A World Worth Protecting

Three weird beasts were carved on the bronze lamps. They were the nine-headed ghost, the nine-tailed wolf, and the nine-clawed bird. Their differences meant that the heads of the three bronze lamps were different as well.

In fact, there were also obvious differences in the flames they dispersed. For example, the ghost bronze lamp’s flame was black, the wolf bronze lamp’s flame was red, and the bird’s flame was white!

The three flames were all burning brightly and dispersed their respective smoke. They floated above and around the elder and the Never-Ending Clan Planet realm cultivator. As the smoke rolled around faintly, one could see it turn into a ghost, wolf, and bird sometimes. Every time it transmogrified, it would make the body of the elder with closed eyes tremble even more.

Besides that, if one looked carefully, the tower-shaped sacrificial altar on the magma was divided into ten steps. Each step had a large number of runes on it. As they dispersed waves of ancient aura, they also gave Wang Baole an intense sense of danger and suppression.

The danger made him stop in his tracks, and the suppression made his heart sink. That was especially so because he had already noticed that the rainbow light at the elder with closed eyes’ dantian was gradually floating away. It covered a fist-sized planet-like object and was being guided away from the body.

This scene made Wang Baole’s heart tremble and caused his breathing to turn heavy. At the same time, as he arrived and appeared, the ancient voice that echoed in his mind previously sounded again. This time, the voice was quick and anxious.

“Little friend, come help me extinguish a bronze lamp, quickly!”

Wang Baole narrowed his eyes, took a deep breath, and stepped forward while flicking his body. He was about to near him, but at that moment, the voice of the Never-Ending Clan Planet realm cultivator also sounded.

“He’s lying to you. Once you near the altar and walk up the step, your energy will instantly be sapped away. He’s trying to trick you by asking you to extinguish the bronze lamps. What he really needs is your energy to strengthen himself and help him break away from my refinement!”

As his words sounded, Wang Baole’s body stopped in its tracks.

“Little friend, you have to believe me. My objective isn’t to escape. It’s to give myself a chance to self-destruct and drag this person to death with me!” Hearing that, the elder got a little anxious. When he spoke anxiously, his anxiousness caused his cultivation to become unstable. The ghost in the surrounding mist took that opportunity and grabbed his rainbow planet, pulling violently backward.

Under the pull, the elder’s body trembled violently. He was already very old, but visibly, he got even older. More accurately speaking, he wasn’t growing older but was wilting.

“Foreign Descender, do you see this? This old fogey has wilted. Once you step on the sacrificial altar, you’ll definitely be absorbed. I did indeed intend to suppress and kill you. However… compared to killing you, I don’t want all of my efforts to go to waste. So, if you leave now, I’ll let you off!” Seeing that scene, the Never-Ending Clan Planet realm cultivator immediately spoke again.

Wang Baole’s expression became unstable as he stepped with hesitation. It was obvious that he was swayed. Seeing this, the elder in front of the Never-Ending Clan Planet realm cultivator, who was being refined, spoke with difficulty.

“Little friend, you have to believe me…”

“Your life or death should be decided on your own. I’ve already promised not to go against you. Why must you gamble?”

Wang Baole’s breathing became unstable. Hearing the words of the two men, his face showed him obviously struggling. In the end, he raised his head and howled.

“Silence!”

“Old fogey who claims to be the patriarch of this planet, I can’t completely believe your words. Never-Ending Clan… you are still suppressing me with your Divine Sense, so I also can’t fully believe your words!”

As Wang Baole’s howl sounded, the Never-Ending Clan Planet realm cultivator’s eyes flashed slightly as he let out a big laugh. Immediately, he completely retracted his Divine Sense, which he had spread out to suppress Wang Baole.

“I’ve retracted my Divine Sense. You may go now. Don’t worry, if that old fogey dares to do anything to you, I’ll suppress him!”

When he retracted his suppression, Wang Baole immediately relaxed. Although the elder was protecting him previously, after he neared, his body was already nearing its breaking point. After he relaxed, he secretly chanted the Dao Scripture in his heart. At the same time, he took a deep breath and bowed towards the Never-Ending Clan Planet realm cultivator with cupped fists.

“Thank you, Senior, I’ll leave now.” While he was speaking, Wang Baole flicked his body and made it seem like he was about to retreat. As for the elder on the sacrificial altar, he started laughing bitterly. As he was about to speak, the moment that Wang Baole seemed to be leaving, the power of the Dao Scripture exploded forth after a delay.

