Eternal Night

Chapter 762 The Ruyi Jingu Bang!
(PS: Sorry for the long wait, this is the final text typed out using a laptop.)
In less than a second, Wu Pifu broke free from the desperate situation of being surrounded and then instantly killed two sublimated beings.

These two ascendants are the weakest individuals in this ascendant group. They are newly promoted, lack foundation, and were promoted by their elders and race.

In this transcendent world of mountains and seas, the resources gained and accumulated by the beneficiaries of the new era far exceed the imagination of the outside world. The reality they possess can make the origins of the outside world drool. The resources they have accumulated through their respective extraordinary paths are even more abundant. This kind of comfort is beyond the imagination of many civilizations, extraordinary beings, and sublimated beings outside the Great World.

However, precisely because of this, apart from those senior Ascended Beings who have accumulated profound knowledge and achieved their status over dozens of eras, other Ascended Beings are indeed slightly weaker than those from the outside world.

However, this weakness is merely a difference between those at the same level, not a leap in level. They are still themselves, beings that transcend mortals, and they easily dissipate like dust. None of the sublimated beings present came to their senses.

In particular, Wu Pifu's words really looked down on all of their sublimated forms!
At that moment, all the sublimated bodies unleashed their own auras. Although they were still restrained and did not use their own perfect characteristics under the watchful eye of the Heavenly Dao, the mere explosion of their auras immediately caused the world to tremble, with lightning flashing, storms sweeping, the earth collapsing, and seawater overflowing.

Faced with all this, Wu Pifu reacted very directly. He didn't even try to attack the giant tree's ascended form or any other ascended form again. Instead, he turned around and used his suicide sword to face the Celestial Dragons who were locked in the cage.

These Celestial Dragons were truly blessed by the heavens. In the battle between the numerous Ascended Beings and Wu Pifu, not only were they not killed by the aftershocks, but when the two Ascended Beings were killed by Wu Pifu, the shockwaves from their deaths did not originate in their direction. So, until this moment, not a single one of these Celestial Dragons had died.

Wu Pifu gripped his death-defying broadsword and said, "So they say it's easier to change mountains and rivers than to change one's nature. I always want to kill my enemies as quickly as possible. This habit is really bad. To put it bluntly, I am still a mortal, while you are sublimated beings. So why should I be the one to break through your defensive formation? Why should you be the ones to besiege me? There's no logic to that, is there?"

"From now on, I will kill a Celestial Dragon every thirty seconds. And you... try to stop me, besiege me, intercept me, or simply kill me, destroy me, it's no problem at all. One last hint: if you want to kill me, get within five steps of me!"

As he spoke, Wu Pifu reached out and tore open a box. A Celestial Dragon that looked like a human fell out. Wu Pifu lifted it up with one hand and faced the many Ascended Beings. With a swing of his large sword, he cut the thing in two.

Instantly, the entire world seemed to produce a tearing sound, and the Heavenly Dao in the sky seemed to have changed slightly. Wu Pifu chopped down a Celestial Dragon with a single slash, and then, instead of waiting in place, he wrapped himself in the boxes of the remaining Celestial Dragons and ran away. In a second, he sped tens of thousands of meters away, heading towards a place far away from the Heavenly Dao's seal.

This speed was naturally not taken seriously by the ascended beings; they were simply furious and astonished.

They offered sacrifices here and waited for Wu Pifu to walk into their trap. On the one hand, Wu Pifu harbored great malice towards them and searched everywhere for their existence in an attempt to kill them. On the other hand, it was also a kind of "attack" by them against Wu Pifu.

Among the many great powers of Heaven, the use of fate to alter a person's subconscious and thus change their life trajectory is what is known as the manipulation of fate. Among the many sacrifices of the sublime beings, there is this kind of subconscious manipulation targeting Wu Pifu. Combined with Wu Pifu's inherent murderous intent towards them, this is why Wu Pifu was determined to fight them to the death from the start, even though he knew that this was a battlefield aimed at him, he still vowed to fight to the death.

But I never expected that this twist of fate, this change in the subconscious, would be broken so easily?
"...But so what?"

One of the sublimated beings sneered and transformed into a streak of light in a flash, with a speed of at least millions of meters per second, far exceeding Wu Pifu by many times. In the blink of an eye, three of the fastest and most powerful sublimated beings rushed to Wu Pifu's side, and three giant hands reached for Wu Pifu and the Celestial Dragon box he was carrying.

In the midst of the struggle, Wu Pifu, along with the Celestial Dragon box he was carrying, was instantly frozen by the immense wind pressure. This wind pressure was so strong that if an ordinary person were present, their flesh and bones would be crushed into dust. However, Wu Pifu simply raised his sword and slashed against the wind, easily cutting through and annihilating the wind pressure. Then, within five steps of him, he grinned ferociously, and his figure vanished.

