Chapter 975: Ominous Peril

The Demonic Sovereign left with his five avatars.

Wu Tie wanted to pursue.

Human Dao Avatar stood before him, his face wearing an extremely kind smile, making Wu Tie want to punch his face.

"Come!" After the Demonic Sovereign ran far away, to the point Wu Tie's eyes could no longer see the rolling demonic aura on him, Human Dao Avatar then waved at Wu Tie: "Shall we talk elsewhere?"

Wu Tie remained silent for a moment, then nodded.

Human Dao Avatar suddenly turned into a white light, with a "whoosh" shooting straight up, and in an instant reached the altitude of ten thousand li.

Wu Tie gave a cold snort, reached out to recall his black sword, his body flickered, he took a step, silently vanishing from his spot, and when he reappeared he was likewise at the altitude of ten thousand li.

Human Dao Avatar's escape light speed had reached its extreme, clearly the Buddhist secret transmission "Heart Zen Escape Light"; as long as one's will is strong enough, a thought moves, and wherever the thought reaches, the body arrives there.

Such escape light, having reached extreme speed, also had its sound and light effects reach extreme splendor.

In an instant he escaped ten thousand li away, his body trailing a long white tail of light, shooting straight from the city wall of Windpeak City up to ten thousand li altitude, like a white firework bursting in the clear sky, then turning into threads of warm white light that floated away.

Wu Tie didn't bother with all those tricks; he merely activated the Space Dao Seal, to him the void was just a thin sheet of paper.

No matter how high Human Dao Avatar rose, Wu Tie merely needed a thought; his body directly tore through the void and appeared out of nowhere at an altitude several dozen li above Human Dao Avatar's head.

Human Dao Avatar carried a faint tearing-through-space sound; ten thousand li, a hundred thousand li, a million li… in just a few breaths he shot up to the extreme height of ten million li above the ground.

Wu Tie, meanwhile, made no sound at all; as his figure flickered, he easily kept up, likewise reaching the azure heights of ten million li.

At that height, the sky turned azure, with not a wisp of cloud around; only the extremely mighty, icy, pure Nine Heavens Gale Wind howled as it blew. Endless thunder rumbled in the void, the roar produced when the Nine Heavens Gale Winds collided.

Human Dao Avatar stopped, stepping on a wisp of white cloud, he smiled and nodded at Wu Tie: "Can you still go higher? Do you still dare to go higher?"

Wu Tie said nothing, just nodded.

Human Dao Avatar laughed loudly to the heavens, then his whole body burst with white Buddhist light, transforming into a meteor going against the heavens, accompanied by a deafening roar, he again drew out a long white blaze and shot straight toward the higher depths of the firmament.

This time, Human Dao Avatar unabashedly displayed his vast and magnificent power; he did not use the "Heart Zen Escape Method", but instead employed the most vigorous, most domineering force, forcibly activating the most ordinary escape technique, turning this most ordinary escape technique from decay into marvel, making it as fast as lightning, covering a million li in an instant.

Wu Tie also let out a long howl to the heavens; he no longer shifted by breaking space, his body flickered and directly turned into black-and-white twin helical innate spiritual light, pulling a strand of spiritual light tens of thousands of li long straight upward.

Upward, upward, continually upward.

Breaking through layer upon layer of gale winds, breaking through layer upon layer of clouds, breaking through layer upon layer of thunder, breaking through layer upon layer of yuan-magnetic, profound ice, aurora, and even higher blazing heavenly fire.

Ten million li from the ground, twenty million li, thirty million li…… a hundred million li……

Finally, Wu Tie and Human Dao Avatar reached the extremely high heavens; looking down from here, even Wu Tie's eyes could not discern details on the earth, only seeing a vast continent spreading out in all directions beneath their feet, vast and ancient, boundless and endless.

Above the heads of Wu Tie and Human Dao Avatar, at a height of only several dozen li, golden-golden solar golden wheels hovered here, the solar golden wheels slowly rotating, madly devouring the brilliant golden sunlight poured down from the heights.

Beneath these solar golden wheels, it was like strings of grapes; strings of solar golden shuttles hung from extremely fine threads of golden divine light, each solar golden shuttle shaped like an olive, inside rolling golden molten fire, spreading powerful undulations.

Several small flying vessels, each ten-odd zhang in length, hovered near these solar golden wheels; dozens of burly men clad in golden divine armor, with metal wings extending from their back armor, slowly flapped, lifting their bodies as they patrolled around the solar golden wheels.

Suddenly seeing Wu Tie and Human Dao Avatar rush to such a height, those men wearing fully enclosed golden divine armor, their faces covered with golden crystal masks, each stiffly hovered there, constantly emitting a strange "ge-ge-ge" sound from their throats.

"Who are they?" Wu Tie glanced at these burly men with interest.

"Just God Slaves…… the solar golden wheels filling the sky are normally maintained by them." Human Dao Avatar said calmly: "I don't know if you realize, but these solar golden wheels are a great tool for harvesting lives."

