As the Universe Turns - Chapter 1292
Chapter 1292 Fleshly Body Contention
Xiao Chen instantly went to a mountain in the distance. He turned around and saw smoke and dust surging towards him. He thought to himself that it was so dangerous just now that the two of them almost noticed it.
With his current strength, he wasn’t really afraid of those two people. Moreover, he could summon Chu Yuanqing, who was at the Second Realm. However, there were countless hidden dangers in the gap between the Immortal Dimensions. Once he attracted more trouble, it would probably be a little bad.
Therefore, he would not show himself easily before it was necessary. Furthermore, he would not reveal his strength easily. In places like the Gaps and Forbidden Grounds of the Immortal Dimension, or places like Tomb of Gods and Demons, it would definitely be a very dangerous thing to let others know the truth.
That time, he had used the Golden Crow Foot once in the Frost Moon Mountain Range. Now, the Golden Crow Foot had gradually recovered some divine power. At the critical moment, he could use it again. However, he did not want to hand the Golden Crow Foot over here before he reached Ancient Immortal Realm.
“Boom boom boom boom!”
The shockwaves from the void became even more ferocious, causing the nearby mountains to shake and dust to erupt.
Xiao Chen’s aura condensed. He was about to take advantage of the smoke and dust in the sky to quickly leave this place. However, at this moment, his keen spiritual sense was able to detect that there were quite a few powerful divine soul energies nearby. They were approaching this direction.
“It looks like we won’t be able to leave for a while. Kid, you must hide it well later. Don’t let anyone notice your presence …”
Gu Mo’s voice resounded in his mind. Xiao Chen’s expression was calm as he once again restrained his aura. There were quite a few people nearby who came this way. Right now, he could only hide in the shadows and wait for an opportunity to move.
Finally, the smoke and dust in the sky dispersed. On that day, there were two figures, one blue and the other purple, fighting for “a corpse”.
The two of them looked like white-haired old men. They wore Qingyi’s hand holding a whisk, which was extremely good. As for the man wearing Zi Yi, his magic treasure was a pair of purple ring blades, which also looked very powerful.
However, the’corpse ‘that the two of them were fighting over, or rather, a’fleshly body’, was more appropriate. However, this fleshly body seemed to have been damaged quite a bit. One arm had been lost, and the bones of both legs had also been exposed. It was inevitable that it was somewhat terrifying. It must have been damaged by the two of them during the battle.
“Qingyazi! I saw this fleshly body first. Do you have to snatch it from me today?”
Old man Zi Yi’s expression was gloomy. Before he could finish speaking, he waved his hands and two Violet Gold Ring Blades flew towards him.
As for Old man Qingyi, when he saw the ring blade attack, he swept the dust and instantly condensed a layer of True Qi. With a “clang” sound, the two ring blades flew over and collided with the True Qi shield, causing the surrounding mountains to tremble.
“Humph!”
Old man Qingyi coldly snorted and said, “Old Ghost Mist Profound! You said you saw it first, so what if I said I saw it first? If you insist on arguing with me, you can destroy this body at most. No one will want it. Anyway, my Soul Flame can still support another armor. What about you?”
“Since that’s the case, then don’t blame me for not remembering my former sect affection! Even if I can’t return to the Immortal Dimension, I still don’t want to die here!”
As Old man Zi Yi finished speaking, his divine soul power suddenly increased by a lot. However, when he saw layers of purple gas surrounding his body, it caused the void within a radius of several dozen kilometers to tremble.
“Old ghost … stop!”
Seeing that he was willing to waste Old man Qingyi, Power of Primordial Spirit’s expression immediately changed. “If you continue like this, you will definitely attract another storm from the Immortal Dimension. At that time, let alone this fleshly body, you and I will never be able to escape again!”
“Unless you give me this fleshly body!” Old man Zi Yi’s expression was resolute. His hands were constantly changing seals. As he spoke, he was still casting spells.
“This is the only way!”
Old man Qingyi’s attitude was also very resolute. As soon as he finished speaking, he wanted to reach out and seize the body floating in the void. Seeing this, Old man Zi Yi condensed his finger and shot a profound light at him. With a “bang”, he was pushed back more than ten zhang.
At this moment, neither of the two of them could get hold of this body. If they forcefully snatched it, with their terrifying strength, they would only be able to completely destroy this body. Obviously, neither of them wanted to destroy this hard-won body just like that.
At this moment, on another mountain top, Xiao Chen held his breath and looked at such a strange scene in midair. He sent a divine sense to the universe in his sleeve, “Gu Mo, what are they doing?”
“Mm …”
Gu Mo’s voice slowly entered his mind, “These two people’s bodies were mostly destroyed a hundred years ago, and now they are fighting for this new body …”
“Fighting for the physical body?”
Xiao Chen’s eyes narrowed and he seemed to have understood something. Gu Mo said, “That’s right, in this gap of the Immortal Dimension, after a long time, the flesh will gradually be corroded and eventually necrosed. Some people will have to abandon their flesh in order to survive the storm of the Immortal Dimension and let their primordial spirits escape.” However, after losing their physical bodies, their souls would die even faster under the corrosion of the gap in the Immortal Dimension. Therefore, before their souls were completely wiped out, they had to find a physical body. Only then would they be able to survive until they found an exit and escape from the gap in the Immortal Dimension … ”
“That’s why.”
