Chapter 466: The Demise of Piaoxiang
Chapter 466: Chapter 466: The Demise of Piaoxiang
By enveloping an opponent\'s spirit within their own spiritual world and annihilating it, they ensure the opponent\'s demise. This principle has never changed in the land of Shenzhou. The Emperor Extreme Realm represents absolute power. Unlike the Royal Extreme Realm, even an entire army cannot withstand the gaze of an Emperor Extreme Realm expert; they would be ensnared in the spiritual world and perish.
Zhong Shan was drawn into this spiritual realm, but instead of dying, his presence instilled a rare fear in Bodhisattva Piaoxiang. Zhong Shan possessed an extraordinarily formidable root spirit. Even the previous generation\'s Mud Buddha couldn\'t handle it and had to seal it away, guarded by an Emperor Extreme Realm expert, demonstrating the terror of the Eight Extreme Heavenly Tail.
As Zhong Shan opened his mouth, he devoured a piece of the world, tearing a massive rift in the space like a painting being violently ripped apart. Bodhisattva Piaoxiang\'s face turned pale.
"What... what is this?" Bodhisattva Piaoxiang stared at the Eight Extreme Heavenly Tail in disbelief.
"What is this? It\'s something that will take your life!" Zhong Shan replied coldly.
With a series of devouring motions, the Eight Extreme Heavenly Tail transformed into eight massive, space-piercing whips. As the tails stirred the sky, the entire spiritual world wrinkled and crumpled, like a canvas being drawn towards its center.
"No—no—no—no—no—no—no!" Bodhisattva Piaoxiang screamed in terror, sending endless flames towards Zhong Shan\'s spirit in a desperate attempt.
"Inviting the god is easy, sending the god away is hard. Trying to kick me out? Keep dreaming!" Zhong Shan sneered.
One of the Eight Extreme Heavenly Tails wrapped around the flames, swallowing them effortlessly, allowing Zhong Shan to escape danger.
The Eight Extreme Heavenly Tail devoured the spiritual world ravenously, while Bodhisattva Piaoxiang\'s spirit weakened.
What kind of calamity have I provoked? Bodhisattva Piaoxiang thought in panic. Suddenly, a three-petaled golden lotus appeared above her head, a nine-rank treasure bestowed by the Guiyuan Buddha not long ago.
As the golden lotus emerged, it radiated countless golden rays, reinforcing the spiritual world, preventing the Eight Extreme Heavenly Tail from further disrupting the space.
Seeing the stabilization of her spiritual world, Bodhisattva Piaoxiang let out a sigh of relief. But the next scene left her dumbfounded. The Eight Extreme Heavenly Tail\'s gaze fixated on the three-petaled golden lotus, eyes filled with greed.
Witnessing this, Bodhisattva Piaoxiang first trembled, then a resolute look crossed her face as she seemed to have a plan.
"Eat? You want to eat? Then eat! I\'ll let you eat!" Bodhisattva Piaoxiang shouted fiercely.
Under her command, the three-petaled golden lotus burst forth with even more dazzling golden light, aiming straight at Zhong Shan.
"Roar—roar—roar—roar—roar—roar—" The Eight Extreme Heavenly Tail opened its massive mouth, as large as a room, unafraid of the incoming golden rays.
Bodhisattva Piaoxiang\'s face grew increasingly frantic as she relentlessly pushed the golden light. Zhong Shan, on the other hand, was slightly astonished. Does Piaoxiang intend to overfeed the Eight Extreme Heavenly Tail? Is she testing its appetite?
Seeing this, Zhong Shan couldn\'t help but feel an odd sense of amusement. The appetite of the Eight Extreme Heavenly Tail? It was even more voracious than the legendary Taotie. Go ahead and eat; it\'s like sending a meat bun to a dog, never to return.
Zhong Shan watched leisurely, while across from him, Bodhisattva Piaoxiang grew increasingly terrified.
The eight-tailed monster before her remained unscathed. How was this possible? What kind of creature was this? A magical treasure? No, it must be a root spirit. Zhong Shan\'s root spirit—he had only recently reached the Integration stage and just started to create his root spirit, but why was this root spirit so terrifying?
After an hour, Bodhisattva Piaoxiang was numb with shock. Why was this happening? The Eight Extreme Heavenly Tail seemed to grow more delighted the more it ate, while her Three-Petal Golden Lotus couldn\'t provide enough energy.
Just as Bodhisattva Piaoxiang panicked, a strange sound echoed from above. The Three-Petal Golden Lotus she had been refining suddenly disappeared.
"No, it can\'t be, no—no—no—no—no—" Bodhisattva Piaoxiang screamed in disbelief, her entire being descending into madness. She had never encountered anything so terrifying in her life. How could this happen? The Three-Petal Golden Lotus had been consumed by that monster?
"Roar—" The Eight Extreme Heavenly Tail seemed to finally lose its temper. Opening its massive maw, it swallowed the entire world in one gulp.
In the outside world, as soon as Bodhisattva Piaoxiang trapped Zhong Shan\'s spirit within her spiritual realm, everyone understood what was happening.
