Chapter 1348 |
Chapter 1348: How to Break the Deadlock
“Like this…”
Su Jingzhen paused in disbelief, then took another step forward.
Sure enough, the eyes of the ‘Heavenly Ancient Demon King’ sharpened once again.
He then took a step back.
I’m in, I’m out, I’m in, I’m out…
More than a dozen times, he danced on the edge of death to test its limits.
However, the creature truly seemed like a mechanical being with specific permissions. As long as he stayed beyond a certain range, it paid him no mind.
“These kinds of mechanical puppet beasts truly know no fatigue.
But precisely because of that, reasoning with them is utterly futile.”
After hopping back and forth across the hundred-zhang boundary over a dozen times,
Su Jingzhen finally stopped, his brows tightly furrowed.
Forcing the release of the Ancient Desolate Demon King and the others in such an environment to form the Primordial Awakening Array was clearly no easy task.
The slightest misstep could not only fail to awaken the Heavenly Ancient Demon King but might also result in the complete loss of the Ancient Desolate Demon King and the others.
This would be a classic case of gaining little at great cost.
This guy was just too powerful.
Even with the Demon Warrior Legion here, a direct confrontation would likely prove impossible.
“This is really a tough nut to crack.
What should I do?”
As he muttered to himself, Su Jingzhen instinctively pulled up his attribute panel.
[Body Refinement Cultivation: Opened 22 Secret Repositories!
Physique Level: Demon Lord Physique (Demon Marquis Realm) (8th Stage)
Next Secret Repository to Unlock: Zhangmen Acupoint (0/3800)]
[Remaining Available Points: 60,898]
“Am I really being forced to spend all these points to push my cultivation level up?
To go head-to-head with this mechanical puppet?”
Su Jingzhen truly didn’t want to use his points to break through at this moment.
But aside from this, he couldn’t think of any other viable option.
At this moment, he instinctively unlocked the Zhangmen Acupoint.
[Body Refinement Cultivation: Opened 23 Secret Repositories!
Physique Level: Demon Lord Physique (Demon Marquis Realm) (9th Stage)
Next Secret Repository to Unlock: Qingling Acupoint (0/4000)]
[Remaining Available Points: 57,098]
However, to Su Jingzhen’s dismay, after spending 3,800 points to unlock the Zhangmen Acupoint, his cultivation only advanced by one minor stage.
He inwardly screamed that it was such a waste.
After all, he had already been at the 8th Stage of the Demon Marquis Realm for several days.
Even without spending these 3,800 points, relying solely on his cultivation with the Creation Heaven Scripture, he would have likely broken through soon anyway.
“Has the effect of spending points become so insignificant?
Is it because my source of points has become too easy?”
Su Jingzhen was momentarily unable to accept this.
At the beginning, spending points once could unlock three minor stages.
Later, it was two minor stages.
Now, it was only one minor stage.
In the future, he suspected that spending points might not even be enough to unlock a single minor stage.
But at this point, he didn’t hesitate and directly unlocked the Qingling Acupoint.
[Body Refinement Cultivation: Opened 24 Secret Repositories!
Physique Level: Demon King Physique (Demon Sage Realm) (1st Stage)
Next Secret Repository to Unlock: Xiabai Acupoint (0/4200)]
[Remaining Available Points: 53,098]
This time, after spending 4,000 points, he finally pushed his cultivation to the Demon King level.
Seeing the level on the panel, Su Jingzhen couldn’t help but feel a wave of emotion.
In less than two years since his debut, he had gone from a mere Qi Refinement beginner who could die at any moment to standing at the pinnacle of the cultivation world as a Demon King.
All of this still felt like a dream to him.
“This is real, not fake. This is real, not fake…”
Su Jingzhen repeatedly brainwashed himself in his mind.
He was terrified that all of this might indeed be just a dream, and in the blink of an eye, everything would vanish.
Now, with the strength of the 1st Stage of the Demon Sage Realm, he couldn’t help but wonder how far he could go if he fully tapped into his borrowed power.
Could he stand a chance against the ‘Heavenly Ancient Demon King’ before him?
“Little Green, lend me all the power I can handle from the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss!”
As he spoke, Su Jingzhen directly took out the black brick.
A dark light emanated from it.
His fighting spirit soared to its peak.
In the next moment, without any hesitation, he stepped back into the hundred-zhang range of the Heavenly Demon Sect’s palace.
The ‘Heavenly Ancient Demon King’s’ eyes sharpened once again, and a surge of power erupted from its body as it swung a palm toward Su Jingzhen.
The light of the world shone around Su Jingzhen.
But this time, he did not dodge.
Instead, he swung the black brick with the force of the Great Desolate Creation Palm.
The power of a Demon King was fully infused into the strike.
Combined with the borrowed power from the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, the might of this brick strike was enough to make even a 9th Stage Immortal King retreat.
He could even hold his own against an ordinary Immortal Emperor.
At this moment, Su Jingzhen was filled with confidence.
However, in the next instant, when the power of his brick strike collided with the casual palm strike of the Heavenly Ancient Demon King, he was once again filled with despair.
An unimaginable, overwhelming force surged toward him.
His body was sent flying.
The power of the Heavenly Ancient Demon King continued to pour into his body, and the meridians in his right hand, which held the brick, shattered inch by inch.
