Killing Dao Fruit
Chapter 436 - 433: Die Together, Perish with the Enemy!

Chapter 436: Chapter 433: Die Together, Perish with the Enemy!

The Taoist of the Heavenly Prison shifted his gaze away from the battlefield and once again focused on the incessantly attacking Ancient Tomb Corpse King and the Eighteen Mud Plow Ghost King.

He had an epiphany:

"Even though the Underground Master has already controlled my life and death using the Hundred-Patched Coat as a medium,

he is still using me and guarding against me, not telling me what that thing truly is.

But without a doubt, since it’s an object that even a Demi Immortal has been earnestly seeking, it must be more than just something that can suppress the Precepts and Taboos of the Yin Department; it must surely be a treasure of the Ghost Dao!"

Common Magicians, even if they obtain it, definitely would not be able to keep it safe.

Compared to exerting effort on those common people of the Ghost Path, the Netherworld Square and the Five Organs Temple might have a bigger chance!"

Observing the Thousand Phases Master and "Song Bing Yi," his eyes were filled with a chilling intent to kill.

The identity of the treasure was clearly about to surface.

The only exception in the Yang World that can break the Precept Taboos of the Yin Department is Wang Yuan’s Lifebound Magic Treasure, the Small Book of Life and Death!

On the Ghost Festival of July 15th, sixteen years ago, the Hundred-Patched Coat suddenly began to speak.

That day was also the birth of Wang Yuan, the "Heaven and Earth Anomaly," as well as the day he obtained the White Book.

Not until today, many years later, when they had a brief encounter with Wang Yuan, did they finally catch the aura of the Small Book of Life and Death again.

But at this moment, the Small Book of Life and Death had already transformed into Wang Yuan’s lifebound treasure, greatly enhancing his control over it, to the extent that even a face-to-face encounter would not allow it to be locked down.

Moreover, the one who came here was only Yama’s Avatar; the Small Book of Life and Death itself was not on him.

That explains it.

Even his grandfather, whose foundational Dao skill was the Earthly Que Golden Book and who faced much fewer restrictions than other Yin Officials, had to adhere to extremely harsh precepts to come to the Yang World.

Only on rainy days, which most aligned with the role of a San Tu Yin Official, could he briefly return from the San Tu River to Wang Yuan’s side.

Even conveying slightly valuable information would result in a significant deduction of Merit.

Being trapped in the Underworld, the Underground Master would certainly not be an exception, and the restrictions he faced would only be far greater than those of Wang Wenhua.

The two Heavenly Dao forces in conflict caused all the "chaotic" Heavenly Officials to be hung from the Killing Tree.

Even the Corpse Dissection Immortals following the orthodox path are not likely to be free and easy.

Even if they practiced the Heavenly Department Dao Skill that leads directly to the ultimate state, the Sages still risk turning from fake death to real death when crossing the Corpse Dissection life-and-death threshold.

Everyone had to look to the face of the Heavenly Dao Master— that is, they needed the "Heavenly Dao’s Favor"!

The Underground Master failed his Corpse Dissection, and even if he never truly died, his current state could not possibly be good.

That he could transmit even a bit of power through his relic was already the limit.

This also gave the Taoist of the Heavenly Prison a chance to muddy the waters, deceiving those above and below.

At this very moment,

The Ancient Tomb Corpse King suddenly threw his giant axe, its cold gleam whistling through the air, forcibly breaking through a sea of flames and striking heavily on the neck of the Dragon Transformation Hall Master’s main head.

In an instant, mountains crumbled, and blood splattered.

The flame breath that could melt gold and iron coming from its mouth abruptly paused, and the other seven heads stiffened momentarily.

The Thousand Phases Master formed a sealing technique with his hands and shouted:

"Chua Fire Decree flips the vault, lashing at demons and driving snakes and insects. The auspicious fire tracks of the Hook constellation, all listening obediently amidst the abundant charity waters of the monk Zeng.

Imperial Decree! Now!"

Cling——!

