Bab 1296: TOMBAK Itu!
“Itu Penguasa Gunung dan Laut, Heavengod?”
“Sudah pasti dia. Hanya Heavengod yang punya energi untuk menyapu bersih Gunung dan Laut Kedelapan seperti itu!” Semua cultivator dari Gunung dan Laut Kedelapan menjadi sangat bersemangat.
Beberapa saat sebelumnya, perasaan tertindas oleh Penguasa Gunung dan Laut Ketujuh membanjiri mereka, tapi kini perasaan itu lenyap. Namun, di tengah kegembiraan itu, Pelindung Dharma Utama dari Perkumpulan Heavengod, juga para Dao Lord lain di Gunung dan Laut Kedelapan, semuanya terguncang hebat. Kebingungan tampak di wajah mereka saat menatap langit berbintang, ke sumber riak yang oleh semua orang dianggap berasal dari Penguasa Gunung dan Laut mereka.
“Itu bukan... Heavengod yang dimuliakan....” batin Pelindung Dharma Utama, jantungnya bergetar. Ia bisa merasakan bahwa Heavengod saat ini berada di Gunung Kedelapan, dan masih tertidur. Sebenarnya, semua Dao Lord lain di Gunung dan Laut Kedelapan merasakan hal serupa.
“Kalau dia bukan Heavengod yang dimuliakan, lalu... siapa dia...?” Itulah pertanyaan yang berkecamuk di benak Pelindung Dharma Utama dan para Dao Lord lainnya. Lalu mereka semua mulai gemetar ketika... sebuah nama muncul di kepala mereka.
Seseorang yang baru-baru ini melepaskan sihir Daois yang mengejutkan dalam pertempuran, menyapu bersih seluruh medan perang....
“Meng Hao!” kata Pelindung Dharma Utama, tersentak. Begitu nama itu keluar dari mulutnya, hatinya dipenuhi perasaan campur aduk. Saat ini juga, ia yakin bahwa orang yang memancarkan energi mirip Penguasa Gunung dan Laut itu tidak lain adalah Meng Hao.
Para cultivator Gunung dan Laut Kedelapan dipenuhi kegembiraan, tapi mereka dari Gunung dan Laut Ketujuh benar-benar terkejut. Kesenjangan energi yang besar dari beberapa saat sebelumnya kini sirna, dan pertempuran pun segera berlanjut.
Namun, pertempuran yang berlangsung tidak terlalu sengit; tak seorang pun tampak berminat bertarung saat ini, dan medan perang yang mereda memberi semua orang kesempatan memusatkan perhatian pada lokasi di kejauhan... tempat pertarungan yang akan menentukan nasib dua Gunung dan Laut besar akan segera dimulai!
Itu adalah... pertarungan antar Penguasa Gunung dan Laut!
Jika Tuan White kalah, arus pertempuran akan berbalik sepenuhnya untuk keuntungan Gunung dan Laut Kedelapan. Jika Penguasa Gunung dan Laut Ketujuh benar-benar terbunuh, para cultivator dari Gunung dan Laut itu akan dihancurkan, dan Gunung dan Laut Ketujuh akan menderita kerugian yang tak bisa dipulihkan.
Tapi jika Tuan White menang, maka Gunung dan Laut Kedelapan... tidak akan ada lagi.
Semua orang menunggu... untuk melihat bagaimana pertarungan ini akan berjalan!
GRUMBLE!
Di luar celah, energi Meng Hao melesat naik. Jembatan Paragon di dalam tubuhnya menggelora hebat, dan dasar kultivasinya berputar kencang. Lampu Jiwa-nya melesat keluar, auranya memancar, dan kekuatan kesadaran ilahinya membuat langit berbintang bergetar.
Lalu, ia melangkah maju.
Langkah itu seperti letusan gunung berapi. Energi Meng Hao memadat di sekelilingnya, membentuk sesuatu seperti dinding tak tertembus yang kemudian menghantam ke arah Tuan White.
Tuan White menatap Meng Hao dengan cahaya aneh berkilau di matanya. Ekspresinya sama sekali tidak meremehkan, bahkan ia merasa situasinya gawat. Ia bisa melihat bahwa Meng Hao adalah ancaman luar biasa baginya.
