The Shadow of Immortality-Chapter 118: the Decisive Strike and the Beast’s Secret

Clark advanced with a powerful attack. Numerous dense clones appeared, covering him. He quickly changed his face and hid among the crowds of clones.

Everyone saw what Clark was doing while they attacked from all sides.

Clark smiled, and a strong light shone.

His right hand strengthened, forming a powerful fist. That fist rose to his chest and stopped.

While his left hand rose, clenched like someone holding something precious.

A white aura condensed and flashed in his left fist.

Everyone felt the powerful aura.

The battle continued daily, and the giant bear had no chance to recover.

Meanwhile, Clark prepared an attack at the peak of seventh rank, terrifyingly powerful.

The first finger rose.

Everyone looked in terror, holding their breath.

This scene had been seen by Jin before, but the Wu Clan members stopped in horror.

Wu Han Ting quickly swallowed his saliva.

• "Sword Seals of Heaven!"

The First Sword: Hearing!!!

The bear’s ears were cut off by a strong, terrifying light aura.

Swoosh!

The bear’s blood flowed like rivers.

And it screamed with a terrifying voice. Rocks and trees shook.

Meanwhile, the Immortals flying above the bear like flies were terrified.

The bloody killing intent became terrifying and frightening for everyone.

Soon, the bear moved nimbly.

Bam!

Clark received a very strong punch, knocking him to the ground.

His ribs were visible, and his defense was severely damaged.

Clark looked at the immortal-level Extreme Move from the Judgment Path, seventh rank. It was severely damaged.

"Steadfast Mountain" resembled a dung beetle with hard, metallic wings.

But now it was seriously injured and needed recovery; he couldn’t use it.

As for his Immortal Essence consumption, it was intense, and the violent backlash had severely injured him.

The weakness of the Light Sword Seals of Heaven, and also the regular ones, is that when using them, you cannot move.

They are strong against humans, but that bear possessed extremely strong defense and resilience.

• "My Immortal Essence has decreased, while my injuries are severe. My shoulder bones are visible, while half my body’s bones are shattered. Many of my bones pierced my lungs, and breathing became harder than usual."

• "Healing is very difficult now. What should I do?"

• "Should I flee? No, no, things haven’t worsened. Hope still exists. If not, I will carve my own path."

• "There is no despair; there is only a weak person who cannot carve their path. Hahahahaha!"

Clark rose again.

He healed himself quickly. Fortunately, he possessed the defensive method from the Star Path: "Serpent of Stars."

Serpents condensed around Clark’s body while he flew among the stars.

He condensed giant, powerful fists.

Boom! Boom!

Violent collisions caused explosions.

Every time the giant bear attacked Clark’s body, the stars exploded, and its mind and thoughts scattered more and more, and it received stronger blows.

Everyone’s morale was boosted, and they attacked fiercely.

Suddenly, a giant blue dragon appeared, with a long, terrifying body.

The horns on its head were huge, white hair covered its head, its claws were giant and extremely sharp, and its tail was sharp like a sword.

But more terrifying was its breath, which emitted cold, sharp air.

The giant bear was severely injured and kept spitting blood.

Powerful!

While Jin’s giant tail struck the bear’s back fiercely, and he spat his sharp breath that shattered the bear’s body.

Everyone intensified their attacks from all directions.

The giant bear received the blows while standing in a strange manner.

Clark felt a prickling in his head. Thoughts collided. He felt there was an aura of an immortal-level Extreme Move inside the celestial beast.

Soon, Clark shouted:

• "Everyone, move away! It still possesses a trump card!"

Clark flew quickly.

Boom!!!!

A giant explosion condensed, carrying the bear.

Some died, others suffered severe injuries.

Due to the Sword Dragon’s speed, Jin managed to escape with minimal damage.

While Clark didn’t receive any injury.

On the contrary, Wu Han Ting was on the brink of death. He could barely stand, trying to heal himself and escape.

Soon, he saw the shadow of a giant fist above his head.

Bam!!!

He was crushed into the ground like meat paste.

Clark looked while the dragon’s long eyebrows condensed. The matter was annoying for the two.

Only a group of disabled and injured individuals remained, scattered in the place.

And this giant bear targeted them, ignoring Jin and Clark.

Clark thought quickly.

• "That attack... it’s from the Soul Path! The immortal-level Extreme Move, eighth rank: ’Soul Shock’!!!"

• "How does this insane beast possess it? Because of that, it managed to evolve to this extent and possess eighth-rank battle strength at Saint-level. But how was it hiding it like this from everyone? Even I didn’t notice it."

• "This is annoying. This bear can think in a strange way."

Soon, thoughts collided with swords, and intense flashes condensed in Clark’s mind.

