Light Fortress Chapter 2096 - 98: Blooming Amid the Dead Sea
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Sword Qi howled, and the Dead Sea shattered.
Qinglong, Deep Sea, along with the Throne, and even half of the Dead Sea, were all cleaved apart by this sword!
Gu Shen retracted the sword and stood.
The blazing Chi Huo instantly sheathed, extremely obedient. The once wild and unrestrained holy flame that seemed to burn the entire Dead Sea to ashes was restrained in just a breath, leaving only a narrow sword light that occupied half of the Heavenly Curtain, gradually unifying.
Deep Sea reformed its body. This time it didn’t dare to approach Gu Shen, choosing to retreat a thousand meters.
Its face turned pale. The Sword Qi had dissipated, but the lingering power still made one’s heart throb.
"Since you’ve deduced this battle..."
Gu Shen didn’t even spare a glance at Deep Sea, only slightly lowered his gaze to wipe the tip of the Chi Huo sword, saying plainly, "Did you foresee the battle turning out like this?"
"..."
Deep Sea stared intently at Gu Shen.
It couldn’t understand.
After five years of exile... how had Gu Shen’s strength changed so drastically?
It had simulated countless battles with the Netherworld Fire in the Dead Sea, millions of times, but never once had it encountered a scene like the current one.
One sword!
Just one sword!
Its shell and Throne were shattered!
Even borrowing Qinglong’s power, facing Gu Shen, it still had no power to fight back and could only flee in panic.
Is it because it wasn’t familiar with "Divine War"?
At this moment, Deep Sea slightly regretted, regretting it had dealt with "Qinglong" too early.
Beneath the Five Continents, Qinglong’s power was the strongest and most feared by it.
After years of confrontation with Qinglong.
Deep Sea knew this Sky Divine Throne well and was deeply aware of Qinglong’s "selfishness" and "fear of death"; once it showed two-faced intentions, it would be directly eradicated by Qinglong.
After the Divine War ended, Qinglong was unprecedentedly weak.
For Deep Sea, this was a rare opportunity, so it gave Qinglong no chance to "recover," immediately wielding the Dead Sea, taking over all the spirit of the Sky Divine Throne... If back then it hadn’t made that choice and continued to cooperate with Qinglong, would facing Gu Shen now be somewhat easier?
Thinking of this, Deep Sea shook its head.
It vaguely felt that even if Qinglong returned to its peak strength, it might not be a match for the young man before it.
"Time Dojo..."
Deep Sea recalled what Gu Changzhi had mentioned during the fight with Qinglong.
It frowned, voice doubtful, "Could it be that you also found the Time Dojo?"
Last time they parted, when it dispatched Silver Fox to chase Gu Shen, the other party was still a three or four-year-old child.
With the developmental limitations of a Divine Infant, in just five years, Gu Shen should not have grown into this "young" figure.
"... You guess."
Gu Shen raised an eyebrow and swung his sword for the second time!
This time, Deep Sea didn’t resist head-on.
It knew very well that it was no match for Gu Shen... so it retreated backward, dispersing the Throne, and merged all its spirit into the Dead Sea!
"Swish!"
Gu Shen’s sword strike hit empty air.
To be precise... it pierced into the Dead Sea!
His expression unchanged, he urged Chi Huo, and where the Sword Qi passed, a large portion of the Dead Sea evaporated, countless dark shadows condensed in the void, and every wisp of shadow here was Deep Sea.
Deep Sea had never been a living entity.
It was a spirit wisp, due to the breeding of the Five Continents, it absorbed the spirit of countless people over the years, thus becoming incredibly powerful.
To kill Deep Sea was almost an impossible task.
Unless the entire Dead Sea was burned away!
"Gu Shen... I admit you are strong."
Deep Sea gave up the thought of counterattacking Gu Shen.
Every drop of water in the Dead Sea could become a wisp of its spirit, and so it evolved countless spirit avatars, letting the Chi Huo Sword Qi burn them, and as they continually shattered, it maintained this torn and burned state, conversing with Gu Shen.
"You alone can match a thousand armies."
"But so what?"
Deep Sea softly said, "Central Continent has over a hundred million Transcendents. Even if you achieve Great Success in the Divine Domain, can you kill all these people?"
"..."
Gu Shen was silent.
Deep Sea was right.
Attacking Central Continent with the lost souls of Qingzhong was just a temporary strategy, with these souls struggling against the Dead Sea so he could start the war... but it was not enough for victory, his extraordinary essence reserve was indeed abundant, but after all, this was a battle of an entire continent! During the time fighting Deep Sea, more than half of the Pure Land Souls had perished, and they had restarted their second and third reincarnations!
A massive amount of extraordinary essence evaporated among the branches of Su Xuan Wood, transforming into Divine Radiance!
The rate of consumption for this battle far exceeded the garden’s reserves!
"So... I don’t need to duel with you."
Deep Sea calmly said, "You said you want to kill me, I’m sorry, even if you become the Netherworld King, you can’t kill Deep Sea."
Gu Shen’s Chi Huo Sword Qi did not dissipate because of Deep Sea’s words.
The dark Dead Sea was torn open by this Sword Qi, a small slit...
Although trivial compared to the entire Dead Sea.
But this ray of light was bright enough for many to see.
At least Meng Xizhou at the Sky Top of the Source Tower could see it.
"You’re wrong."
Gu Shen shook his head, saying, "I want to kill you, not... the Deep Sea."
"...?"
Deep Sea was stunned for a second.
"The [Deep Sea] created by Mr. Turing is something extremely good, and [Deep Sea] should be preserved no matter what." Gu Shen said seriously, "But you should be killed. From start to finish, I only want to kill you."