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Chapter 1791 - Chapter 1791 Chapter 781 Mysterious Black Light First Slaying

Chapter 1791: Chapter 781: Mysterious Black Light, First Slaying of the Tomb Beast Chapter 1791: Chapter 781: Mysterious Black Light, First Slaying of the Tomb Beast Witnessing a Tomb Explosion devour a Great World and personally seeing a Newborn Stage Tomb Beast consume a Heavenly Sovereign, both Han Yi and Li Qiankun felt extremely somber.

As they fled south, midway they encountered another Tomb Explosion. This one, though not as calamitous as the one that devoured the world, was still significant. Li Qiankun stepped into it himself, glimpsed the core for a moment, and then retreated.

Upon coming out, his expression looked even worse.

“In this Tomb Explosion too, a Tomb Beast is being nurtured. Although it’s still in its Newborn Stage, not yet at the You Shengqi Stage, it is nevertheless significant.”

“If these Tomb Explosions increase in number, it would be a disaster for the entire Tao Domain.”

Han Yi remained silent. Thousands of years ago, he had witnessed such a scene in the Heavenly Destiny Tao Domain.

The growth stages of a Tomb Beast can be divided into Newborn Stage, You Shengqi Stage, and Mature Stage. A You Shengqi Stage Tomb Beast can consume half a Heavenly Sovereign, and a Mature Stage Tomb Beast is even a challenge for High-level Venerable Sages.

“Daoist Han, you seize the formation and let’s see if we can slay this You Shengqi Stage Tomb Beast.”

After pondering, Li Qiankun’s expression became stern, and he spoke to Han Yi, then took out a three-legged bronze cauldron.

The appearance of this bronze cauldron sent a chill through Han Yi’s heart.

This bronze cauldron was not a Tao Artifact but shockingly an Ancient Artifact.

Its aura, just like the nine giant bronze columns of the Nine Heart Exquisite Chaotic Dao Formation which Li Qiankun had previously revealed in front of the seventh Tao Spirit stele, seemed to originate from the same source, with similar characteristics in their aura.

Seeing this, Han Yi also took out the Feast Sacrifice Divine Axe, preparing to flank the formation. He also wanted to assess the strength of the Newborn Stage Tomb Beast, with Li Qiankun present as a reassurance.

He believed that together, even a Heavenly Sovereign could be contested.

Seeing Han Yi retrieve his weapon, Li Qiankun no longer hesitated, dragging the giant cauldron back into the Tomb Explosion.

Tomb Explosions are chaos caused by Tao Tombs, fundamentally chaotic mutations that degenerate, causing Chaotic Power to mutate and become solely destructive. This kind of force naturally spreads outward, corroding everything around, but currently, in the Chaos, Tomb Explosions are few because the Chaos suppresses the Tao Tomb, significantly slowing its deterioration.

According to the calculations of the powerful, this situation should last for a hundred thousand years, which corresponds to the first stage of the Tao Tomb Ripple. It would be at the second hundred thousand years that Chaos could no longer suppress the Tao Tomb, deepening its deterioration.

Once the Tao Tomb deteriorates further, Tomb Beasts begin to appear in the Tomb Explosions. The first ten thousand years are likely to be the Newborn Stage of the Tomb Beast, during which the beasts generally don’t break out of the Tomb Explosion, and accordingly, their impact on Chaos is minimal.

Only after the first ten thousand years, as the Tomb Beast grows into the You Shengqi Stage, will it emerge, consuming the regular chaos and any worlds it encounters within the boundaries of the Tomb Explosion.

During this stage, the Tomb Beast still cannot detach from the Tomb Explosion.

Then, after another thirty thousand years, the Tomb Beast reaches the Mature Stage, where it can leave the Tomb Explosion, wander in the regular Chaos, break into Great Worlds, devour the forces of worlds, and grow even larger. The Power of Destruction it carries causes even middle-tier and high-tier Heavenly Sovereigns to tremble in fear.

The appearance and rampage of the Tomb Beast mark the second stage of the Tao Tomb Ripple.

This was the information about the Tao Tomb Ripple and Tomb Explosions that Han Yi had secretly discovered after returning from the Heavenly Destiny Tao Domain.

This news had much more detail than ten thousand years ago when the Tao Tomb Ripple had just emerged and the spacetime was unstable.

At this moment.

Having stepped back into the Tomb Explosion, Li Qiankun was undaunted by the destructive power within, directly rushing into the core. The three-legged bronze cauldron in his hands suddenly shone brightly, transforming into a colossal cauldron and ruthlessly crashing down.

Boom!!

The bronze-colored light, emitting a strong force of Taoism, seemingly able to suppress Chaos, directly collapsed the dark space at the core of the Tomb Explosion.

A gigantic beast, about a thousand zhang long, was flung out from the core of the Tomb Explosion.

This beast, identical in appearance to the one devouring the world and the Heavenly Sovereign that Han Yi had just seen, however, was much smaller in size. What was different was that this beast, despite suffering a powerful attack, still had its eyes closed.

This was a Newborn Stage Tomb Beast. Only once it reached the You Shengqi Stage would it open its eyes, signifying a massive increase in its strength.

An odd, piercing sound emanated from this Newborn Stage Tomb Beast, somewhat resembling the cry of an eagle, but even more acute. This sharpness penetrated deep into the Divine Soul, giving Han Yi quite a shock.

If this had been an ordinary Tao Realm here, it was very likely that its Tao Soul would have been shattered by this piercing cry, leaving only the Dao Body to fall here.

But whether it was Han Yi or Li Qiankun, neither were ordinary Tao Realms, and this sharp cry’s impact was almost negligible to them.

With a wave of Li Qiankun’s Tao Force, the bronze cauldron swept across the sky, striking the thousand-zhang Tomb Beast again. But this time, the beast seemed prepared–the surface at the point of impact glowed with a black light, mitigating the force of the collision.

Moreover, this black light was almost like a solid, in a semi-solid fluid state, writhing and changing. The black light attached to the bronze cauldron began gradually to envelop it.

The portion of the bronze cauldron that was covered, its surface bronze light was continuously devoured by the black light, and the actual black light that landed on the bronze cauldron began corroding its surface.