Bab 1146: Apa yang Membuatmu Mengira Aku Akan Memberikannya kepadamu!?
World Essence tertinggi adalah tiang cahaya yang melesat dari reruntuhan kuil pusat menuju jaring raksasa di atas, menyebabkan riak semakin intensi menyebar ke segala arah.
Dari sepuluh rantai yang menyebar dari tiang cahaya, sembilan telah sepenuhnya mengikat para kultivator Eselon di dalamnya, yang mendorong teriakan mematikan. Para kultivator lain dari Alam Gunung dan Laut menatap dengan ekspresi kagumen. Gelombang doramaku kejutan melanda hati mereka, dan mereka hampir tidak percaya apa yang sedang mereka saksikan.
Ini adalah para kultivator Eselon, matahari yang membakar dari Alam Gunung dan Laut. Setiap satunya menduduki posisi jauh di atas Terpilih, dan bisa dikatakan bahwa mereka adalah Tuan generasi mereka. Pada akhirnya, mereka akan berkembang menjadi para pemimpin masa depan seluruh Alam Gunung dan Laut.
Mereka begitu kuat sehingga bisa bertarung dengan kultivator generasi Senior. Bahkan yang terlemah di antara mereka bisa menatap dengan sombong ke langit dan bumi, apalagi para pelopor seperti Meng Hao dan Dao-Heaven.
Tapi sekarang... mereka terikat, bahkan Dao-Heaven, yang gemetar dan meraung. Ia tidak ingin bertemu, namun tidak bisa menghentikannya. Ia telah mendapatkan pencerahan 3.000 great Dao, dan kini mengalami sesuatu yang terasa seperti Soulsearching. Sebuah kekuatan hisap yang kuat sedang diterapkan pada pikirannya, menarik ia melalui rantai menuju tiang cahaya World Essence.
Namun, totalnya ada sepuluh rantai yang menyusuri tiang cahaya, yang berarti masih ada satu rantai terakhir yang belum mencengkeram apa pun, seolah tidak bisa menemukan targetnya.
Kaisar tertawa sepert orang gila; kakinya telah meledak, dan ia sudah kehilangan lengan. Darah mengalir dari matanya, telinganya, hidungnya, dan mulutnya. Namun, pada saat ini, tiba-tiba cahaya intens muncul dari dahi kepalanya: cahaya tanda Eselon!
Pada momen munculnya tanda Eselon, rantai terakhir meluncur di udara sepert ular untuk memeluk kepalanya.
Tidak terduga, dialah orang terakhir yang ditelan!
Wajahnya berputar saat rasa sakit hebat menyapu tubuhnya. Namun, ia tidak meraung; justru kelihatan terus tertawa terbahak-bahai, tawa yang penuh obsesi dan kegilaan. Semua penonton di sekitarnya benar-benar kagum.
Hanya Zong Wuya yang kelihatannya tidak terpengaruh, dan berdiri diam saja, diam-diam. Ia menatap ke kosmos, ke jaring raksasa yang tampak akan ditusul oleh cahaya World Essence.
Pada saat itu, wilayah Windswept Realm hanya 3.000 meter dari jaring!
Gemuruh mengisi hampa sebagai sosok di balik jaring raksasa menatap dengan mata bersinar. Bahkan saat ini, mereka belum siap untuk mengambil keputusan yang tidak terduga. Mereka terus menyaksikan pertarungan hebat antara Paragon Sea Dream dan Imperial Lord Windswept. Tidak peduli bagaimana mereka menganalisisnya, seolah-olah benar-benar terlihat seolah tiap pihak tidak memegang kendali. Paragon Sea Dream jelas lemah, dan belum pulih dari luka lamanya. Meskipun demikian... penonton yang menyaksikan belum muncul dari balik jaring untuk menyerang.
Kesabaran. Itulah prinsip yang para pemberontak dari 33 Langit anggap sebagai pedoman yang akan diikuti setelah mengorbankan beribu-ribuan darah yang disalakan untuk mereka dapat kebebasan!
Para penonton di balik jaring raksasa menyaksikan cahaya World Essence Windswept Realm terus mengumpulkan energi dari sepuluh kultivator Eselon, termasuk Kaisar. Akibatnya, tiang cahaya mulai bersinar dengan ketertiban yang lebih hebat. Pada saat yang sama, lubang hitam besar mulai terbentuk di dalam jaring raksasa!
Lubang hitam itu sepert gelembung vakum yang berputar tanpa henti dan memancarkan banyak petir. Gemuruh mengisi udara saat pintu gerbang teleportasi terbentuk!
