Chapter 484

As Su Xing looked at the body of the God of Natural Purity, which appeared as if it were cast from gold, he knew the time for sublimation had arrived.

At the top of this great golden tree, the folds of space had transformed into a circle, pale black in color, and one could vaguely see spatial cracks appearing from that circle.

The God of Natural Purity likely had over fifty million believers now; as for whether they were pious or not, that was unimportant. The quantity had reached its limit. Most importantly, Su Xing was neither a saint nor a do-gooder—since death-row inmates had to be executed anyway, why not use them for blood sacrifices?

In the conquered lands, the use of death-row inmates for blood sacrifices had been ongoing. If there were no death-row inmates recognized by local laws, Su Xing had spent these days entering these conquered lands to see the local situation for himself—the commoners, the nobles, the extraordinary individuals, and so on. Using his super-brain emotion perception, he could easily find the blood sacrifice targets he wanted, such as nobles who turned women into prostitutes, or extraordinary individuals who used commoners as test subjects; he took them all for blood sacrifices.

If it weren't for the lack of utility poles, he would have loved to hang the remains after the blood sacrifices on them.

In short, there were plenty of sacrifices.

With faith combined with blood sacrifices, the sublimation progress of the God of Natural Purity was shockingly fast. Moreover, perhaps because Su Xing had hung those guilty nobles and extraordinary individuals on utility poles—no, killed them as blood sacrifices—the dark, pitch-black energy Su Xing had seen within the faith energy absorbed by the God of Natural Purity had diminished significantly, so the problem of faith poison, the greatest backlash, did not erupt.

Now, the sublimation magnitude of the God of Natural Purity had accumulated to its limit, waiting only for the final, thorough sublimation, after which it would immediately break through the barrier of this realm and head to the Real World.

"How much longer can you hold on?" Su Xing asked the God of Natural Purity.

This great tree, rendered entirely in golden color, swayed listlessly, giving off a decadent feeling of having completely resigned itself to fate.

Su Xing nodded and continued to ask, "Is there any preparation needed?"

The great tree immediately thrashed about wildly, looking extremely anxious and worried. Su Xing shifted his gaze and said earnestly, "I understand, no preparation is needed."

Xia Luote couldn't help but remark from the side, "No, looking at it, it really doesn't want to sublimate at all..."

Su Xing glanced sideways at Xia Luote and said, "Hey, whose side are you on? You have to be contrary, don't you?"

"No, I'm just speaking the truth..."

After a bit of bickering, Su Xing said earnestly to the God of Natural Purity, "Rest assured, I will not abandon you. The quota for the Real World has already been prepared. Once we leave this realm, the faith poison of this realm will also sever its causal link with you. As long as you no longer accept faith outside, there will be no future troubles. The faith you have now is actually pure profit. As for the future... I can only guarantee that I won't abandon you first. How about that?"

The golden tree slowly stopped its wild thrashing and finally became calm. This moment actually carried a sense of solemnity befitting a deity worshipped by tens of millions of lives.

Su Xing and Xia Luote left the temple. Xia Luote asked as they walked, "Saint, when are you planning to begin the departure?"

Just as Su Xing was about to answer, a group of people ran over from outside the temple. It was Zhang Xuer and the other personnel from the Forbidden Zone. They all looked at Su Xing with burning gazes, and even the alchemist Victor, who had just left, was among them.

Su Xing looked at everyone and did not hesitate, saying directly, "Then there is no time like the present. We will execute the ascension and departure today. I will give you all one hour to say goodbye to your sect masters and relatives, or to handle whatever else needs to be done. One hour, no more. After one hour, we will perform the ascension and departure on this floating city!"

Everyone agreed. Some showed worry, some were ecstatic, and some were calm on the outside but excited on the inside. Unfortunately, Su Xing could not perceive their emotions and could only watch them retreat one by one.

Without Su Xing needing to ask, Biexi seemed to know what Su Xing wanted to ask. She said, "I know what you want to ask. Those who look worried are the ones who know how strong the major Forbidden Zone forces are, like Zhang Xuer and Su Huangyin. You set a departure time, but it wasn't a sudden departure, which is very likely to cause the Forbidden Zone forces that want to attack to be prepared. As for those who are ecstatic, they are mostly mindless, just thinking about experiencing the Real World, like Aisi. And those who are calm on the outside, like the alchemist Victor, belong to those who are staking everything on one throw—succeed or die. Because they have made their decision, they are neither sad nor happy. However, one thing is certain: none of them have betrayed or sold us out."

