458: God of War!

The Martial Dao Ninth Realm experts who witnessed this scene were now filled with an unprecedented level of shock.

They all stared at Xiao Shi, dumbfounded.

They were completely speechless, stunned by Xiao Shi's continuous resurrections.

This ability... had completely overturned their understanding and imagination.

Even with their realm and cultivation, they had never seen, or even heard of, such a heaven-defying ability existing in the world!

And this resurrection... was not a one-time resurrection.

Instead, it was an endless, seemingly unlimited, infinite resurrection!

Xiao Shi, possessing this ability, had, to some extent, achieved true immortality.

Even more terrifying... was that after each of Xiao Shi's resurrections, his strength would actually increase to a certain extent!!

At this moment, after multiple consecutive deaths and multiple consecutive resurrections, Xiao Shi had transformed.

From being easily blown apart at the very beginning, he was now able to fight on equal footing, without falling behind, against a Martial Dao Ninth Realm expert possessed by the World Will, and even subtly suppress him.

However, Xiao Shi was clearly not satisfied with this.

Facing another punch from his opponent, he didn't dodge or evade, instead choosing to actively ram his body into the punch.

Boom!!

His entire body was instantly pierced through.

And under the burning flames of the punch, it rapidly disintegrated and exploded.

He died again.

However, the next second, Xiao Shi, after resurrecting, seemed to transform into a sharp arrow, unleashing a piercing sonic boom that tore through the air.

With a bang,

He heavily slammed into the Martial Dao Ninth Realm expert possessed by the World Will, sending him flying backward.

At the same time, Xiao Shi's fist, like a descending mountain, fiercely struck the opponent's chest.

With a crack,

The protective barrier that Xiao Shi had previously been unable to break, no matter what he did, was now finally shattered by his punch, after his many resurrections and continuously surging strength.

A sharp glint flashed in Xiao Shi's eyes.

It had to be said.

The Behind-the-Scenes Origin was far more powerful than he had imagined.

When it was still the Behind-the-Scenes Heavenly Dao, he could already resurrect, but the resurrections back then were nowhere near as fast as they were now.

Moreover, after resurrection, he would also be weakened.

Just like the battle with the Martial Emperor before.

He successfully resurrected.

But the Slaughter Origin needed to recover.

So much so that at the site of the battle, the Slaughter Origin had not yet recovered.

And after the Behind-the-Scenes Heavenly Dao transformed into an Origin,

As long as his identity was not exposed, he could achieve true immortality!

Not only could he resurrect infinitely,

But after each resurrection, there would be no drawbacks whatsoever.

The Origin would not decrease in the slightest.

It would directly restore him to his optimal state upon resurrection!

Even the Slaughter Origin completely recovered during the continuous resurrections!

Besides that,

Each of his resurrections would also bring an increase in strength, allowing him to grow stronger and stronger with continuous combat and death!

Although this enhancement was not a permanent one.

There were limitations.

As long as he paused from battle, the enhancement gained from resurrection would gradually disappear.

This enhancement... was more of an enhancement during battle!

At the same time, this enhancement also had a certain upper limit, at most it could only increase to a level close to a Martial God.

It could not be infinitely enhanced without an upper limit.

As long as the target was not at the level of a Martial God, Xiao Shi could fight against him through continuous resurrection and enhancement!

Now, this Martial Dao Ninth Realm expert, possessed by the World Will, although he already had a hint of a Martial God's aura, was still vastly different from a true Martial God.

Therefore, after Xiao Shi's multiple resurrections,

He already possessed the strength to contend with, and even suppress, his opponent.

As the protective barrier around his body was broken, Xiao Shi's fists immediately rained down like dense raindrops.

And the opponent, under the guidance of the World Will, although having some consciousness, was mostly following instinct.

Facing Xiao Shi's bombardment, he did not dodge, but continued to attack.

Boom boom boom!

Their respective fists all struck each other's bodies.

Xiao Shi's body was once again pierced through and blown apart.

But in less than a second,

He resurrected anew.

All his injuries were fully recovered, and he returned to his peak state.

As for the Martial Dao Ninth Realm expert possessed by the World Will, after his protective barrier was broken, every punch Xiao Shi threw had a great deal of lethality against him.

His body was constantly being punched with one hole after another.

Compared to Xiao Shi,

Even if he suffered the most severe injuries, he could continuously resurrect.

But when the body of the Martial Dao Ninth Realm expert possessed by the World Will was broken, it could no longer heal and recover.

Boom!!

Under Xiao Shi's continuous bombardment,

The body of this Martial Dao Ninth Realm expert could no longer hold up and exploded into smithereens.

With the explosion of his body,

The World Will attached to him could no longer continue to exist and rapidly dissipated.

Xiao Shi breathed a sigh of relief at this.

It had to be said,

This battle was much easier compared to the previous one with the Martial Emperor.

