Slaying Demons: Starting with Upgrading my Calligraphy-Chapter 546 - 475: Dao Embodiment of the Five Elements! (Part 2)

Chapter 546: Chapter 475: Dao Embodiment of the Five Elements! (Part 2)

At the same time, the bloody battles between the Human Race and the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains have become increasingly frequent.

Almost every day, terrifying roars that tear the heavens and rend the earth erupt.

However, after experiencing the initial violent impact.

The Human Race and the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains tacitly chose to lie low.

Perhaps due to the constant battles leading to heavy casualties on both sides, or maybe for other reasons.

After the surging storm.

This Southern Ming Wasteland enjoyed a brief period of tranquility.

Thus half a year passed.

Liu Tai, who was sealed by the Arhat’s Golden Blood, had already broken most of the seal. Now, only his feet remain trapped in gold, while the rest of his body has fully recovered.

Moreover, due to the tempering of the Arhat’s Golden Blood this time, his "Undying Golden Body" is faintly ready to break through to the next stage.

Rubbing his chin, Liu Tai curiously observed Qi Xiu, who was meditating cross-legged opposite him, tsking:

"This young lad has quite the courage, actually daring to cultivate Dao Embodiment of the Five Elements—it’s like stabbing a knife into old Zhao Qianqiu’s heart."

Qi Xiu sat cross-legged on a mat, his posture upright and serene, like a solitary leaf in the vastness of the heavens and earth.

Five-colored energies swirled around him, continually flowing and transforming, as if strands of silken threads weaving intricate patterns in the air.

The five-colored energy surged and ebbed through his seven orifices, with every breath, causing the majestic flow of spiritual energy between heaven and earth.

As time passed, the five-colored energy grew increasingly dense and profound, like rivers converging into the sea, becoming more and more magnificent.

In the unseen realm, a five-colored canopy gradually formed above his head.

The canopy shimmered with dazzling brilliance, its colors vivid, stretched across the sky like a rainbow bridge, exuding an inviolable sacred majesty.

As the five-colored canopy solidified, filaments of Immortal’s Aura descended from it, enveloping Qi Xiu in a layer of hazy but pure radiance.

Faintly emitting a transcendent feel as if beyond the Three Realms and not confined by the Five Elements.

"The time is about right..."

Slowly opening a sliver of his eyes, a majestic five-colored radiance flashed in the depths of Qi Xiu’s gaze.

He looked down at his right hand, the last trace of injury had fully healed in that instant moments ago.

In this past half-year, he repeatedly used the [Command Talisman] within his body’s tolerance limit, to continually shorten the cooldown of cultivating Dao Embodiment.

Finally, today, as he completely neutralized the backlash of the [Command Talisman], the cooldown of cultivating the Dao Embodiment also simultaneously ended.

And this also means...

He can start to prepare for cultivating the Dao Embodiment of the Five Elements!

"Liu, how are you doing?"

Suppressing the terrifying aura that surged within himself to a frightening degree, as Qi Xiu stood up, the Divine Luster Inward Concealment activated automatically, turning him once again into a seemingly delicate and refined young Daoist.

One would never guess that he was a fearsome man who could chase down and beat up a group of True Monarchs with his bare hands.

"All good, that bald monk’s Arhat’s Golden Blood has almost been fully digested by me. In at most three to five days, I will be able to break out of the seal.

Kid, seems like you’re almost ready too."

They laughed, these two, separated by hundreds of years in age but calling each other brothers, shared a knowing smile, clearly understanding what needed to be done next without the need for words.

"All the necessary preparations have been mostly completed; we’re just a step away now."

Qi Xiu slowly opened his right hand, in his palm, the Five-Colored Divine Light continuously flowed, creating and destroying, suffused with the infinite charm of the Great Dao.

In the unseen domain, he had already felt the outline of the Great Five Elements Path.

As long as he wills it, he can now begin cultivating the Dao Embodiment of the Five Elements.

"It’s a pity that Daoist Yunxiong still hasn’t emerged. My senior brother, though he made brief contact with him a while back, hadn’t had the chance to speak in detail before losing contact again.

The two of us dealing with Zhao Qianqiu’s group could be quite strenuous."

Clicking his tongue and analyzing, Liu Tai continued.

According to the original configuration, Qi Xiu’s cultivation of the Dao Embodiment of the Five Elements was almost assured.

Zhao Qianqiu, though immensely powerful, carrying the Great Five Elements Path with numerous secret treasures of weight.

But if facing the combined force of Daoist Yunxiong and his senior brother, he’d still need to tuck his tail and scuttle away obediently.

But now Daoist Yunxiong and his senior brother are both trapped in forbidden zones, unable to escape.

