in2ebook #269 - Spread the Dao around the world
#269 - Spread the Dao around the world
The black-robed monster already lacked trust in Zhang Chen, and now, provoked by this Innate Mosquito, he was truly enraged and cursing.
"Run! Don't listen to this bastard's deceptive nonsense! This guy wants to fight us to the death. Once he scatters his Dao throughout the world, he will surely unleash powerful might by borrowing the power of the Blood Dao. If we can't withstand it, we'll all die!" The black-robed man, no longer caring about such trifles, earnestly advised Zhang Chen, hoping he would heed his words.
Meanwhile, the Innate Mosquito had already discerned that the two were not quite right, not the allies he had imagined, but rather a makeshift team. So, he stirred up trouble from the side, buying time for his Dao scattering: "Boy, don't listen to his lies. This guy has completely suppressed me. I'm no longer his match. The reason he's advising you to leave is that he's afraid you'll continue to plunder his Qi. He wants to keep that Qi for himself. Don't be fooled by him."
Speaking of which, the Innate Mosquito's voice was filled with grief and indignation: "Old man, you want me to hand over my body, but I will never agree. Even if you kill me, even if my soul is scattered, I will never agree. I'll fight you to the death."
Black-robed man: …
They're all drama queens!
Life is like a play, all dependent on acting skills.
At this moment, the black-robed monster's body trembled with anger: "You are an Innate Being; you cannot be so shameless."
While they were arguing, six of Zhang Chen's lotus seeds had already transformed into blood springs, constantly gurgling with flowing blood.
At this time, Zhang Chen did not know whether the two were telling the truth. All he could do was continue to absorb blood. Regardless of who was telling the truth, the most important thing for him was to cultivate the blood-colored lotus. This blood-colored lotus was very unusual.
With the upgrade of the blood-colored lotus, there seemed to be a strange change occurring within his own core's sea of blood. Although Zhang Chen did not know what the mystery was, he knew that something big was happening.
Just as Zhang Chen's mind was wavering, suddenly a beam of blood light burst forth from the blood-red mosquito, containing an irresistible power that directly sent Zhang Chen flying. A vast and terrifying power spread over, about to shatter Zhang Chen's body and soul, scattering them into oblivion.
"This power…" Zhang Chen felt the power, a look of horror in his eyes. In the face of that power, all supernatural powers, all laws, became illusory. He had no power to resist.
"Hahaha, little ant, you dare to seize my Qi? You're dead." The Innate Mosquito let out a series of strange laughter, his voice full of triumph: "But you, little ant, were able to force me to scatter my Dao throughout the world. Your death is worthwhile."
Seeing that the terrifying power was spreading over Zhang Chen's body, the place where the power passed directly annihilated Zhang Chen's body, extending from the palm to the wrist, quickly gasifying the elbow. In an instant, the power of annihilation reached the arm, and the vast power was about to completely annihilate Zhang Chen in time and space.
"It's over! If this kid dies, how can I fight this Innate Mosquito alone?" The black-robed monster's eyes looked at Zhang Chen. At this time, the flow of time seemed to become extremely slow, flowing a million times slower:
"Damn it, if you had listened to me earlier, would you have ended up like this?"
"But if he dies, I alone can't resist the Innate Mosquito's devouring, and I'll have to be buried with him. What kind of karma have I created!"
The black-robed monster cursed angrily, but a firm look appeared in his eyes: "He can't die! He absolutely can't die! If he lives, the two of us working together still have a chance of survival, and there is still a way to break the situation. If he dies, then it's really over."
While speaking, the black-robed man's soul suddenly clasped his head, and a series of rune laws flickered, being deducted from his head:
"Anyway, he has already been hit by his Six-Character True Word Sticker, and that damned soul-hooking chain. It's not unacceptable to have him master another method to restrain me."
"You actually split your own origin and give it to this kid? Are you crazy! That's my origin. Everything on you belongs to me. Stop your actions!" The Innate Mosquito's soul was furious when he saw this scene, wanting to stop the black-robed monster, but the black-robed monster's movements were very fast, and the other party's obstruction was ultimately late.
The next moment, the rune chain crossed the void, directly arriving first, colliding with that power into Zhang Chen's body.
Strangely enough, Zhang Chen's light of the True God did not block the power at all, and then the terrifying Dao scattering power crossed Zhang Chen's body. Zhang Chen's body was shattered in an instant, but after being shattered, Zhang Chen's body actually derived out of thin air in the void.
