Chapter 714: Who Gave Him the Audacity

Ding Huan tried to use his divine sense to stir the Cosmic Heart, but the moment his divine sense touched it, it was directly blasted away as if solid.

Ding Huan really wanted that woman, Leng Qingdie, to try—this woman had the audacity to think she could take the Cosmic Heart.

He was now certain that even if that woman stood here, she couldn't take the Cosmic Heart.

Knowing the Cosmic Heart wasn't easily removed, Ding Huan calmed down and began constructing the Great Cosmos Technique Zhou Tian.

If the Great Cosmos Technique Zhou Tian couldn't remove the Cosmic Heart, then it was simply not meant for him.

The Great Cosmos Technique Zhou Tian enveloped the Cosmic Heart; after the first Zhou Tian passed, Ding Huan sensed certain extradimensional laws within the Great Cosmos Technique Zhou Tian.

This filled Ding Huan with great delight.

For the Great Cosmos Technique, the more and more varied the celestial laws it fused, the better.

After half a day, without using any divine yuan or divine sense, the Cosmic Heart had begun rotating in sync with his Great Dao Zhou Tian.

Ding Huan flicked his hand, and the Cosmic Heart landed in his consciousness universe.

Ding Huan exhaled in relief; this Cosmic Heart was priceless.

In terms of value alone, it was no less than his Cosmic Cauldron.

Successfully removing this Cosmic Heart proved he had fused roughly eight or nine tenths of the celestial laws of this space around Yongshen Peak.

His divine sense fell again upon the liquid in the groove of the giant rock, which carried an aura that seemed capable of cleansing the soul.

Ding Huan was certain this was an excellent treasure.

He curled his divine sense, intending to draw all the liquid out.

To his astonishment, such a powerful divine sense could only draw up a single drop.

He tried again—and another single drop.

He tried over a dozen times; each time, only one drop.

Eventually, he couldn't draw even a single drop.

Ding Huan refused to believe it—he prepared once more to construct the Great Cosmos Technique Zhou Tian.

If they wouldn't let him take the liquid, then he'd take the entire giant rock.

Before the first Zhou Tian could begin, Ding Huan heard a scream from behind.

Ding Huan rushed over and saw Seeing Ji Luo sitting on the ground, drenched in blood.

A deep gash ran across Seeing Ji Luo's waist; judging by the wound's shape, if it had been any deeper, Seeing Ji Luo would have been cut clean in two.

Emperor Hou Hen's face was pale, but Yi Jie appeared relatively unharmed.

More than half of the Void Nirvana Gold he had left in the pool remained.

"What happened?"

The moment Ding Huan spoke those words, a terrifying force slammed into them.

As Seeing Ji Luo was about to be swept away by this mysterious power, Ding Huan flicked his hand, pulling Seeing Ji Luo and Yi Jie to his side, then immediately summoned the Cosmic Cauldron.

Emperor Hou Hen also staggered onto the Cosmic Cauldron.

Then an even stronger force surged toward them.

Ding Huan's Cosmic Cauldron was blasted away.

"A cutting Dao rhythm suddenly appeared in the pool—I didn't notice in time and nearly got sliced in half. Luckily, Yi Jie warned me."

Sitting inside the Cosmic Cauldron, Seeing Ji Luo still looked shaken.

Emperor Hou Hen nodded: "Yes, if Yi Jie hadn't shouted for us to flee immediately, we'd be dead. I sensed something was wrong and rushed out right away."

"Yi Jie, how did you know?" Ding Huan looked at Yi Jie.

Yi Jie looked confused: "I just had a premonition of danger."

Ding Huan stared at Yi Jie, recalling Yi Jie's earlier remark that Seeing Ji Luo had stepped on dog shit.

Is this guy really a Shan Gao? He found it hard to believe.

"Did we just get thrown straight into the Yongshen Abyss?" Emperor Hou Hen glanced outside the Cosmic Cauldron.

