood Dragon Python?’

’In other words, even on its own home ground, its Power has a Limit.’

’That Limit was only raised after its main body devoured and fused with the Cold Ice Flood Dragon Python.’

’So, what is its main body?’

’The answer is obvious.’

’The entire Harvest Village!!’

’Whether it was the mountain-sized monster from before or the malevolent youth now, they are all just illusions!’

’Only by completely destroying Harvest Village can I truly kill it!’

’The core!’

’Where is the core?’

’The essence of Harvest Village is an Exotic Celestial Treasure.’

’Celestial Treasures are mutated products formed from the convergence and weaving of the Heaven and Earth Rules. Their essence is linked to the Heaven and Earth Rules, and top-tier Celestial Treasures are even said to be linked to the Great Dao.’

’Under the influence of this characteristic, it doesn’t matter how many times I destroy Harvest Village or kill the malevolent youth.’

’Because as long as the core of Harvest Village can draw upon the Power of Rule from Heaven and Earth, it can quickly restore everything and turn this place back into a cage.’

’In other words, only by finding the core can I deliver a killing blow!’

His Spiritual Thoughts surged.

Wu Dao simply gave up on the meaningless fight and focused all his energy on defense. At the same time, the scenes of Harvest Village’s destruction flashed through his mind, frame by frame.

The further one progressed in Human Potential Release, the more one’s brain resembled a supercomputer. The memory becomes terrifyingly powerful, able to store everything seen and heard like a security recording.

Even if something was overlooked at the time, as long as one recalled and reviewed it, the memory could be replayed in the mind’s eye with perfect clarity, like a revolving lantern!

The sky-soaring fireballs...

The exploding wheat fields...

The earth, trees, and houses churning and shattering in the shockwaves...

The images flashed by quickly.

But thanks to his brain’s advanced processing speed, the information contained within them was incredibly clear.

Heh!

In a flash,

a smile touched the corner of Wu Dao’s lips. The image in his mind froze on the instant a house exploded.

Within the billowing shockwave,

as bricks and splintered wood burst and flew, a yellowed ink wash painting on a crumbling wall remained completely unscathed, silently vanishing into the void.

After Harvest Village restored itself,

it reappeared on the wall once more.

And the content of the ink wash painting...

was a scene of Harvest Village itself!

’Got you...’

BOOM!!

The sound of a meteor crashing to the earth exploded.

After a torrential bombardment,

Wu Dao was finally slammed into the ground by the Harvest Village monster’s Frost Breath, blasting away millions of tons of earth and stone as billowing smoke and dust engulfed the world.

HUUU~

The Harvest Village monster teleported to the ground. Its physique seemed to flicker like a series of frozen frames as it continuously exhaled terrifying, ghastly white streams of cold that were like smoke and mist.

"Tsk, how boring."

It gazed at Wu Dao, who was shakily getting back to his feet in the center of the dust cloud, his Gang Shield gone, the electric sparks arcing around his body now flickering weakly like a candle in the wind.

It couldn’t help but shake its head in disappointment.

After scheming to have the Cold Ice Flood Dragon Python actively fuse with it, its Power had soared. It had wanted to vent properly but hadn’t expected Wu Dao to be so fragile, which was truly dull.

’A pity...’

’Barely managing to fuse with the Cold Ice Flood Dragon Python’s Demon Pill was already my Limit.’

’Otherwise, I could have forcibly fused with and devoured Wu Dao to make him part of the painting, increasing my strength again.’

"A Celestial Treasure can’t be plundered, but the body of a Celestial Treasure Master is still a delicious mea... hmm?"

Just as the Harvest Village monster was about to finish off Wu Dao, it paused mid-sentence, its tone filled with disbelief:

"He killed himself?"

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH~

An astral wind swept by.

In the distance, the majestic, mountain-like Dragon Whale Demon suddenly lost all signs of life and even Spiritual Consciousness activity. The Crimson Gold electric sparks arcing around its body also vanished without a trace.

In its perception, it was as if a living person had suddenly dropped dead, their entire body permeated with a deep, decaying stillness.

’No, that’s not right!!’

But the next moment,

CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!—

Alarm bells rang in its Sea of Consciousness!

An unprecedented sense of crisis surged uncontrollably, overwhelming its entire mind.

The Harvest Village monster’s expression changed in horror.

Without any hesitation, it teleported above Wu Dao, raised its hand, and gathered all its Power to blast out a pulse of rainbow light. It was a tangible fusion of white and red, coexisting with both frigid and ferocious auras.

BOOM!!

The red and white pulse was violently turbulent.

At such close range, the Power it carried was enough to blast an ordinary Land Immortal into smithereens.

But!

In that very instant,

CRACKLE!

A dragon-like Magnetic Field current, so dense it was dark black, suddenly erupted from within Wu Dao’s body, forming a Primordial Magnetic Gang Shield even more terrifying than the one in his Divine Ghost Heaven State!