sonovelo Chapter 1218: Divine Status Displays Its Power!
Chapter 1218: Divine Status Displays Its Power!
What a boastful giant tortoise! Others come here to snatch the rewards from the Heavenly Diagram, but he plans to directly devour the diagram!
Upon hearing this, the faces of Emperor Shuiyan and the others changed.
Can the Position Sky Map be eaten? Such a thing has never been heard of! No ancient book has ever recorded anything like this! Even if it were possible, surely nobody would actually try it, right?
The Position Sky Map contains immense celestial power; those unrelated who try to get close will be severely injured, let alone attempting to devour it. This is akin to a mortal consuming a magical treasure—directly, they would have their intestines and stomach ruined by the supreme celestial force swallowed into their belly!
Additionally, the Position Sky Map embodies the will of heaven, representing the Heavenly Dao itself. Eating the Position Sky Map is tantamount to defying heaven. Therefore, even if a normal person has the ability to eat the sky map, they would not recklessly defy the heavens.
"Utter nonsense! You deceitful tortoise are so hypocritical. Clearly, like us, you are here to snatch the Sky Map reward, yet you falsely claim to be here to devour the Sky Map! Such poor lies, do you think I, the emperor, would believe?" Emperor Shuiyan squinted at the giant tortoise and snorted coldly.
His expression held deep apprehension, for the strength of this giant tortoise was terrifying! A single burp could blow him and the Eight Cold Buddhas away by tens of thousands of feet—what kind of power is this! This giant tortoise, even if not an Ancient Great Cultivator, must be extremely close! Facing such a formidable adversary, Emperor Shuiyan knew full well that unless he completely restored the Ancestors and went berserk, eradicating immortality, he was absolutely no match for the tortoise and had to be cautious!
"Whether you believe it or not has nothing to do with me, as long as you don’t interfere with my meal, that’s fine!"
That giant tortoise was so arrogant. While he spoke, he didn’t even look at Emperor Shuiyan, not considering him at all.
Those eyes that disregarded everything did not even see heaven in their eyes; how could he care about some Emperor Shuiyan?
Under the astonished gaze of Emperor Shuiyan and the others, the giant tortoise really opened his mouth and fiercely bit into the world evolved from the Position Sky Map!
Just like the Heavenly Dog consuming the moon, the giant tortoise was gnawing at the Sky Map now!
With one bite, huge chunks of the Sky Map interface disintegrated into fragments, swallowed into his belly!
Those interface fragments contained unimaginably vast celestial power. Once inside his belly, they immediately wreaked havoc, explosively detonating, causing a star-like blood rift in the giant tortoise’s massive body!
The giant tortoise let out a miserable scream, appearing extremely pained. After all, it was merely a spirit sense descended and not the true self arriving; wanting to consume the Position Sky Map without injury was no more than a fool’s dream.
"Not good! This Old Turtle Zhenwu is really here to eat the Sky Map! This madman!" Beihai True Lord was greatly shocked, his face became somewhat unsightly in an instant.
Originally, like Emperor Shuiyan, he did not believe the giant tortoise’s words, but now half believed them!
At this moment, the world of the Sky Map was damaged, and the entire interface was beginning to show signs of collapse, which was not a normal collapsing of an interface! With the vast celestial power contained in the Position Sky Map, once it collapses, the force of destruction that erupts is enough to obliterate even the Ancient Great Cultivator!
"This hurts me to death! But this Rain Control Position’s Sky Map is really tasty. It was worth it to suffer an injury to gnaw a bite! This deal’s not a loss!" The tortoise greedily laughed.
Clearly blasted into a sorry state by the vast celestial power, he still had the heart to laugh, seemingly putting the injuries on his body completely out of mind!
With a surge of blood and qi, the giant tortoise’s massive blood and qi pressure instantly disrupted heaven and earth, alarming Emperor Shuiyan and the others with varied expressions.
What an immense blood and qi! The gathered blood and qi of everyone present wouldn’t be a tenth of the tortoise’s! Bear in mind, this is merely a strand of the tortoise’s spirit sense—if the true self arrives, would its blood and qi not be colossally terrifying?
