443: The source of extinction is discovered!

Just as Xiao Shi was troubled by the demigod-level treasures,

Demigod Xing Kui and Demigod Mu Wen were also contemplating how to break through to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm faster.

They both understood that to completely resolve the hidden danger of the Martial Emperor, they had to break through to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm as quickly as possible.

However, they had been stuck as Demigods for many years, never finding the opportune moment for a breakthrough.

Transforming rules into origin was an extremely difficult task.

In fact, even the Martial Dao Ninth Realm cultivators of various eras, without establishing an era dynasty to prevent the birth of a second Martial Dao Ninth Realm, it would still be difficult for any Demigod to ascend to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm.

Currently, both Xiao Shi and these two Demigod Heavenly Kings were pondering methods to ascend to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm.

Just then,

the three Demigods simultaneously sensed an extremely violent fluctuation in the rules of the entire Tianwu Continent.

This startled all three of them.

Especially Demigod Xing Kui and Demigod Mu Wen, who had been Demigods longer than Xiao Shi; in all their years on the Tianwu Continent, they had never encountered such intense fluctuations in the world's rules.

“Is the Martial Emperor beginning his move?”

Demigod Xing Kui’s eyes darkened.

At this moment, they were like birds startled by the mere twang of a bow.

Any slight abnormality would make them incredibly nervous.

As the intense fluctuations in the world's rules spread,

the sky of the entire Tianwu Continent began to grow dim, thunderclouds rolled, stirring up rumbling explosions between heaven and earth.

Boom!

A dark, dim starlight descended from the sky,

directly crashing into a territory within the Tianwu Continent.

The entire earth violently shook.

A colossal roar, like the heavens collapsing and the earth rending, thundered from afar!

The sound was so immense that as it spread, it seemed to stir up a storm in heaven and earth, clouds shattered, mountain peaks crumbled, countless plants were utterly destroyed... Even Demigod Xing Kui and Demigod Mu Wen’s domains, though not very close, received the sound, which surpassed thunder, as if becoming the sole sound in the world!

Boom!

As the sound swept through, the martial artists within their domains all spat out blood, and even the Domain Lords were deafened by the sound!

This was despite the powerful protective barrier outside their domains.

Without the external protection of the domain,

that single deafening roar would have been enough to kill most of the martial artists within the domain.

Xiao Shi’s domain was also affected at this time.

However, after Xiao Shi borrowed a portion of power from the Martial Ancestor and used it to protect his domain,

the moment that terrifying roar came,

a powerful protective barrier formed outside Xiao Shi’s domain,

withstanding the astonishing destructive power of the roaring sound,

thus causing no harm to the people inside Xiao Shi’s domain.

Nevertheless,

Xiao Shi’s mind was still shaken.

He gazed into the distance.

He immediately saw a gigantic black pillar of light appearing in the extremely distant sky!

It directly slammed into the void of the firmament, creating countless ripples that spread across the entire sky.

“What… what is going on?!”

Not only Xiao Shi and the other two Demigods saw the gigantic pillar of light appearing in the sky.

Many martial artists within the Tianwu Continent also noticed this enormous light pillar.

This caused their expressions to change drastically, and a sense of dread filled their hearts.

But before they could react, the earth shook again, and a second colossal roar thundered out, causing many martial artists to spit out blood once more, as the third pillar of light roared into existence!!!

At this moment, everyone was stunned, even the clamor was suppressed!

Yet, this was not the end; as everyone stood dumbfounded, the third roar, the fourth roar, the fifth roar... successively echoed.

Eight consecutive roars, each more intense than the last!

The rumbling shook the heavens, and as it spread, the earth trembled as if it would overturn, and the firmament seemed to be tearing apart!

The territory that was struck was, at this moment, as if wiped clean by a giant hand, crumbling instantly, turning to dust!

Everything within it was destroyed!

This dramatic change in heaven and earth made many people unable to stand steadily, countless martial artists bled from their seven orifices, collapsing to the ground, their screams drowned out by the colossal roars.

Even the protective barriers outside Demigod Xing Kui and Demigod Mu Wen’s domains,

seemed on the verge of collapsing and exploding after these eight roars!