Ding Huan's divine sense could extend outward; apart from the initial moment when he couldn't stop the Cosmic Cauldron from being blasted away, he could now slightly control its movement.

"No, we're only at the mountain's base," Ding Huan said, barely finishing his sentence.

Boom!

The Cosmic Cauldron slammed into a giant rock at the mountain's base, shattering it into fragments.

To Ding Huan's astonishment, he saw Leng Qingdie.

If this woman had failed to break through the Wheel of Reincarnation Wall, she should have been transported to the Void Emptiness—yet here she was, sitting at the mountain's base, not far from the Cosmic Cauldron, healing her wounds.

Before Ding Huan could steer the Cosmic Cauldron into the Yongshen Abyss, several figures rushed toward them.

Ding Huan immediately began setting up the Law of Sunken Dao Poison and the Law of Clinging Poison.

He had already fused most of the laws in this space; setting up Poison Dao laws was not difficult.

Two of the approaching figures he recognized—one was Ji Xinguan.

The man at the front was the one who had followed them earlier, trying to stop them from climbing Yongshen Peak's summit—he must be a Saint.

"Is that guy beside Ji Xinguan a Saint?" Ding Huan had never seen a Saint, so he asked.

He only felt that this Saint's power, though far stronger than Ji Xinguan's, was still far weaker than what he imagined a Saint should be.

Hearing he was a Saint, Seeing Ji Luo stopped healing immediately and scrambled to his feet.

Emperor Hou Hen's gaze fixed on the Saint, then he sneered: "Hah, Saint? He doesn't even deserve the title—barely a pseudo-Saint."

"Even in my prime, I could crush him effortlessly." "You're Ding Huan?" The Saint of Tianpo landed before the Cosmic Cauldron; though speaking to Ding Huan, his divine sense was fixed on the Cosmic Cauldron.

His eyes grew brighter and brighter—this was unquestionably a top-tier treasure.

Leng Qingdie also rose to her feet; she glanced at the Saint of Tianpo for a moment, then turned to Ding Huan:

"Ding Daoist, would you consider an alliance with me?"

Ding Huan did glance at Leng Qingdie with some surprise: "Before this, he never gave that woman a pleasant face, and even when he cursed her out, he didn't hold back.

He hadn't expected this woman to actually make the right choice — to join forces with him."

Ding Huan could be certain that the false saint before him knew Leng Qingdie had approached the peak of Yongshen Peak, so once the false saint dealt with him, the next target would be Leng Qingdie.

"Although I look down on your character, joining forces is fine." Ding Huan's tone held not the slightest concealment.

For him, Leng Qingdie joining forces with him didn't make much difference.

But if Leng Qingdie helped the false saint, that would have a big impact on him.

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"This saint is Kong Chuan, saint title Tianpo. Ding Huan, your abilities are not bad — having come here for such a short time, you can already reach the summit of Yongshen Peak."

While Saint Tianpo spoke, he did not make a move; he was constructing void array patterns.

He did not want Ding Huan to be able to escape. The pot beneath Ding Huan's feet was somewhat strange, so he had to guard against it.

But in Ding Huan's eyes, these void array patterns of his had traces too obvious, not worth mentioning.

This was not only related to Saint Tianpo's array dao, but also to Saint Tianpo being trapped here and his comprehension of the rules of heaven and earth.

So while the other party was laying out void array patterns, Ding Huan was likewise laying out void array patterns.

Arrays are arrays — who doesn't know how?

Moreover, all the array patterns Saint Tianpo could carve out in a short time were level-six divine array patterns, while the ones he carved out were all level-seven divine array patterns.

This was not because his array dao was stronger than the other's, but because his understanding of the rules of heaven and earth in this space surpassed Saint Tianpo's.

"Whether I reached the summit of Yongshen Peak or not, what hammer-relation does it have with you?" Ding Huan's tone was utterly disdainful.

