"Chu Yang! You dare!" Jessi threatened coldly, even though her body was already injured to the point of having half a foot inside the grave.
"Kill…" Chu Yang ordered without hesitation.
Bi Honglu grinned with delight, brandishing his knife before slashing mercilessly. A disciple's head rolled on the ground, staining the earth with scarlet blood.
Jessi frantically tried to break out of the siege, her mind was distracted which made her lose focus. A sharp sword pierced her back as she coughed blood again.
Her body turned unbearably heavy as her vision blurred. "Is this… where I die?"
[System Initiating….]
[Complete.]
[Spiritual awakening…error…error.]
[World seal detected]
[Initiating removal]
[Removal complete]
One after another mechanical voice sounded inside her mind.
She was confused and felt she was hallucinating.
[Severe internal injury detected]
[Self healing started]
[Healing complete]
Then suddenly her vision turned clear, feeling different from before.
To the people outside, Jessi was suddenly enveloped in a dazzling, blinding light. The brilliance pierced through the battle net, shattering it instantly while blowing away several Great Saints in the process. Her body began healing at an astonishing speed, within just a few breaths, even her destroyed arm had fully regenerated.
Everyone stared at the scene with mouth agape. What kind of sorcery is this!
Then with a boom sound, her entire aura changed. A violent gale swept across the land as her aura skyrocketed. A terrifying demi god's aura radiated from her which almost suffocated the crowd.
"What!! She actually broke through in the middle of battle!" The spectators were shaken to their very cores.
"Such willpower! Such determination! Such battle intent… unheard of!" Even powerful experts could not help but feel awe.
[Spiritual awakening of the system…..]
[COMPLETE]
Jessi slowly opened her eyes. Feeling a surge of unlimited power, utterly different from when she was a Dao sovereign. She felt as though she could crush hundreds of Sovereigns with ease.
Chu Yang's mouth nearly dropped to the ground. He couldn't utter a single word. Never in his life had he heard of someone achieving such enlightenment in the midst of battle. Is this woman a monster in disguise!?
Her sky blue eyes locked onto him. Chu Yang instantly felt his soul freeze and his hair stand on end.
Jessi dashed forward, her speed so terrifying it was as if she had teleported. In the next instant, Chu Yang could only see a pale white hand reaching for his throat.
"Sirrr…..help mee…" he cried out in terror.
But just as her hand was about to grab him, a figure suddenly appeared to block her. It was the Demi God from the Ice Sea Dragon Palace.
…
"Did you feel it?" Fairy Red Dust glanced at the young man before her.
"Yes. A Demi God has just been born." The young man in imperial robes replied calmly, his eyes still closed.
Fairy Red Dust sighed. "Only two hundred years old… to reach the Demi God realm so young… her talent is unparalleled, only seen once in a thousand years." Her voice was tinged with melancholy.
"Why not take her as a disciple?" The young man asked lightly.
Fairy Red Dust fell silent, her figure hidden within a curtain of light. Her thoughts remained unknown.
"Let's go and see for ourselves." The young man suddenly stood.
"You wish to go personally?" Fairy Red Dust asked in surprise.
The young man in imperial robes smiled mysteriously. "I have my own plans."
"Very well. I will accompany you," she replied.
…
The battle between the two Demi Gods quickly reached its climax. The Demi God from the Ice Sea Dragon Palace was completely suppressed. No matter how desperately he resisted, he could not gain a single advantage.
"How is this possible! You are just a newly advanced demi god…." The guy roared, his voice was filled with indignation. "I am a third catalyst demi god…and yet i am being suppressed by someone who hasn't even passed her first catalyst…"
Below the Demi God realm, cultivation was divided into Initial Stage, Middle Stage, Late Stage, and Peak Stage. But the Demi God realm was entirely different. To become a full fledged demi god, one must pass the catalysts which was similar to heavenly tribulations.
Passing the first catalyst made one a First Catalyst Demi God. Passing the ninth meant becoming a Nine Catalyst Demi God. The difference in power between each catalyst was like the difference between heaven and earth. A First Catalyst Demi God had no hope of ever defeating a Second Catalyst.
Suddenly a figure appeared in the void. It was a figure of an old man. He waved his palm slightly, at the moment Jessi felt her soul being torn apart as her body was blown away. With just one palm she was severely injured.
But a brilliant light flashed, instantly healing her wounds.
Seeing this, the old man's eyes narrowed slightly.
"Master!" The demi god cried out.
At the moment everyone realised. The old man was a true god level being. Spectators held their breath, not daring to speak loudly.
[Oh no! Liam, run! That's a True God!] The System's voice screamed anxiously.