The first sublimated being suddenly realized something was wrong, but before the thought could even form, a torrent of blade light erupted from its massive, thousand-meter-tall body, obscuring even its own luster. In a single swipe, half of its body began to annihilate and crumble.

"...Help, help..."

The sublimated entity was terrified. It was about to unleash tremendous power with every move it made, but at that moment, an invisible bolt of lightning struck down from the sky, and the sublimated entity's huge beast-shaped head exploded. This was not something Wu Pifu could resist with endless negative energy. Heavenly punishment was almost unsolvable in the Mountain and Sea Realm, especially for the sublimated entity that had lived in the Mountain and Sea Realm for a long time. In an instant, most of its consciousness and mind were blown away. Before it could recover, a world-shaking blade force enveloped it.

When the surrounding sublimated bodies were examined again, this enormous sublimated body had vanished into thin air, leaving not a trace.

The other ascended beings who had reached out immediately retreated. Anyone who was even slightly slower was met with a large blade, and in an instant, they were all missing limbs before finally being able to retreat. When Wu Pifu revealed himself, blood was seeping from his mouth, ears, nose, and eyes again, but he didn't care. He reached up and wiped the blood from his face, removing the hidden wounds caused by the invisible lightning of the Heavenly Dao. He raised the large blade, still stained with golden blood, to the sky and roared, "That was satisfying! Come on, next head!"

The ascended beings who were about to catch up all stopped in their tracks, looking at each other in horror, and for a moment, they were all filled with fear.

If one's life is that of an ant, born in the morning and dying at dusk, then perhaps one might not cherish one's life. But if one enjoys longevity, a position of supreme power above mortals, then that life is extremely precious. If one were to crush a mere ant, they would naturally not care. But if this mere ant were to kill one of them one after another, not through a sneak attack or carelessness, but through a true and complete annihilation in close combat, then that would be terrifying.

When Wu Pifu saw that the Ascended beings had stopped, he did not pursue them. Instead, he took a Celestial Dragon monster that looked like a noblewoman from the Celestial Dragon's box, ignored its screams, and slashed it hard in the direction of the Ascended being, cutting it in two. The screams were still escaping when he threw it into the air, where it slowly turned to ashes.

A provocation, a mortal provoking such a large group of Ascended Beings.

"...We can't let him keep tearing the curtain down. Rather than letting him kill us, we'd better kill him ourselves!"

"Yes, we'll kill them ourselves. At worst, we'll just have to sacrifice all the resources accumulated over millions of years. As long as we get through this period, we can always rebuild in the future. But if an outsider tears open this curtain, then the story of One Piece will be repeated!"

"Now is not the time to be reluctant to part with these bottles and jars! Let's just wipe out this Grand Line along with everything else!"

"That's right. Those demons, those giant beasts, ancient gods, and strange creatures are all yearning for an opportunity. Once the veil is torn down by outsiders, things will be very bad!"

"But his perfect characteristic is that he cannot be touched beyond five steps..."

"What absolutely perfect characteristics are there? It's nothing more than a clash of attributes, priority, and whether it's close to the source. Unless the attributes are at the limit-breaking level of the third-tier extreme realm, and the priority is at the transcendent level of the fourth-tier, who dares to say it's perfect? ​​The reason why we couldn't hurt him from five steps away is simply because the intensity and depth of our previous attacks were insufficient!"

"Alright, let's all focus our fire! Wipe out this bug!"

The numerous Ascended beings were rapidly communicating with each other. Apart from Aegis, the Grand Trade King of the Goblin World Merchant Guild, and the Second-Order Ascended being who concealed his form, all the other Ascended beings did not intend to approach any further. They roared and unleashed their power, bombarding Wu Pifu from afar.

This bombardment was even more intense and overwhelming than the energy fruit attack from the Ascended Tree. Although the Ascended Tree was a second-tier Ascended Being, far more powerful than other Ascended Beings, its attack was too singular, consisting solely of energy. Now, with numerous Ascended Beings focusing their fire simultaneously, disregarding whether it would affect the Celestial Dragons, the various attributes were superimposed, creating a layered effect similar to the Transcendent Realm, with the power increasing almost exponentially. The explosion even gave Wu Pifu a sense of the moment when the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy in the Warhammer Dream World erupted.

The world was bathed in light as he and the Celestial Dragons behind him faced the terrifying explosion that could destroy stars... The fierce bombardment lasted for at least a minute.

In fact, these sublimated beings, working together, could last not just a minute, but even an hour. However, they stopped because they realized something was wrong. The consequences of this attack... seemed too minor.
Aside from evaporating everything within a diameter of hundreds of thousands of meters, the Grand Line did not collapse, and even the Old Continent was not affected. The attack, powerful enough to shake the stars, was blocked by something insurmountable.

