Eternal Night

Chapter 768 Extreme!
As he severed a portion of the Heavenly Dao with a single strike, Wu Pifu felt a very, very peculiar sensation in the darkness.

That's the feeling of pushing your power to its limit.

This is different from the sense of limit on extraordinary paths. For example, the current limit of Chinese martial arts is to be invincible when facing a god. Wu Pifu has reached the point where there is no way to improve.

But what he felt from this strike was the sensation of hitting a certain critical point when the strike was made.

As the saying goes, it's mysterious and profound. He can't describe it accurately, and he might not even be able to unleash that strike again. That last strike was his masterpiece, achieved by sheer chance. It was a combination of his, Chu Minghao's, and Liang Min's super brains, the Red Wolf title, and a strike he had miraculously obtained.

For some reason, after that stab, three words suddenly popped into Wu Pifu's mind.

The ultimate realm!
As it was severed, a large piece of the Heavenly Dao fell down. Its essence was formless and intangible, invisible and untouchable. However, when it was severed from the essence of the Heavenly Dao, all the sublimated beings present went mad. Those with reason could forcibly endure it, but the more than ten giant beast sublimated beings present roared and rushed towards the place where the fragment of the Heavenly Dao fell.

Both the Primordial Heavenly Dao and the Mountain and Sea Heavenly Dao experienced a brief pause, similar to how a sentient being suddenly encounters something completely incomprehensible and its thinking stops. However, when the giant beast roared and pounced on the fragments of the Heavenly Dao, the two Heavenly Daos simultaneously began to react violently, each unleashing a torrent of thunder, gales, flames, and ice. But this was merely an outward manifestation of the Heavenly Dao's root-level power; its essence remained root-level pollution attributes.

Both Heavenly Daos unleashed their full power in a fierce clash, while the Primordial Heavenly Dao continuously unleashed lightning strikes that struck the giant beasts. The two weakest giant beasts' sublimated forms were instantly reduced to ashes, but this still could not stop the giant beasts, driven only by instinct, from rushing forward and following one after another.

This is an incredible opportunity!

Once obtained, while one may not immediately ascend to immortality, one can certainly break free from the shackles of the Heavenly Dao and enjoy immense benefits. One might even glimpse the mysteries of the origin, and perhaps even achieve the origin oneself.

This was an instinctive awareness; not only the behemoths, but all the other ascended beings swallowed their saliva in disbelief.

Normally, they have no access to the essence of the Heavenly Dao. Throughout history, the only person who has ever come into contact with the essence of the Heavenly Dao and spoken with it was the Pirate King.

The Way of Heaven is hidden and does not manifest, both because it is a general consciousness and because it is a multi-faceted and complex source. Its self-closing loop is stronger than that of ordinary sources. As long as it does not manifest, it is truly formless and intangible, and almost untouchable.

However, it is precisely because of the special attributes of the Heavenly Dao, the multiple and complex origins, that its essence has achieved a balance in terms of origin pollution. Therefore, the essence of the Heavenly Dao can be said to be pure and flawless, belonging to the kind of universal basic origin. Any sublimated body that obtains it can rely on this part of the essence of the Heavenly Dao to achieve a great improvement. Whether it is rushing along the path of sublimation or achieving the origin after in-depth study, it is all an opportunity!
At that moment, all the ascended beings from both camps received orders from the highest level of their respective Heavenly Dao.

Block Wu Pifu and seize the essence of the Heavenly Dao!

Whoever seizes this essence of the Heavenly Dao will become the world's master in the next era, the second Pirate King, and will obtain the power of a transcendent world, and even dominate a great era!

Such a promise is undoubtedly heavy. Most importantly, the sublimated bodies of both camps bear the imprint of the Heavenly Dao. The Heavenly Dao has almost the power of life and death over them. The sublimated bodies of giant beasts are an example. Two of them were killed on the spot by a single strike of heavenly lightning. This is clear evidence.

