Chapter 482: Slaying Tang Qi!
“Only by doing this do you have the value of being killed!”
Zhou Tong remained calm, his arms crossed over his chest as if he were examining prey.
As soon as those words were uttered, Tang Qi trembled all over, and his Dao heart became unstable.
“What did you say?!”
He asked tentatively, feeling a chill rising in his heart.
“You… don’t be alarmist! I’m now an Intermediate Sage, a hundred times stronger than before! How could I let you manipulate me!”
Zhou Tong no longer responded but walked forward, a divine ring slowly rising behind him, exuding an extremely powerful pressure.
In an instant, goosebumps appeared all over Tang Qi’s body, and at that moment, he fully understood that Zhou Tong was indeed not joking.
The other party wanted to deal with him, and it would definitely be an easy task, even if he was an Intermediate Sage!
“Heavenly Demon Transformation!”
In extreme fear, he couldn’t help but make the first move.
A pitch-black demonic dragon twisted and roared, shattering the void, aiming to swallow Zhou Tong whole.
“Authority Fusion!”
Without saying a word, Zhou Tong merged with Recasting Authority, transforming entirely, glowing with sacred light as if he could control all things in heaven and earth with every movement.
“Void First!”
A dazzling white light instantly formed in his palm, and the next moment, that ball of light shot out, crashing directly into the demonic dragon.
This was what they meant by crushing decay!
The demonic dragon, though fierce and terrifying, capable of smashing the heavens and stars, now seemed unable to withstand a single blow.
Its body shuddered lightly, like ink dropped into water, instantly dispersing and breaking down into pure spiritual energy.
“Hmm?”
Seeing this scene, Zhou Tong furrowed his brows slightly. He originally thought that demonic energy was different from spiritual energy, but now it seemed that the origin of demonic energy was also spiritual energy!
While he pondered, Tang Qi’s expression changed drastically. Just as he prepared to dodge, he discovered that the surrounding resistance had inexplicably increased by tens of thousands of times!
“How is this possible?”
He was utterly horrified, only able to watch as he fell into the trap, hit head-on by the terrifying light ball!
In an instant, he let out a terrified scream. Pain was secondary; he had the feeling that something crucial was leaving him.
Soon, he understood what he was about to lose!
“My cultivation… return my cultivation to me!!”
He roared loudly, but no matter how hard he tried, he could not stop the fall of his realm. In the blink of an eye, he plummeted from the Sage realm, and it wasn’t over yet; Zhou Tong completely wiped him out.
Semi-Sage, Reincarnation, Life and Death, Slashing the Heavens… then to Mortal Fivefold, ultimately reducing him completely to a Mortal!
“Ahhh… my power! How dare you do this? You robber, you wicked thief!!!”
Tang Qi’s eyes were bloodshot, but this was only the beginning; soon he felt the pain of his soul being torn apart, as if thousands of steel knives were piercing his marrow, cutting away something!
With a puff, a light ball flew out from his brow, crystal clear like glass, transparent as jade, landing in Zhou Tong’s palm.
“This is the Supreme Will; it seems to have some merit,” Zhou Tong remarked, examining the pearl.
“What have you done?”
Tang Qi seemed to have entered a state of shock, feeling his mouth dry, and a sharp pain surged in his stomach.
“You have already guessed it; why ask more?”
Zhou Tong remained expressionless as he casually stored the Supreme Will away. After all, this was a creation born from the sacrifice of all races and would certainly be of great use in the future.
Hearing this, Tang Qi felt as if his head had exploded.
He had painstakingly integrated the Supreme Will through numerous hardships, yet it had been instantly stripped away by the other party.
Such methods were simply unreasonable! When had they developed such a huge gap?
“Now you have become an ordinary person, how does it feel to be a Mortal?”
Zhou Tong said with a smile, piercing Tang Qi’s will like a knife.