As the attacks of all the sublimated beings gradually ceased, the energy they had unleashed was rapidly subsiding. What appeared before all the sublimated beings was a giant sword... a super giant sword at least ten thousand meters long, or even longer. In addition to its size, the most crucial thing was that all the attacks, when they came crashing down, were completely shattered by this giant sword. They were not diluted, exploded, or changed in any other way, but were directly shattered by this giant sword.

"To die."

"A greatsword that has been forged three times."

"The more people in any world who believe in you, trust you, and fight alongside you, the heavier this blade becomes. This weight is a supernatural force (supreme priority, root level), and it is only effective against enemies."

"The more critical and important the battle or war you instigate in any world, the sharper this blade will be. This sharpness is a supernatural power (supreme priority, root level) and is only effective in that world."

"The stronger the enemy you face, the more than 10% stronger they are than you. When this sword attacks the enemy, its size will increase by 100%. At this moment, it will be transformed into supernatural power (highest priority, root level) and will only be effective against that enemy."

Wu Pifu held his death-defying broadsword in front of him, and only after all the attacks from the sublimated beings had ceased did he swing the broadsword again and look at the numerous sublimated beings.

The three refinement characteristics of the Death-Seeking Greatsword have increased its size to over 10,000 meters due to the difference in strength between the two. This is nothing compared to the fact that he was mentally prepared for it. As for the change in weight, he couldn't feel it himself and needed to test it again. On the contrary, the second characteristic of refinement is that the sharpness has completely exceeded the limit.

All the attacks that just came at him, except for his defense five steps away from his title of "commoner," the more complex the opponent's attacks were, the less damage they did to him after multiple judgments, and sometimes they didn't even break his defense. Also, the sharpness of his "Death-Seeking Greatsword" was off the charts, so sharp that it could directly cut through all the attacks of the sublime body.

Wu Pifu tried to swing the sword towards the void slightly. He didn't even use much force, yet wielding the sword, he saw tiny spatial cracks appear around its blade.

He had never even heard of such sharpness before!

"...This battle is extremely crucial, isn't it? And it feels like the curtain is about to be lifted."

Wu Pifu muttered to himself, then laughed and pulled over another Celestial Dragon, lifting it up in his hand and saying, "Since you're not coming over, then I'll continue the slaughter."

As he spoke, he was about to kill the Celestial Dragon.

The ascendants were filled with astonishment and doubt; what had just happened was truly beyond their comprehension.

Then, at that moment, the goblin trade king Aegis sighed slightly. He, who had been making no move until now, suddenly stepped forward and appeared in front of Wu Pifu, then threw a simple punch at Wu Pifu.

"Kid, you've crossed the line."

With a low shout, Eggers unleashed a punch. Wu Pifu felt as if the entire world was being compressed. The sky was small, the earth was small, and everything was small. Only the fist in front of him began to grow larger and larger until it became invisible.

But he neither dodged nor flinched; instead, he raised his death-defying sword and slashed down with it.

Eggers didn't dodge at all, and continued to smash his fist down, crushing everything in his path, intending to kill Wu Pifu with one punch. Then, their fists clashed, but the power-up effect of the Kratos title that Wu Pifu was trying to obtain did not occur. The moment his fist touched the broadsword, his fist suddenly pulled back, making his Kratos power-up gain negligible. Then, in the next instant, his power suddenly surged more than ten thousand times.

"Jin has a primordial spirit!?" Wu Pifu was shocked. In the critical moment, he didn't have time to change his strength and still went all out with unwavering determination.

then……

As Eggers' fist struck the blade, his expression, which had just begun to display unparalleled dominance, was instantly slashed down and crashed into the deep earth.

Layer upon layer...

An indescribable and immeasurable weight emanated from the Death-Defying Blade; even light was absorbed and condensed onto the blade when it clashed with His fist…

Even light could not escape the weight that the suicidal broadsword unleashed in that instant!

After the slash, Wu Pifu stood unharmed, while the Great Trade King Aegis had already crashed into the deep underground of the Mountain and Sea Realm. Heaven knows how deep he had penetrated, and he could no longer be sensed.

The third second-tier ascendant, who had concealed his entire body, suddenly cried out in alarm.

"Yes, yes, it possesses multiple extraordinary pathways, an ultimate seed, and is related to the Immortal Martial lineage. Most importantly, this weapon... this weapon can change size at will, its toughness is beyond imagination, and its weight is terrifying..."

This second-tier ascendant roared repeatedly, then turned and fled without looking back. Moreover, he didn't flee into the depths of the Mountain and Sea Realm at all, but instead fled straight into the sky, towards the outside of the Mountain and Sea Realm.

"Silly kids, run! That thing is..."

"The Ruyi Jingu Bang!!"

(End of this chapter)