Su Xing looked at the sky and said, "That's good. At least it proves they are all still human. Since they are human, I must keep my promise to them and treat them the way humans should be treated... because they are human, they will feel pain and sorrow..."

It didn't take an hour before people arrived around the temple one after another. The first to arrive was the alchemist Victor. At the same time, several alchemists left the floating city. They looked back at the sky from time to time, and despite their reluctance, they left very resolutely.

Not long after, more mist disappeared from the floating city, followed by several rays of light departing as well.

Compared to these lost Forbidden Zone forces, the True Martial lineage and the Demon race were much more extravagant, each possessing the ability to communicate across vast distances. In Su Xing's perception, there were two huge threat fluctuations on this floating city, which were clearly contacting their respective Forbidden Zone forces directly through spatial crossing.

With the contact and arrival of everyone, Su Xing indeed felt the huge threats emerging, gathering from all directions. And it wasn't just one or two, but nine terrifying threats about to strike. This number was far greater than Su Xing had expected, but...

Hehe...

Just as Su Xing was calmly waiting for the hour to pass, Zhang Xuer and Aisi also arrived around the temple. Seeing Su Xing's calm and solemn state, both felt ashamed and admired him.

Zhang Xuer exclaimed, "Truly worthy of my True Martial lineage. I used to hear the sect elders say that everyone in my True Martial lineage is a hero, preferring to be a shattered jade rather than an intact tile, each possessing the essence of never giving up in desperate situations. Because I was born and raised in the Forbidden Zone, seeing my fellow disciples being somewhat dull and distant, I thought the sect elders were just saying that to make us set high goals. I didn't expect that the True Martial lineage in the outside world is truly such a hero."

Aisi also said at this time, "That's for sure. The Junior Brother is definitely a hero. When the civilization was still at a high Real level, he could single-handedly venture into the low-level illusion, and he is a seed of the Ultimate Dao, and can cross the desperate channels of the Lost Lands with his physical body. As the strongest and leader of a civilization, the Junior Brother's future achievements are truly limitless."

Everyone nodded, even Xia Luote and Ma Genusi looked as if it were a matter of course.

A person's words can be faked, but their strength, their character, their attitude and actions when facing strong enemies and desperate situations, as well as their abilities, cannot be faked.

And although Su Xing often seemed to lack common sense, his courage, action, and combat power were not what a mortal should have. If this ability were spoken of as not being the strongest and leader of a Real civilization that hadn't fallen yet, others would only think you were spouting nonsense.

These things cannot be faked!

Unexpectedly, Su Xing looked at everyone in confusion and said, "What leader? Strongest?"

Everyone looked at Su Xing, equally confused. They thought Su Xing's frequent lack of common sense had struck again. Su Huangyin said quickly, "Stop being humble there. Being too humble is hypocrisy. This doesn't look like the style of your True Martial lineage. It's fine to admit it straightforwardly. Even my ancestor said that you, as a leader, will definitely be able to lead your civilization forward for a long distance. As for whether you can achieve the root, that depends on factors like timing, geography, and human harmony. But at least the Real civilization of your era will not fall as quickly as those scum civilizations."

Su Xing became serious instead. At this moment, the hour was very close. He said, "Who is joking with you? I am neither the leader of my civilization nor the strongest... If we only count the same camp, I should be the third strongest. If we count the hostile camp but still belong to the same civilization, I should be the fourth strongest. Yes, I should be ranked fourth."

"What!?"

Everyone was stunned, and then it was as if they were all in an uproar. Zhang Xuer couldn't help but shout, "Junior Brother, are you not teasing us? There are three others who exist like you!? Has your civilization already fallen to the middle or lower level!?"

Su Xing looked at everyone's shock in confusion and said, "I said it, it's not that there are three others as strong as me, but three others who are stronger than me. And if you count carefully, they should all be much stronger than me. What the hell are you doing?"

Everyone felt like they were in a daze. At this time, Su Xing couldn't be bothered to pay attention to them. He clapped his hands, and the entire temple immediately shattered into dust. A golden tree stood before everyone. As the temple split open, the golden tree seemed to know that the time had come. It no longer had any suppression. A large amount of golden luster emerged from the void and poured into its body. Then, the golden light all over its body became more and more intense. The next second, the whole tree seemed to have turned into a tree of light. Vaguely, one could see a mature woman with a full figure sitting on the treetop of the golden tree.

At the same time, above the golden tree, the spatial folds twisted and suddenly rose and expanded. A huge black circle appeared at the top of the floating city. The golden tree began to rise slowly, throwing itself toward this black circle. Everyone immediately came under the golden tree, holding its trunk and branches, and followed the golden tree toward the black circle.

