Chapter 1354: Chapter 573: The Ultimate Secret (2)

Qin Ming shrank his body, sidestepped, the Five-Colored Armor shining, his right fist blazing as he struck toward this opponent.

At the same time, Zhou Wenchuan swung the Netherworld Blade, also attacking violently; the entire Void seemed about to be frozen solid by that icy chill, as if they had entered the Netherworld.

Qin Ming’s heart tightened; the situation was extremely unfavorable for them. The target had a special weapon, and they hadn’t taken him down in the first instant—this was a huge problem.

Moreover, the Taoist attainments of the two Saints were frighteningly high, and their combat talent was astonishing.

Qin Ming plunged into the crowd, aiming to kill other Saints and throw their formation into chaos.

If he broke into their ranks, the Array’s influence would be reduced.

He and Tang Yushang regrouped again and rushed together at those Saints.

On the spot, someone’s body cracked like a turtle shell, half his torso covered in blood.

If not for the suppression of special weapons here, a Saint would definitely have been blown apart just now.

A Heavenly Immortal Remnant Artifact, even if only a fragment from the past, was still terrifying.

Qin Ming and Tang Yushang both felt it a great pity; in another place, with the help of the Immortal Robe, the two of them would certainly already have carved out a brilliant battle record.

Suddenly, the ground split open, and with a dreadful fluctuation, six golden figures burst up from underground, charging at Qin Ming and Tang Yushang.

They were all in human form, skin stretched tight over bone, looking quite ferocious, yet their skin shone a dazzling gold; these seemed to be six Golden Corpses.

At this moment, a Saint from the Wangsheng yong Organization blew a flute, awakening these six Golden Bodies; they bore a portion of Rule Power.

Qin Ming’s heart grew heavy. In the past, when facing the Third Tao Seed of the Parasitic Civilization, during that brutal fight there had been a blood-colored monster that carried a portion of a Rule Fragment into battle.

Now he was facing six at once. Without a special weapon to guard their bodies, he and Tang Yushang would be doomed.

Furthermore, the monsters before him, carrying the Resonance of rules, seemed even stronger; they actually crashed straight into them, slamming the two of them backward through the air.

Blood trickled from the corner of Qin Ming’s mouth. He had blocked four golden monsters; Tang Yushang’s blood and qi were also churning, a drop of blood hanging from her delicate nose as she staggered underfoot.

"Fifth Brother, you’re not cutting it!" Qin Ming spoke to the Five-Colored Treasure Fragment.

The Treasure Fragment replied, "I’ve fallen into the great calamity of Lost. This place... for the likes of us, is tribulation soil."

At this time, Zhou Wenchuan, holding the Netherworld Blade, stood together with the Saint from the Wangsheng yong Organization; the two of them used the power of the Longevity Token to isolate the corrosion of the mysterious Array Source.

Qin Ming said, "Even if you can’t exert your peak power, you can at least protect yourself, right? You can’t even block this kind of Golden Body? I’ve never lost to anyone at my own level, and with results like yours, you’re basically letting others reverse-slaughter you."

The Five-Colored Treasure Fragment said, "I’m fine. Let those golden monsters hit me however they like; they can’t pierce the Five-Colored Armor. What I’m worried about now is Lost..."

Qin Ming spat blood and said, "Damn it, I’m not fine. I’m getting shaken until blood’s pouring from my seven orifices. Can your defensive power be any higher?"

...

Outside, six Great Grandmasters stood suspended in the air, overlooking the Ninth Experiment Field of Longevity Ridge. Those who had cultivated Divine Pupil could already vaguely see what was happening.

"So Saints from other camps actually barged in. Fortunately, those two have already fallen into a desperate situation. Those Daoist Bodies and Divine Embryos that have been nurtured for five hundred years must not be lost."

An aged Great Grandmaster spoke in a low voice, twin beams of terrifying light shooting from his eyes as he locked his gaze on the front.

In his eyes, those bodies that had been purged of all death qi were of extreme importance.

Of course, among the six Great Grandmasters, only two or three knew the full truth; even as direct-line descendants of the old Chairman and the Insect Emperor, they still had to come into contact with those Secrets bit by bit.

"Grandfather, are those bodies really that important?" a "newcomer" asked.

Grandfather and grandson were both Great Grandmasters—an astonishing achievement. Even for descendants of the God like Association’s old Chairman, it was impossible for every offspring to be a dragon among men, especially several dozen generations down, where many had already become indistinguishable from ordinary folk.

Of course, the outstanding ones among them were still terrifying, with no shortage of Seventh Realm peerless experts.

In this era, such people were considered to have already reached the summit, overlooking all races, standing at the peak of the pyramid, capable of facing experts of any system.

The elderly Great Grandmaster nodded and said, "Some of those bodies are extremely important; they are Celebrities in the histories of the God like Association, the Wangsheng yong Organization, and the Strange Insect Alliance, and must not be lost."

His grandson’s face showed shock. "They’re already dead. Can they really... come back to the yang world?"

The elderly Great Grandmaster nodded serious and solemn. "The old Chairman is a living example. Perhaps he has preliminarily walked through a Longevity Road!"

The two transmitted their voices in secret, discussing this taboo topic.

In this world, there is the Ten-Colored Ice Mountain and the Resin of immortal Tree; both can let ancients fall into slumber, maintaining their inherent state and not dying for a certain period of time.

But that is not Longevity. To put it nicely, it is long sleep; to put it harshly, it is clinging to life.

"Becoming Living Dead, unable to interfere in the present world, and when the time is up, still having to perish—such a pitiful existence is meaningless. What the old Chairman pursues is that mighty power can be preserved in the present world, walking the human realm in one’s peak state. That is Longevity."

However, all things have a lifespan. Whether Body or Spirit, both will decay; even Heavenly Immortals and Heavenly Gods can only live for a little over two thousand years.

The newly advanced Great Grandmaster said, "Once the Spirit decays, that is a person’s complete extinction. How can they appear again?"

His grandfather shook his head. "The mystery of life is hard to explain clearly. We can only seek by trial and error, hacking out a path step by step. Now, the old Chairman has already proven that the Body may be even more important than the Spirit."

"This..." The newly advanced Great Grandmaster showed a doubtful look.

Then his expression grew incomparably solemn. "The body research I’m talking about is probably the only currently viable Longevity Road, and someone has already walked it through once. It can be regarded as the ultimate Secret."