452: The Origin Beast

The moment the Divine Emissary mask appeared on the Martial Emperor’s face, a rich, bloody light immediately emanated from the mask, drawing all the blood from the Martial Emperor’s entire body into it.

The entire mask flashed with a bloody light.

All the crimson color on the mask vanished.

Everything had been sacrificed.

This caused the mask to not only lose all traces of blood but also turn grayish-white and begin to petrify, directly transforming the Martial Emperor's face into a petrified face.

It wasn’t just his face; his body also instantly petrified.

Boom!!

Xiao Shi crashed into the Martial Emperor’s petrified body.

The powerful and terrifying impact, however, failed to shake the Martial Emperor’s body.

At the same time, the blood mist lingering around Xiao Shi’s body continuously tried to penetrate the Martial Emperor’s body but was blocked by his petrified form.

This prevented the blood mist from seeping into the Martial Emperor’s body at all.

Everything was obstructed.

“Is he starting to use the Upper God’s power?”

Xiao Shi’s lips curved upwards.

He wasn't surprised by this.

He knew very well that in this battle against the Martial Emperor, the opponent would inevitably use the power of an Upper God again.

Last time, because both of them were Demigods, even when they used the power of an Upper God, the strength they could exert was very limited.

But now that they had reached the Martial Dao Ninth Realm, when they used the power of an Upper God again, the power they could unleash would be much stronger than before.

After all, an Upper God is a higher level than the Martial Dao Ninth Realm.

As their own cultivation realms improved, the amount of Upper God power their bodies could withstand would also increase.

At this moment, after the Martial Emperor used the power of the Blood Sacrifice Upper God to transform his entire body into a petrified form, both his aura and power fluctuations showed a significant increase.

His eyes gleamed with killing intent.

Last time, his Demigod clone used the power of the Blood Sacrifice Upper God to become immune to all rule-based attacks!

No rules would work against him!

And this time, the power of the Blood Sacrifice Upper God he used could already make him ignore source energy attacks.

Not only that, as the Martial Emperor raised his hand and pointed at Xiao Shi, the blood within Xiao Shi’s body also became uncontrollably sacrificed.

And under this sacrifice, Xiao Shi’s body also began to petrify.

However, the petrification appearing on his body was completely different from the Martial Emperor’s.

The Martial Emperor’s petrification brought about improvements in all aspects.

But the petrification appearing on Xiao Shi’s body made his body stiff.

Fortunately, for now, only his legs were gradually petrifying, and it hadn’t spread to other parts of his body, but even so, Xiao Shi’s mobility was greatly affected.

Even if he immediately unleashed the Blazing Sun of the Scorching Sun Era and tried to purify it, he couldn’t dispel the petrified rock covering his feet through such purification.

Xiao Shi’s heart sank.

He realized that the Upper God’s power the Martial Emperor was currently using at his realm could no longer be resolved by ordinary means.

Unless he killed him, otherwise... these petrified rocks on his body would be impossible to remove.

Once his entire body became petrified, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Xiao Shi didn’t hesitate at the moment.

He immediately placed his finger on his brow.

Buzz!

A Divine Emissary mask also appeared on his face.

He decisively used the power of the Eternal Night Upper God.

In an instant, the entire sky was enveloped in darkness, transforming into a deep eternal night.

A long-lost sense of comfort once again spread throughout Xiao Shi’s body.

At this moment, he was like a monarch under the eternal night.

But soon, he discovered that even in the eternal night, he still couldn’t remove the petrification on his body.

He could only curb the spread of petrification to a certain extent.

“It seems… I only have one option: to kill him!”

A cold light flickered in Xiao Shi’s eyes.

He felt as if he was on a countdown, given his current petrified state.

He had to kill the Martial Emperor within a certain amount of time.

Otherwise, as his body continued to petrify, he would be the one to die!

Besides that, Xiao Shi also clearly saw that in the eternal night, the Martial Emperor did not experience the slow body movements from last time, where even moving a finger took four or five seconds.

This was partly because the Martial Emperor’s current cultivation realm had improved, giving him higher resistance to the Upper God’s power.

On the other hand, after the lesson from last time, he already had a way to deal with it.

After all, a large part of the reason his Demigod clone was killed last time was that the Upper God’s power Xiao Shi used exceeded his expectations, making him unable to move in the eternal night.

That’s why he was killed by Xiao Shi.