He chuckled, Human Dao Avatar said leisurely: "Above Mu Dalu, the solar golden wheels number in the tens of trillions; these God Slaves normally patrol a circuit, taking a long time. To encounter them directly above Windpeak City is actually fortunate."

"I see." Wu Tie looked at those God Slaves, shook his black sword: "Scram, this place's affairs have nothing to do with you. Scram!"

The power of the soul flowed like water, easily infiltrating the armor of those God Slaves maintaining the solar golden wheels; Wu Tie discovered that these so-called God Slaves were purely human, not the Ice Spirit Divine Clan nor the Barbarian God Clan's so-called "divine spirits".

So, he did not attack those God Slaves, merely shouting at them.

Dozens of God Slaves scattered in an uproar, they hurriedly fled back to those few small flying vessels.

A series of "pa-pa-pa" crisp sounds came; from within the small flying vessels extended several thin golden rods, upon which unfolded semi-transparent golden triangular sails. Sunlight in the void shone on these sails, making them blaze with dazzling light; the tiny flying vessel, like a startled flying fish, with a "whoosh" trailed streams of vast golden light, quickly shooting far away.

The speed of these flying vessels far surpasses that of ordinary seventh- or eighth-heaven divine realm flight; after a few breaths, they vanished from sight in the void.

"You, what do you have to say?" Wu Tie ignored those fleeing God Slaves, instead solemnly gazing at Human Dao Avatar.

This guy, running to such a height.

To be honest, thinking of the billions of li of void beneath him, standing at such a height, Wu Tie's scalp and chest felt a little numb.

He had never done such a thing before.

At such a height…… Wu Tie suddenly realized that, being at this height, he actually felt a trace of fear, and even more a trace of strange excitement.

He raised his head to gaze at the firmament above the solar golden wheels.

It was a hazy black, an endless pure black; although brilliant golden sunlight poured down from above, at this height, looking further into the void, what he saw was actually a pitch-black expanse.

This makes no sense, Wu Tie muttered: "I can't even see a single star?"

Human Dao Avatar said calmly: "Here, of course you can't see stars…… but this doesn't matter. Our predecessors have been like this for countless years."

Wu Tie looked at the black void: "What about the sun and moon?"

Human Dao Avatar said in a deep voice: "Is this question meaningful? We can't even break through this layer of heaven; why bother whether the sun and moon are truly real?"

Wu Tie put away his black sword, spread his hands and looked at Human Dao Avatar: "Then, why did you bring me here?"

Human Dao Avatar fell silent for a while, closed his eyes. He twirled the string of white jade lotus-shaped prayer beads between his hands; after a long while he said leisurely: "My surname is Gongsun."

"Gongsun clan?" Wu Tie said solemnly: "An old surname; among the descendants of the Ji clan there is a branch called the Gongsun clan… Hmm, are you talking about your origin?"

Human Dao Avatar nodded: "Gongsun Sanyang, this is my true name."

Wu Tie laughed: "Aren't you the Demonic Sovereign? You are the Demon Emperor avatar of the Supreme Demon Kingdom, you bear the demon surname… As for your name, 'Supreme', heh, doesn't the person who gave you that name feel embarrassed?"

Human Dao Avatar Gongsun Sanyang glared at Wu Tie unhappily: "In the Supreme Demon Kingdom, the Demon Emperor's names are always like 'Overlord', 'Supreme', 'Supreme', what's embarrassing about that? Heh… my true name is Gongsun Sanyang."

Wu Tie's expression finally turned solemn.

Gongsun Sanyang repeatedly emphasized his true name; Wu Tie said solemnly: "You are Gongsun Sanyang, not the Demonic Sovereign?"

Gongsun Sanyang pondered, then slowly shook his head: "I am also the Demonic Sovereign, but I was originally Gongsun Sanyang… or rather, my past life was Gongsun Sanyang, the Chief Grand Witch Priest of Xiongbu Leize City."

Wu Tie remained silent, merely sizing up Gongsun Sanyang up and down.

Gongsun Sanyang looked at Wu Tie and smiled: "Want to know more? Then, don't get killed by me."

In his smile, Gongsun Sanyang's body emitted intense white light; his form remained unchanged, but immeasurable white light condensed around him into a seated Buddha statue tens of thousands of zhang tall.

The whole Buddha statue was condensed from a pure, crystal‑like white Buddha light, and Gongsun SanYang happened to be standing exactly at the heart of this huge statue.

"Wu Tie, take my move—Six Paths of Samsara!"

After such a huge Buddha statue had condensed, behind the statue, accompanied by a low, deep chant, four arms swiftly sprouted, making a total of six enormous hands each ten thousand zhang long, which pinched the Buddha seal and emitted boundless light.

The solid‑like Buddha light rang out with a metallic clang, like parts striking and fitting together, and behind this Buddha statue a massive six‑spoked treasure wheel condensed.

The treasure wheel, a hundred thousand zhang in diameter, turned slowly, and six strange forms of living beings appeared along its rim.

Human, heavenly beings, asuras, hungry ghosts, beasts, and hell denizens.

