457: resurrection

Xiao Shi also raised his head at this moment.

He looked at the huge hole in the sky.

He hadn't expected that the formation of the origin would greatly stimulate the World Will, thus triggering the calamity and causing it to descend early!

This left Xiao Shi with no time to gauge the strength of the origin behind the scenes.

His figure flickered.

He instantly ascended.

The figures of the other Martial Dao Ninth Realm experts also soared at the same time.

They hovered in mid-air, not far apart, all looking up at the hole with solemn expressions.

From within the deep, dark hole.

Violent power continuously surged out.

It made all of them, these Martial Dao Ninth Realm experts, feel a heart-pounding sensation, as if the end of the world was upon them.

This was a terrifying power that made their entire souls tremble.

Moreover, the fear originating from the depths of their souls felt like encountering a natural predator.

Irreversible, unavoidable.

Like instinct!

Even these Martial Dao Ninth Realm grandmasters, who in the eyes of ordinary people had already reached the pinnacle of martial arts, couldn't stop their bodies from trembling at this moment.

Boom!!

The next second.

The entire hole vibrated violently!

The terrifying power brewing within it surged out like an erupting volcano, instantly.

It directly converged in the sky, forming a pair of eyes that filled the entire world.

The aura of these eyes was mysterious, profound, and majestic, yet there was nothing that could be called emotion within them, not even indifference.

The whites of the eyes were deep darkness.

The pupils contained twisted and bizarre incantations.

These were none other than… the eyes manifested by the World Will!

Thump thump! Thump thump! Thump thump thump thump thump!

The moment these Eyes of Will manifested, everyone's hearts uncontrollably accelerated, like drumbeats.

And it wasn't just these Martial Dao Ninth Realm experts who felt this way.

Everyone on the Tianwu Continent felt the same!

The next second.

These Eyes of Will suddenly turned crimson.

Boom!!

Everyone observed by these Eyes of Will instantly had their thoughts plunge into chaos.

Xiao Shi and the other Martial Dao Ninth Realm experts felt as if countless steel needles had been inserted into their heads, causing an indescribable sharp pain in their brains.

They all clutched their heads, letting out painful growls.

Even when they used their respective methods, they couldn't alleviate this intense pain.

Compared to others.

Perhaps because he had absorbed the thunder punishment formed by the Will of Heaven and Earth earlier.

Xiao Shi's situation was slightly better than the others.

But he also couldn't escape the pain brought by the eyes formed by the convergence of the Will of Heaven and Earth.

Not only that.

Xiao Shi suddenly saw… the Martial Dao Ninth Realm expert, who was engulfed in flames and had attacked him before, suddenly had crimson, twisted incantations light up in his eyes under his painful growls, his eye sockets turned dark and surged, and the skin around his eyes showed lightning-shaped black fine lines.

He opened his mouth wide in pain, wanting to scream, wanting to call for help, but no sound came out.

He endured indescribable agony.

This was an overwhelming pain that even the will of a Martial Dao Ninth Realm expert couldn't bear!!

In an instant.

He reached the limit of his endurance.

Boom!!

With a loud bang that only this Martial Dao Ninth Realm expert himself could hear.

All his pain and struggle suddenly ceased.

Although his body still floated in mid-air.

Both his head and limbs hung limply, as if all life had left him.

No trace of life could be felt from him anymore.

"Dead!?"

Xiao Shi's heart trembled.

The other Martial Dao Ninth Realm experts who witnessed this scene also felt a surging wave in their hearts.

And intense fear.

Even though they had known the horror of this calamity early on.

But they hadn't expected a Martial Dao Ninth Realm to die so easily!

This made them all feel a great threat.

However, at this moment.

The Martial Dao Ninth Realm expert, who had originally lost all signs of life, suddenly raised his drooping head.

His limp limbs also instantly regained strength.

As if he had come back to life!

But when everyone saw his raised eyes, their hearts all trembled.

They discovered… the eyes of this Martial Dao Ninth Realm expert had now become identical to the eyes formed by the convergence of the World Will… exactly the same!!

Whether it was the twisted and bizarre incantations in the pupils, or the emotionless gaze, they were completely consistent with the eyes formed by the Will of Heaven and Earth!

Furthermore.

The moment this Martial Dao Ninth Realm expert raised his head.

