Chapter 618: Starry Sky Behemoth
The Starfield Colossus race is a species that only exists in the Immortal Realm.
The reason is simple – these immortal beasts have such enormous appetites that ordinary worlds simply cannot sustain them.
Generally speaking, a single Starfield Colossus will consume an entire universe from birth until achieving immortality.
“This size should be a Tribulation Transcendence Stage Starfield Colossus.” Luo Zhi made his judgment.
“Not completely ignorant.” A rumbling sound came from the stomach wall, like thunder, the voice indistinct.
A small protruding growth appeared on the stomach wall, transforming into human form and separating from the gastric surface.
Luo Zhi immediately recognized this as an avatar of the Starfield Colossus.
“You come from the Immortal Realm?” Luo Zhi remained vigilant.
“Surprising that mortals from the Underworld would have such discernment.” The Starfield Colossus showed slight surprise but didn’t regard Luo Zhi seriously.
Seeing the Starfield Colossus, the old man couldn’t help but recall when he first reached the Unity Stage.
After becoming the first Unity Stage cultivator in history, he was brimming with confidence and wanted to travel the cosmos to see if other life existed in the universe.
What he never expected was that after flying into space, he didn’t face the boundless cosmos but rather a cruel truth.
The place he had struggled his entire life was merely someone’s stomach.
At that moment, the Starfield Colossus avatar appeared, opening its bloody maw to devour the old man.
For the Starfield Colossus, Unity Stage cultivators were supreme delicacies.
To survive, the old man quickly begged for mercy, saying he could provide the Starfield Colossus with even more delicious food. The Starfield Colossus gave him one chance to live, curious what tricks he might have.
The old man controlled all Spirit Transformation Stage demon beasts, using great supernatural power to disrupt their minds, making them go mad and frenzied, attacking humanity.
He then came to the human side, secretly intervening to tell humans that to survive the demon beasts’ attacks, they could only temper their physical bodies and become Body Refiners.
And Body Refiners, with their vigorous blood and energy, were the Starfield Colossus’s favorite food.
Thus began the thousand-year war between humans and demons, from which the Starfield Colossus benefited greatly – the deceased Spirit Transformation Stage humans and demons were exceptionally delicious.
During this process, the old man also learned about the Starfield Colossus’s origins through indirect questioning.
The Starfield Colossus came from the Immortal Realm. His clan said that progressing from Tribulation Transcendence Stage to immortality required consuming many people. Since everyone in the Immortal Realm was under immortal protection, eating people required spending vast amounts of immortal stones to purchase them.
And these immortal stones were enough for one Starfield Colossus to achieve immortality.
To save on immortal stones, his clan sent him to the Underworld to feed freely.
The Starfield Colossus thus swallowed countless lives from various stars, gradually growing. But suddenly one day, the Celestial Ascension Ladder broke, and he lost his chance to return to the Immortal Realm.
Out of boredom, the Starfield Colossus swallowed several stars into his stomach, letting these beings live out their lives within his gastric chamber.
“I haven’t eaten these people because I’m worried there would be nothing left to consume afterward, but you have shown me hope.”
Seeing Luo Zhi, the Starfield Colossus drooled: “Where is your world? I want to go there for a proper feast.”
“Daydreaming!”
Luo Zhi scattered seeds that took root and sprouted on the stomach wall, but the gastric juices secreted by the wall quickly digested the seeds.
“You refuse a face-saving offer.” The Starfield Colossus punched Luo Zhi in the abdomen.
His avatar’s strength was inferior to his main body, but dealing with a Unity Stage cultivator was more than sufficient.
“The feel is wrong!” The Starfield Colossus felt like he had punched a tree. He tried to withdraw his hand, but it was too late.
Tree patterns appeared on Luo Zhi’s face as he suddenly embraced the Starfield Colossus avatar, rapidly growing into a tree that merged the Starfield Colossus avatar with the wood.
