Chapter 225: Chapter 217: The Second Complete Map
The Three-Eyed Cosmic Martial Artist, seeing this, showed no fear. He brandished a giant axe and slashed fiercely, surging with a formidable energy wave.
The two collided with a thunderous crash. Wang Xu’s energy wave didn’t spill a bit, but the Three-Eyed Cosmic Martial Artist was shaken, causing the ground to tremble violently.
"Such immense power!" The Three-Eyed Cosmic Martial Artist was shocked and angry. His strength was comparable to that of the Initial Chaos Universe Realm, a force that those at the White Hole Level couldn’t possibly withstand. Yet, the person before him was stronger, clearly indicating that the opponent’s power already surpassed his own!
The two clashed several times, each resulting in the retreat of the Three-Eyed Cosmic Martial Artist.
"National Son!" Two subordinates who surpassed the invincible White Hole Level rushed forward, intending to attack Wang Xu. A sharp glint flashed in Wang Xu’s eyes. The Three-Eyed Cosmic Martial Artist, already aware of his strength, shouted urgently, "Don’t come up here!"
But no matter how fast his voice was, it couldn’t outpace Wang Xu’s Light and Dark Blade Aura.
"Puff! Puff!"
Two crisp sounds of flesh being pierced, blood splattered out, and the two subordinates who surpassed the invincible White Hole Level were sliced in half at the waist. A mysterious flame clung to their bodies and, ignited by the wind, it surged violently, consuming them completely into ash with not a trace left.
"Damn it!" The Three-Eyed Cosmic Martial Artist’s eyes widened to the size of saucers, and his teeth gnashed with anger. These two subordinates had stuck with him through countless trials and tribulations. Though their relationship was that of master and subordinate, it had long since become akin to that of brothers.
He had thought that with his Ancient Inheritance, he could lead them through the qualification battle and help them acquire two complete map pieces. Yet here, they were overturned!
"Retreat!" Immediately, the Three-Eyed Cosmic Martial Artist hesitated no longer. His opponent’s power was beyond his own, and having fought briefly, the cosmic martial artist still exuded vigorous life energy. This made the Three-Eyed Cosmic Martial Artist unwilling to delay further, so he chose to retreat at once.
The speed of the Three-Eyed Cosmic Martial Artist was swift. After crashing against Wang Xu once more, his figure shot off into the distance.
"Trying to escape?" Wang Xu’s eyes narrowed. After disturbing his cultivation, killing his clone, and brazenly saying he’d spare him a life... Moreover, this Cosmic Martial Artist carried the Ancient Inheritance. If allowed to grow and rise, he would surely become a formidable figure. Wang Xu did not want such a hostile figure lurking around.
Wang Xu sheathed the White Jade Long Saber and, with a flip of his hand, a Crystal Bow shimmering with radiant light appeared.
Great Dragon Bow.
"Celestial Bow, Raging Annihilation!" Wang Xu forcefully drew the Great Dragon Bow to a full crescent. A dazzling light erupted, dimming the stars around, overshadowing the sun and moon. It seemed as though only this Crystal Bow was left in color between heaven and earth.
With a roar, a massive invisible arrow emerged, shooting straight at the Three-Eyed Cosmic Martial Artist.
The attack of Spiritual Consciousness, invisible yet capable of easily destroying things, this is the deadly prowess that allows a Cosmic Spirit to kill unseen.
The third eye on the Three-Eyed Cosmic Martial Artist glowed with a bright purple light. A faint purple energy barrier instantly enveloped him, while a bit of purple light seeped into his mind, wrapping around his Spiritual Ball.
Boom, boom~~
The massive invisible arrow struck the Three-Eyed Cosmic Martial Artist. He was escaping at high speed, alert to Wang Xu’s attacks, but didn’t anticipate the opponent not only had such formidable strength, but also the means of a Spiritual Consciousness Attack, which caught the Three-Eyed Cosmic Martial Artist off guard.
Under the impact of this arrow, while his physical body remained intact, his Spiritual Ball was not so fortunate.
"Ah——" The Three-Eyed Cosmic Martial Artist clutched his head, displaying a look of agony.
The enormous Spiritual Consciousness Arrow crashed onto his Spiritual Ball. The protection from his third eye, powerful though it was, mainly shielded the body, and only managed to block the arrow for a moment before the purple barrier shattered.
With his safeguards gone, his Spiritual Ball suffered severe damage, cracking with fissures spreading like a spider web, allowing strands of sea water from the Sea of Spiritual Consciousness to seep out. He was critically wounded.
"Die!" Wang Xu, wielding the White Jade Long Saber, closed in on the Three-Eyed Cosmic Martial Artist, releasing a surge of destructive ferocity, carving a deep, ghastly wound down to the bone in his body.
With his Spiritual Ball severely damaged, the Three-Eyed Cosmic Martial Artist couldn’t even gather his consciousness, let alone resist Wang Xu’s assault. He was utterly at Wang Xu’s mercy.
Unrelenting, Wang Xu showed no mercy, deftly slicing with his saber several times, chopping the Three-Eyed Cosmic Martial Artist into pieces.
"Hmm?" Yet, the Three-Eyed Cosmic Martial Artist’s life force hadn’t vanished. Wang Xu glanced, surprised, noticing that the anomaly lay in the unbroken third eye.
The third eye emitted a misty purple light, enveloping a scattered piece of flesh, still lingering with his life force.
Though extremely faint, Wang Xu discerned that the Three-Eyed Cosmic Martial Artist was gradually recovering.
"Die!" Having discovered this, Wang Xu was unlikely to spare him, once more swinging the White Jade Long Saber down, swiftly eradicating the Three-Eyed Cosmic Martial Artist.
