Chapter 486: Kill the Fish in the Abyss First

Relatively speaking, in Bai Ji's eyes, the things Du En had exposed here seemed a bit too many; almost all of his Daoist arts had been used once, and the existence of his magical tool puppets was also exposed right under the enemy's nose.

Therefore, for him to want to pull off some surprise massive self-detonation now was already an impossible feat.

But it didn't matter, because there was still the method of face-to-face self-detonation.

Self-detonation, after all, isn't something you can defend against just by knowing about it!

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! Clang, clang, clang! A series of magical tools rang out clangingly at this moment. Amidst the slight twitching of Bai Ji's eyelids, they directly performed a "heavenly maiden scattering flowers," falling everywhere like a torrential downpour, and then proceeded to detonate without the slightest hesitation. Amidst the continuous booms, they also suppressed the branches and leaves of the Inverted Jianmu as it broke through the soil for a time.

"Hmph! I'd like to see just how many magical tools you can detonate when faced with the infinite and boundless Jianmu branches and roots. What?!"

Before Bai Ji could even finish his boast, he saw with great astonishment that those Jianmu fragments blasted out by the magical tools' self-detonation, amidst a flash of fire, were instantly transformed into raw materials, then immediately refined into tools by the Sacred Refinement. In the blink of an eye, three thousand six hundred were replenished, and they were still continuing, constantly replenishing, and then constantly self-detonating.

The Heaven-Piercing Jianmu, the famous Wood-element Divine Tree—although it had become very strange now, by using divine fire to burn it hard, causing it to be damaged and downgraded, and then using it for refining, it still fell within the scope of the Earth-Wood Sacred Refinement that Du En had already ground to perfection, comparable to an Earth-grade Daoist art.

This was how Du En, with his own strength, suppressed the offensive coming from below.

Seeing that his two moves had only achieved such results, Bai Ji's expression was gloomy, but he was not truly panicked, because even if he were still bound by the Universe Rope, and even if he had no help from above or below, he could still...

"Very good, come down!"

Sheng Zhaoshui's two hands suddenly appeared from below, directly grabbing his ankles.

Hm?!

Clearly the opponent's figure was still in his sight, so why?!

"You see me?"

"How is that possible?"

"I am the flower, you are the leaf; flowers and leaves do not meet."

What kind of ghost talk are you spouting?!

Listening to Sheng Zhaoshui's three sentences, Bai Ji only felt it was completely inexplicable and wanted to break free from his hands, but.

"Actually, there is also this kind of usage, you know. Your conscious body is the flower, your magic power and cultivation are the leaves; they also cannot see each other!"

As the flippant tone fell, Bai Ji was stunned on the spot, his entire person completely frozen.

Gone.

Cultivation and magic power, gone.

But in the next moment, they returned again; the duration was not long.

Only, he was already the fish in the abyss, falling into the lightless deep water.

Just as Bai Ji was pulled into the Daoist art Abyssal Fish, Du En immediately began to set fire to the tree.

The puppets were also deployed, the magical tools were still being Sacredly Refined and constantly self-detonating, and with the two great divine fires joining the fray, it could be said that he had maxed out his output all at once.

However.

Hum, hum, hum! Crack, crack, crack! Bang, bang, bang! Amidst the slight trembling of the Inverted Jianmu, the root parts that had originally been stiffened by the sacrificial self-detonation impact of the Wood-Armor True Domain quickly recovered at this moment.

A certain resonance arose spontaneously, ignoring the all-out attack of Du En who was currently unleashing firepower, causing the Rhombus Mirror Curtain in the firmament to crack. Strands of Red Star light broke through those cracks, shining down and intersecting with the gray-white, or rather, being absorbed.

This Inverted Jianmu immediately gained assistance. The various branches and roots that had been suppressed instantly became full of life and exceptionally fierce. A single lash was comparable to one of Du En's strikes, and in their dense numbers, they beat back the offensive here, causing it to dim and retreat.

At the same time, even more branches hung down, breaking through the earth. At their tips were green nodules, looking just like fruits. At this moment, human faces grew upon them, appearing full of resentment, before falling from the branches and transforming into soft, rotten humanoid gray-white monsters.

Silently screaming and roaring, they moved toward their targets, intended to fight those Tier 6 puppets. However, as soon as they landed and began to move, they were met head-on by a sharp, piercing cry.

"Skree!!!"

Phoenix Remnant Hatred was also released by Du En.

In the current scene, it could be described as incomparably active and extremely crazed, directly pouncing out. Du En also moderately relaxed its restrictions, letting that Hatred Fire become hotter and more turbid.

Resentment against hatred, it could be called dogs biting dogs.