At the same time, the black circle kept expanding, occupying almost half the size of the visible sky. Most areas of the Lost Lands could see it clearly.

In the original land of divine faith, the six forces that had already set up the Tower of Seven Sins, as well as the Lust force that had lost the Tower of Lust, all looked up at the black circle in the sky. The leaders of each tower sneered endlessly.

"Hehe, you destroyed the Tower of Lust, making our seven-tower resonance delayed and unable to be achieved. Now you still want to run!?"

Rays of light gathered on the six towers, each presenting a different color. Among them was the power of the Seven Deadly Sins of Life. Except for Lust, the other six powers began to rush toward the black circle.

"Unless it is a sublimation body, otherwise, no matter how strong a mortal thing is, once it touches the Seven Deadly Sins of Life, it will be polluted immediately. Die, die, die..."

These leaders and believers of the seven towers were roaring loudly.

But just at this moment, nine magnificent auras erupted suddenly.

These nine auras all presented a perfect state. As soon as they appeared, it was as if the whole world was roaring, like tearing, like roaring, like thunder, like singing. Immediately after, these nine auras all pierced through space and rushed toward the top of the huge black circle. And the original sin aura erupted by these seven towers hit one of the magnificent auras directly, like a stone thrown into the ocean, not even causing a ripple.

"What thing? Dare to sneak attack this ancestor!?"

This magnificent aura stretched out a pitch-black, withered palm and pressed it toward the direction of the seven towers. There was no sound, no light, and all seven towers exploded immediately. All the leaders and believers of the seven towers turned into pus without even a groan.

At the same time, the golden tree of light rose faster and faster, and it was estimated to be only ten kilometers away from the black circle at the top. However, the nine magnificent auras came extremely fast, with incredible speed. In just a blink of an eye, a middle-aged man in gorgeous clothes brought eight other existences to the scene.

Some of these existences were in human form, some were in monster form, and two were left with only skeletons. But the auras on their bodies were revealed. In Su Xing's perception, the middle-aged man in gorgeous clothes was the strongest, with thunder roaring on his body, and reality and void constantly switching. From it, one could vaguely see the birth and death of the world. The other existences were slightly inferior to him, but each one was not inferior to the Golden Body Luo Han, and even more than half were stronger than the Golden Body Luo Han, and the rest were similar to the Golden Body Luo Han.

Nine existences, all sublimation bodies, and all were strong ones among the sublimation bodies!

"Return my son's life!"

"Weak..."

"I guess his next word must be ant."

"... ant?"

The middle-aged man in gorgeous clothes was Hua Shuo. He stretched out a palm, which was both the physical body of a human immortal and the power of the Eight Tribulations Ghost Immortal. One palm turned into a 100,000-meter-sized palm of air rainbow, intending to crush the golden tree of light to death.

But inexplicably, he crushed his palm onto a semi-human skeleton beside him. The pupils in the eyes of this semi-human skeleton were blood-red, full of shock. It immediately erupted with all its strength to fight hard against this palm. Its semi-body skeleton began to shatter, and this palm also dissipated under the intense corrosive aura.

The semi-human skeleton roared loudly, "Not good, Hua Shuo wants to backstab us!!" After saying that, the skeleton fled 100,000 miles away.

The other seven magnificent auras also stopped immediately, on one hand staring at the golden tree of light, and on the other hand guarding against Hua Shuo.

Hua Shuo was also shocked. He immediately said, "No, it's not me... it's you! Who is the comer!?"

All existences, and all Forbidden Zone forces watching this battle, saw light as bright as the sun coming from the black circle channel, hard-topping the channel tearing and penetrating out. Leading were two young human men. One young man carried a sword box on his back, with a calm and gentle smile on his face. One person carried a fishing rod, with a mocking smile on his face. And behind them was a group of demons and ghosts. There were both the famous Heavenly Dharma Bodies of Buddhism, and some soul artifacts of the Heavenly Court, as well as some self-changing bodies or utensils of powerful civilizations of the root. Just the Forbidden Zone forces saw no less than five or six signs of roots or forces.

A smile appeared on Su Xing's face. He jumped from the golden tree of light and came to the side of Chu Minghao and Liang Min. He looked at the two of them. Liang Min's face was full of disgust and unwillingness, but in the eyes of Chu Minghao and Su Xing looking at him, he could only lower his head with a blushing face.

"Human, Chu Minghao!"

"Human, Liang Min!"

"Human, Su Xing!"

"Seen you all!!"

(End of chapter)