Chapter 864: Turning Passivity into Activeness
His eyes looked out, and the endless void was evaporating, revealing the figure of Shi Tianjun, the immortal.
Shi Tianjun had already expelled the curse power from his body, his expression arrogant. Different from the first time, he wore a flowing stone robe, which was the Immortal Divine Artifact he had forged, the Holy Spirit Stone Robe, designed to resist Chu Yuan's curse power.
The failure he experienced last time shook his immortal dignity; he could not tolerate such a loss and was determined to seek revenge.
Moreover, the divine treasures controlled by Chu Yuan were incredibly enticing to him, and he was eager to obtain them.
"Immortal!"
The appearance of Shi Tianjun caused the scalps of those spectating from afar to tingle, as an immortal being had actually appeared.
"You think wearing a stone robe will let you fight against the curse?"
Chu Yuan looked at him.
"You're just depending on some treacherous tricks; without them, when would you have had the chance to be so presumptuous?"
The Door of Curse was what Shi Tianjun dreaded the most about Chu Yuan.
"I will give the Door of Curse to you; do you dare to take it? If not, don't talk such nonsense in front of me."
The Door of Curse under Chu Yuan billowed with dark energy, dissolving everything.
Shi Tianjun visibly trembled, clearly unable to forget the profound lesson from before but soon regained his composure and remarked indifferently, "The strength of the curse is great, but what you control can only trouble me and not win against me."
"Then let's try again."
Chu Yuan activated the Door of Curse, and a curse-killing power emerged from thin air, turning into a sigil that directly descended upon Shi Tianjun.
The curse was odd, and Shi Tianjun couldn't suppress Chu Yuan's power directly; he could only passively endure it.
Boom! Shi Tianjun radiated brilliance as his stone robe fluttered, emanating an impeccable light that quivered and then normalized, "Such a curse is still insufficient."
"Then let's continue."
Chu Yuan remained calm.
A more potent curse-killing power descended from all directions, with black smoke billowing. Shi Tianjun was continuously shaken, his facial expression changed once more as he shouted fiercely, "You!"
Although his Immortal Divine Robe was formidable, he could feel that Chu Yuan's application of the curse had become even more terrifying, causing black spots to appear on his originally unblemished Divine Robe, aggressively eroding the immortal divine formation within.
If he kept being cursed like this, his stone robe would turn into a Cursed Divine Robe.
The most troublesome aspect for him was that if he faced other cosmic gods, he could easily unleash his strongest lethal move and instantly kill them without considering the curse.
However, Chu Yuan's powerful techniques left him with no way to achieve an instant kill.
"Everything will transform into a curse, I wield the curse, and all my enemies shall succumb to corruption by the curse, sinking into the boundless abyss..."
The mysteriously eerie power of the curse was, under Chu Yuan's control, both vast and imperial, with the domineering aura of conquering the curse.
He was the master of the curse power!
On the day Shi Tianjun left, he absorbed the immediate insights from the Enlightenment Book on curses, coupled with his own realizations, making his application of curse power even more profound.
Moreover, the most critical point was that although he had not yet broken through the fourth step, the original body of the Immortal Divine Pill from Dan Yuan Peak brought his realm to the late stages of the third step.
Boom! Countless auras of curses condensed on Shi Tianjun, creating a Cursed Long Robe that attempted to assimilate his Holy Spirit Stone Robe, becoming a part of the curse.
"Dare not!"
Shi Tianjun's countenance grew increasingly grim, as the use of the curse was even more intense than before.
Vital energy burst forth, and radiant lights dazzled; he shattered the illusory shadow of the Cursed Divine Robe with his formidable power.
Dealing with such an opponent brought him great vexation; he could ignore the bombardment of Chu Yuan's other divine items, but he could not disregard the power of the curse and had to divert some of his strength to suppress it.
"Strike them down!"
Shi Tianjun let out a cold command.
He was aware of the opponent's Door of Curse, but with his presence, the Great Emperor couldn't make a move on others.
"Kill!"
The Spiritual Realm brought even more powerful beings this time than the last, more numerous and with authority that was definitively supreme. One could see those powers, under the stimulation of the spiritual diagram, transform into sealing divine lights that instantly enveloped the Divine Martial Empire.
"What is he going to do?"
The Bone God sensed something ominous was about to happen.
Boom!
With a cold sneer, Shi Tianjun's punch suddenly struck towards a direction in the Myriad Treasures River, unleashing an immortal force that shook the heavens and earth.
Following his punch, a terrifying collapse occurred within the Myriad Treasures River, with a whooshing sound as if the river itself was being cleansed. Suddenly, an endless blinding light swept over.
A river brimming with lethal killing intent surged forth.
Contained within this river of light were infinite auroras, each strand sharp beyond comparison, representing the Myriad Treasures River's deep and fiercely powerful dimensional forces.
This was Shi Tianjun's plan!
He knew that with the Curse Gate present, he absolutely could not kill Chu Yuan, and since he was leading an army to battle, he gathered the Spiritual Realm powerhouses to entangle the Imperial Army, then opened a passage to a dead zone, causing the dimensional aurora within to erupt.
Since the Martial Emperor was difficult to kill, he switched plans, aiming to annihilate the army of the Divine Martial Empire.
Without strong warriors, this man would be alone, and dealing with him would be much easier.
This wave of dimensional auroras would directly breach the defenses of the Divine Martial Empire, and what followed would be their falling into the slaughter of the Spiritual Realm army.
"They are still far from fighting with the immortals!"
"How could they possibly imagine the means of the immortals?"
"Hahaha, soon it will be our turn to take action and slaughter!"
The Spiritual Realm army patiently waited for an opportunity.
"Just like this?"
As Chu Yuan spoke, the nine extremes divine light roared and expanded, turning into a river of light as well, colliding with the dimensional torrent with such force that it engulfed the heavens and earth. In an instant, the brilliant light blazed, destroying the dimensional torrent right in front of Shi Tianjun and assimilating it.
The nine extremes divine light was a divine item Chu Yuan had obtained after going through great lengths to collect nine Treasure Maps.
Having destroyed the dimensional torrent and seized part of its power, the nine extremes divine light conjured a storm of light, striking back.
Bang bang bang!
The spirit chart activated by the Spiritual Realm army was also an Immortal Divine Artifact, and was suddenly suppressed by the nine extremes divine light. Coupled with the counterattack force of the Divine Martial Empire, their offensive suffered breaches, being flooded with sharp forces.
"This stormy ocean formed by the nine-colored extreme light!"
Shi Tianjun's face changed.
Another treasure!
How could this man possess so many treasures!
"Retreat!"
Shi Tianjun ordered.
This time he had failed, his strategy to strike at the Divine Martial Empire with the dimensional torrent had failed; still, he was not willing to retreat so easily. There was still plenty of time; he would play a long game with the Divine Martial Empire.
"They're retreating!"
The Bone God breathed a sigh of relief.
In this exchange, both sides suffered no significant losses, merely distant clashes of power.
"Your Majesty, although the Spiritual Realm has retreated, they will not let us off easily. They will cause a lot of trouble for us in the Myriad Treasures River!"
The Purple Blood Demon Book advised.
"Being targeted by an immortal is troublesome, you can't ignore them. Without retaliation, you will suffer greatly."
The Bone God added.
"Since Shi Tianjun has set his heart on being our enemy, with me here, he cannot make his move. Next, we'll see whose methods are more formidable. We should also cause trouble for them, take initiative, better than reacting passively."
Chu Yuan already had an idea.