Chapter 487 – Battle Red Moon Again, Preparing to Take Over Earth!
by spirapiraChapter 487 – Battle Red Moon Again, Preparing to Take Over Earth!
Within the boundless Abyss, saturated with blood and slaughter.
Su Xing slowly opened his eyes, once again sensing the nauseating aura of his surroundings.
His divine sense spread outward like a tide. Su Xing tore open space and quickly arrived at the deepest layer of the Abyss.
The moment Su Xing reached the Abyss, Red Moon also sensed that familiar presence.
When mortal enemies meet, their eyes burn red with fury!
In the vast sky above, that enormous crimson eye hovered high in the air.
Compared to the last simulation, this crimson hue appeared even more profound.
The air was permeated with an eerie, terrifying aura.
“Human… you actually dare come back…”
Red Moon’s cold, sinister voice reached Su Xing’s ears.
Su Xing narrowed his eyes. The two stood on opposing sides—there was no need for words.
A beam of red light descended from high above, shooting straight toward Su Xing.
Su Xing could clearly feel that this red light had improved by more than a notch in both power and speed compared to before.
“But the me of today is also nothing like before!”
Su Xing took a single step forward, intense spatial fluctuations emanating from his body.
One step covered merely a few hundred meters, yet it was enough for Su Xing to deftly dodge that lethal red light.
With another thought, a sky full of sword light shot toward Red Moon hovering in the heavens.
Immediately after, a massive red barrier that blotted out the sky appeared, blocking every last strand of Su Xing’s sword aura.
From just this brief probing exchange, both parties had gained an understanding of each other’s strength.
A flash of alarm appeared in Red Moon’s heart.
In barely over a year, this human seemed to have undergone an immense transformation in power!
A great battle was on the verge of erupting!
Over the past half year, Red Moon’s strength had noticeably increased.
Its mastery of the Law of Slaughter, in particular, had already reached the absolute pinnacle of the sixth realm Peak.
Su Xing even suspected that Red Moon could break through to the seventh realm with its Law of Slaughter at any time!
Often, just two or three consecutive beams of red light were enough to easily shatter Su Xing’s Protective Sword Aura.
The destructive force of each beam of red light was likely no less than a Supreme Unity True Master’s full-power strike!
And yet, such terrifying offensive capability was merely Red Moon’s “normal attack”!
In just one hour, Su Xing and Red Moon had exchanged several hundred blows.
Yet Su Xing had already been struck dozens of times in the flesh.
If not for Su Xing’s rapid progress in the Great Shaman Body Forging Art, with his qi and blood now vastly more robust than before, he would likely have already fallen into mortal peril.
However, the Celestial Primordial Tree within his body—now over five hundred zhang (1.67 km) tall—and his qi and blood, blazing hot as a great sun, gave Su Xing ample confidence to face Red Moon’s relentless onslaught.
Though gravely wounded multiple times, under his formidable life force, Su Xing recovered rapidly like an Unkillable Cockroach.
Upon the crimson earth, Su Xing slashed out a blade of sword qi.
He skillfully dodged several beams of red light, but was still struck by one that hit his body.
Frowning slightly, he sensed the killing intent rapidly devouring his life force.
The next second, his power of qi and blood erupted, expelling the lingering Law of Slaughter. Su Xing’s injuries healed.
Yet Su Xing didn’t relax his guard in the slightest. His brow furrowed deeper and deeper.
“This Law of Slaughter… is far more powerful than before!”
“Strange… it doesn’t seem to be just the Law of Slaughter. There seems to be a trace of… the scent of death mixed in!”
Su Xing drew a sharp breath. Under this bizarre Law of Slaughter, each time Su Xing recovered from his injuries, the cost was several times higher than before!
“Red Moon’s Law of Slaughter… could absolutely step into the seventh realm at any moment!”
“But it has been holding back from advancing to the seventh realm. Why?”
Su Xing quickly arrived at a possibility!
Red Moon wanted to use the Death law as its foundation to break through to the chief god realm!
The Death law—one of the supreme laws, with immense potential!
The Law of Slaughter was merely a subordinate law beneath the Death law…
And Red Moon wanted to use the Death law as its foundation. After achieving chief god status with the Death law as its primary cultivation focus, its potential would be absolutely enormous!
“So that’s why… Red Moon has been deliberately suppressing its own strength?”
“If this continues… Red Moon might truly have the potential to reach the Sovereign realm!”
Su Xing raised an eyebrow. This was truly explosive news.
For Su Xing, this meant that killing Red Moon had become even more difficult!
