Chapter 434: Influence
"..." Gaia remained silent.
It had already realized that Bai Mo was actually using an extremely wide-ranging mental induction field to extract information related to the Tianxuan Continent and Daoization, which was why it had suddenly felt an urge to confide in someone.
Had it not been for this, facing a formidable enemy, it wouldn't have uttered a single word.
Allowing the enemy to perish in ignorance was the best strategy. Once victory was decided, one could say whatever they wanted to the dead.
"Come, become my burial offering." Bai Mo stated calmly.
Anger, fear, joy, sorrow... Accompanying the insane growth of his power, all sorts of emotions were gradually receding from him. Whether Bai Mo willed it or not, he was being driven towards pure mercilessness.
He held his palm upward, his five fingers drawing together then spreading apart. A small black dot suddenly appeared and began to spread outwards, devouring everything it touched.
"Creating 'Void Darkness' bare-handed?" Staring at the darkness on Bai Mo's hand, from which even light could barely escape, the Disciple of the Crimson World suddenly conceived this thought.
Although he had been in this world for over a decade, he clearly couldn't change the habits he had formed over thousands of years on the Tianxuan Continent. He still preferred to call what Earth's civilization termed a "black hole" as "Void Darkness," following his long-standing custom.
Figures like Gaia, who stood almost at the apex of the continent as an Integration Stage Grand Expert, possessed power at their peak that could affect both the microscopic and macroscopic scales of the universe, allowing them to clearly perceive the existence of various celestial bodies and micro-structures.
What's more, they possessed incredibly long lifespans. After thousands of years of accumulation, not to mention their insights into the path of cultivation, simply in terms of their understanding of the material world, they were absolutely no less knowledgeable than anyone on Earth.
"It's not Void Darkness." The figure beside him, radiating golden light like a Saint Seiya, said.
Forced by the ubiquitous terrifying pressure, even the Creator, who always disliked showing itself, could only project its combat form, preparing to fight Bai Mo, who sought to eternally seal the three of them, to the death.
"If it were true Void Darkness, this planet would no longer exist."
"Nether Source." Bai Mo uttered just two words, then released his suppression of the black mass in his hand, allowing it to continuously devour the three great cultivators present with its terrifying gravitational pull.
He was still a considerable distance from the power to bare-handedly create a massive black hole, one capable of extinguishing the sun.
Nether Source was merely a Spirit Art he had devised for himself by simulating the environment of the Nine Netherworlds' initial creation. Several years ago, he had relied on the boundless gravitational force generated at the Nine Netherworlds' birth to simultaneously seal the three of them.
Now, Bai Mo intended to recreate that very scene, to eternally imprison these troublemakers within the "Empty Profound Crystals" that had undergone countless preparatory treatments, until he died and they became his burial offerings, or they found a way out and became his collected specimens.
"The same trick, and you expect to use it a second time?" Gaia, with its extremely rich combat experience, easily guessed Bai Mo's intention.
It believed its first defeat was merely due to underestimating the enemy, thinking there was nothing on the other side that could harm it, and thus relaxed its vigilance.
That was why the Super Soul Crystal from the 'Light Being' had been able to succeed, snaring all three of them into its 'bowl' simultaneously.
This time, with sufficient caution, it would absolutely not make the same mistake again!
"Lin! Bing! Dou!..." With an abstruse and profound voice, it painstakingly uttered the first three characters of its ultimate nine-character mantra, to resist Nether Source's highly targeted gravitational pull.
With each character it spoke, Gaia's aura weakened slightly, as if revealing this trump card incurred immense depletion for it.
"Alas, if I were still at the peak of the Integration Stage now, instead of this frail Demonic Body, unleashing the full version of the mantra would be no problem at all!"
"Zhe! Jie! Zhen!..."
"Lie! Qian! Xing!"
Seeing Gaia's flagging momentum, the Creator and the Disciple of the Crimson World immediately completed the latter part of the mantra, making the nine characters a unified whole, and in turn suppressing Nether Source.
Hearing its teammates use the unique mantra of its own sect, Gaia swept a puzzled glance at the two of them.
"It's been thousands of years; it's perfectly normal for a few avatars to go and assimilate diverse strengths, isn't it?" Noticing Gaia's gaze, the Disciple of the Crimson World explained nonchalantly.
"Against the enemy, it's crucial." The Creator added.
When they encountered a bottleneck and could advance no further, some high-level cultivators on the Tianxuan Continent who still possessed long lives would send out avatars to infiltrate the bodies of low-level novice disciples to learn the secret techniques of other sects.
Since this kind of mental infiltration often went unnoticed even by the hosts, over time, it had almost become an unspoken rule within the higher echelons.
The reason Gaia had some doubts was simply because it had created this nine-character mantra technique itself, and after transforming into an information-based life form, it could perceive the general situation of every person who cultivated it, yet it never expected to be exploited like this.
The nine characters collectively merged into a large net, attempting to trap Nether Source and Bai Mo in place together, to buy valuable time for their respective escapes.
From the very first second Bai Mo appeared silently behind them, the three, with their incredibly rich combat experience, had already clearly realized that their opponent could not be fought head-on.
Especially after Gaia discovered that it was still being affected by the mental induction field, its desire to escape grew even stronger.
The power of this unknown life form before them had already surpassed the trio's imagination. Whether judged by its growth rate or its absolute magnitude, the best choice now was to immediately leave this planet.
Considering the past history between both sides, even if Bai Mo's emotions of hatred were continuously fading, there was still no possibility for negotiation. Eternal sealing was almost certainly the outcome.
And from humanity's intelligence, they learned that almost all solid planets in the solar system harbored life. Even Jupiter, which was primarily composed of liquid matter, showed suspected traces of life.
Even if many of these life-bearing planets hadn't yet developed civilizations and remained in a semi-savage state, their power recovery rate would be far slower than on Earth if they stayed there, but at least they wouldn't be threatened in any way.
"Did I, allow you to leave?"
As these words resounded, not only everything around Alfonso City, but the entire atmosphere of South America began to tremble violently, gradually transforming into a raging torrent of air.
The sunlight was completely obscured, and the South American continent plunged into temporary darkness almost simultaneously, with only occasional flashes of lightning bringing a transient brilliance.
"Special warning: All flights to South America are hereby cancelled. Repeat: Due to special circumstances, all flights to South America are temporarily cancelled..."
After receiving the warning from satellites, in less than twenty minutes, the same broadcast echoed through airports worldwide.
PS: Recommendation: "Dark Conferred God." The author is "Will Eat Dirt Writing Books" (that pen name is truly great, haha!). The genre is similar to "Rise of the Main God," tending towards the darker side. Those interested can check it out.
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival ORZ.
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