A earth-shattering, violent fluctuation immediately emanated from his body.

"Rumble!"

The sky, shrouded in clouds, churned with thick dark clouds at this moment, extending to the horizon, as if covering the entire Tianwu Continent.

Thunder roared, and terrifying pressure descended from the sky!

At this moment, both Xiao Shi and the other Martial Dao Ninth Realm experts felt an unprecedented fear.

At the same time, they all understood that what was happening now was the calamity belonging to this Martial Dao Ninth Realm expert.

Under this calamity.

His consciousness was instantly annihilated.

His body was directly taken over by the Will of Heaven and Earth.

His gaze focused on everyone, causing a strong sense of crisis to arise in everyone's hearts.

"He wants to… kill us!!"

Everyone felt the violent killing intent emanating from this Martial Dao Ninth Realm expert.

Or more precisely.

It was the World Will's killing intent towards them, these Martial Dao Ninth Realm experts!

This was clearly fundamentally different from previous calamities!

After all, all previous calamities for Martial Dao Ninth Realm experts only targeted themselves and did not affect others.

However, the current chaos and disorder of the Tianwu Continent.

Caused the calamity of a Martial Dao Ninth Realm expert to not only target the person who caused the calamity, but also affect other Martial Dao Ninth Realm experts.

Boom!!

Blazing flames, surging like molten lava, immediately ignited from this Martial Dao Ninth Realm expert's body.

Transforming him into a towering fire giant!

Although the current World Will had taken over this Martial Dao Ninth Realm expert's body, it would still use this Martial Dao Ninth Realm expert's original power to kill everyone.

However, with the blessing of the World Will.

The power that originally belonged to this Martial Dao Ninth Realm expert had undergone an astonishing qualitative change.

Just like the molten lava-like flames burning from him at this moment.

It was fundamentally different from his initial fire origin.

Boom!!

He raised his palm.

And pressed it downwards.

Immediately forming a sea of scorching fire.

All Martial Dao Ninth Realm experts were forced to retreat under the impact of these flames.

Each person's origin suffered varying degrees of burns.

This Martial Dao Ninth Realm expert, now possessed by the World Will, clearly had strength far exceeding all of them.

Every move he made.

Contained the power of the World Will.

This kind of power… was completely beyond what a Martial Dao Ninth Realm could contend with.

Although Xiao Shi was also forced to retreat.

He knew.

Among all of them present, only he had the ability to resist it.

Only he could stop this Martial Dao Ninth Realm, possessed by the World Will, from slaughtering.

If he was allowed to continuously attack.

In the end.

Everyone would be killed!

The entire Tianwu Continent could be destroyed.

No matter what.

He had to act.

With this thought.

Xiao Shi's figure instantly shot out.

Since his Slaughter Origin had not yet recovered, he did not intend to use the power of the Slaughter Origin in this battle.

The moment he rushed out.

A divine envoy mask appeared on his face.

He directly used the power of Eternal Night Upper God within the mask.

Thereby transforming the entire Tianwu Continent into a dark eternal night.

This made the Martial Dao Ninth Realm expert, possessed by the World Will, pause.

He was strongly restrained.

Just like Emperor Wu in the past, his body became stiff and unable to move.

However, the next second.

He directly broke free from this restraint.

He raised his hand and tore at the black sky above.

Rip!

He actually tore apart the black night sky above.

Causing the power of Eternal Night Upper God to instantly vanish!

Xiao Shi was startled.

He hadn't expected the power of Eternal Night Upper God to be extinguished so easily.

But on second thought.

This was normal.

Although Upper Gods have extremely high status, this was the Tianwu Continent!

The power of Upper Gods was already greatly weakened here.

And the World Will of the Tianwu Continent, as the "manager" of this world, could naturally easily expel such external forces.

Thus.

Xiao Shi would not be able to use the power of the Upper God in his confrontation with it.

Furthermore.

The use of the Origin Black Dragon was also restricted.

Given that the Slaughter Origin had not recovered.

The power that the Origin Black Dragon could exert was very limited, and even if he forcefully used the Origin Black Dragon, it would be difficult to contend with it, making it of little significance.

The eye of imperial judgment was also unlikely to be effective.

After all, the eye of imperial judgment was only an item of the Martial Dao Ninth Realm level.