Melihat manifestasi energi Meng Hao melesat ke arahnya, Tuan White menggerakkan tangannya, menyebabkan cahaya putih menyilaukan meluap, lalu berubah menjadi 1.000.000 proyeksi pedang yang menikam ke segala arah. Gemuruh dahsyat bergema saat energi Meng Hao yang terpadu tertusuk berkali-kali, lalu runtuh.
Di tengah keruntuhan itu, Tuan White melangkah maju, mengarahkan jarinya ke Meng Hao, mengirim sejuta cahaya pedang mengalir ke arahnya seperti sungai yang bergemuruh.
Dari jauh, itu tampak seperti sungai bintang menyapu dengan kekuatan penghancur dunia!
Mengejutkan, setiap berkas cahaya pedang mengandung kekuatan Alam Dao yang menghancurkan, dan bila digabungkan, membuat warna-warna liar berkilat di langit berbintang.
Pupil Meng Hao menyempit, namun ia tidak mundur. Sebaliknya, ia mengambil langkah maju lagi, menggenggam tangannya menjadi kepalan, dan melepaskan pukulan.
Itu tidak lain adalah Pukulan Pemusnah Kehidupan!
Cahaya bintang hancur, dan berkas pedang terdistorsi. Pukulan Meng Hao menciptakan pusaran raksasa yang bergemuruh saat berputar, menghancurkan cahaya pedang. Dari jauh, tampak aliran sungai bintang itu tiba-tiba terhalang.
Namun, belum selesai. Meng Hao mengambil langkah ketiga, melepaskan Pukulan Kesesatan.
Seolah-olah seseorang dengan sukarela mengalami kesesatan, kejatuhan total dan abadi dalam kegilaan. Pukulan Kesesatan didukung energi dan tekad Meng Hao, menghantam sisa cahaya pedang, menimbulkan gemuruh hebat saat lebih dari setengahnya hancur total.
Mata Meng Hao berkilat saat ia mengambil langkah keempat, dan... Pukulan Pembunuh Dewa muncul!
Kehendak Pukulan Pembunuh Dewa bisa menyatu dengan Langit dan Bumi serta berbaur ke langit berbintang, memusatkan kekuatan tubuh jasmaninya. Cultivator dengan dasar kultivasi Allheaven yang tak terkalahkan bisa menghancurkan Langit, memadamkan Bumi, sebagai Dewa Pembunuh!
BUUUUUUUUUUUUM!
Langit berbintang berguncang dan mulai terkoyak lapis demi lapis. Sisa cahaya pedang bergetar, lalu terdorong mundur ke arah Tuan White seperti ditiup angin gila.
Mata Meng Hao berkilat dengan niat membunuh; tanpa ragu sedikit pun, ia mengambil langkah kelima, membentuk gestur mantera dengan tangan kanan yang menyebabkan Iblis Darah muncul dan menerjang Tuan White dengan mulut ternganga.
Pupil Tuan White menyempit. Ia mendengus dingin dan berkata, “Menarik. Kau pantas kuanggap sedikit serius.”
Kemudian, ia membentuk gestur mantera dengan tangan kanan, lalu menekannya ke dadanya. Bersamaan dengan tekanan itu, hawa dingin muncul di sekelilingnya, disertai aura Esensi.
Namun, ini bukan Esensi es, melainkan sesuatu yang lain... sesuatu yang bisa memengaruhi kekuatan Esensi milik orang lain. Itu adalah... pemusnahan tanpa emosi!
Kunci dari tanpa emosi adalah memadamkan tujuh emosi dan enam nafsu, membuat diri sedingin es, dan mengubahnya menjadi kehendak pemusnahan. Saat jarinya melambai di udara, Meng Hao bergidik ketika seluruh darahnya tiba-tiba membeku. Jari Tuan White seolah menekan jiwanya, menghapus semua emosinya!
Kasih keluarga, persahabatan, cinta romantis....
