Chapter 169
"Master, I think it's more than that. I suspect this creature may have a true Marquis-level comprehension of the laws—it might have fully forged an 'Undying Body'!"
Jiang Zhe frowned. "But it hasn't even unfolded its law domain… what makes you think that?"
"The three small fry you just killed all had peak Immortal Lord-level law insights. This pureblood demon of the Wind-Time lineage, who knows how long it's been dwelling in the Ninth Abyss? It's managed to evolve its life genes from 140 times to nearly 1,000 times normal. Its understanding of the laws must be extraordinary."
Jiang Zhe sighed. He'd already expected this deep down, just hadn't wanted to admit it. Now that Orianna had pointed it out, his eyes grew warier as he stared at this so-called "Toad God."
If it truly had forged an Undying Body, then its real combat strength would start at around a million times that of an ordinary World Lord.
(1000 × 1000)
Millions to nearly ten million times wouldn't be out of the question.
He glanced at his own situation.
In his normal state, he possessed the power of 3,000 World Lords. His soul amplification could burst up to 180,000 times, and his physical amplification reached around 27,000–30,000 times.
In fact, his normal combat strength was still less than Luo Feng's true body (Golden Horned Beast plus General Armor) when Luo Feng had first entered the battlefield outside the domain. Luo Feng, wearing the General Armor, had a proper ten thousand times Marquis-level power.
Even though his combat power was clearly inferior, Jiang Zhe had no plans to back down.
After all, what lay before him was a drop of Wind-Time attribute origin blood!
There were at most nine drops of this in the entire Abyss World. Why would he give up?
Looking at the hundred-kilometer-tall dark green mountain, Jiang Zhe smacked his lips. "Anna, if we were to wear the King Armor… no, wait, we can forget about that without the 'Nine Tribulations Codex.' We're mental force masters anyway. Might as well equip the King Soul—Earth's universal gear. That would grant me 100,000 times World Lord-level soul power, totaling about 280,000 times. More than enough to smash this guy." [Note 1]
Orianna couldn't help but remind him, "Master, since you refuse to acknowledge the Star Tower as your master, you can forget the King Soul. By the time it emerges, you won't even need such low-level stuff anymore."
She muttered in his mind, adding, "And besides, even if you wanted to use it now, you probably couldn't."
Jiang Zhe: "?"
"Hey, back when we entered a deep symbiotic state, I triggered a soul amplitude that far surpassed the minimum 10,000 times needed to equip the King Soul."
"Master, perhaps you've forgotten—your soul is still protected by the twelve-colored light of the Hunyuan Umbrella. As everyone knows, you can only use one defensive treasure of the same type at a time." [Note 2]
"Whether the twelve-colored light in your soul would reject the King Soul is unknown… Similarly, since you're wearing the 'Panling' Battle Armor, even if I helped unlock the King Armor's restriction, you couldn't wear it—unless you abandoned the heavy treasure armor on your body."
Jiang Zhe fell silent.
If Orianna hadn't reminded him, he truly would have overlooked this detail.
It seemed he was destined to be incompatible with the treasures of Sitting Mountain Guest's lineage.
"…Wait! Did I hear that right? You said—you could remove the restriction on the King Armor?"
"Anna, you can do that?"
One had to know, the Soldier, General, King, and Emperor series of armors could only be used by the Flame God's descendants or those who cultivated the Nine Tribulations Codex.
That was the restriction!
The Human Race had long sought to break these armor restrictions, mass-produce them, and equip their Marquis-ranked fighters.
Even the King Armor Luo Feng had bought cheaply in the Hong Alliance was merely bait thrown out by Dragon Walk Master.
Luo Feng had bitten, exposing all his secrets. Chaos City Lord then saw through him and was somewhat disappointed.
Orianna didn't give a guarantee. "I'm fairly confident, but we'll only know after trying."
She then explained why she was so sure:
"According to the info you provided, their origin—the 'Tribulation Armor'—is just a peak supreme treasure. Meanwhile, the Nether Blood Egg that innately spawns secret rune diagrams aligns with a top-tier supreme treasure, with a status comparable to a God King embryo. It once birthed the finest supreme treasure—Mustard Seed Divine Mountain.
"It's no exaggeration to say that in the future, it could even nurture a brand-new Tribulation Armor.
"I'll use the [Lord of Matter] to analyze the principles behind the armor's manufacture, while the Nether Blood Egg will record, replicate, and cultivate it using secret rune diagrams. Strip away the preset 'genetic lock'… we should be able to create something similar."
Jiang Zhe didn't fully understand, but he still gave his excellent partner a thumbs-up.
