hsntnovel Chapter 422 Lu Sheng's Choice
Chapter 422 Lu Sheng's Choice
A faint burn mark appeared on the left shoulder of the Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations.
It doesn't hurt. But it annoys him.
My right shoulder was injured by a trap. My left shoulder was hit by a sneak attack.
Even the mighty Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations, at the peak of the Spirit Saint realm, had bruises on both shoulders.
"An anti-rule turret." The voice of the Celestial Venerable of All Things turned cold. "This thing was salvaged from Earth."
The Azure Guardian has already locked onto the direction of the artillery fire.
"Heavenly Venerable, there is a flying vessel 20,000 miles away. It is not large. The energy signal is weak—early stage of the Spirit Venerable Realm."
Early stage of the Spirit Venerable Realm.
The Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations scoffed. "Lu Sheng sent someone at the early stage of the Spirit Venerable realm to cover for him? Is that all the talent he has under his command?"
"Should we send someone to handle this?"
The Celestial Venerable of All Manifestations thought for a moment. "Go. Come back quickly."
The Azure Guardian nodded, and his emerald green figure flashed, flying towards a direction 20,000 miles away.
Lu Sheng witnessed this scene through his sensory anchor.
"Consort Luo, inform the messenger to retreat immediately. Protector Qingming has gone in his direction."
"Notification has been given. Dao Yi is turning around and evacuating at full speed."
"Qingming's speed?"
"Full speed at the mid-stage of the Spirit Saint realm. Dao Yi's flying vehicle's top speed is less than half that of a mid-stage Spirit Saint."
Can't run away.
Lu Sheng's face darkened.
Dao Yi's flying vehicle is too slow. It's only a matter of time before Qingming Protector catches up with him.
Once caught up—from an early-stage Spirit Lord to a mid-stage Spirit Saint—the outcome is predictable.
"Damn it."
Lu Sheng gritted his teeth.
He has two choices.
First, regardless of the first option, continue to stay in the Old God Abyss and deal with the Celestial Venerable of Myriad Phenomena.
Second, go save Dao Yi and abandon the Old God Abyss.
If it were Lu Sheng three months ago, he would have chosen the first option without hesitation.
Dao Yi is a tool. A broken tool can be replaced. The Old God Abyss is his granary, the foundation for his future breakthrough to the peak of the Spirit Saint realm, or even the Spirit Immortal realm.
But now—
"That idiot."
Lu Sheng remembered the words Dao Yi had shouted in the square.
"My lord, you must come back alive."
His face showed tension and fear, but he still accepted the mission to fly the spaceship to the Old God Abyss to deliver the cannon without saying a word.
He knew perfectly well that there were monsters at the peak of the Spirit Saint realm there. He knew that for someone as low as an early-stage Spirit Venerable to go there would be suicide.
But he went anyway.
Because the Lord needs him to go.
"I fucking owe you."
Lu Sheng cursed.
Then he made his choice.
Dragon wings unfurled, and a figure burst forth from behind the wreckage, chasing after the direction in which the Azure Nether Guardian had departed.
"Luo Tianfei, the location of the Azure Netherworld Protector!"
"It has already deviated 12,000 miles from the core area of the Old God Abyss and is accelerating."
Lu Sheng flew at full speed. The speed of a late-stage Spirit Saint is significantly faster than that of a mid-stage Spirit Saint.
He can catch up with Qingming.
But he also exposed his back to the Celestial Venerable of Myriad Phenomena.
The Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations stood outside the spherical space, watching the direction Lu Sheng rushed out in.
His expression was complicated.
"To save a mere early-stage Spirit Venerable... you abandoned the Ancient God Abyss?"
He shook his head.
"young people."
He did not pursue Lu Sheng.
He turned to face the opening in the spherical space and stepped inside.
Inside the spherical space.
A pitch-black space. Extremely sparse spiritual energy molecules.
The Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations hovered in the air, gazing ahead.
far away--
A huge, dark gold sphere floated silently.
Even with the knowledge of the Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations accumulated over six hundred years, his breath caught in his throat the moment he saw the remains, which were the size of a star.
"This is……"
His voice echoed in the empty spherical space.
"The Immortal Realm? No... this is not the Immortal Realm."
He flew closer. He spread out his senses of the laws, carefully sensing the residual fluctuations of the laws within the remains.
A moment later, his pupils contracted sharply.
"Emperor Ling."
His voice was trembling.
"This is the remains of a Spirit Emperor realm cultivator!"
Spirit Emperor Realm.
By unifying all the elemental laws he has mastered and condensing the essence of the elements, he himself becomes the embodiment of the elemental laws.
In the entire known universe, the existence of the Spirit Emperor Realm exists only in ancient legends.
The Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations lived for six hundred years and cultivated for six hundred years, rising from the Spirit Apprentice Realm all the way to the peak of the Spirit Saint Realm.
The peak of the Spirit Saint realm is just one step away from the Spirit Immortal realm. And above the Spirit Immortal realm—there is the Spirit Emperor realm.
That was a height he never dared to dream of.
And now, the remains of a Spirit Emperor lay before him.
"No wonder..." the Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations muttered to himself. "No wonder that kid's strength improved so quickly. From the peak of the Spirit Venerable realm to the mid-stage of the Spirit Saint realm, and then to the late-stage of the Spirit Saint realm. He's been consuming the essence within this corpse."
