Chapter 455: Overbearing Recasting Authority
People gazed at the scars on Netherworld Master’s body, unable to resist rubbing their eyes, feeling as if they were in a dream.
Even in the eyes of cultivators, Zhou Tong’s methods were too fantastical.
Extracting a person’s injuries and then attaching them to someone else—such a scenario could only occur in a dream.
But before Zhou Tong, who had completely mastered Recasting Authority, this was merely a piece of cake.
For a creator, everything at every moment is a unique work of art.
Just like the Little Demoness from earlier, she was simply the normal Little Demoness with injuries layered on top.
What Zhou Tong did was as simple as can be; he utilized Recasting Authority to remove the overlapping states, then layered the state representing the injuries onto Netherworld Master.
It could be said that this Recasting Authority is one of the creator’s powers!
“You… what exactly have you done?”
As he watched Zhou Tong approach, Netherworld Master felt his heart race.
He wasn’t afraid of being defeated, but the method was too terrifying, making him unable to help but feel fear.
“Since your avatar has told me everything you know, you are of no value anymore,” Zhou Tong said with a smile. “Your only meaning of living now is to die in extreme pain, providing me joy with your tragic death!”
Upon hearing this, Netherworld Master felt a chill run down his spine. He knew that if he did not resist, the consequences would be utterly tragic.
“Boundless Buddha Law!!!”
He shouted fiercely, a golden lotus blossomed in the void, and the Buddha’s light shone brightly, merging into his body.
In an instant, an unparalleled momentum erupted, breaking free from the resistance of the air, allowing him to regain his freedom once more.
“What do you think you can achieve by becoming stronger? I’m just like you; if I want to leave, no one can stop me!”
Seeing this scene, Zhou Tong only felt pity.
“I just want to ask you one question.”
He looked at him and asked, leaving Netherworld Master slightly stunned.
“What… do you want to know about your parents’ whereabouts? Don’t dream; I won’t tell you…”
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Zhou Tong.
“Why do you have to choose the most painful death when there are so many ways to die in this world?”
This statement made Netherworld Master’s pupils constrict suddenly.
“Then I will fulfill your wish and arrange an epic farewell for you!”
“You wish!”
Netherworld Master sensed the real crisis, having lost the courage to confront him head-on.
Without hesitation, he turned and was about to flee this place.
Suddenly, a divine halo lit up behind Zhou Tong, with four points on it, each containing the power to seize the heavens and the world’s creation. One of the points emitted a wave of light, merging into Zhou Tong’s body.
“Infinite Gravity Field!”
Centered around him, a visible gravitational wave suddenly radiated outward, with an intensity far exceeding the Earth’s attraction to all things, and it locked onto Netherworld Master alone.
His rapidly fleeing figure suddenly stopped, instead retreating slowly, being pulled toward Zhou Tong inch by inch.
This situation made his face go pale, feeling like a prey caught in a net, pulled by the hunter toward the slaughterhouse.
“Let me go!”
He yelled out suddenly, trying to make a final struggle, golden light bursting behind him, the boundless Buddha Law forming a giant Buddha figure!
“Die! Grand Crossing Calamity Palm!”
With a loud crash, a massive palm print compressed toward Zhou Tong without mercy.
Facing such an attack, Zhou Tong slowly raised his arm and gently pushed forward.
Throughout the process, he appeared entirely indifferent, yet an unusual force spread out, refining that palm print and transforming it into pure spiritual energy that dissipated into the heavens and the earth.
“This is impossible!”
Netherworld Master was utterly devastated; that earlier move was his strongest ultimate technique, but having barely just used it, it was so hastily resolved. How could he possibly accept this?
“Come here!”
The gravitational waves surrounding Zhou Tong became more overbearing, completely making it impossible for Netherworld Master to resist. He ultimately “fell” to Zhou Tong’s side, where he had his throat grasped firmly in one hand.
“Let me go! You presumptuous one! I am an awakened person under the current Buddha Patriarch, a one-in-a-thousand great enlightener! You dare show me disrespect?!”
“What great enlightener? I see your six roots are impure. You must be awakening to nothingness. Let me see your enlightenment!”