Although this Martial Dao Ninth Realm expert, after being possessed by the World Will, was far stronger than the Martial Emperor in terms of strength, he lacked the combat thinking of a normal person.

He only fought with brute force, relying on his powerful strength, in a crude and violent manner.

There were no techniques to speak of.

For those Martial Dao Ninth Realm experts whose strength was significantly inferior to his, facing such an existence would inevitably lead to being directly crushed.

Under an absolute disparity in strength,

Any technique or method was useless.

But for Xiao Shi, who could continuously resurrect and grow stronger, facing such an enemy, he felt no pressure at all.

If Xiao Shi had used the infinite resurrection of the Behind-the-Scenes Origin to deal with the Martial Emperor back then, it would certainly not have had this effect.

However, Xiao Shi could feel... that after he defeated this Martial Dao Ninth Realm expert possessed by the World Will, he seemed to have once again stimulated the World Will.

This caused the power within the hole in the sky to surge even more violently.

So much so that the entire Tianwu Continent shook violently.

A sense of crisis even stronger than before filled everyone's hearts.

These Martial Dao Ninth Realm experts, who had just been excited and ecstatic because Xiao Shi had resolved this catastrophe, instantly changed their expressions wildly, and the joy in their hearts was immediately replaced by endless panic.

They all felt a great disaster was imminent.

Xiao Shi also frowned tightly, looking at the hole above.

He could clearly see... that the power within, under continuous agitation, had collapsed and formed an enormous black hole.

The entire black hole roared and spun.

And the aura emanating from within the black hole made Xiao Shi's heart involuntarily chill.

He suddenly had a strong premonition.

Next, it was highly likely that everyone's catastrophes would erupt simultaneously!!

Previously, only the catastrophe of one Martial Dao Ninth Realm expert had appeared.

If everyone's catastrophes arrived at the same time... then even with his current Behind-the-Scenes Origin, he would be unable to cope!

This caused a sense of urgency to rise in Xiao Shi's mind.

He furrowed his brows deeply.

The Behind-the-Scenes Origin was already the greatest enhancement he could achieve at present!

Even though the Slaughter Origin had now recovered,

Even merging these two origins, it would be difficult to simultaneously resist all catastrophes.

The situation was somewhat dire!

Clearly, the first catastrophe that had appeared just now was merely an appetizer.

The real crisis was the simultaneous eruption of all catastrophes at this moment!

Xiao Shi quickly reviewed all his methods and abilities, but found no way to resolve it.

Suddenly,

A flash of lightning struck his mind.

"I've got it!"

It was obvious.

The Tianwu Containment Stele alone was not enough to resolve this crisis; it needed to be paired with other items.

And among his many items, there was one that could be paired with it.

However... even with this item paired, Xiao Shi was not entirely confident that he could resolve this catastrophe, only feeling that there was a certain chance.

What the final outcome would be... he couldn't say for sure.

But in the current situation, he had no other better choice; he could only give it a try!

Rumble!

In an instant,

The power gushing out from the enormous hole in the sky had once again transformed into a pair of massive eyes that filled the entire world.

These eyes were not only more colossal than the eyes that appeared before, but also, because all catastrophes were erupting simultaneously, many overlapping shadows formed behind these eyes.

It was as if multiple eyes, all overlapping, radiated an aura that filled everyone with despair, an aura that prevented even a hint of resistance from rising in their hearts.

Under the gaze of these eyes, Xiao Shi also felt every inch of his flesh and every cell in his body trembling.

He took a deep breath, enduring the fear and trembling throughout his entire being, and decisively activated the [Tianwu Containment Stele].

Boom!

A colossal and majestic stone stele instantly manifested from between heaven and earth.

“Contain!”

As Xiao Shi’s low roar echoed in his heart, he directly used the containment ability of the [Tianwu Containment Stele].

However, it wasn't to contain himself, but to contain… the calamity above!

Om!

Instantly, the massive eye that filled the entire world and appeared in the sky vanished.

In less than a second, it had already been contained within the [Tianwu Containment Stele].

However, even though the calamity was contained by the [Tianwu Containment Stele], the sense of crisis it brought remained strong.

It hadn't diminished in the slightest due to being contained; it still permeated everyone’s minds.

At the same time, crack!

The moment the [Tianwu Containment Stele] contained the calamity, cracks immediately appeared all over the stele.

Although it successfully contained the calamity, the power of the calamity had clearly far exceeded the [Tianwu Containment Stele]'s tolerance limit, causing the entire [Tianwu Containment Stele] to be on the verge of collapse and fragmentation.

This was consistent with Xiao Shi’s previous estimations.

He could clearly feel that the entire [Tianwu Containment Stele] could only hold on for a maximum of ten seconds.

After ten seconds, the [Tianwu Containment Stele] would inevitably shatter completely.

