Chapter 1216: Spirit Aspect Destroyed
Under the control of the Spirit Master False God, his two massive hands seized the incoming Bone Dragon. These two massive hands grasped the two dragon horns atop the Bone Dragon's head, then, with a powerful surge from both hands and lightning speed, he slammed the Bone Dragon towards the ground below.
Boom! !
The ground violently trembled as the Bone Dragon's enormous, thousand-meter-long body slammed heavily onto the ground, creating a dragon-shaped trench. Large clouds of dust and smoke billowed up.
With the attack successful, the Spirit Master False God showed no hint of joy, because he sensed that the Bone Dragon's power had not diminished in the slightest from this blow.
The roar of a dragon resounded again. Compared to its previous domineering aura, this roar clearly carried a greater sense of fury. Two not-so-intense explosions came from the billowing dust and smoke, and the Spirit Master False God's expression instantly changed drastically. Immediately, with a twitch of his arms, he retracted his hands, only to see them profusely bleeding, the palms of both hands having vanished.
The reason his two palms vanished was because they had burst apart under the influence of the Bone Dragon's immense power, which was why they were now a mangled mess of flesh and blood. Those two not-so-intense explosions were the sounds made when his two palms were destroyed.
With his palms destroyed, the Spirit Master False God naturally had to quickly retract his arms. Otherwise, the Bone Dragon would surely seize the momentum and completely destroy both his arms, and he would suffer even greater harm as a result.
A searing, agonizing pain came from the burst palms. It hadn't been felt when the hands first burst, but now that his hands were retracted, the intense pain immediately surged. The pain-stricken Spirit Master False God and Guardian Spirit simultaneously showed a hint of agony on their faces.
With the two of them sharing one body, neither would naturally fare well with exploded hands. But both were individuals who had weathered many storms, so even though their hands were destroyed, with not a single finger remaining, neither of them let out heart-wrenching screams, merely showing a slight hint of pain on their faces.
This astonishing scene occurred because the body currently shared by the Spirit Master False God and the Guardian Spirit was a fusion, and a Ghost King inherently possesses the ability of self-regeneration.
Furthermore, both were the top-tier powerhouses in this world, second only to true gods. The power they possessed was unimaginable to ordinary people, which was why the physical body shared by the two of them possessed such rapid regenerative abilities.
However, this regeneration also came at a cost: the heavier the injury, the greater the cost of regeneration, and the faster and more complete the regeneration, the greater the price that had to be paid. This shared many similarities with a Ghost King regenerating its own physical body, but also had some differences.
The Spirit Master False God restoring his hands to their original state in such a short time would certainly cause him some expenditure of power. But because his strength was sufficient and the power within his body was abundant enough, he did not immediately become weak just because he regenerated a pair of hands. On the contrary, he seemed no different from before.
While the Spirit Master False God was rapidly regenerating his hands, the Bone Dragon's massive body burst through the swirling dust and smoke, soaring into the air. Like a flying dragon ascending to the heavens, it shot towards the Spirit Master False God within the Apotheosis Platform once more.
Although this Bone Dragon had just been slammed heavily onto the ground, it had not suffered much damage. Still full of vigor, it gave a feeling of explosive power.
Since Snow Fox Mountain, located beneath the Apotheosis Platform, had long since collapsed during the great battle, the current Apotheosis Platform was quite far from the ground. If it weren't for the Spirit Master False God's hands being able to extend infinitely, and his previous strike against the Bone Dragon being not only powerful enough but also as fast as lightning, he wouldn't have been able to slam the Bone Dragon from high in the sky to the ground in an instant. And now, the Bone Dragon's speed was not at all slower than when it was slammed to the ground; in fact, it was even three-tenths faster, so the Spirit Master False God's hands had only just finished regenerating when the Bone Dragon had already surged menacingly into the Apotheosis Platform.
If a living being entered the Apotheosis Platform—whether human, demon, or even ghost—as long as they entered, they would be affected by its power and rendered unable to fly. Just like the three people from Heimu before, as soon as they flew into the Apotheosis Platform, they were forcibly dragged down from the air by an irresistible force and could only passively land on the first step. Let alone those three, even a formidable figure like the Spirit Master False God had not been arrogant enough to fly into the Apotheosis Platform, and after entering it, he had also obediently walked his way up. This was because flying was forbidden within the Apotheosis Platform; otherwise, why would the Spirit Master False God have walked so humbly?
However, the Apotheosis Platform's prohibition on flying only applied to living beings with life; for inanimate objects without life or consciousness, entering the Apotheosis Platform would not cause any effect. And while the Bone Dragon appeared to be a living creature, in essence, it was not; it was merely one of the Death God's Soul Armaments. Precisely because of this, when the Bone Dragon charged into the Apotheosis Platform at this moment, it was not affected by the Apotheosis Platform's power. Not only was it not forcibly dragged down from the air by the Apotheosis Platform's power, but it also moved freely as if in ordinary space, reaching the Spirit Master False God in the blink of an eye.
