Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension Chapter 1453 - 785: Escape Through the Door (Part 2)

After a quick contemplation, he found it immensely challenging, uncertain about the way forward.

While he wavered, a brilliant white glow burst forth from the earth all at once, brimming with boundless murderous aura, surging straight at Zhao Sheng.

Zhao Sheng's gaze sharpened, his form blurred in a flash, and he disappeared right from his spot in an instant.

Right then, a colossal White Ape materialized from nothing in the emptiness, positioned a hundred miles distant.

In that desperate instant, Zhao Sheng at last revealed his ultimate secret weapon: Space-Time Teleportation!

Glancing about, he teleported yet again.

Upon reemerging, he perched on the crown of a shaggy bull adorned with horns.

At that very instant, his fist blasted forward like a shooting star, wielding the might to shatter peaks, abruptly slamming into the bull's brow.

The blow struck far too suddenly, catching the bull entirely off guard, to the point where its skull, hard as Jingang, got punched right through, leaving a massive gap.

The bull's eyes flipped back, and it plunged directly into the abyss.

Zhao Sheng gripped the bull's remains tightly, tumbling down with it toward the surface.

As they descended, rivulets of crimson radiance streamed out from the carcass, steadily pouring into Zhao Sheng's frame.

With the crimson radiance flooding in, the White Ape's form stretched higher and bulkier once more, its power doubling over, while its sinews, skeleton, and even lineage experienced profound upheavals.

Once the crimson radiance fully integrated, Zhao Sheng's physique had ballooned to twenty-eight zhang in stature, nearly rivaling a massive black bear.

Hmm?

Zhao Sheng abruptly beamed with delight, sensing that mysterious binding easing up, his latent "Will" stirring back to life, as he detected the concealed Immortal Awakening Tripod inside.

"No wonder the Phoenix, White Tiger, and other beasts possess such tremendous power; they've already broken free of certain seals," Zhao Sheng whispered, his gaze bursting into blazing blood flames.

"Giant Spirit Battle Body, activate!"

With a booming cry, the White Ape's frame swelled enormously in a flash, surging to two hundred zhang tall within moments, its might surging ten times stronger right away.

Immediately after, Zhao Sheng thumped his chest with both fists, roaring toward the heavens, then vaulted upward, turning into a streak of white radiance, hurtling at the closest Dragon Head.

...

White light currents raced across the emptiness, tangled together like a vast canopy net, trapping every creature inside.

Right now, a mass of Fire Cloud zipped agilely around the Dragon Head, repeatedly unleashing huge gouts of Phoenix Divine Flames against the dead dragon's cranium, scorching it over and over.

Phoenix Divine Flames were famed for burning all creation to ash, yet facing the Dragon Head, their typical ferocity faded, only etching a handful of fissures.

However, the white light swiftly sealed and erased those fissures.

The Phoenix's gaze stayed utterly serene, as though this was nothing new to it.

After all, it had been confined in this place for endless epochs, long grown accustomed to the terror of the Holy Beast Corpse Spirit.

The legendary Peacock Ming King and Golden-winged Roc of old were said to defy every incantation, much like the Nine-headed Dragon King.

To the Phoenix, obliterating the Dragon Head proved impossible. The vital task lay in locating the Reincarnation Gate and succeeding in its activation.

Finding the Reincarnation Gate posed no challenge; it hid below... each Dragon Head's "Reverse Scale".

Indeed, nine Reincarnation Gates existed this time!

Still, whether all nine could truly open remained a mystery... maybe just a single one would work!

Because of this doubt, the Phoenix held back some of its power, covertly biding its time for the other "beasts" to make the first move.

Swoosh, the Phoenix's wings halted abruptly, immediately picking up on a "familiar" presence breaching the Will Field.

"White Ape? Perfect!" The Phoenix's mind raced, then it lifted its wings sharply, the massive Fire Cloud swelling outward with the motion.

As the Fire Cloud closed in from every angle, a cold dread gripped Zhao Sheng's heart.

Before he could respond, hordes of Fire Birds erupted from the Fire Cloud, diving down to seal off all his retreats.

Hide?

No, Laozi's battle fervor towered to the skies, set on clashing directly!

In that instant, Zhao Sheng lifted his arm and balled his fist, his strikes launching like collapsing peaks, unleashing a storm of blows in a heartbeat.

A torrent of punches, vast as surging waves, smashed straight into the swarm of Fire Birds.

Boom boom boom...

The Fire Cloud ballooned outward in a rush, then splintered into countless fire wisps and cloud shreds, scattering through the Void.

The Phoenix's eyes tightened, evasion impossible now, as a fist the size of a peak dropped from the ether, poised to crush the Phoenix Crown.

Presumptuous!

The Phoenix flared with rage, the surrounding void twisting in hue, endless Divine Flames erupting upward, morphing into myriad crystalline Phoenix Feathers that swallowed both the fist and the White Ape's form.

Zhao Sheng gritted through the searing torment, hammered the Phoenix Crown, and sent it flying dozens of miles in a blink.

The Phoenix hurtled back, barely evading the white light flood and dodging the doom of shattered bones.

Dozens of miles distant, the Phoenix reined in its flames, floating in the Void, its phoenix gaze locked in return, the blaze of fury in its face cooling swiftly to stillness.

Yet Zhao Sheng wore a dark scowl, staring at his hands, where the backs lay charred black, bones peeking through.

Slender red fire serpents clung to the bone surfaces, worming into the marrow depths, unleashing waves of agony.

Both stunned and enraged, Zhao Sheng swiftly summoned the Will Field to encase the fire serpents, methodically dissolving them.

Those fire serpents proved incredibly stubborn, each one wiped out draining a hefty chunk of his will.

Witnessing this, Zhao Sheng's caution toward the Phoenix spiked to its height.

Before the Phoenix could launch another assault, he darted behind the white light flood, vanishing entirely.

"Haha, with my Invisible Fire Seal marking you, escape is futile no matter what!" The Phoenix held back from chasing, merely sneering coldly.

Zhao Sheng had zero clue that the foe had planted a secret seal upon him.

After that swift skirmish, he soared a thousand miles off, reaching the base of the remotest Dragon Head.

Following a thorough scan, his eyes gleamed, his focus swiftly dropping to the underside of the Dragon Head's jaw.