The Tai Chi Heavenly Emperor Soul Slaying Sword only slays the physical body, not the soul.
With a sword strike from Yu Zhibo, the stone dragon let out a piercing scream. Simultaneously, a semi-transparent phantom, identical to its true form, emerged from its massive body, emitting a silent roar.
The soul-deep agony drove the stone dragon into a frenzy. The moment its soul detached from its body, it reintegrated, its massive tail whipping through the air, shattering the void and unleashing a terrifying energy wave in an indiscriminate attack.
Concurrently, the land for thousands of miles around rumbled and caved in by tens of meters, and Yu Zhibo's body suddenly sank.
"To develop earth energy to its extreme, one can even control gravity..." Yu Zhibo's eyebrows slightly raised. At this moment, his body felt tens of thousands of times heavier, each movement burdened by millions of pounds of pressure.
It was imaginable that any ordinary transcendent, even one at the Law level, would be instantly crushed into a pulp by such gravity. However, for Yu Zhibo, who had activated the Eight Inner Gates, it was merely a minor inconvenience.
A surge of vital energy coursed through his body, momentarily easing the oppressive weight. Yu Zhibo stomped on the air, causing it to thicken and emit a sonic boom as cracks appeared in space. His body then shot upwards like a cannonball.
In the Eight Inner Gates state, Yu Zhibo's hair stood on end, as if electrified by his vital energy, resembling a black-haired Saiyan. Free from the constraint of gravity, he accelerated towards the stone dragon.
As he dashed at extreme speed, the pupils of his Mangekyo Sharingan contracted and expanded, and a colossal golden Susanoo surged forth like burning flames, quickly coalescing into a majestic Heavenly Emperor phantom that nullified the surrounding energy waves.
Susanoo's energy was channeled into the Tai Chi Heavenly Emperor Soul Slaying Sword, extending its length from tens of meters to thousands of meters. It was covered in golden energy, resembling a golden ribbon, and due to its rapid movement, it appeared like a galaxy pouring onto the mortal realm.
"Roar~"
The stone dragon let out a sky-shattering roar. This sword strike had indeed ripped its soul out.
Once its soul left its body, the surrounding gravity field vanished.
The stone dragon's body began to fall, while its soul writhed in agony in mid-air. After a few breaths, it instinctively pursued its descending body.
Truly living up to the saying: The body flies in the sky, the soul chases behind.
However, Yu Zhibo would not let this opportunity pass. After taking a slight breath, an ancient mirror flew out from his eyes – the Samsara Creation Mirror.
"Capture it!"
Empowered by his ocular strength, the Samsara Creation Mirror instantly expanded from palm-sized to the size of a basketball court. Grayish light surged like a tide towards the stone dragon's soul, causing it to sink as if trapped in a mire of peculiar energy.
"Roar~"
The stone dragon's soul let out a silent roar. The Chaos Law erupted from its soul, and it actually broke free from the Samsara Creation Mirror's restraint.
Seeing the stone dragon's soul about to return to its body, Yu Zhibo's expression turned cold. He, along with his Susanoo, vanished from his original position.
The next second, the golden ribbon illuminated again. Yu Zhibo appeared between the stone dragon and its soul, slashing down at the approaching soul.
Instantly, the massive soul dimmed further, its size reduced by half.
"Capture it!"
Yu Zhibo activated the Samsara Creation Mirror again. This time, the stone dragon's soul could not escape and was obediently absorbed into the mirror.
[Ding! Congratulations to the host for killing a Chaos Law creature, obtaining 10 million energy points!]
"A Chaos Law creature..." Yu Zhibo murmured. His Susanoo dissipated, and the Tai Chi Heavenly Emperor Soul Slaying Sword and the Samsara Creation Mirror returned to his eyes.
He descended from the air and stood atop the stone dragon's massive head.
"Hmm? Something good!"
As if sensing something, he stomped his foot. The stone dragon's previously solid body, deprived of the Chaos Law energy that sustained it, became extremely fragile. This stomp instantly caused the massive head to crack and then shatter.
A gray-yellow sphere, exuding the unique aura of earth energy, floated in mid-air. The sphere was about the size of a soccer ball, emitting a yellow glow. Around it, land appeared and disappeared, along with visions of flora and fauna running and growing on the land, constantly flickering in and out of existence.
Yu Zhibo's face showed a hint of surprise. He flew closer to the sphere and immediately felt the earth-style jutsu energy within him become exceptionally active.
He extended his slender palm and grasped the sphere. Instantly, a clear electronic synthesized voice sounded in his mind:
[Detected host obtaining the Dragon Ball of Earth Essence. Do you wish to consume 5 million energy points to absorb it? Upon absorption, you can instantly evolve the Law of Earth Essence.]
"So that's why my lightning jutsu had difficulty breaking through its defense. It turns out this is also an Essence-level Law."
Yu Zhibo's heart rejoiced, and he immediately confirmed the absorption.
The moment the thought of absorption arose, the soccer-ball-sized original object instantly transformed into a yellow stream of light and merged into his palm. Subsequently, the earth-yellow fan-shaped pattern representing earth-style jutsu in his sequence core began to glow with vibrant light.
Normal attribute fan-shaped diagrams: dull luster, as if drawn.
Essence-level attribute fan-shaped diagrams: vibrant and luminous, with Law energy flowing, akin to the colors of Mythic gear in DNF.
After absorbing the Dragon Ball of Earth Essence, Yu Zhibo instantly felt his earth-style jutsu transform into Law, possessing power equivalent to the Essence-level of lightning jutsu.
At the same time, above the Divine Rank:
"Boom!"
A golden silhouette with a pair of Mangekyo Sharingan appeared on the Divine Rank, holding lightning in its left hand and earth power in its right, dispelling the thick fog above the Divine Rank.
Then, the golden silhouette ascended the steps, moving one step at a time until it stopped at the 61st step.
"Already leveled up to Divine Rank 61?" Yu Zhibo was overjoyed. Even more pleasing was that after absorbing the earth-element Dragon Ball, the Chaos Qi required to evolve his Nine Tomoe Rinnegan increased from the original 3347 strands to 9527 strands.
"Not bad, not bad! My third brother-in-law's Chaos Chain provided me with over three thousand strands of Chaos Qi after refining. After absorbing this Dragon Ball, not only did I not need to refine it, but it directly provided me with six thousand strands of Chaos Qi. And its level is only in the sixties. Truly an excellent experience pack."
Yu Zhibo sighed, feeling that the Realm Vein Land was truly full of treasures.
At this moment, with the comprehension of Earth Essence and the increase in his level, he felt incredibly powerful. With a thought, he recalled the mountain-like monster that had previously defeated him.
"I wonder what that red-eyed, red-mouthed monster can provide me?"
The next second, his body flickered with lightning as he shot towards the mountain.