If someone were to observe that giant planet from space, they would see a massive area in the center covered by a black annihilating power that would make anyone tremble.
RUMBLE!
The skies roared, leaving everyone in the central city stunned by just that preparatory sound alone. Dozens of electric pythons were gathering power among the clouds; when they descended, only a wasteland should remain. However, all attention was focused on a single point, and that point led to the world separated by high-level spatial laws; the city would not be directly affected.
Still...
Suddenly, within the world, the void trembled, and a screen of light appeared at the center of the tribulation. It was like a giant mirror, with a hundred and eight bone fragments embedded in it.
Each bone fragment contained a rune. Seeing this scene, the Elder Golden Asura shouted in shock.
"Impossible!"
These bone fragments were the core of the stellar formation. At the opening of the Elemental Condensation World, two million years ago, due to the immense energy of the formation, a bone became exposed. It was expected to repeat itself; if only one were exposed, it would be a bit worrying, but now so many had appeared. If all were crushed, the entire formation would be destroyed. In fact, even the entire central city would have its structure destroyed.
The core of the formation was removed. Who in the world did this? the Golden Asura Elder thought, stunned.
BOOM!
The skies didn’t give him time to think about how to act. All sound and the world’s laws faded away, and quickly, the electric python formed by lightning bolts fell from the clouds. Everyone in the city felt their souls trembling. However, as the annihilation approached the city, it vanished, crossing space and attacking the world directly, certainly in the direction of the whale.
Alm and Bruno, in turn, ran towards the core of the stellar formation. Then they opened all their meridians and body. This should be considered complete suicide; but for them, it was the only and best opportunity. However, the risks were as great as the gains.
A collapse of the heavens with the earth followed, there was no sound, all the physical senses of everyone were cut off for a few seconds; only a feeling of annihilation embraced them.
After several seconds, everyone in the city regained their senses and looked at the world. The entire central area that was directly receiving the annihilating Yin was transformed into a black and broken plain. There was no sign of life.
As the dust settled, the four from the whale’s group, who were lying on the ground stunned, slowly got up, still trembling. Their eyes focused on the center... but there was nothing there...
Lirelia and Shuki had empty eyes, unable to reason. But strangely, Yanson felt through the Faithlink rune in his body, a divine presence slowly rising. He had a connection with the whale and certainly became a believer officially.
Then, a single black hand emerged in the center of everything. Simultaneously, the entire Elemental Condensation World began to tremble. It didn’t take long for the entire central city to start shaking equally. In the next instant, the whole planet seemed to be shaking fiercely.
Crack!
A celestial blue pillar rose, and the earth split open. From within it, the whale emerged with excited eyes. Everyone watched him with wide eyes instead, his black and destroyed body looking like a corpse was regenerating before their eyes.
’The Vitality Condemnation is complete!’ exclaimed Bruno, excited. ’Finally, we’ve completed the second level of physical cultivation... it was incredibly tough.’
Suddenly, Bruno felt the whale’s body heat up. His blood seemed several times denser, and infinite runes pulsed with power. Alm analyzed calmly, ’The name was pretty self-explanatory; our life force has multiplied five times... when we further elevate physical cultivation, it should become even denser. Now, this body has a life expectancy comparable to that of a dragon.’
As soon as Alm commented, space distorted, and the world collapsed. Everyone in the city was shocked to find they couldn’t move. The demonic beasts in the square were horrified. They saw cracks covering the formation, and from those cracks, waves of destructive aura emerged.
"Run!"
It’s not known who shouted first, but the shout was unnecessary. Everyone fled as if they had seen a ghost. Cultivators from the weaker clans ran faster than anyone else. They felt the imminent death accompanying the formation’s collapse.
The leaders of the races directly summoned their true forms and led their people away. At this moment, everything that kept them sealed inside the planet crumbled. The advantage of the flying beast races was revealed. The Black Phoenix race was the fastest, and they instantly fled from the central city.
The barrier around the square exploded, resulting in a terrible power that devastated the surroundings, instantly destroying all buildings.
