Chapter 510

Wu Pifu could confirm that after this Golden Skeleton before him was corrupted by the "Lost," although it possessed the particularities, corruptibility, and immortality of the Lost Realm, its strength had declined significantly—not even a third, or perhaps even a fifth or tenth, of its peak strength.

For one thing, the Golden Skeleton could not use its several titles simultaneously; it could only use one at a time, making it too easy to be countered by targeting the side effects of the titles. At the same time, the synergy and stacking effects between the titles were gone.

Furthermore... this Golden Skeleton had not used any techniques; only the attacks with that long spear were quite proficient, at least at the level of a Spear Master to Grandmaster. Thus, it was impossible that it had no extraordinary techniques during its lifetime, yet when it fought Wu Pifu, it used only the most ordinary spear attacks.

Watching the Golden Skeleton board the divine dragon's head, a strong, incomparable aura emanated from both the dragon and the skeleton. Man and dragon as one, rather than man and dragon attacking separately—this was the true Long Qishi. However...

In his heart, Wu Pifu felt only a sense of sorrow and desolation.

From the titles of this Golden Skeleton, one could see how heroic and remarkable it once was, having saved the world—perhaps more than one. At that time, it must have been incredibly powerful, high-spirited, with hundreds of companions following it...

Now, it could not even be considered an ember or a remnant fire; it could only be considered a lingering shadow of the last Long Qishi of the past...

"Heroes grow old, beauties turn gray"—inexplicably, these two phrases surfaced in Wu Pifu's heart.

"Come! Challenge me! Use your greatest strength!"

Wu Pifu stood still, motionless, shouting loudly at the last Long Qishi who was spreading its wings to fly high.

Whether it was because the Golden Skeleton or the divine dragon understood his shout, this giant dragon flying in the sky suddenly let out a roar, and then from the zenith, it unleashed a fierce breath toward Wu Pifu beneath the seabed.

The luster shone brilliantly, fully capable of rivaling the orbital weapon Wu Pifu had previously withstood. A beam of flame rolled down from above, but Wu Pifu merely slashed upward with the half-broken Spirit Blade in his hand. In an instant, the blade light surged upward, forcefully cleaving the flame beam in two.

But after cleaving it, it was not another beam of light, but the giant dragon diving down from the zenith. Man and dragon as one, the Golden Skeleton, which had been withered and powerless, held its long spear high. This massive divine dragon erupted with brilliant light, all of which converged on the tip of the spear, descending like a sharp cone of light.

Wu Pifu still did not dodge or evade, raising the Spirit-Shattering Blade once more to slash at the sharpest point of the light cone.

The moment the broken blade touched the tip of the long spear, Wu Pifu seemed to see a heroic young man. He was covered in wounds, yet he remained firm and upright, holding his long spear high and shouting in battle. Before him were countless unimaginable monsters, and behind him were the people, banners waving, swarming to follow...

Inexplicably, two people from different eras seemed to lock eyes at this moment...

Blade and spear collided, and a vast power erupted at this moment. The entire seabed exploded, and huge smoke and dust shot a thousand meters into the sky. The seawater that had been forced back surged around again at this moment, revealing a larger area of the seabed. At this moment, on the other side of the island, the wooden ship, still a long distance away, was suddenly hit by a strong hurricane. The seven Wakaba unit members tried their best to keep the wooden ship floating, but the entire ship swayed violently, as if it were about to capsize at any moment...

When the explosion subsided, a blade mark had slashed out tens of thousands of meters, almost splitting the entire island in two. The giant dragon had shattered, and the Golden Skeleton had fallen to the ground. Its bones were covered in cracks, and even that seemingly indestructible long spear was full of fissures. Yet, it still gripped the spear tightly, slowly but firmly climbing up from the ground.

On the other side, Wu Pifu had wounds on his skin, and beads of blood welled up from the ruptured capillaries. However, these wounds were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye. He simply reached out and tore, or used the Spirit-Shattering Blade to cut away the areas on his body that had completely rotted and mutated.