Accompanied by a loud, piercing flapping sound, countless ghost faces on the body of the Ancient Tomb Corpse King suddenly harnessed the howling ghost fire that filled the sky.

Dragging bodies behind them that resembled maggots, still with deformed human limbs from their metamorphosis and two pairs of thin, blade-like wings on their backs,

They repeatedly pounced onto the main head, baring teeth that were unlike any human’s and gnawed continuously around the Dragon Transformation Hall and the Deceit Realm at its center.

Creak creak...

Even as they were continuously dissolved by the "Inner Scene Heaven and Earth: Calamity Beast Hiding" and devoured entirely within the core array of the "Taishan Prefecture Lord’s Sacrifice," they fearlessly rushed to their deaths.

"What is this..."

The Taoist of the Heavenly Prison, feeling an overwhelming pain surging throughout his body, suddenly narrowed his eyes.

With each bite, these human-faced maggots were not gnawing on the stones or flesh that made up the Eight-Headed Giant Snake,

but rather biting into the Taoist of the Heavenly Prison’s Divine Power Talismans and his entire Taoist ability, weakening his aura and the snake’s power with every bite.

These maggots were precisely the Soul-Eating Worms carefully bred by the Netherworld Square,

mutated from the ghost souls of people who were greedy in life through artificial induction using the Faceless Ghost King Technique, ultimately metamorphosed into dreadful demons.

Once bitten by this swarm of maggots, the body remained unharmed, but not only would one’s entire Taoist ability be destroyed, but even the soul would be eaten clean.

Moreover, once they began to gnaw, they would not let go until they had completely devoured their prey.

This was another trump card prepared by the Thousand Phases Master to counteract the Demon Master Dao.

Seizing this opportunity, the Ancient Tomb Corpse King picked up his giant axe and wildly attacked another head, which had become much slower, and boldly chopped off the head that spewed poison.

At this time, Old Black finally completed his mop-up work and successfully retreated by invoking "The Keen Hearing of Heaven and Earth."

The snakehead, already heavily battered by Wang Yuan, was penetrated by his spear through the eye.

The defeated state of the Eight-Headed Giant Snake, with its greatly diminished power, was now apparent.

"You’re courting death!"

The continuous prickling on his body gradually turned to a tingling, and then united into a sensation of numbness.

The Master of the Heavenly Prison was both alarmed and enraged.

Each increment of his Taoist ability was painstakingly accumulated towards the grand objective of "Spirit and Body Unification."

This matter concerned whether he could create a path that surpassed all previous "Corpse Dissection Immortals"; it was even more critical to whether he could escape from the "Underground Master" and obtain freedom.

If he was eventually successful in collecting enough "Ghost Medicine" but fell short of his two goals due to a decline in his realm, he feared he would go mad and mutate on the spot.

He glanced at the cluster of golden liquid above his head, which was still slightly short of fulfilling the quota for breaking through the Green Seal.

With the "Three-Life Stone" in hand, the Taoist Heavenly Prison looked towards the Thousand Phases Master, who stood before him with a triumphant air, and spat out with hatred,

"This farce should come to an end now, let’s fill the deficiency with your ’Yin Gods’ and ’True Spirits’!"

He waved his hand and lifted a corner of his robe.

There, between his chest and abdomen, grew eight lumps, slightly resembling human figures in a disorganized manner.

However, six of them had already withered and turned black, while the remaining two, red as blood, were still pulsating, showing incredible vitality.

He raised his right hand high above his head.

The Three-Life Stone, colored black, white, and red, shot out two dazzling red beams—one disregarded all impediments and instantly hit the Thousand Phases Master.

The other struck... the Taoist Heavenly Prison himself.

Thump thump thump...

The next moment, the originally distinct heartbeats gradually synchronized, and then within a few breaths, they became perfectly aligned.

"What kind of magic is this?!"

After discovering that no method could sever this connection, it was finally the Thousand Phases Master’s turn to have a drastic change in complexion.