Now, realizing that Xiao Shi could use a considerable amount of Upper God’s power, he had already taken countermeasures before engaging in battle with Xiao Shi.

Through the Blood Sacrifice Upper God, he obtained the power to resist the eternal night to the greatest extent, preventing him from directly losing mobility in the eternal night.

This was also Xiao Shi’s biggest disadvantage in this battle.

Their previous encounter had given the Martial Emperor a good understanding of his methods, allowing him to devise countermeasures.

Therefore, to defeat the Martial Emperor this time, relying solely on the power of the Eternal Night Upper God was clearly no longer possible.

Now, with both sides simultaneously using the Upper God’s power, Xiao Shi was clearly at a disadvantage.

However, the Martial Emperor did not immediately counterattack.

Xiao Shi’s previous impact had not only damaged his source energy, but the potent venom of the Evil Ghost Branch was also continuously corroding it.

He needed to resolve this immediately, otherwise his injuries would become even more severe.

Upon reaching the Martial Dao Ninth Realm, physical injuries were no longer a concern for them.

Even if their entire body was blown apart, they would not die.

But once their source energy was damaged, they couldn't be careless.

Now, source energy was their foundation.

As long as the source energy remained, they would not die.

While the Martial Emperor stabilized his source energy, Xiao Shi quickly distanced himself from him.

With his legs petrified, his overall speed was greatly affected, making it unsuitable to continue close-quarters combat with Red Fiend.

Soon, the Martial Emperor managed to curb the damage to his source energy.

He glared at Xiao Shi.

Having fought to this extent, neither side held back any longer.

The Martial Emperor’s cultivation erupted with overwhelming power.

He raised his entire petrified right hand, palm open, pointing it at Xiao Shi, and unleashed a strike.

That aura, capable of destroying all life and annihilating all nothingness, burst forth, sweeping directly towards Xiao Shi!

From a distance, the palm strike he unleashed had now materialized, forming a colossal petrified hand, carrying destruction and death, directly striking towards Xiao Shi.

The power of this palm strike was no weaker than the sword strike the Martial Emperor had previously unleashed with his Emperor Sword!

After all, this was a powerful blow he formed by combining his own strength with the power of the Blood Sacrifice Upper God.

Wherever it passed, even space itself was petrified.

Its immense power was beyond description.

And now, with his legs petrified, Xiao Shi was unable to dodge the Martial Emperor’s attack.

The Martial Emperor had clearly seized the moment when Xiao Shi couldn't evade, using it to unleash his powerful strike.

After all, Xiao Shi had not directly resisted many of his previous attacks, which led him to believe that Xiao Shi was far inferior in terms of power and thus dared not confront him head-on.

And even if Xiao Shi used Red Fiend, with his feet petrified, his speed and flexibility would be greatly weakened, and the power of Red Fiend would also be greatly reduced.

At this, a cold light flashed in Xiao Shi’s eyes.

Indeed, it was difficult for him to engage in close combat with the Martial Emperor right now.

He could only attack from a distance.

But he hadn’t avoided a direct confrontation earlier because his own power was inferior to the Martial Emperor’s.

Rather, he felt… it wasn’t necessary.

Since he had other means to deal with it, why confront the Martial Emperor head-on?

Now, with no escape, bursts of starlight immediately emanated from Xiao Shi’s body.

These numerous starlights spread out, making the entire land seem to transform into a dazzling and magnificent river of stars.

It was… the Dao River within him!

One could clearly see that within this Dao River, there were indeed many stars, and these stars were individual dao stars.

This sudden scene made the Martial Emperor’s gaze shrink.

He clearly hadn’t expected Xiao Shi to form a Dao River within his body, which had already replaced the Dao River of the Tianwu Continent.

As the entire Dao River manifested, a clear dragon roar immediately erupted from Xiao Shi’s Dao River, echoing thunderously, filled with ferocity and indescribable deterrence, and an overwhelming killing intent surged, causing the heavens and earth to change color!

Immediately after, amidst the violent tremors of the ground, rumbling sounds shook the heavens, and black light burst forth directly from the entire Dao River.

In this eruption, mountains rose from the ground, and beneath those endless peaks, a pair of enormous dragon horns appeared, and beneath the horns, a massive dragon head suddenly burst out of the Dao River with a roar.

Teeth as sharp as mountains, long dragon whiskers, roared with earth-shattering momentum, whistling up into the sky.

