Chapter 742: Chapter 441: Fierce Tyranny Sweeps the Skies

The outer void was dark and deadly silent, ignorant of the passage of time.

After six successive rounds of hunting wars, they had to temporarily cease.

Simply because all four Nascent Souls were gravely injured, and at the same time, the degree of crystallization had drastically worsened, they could no longer hold on.

During the last two great battles, had it not been for Zhao Sheng lending a helping hand, the Sneaky Youth and Yama Ancestor would very likely have suffered severe injuries and fallen.

Atop an ashen grey Stone Meteor beyond the Seven Star Spirit Realm, Zhao Sheng stood on a protruding stone platform, overlooking the entire spirituality.

At this moment, within a nearly ten thousand miles wide spiritual realm, countless fragments of corpses eerily and silently floated in the void, aimlessly drifting.

Batches upon batches of these corpse fragments were captured by the gravity of two Big Stars, falling back to the planet’s surface, where they were then ensnared by the densely packed Crystal Corpses and slowly dragged underground.

In the most recent round of hunting battles, the number of Crystal Corpses had greatly diminished, and nearly all humanoid Crystal Corpses were destroyed. However, the remaining ones were even more formidable, with demon corpses as large as mountains being commonplace.

And as the end drew near, the four Thunder Rocs became more cunning, often exerting effort without accomplishing anything substantial.

Zhao Sheng knew they all despised him to death and also understood that he couldn’t push them too far, so he kindly granted the four an opportunity to recuperate and heal their wounds.

The splendor of the Star Nebula’s colors illuminated the nearby ten thousand miles of void, but its brightness had already become more than twice as intense as when it first began.

Since the end of the last battle, Zhao Sheng had faintly sensed the appearance of some extremely subtle, invisible fluctuations deep within the spiritual realm.

These fluctuations were ethereal and faint, yet they seemed to originate from space-time.

It was because, during one Phase Shifting, Zhao Sheng was shocked to discover a slight deviation, as he had moved three feet to the right.

Afterward, he tested it nearly a hundred times and found that the stronger the fluctuations, the greater the deviation of the Phase Shifting.

While pondering this, Zhao Sheng suddenly frowned, and his figure abruptly vanished from the stone platform.

Thirty miles above the Dark Star, a figure stumbled out of the void, almost colliding with the remnant limbs beside it.

Zhao Sheng stabilized his True Body and swept his Divine Thought around, his heart suddenly tightened–this time he had deviated by sixty-six feet and seven inches!

The next second, he activated Phase Shifting again, and the deviation was even further.

Immediately after, Zhao Sheng shifted out of the Seven Star Spirit Realm, his tunneling light flying towards a farther cluster of meteors.

After flying about a thousand miles, he tried to initiate Phase Shifting.

One hundred and twenty miles away in the void, Zhao Sheng emerged from nothingness, and after a sweep of his Divine Thought, his heart immediately relaxed–this time, the shift was precise to the last detail.

“It should be correct, indeed it was affected by the space-time fluctuations.”

With this thought, Zhao Sheng slowly flew back to the original meteor.

At this moment, Xian Kong floated over unsteadily, a habitual smile appearing on his face, “Master, continuing like this isn’t a solution! The Elixir Pills and top-grade spiritual stones in our hands are almost exhausted. How about we withdraw to Little Spirit Heaven first, wait until our injuries are healed, and we’re fully stocked, then come back, how about that?”

“It was Yama who made you say this, wasn’t it! It seems his Nascent Soul Magic Body is near collapse,” Zhao Sheng’s pointed out, causing Xian Kong’s expression to stiffen.

But this person was thick-skinned and immediately slapped himself lightly, speaking with a sorrowful face, “Master is wise, indeed Yama that scoundrel had made promises to this subordinate. This subordinate was bold enough to speak out. But… we really can’t hold on any longer. I ask Master to show mercy!”

Zhao Sheng’s eyes moved, but he didn’t immediately respond, as he knew that Xian Kong’s words were true.

It had not been easy for him to gain four Nascent Soul subordinates, and the loss of any one of them would be a great pain to him.

However… there were some things that only he was aware of and could not be disclosed.

How long the four could withstand the crystallization erosion remained an unknown.

After all, the Antibacterial Pill could only temporarily suppress the activity of the germs, but it couldn’t kill them.

In the end, all four were bound to die, unless they found a timely “cure.”

Seeing the Master deep in thought and not speaking, Xian Kong grew anxious, thinking: As the saying goes, a Taoist may die but never a beggar! To save my own life, I must say sorry first.

“Master, I have a proposal, I’m not sure if it’s appropriate to mention it.”

Zhao Sheng responded, “Oh, let’s hear it.”

Xian Kong let out a sly laugh and secretly sent a voice transmission, “There are still eight Nascent Souls in Little Spirit Heaven, why not try to drag a few of them in? Once they’re hit with the Heart Demon Soul-locking Spell, none of them will be able to escape.”

Upon hearing this, Zhao Sheng’s eyes lit up with Divine Light, and he was greatly tempted.

But then thinking about the Heart Demon Soul-locking Spell, he hesitated.

Fully controlling a Nascent Soul of the same realm was no easy feat.

The Heart Demon Curse was powerful indeed, but using it came with significant side effects.

Each time he cast a great spell, it was as though he was adding another Heart Demon to himself.

When facing the God Transformation Barrier, if all these Heart Demons were to lash out simultaneously, regardless of his immense strength, he would most likely perish from their consumption.

If it were not for Zhao Sheng’s own overwhelming Qi Fortune in the Tianzhu Realm,

As a Child of Destiny, crossing his Divinity Transformation Thunder Tribulation was much easier for him than for others.

It was with this reliance that Zhao Sheng dared to divide into four Heart Demons.

If he were to split into a fifth, a sixth, or even more… even with overwhelming Qi Fortune, that would not suffice!

Zhao Sheng was not afraid of the Heart Demons consuming him. He just felt it was not worth it.

In this life, his circumstances were exceedingly favorable, and he was about to make a concerted effort to break through to the Divinity Transformation Realm.

How could he abandon such a promising situation for such trivial matters?

Unless it was absolutely necessary, Zhao Sheng did not want to take too great a risk–five Heart Demons was already the limit.

With this in mind, Zhao Sheng’s gaze turned westward.