The key was that both sides could be said to be endless and inexhaustible. For a time, it could barely replace many of Du En's outputs; he only needed to manipulate the puppets and control the tools on the periphery to assist a little.

He himself was thus able to free himself and immediately leaped upward.

Crack, crack, crack, bang, bang, bang...

The Rhombus Mirror Curtain in the firmament was collapsing more and more, and the seductive Red Star radiance was constantly pouring down. It was very clear that the Dark God was obviously in a position where he could not hold on, so he came over to provide some support.

Bathed in fire, he charged straight up against the Red Star demon light, passed through the curtain, and then the Sun Divine Fire erupted and expanded, temporarily dispelling the heavy red light from all directions.

Looking closely again, the Dark God's situation was indeed dire.

The main body, residing in the Rhombus Mirror, hung high in the sky, having long ago transformed into mirrors all around with the Mirror-Crow Divine Fire. Inside each was an avatar of the Dark God, with a solemn expression, surrounding a viscous mass.

That seemed to be the thing that had separated and descended from the Red Star. Originally there were quite a few, but somehow they had become one. It had tentacles along its edges, and as soon as it touched normal starlight, it would directly grab and swallow it, able to exempt itself from the damage of various star powers, making the Dark God's method of gathering star power meaningless.

It even fed this guy instead. Inside the mirrors of the Mirror-Crow Divine Fire, strange formless things were constantly separating out, engaging with the Dark God's reflections inside. Both sides were fighting very intensely, leaving the Dark God with no time to attend to anything else, only able to watch as the concealing curtain was gradually crushed.

—Outside of this center, there was seductive red light covering the sky and earth, as thick as a sea of blood, and it seemed as if something was swimming inside it; this was the reason the Rhombus Mirror Curtain was constantly cracking.

At this moment, Du En rushed over, and a burn of the Sun Divine Fire immediately drew its attention and its attack.

To this, he simply blew away what he had been holding in his hand all along.

The next instant, demon flowers began to grow.

Four Seasons Cutting Flowers.

Containing the corresponding principles of time within itself, it digested the various sexual powers of the rooted entities at a terrifying speed. Even the formless, seductive star-light derivatives withered at a speed visible to the naked eye, turning into nutrients for the Cutting Flowers and promoting their spread and growth.

However, Du En knew very clearly that this was only an expedient measure. Sooner or later, the Four Seasons Cutting Flowers would also be unable to withstand the erosion of the demon light's evil power, thereby slipping out of control. Rather than that, it was better to sacrifice it early!

Thus, he did not hesitate to sacrifice his third Daoist art.

He also used this to sever his connection with the Daoist art he had used, to avoid any unpredictable influence or interference being transmitted to him when the whole thing eventually rotted and spread its poison. Of course, the correct path was definitely still dominant now, so in an instant, a layer of hanging gardens appeared above the Rhombus Mirror Curtain, even covering the tentacle monster dripping from the Red Star. Countless Cutting Flower seeds scattered, spread, grew, bloomed, turned into seeds again, and cycled.

Four Seasons cycle, the correct path of Heaven's principles, not to be deviated from!

"Many thanks."

Having freed himself, the Dark God immediately escaped his previous predicament, turning instead to set up a Five Elements Array Prohibition outside the four seasons that was basically stable and endlessly generating, further slowing down the corruption here and assisting in blocking and resisting the Red Star radiance.

Because he saw the intention behind Du En's act of only blocking and not destroying.

"Before that guy appeared, everything was perfectly fine. Once that guy appeared, all these Red Star Jianmu things surged out at once. And, although I didn't feel that malice, my intuition tells me that all of this has a close relationship with the evil entity lurking on the reverse side."

As Du En said this, he was already falling without looking back.

The Dark God Rhombus Mirror hovered above his left shoulder, following closely behind.

Since all sorts of things were tangled up here at Bai Ji's end, serving as the key point, then the thing they needed to do now was very simple: kill and eliminate him first to see if they could curb the surging changes of the Red Star Jianmu.

That's right, the aspects of these two evil monsters were quietly becoming stranger and more evil; when they first appeared, they absolutely did not have this level of intensity.

They were changing in secret!

In other words, the overly fused and rigid space of the Profound Mystery Star Realm was still playing a role, still blocking the front and back, forcing all sorts of anomalies, as well as the true entity of the malice from the back, to find suitable ports before they could exert their influence on this side.

Before it was the Great Demon Wan Du, now it is Bai Ji, and the common point of entanglement for both...

Before the thought was finished, the person and the god had already stepped before the high platform gate arched by the Jianmu; that small puddle of water instantly transformed into a fish, entering the Fish-Falling Abyss.