At this moment, the term "The Last Long Qishi" on the Golden Skeleton's head also dimmed, and only the term "The Last Lone Hero of Civilization" gradually began to shine. At the same time, Wu Pifu also discovered that these three gray-black words in the "Lost" became even dimmer, turning from gray-black to pure black.

Although Wu Pifu's Human Immortal Martial Dao had only reached the Bone Marrow Tempering layer and he had not yet learned the next layer, the Blood Exchange technique, strictly speaking, he was not yet a Blood Exchange Martial Saint.

However, both in terms of physical fitness and the accumulated foundation of his Human Immortal Martial Dao, he was far stronger than a normal Blood Exchange Martial Saint or Earth-Shaking Martial Saint!

Moreover, his Human Immortal Martial Dao technique, the Wind and Thunder Roaring Art, which covered internal organs and bone marrow, was no ordinary art. When unleashed at full power, his movements carried the sound of wind and thunder, and lightning flickered faintly on his body.

That wasn't all. Since he was going all out, Wu Pifu would not hide anything. Armament Haki began to coat the Heroic Spirit Broken Blade from his arm. Observation Haki began to merge with his martial intuition, and Conqueror's Haki was unleashed at full power. In an instant, it was as if the earth moved and the mountains shook. Within a hundred meters around him, visible tiny bolts of lightning began to appear. The trembling of the entire land intensified, and the sea outside the island began to recede, leaving behind a vast expanse of seabed. The mist shrouding the entire island was torn apart, and a beam of sunlight shot down from the crack in the sky, enveloping Wu Pifu.

At the same time, on the wooden ship off the island, all the androids were anxiously waiting for Wu Pifu's return. But just then, the wooden ship began to tilt. All the androids were stunned and hurriedly looked down at the ship, and then they saw an unbelievable scene: the seawater... was receding, and the wooden ship had actually landed on the seabed.

"No, this is wrong!"

A1 suddenly shouted: "It's a tsunami! Quick, members of the Ruoye unit, with me, use maximum thrust to lift the wooden ship into the sky!!"

At the same time, on the battlefield in the center of the island, even though they lacked consciousness, the translucent humanoids and monsters that had appeared subconsciously stopped their steps due to the terrifying pressure Wu Pifu unleashed.

"Get this straight, Long Qishi..."

Wu Pifu stood his ground and did not rush forward immediately. He stared at all the existences in front of him and said: "It's not me coming to challenge you, but... you all together challenging me!!"

Just then, a roar erupted from the ocean outside the island. From the distant sea beyond the island, a tsunami wave at least fifty meters high rolled in, sweeping toward the entire Resurrection Island from all directions as if it were the end of the world. At the same time, with Wu Pifu as the center, a whirlwind resembling a tornado formed above his head. The next moment, Wu Pifu took a step forward, and the entire island seemed to sink. Then, he swung his blade at the hundreds of existences in front of him.

Armament Haki condensed into substance, rendering the entire Heroic Spirit Broken Blade pitch black. At the same time, the lightning brought by Conqueror's Haki also circled the blade. With Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki intertwined, plus the magnificent strength brought by the Human Immortal Martial Dao, he slashed horizontally. A huge arc of pitch-black blade light shot out from the broken blade, flashing forward.

This Broken Temple was originally located in the center-skewed position of the island, with the increasingly high island highlands behind it. One saw a flash of black light, and all the translucent humanoids in front of Wu Pifu shattered. The golden skeleton held its spear in front of its body, being pushed backward by the blade light, rubbing against the ground. Then, the entire skeleton was shoved into the hillside, and the blade light did not stop, cutting through the height completely, pushing the golden skeleton toward the sea.

After unleashing this strike, Wu Pifu did not stop at all. With a step, his entire person completely disappeared from the spot. When he reappeared, he was already nearly five thousand meters away. Arriving after the fact but reaching first, in less than two seconds, he caught up with the golden skeleton that was still being pushed backward by the blade light.

