NOVPUBChapter 856: Chapter 851: To Gain and To Lose
Chapter 856 -851: To Gain and To Lose
Bai Heguang’s words instantly put Bai Qi at ease. He immediately went to Nicholas’ side with his seven pets and began to examine Nicholas’s injuries.
With the teacher present, this battle was no longer something he could be a part of.
However, Nicholas’ injuries were very strange. Although his bodily functions were all normal, and even his soul was very stable, he remained unconscious.
“Could it be because of the Jade Dream?”
Bai Qi furrowed his brow slightly and exchanged a glance with the caterpillar fungus. The caterpillar fungus immediately understood and entered the dream, stepping into the Jade Dream.
As for the other pets, they took the opportunity to recover their strength.
Although he had a lot of confidence in Bai Heguang, having a bit more strength now was always better than being powerless later.
On the other side, Bai Heguang was facing off against “Sam.”
“Worthy of being the Celestial Brilliance Myth, you managed to effortlessly defeat my attack.”
“Sam” lightly applauded, a smile spanning his face.
“As the first mythical Beast Master of human history, your strength is indeed incomparable to that of ordinary myths.”
“First is nothing special, haven’t you already been leading everyone else?”
Bai Heguang responded mildly.
“Me? Sorry, I didn’t ascend in the capacity of a Beast Master.”
“Sam” shook his head, glanced at Bai Qi with interest and said, “However, I didn’t expect that the Celestial Brilliance Myth would give up the already-obtained Death Avatar for Bai Qi. Don’t you know that would have been the most effective method to constrain my growth?”
“I know, but Bai Qi is more important!”
Bai Heguang stretched out his right hand, and the Jiuyou Celestial Phoenix turned into a Fangtian Halberd in his grip. Bai Heguang’s aura surged once again, and he actually dispersed the Death World.
“Even though you’re just a thought, since you’ve threatened my disciple, I cannot leave you be.”
Having said that, Bai Heguang turned into a black streaking comet and arrived in front of “Sam,” who wore a surprised look on his face, evidently unable to react in time.
Subsequently, a swath of Black Flames sliced through the sky, and “Sam’s” body was cut in two at the waist.
“Sam,” who neither Nicholas nor Bai Qi nor even all their pets together could harm, was instantly killed by Bai Heguang!
“Teacher, you are too powerful!”
Bai Qi was dumbstruck. He had thought that the Original Sin Swordsman could match his teacher, yet he was still far behind.
“It’s not that I’m strong, but rather his body had reached its limit,”
Bai Heguang shook his head.
Reached its limit?
Does that mean if he had endured a bit longer just now, he actually would have won?
“But still, to defeat his body, it takes a Myth body. So you need to make good use of your time,”
Bai Heguang brandished the halberd, and in an instant, he sliced “Sam” into countless Fragments.
Even so, “Sam” was still able to speak, and there was even a smile on his face.
“You are strong, truly strong, but you should not have given up that Death Avatar.”
“Wait and see. The next time I appear will be the time of your complete demise.”
After speaking, a Black Fog emerged around “Sam,” enveloping his entire body, and Dean and others were also covered by the Black Fog, slowly vanishing.
“I know, but being able to find your Origin is enough,”
Bai Heguang uttered, a mocking smile on his face, and his piercing gaze seemed to penetrate the Black Fog, seeing a certain existence in a central location within the Death State.
“You…”
“Sam” realized what Bai Heguang was planning and immediately tried to sever the Black Fog, but Bai Heguang was quicker. In the blink of an eye, Bai Heguang charged his hands and swung them with all his might towards the Black Fog, bending the Fangtian Halberd to its limits with the force.
Such a powerful swing unleashed a solid black flame blade that pierced through the Black Fog right as it closed.
“Celestial Brilliance!!!”
Accompanied by an angry roar, the Black Fog completely closed, and the world returned to its original state. But compared to before, it was now a complete wreck.
“Teacher, will he come back again?”
Watching “Sam” depart with the Black Fog, Bai Qi was somewhat worried, but after Bai Heguang exhaled a breath of foul air, he shook his head.
“With that strike just now, I’ve injured his Origin; he won’t threaten you for a while.”
“You injured his Origin? Teacher, you’re amazing!”
Bai Qi was filled with admiration, but Bai Heguang simply shook his head and said, “I merely took a shortcut because his current state is not as it was before the world’s ascension.”
“Huh?”
Bai Qi was puzzled at first but quickly grasped the meaning.
No wonder the Death State had been staying tucked away in its corner; perhaps Sam had been severely injured when the will of Gaia began to awaken.
“Teacher, is Sam still a Beast Master right now?”
“It’s no longer the case.”
Bai Heguang paused and said, “No matter how you look at it, Sam has already become an independent transcendent creature.”
“Though I’m reluctant to admit it, the Death Round Table really is formidable—their ability to transform a living human into a deity is astonishing.”
“Unfortunately, they didn’t use this ability to protect humanity…” 𝘯𝘰𝑣𝘱𝑢𝘣.𝑐𝑜𝑚
After thousands of years of inheritance, expecting them to do good is unlikely.
