Based on the ability displayed by Ou Yangming, most people think that it was amazing that he became a spirit beast’s master. As for controlling another one, it seemed quite impossible.
“I would’ve thought the same but…” Elder Universe smiled faintly and expressed with bright eyes, “Lil’ Fiend Ou is good at creating miracles.”
Following that, he inhaled deeply, and his body seemed to have expanded a bit as a result.
“Lil’ Friend Ou, be careful…”
His voice was thunderous, and it spread far and wide. As such, even the two Supreme Great Ancestors beside him were taken aback.
Sure enough, the elder, who had lived for many years, must not be treated normally. He was so formidable that he was definitely at the peak of Extreme Grade.
Ou Yangming, who was hurrying back to the city, raised his eyebrows. He vaguely heard the voice and could tell that it came from Elder Universe, so he suddenly felt a strong sense of crisis.
‘Be careful? Of what?!’
Just as the thought crossed his mind, an enormous change happened to the world below him. The initially flat ground sprung up without warning and attacked the goshawk.
The goshawk shrieked and soared higher without any hesitation. It was deeply infuriated.
It turned out that there was an ambush below them but similar to the yellow poisonous miasma, it could not sense anything before the trap was activated.
The Insects from this realm could not have set up something like that. Having said that, the resources required to transport such a formation into this realm were almost equivalent to revamping a treasured item.
While the exchange was equal-valued, the price paid was twice as much as the cost.
It would be fine if only one formation was sent to this realm, but the mad Insects had somehow delivered two here… The goshawk was furious, but it was also afraid. Given that the Insects were doing things regardless of the costs, what exactly were they scheming…
The thin film flew up, revealing two gigantic four-legged lizards beneath it. By occupying one side each, they sat on the ground like humans and waved their claws in the air to control the thin film. It was clear from the film’s flight direction that the lizards were determined to capture the goshawk.
Upon seeing this, the goshawk cried and stirred up endless strong wind around it. The wind turned into a large blade, which was thrown into the distance.
This was the most potent soundwave spell that could be used by the goshawk. In terms of mightiness only, it was not inferior to the airflow channel that got rid of the yellow clouds and mist.
Since the goshawk was a spirit beast, it naturally had some ultimate skills, and it was not going to stint on using them at this moment.
However, when the giant wind blade attacked the thin film, the film was instantly elongated. Owing to the wind blade’s forceful power, the film’s disguise disappeared, revealing the true colors behind it.
Even so, the thin film could not be slit no matter how strong the wind blade was. Furthermore, as the film kept extending, the wind blade’s power was quickly disappearing.
The goshawk spread its wings as if it was terrified. It flew up to the sky with all its might.
“It’s the Inescapable Trap! It’s the damn Inescapable Trap! The Insects have gone mad!”
Ou Yangming and Big Yellow exchanged glances. They did not know what the Inescapable Trap was, but they could tell from the goshawk’s expression how rare and mighty the thing was. The goshawk did not forget itself when it faced the Insects’ poisonous miasma, so it seemed like it was not confident about breaking free from the thin film.
Indeed, under the two spirit insects’ controls, the thin film changed faster than the goshawk could fly.
“Goshawk, what is this thing afraid of?” Ou Yangming asked sternly.
“Thunderbolts and flames-only the greatest energies of nature can destroy them,” the goshawk answered hastily.
Ou Yangming nodded, and he somehow understood something. He retrieved an equipment set from his interspatial bag and put them on as fast as he could. Afterward, he ordered fiercely, “Charge forward and break through it!”
“This thing can’t be broken through!” The goshawk screamed.
“Trust me!” Ou Yangming responded without any hesitation.
The goshawk gritted its teeth because it was still dubious of Ou Yangming’s abilities. At the end of the day, even it was helpless, so what could the young fellow do? That said, the spirit bird felt a chill in its heart when it thought about the power inside Ou Yangming’s body.
It spread its wings and charged forward without evading anymore.
The thin film was extensive, but it could not really cover Heaven and Earth. While the goshawk could not avoid it completely, it could rely on its odd flight path to prevent itself from being captured.
Nonetheless, the goshawk no longer dodged the thin film anymore; it made a desperate last effort and swooped down on the film.
Ou Yangming’s eyes lit up. He crossed his arms and grabbed his military saber to make a horizontal slash.
Every piece of equipment on his body shone and released intense lights. They all carried only one power—fire. Moreover, the skill released by his saber was an advanced ability of the Fireball Art, which was Flame Saber.
Endless powers of flames assembled into a big saber between Heaven and Earth, and it was slashed on the thin film.
Chapter 463 - Flame Saber
Chapter 463 Flame Saber
An ear-piercing ripping sound was heard coming from the thin film. It could withstand the attack from the goshawk’s giant wind blade, but a hole suddenly appeared and enlarged quickly as the Flame Saber spread The goshawk widened its eyes so much that they almost popped out. It became extremely anxious when it identified the Inescapable Trap just now because it knew very well how powerful the energy contained inside. Not to mention Ou Yangming, who was not even at a spirit beast’s level, the spirit bird could not have pierced through the Inescapable Trap even if it went all out. If it was not because the goshawk’s soul was absolutely compliant, it would not have taken such a risk.