At the same time, the tsunami finally arrived. The golden skeleton was pushed by the blade light into the tsunami. By this time, the tsunami had gradually climbed to a height of seventy meters. The immense power of the giant wave slammed into the golden skeleton. Only then did the blade light gradually dissipate due to distance. But before the golden skeleton could make any move, Wu Pifu had already flashed above it, grabbed its skull with one hand, and unleashed a massive force, slamming it fiercely onto the seabed!

Boom!

It was as if a missile had detonated, or as if a small meteorite had fallen. The giant wave of the tsunami was actually blasted away, and all the surrounding seawater was lifted, once again revealing the seabed surface.

On that seabed surface, a crater twenty meters deep and at least two hundred meters wide was formed. Wu Pifu landed at the very center of the crater, pressing down on the Golden Skeleton. Dense cracks appeared on the surface of the skeleton, but it had to be said that its resistance to impact was terrifyingly strong. After this round of attacks, not only was the long spear intact, but the skeleton itself showed no other damage besides the cracks.

Then, right before Wu Pifu's eyes, the title "Savior of the World" among the Golden Skeleton's four titles gradually dimmed, undergoing the same change as the "Gatekeeper" title.

"So, which title is it now?" Wu Pifu asked.

The Golden Skeleton naturally could not answer, but just then, a giant mouth appeared out of thin air and bit down toward Wu Pifu.

Wu Pifu took the opportunity to drop the Golden Skeleton and dodge a hundred meters away. He saw that following the appearance of the giant mouth, a solid-fleshed, silver-white giant dragon with a perfect body emerged from behind the Golden Skeleton.

This giant dragon was incredibly huge, with an estimated standing height of at least three hundred meters. Its entire body was silver-white, and every scale was like crystal. Especially in the pupils of its dragon eyes, a divine light flickered. This was a beautiful yet terrifying creature that one knew was powerful just by looking at it.

The Golden Skeleton knelt on one knee, propping itself up with its long spear, while this divine dragon actually lowered its head slowly, waiting for the Golden Skeleton to stand up with an incredible gentleness.

Although only a skeleton remained, and there were no words or narration, Wu Pifu saw in this scene a sense of determination from a warrior fighting to the death.

He did not take the opportunity to attack, but instead watched as the Golden Skeleton propped up its body and then climbed onto the divine dragon's head with all its might.

The final title, "The Last Long Qishi," began to shine brilliantly!

(End of chapter)

Can this save everyone?

He did not know, but he wanted to try...

The Golden Skeleton stood up once again. It was already riddled with holes, and it lunged at Wu Pifu again with its equally riddled long spear. Its speed and strength had increased by another twenty percent compared to the last time. And this time, when it was slashed away by Wu Pifu again, all the fragments on its body and the long spear completely crumbled...

"... I have only my soul left, but I can still resist."

"This is my body, the perfect body of the Ascended..."

"The Lost corruption targets only me; you were just caught in the crossfire. So, place my skeleton in a desolate place and suppress it in the deepest depths. The place closest to my skeleton is the purest and most flawless place, like the effect of the eye of a typhoon. These Lost corruptions will all be attracted by my body..."

"I will scatter my soul into the central network. In this way, I can also protect the souls willing to enter it. But please, hurry—hurry and clone your bodies. Your souls have not undergone the baptism of sublimation. Once you leave your bodies for too long, you will be eroded by the omnipresent corruption..."

"Humans, do not give up hope!"

"... do not give up... hope..."

Wu Pifu stood silently, watching the remains of the Golden Skeleton completely dissipate, watching the shattered long spear slowly turn to ash. In this very end, he was the only witness.

The last lone hero of a civilization, a warrior who fought until the very last moment.

Wu Pifu stood still, cupped his fists, and turned away.

The seawater flooded back, drowning everything.

(End of chapter)