“Wooden Man Tree Technique! From beginning to end, it was the sect leader’s wooden avatar making the moves!” Steward Fang recognized this technique.
The Wooden Man Tree Technique could substitute for the main body in battle, possessing eighty percent of the main body’s power, and was extremely difficult to cultivate.
“Qing Luo Sword Art.”
The real Luo Zhi appeared, gathering strength to swing his sword. The Starfield Colossus, trapped within the giant tree, could only watch helplessly as the green sword shadow descended, cleaving him in two.
Qing Luo Sword Art, sword techniques created by the fifty-second Human Sovereign Qing Luo, characterized by sweeping movements and devastating power when charged.
Roar—
The Starfield Colossus main body raged, its stomach churning to digest these little ants and avenge his dismembered avatar!
“What should we do?” Steward Fang was frantic with worry. “That’s right, this is when we need to summon Tribulation Transcendence Stage cultivators and Human Sovereign Jiang.”
Steward Fang tore open two Summoning Talismans, but nothing happened.
“How is this possible!” Steward Fang was momentarily at a loss.
Then he heard Luo Zhi shouting from above: “You two, you’ve played around enough – it’s about time you made your move!”
Steward Fang didn’t understand his sect leader’s meaning.
Bai Hongtu walked past Steward Fang, patting his shoulder: “Stop looking – your sect leader means us two.”
Jiang Li also patted Steward Fang’s shoulder: “Well done.”
The two soared into the air, arriving before Luo Zhi, smiling: “Alright, alright, with something this big happening, how could we not intervene?”
“If we hadn’t acted, the stomach churning would have been like catastrophic earthquakes for the beings here – neither humans nor demons would have survived.”
Only then did Luo Zhi notice that the stomach wall below showed no movement, forming a stark contrast with the churning, apocalyptic gastric walls around them.
Clearly, in places he hadn’t noticed, the two had already taken action.
“Starfield Colossus, eating people to save immortal stones – you deserve death.” Jiang Li had heard about Starfield Colossus from Immortal Elder Changcun – the Starfield Colossus race consumed massive numbers of living beings daily, truly demonic path practitioners.
“Tribulation Transcendence Stage? Then let’s see whose size is greater!” Bai Hongtu manifested his Dharma Body, bursting through the Starfield Colossus’s body and emerging from within, causing the Starfield Colossus continuous pain-filled roars.
“Although my Dharma Body isn’t as large as Li Er’s, it’s more than enough to deal with you!”
Among the shattered stars, two colossal beings confronted each other – one human, one beast. As the two battled, their shockwaves spread, reducing the broken stars to dust.
Bai Hongtu drew arrays on his arms, then threw a punch that multiplied its power several times over.
This was a technique he had just learned from the Observer World, but more refined, usable without the cost of sacrificing an arm.
Bai Hongtu’s hands hammered like maces, beating the Starfield Colossus until its head bled and it wailed repeatedly.
“Just strutting around relying on size – if you encountered someone your own size, your advantage would vanish completely!”
“One Qi Transforming Three Pure Ones!”
Bai Hongtu split into three avatars, each possessing the same power as his main body.
One Qi Transforming Three Pure Ones, one of the most difficult Dao techniques to master, countless times more challenging than the Wooden Man Tree Technique Luo Zhi had used.
Four Bai Hongtus attacked simultaneously, creating an immense spectacle that shook space itself.
Bai Hongtu drew talismans that became swords, severing the Starfield Colossus’s limbs. Ordinary Tribulation Transcendence Stage cultivators could achieve Blood Drop Rebirth, but the Starfield Colossus was too massive for this, leaving it completely at Bai Hongtu’s mercy.
Jiang Li also manifested his Dharma Body, crushing the colossal beast’s head beneath his foot.
The two made their moves like the majestic giants of ancient myths, breaking through the chaos to make the world distinct and clear, allowing mortals to see the light again.
The people looked up and saw the true universe.