• "Fine, I understand. This move needs time to activate and also cooldown time. And this bear hasn’t advanced to Abyssal Beast rank to unleash its supreme potential."

• "Meaning there’s still hope to kill it and seize the spoils."

• "Fine, I need to think of a plan."

In mere seconds, Clark knew what to do.

The risks were severe.

But he bet on everything.

He mentally communicated with Jin.

• "Listen, I will link with this bear. You and I will attack together from behind. Use your strongest strikes, and I will use my strongest. We’ll attack its soul directly and deprive it of life immediately, tearing its body apart. I’ve dismissed the idea; it’s difficult."

Jin responded with a roar, announcing his agreement without even mental communication with Clark.

A blue sword burst from Clark’s fist and grasped the bear’s soul.

He didn’t want to link his soul with the bear now because the giant bear’s soul would definitely endure more than Clark’s soul, which was still human after all and hadn’t reached celestial beast soul strength.

In reality, the Spectral King Venerable’s soul was the size of mountains and possessed a thousand arms over its entire body. It was towering and terrifying. That soul, even without using the main body’s strength, could match Venerables.

Thinking of that, Clark felt excitement to condense his soul to that level.

But to know the secrets of the Soul Path, he must obtain the true Spectral King Venerable’s heritage.

Jin attacked with his giant tail and sharp breath, and Clark directed his fists with dense attacks.

The bear was tense amidst the situation and no longer knew what to do.

Soon, it roared loudly.

Boom!!!

Clark was in a pitiful state, and Jin was no less.

The two looked on in terror.

The blue sword was crumbling, and the bear’s soul was also crumbling. For when the blue sword linked to its soul attacked, it actually attacked itself too, not just Clark and Jin.

Alongside the dense injuries it received from Clark and Jin’s soul attacks, it also attacked its own soul with eighth-rank strength.

Blood burst from Clark’s mouth.

His body was injured; half his bones were visible in a terrifying and frightening manner.

Jin’s horns were also shattered, and he was no less pitiful than Clark—not physically, but spiritually.

To heal those injuries, he needed nothing less than three months of sleep. That was the only thing that could save him.

Meanwhile, the killing intent faded in the bear’s eyes.

It was on the verge of death.

Clark smiled a bloody smile.

• "Fine, I didn’t expect I would use the Black Blade: Sky-Severer."

• "That move that split the Central Continent and created a complete great river. That move that terrified the entire world, feared by Kang Hua."

• "Hei Qing merged it with the Soul-Linking Blade."

• "The Blade Path gathers overwhelming and chaotic power."

• "While the Sword Path gathers power and stability."

• "They balance each other."

• "In truth, although Hei Qing stole from Kang Hua, the idea of merging four paths..."

• "Although merging the Soul, Blade, and Sword Paths would only result in weakened move power, with Clark, it won’t affect much."

Clark’s left hand rose with a white, strong, transparent aura.

The bear looked in terror at the move’s power, while Jin continued directing strikes without any mercy.

The bear thought of the imminent danger of death.

Soon, the bear’s eyes turned blue.

Suddenly, it remembered.

It was a forest full of green scenery.

Birds chirped happily and beautifully.

A small, cute child played beside his father.

His father was the strongest in history. Although his father adopted him, he loved him.

He knew his father was the strongest in the world: the oppressive Demonic Venerable, the Spectral King, with terrifying power, mastering the Soul Path.

There were always two men who shared the same ambition.

They were known for seeking to break the world’s limits, shatter Heaven, and understand the true Dao.

They were the Spectral King Venerable and the Great Dao Venerable.

These two shared these insane ideas; each had his own method.

While the Spectral King Venerable saw only killing.

Killing embodied all his emotions: love, hatred, sadness, anger, pain, happiness, despair, hope, truth—all embodied in one word for him: Killing.

After that, the two descended into a giant cave, going down in ranks until they reached the last floor.

A floor where the aura of the ninth-rank immortal-level Extreme Move "Derivation" appeared.

The Spectral King Venerable said:

• "Your talent is poor. I want to strengthen my son using Transformation Path methods. I will add new, advanced Dao Marks to strengthen you. But do you trust your father? I won’t do anything you hate."

The son smiled.

• "Do it, Father. I will only do what you want and love. Your happiness is my happiness."

The Spectral King Venerable smiled, while inside he was extremely cold.

All that was only to reveal the hidden truth behind everything.

Killing wasn’t enough to reach the truth.

Although killing is absolute in everything.

Even Heaven’s Will uses Heavenly Tribulations and influences humans to kill each other.

1 + 1 = 2. That’s how Heaven’s Will sees it. It doesn’t want the number one; removing the excess is more important than anything.

Another example: sacrificing pawns on a chessboard and preserving the important pieces.

To be continued...