He abruptly looked up at Master Heavenly Prison, a heavy sense of crisis immediately engulfed him.

Despite the fact that the "Soul-Eating Worm" had just started to nibble on the Taoist Heavenly Prison and was far from reaching its optimal effect, he picked up the giant axe in his hand and charged towards his main head.

However, the latter coldly smiled, drew a short knife, deactivated his protective Taoist Skill, and stabbed himself to death with a single thrust.

Boom!

He instantly fell to the ground, dead.

And Thousand Phases Master’s astonishment remained frozen on a face without features, as the vitality rapidly drained from his body.

The dead "Yin God" had just left the body when it was swiftly devoured by a sudden appearance of a ghostly figure.

It turned into a large clump of "Ghost Medicine" within the Dragon Transformation Hall.

Subsequently, the "Ancient Tomb Corpse King," which had the Ghost Medicine as its core, crumbled to pieces.

The other eleven "Nine Phases Corpse God Dao" Mages fell from the sky one after another.

Recoiling from the backlash of Green Seal Level Magic, they vomited blood profusely, critically injured and on the brink of death.

The "Heavenly Official Descent Talisman," which had lost its foundation, instantly dissipated like smoke.

"Senior Brother Thousand Phases!"

"What happened? How did Senior Brother Thousand Phases, who was at the ’Divine Transformation’ level, suddenly die without warning?!"

"..."

They strained their bodies trying to lift their heads, their faces filled with disbelief.

They couldn’t fathom what could instantly kill a ’Divine Transformation’ level Mage.

"Deceit Object·Three-Life Stone"

Ability: To determine fate for three lifetimes, to lock onto a shared destiny of life and death, an unyielding bond of "happiness" in marriage.

Coming from a fundamental level of rules, ignoring any defenses irrelevant to the path of magic.

As long as one is of the same realm as the enemy, or higher, one can ensure mutual destruction from the root—one hundred percent guaranteed!

Just now, the Taoist Heavenly Prison had established a "Three-Life Marriage" with Thousand Phases Master using this treasure, and then they went to the Netherworld together.

However.

As Thousand Phases Master hit the ground, the Taoist Heavenly Prison, who had apparently fallen dead in the Dragon Transformation Hall, reopened his mismatched eyes.

Of the two human-shaped lumps on his chest and abdomen, one suddenly decayed, becoming lifeless just like the other six.

On the surface, it seemed like a bond of three lifetimes, perishing together, dying for love, but in reality, the only one who died was Thousand Phases Master.

As the caster, how could the Taoist Heavenly Prison not have made preparations in advance?

The eight human-shaped lumps on his chest and abdomen were indeed his reliance for immortality; a condition not even known within his own sect—the "Innate Strange Phenomena·Parasitic Fetus"!

Sometimes, when a pregnant woman is expecting twins or even multiple births according to the doctor’s diagnosis, the actual birth turns out to be just one baby unexpectedly.

One of the possibilities for this phenomenon is "Brotherly Feud."

It means that a stronger fetus, in the struggle for nutrients from the mother, absorbs and encompasses one or several weaker identical siblings.

This is the "Innate Strange Phenomena·Parasitic Fetus," which has already undergone a brutal battle in the womb.

Brotherly Feud, too impatient to wait.

Inside Master Heavenly Prison’s body were eight such parasitic fetuses, providing him with eight additional lives.

Stumbling his way up to this day, he had almost used up all of these nine lives.

"For my ’Spirit and Body Unification,’ to control the treasures of the ’Underground Master,’ it’s worth the sacrifice of my brothers!"

Not finding the object on Thousand Phases Master, the Taoist Heavenly Prison immediately turned to look at another target.

"Eh? Has it been decided?"

Seeing Thousand Phases Master, who had been in command and seemingly secured a victory, suddenly fall,

Wang Yuan, still unclear about the situation, noticed that a surge of Tribulation Energy was swiftly gathering above his head.

The next moment.

The same red light that had just struck Thousand Phases Master flashed again and, with a thunderous impact, hit him!