At that moment, more than a hundred sublimated beings from the two major camps were exchanging blows, each rushing towards the essence of the Heavenly Dao. Although they were all wary of Wu Pifu, they still dared to bombard him from afar, relying on their numbers and the fact that they were the home ground of the two Heavenly Daos.

After Wu Pifu slashed down, he did not immediately pursue or try to retrieve the essence of the Heavenly Dao. Instead, he stared blankly at his greatsword.

"That last stab, that last stab..."

Wu Pifu murmured, momentarily lost in thought.

That slash echoed incessantly in his mind like a slow-motion movie. Even though he knew that this was a battlefield, the location of two great Heavenly Dao sources, and a large number of sublimated bodies, and that the Heavenly Dao fragments were incredibly precious—whether he obtained them or the main brain obtained them, they would be of great use—he knew all of this. However, the trace of that slash remained in his consciousness, and as time passed, the trace of that slash became stronger and stronger, even faintly projecting into Wu Pifu's sea of ​​consciousness.

The almost impervious sea of ​​negativity was affected by this, and began to become turbulent, with faint traces of tearing in the sea of ​​consciousness.

"……help me!"

Wu Pifu could only concentrate all his attention to control himself and not think too much, but at this point he was almost out of control. He mustered his last bit of attention and hurriedly said this to Chu Minghao and Liang Min, and then stood still, letting the surrounding sublimated beings' ranged attacks cover him.

Chu Minghao and Liang Min were naturally unafraid of such attacks. With the perfect protection of Wu Pifu's characteristics, such attacks were nothing to them when they came into physical contact with Wu Pifu's heroic body. What really puzzled them was Wu Pifu's actions.

With a single strike severing a fragment of the Heavenly Dao, Wu Pifu was launching a frenzied attack when his actions suddenly halted. Something was amiss.

Chu Minghao and Liang Min exchanged a glance. Chu Minghao immediately revoked the title of Red Wolf, and then he and Liang Min directly activated the Super Brain World, resonating with Wu Pifu's Super Brain World.

This is the most strenuous yet most efficient way for super-brains to engage in conversation, far surpassing emotional perception.

In an instant, Chu Minghao and Liang Min sensed what had happened to Wu Pifu and Wu Pifu's guesses through the Super Brain World.

"Five levels of the Ascended Body?"

"One, two, three... the third rank brings about a qualitative change?"

"No wonder. The sublimated beings here vary in strength, and we've never seen some of the strongest before. But no matter how much power the two Heavenly Daos infuse into them, they only experience quantitative changes and cannot achieve qualitative changes. They lack some kind of essential transformation that leads to the ultimate state?" "The ultimate state?"

Chu Minghao and Liang Min both suddenly realized what was happening. At the same time, they both sensed the knife through Wu Pifu. Their expressions changed drastically. Chu Minghao was fine, but a streak of blood suddenly slid down Liang Min's forehead, and a small knife mark appeared between his eyebrows, as if he had really been cut by a knife.

"Is this the kind of qualitative change required to reach the pinnacle?"

Chu Minghao and Liang Min looked at each other, feeling the overwhelming negative waves in Wu Pifu's mental sea, and both of them made a decision.

"Super Brain Resonance!"

"Let's share the burden!"

The two immediately closed their eyes, and the Super Brain World was activated again. At the same time, Wu Pifu's comprehension of this strike immediately stopped, and his feeling for this strike also began to slowly, but indeed gradually fade away.

From the outside, Wu Pifu stood motionless in place. His thousand-meter-tall heroic body was bombarded with a barrage of attacks, but he didn't even try to dodge. Fortunately, all the attacks were five steps away, so he was completely unharmed.

However, even as the two major factions rushed into the vicinity of the Heavenly Dao fragments and began fighting and vying for them, with the two Heavenly Daos tearing each other apart in a chaotic melee, Wu Pifu remained standing still, not even bothering to compete for the Heavenly Dao fragment treasure that was right in front of him. This scene also caught the eyes of the ascended beings, and even the Heavenly Daos themselves took notice.

