They Have Always Been Here
Thud——!!!
A white-clothed figure rapidly smashed into the ground like a cannonball!
The earth trembled, yet not a single bit of dust or smoke rose. As Lord of Wuji's diamond-like crystal clear body slowly climbed out of the earth's ravines, his eyes flickering with the light of anger locked onto the Old Man stepping on a black dragon in midair.
Following Yao Qing raising his finger and pointing in the air, the cracked earth decomposed into endless Embroidery Threads in an instant, and reorganized in the next moment, turning into billions of black mud snakes overwhelmingly surging towards Lord of Wuji's face!
Lord of Wuji's indestructible body gradually had its movements impeded under the binding of these mud snakes.
Even his figure that finally managed to climb out was submerged by the mud again. These Embroidery Threads covered his head layer after layer, like an incomparably thick coffin, firmly sealing him below!
When the last mud snake covered the surface, the entire Embroidery Diagram Realm fell into deathly silence. And Yao Qing, stepping on the black dragon and overlooking the earth, furrowed his brows tighter and tighter.
A brilliant blazing sun lit up from underground, like a cigarette butt burning a fiery red hole on an Embroidery Diagram, its scorching shockwaves spreading madly...
An earth-shattering explosion tore open the Embroidery Diagram, forcefully breaking open the thick "coffin". The dense Embroidery Threads were ignited by the flames, drifting down from the air in a flurry...
A slightly disheveled figure slowly walked out from the boiling hot hollow.
"If it wasn't for me being unable to use my full strength... you wouldn't have a chance to hurt me at all." Lord of Wuji's voice was extremely deep.
"If my body was ten years younger, you wouldn't have a chance to climb out at all." Yao Qing spoke indifferently. "Neither of us is at our peak, what meaning is there in saying this?"
Lord of Wuji coldly snorted, still wanting to say something, when his peripheral vision suddenly landed on the red meteor tearing through the sky. His eyes narrowed slightly:
"No meaning? Not necessarily."
Lord of Wuji raised his hand and beckoned. That red meteor then rapidly changed direction, rushing straight towards him as if guided!
Seeing this, a sharp light flashed across Yao Qing's aged eyes. Without hesitation, he mobilized the Embroidery Threads within a hundred miles, turning them into hundreds of giant hands blotting out the sky and sun, attempting to stop that Philosopher's Stone!
In a flash of lightning, a sphere of mercury pierced through space, like a part separated from the Mercury Moon of the Limitless Realm, directly swallowing the Philosopher's Stone surrounded by numerous Embroidery Threads.
The scarlet flickering Philosopher's Stone rolled inside the mercury sphere, strands of red lightning wandering about. That mercury sphere seemed to gain its own consciousness, beginning to gradually change its outline, gaining a body and limbs.
In just ten short seconds, a second "Lord of Wuji" was born!
This "Lord of Wuji", in terms of appearance, was exactly the same as Lord of Wuji, but there was only one Philosopher's Stone between his eyebrows. Relying on his Nine Sovereign Tier speed and strength, he forcefully evaded all the Embroidery Threads blocking his way, and heavily crashed together with Lord of Wuji's main body!
Thud——!!
Visible shockwaves swept through the Embroidery Diagram Realm. The two Lord of Wujis rapidly underwent Fusion. That brand new Philosopher's Stone surged within the mercury-like body, eventually wandering to the center of Lord of Wuji's eyebrows. The three Philosopher's Stones were like three red flower petals, engraved on Lord of Wuji's skin!
Lord of Wuji's aura climbed once more!
Every Philosopher's Stone carried a portion of Lord of Wuji's soul. When three Philosopher's Stones gathered together, Lord of Wuji's Combat Power became increasingly complete. Although it was barely half of his peak period, compared to the two Philosopher's Stones just now, it had already experienced a qualitative leap!
Above the black dragon, Yao Qing saw this scene, his expression extremely solemn.
"Now... can you still suppress me?"
Lord of Wuji took a slow step forward. As his step landed, the earth woven from Embroidery Threads beneath his feet, was transforming into a desert at an astonishing speed.