Nonetheless, the seemingly indestructible Inescapable Trap was damaged by Ou Yangming’s Flame Saber…
The goshawk was incredibly surprised when it saw this.
It turned out that the Inescapable Trap could be broken by the power in this realm. A strange thought crossed the spirit bird’s mind. ‘Did I come to the lower realm? Or is this a realm possessed by the upper realm, and whose power is on par with that of the upper realm?’
“Shriek…” The goshawk cried and burst out of the hole made by Ou Yangming.
Escaping from the Inescapable Trap made it feel as delighted as a fish swimming in a vast ocean, or a bird flying in a boundless sky. Nevertheless, the excitement was short-lived because the gigantic thin film in the sky changed again. It continued to billow and squirm, and the broken part on it even shifted toward the center. Once the hole arrived at the center, the area around it instantly melted to join the other parts of the thin film, causing the film to cover a broader range.
Ou Yangming and the goshawk were dumbfounded because they thought they could break free after the attack. The Inescapable Trap was not as simple as it seemed.
Having said that, Ou Yangming did not know that when he slashed his Flame Saber to slit the thin film, the two spirit insects, which were controlling the film beneath it, felt penetrating chills.
The chills came from their hearts, causing their originally cold body to feel ice-cold.
How could a saber gathered by fire energy cut through the Inescapable Trap?
What creature were they up against?
The spirit insects exchanged glances and decided that they would not fight hand-to-hand against Ou Yangming no matter what.
In actuality, in terms of mightiness only, Ou Yangming’s Flame Saber was far from the goshawk’s explosive wind blade. It did not matter that the Flame Saber was released a
fter assembling the skills from all of his pieces of equipment. However, the Flame Saber unleashed an unimaginably wonderful function when it faced the Insects’ Inescapable Trap. In particular, the unusual energy carried by the flame caused the two spirit insects to shudder with fear.
The spirit insects did their best to maneuver the trap, forming wave-like wrinkles to cover the entire sky.
After evading the previous attack, the goshawk was faced with another wave of attack. Ou Yangming swung his saber without any hesitation to stop the attack, but the follow-ups seemed to be endless.
“The Inescapable Trap is inescapable indeed…”
Ou Yangming could not help but lament after he stopped another wave.
Being faced with infinite attacks, anyone would feel powerless. All of a sudden, he noted as he was struck with a thought, “Goshawk, we can’t go on like this forever; let the broken film trap us.”
“What?” The goshawk was stunned, and it had a strange look in its eyes.
It did everything possible and racked its brain to get out of the situation, but Ou Yangming asked it to act in the opposite way.
‘Aren’t we walking right into the trap if we let the Inescapable Trap wrap us?’
“Woof…” Big Yellow widened its eyes and barked at Ou Yangming. It was not an ordinary dog, so it was aware of the crisis.
Being attacked by the omnipresent thin film, their best option was to fly high and far away because nobody knew what would happen if they were trapped by the peculiar film. That said, Ou Yangming’s order clearly contrasted the target. Ou Yangming sensed the boiling mental power in his mind and stared quietly at the military saber in his hand. He uttered in a deep voice, “Trust me.”
The goshawk paused, and the big yellow stopped barking as well. Even though they could not help but worry, they did not resist the young fellow anymore.
At this point, they chose to trust their partner. “Woosh…”
Soon enough, the two spirit insects below were puzzled because the goshawk, which had been flying around to avoid the Inescapable Trap, stopped out of the blue. The spirit beast floated in the air without moving and let the thin film envelop it in the form of waves.
“Is it courting its death?”
“Hmph, that human must think that his Flame Saber can cut through the Inescapable Trap, so he decided to fall into the trap.”
“Hehe, what a foolish human! He could slash a layer of the Inescapable Trap, but can he do the same to 1,000 layers? He doesn’t know how tough the trap will be if the layers are overlaid. How ignorant!”
The two lizards went from having a serious discussion to mocking Ou Yangming and his companions. They figured out why the goshawk was acting like that, but they did not believe that Ou Yangming could destroy the Inescapable Trap after it began to overlay.
Before long, the goshawk’s body shook violently, and the environment around it changed slightly as its body moved. Odd airflows burst out from its body, and they were the representation of a mysterious and unpredictable power. When the power spread, an invisible airflow wall was formed around it.
The goshawk used the same trick when they were previously attacked by the yellow clouds and mist. It protected its body so well that nothing could go in or out.
Despite that, the situation now was very different. Although the airflow wall was still present, the goshawk had to withstand a completely different pressure. Once the Inescapable Trap enveloped it, the enormous pressure would be unimaginable.
The goshawk scoffed furiously as the airflows around it collapsed inward. Even so, it shrieked loudly and released more airflows to endure the pressure. Nonetheless, whether it was the two spirit insects, which were controlling the Inescapable Trap, or Ou Yangming and Big Yellow, they could tell that the process was slowly going beyond the goshawk’s ability.
Big Yellow straightened its body, and its aura undulated. It could not stand by idly after seeing what the goshawk was going through. In spite of that, Ou Yangming extended his arm before the big yellow dog could make a move. Following that, a massive Flame Saber appeared.
