270: End of Chapter 270

"Breaking through life and death?"

Wang Chen was somewhat puzzled upon hearing the System's words.

He was very familiar with the four words "breaking through life and death," but very few people could truly achieve it.

Many people talk about not fearing death, but when it actually comes to a life-or-death moment, their legs turn to jelly.

This stuff is easy to say, but not simple to do at all!

[Ding... That is correct. Breaking through life and death is not about not fearing death, but truly understanding the essence of life and death. What is life? What is death? Why live? Why die? Only by truly understanding these questions can one transcend life and death and reach the Eternal Realm.]

Wang Chen was silent for a moment.

Then he glanced at the Ancestor of the World-Destroying Beast beside him.

"Do you mean that it belongs to the type that hasn't broken through life and death?"

[Ding... Exactly. Although the Ancestor of the World-Destroying Beast has mastered the complete Law of Destruction and has lived for countless years, possessing the strength of a Half-step Eternal.]

[However, it has never truly experienced life and death; it fears death, fears it to its very bones. It is precisely because it fears death that it cannot break through life and death. Even if it were given enough Eternal Matter now, it would be unable to make a Breakthrough to the Eternal Realm.]

Wang Chen nodded, understanding in his heart.

No wonder this old thing lived so cowardly, kneeling and begging for mercy after being beaten up; it turns out it was scared to death.

But this couldn't be blamed on it. Having lived for countless years and finally Cultivating to become a Half-step Eternal, who wouldn't fear death?

As the saying goes—

Better to live in misery than to die!

Especially for an existence at the Half-step Eternal Realm; with such Cultivation, who would be willing to die?

Its choice was completely understandable!

"System! What do you think of me? Do I count as having broken through life and death?"

[Ding... The Host has not yet broken through life and death. But the Host is still young and has little experience, so there is still much room for growth. Such matters as breaking through life and death cannot be forced; it is best when it happens naturally.]

Hearing the System's seemingly comforting words, the corner of Wang Chen's mouth couldn't help but twitch.

Who are you looking down on?

What do you mean by "still young"?

"Little experience"?

He had lived two lifetimes, adding up to nearly forty or fifty years old. Does that still count as young?

However, compared to an old monster like the Ancestor of the World-Destroying Beast, who had lived for who knows how many billions of years, he was indeed considered young.

And, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call him a child!

"Forget it."

Wang Chen shook his head and said nothing more, because he understood in his heart.

Breakthrough to the Eternal Realm is not something that can be rushed.

At the very least, he had to wait until he reached the Peak of the Immortal Realm first.

He raised his head and looked at the other World-Destroying Beasts still shivering in the surroundings.

At this moment, the fighting around them had ceased.

There was no other way.

Their Ancestor had already knelt and surrendered, so what else was there for the other World-Destroying Beasts to fight for?

Besides, to awaken their Ancestor, the World-Destroying Beasts above the Half-Step Immortal Realm had all suffered a sharp decline in combat power due to the loss of too much essence blood.

Facing the ferocious experts of the Imperial Dynasty, they had absolutely no power to resist.

Some were hiding in corners, some were lying directly on the ground feigning death, and a few were even scared to the point of peeing themselves.

Black liquid flowed all over the ground, emitting bursts of foul stench.

After seeing this scene, a trace of coldness flashed in Wang Chen's eyes!

"Everyone, listen to my command!"

He spoke, his voice echoing in the Void Realm.

"Kill all the World-Destroying Beasts without exception!!"

As the words fell, the experts of the Imperial Dynasty drew their weapons one after another, ready to take action.

And those World-Destroying Beasts, upon hearing Wang Chen's words, were all so scared that their Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering, screaming and howling desperately.

However, Wang Chen remained unmoved.

In his view, there was no need to keep a group of exotic beasts that only knew how to kill.

Kill them, and that would be the end of it.

However, just as everyone was about to take action—

"Wait!"

A voice suddenly rang in everyone's ears.

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw the Ancestor of the World-Destroying Beast bowing to Wang Chen with a fawning expression.

Although its body was extremely huge, its posture was humble to the extreme, looking very much like an old servant trying to please its master.

"Master, can the remaining World-Destroying Beasts be left to this old servant to deal with?"

Wang Chen raised an eyebrow.

He didn't know what this exotic beast Ancestor was up to.

Not only did it not plead for those World-Destroying Beasts, but it actually wanted to do it itself. What kind of fetish was this...

"You? How do you want to deal with them?"

Hearing Wang Chen's question, the Ancestor of the World-Destroying Beast did not dare to hesitate and hurriedly explained.

"Master, this old servant is their ancestor and controls the Origin of the Law of Destruction. This old servant can convert them all into the Law of Destruction and devour them."

"In this way, not only can this old servant recover from its injuries as soon as possible, but its strength might even advance further."

When it said this, a trace of desire flashed in its eyes.

"Master, these World-Destroying Beasts are of no use to you. Killing them is just killing them, nothing more than a few more corpses. But if you hand them over to this old servant, this old servant can convert them into the Law of Destruction and enhance its own strength. The stronger this old servant is, the greater the help it will be to you."

Wang Chen was silent for a moment.

Looking at the fawning face of the Ancestor of the World-Destroying Beast, he finally couldn't help but nod.

"You are quite good at calculating."

"This old servant wouldn't dare! This old servant just feels that these World-Destroying Beasts are, after all, this old servant's descendants. Rather than letting them die worthless deaths, it is better to let them make some contributions to this old servant and to you, Master."

Wang Chen thought about it and felt that what it said made sense.

These World-Destroying Beasts were useless even if killed.

But if they could enhance the strength of the Ancestor of the World-Destroying Beast, that would be different.

The Ancestor of the World-Destroying Beast was now his servant; the stronger it was, the greater the help it would naturally be to him.

"Fine, then I will leave it to you."

The Ancestor of the World-Destroying Beast was overjoyed upon hearing this and hurriedly bowed to Wang Chen.

"Thank you, Master! Thank you, Master!"

Afterwards, it stood up and looked at the shivering World-Destroying Beasts.

A complex look flashed in its eyes.

There was pity, there was reluctance, but more than anything, there was determination.

"Children, I am sorry, you can only blame your bad luck!"

After speaking, it opened its huge mouth, and a terrifying suction force suddenly surged from its mouth.

Immediately afterwards, those World-Destroying Beasts were all sucked into its mouth one by one.

They screamed, howled, and struggled desperately, but it was of no use.

That suction force was too strong, so strong that they could not resist at all.

One. Two. Ten. A hundred. A thousand... Countless World-Destroying Beasts were devoured by the Ancestor of the World-Destroying Beast.

Its body also began to change.

The wounds on its body began to heal slowly.

And the aura on its body actually began to grow slowly as well.

Wang Chen watched this scene.

A trace of satisfaction flashed in his eyes.

"Not bad."

He nodded and paid no more attention to the Ancestor of the World-Destroying Beast.

Instead, he turned around directly and said to the people of the Imperial Dynasty behind him.

"Let's go, return to the Imperial Dynasty!"

"As you command!"

The experts of the Imperial Dynasty responded in unison, following behind Wang Chen one after another, returning in the direction of the Giant Black Gate.

And the Ancestor of the World-Destroying Beast remained in the nest, devouring those World-Destroying Beasts.

"My children, I am truly sorry..."

"The Old Ancestor didn't want this either, who told you to have such bad luck! Rather than dying in vain, it is better to benefit me, your Old Ancestor. I, your Old Ancestor, will remember you!!"

Although it was saying it was sorry, its devouring actions did not stop for even a moment...