Chapter 1006: Chapter 1006: Slaying Babao
Venerable Babao gritted his teeth and finally abandoned his plan to escape.
There was nothing left but to fight!
If it were the Heaven Building Ladder of the Immortal Realm, perhaps they would kneel and beg Shi Hao for mercy, as in the Immortal Realm, the Heaven Building Ladder was considered a mere pawn. However, in the Mortal Realm, those of the Heaven Building Ladder were all of proud spirit.
How could any of them have reached such heights without enduring countless hardships? How could they succeed without an indomitable spirit?
Therefore, Venerable Babao had no intention of begging Shi Hao for mercy; he unleashed his combat power to the fullest and fought desperately against Shi Hao.
The Eight Treasures Technique operated continuously, as if it were not an ultimate move, but a very common technique.
It must be known, even though Venerable Babao was at the Absolute Summit, he could not possibly operate his ultimate move continuously, as the burden was simply too enormous.
But now, Venerable Babao disregarded life and death, so why would he care about the size of the burden?
If he lost this battle, he would be a dead man, so what was there to be afraid of?
Kill!
Boom, boom, boom, Venerable Babao reached the point of ultimate sublimation in this battle, and his combat power even saw a slight increase.
Why?
Because the Heaven Building Ladder is notoriously difficult to kill, as everyone recognizes, and they are exceedingly rare, therefore, warriors of this level seldom spar, and even if they did, it was limited to the Great Void Realm.
Indeed, the Great Void Realm can fully simulate reality, but there is one thing it cannot simulate.
—The fear of death.
Venerable Babao only fought in the Great Void Realm, where there was no fear of life and death, so how could he fully extract his combat power?
Now was different; he fought for his life, just to have a grand battle even once, so his mindset was entirely different.
Unfortunately, this minute increase was not enough to reverse the situation.
Shi Hao powerfully suppressed him. Under the barrage of powerful punches, Venerable Babao could only retreat in defeat.
After a thousand more moves, Venerable Babao was already teetering on the brink.
"The final blow!" Shi Hao whispered lightly, activating the "Void" technique.
The Nine Character Battle Method, passed down from Ding Lingfeng, how astounding were its powers?
Boom!
With a single strike, Venerable Babao was instantly sent flying, with strands of light emanating from his body, like a shattered porcelain vase.
He tried to move again, but just as his hand rose, his body started to turn to ash, scattering into the sky.
A strong wave emanated outwards, intense and inexplicable.
This was the energy wave caused by the fall of a Peerless Great Ability, radiating across the entire Celestial Body, even lasting several days.
This is the strength of the Absolute Summit.
Shi Hao stood proudly in the sky, looking down on all directions.
"Lord Shura!" A boundless fervor came from Anmin and the others as they shouted in unison.
The Eight Treasures Hall side was collectively silent, their hearts deadened.
With Venerable Babao’s death, it was as if a pillar of faith had collapsed, leaving none of them with the spirit to fight anymore.
"Spare us, my lord!" Many people knelt down, begging Shi Hao for their lives.
Even Venerable Babao had been killed; did they have any power to resist?
Most chose to plead for mercy, but a few were incredibly staunch, choosing death over surrender, like Venerable Babao’s seven disciples on the Heaven Connecting Road, who launched a suicidal charge against Anmin and the others.
They all perished in the end, and Shi Hao instructed Anmin to give those people a proper burial; in life, they served their respective masters, but in death, their sins were ended, and he was willing to let their integrity be honored with a resting place.
This battle was unlike the previous assassination attempt by the Green Snake Sword Monarch against Shi Hao; with so many people present on the scene, the events inevitably spread throughout the Great Void Realm.
The news spread, shocking the world.
Shi Hao, surprisingly, had the power to slay an Absolute Summit!
Heavens, heavens, heavens!
Even Venerable Qian Luo, who always held great expectations for Shi Hao, initially thought the news was false when he received it, but after verifying multiple times that it was indeed true, he could not help but feel a chill down his spine.
Too terrifying, truly too terrifying.
Now, the entire Universe would be shaken by Shi Hao, and such a young man, once he breaks through the Heaven Building Ladder, will be an invincible existence across the world.
Meanwhile, the Shi Hao, who was the subject of the Universe’s discussion, found himself in confusion.
Beyond the limits of the Heaven Connecting Road, how many more steps could be taken?
There was no one to guide, no one to demonstrate; everything could only be explored on his own.
Shi Hao pursued the strongest, so he would only break through the Heaven Building Ladder after truly reaching the limits of the Heaven Connecting Road, but when would that point come?
He had already walked about one thousand and one hundred steps on the Heaven Connecting Road, yet he felt that although the difficulty increased as he advanced, he could indeed continue to progress.
Shi Hao was somewhat anxious; now the Asura Realm was planting its flags in the Mortal Realm, turning large swathes into part of the Asura Realm at a quick pace. Once the entire Mortal Realm fell, everything would be lost.
Even a Peerless Great Ability could not ascend to the Immortal Realm, for the Mortal Realm was no longer a part of the Immortal Realm, but belonged to the Asura Realm.
How could one reach the Immortal Realm?
How much longer did he have to stay on the Heaven Connecting Road?
Shi Hao went into seclusion, but this time not to improve his cultivation, rather to clear his mind, to determine the path he must take.
He emptied himself, lying there quietly, sometimes looking at the starry sky, sometimes entering the Little Star Universe, comparing the two worlds.
Before he realized it, three months had passed.
Shi Hao finally found his path.
The Heaven Road extended onward at an astonishing speed, yet ultimately returned to its starting point, connecting with the origin.
The beginning is the end, the end is the beginning.
Thus, his Heaven Road had no limits—a circle, how many steps can be measured from it?
Moreover, as long as his power increased, he could continue to expand this Heaven Road circle, free from the bounds of the realm!
Shi Hao laughed heartily, stood up tall.
He had previously trapped himself in a dead-end thinking about how to reach the end of the Heaven Connecting Road. But then he realized, he had already cultivated a Little Star Universe—he was a man with his own piece of heaven and earth!
His road was destined to be different from others.
Shi Hao pointed a finger, thump, thump, thump, firing a string of fireballs.
The Fireball Technique, this is the most basic of techniques; as long as one develops Soul Force, they can invoke the Fire Element to launch fireballs. With slightly stronger Soul Force, one can invoke more Fire Elements to form a String of Fireballs.
However, Shi Hao’s String of Fireballs was entirely different.
This was the Sun Dharma Aspect!
A single Sun Dharma Aspect had immense power, so what would a string of Sun Dharma Aspects entail?
Shi Hao displayed a satisfied expression. He was the only one with a Little Star Universe, his most potent advantage. So why not fully develop his own potential instead of learning big or ultimate moves?
The self is the greatest treasure!
Like Ding Lingfeng, who developed the Nine Character Battle Method, a combat method most suited for him, thus making him invincible across nine lives!
Now, he too would excavate the potential of his Little Star Universe step by step, developing the strongest power possible.
Everything is in place. It’s time to break through the Heaven Building Ladder.