Even the protective barrier outside Xiao Shi’s domain developed several cracks at this moment!

In the blink of an eye, nine pillars of light surged into the firmament, seemingly forming some kind of array, intending to split the sky and shake all living beings!

Furthermore, an incomparably terrifying Extinction Origin permeated the air.

If others on the Tianwu Continent were merely shocked by these nine pillars of light and did not know what they represented,

then the three Demigods, including Xiao Shi, instantly realized what was happening upon sensing the aura of extinction emanating from these nine pillars of light.

“Extinction... Origin!!”

Xiao Shi’s mind was overwhelmed by a monstrous wave.

He had previously encountered the terror of this power of extinction during his battle with the Martial Emperor’s clone.

And the pillars of light that now appeared gave him a feeling even more astonishing and terrifying than the power of extinction he had encountered from the Martial Emperor’s clone previously!

At the same time, he clearly perceived that the five rules of heaven and earth were all greatly distorted under the influence of these pillars of light.

This was something only an origin, which is above rules, could achieve!

At the same time,

the moment these nine pillars of light shot up into the sky,

Demigod Xing Kui and Demigod Mu Wen immediately communicated via the heavens secret mask.

“This is the Martial Emperor’s Extinction Origin!!”

“The Martial Emperor has revealed his Extinction Origin to the world; what does he want to do!?”

Demigod Mu Wen exclaimed.

Demigod Xing Kui and Xiao Shi’s expressions also became solemn.

“What we can confirm at the moment is that the Martial Emperor has not ascended to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm. He must have used some means to mobilize his Extinction Origin, causing it to manifest in the world.”

Xiao Shi analyzed.

“Under normal circumstances, an origin is usually hidden within heaven and earth. Now that the origin has manifested, does it mean we can plunder this origin?”

Demigod Mu Wen suddenly said.

Both Xiao Shi and Demigod Xing Kui’s hearts trembled.

“You mean...”

“The Martial Emperor deliberately manifested his origin on the Tianwu Continent to entice us to plunder his origin?”

Demigod Xing Kui narrowed his eyes.

“That’s a possibility.”

Demigod Mu Wen nodded.

“If the origin is hidden in heaven and earth, then it cannot be plundered no matter what. Even if we kill the Martial Emperor, the origin will continue to hide in the Tianwu Continent and will not reveal itself, so naturally, it cannot be plundered.”

“But once the origin manifests, then it can be plundered. And after plundering the origin, one can use one’s own rules to transform the origin into an origin that conforms to one’s own rules, thereby ascending to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm!”

Xiao Shi understood.

“In other words...”

“The Martial Emperor is now deliberately casting out his origin as bait, luring us to plunder his origin, and he has already set up traps and ambushes there, waiting for us to take the bait!”

Although they had anticipated the Martial Emperor would act soon,

none of them had expected... the Martial Emperor would act in such a way!

It was obvious.

The Martial Emperor had already anticipated that the three Demigods would unite.

And without ascending to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm, even if the Martial Emperor attacked them, it wouldn’t be of much significance.

With the three Demigods allied, unless the Martial Emperor ascended to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm, it would be impossible for him to kill them.

But the Martial Emperor could not forcefully ascend to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm without gathering all five rules of heaven and earth.

Therefore,

he devised such a method.

He deliberately revealed his Extinction Origin as bait to lure the three Demigods into his trap.

He knew very well that for Xiao Shi and the other two Demigods at present,

the most urgent matter was to ascend to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm!

Once he used the Extinction Origin as bait, even if they knew it was a trap, they would surely go to plunder the origin!

After all, the Martial Emperor knew very well that any Demigod would have an indescribable pursuit and fervor for the Martial Dao Ninth Realm.

They would not let go of even a sliver of hope to ascend to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm!

Therefore, he was certain that as long as he brought out the Extinction Origin as bait, even if these three Demigods knew it was a trap, they would still go to contend for the origin!

As expected,

now that they knew the Martial Emperor was setting a trap with his Extinction Origin,

a strong desire to contend for the origin simultaneously arose in the hearts of the three Demigods.

Xiao Shi was relatively better off.

He now possessed the tianwu wish.

Even without the Martial Emperor’s Extinction Origin, he could still ascend to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm.

