novel-books Chapter 552 - 519 Devotion 1
Chapter 552 - 519 Devotion 1
The intense air currents blew through Zhang Rongfang’s long hair, pulling it back and making it fly.
The Stone God’s fist was frozen in midair, no longer moving.
It breathed heavily and roughly, its gray stone eyes fixed on Zhang Rongfang, as if looking at an enemy who killed its father.
In a certain sense, the relationship between the two at this moment was indeed similar to that of a family massacre.
"That’s right." After obtaining much insight into the Divine Buddha from the White Scale God, Zhang Rongfang understood how to deal with such beings.
And his refined proficiency in the Cultivation of Literature was the real channel of communication.
In the mist, Zhang Rongfang carefully surveyed the huge stone man across from him.
This guy’s entire body was made up of jagged stones, stacked together, with no connectors at the joints, just gaps.
He didn’t know what held them together.
"Alright, consider us acquainted today. From now on, I’ll be counting on you to look after my affairs."
He sensed that this creature had already entered the blood lotus petal behind him, and his mood instantly improved.
When he dealt with the White Scale God previously, he discovered that the marks of these Divine Buddhas could enter the new blood lotus petals that had appeared on him.
Later, through the strong senses cultivated through literary practice, he introspected on the divine markings hidden within the lotus petals behind him.
Just like the White Scale God’s newly acquired markings, he could feel them inside the lotus petal.
"Despicable and shameless scoundrel!!" The Stone God trembled all over, shouting angrily. "Gutali..... Gutali.... does not accept coercion!!!"
With a resounding roar, the Stone God suddenly swung its arm again, speeding toward Zhang Rongfang with a fierce punch.
This time, it seemed different from before.
Before the fist could fall, an enormous pressure, like glue, suddenly enveloped Zhang Rongfang.
Mountain!
Mountain!
Mountain!
Mountain!!
In a daze, Zhang Rongfang’s eyes blurred, and he saw a massive gray-black mountain descending from the sky, pressing heavily toward him.
He unconsciously raised his head and could even see the rocky surface of the mountain, with its gray-black intricate textures.
The mountain body blocked the light, covered all his vision, and engulfed all positions where he could escape.
The terrifying pressure made it impossible for him to breathe, and his body felt as if it was strapped with countless weights, unable to lift his legs.
Crack.
Suddenly, the blood lotus on his back trembled slightly.
Blood God, Wish Girl, Dragon-head Human-bodied God, all three moved simultaneously.
Three different pressures extended from Zhang Rongfang’s body as well.
The three forces intertwined into a giant spiral, soaring up into the sky, colliding with the mountain above.
Boom!!
With a huge bang, Zhang Rongfang’s vision quickly clarified.
He saw that the mountain disappeared, it was merely the Stone God bringing a divine force field, just like the terrifying field brought by the opponent’s Great Descent of the Divine when facing Sang Lan before.
This time... with the assistance of three divine beings, he was not as miserable as the last time.
Now, the Stone God’s huge fist fell heavily, without the suppression of divine power, it was just a slightly larger fist.
Purely speaking, its speed and power even fell short compared to the previous Grandmaster he faced, so....
Zhang Rongfang abruptly flashed to the left.
Bang!!!
The stone fist slammed into the ground, exploding the dirt and mist.
But unexpectedly, as the stone fist hit the ground, a circle of black ripples exploded rapidly from the center of the fist.
The ripple speed was extremely fast, and almost as soon as it was seen, it struck, hitting Zhang Rongfang squarely in the chest.
His body stiffened, instantly losing all sensation.
’Not good!’
This paralysis was almost lethal, Zhang Rongfang’s body could not move, and he could only watch as the Stone God swung its fist again, delivering a side punch fiercely to his waist.
Bang!
He flew upon impact, with most of his waist completely smashed into a bloody mess. His body was almost split in two.
After flying far away and rolling to the ground, Zhang Rongfang flipped over and got up again.
"Does it carry a paralysis effect?" His nearly severed waist was rapidly healing and correcting, returning to normal.
The stacking of powerful Hard Skill, along with increased body density, prevented him from being split in two by this blow. The terrifying life force allowed him to stand up quickly again.
He suspected that even if he lost his skull now, it could quickly grow back.
Looking at the Stone God charging toward him again, Zhang Rongfang took a deep breath.
’Next, let’s see if relying purely on my own power, without external aid, I can counter a Residual God....’
The marks brought by the blood lotus allowed him to rely on the divine power from the markings on his body.
But such power belonged to external forces, and once it failed, it would be the time when something happened to him.
Therefore, he had to understand the true gap between himself and the Residual God.
Looking at the Stone God approaching rapidly, Zhang Rongfang did not hesitate, the blood lotus began to bloom.
The double-layered blood lotus bloomed simultaneously, blood-colored patterns covered his whole body.
Hiss!!
His height suddenly increased, two meters, three meters, four and a half meters!
’Final Form·Divine Speed!!’
With a thought, his body soared once more, reaching five meters!
A third arm grew out from his back, extending forward.
Everything around him fell into an extremely slow state, as though frozen.
"Then... let’s try this..."
Watching the stone deity slowly charging toward him, Zhang Rongfang raised his arm, muscles swelling, heartbeat accelerating, thumping like a war drum.
"Immortal Technique..."
"Shrinking Step! Shadow Rainbow!!"
