497: flaw

The monster was the manifestation of the Ashura Realm's will. To put it simply, the planet had gained sentience and had developed a self-awareness!

Because of this, it could simulate all the natural elements on the entire planet, and it was immortal and indestructible. As long as the planet existed, it could resurrect time and time again, endlessly.

The Power Law was constantly being deduced within Tang Ku. The Great Wilderness Divine Fist's "Burial of All Living Things," combined with the Profound Truth of the Ten Dragons Ten Elephants Fist, were all concentrated on the Power Law, and the Power Law was, in turn, condensed onto Tang Ku's fist.

With one point of enlightenment came enlightenment in all points; this punch was guided by intuition and slammed heavily into the monster's body. It was silent, without any explosion or deafening sonic boom.

"Pop!"

The monster was like a bubble; it was instantly shattered into countless parts, then further subdivided into smaller and smaller pieces... so small that they were invisible to the naked eye.

"Hmm, this punch still couldn't kill it..."

Tang Ku smiled slightly, then immediately activated both his Spiritual Awareness Eye and Spiritual Awareness Microscopic. His eyes scanned every scene before him like a 3D scanner, bringing the entire world under his control.

Those dust particles, comparable in size to atomic nuclei, drifted in the air, faintly glowing with a dim light. However, these lights were invisible to the naked eye, and even imperceptible to spiritual sense. Yet, the System-produced Spiritual Awareness Eye, combined with the Spiritual Awareness Microscopic skill, could clearly see these subtle changes.

Swoosh!

Countless specks of light converged into a single point in the blink of an eye. In an instant, the monster's body reformed, but this time, the creature had completely transformed into a translucent state. It vaguely resembled a human shape, but it was like water, floating in mid-air.

"Heh, so that's how it is!"

Tang Ku narrowed his eyes slightly. "The next punch... hmm, no, it will take one more punch after that, and that should solve it!"

The monster suddenly spewed out three or five water spheres, sealing off Tang Ku's paths of retreat above, below, and on all sides, and then a water column blasted towards Tang Ku.

"Oh, this guy knows how to play tricks?"

Tang Ku smiled slightly and reached into the water column. After a clattering sound, when Tang Ku withdrew his palm, he was holding a dozen tiny ice cones.

These ice cones were hidden within the water column to ambush Tang Ku's vital points. However, such petty tricks from the monster could not escape the detection of his Spiritual Awareness Eye.

Snap!

He crushed the ice cones to pieces and turned around to punch the monster. This punch was delivered through the air; he used neither the Great Wilderness Divine Fist nor the Ten Dragons Ten Elephants Fist. It was simple, like beating a drum, gently striking the air. A terrifying impact force erupted instantly, and the monster's body, which was already liquid, was shattered by Tang Ku once again into countless tiny, invisible water droplets, turning an area of about a thousand cubic meters in mid-air into a sea of mist!

Within the mist, one could barely see their own hand, yet the mist seemed to have a life of its own, attempting to drill into the pores of Tang Ku's body. But how could Tang Ku let this creature, which relied mainly on instinct, succeed? He immediately activated his Xuanwu True Skill for protection. The attacking tiny droplets collided with the defensive barrier of the Xuanwu True Skill in the blink of an eye, unable to penetrate it at all. Moreover, due to the rebound effect of the Xuanwu True Skill, these mists were instantly countered countless times in a split second. Within a two-meter radius around Tang Ku, all the mist was instantly dispersed, clearing out a large open space.

Seeing that it could not succeed and had lost so much of its physical mass, the tiny water droplets stopped entangled and continued to condense towards a certain location.

Tang Ku's perspective saw it clearly. His body flew out instantly like a cannonball leaving the barrel. This step in the air caused his speed to soar to the limit, and then he stretched out his right hand, grabbing towards the core where the water droplets were condensing.

With the Xuanwu True Skill covering his body, there was nothing in this world he could not grab. Under this grab, those tiny water droplets that were supposed to condense completely disappeared without a trace.

Tang Ku opened his right hand, and at the center of his palm, a tiny black dot was churning like thick fog.

This thing was invisible and imperceptible to the naked eye, yet it truly existed.

"So this is your true form... No wonder every time I struck, I could shatter your body, but you yourself didn't suffer any huge damage. It turns out you would withdraw from your condensed body in an instant to ensure your immortality... Heh, that really is a pretty good idea!"

Tang Ku chuckled. "But your own strength is simply too weak. You need to rely on this planet, or rather, the harsh climate of the Mo Wen Plains to survive, and you need to absorb various negative energies to maintain your huge body... Therefore, your defeat is inevitable!"

The black mist in his palm kept churning, and then the surrounding free energy became restless again, beginning to condense towards Tang Ku's palm.

"The ability of a planet's will to take shape is actually highly related to its extreme environment. Just like how a person who is constantly bullied and tortured will definitely turn dark once they finally turn the tables. The consciousness of this planet is the same!"

Watt said in a deep voice, "Due to the Buddha's punishment, the entire Ashura Realm was torn into three parts, and with years of constant warfare and countless casualties, that deep-seated hatred and resentment gradually accumulated on this land, which is why this planetary will was born... Tang Sanzang has already understood the logic behind it; resentment is actually the energy born from negative spirit... And that thing in his palm is the true original body!"

"Really? But why can't I see it?"

Tang Xian frowned slightly.

"Here... put this on..."

Watt handed a monocle to Tang Xian.

Tang Xian took it and looked through the lens. Sure enough, he discovered that there seemed to be something on Tang Ku's hand, and it was attracting the surrounding negative energy to gather at his palm.

"Enough, your path has come to an end, so behave yourself. Otherwise, I really won't be able to save you!"

Tang Ku frowned slightly, only to see the thing in his palm churning even more violently, seemingly filled with negative emotions of anger and fear.

"Heh, this is what they call refusing a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit..."

Tang Ku, holding that mass of black mist, suddenly threw it with force, followed by a Great Wilderness Divine Fist, slamming heavily into that mass of energy.

Snap!

The original mist-like body instantly turned into something resembling a glass marble. It condensed for a moment above Tang Ku, and then, it shattered with a boom!