Dalam sekejap, semuanya seolah terkupas, terpisah darinya, seperti akan lenyap. Meng Hao mendongak dan meraung, menyebabkan cahaya tanpa batas bersinar darinya. Jembatan Paragon tiba-tiba meledak keluar, menjadi jembatan yang menggetarkan Langit dan Bumi, memancarkan hawa kuno yang kuat.
Begitu jembatan itu muncul, segalanya mulai berguncang, dan Esensi pemusnahan tanpa emosi milik Tuan White tiba-tiba berhenti.
Pada momen singkat itu, mata Meng Hao berkilat dingin, dan ia bergidik. Batu bintangnya meleleh, dan ia berubah menjadi meteor, manifestasi dari Transformasi Bintang Satu Pikiran. Seketika, ia menyambar ke arah Tuan White dengan kecepatan luar biasa.
Ia... mencoba memastikan kemenangan saat ini juga!
Dalam kedipan mata, ia mendekat dengan kekuatan ledakan yang membuat kening Tuan White berkerut. Lalu, Tuan White mengulurkan tangan kanannya dan menekan ke udara.
Kekuatan dasar kultivasi puncak 5-Esensi-nya memusat menjadi telapak raksasa yang bergemuruh di udara menuju meteor itu, lalu mencengkeramnya!
Genggaman tangan itu seolah mampu meremukkan planet dalam cengkeramannya, dan suara retak terdengar saat celah menyebar di permukaan meteor. Namun, sebelum bisa lebih dekat ke Tuan White, saat masih berjarak lebih dari seratus meter, meteor itu tiba-tiba meledak.
Di tempatnya muncul berkas cahaya biru azure, bergerak dengan kecepatan tak terlukiskan dari puing meteor. Saat menembus telapak raksasa itu, jelaslah bahwa itu adalah roc azure raksasa!
Dalam kedipan mata, Meng Hao hampir tepat di depan Tuan White, memperlihatkan cakar yang cukup tajam untuk mengiris logam dan menghancurkan batu. Bahkan saat ia menebas dengan cakarnya, Mantera Penelan Gunung memanggil banyak gunung raksasa yang meremukkan dari atas.
Namun itu belum cukup. Mengejutkan, sebuah tombak panjang tiba-tiba muncul di samping Meng Hao dalam wujud roc azure. Tombak itu adalah tombak yang sama yang telah dibuka segelnya oleh Keserakahan, dengan gagang Pohon Dunia dan ujung naga.
Tombak itu bergemuruh di udara langsung menuju kening Tuan White.
Semua ini butuh banyak kata untuk dijelaskan, tapi sebenarnya terjadi dalam waktu secepat percikan api dari batu api. Biasanya, mengingat tingkat dasar kultivasi yang terlibat, pertarungan antara Meng Hao dan Tuan White bisa berlangsung berbulan-bulan bahkan bertahun-tahun.
Lagipula, pertarungan selevel ini jarang terlihat di Alam Gunung dan Laut, dan bahkan ada kemungkinan seluruh Gunung Kedelapan hancur dalam prosesnya.
Namun... asalkan salah satu pihak bersedia mengerahkan segalanya, durasi pertarungan bisa dipersingkat drastis. Saat ini, orang yang mengerahkan segalanya adalah Meng Hao. Situasinya adalah Tuan White mengira ia tidak akan melakukan hal seperti itu, tidak akan mempertaruhkan nyawanya begitu saja, namun justru itulah yang dilakukannya.
Bahkan Tuan White tidak bisa menduga hal ini akan terjadi. Ia berkerut, dan niat membunuh perlahan memenuhi matanya. Namun, tidak ada waktu untuk merenung. Ia segera melambaikan tangan kanannya, menyebabkan kelima kuku jarinya pecah dan berubah menjadi lima bulan sabit yang memancarkan kekuatan kutukan mengejutkan saat melesat ke arah Meng Hao.
Gemuruh memenuhi langit berbintang saat Mantera Penelan Gunung Meng Hao runtuh. Jembatan Paragon mulai berguncang, dan cakar wujud roc azure-nya runtuh. Bahkan saat darah dan daging terciprat, Meng Hao muncul dan menggenggam tombak itu. Lalu, kecepatan tombak meningkat drastis, dan ujungnya menikam ke kening Tuan White, sampai hanya tersisa sekitar tujuh inci!