But at the same time, the outcome of the battle between the two generations of Red Moon had become increasingly unpredictable!
The first-generation Red Moon, comprehending the Death law… versus the second-generation Red Moon, in the prime of its power and ranked first among the Seven Deadly Sins!
The battle between the old fox and the young fox… the outcome was yet unknown!
“I must incite the conflict between the two generations of Red Moon ahead of schedule!”
Su Xing’s mind raced with thoughts.
“If I leak this information… to the second-generation Red Moon ahead of time!”
It was easy to imagine that this would inevitably cause their conflict to escalate prematurely!
When that happened, it would absolutely work in Su Xing’s favor!
“Just one probing encounter… and I’ve already obtained a crucial piece of intelligence!”
“Then… let’s continue and see just how wide the gap between us really is!”
The battle continued!
Red Moon, the embodiment of death and slaughter, possessed astonishing destructive power.
Su Xing, on the other hand, possessed extreme regenerative ability.
Though his overall strength was slightly inferior, Su Xing had trump cards at his disposal and would not be easily defeated!
As the battle raged on, the entire Abyss gradually crumbled and collapsed.
The fight shifted from the Abyss into the void!
…
In the blink of an eye, three months had passed!
This was absolutely the battle in which Su Xing had been injured the most times!
Even when he had previously faced two first-tier deities simultaneously, the pressure hadn’t been this great!
Over the full three months, Su Xing had been wounded thousands of times, recovering each time through the power of qi and blood.
And this had consumed nearly two-thirds of his qi and blood!
Su Xing’s overall combat power had dropped by more than a notch compared to the start of the battle!
But at the same time, Red Moon’s injuries were far from light either.
After all, Red Moon had not yet fully resurrected.
And Su Xing’s continuous three months of attrition warfare, combined with several direct hits from the Yin-Yang Five Elements Immortal Burst, had diminished Red Moon’s aura by roughly a third.
The sky full of red light had also been drained dry, as it were.
Red Moon could no longer unleash it as freely as before.
“Tch tch… what a troublesome enemy!” Su Xing muttered to himself, once again skillfully dodging Red Moon’s attack.
But at this moment, the one even more shocked than Su Xing was Red Moon itself!
It knew this human all too well!
Compared to just over a year ago, this human’s strength had undergone an earth-shattering transformation!
Red Moon even doubted whether this was actually the same human from both encounters!
Having failed to finish off Su Xing after three continuous months, Red Moon grew increasingly furious.
Its own aura had been depleted by nearly a third.
Now, Red Moon decided it would hide nothing more. It would unleash its full, ultimate power.
Crush this human before it, and excavate the secrets hidden within this human’s body!
With that thought, Red Moon hanging in the void grew even more profound in color.
Finally, it shifted to a dark crimson so deep it was nearly black!
A speck of light, black to the point of being abyssal, coalesced and hurtled toward Su Xing at blinding speed.
The instant Su Xing saw that black speck, he understood what was about to happen.
And so…
Without a moment’s hesitation!
“One More Shot!”
“Time Stop!”
The instant the black speck made contact with Su Xing, his aura rapidly declined, hurtling toward death.
Yet in the second before death claimed him, Su Xing miraculously revived!
And the Death law contained within that black speck had been essentially exhausted.
“Hiss… as terrifying as ever!”
In the void, Su Xing gasped for breath. Having walked through death’s door, every fiber of his being was taut with tension.
Just now, Su Xing had been struck by the Death law and entered a Schrödinger-like state between life and death!
If not for that trace of Death law being limited in power, combined with the One More Shot talent, Su Xing would truly have been done for.
“Terrifying! The Death law activates even faster now!”
“If I hadn’t prepared in advance… I probably wouldn’t have even had time to activate the talent!”
Su Xing’s mind raced.
His “second life” had now been used up, and he was in constant danger of death.
And right now, with the Time Stop talent activated, this was the perfect window to escape!
“Can’t afford to delay… this probing session is about over! I need to leave immediately…”
Su Xing made his decision swiftly.
Seizing the instant Red Moon was frozen by Time Stop in the void, Su Xing activated his Spirit Domain, temporarily elevating his Great Dao of Space to the Grand Accomplishment realm of the sixth realm.
Su Xing then deployed the Great Dao of Space, crossing hundreds of millions of li in an instant.
In merely three seconds, Su Xing had put vast distance between himself and Red Moon.
When Time Stop ended, Su Xing still didn’t dare let down his guard, continuing to flee in a certain direction through the void.