His aura instantly weakened.
That level of power was simply beyond his ability to contend with.
“Pfft!”
Su Jingzhen’s body was flung out of the hundred-zhang range.
He crashed heavily onto the empty street.
A mouthful of blood spilled from his lips, and his expression remained one of dismay.
That strike just now had been his full power.
And now, as a genuine Demon King, just a slight touch had resulted in such an outcome.
He knew that even if he spent all of his remaining 50,000-plus points, it wouldn’t be enough to push him to the Immortal Emperor level.
It seemed that things had reached a deadlock!
Su Jingzhen sat down cross-legged and began circulating the Creation Heaven Scripture.
In the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, the Elf Clan Leader waved her staff once again.
A vast healing power poured out, aiding his rapid recovery.
After the time it takes to burn an incense stick, he had fully recovered.
However, his expression was grave, and he had no intention of attempting another strike.
Su Jingzhen stood at the hundred-zhang boundary, looking at the ‘Heavenly Ancient Demon King,’ who had once again fallen into silence.
“What should I do?
The longer this drags on, the more I worry about how my wife and the others are doing.”
He had thought that coming here would be as easy as dealing with the other seven regions.
But now, he had finally encountered a situation that stumped him.
As for the predicament Su Jingzhen found himself in, the other seven Demon Kings had no good solutions either.
The Primordial Awakening Array was the fastest method they could think of to break the deadlock.
But Su Jingzhen couldn’t even last ten breaths in front of the ‘Heavenly Ancient Demon King.’
“There must be a way to break this deadlock.
Calm… I need to calm down…”
At this moment, Su Jingzhen repeatedly brainwashed himself.
He sat cross-legged on the ground, not thinking of provoking the Heavenly Ancient Demon King again.
Before long, his gaze turned toward the distant palaces.
“Now that I’ve reached the 1st Stage of the Demon Sage Realm, combined with the power of the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, I should be able to dominate among Immortal Kings.
If I can’t confront the core directly, perhaps I can break through from the edges?
Those palaces earlier were able to lure You Yue and the others. I should investigate them thoroughly.
Perhaps the key to breaking this deadlock doesn’t lie right before me.”
With this thought, Su Jingzhen didn’t hesitate.
Determined to find answers, he headed straight for the outskirts of Heavenly Ancient City.
As his figure disappeared from view, the ‘Heavenly Ancient Demon King’ standing at the entrance of the palace seemed to show a hint of surprise in its eyes.
“Demon God…”
Soon, Su Jingzhen arrived at the city gates of Heavenly Ancient City.
He remembered that in the first street after entering the city gates, there was already a legion stationed in one of the palaces.
Although the Dao light emanating from those palaces wasn’t particularly strong, it was enough to tempt some of the legions.
In the first palace after entering the city gates, there was indeed a legion present.
When Su Jingzhen entered, they were still deeply immersed in cultivation.
This legion was somewhat familiar to Su Jingzhen.
Judging by their attire, they were from the Nine Dragons Demon Sect.
At this moment, their auras were quite stable.
Most of them were only at the True Demon Realm, and there were a total of 1,500 people. They didn’t seem to be in any abnormal state.
Su Jingzhen looked at the mural on the dome that they were staring at.
The Dao light emanating from it was quite strong.
But at this moment, Su Jingzhen had no intention of exploring it himself.
He directly activated the black brick, and under the dark light, the Dao light on the mural was instantly extinguished.
It was directly absorbed into the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss.
The moment the Dao light disappeared, the members of the Nine Dragons Demon Sect’s legion began to wake up one after another.
Their eyes were filled with confusion.
“Huh? What happened?”
“Where is this? Weren’t we in Heavenly Ancient City? Why are we sitting here?”
“What exactly just happened?”
“…”
At this moment, what caught Su Jingzhen off guard was that the members of the Nine Dragons Demon Sect’s legion all seemed utterly confused.
It was as if they had no idea what they had just been doing.
The core disciple leading the Nine Dragons Demon Sect’s legion suddenly looked at Su Jingzhen, who had been standing in the palace all along.
“You… you’re Lord Jingzhe!”
Upon recognizing Su Jingzhen, the disciple’s eyes filled with fervor.
Su Jingzhen raised an eyebrow.
The disciple then smiled and said, “I’ve seen your divine presence at the Nine Dragons Demon Arena before.
It seems that Lord Jingzhe has saved us, hasn’t he?”
As he spoke, the disciple bowed respectfully to Su Jingzhen.
Hearing this, Su Jingzhen suddenly felt curious.
He directly asked, “What exactly happened to you all just now?”
He had a vague feeling that if he could understand what was happening in each palace, he might be able to find a way to break the current deadlock.
“Reporting to Lord Jingzhen, we had just entered Heavenly Ancient City and were preparing to search for some opportunities when we were drawn by the Dao light in this palace.
Some members of the legion couldn’t resist, causing the legion’s killing intent to collapse.
Once the legion’s killing intent collapsed, all the members were summoned by the Dao light, forcing us to enter this place.
We were compelled to cultivate what was depicted here.
Even though I knew something was wrong when I was awake,
I couldn’t control myself.
I simply couldn’t resist the will within the Dao light.”
Hearing this, Su Jingzhen was once again taken aback.
“Forcing you to cultivate… That’s quite interesting…”