Ning Fan, who had seen many blood and qi monsters, had the most intuitive judgment about the tortoise’s blood and qi—this tortoise’s spirit sense blood and qi was no less than that of the Corpse Puppet King; its true self’s blood and qi would certainly be terrifying beyond measure, just talking about total blood and qi, it would possibly compare with Blood God Geng Wu...
What are the benefits of immense blood and qi? Those benefits are enormous!
Take the giant tortoise who earlier greedily devoured the Sky Map, his five viscera and six bowels were shattered by the celestial power of the Sky Map, his body blasted open with menacing blood holes—this kind of injury could threaten the life of any Quasi-Saint, but him? Superficially the injury seemed severe, but in truth, this tortoise’s long breath showed no disarray, indicating such injury was nearly negligible for him.
The tortoise’s previous scream was only because the body exploding was too painful, having little to do with the severity of the injury.
Sure enough, amid the tortoise’s surging blood and qi, within just a few breaths, the menacing blood holes on his body reshaped into flesh, recovering as if anew!
No, it cannot be said to be completely restored anew, compared to before, the tortoise’s appearance seemed slightly altered.
On the shell of the tortoise, there was a splendidly dazzling pattern! Initially dazzling, but as its brilliance sank, it gradually became almost indistinguishable from normal spots.
But that is actually not an ordinary pattern!
That is the Rain Dao pattern containing a hint of Sky Map power!
Beihai True Lord and the Eight Cold Buddhas both were terribly shocked, how could they not be? Such patterns, the giant tortoise’s back had not just one, but already several thousand or tens of thousands!
Although the two knew the giant tortoise, their understanding of it was limited. Previously, they only thought the patterns on it were ordinary.
Now, seeing a "Way of Rain" pattern appear on the giant tortoise’s back, how could they not guess that the other patterns were similar!
This giant tortoise must have eaten celestial scrolls before. It likely consumed numerous scrolls or similar items in the past!
With its wounds healed and pain gone, the giant tortoise once again showed a look of enjoyment. It opened its starry, black-hole-like mouth and took another bite, releasing a stench like substantive yellow smoke swirling around the heavens and earth.
Unfortunately, this time it didn’t bite into the celestial map.
Because its action was stopped by Emperor Shuiyan!
"Wretched beast! You want to destroy this realm before I even get the treasure and force me to leave? After waiting so long for a chance to break free, I won’t let you ruin it!"
Emperor Shuiyan was the first to rush toward the giant tortoise. He pressed his five fingers, and the palatial void of the Water Control Position transformed into an azure void rope, winding tightly around the tortoise’s mouth thousands of times, trying to prevent it from opening its mouth and taking another bite of the interface.
The tortoise, which had been happy with its meal, instantly became furious!
It had clearly stated that no one should disturb its feeding, yet Emperor Shuiyan did just that!
It was very angry!
It wanted to fulfill its earlier words and eat everyone here!
But it couldn’t open its mouth. It was so uncomfortable, so uncomfortable! What kind of rope was this, binding so tightly? It became even angrier!
Due to its extreme anger, the tortoise’s body suddenly began to swell, becoming even larger, doubling in size! This gigantism was not an ordinary form change; its power increased proportionately!
The strength of the tortoise’s jaws became even more terrifying!
It tried to force its mouth open. Using such tremendous strength, its face turned almost red. However, the effect was significant, as the void rope began to whimper and snap under its brute force struggle.
The rope’s collapse quickened, becoming uncontrollable. In just ten breaths, the tortoise broke all the strands binding its mouth and cursed aloud!
"I’ve had enough! You are the beasts! How dare you scold me and bind me? I’ll eat you all!" The tortoise’s killing intent instantly locked onto everyone here, spraying a mouthful of water at Emperor Shuiyan and the others!
Compared to the tortoise’s massive body, it was just a mouthful of water.
But for Emperor Shuiyan and the others, it was not just water. It was a vast ocean with a stinking breath, possessing a startling corrosive effect!
"Impossible! My void rope cannot be broken merely by brute force! Just how terrifying is this damned tortoise’s strength? Could it have reached the threshold of breaking methods with power?" Emperor Shuiyan forcibly suppressed his shocked heart. Now, with a vast ocean counterattacking, he had to defend immediately, unable to afford any distraction!
