203: Devouring the Origin

"Shatter!"

A punch, fiercely struck!

"Bang—!"

Like a meteor striking the earth! The Taotie's incredibly hard skull, comparable to divine iron, shattered like fragile glass under Xiao Zhuo's punch, which condensed the ultimate Physical Body strength!

Red and white, mixed with dense black Qi, the Origin energy instantly gushed out!

The Taotie's massive body stiffened abruptly, the light in its cross-shaped golden eyes completely extinguished, and it crashed heavily to the ground like a collapsing mountain, utterly lifeless.

Just as the Taotie died, a profound, pitch-black Origin, as if capable of devouring all light, slowly condensed and floated like a heart at the shattered part of its head.

A pure to the extreme Aura of Devouring Law permeated the air, instantly activating Xiao Zhuo's Devouring Divine Body, which resonated with a craving!

This was precisely the Origin core that could greatly strengthen the Devouring Divine Body!

"devouring origin core!"

"Oh my god! It's the Taotie's Origin core!"

"Get it! Maybe I can cultivate the Devouring Divine Ability!"

Several uncontrollable exclamations rang out from various parts of the dense forest!

The six Tribulation Crossing Realm Prodigies who had been hidden in the dark, witnessing Xiao Zhuo's crushing slaughter of the Taotie, could no longer restrain their greed and lucky!

They had personally seen Xiao Zhuo use no trace of magic power throughout, relying solely on his Physical Body strength to kill the Taotie, which was known for its devouring energy and recovery ability.

While terrifying, this also led them to a fatal misjudgment: such a violent Physical Body attack must consume a vast amount of energy! Xiao Zhuo must be outwardly strong but inwardly weak at this moment!

"The Origin is mine!" A Youth in Red Armor with a fierce Aura was the first to charge out, a blazing long saber in his hand stirring up monstrous flames, directly rushing towards the floating devouring origin core. He also sent out a sharp Saber Qi towards Xiao Zhuo, arrogantly provoking, "Boy! Are you exhausted? How can a divine object like this be something you can lay claim to? Get lost!"

"Hmph, a spent force, yet you dare to monopolize the Opportunity? Hand it over!" From another direction, a Purple Robe Cultivator spoke coldly, nine poisoned black shuttles flying silently from his sleeve, shooting towards Xiao Zhuo's vital points with tricky and vicious angles.

"No matter how strong his Physical Body is, killing the Taotie must have left him a spent force! Let's team up and kill him first!" A pair of Twin Brothers with connected Auras showed perfect coordination, flanking him from left and right. Waving their Formation Flags, they instantly set up a spatial confinement formation, attempting to restrict Xiao Zhuo's movement, while simultaneously unleashing Magic Treasures towards the Origin.

Two other Auras remained hidden, not yet making a move.

And Xiao Hanyi's Nascent Soul, which Xiao Zhuo had pinned in mid-air, also flashed with resentment and greed. Seeing so many masters hidden around, he immediately shrieked, "Fellow Daoists! This villain and the Taotie are both injured! This is the Taotie's devouring origin core! If obtained, it might lead to the Acquired Devouring Dao Body!"

He tried to incite the crowd, while secretly accumulating strength, attempting to break free from his restraints.

For a time, four powerful attacks, some aimed directly at Xiao Zhuo's life, some attacking where he would be forced to defend to seize the Origin, and some setting up formations to restrict him, cooperated imperfectly but with clear goals—strike while he's weak, take his life!

Greed completely blinded their eyes, making them selectively ignore the absolute power Xiao Zhuo displayed when crushing the Taotie.

Facing the deadly attacks and piercing provocations from all directions, Xiao Zhuo's lips curved into an extremely cold arc, an arc that held disdain for ants.

"Noisy. Seeking death!"

He didn't even look at the incoming Magic Treasures and spell light, but simply, casually, threw a punch into the air at the Youth in Red Armor who had charged first.

There was no earth-shattering momentum, no surging spiritual light.

Only pure, ultimate Physical Body strength, compressed to a single point, piercing through space!

"Puff!"

A dull, heart-stopping soft sound.

The aggressive Youth in Red Armor, with his battle armor, his blazing long saber, and the arrogance and horror solidified on his face, exploded like a watermelon struck by an invisible giant hammer, still ten feet away from Xiao Zhuo in mid-air!

He turned into a tragic spray of blood mist and shattered flesh, not even his Nascent Soul could escape, instantly annihilated!

One punch, a Tribulation Crossing Realm Prodigy, no bones left!

Within the dense forest, a deathly silence descended.

The Purple Robe Cultivator rushing towards the Origin, the Twin Brothers setting up the formation, and even Xiao Hanyi's Nascent Soul secretly accumulating power, their greed and provocation instantly replaced by boundless fear!

"You still have strength left!?"

"Monster! You are a true monster!"

They finally understood what kind of terrifying existence they had provoked!

How could there be such a terrifying monster under five hundred years old?

Xiao Zhuo's cold gaze swept over the remaining four, as if looking at a group of lambs to be slaughtered.

The terrifying sight of that casual punch blasting the Youth in Red Armor instantly froze the entire dense forest like ten thousand years of ice.

Time seemed to solidify, the air became suffocatingly thick, leaving only the tragic blood mist slowly dispersing, carrying a pungent smell of blood, silently proclaiming the absolute disparity in power.

"Gulp..." Someone swallowed with difficulty, the sound particularly clear in the dead silence.

Greed, lucky, arrogance... all emotions were crushed to dust before that exploding blood mist, leaving only bone-deep fear.

The Purple Robe Cultivator's sinister expression had long turned pale. The nine poisoned black shuttles he had shot at Xiao Zhuo bounced off as if hitting some immortal metal, clattering to the ground, their spiritual light directly absorbed by Xiao Zhuo.

The spatial confinement formation set up by the Twin Brothers collapsed like thin paper, the backlash causing them to grunt and cough up blood from the corners of their mouths. The Magic Treasures they had unleashed were casually taken by Xiao Zhuo, who drained the spiritual light from them. Their gazes at Xiao Zhuo were now filled with horror.

"You... you..." The Purple Robe Cultivator's lips trembled, unable to utter a complete sentence.

"Puff!"

"Puff!"

Xiao Zhuo didn't even bother to look at them again, simply flicking his fingers repeatedly.

Two invisible forces shot through the air, piercing precisely through the foreheads of the Purple Robe Cultivator and the Twin Brothers.

Their protective spiritual light and defensive Magic Treasures were as good as nothing against this pure finger force.

Their bodies stiffened abruptly, life quickly draining from their eyes, and they collapsed to the ground like ragdolls with their bones removed. Not even their Nascent Souls had time to escape before being annihilated by the overbearing power contained within the finger force.

Immediately, three Devouring Vortexes appeared, instantly drawing away all the energy from their newly shattered Nascent Souls, while their Physical Bodies were drained of their essence blood by a golden blood drop that suddenly appeared.

"Two more." Xiao Zhuo's cold gaze swept towards two seemingly empty spots deep within the dense forest, his voice not loud, yet it boomed like thunder in the Divine Souls of the two still-hidden Prodigies, "Get out, or... I'll drag you out."

Before his words finished, the space in those two locations began to fluctuate violently.