novelraw Chapter 419 - 347: We Can Never Go Back Anymore!
Chapter 419 - 347: We Can Never Go Back Anymore!
Staring at the black mud gushing out from the spiral stairs, Yang Hong was shocked:
"This... is the black mud of the Corruption Divine Kingdom?"
"But aren’t the tower layers supposed to be isolated? How did Guo Zhengyi manage to let the black mud seep through?"
"And why is there so much black mud? What exactly is Guo Zhengyi trying to do?"
Before Yang Hong could react, the black mud, like a flash flood, had already contaminated the area around the spiral stairs.
Yang Hong, who occupied this area, was the first to bear the brunt.
The battlefield environment he created was rapidly destroyed and corroded by this tidal wave made entirely of black mud.
The magical treasures, arrays, and various devices used to create a body refinement environment with a hundred times gravity, forbidden spiritual power, complete vacuum, etc., were swiftly assimilated into the black mud under its all-encompassing corrosion from sky to earth.
Then, Yang Hong’s figure was also engulfed by the sky-darkening black mud.
"Hmph! Witness my Leakless Golden Body!"
Yang Hong’s feet rooted into the ground, unwaveringly withstanding the onslaught of the sea of black mud.
His body surface burst forth with brilliant golden light, resembling a deity cast in gold in a temple.
And under this golden glow, the black mud that corroded all things couldn’t corrode him for the moment.
"No external object can surpass a body tempered through countless trials! As long as I hold my breath, my physical body can resist any external force."
"Even in an environment completely devoid of spiritual power, filled with toxins or corrosive forces, it remains so."
The land beneath Yang Hong’s feet was rapidly assimilated by the black mud, with his feet standing on the sticky black mud, allowing tentacles to surge up from the mud to entangle him.
To withstand a Divinity Transformation Divine Technique, there must be another Divinity Transformation Divine Technique.
The Leakless Golden Body is the complete Divinity Transformation Inheritance of the Sports Department in True Martial University.
The higher the purity of the student’s physical body, the stronger the defensive effect of the Leakless Golden Body, amplifying the effects on the body.
Yang Hong, a man who abandoned all magic and even technology, had purity beyond doubt.
"Guo Zhengyi, I don’t know how you invaded the seventh layer, but I don’t fear your challenge!"
"Our strengths have always been about equal; this time, we’ll settle once and for all."
Yang Hong, solemnly eyeing the regions covered by black mud, waited for Guo Zhengyi to reveal himself through the Instant Teleportation Technique contained within the Corruption Divine Kingdom.
He did not have to wait long.
In just the next second, Guo Zhengyi’s figure suddenly appeared before him, launching an attack.
The latter, holding a greatsword covered with blood-red feathers, appeared with a descending strike ready, and immediately swung at Yang Hong’s head without any delay.
Yang Hong, without flinching or dodging, swung a punch at Guo Zhengyi’s chest, in a natural manner as if by instinct.
However, as he punched, countless black mud instantly converged on Guo Zhengyi’s chest for defense.
Numerous tough tentacles tightly clung to Yang Hong’s arms, causing his punch to merely indent Guo Zhengyi’s chest slightly.
At that moment, Guo Zhengyi’s sword came crashing down.
A scarlet light pillar filled Yang Hong’s entire vision, engulfing him completely.
Boom——
This was a scarlet light pillar nearly a meter in diameter and over a hundred meters long, with every ray of light in the pillar condensed with Decaying Profound Light!
Yang Hong’s body flew out like a kite with a broken string, and before he could land, numerous tentacles once again wound around him, pulling him back into the black mud.
Yet he ignored the tentacles, staring at Guo Zhengyi, who was emitting a hundred-meter-long light sword, with a face full of shock:
"Old Guo, are you insane!"
"Using Decaying Profound Light this way? And with the consumption of the Corruption Divine Kingdom, can your Spiritual Power sustain it... wait, no, have you been contaminated by the black mud?"
Midway through speaking, Yang Hong finally noticed Guo Zhengyi’s abnormality, his pupils shrinking suddenly!
He then saw that at this moment, Guo Zhengyi’s body and Lifebound Flying Sword were covered with black patterns, clearly showing signs of corruption.
Having dealt with Guo Zhengyi several times, Yang Hong naturally understood what this meant.
This is the sign of contamination by black mud.
Hiss——
So the instigator of this Corruption Divine Kingdom was not Guo Zhengyi, but someone else?!
But who else at Evil Extermination University mastered the Corruption Divine Kingdom, and even if someone did, who could surpass Guo Zhengyi’s prowess?
It doesn’t make sense!
"Old Yang, I too hoped for a fair duel with you... but I was defeated by another, there’s no going back for me."
Facing his friend’s inquiry, Guo Zhengyi revealed an unpleasant smile, then raised his sword once more, gathering the immense Decaying Profound Light.
The hundred-meter light sword reappeared, its attack range so vast that Yang Hong had no place to hide.
unable to evade, he could only rely on the Leakless Golden Body to withstand the light sword while struggling to approach Guo Zhengyi.
The Leakless Golden Body is not invincible; with Guo Zhengyi repeatedly unleashing such powerful attacks, it was only a matter of time before Yang Hong exits his invulnerable state, revealing his true vulnerability.
What made it worse was that a being corrupted by black mud could enjoy full magical power within it.
