Asura Emperor Venerable-Chapter 1573: How Can Shi Hao Be Suppressed?
Shi Hao smiled and chose not to linger in battle, turning to leave.
This time, he had taken the initiative to invade the territory of Immortal Venerable Beimiao. Although this is a Forbidden Land, belonging to everyone under the heavens, who isn’t allowed to search for opportunities here?
However, with Immortal Venerables being so powerful, who can reason with them?
Therefore, before his strength was enough to confront an Immortal Venerable, Shi Hao could only lower his head in their presence.
He had invaded the Immortal Venerable’s territory, which was already unjustified to begin with. If he were to kill anyone, even the Thunder Extinguishing Immortal Venerable couldn’t protect him.
But now it’s different, he, a one-star Immortal King, charged in, and even a Nine Star Immortal King couldn’t stop him. Would the Bei Miao Sect really be shameless enough to report him to the Thunder Extinguishing Immortal Venerable?
What a disgrace, what a great disgrace!
Duankong Immortal King watched as Shi Hao gradually moved further away, yet he did not pursue.
Why chase after him?
Shi Hao’s strength seemed to be slightly superior to his.
Thus, chasing after him would only bring disgrace upon himself, so why bother?
It’s infuriating, how could this kid be so incredibly talented?
In this world, besides the Immortal Venerables, only those few other prodigies could perhaps suppress this young man, right?
Duankong Immortal King thought of a few people, all prodigies spanning several eras. Could they be the direct descendants of the Immortal Venerables? Not only had they long achieved the Nine Star Immortal King level and condensed the Heaven and Earth Wheel, but they had also lived through several lifetimes, reaching the Nine Star Immortal King height in each life.
Their goal was the Immortal Venerable position!
However, the Immortal Venerable position is fixed. To ascend, an Immortal Venerable must be dethroned, which no Immortal Venerable desires, leading them to relentlessly eliminate such competitors.
Therefore, these outstanding descendants of the Immortal Venerables remain in a state of feigned death to slow the passage of life, and when the current Immortal Venerables truly reach the end of their lifespan and cannot live another life, they release these outstanding descendants to take their place.
This is called "keep the wealth within the same family."
Of course, plans are beautiful, but reality can be different.
Otherwise, how could the Thunder Extinguishing Immortal Venerable have ascended?
Over thirty thousand years ago, the representative of the "Origin of Thunder" wasn’t the Thunder Extinguishing Immortal Venerable, nor was it his father or grandfather, but was forcibly taken from the Zou Family.
What can you do?
If only the Zou Family’s descendants weren’t so disappointing, failing to compete against Ding Lingfeng.
Duankong Immortal King immediately shook his head again; those prodigies are in feigned death, how could they come out to deal with Shi Hao?
— Every time they awaken from feigned death and return to a state of feigned death, it consumes some of their Life Origin, so unless it’s truly necessary, they absolutely won’t be awakened.
But truly, should they wait for Shi Hao to cultivate near-Immortal Venerable strength, allowing an Immortal Venerable to personally subdue him?
Duankong Immortal King thought of a few of his senior brothers, him not having condensed the Heaven and Earth Wheel didn’t mean these few hadn’t.
Their combat power was at least on par with Shi Hao’s, and if they joined forces, it would be enough to suppress Shi Hao.
How great a price would he need to pay to persuade them to take action?
Duankong Immortal King wore a worried expression. The cost of asking these fellow practitioners to act was too great, perhaps even no less than the Great Medicine Shi Hao had taken.
Isn’t doing something that doesn’t cover expenses foolish?
But, should Shi Hao really be allowed to be so arrogant?
...
Shi Hao smiled, put away the Great Medicine, and then searched for clues, continuing the pursuit of Immortal King Zi Feng.
With his realm, he could deduce another’s whereabouts, so even if Immortal King Zi Feng left the slightest trace, he could use it to find the other’s whereabouts.
Of course, an Immortal King isn’t that easy to deceive. They can easily set up decoys to mislead him, requiring Shi Hao to judge for himself whether the clues were real or bait from the other party.
More than a month later, Shi Hao caught up with Immortal King Zi Feng.
This month, Immortal King Zi Feng was in poor condition.
Being pursued, how can one be well?
Upon realizing Shi Hao had caught up again, he immediately charged at Shi Hao, looking determined to fight to the death. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖
Shi Hao, however, didn’t confront him head-on, maintaining a certain distance.
I will just continue to follow, applying pressure on you.
Sure enough, Immortal King Zi Feng, with eyes red, appeared on the verge of losing control.
He didn’t want to die, but for a dignified Immortal King to be so pursued was intolerable for him.
He’d rather die in a blaze of glory!
However, he quickly calmed down.
This is a Forbidden Land, filled with many dangerous areas, which could be used to shake off Shi Hao or even turn the tables on him.
So, Immortal King Zi Feng forcibly suppressed the thought of a mutual destruction with Shi Hao. As long as there was a sliver of hope, how could an Immortal King give up so easily?
Immortal King Zi Feng continued to flee, while Shi Hao didn’t pursue; instead, he took out some cultivation resources and extracted Immortal Rules from the world to refine his physique and elevate his realm.
This, was incomparably slow.
Each cell within Shi Hao was like a Celestial Body. Refining it required immense energy and Immortal Rules.
Immortal Rules weren’t an issue, as they filled the heavens and earth, but energy was different; it needed to be acquired through resources. Otherwise, relying solely on his body to absorb the scattered energy of the world would take an incredibly long time.
A thousand years? Several thousand years? Even tens of thousands of years?
Shi Hao soon exhausted his cultivation resources, borrowed from the Ice River Immortal King, and now all he had left was a Great Medicine.
"Sigh, this is really worrisome."
Shi Hao shook his head. He was truly a resource-hungry beast now; each minor improvement required massive resources. Of course, this tremendous investment also resulted in astonishing combat prowess.
He walked leisurely, and shortly after, he saw the sea of Immortal King corpses.
This time, Shi Hao didn’t need to walk the narrow gaps.
He directly crossed the sea, resolving any imminent crisis with just a thought.
The Immortal Kings who died here were likely also Nine Star Immortal Kings, so even in death, they posed significant threats to most Immortal Kings. Unfortunately for them, Shi Hao was too strong, able to walk here with ease.
Currently, aside from threats at the Immortal Venerable level, what else did he need to concern himself with?
He easily crossed the sea of corpses, yet the sea of Immortal King corpses was still formidable, erasing all traces left by Immortal King Zi Feng.
Shi Hao didn’t mind, moving around the ocean.
The aura in this sea could be dissipated, but once on shore, some traces were bound to remain.
As he walked, he took out the Great Medicine to refine it.
The Stone Mill... was no longer useful.
In fact, the Stone Mill still worked diligently, but its efficiency was indistinguishable from Shi Hao’s own refining capability.
Thus, it was a treasure of the Immortal King level, but it could only go as far as a Nine Star Immortal King.
Shi Hao wasn’t bothered; what concerned him wasn’t the speed of refining resources but the quantity of resources!