A vast heavenly dao pressure bore down from above; as the treasure wheel turned, Wu Tie felt his innate spiritual light tremble slightly, a huge force surged, threatening to tear his innate spiritual light into six pieces and draw them into the six‑spoked wheel.

"What nonsense, who do you think you are?" Wu Tie's eyes and brows turned cold: "You said you'd let the demon supreme go, yet I didn't chase after you relentlessly. You said we'd talk elsewhere, and I followed you here. You spout all this mysterious nonsense, yet you want to test my strength… Who do you think you are?"

The black sword let out a piercing cry; the sky‑filling black sword light carried boundless killing intent, instantly condensing into a storm of sword light that swept toward Gongsun SanYang.

Above Wu Tie's head, ten Dao seals leapt out simultaneously; the void solidified, time reversed, heavenly thunder rolled across the sky, and black‑white plus five‑colored divine light—seven colors in all—swept through the void. Wu Tie's form also swelled to tens of thousands of zhang tall; wielding the black sword, he brought down a domineering slash at Gongsun SanYang.

Above the firmament, hundreds of thousands of golden sun wheels exploded with a roar, turning into a sky‑filling torrent of golden fire.

Wu Tie's sword light, mixed with various thunderbolts, struck the six‑path treasure wheel like a sudden storm. The white treasure wheel, a hundred thousand zhang in diameter, trembled violently, emitting continual dull roars; the yin and yang qi brushed away the white Buddha light from the giant statue layer by layer, while the five‑colored divine light slammed wildly into the colossal Buddha, like a huge grindstone crushing it bit by bit.

"Break!" Gongsun SanYang stood at the heart of the giant Buddha statue, raised his right palm, and gently slapped toward Wu Tie.

A palm print towering ten thousand zhang high slammed heavily into Wu Tie's chest.

Wu Tie gave a cold snort, his body swayed slightly; he gripped his sword and struck hard with his right hand, while his left palm thrust into the heart of the giant Buddha statue. With a heaven‑shaking, earth‑rumbling boom, the massive Buddha statue, condensed from white crystal, cracked open from its heart, countless huge fissures spreading outward.

Crack‑crack‑crack came a series of booms; Wu Tie's all‑out strike shattered the Buddha statue that Gongsun SanYang had condensed into pieces.

The six‑spoked white treasure wheel also shattered with a roar; at the same moment, six extremely fine white rays, soundless and unseen, shot directly into Wu Tie's head.

A speck of Wu Tie's innate spiritual light trembled violently; six white beams enveloped it, wave after wave of immense, strange power pressed down like a tsunami, seeking to erase his consciousness and wipe out all his memories.

Wu Tie felt a sudden wave of intense pain; his condensed speck of innate spiritual light dimmed abruptly, having suffered a serious injury.

The Primordial Crown suddenly emitted a low, rumbling sound; rings of invisible time ripples spread outward, shielding that speck of Wu Tie's innate spiritual light and blocking those six fine, mysterious, dangerous white rays outside the river of time.

Wu Tie stared, both shocked and angry, at the kindly‑looking Gongsun SanYang.

For a being of the Venerable level, the most vital thing is this speck of innate spiritual light; any harm to it is a hundred times more severe than losing an arm or a leg of the fleshly body.

Gongsun SanYang's methods are unfathomable; although it seemed Wu Tie had the upper hand, in reality his injuries turned out to be more than ten times worse than Gongsun SanYang's.

What's worse, Wu Tie sensed that Gongsun SanYang intended to obliterate his consciousness, erase his memories, and turn his speck of innate spiritual light into a blank void!

This is, to refine Wu Tie into a puppet!

"You damned thing!" Wu Tie, furious to the point of heart‑attack, swung his black sword without mercy, slashing toward Gongsun SanYang's neck.

As if solid killing intent had frozen the void, frozen time, frozen every thought of gods and souls, an annihilating, brutal killing intent swept over; though the sword tip was still far from Gongsun SanYang, his monk's robes and the prayer beads in his hand were already torn to shreds.

The nine‑layered stupa of relics rose up, transforming into layers of precious light that shielded Gongsun SanYang.

The black sword swept in; on the nine‑layered relic stupa, each relic shattered in succession, the white stupa let out a creak, and Wu Tie, enraged, cleaved it in two with a single strike, after which it exploded into a sky‑filling white light that dissipated.

Gongsun SanYang widened his eyes in shock at Wu Tie, then he roared with all his might: "For the billions of citizens of the Fufeng Divine Dynasty and the Supreme Demon State, you cannot kill me!"

Wu Tie's face darkened; the black sword continued its slash.

Gongsun SanYang cried out in alarm; the golden swastika pendant hanging at his chest burst with blinding golden light, and a ten‑zhang‑high golden Buddha apparition enveloped his body.

The black sword came down heavily upon the Buddha apparition.

The Buddha apparition shattered; the golden swastika pendant exploded into a wisp of green smoke, Gongsun SanYang spat out mouthfuls of blood, his whole body drenched in fresh blood, and he appeared out of nowhere a thousand li away.

"Let's talk this out… Wu Tie, hear me out!" Gongsun SanYang shouted hoarsely.