Chapter 615: Chapter 622 – Original Tide! Invulnerable to All Things! (Second Update)
Can’t… can’t get it out?
Yang Zhen was looking at Death Shadow with a baffled face; his face was all alpaca.
“What do you mean can’t get it out. Explain it to me?”
Yang Zhen didn’t believe that there was anything in this world that couldn’t be removed. Even those born and grown within the body could be scooped out with current medical technologies, replaced even with a new one.
Just a mere talisman and this Death Shadow was claiming it couldn’t be gotten out. Did his heart and body also surrender?
Seeing the burning gaze in Yang Zhen’s eyes, Death Shadow’s face suddenly darkened and he stared at Yang Zhen, “Even though this old man doesn’t know your true identity and origins, I can tell you are not ordinary. Now that all of us have fallen into your hands, kill us if you wish, but it’s impossible to get it out. Ever since the invention of this talisman by the Moluo Gate, no one has ever removed one.”
Seeing the stubbornness in Death Shadow’s gaze, Yang Zhen had to believe him, although it was unsettling. An item like this in his body could allow the people from the Moluo Gate to find him at any time. Wasn’t this the same as having a GPS system on him with no privacy?
Yang Zhen took a deep breath and stared at Death Shadow, “Your founder, don’t look at me like that, you know who I’m talking about. The guy who invented the talisman. Did he say it couldn’t be taken out?”
Death Shadow paused, his eyes lit up before dimming again, making Yang Zhen almost slap him.
The fluctuating emotions on his face made him uncomfortable.
Luckily, Death Shadow knew Yang Zhen’s patience was thin and didn’t make him wait for long. He quickly replied, “The ancestor once said something.”
“What did he say?” Yang Zhen became interested and squatted down curiously.
Death Shadow took a deep breath, looked at Yang Zhen with a schadenfreude expression, and said, “The ancestor once said that practitioners who endure a special heavenly tribulation have had their body functions changed by heaven and earth. If this person possesses a very special spirit root, he can achieve a level where external objects cannot invade.”
Yang Zhen, startled, blurted out “What does this mean?”
Death Shadow, who by this time had mostly recovered, stood up and glanced at Yang Zhen, “How would this old man know? If I knew, wouldn’t I have removed the talisman inside your body?”
A glance at the old man told Yang Zhen he wasn’t exceptionally talented. He snorted and ignored Death Shadow, sitting down to ponder over the words.
He had experienced special heavenly tribulations, even near god-like experiences with earth and heaven forces. That condition was met.
As for special spirit roots, Yang Zhen had never found anyone with a more unique spirit root than his own. So many “S level” talents—it was incredibly unique. This meant that he had already met all the conditions?
Next up was to find a solution to avoid foreign object invasion.
“Immune to all poisons,” as legend claimed?
That’d be pretty impressive.
Yang Zhen’s mind began buzzing. He had never thought about this issue before. But now, Death Shadow had unlocked a new door. Yang Zhen closed his eyes and entered a state of enlightenment.
Boom, boom, boom!
The countless array disks around him slowly began to manifest an intimidating aura. Despite Death Shadow’s bold claims about not fearing even sacred arrays, his body told a different story. Seeing the sacred array activated, he came to a standstill.
But why? He was seriously injured and even with the twenty-four injured Death Servants, he was no match for Yang Zhen. So he just intently watched Yang Zhen from amid the ever-emerging array to see what he was planning to do.
The other twenty-four Death Servants, seeing Death Shadow motionless, quickly began healing in place, their gazes flashing and still fixed on Yang Zhen.
Gong Sanhe and his companions wore blank expressions. Yang Zhen actually sat cross-legged and closed his eyes, seemingly in meditation, amidst a group of Death Servants and a Death Shadow. Furthermore…
Everyone’s eyes widened in surprise and exclaimed in unison, “Enlightenment?”
Seeing Yang Zhen entering a state of enlightenment, everyone held a stunned and incredulous expression.
“El… Elder Gong, is he… is he entering enlightenment?” Ding Chun widened his eyes as much as possible, asking in disbelief.
Gong Sanhe nodded, his face solemn, only managed to utter, “Hmm!”
This single utterance was absurdly ridiculous.
It was unclear whether Yang Zhen was arrogant or conceited, or confident in his abilities. Even if he was entering a state of enlightenment under such circumstances, he should surely have held back. What if he had accomplished enlightenment, the Death Shadow and others would spare no cost and risk their lives to kill him?
Most practitioners lose awareness of anything except themselves while in enlightenment. Yang Zhen had practically laid his life on the line. It was ridiculous beyond measure.
However, to Gong Sanhe’s surprise, Death Shadow and the others showed no intention of killing Yang Zhen. Instead, they watched Yang Zhen curiously, seemingly more eager than he was to understand how to dispel a talisman.
Gong Sanhe had an odd feeling. But before he could dwell on it, Death Shadow murmured ominously, “Kid, don’t waste your effort. Our ancestors said it, but in the countless years of Moluo Gate, many people came but no one was successful in dispelling this talisman. This kind of talisman planted at the expense of life cannot be dispelled.”
The other Death Servants looked at Yang Zhen with regret in their eyes, and shook their heads, “If we could dispel the talisman, we wouldn’t have to be like this..”
“Silence, if the gatekeeper hears this, we shall not live!” Death Shadow’s face changed color, and he glared at the Death Servant.
The other Death Servants fell silent immediately. They dared not utter another word, but their eyes on Yang Zhen were filled with longing. However, their longing was intermixed with more sorrow and indifference.
Death Shadow’s face contorted, as he watched Yang Zhen, murmuring whether in self-derision or mockery, “Want to dispel the talisman, how can that be possible? If you can dispel it, I, for the rest of my life, will be at your beck and call! But this… is impossible. What… what is this?”
Upon hearing Death Shadow’s exclamation, all attention instantly shifted to Yang Zhen.
Under everyone’s gaze, Yang Zhen, who supposedly was in a state of enlightenment with his eyes closed, suddenly stretched as if he had just woken up. Everyone watched, dumbfounded while their eyes bulged even wider.
“Buzzz!”
A roar sounded off from Yang Zhen, striking fear into the hearts of anyone who heard it. Lightning snakes shot off his body, spreading across to all directions, exhibiting the power of Heaven and Earth.
Within the crackling sounds, Yang Zhen’s aura began to rotate in a peculiar way. A round of crackling bone-breaking sounds echoed from Yang Zhen, and the roaring tide-like sounds from his skeleton made everyone’s faces change drastically.
“This is… Original Tide? Impossible, he’s just a youngster. How could he have entered this state?”
Gong Sanhe looked at Yang Zhen with horror in his eyes, seemingly questioning his own beliefs.
Ding Chun, standing beside him, asked with a stupefied expression, “What is an Original Tide?”
Coming out of his shock, Gong Sanhe said with a touch of melancholy, “Original Tide is the state when a body’s constitution has reached a certain realm, and it resonates with the Heaven and Earth, producing tide-like sounds.”
“What… does this mean?” Wen Yuning asked in surprise.
This time, the response came from Death Shadow, who was shaking with excitement as he watched Yang Zhen. “This means… it means that the youngster… he’s achieved invulnerability!”