Beginning Of Multiverse Saga

Chapter 172: Absorbing Primordial Ki

Catherine felt despair. She tightly hugged the man next to her, as if only then could she feel a bit more at ease.

Sharky’s entire body was covered in goosebumps. Even though he knew he was no match, giving up wasn’t his style.

Just then, a dozen blinding purple arcs of lightning struck down from the clouds. Every streak of lightning was as thick as a massive dragon, but their power was far greater than that of a dragon. The streaks of lightning instantly locked onto the incoming Zhao Ruizhi, blasting his body.

Sharky was overjoyed. Was the emperor going to die from this? His luck had really turned around today!

But he was quickly disappointed. Zhao Ruizhi’s entire body shone with golden light, forming an eggshell-like golden barrier that forcibly blocked the terrifying streaks of lightning.

"Are you even freaking human anymore?!" Sharky’s eyes were wide.

But fortunately, Zhao Ruizhi didn’t have as easy a time as Sharky thought. After resisting the dozen streaks of lightning, his golden barrier was also covered in fine cracks. It then shattered into pieces.

The clouds below surged, and endless lightning seemed to converge. Zhao Ruizhi’s expression changed and he quickly returned to the island he was previously on. The clouds gradually calmed again once they lost their target.

As he stood at the edge of his island and looked at the dark clouds, Zhao Ruizhi’s expression turned grave. But when he saw the couple on the other side, fury raged within him again. He raised his hand and fired a golden beam from his finger at them. Since he couldn’t cross over, he’d just kill them with a ranged attack all the same!

But several streaks of terrifying lightning appeared as soon as the golden ki left his island, directly scattering it.

"Sharky, what in the world is going on?" Catherine asked, looking at the scene.

"A new dungeon has appeared, so the laws of the world are currently being recreated. The elements of the world are in an extremely unstable state. Trying to use one’s power recklessly here will only draw over these berserk elements. That emperor’s cultivation is so high that anything he does will incur the highest level of this world’s power. Normally, his attacks would be incredibly powerful, but in this unstable environment, he will instead be rejected by the world." Sharky explained, while he was poking at the Emperor.

Zhao Ruizhi’s eyes became completely red, smoke even coming out from his nose. He stared daggers at Sharky. His figure flickered as he rushed over again, this time even faster than the last. Unfortunately, it only made the rebound of the force of this world even more terrifying.

Several dozen streaks of lightning wove into a net around him. The electricity was different from what one would normally see; it instead resembled a pure purple liquid. The borders of the islands even began to crystallize from a distance, so it was easy to imagine just how powerful the lightning was.

Not even the emperor could endure such power. The golden barrier around him quickly broke apart. The rings on his finger flickered with golden light, helping him block the incoming arcs of lightning.

Catherine stared at the gemstone rings on his fingers in shock. She had always seen them on his hand, but she’d thought that these rings were just decorations the empress had given him out of love to her son. It turned out that all of them were actually magic artifacts! Any artifact that could block such terrifying lightning was definitely top tier.

Unfortunately, the power of heaven and earth wasn’t so easily blocked. Soon afterwards, the rings continuously flickered with light, but every single one shattered after holding on for only a second or two. Even so, they already bought Zhao Ruizhi enough time to return to the island he was previously on.

He could no longer remain as calm and confident as he had been before. His hair had been blasted into a mess, and there were several scorched black marks on his face. His arms were shaking in his sleeves. The damage he had experienced definitely wasn’t light..

Zhao Ruizhi gave Sharky a look from the other island, and the redness in his eyes slowly withdrew. Then, he turned around to walk toward the mountain behind him.

Sharky and Catherine took a relief, seeing the Emperor had returned back. When he looked at her snow-white hair, Sharky thought for a bit, then handed her some pills. "Right, your life force was damaged when you used that secret technique earlier. Here, I have some pills that can help you recover some ki. I’ll help you absorb the medicine after you take it."

He had bought quite a few medicines from Ji Dengtu back then. Furthermore, he had also received a lot of medicine from Qin Youzhao before he came inside, and some among them helped stabilize one’s ki. He took all of them out now.

Catherine felt her heart soften. He had actually remembered her current condition. She reached out her hand. "Thank you!" She ate the pill and sat down to channel the nearly exhausted ki inside her body.

Sharky sat down before Catherine, he reached out and placed his hand against her major acupuncture, infusing a large amount of ki into her.

Catherine began to digest the medicinal force inside of her with his help. A wave of warmth spread through her body and her complexion became rosier. Even though these medicines were far from enough to compensate for her lost life force, they still nourished her weakened body.

Sharky noticed the effects as well. After thinking for a while, he took out a large spiritual root, saying, "This thousand year root contains abundant life energy. If you ingest it, it should be of some help to your body."

Sharky tore off a piece of the root and fed it to Catherine. "There’s only so much we can do right now, so please eat it."

Normally speaking, the spiritual root would be better used as an ingredient in preparing pills, but Sharky only had Ki Condensation Pills. If he tried to refine different pills, he might just end up wasting this precious ingredient if he failed, so he would rather have her just directly ingest it now.

