A World Worth Protecting

He was so fast that he gave Dan Zhouzi absolutely no time to resist. As Dan Zhouzi’s expression changed, the mist neared and gushed into his body.

The intense pain made Dan Zhouzi let out a shrill cry of pain, and an extremely strong sense of danger made him feel shocked in his heart while his body shivered. That was especially so because he felt that his soul was being shaken. It was like there was fire spreading both inside and outside his body, threatening to incinerate him.

In this time of danger, Dan Zhouzi was clear that he couldn’t hesitate. His eyes turned red instantly as he screamed, and one of his heads exploded. Using the power of the head’s self-destruction, he tried to force the mist out of his body. It was pretty effective. One could see that the mist, which had mostly gushed into his body originally, was blocked outside his body, and it showed signs of being forced out.

But, obviously, that wasn’t enough. So, Dan Zhouzi roared and made two of his four remaining arms self-destruct!

With the explosive power of one head and two arms, which turned into a powerful repelling force, he finally completely forced out all of the mist that had gushed into his body.

As the mist dispersed, Dan Zhouzi rapidly retreated, his face turning pale. Where he was previously, the mist he forced out quickly gathered and turned into Wang Baole’s silhouette.

“Who the heck are you!” Seeing such a demonic scene, an intense fear appeared in Dan Zhouzi’s eyes as he growled.

There was no way for him not to be scared. Truly, although he didn’t fight Wang Baole for long, his life hung in the balance every time they clashed. Wang Baole’s kamikaze style made his head hurt.

And the thing that made his head hurt the most was his weird divine powers. He already collapsed after being hit by him just now, but he somehow turned into mist in the next moment and almost killed him. Such a weird technique gave him no choice but to take his opponent much more seriously than before.

But he also knew that the Never-Ending Dao Domain was too huge and contained countless different races. Even if he was a Never-Ending Clan member, there were still many races and civilizations he had never seen before. So, his first judgment now was that… the opponent in front of him must be a cultivator from a certain special race.

That was why he let out that doubtful growl. In reality, asking that question represented that he intended to retreat. Obviously, he didn’t want to risk his life to obtain the opportunity Shan Lingzi spoke of.

In fact, he even suspected that the opportunity Shan Lingzi spoke of might not be that way. Otherwise… with the cultivation of the person in front of him, if he really had the imitation of the Galaxy Bow, he only needed to pull the bow with all his strength. Then, it would be difficult for him to escape, and he would definitely die.

Moreover, it was obvious that he had fallen for a trap this time. Therefore, Dan Zhouzi wanted to retreat more and more. That being said, he was still a little indignant. After all, he had been chasing Wang Baole for quite a while and had wasted a lot of time. He was unable to just return empty-handed. Hence, he decided to see if he could ask something to prepare for his future revenge.

As for Wang Baole, after he heard Dan Zhouzi’s words, a smile appeared on his face. The thing he loved the most was for others to ask him that question. So, after his silhouette gathered, Wang Baole licked his lips and laughed as he looked at the cautious Dan Zhouzi.

“I’m your daddy!”

He spoke using the Dark Sect’s language, which was also the language of the Never-Ending Clan now, so Dan Zhouzi heard him loud and clear, and his expression became uglier. After taking a deep look at Wang Baole, he humphed. Since he didn’t get the answer that he wanted, a cold glint flashed between his eyes.

No matter what, I have to try again! I can’t just leave like this! Thinking to this point, Dan Zhouzi flicked his body and charged out towards Wang Baole.

Wang Baole narrowed his eyes and also charged out. Instantly, the two of them attacked rapidly in the cosmos. Divine powers transmogrified, and rumbles rose from all around. In a short amount of time, they exchanged blows up to a hundred times.

Although Dan Zhouzi was strong and unleashed his Planet realm power, Wang Baole was even weirder. Occasionally, his body would turn into mist. With that, he could avoid Dan Zhouzi’s trump card while also being able to counterattack. This made it so that Dan Zhouzi couldn’t help but avoid it.