Then he muttered in his mind, "We've been babbling on for so long—how come nobody's made a move yet? If they keep stalling, I might just strike first."
"Master, look! The mountain—it's moving!"
"Hm? Yes, it's moving!"
Jiang Zhe had been staring at the dark green mountain all along and indeed saw it trembling slightly, black sand falling from its slopes like sifting chaff.
A wind rose in the void.
Wisps of faint cyan air currents visible to the naked eye spiraled up, causing an erosive effect wherever they passed.
When the current swept past Jiang Zhe, he personally felt it.
This was… a law domain infused with the Wind-Time origin laws!
"A Marquis!" Orianna's voice was grave. "Master, judging by the strength of its law domain, it absolutely has a Marquis-level comprehension!"
Jiang Zhe's eyes, which had previously shown apprehension, now flashed fiercely. He actually comforted Orianna instead. "It's fine. The Ninth Abyss is a special environment, so its 'Undying Body' won't be as effective. As long as we pile on enough damage, we can still blast it apart—no special tactics needed."
"Ow! That hurt… who dares awaken me?"
The dark green mountain began to shift, taking on the shape of a monstrous creature.
Midway up, it split open into a massive mouth that spewed out terrifying astral winds capable of shredding space and pulverizing stars.
As its name implied—a Toad God—it overall resembled a giant frog. [Note 3]
It had forelimbs like towering pillars, paired with hind legs so thin and grotesquely misshapen that one couldn't help doubting they could support its weight.
"Who is it! Since you've awakened me—come closer. I shall devour you. Consider it a gift!"
Heh, awake? All the better—easier to kill.
Jiang Zhe focused his thoughts.
Boom!
The projection of his world descended!
The scene around him instantly changed, transforming into a stretch of barren, endless mines. It crushed the faint cyan currents, forcefully breaking apart the spread of the wind law domain, and locked the newly-awakened Toad God firmly within his world's grasp.
A Marquis-level law domain was utterly insignificant before this world projection with a diameter of 300 billion kilometers!
Extreme pressure weighed down on the Toad God. The suffocating constraint made its "waking tantrum" even worse.
Its scarlet eyes bulged wide, locking onto Jiang Zhe.
Then, around Jiang Zhe, figures appeared out of thin air—over ten thousand of them—lining up in a precise formation.
Arranged in a gourd-like pattern: fewer at the front, more at the back.
This was the fruit of the master and servant duo's adventures in the Ancient God World—a legion of living puppets.
Their critical trump card meant to counter a million-strong Zerg king swarm!
Total count: 11,000 units, all cast from the same mold, identical to Orianna in her mechanical demon form.
—Each stood 1.8 meters tall, shaped like bronze female dolls, with spherical cores embedded in their chests.
The rear 10,000 had F9-grade metal bodies, each with 10 times World Lord power, baseline strength equivalent to peak Golden Horned Beasts.
The front 1,000 had G-grade metal bodies, each with 100 times World Lord power, baseline enough to rival the weakest immortals.
If puppets were driven directly by Jiang Zhe or Orianna, infused with near-Marquis-level law comprehension, their power would become even more terrifying.
This moment was the time to witness that terror!
The Toad God had perhaps been undefeated too long—or simply slept so long its brain rusted over. It failed to grasp the situation, smirked wide, and muttered, "A bunch of lifeless trash. You summon such filth—are you trying to disgrace my stomach?"
Jiang Zhe didn't bother replying. He unleashed his 60-fold soul amplitude to the max, achieving 180,000 times World Lord-level soul power.
He distributed it among the 11,000 living puppets, activated the energy stored in their cores, and infused them with near-Marquis-level comprehension of lightning and time origin laws.
Each puppet's chest core glowed with dazzling purple light, and the entire legion exuded a chilling, terrifying aura.
The Toad God finally snapped awake.
"Damn it!"
"Stop!"
"You vile outsider—what are you doing?!"
The Toad God panicked.
It roared, spewing space-rending gales to blow away these threatening little "peanuts."
But it was too late.
The Zerg and Machine Race's signature "swarm tactic"—if it still needed to "charge up," it would be far less feared, not enough to make the universe's races tremble.
In most cases, once they locked onto a coordinate, Zerg soldiers or puppet legions could launch a combined strike instantly.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom…
11,000 beams of light!
Each beam powerful enough to threaten an Immortal Lord, ripping through space.
All 11,000 beams converged on a single point before the Toad God!
Incredibly precise.
Not a hair off.
Jiang Zhe controlled the overall direction, while Orianna handled the fine adjustments.
Like a combination of a Zerg Queen and a Machine Race mind core, a collision of living soul and mechanical intellect.
Focused on a single point!
A tiny point!