After hearing this, Xiao Chen immediately understood. In the distant past, when he and Luo Die had escaped from Tomb of Gods and Demons, they had wandered through the chaos of space for more than half a year.
There was nothing inside, and the chaos erosion would be even more serious. If he still couldn’t find the exit, he could only abandon his body and let his primordial spirit continue to drift. If he still couldn’t find the exit, his primordial spirit would gradually perish and eventually dissipate.
“Kid, I told you, don’t underestimate this place. If you can’t get out, you’ll end up like them.”
Gu Mo’s voice entered his mind once again. Xiao Chen’s heart condensed slightly. He understood now. It seemed that the people in the Gap of the Immortal Dimension were not just those who had entered from the mortal world over the past few years. In fact, only a small portion of them had entered from the mortal world. Most of them might have come from Ancient Immortal Realm.
As for why Ancient Immortal Realm and the others had come to such a dangerous place, he wasn’t too sure at this moment. Perhaps it was because of a treasure, perhaps it was because someone was chasing after them, or perhaps it was because they had enough to eat and had nothing to do.
Xiao Chen focused his attention. In short, it seemed like he had to be careful. From the words of the two of them, it wasn’t hard to tell that the two of them used to be from the same sect, but now, for a body, they could fight and even die together.
It could be imagined that the cultivators trapped in the gap of the Immortal Dimension had long since lost their minds in order to survive. They no longer recognized their six relatives. The more this was the case, the more dangerous these people were.
Just as he was pondering, people from afar had arrived. There were about a dozen people coming from all directions. These people seemed to be like the two old men who had lost their bodies. Now that they saw a body here, who didn’t want to fight for it?
“What do you want to do!”
The two elders immediately became vigilant. This fleshly body was first discovered by the two of them. How could anyone else be allowed to touch it?
However, there was no reason to say anything in the gap between the Immortal Dimensions. When everyone saw the flesh, they were like hungry tigers pouncing on food as they rushed forward frantically to rob it.
Xiao Chen had never seen more than a dozen cultivators with unfathomable cultivations fight over a single body. This was a funny and bizarre scene that Xiao Chen had never seen before.
One could imagine how dangerous it was to enter this place from the mortal world. His previous premonition was indeed not bad. The most dangerous thing in this gap in the Immortal Dimension was not the terrifying storm in the Immortal Dimension. Perhaps, it was the cultivators who were already “crazy” in front of him.
If they saw a living person, they would definitely kill him, and then forcefully seize his fleshly body. This fleshly body in front of them might have been left behind by some unlucky ghost after being killed.
At this moment, under the robbery of the crowd of cultivators, that already broken body had lost another arm. If even its head was torn off in the end, wouldn’t it still be a “headless immortal” even if it succeeded in seizing the possession?
For some reason, such a funny scene appeared in his mind. Xiao Chen suddenly wanted to laugh. In the moment when he was absent-minded, an unknown scoundrel actually kicked the physical body towards him with one kick. It was not small.
“Holy shit, those who suffered a thousand blades …”
It was too late. By the time Xiao Chen reacted, this fleshly body had already smashed towards him. No matter if he pushed it back or dodged it, he would definitely be discovered.
“There’s someone there!”
Sure enough, the moment he moved, he was locked onto by the divine senses of the dozen cultivators here. It seemed that after losing their physical bodies, the divine senses of these people had also become even sharper.
Now, it seemed that it would be a little difficult for him to escape again. In the gap of the Immortal Dimension filled with terrifying storms, being chased by more than a dozen crazy people made him feel terrible just thinking about it.
Soon, Xiao Chen could feel the burning gazes of these people. It was as if he had become the fish on the chopping board, waiting for everyone to slaughter him.
“What a perfect physical body …”
More than a dozen burning gazes fell on him, as if he was almost drooling. Xiao Chen immediately thought to himself that something was wrong. This time, it was a bit troublesome. Not only were these people crazy, but their cultivation levels were even more terrifying. He didn’t want his arms and neck to be torn off later.
The broken flesh that everyone had been fighting over had turned into powder along with the mountain when they had just smashed it over.
“Phew! That brat Wu, you just broke our fleshly body, you have to compensate!”
Suddenly, a scolding sound rang out. Xiao Chen spat out a mouthful. He thought to himself, it was clearly you who kicked that stinking corpse over. What does it have to do with me?
“Kid! Don’t even think about running!”
Without waiting for him to explain, the dozen or so people rushed towards him again. Xiao Chen thought to himself that things were not good. He was afraid that if he took out Fuxi Zither, Samsara Jade, and Di Gu Sword’s divine artifacts now, none of them would take another look at him. They were simply greedy for his body.
“Impudent!”
At this moment, a thunderous roar of rage suddenly sounded from the void. It instantly shocked those people to the point that their entire bodies trembled and they immediately stopped.
Under this terrifying aura of an ancient expert, more than a dozen cultivators all revealed frightened expressions and didn’t dare to move again.
“Gu Mo?”
Xiao Chen thought to himself, it was Gu Mo in his sleeve …