The scales on its body emitted a deep black light, and after its head and neck appeared, the heavens and earth trembled, and two indescribably thick claws also directly extended from the Dao River.

With a single leap, it completely manifested from within this Dao River!

Its body was enormous, seemingly able to support the heavens and earth, entirely deep black, with a ferocious face, and exuding endless ferocity and killing intent from head to toe.

It was Xiao Shi’s Dao Beast Black Dragon!

As Xiao Shi now ascended to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm, the entire Dao Beast Black Dragon also underwent a tremendous transformation.

More precisely, it was no longer a Dao Beast, but rather… a Source Beast!

Not only that, but in the current eternal night, the Black Dragon also condensed the power of the Eternal Night Upper God, making the entire Black Dragon incredibly powerful.

Roar!!

With a sky-shattering roar, the Black Dragon fiercely charged forward, directly heading towards the petrified palm strike unleashed by the Martial Emperor, fearless and bravely impacting!

Its massive body actually directly ignored the Martial Emperor’s petrified palm!

Its entire body erupted with fierce flames, directly impacting, and after colliding with the entire incoming petrified palm, its body did not retreat in the slightest, forcefully breaking through.

Amidst the roar, the petrified palm directly disintegrated, while the Black Dragon’s momentum grew even stronger, letting out angry roars that shook the heavens and earth, while carrying boundless dominance, it fiercely slammed into the Martial Emperor.

The Martial Emperor’s expression changed, and as he retreated, he formed hand seals, and immediately a large amount of black energy burst forth from around his body!

These black energies rapidly churned, and in the blink of an eye, they formed a gigantic petrified face in the air.

The entire petrified face was covered with runes, looking very eerie and ferocious.

After materializing, it opened its large mouth towards the approaching Black Dragon and fiercely swallowed it.

However, at this moment, a faint light appeared in the Black Dragon’s eyes, and surprisingly, at the moment the petrified face tried to swallow it, it also roared and opened a monstrous bloody maw that was dozens of times larger than the petrified face!

From a distance, the large mouth opened by the entire petrified face was simply insignificant, and before it could even swallow, it was immediately swallowed by the Black Dragon!

This terrifying scene made the Martial Emperor’s pupils constrict violently.

He had absolutely not expected the Source Beast summoned by Xiao Shi to be so powerful!

Its colossal body, the black light emanating from its entire being, and its ferocious aura, along with its violent killing intent, made even the Martial Emperor’s heart pound with fear.

“Is this his trump card?!”

The Martial Emperor took a deep breath, feeling that it was troublesome.

He had a strong intuition that this ultimate battle would end at the hands of the opponent’s Source Beast.

If it were just the original strength of the Source Beast, it would naturally not be enough to contend with him.

But now, with the augmentation of the eternal night, coupled with Xiao Shi’s Dao River and other power enhancements, the strength of this Black Dragon had directly reached an extremely terrifying level.

This made the Martial Emperor realize that to deal with Xiao Shi’s Source Beast, he had to use some even more powerful killing moves.

Thinking of this, a ruthless glint appeared in the Martial Emperor’s eyes.

He felt that after fighting to this point, it was time to end it.

His eyes instantly turned pitch black, and he raised his hands, immediately emitting black light from them.

Moreover, a vortex appeared at the center of his brows, and faintly, an imprint actually emerged within it!

This imprint… did not belong to the Tianwu World!

Instead, it was a power from outside the Tianwu World!

Whoosh!

From within the imprint, a stone coffin flew out.

The moment this stone coffin appeared, the Martial Emperor uttered an incantation that Xiao Shi couldn’t understand, filled with endless vicissitudes of life, decaying and ancient, echoing through the heavens and earth, even causing the will of the entire Tianwu Continent to fluctuate.

Normally, when powers from outside the Tianwu World appeared within the Tianwu Continent, these powers would be weakened to a certain extent.

However, the stone coffin summoned by the Martial Emperor now did not suffer any weakening.

As soon as the entire stone coffin appeared, the heavens and earth trembled, the eight directions roared, and an infinite, overwhelming aura erupted, creating a storm that spread outwards with a rumbling sound.

“Seal!”

The Martial Emperor raised his hand and pointed at the Black Dragon.

The entire massive Black Dragon instantly vanished, and under the Martial Emperor’s finger, it was instantly transported into the stone coffin.