Free Web NovelChapter 389: Chapter 381: The Seven Holy Halls! All Have Fallen
Strike with the first surge of courage, for it wanes with the second.
And by the third, it is gone.
The calm is always deepest before the storm. If one indulges in that false peace, when disaster truly strikes, the entire world will offer no sanctuary.
Shi Ming knew very well that this was the time to press his advantage.
It was no time to rest.
The Da Yun was like a steel behemoth shuttling across the ocean. It plowed through the windless, placid sea, churning up massive waves and shattering the region’s tranquility as it sped toward the Great Western Sea Region.
The Great Western Sea Region was the sea guarded by the Lighthouse. They had already returned from the Fujing Mountain Sea Region and re-stationed themselves at the old site of Columbia. And in the Great Salt Lake to the west—once the largest, deepest, and saltiest inland lake on the continent—lay the lair of the last Holy Hall-tier Sea Beast, which was also the target of Shi Ming’s journey.
The Statue of Liberty stood tall on an Artificial Floating Island. Known as the "Light of the Goddess," it was one of the ten great wonders of the Endless Ocean and had become an object of faith for many wandering ships and wild vessels. Unfortunately, the gods had already fallen. No matter how pious one’s faith, it couldn’t grant even a single moldy bun in this apocalypse. It was merely a bit of spiritual comfort, a self-numbing crutch.
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"There are only six days left."
’That’s enough time to kill and absorb this final Holy Hall Fierce Beast.’
The Eye of Destiny had predicted that the Active Wormhole would finish digesting the Candle Mirage in 35 to 40 days. Right now, there were still six days left until the minimum 35-day mark.
Once it finished digesting, it would begin to advance its tier.
The advancement process would also take a considerable amount of time.
But at that time, to be safe, Shi Ming would focus all his attention on it. He would use She Ri and his other abilities to hide, relying on the prompts from his Eye of Destiny and his own judgment to find the perfect opportunity to strike during its advancement. While killing it, he would seize the Nirvana skill origin: Bore!
Proceeding with caution could effectively prevent any disastrous failures.
He couldn’t afford to lose.
However, he was not the same person who had first encountered the Active Wormhole. Now armed with the Arm of Judgment, the Skeleton Sanctuary, the Eye of Destiny, and One Sword Burns the Abyss—moves powerful enough to clash head-on with a Nirvana-tier being—his odds of victory had skyrocketed. At the very least, the danger rating for facing the Active Wormhole would definitely no longer be five stars.
As for the current danger rating of Shi Ming versus an early Nirvana-tier being, he would have to wait until their next encounter and investigate to be sure.
The Great Salt Lake was near.
The Da Yun stopped sailing, as planned.
Stone Pillar, having been bathed in the blood of the Phoenix, was still in the process of awakening. He would first awaken the ability "Rebirth in Blood," and then, by slowly consuming the Phoenix’s flesh, he would awaken the ability "Undead Overture."
And Lin Hai, as an S-class Awakened, was more than capable of handling the affairs of this King-level Wandering Ship for the time being.
Shi Ming once again used "Ultimate Lightning" to flash into the deep sea. He then transformed into the sixty-nine bones of the "Seventy-Two Kings," directly establishing his own Death Empire in the lair of the Immortal Evil Eye.
A provocation!
This was the last piece of the puzzle he could obtain.
It was also the last "resource" for a massive power-up in a short amount of time.
After killing it, it would be time for the final exam!
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The Immortal Evil Eye, which had not been slumbering for long, sensed an unknown threat, and a feeling of familiarity washed over it.
It had the feeling that another creature had its sights on it.
’The aura of death?’
’The Seventy-Two Kings?’
The blood-red patterns in the Immortal Evil Eye’s grayish-white pupil abruptly dilated as it seethed with rage. ’Bastard! That damned Seventy-Two Kings dares to come to my territory and provoke me?’
"Death" is the enemy of "Eternity."
But it could never bring "death" to "Eternity"!
It did not fear its opponent!
Buds of flesh began to sprout from the Immortal Evil Eye’s pupil, born from its extreme fury. These were different from the Abyss Lord’s vile tentacles; they were more like cysts growing on the eye, their skin peeled away.
Undying rays of light shot out in all directions, deconstructing everything around it.
CLANG!
The Immortal Evil Eye felt its Attack Power drop drastically.
It had fallen by 80%!
’The Skeleton Sanctuary?’
’But it doesn’t matter. I’ve already deployed the Eternal Sanctuary and entered an immortal state. This gaze sweeping in all directions can break down all matter at its source. As long as it grazes a single bone, the Seventy-Two Kings will learn a painful lesson!’
ROAR!
It had already detected the location of the bone origin.
Its eye swiveled over, and a beam of light shot from its pupil.
Shi Ming, having witnessed this skill before, was quite familiar with it. Coupled with the warnings from his Eye of Destiny, he had long known that when the Immortal Evil Eye unleashed its Eternal Sanctuary, it would enter a powerful immortal state. Any creature caught in its line of sight would be disintegrated by its gaze, broken down into the most basic bio-energy, and absorbed into the Eternal Sanctuary to become a part of eternity.
To kill it, one either had to shatter the technique with brute force or turn "Eternity" into a paradox by proving that nothing can be eternal.
It sounded abstract,
but it wasn’t difficult!
The instant the deconstructing light swept over, the massive Skeleton Giant Beast abruptly shrank, transforming into a human form about two meters tall. The human’s pupils shone like morning stars, his right arm was crimson, and the Nine-Headed Dragon Pattern on his chest and abdomen was ferocious and terrifying. His physical body was like that of a god. With a single, light leap, he vaulted onto the top of the Immortal Evil Eye.
Black Tortoise Shield!
One Sword Burns the Abyss!
Tenfold Power!
The Immortal Evil Eye felt a pain it had never experienced before.
The light that could deconstruct all objects suddenly retracted, collapsing inch by inch in the process. A crack actually appeared on the Immortal Evil Eye’s supposedly immortal eyeball with a sharp CRACK. The fissure spread rapidly, like a crack in glass.
Under Shi Ming’s continuous power output, it crumbled completely.
CRACK!
The sound of the eyeball shattering!
Under the impact of tenfold power, any Holy Hall Origin would be instantly destroyed. Viscous fluid burst from the shattered, glass-like cornea. The sight was surprisingly satisfying.
It had the gratifying sensation of crushing a grape.
This was both shattering the technique with brute force
and presenting the evidence that nothing can be eternal.
Before the Shi Ming of today, a Holy Hall-tier Sea Beast was naturally no match. With Eternity shattered, the Immortal Evil Eye’s consciousness dissipated in indignation and terror. Its remaining eyeball was like a bathtub with a hole smashed in it, turning a grayish-white, translucent state.
Before it perished, it remembered the dream it had not long ago.
The celestial pillars collapsed, Death decayed, spacetime shattered, Destiny changed hands, and its former enemies and old rivals fell one after another, their remains drifting in from the sea...
And now, even Eternity was to be annihilated...
Its final consciousness faded away.
The massive, broken eyeball had become a natural bathtub. Shi Ming retracted One Sword Burns the Abyss and submerged himself within it. In the thick, cold vitreous humor, his right arm began to frantically absorb the power of this final Holy Hall Fierce Beast!
And so, the Seven Holy Halls:
Every last one had fallen!
