Chapter 474 – Facing Red Moon Again, A True Clash!
by spirapiraChapter 474 – Facing Red Moon Again, A True Clash!
A series of collision sounds rang out.
His newly refined primordial energy clashed against Su Xing’s sublimated physical body…
In the end, Su Xing’s offensive proved superior…
His entire left arm fell to the ground.
Yet in mere breaths, Su Xing’s severed left arm reattached itself, the wound healing rapidly as though nothing had happened.
“Hiss… what terrifying recovery…”
“It seems only the qi and blood within my body decreased somewhat…”
Su Xing quickly grasped the principle behind the Great Shaman Body Forging Art, Seventh Layer.
Blazing qi and blood, scorching like a great sun, lay hidden beneath every inch of Su Xing’s skin, within every single cell!
Whenever Su Xing sustained injuries, the qi and blood within his body would rapidly be consumed to repair the damage.
For a “minor injury” like a severed limb, only a small amount of qi and blood was needed to reattach and swiftly restore it.
But if Su Xing’s severed limb were completely destroyed, he would need to expend far more power of qi and blood to compensate…
The more severe the injury, the more power of qi and blood Su Xing would consume!
Under these circumstances, there were only two ways to kill Su Xing.
Either exhaust the power of qi and blood within his body… or kill him instantly!
But the amount of qi and blood within Su Xing’s body was so vast that even he didn’t know its limits, and it could recover rapidly.
To exhaust Su Xing’s power of qi and blood would require grievously wounding him dozens or even hundreds of times in an extremely short span.
As for killing Su Xing instantly…
After the Great Shaman Body Forging Art entered the seventh layer, even the heart and head were no longer fatal weak points.
Even decapitation could be recovered from, so long as sufficient qi and blood remained.
Perhaps only reducing Su Xing to ten thousand pieces would count as an instant kill?
“Tsk tsk… the ancient Wu Clan truly was terrifying!”
“Though I haven’t reached the level of regeneration from a single drop of blood, killing me is far too difficult…”
This extreme vitality even gave Su Xing a kind of illusion.
“Can I… even die anymore?”
With this thought in mind, Su Xing couldn’t wait to test where his limits lay!
“There’s only… one simulation attempt left!”
“I need to first try whether I can negotiate with Red Moon…”
“At the same time, I need to test… whether my current strength can slay Red Moon?”
Thinking this, Su Xing first concealed his aura and tracks within this small world.
Then he swiftly deployed spatial Dao, spending half a day traversing the void across untold billions of miles.
Su Xing then activated his Xenomorph talent, transforming into the lesser demon deity simulation.
After traveling another billions of miles, Su Xing finally stopped in the void.
“My tracks should be impossible to find now…”
“Mm, it’s time to start a new round of simulation!”
Su Xing silently intoned:
“Begin simulation!”
【Simulation #204 initiated. Current remaining origin energy: 106,710,347 points… Remaining simulation attempts: 0.】
【Simulation begins!】
【Drawing a talent costs 1 origin energy point. Draw?】
“Yes!”
【Ding! Congratulations, you have drawn the gold talent Sword Spirit Physique. Next draw probability: gold talent 80%, red talent 20%…】
【Sword Spirit Physique】: Gold talent. One of the cultivation world’s special constitutions. Nurture a sword with one’s body—as the sword grows stronger, so does the cultivator. The cultivator’s cultivation will increase as their bonded spirit sword is enhanced!
“Sword Spirit Physique… that’s a fine talent!”
Su Xing raised an eyebrow.
With the Sword Spirit Physique, the possessor’s cultivation grew stronger alongside their bonded spirit sword.
It was well-suited for artifact refiners.
If someone skilled in artifact refining possessed this talent, they could likely grow powerful very quickly.
“But unfortunately, it’s not very useful for me anymore…”
“Though I recall my little sister’s class seems to be Sword Spirit? I should check if it suits her when I get the chance…”
Su Xing murmured, his gaze turning to the simulation panel.
【In the void, you realize you are in a simulation!】
【You head toward Earth’s direction…】
【Half a month later, you arrive safely at Earth.】
【You enter the Endless Abyss and contact Red Moon…】
【Red Moon is true to its word, having prepared the agreed-upon blood essence for you in advance.】
【You propose to Red Moon that you want Earth as your territory…】
【Red Moon falls silent for a long time after hearing this, then asks your reason.】
【You explain that Earth was part of the ancient Luotian Realm, and you wish to investigate whether there are any hidden secrets.】
【Red Moon falls silent again upon hearing this, seemingly deep in thought.】
【After a long while, Red Moon presents you with a condition.】
【Within a hundred years, provide it with fifty million low-level lesser demon cannon fodder, and Earth will be yours!】
【You pretend to hesitate, then ultimately agree.】
【Red Moon informs you that within one year it will leave the vicinity of Earth, and you can move in to take control then.】
【You agree, and you and Red Moon reach a pleasant consensus…】
【You leave Earth, and a month later, transform back into your true appearance and secretly sneak back to the vicinity of Earth…】
In the Real World, Su Xing was momentarily stunned, a look of surprise flashing across his face.
