Chapter 1716: 781: Demon Extermination (4)
Emperor Wan Shou and Subtle Taoist Monarch exchanged hesitant glances.
Subtle Taoist Monarch whispered, “Let him try, it won’t cause much harm. If he harbors bad intentions, you and I will act together, and use the Demon-sweeping Duster and the Eight Trigrams Refining Furnace to kill him!”
Emperor Wan Shou hesitated for a moment and said, “If that’s the case, then please, Mr. Chen, make an attempt.”
Ning Zhenzi frowned deeply, quietly shifting his steps, but fearing they would notice, he stopped moving.
Chen Shi’s dojo unfolded outward, precisely enveloping the two of them within.
Suddenly, a chirping sound came from the stomachs of Emperor Wan Shou and Subtle Taoist Monarch, and then many worm-like flesh buds emerged from their eyes, ears, mouth, and nose. Before these worms could detach from their bodies, they dissolved into the air!
This scene made Emperor Wan Shou and Subtle Taoist Monarch’s faces change dramatically. Qing Yang and Huan Shu were also startled.
Without thinking, Ning Zhenzi turned to flee. All that was heard was a thunderous boom, like a clap of thunder. Immediately, wind and thunder surged in the palace as Emperor Wan Shou and Subtle Taoist Monarch simultaneously acted, attempting to stop him.
Ning Zhenzi was forced to turn and confront the two, his physical body resounded with loud explosions, leaving behind shattered flesh, but still managed to escape, breaking through the sky.
Emperor Wan Shou and Subtle Taoist Monarch wanted to pursue him but were worried about the worms within them, so they hurriedly stopped and dared not leave Chen Shi’s dojo.
Chen Shi was refining the Primordial Worms for them, but he had certainly not refined them completely. If they rashly pursued, they might fall prey to Ning Zhenzi’s schemes.
Chen Shi smiled and said, “Rest assured, my two Daoist friends. You are emperors of the Ancestral Court, with Emperor Wan Shou being our Emperor of Great Ming. I am a subject of Great Ming and will not harm you. I can dissolve the Primordial Worms within you and not hold you accountable for chasing me.”
Their expressions softened at his words.
Subtle Taoist Monarch said, “If Mr. Chen can dissolve the Primordial Worms within us, I will certainly not be his enemy again!”
Emperor Wan Shou reluctantly said, “If Mr. Chen assists us in removing the worms, I will also not stand against him.”
Chen Shi said solemnly, “You have spoken too seriously. Though you wish to turn hostility into friendship, I do not. I need to keep these worms to control you, so you can accompany me in exploring the stone chamber.”
Emperor Wan Shou and Subtle Taoist Monarch’s faces turned somber.
“If there is danger, I would need you to lead the way.”
Chen Shi smiled, “But rest assured, once we uncover the secrets of the stone chamber, I will help refine the Primordial Worms within you, and we will go our separate ways. What do you think?”
The two exchanged a glance and silently nodded.
Chen Shi breathed a sigh of relief and showed a satisfied expression. “Do not step out of my dojo, or you will surely fall victim to the Primordial Worms.”
They were unwilling, but still took a few steps closer.
Chen Shi arrived before the stone chamber, examining the green stone seal.
As he traveled along, he studied the imprints on the Stone Forest, mastering eight or nine tenths of the Great Wilderness Ming Dao Collection understood by the Immortal Emperor. When he examined the green stone seal, even if there were things he did not understand, with a little investigation, he could easily resolve it.
“Is there really a secret of the Jade Emperor Great Heavenly Venerate in this stone chamber?” He was a bit distracted.
The Jade Emperor Great Heavenly Venerate was rumored to have become the Heavenly Emperor after enduring billions of tribulations. The so-called billions of tribulations referred to billions of reincarnations. Yet before the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, there were no cultivators on the Huaxia Divine Continent. How did the Great Heavenly Venerate endure billions of tribulations?
“Could it be that the Great Heavenly Venerate truly came from the Dark Sea?”
After contemplating for a long time, Chen Shi became fully confident and began to break the seal.
Though he studied it for a long time, the process of breaking the seal only took a moment, as he easily broke the seal that had troubled Ning Zhenzi for hundreds of thousands of years.
The Green Stone Gate rumbled open, retreating backwards.
Chen Shi glanced at the two beside him and said with a smile, “After you, my Daoist friends.”
Emperor Wan Shou and Subtle Taoist Monarch cautiously entered the stone chamber, one behind the other. To their surprise, they encountered no danger upon entering.
Before they could observe their surroundings, Chen Shi, along with Qing Yang and Huan Shu, followed them inside. With a rumbling sound, the stone door closed behind them.
Their hearts jolted, and they exchanged a glance.
Chen Shi walked between them, separating their gazes, and surveyed the internal space of the stone chamber.
The stone chamber was rather spacious internally, but all around was darkness, with only one point of light, seemingly distant, showing a tiny green sprout.
“Finally, we’re in.” Chen Shi exhaled deeply and smiled.
His dojo suddenly became extremely heavy, with a primordial spirit a thousand feet tall appearing behind him, wielding a sword that split apart the Hongmeng and Xuanhuang, beheading Emperor Wan Shou!
Subtle Taoist Monarch reacted extremely swiftly, immediately summoning the Eight Trigrams Refining Furnace. Before the furnace’s power could burst forth, the Demon Blood Treasure Tree appeared, confronting this powerful treasure!
“It’s your first time using Taiqing Daoist’s magical treasure, so you aren’t proficient yet, right?”
Chen Shi’s other hand grasped the Demon-sweeping Duster, activating its power, and said with a smile, “But the skills of the Spirit Treasure Daoist, I have long mastered them!”
In his hands, the Demon-sweeping Duster was even more stunning than in Emperor Wan Shou’s hands, with each dust silk piercing through the body of Subtle Taoist Monarch. As he leaped into the air, he was sliced into strips of flesh by numerous sparkling dust silks!
Those pieces of flesh squirmed in mid-air, transforming into the shape of Primordial Worms and lunging at Chen Shi, but they dissolved within the fluctuating dust silks, being refined away!
Emperor Wan Shou’s headless body suddenly fled madly, transforming as it ran, charging towards the distant tiny green sprout of light.
His body transformed into a Primordial Worm, sprouted wings, fluttered, but constantly dissolved into nature’s spiritual energy within Chen Shi’s dojo.
Chen Shi did not pursue, instead waving the Demon-sweeping Duster, with countless twirling and expanding dust silks resembling a huge vortex chasing the Primordial Worm, swallowing it.
With a flex of his wrist, the dust silks shrunk back, and the duster draped over his elbow.
“Truly the Demon-sweeping Treasure of the Spirit Treasure Daoist Ancestor, even my Demon Blood Treasure Tree is somewhat inferior!”
Chen Shi praised and then turned to Qing Yang and Huan Shu, who stood in stunned silence, and said with a smile, “Now, shall we proceed?”