It's just that Zhang Chen had just been derived when the Dao scattering power descended again, and then shattered Zhang Chen's body again.
Shattering, reorganizing, resurrecting, repeating this cycle nine times, the Innate Mosquito's body saw a huge blood light rising into the sky, penetrating the Netherworld, piercing through the obscure sky in the void, and shattering into thirty blood-red rays of light, dissipating in the heaven and earth.
After the tenth rebirth, Zhang Chen's body stabilized, and no more power surged. It's just that Zhang Chen's state at this time was a bit strange.
Zhang Chen's originally black hair turned into withered white, completely without any luster, and there was a sense of aging for no reason.
"This didn't kill you? Die for me!" Seeing Zhang Chen resurrected again, the Innate Mosquito immediately manipulated his mouthparts to stab over. He had exhausted his Dao scattering power at this time and could only rely on his own power to deal with Zhang Chen.
"Zhang Chen, quickly use the Six-Character True Word Sticker! Quickly urge the Six-Character True Word Sticker!"
At this moment, the black-robed monster's urgent voice sounded in Zhang Chen's ears. Zhang Chen had just been resurrected when he saw the Innate Mosquito's mouthparts smashing down like a small mountain, and his face changed greatly. At this time, he could not hide or escape. Hearing the black-robed monster's words, he had no choice but to subconsciously urge the Six-Character True Word Sticker.
Zhang Chen raised his right hand and quickly drew a mysterious 'Ban' character rune on his left hand, spreading out his left hand towards the Innate Mosquito's mouthparts. He saw golden light flashing on the Ban character rune on his left hand. Under the golden light, the Innate Mosquito's stabbing mouthparts were actually fixed in the void.
"Not bad, hold on! My origin is now fused with the Innate Mosquito's body. Your Six-Character True Word Curse is integrated into my soul, and it also has a restraining effect on this guy's body. But now my soul is fighting with this monster for the body. The other party masters the Devouring Dao and occupies the upper hand. I'm afraid it will be difficult to protect you. Be careful yourself." The black-robed man's voice sounded in Zhang Chen's ears.
Looking at the huge mouthparts, Zhang Chen knew that he should listen to the black-robed monster's words now? Now he and the black-robed monster were allies on the same front.
It's just that Zhang Chen's cultivation was too low. The golden light only lasted for two breaths before it extinguished, and the huge mouthparts smashed down towards Zhang Chen again.
Seeing this, Zhang Chen immediately drew more runes, his palm open and facing the proboscis, immobilizing it with a shake. Then, with a pale face, he looked at the Innate Mosquito's mountain-like body: "What do we do now?"
Although his Six-Syllable Mantra could affect the opponent, his cultivation was too low, only able to interfere for two breaths. What kind of solution was this?
"What solution do I have? I'm buying you time, delaying its actions. You hurry up and run for your life!" The black-robed strange voice was full of speechlessness. He told Zhang Chen to stop earlier, but he refused. Now he knows to be anxious? Too late!
"What about you?"
Zhang Chen asked. At this moment, the monster's proboscis resumed its activity, stabbing towards Zhang Chen, forcing Zhang Chen to draw runes again to deal with it.
"I've already integrated a portion of my core essence into your body. I've placed my core in you. As long as you don't die, I'm undying. Even if it masters the Devouring Dao, it can't completely obliterate me. However, the authority I currently have over its body will be gradually taken back by it, even to the point of sealing my soul. Kid, take advantage of this moment and quickly escape! If you can escape, I'll have a chance at survival." The black-robed strange replied to Zhang Chen.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Chen turned and ran without saying a word. However, the proboscis解除 released its restraints too quickly. Zhang Chen hadn't run far when he saw the mosquito's proboscis already chasing after him, forcing Zhang Chen to stop again, draw runes, restrain the proboscis, and continue fleeing through the yellow sand.
"Heh heh heh~, little ant, if I were you, I would destroy his origin now, completely annihilating the origin he left in your body. Otherwise, every time he dies, he'll consume a portion of your origin. When your origin is exhausted, you'll both die together." The Innate Mosquito spoke, sowing discord.
Hearing this, Zhang Chen, who was running, paused in surprise. His running motion involuntarily stopped. After quickly drawing a symbol in his palm, he shook it at the Innate Mosquito's proboscis behind him, immobilizing the chasing proboscis. Then, he questioned, "Is what he said true?"