“It actually… succeeded that easily?”
“Red Moon… doesn’t have some scheme?”
Su Xing pondered carefully and quickly identified his blind spot!
Yes, Earth was important to Red Moon!
But that was before Red Moon had fully revived!
Tens of millions of years of dormancy had made Red Moon desperate to find the Luo Tian legacy once left on Earth…
But after tens of millions of years, Red Moon had never found it!
This had thoroughly convinced Red Moon that the so-called legacy simply did not exist on Earth!
And so, all of Earth, to Red Moon, was nothing more than livestock!
Moreover, there were virtually no powerful life forms on Earth—just a considerable population… how much sustenance could that really provide Red Moon?
About the equivalent of one ordinary small world!
“Following this line of reasoning… Earth is not irreplaceable for Red Moon!”
Su Xing thought silently.
“And the reason I gave in the simulation was perfectly logical… Earth was part of the ancient Luotian Sect, and wanting to explore it makes sense, right?”
“It fits perfectly with my image as a newcomer to the foreign race…”
After a pause, Su Xing continued:
“Of course, the most crucial reason for all of this… is that my status is high enough!”
“Red Moon needs something from me… so it agreed so readily!”
“Clearly, compared to an expendable Earth… an ally like me is far more important!”
“Besides, fifty million low-level lesser demons is no small number!”
“It’s enough to successfully build a massive cannon fodder army…”
“From this, it’s clear that Red Moon’s ambitions are still enormous!”
Su Xing nodded slightly, quickly seeing through these points.
“Since that’s the case, all that’s left… is to raise my spatial laws to sixth realm Major Mastery as quickly as possible within one year!”
Thinking this, Su Xing felt considerably more at ease.
“Indeed, sometimes you have to take the indirect route!”
“The human race and living creatures on Earth… should be safe now…”
Having tested the first idea in his mind, Su Xing quickly moved to try the second.
“After half a year of recovery, just how much strength does Red Moon actually possess now?”
“Is it a paper tiger… or a true tiger biding its time?”
“It’s time to find out…”
Su Xing thought silently.
With both Qi Refinement and Body Tempering having broken through to Supreme Unity, combined with ten Great Dao laws, Spirit Domain, and other enhancements—
Su Xing’s combat power was already no weaker than a late-stage Supreme Unity Golden Immortal!
Even securing around sixtieth place on the Prodigy List shouldn’t be difficult.
Therefore, Su Xing wanted to test just how large the gap between himself and Red Moon still was.
“If there’s an opportunity, killing Red Moon would naturally be best!”
“If my strength isn’t enough, with my vitality, escaping shouldn’t be hard… and I can probe Red Moon’s methods and strength in the process!”
“At worst… it’s just wasting one simulation attempt!”
Thinking this, Su Xing hesitated no more and silently intoned:
“Use immersive simulation, duration… 10 years!”
【Ding… remaining origin energy: 106,706,697 points…】
As the Chime fell silent, Su Xing’s consciousness entered the simulated world!
…
As his vision shifted, Su Xing once again appeared in the void near Earth.
The familiar void—Su Xing quickly locked onto Earth’s position.
“From here to Earth, it only takes a quarter of an hour…”
“A surprise attack on Red Moon… seems worth attempting!”
At this thought, Su Xing’s heart surged with excitement.
Finally—was he going to clash head-on with Red Moon for real?
“Even if I can’t win, staying alive shouldn’t be hard…”
With his decision made, Su Xing hesitated no longer and raced toward Earth at full speed.
Moments later, Su Xing arrived at Earth.
At the same time, that crimson moon in the sky detected Su Xing…
A terrifying malice crashed down upon him in an instant…
“Human… you actually have the nerve to come back?” Red Moon’s sinister voice plunged directly into Su Xing’s mind.
Hearing this voice, Su Xing narrowed his eyes, raised a middle finger, and shot back:
“I told you—the next time I came, it would be to take your life!”
Though he wasn’t certain he could kill Red Moon, in terms of momentum, Su Xing would never let himself be outdone.
With that said, Su Xing carefully extended his senses and quickly detected countless spatial nodes in the vicinity of Earth.
These were the spatial coordinates of various dungeon worlds hidden near Earth.
“The Endless Abyss—found it!”
Su Xing’s eyes lit up. He immediately tore open the void, turned, and plunged into the Endless Abyss!
A spatial ripple flashed past as Su Xing entered the first layer of the Endless Abyss.
“Mm, with my current mastery of spatial Dao… there’s no need to go through a designated entrance. Breaking through Red Moon’s barrier directly is effortless!”
Su Xing nodded slightly, then deployed his Great Dao of Space Comprehension several times in succession.
Abyss layer one… layer one hundred… three hundred… five hundred… eight hundred!