Emerald green willow trees, brightly colored peach blossoms, flowing streams, cracked soil... Everything seemed to be tampered with by an invisible giant hand. Rough yellow sand whirled in the wind, instantaneously dyeing half of the Embroidery Diagram Realm into a barren and deathly silent desert.
This wasn't a scene woven by Yao Qing using Embroidery Threads, but Lord of Wuji directly disrupting the microscopic structure of the Embroidery Threads, completely transforming them into substances not controlled by Yao Qing...
Lord of Wuji, was destroying Yao Qing's [Embroidery Kingdom of All Things] bit by bit!
In the vast desert, Lord of Wuji's hands raised again, as if holding something in the void. In the next moment, a massive blazing sun gathered amidst the sandstorm!
Yao Qing's expression changed successively, an unnatural flush surfacing on his cheeks... He covered his mouth with one hand, his aged figure coughing uncontrollably.
"Cough cough cough cough cough!!"
Amidst coughing sounds like a broken bellows, scarlet fresh blood flowed down along his fingertips, his face as pale as paper.
His upper garment was drying and weathering bit by bit, eventually actually also turning into sand and drifting away behind him. Closely following was his skin...
Fortunately, Yao Qing's reaction was extremely fast. Invisible Embroidery Threads scattered out from within his flesh and blood, forcefully pinning the skin that was about to be transformed onto his body. Only then did he not vanish in a puff of smoke on the spot. He glared angrily at Lord of Wuji bare-chested, a wisp of killing intent spreading madly!
Lord of Wuji's gaze swept across Yao Qing's body, his eyes narrowing slightly:
"As expected, you forcefully used a Hibernation Pod on yourself... But it seems, the process wasn't smooth."
On Yao Qing's well-proportioned body, aside from large patches of aged skin, there were bloody holes piercing through the body remaining on his shoulders, heart, lower abdomen, and thighs, as if some extremely thick and heavy device had once pierced his body, connecting into his flesh and blood...
His joints were shattered long ago, and the bones of his arms and legs were also completely broken. His movements right now completely relied on the Embroidery Threads connecting his limbs for support, like an aged marionette.
"Me still standing here, is enough." Yao Qing answered calmly.
"Is it?" Lord of Wuji spoke unhurriedly. "Although the Hibernation Pod can greatly delay aging, once the body leaves the device, it will rapidly wither... The current you, how much longer can you last? Five minutes? Ten minutes?"
Yao Qing didn't answer. He silently wiped away the fresh blood at the corner of his mouth, his eyes gazing solemnly at Lord of Wuji.
"The longer the war lasts, the stronger I become, and the weaker you will become..." Lord of Wuji's body constantly transformed between different materials. That giant blazing sun hung above his head, madly emitting radiation to the outside world, while he himself wouldn't be affected.
His eyes narrowed, speaking with a sense of oppression:
"As long as I get one more Philosopher's Stone, I will definitely be able to kill you on the spot!"
"The next Philosopher's Stone?" Yao Qing said in a deep voice. "I'm afraid, it won't be that easy."
"Did you think that by protecting them in the Red Dust Main City, they could avoid the massacre? My killing machines have already entered the city. Very soon, rivers of blood will flow in the Main City."
"The human body is indeed extremely fragile; but humanity, is much stronger than you imagine."
"Do you feel that relying on those few Divine Path ants, they can stop the Limitless Realm? Or that those Ordinary People without the strength to tie a chicken, can stop my killing machines?" Lord of Wuji coldly snorted.
Yao Qing shook his head,
"You study science, you are absolutely Rationality, and like to use numerical comparisons to measure everything... But I prefer to use an emotional gaze to look at humanity itself; those people, those Pioneers... I have personally seen what kind of power humanity erupts with when it exists as a group."
"I know the stories of those so-called Pioneers of yours." Lord of Wuji said indifferently. "They indeed have a lot of courage. It's a pity, they already died in the years long ago."
"No..." In Yao Qing's aged eyes, a faint light flickered.
"They have always been here."