That way, the waves created in the cosmos in their surroundings got bigger and bigger. In the end, a cosmos storm was created. While it rumbled towards all directions, Dan Zhouzi’s body retreated rapidly under Wang Baole’s Supernova. But while he retreated, he raised his right hand and growled.

“Golden beetle seal!” As his growl sounded, the golden beetle, which was floating in the distance, suddenly spread its wings and emitted a shrill sound. Its body also instantly became blurry as it headed straight for Dan Zhouzi. And as it sped towards him, its appearance changed. In the blink of an eye, it turned into a giant golden seal. Dan Zhouzi unleashed all of his cultivation, and his veins bulged on his forehead as the shadow of a planet transmogrified behind him. The light of the seal shone brightly as it suppressed Wang Baole.

Seeing that, Wang Baole’s pupils shrunk as he tried to avoid it. However, he immediately felt the extraordinariness of the golden beetle seal. It actually suppressed the surrounding void and caused Wang Baole to feel like he had nowhere to hide. And that was only one of the effects…

At that moment, the runes on the golden beetle seal shone, and its suppressive force even affected Wang Baole’s cultivation and soul. This made Wang Baole’s heart tremble. Although he had a way to resist it, any method would drain him and make him sustain losses.

And if such a draining happened while he was returning to the Divine Eye civilization, it would affect him after he returned. At the same time, it was okay if it drained him while also killing or heavily injuring his opponent. But under the effects of the golden beetle seal, the draining could only allow him to resist the golden beetle seal. If he continued fighting Dan Zhouzi, he would be drained even more… But if he waited to reduce his losses, it would be difficult for him to charge out under the golden beetle seal. Once he was suppressed, he would lose all his previous agency and land himself into a completely passive situation.

This made Wang Baole’s head hurt. In reality, although he was a perfected stage Spirit Immortal now and had a foundation that far exceeded that of ordinary cultivators, which allowed him to hold his own against Planet realms, he still felt that there was some distance between him and Dan Zhouzi.

Such a difference was manifested in terms of their techniques and ability to sustain in battle. For example, although the two of them seemed evenly matched as they clashed, with Wang Baole even seeming to have the upper hand, he was drained several times more than Dan Zhouzi. After all, the quality of his spirit energy was different from that of Dan Zhouzi.

If I reached the Planet realm… with my reserves, it wouldn’t be so tiring for me to kill this guy. In fact, it wouldn’t be impossible for me to kill him instantly! Wang Baole felt a tinge of regret in his heart. But his sense of regret was a luxury. If any other Spirit Immortal saw the fight between the two of them, they would definitely be extremely shocked and even filled with disbelief.

Truly… to be able to have such an upper hand against an early-stage Planet realm with just a perfected stage Spirit Immortal realm cultivation, although not unheard of in the entire Never-Ending Dao Domain, only chosen ones from top family clans or factions could achieve it.

So, while Wang Baole was filled with emotion, Dan Zhouzi, who unleashed the golden beetle seal, was guessing the identity of the person in front of him in his heart. At this moment, he had already realized that Wang Baole wasn’t a Planet realm and was instead a Spirit Immortal. But because of that, he felt even more anxious and doubtful. He couldn’t believe that Wang Baole had an ordinary background. To him, Wang Baole’s background had to be extraordinary.

Wang Baole didn’t hide his frustration. The expression he displayed and his furrowed eyebrows made it very obvious. He was pondering how to charge out without being drained. Then, even if he was drained, he would have already maximized the value… So, as the suppression of the golden beetle seal arrived, Wang Baole suddenly heaved a long sigh.

“So be it. As the chosen one of my family clan’s current generation, I don’t wanna play with you anymore. I’ll reveal my identity. You really want to know my identity, right? I’ll tell you then.” As he spoke, Wang Baole raised his right hand and grabbed something from his storage bag. Instantly, a jade token appeared in his hand!

It was… the Peace Token that Xie Haiyang gave him.

But it wasn’t the real one. The real one had dissipated a long time ago and had become an ordinary voice transmission jade slip. This one… was created by Wang Baole when he was on the meteorite. He decided to use it to scare people.

After taking it out, Wang Baole raised it high, an arrogant expression on his face as he spoke calmly.

“Xie family, Xie Dalu!”