The others were equally angered by the tortoise and attacked. They also needed to defend!
"Oh dear, oh dear, it’s obviously Fellow Daoist Shuiyan who offended the True Martial Comrade. Why drag us into it and have us spat on? Buddha Ancestor, fear not, with your disciple here, I won’t let any harm come to you!",
The Eight Cold Buddhas stood as always before Ning Fan. As the stinking ocean waves approached, he raised his hand to cast his eighteen prayer beads, transforming them into eighteen giant icebergs to guard his surroundings in eighteen directions.
As a result, all the approaching waves instantly froze into Xuan Ice, not able to come anywhere near Ning Fan.
Seeing this, Ning Fan retrieved the Sea-Stabilizing Divine Needle he had intended to use, slightly contemplative as he watched the Eight Cold Buddhas; then he turned his gaze to the giant tortoise, with a hint of coldness.
Emperor Shuiyan had clearly provoked the tortoise, yet the tortoise took out its anger indiscriminately, including Ning Fan in its attack. The tortoise’s actions truly provoked Ning Fan, everyone else seemed to be bullying him, treating him like clay!
"May I address you as Fellow Daoist Eight Cold?" Ning Fan spoke to the Eight Cold Buddhas for the first time. He had the ability to communicate with all things, though the reason wasn’t clear, he could tell the Eight Cold Buddhas genuinely bore him no ill will, thus his tone softened significantly.
Upon Ning Fan’s inquiry, the Eight Cold Buddhas immediately stood upright, respectfully saying, "Buddha Ancestor may address me as Eight Hanzi. A peer’s title, this disciple dares not take."
"...I am not the Buddha Ancestor you speak of; on the contrary, I am an Ancient Chaos Demon."
"Ancient Chaos Demon?" The Eight Cold Buddhas were momentarily stunned, then carefully scrutinized Ning Fan before nodding, "So that’s how it is, the Buddha Ancestor involved in Demon Cultivation? The ancients said to set down the slaughter blade to instantly become a Buddha; seemingly simple, but exceedingly difficult. Buddha Ancestor achieving such a feat garners this disciple’s great admiration."
"..." Ning Fan felt lately he had developed a communication barrier; people just couldn’t comprehend his words. Sea Sand Emperor was one, and now this Eight Cold Buddhas, a Second-Grade Quasi-Saint, also couldn’t understand...
八寒佛 is not a fool. At this moment, he somewhat notices that Ning Fan is not fond of being referred to as Buddha Ancestor.
He acknowledges one thing: Ning Fan’s Reverse Sea Sword is indeed genuine, and Ning Fan does indeed possess the status of a top student of the Mixed Kun Holy Sect.
Since the other party dislikes being called Buddha Ancestor, what’s the harm in changing the title? Buddha exists in the heart, not in verbal appellations.
"Fine, I can temporarily trust you, right?" Ning Fan said helplessly.
"Buddha Ancestor... No, Immortal Emperor, what are your orders? Just say it, and I will accomplish it with all my strength!" He changed the title to Immortal Emperor!
"I need to clear out the enemies that invaded. You stay here and watch over my things. Afterwards, out of the three treasures, except for the Jade Liquor Pot, you can choose one to take." Ning Fan actually wanted the Eight Cold Buddhas to help guard the treasures behind him!
The three treasures cannot be collected for the time being, yet they belong to no one. If left unguarded, they could be instantly snatched away by Beihai True Lord and others.
"Isn’t this a bit..." Eight Cold Buddhas felt slightly embarrassed. His true self is, after all, a Second-Grade Quasi-Saint, but Ning Fan let him do something trivial like guarding items, which doesn’t match his lofty status.
It’s not that he is unwilling to help Ning Fan—being able to assist the Mixed Kun Holy Sect’s Immortal is an honor for any orthodox Buddha cultivator! However, he wishes to help with more significant matters, not trifles like guarding items...
"Alright, except for the Jade Liquor Pot, the other two items are yours! You can form an alliance with Beihai True Lord over this cond