The saber seemed normal and did not carry an earth-shattering momentum, but the blazing flames on it made it feel like the space around it was being burnt. It was as though the air contained the flames’ powers and was about to explode at any time. Upon seeing this, the goshawk tensed up. Its wings shuddered due to fear, and its airflow wall became unstable.
The two spirit insects, which were controlling the Inescapable Trap, sensed this right away. They were elated.
After all, the Insects and the Birds were born to be rivals. It would be a rare feat to eliminate a bird like the goshawk, hence the lizards felt great senses of accomplishment.
Moreover, apart from killing the goshawk, they could also seize the local human. They would be rewarded for completing the mission assigned by the Venerable One!
Next, the Inescapable Trap quickly pressured inward to strangle the goshawk, whose defense power had plunged.
It was then when Ou Yangming’s Flame Saber finally touched the trap.
The saber-light was intense, and the flames were scorching. In a flash, the areas of the thin film in contact with the Flame Saber were torn and burnt. It was peculiar because the burnt thin film did not turn into ashes but transformed into energies that were channeled into the young fellow’s body. Ou Yangming swung his arm faster, allowing the flames to cover a broader area as they were released. As such, he and the goshawk were completely wrapped up.
“Woosh, woosh, woosh…”
When the fiery flames burned, the aura around Ou Yangming changed drastically. He was in a high spirit as abundant energies gushed into his body.
His military saber was not only attached with the Flame Skill, but also the Devouring ability.
Nevertheless, Ou Yangming was no longer absorbing mental power; he converted the energies into his essential Qi.
The Inescapable Trap was indeed one of the ultimate treasures of the Insects from the upper realm. It was very much weakened to be successfully transported into this realm, but the power it contained was far from what could be compared by ordinary spirit beasts.
Especially since two spirit insects were controlling the trap, it unleashed an unparalleled power. Unfortunately, the power encountered the Military Fire and the Devouring ability.
The two powers combined were certainly invincible in this realm.
At the spur of the moment, the thin film that approached the goshawk was ripped apart. Instead of returning to the Inescapable Trap, the broken fragments were burnt and absorbed by Ou Yangming, who turned them into his essential Qi.
Eventually, Ou Yangming’s essential Qi surged so much that it became unbearable for his body.
His mighty mental power billowed in his sea of consciousness as it carefully sensed every change caused by the essential Qi in his body.
At last, Ou Yangming exhaled deeply. His body quivered hard, and a surge of aura burst out from his body.
It was the Extreme Grade Aura!
When Ou Yangming’s essential Qi was accumulated to a certain level, he naturally became a Supreme Great Ancestor. Being suppressed by his remarkable mental power, which had almost surpassed the world’s limit, his essential Qi flowed orderly in his dantian and meridians. Every inch of his power was perfectly controlled, by which none was flowing slowly nor wasted.
Chapter 464 - The Extreme Grade Boundary
Chapter 464 The Extreme Grade Boundary
Raging flames and flying saber-lights-ripped, burned, devoured!
Ou Yangming’s eyes became brighter, and his aura became stronger. The change after he advanced to Extreme Grade was apparent, especially when he could activate skills with more ease.
A faint smile was seen on his face. The Inescapable Trap was incredibly enormous, but it became an endless source of nourishment for him due to the Devouring ability. When infinite energies gushed into the young fellow’s body and were converted into his essential Qi, his fou
ndation was stabilized and filled.
Ou Yangming experienced the feeling once in the past, which was when he advanced rapidly in the imperial family’s secret realm.
Back then, he was fortunate to have directly advanced from the early phase of Yang Grade to the peak. This time, he stumbled upon another opportunity in the Inescapable Trap, allowing his ability to improve without an end. Needless to say, it was also because his mental power had arrived at the world’s limit, hence he could naturally advance smoothly. If his mental power was not sufficient enough to control the abundant essential Qi in his body, he would be courting his death at this moment.
Ou Yangming cried into the air all of a sudden, and it was so loud that it spread far and wide, causing everyone else to be appalled. The two spirit insects below looked at each other and felt strange. It was clear that Ou Yangming was trapped by the Inescapable Trap, and the goshawk’s power was slowly being reduced. The spirit insects wondered, ‘Why did the human become so vigorous as if he swallowed an All-nourishing Bolus?’
As the Flame Saber burnt, the Inescapable Trap controlled by the spirit beasts did not advance at all as it was completely blocked by the saber-lights and flames. On top of that, they vaguely sensed that something was off.
Ou Yangming’s advancement into Extreme Grade was an extremely big deal to him, but it was a trivial matter to the spirit beasts. To them, it did not matter if a human Supreme Great Ancestor or a Yang Grade powerhouse was trapped because it would not make a difference.
The Inescapable Trap should have captured Ou Yangming and his companions when the goshawk’s power weakened, but they ended up in a deadlock situation. While feeling bewildered, the spirit insects became anxious.
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“That’s not right…”
Elder Universe’s face changed, and he shouted from the top of the wall, “That’s Lil’ Friend Ou’s voice!”
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