Eternal Night

Chapter 770 Penetration and Special Semi-Customized Rewards
This is insane!

The surrounding sublimated entities were completely stunned.

The Tree of Life could previously surge with negative energy because it was essentially a vessel for devouring the souls of true spirits. Over countless years, it had accumulated enough negative energy from devouring the true spirits of billions of humans to cause such a surge.

But you're a human being, a mortal, and you keep calling yourself a pure-blooded human, and you even ate the Human-Human Fruit in pure-blooded human form. How the hell did you manage to generate such a massive surge of negativity?

Is this something that life can use and contain?
No, no, no...

Could it be that you, who pride yourself on being a pure-blooded human, are filled with this kind of stuff?

The ascended beings scattered in panic, not daring to stand in front of the surging negativity. Their fear was even greater than if they were killed directly. Even with the fusion of the Heavenly Dao and the remaining parts of the two Heavenly Daos roaring and urging them on, each of these ascended beings would rather suffer the backlash from the Heavenly Dao than step forward even a little.

But the key point is that even the Heavenly Dao is afraid of this thing!

The true spirit of the soul is a good thing. Most sublimated beings cannot devour it, but for the Heavenly Dao and the Root, it is the best resource for becoming stronger. However, the negative accumulation caused by devouring the true spirit of the soul is a poison to all things, and the negative effects are almost impossible to remove. It can only be sealed and suppressed, or diverted to other beings. Otherwise, once it is contaminated and erupts, even if one does not die, one will be severely injured. This is true even for the Root and the Heavenly Dao.

Wu Pifu has now entered a state of negative surging. The sublimated beings are all dodging and weaving. The two Heavenly Daos, as well as the part where the two Heavenly Daos merge, are all "roaring incessantly." As Wu Pifu gets closer and closer, the dizzying sensation occurs again, but the target is not Wu Pifu. In a flash, two bewildered sublimated beings appear on Wu Pifu's path and collide with Wu Pifu with a loud bang.

In an instant, the negative energy surged forth. When it landed on Wu Pifu, it was a black aura, but when it landed on the two sublimated bodies, it turned into black flames. Moreover, these flames were far more turbulent and pitch-black than the black flames that had erupted from the Tree of Life. With just one burn, the surface of the two sublimated bodies was completely burned away, revealing their true nature beneath the skin. However, even this true nature could not withstand the black flames. Because of the forced teleportation and control by the Heavenly Dao, they could not even escape or hide, and could only stay in place and be burned continuously.

Amidst the horrifying screams that even Wu Pifu found chilling, the two sublimated beings were actually burned to ashes. Then, in the filthy remains after the complete burning, something terrifying and indescribable was writhing. Wu Pifu felt a sharp pain in his eyes after just one glance. However, before this writhing indescribable thing could hatch, under the disturbance of some higher-level rule that Wu Pifu could not perceive, the two writhing indescribable things collapsed, and their accompanying negative effects were also completely annihilated.

All of this happened in the blink of an eye, the collapse process took less than a second. Wu Pifu didn't even see how the writhing, indescribable thing collapsed. But as the indescribable thing collapsed and vanished, the negative influence it carried also disappeared, which made Wu Pifu's eyes light up.

However, now is not the time to delve into the details. Wu Pifu ignored everything and continued rushing straight towards the Heavenly Dao.

Two more sublimated beings were thrown up by the Heavenly Dao. With two loud cracking sounds, they were once again engulfed in black flames, before turning into writhing, indescribable things and disappearing without a trace...

Six sublimated beings were thrown by the Heavenly Dao and crashed into Wu Pifu. This did not extinguish the negative effects on Wu Pifu, nor did it slow down his upward speed. On the contrary, it made Wu Pifu even more excited and rush upward.

what is this?
That's damn selflessness!

The endless negativity within his consciousness was his biggest time bomb, and there was almost no way to stop it except to suppress it. Unexpectedly, he met someone here who was willing to share this super time bomb with him.
He would even be willing to kowtow to these selfless and sublime individuals!

This made Wu Pifu glance at the sublimated beings from time to time as he charged upwards. He even started planning to develop a negative move that would fall from the sky... no, from the inside out.

What are you thinking about!?

Chu Minghao and Liang Min both yelled, but Chu Minghao's yell sounded weak: "You're only able to show your negative side now because Liang Min and I are helping you bear the burden, okay?!"

"Leaving aside the physical, if your spirit weren't supported by us, I guarantee you'd be deformed along with them, believe it or not!" Liang Min roared.

Wu Pifu regretfully withdrew his gaze and charged straight at the two more sublimated beings that appeared ahead.

Thus, ten of the remaining thirty-odd Ascended Bodies were consumed by the Heavenly Dao, leaving the remaining twenty-odd Ascended Bodies all in a miserable state.

But at this moment, Heaven also clearly realized that doing so was too inefficient. At most, it could only stop Wu Pifu from crashing into it for a moment. It was futile to try to deplete his negative energy, as if the negative energy on him was inexhaustible.

Although, for the Heavenly Dao, the sublimated bodies in this transcendent world are all consumables, with only the second-tier sublimated bodies having some value, they are not consumed for no reason. Moreover, with the time blocked by these ten sublimated bodies, changes occurred in the fusion with the Heavenly Dao. At this moment, Wu Pifu was already very close to the Heavenly Dao and very close to the constantly flashing light.

Just then, at the point where the two Heavenly Daos merged, a pillar of energy extended downwards from the top of the sky, condensing into a shape that resembled both a pillar of heaven and a finger, pressing down on Wu Pifu from top to bottom, from emptiness to solidity.

