You don't want your secret to be revealed by others, right?-Chapter 838 - 222: Ancient Divine Punishment

This Ultimate Divine Artifact was forged by the Lord of the Old Days. As a true supreme divine object, how arrogant it is! It would only submit to the Lord of the Old Days, at most to other sons of Primordial, how could it possibly actively protect the Human Ancestor?

In the next moment, Xiahong Feng's gaze suddenly changed dramatically.

A dark light flew out from within him, it was a pure black staff, exuding the aura of the Ultimate Path and Taichu Divine Power, causing even heaven and earth to tremble.

"This is..."

Xiahou Shou was first stunned, then he couldn't help but reveal a look of ecstasy: "Ultimate Divine Artifact, Ancient Divine Punishment! It actually came out on its own!"

The Ancient Divine Punishment is the Ultimate Divine Artifact of the Lord of the Old Days, famous even in Ancient Times.

He originally thought this Ultimate Divine Artifact needed supplementation, having disconnected from its master for tens of thousands of years, therefore it had been absorbing the power of the Old Days Hands he released.

He had originally planned to kill the Human Ancestor first then acquire the Ancient Divine Punishment, who could have imagined that this Ultimate Divine Artifact would emerge on its own?

This indeed saved him a lot of trouble.

"Ha ha, fate wants you to die early, Human Ancestor!"

Xiahou Shou sneered and immediately slapped down with one hand, once again activating the Old Days Hand to crush the Human Ancestor into death.

The terrifying dark chaotic might roared towards Xiahong Feng, shattering the void in its path.

However—

"Boom!"

The pure black staff 'Ancient Divine Punishment' suddenly rose, vibrated in the air, and an invisible ripple spread, shattering the power Xiahou Shou wielded, completely protecting Xiahong Feng.

Xiahong Feng couldn't help but be stunned.

"Hmm?"

Xiahou Shou was also dumbfounded.

Ancient Divine Punishment... unexpectedly... actively protected the Human Ancestor?

This left him completely puzzled.

If Ancient Divine Punishment was within the Human Ancestor, it might want to absorb the power of the Old Days Hands, so unconsciously it could absorb and resolve it, but it wasn't actively protecting him, after all, even artifacts with spirits don't have much wisdom.

But now this scene clearly indicates——

Perhaps, the Ancient Divine Punishment has been actively protecting the Human Ancestor from start to finish!

"Why? Ancient Divine Punishment?"

Xiahou Shou's face was ugly, "I bear the arm of the Lord of the Old Days, representing his will to search for you, not only do you not cooperate, you help my enemy instead?"

He doubted this Ancient Divine Punishment possessed high sentience, even having an Artifact Spirit, which was indeed normal.

After all, other artifacts lack an Artifact Spirit because the god presiding over spirits' authority fell, but Ancient Divine Punishment being related to Primordial means having an Artifact Spirit is quite normal.

So he was even more perplexed.

"You do speak well…"

An icy woman's voice suddenly echoed, and simultaneously a strand of black light emerged from the staff, forming a silhouette of a woman clad in a black cloak from which only half the face and the pair of indifferent dark eyes could be seen.

It was clearly the Artifact Spirit of the Ancient Divine Punishment!

"It truly has an Artifact Spirit."

Xiahou Shou took a deep breath and with a deep voice said: "Ancient Divine Punishment, what do you mean by this?"

Ancient Divine Punishment's Artifact Spirit responded coldly: "A mere foreign race, accidentally bestowed by the master... to be so boastful... You represent the master's will, yet the master only allowed you to use me on that day to shatter the World Barrier between the Old Days and Eternal Night, when did he permit you to use me for personal grudge?"

"You..."

Xiahou Shou's expression slightly changed, "You actually knew? The Lord of the Old Days left you in Eternal Night tens of thousands of years ago just for this day?"

"The master's intentions have nothing to do with you." Ancient Divine Punishment's Artifact Spirit replied indifferently: "You just need to obey orders."

Xiahou Shou was silent.

Subsequently, he said in a low voice: "Alright, even if you are unwilling to assist me in other matters, I want to kill this person, this does not intersect with the Lord of the Old Days' plan, right? Why do you protect him?"

Ancient Divine Punishment's Artifact Spirit coldly glanced at him, said calmly: "I am willing, so what?"

Xiahong Feng couldn't help but look at the Ancient Divine Punishment.

