Chapter 2057: Seizing the Divine Embryo! (1/2)
But a moment later, Wang Chong felt something strange…
Bang!
As if he had prodded a beehive or triggered a volcano, a destructive wave of energy exploded outward, traveling along the trail of Wang Chong's Psychic Energy.
Not only that, the calm multicolored barrier around the divine embryo suddenly flashed with mysterious symbols. These symbols revolved around the divine embryo, forming a golden sealing formation that covered the divine embryo.
The energy wave hurtling toward Wang Chong had been triggered by disturbing this formation.
As this terrifying energy swept toward Wang Chong, he felt the sense of danger multiply by one hundred times.
No!
It was no longer simply danger, but the stench of death!
Wang Chong had no doubt that if he were struck by the divine embryo's protective seal, his Origin Spirit would be destroyed on the spot with no chance of returning to his physical body.
Bang!
Wang Chong reacted with incredible speed. The moment the seal's power erupted, his Origin Spirit shot toward the surface.
Fierce explosions came from behind him, the destructive energy almost brushing against Wang Chong's Origin Spirit as it blasted the area it had been occupying a brief moment ago.
The area affected was truly shocking.
That was risky!
One hundred feet away, Wang Chong was alarmed by what he sensed. If he had not sensed the danger beforehand and stopped, his Origin Spirit would have already been annihilated.
This is going to be difficult!
Wang Chong slightly frowned as he looked at the divine embryo.
The divine embryo was right in front of him, but obtaining it was as difficult as ascending to the heavens. The power displayed by the divine embryo's seal was incredibly difficult to overcome, and this depth was far too great for Wang Chong's physical body to come down, leaving his options limited.
The seconds continued to drip by as Wang Chong pondered over what he should do.
Meanwhile, the explosions created by the divine embryo gradually began to settle down.
He was so far from the surface that Wang Chong was not at all worried that the explosion would draw anyone's attention.
After some time…
It seems that I'll have to try this!
Wang Chong muttered to himself as he swiftly sent his Origin Spirit back to the surface. At the same time, Wang Chong used his connection between the Origin Spirit and the physical body to speak to the Nightmare Beast.
”Nightmare Beast! I have a plan that requires your help. I will send you the Origin Spirit Art. In a little while, lend me a hand!”
But this time, Wang Chong's Origin Spirit did not come empty-handed. In this area more than six hundred thousand feet beneath the surface, he had brought the Origin Immortal Sword and another nearly tangible body of energy. This was the Nightmare Beast's 'Origin Spirit'.
The Nightmare Beast had much stronger Psychic Energy than Wang Chong, but perhaps because it was of a different species, the Origin Spirit it had created was not stable, and it could not sustain it for as long as Wang Chong.
”Do you remember what I told you?”
Wang Chong looked down at the divine embryo as he spoke.
”Mm, Master, be at ease. I will do everything in my power to assist you,” the Nightmare Beast's mental ripple responded.
Although it had had its physical body destroyed by Wang Chong, ever since it learned that Wang Chong was the inheritor of the Origin Immortal Sword—or the Xuanyuan Sword, to be more precise—it had become utterly devoted to him, even willing to give up its life.
A few moments later, Wang Chong started his plan.
Creee!
On Wang Chong's order, the Nightmare Beast shrieked and then shot toward the divine embryo. A few moments later, the seal around the divine embryo exploded.
In order to draw away the seal's power and create an opportunity for Wang Chong, the Nightmare Beast needed to attack even more fiercely. The explosion triggered would be commensurate with the assault.
Terrifying energy surged out in waves, battering the underground world and making it shudder.
The mysterious symbols linked and intersected, instantly recreating that sealing domain.
”Now is the moment!”
In a flash of light, Wang Chong sent his Origin Spirit into the Origin Immortal Sword. At the moment the energy exploded, the sword flew in a large arc through the underground world to come around to the other side.
Bang!
In normal circumstances, the sword would have instantly been flung back, but with the Nightmare Beast drawing away the barrier's power, the rest of the barrier was weak enough for the Origin Immortal Sword to penetrate it.
Success!