Saint Tianpo's array patterns should have been carved about enough; he suddenly spread a hand and grabbed toward the Cosmic Pot's restriction on Ding Huan.

"Old Hou, you just go ahead and attack." As Ding Huan spoke, he directly summoned the Evening Drum.

His long saber hadn't been upgraded yet — it could handle ordinary God Kings, but against a saint, even a false saint with suppressed cultivation, it still fell a bit short.

For now he only extended his domain, assisting Emperor Hou Hen to strike.

As for his killing move, naturally it was reserved for the fatal strike.

Without needing Ding Huan to say it, Emperor Hou Hen had already summoned his own golden brick.

The moment the golden brick was summoned, Emperor Hou Hen felt the difference — with Ding Huan's domain blessing, he felt his strikes were much easier.

What Ding Huan hadn't expected was that almost at the same moment Emperor Hou Hen struck, Leng Qingdie abruptly summoned a cyan longsword, which transformed into a cyan dragon and swept toward Saint Tianpo.

Boom!

Emperor Hou Hen's golden brick and Saint Tianpo's hand seal slammed together, dao rhymes exploding apart.

Emperor Hou Hen was sent flying backward. Although he tried hard to keep from spurting blood, he still couldn't help but cough out a bloody arrow.

If Leng Qingdie's cyan sword hadn't blocked Saint Tianpo's follow-up dao rhymes, Emperor Hou Hen would have been severely wounded by that strike.

Yijie looked at Emperor Hou Hen, who had been blasted away, and curled his lip: "Still calling others a false saint, you this…"

He couldn't continue, because Leng Qingdie was likewise blasted flying back.

Fortunately, what Leng Qingdie blocked was only the residual might of Saint Tianpo. Although she was already injured to begin with, this strike only made her injuries a bit worse.

Ding Huan, however, stared wide-eyed — that's it?

Because both sides' battle was entirely under his domain, he could clearly sense where both sides' combat strength lay.

He discovered that this Saint Tianpo's strength was at most a late-stage God King.

But on second thought, Ding Huan understood — during his climb of Yongshen Peak, he had almost fully comprehended all the rules of heaven and earth in this space.

Especially at the summit of Yongshen Peak, he had further perfected the rules of heaven and earth in this space.

So his God King strength could be brought out to ninety percent here, while Saint Tianpo's saint-level strength could only be brought out to ten percent — or even less.

Since that's the case, everyone is at the same level — who's afraid of whom?

"Brother Ding Huan, you've brought this drum out — why aren't you attacking?"

Emperor Hou Hen had recovered his wits; he thought Ding Huan would strike.

He hadn't expected Ding Huan to actually not strike.

Ding Huan laughed heartily and actually stepped out of the Cosmic Pot.

"Ding Huan, what are you doing?" Emperor Hou Hen was greatly alarmed. Inside the Cosmic Pot, there was still a chance to use it to escape — stepping out of the Cosmic Pot, wasn't that seeking death?

Not only was Emperor Hou Hen stunned, even Leng Qingdie and Seeing Ji Luo were likewise stunned.

Especially Leng Qingdie — the reason she had chosen to join Ding Huan's side was precisely to use Ding Huan's pot to escape.

And now the pot's owner had actually abandoned the pot, to face a saint head-on. She had no idea where Ding Huan's confidence came from.

Had she known this, she might as well have seized the moment when Ding Huan and the others were dealing with Saint Tianpo and fled straight into the Yongshen Abyss.

"You dare step out of your pot?" Saint Tianpo was also stunned by Ding Huan's move.

As for Ji Xinguan, she stared at Ding Huan in disbelief even more.

She knew exactly how much Ding Huan weighed. Although he was passable, dealing with her would probably be a stretch — and he dared face Saint Tianpo? Who gave him the nerve?

(Fellow Daoist, good night!)

(End of this chapter)