I Truly Am The Villian Chapter 2354 - 2353: The Power of the Eternal Bell, Artifact of the Great Dao

They hadn't expected that even after the Eternal Bell appeared, Xu Zimei would still brag so shamelessly.

He didn't put anyone in his eyes.

"Don't be too Arrogant. Lord Eternal Bell is not someone you can look down on," Sikong Zhaixing shouted.

"Even the Eternal Emperor Leader of those years spoke highly of Lord Eternal Bell."

As an intelligence body, the Eternal Bell possessed self-awareness.

Of course, there were plenty of artifacts with self-awareness, just like the Queen of the West's Kunlun Mirror, which had also awakened consciousness.

But what made the Eternal Bell powerful was that it could cultivate on its own.

To be precise, it could undergo self-metamorphosis.

As the artifact's true body, it could cultivate by itself and grow stronger without end.

In a certain sense, it had no limit.

Because it wasn't a living being, it didn't need to be constrained by the Heavenly Dao.

Of course, that was the idealized statement.

In truth, its cultivation was extremely difficult.

To cultivate to the level of a Heaven Challenge was almost impossible.

As for Sikong Zhaixing's words, neither Xu Zimei nor the Eternal Bell paid any attention.

After all, to the two of them, Sikong Zhaixing simply wasn't on the same level.

...…

"Let's fight a battle. If I win, the Eternal Dynasty can break free from the shackles of the Divine Race, and I can be considered to have lived up to the Eternal Emperor Leader's entrustment of those years."

They only heard the Eternal Bell speak.

Xu Zimei sneered. "If you really cared about the Eternal Dynasty, you shouldn't be coming to fight me.

You should be attacking the Divine Court instead."

"You don't understand," the Eternal Bell shook its head.

It said, "To defeat you, I only need to fight one person."

"But the Divine Court's Power of Faith has already sunk deep into people's hearts. Whether it's our Eternal Dynasty or the entire Kun Ruins Domain, it has all been shrouded by faith."

"To destroy the Divine Court is to be the enemy of the entire world."

Hearing this, Xu Zimei replied, "So what if that's the case? Being the enemy of the entire world is still better than fighting me."

"No more useless talk. Fight," the Eternal Bell said with a shake of its head.

"I've lived long enough anyway. If I fall to your hands, I'll have no regrets."

As the Eternal Bell's words fell, a vast bell tone had already rung out.

"Rumble, rumble."

The toll of the bell sounded incomparably long and drawn out.

With the ringing of a single chime.

In that first instant, killing intent surged through the entire void.

Within the void, countless arrows of condensed airflow shot forth.

Xu Zimei waved his hand.

He likewise stirred the boundless void, crushing all those arrows to dust.

"Buzz, buzz, buzz!"

At the second toll of the bell, the original arrows blurred and vanished, even Divine Sense could hardly capture them.

Those arrows rose in secrecy; only the sound of shattering void rang out.

Yet Xu Zimei remained very calm.

He grabbed out with his large hand, solidifying the surrounding void.

The next moment, Xu Zimei stepped out once.

His figure shuttled through the void, and in an instant he appeared before the Eternal Bell.

"This kind of probing is meaningless. Let me see how strong your real skills are."

Xu Zimei said blandly.

As his words fell, his fist was already smashing down.

In that split second, storms converged around his fist, roaring like the surging Changhe.

But the man the Eternal Bell had turned into did not dodge.

When Xu Zimei's fist landed on him, it was as if he wasn't made of flesh, but of incomparably hard steel.

The bell tolled, and sound exploded all at once.

The entire void constantly inverted and turned over.

For a time, sand and stone flew, sun and moon revolved, time and space were turned upside down.

Sikong Zhaixing and the others saw this scene and their expressions all changed slightly.

They only heard him shout, "Everyone back, quickly! The Eternal Bell's true body has manifested, this entire heaven and earth is going to be buried!"

"Buzzzzz…"

In that instant the bell tolled nine times.

Each toll more shocking than the last, more vast and more piercing.

And the man's figure vanished without a trace.

What remained in place was an extremely ancient bronze bell.

This bronze bell was incomparably tall.

At least a thousand meters high.

It stood in the void, visible with just a tilt of the head.

No matter where you were, no matter which direction, as long as you were still within the borders of the Eternal Dynasty—

You could feel the shock and Suppression brought forth by this Eternal Bell.

Other than being impossibly tall, the Eternal Bell was bronze on all sides, covered in densely packed runes.

Obscure and hard to comprehend, Abstruse beyond compare.

A hazy mist-like qi surged ceaselessly around it.

"Interesting, something very ancient," Xu Zimei said.

Legend had it that the Eternal Bell was an artifact forged by the Eternal Emperor Leader back then.

But from the looks of it now, the Eternal Bell's age was far, far older.

It was highly possible that before the Eternal Emperor Leader even existed, this bell had already been around.

It just had never come into the world.

Later, it was merely found by the Eternal Emperor Leader.

Of course, that no longer mattered now, because once the Eternal Bell appeared—

Ancient fortune coiled around it.

"Nine tolls of the Yellow Bell, like an immortal cast down."

Invisible ripples spread out around the Eternal Bell.

Xu Zimei instantly felt a very peculiar power Suppressing him.

His body and Divine Soul were both Suppressed by that mysterious power, unable to move.

Just as he was about to struggle—

The Eternal Bell before him moved.

The colossal Eternal Bell soared high, and in the next instant appeared above Xu Zimei's head.

Then it fell from the heavens, enveloping Xu Zimei within.

"We did it," Sikong Zhaixing and the others couldn't help but shout excitedly when they saw this.

Anyone enveloped within the Eternal Bell could never break free; even hoping to remain alive was a luxury.

"No matter how powerful the existence, once inside the bell, they'll be refined,"

Sikong Zhaixing said.

"In ancient chronicles there are records. It's said that even mighty Divine Spirits once failed to escape, were refined within, and buried here."

That was the Eternal Dynasty's most glorious era.

At that time, the Eternal Emperor Leader had yet to pass away.

The Eternal Dynasty possessed the capital to contend against the Divine Court.

The Divine Court's Power of Faith, because of the Eternal Emperor Leader, did not dare to descend upon this land.

...…

Inside the Eternal Bell,

Xu Zimei found pitch-black darkness all around.

Immediately after, tolls of the bell came from all directions.

Bell tones surged endlessly, intertwining together.

They dragged his entire consciousness into a sinking state.

He couldn't think of anything in his mind; only the deafening bell tolls lingered within.

If an average cultivator were inside—

They would probably start bleeding from all seven orifices in an instant, their souls scattering in terror.

Even Xu Zimei felt somewhat uncomfortable.

He shrouded his whole body with the Power of the Great Dao, yet still could hardly block out these tolls.

By now it was obvious: this Eternal Bell was a Great Dao artifact.

Only the same Power of the Great Dao could make it so Xu Zimei could not shut out the bell's tolls.

"Interesting. But this Eternal Bell, by a twist of fate, has actually become beneficial to my Great Dao."

Xu Zimei couldn't help but say.

Because within the Eternal Bell, his Great Dao was being refined.