Mata Tuan White melebar saat sensasi krisis mematikan yang hebat bangkit dalam dirinya. Ia membuka mulut dan meraung, suara mengejutkan yang seketika menyebabkan proyeksi ilusi raksasa muncul di belakangnya, yang juga meraung ke arah Meng Hao.
Kekuatannya seperti badai, membuat semua cahaya meredup!
Naga pada tombak panjang Meng Hao meraung, tapi dibandingkan raksasa itu, ia lemah. Raungan Tuan White menyebabkan tombak itu mulai pecah, dan dalam beberapa saat... tombak itu tak lebih dari abu!
“Terlalu lemah,” kata Tuan White dingin, meskipun dalam hati jantungnya berdebar cemas.
Pada saat itulah tombak di tangan Meng Hao bergetar.
“Senjata Iblis, Lonelytomb!” kata Meng Hao.
GRUMBLE!
Runtuhnya tombak itu mengungkap bahwa di dalamnya sebenarnya... tersembunyi tombak lain!!
Tombak itu hitam pekat, dan tampak terpadu dari banyak jiwa. Itu adalah... Senjata Iblis Lonelytomb, harta karun berharga yang unik bagi... para Penyegel Iblis!
Begitu tombak itu muncul, energi Meng Hao melonjak, dan tombak itu melesat menuju kening Tuan White.
Semua yang terjadi sejauh ini saling terhubung. Pertama serangan pembuka yang meledak-ledak, lalu kematiannya yang nyaris, runtuhnya meteor, hancurnya gunung-gunung, tersebarnya tombak naga. Ternyata... semua itu adalah persiapan menuju... serangan tombak ini!
Wajah Tuan White langsung berubah pucat!
Chapter 1296: THAT Spear!
“Is that the Mountain and Sea Lord, Heavengod?”
“That’s definitely him. Only Heavengod would have the energy to sweep across the Eighth Mountain and Sea like that!” All of the cultivators from the Eighth Mountain and Sea were getting very excited.
Moments before, the feeling of being suppressed by the Lord of the Seventh Mountain and Sea had overwhelmed them, but now that feeling was gone. However, despite all of the excitement, the Chief Dharma Protector of the Heavengod Society, as well as the other Dao Lords in the Eighth Mountain and Sea, were all completely shaken. Looks of bewilderment could be seen on their faces as they looked out into the starry sky at the source of the ripples that everyone else assumed to be coming from their Mountain and Sea Lord.
“That’s not... the exalted Heavengod....” thought the Chief Dharma Protector, his heart trembling. He could sense that Heavengod was currently on the Eighth Mountain, and was still slumbering. In fact, all of the other Dao Lords of the Eighth Mountain and Sea all had similar sensations.
“If he’s not the exalted Heavengod, then... who is he...?” That was the question running through the minds of the Chief Dharma Protector and the other Dao Lords. Then they all began to tremble as they... a certain person popped into their heads.
It was someone who had unleashed a shocking Daoist magic in battle recently, clearing the entire battlefield....
“Meng Hao!” said the Chief Dharma Protector, gasping. As soon as the name left his mouth, his heart filled with mixed emotions. As of this moment, he was certain that the person emanating an energy similar to that of a Mountain and Sea Lord was none other than Meng Hao.
The cultivators of the Eighth Mountain and Sea were filled with excitement, but those from the Seventh Mountain and Sea were completely shocked. The huge disparity in their energy from moments ago was now gone, and very quickly the fighting resumed.
However, the fighting that did go on was not very intense; no one seemed to be very interested in fighting at the moment, and the fact that the battlefield had calmed down gave everyone a chance to focus their attention on that location off in the distance... where a fight was about to begin that would determine the fate of two of the great Mountains and Seas!
It was... a battle of Mountain and Sea Lords!
If Lord White was defeated, then the tide of battle would completely turn in favor of the Eighth Mountain and Sea. If the Lord of the Seventh Mountain and Sea was actually killed, then the cultivators from that Mountain and Sea would be decimated, and the Seventh Mountain and Sea would suffer an unrecoverable loss.
