The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 280 - 265 The New Talent of the Mysterious Turtle Shell_1

Chapter 280: Chapter 265 The New Talent of the Mysterious Turtle Shell_1

Panshi Fragment Land.

"Another Alien God."

Pang Jian’s eyebrows raised a notch.

His unsuccessful search for The Observer was momentarily forgotten when he saw the wooden figure of the Alien God silently descend upon Sky Fortune Fragment Land, stirring a sense of excitement within him.

"Whether I can condense more golden Divine Sense depends on whether I can hunt more Alien Gods and obtain more Divine Consciousness!"

He focused his attention to observe.

He quickly noticed that the ten-zhang-tall Woodman was not heading straight for the Corrosion Boundary Vine.

——He was taking detours.

During the detours, the flowers, plants, and trees near the Corrosion Boundary Vine withered and died one by one.

The evil Divine Power he spread slowly seeped into the earth, causing the roots of the trees to die and decay.

At this moment, the influenced warriors of the Wood Tribe were also fighting in a way that expended their lives.

Periodically, tribespeople of the Wood Tribe, shrouded with the aura of death, would collapse.

Most of the fallen tribespeople of the Wood Tribe were not killed by their own kind, but purely because the life force within them was rapidly exhausted.

The grey-brown eyes of the Outer Realm Alien God remained fixed on the Corrosion Boundary Vine from beginning to end, filled with excited light.

At the same time.

Pang Jian learned from the Corrosion Boundary Vine that this Outer Realm Alien God, who continuously spreads the essence of withering and death, was also its fated enemy!

Its true body couldn’t descend, but it was attached to a wooden carving by Divine Power, which it needed to eliminate as soon as possible.

Otherwise, its growth and advancement would be severely disrupted!

The secretly attacking Outer Realm Alien God could enhance its own strength by spreading the death intent that causes everything in Fragment Land to wither.

The combined vitality of Sky Fortune and Sky Rampart Fragment Lands and the flourishing of the vegetation were essential conditions for the growth of the Corrosion Boundary Vine.

Once the two Fragment Lands were turned into dead, desolate lands by the Alien God, it would have no choice but to seek a new place and restart its transformation path.

"Don’t worry, I will use all my power to help you hunt down this Alien God."

Pang Jian solemnly promised.

The thought of the magical Fragment Land he and the Corrosion Boundary Vine had painstakingly created potentially being destroyed by an Outer Realm Alien God caused a fierce murderous intent to surge within Pang Jian.

He suddenly stomped his foot and shouted, "Wake up, we’re going to the Lower Realm to hunt gods."

Deep within the heart of the earth, the Mysterious Turtle, busy digesting the Divine Power within the body of the human-faced spider Alien God, lazily sent out a questioning thought.

When it learned that Pang Jian was planning to lead it into a realm tainted by Filth Alien Power to hunt another Alien God...

It carefully considered for a moment and then refused Pang Jian’s invitation.

It frankly stated that its current state was not suitable for leaving Panshi Fragment Land, and a realm tainted by Filth Alien Power would also poison its flesh and blood.

Moreover, away from Panshi Fragment Land, its strength was far from what it was on this land.

It suggested that Pang Jian find a way to lure that Alien God to its Panshi Fragment Land for the kill.

"I will try and see if I can lead it to Panshi Fragment Land. If that doesn’t work, I will just have to kill it by force."

Pang Jian gazed again at the war unfolding in the Fourth Realm.

The Woodman walking in Cloud Marsh approached the Corrosion Boundary Vine, unrushed, destroying the nearby flowers and trees along the way.

From his posture, he planned to first wither the flowers and trees around the Sapling step by step.

Thus, the Sapling rooted in Cloud Marsh would not be able to rely on other flowers and trees for attacks in the battle below.

Seeing that the battle between the two would not explode immediately, Pang Jian deliberated for a moment and then teleported to Prayer Spirit Forbidden Land.

Diving deep into the earth, he placed the Mysterious Turtle shell within his chest, against his heart.

"Whoosh!"

The Mysterious Turtle shell suddenly radiated black and yellow brilliance.

Wave after wave, the life essence within his body was absorbed by the Mysterious Turtle shell. This strange shell, meticulously refined by the Mysterious Turtle, was endowed with new Divine Skills upon returning to his body!

——Control over gravity.

Pang Jian’s eyes lit up, and he immediately communicated with the Mysterious Turtle to comprehend the intricacies of the third Divine Skill.

He swiftly learned that the innate Divine Skill called "Control over Gravity" could be applied to himself as well as his enemies.

When applied to himself, he could become as light as a feather, almost unaffected by Earth’s gravity.

He immediately activated his innate ability and shot into the skies without the aid of any objects, "swooshing" up to a height of a hundred zhang.

In mid-air, he was enveloped in a black and yellow aura, and with a single thought, he could fly freely.

The sensation was like when Luo Hongyan was surrounded by blood mist.

"Swoosh! Huh-huh!"

As his life essence quickly drained, he flew back and forth high in the sky, rapidly mastering the knack of this talent.

"A hundred zhang is the utmost height at which this Mysterious Turtle shell allows me to fly."

"As for applying it to others..."

Enveloped in the black and yellow aura, he soared above the Forbidden Land, searching for targets to use "Control over Gravity" on.

After searching for a long time and circling a few times, he saw no life forms.

The Forbidden Land, once ravaged by Long Yan, was full of charred pits, with no Individual Cultivators or Sect powerhouses from the Xuan You Continent daring to tread in this fearsome and terrible place.

"Forget it, I’ll address this when I get to Cloud Marsh."