Liam ran far away in the distance. But suddenly he felt his body stagnant. It was as if he was an ant caught in a spider net.
[Don't bother. This is suppression from a True God. You can't break free. If I were in my prime, it would be nothing… but now…]
Liam's face was gloomy, trace of worry flashed in his eyes as he gazed at Jessi.
Behind the old man, an entire army consisting of several thousands of saints and heavenly king appeared. Their aura was so overwhelming that spectators couldn't help but tremble in fear.
"Where is he?" The old man spoke, his voice was domineering and full of power.
"Who?" Jessi asked coldly, never taking her eyes off him.
The old man didn't bicker with words as he pressed his palm. In that instant, Jessi felt the sky was collapsing on her. Just one palm pressure was so great, her bones made creaking noises even though it had yet to reach her.
The old man's hand shifted suddenly, morphing into a massive grasp and grabbing toward her. Jessi's expression changed, he clearly wanted to capture her. She wanted to dodge but found that she couldn't move. The palm was like a vast fishing net that could trap anything in heaven and earth.
At the moment, something stopped the old man's method. A man in green robes appeared, his crushing True God aura exploding outward, ravaging everything within a thousand miles.
"Come here.." He looked at Jessi with an indifferent expression and instructed.
She felt something wrong with the man in green. Instead of obeying, she darted in another direction..
"Old Demon, you want to ruin my plan?" The old man spoke, his voice reverberating across heaven and earth.
"This girl will come with me." The green robed man replied flatly. His aura wasn't outdone by the old man at all.
"In your dreams…" the old man sneered.
In the dark sky, two godly being was now facing each other as the mortals cowered in fear. Spectators had already moved far away. Mu Bai, locust sects' people, Jessi were trapped inside the storm.
The green robed man waved his hand, attempting to take Jessi away, but the old man blocked him instantly. The two exchanged hundreds of thousands of blows in the blink of an eye. No one could keep up with their speed. The space itself shattered and reformed endlessly by their destructive power. The ground collapsed, mountains evaporated into thin air, only the dark sky remained eerily calm, like an ancient, unmoving well.
[Run, quickly!] the System roared inside Liam's mind.
Liam used all his might to escape but the aftermath of such battle was too much for him to handle. Even using a top notch demi god level defensive treasure felt like paper. If not for the system helping him, he would have turned to ashes.
Meanwhile Jessi used the demi god level defensive umbrella, shielding Mu Bai and her sect's people. Under her control, the umbrella revealed its full might, yet they still felt like a small boat tossed in a stormy ocean.
The army that came with the old man circled a hundred miles distance. "When everything ends you can leave." They didn't let anyone run away. The spectators were angry. But no one dared to retort. Who would want to court death?
After a while the true gods in the sky stopped fighting. The old man's eyes looked grim. Suddenly, his face paled as he staggered backward.
"You fought me even though you are injured?" The green robed man was surprised. They were too high in the sky so no one could hear them.
The old man didn't reply, he had no means to reply because at the moment his eyes turned pitch black. A malice so terrifying that could drown the world in darkness engulfed him. The old man's face contorted, his veins turned black as it bulged outward. With bones creaking sound, the old man's figure started transforming at a visible rate. Soon, his figure turned into a thousand meter tall giant abomination.
The abomination gave an earth shattering roar. A black beam of light shot out from its mouth which pierced the sky instantly. Every cultivator within the ruins was shaken awake. No matter where they stood, no matter how far, every being below the Demi God realm felt a pull on their soul. In the next instant, their soul and body transformed into a grotesque abomination.
The green robed man's eyes were gloomy, he had heard about the abomination but never took it seriously. But now seeing a being of the same level as him becoming a monster made his skin crawl in fear. He tried to deduce the source, but found nothing. No matter how he searched, everything was blank.
[Liam, quickly activate that thing!" The system cried out in alarm.
Liam didn't hesitate, he quickly retrieved a palm size stone statue and held it high. The statue pulsed with dim golden light, shielding his mind and body from the abomination's corruption.
Back then when he went to the trial ground, with the help of the system he had refined this statue which was placed inside the dao portal.
His eyes scanned the surroundings, a vast sea of abomination filled the entire ancient ruin. There were few people who were not affected but they were drowned quickly, joining the mindless battle machines.
He turned around and saw Jessi and her group was fine but heavenly king Mu Bai had turned into an abomination. Jessi quickly suppressed and sealed him inside a magic gourd.
"How come she and her group is fine!" Liam curiously asked.
[I don't know. Just run.] The system didn't care for anyone else other than Liam's life.
Suddenly, a sharp black light cut through the void.
The green robed man's eyes widened in shock, but before he could speak, his body was cleaved from head to toe.
A True God… died without even being able to resist.