It seemed to transcend endless boundaries to descend from deep within the cosmos, from outside of the Never-Ending Star Domain. As it descended, it engulfed the entire planet and went deep into the ground, descending upon the sacrificial altar in the magma cave.

The power was extremely vast and astonishing, and it was as though the cosmos was suppressing him. Instantly, it made the expression of the Never-Ending Clan Planet realm cultivator change, shocking him immensely. He screamed, “This…”

And as he screamed, Wang Baole, who was about to leave, flicked his body. He made use of the chance given by the Divine Sense being retracted and the Dao Scripture descending to unleash all of his speed, heading straight for the sacrificial altar!

He wasn’t someone with a conviction that would be easily swayed. Once he had decided on something, he wouldn’t change his mind easily. Since he had already decided to go there previously and help, he wouldn’t be shaken by the words of the Never-Ending Clan cultivator.

Besides, Wang Baole had always strongly believed in one thing. Compared to hesitating, gritting one’s teeth and just doing something wasn’t necessarily a bad thing. However, the suppression from the Never-Ending Clan Planet realm cultivator that hit him previously was too strong. Even if the Dao Scripture descended, he wasn’t fully confident in using that opportunity to near the altar in an instant.

So, he played along with the Never-Ending Clan cultivator. Under the two chances given to him now, he seemed like a ray of lightning as he unleashed his speed and headed straight for the altar. In the blink of an eye, he leaped past the magma and appeared in front of the altar. When he tried to step onto it with a single leap, a repulsive force dispersed from the sacrificial altar itself.

The repulsion affected Wang Baole’s momentum and caused his body to stop. At that moment, the protective force that the planet’s patriarch used on Wang Baole exploded forth, helping him suppress the sacrificial altar’s defenses. In the end, although it was difficult, Wang Baole’s silhouette successfully stepped onto the sacrificial altar’s fourth step!

Wang Baole also wanted to rush towards the top in a single leap, but he was unable to do so. Nonetheless, Wang Baole didn’t give up. As his silhouette fell, he climbed again while growling. Up the fifth, sixth, and seventh steps.

Since he climbed three steps in a single attempt, although the elder was protecting and countering the repulsion coming from the sacrificial altar, it still made Wang Baole’s body tremble. A mouthful of essence aura became blood, and he spat it out uncontrollably. But he didn’t stop climbing, stepping onto the ninth step.

It seemed to take a long time, but in reality, it happened instantly. However, the Never-Ending Clan Planet realm cultivator wasn’t a weakling. At that moment, he also reacted, his eyes immediately becoming bloodshot. His Divine Sense exploded forth from all directions, crashing towards Wang Baole.

“You dare lie to me!”

The moment he tried to suppress Wang Baole, Wang Baole stepped up and onto the tenth step. At the same time, as he raised his right hand, his index finger left his body and shot towards the hungry ghost bronze lamp closest to him!

As his finger flew out, the suppressive force exploded forth. Even though he had the elder’s protection, Wang Baole still let out a shrill cry of pain. As his mind rumbled, his essence body started collapsing under the suppression.

But his broken finger landed on the hungry ghost bronze lamp at that moment. As it touched it, the lamp shook violently, and the black flames on it were extinguished!

The moment the bronze lamp was extinguished… the elder, whose eyes had always been closed and who was being refined by the Never-Ending Clan Planet realm cultivator, suddenly opened his eyes and exposed his rainbow pupils. He also raised his right hand and waved it towards Wang Baole.

“Thank you, little friend. If I have a next life, I’ll definitely repay you!”

As he waved his right hand, a wave of gentle energy flew towards Wang Baole. It caused his collapsing essence body to stabilize instantly, and his body was also pulled back under the protection of the gentle power.

At the same time, the elder’s raised right hand followed its momentum and grabbed the Never-Ending Clan Planet realm cultivator’s arm. Meanwhile, the Never-Ending Clan Planet realm cultivator’s expression changed completely. The elder’s strength got unprecedentedly large, and a heaven-shaking hatred appeared in his eyes as he spoke word by word.

“You exterminated my clan, destroyed my planet, and even wanted my rainbow planet… I’ll give it to you. Planet, EXPLODE!”