"Ready to return."

He communicated once more with the Corrosion Boundary Vine, instructing the Sapling to order the Wood Tribe members to retreat from the area where he was about to descend.

In the midst of battle, the Wood Tribe members with self-awareness began to retreat while fighting, quickly moving away from the Sapling.

Those corrupted by the Alien God were also taken away by these people, leaving the area where the Sapling was situated empty.

Moments later, a thousand miles of Cloud Land, behind the Corrosion Boundary Vine that the Alien God could not see.

"Swoosh!"

A dark shadow suddenly appeared and then swiftly burrowed into the ground.

At this time, the plants within a radius of ten miles centered on the Corrosion Boundary Vine withered away.

The Alien God from the Outer Realms, who had been wandering around the outer ring, finally came to a satisfied halt and after releasing its evil Divine Power to sense around for a while, it headed straight for the Sapling.

"Thud! Thud! Thud!"

As its footsteps touched the ground, waves of gray-brown light rippled out, contaminating the earth beneath its feet.

The vitality deep within the earth, and some very small insects, were all wiped out by those withering waves.

Pang Jian, who had shrunk beneath the ground using the "Burrowing" Divine Skill, could clearly see the rings of withering light killing the creeping bugs within the mud above his head.

Fortunately, the withering light only penetrated a dozen feet underground and did not continue deeper.

Otherwise, he would have been prematurely exposed.

"Hiss!"

Suddenly, resilient branches from the Alien God’s feet pierced into the ground below.

The thorny branches, fierce like serpentine Earth Dragons, were now underground, heading towards the Sapling’s rootstock.

In Pang Jian’s eyes, the robust rootstock of the Sapling looked like a huge python-like Sky Snake coiling around a mass underground.

Its rootstock suddenly shone with a green radiance.

Strong, emerald branches stood against the Alien God’s thorny limbs, and both sides instantly engaged in a fierce battle beneath the earth.

Vibrant life and withering Divine Power, like two different camps of celestial warriors, tangled with each other in the form of branches.

"Boom! Puff Puff!"

The ground beneath Cloud Land tore open into deep ravines due to the intensity of their battle.

The deep-green branches hidden within the earth, and the Alien God’s thorny branches, fought like countless vicious dragons within these ravines.

At that moment, the ancient male visage of the Alien God suddenly grew two small tentacles on its forehead.

The fierce battle forced it to reveal its Divine Power entirely, and its true appearance was also reluctantly uncovered to some extent.

"The Sapling has actually become this strong," it noted, surprised.

Seeing the tumultuous ripples of the battle spreading downwards, Pang Jian felt he could no longer stay concealed.

He simply activated his teleportation again.

The warrior, Pang Jian, who had been thirty feet under the ground, appeared by the roots of the Sapling in an instant.

"Swoosh!"

Pang Jian, standing under the bright Corrosion Boundary Vine, looked coldly toward the Alien God, whom he had encountered once before in the Prayer Spirit Forbidden Land.

It was suddenly taken aback.

The Outer Realm Alien God, who was emanating a sense of decay and in the midst of struggling with the Sapling—much like the spider-bodied creature Pang Jian had encountered before—also seemed quite astonished upon seeing him.

After all, their leader had changed his mind because of the presence of this man, and had hastily ended the bloody feast that should have taken place on the Prayer Spirit Forbidden Land before killing all of the human race.

Coldness and anger gradually filled its eyes.

It was certain that had it not been for the black-clothed youth before it, holding up heads one by one, they would have been able to completely annihilate a powerful group from the Third Realm, feasting on their flesh and bones to grow stronger.

It was because of this youth that they lost their leader and failed to accumulate enough significant power.

"We meet again," said Pang Jian, the visitor from the Fourth Realm, with a nonchalant greeting.

As he spoke, he threw out the Star-shattering Umbrella, summoned the Astonishing Spear, and gripped the Nine Suns Tripod in his hand.

The large umbrella hovered high above; he stood under the Corrosion Boundary Vine and summoned a Qingying Spiritual Power Strong Shield.

"Sizzle!"

As soon as the shield was formed, it was tainted by the Filth Alien Power.

"Die!"

The Alien God, with its gray-brown cold eyes, suddenly locked on to Pang Jian.

A wave of light containing withering evil power surged out from the Alien God’s chest cavity and instantly shattered Pang Jian’s Qingying Gang Shield.

"Boom!"

Pang Jian was lifted into the air and slammed hard against the trunk of the Corrosion Boundary Vine behind him.

A number of tender green branches immediately stretched out and wrapped Pang Jian into a green cocoon.

The Sapling, thinking Pang Jian was gravely injured, hurriedly treated him as quickly as possible, fearing he might be killed at the first encounter.

"No need."

Pang Jian shook his head and fought his way out of the cocoon, surging with life energy.

His chest was searing with pain, and he felt the rush of the filthy Supernatural Ability invading him, but his bones and internal organs had not fractured.

The robust physique of the "Phantom Bone Realm," combined with the toughness of the Mysterious Turtle’s shell, had allowed him to withstand the strike from the Alien God even as the shield shattered.

"I’m fine. Its Divine Power is terrifying, but because you and it are still fiercely battling, I can take it."

Pang Jian double-checked himself discreetly, just in case.

Soon enough he was certain that, with all his own methods employed, he could indeed withstand an attack of that caliber from the Alien God.

"I am confident that I can help you kill it," he asserted.

Pang Jian directed the Star-shattering Umbrella.

"Whoosh!"

The umbrella, emitting brilliant star and moonlight, floated toward the Alien God under his divine consciousness’s control.

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