What Yang Hong could do was capture Guo Zhengyi’s true body and eliminate him before the Leakless Golden Body fails.
This was his only chance.
Unfortunately, it was destined not to be a fair duel.
When Guo Zhengyi was brewing his third sword, as Yang Hong charged within three hundred meters of the opponent, two more figures appeared.
They were none other than Jiang Taibai and Lv Tianqiao.
They appeared in the same corrupted state by black mud.
"What! Even you two... What exactly happened on the Eighth Layer!"
Watching the three giants of Evil Extermination University gathered, Yang Hong nearly popped his eyes out in shock.
At this moment, he had no desire to fight, and without hesitation, he turned around, attempting to escape from this battlefield that drove him to despair.
But unfortunately, it was already too late.
"Blessing of Star Shattering."
Jiang Taibai spoke with compassionate eyes, locking his target on Yang Hong.
Yang Hong’s figure instantly froze in place, and the area within an inch around him became absolutely silent.
He was immobilized, but at the same time, his body and the environment within an inch of him turned into a rigid state like droplets of water, able to defend against any external attack.
"Celestial Shattering Star Sword."
Jiang Taibai’s gaze was calm as he unleashed a Sword Qi filled with endless vibrational powers.
Just before this sword was about to collide with the completely stagnant space around Yang Hong, Jiang Taibai invoked the Blessing of Star Shattering on the Sword Qi itself.
This sword froze within an inch area around Yang Hong.
"Divine Control."
Lv Tianqiao seized the surrounding Path of Wood and infused it into her Wooden Sword, greatly enhancing the power of her Lifebound Sword.
She invoked the method of flying swords, sent out the Wooden Sword, which was imbued with dense Path of Wood, directly aiming at Yang Hong’s face.
Similarly, this sword froze an inch away from Yang Hong, under the Blessing of Star Shattering.
Guo Zhengyi’s Light Saber was no different, three attacks from three different angles locked onto Yang Hong, leaving him no room for escape.
Then, the Blessing of Star Shattering vanished.
In an instant, the Celestial Shattering Star Sword, Divine Control, and full-power Decaying Profound Light all blasted onto Yang Hong’s body.
An inch of space, leaving Yang Hong no room to counterattack.
He could only endure with a hopeless heart, relying on his own heavily refined body to withstand.
Boom boom boom—
The three powers of the Divinity Transformation Inheritance converged together, submerging Yang Hong entirely.
His Leakless Golden Body ultimately failed to create a miracle. After barely resisting over seventy percent of the power of the three attacks, it finally shattered.
At the same moment, the black mud and tentacles played their true role, dragging Yang Hong entirely into it.
A large amount of black mud poured into his pores, mouth, and nose, twisting his consciousness at a terrifying speed.
Twenty seconds later.
Yang Hong stood bitterly smiling above the black mud, his body once again flashing the brilliance of the Leakless Golden Body, only that originally golden luster had turned into an intertwining of gold and blood, appearing very sinister.
"Now, we are on the same side."
Yang Hong looked at the three giants of Evil Extermination University:
"Now, can you tell me who the master of the Corruption Divine Kingdom is?"
The three, Guo Zhengyi and the others, exchanged a glance, chanting a name in unison:
"Su Yuan..."
Yang Hong, who was almost predetermined to be the gatekeeper of the Seventh Layer, after being corrupted, left no adequate resistance on the Seventh Layer.
On that day, the members of the school team on the Seventh Layer saw endless black mud spreading from every corner, rendering everyone helpless in the presence of the black mud, with no choice but to be eroded and assimilated.
Even the other two prominent figures from True Martial University who understood the complete Divinity Transformation Inheritance, quickly fell under Yang Hong’s lead siege.
Among the Federation’s top twenty-two university students, the Corruption Divine Kingdom took control of six individuals.
Such a numerical advantage, in a situation where school team members in other layers couldn’t communicate with each other, was overwhelming.
On the third day of the school team members entering the tower, the tower’s Eighth Layer, Seventh Layer, Sixth Layer fell.
On the fourth day, the Fifth Layer, Fourth Layer, and Third Layer fell.
On the fifth day, the Second Layer and First Layer fell.
The Corruption Divine Kingdom simultaneously corrupted these eight layers.
As the area of the Corruption Divine Kingdom expanded, the black mud grew deeper, and the tentacles became even more resilient.
The original efficiency of corrupting a Foundation Establishment Peak in ten seconds and a top twenty-two Federation student in twenty seconds, further accelerated.
The sky of each tower layer was stained with a bloody hue, the inner edge areas, which once had scenic images, were also climbed with flesh and blood, becoming bloody and filthy.
Originally warm and pleasant, filled with green waters and mountains, the world inside the tower, had undoubtedly turned into a purgatory.
On the day when all eight layers of the tower fell, the Ninth Layer above them officially became Su Yuan’s target.
The Eighth Layer of the tower.
Su Yuan, Chen Nuoyi, Qi Hanyan, and Zhu Tianqing stood on the spiral stairs leading to the Ninth Layer, reviewing their followers before them.
The school team members totaled two hundred, with only twenty choosing the Ninth Layer, all of whom were students from Star River University.
Of the remaining one hundred and eighty, excluding the four of Su Yuan, and the seventeen who were eliminated due to mutual competition, one hundred and fifty-nine remained.