But Demigod Xing Kui and Demigod Mu Wen found it difficult to suppress their desire to contend for the origin.

“This is indeed a trap set by the Martial Emperor, but it is also a great opportunity for us to ascend to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm!”

“I believe...”

“We should turn his scheme against him and take a gamble!”

“Otherwise, even if we drag this out, failing to kill the Martial Emperor, it will be meaningless!”

Demigod Mu Wen said with reddened eyes.

Demigod Xing Kui, who had initially been somewhat hesitant, nodded in agreement upon hearing this.

Their current alliance only allowed them to protect themselves.

There was no possibility of killing the Martial Emperor.

Only if one of them ascended to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm could the crisis brought by the Martial Emperor be completely resolved.

Most importantly... the alliance between the three of them was not unbreakable.

Once a Martial Dao Ninth Realm cultivator emerged among them,

it would not be good news for the other two Demigods either.

After all, there was also competition among them.

“Although this is a trap set by the Martial Emperor, as long as he hasn’t ascended to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm, I don’t believe he can kill us!”

“If the situation turns bad, we can retreat immediately.”

“Such an opportunity...”

“I believe it shouldn’t be missed.”

“Perhaps the final outcome will be that the Martial Emperor overestimated himself and we end up plundering his Extinction Origin instead.”

Demigod Xing Kui said.

Xiao Shi sighed at this.

From his own perspective,

he was more inclined not to contend for the Extinction Origin.

If they ignored the trap set by the Martial Emperor,

then the Martial Emperor would have no way to deal with them.

But now that the two Demigods had both expressed their intention to contend for the Extinction Origin, Xiao Shi could only follow along.

Otherwise, if he let the two of them go alone,

and they were killed by the Martial Emperor,

then the Martial Emperor, possessing four rules of heaven and earth, would be even more difficult to deal with.

Xiao Shi knew that nothing he said now could stop these two Demigods.

It wasn’t because these two Demigods were too greedy.

Rather, every Demigod had an uncontrollable pursuit of the Martial Dao Ninth Realm; this was an instinct they could not defy.

The Martial Emperor had also thought of this point,

which was why he used the Extinction Origin to lure them into the trap.

This made Xiao Shi deeply feel the Martial Emperor’s cunning and foresight.

However, this matter also carried risks for the Martial Emperor.

Once one of them seized the Extinction Origin and ascended to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm, the Martial Emperor’s situation would also become unfavorable.

But Xiao Shi felt that since the Martial Emperor dared to set this trap,

he must have been absolutely confident.

Soon,

after they decided to go and plunder the Extinction Origin, they set the time for their action two days later.

During the remaining two days,

they would begin to make some preparations for this operation.

Xiao Shi first contacted the Martial Ancestor, asking if such a revealed origin could be plundered.

He chose not to fully trust Demigod Mu Wen’s words.

Fortunately, the Martial Ancestor confirmed that it could indeed be plundered, and it was an opportunity for them to ascend to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm.

As long as they could seize the Martial Emperor’s Extinction Origin,

they would be able to transform this origin into an origin corresponding to their own rules, thereby ascending to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm.

Xiao Shi nodded.

After confirming this point,

his main focus then shifted to whether he needed to retract his domain into his body and continue fighting with it during this operation.

The advantage of fighting with the domain was not only to ensure the safety of his domain but also to significantly enhance his strength.

The last time he fought with the Martial Emperor’s clone, a large part of the reason he could unleash such combat power was that his own combat strength was greatly enhanced when he fought with his domain.

However, fighting with the domain... might carry certain hidden dangers.

After all, this ability originated from the Martial Emperors Royal Robe.

After some thought,

for the sake of caution,

Xiao Shi ultimately decided not to bring his domain.

Now that his domain was protected by the power of The Primordial Martial Era, its safety was sufficiently ensured.

Moreover, no one would target his domain now.

And without his domain, although his combat power would decrease to some extent, the impact wasn’t too significant.

He preferred to choose this more secure method,

to minimize hidden dangers as much as possible.

Just like that,

two days passed in a flash.

Xiao Shi, Demigod Xing Kui, and Demigod Mu Wen simultaneously left their domains, heading straight for... the location of the Extinction Origin!