Here, Sheng Zhaoshui had already been going back and forth with Bai Ji for a while, causing the other party to stop his hands with an extremely ugly expression, and then he still had to listen to him explain the disgusting aspects of this Fish-Falling Abyss.

Compared to ordinary methods of shared fate, this Fish-Falling Abyss seemed to have been specifically updated by True Monarch Chengru after he broke through to the Deity Transformation stage, becoming even more profound and strange; it was no longer something that could be solved by a burst of Phoenix Fire or Hatred Fire, so even a monster like Bai Ji could not be exempt from its influence.

Of course, there were still things that remained unchanged.

That is, although it is very powerful and can make people have skills but not dare to use them, wanting to exhaust a powerful enemy to death is still not a matter of a moment.

Now, which part of the Red Star Jianmu outside is not undergoing violent changes? There is no time to slowly wear him down here, so it is necessary for Du En and the others to enter the fray as well.

Sheng Zhaoshui could not help but sigh: "How pitiful. It seems you cannot live much longer."

From his companion's movements, he had already read the underlying implication that there was no need to keep a live captive for questioning, so his policy and attitude obviously changed, letting this deep water source permeate with bone-chilling cold.

"How, could, you..."

Bai Ji was stunned and shocked by the arrival of Du En and the others; he was already secretly angry at himself for being careless and falling for their despicable methods, and now that this had happened so unexpectedly, how could the two who should have been dragged down still be able to run in and participate? What on earth was going on?

His thoughts stopped just like his broken-off voice.

Because that bone-chilling cold was not a false embellishment.

Because Sheng Zhaoshui was not without lessons learned.

The current Fish-Falling Abyss had other new tricks.

For example, this scene: The Dilemma of Falling into the Abyss of Silence.

It was still in Sheng Zhaoshui's style of feigned sentimentality and affectation; while frozen in place with Bai Ji, he was still winking at Du En's side—that's right, winking—without a serious look, his Primordial Spirit separating out.

Or rather, what detached was not a pure Primordial Spirit.

"Using a divine ability to separate yourself from your Dao techniques?"

This was the second lesson Sheng Zhaoshui had learned.

Last time, he had been forced to suppress his divine abilities and principles by Phoenix Remnant Hatred; after reflecting on his pain, and mainly because he had been locked up for a hundred years of seclusion where he couldn't be lazy, he could only put his energy into cultivation and improvement, thus increasing his depth of mastery over divine abilities by a great deal.

As for now, it could be said he had reached the level of a master of all trades, capable of touching upon all aspects, appearing especially omnipotent.

Truly a difficult guy to deal with.

Du En merely confirmed this point again, without any other superfluous thoughts.

Raising his hand, he had already released a puppet.

A living-person puppet with no individual characteristics.

The Dark God immediately understood the intent; the Mirror Crow Divine Fire instantly transformed into mirrors, surrounding the puppet and reflecting one figure after another.

"Transfer the connection of the Dao technique to him."

Du En's tone was completely matter-of-fact, never having thought about whether Sheng Zhaoshui could do it, which made him chuckle bitterly and mutter: "Sure enough, he noticed this little trick last time..."

During the last grand competition, the reason he was able to retain a bit of strength at the final moment was naturally because he had secretly used the grafting method; of course, in the end, he was still beaten to a pulp by the Phoenix Blood Spear that had broken free and erupted.

Now, however, he followed instructions very quickly, without a moment of delay.

In an instant, Bai Ji and the living-person puppet were linked together.

Next, the three of them immediately displayed their divine abilities, each launching various fierce attacks directly at the reflections in the divine fire mirrors.

Every time a living-person puppet reflection was smashed to powder, the corresponding damage would appear on Bai Ji, and then, due to the influence of the Fish-Falling Abyss Dao technique, Bai Ji's power would be squeezed to make the living-person puppet reflection recover and reappear.

By expanding the quantity and then superimposing the accumulation, in the blink of an eye they could destroy thousands of reflections and squeeze Bai Ji thousands of times; he was visibly withering and drying up, his speed of sinking to the bottom like a meteorite or shooting star.

Damn it! Hateful! A bunch of despicable and shameless people!

Bai Ji was not without feeling; after all, Du En and the others' current operation was actually somewhat pushing against the framework of the Fish-Falling Abyss, and besides, this was not a normal guy, so it inevitably caused his thoughts to flow again.

He just received all the attacks and all the sensations as they came.

It was truly miserable and inhuman, no different from falling into hell—and the kind where one side is falling into the Eight Hot Hells while the other is being placed in the Eight Cold Hells.

Because as Du En and the others kept at it, they noticed the changes here and used the simplest and fastest method they had verified—the divine fire burning the bitter cold—to accelerate Bai Ji's demise, causing him to experience this heaven of ice and fire.

(End of chapter)