However, if Lord White won, then the Eighth Mountain and Sea... would no longer exist.
Everyone was waiting... to see how this battle would play out!
RUMBLE!
Outside of the rift, Meng Hao’s energy skyrocketed. The Paragon Bridge inside of him surged madly, and his cultivation base surged into rotation. His Soul Lamps flew out, his aura radiated out, and the power of his divine sense caused the starry sky to shake.
And then, he took a step forward.
That step was like the eruption of a volcano. Meng Hao’s energy solidified around him, forming something like an impregnable wall which then crushed out toward Lord White.
Lord White stared at Meng Hao with a strange light gleaming in his eyes. His expression was not the least bit contemptuous, and in fact, he felt the situation to be a grave one. He could tell that Meng Hao was an incredible threat to him.
Seeing that manifestation of Meng Hao’s energy speeding toward him, Lord White waved his hand, causing blinding white light to spill out, subsequently transforming into 1,000,000 sword projections, which proceeded to pierce out in all directions. Massive rumbling sounds echoed out as Meng Hao’s converged energy was stabbed through countless times, and then collapsed.
In the middle of that collapse, Lord White strode forward, waving his finger toward Meng Hao, sending the 1,000,000 sword lights flowing toward him like a rumbling river.
From a distance, it looked like a river of stars sweeping along with the power to destroy entire worlds!
Shockingly, each beam of sword light contained terrifyingly destructive Dao Realm power that, when combined together, caused wild colors to flash in the starry sky.
Meng Hao’s pupils constricted, and yet, he didn’t back up. Instead, he took another step forward, clenching his hand into a fist and unleashing a punch.
It was none other than the Life-Extermination Fist!
The starlight shattered, and the sword beams distorted. Meng Hao’s punch created an enormous vortex which rumbled as it spun, destroying the sword lights. From a distance, it seemed that the flow of that starry river had suddenly been obstructed.
However, things weren’t over yet. Meng Hao took a third step, unleashing the Bedevilment Fist.
It was as if one willingly underwent bedevilment, a complete and eternal descent into madness. The Bedevilment Fist was backed by Meng Hao’s energy and determination, smashing into the remaining sword lights, causing intense rumbling to rise up as more than half of them were completely shattered.
Meng Hao’s eyes gleamed as he took a fourth step, and... the God-Slaying Fist made its appearance!
The will of the God-Slaying Fist could merge with Heaven and Earth and fuse into the starry sky, converging the power of one’s fleshly body. A cultivators with an indestructible Allheaven cultivation base could thus destroy the Heavens, extinguish the Earth, as a God of Slaying!
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMM!
The starry sky shuddered and began to be torn apart layer by layer. The remaining sword lights shuddered, and then were shoved backward toward Lord White as if by some mad wind.
Meng Hao’s eyes flickered with killing intent; without a moment’s hesitation, he took a fifth step, performing an incantation gesture with his right hand that caused the Blood Demon to appear and lunge toward Lord White with gaping maw.
Lord White’s pupils constricted. Snorting coldly, he said, “Interesting. You deserve for me to take you a bit seriously.”
Next, he performed an incantation gesture with his right hand, then pushed down onto his chest. In conjunction with the pressing down, icy coldness appeared all around him, along with an aura of Essence.
However, this was not the Essence of ice, it was something else... something that could influence the power of Essence belonging to others. It was... emotionless extermination!
The key to being emotionless was to extinguish the seven emotions and six pleasures, to make oneself as cold as ice, and transform that into a will of extermination. As the finger waved through the air, Meng Hao shuddered as all of his blood suddenly iced up. Lord White’s finger seemed to press down onto Meng Hao’s soul, to wipe away all of his emotions!
Family love, friendship, romantic love....
In an instant, they seemed to be peeled away, separated from him, as if they were about to vanish. Meng Hao threw his head back and roared, causing a boundless light to shine off of him. The Paragon Bridge suddenly exploded out into the open, becoming a Heaven-shaking, Earth-shattering bridge that emanated an intense, archaic air.