And what he needed… was these ten seconds!

Om!

With a thought from Xiao Shi, the entire [Tianwu Containment Stele], which had become incredibly massive, immediately began to shrink at a visible speed.

In less than a second, the entire [Tianwu Containment Stele] had already shrunk to the size of a palm.

And after successfully shrinking the [Tianwu Containment Stele], Xiao Shi quickly took out the most important item in his plan—the [eternal realm-following alchemy furnace]!

He directly placed the entire [Tianwu Containment Stele] into the [eternal realm-following alchemy furnace].

He wanted to use the [eternal realm-following alchemy furnace]… to refine the calamity!

This was the best way he had thought of to resolve the calamity this time!

He knew very well that the [Tianwu Containment Stele] could not trap the calamity.

Even if he used other items in combination, he wouldn't be able to completely trap the calamity inside the [Tianwu Containment Stele].

Because of this, he simply changed his approach.

If he couldn't completely trap it, then he would refine it during the time it was contained!

Under normal circumstances, he naturally couldn't use the calamity as a refining material for the [eternal realm-following alchemy furnace].

But while the calamity was being contained, the entire calamity was equivalent to a part of the [Tianwu Containment Stele]!

This way, Xiao Shi had the opportunity to refine it.

However, Xiao Shi was still unsure if his idea would work… Although the [eternal realm-following alchemy furnace] could refine everything, what he was refining this time was, after all, the calamity of the Martial Dao Ninth Realm, and multiple calamities at that.

He watched the constantly vibrating alchemy furnace with a nervous expression.

There was still hope for this matter.

With his current cultivation at the Martial Dao Ninth Realm, he could already refine a Martial Dao Ninth Realm pill!

At this moment, not only Xiao Shi was focused on the continuously vibrating alchemy furnace in front of him, but the other Martial Dao Ninth Realm powerhouses were also watching nervously and anxiously.

Although some of them didn't quite understand, they all felt that their calamities were concentrated in the furnace Xiao Shi had taken out.

Since this refining process had to be completed within ten seconds, it placed an enormous burden on the entire [eternal realm-following alchemy furnace].

For Xiao Shi, who had used the [eternal realm-following alchemy furnace] several times, he had never seen its vibration frequency so high.

Moreover, large amounts of dense smoke continuously spewed out from the air vents of the [eternal realm-following alchemy furnace].

The high temperature emanating from the entire furnace was like a small sun, incinerating and destroying everything around it.

A mere ten seconds felt like years to Xiao Shi.

Finally, after ten seconds, the entire [eternal realm-following alchemy furnace] calmed down from its high-frequency vibrations.

“It succeeded!”

Xiao Shi’s eyes lit up.

Even without opening the lid, he knew that his refining had been successful this time!

On one hand, the [eternal realm-following alchemy furnace] didn’t explode.

If it had failed, the entire [eternal realm-following alchemy furnace] would have been completely shattered by the calamity.

On the other hand, the sense of crisis brought by the calamity had completely vanished, leaving no trace.

This made the nervous and anxious Martial Dao Ninth Realm powerhouses breathe a sigh of relief, while also feeling a little dazed in their hearts.

This calamity, which had originally filled them with despair and fear, was actually resolved by him just like that?

This made them all feel as if they were dreaming, an extremely unreal sensation.

Xiao Shi moved, approached the [eternal realm-following alchemy furnace], and lifted the lid.

He found that there were a total of six pills inside the alchemy furnace.

He tried to pick up one of the pills.

Upon closer inspection, relevant information about the pill immediately appeared in his vision.

[Name: Calamity Pill]

[Type: Pill]

[Grade: Martial Dao Ninth Realm]

[Description: A pill refined from the calamity of the Martial Dao Ninth Realm. It contains the calamity of the Martial Dao Ninth Realm, and the calamity within is continuously intensifying. It needs to be resolved as soon as possible, otherwise the calamity within will reappear in the world.]

[Remark: Each Calamity Pill contains one calamity.]

… Xiao Shi frowned slightly at this.

Judging from the information on the [Calamity Pill], the calamity had not disappeared with the refining of the [eternal realm-following alchemy furnace].

It had only temporarily transformed into a pill.

If Xiao Shi continued to ignore it, the calamity within the [Calamity Pill] would reappear under continuous intensification!

Therefore, even if Xiao Shi had now refined the calamity into [Calamity Pills], he still needed to deal with these [Calamity Pills].

Xiao Shi knew deeply that he could not avoid these calamities no matter what.

Even if the [Calamity Pills] wouldn't reappear on the Tianwu Continent due to intensification, he still needed to resolve these calamities.

Because calamity not only brings disaster, but it is also his only path to advancing to Martial God!

However, due to the Tianwu Continent falling into disorder and chaos, the method of advancing to Martial God was different from before.

