Asura Emperor Venerable
Chapter 278: The Second Use of Light Element

Chapter 278: Chapter 278: The Second Use of Light Element

Shi Hao parried, but after just a few moves, he was defeated by the Rotten Corpse.

"Pathetic!" the Rotten Corpse said coldly. Had it not been for the maggots crawling out of the decay holes on its face, the statement would have been much more imposing.

Zhao Tian and the others were greatly shocked. If even Shi Hao, who was from the Other Shore Realm, was captured, how could they possibly stand a chance?

As expected, the Rotten Corpse made its move and quickly subdued everyone.

At that moment, more Rotten Corpses appeared, but they were sluggish and couldn’t compare to this one.

Upon seeing Shi Hao and the others, these Rotten Corpses became excited.

The large Rotten Corpse emitted a peculiar fluctuation and then said, "This is a tribute for the Crown Prince, not something you can touch!"

Under its suppression, these Rotten Corpses restrained their craving for the flesh of living creatures and obediently seized a person each, following the large Rotten Corpse.

Exactly as expected.

Shi Hao said in his mind.

He had intentionally been captured. Otherwise, with his speed, he could have escaped, even if he couldn’t defeat them, especially since this large Rotten Corpse only had the combat power of Five Islands level.

Why did he do this?

Because the paths here were convoluted and filled with various traps; it was too difficult to find a way out.

In that case, it was better to be captured directly and let them take him to where he needed to go.

As they walked, these Rotten Corpses took a direct route, as if the maze didn’t exist.

Therefore, it didn’t take long for them to walk out.

The environment suddenly became bright, but they were not outside; instead, they returned to the previous large stone chamber, with entrances appearing on the walls all around, and torches still burning as if the oil inside was inexhaustible.

Shi Hao and the others were brought next to the altar, where, aside from them, many others lay with their throats sliced open, bleeding profusely. Yet, looking at the ground, only one groove had blood flowing in it, and it wasn’t spreading everywhere.

"Gahaha, boy, I’m going to slaughter you with my own hands!" the large Rotten Corpse said earlier, stepping forward with heavy steps toward Shi Hao.

On its feet were metal-made iron shoes, no wonder they were so heavy.

"You can’t!" Shi Hao suddenly sat upright.

What!

The large Rotten Corpse showed a look of shock and disbelief.

It had clearly restrained Shi Hao; how could he still move?

Shi Hao smiled: "How could I let you think you succeeded in bringing me here?"

You fell for it!

The large Rotten Corpse finally realized this, but quickly let out a sinister laugh: "Living boy, you’re too arrogant. In this place, do you think you can make any difference?"

Shi Hao shook his head: "Deliberately setting traps here to separate those who enter and then defeat them one by one, what does that tell us? Your strength is insufficient, hollow, so you can only resort to such methods."

This!

The large Rotten Corpse was stunned, at a loss for words.

But after a moment, it sneered: "Wait until the Prince is born, then you all will merely be food."

"Oh?" Shi Hao smiled and punched the altar with force. Dark Force exploded, boom, causing the altar to tremble.

"You dare!" The large Rotten Corpse was so frightened that it trembled and hurriedly rushed over to stop Shi Hao.

Shi Hao nodded: "Indeed, that so-called Prince is inside this altar."

They were brought here for a blood sacrifice, and that so-called Prince was in the altar.

—The Prince from the ancient Gulang Country?

"Die!" the large Rotten Corpse roared, opening its mouth to spew a black light towards Shi Hao.

But Shi Hao glanced over; what light was this? It was a mass of insects!

As soon as these insects were spat out from its mouth, they flapped their wings and flew towards Shi Hao, spreading wide as if they were countless arrows raining down.

How to block?

Everywhere was surrounded.

Zhao Tian and the others all showed looks of despair, unlike Shi Hao who was seemingly subdued, they were truly restrained. Thus, their only hope was Shi Hao.

But now, they really couldn’t think of how Shi Hao could fend off such a strike.

Previously, Shi Hao had been defeated by the colossal Rotten Corpse, and although it was intentional, it still left a psychological shadow on them.

Shi Hao smiled casually, waved his hand, and boom, flames burned fiercely, turning those bugs into ashes in an instant.

What!

Zhao Tian and the others all showed looks of shock—that was resolved way too easily.

Soul Power released!

They all flashed this term in their minds before they turned their incredulous gazes toward Shi Hao.

This guy actually possessed a one-in-ten-thousand talent!

The giant Rotten Corpse also paused momentarily but immediately charged again, swinging its hands, several of its fingers revealing bones, but its nails were pitch black like ink, emitting a foul stench.

Deadly poison!

Hehe, Shi Hao chuckled, his forehead lit up, and condensed into an intensely strong beam of light.

"Ah!" the giant Rotten Corpse screamed, stumbling back immediately.

Damn, not again!

This was still a significant threat to it, especially the concentrated beam of light, the more solid it was, the stronger its destructive power.

Huh?

Shi Hao had a thought, had he underestimated the power of the Light Element?

Let’s try this.

He released another beam of light, hitting the giant Rotten Corpse and concentrated it with his Soul Power, intensifying it to the extreme.

The beam of light was initially as thick as a head, but on such concentration, it swiftly shrunk to the thickness of a finger.

"Ah!" the giant Rotten Corpse cried out even more miserably, smoke billowing from the spot hit by the beam of light.

It should be noted, this giant Rotten Corpse was from the Other Shore Realm, its strength was absolutely extraordinary, but it was actually smoking from a hit by the beam of light, revealing how terrifying the beam was.

If it directly hit the eyes, wouldn’t it blind them?

What if it was more solid?

Shi Hao wanted to further condense the beam of light, but at this stage, compressing it further became extremely difficult, with each compression being incredibly taxing.

Gather!

Shi Hao exerted his full strength, and instantly, the beam narrowed further, turning into the size of a chopstick, with a loud bang, the giant Rotten Corpse had fallen to the ground, its forehead cleanly sliced open, smooth as anything.

The condensed beam of light was unexpectedly sharp, effortlessly shaving off the roof of the giant Rotten Corpse’s skull, causing it to immediately "die" again.

—Even though it was already a Rotten Corpse, it could actually die yet again.

Shi Hao quipped over there, but Zhao Tian and the others were like they were in a dream.

As powerful a being as the giant Rotten Corpse, had actually been killed by a beam of light?

Is this a dream?

And moreover, wasn’t the Light Element super lame, only useful for illumination? Now, it had developed such power?

From now on, who would dare call the Light Spirit Root lame!

Shi Hao nodded, if he could condense the beam of light even more, its power would be unimaginably terrifying.

From now on, with a sweep of his finger, could he slice through mountains?

He stopped thinking about this and looked towards the altar.

Clatter clatter clatter, a disordered sound of footsteps came, and more Rotten Corpses emerged, emitting a stench that filled the air.