Chapter 1356 The Ceremony Is Completed

chapter 1356 the ceremony is completed

{unedited chapter]

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the earth emperor's body, whose proper name is shu ren, released a gray mist. it enveloped everything in its path and froze it at a fundamental level. wang wei's body moved out of the way, but the fog followed him like maggots chasing after expired meat.

after realizing he could not escape, wang wei gathered the most abundant yang energy in his body and blew up, releasing a fiery fog to counter the enemy. his approach worked, but shu ren calmly released a black fog and molded it into a towering hand.

boom!

the attack was too fast, and wang wei was sent flying. his two arms had turned into popsicles, and his soul heard owls of despair. wang wei remained calm and removed the enemy's shoddy application of a dao will artifact. his arm regenerated, and his soul was intact.

[extreme yin spear]

shu ren waved his hand to condense a black spear. he threw it with unparalleled force, making wang wei's face turn ugly. he punched the spear, but his body took dozens of steps into the void. he looked intact, but anyone with discerning eyes could see the freezing signs on his arms and upper torso.

shu ren's brow furrowed as he summoned hundreds of these black spears. they rushed toward their opponent, blocking the sky like they were raining.

[extreme yang body]

wang wei's body turned into an elemental-like fire creature as he desperately combatted this rain of spears. the flame helped him with the freezing aspect of the attack, but the spears were too fast, and there were too many.

additionally, he discovered that his speed was drastically decreasing with each passing second, meaning the longer this attack lasted, the slower he became and the more injuries he received. the raining spear ended, and wang wei looked like swiss cheese. however, despite his situation, his eyes remained calm and focused.

he suddenly teleported in front of shu ren and kicked him. however, the ruler of the great chu divine dynasty was calm — almost too calm. his dao was extreme yin, and he could separate it into extreme and yin dao. he activated his extreme shield, easily blocking that kick.

then, with a thought, all the spears in wang wei's body exploded, sending his mutilated body flying thousands of light years away. shu ren activated [extreme speed] and rushed over, trying to annihilate the body in one fell swoop.

[corrosive moon]

shu ren raised his hand to condense a beautiful moon in the void. wang wei's mind was affected, and he was drawn by the moon, even temporarily stopping his regeneration. a blue beam of light flew from the moon, and the danger suddenly awakened him. he raised his hand to block. his palms turned into skeletons, but he successfully blocked the beam. or so he thought.

wang wei's face turned ugly as he noticed this strange moonlight inside his sea of consciousness. this thing was destroying his soul power at an alarming rate. the worst part is that power was like a maggot — he could not get rid of it no matter what he did. without much choice, he had no choice but to cut off the part it was attached to, thus permanently losing some of his soul power.

shu ren suddenly chuckled; his laughter echoed through the void. "where is your previous arrogance?"

"only an idiot will celebrate victory before a battle ends," wang wei sneered. "there is plenty of time, and i guarantee you that by the end, i'll rip your heart from your chest and use it as a trophy."

"you mean like this," shu ren mocked. he raised his palm to condense an extreme yin crystal, and with a thought, it turned into a beating heart. wang wei looked shocked as he sensed a cold energy coursing through his blood and veins.

shu ren laughed and became even more arrogant. although his dao was extreme yin, he still dabbled in yin-yang, and this technique was a basic application. he exchanged a yin item for wang wei's heart, which contained an extreme amount of yang energy.

wang wei calmly suppressed the hell-like cold inside his body and said with a strange tone: "this was easier than i thought." shu ren suddenly felt a sense of impending doom and disaster.

"you have injured me enough, meaning the requirements for the ceremony have been met," wang wei continued. as soon as he finished, two magical circles appeared above the battlefield.

"what did you do?" shu ren roared, trying to run away, but it was futile. the tattoo of the clock flew out of wang wei's chest and floated above shu ren's head. the clock's handle moved until it reached the skull. a terrifying power descended from the sky into shu ren. he reacted swiftly by activating all his defensive and life-saving measures, but it did not matter.

his body started to age at an alarming rate. in a matter of seconds, he turned into an elderly man with long white hair, cloudy eyes, a beard longer than his knees, and thinner than a mummy.

"you're still alive? i guess i underestimated you," wang wei said. he raised his hand to manifest a hand of time. with the opponent's current situation, time dao was the best approach to kill him as soon as possible. however, the earth emperor proved he was not a regular paragon.

as death approached him, he summoned a dimension of probably his version of hell that he created. this projection contained some of the aura of yama king, which allowed it to block wang wei's potent offensive. then, shu ren was decisive as he blew the dimension to buy him enough time to run away.

'escape?' wang wei thought as he searched around. there were no signs of the latter. 'that can be. i need you to lose at least one life.' he raised his hand to summon his karma thread, focusing on the ones related to his title as the [earth emperor]. he used it to connect to shu ren and cast a curse. this was one of his creations that combined with his order-disorder dao. the conditions of the curse were simple: neither of them could use longevity pills that can increase lifespan.

such conditions are usually useless for tier 10 cultivators since they are immortal. however, shu ren's condition was that his [existence] was affected by the power of time, thus aging him. the best way to heal such an injury is longevity pills.

'now, his only choice is to sacrifice one life to return to his peak,' wang wei thought with a smile.