It wasn’t until an hour later, when Su Xing arrived near the Azure Cloud Realm, that he finally breathed a small sigh of relief.
“Even now, I’m still no match for Red Moon!”
“It seems that to kill It… I’ll have to wait until after Its resurrection but before It achieves chief god status!”
“And in the meantime, I must raise my strength to the Great Firmament Golden Immortal level to have any real chance!”
Su Xing thought rapidly, then paused and said:
“However, it doesn’t necessarily have to be by my hand that Red Moon is slain…”
“If I could make the two generations of Red Moon destroy each other, weakening the alien races’ strength… that would naturally be the best outcome!”
Su Xing fell into contemplation.
However, this plan would be extremely difficult to execute. Su Xing needed to proceed gradually.
Half a year ago, Su Xing had leaked information about the collaboration between the Lord of the Lesser Demons and the first-generation Red Moon.
Perhaps this news had already reached the second-generation Red Moon’s ears.
But the second-generation Red Moon had yet to make any response…
Therefore, Su Xing intended to fan the flames further!
“A first-generation Red Moon who has comprehended the Death law… would that make you feel threatened?”
Su Xing narrowed his eyes, already beginning to prepare his machinations.
…
At the same time, that Red Moon in the void began to flicker incessantly.
“Just now… what happened?”
“It seems like… something was stolen from me!”
Red Moon was rarely confused, murmuring:
“What exactly… happened?”
…
When this year’s immersive simulation ended, Su Xing’s consciousness returned.
Letting out a long sigh, Su Xing said:
“Although the hunt failed, at least my understanding of Red Moon has deepened further!”
“The most pressing matter is still to improve my strength as quickly as possible!”
“The Great Shaman Body Forging Art — as long as I can break through to the eighth layer, everything will fall into place!”
Su Xing’s expression was filled with anticipation as he looked toward the simulation panel.
What followed went according to plan.
Trading with Qingyunzi, searching for the Luo Tian legacy.
And after roughly one hundred years, he entered the Eighth Heaven and used the immersive simulation.
In the long years that followed, Su Xing continued cultivating within the Eighth Heaven.
Until year eighteen hundred, when the majority of human race cultivators in the Eighth Heaven were hunted down by traitors.
Su Xing, relying on his foreknowledge, evaded this crisis.
Yet he still fell during the century of pursuit that followed.
Finally, at year nineteen hundred, the simulation ended.
【…】
【You died!】
【Ding, this simulation has ended!】
Looking at the text before him, Su Xing was not surprised. His gaze turned to the rewards.
【Exquisite Ice Physique】: Gold talent, priced at 10 origin energy points.
【Great Shaman Body Forging Art cultivation results】: Seventh layer Minor Mastery. Physical body alone comparable to a mid-stage Supreme Unity cultivator, capable of fighting late-stage Supreme Unity without defeat. The Celestial Primordial Tree within the body has grown to six hundred and twenty zhang (2.06 km) tall, qi and blood blazing like a great sun. Priced at 18,000,000 origin energy points.
【Supreme Unity Golden Immortal Fourth Layer mid-stage cultivation】: Priced at 1 origin energy point.
【10,000,000 Spirit-Gathering Flowers】: Priced at 1,000,000 origin energy points.
【World Power · Spirit Domain (Small World)】: World’s great power, returned to oneself, briefly enhancing Great Dao comprehension of techniques… Current Spirit Domain range: 470,000 li (235,000 km). Priced at 10,000,000 origin energy points.
“Aside from the Exquisite Ice Physique, the other four rewards are all quite decent…”
Su Xing nodded slightly and chose to bring out the four rewards.
【Ding…】
【Ding… Remaining origin energy: 840,166,341 points…】
As a series of Chimes rang out, Su Xing’s origin energy decreased by nearly thirty million points.
Feeling his strength increase slightly once more, Su Xing nodded with satisfaction.
Looking at his single remaining simulation opportunity, Su Xing was in no rush to use it.
“A single simulation isn’t enough to noticeably improve my true body’s strength…”
“I’ll wait until I’ve accumulated five or six attempts before continuing to simulate!”
After a pause, Su Xing continued:
“Right now, the more critical matter is… preparing to save Earth!”
With this thought, Su Xing stepped into the void and headed toward Earth.
…
The Endless Abyss. Su Xing, in his guise as the Lord of the Lesser Demons, arrived at the deepest level of the Abyss under Red Moon’s welcome.
“Lord of Slaughter, it is time for you to fulfill your promise!”
At the deepest level of the Abyss, Su Xing gazed at the enormous eyeball not far away and spoke calmly.
