Chapter 1156: Chapter 1157: Killing with a Borrowed Knife
The appearance of the two black long knives was silent and undetectable, leaving one unable to discern where they emerged from.
Their target was Chu Fengmian, and they silently approached him from behind, ready to strike him down.
"The Hidden Assassins’ rats have finally shown themselves?"
Seeing the two black long knives, Chu Fengmian’s face showed no surprise; instead, he wore a playful smile.
From the very beginning, he had followed the two kings of assassins to the Blood Continent, where Chu Fengmian only killed Liang Sha, while Wang Sha never appeared.
Chu Fengmian was well aware of the Hidden Assassins’ style; they would certainly not spare him, and they excelled at assassinations, surely striking at the most critical moment against him.
Thus, from the start, Chu Fengmian had anticipated all of this; he just didn’t expect that there would be two people sent to kill him.
But now, the more, the merrier.
"Boundless Phantom!"
Suddenly, Chu Fengmian’s figure accelerated sharply, dodging to the side. His movement technique, already mastered to Great Success, allowed him to blink and disappear in an instant.
"What?"
The two black long knives, the two kings of assassins from the Hidden Assassins, seemed taken aback that Chu Fengmian had anticipated their actions.
Momentarily unresponsive, the two black long knives suddenly moved to strike at the heart of the Swallowed God.
Chu Fengmian had originally stood in front of the Swallowed God’s heart; now suddenly gone, the two black long knives naturally slashed towards the Swallowed God’s heart.
"Boom!"
Just as the blades were about to make contact, an immense suction force erupted, transforming into a deep, bottomless vortex.
"Swallowing Heaven Secret Technique?"
Crack!
The two blades shattered instantly, turning into two figures. One was the elder, Wang Sha, who Chu Fengmian had encountered before, and the other was a woman who appeared extremely alluring.
This woman’s strength surpassed Wang Sha. In Chu Fengmian’s memory, among the four assassin kings of the Hidden Assassins, there was only one woman, Mei Sha.
The second in command of the Hidden Assassins, only second to the guild leader.
Their sudden ambush was dodged by Chu Fengmian, causing their attack to land on the Swallowed God’s heart, triggering the Swallowing Heaven Secret Technique. This formed an enormous vortex, enveloping them both within it.
"Run quickly!"
Mei Sha exclaimed in shock and immediately transformed into a Tunneling Light, merging with the surrounding space, attempting to escape.
They were well aware of the power of the Swallowing Heaven Secret Technique. Anyone swallowed by that deep vortex would meet an inevitable fate of death.
"The God of Swallowing Heaven shall not be desecrated!"
An angry roar erupted from the heart of the Swallowed God, a voice ancient to the extreme.
Even Chu Fengmian, from this voice, seemed to hear the era in that distant chaos where Innate Divine Beasts reigned, a time when true powerhouses were as numerous as clouds.
Despite being dead for millions of years, the majesty of the Swallowed God could not be desecrated.
"All of heaven and earth, devoured!"
With this roar, the Swallowing Heaven Secret Technique suddenly expanded, devouring even the surrounding space.
Space after space was shattered, then consumed into the vortex by the Swallowing Heaven Secret Technique.
Nearby, even the space ceased to exist. The chaotic void was being consumed, turning into a void, an endless, bottomless void.
"It’s terrifying. The true strength of the Swallowed God is so horrifying. Even the heart, which has been dormant for millions of years, is so terrifying?"
Chu Fengmian used his movement technique, evading to a safe place just as Mei Sha and Wang Sha attacked.
Even so, Chu Fengmian’s heart was filled with awe; the power of the Swallowed God exceeded his imagination.
More terrifying than any strength Chu Fengmian knew.
"Innate Divine Beasts contain innate power. The Swallowed God inherited the most powerful devouring abilities, devouring heaven and earth with ease."
Xing Xuan spoke slowly.
"For instance, Teng Snake inherits pure strength. In its prime, a casual strike could shatter this Demonic Ancient Continent, and even more Emperors would be mere ants before it."
One strike to shatter the Demonic Ancient Continent...
Hearing this, Chu Fengmian was taken aback, then sighed.
Emperors, in Chu Fengmian’s current understanding, were immensely powerful, yet before Innate Divine Beasts, they remained as ants.
Like the heart of the Swallowed God, whose power has waned thousands of times over millions of years, yet is still sufficient to easily handle a Quasi-Emperor.
"Then can Little Nine also grow into such a terrifying existence in the future?"
In Chu Fengmian’s mind flashed the thought of Little Nine. According to Xing Xuan, Little Nine should also be an Innate Divine Beast.
Will it too become an entity capable of shattering the Demonic Ancient Continent with one strike?
"If Little Nine matures, it should be capable of achieving all of this. But the growth of Innate Divine Beasts is exceedingly difficult. Perhaps for millions of years, it may not reach its peak, by which time you would have long since perished."
Xing Xuan spoke mercilessly in his mind.
The lifespan of a Martial Artist, ten thousand years, is the limit. To reach ten thousand years would be extraordinary. Those who step into the Emperor Realm at most can live for tens of thousands of years.
As for millions of years, the Demonic Gods cannot live that long. It’s likely only Innate Divine Beasts can achieve this.
"Forget it, relying on Little Nine’s strength all the time wouldn’t be right. If I’m weaker than it, I wouldn’t deserve to be its master."
Chu Fengmian’s thoughts shifted, and his gaze returned.
In that vortex, the strength of Mei Sha and Wang Sha had been depleted completely.
They were both continuously exhausting their Spiritual Power to resist the devouring, but it was nearing the point of an exhausted oil lamp.
"Bang!"
Suddenly, Wang Sha could no longer sustain himself. His body shattered, turning into a cloud of blood mist, swallowed by the vortex.
Only Mei Sha remained, struggling desperately.
"The power of the Swallowed God’s heart has also been almost exhausted."
At the same time, Chu Fengmian noticed that the strength of the Swallowed God’s heart had also been near exhaustion.
He had long calculated that the two kings of assassins would choose to attack. Chu Fengmian purposefully pretended to collect the Swallowed God’s heart, offering a flaw, to let them and the Swallowed God’s heart destroy each other.
Now Chu Fengmian’s plan seemed successful. Wang Sha was dead, Mei Sha had lost her strength, and the power of the Swallowed God’s heart was almost depleted.