Bai Qi sighed. Not counting Yay, from the Dark Emperor to the Bo Ge brothers, followed by the Ming Sect during the Martial Emperor Era, and then the Holy Light Church during the Era of Law Emperor—up to the present.
The Bo Ge family has always stood in opposition to humanity. For them to change for the better, it would take a miracle from Yay.
“By the way, teacher, he just said you gave up the Death Avatar, does that mean you’ve found it?”
“Yes, I have.”
Bai Heguang nodded and said, “At first, I thought it was a trap and planned to take the opportunity to eliminate all of Death State’s top-end combat forces. I didn’t expect it to be real.”
“However, that Death Avatar has already developed some degree of its own consciousness, and it possesses a very strong corrosion ability. Even if the Death State took it back, it wouldn’t be of much benefit to them.”
Bai Qi understood upon hearing this but still felt concerned.
“But once Sam collects all the avatars and gains the power of Death’s incarnation, I fear not even Gaia would be his match then.”
Saying this, Bai Qi told Bai Heguang everything he had seen and heard in the Mythical Era.
“As expected, Wang Chen and my estimates about Death’s incarnation were correct.”
After hearing Bai Qi’s description, Bai Heguang didn’t show any surprise. He walked up to Nicholas and sensed him thoroughly; a smile then appeared on his face.
“Originally, I planned to take down the Death Avatar while also rescuing you, but I didn’t expect Nicholas to have such an accident, so I had to give up on that front.”
“But looking at it now, there have been gains and losses.”
“Gains and losses?”
Bai Qi became even more puzzled, but Bai Heguang simply waved the Fangtian Halberd, surprisingly creating an entrance to the Jade Dreamland.
“Teacher… do you also have the bloodline of the Green Dragon?”
Bam!
“Don’t make that kind of joke.”
Bai Heguang knocked on Bai Qi’s head with the Fangtian Halberd and then stepped into the Jade Dreamland.
“Alpha, Gamma, Delta, you three stay outside and protect Nicholas. Doggy, Jie Ta, Yita, follow me inside.”
Bai Qi issued instructions to the remaining pets and then followed Bai Heguang into the Jade Dreamland.
As soon as Bai Qi entered, he felt that something was off about the Jade Dreamland.
In the past, the Jade Dreamland was picturesque, a true paradise on earth. Even after “Six Paths” was released, many humans still came here to visit just for its pure natural environment.
But now, the sky of what used to be a dreamlike Jade Dreamland was covered in dark clouds, with wild winds blowing the trees all around into disarray.
Even the ground beneath their feet was beginning to crack bit by bit, and from the fissures, they could see the wisps of black aura leaking out, akin to the apocalypse.
What surprised Bai Qi the most, however, was that under the dark sky, there were countless Green Dragons flying, and right in front of them was none other than Nicholas and the newly entered caterpillar fungus.
“So many Green Dragons… Could the Green Dragon clan have been hiding here all this time undetected? No, there’s something wrong with these Green Dragons!”
Bai Qi quickly noticed something odd about the Green Dragons. Though their appearance was no different from Nicholas’, the light flowing in their eyes was not the distinct jade glow of Green Dragons but an extremely thick blackness.
“Leader, it’s great that you’ve come in as well. I’ve been wanting to contact you but got trapped here too.”
Upon seeing Bai Qi’s arrival, caterpillar fungus immediately flew back to his side, but Nicholas continued to look at the Green Dragons, seemingly lost in thought.
“So Nicholas was defeated by Sam in one blow because something went wrong with the Jade Dreamland,” Bai Qi surmised, stroking his chin.
“It’s not that something went wrong with the Jade Dreamland but rather the pre-existing problems were drawn out by Sam’s Death World,” countered Bai Heguang, shaking his head and looking up at the sky. “Haven’t you noticed something off about these Green Dragons yet?”
Bai Qi, caught off guard by the comment, looked at the Green Dragons’ eyes with the faint hint of madness and suddenly remembered something.
“I recall Nicholas once told me that the Green Dragon clan originally lived rather well off the Jade Dreamland, but one day, all the Green Dragons suddenly went mad and then completely disappeared.”
“Could these be the crazed Green Dragons Nicholas mentioned?”
Bai Qi thought it more and more likely, and after feeling the familiar aura of death from the Green Dragons, he became sure of his guess.
If nothing unexpected happened, the reason the Green Dragons went mad would be due to the erosion of the Jade Dreamland by death, and as guardians of the dream, the Green Dragons were affected, driving them into madness.
But where had these Green Dragons been hiding all this time? How come Nicholas hadn’t discovered them when he gained control of the Jade Dreamland right away?
Or was it that they were deliberately concealed by some creature?
With that thought, Bai Qi sharply turned his gaze towards the sky, while Bai Heguang had already taken action, flinging a stream of Black Flames into the heavens.
In an instant, the dark clouds scattered, revealing a giant black tree in front of Bai Qi.
Another Death Avatar!