In this situation, the Spirit Master False God had no time to cast any Spiritual Art to intercept the Bone Dragon. To withstand the Bone Dragon's attack, he could only use his recently regenerated hands as a temporary weapon. But the Bone Dragon's power at this moment was truly too immense; he had not the slightest confidence that he could block the Bone Dragon. More likely than not, his freshly regenerated hands would burst apart again.
Although he had no confidence, having no other choice, he still prepared to do so.
Just as the Spirit Master False God was about to use his hands to temporarily block the Bone Dragon's attack, two long, thick arms suddenly descended from the sky. Like two incredibly willful ropes, they coiled around the Bone Dragon's body, which had already reached the Spirit Master False God. The Bone Dragon opened its maw, intending to swallow the Spirit Master False God in one bite. Just as it was about to successfully bite the Spirit Master False God, its body was suddenly forcibly flung away by an immense force, like a cannonball, it was tossed out of the Apotheosis Platform.
The one who suddenly intervened to rescue the Spirit Master False God was none other than the Guardian Spirit, who was controlling the Spirit Aspect through his consciousness. At this moment, he and the Spirit Master False God shared a physical body; he naturally knew how great the threat this Bone Dragon posed to their shared body, and he also knew that the Spirit Master False God was currently unable to cast any Spiritual Arts to resist the Bone Dragon's attack. Therefore, to force the Bone Dragon back and buy the Spirit Master False God a moment to breathe, the Guardian Spirit immediately used his consciousness to control the Spirit Aspect to intercept the Bone Dragon. The two arms that coiled around the Bone Dragon's massive body were precisely the arms of the Spirit Aspect, and the Spirit Aspect's hands also possessed the ability to extend and soften. Coupled with the Spirit Aspect's inherent immense power, it was able to instantly coil around the Bone Dragon's body and fling it out of the Apotheosis Platform.
However, the Spirit Aspect already had the formidable Death God's Law Aspect as an opponent, and facing the current Death God's Law Aspect, the Spirit Aspect was simply no match. When the Guardian Spirit controlled the Spirit Aspect to attack the Bone Dragon, although it successfully flung the Bone Dragon out of the Apotheosis Platform, it instead gave the Death God's Law Aspect a perfect opportunity.
With two thunderous booms, the Death God's Law Aspect's two massive hands slammed fiercely onto the Spirit Aspect's two heads from either side. The two colossal heads collided, then, subjected to the crushing force of the Death God's Law Aspect's two massive hands, they immediately burst apart, transforming into Yin Qi.
Yet, this was merely one of the Death God's Law Aspect's offensive methods. The Death God's Law Aspect had a total of three arms; while two hands shattered the Spirit Aspect's two heads, its third arm seized the opportunity to punch directly through the Spirit Aspect's abdomen, piercing it clean through.
The Spirit Aspect, having suffered such heavy damage, its entire body immediately developed numerous cracks. Unable to sustain itself any longer, it then exploded with a crash, transforming into a large amount of Yin Qi and dissipating.
Although a Spirit Aspect could be re-condensed after being dispersed, just like an Underworld Official's Soul Armament, re-condensing it also required the consumption of one's own power. And re-condensing a Spirit Aspect consumed far more power than re-condensing a Soul Armament. Furthermore, once a Spirit Aspect was dispersed, it would require a certain amount of time to summon it again, unlike at the very beginning, when it could be summoned instantly with a single thought.
The Spirit Aspect was the Spirit Master False God's most powerful means of contending with the Death God, and now that it had been dispersed by the Death God's Law Aspect, this was no small blow to him.
He was already no match for the Death God to begin with, and now his Spirit Aspect had also been dispersed; the gap between him and the Death God had naturally widened even further. Although he was no match for the Death God before, he could at least still exchange blows with the Death God. But now, without his Spirit Aspect, he had lost even the chance to exchange blows with the Death God—unless he could hold out until his Spirit Aspect re-condensed. Only then would he have the ability to contend with the Death God. But would the Death God give him that time to re-condense his Spirit Aspect?
The answer was, of course, no. The Spirit Master False God could figure it out even with his toes; the Death God would absolutely not give him such an opportunity.
The moment the Spirit Aspect was dispersed, not only did the Guardian Spirit, whose mind was linked to the Spirit Aspect, suffer another heavy blow and spit out a mouthful of blood, but even the Spirit Master False God was significantly affected as well, also spitting out a mouthful of blood. This was because the dispersed Spirit Aspect was his own Spirit Aspect; even if he wasn't controlling it when it was dispersed, he would still be affected. Moreover, he and his Guardian Spirit were already sharing one physical body; if the Guardian Spirit was suffering, how could he possibly be fine? His Guardian Spirit constantly spitting blood like this, it would be strange if he wasn't affected.
The two had just spit out a mouthful of blood and hadn't even had time to feel a headache over it, nor had they had time to figure out how to deal with the formidable Death God next, when the flung-away Bone Dragon stuck to them again like a persistent plaster.
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