Chapter 480: Chapter 357: Great Wilderness Four Forms, Eliminating Threats, Shattered Steps

"Desolate Cage!"

The giant phantom on the throne snorted coldly, raised a hand, and in the void, spiritual power surged, bursting out with dazzling silver brilliance.

Boom Boom Boom!

Another terrifying, sky-covering giant hand condensed, formed from terrifying spiritual power this time.

The evil hand clashed fiercely with the silver hand.

Buzz-------

As the two terrifying hands collided, the space could not withstand the blow, and the fine cracks in the surrounding space suddenly expanded several times, resulting in a zone of black clashes.

This stone cavern space showed signs of collapse.

At this moment, Ximen Gu’s heart below the stairs was tumultuous like a tidal wave; the aftershock from the clash of the two hands was unbearable, making his eyelids twitch at unprecedented speed, a heightened sense of a death crisis flooding his heart.

In a flash.

Ximen Gu reacted, unleashing the Three Flowers, and his massive Martial Arts Golden Body suddenly condensed; however, the terrifying soul impact caused the power within him to spiral out of control, his sea of consciousness violently shaking, his body blown away by the terrifying black mist, smashing into the stone wall harder than gold or iron, embedded deeply within.

Solid as pearls, the red Grandmaster’s blood spewed in the stone cavern, and in this process, his body crossed a spatial rift.

Then, suddenly, a shrill scream escaped Ximen Gu’s mouth.

"No!"

Embedded within the stone cavern, Ximen Gu’s pupils constricted, his whole body trembled violently; he felt an intense pain emanating from his right arm; looking down, his right sleeve was all blood-red, yet beneath it, was nothing.

His eyes filled with bloodshot as he saw, on the ground not far away beneath the stairs, amidst the blood blossoms, a severed arm lay quietly.

Finally, the overwhelmingly strong silver and black blazing light swallowed everything.

Numerous fine cracks appeared on the Ninth Level Silver Steps, shattering as the giant phantom on the throne became extremely ethereal.

Following that, the stone cavern space where the Bone Marrow Cleansing Pool resided completely collapsed.

...

"At the beginning of my life, I had no aspirations, after my birth, the family and country decline."

"The heavens are unrighteous, bring chaos and parting, the earth is unkind, causing the demise of my clan."

The tragic melody, the ancient ballad once again echoed in Su Mu’s ears.

Amidst the endless black mist, a colossal silhouette vaguely appeared; in front of this form, the usually towering and robust-looking Su Mu among humans seemed exceptionally small.

In an instant.

Su Mu understood that this colossal, terrifying figure in the black mist was most likely the creator of the Ninth Level Stairs, the Giant Memory World, and the true creator of the Desolate Devouring.

"You are not one of us..."

The giant’s gaze suddenly became sharp, and just one instant of that gaze falling onto Su Mu, he felt as though his soul, from the outside in, was thoroughly seen through.

Yet the giant could not completely see through the small being before him, as there seemed to be a power on Su Mu, even in his residual soul state, that he couldn’t fully comprehend.

And it wasn’t just one, but four in total.

Two beams of golden light were hard to grasp, and among the remaining two, one was flame and the other silver radiance, which could be vaguely perceived but not entirely clear.

But from the small existence before him, he felt a power of the same origin, the same clan blood, the same clan marrow, Breathing Technique, Fixed Star Body Refining Technique, and the first three forms of the Great Wilderness Four Forms that he created.

Simultaneously, he also sensed the dormant golden fruit within Su Mu’s sea of consciousness.

In an instant, the giant’s mind was filled with thousands of thoughts, finally melted into a wordless, complex sigh.

Ultimately, his clan could not escape the fate of annihilation by the black mist, and he himself would likely not survive to see the arrival of future generations of his clan. The sharpness in the giant’s eyes retracted, and with a slight pause, asked a question in human language.

"Who are you?"

Who am I?

"A human..."

Hearing the answer, a flicker of disappointment passed through the giant’s eyes.

Su Mu’s eyes slightly flickered, and after hesitantly opening his mouth, awkwardly continued: "An inheritor of sins, a continuer of the flame, a later comer who unites myriads of fireflies to form a bright moon in the sky..."

"But the bright moon can only bring a moment of peace; only the vast Great Sun can bring the dawn of illuminating civilization!"

"And I, Su Mu, will transform into the Great Sun!"

This passage was uttered intermittently, word by word, yet forceful and strong.

For it was no longer human language, but the language of giants.

After countless years, finally hearing the language of his kind again, the giant’s heart trembled slightly, then after hearing Su Mu’s response, his eyes burst forth with a bright brilliance.

The weak existence before him dared to boast so arrogantly before him.

Truly audacious to the extreme.

He could easily crush the small human before him with just a thought.

Yet these words satisfied him greatly. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

If one is not a madman, how could there be a chance to surpass oneself, how could ordinary people reach what he himself couldn’t accomplish?

The giant’s burning gaze once again fell on Su Mu across the millennia, more precisely on that golden fruit.

To obtain the golden fruit signifies being recognized by the royal family’s will.

Hopefully, this time those old fellows didn’t choose the wrong person.

"Successor, the Great Wilderness Four Forms I created, especially the final form, is like a double-edged sword; without strong will, one will surely suffer backlash."

"If you are the Great Sun..."

"Then prove it to me, I’ll wait for you..."

The giant nodded towards Su Mu, then his figure trembled, transforming into an extraordinarily dazzling and brilliant silver radiance.