"I’m unwilling... I’m unwilling! I’ll drag you with me to the grave, accompany me to the grave!" An embittered voice exploded in Wang Xu’s mind as a vast and dangerous aura abruptly burst forth.
Self-destruction!
The Three-Eyed Cosmic Martial Artist used his remaining sliver of Will to manipulate the residual energy, triggering a self-destruction.
He had been chopped up by Wang Xu and knew Wang Xu wouldn’t rest until he was dead, would never let him go. The Three-Eyed Cosmic Martial Artist’s anger flared, determining to drag Wang Xu to Hell with him, even in death.
Brilliant, dazzling light enveloped a billion miles around. The self-destruction of an entity with power comparable to the Initial Chaos Universe Realm was nothing ordinary.
"Did a cosmic martial artist self-detonate?"
"Such a powerful aura, is it the Mixed Universe Realm?"
"Another competitor is gone."
"..."
The cosmic martial artists witnessing this scene were astonished, speculating and curiously observing that vast area covered in blinding white light. The self-detonation of a Mixed Universe Realm expert caused extraordinary destruction.
A moment later.
"Cough, cough..." The blinding white light dissipated, and a figure shrouded in a hazy green light emerged from the smoke and dust filling the sky.
The cosmic martial artists who saw this were all dumbfounded.
Heavens, a cosmic martial artist actually survived the self-detonation of a Mixed Universe Realm expert? How powerful must they be?
The self-detonation of an Initial Chaos Universe Realm cosmic martial artist is a last-ditch suicide move, and its power is unimaginable.
Even a Void Chaos Realm expert wouldn’t dare claim they could withstand the self-detonation of an Initial Chaos Universe Realm expert at close range.
However, in such a desperate situation, a cosmic martial artist indeed managed to successfully escape.
"The self-detonation of the Initial Chaos Universe Realm is truly formidable." Wang Xu coughed a few times, dust-covered, shaking off all the dust from his body, leaving his black robe spotless.
The power of the Initial Chaos Universe Realm’s self-detonation was incredibly strong. Although Wang Xu was caught off guard and his body was half-destroyed, leaving him bloodied and in disarray, the Endless Life helped him continuously heal, enabling Wang Xu to recover so quickly.
"A pity about that Ancient Eye." Wang Xu sighed deeply.
The self-detonation of the Initial Chaos Universe Realm had the power to shatter space. At the place where the Three-Eyed cosmic martial artist self-detonated, a large dark void rift had formed, with a temporal storm raging within, sweeping in everything and reducing them to dust.
And that’s how the Ancient Eye of the Three-Eyed cosmic martial artist was lost; Wang Xu, heavily injured at the time, could only watch helplessly as the Ancient Eye was sucked into the void rift and swallowed by the temporal storm, disappearing completely.
This Ancient Eye was no ordinary artifact, and the ancient inheritance received by the Three-Eyed cosmic martial artist was also extraordinary. Just the ability to see through others’ movements and create energy barriers was enough to ensure survival.
But that guy was unlucky, running into Wang Xu, who shattered its Spiritual Ball with an arrow.
"At least not all was in vain." Although Wang Xu was frustrated at not being able to keep the Ancient Eye, he opened his tightly clenched hand to reveal a sparkling space ring lying within.
This was the space ring of the Three-Eyed cosmic martial artist. Wang Xu had endured such an explosion precisely for it.
With a gentle probe, Wang Xu’s expression altered slightly before he smiled.
It must be said, the collection of this Three-Eyed cosmic martial artist was rich indeed, with a map that was once whole but now torn in two and completely faded. There’s no doubt this must be the ancient inheritance he had obtained.
Among other things, there were over a hundred thousand map fragments of various sizes, with several nearly complete maps.
"I need to find a secure place." With the corner of his eye, Wang Xu noticed eyes watching him from billions of miles away — not just one pair of eyes, prompting Wang Xu to choose to retreat strategically to find a place to conceal himself.
......
With more than eighty thousand map fragments, Wang Xu, through constant assembling, finally, birthed a second complete map.
"Haha, another ancient inheritance!" Wang Xu was overjoyed, knowing that acquiring another ancient inheritance meant his power would further increase.
Without hesitation, Wang Xu followed the markings on the map and headed to the Land of Inheritance.
Rumbling~~
"There are cosmic martial artists fighting." From billions of miles away, Wang Xu could already see numerous figures battling fiercely in the Land of Inheritance he was heading towards, so intense that the ground beneath him trembled, "I’ll hide first and see what’s going on."
Wang Xu concealed his presence and approached the Land of Inheritance gradually.
"Hand over your complete map obediently, and I’ll spare your life!" A sharp voice reached him, and Wang Xu looked over to see a cosmic martial artist with the head of a human and the body of an insect. Its lower body resembled a giant spider, with eight hairy spider legs curled as it gazed malevolently at a lean cosmic martial artist with a red horn on its head, exuding a peculiar aura.
There wasn’t just one spider-person; he led dozens of powerful cosmic martial artists, encircling the red-horned cosmic martial artist.
"Twenty-eight with power surpassing invincible White Hole Level, three at the Initial Chaos Universe Realm, and even the red-horned cosmic martial artist is at the Initial Chaos Universe Realm," Wang Xu assessed the situation on the field with a glance.
Evidently, the spider-men, with their numerical superiority, were pressuring the red-horned cosmic martial artist to surrender his complete map with an overwhelming lineup.
But the outcome was predictable. If the red-horned cosmic martial artist was willing to obediently hand over the complete map, they wouldn’t have engaged in such a fierce conflict. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, feel free to visit Qidian () to vote with recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is the greatest motivation for me. Mobile users, please read on .)