Finally, a bold ancient god ascendant approached Wu Pifu while fighting. Its form had a twilight-colored glow and was full of decaying aura. At this time, with the blessing of the Heavenly Dao, it cautiously approached Wu Pifu. The closer it got, the more careful it became, while at the same time it kept bombarding Wu Pifu from a distance.

But Wu Pifu didn't react at all, just stood there quietly enduring the damage.

Finally, the ancient god rushed to within five steps of Wu Pifu at top speed. Twilight transformed into countless ferocious claws and lashed out at Wu Pifu. With a hissing sound, it actually managed to scratch a large number of claw marks on Wu Pifu's heroic body. Although it only broke through the skin, the decaying twilight immediately clung to him like maggots, and even blasted Wu Pifu far away.

The battlefield of Heavenly Dao fragments in the distance fell silent at the same time. Immediately, at least fifty Ascended Beings from the two major camps swarmed over. The two Heavenly Daos even disregarded the Heavenly Dao fragments and dispatched half of their Ascended Being combat power, each determined to take Wu Pifu.

At this moment, under the combined resonance of the three super brains, the illusory sword in Wu Pifu's sea of ​​consciousness was finally expelled. However, the illusory sword had already begun to take shape, and after being expelled, it manifested itself from within...

The ancient god's ascended form rushed forward the fastest. In his ecstasy, he mustered all his strength and condensed it into a sun with the color of dusk, which crushed down on Wu Pifu from the sky.

"Mine, mine, mine... My race will shine brightly in the next era, my civilization will be reborn!!"

The ancient god roared loudly, greedily looking down at Wu Pifu. Then, in the next instant, all six eyes of Wu Pifu's heroic body opened simultaneously, revealing blades of light. Then, He raised the great sword in His Hand, ready to die.

This was a very strange state. It wasn't the super bullet-time sensation of the Super Brain World, nor was it because Wu Pifu was incredibly fast. The Ancient God could clearly see Wu Pifu draw his sword, raise it, and slash—every movement was not fast. Not only could He see it, but the surrounding ascended beings could also see it clearly. But…

He can't escape!

There's absolutely no way to avoid it!

This strike, as if destined to strike Him, was a simple, forward, clean, and decisive cut. The angle, the power, the speed—everything seemed so ordinary, yet it all appeared to have reached some kind of critical limit, and then…

With a single slash, Wu Pifu stood behind the ancient god, sword raised. The ancient god, who had transformed into the sun, condensed into a sublimated body. He tried desperately to look back and speak, but he could do nothing. Just as Wu Pifu raised his sword again, he was shattered into pieces and vanished.

Dozens of sublimated beings were still charging forward, while Wu Pifu simply raised his sword and stood still. However, all the power in his body seemed to condense into one at this moment: Chinese martial arts, immortal martial arts, domineering aura, magical girl's heart flower, title...

It is no longer a process of superimposing extraordinary achievements, but rather a more sublime state, mysterious and profound, yet inexplicably clear...

With a single slash, Wu Pifu plunged into the midst of dozens of ascended beings. One ascended being, unable to dodge, seemed to have crashed into Wu Pifu's blade, cleaving it in two. Then, Wu Pifu withdrew and spun, unleashing a burst of blade energy, instantly severing another ascended being. Though his blade energy had waned, he didn't stop, continuing with a diagonal slash that sliced ​​yet another ascended being in two...

A few seconds later, the sublimated entity furthest from Wu Pifu trembled all over, and the perfect characteristic base of its sublimated entity began to collapse.

"The ultimate realm, the ultimate realm, the ultimate realm..."

"pole……"

With a stab into its head and mouth, Wu Pifu casually swung his hand, severing half of the sublimated being's body. He then sheathed his sword, stood still, and remained motionless.

The thunder stopped, the fire went out, the ice melted...

The two great celestial paths fell silent, and the remaining sublimated bodies were utterly shattered.

(End of this chapter)