“Hehe… my dear friend, Lord of the Lesser Demons… you’re too polite!”
“Since you’re in such a hurry, I shall fulfill my promise first!”
As the voice faded, Su Xing saw a figure gradually emerging from the Red Moon in the sky above.
The figure grew clearer and clearer, until it fully appeared within Su Xing’s line of sight.
A man roughly seven chi (2.33 m) tall, with long, bewitchingly exotic hair and eerie, crimson-red pupils.
Su Xing raised an eyebrow and said:
“Is this… your true body? Lord of Slaughter…”
The man before him smiled faintly and replied:
“Merely an avatar… my true body is, of course, that moon in the sky!”
“Hehe… the human race may be weak, but they are worthy of being the chosen ones of the previous era…”
“The great calamity has not yet ended… this kind of body is naturally quite suitable!”
Red Moon explained casually.
“Since you’re so eager, Lord of the Lesser Demons… then let the Abyss emerge into the void!”
With that, Red Moon waved a hand, and an incomparably massive phantom of the Abyss appeared in the sky above Earth.
Like a solar eclipse, it blotted out the entire sky, plunging Earth into darkness.
In an instant, every human on Earth was thrown into panic.
But Su Xing had no time to concern himself with that. He merely raised an eyebrow slightly, sensing the tremors of the Abyss beneath his feet.
This Endless Abyss, hundreds of times larger than Earth itself, seemed to have burrowed out from some pocket dimension, appearing directly in the void!
At the same time, Su Xing seemed to hear countless whispers in his ears.
Those seemed to be… the alien deities slumbering within the Abyss!
“Red Moon… is indeed not far from a complete resurrection!”
Su Xing could tell at a glance what was happening here.
Such a colossal Endless Abyss, easily concealed within a pocket dimension, and now fully revealed.
This mastery over space alone was enough to be awe-inspiring.
“In the past, Red Moon’s mastery of spatial laws very likely reached the seventh realm…”
“Even now, it should have recovered to sixth realm strength!”
Su Xing thought to himself.
Soon, under Red Moon’s manipulation, the Endless Abyss was completely separated from Earth.
At the same time, Su Xing sensed that around hundreds of small worlds — including Earth, the Spirit Realm, the Age of Immortals and Martial Arts, the Beast Taming World…
The hundreds of Slaughter Battlefields surrounding them, those crimson expanses of land, were gradually disappearing.
Ultimately, they transformed into vast layers of half-planes, pouring into the Abyss beneath Su Xing’s feet.
“So that’s how it is… the Slaughter Battlefields were also part of the Abyss!”
“Tsk tsk… the original Abyss probably had far more than a thousand layers!”
Su Xing raised an eyebrow, thinking to himself.
“My dear friend, the Abyss has been reclaimed… these small worlds are now yours!”
“Tell me, what do you intend to do?”
Red Moon’s avatar looked at Su Xing with great interest, curious to see what Su Xing would do next.
But Su Xing was in no hurry to pull Earth and the other worlds back into a pocket dimension.
Instead, he said:
“Lord of Slaughter… from that planet, I can sense the Law of Slaughter… and countless children of slaughter influenced by the Law of Slaughter…”
“Their fates have all been entangled by your karma… Surely this isn’t some contingency you left behind to guard against me?”
Su Xing spoke calmly, his tone even carrying a hint of dominance.
What Su Xing referred to were, of course, those “Class Users” on Earth who had been influenced by Red Moon!
With Su Xing’s current level of insight, he could naturally see through exactly what so-called “Class Users” were all about.
It was nothing more than Red Moon using the Law of Slaughter to chronically influence Earth’s Heavenly Dao as a small world!
Through “data panels,” “monster slaying,” and “dungeons,” high-tier Class Users were selected from Earth to serve as blood sacrifices for Red Moon.
The Class Users, influenced by Red Moon’s Law of Slaughter, had taken on karmic debt, severely limiting their potential.
Moreover, this meant that the Class Users on Earth would forever have their lives and deaths controlled by Red Moon.
Earth’s Heavenly Dao was, after all, incomplete. Never mind the Red Moon of old —
Even the current Su Xing could, through “laws” and the “Great Dao,” influence reality to a certain degree, reshaping the very rules of all of Earth!
Su Xing’s words were meant to probe Red Moon’s true intentions.
Upon hearing Su Xing’s words, Red Moon said with surprise:
“Oh? You mean the blood sacrifices on that planet?”
“Hehe… I could certainly withdraw the Law of Slaughter… but if I do, all those Class Users will die, you know!”