Zhou Tong said with a cold smile, pressing a hand against the center of Netherworld Master’s brow, immediately activating Recasting Authority.
Netherworld Master suddenly struggled wildly, feeling a surge of excruciating pain sweeping through his body, uncontrollably trembling in chaos.
Yet what he feared more was the unknown crisis, leaving him unable to foresee what would happen next.
After a moment, whether due to pain, exhaustion, or some other reason, his struggles finally weakened.
“Heh… quite tenacious. It seems extracting this thing will require some effort,” Zhou Tong said with a smile, finally pulling out a ball of golden light from Netherworld Master’s body.
In an instant, the Buddha light on Netherworld Master dimmed completely, as if he had reverted from the awakened state.
In Zhou Tong’s hand lay a golden pill, within which sat a seated Buddha; this was the essence of his awakening!
At that moment, Netherworld Master’s eyes suddenly turned blank for a moment, as if he had forgotten his identity, then he looked at Zhou Tong with ferocity.
“Let me go! You little bastard…”
“Slap!!”
Before he could finish, he received a heavy slap.
“Tell me, who are you?” Zhou Tong asked.
“A foolish question! I am the top warrior under the Profound Sky Hall’s master! Dare you show me disrespect? I will turn you into bits in no time!”
“And what else?”
“Hmph! Trying to sow discord? Not so easy!”
Netherworld Master arrogantly replied, even a bit smug, saying, “I was born under the master, and I will die as the master’s ghost. I don’t need any other identity!”
Hearing this, everyone felt a chill run down their spines, clearly understanding that Netherworld Master was no longer an awakened one; Zhou Tong had extracted his enlightenment state and memories.
“Seems I have succeeded. Thank you for participating in my experiment; I still have one last test to conduct. Trouble you for it!”
As these words fell, under Netherworld Master’s terrified gaze, Zhou Tong pressed his palm against his dantian.
“You… what are you trying to do? Ahhh!!!”
Suddenly, Netherworld Master’s eyes widened, and he began to scream in agony.
He could clearly feel that something critically important was being taken from him; if the other succeeded, he would become utterly useless.
“You… you are actually stealing my cultivation! Stop! Otherwise, I will never let you succeed even in death!”
Zhou Tong’s expression remained emotionless, continuing his actions. This calmness sent chills down Netherworld Master’s spine.
“Fine, fine, fine! Since you don’t want me to live, I will drag you down with me! Let’s walk together along the Yellow Springs path!”
Immediately, violent and chaotic energy fluctuations erupted within his body, causing his physique to bizarrely inflate, making those present narrow their eyes.
“Run! He’s preparing to self-destruct!”
“This madman!”
Many cursed loudly. The self-detonation of an Advanced Sage would be enough to engulf a radius of a thousand miles. With everyone so close, the casualties would be severe.
However, Zhou Tong remained unfazed, a faint smile on his lips, as a beam of light shot from his brow, striking Netherworld Master’s body once again.
“Ah!!”
Netherworld Master trembled violently, a transparent bubble floated out from him, which soon ruptured in the air.
Simultaneously, his inflated form shrank down, as the self-detonation was forcibly stopped.
The bubble that just emerged was the secret method he had initiated for self-detonation, which had also been separated out.
Seeing this scene, Zhou Tong nodded in satisfaction; the material for this experiment was truly exceptional.
In just that brief moment, he had grasped Recasting Authority thoroughly.
When facing an opponent’s ultimate skill, Recasting Authority could be enacted from a distance, quickly dissolving the opponent’s techniques.
However, when the target is in an abnormal state, such as being injured or using a strengthening secret technique, it must be initiated at close range or through direct contact to take effect.
Furthermore, separating the opponent’s enlightenment state or cultivation was the most challenging part; it required first suppressing the opponent, activating the contact skill, and consuming enough time to achieve perfect separation. Any small mishap could lead to failure.
But fortunately, Zhou Tong could satisfy all of these conditions.
“No! My cultivation! You have to stop! Give my cultivation back to me!”
He screamed in despair, experiencing the most genuine fear.
As a strong warrior, the greatest nightmare of a lifetime is to once again become weak, to fall among the masses.
And for Netherworld Master, this nightmare was turning into reality, and it would undoubtedly be realized!