He couldn't help but speculate in his heart. Could it be that the Artifact Spirit of this Ultimate Divine Artifact has developed feelings for him after spending tens of thousands of years together? 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

But he felt that was unreasonable.

In the Ancient Times, the Ancient Divine Punishment existed for countless years, completely disdainful of alien races, and as an Artifact Spirit, it probably lacked any human emotions. How could it possibly have feelings for him?

He vaguely felt there must be some other hidden reason, but couldn't guess it.

"Willing... Haha, what a willing! Hahaha..."

Xiahou Shou suddenly laughed maniacally, then his gaze flashed with ferocity, and he sneered: "Your master's arm can only fuse with Xiahou Shou. The main body was killed by the Divine Emperor, so the Ancient Hand can only fuse with my Second Primordial Spirit, but if you dare obstruct me again, I will commit suicide on the spot and make your master's plan fail. Do you believe it?"

"You dare!"

The Artifact Spirit of the Ancient Divine Punishment stared at him, its gaze suddenly turning cold.

The atmosphere instantly became tense.

"Do you think I'm afraid of death?" Xiahou Shou sneered: "As long as I can lead to the extinction of the Human Clan, my soul could be destroyed, so what? If you dare obstruct me again, let's see if I dare or not!"

The Artifact Spirit of the Ancient Divine Punishment fell silent.

Xiahou Shou looked coldly at Xiahong Feng and was ready to take action.

"I may not stop you from doing other things, but you cannot kill him."

Suddenly, the Artifact Spirit of the Ancient Divine Punishment spoke again.

"Cannot kill him?" Xiahou Shou slowly furrowed his brows, "What do you mean? Why can't I kill him?"

"I have my own reasons." The Artifact Spirit of the Ancient Divine Punishment replied coldly: "You can go and kill others, but you cannot kill him."

Xiahou Shou let out a cold laugh and said: "I want to attack Great Yong, but I can't do it, and you are unwilling to help me. I want to kill the Human Ancestor, and you want to stop me too?"

The Ancient Divine Punishment was silent for a moment before speaking indifferently: "I can allow you to harness me to assault Great Yong, but I don't guarantee success."

"You don't guarantee?"

Xiahou Shou frowned and said: "If you insist on restraining your power, I naturally can't break through Great Yong."

"I won't obstruct you, I will let you perform." The Ancient Divine Punishment said indifferently: "But you may not succeed either."

"Let me perform?"

Xiahou Shou's eyes brightened, then he spoke in a calm tone: "That's enough, just with the Heavenly Dao's authority mobilized by Great Yong, it still cannot withstand my Ultimate Divine Artifact driven by the Ancient Hand. If even this fails, then I have nothing to say."

Currently, Great Yong's fortune has significantly increased, even mobilizing Heavenly Dao's authority can easily suppress the Son of God.

But his power with the Ancient Hand inherently surpasses the level of the Son of God, not to mention the Ultimate Divine Artifact?

He doesn't believe that Great Yong can withstand!

"The condition is you cannot kill this person." The Artifact Spirit of the Ancient Divine Punishment said coldly: "You can seal or suppress, but cannot kill him. Dispel this array now!"

"This is the condition?"

Xiahou Shou pondered for a moment, then asked: "Until when?"

"Until my master descends." The Artifact Spirit of the Ancient Divine Punishment said.

"Alright, I agree." Xiahou Shou waved his sleeve, dispelling the Soul Seizing and Refining array, and both the red lotus and black mist dissipated.

Compared to the Human Ancestor, he is more eager to destroy the Human Clan.

"Hum..."

The Artifact Spirit of the Ancient Divine Punishment glanced at Xiahong Feng, then the scepter emitted a black ray, transforming into the shadow of a scepter, and directly entered Xiahong Feng's body.

"Part of my power will always watch over him. With my authority to probe essence, if you dare hide and kill him from me, I will perceive it and make you pay the price then."

The Artifact Spirit of the Ancient Divine Punishment stared expressionlessly at Xiahou Shou, articulating each word slowly.

"Probe essence?" Xiahou Shou looked at her and said: "I thought you were a purely offensive Divine Artifact."

"I am the Divine Punishment. Without the ability to clearly perceive truth, how could I possess the authority to deliver divine punishment?" The Artifact Spirit of the Ancient Divine Punishment responded indifferently.

"Oh?"

Xiahou Shou examined the Ancient Divine Punishment thoughtfully, then said: "Then come with me to attack Great Yong."