He thought, how could there be such a good thing in this world? Why would the other party be so kind as to save him?
"I did that to save you! If I didn't use my origin to save you, you would have died long ago from the backlash of the Dao scattering, and you would have died ten times already!" The black-robed strange hurriedly explained, "As long as you can escape, I'll have a chance to survive. This is the only way to solve the predicament at this moment."
That was indeed the truth.
"Heh heh, kid, don't believe his nonsense. Although he used his divine power to save you, using his natal divine power comes at a price, requiring the consumption of lifespan. You're just a mere mortal, after ten resurrections, who knows how much lifespan you have left?" The Innate Mosquito coldly laughed.
Hearing this, Zhang Chen quickly felt the changes within his body. As a Qi Refinement Great Perfection cultivator, he could naturally sense the limit of his lifespan.
Then, Zhang Chen's expression drastically changed, his eyes filled with disbelief. Originally, as a Qi Refinement Great Perfection cultivator, he should have a lifespan of one hundred and twenty years. This year, he was sixteen years old, so he should still have one hundred and four years of lifespan left. However, after ten substitutions, his lifespan was only four years left.
In other words, each resurrection consumed ten years of his body's vitality.
However, Zhang Chen was not an ungrateful person. After all, he still had four years of lifespan. As long as he was still alive, there was still a chance to remedy the situation, such as the tree coffin. As long as he seized the tree coffin, he would definitely be able to replenish his lifespan.
But if he had just died, everything would have been over.
At the same time, Zhang Chen also noticed that there was an additional rune in his soul. That rune had already become one with his soul. With his current cultivation, he was afraid that he would not be able to strip it away.
That rune was the origin of the black-robed man, the anchor of the black-robed man's natal divine power. As long as this mark was not destroyed, the black-robed man would be immortal and could be reborn indefinitely.
Of course, rebirth was not without a price, which was to consume Zhang Chen and his own lifespan.
And what about Zhang Chen?
Through this rune, as long as the black-robed strange did not die, he could also be reborn indefinitely, and rebirth would also consume the black-robed strange's life essence.
But the problem was that Zhang Chen only had four years of lifespan left!
If the black-robed strange died and activated the rebirth skill, he would probably die instantly.
"This... skill..." Zhang Chen couldn't evaluate it. If you said it was good, it was really good. Spending lifespan to exchange for another chance was a great thing.
But if you said it was a scam?
That was also really a scam!
The greatest sorrow in life is: the person is still alive, but the lifespan is gone!
"Kid, don't be ungrateful and repay kindness with hatred. Everything I did was to save you. Although it reduced your lifespan, you ultimately survived, didn't you? As long as you're still alive, there's hope!" The black-robed man was afraid that Zhang Chen would be ungrateful and blame him, so he hurriedly explained.
The black-robed strange felt aggrieved. Had he, a dignified Supreme Existence, fallen to this point?
It was fine to be bound to an ant, but he still had to lower himself to explain to the other party. He was really fed up!
Unfortunately, he had no other choice. There was no second living being here for him to anchor to!
Otherwise, how could he have chosen Zhang Chen?
"I only have four years of lifespan left now. Please don't activate the skill." Zhang Chen shouted at the black-robed strange.
Hearing this, the black-robed strange was speechless, and his heart was filled with more sorrow. The other party only had four years of lifespan left. What was the difference between being bound to him and not being bound to him?
Dying was still dying!
"I know!" The black-robed man was unhappy. Now that the two were in a crisis, he didn't dare to stimulate Zhang Chen anymore.
"I'll buy you time. You quickly escape, find a way to accelerate your cultivation and become stronger, and quickly find a chance to replenish your lifespan. Otherwise, we'll both be finished," the black-robed strange constantly urged Zhang Chen.
"What if I run away? What will happen to you? If you die, you'll definitely pull me down as a垫背 before you die. Wouldn't I be unlucky then? It's useless even if I escape to the ends of the earth," Zhang Chen stood still and asked the black-robed strange.
The black-robed strange was unhappy, his voice depressed: "What you said, how could I not know? But if you don't run, you'll die now. It's better to think of a solution while escaping."
What could he do? He was really heartbroken to encounter such an unpromising thing like Zhang Chen! The most tiring thing for him was that he was clearly helping the other party, but not only was the other party not grateful, but he also had to coax him.