Wu Pifu looked up, and all he could see was this pillar of heaven. He was not afraid. He raised his sword and slashed straight up. As soon as he touched it, a tremendous force pressed down from the sky. But he only paused slightly and actually used his sword to block the pillar of heaven. Moreover, after a moment of struggle, he actually used a force greater than the crushing force of the pillar to slash back.

Big, big, heavy, sharp...

With a single, powerful strike, the Greatsword of Suicide actually cleaved into the pillar of heaven, pushing it against the Heavenly Dao and crashing through it. It then pierced through the Heavenly Dao from behind and into the flickering light, following a barely visible crack in the crystal wall. It shattered the pillar and shot out, disappearing from the sublimated body's sight.

The remaining twenty-odd Ascended Beings all gazed with incredibly complex expressions at the slowly dissipating pillar in the sky, at the gradually healing cracks, and at the slowly merging of the two eras' Heavenly Daos. For a long, long time, no one spoke, only silent sighs escaped their lips. "...That was a manifestation attack of the Heavenly Dao, wasn't it?"

"...Yes, you read that right."

"...That means that even if the Heavenly Dao has not been completely integrated, it is at least one ten-thousandth the size of the entire Transcendent World...truly as heavy as mountains and seas."

There were more than twenty Ascended beings, most of whom were Ascended beings from the old era, with a few survivors of four Ascended beings from the new era. The goblin Aegis was one of them, and his expression was the most complicated as he gazed at the sky in silence for a long time.

At this moment, an ancient god from the old era ascended to his sublime form and said, "Don't think so much. Let's think about the Heavenly Dao we are about to face... Contrary to our expectations, the Heavenly Daos of the two eras did not fight to the death. Instead, they merged with each other. This means that... we may very well be facing a terrifying Heavenly Dao that has the characteristics of both the Primordial Era and the Mountain and Sea Era."

Many sublimated forms remain silent.

Although the Heavenly Dao of the primordial era was tyrannical and extreme, only concerned with the life and death of those who nurtured Gu, it was ultimately impartial. It was truly high above, treating everyone equally, with the winners taking all and the losers eating dust.

While the Heavenly Dao of the Mountain and Sea Era did not raise Gu (a type of poisonous insect), it forced the sublimated entities of its camp to plunder a large number of human souls and true spirits for it, and then used nodes similar to the Celestial Dragons to contain and suppress the negative, which was actually equivalent to personally devouring life.

If these two Heavenly Daos were to combine...

Many of the ascended beings shuddered, completely unaware of the terror they would face next.

"No matter what, do we still have a choice?"

Eggers said bitterly, "Back then, D was the one who had the most potential to change everything, but we all harmed him behind his back for various reasons. Isn't this the result of our own actions?"

Some of the sublimated beings wanted to explain, but they were not mortals after all, and there was no way to explain something they already knew, so they all remained silent.

The creation of One Piece D was actually a product of necessity. He had a great opportunity to lead this world onto a different path of peaceful development, causing the natural order of the primordial era to gradually transform.

But how could the many ascended beings, who were far more powerful than him, be willing to accept such a great fortune for a mere mortal like him, who might even become the true master of this world in the future?
Whether they are Ascended beings who embrace the old era or Ascended beings like Aegis who are dissatisfied with the Primordial Era, they do not actually want D to succeed. The fact that the Norm was able to successfully betray and replace the Primordial Era's Heavenly Dao was due to the combined efforts of almost all of them. However, the Ascended beings of the old era miscalculated and were suppressed, while the Ascended beings of the new era joined forces with the Norm to benefit.

They... are all no good!
At this point, words were useless. Wu Pifu had already escaped this world with the fragments of the Heavenly Dao. Whether this world should focus all its efforts on attacking the true civilization of this era, or whether it should recuperate and rebuild, was not something they could decide.

As they each pondered their own thoughts, the fusion of the Heavenly Dao at the top of the sky finally reached the first stage. The middle part of the Heavenly Dao of the two eras suddenly transformed from chaos to clarity, the mountains, rivers, sun, and moon became fixed, and the continents and oceans gradually appeared. As the pressure of the Heavenly Dao manifested, these sublimated beings, though unwilling, still obediently knelt down.

Prostrate themselves in worship of the new master...

On the other side, as soon as Wu Pifu broke through the Mountain and Sea Realm, a beam of light enveloped him, and then he, along with Chu Minghao and Liang Min, quickly penetrated into the higher levels of the Dream World within this beam of light.

"Judgment in progress... Judgment complete. Citizens Wu Pifu, Chu Minghao, and Liang Min have been apprehended... Would you like to submit the quest item, Heavenly Dao Fragment?"

Wu Pifu and the other two heard the mainframe's voice, and they also heard the urgency in the mainframe's voice.

"Yes, yes, submit, submit, submit." Wu Pifu couldn't find the Heavenly Dao fragment on his body, so he could only say it as if coaxing a child.

"Judgment in progress... Judgment complete, all mission items submitted, mission finished. Considering Citizen Wu Pifu's previous urgent missions, the mission reward pool has been modified. Second judgment in progress... Judgment complete. Due to mission completion exceeding the maximum limit, the reward pool has been converted to a special custom mission reward... Third judgment in progress... Judgment complete. The special custom mission reward lacks important cores and materials, making it impossible to fully achieve. Therefore, the reward has been modified..."

A barrage of voices flooded Wu Pifu's mind, leaving him speechless. He couldn't help but complain and threaten at the same time: "Hey, mainframe, if you dare give me another Magical Girl's Heart Flower, I'm really going to rip it out this time. You don't believe me? Just try it."

"...The reward is a semi-customizable top-level reward, specially granted based on what citizen Wu Pifu desires most and hopes for most."

"Wu Pifu will be awarded one of two special titles: 'Calling a deer a tiger' or 'Duck neck and tiger head'."

"please choose."

(End of this chapter)