"The remains of a Spirit Emperor—the essence contained within is enough to allow ten peak Spirit Saints to break through to the Spirit Immortal realm."
"No. More than ten."
The Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations was breathing more and more rapidly.
His hands were trembling.
It's been six hundred years.
He remained stuck at the peak of the Spirit Saint realm for a full six hundred years.
The Seed of Origin was his original hope. But compared to the remains of this Spirit Emperor, the Seed of Origin was simply child's play.
"This thing—"
A mad flame burned in the eyes of the Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations.
"It belongs to me."
The outer perimeter of the Old God Abyss.
Lu Sheng caught up with Protector Qingming at full speed.
Qingming was chasing Daoyi's aircraft. The aircraft was running desperately ahead, but the speed difference was too great, and the distance between them was rapidly decreasing.
Lu Sheng approached Qing Ming from behind.
He remained silent.
The dragon's wings folded, and the fluctuations of its laws were reduced to a minimum.
When they get within 500 meters—
Laws resonate!
The domain of the Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations is no longer there. In the vast expanse of space, without the suppression of a domain, Lu Sheng's Law Resonance can be performed normally.
A gray ball of light flew out from his palm.
Space folded—the ball of light disappeared for a moment—then reappeared three meters behind the Azure Nether Guardian.
The Azure Guardian sensed the danger. He turned around abruptly, and a verdant law shield materialized in front of him.
boom!
The gray orb of light collided with the law shield.
The shield shattered.
The Azure Guardian's body was thrown more than a hundred meters by the shockwave of the explosion. A large tear was ripped open in the front of his emerald green robe, revealing a bleeding wound on his chest.
"you--!"
Qingming Protector steadied himself and saw Lu Sheng.
His expression changed.
"Late-stage Spirit Saint? When did you reach that stage—"
When he first met Lu Sheng, Lu Sheng was still in the mid-stage of the Spirit Saint realm.
He is currently in the late stage of the Spirit Saint realm.
The middle stage of the Spirit Saint realm and the late stage of the Spirit Saint realm are two completely different concepts.
The Azure Netherworld Protector is at the mid-stage of the Spirit Saint realm. Facing a late-stage Spirit Saint—
He was in a subordinate position.
"roll."
Lu Sheng's voice was icy.
Qingming Protector looked at Lu Sheng's golden vertical pupils and made a judgment in his mind.
Fight? He can't win. The opponent is a late-stage Spirit Saint, and has a deadly move like Law Resonance. He, a mid-stage Spirit Saint, has less than a 20% chance of winning in a head-on confrontation.
Run? Sure. But the Celestial's order is to deal with that spacecraft.
"Lord Lu Sheng." Protector Qingming's tone changed, returning to the gentle one from their first meeting. "I have no intention of being your enemy. The Heavenly Venerable's orders—"
"I said get lost."
Lu Sheng didn't want to hear any nonsense.
He once again gathered the resonance of the laws.
The moment the Azure Guardian saw the second gray sphere of light take shape, he made his decision.
He turned and ran.
They ran towards the direction of the Celestial Venerable of All Things.
They ran without hesitation.
Lu Sheng did not give chase.
He flew to Dao Yi's aircraft.
Inside the cockpit window, Dao Yi and Zhou Lei's two deathly pale faces were pressed against the glass.
"My lord!" Dao Yi's voice came through the communicator, trembling with sobs.
"Don't cry."
"I didn't cry! It's just... I got some dust in my eyes!"
Where does the dust in space come from?
Dao Yi had nothing to say.
Lu Sheng glanced in the direction of the Old God Abyss.
The Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations has already entered.
He entered the spherical space.
"He saw the remains," Lu Sheng said in a low voice.
Dao Yi and Zhou Lei had no idea what he was talking about.
But Lu Sheng knew—the Old God Abyss could not be saved.
The Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations saw the remains of a Spirit Emperor. He could not let go.
Even if Lu Sheng were to return now, a late-stage Spirit Saint would have no chance against a peak Spirit Saint residing in the spherical space.
The spherical space is the domain of the Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations. The concentration of laws is extremely high, which is conducive to peak Spirit Saints unleashing their full power.
"The Old Abyss of Gods... is gone."
Lu Sheng closed his eyes.
It felt like a piece of my heart had been ripped out.
That was his granary. His trump card. The foundation for his future breakthrough to the peak of the Spirit Saint realm.
Gone.
"My lord?" Dao asked cautiously.
Lu Sheng opened his eyes.
There was no despair in his golden vertical pupils.
"Back to Earth."
"That ancient abyss of gods—"
"Never mind. Let's go back first."
Lu Sheng turned around and flew towards Earth.
Dao Yi's aircraft followed behind.
During the flight, Lu Sheng kept thinking about one thing.
The Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations obtained the remains of a Spirit Emperor.
If he devoured all the essence within the remains—
He broke through from the peak of the Spirit Saint realm to the Spirit Immortal realm.
Even higher.
By that time—
The entire known universe will be rewritten.
"I need to be faster."
Lu Sheng clenched his fists.
He must find another way to increase his strength before the Celestial Venerable of Myriad Manifestations fully digests the remains.
otherwise--
What awaits him is not competition.
It would be a catastrophe.