Asura Emperor Venerable
Chapter 430: Fighting Against the Heavens

Chapter 430: Chapter 430: Fighting Against the Heavens

Clang!

Thunder in the heavens and earth grew even more intense, as bolts of lightning, like arrows, cleaved the air, all within about thirty feet of Shi Hao’s vicinity.

Though the lightning did not strike him directly, the stones blasted into the air by the strikes were hurtling toward Shi Hao at high speed.

Shi Hao was unable to dodge at this moment. Instantly, there was a series of sharp pattering sounds as he was repeatedly hit.

Fortunately, he was wearing his battle armor which could buffer the force of the strikes, so he didn’t need to worry about anything for the time being.

However, the speed at which the stones were striking was incredibly fast, dense as rain, causing the energy in the battle armor to deplete immensely.

In no time, the energy stored in the battle armor was exhausted, and although it was engraved with an Energy Gathering Array, the speed at which it drew in the Power of Heaven and Earth was far too slow, merely a drop in the bucket.

Without this layer of protection, when the stones struck again, they hit Shi Hao solidly.

The battle armor still offered strong protection, preventing the stones from piercing through Shi Hao’s body, but without the effect of Transformative Power, each blow caused Shi Hao intense pain.

Damn it, can the heavens and earth cheat too?

He hadn’t committed any unforgivable sin, so the righteous heavenly thunder couldn’t strike him, but now, although the lightning didn’t hit him directly, it had stirred up a barrage of stones, still delivering a great blow to him.

This was too much.

He had broken through on his own merit, why should it interfere with him like this?

His Soul Island had only just formed and now, with such bombardment, the tenth Soul Island seemed to be on the verge of collapsing, showing signs of disintegration.

Shi Hao hurriedly guarded his mind, and even gave up defending, concentrating all his strength on stabilizing the Soul Island.

As long as the Soul Island was stable, nature would no longer target him because it would be ineffective.

Spurt!

The power of the stones was too great, each impact causing Shi Hao such distress that he vomited blood.

Crack, crack, crack – he could clearly feel that several of his ribs had broken.

It’s worth mentioning that he had previously refined his body with the Tyrant Body Technique and practiced the Nine Deaths Heavenly Technique, making his physique incredibly strong. To think that now he was being broken by stones, it showed how terrible the impact he was enduring was.

Damn it, I’ve broken through the limit to achieve the Ten Islands, and you’re still targeting me?

You should know, previously during the Soul Seed’s crossing of the sea, it wasn’t the Sea of Suffering that generated a pulling force to drag the Soul Seed down, but some kind of mysterious force between Heaven and Earth!

Before, Shi Hao had no time to consider this question, but thinking about it now, it was definitely the Heaven and Earth Rules that were above everything.

However, since he was only at Nine Islands before, the Heaven and Earth Rules had to follow the protocol and could not use too much force. Otherwise, if they directly suppressed him with the power of creating the Sky Ladder, Shi Hao would definitely be incapable of doing anything.

Limits are meant to be broken, and of course, they need to comply with reality; otherwise, how would you expect someone at Nine Islands to break through the limit of creating the Sky Ladder? Is that even possible?

With such immense pressure, Shi Hao had built the tenth Island, and logically everything should have passed.

But now Heaven and Earth were repeatedly targeting him, what kind of trick was this?

But is complaining of any use?

Shi Hao had no choice but to clench his teeth and persevere. Having come this far, of course, he was not willing to give up.

Ten Extremes, Ten Steps, Ten Islands – he had broken the limit of every realm, how could he willingly let himself be forcefully dragged down from the peak?

Hold on! Hold on! Hold on!

Shi Hao gritted his teeth, the pain in his body causing veins to pop on his forehead, sweat rolling off him like rain, yet his body was steadfastly immovable.

He refused to settle for mediocrity, preferring a vigorous struggle to a life lived on its knees.

Crack crack crack, the stones kept hitting, and Shi Hao’s broken bones grew more and more numerous; his whole body seemed to become a blood person, hardly a patch of intact flesh to be found.

Boom, the thunder rolled on, a power that truly could annihilate a Martial Artist of the Heaven Building Ladder realm, but now, it served only as a threat.

If it had been someone else, even with unyielding will, they might have been panic-stricken, wondering whether it was time to give up, to no longer provoke the heavens and the earth.

But Shi Hao had no such thoughts.

A Martial Artist cultivates, defying the destiny set by the heavens, which is essentially to go against the heavens and the earth. The difference lies in the fact that under a fixed realm, the rules of Heaven and Earth will also turn a blind eye, unlike now where it seemed as if the rage of the thunder was moved, vowing to stop Shi Hao.

His back, covered in scars, was the stability and growth of the tenth Soul Island, just a hair’s breadth away from complete formation.

Pfft!

A sharp stone came flying and actually pierced through Shi Hao’s neck, suddenly, a large amount of fresh blood gushed forth, nearly destroying his trachea.

If he had really broken his trachea, even though Shi Hao had reached the Other Shore, he still needed air to live; at most, he would have a strong ability to hold his breath—a few days without breathing wouldn’t be an issue.

But, in the end, he needed to breathe.

Unless he reached the Great Sacrificial Heaven, then his life level would undergo earth-shattering changes, and even if thrown into the cold, lifeless universe, he would still be Undead.

Just a little bit more!

Shi Hao gritted his teeth as his divine sense had already caught a stone shard flying towards him, aiming directly at his forehead.

This was to shatter his Soul Sea!

Whoosh, as the stone shard reached him, Shi Hao suddenly acted, punching the shard, crack, and immediately, the stone shattered.

——The tenth Soul Island was completely stable.

Ten Islands achieved!

Shi Hao stood up tall, and the sky full of thunder instantly disappeared without a trace.

The stability of the Soul Island signified that Shi Hao had truly stepped into the Ten Islands, accomplishing the extreme breakthrough. Therefore, Heaven and Earth had rules to abide by, and had to stop.

"This damned old heaven, one day I will pierce a hole in you," Shi Hao thought to himself. There are divine intensions in the obscurity; he did not speak it out loud, otherwise he might be targeted by Heaven and Earth later on, his luck could become extremely terrible, and he might never get a Spirit Fruit or a Spiritual Medicine, right?

He took out an Elixir and swallowed it to recover from his injuries.

Fortunately, his injuries were superficial, which healed quickly, although the broken bones needed some time to mend.

It didn’t matter; he had already prepared many healing Elixirs, now he just needed to take the medicine.

Popping Elixirs like candy, his wounds were healing almost at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"This is all I can do for now."

Shi Hao sighed. Did anyone else have such a miserable breakthrough experience?

Look at him, almost every bone in his body was broken, and there wasn’t a single piece of good flesh to be seen; anyone who didn’t know better would think he had just been through a major battle, not a realm breakthrough.

He wanted to test the combat power of the Ten Islands, but his bones had just been reconnected, and it was not advisable to exert force, so he’d better take it easy.

However, although he couldn’t test his combat power for the time being, he was surprised to find that his Soul Tentacles could stretch to about thirty feet.

Breaking the extreme had naturally greatly enhanced his Soul Force.

But what truly moved Shi Hao was that within this thirty-foot radius, he had complete perceptual abilities.