Silence.
The entire space fell quiet—or more accurately, it lost all sound.
Sound vanished. Heaven and earth vanished… leaving only the tiny point of light formed by over ten thousand beams, as if it were a primordial Big Bang singularity.
It seemed an eternity passed, though it was but an instant. Before the Toad God's stormy roar could even reach the light point, it abruptly exploded!
Rumble—
A vast region millions of kilometers wide was instantly torn open into a massive void, with countless shards of space forming turbulent flows that could grind an Immortal Lord's divine body to dust.
As soon as the strike was unleashed, before the collapsing cosmic space could rebound, Jiang Zhe swept up the puppet legion with his world force and dove into the "Wind-Fixing Pearl."
The shockwave from the explosion swept past.
Jiang Zhe had been extremely close—within a thousand kilometers—right at the core of the blast.
He endured the brunt of the shockwave, receiving damage equal to that of the Toad God.
It was enough to obliterate peak Marquis and even frighten extreme Marquis-level experts. [Note 4]
Even so, the Wind-Fixing Pearl was merely blasted tens of thousands of kilometers away before stabilizing in the void, utterly unaffected by the chaotic currents.
After all, it was a top-grade heavy treasure.
Even a Universe Master would need to expend tremendous effort to destroy it.
The explosion's material damage was reduced to nearly nothing by the Wind-Fixing Pearl. Jiang Zhe, hiding inside and still clad in a heavy treasure armor, was completely unharmed.
The best way to deal with Jiang Zhe when he hid inside this "double turtle shell" was to seize the pearl and seal it away.
Jiang Zhe was well aware of this vulnerability and remained constantly alert.
After the explosion's aftermath faded, he emerged with the puppet legion from the Wind-Fixing Pearl.
He looked toward the Toad God tens of thousands of kilometers away, which was currently reassembling its undying divine body.
His world projection continued to spread, fiercely suppressing the Toad God, denying it the "lightness of wind."
Despite its bloated appearance, one must respect the origin laws of wind and time.
Truth be told, the Wind-Time, Lightning-Time, and Light-Time lineages all excelled at speed.
This was common knowledge in the original universe.
—Time cultivators were the best at fleeing!
What? Instant teleportation?
Teleportation and space seals were useless.
They simply accelerated their own time to exceed light speed and directly burst into the dark universe… on a different spatial plane altogether. How could anyone chase them then?
"Master, its aura has weakened—but not by much. Estimated divine body loss is about 10% to 20%."
In his mind, Orianna assessed the results of the strike.
"My divine body! Lost so much—how long must I feed and sleep to recover it? You damn outsider—you deserve to die!"
The Toad God roared in rage.
Gale winds surged around it, tearing black space cracks open.
Then, in its field of vision, a barely perceptible flash of blood streaked by. It raised its pillar-like forelimb and swatted.
"Annoying fly—get lost!"
But the blood light traced a subtle arc, easily dodging the blow.
Then it sliced across its bloated lower jaw and neck, leaving a horrifying cut over ten kilometers long.
In the Abyss World, there were no fine armors. The Blood-Dissolving Divine Blade, infused with near-Marquis-level law comprehension, easily breached its defense and injected blood poison into the demon's divine body.
This was Jiang Zhe fully triggering his 3,000 times life gene level, activating the Divine Blade's third restriction—especially lethal to creatures with a thousand-fold life gene level—striking a fatal blow.
This strike pierced armor, wounded flesh!
The blood poison was savage!
Instantly invading every inch of the divine body.
Unlike the [Femo Venom], which still let you abandon parts of your divine body to survive.
The excruciating pain erupted through the Toad God's entire form, every chunk of flesh trembling at high frequency.
"20%?!!!"
"What is this monster? Poison! Is it poison? My divine body!"
The Toad God howled miserably, its nearly hundred-kilometer form rolling across the black desert, its mind struggling to control its body.
At the same time, its aura plummeted!
Orianna, who had been monitoring it all along, measured the exact decline.
"Master, it's lost nearly 40% of its divine body. Its strength is down to about 30–40%, roughly only 300,000 to 400,000 times World Lord power now!"
"Tsk tsk, the Blood-Dissolving Divine Blade truly lives up to its name." Jiang Zhe smacked his lips in amazement.
It was also the first time he'd activated the blade's third restriction.
He hadn't expected it to deal such devastating damage to a Marquis-level invincible with million-fold World Lord power.
Of course, the Blood-Dissolving Divine Blade wasn't without counters.
Wearing strong enough armor or hiding inside a palace-type heavy or supreme treasure would completely nullify it.
After all, its strength didn't lie in sharpness—it lay in the blood poison.
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