If it were according to previous circumstances, Xiao Shi should have advanced to Martial God after resolving the calamity earlier.

Yet, even though he had resolved one calamity, he still hadn't advanced to Martial God.

This made him realize that to advance to Martial God, simply overcoming one calamity was clearly not enough.

He felt that he might need to resolve all the calamities to advance to Martial God!

“If that’s the case…”

“Then I need to resolve these calamities even more.”

Xiao Shi’s eyes narrowed slightly.

No matter what, he was bound to advance to Martial God.

Now that these calamities had been refined into [Calamity Pills], he could resolve them one by one.

The reason the previous calamity was so terrifying was largely because all calamities arrived simultaneously.

The power of these calamities, overlapping each other, was something even Xiao Shi’s Behind-the-Scenes Heavenly Dao couldn't withstand.

If these calamities had only arrived one by one, Xiao Shi’s abilities would have allowed him to break them down individually.

Currently, these six calamities had been refined and dispersed into six [Calamity Pills].

Thinking of this, he immediately picked up a [Calamity Pill] and swallowed it without hesitation!

Boom!

The moment he swallowed the [Calamity Pill], an astonishingly terrifying power surged from his body, instantly tearing his physique apart.

Rumbling sounds continuously erupted from his body.

In an instant, Xiao Shi’s body shattered completely under the rumbling, directly turning into a pool of blood and mud.

However, in the next second, his destroyed body was instantly resurrected.

But even after resurrection, his body was still filled with astonishing and powerful forces, tearing and destroying his body once again.

Just like that, after swallowing the [Calamity Pill], Xiao Shi began to suffer the continuous ravages of the calamity.

His body was destroyed again and again in the calamity, and then continuously resurrected.

Even though it wasn't the first time they had witnessed Xiao Shi's resurrection, the current scene still shocked these Martial Dao Ninth Realm powerhouses.

Xiao Shi’s cycle of death and resurrection continued for three days until the power of the calamity on his body completely dissipated.

However, Xiao Shi’s eyes were filled with ruthlessness and decisiveness.

He continued to take out another [Calamity Pill], swallowed it quickly, and immediately entered the cycle of death and resurrection again.

As time passed, when he had successively swallowed all six [Calamity Pills] and resolved the calamity within each one, boom!

Xiao Shi’s aura began to climb.

Terrifying power surged from his body.

Thunder roared in the sky, and strong winds raged.

At this moment, the Martial Dao Ninth Realm powerhouses who had been observing Xiao Shi from afar all felt an indescribable, instinctive fear rise within them, causing their bodies to tremble and making them involuntarily prostrate themselves before Xiao Shi.

Even Martial Ancestor and Dao Ancestor, located in another spacetime within the Tianwu Continent, both looked up at the sky at this moment.

The sky of The Primordial Martial Era, though windless and cloudless, had a vast and terrifying pressure from heaven and earth pouring down from above the nine heavens.

Martial Ancestor and Dao Ancestor’s hearts trembled, feeling an instinctive shiver.

They looked at each other, seeing uncontrollable excitement, astonishment, and ecstasy in each other’s eyes.

“Martial God…”

“Has finally been born!”

… Xiao Shi floated in the air, as if he had become the only light between heaven and earth.

As he had predicted, after he resolved all the calamities, he began to advance to Martial God!

The biggest difference between Martial God and the Martial Dao Ninth Realm was that Martial God would replace the will of the Tianwu Continent and become the true god of the Tianwu World, controlling everything within the Tianwu World.

Now, Xiao Shi clearly felt his own will replacing the will of the Tianwu Continent.

Previously, after the awakening of these Martial Dao Ninth Realm powerhouses from past eras, Xiao Shi’s control over the Tianwu Continent had been divided.

Now that he had advanced to Martial God, the control that these Martial Dao Ninth Realm powerhouses had over the Tianwu World was immediately stripped away.

Xiao Shi became the sole ruler of the Tianwu World!

And this control was not just over the giant body of the Tianwu World; his will also completely became the will of this giant!

This gave Xiao Shi a strong feeling that with a single thought, he could now decide the life and death of anyone on the Tianwu Continent, including these Martial Dao Ninth Realm powerhouses.

If he wanted them to die, he wouldn't even need to act; a single thought would be enough to make them vanish, body and soul!

Not only that, Xiao Shi also discovered that the Tianwu World was indeed, as he had perceived, an incredibly colossal giant!

This giant had previously been in a state of slumber.

Now, with the birth of a Martial God, and as Xiao Shi replaced the will of the Tianwu World, he successfully transformed into this giant… and opened his eyes!

… In the dark and profound starry sky, two immensely colossal giants simultaneously cast their gazes into the distance, their eyes deep, and one of the giants’ eyes was filled with rage and killing intent.

“Martial God… has been born!”

Their figures flickered as they simultaneously sped towards the distance.