“Ugh ugh ugh ahhh!! I will not let you off; I will haunt you as a ghost! Just you wait; this is not over! There will be a day when you pay for this!”
“Well… perhaps, but you won’t see it; moreover, in front of me, you have no chance to become a ghost!”
Zhou Tong ignored the other’s impotent rage, staring intently ahead.
“Do you know how an adult is produced?”
He asked gently, causing Tang Qi to momentarily freeze.
“Why are you asking this?”
Hehe… Because soon, you will appear to answer this question.
Zhou Tong spoke slowly: “Actually, it’s very simple. Every ordinary person is raised by their father’s essence and mother’s blood and is born through ten months of gestation—a baby.”
“The infant absorbs nutrients through suckling, gains knowledge through upbringing, and after twenty years of the winds and rains of life, grows into an adult…”
“Enough!”
Tang Qi impatiently interrupted, his eyes blood red, acting as if he were mad.
“Who understands what you’re saying?”
“Alright, alright, let’s get straight to the point.”
Zhou Tong replied helplessly, “From the above, it is clear that the current you is made up of origin, knowledge, nutrition, and time. Next, I will gradually strip these away, letting you return to the most primitive state!”
As soon as he spoke, Tang Qi felt as if he had been struck by lightning!
“This is impossible; this is clearly a divine method! How can you achieve it?”
As soon as the words left his mouth, his body began to tremble violently.
Countless lights flew away from his body, and amidst his horrified gaze, his body grew smaller, and his mind started to become increasingly muddled, as if time itself was reversing.
At that moment, he finally understood what the most primal fear was!
“Ahhh… let me go! Stop! Please stop! I don’t want to return to the origin! No!!”
In an instant, Tang Qi was in tears, struggling with all his might.
He finally realized what Zhou Tong meant by “I won’t let you become even a ghost”!
If he were to be returned to that original state, then he, Tang Qi, would essentially have never existed, even his soul would disappear, leaving no traces behind.
At this moment, all his dignity and pride were destroyed; he could only grotesquely plead for mercy, hoping to gain some pity from Zhou Tong.
“I was wrong! I truly know I was wrong! I was young and didn’t understand; just give me one more chance!”
“Senior brother… spare me! I know your heart is kind; punishing me like this is just to guide me back to the right path. I can change; I will be a good person!”
In the blink of an eye, he returned to a state below the age of ten, clearly forgetting many things but still remembering who Zhou Tong was.
“It should be enough now, right? Why won’t you stop! If this goes on, I will really die; I’ll disappear! There has to be a limit to jokes! Hey, I’m talking to you; are you dead or what!”
His body continued to shrink, his voice growing softer, but the resentment within turned even more intense, filled with madness and urgency!
“Ahhh, you executioner! Even a baby isn’t spared! You will reap what you sow; you will surely die without a burial place! I absolutely… absolutely will not…”
Finally, Tang Qi’s voice completely vanished, his form gradually shrinking, until he was no longer human-shaped and grew smaller and smaller.
With a puff!
In the end, there was no trace of him left, only two puddles of liquid remained, representing Tang Qi’s complete disappearance in every sense.
“Hu…”
Zhou Tong stood in place, letting out a long breath, remaining silent for a very long time.
“Children…”
Suddenly, he slowly spoke, the Void Self Realm spontaneously operating, connecting to his past life, seeing countless powerful beings kneeling before his statue, praying devoutly.
“I have avenged you!”
As soon as he finished speaking, a rumbling sound echoed from within Zhou Tong, the sound of surging spiritual energy!
He let go of his past burdens, severing the shackles of his previous lives, feeling an immense lightness follow as he broke through!
In a single breath, his cultivation soared through several realms, bursting into the peak of Semi-Sage. However, it wasn’t over; he took another step, reaching the threshold of Sage!
At the same time, his internal small world began to open wildly, rising from three million, multiplying several times before finally stabilizing!
Ten million small worlds can suppress Advanced Sages!!