It was only effective against Martial Dao Ninth Realm cultivators and those below the Martial Dao Ninth Realm.

And now, this Martial Dao Ninth Realm expert, after being possessed by the World Will, had his entire strength completely exceed the scope of an ordinary Martial Dao Ninth Realm.

It would also not have much effect.

As for Xiao Shi's most powerful Tianwu Divine Kill, that was even more useless.

The power of Tianwu Divine Kill mainly lay in the killing intent of the World Will, and now Xiao Shi was already contending with the World Will.

Naturally, it was impossible to use the World Will's killing intent against itself.

This made him realize… that the methods and killing moves he had used when fighting Emperor Wu were now basically difficult to employ.

He could only engage in battle through other means.

In an instant.

Xiao Shi approached with a flicker.

He raised his right hand and punched directly!

He did not use any divine abilities, nor did he unleash any killing moves, nor did he use any items.

He knew that all divine abilities, killing moves, and items, at this moment, no longer had much effect.

Every punch he threw now was a divine ability, a killing move!

This was the great simplicity of the Great Dao formed under the origin behind the scenes.

A seemingly simple punch, yet it contained earth-shattering terrifying power.

Even an ordinary Martial Dao Ninth Realm would have to go all out to deal with such an attack.

Facing Xiao Shi's incoming punch.

The Martial Dao Ninth Realm expert possessed by the World Will also raised his head, and surprisingly adopted the same method as Xiao Shi, also punching out.

Under the booming sounds.

The two immediately engaged in a duel in the air, and within a mere few seconds, they had already exchanged hundreds, even thousands, of punches.

This fighting style… was completely different from Xiao Shi's previous battle with Emperor Wu.

It had transformed from the dazzling, heaven-and-earth-spanning battle of before, into this most direct, most primitive, and most brutal duel!

In an instant.

Xiao Shi's entire body, under such fierce bombardment, was riddled with dense holes.

Flames burned in every hole.

This caused his entire body to be enveloped in flames.

And the Martial Dao Ninth Realm expert, possessed by the World Will, although also struck by Xiao Shi's punches.

But the protective barrier formed by the World Will caused every punch Xiao Shi threw to be blocked, completely unable to break through this protection, leaving the body of this Martial Dao Ninth Realm expert without any damage.

As a red light flashed in his eyes.

Boom!!

He unleashed a punch even more ferocious and domineering than before.

Instantly shattering Xiao Shi's body, which was riddled with holes and no longer resembled a human.

The several Martial Dao Ninth Realm experts around, witnessing this scene.

All changed their expressions.

"It's over!"

They clenched their fists.

Their hearts filled with grief and indignation.

Xiao Shi, as their last hope.

Now shattered before their eyes, causing anxiety and despair to surge within them.

However, at this moment.

A brand new Xiao Shi instantly formed the moment he was shattered.

He had come back to life!

Boom!

The resurrected Xiao Shi's figure flickered.

He appeared directly in front of the possessed Martial Dao Ninth Realm expert, and as always, threw a punch.

Boom!!

The entire void shattered and exploded under Xiao Shi's punch.

But it still failed to break through the protective barrier formed by the World Will.

However, compared to before.

Xiao Shi's punch was now able to shake the protective barrier formed by the World Will, causing the entire barrier to tremble under his punch.

This caused joy to surge in the eyes of the Martial Dao Ninth Realm experts who witnessed this scene.

They hadn't expected Xiao Shi to be able to resurrect!

And the resurrected Xiao Shi… had clearly greatly improved in strength!

This ability… deeply shocked them, while also bringing forth more anticipation in their hearts.

As Xiao Shi resurrected.

A huge roar immediately exploded again.

The two sides continued to bombard each other.

Under continuous clashes and mutual roars, their attacks boomed all the way, continuing their confrontation.

But very quickly.

Xiao Shi's body was shattered again!

But in less than a second.

He was reborn and resurrected.

And continued to bombard.

The intensity of their battle became increasingly fierce.

It was either you die, or I perish!!

The booming sounds surpassed heavenly thunder, becoming the only sound in this world.

Xiao Shi continuously spurted blood, his chest caved in, once again shattered by the opponent's punch.

This was the fifth time he had been shattered.

But the next second.

He resurrected again!