Through consecutive applications of spatial Dao, Su Xing hurtled toward the deepest layer of the Endless Abyss at a terrifying speed.
The total area of the Endless Abyss was dozens of times larger than Earth.
But even so, Su Xing needed only moments to reach the very deepest layer.
And there, Red Moon had been waiting for a long time.
At the very bottom of the Endless Abyss, upon a vast expanse of red earth stretching endlessly in all directions, beneath a blood-colored sky—
A crimson pupil radiating terrifying aura, like a blood-red moon, appeared before Su Xing.
This was, naturally, Red Moon’s true form!
“Human… I never imagined you’d be bold enough to come this far!?”
“You truly are courting death…”
Enemies meeting face to face—Red Moon’s fury surged into Su Xing’s mind.
The next second, a beam of terrifying red light shot from that pupil, hurtling toward Su Xing at tremendous speed.
This was the same horrifying red beam that had once instantly killed Su Xing in a previous simulation!
But now, facing this beam of red light, Su Xing felt none of the panic he’d had before!
Protective Sword Aura erupted in an instant!
A full eight thousand one hundred layers of sword aura, combined with dispersed primordial energy, wrapped Su Xing in an impenetrable cocoon of protection.
The red beam struck the Protective Sword Aura, and the two forces collided with a thunderous roar.
The outermost ring of Protective Sword Aura shattered like a spider’s web.
But immediately after, the next layer of Protective Sword Aura surged forward to fill the gap!
The ten-zhang (33.3 m)-tall Celestial Primordial Tree within Su Xing’s body provided him with a ceaseless flow of primordial energy!
One layer… two layers… five layers… ten layers!
This terrifying red beam shattered ten consecutive layers of Protective Sword Aura before Su Xing finally blocked it!
And Su Xing, sheltered within the Protective Sword Aura, sustained no damage whatsoever.
The first exchange between Su Xing and Red Moon ended in a defensive draw!
“Primordial energy can overpower all techniques with sheer force… and after the Great Shaman Body Forging Art entered the seventh layer, even more so!”
“That terrifying red beam from before… is no longer unstoppable…”
Su Xing thought to himself.
“Courtesy demands reciprocity! Then take a sword from me!”
With that, Su Xing drew a deep breath, gripped the Blackice sword, concentrated all his sword intent, and mysterious spatial fluctuations rippled around him.
The next second, a stunning silver sword beam shot toward the blood-colored pupil high in the sky at astonishing speed.
Spanning hundreds of miles of altitude, the Void Slash vanished into space, then reappeared the very next instant directly before that crimson eye.
Just as it was about to strike—
The Void Slash suddenly froze in place.
Then it reversed course at a bizarre angle, hurtling back toward Su Xing…
Su Xing narrowed his eyes, leaped upward, crossed a hundred miles in a single bound, and dodged the reflected sword strike.
“An ability similar to telekinesis?”
“No… it’s more like extreme psychic power!”
Su Xing murmured. Just before the Void Slash would have struck Red Moon, he had sensed an invisible resistance blocking the sword intent.
Then the sword intent had lost its direction and reversed course.
“Worthy of being a chief god from the ancient era… those methods are truly extraordinary…”
Su Xing thought, his gaze toward Red Moon growing considerably more guarded.
“One strike can be blocked… but what about more?!”
Su Xing didn’t stop attacking.
The eight thousand one hundred layers of Protective Sword Aura around him gathered and dispersed, scattering like a flock of wild geese in flight, transforming into myriad sword beams that slashed toward Red Moon high in the sky!
Protective Sword Aura—offense and defense as one!
Even with the eight thousand one hundred sword auras spread out, Su Xing’s current Sword Dao and primordial energy cultivation were more than enough to grievously wound an ordinary Golden Immortal.
“I want to see whether you can block over eight thousand sword strikes!”
Su Xing gazed up at the moon, curious how Red Moon would respond.
The moment Su Xing’s sword qi lashed out, a layer as thin as a cicada’s wing appeared high above—a pale, translucent red.
Like an enormous glass dome, it sealed off the space above and below.
The vast majority of the eight thousand one hundred Protective Sword Aura strikes were blocked by this massive red barrier.
Only a small fraction pierced through the barrier and slashed toward that crimson pupil.
The sword light sank into Red Moon and quickly disappeared…
But Su Xing’s sharp senses detected that the sword qi had struck something solid!
“Red Moon… was hit!”
“But it seems… the damage was negligible…”
Su Xing frowned slightly.
The number of Protective Sword Aura strikes that actually hit Red Moon was far too few—merely a few dozen.
Clearly, that wasn’t enough to wound Red Moon.
“However, this also proves… Red Moon’s strange defense is not invincible!”
Two consecutive attacks had failed to produce results, but Su Xing wasn’t discouraged. Instead, he began analyzing Red Moon’s weaknesses and openings.
Meanwhile, high in the sky, Red Moon began to flicker, revealing its inner turmoil.
“No, impossible!”
“It’s only been so long… how could your strength have grown to this extent?!”