With only him and Qi Xiu to deal with Zhao Qianqiu and his two lackeys, it’s undoubtedly at a disadvantage.

"Hmm, but time waits for no one. With Human Path Merit protecting me, my Innate Intuition is incredibly sharp. Ever since the muddy fog was broken and heavenly secrets reappeared, I’ve had an indistinct feeling that an immense crisis is rapidly approaching.

So there’s no time to continue waiting for my master and the others to return."

Touching the center of his brow, a hint of solemnity flickered in Qi Xiu’s eyes.

Unconsciously, they’ve been in the Southern Ming Wasteland for several years now, though the whereabouts of the sword remain unknown.

Yet his powerful and sharp intuition still foresees.

It seems that before long, this mysterious longsword, deemed essential by both the Human Race and the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains, will reemerge.

Moreover, apart from this sword, he also senses a touch of unease and warning concerning himself.

When the sword reemerges, it seems he will also encounter a calamity.

Hence, if he can successfully embody the Dao of Five Elements before then, he can face the unknown calamity with greater composure.

"Is that so, then in a few days, once I’ve exhausted this Arhat’s Golden Blood, I’ll protect you."

"Hmm."

...

Elsewhere, on the bone-chilling Black River amidst the turbulent, surging white fog, Zhao Qianqiu waved his sleeve, casting out a Five-Colored Divine Light which instantly manifested limitless divine splendor, forcibly shattering the great river like a stellar cloud.

With a thunderous boom!

A Demon King Azure Jiao, its body mangled and soul nearly torn apart, was thrown out, transforming into human form as it twisted, pale and frightened, looking at Zhao Qianqiu above whose face remained expressionless.

"Human being! A soldier can be killed but not humiliated. If you have the ability, just kill me; why torture me!"

Crying blood, the Azure Jiao Demon King’s eyes bulge, never having been humiliated so cruelly as a Dao Body Demon King.

This Human Cultivator has been battling him, evidently possessing far superior combat abilities yet refrains from killing him.

He merely lets him go, then captures him again for torture repeatedly.

This back and forth is driving him hysterical!

"Kill you? You little Jiao, what nonsense! This king plans to grant you an opportunity, ascension to my Great Five Elements Annihilation Heavenly Wheel.

This ordeal is meant to awaken all your essence and blood energy."

Slightly spreading his right hand, the Great Five Elements Annihilation Heavenly Wheel composed of five bronze rails, rounded like a sphere, appeared in Zhao Qianqiu’s hand.

After several years, this once incomplete Magical Treasure now seems nearly filled.

Of twenty-five vacant indentations, only two remain!

And the one meant to fill one of them is this Azure Jiao Demon King before him.

"Shut the hell up!"

Unable to endure Zhao Qianqiu’s piglet-like mocking any longer, the Azure Jiao Demon King roared in fury, his scales bristling, surging his entire cultivation, behind him, an ancient enormous Jiao Dragon’s figure burst forth, merging into his body.

Next instant!

The calamity winds raged, murderous intentions like a sea rose from the ground, a billowing angry tide transformed into millions of Jiao Dragon phantoms, releasing endless vicious might which, like a nova pulse, swept straight towards Zhao Qianqiu.

This strike encompassed all of the Azure Jiao Demon King’s cultivation, burning flesh and blood, sacrificing everything, a truly earth-shattering attack.

"Good! This is the move this king was waiting for!"

Seeing the Azure Jiao Demon King’s life-risking blow, Zhao Qianqiu rejoiced instead of fearing, tossing the Great Five Elements Annihilation Heavenly Wheel in his hand, forming a Daoist Seal with both hands, ten thousand zhang of Five-Colored Divine Light soared, as a canopy engulfed the surrounding ten thousand li.

"Heaven and earth, all things, Five Elements as the origin!

Gather for me!"

With fingers closing, the canopy formed by the Five-Colored Divine Light suddenly rolled, the Azure Jiao Demon King’s ultimate blow, born from total sacrifice, was completely absorbed, transformed into a Five-Colored torrent, merging into the Great Five Elements Annihilation Heavenly Wheel floating in the void.

Another essence of a Dao Body existence added, the Great Five Elements Annihilation Heavenly Wheel’s aura became even more complete and terrifying, a slight tremor, shaking the void within ten thousand li.

With a smile, stroking his Life-Bound Magic Treasure, Zhao Qianqiu’s eyes shimmered with Divine Light.

"Only one more to completion."

Yet as Mr. Zhao pondered who to make the final completer of this treasure, a familiar aura, which darkened his expression, abruptly appeared from afar.

A jab at his heart!

Turning swiftly, gazing towards where the aura arose, Zhao Qianqiu’s face turned icy, his voice became cold as frost:

"What audacity!

You truly dare to embody the Dao of Five Elements right under my nose!"

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