Dao-Heaven gemetar, teriakannya semakin keras. Sama saja dengan semua orang, termasuk jiwa Hai Dongqing, Hong Bin, dan para kultivator Eselon lainnya. Ketigakah seharusnya sudah mati, namun Kaisar telah menggunakan kekuatan Windswept Realm untuk dengan cara tertentu menangkap dan mengumpulkan jiwanya.
Seberatan terdengar saat Hai Dongqing yang pertama tumbang. Jiwanya meledak menjadi seketul abu, yang semuanya tersedot ke dalam rantai, yang kemudian ditarik kembali ke dalam tiang cahaya. Cahayanya semakin terang, dan lubang hitam bergemerlap di jaring raksasa semakin besar.
Berikutnya adalah kultivator Eselon dari Gunung Kedua. Setelah itu adalah Hong Bin. Kedua-duanya meledak dan punah, setelah mantinya rantai yang mengikat mereka ditarik kembali ke dalam tiang cahaya. Seiring berjalannya waktu, para kultivator Eselon lainnya perlahan kehilangan kemampuan bertahan.
Darah keluar dari mata, telinga, hidung, dan mulut Dao-Heaven. Lin Cong dan Han Qinglei yang sangat kering, sama seperti Yuwen Jian. Yang terparah adalah pemuda muda kultivator Eselon dari Gunung Kelima. Rupa tubuhnya yang sebelumnya gemuk kini hampir hanya tersisa tulang. Ia gemetar hebat, dan matanya tertutup, seolah jiwa sudah terhisap.
Sesaat kemudian, seberatan terdengar saat ia meledak. Tidak ada kabut darah yang bisa dibentuk kembali. Ia benar-benar mati, nyawanya hilang dan tersedot oleh rantai.
Setiap kali seorang kultivator Eselon mati, Dao dari Windswept Realm yang mereka peroleh diserap oleh tiang cahaya. Ketika tidak ada lagi dari 3.000 great Dao yang tersisa, hasilnya akan seperti yang terjadi mulai dari Hai Dongqing: kematian yang lengkap dan mutlak!
Meng Hao memiliki ekspresi yang nakal di wajahnya. Kekuatan rantai tidak semengagah kepada dirinya seperti kepada orang lain. Padahal, ia adalah pengecualian yang satu-satunya di antara para kultivator Eselon, satu-satunya yang tidak meraung!
Namun, Esensinya dan kekuatannya tetap diserap!
2.999 Essences!
2.998 Essences!
2.997 Essences!
Rantai menyedot pemahamannya tentang 3.000 great Dao, namun bukanlah pekerjaan yang mudah. Ia hanya bisa menyerap satu Dao sekaligus, alasannya... adalah karena semua orang lain mendapatkan Dao mereka dengan bantuan qi flow Windswept Realm Kaisar. Namun, miliknya datang dengan bantuan Eselon Heart. Karena Eselon Heart, seolah dia sendiri adalah qi flow, dan menggantikannya!
Meskipun World Seal pertamanya datang dengan berkah qi flow Windsweat Realm, pada saat itu... Windswept Realm belum benar-benar berubah dan masih beroperasi normal!
Oleh karena itu, Meng Hao pada dasarnya tidak mengambil banyak, jika ada sama sekali, dari umpan Kaisar. Jika ada yang ditarik, hanyalah selama pengambilannya 300 great Dao terakhir. Dan meskipun begitu, telah berhasil dilakukan sendiri, bukan dengan bantuan qi flow Kaisar.
Dan inilah yang memberinya kesempatan untuk membebaskan dirinya dari rantai!
Yuwen Jian juga dalam situasi yang sama. Meskipun teriakannya nyata, rantai jelas tidak menyerapnya sepert yang dilakukan dengan orang lain.
Meng Hao menatap ke atas, ekspresinya ganas. "Aku mendapatkan pencerahan Dao ini sendiri! Apa yang membuatmu mengira Aku akan memberikannya kepadamu!?"
Kemudian ia membungkuk ke belakang dan meraung. Tubuhnya gemetar saat dasar kultivasinya meledak dengan kekuatan, kekuatannya yang menggunakan untuk melawan rantai dan cahaya World Essence.
"Yang menjadi milikku adalah milikku, dan pasti bukan milikmu!" teriaknya, dan gemuruh mengisi tubuhnya. Rantai meledak dengan cahaya yang indah, dan tiba-tiba kelihatannya Meng Hao mungkin bisa membebaskan dirinya.
Para kultivator lain dari Alam Gunung dan Laut terdiam. Para penonton juga menatap, terutama sosok tiga kepala enam lengan raksasa, yang mata-mataanya bersinar dengan niat membunuh yang intens.
