Chapter 933: Second Enhancement, the Ancient Blade (II)

From a distance, curious cultivators watched as the black war hammer slowly descended from the planar world. At the same time, translucent text appeared before Chen Chu’s eyes.

[The Eight Desolations Creation Halberd has been upgraded to a pseudo-world-level weapon. Fusion with another pseudo-world-level weapon will cost 100,000 attribute points. Proceed with fusion?]

"100,000 attribute points this time?" Chen Chu was a little surprised, but after thinking it over, it made sense.

A pseudo-world-level weapon still counted as a world-level item. Each one contained a fragment of a world and incomplete principles. Fusing two of them was essentially merging two worlds together. Naturally, the difficulty was much greater.

"Consume 100,000 attribute points to fuse the Dark War Hammer into the Eight Desolations Creation Halberd."

Boom!

The moment Chen Chu spoke, a surge of violent enhancement energy exploded within him. The vast surge of enhancement energy turned into white flames that roared to life, engulfing both the golden-black halberd over four meters long and the thousand-meter-long Dark War Hammer.

The instant the flames enveloped the two weapons, both erupted with immense waves of energy. The overwhelming fluctuations of principles even alerted the powerful members of the Heavenly Feathered Race in the rear.

Three divine kings and over ten chief gods shot into the sky, wings of light unfurling behind them as they turned toward the human fleet. Their eyes immediately fixed on Chen Chu... And on the halberd and war hammer cloaked in white flames.

Anstira frowned. "What is he doing?"

Bordea hesitated. "Looks like he’s refining that pseudo-world-level weapon."

"I know. I mean, doesn’t he realize that each pseudo-world-level weapon is an independent existence? They can’t be refined or fused."

"...Well, maybe he doesn’t know that," Bordea answered with uncertainty.

Even Heavenly King Jiuyou and the others, who hadn’t yet begun refining their Chaotic Crystal Cores, were visibly astonished. They had already realized what Chen Chu was trying to do.

Chen Wang solemnly said, "Should we stop him?"

Heavenly King Xuanwu shook his head slightly. "No need. Since Chen Chu dares to attempt this, he must have some confidence. Don’t forget his talent in weapon refinement. Even if he fails, the loss is just a single unusable abyssal weapon. It doesn’t matter."

Thinking back to how Chen Chu had fused a halberd and a battle axe into a world-level weapon in just a few hours, Chen Wang nodded thoughtfully.

Boom!

An even greater surge of power erupted from Battleship 1. The mighty force shifted the winds and skies, and celestial phenomena unfolded. Above the sky, two blurry shadows of worlds appeared, slowly drawing closer in the blaze of white flames.

As Chen Chu was refining his weapons, the heavens ahead darkened. A vast black region stretched across the void, blocking the fleet’s path and causing its speed to decrease.

However, many aboard showed faint smiles. Once they passed this forbidden zone, they would be just over five hundred thousand kilometers from human territory. "Report: We’ve reached the spatial rift zone. Should we initiate a teleportation jump?"

Heavenly King Xuanwu responded with a deep voice, "Halt the advance. Wait until His Majesty Divine Might finishes refining, then enter the spatial rift. Relay this message to our allies."

"Yes, sir."

Previously, the human fleet had jumped through a spatial rift, instantly crossing over three million kilometers to arrive here, saving a great deal of time. However, such spatial jumps required all matter and energy involved to remain in a stable state. They would have to wait for Chen Chu to finish before proceeding.

***

While Chen Chu was enhancing the Eight Desolations Creation Halberd for the second time, the Destructive Dragon Emperor had already ventured deep into the Chaotic Region. Within the murky world, azure tornadoes pierced the heavens and shattered the earth. As they moved, they even tore rifts of black into space.

At the edge of a hurricane forbidden zone, a colossal beast nearly 1,900 meters long stood amid the violent winds. Its body was covered in azure scales, shaped somewhat like a griffin, but far more savage in appearance.

Opposing this titan was an even larger beast, its golden-black form resembling a mountain range. Its outstretched wings blotted out the sky, emanating an ancient aura that threatened to crush the heavens and earth. Behind this enormous and fearsome golden-black beast were two more colossal beasts—one silver, the other golden-blue. Both colossal dragons let out thunderous roars.

Even when facing the ancient-titan-level Dragon Emperor, the azure griffin beast didn’t retreat. It instead roared in fury, wild and feral. The Dragon Emperor looked at the raging titan. Its deep and majestic voice shook the sky and earth.