Catherine voiced her agreement and took the spiritual root. Her red lips opened slightly as she sucked on it.

Catherine then digested the medicine Sharky gave her. Now that she had eaten the spiritual root, she was full of medicinal power. If the ki transmitted by the hand on her back was too strong, she really wouldn’t be able to take it.

Sharky nodded and replied, "Okay." The two of them quickly continued the treatment.

But while the treatment was going on, the meteors had started falling. Both sides now have to deal with it.

Those present thought that the ’meteors’ were just temporary. However, even after it continued for a while, the meteor shower showed no sign of ending at all, and it continued for three days.

Sharky and Zhao Ruizhi, as well as King George Manor’s people, all fought against the meteor shower. Fortunately, cultivators weren’t like ordinary people; they could go half a month without eating or sleeping.

But there was still a limit to that. Many deathsworn soldiers perished from exhaustion or from being crushed by the meteors. The others didn’t have it easy either. Only Zhao Ruizhi alone seemed to be fine. His hair, which had been scorched by the lightning earlier, had already been fixed again.

Even though Sharky was dealing with the situation alone, the amount of land he had to protect was smaller, so he had a comparatively easier time. But he was still fighting alone. Even though Catherine’s condition was improving and she could help, at her cultivation level, she could only take care of some small meteors.

He was starting to feel drained after the meteor shower continued for three days. What left him feeling even more powerless was that he had no idea how much longer it would continue for.

Two more days passed. Forget about Sharky, the other group was struggling to hold on too. Zhao Ruizhi was still standing upright, but many people from King George Manor couldn’t take it. They were powerless to continue protecting themselves. Glaring holes were forming in their defenses.

Suddenly, a roar emerged from the forest behind them as a python flew out to help them block an incoming meteor. This python was several dozen zhang in length, its aura not inferior to that Jade Moon Serpent Sharky’s group had fought previously at all. Several other powerful beasts came out to protect the island as well.

When beasts reached a higher level, they would develop sentience. They knew that if the island was destroyed, they would all be done for as well. They hadn’t dared to show themselves earlier out of fear toward Zhao Ruizhi’s aura. But now that the situation was looking dire, they couldn’t be bothered to worry about him anymore.

They were even stronger than the deathsworn soldiers. Zhao Ruizhi immediately felt the pressure lessen. He couldn’t help but give the other island a look, smirking when he saw how much Sharky was struggling.

Zhao Ruizhi couldn’t cross over, but even so, the brat appeared to already be on the verge of collapse. If Sharky died under the power of the world, that could serve to vent his resentment. It was just a pity that he couldn’t seize the kid himself and skin him alive.

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On the other hand, Sharky’s situation really wasn’t great. The island he was on was quite small, so he could see everything on it from where he was standing. There weren’t any powerful beasts there to help him. Catherine had lost too much of her life force earlier, and had only recovered a little bit, so she couldn’t help him much.

He hadn’t gotten a wink of sleep, struggling against the meteors from morning to evening. He really was starting to break down after fighting for so long. Looking at the seemingless boundless landmass above them, he had no idea how many months and years it would continue to crumble.

But then he feels the world primordial ki was gathered inside him. And it only happens, when he uses Immortal Phoenix Technique.

He quickly used the Immortal Phoenix Technique to the fullest extent. The primordial ki around him rushed toward his body crazily, entering him and continuously tempering his body.

Sharky felt all of his fatigue vanish in an instant. Instead, he felt as if he were in the best condition of his life. He roared out excitedly and smashed the descending meteors one after another with his fists, using them to compliment the Primordial Origin Sutra’s body tempering.

When Zhao Ruizhi on the other side saw Sharky’s actions, he couldn’t help but sneer. "Nothing more than a final mad struggle." With his sight, he had already deduced that with Sharky’s cultivation, wantonly wasting strength would only speed up his death.

He Li saw Catherine look at Sharky with eyes full of admiration. He sighed and remarked, "Is this youth? They don’t know how to pace themselves and only know how to blindly throw their lives away. He’s in his current situation all because of a woman. Nevertheless, the crown princess is so beautiful, so dying with a beauty like that by his side isn’t too bad of an ending."

But what surprised both him and the emperor was that not only did Sharky not collapse after continuing for an entire day, he instead seemed to be getting stronger and stronger. His fists smashed the descending meteors with no sign of stopping.

Zhao Ruizhi frowned. However, he figured that it was probably because of some forbidden technique and didn’t worry too much. But after another three days, Sharky’s valiant figure was still fighting, finally making him worry.

"What kind of monstrous stamina does that brat have?" Zhao Ruizhi was incredibly shocked. He was even starting to admire the kid.

On the other hand, at first, Catherine felt admiration toward Sharky’s bravery, but she gradually began to feel worry that he might not be able to hold on for much longer. "Sharky, you won’t be able to last like this. How about you rest and let me take your place for a bit?" She would be happy if she could buy him even a few seconds of reprieve.

He smacked his own chest and exclaimed with a laugh, "Don’t worry, I’m feeling great! Right now, my body is even harder than these meteors!"

Catherine’s face turned red. She harrumphed. This fellow really is a pervert.