"Mungkin 3.000 great Dao ini adalah bagian dari Windswept Realm, tapi... pada saat aku mendapatkan pencerahan, mereka bersatu dengan hatiku. Mereka... adalah Dao-ku!" Getaran hebat mengguncang tubuhnya, dan suara retak terdengar saat rantai bergetar. Pada saat ini, kelihatannya tidak bisa menyerap apa pun dari Meng Hao.
Bukan hanya tidak bisa menyerap dari dirinya, yang sudah diserap tiba-tiba mulai mengalir kembali dan bersatu lagi dengan dirinya! Meng Hao mulai bersinar dengan cahaya zaitun yang luar biasa.
2.995 Essences!
2.996!
2.997!
Meng Hao meraung saat cahaya zaitun yang tidak terbatas bersinar darinya, representasi kekuatan seorang Immortal Allheaven. Kekuatan meledak dari dirinya, menyebabkan langit dan bumi bergetar hebat. Dari tampilannya, rantai tampaknya akan segera putus!
Perkembangan ini membuat Zong Wuya menarik napas; Kaisar juga gemetar, dan ia mengarahkan matanya yang buta ke arah Meng Hao. Meskipun ia tidak terlalu terkejut, ekspresinya sangat gelap. Tiba-tiba, ia menatap ke langit, ke para penonton di luar, dan mulai tertawa pahit.
"Pada saat ini, kalian... masih tidak percaya kepadaku?"
"World Essence tunggal telah dilontarkan, kalian hanya perlu mengaktifkan pintu gerbang teleportasi, dan Windswept Realm... bisa bergabung dengan kalian, dan meninggalkan Alam Gunung dan Laut!"
"Kami sudah melakukan segala sesuatu yang bisa kami lakukan! 3.000 great Dao kami telah digunakan, World Essence kami yang satu-satunya telah menjadi tiang cahaya! Kami mengorban kultivator Eselon, dan menggabungkan kekuatan semua makhluk di sini. Kenapa... kalian masih tidak percaya kepadaku? Apa yang harus kami lakukan agar kalian percaya!?!"
Sebagai tanggapan pada suara Kaisar, para penonton di balik lubang hitam di jaring raksasa menatap diam-diam. Ekspresi yang tidak pasti terlihat di wajah mereka; ada yang enggan, dan ada yang tersenyum dingin.
Meskipun lubang hitam telah muncul, dan meskipun pintu gerbang teleportasi telah terbuka, jika mereka tidak bersedia... Windswept Realm tidak dapat naik!
Kecuali mereka benar-benar yakin, tidak peduli betapa lemah Paragon Sea Dream, mereka tidak bersedia untuk bertindak, dan tidak berani mengaktifkan pintu gerbang teleportasi.
Sayangnya... mereka tidak ingin Windswept Realm!
Pada saat ini, cahaya zaitun mengelilingi Meng Hao yang tebal. Rantai bergetar cepat saat ia dengan cepat memulihkan kembali seluruh 3.000 great Dao-nya.
2.998 Essences!
2.999 Essences!
3.000 Essences!
Pada saat itu, ia mengangkat kedua tangannya ke langit dan mereka terbuka lebar-lebar. Gemuruh yang mengerikan terdengar saat rantai tiba-tiba runtuh berpecahan dan meledak!
Saat potongan-potongan itu pudar, Meng Hao melakukan langkah satu, benar-benar membebaskan dirinya dari kekuatan penyerapan cahaya World Essence!
Tanpa keraguan, ia meluncur ke arah Yuwen Jian, lalu mempercepat ekstremisnya, dan melaju ke arah Dao-Heaven.
"Jangan berterima kasih. Ayo, mari selamatkan semua orang!" Pada momen krusial ini, pilihan Meng Hao bukan untuk duduk diam dan biarkan para kultivator Eselon lainnya mati. Ia bermaksud untuk menyelamatkan mereka!
"Selamatkan semua orang?" Yuwen Jian bertanya, menatap kagum.
Chapter 1146: What Makes You Think I’ll Give Them To You!?
The supreme World Essence was a pillar of light that shot up from the rubble of the central temple to slam into the huge net up above, causing increasingly intense ripples to spread out.
Of the ten chains spreading out from the pillar of light, nine had completely bound the Echelon cultivators inside of them, who let out bloodcurdling screams. The other cultivators from the Mountain and Sea Realm looked on with expressions of shock. Massive waves of astonishment surged through their hearts, and they scarcely dared to believe their eyes.