Zhong Shan\'s guards quickly surrounded him, their eyes filled with anxiety. Opposite them, the four Arhats were excited.
Mr. Corpse squinted his eyes, ready to act at any moment.
Lin Xiao and Shui Wuhen exchanged a knowing glance. With a few hand signals from Shui Wuhen, the army immediately went on full alert, with all the armor-piercing arrows drawn and ready.
Inside the spiritual realm, one or two hours had passed, but in the outside world, it was only a few moments.
"Pff—" The four Arhats initially thought that Bodhisattva Piaoxiang would easily handle Zhong Shan, who was only at the Integration stage. However, after six breaths, Bodhisattva Piaoxiang spat out a mouthful of blood. Her face was pale, devoid of any color, and she looked on the verge of death.
"Run!" Bodhisattva Piaoxiang managed to utter before collapsing.
Run? A Bodhisattva, telling them to run? She had lost to Zhong Shan? How was this possible? She was a Bodhisattva!
At this moment, Bodhisattva Piaoxiang was extremely weakened. Despite being at the Emperor Extreme Realm, her spiritual world had collapsed—no, it had been devoured. She was left with only a fraction of her spirit, incapable of casting any significant spells, her strength less than a hundredth of what it was.
If she didn\'t escape now, she would surely die.
Bodhisattva Piaoxiang knew she had encountered terrible misfortune. If she hadn\'t used her spiritual world, Zhong Shan\'s army of a million would have been annihilated by now. Instead, she had even lost the Three-Petal Golden Lotus bestowed by the Buddha, a tremendous loss.
As she fled, Bodhisattva Piaoxiang cast a venomous glance at Zhong Shan, ignoring the four Arhats, and disappeared.
Zhong Shan watched coldly, knowing that Bodhisattva Piaoxiang couldn\'t escape.
"Boom—" In the distance, a loud explosion echoed through the sky. A black shadow was sent flying backward—it was Bodhisattva Piaoxiang. Her assailants were two humanoid weapons wrapped in white cloth.
Mr. Corpse\'s two Emperor Extreme Realm zombies closed in.
"Kill—" Shui Wuhen commanded the army, his shout echoing through the battlefield. Immediately, countless armor-piercing arrows soared into the sky.
Zhi Huo and Qing Hong quickly moved to intercept the fleeing Arhats, ensuring none escaped.
As Bodhisattva Piaoxiang stabilized herself, the two zombies reappeared in front of her. Normally, she could handle a hundred such zombies with ease, but now, weakened, she dared not use any large-scale spells.
"Boom, boom, boom..." The battle between the zombies and Bodhisattva Piaoxiang was intense, distorting the space around them as powerful energy blasts erupted, reminiscent of nuclear explosions Zhong Shan had seen on television in his youth. This was the might of the Emperor Extreme Realm, even in a weakened state, each strike was as powerful as a nuclear blast.
Despite her weakened condition, Bodhisattva Piaoxiang held her ground against the two Emperor Extreme Realm zombies.
Suddenly, a thundercloud appeared above her head, spanning an acre, with lightning flashing and countless small thunder dragons writhing within. This was Zhong Shan\'s "Heavenly Thunder Transformation" in action.
"Roar—" A thunder dragon shot towards Bodhisattva Piaoxiang, striking her in an instant.
"Boom—" The powerful impact did no harm to her, given her status as a Bodhisattva, but it did disrupt her focus.
"Slash—" One of the zombies drove its hand into Bodhisattva Piaoxiang\'s back.
It\'s over! Bodhisattva Piaoxiang realized that if this continued, she would surely die. She turned her gaze to Zhong Shan, filled with venomous hatred.
"Zhong Shan, I will come back for revenge!" Bodhisattva Piaoxiang screamed with malice.
With her defeat apparent, how could she think of revenge?
"She\'s attempting to escape with her primordial spirit!" Lin Xiao shouted in alarm.
If Bodhisattva Piaoxiang abandoned her physical body and escaped with her primordial spirit, it would be nearly impossible to catch her, except for a Heavenly Extreme Realm expert.
As expected, Bodhisattva Piaoxiang\'s golden primordial spirit shot from her head towards the sky.
"You won\'t get the chance!" Zhong Shan declared coldly.
Everyone watched as a massive blue tail, no, a transparent blue tail, emerged from Zhong Shan\'s body, striking upwards and ensnaring Bodhisattva Piaoxiang\'s escaping primordial spirit, pulling it back instantly.
What was that? Everyone was stunned, but no one dared to ask.
Mr. Corpse directed the zombies to swiftly deal with the remaining Arhats while he himself went to handle Bodhisattva Piaoxiang\'s lifeless body.
Zhong Shan quickly sat down cross-legged, as if entering a state of meditation.
Bodhisattva Piaoxiang was truly unfortunate. If not for her primordial spirit, the Eight Extreme Heavenly Tail might not have been able to deal with her. Now, her spirit had unwittingly fallen into the tail\'s maw. A single tail wrapped around her, pulling her in and devouring her along with the previously consumed Three-Petal Golden Lotus, beginning the process of refining them together.