Chapter 535

Chapter 535: The True Facing the Undying

“Roar! Roar! Roar!”

After nine deaths comes nine lives.

The two Flying Zombies surged with the Aura of Death, sending sand and stones flying, transforming into thick dark clouds. Thunder Serpents writhed in the sky, rumbling continuously.

The immense power accumulating among them was potent enough to turn True Realm practitioners to ash, yet True Disciple Wanqing remained calm and unaffected.

As heavenly thunder struck down, impacting their bodies, the Flying Zombies used the thunder to refine their forms and revive their vitality.

This is the way demons grasp the power of yin and yang. The Flying Zombies originally greatly feared heavenly thunder, as refining their bodies this way could easily lead to their deaths.

However, with the help of Lack of Shadow, this process was not as dangerous as expected. Even if they were turned to ash, Lack of Shadow could easily piece them back together.

Nevertheless, the path to nine lives was much harder. Lack of Shadow did not ascend to the peak all at once; after completing the first revival, it charged once more at True Disciple Wanqing.

This time, as True Disciple Wanqing found his True Essence insufficient to repel them, he activated the Physical Law. In an instant, it seemed that stars fell from the sky. A blue beam of light surged from Wanqing’s raised hand, ruthlessly smashing the Flying Zombies away and shattering them.

The Aura of Death merged with the calamities, and black mist erupted, forming a barrier that withstood this blow. Only half of one body was destroyed, quickly repairing itself. Meanwhile, the other Flying Zombie clenched its fist, gathering the Aura of Death around it, causing an illusion of a mountain to swirl around its arm.

Power of Mount Pulling!

“Boom!”

This strike landed on True Disciple Wanqing, yet he did not move at all; the power of his starry attire simply blocked the attack. Then, another starry light shot through, sending the Flying Zombie flying once more.

“A mere external sect disciple’s body is truly too weak.”

“Thousand Star Light!”

A multitude of starry lights fell in succession, continuously striking the two Flying Zombies, rendering them powerless to retaliate.

The Thousand Star Light was indeed countless, each beam hitting its target, almost evaporating the Flying Zombies completely.

This sight made the eyes of the three powerful figures nearby twitch.

The Flying Zombies originally had the bodies of true disciples. While their physiques may not match demons, they were certainly not weak. At such heights, even completing nine deaths did not grant much extra power—merely allowing them to barely increase their true disciple strength by a notch.

Still, that was an increase.

This was power surpassing all three of them. They stood no chance against it, yet such powerful Flying Zombies were being easily destroyed and trampled.

Upon closer comparison, they felt terribly weak.

Weak enough that the True Disciple of the Heavenly Sect could casually annihilate them a thousand times without serious effort. Indeed, the Heavenly Sect members were a group of monsters, even more so than the intangible disaster beasts!

However, Wanqing suddenly frowned. He had used a bit of power, and the destructive capacity should have been enough to obliterate the Flying Zombies completely…

“Revive!”

The two Flying Zombies reassembled again, this time merging with each other to become one.

The Flying Zombie had revived, but its various parts were constantly annihilating and reorganizing, appearing exceedingly strange, as though residual power continued to damage its form.

In reality, this was Lack of Shadow beginning its high-intensity evolution in response to the vigorous attacks. It had amassed enough resistance to start self-destruction on a massive scale, replacing all of its bodies with a perfect state.

“Hmm?”

A chill crept into Wanqing’s heart. It arrived swiftly and validated itself just as quickly. He watched as the Flying Zombie suddenly transformed from death to life, returning to its normal appearance—no longer pale or grotesque, its previously spilling aura fully compressed within its body, the sensation of death spreading boundlessly.

Boom!

Lack of Shadow took action, immediately traversing space to break through the protective barrier, appearing directly in front of Wanqing. Behind it, the flow of life and death exhibited a scene of yin and yang disintegration, slowly pressing down, causing Wanqing’s expression to slightly change. His Spiritual Roots expanded throughout his body, entering the state of Elevation of Spiritual Roots.

In the True Realm, this state no longer provided any enhancement to destructive capacity, but it did have some effect on his own condition and perception.

Wanqing noticed that Lack of Shadow’s strike carried not only a superficial destructive power but also an invisible corrosive force that ordinary attacks could not withstand.

He activated the True Laws, channeling power from the Mystic Heaven into the azure sky, transforming that strength into the True Law, “True Law: Thousand Star Light!”

The Thousand Star Light infused with true power underwent a qualitative transformation. As the pinnacle of Physical Law destructive capacity, it silently descended on the target to completely obliterate it.

However, to Wanqing’s astonishment, the Flying Zombie, which had just completed Nine Deaths and Nine Lives, surged upwards, disregarding the True Law.

What should have easily swept away all resistance, the Thousand Star Light, struck the surface of the Flying Zombie as if attacking an existence from another dimension, having no effect at all.

The Flying Zombie’s claw fell, instantly shattering the barrier of the Galactic Star Attire. Wanqing’s pupils contracted, and in that brief moment, he retreated a thousand meters. The claw of Death roared downward, leaving deep, abyss-like marks on the ground.

With severely compressed attacks, the attack distance was necessarily limited, and not all disaster beasts possessed the ability to ensure strikes at the Mystic Realm level. Thus, Wanqing managed to avoid this blow.

“It actually broke through the myriad flowing star attire. Even for someone in the Heavenly Sect, to break it would require stepping into the Major Achievement realm. This disaster beast is hiding its strength?”

Wanqing calculated with his fingers. With his abilities, he could entirely deduce the origins of this disaster beast; he simply didn’t want to waste time. Now, this disaster beast piqued his interest, whether due to rapid evolution or inherent strength, indicating that the matter was not simple.

However, Wanqing soon looked up in surprise.

He couldn’t calculate!

Earlier, he could glimpse some traces, but this time all signs were obscured by a violent aura; this disaster beast had evolved to the level of a Major Achievement in the True Realm on-site!

“——”

Lack of Shadow extended its claw, transforming into an energy giant hand reaching for Wanqing, the immense mass sealing space and preventing him from directly tearing through to escape.

“True Law: Star Piercing Spear!”

Wanqing did not dodge. He unified his power, compressing it into a two-meter-long spear. The energy contained within was comparable to that of over a hundred True Realm practitioners, and this was merely one-tenth of his True Essence. At the moment of condensation, the space within ten thousand meters instantly fractured, turning into a void battlefield.

The weight belonging to the True Realm could not be withstood even by this space reinforced by the Nine Star Heavenly Sect.

Boom!

The Star Piercing Spear was grasped. With a casual wave, the enormous energy giant hand collapsed, but Lack of Shadow struck out with its claw again.

Wanqing took a step forward, bridging the gap as if it were nothing, and his Star Piercing Spear pierced the claw anew, directly penetrating Lack of Shadow.

This penetration was not merely a breach but a complete annihilation. A massive void appeared in the chest of the Flying Zombie, quickly spreading throughout its body without needing a second strike.

The combined forces of true power and unavoidable effect could not be resisted by ordinary strength. Even with its undying nature, it should have been directly severed by the true essence.

“Normally, it should be like this, so why… why can it still revive?”

Wanqing murmured to himself.

The void in the chest of the Flying Zombie stopped expanding and began to heal once more. Undoubtedly, the Flying Zombie had revived again, not killed.