Submit, or die?

The griffin's eyes were filled with unrestrained madness. It roared back with bloodthirsty defiance.

Get lost. My. Territory.

The Silver Colossal Dragon shook its head.

Ao Tian, here’s another fool...

Due to the chaotic nature of the principles within the region, many beasts that lingered too long became increasingly bloodthirsty and deranged. Only in areas where transcendent energy remained calm, or within small world-like domains, could such disturbances be avoided.

The Silver Dragon and the others had seen many such beasts while crossing the region earlier, so this came as no surprise.

If it's already gone mad, then kill it.

With a low growl, a powerful vitality surged from the Dragon Emperor and pierced the sky. The aura it released sent tremors through the world as it stomped down with immense force.

Boom!

Space shattered beneath the Dragon Emperor’s step like a pane of glass. In the blink of an eye, its massive form exploded with unparalleled speed, crossing over a thousand kilometers and appearing before the griffin.

At the same time, a massive claw wreathed in black lightning descended. The terrible force it emitted caused the world itself to tremble, unleashing waves of spatial tides that exploded outward.

The seventeen massive tornadoes surrounding the griffin collapsed instantly under the indescribable might of the attack. The beast itself managed only a single scream before its skull burst apart. Boiling blood gushed from its neck like a crimson waterfall, spraying molten heat into the air.

Normally, titan-level beasts had incredibly tenacious life force. Even if their heads or hearts were destroyed, they could recover quickly by burning through their origin. However, the Dragon Emperor had no intention of giving it that chance. At the exact moment it crushed the creature’s skull, its left claw shot out, grabbed the body, and slammed it down violently.

Boom!

The earth across several thousand kilometers shattered and erupted. The violent shockwave obliterated every surrounding tornado, crushing through with unstoppable force.

Roar!

The Dragon Emperor let out a thunderous roar. Black lightning crackled from its claws as it lowered its savage jaws toward the half-destroyed griffin.

Bang!

The beast’s scales shattered, and its flesh tore apart, as the Dragon Emperor bit it cleanly in two. Instantly, its struggling aura weakened. With the Dragon Emperor's devouring ability, that bite did more than consume flesh and blood; it also devoured a portion of the titan’s soul and law origin.

Holding the two halves of the griffin’s corpse in its claws, the Dragon Emperor slowly turned its head, blood and bits of meat still clinging to its maw. It gave a low growl.

Let’s go. We keep going deeper.

Ao Tian, next time we encounter a mythical-level beast, remember to leave it to the great Saixitia. The great Saixitia wants rivers of blood, too!

We’ll see when the time comes.

The Dragon Emperor replied without giving a firm answer. To it now, mythical-level beasts could be slain in a single bite. Letting Saixitia take its time fighting them felt inefficient. It was faster to devour and continue bulldozing forward.

With the titan-level griffin’s corpse still in its grasp, the Dragon Emperor launched itself into the sky, its enormous body smashing through the many azure tornadoes that filled the heavens. The Silver Dragon and the Golden-Blue Colossal Dragon followed with ease on the path it cleared, gliding through the hurricane forbidden zone without obstruction.

By this point, the griffin’s corpse had already vanished, completely devoured. The Dragon Emperor’s body grew a meter longer. It was better than nothing.

While the Dragon Emperor swept through everything in its path, over twenty million kilometers away, a monstrous beast stood like a mountain. It was over five thousand meters long, covered in black scales and bone spikes, and radiated the pressure of an ancient titan.

Surrounding this ancient colossal beast were over thirty other beasts, each hundreds or even thousands of meters long, all exuding mythical-level auras. Two of them even released titan-level energy. Yet all of their eyes looked vacant and dull, as if they were being controlled by someone.

Suddenly, the ancient titan roared in fury. With arms sharp like blades, it swung about violently. Two mythical beasts nearby were caught off guard and sliced apart instantly. The force of the strike didn’t slow down, gouging two massive black rifts over a thousand kilometers long into the ground. The earth trembled violently in its wake.

In the ancient titan’s eyes burned ferocity and killing intent. It growled low and hoarse.

No... still can’t shake off the control. That soul power is too strong.

Only after a long time did the rampaging beast calm down. Its violet eyes held a glint of coldness and a trace of unwillingness to accept its fate.

It’s time to find it.

With a muffled, guttural growl, the Blade King, now once again occupying the body of an ancient titan, turned around. Leading the army of mythical beasts, it began heading in the direction of the Dragon Palace.