These were Echelon cultivators, blazing suns of the Mountain and Sea Realm. Any one of them occupied a position far above Chosen, and you could even say that they were Lords of their generation. Eventually, they would grow into the future leaders of the entire Mountain and Sea Realm.
They were so powerful that they could fight with cultivators of the Senior generation. Even the weakest of their number could look down arrogantly at all Heaven and Earth, and that wasn’t even to mention the stunning forerunners like Meng Hao and Dao-Heaven.
But now... they were chained up, even Dao-Heaven, who trembled and screamed. He had no desire to cry out, and yet couldn’t stop himself. He had gained enlightenment of 3,000 great Daos, and now he was experiencing something that felt like Soulsearching. A massive suction force was being exerted on his mind, absorbing him through the chain to feed the World Essence’s pillar of light.
However, there were a total of ten chains stretching out from the pillar of light, which meant that there was still one final chain which hadn’t latched onto anything, as if it couldn’t find its target.
The Emperor was laughing maniacally; his legs had exploded, and he had already lost his arm. Blood flowed out of his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. However, it was at this point that, all of a sudden, an intense light suddenly began to shine out from his forehead: the glow of an Echelon mark!
In the moment that the Echelon mark appeared, the final chain sped through the air like a snake to wrap around him.
Unexpectedly, he was the final person to be absorbed!
His face twisted as incredible pain surged through his body. However, he didn’t scream; instead, he just continued to laugh uproariously, laughter filled with obsession and madness. All the surrounding onlookers were completely shocked.
Only Zong Wuya seemed unmoved, and stood there silent and taciturn. He looked up into the void, at the huge net that seemed to be on the verge of being pierced through by the World Essence light.
By this point, the lands of the Windswept Realm were only 3,000 meters away from the net!!
Rumbling filled the void as the figures behind the huge net looked on with glittering eyes. Even at this point, they still weren’t ready to make any rash decisions. They continued to watch the fierce battle taking place between Paragon Sea Dream and the Windswept Imperial Lord. No matter how they analyzed it, it truly appeared as if neither party was holding back. Paragon Sea Dream was clearly weak, and still had not recovered from her old injuries. Despite that... the watching figures still hadn’t emerged from behind the net to attack.
Caution. That was what these rebels from the 33 Heavens had come to view as the driving principle they would stick to after having sacrificed countless amounts of shed blood to gain their freedom!
The figures behind the huge net looked on as the Windswept Realm’s World Essence light continued to absorb power from the ten Echelon cultivators, which included the Emperor. As a result, the pillar of light began to glow with even more scintillating brightness. At the same time, a huge black hole began to form within the giant net!
That black hole was like a vortex that spun endlessly and crackled with numerous bolts of lightning. Rumbling sounds filled the air as a teleportation portal formed!
Dao-Heaven was shaking, his screams growing more intense. It was the same with everyone else, including the souls of Hai Dongqing, Hong Bin, and the other Echelon cultivator. Those three should have died already, but the Emperor had used the power of the Windswept Realm to somehow capture and collect their souls.
A boom could be heard as Hai Dongqing was the first to give out. His soul exploded into bits of ash, all of which were sucked up into the chain, which then retracted back inside the pillar of light. The light grew even more intense, and the rumbling black hole in the giant net grew larger.
The next to go was the Echelon cultivator from the Second Mountain. After that was Hong Bin. Both souls exploded and faded away, after which the chains that had bound them retracted into the pillar of light. As more time went by, the other Echelon cultivators were gradually losing their ability to endure.
Blood oozed out of Dao-Heaven’s eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. Lin Cong and Han Qinglei were incredibly withered, as was Yuwen Jian. The worst off was the young Echelon cultivator from the Fifth Mountain. His previously pudgy frame was now little more than a sack of bones. He was trembling violently, and his eyes were blank, as if his soul had already been sucked away.
A moment later, a boom could be heard as he exploded. There was no bloody mist that could be re-formed. He was completely dead, his life gone and sucked away by the chain.
With the death of each Echelon cultivator, the Daos of the Windswept Realm which they had acquired were absorbed by the pillar of light. When none of those 3,000 great Daos were left, then the result would be what happened starting with Hai Dongqing: complete and utter death!
Meng Hao had a vicious expression on his face. The power of the chain was not as terrifying to him as it was to the others. In fact, he was the one exception among the Echelon cultivators, the only one who wasn’t screaming!
And yet, his Essences and life force were still being absorbed!
2,999 Essences!
2,998 Essences!
2,997 Essences!
The chain sucked away his understanding of the 3,000 great Daos, but it wasn’t an easy task. It could only suck away one Dao at a time, the reason being... that everyone else had gotten their Daos with the help of the Emperor’s Windswept Realm qi flow. However, his came with the help of the Echelon Heart. Because of the Echelon Heart, it was as if he himself was the qi flow, and had taken its place!