The runes of the stellar formation exploded with lingering power from the lightning that destroyed the core, filling the world with an annihilating aura. The demonic beasts felt a wave of fear and quickly fled away from that planet. Now, they personally understood how terrifying the power of celestial annihilation was.
"The Elemental Condensation World!" another frightened shout echoed.
The spatial laws that held that place were about to explode. People’s expressions twisted in pain just thinking about the countless treasures and cultivators within.
A cataclysm hit buildings and houses, and everything was reduced to rubble. The entire city collapsed like a clay tile. As for the disciples... the demonic beasts had red eyes and felt deeply furious and disoriented witnessing such a disaster, just like the Golden Asuras, who were completely stunned.
At this moment, the void exploded, and everyone saw a ten-meter opening emerge. From within it emerged a gigantic celestial blade. In an instant, thousands of demonic beasts rushed out with desperate eyes.
Then, the whale emerged, taking slow steps while wielding a colossal heavy sword. Each step of his made the earth crack, and everyone watched his emergence with terror; beside him, four figures emerged together.
The world was in ruins. Everyone inside it should have been engulfed by the spatial laws and perished. However, the whale paved the way for everyone to escape. Was this truly a Heaven-Defier? Everyone was perplexed and confused.
Everything went according to plan. The destruction of the stellar formation was essential, but such a feat was beyond the reach of a single person, as the energy imbalance would result in a catastrophic explosion of energy.
The contained power was drawn from multiple planets to that location. Not even Gaia would be able to contain such an explosion, as the entire planet could suffer irreparable damage. Therefore, the whale had to resort to the power of the heavens, in cooperation with Gaia, to destroy the core of the formation in a "smooth" manner. Afterwards, Gaia regained control over the power, allowing only the release of the remaining annihilation power.
Meanwhile, atop the rubble, a chained figure emerged. The whale turned to him and, with another strike of Fides, all the chains exploded. Mihkriel was completely freed.
[Congratulations, Golden Side Quest completed!]
[Do you wish to accept the rewards?]
[Yes / No]
’Thank you, brother... finally... I’m free!’ Mihkriel’s trembling voice resonates in Alm and Bruno’s minds.
He stared into the void and nodded. In the next instant, another green screen appears before the whale.
[Celestial Chaos Seed Technique, acquired!]
’As I promised, this is my authentic technique. I was only able to create it thanks to the primordial bloodline I received. I used the power of celestial chaos and combined it with other techniques I acquired. I assure you it was worth it to save my life; the technique is almost an Incomplete Dao. I didn’t have time to perfect it, but who knows, maybe you’ll be able to.’ Mihkriel comments, gazing at the black, empty sky.
Suddenly, Mihkriel’s body began to emit a subtle glow. The whale squinted, recognizing the power of his divine soul being burned.
’Don’t worry. This body has already become completely useless, so I’m sacrificing my soul to escape,’ he spoke calmly. ’We have divine souls. As long as they are not completely annihilated, we are immortal. But to avoid being captured, I need to hide and slowly recover myself. I will keep only 1% of my soul and move on to the cycle of reincarnation.’
It took only two seconds for the soul within that dry body to begin to disperse; his divine soul was already quite damaged beforehand.
’It will probably take several incarnations for me to recover enough to regain my memories. But I won’t be easily found. One day, I will return. I hope my brother is still alive... Goodbye,’ he concluded slowly, and his soul dispersed. Finally, the body that was once Mihkriel collapsed.
It all happened in a matter of seconds as those young demonic beasts fled. The skies around the whale closed in. All the Golden Asuras and dozens of divine cultivation demonic beasts surrounded him. Those were the allies of the Golden Asuras, all mentally bleeding from the loss.
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Suddenly, the Golden Asura Elder flapped his wings, and a rune appeared on his forehead. In the next moment, a golden power radiated throughout the world, expanding like a sun and creating a massive golden domain around the whale.
’No... my power has been cut...’ Gaia spoke in a tone of despair in the whale’s mind.
At the same time, the Asura Elder shouted, "CAPTURE HIM!!"