Stomping on the ground, his figure suddenly flickered, accelerating forward. Even in the extremely slow motion state, the speed of Shrinking Step was discernible.
It’s a skill that erupts multiple forces on the ground simultaneously, using the massive reactive force to achieve great sprint speed.
Zhang Rongfang appeared beside the stone deity, arms open, gathering a cloud of blood mist, pushing it forward.
Ssss!!!
The blood mist transformed into blood light, precisely landing on the stone deity’s surface.
Ssss....
The blood light attached to the stone deity’s skin, indeed having an effect, emitting wisps of white smoke.
But it stopped there.
The white smoke dispersed, the blood mist vanished, even without leaving a trace on the stone deity. The slight black dot that appeared rapidly healed and disappeared.
"Was it ineffective?"
Zhang Rongfang’s expression didn’t change, once again maneuvering to a different position.
This time, he did not use Shadow Rainbow, instead swinging his three arms simultaneously, replicating the Immortal Technique that killed Sang Lan last time.
Compressing his muscles, utilizing the principle of the Limit-Breaking Skill of Martial Arts, urging Zhang Rongfang’s current body, erupting together with terrifying force.
’Immortal Technique: Three-point Blade!’
Three arms simultaneously transformed into three sharp shadows, falling with full force on the stone deity’s back.
BOOM!!!!
The arms simultaneously broke, chunks of flesh viciously stuck to the stone deity’s back, emitting a corrosive roaring sound.
Thick smoke rose, Zhang Rongfang rapidly retreated.
Suddenly, his expression slightly changed, noticing something off about the stone deity’s gaze.
He sensed the opponent was breaking free....
No... Not breaking free, but accelerating!!
The stone deity, was similarly adjusting its speed! Reaction speed, motion speed!
In his vision, the stone deity began to turn around, its movements getting faster and faster.
Blood and bones on its body still emitted a large amount of white smoke, but with Zhang Rongfang’s flesh almost depleted.
The exposed body of the stone deity once again became smooth as new, still with a gray rock surface.
"Still ineffective?"
"You cannot shake the divine." The voice of White Scale echoed in his mind.
"Why?" Zhang Rongfang’s expression unchanged. Watching the stone deity’s movements getting faster, evidently adjusting its speed to his current divine speed state.
Though still much slower than him, it could barely keep up with him.
Yet the stone deity’s adjustment seemed to be a layer of black lines seeping from within its body covering it, forcibly accelerating.
In divine speed state, Zhang Rongfang continuously dodged the opponent’s attacks, pondering how to defeat the enemy.
Facing the stone deity this time, he did not ask the divine within his body for help. Instead, he issued a will, hoping they wouldn’t assist so he could truly experience the characteristics of divine power.
He knew he could not always rely on external power.
So with reliance, the first thing to do was to understand the opponent’s characteristics thoroughly.
"Every move of the divine carries divine might. If you don’t have their assistance, even approaching would be very difficult.
Moreover, any random strike we make carries massive paralyzing shock, which is a paralysis of the mind, unavoidable, only bearable. If your will is insufficient, you would become entirely stiff, possibly scared to death." White Scale answered.
"And the most crucial point is, the body of the divine is far harder than you imagine, we possess a horrendous hardness far surpassing a Spirit General. The weakest divine is constructed of three spiritual lines.
These three spiritual lines are black, red, silver. Among them, the core constructing the divine’s body is the black spiritual line. If likened to humans, the black spiritual line is the skeleton, the red spiritual line is the flesh, and the silver spiritual line is the blood.
And the spiritual lines faced by you before, such as Worship Spirit Generals, are derivations of the divine’s spiritual lines, much less in strength."
"Has anyone ever injured the divine?" Zhang Rongfang’s heart sank, asked.
"No." White Scale answered decisively.
"What about the Imperial Tutor? The Extreme Realm of the Reversal Society?" Zhang Rongfang disbelievingly asked.
"The Imperial Tutor relied on Emperor Kun, similarly empowered by divine Buddha power, indeed threatened us then, but merely posed a threat. Besides, it’s actually our internal strife.
And the Extreme Realm... The Imperial Tutor himself was an Extreme Realm, capable only of sustaining oneself better under divine might than other mortals." White Scale replied.
Watching Zhang Rongfang seemingly in disbelief, she further emphasized.
"You can’t possibly harm the stone deity. Although it is a Residual God, it has always received a little offering, much stronger than the Blood God and Wish Girl on you. Only the Great Spirit can compare to it. But the Great Spirit won’t truly act for you, for it doesn’t mark only you."
"The Great Spirit..." Zhang Rongfang recalled the Divine image seen in Five Cauldrons Sect.
Indeed, Xu Mengyan isn’t dead, Five Cauldrons Sect still has people, it indeed still has a retreat.
"Give up. Unless you attain the Spirit General, using the Great Descent of the Divine, you might injure it. Otherwise, its body is indestructible, devoid of weak spots. Even if you fight it your whole life, it’s useless. Just like punching at water within a water tank, no matter how you strike, the water won’t reduce.
This is the difference between man and God, an uncrossable chasm. Hence, your path is wrong." White Scale advised.
"Give up?" Zhang Rongfang kept evading, dodging the stone deity’s swinging fists.
In divine speed state, he could maintain it for a very long time. Not urgent at all.
Although he couldn’t deal with the opponent, the stone deity couldn’t catch up with him.
Thus he had ample time to observe and test.