Although his earliest World Seal had come with a blessing of the Windswept Realm’s qi flow, at that time... the Windswept Realm hadn’t been fundamentally changed, and was still operating as normal!
Therefore, Meng Hao had essentially not taken much, if any, of the Emperor’s bait. If he had taken some in, it was only during his acquisition of the final 300 great Daos. And even so, it had been accomplished on his own, and not with the assistance of the Emperor’s qi flow.
And that was what gave him a chance to free himself from the chain!
Yuwen Jian was in the same situation. Although his screams were real, the chain was clearly not absorbing him in the same way that it was with the others.
Meng Hao looked up, his expression fierce. “I gained enlightenment of these Daos myself! What makes you think I’ll give them to you!?”
Then he threw his head back and roared. His body trembled as his cultivation base exploded with power, his own power, which he used to fight against the chain and the World Essence light.
“What’s mine is mine, and definitely not yours!” he roared, and rumbling sounds filled his body. The chain erupted with brilliant light, and all of a sudden, it seemed that Meng Hao might be able to break free.
The other cultivators from the Mountain and Sea Realm gasped in response. Also watching were the figures in the void beyond the huge net, especially the giant three-headed six-armed figure, whose eyes shone with intense killing intent.
“Perhaps these 3,000 great Daos are part of the Windswept Realm, but... in the moment I gained enlightenment of them, they fused into my heart. They... are my Daos!” Intense vibrations wracked his body, and cracking sounds could be heard as the chain shook. As of this point, it seemed incapable of absorbing anything from Meng Hao.
Not only could it not absorb anything from him, what it had already absorbed suddenly began to flow backward and merge back into him! Meng Hao began to glow with azure light, in completely awe-inspiring fashion.
2,995 Essences!
2,996!
2,997!
Meng Hao roared as boundless azure light shone off of him, a representation of the power of an Allheaven Immortal. Power erupted off of him, causing Heaven and Earth to shake violently. From the look of it, the chain was just about to break!
This development caused Zong Wuya to inhale sharply; the Emperor was also shaking, and he turned his sightless eyes in Meng Hao’s direction. Although he wasn’t extremely shocked, his expression was extremely dark. He suddenly looked up at the figures out in the void, and began to chuckle bitterly.
“At this point, you people... still don’t trust me?!
“The sole World Essence has been unleashed, all you need to do is activate the teleportation portal, and the Windswept Realm... can join you, and leave the Mountain and Sea Realm!
“We’ve already done everything that we can do. Our 3,000 great Daos have been utilized, our only World Essence has become a pillar of light! We’ve sacrificed the Echelon cultivators, and coalesced the willpower of all living things here. How come... you just won’t trust us!? What do we have to do to get you to trust us?!?!”
In response to the Emperor’s voice, the figures behind the black hole in the huge net looked on silently. Various conflicted expressions could be seen on their faces; some were hesitant, and some were smiling coldly.
Even if the black hole had appeared, and even if the teleportation portal had opened, if they weren’t willing... the Windswept Realm could not ascend!
Unless they were completely and absolutely convinced, it didn’t matter that Paragon Sea Dream was weak; they still weren’t willing to make a move, and wouldn’t dare to activate the teleportation portal.
Unfortunately... they didn’t want the Windswept Realm!
By this point, azure light swirled thick around Meng Hao. The chain was vibrating rapidly as he rapidly regained all of his 3,000 great Daos.
2,998 Essences!
2,999 Essences!
3,000 Essences!
In that moment, he raised both hands into the air and stretched them apart. Massive, shocking rumbling sounds echoed out as the chain suddenly collapsed into pieces and exploded!
As the pieces faded away, Meng Hao took a step forward, completely freeing himself from the absorbing power of the World Essence light!
Without the slightest hesitation, he shot toward Yuwen Jian, extended his right hand, and then grabbed onto the chain that was binding him.
“Break!”
BOOM!!
The chain shook for a moment as if it were about to collapse. Yuwen Jian excitedly rotated his cultivation base, joining forces with Meng Hao. The two worked together and, moments later, the entire chain shattered!!
“Many thanks to you, Meng Hao!!” Yuwen Jian said, voice filled with joy. Even as he spoke, Meng Hao was speeding toward Dao-Heaven.
“Don’t thank me. Come on, let’s save everyone!” At this critical juncture, Meng Hao’s choice was not to simply sit around and let the other Echelon cultivators die. He planned to save them!
“Save everyone?” Yuwen Jian asked, staring in shock.
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