As soon as the bridge appeared, everything began to shake, and Lord White’s Essence of emotionless extermination suddenly grew still.
In that brief moment, Meng Hao’s eyes glittered with coldness, and he shuddered. His starstone melted, and he transformed into a meteor, the manifestation of none other than the One Thought Stellar Transformation. Instantly, he swept out toward Lord White with incredible speed.
He was... trying to clinch the victory right now!
In the blink of an eye, he was closing with an explosive power that caused Lord White’s brow to furrow. Then, Lord White extended his right hand and pushed out into the air.
The power of his peak 5-Essences cultivation base converged into a huge palm that rumbled through the air toward the meteor and then grabbed down onto it!
The clenching hand seemed like it could even crush a planet within its grasp, and cracking sounds could be heard as fissures spread out across the meteor’s surface. However, before it could get any closer to Lord White, when it was still over a hundred meters away, it suddenly exploded.
In its place appeared an azure streak of light, moving with indescribable speed out from the rubble of the meteor. As it pierced through the enormous hand, it became clear that it was a huge azure roc!
In the blink of an eye, Meng Hao was almost directly in front of Lord White, baring claws that were sharp enough to slice metal and shatter rock. Even as he slashed out with his claws, the Mountain Consuming Incantation summoned numerous huge mountains which crushed down from above.
That still wasn’t enough, though. Shockingly, a long spear suddenly appeared next to Meng Hao in azure roc-form. That spear was the same spear that Greed had unsealed, with the World Tree haft and the dragon tip.
That spear rumbled through the air directly toward Lord White’s forehead.
All of this takes quite some time to describe, but actually took place in the time it takes a spark to fly off of a piece of flint. Normally speaking, considering the level of the cultivation bases involved, a fight between Meng Hao and Lord White could last for months or even years.
After all, this level of fighting was rarely seen in the Mountain and Sea Realm, and there was even the likelihood that the entire Eighth Mountain could be destroyed in the process.
However... assuming one party was willing to go all out, then the length of the fight could be shortened drastically. Right now, the person going all out was Meng Hao. The situation was one in which Lord White assumed that he wouldn’t do such a thing, wouldn’t risk his life so blithely, yet that was exactly what he did.
Not even Lord White could have guessed that this would happen. He frowned, and killing intent slowly filled his eyes. However, there was no time to ponder the matter. He immediately waved his right hand, causing his five fingernails to shatter and form into five crescent moons, which radiated a shocking curse power as they shot toward Meng Hao.
Rumbling filled the starry sky as Meng Hao’s Mountain Consuming Incantation collapsed. The Paragon Bridge began to shake, and his azure roc-form’s claws collapsed. Even as blood and gore spattered about, Meng Hao appeared and grabbed onto the spear. Then, the speed of the spear increased dramatically, and the tip stabbed toward Lord White’s forehead, until it was only about seven inches away!
Lord White’s eyes widened as an intense sensation of deadly crisis rose up within him. He opened his mouth and roared, a shocking sound which instantly caused a huge illusory projection to appear behind him, which was also roaring at Meng Hao.
The power was like a tempest, causing all light to dim!
The dragon on Meng Hao’s long spear roared, but compared to the giant, it was weak. Lord White’s roar caused the spear to begin to shatter, and within moments... it was nothing more than ash!
“Too weak,” Lord White said coolly, although inwardly his heart was pounding with anxiety.
It was in that instant that the spear in Meng Hao’s hand trembled.
“Demon Weapon, Lonelytomb!” Meng Hao said.
RUMBLE!
The collapse of the spear revealed that there was actually... another spear hidden inside of it!!
That spear was pitch black, and seemed to be congealed from numerous souls. It was... Demon Weapon Lonelytomb, a precious treasure that was unique to... the Demon Sealers!
As soon as the spear appeared, Meng Hao’s energy surged, and the spear shot onward toward Lord White’s forehead.
Everything so far had been connected. First was his explosive opening attack, then his near death, the collapse of the meteor, the destruction of the mountains, the dispersal of the dragon spear. Apparently... all of that had been building up to... this spear attack!
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