The Law Patterns on a Divine Artifact were, in essence, a type of Barrier.
And for Chu Sheng, as long as it was a type of Barrier, it could be broken.
[Realm-Breaking Claw!]
Chu Sheng lifted its thin mosquito leg and swiped lightly at the outer defensive light screen of the All Things Return to Origin Bell.
Sharp Spatial Power flashed, and a gash the width of a fingernail instantly appeared on the light screen.
Jiang Xinglan jumped in fright, instinctively shrinking back.
That was a Master Level creation—the Law Patterns of a Divine Level Upper-Grade Defense Treasure!
’It was cut open that easily?’
Chu Sheng couldn’t care less whether it was Master Level or not.
It dove straight into the torn opening, preparing to enter the All Things Return to Origin Bell.
But the body of the All Things Return to Origin Bell blocked its path.
It kicked with its front leg, and only a "DONG" rang out.
The All Things Return to Origin Bell didn’t budge an inch.
Seeing this, Jiang Xinglan threw his head back and roared with laughter.
His earlier panic vanished without a trace.
"Hahaha!!!"
"You certainly gave me a scare when you broke through the Law Patterns just now."
"But you didn’t expect the body of the All Things Return to Origin Bell to be this hard, did you?"
"Its body was forged from Celestial Profound Iron mixed with Divine Crystals. Only extremely rare materials were used."
"Forget about a Little Demon Beast at the Void Refining Realm First Layer like you."
"Even if a True God Realm expert came, they wouldn’t be able to destroy the bell’s body in a short amount of time!"
The more Jiang Xinglan spoke, the more smug he became, once again raising his head in arrogance.
"The Eight Great Clans have surely received news of Qingyao’s death."
"The Patriarchs must have already sent experts, and they’re rushing over here right now."
"In one minute at most, the experts from the Eight Great Clans will be here."
"In just one minute, it’s impossible for you to do any damage to the body of the All Things Return to Origin Bell."
"Once the experts from the Eight Great Clans arrive, you and Gu Yuexi can just wait for death!"
"When that time comes, I will personally grind you to dust, until not even a speck remains!"
Chu Sheng ignored Jiang Xinglan’s taunts and flew two laps around the bell’s wall.
It was suddenly reminded of a scene from a famous book, and its compound eyes slowly lit up.
Chu Sheng glanced at the smug-faced Jiang Xinglan inside the bell.
It used Realm-Breaking Claw again, cutting a small opening in the light screen above the All Things Return to Origin Bell.
Then it extended its proboscis, aimed at the metal shell of the All Things Return to Origin Bell, and started drilling right into it.
Its proboscis had been strengthened many times, making it sharper than the horn of a Kang Metal Dragon.
SZZZZ—
A faint grinding sound arose.
In the blink of an eye, Chu Sheng drilled a tiny hole in the All Things Return to Origin Bell.
The hole was thinner than the eye of a needle.
Forget a person—not even a single finger could fit through it.
But for Chu Sheng’s tiny body, it was more than enough to slip through.
With a flutter of its wings, it dove into the All Things Return to Origin Bell and landed unsteadily in front of Jiang Xinglan.
"Where are the people coming to save you? How come they’re not here yet?"
Chu Sheng wiggled its six legs and spoke with a grin.
The smile on Jiang Xinglan’s face froze instantly.
He was completely stunned.
He never would have imagined...
...that Chu Sheng wouldn’t use brute force to break the bell, but would drill a hole and come right in!
’What kind of bizarre play was this?!!’
"You... you stay away!"
Jiang Xinglan was truly afraid.
His face was deathly pale as he continuously backed away.
Soon, he bumped into the inner wall of the All Things Return to Origin Bell, with nowhere left to retreat.
His current pathetic state was a stark contrast to his earlier arrogance.
"Weren’t you shouting up a storm just now?"
Chu Sheng closed in step by step, its tone laced with mockery.
"Go on, shout! Why have you gone quiet?"
As it spoke, Chu Sheng channeled its Divine Power, and the Five Elements Law began to cycle before it.
The five lights of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth intertwined, quickly coalescing into a terrifying, fist-sized ball of light.
This ball of light was a Skill from the Five Elements Technique, containing the Power of Law from the five elements: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth.
Generating and overcoming one another while being compressed together, it was extremely unstable.
To put it bluntly, it was a Five Elements Law bomb.
With just a thought from Chu Sheng, this bomb condensing the five Laws would instantly detonate.
It would blast Jiang Xinglan into oblivion, leaving not even a trace of his Divine Soul.
Jiang Xinglan knew very well that in his heavily injured state, he had no way of blocking this ball of light.
His knees went weak, and he was about to carry on the Jiang Family’s fine tradition—kneeling and begging for mercy to save his own skin.
Suddenly, a series of urgent whooshes sounded from outside the bell wall.
Jiang Xinglan whipped his head around to look outside the All Things Return to Origin Bell, his eyes instantly bursting with ecstatic light.
"Ye Guxuan! Chu Nianci!"
He cried out in pleasant surprise, his voice trembling.
"Quick! Save me! Come in and save me!"
Jiang Xinglan had always considered himself the number one prodigy of the younger generation among the Eight Great Clans.
He had always looked down on both Ye Guxuan and Chu Nianci, feeling they were unworthy of being compared to him.
In the past, Jiang Xinglan would never have asked these two for help. It was too humiliating.
But now that he was on the verge of death, what was face worth?
He could no longer care about his pride as a prodigy and shouted for help to Ye Guxuan and Chu Nianci outside.
At this moment, Ye Guxuan and Chu Nianci were in no mood to mock Jiang Xinglan; their expressions were incredibly grave.
They never would have imagined that Gu Yuexi would actually dare to kill Jiang Qingyao, catching them completely off guard.
They were completely unprepared.
They could only watch helplessly as Jiang Qingyao’s soul scattered, without even a chance to intervene.
After Jiang Qingyao’s death, they didn’t dare to be careless, keeping their full attention on the situation.
Although they didn’t truly believe Chu Sheng could break the All Things Return to Origin Bell—after all, it was a Divine Level Upper-Grade Defense Treasure with its Defense Power maxed out—they didn’t dare to be the slightest bit negligent, terrified of another accident after the lesson learned from Jiang Qingyao’s fate.
They had to at least hold out until the experts from the Eight Great Clans arrived before they could lower their guard.
But before the experts from the Eight Great Clans could arrive to save the day, Chu Sheng had already broken through the All Things Return to Origin Bell.
How long did it take?
Five seconds?
Or three?
It was so fast that Ye Guxuan and Chu Nianci couldn’t even react.
In the brief moment they were stunned, Chu Sheng had already drilled into the All Things Return to Origin Bell.
Fortunately, the two of them were already prepared to act.
The moment they saw Chu Sheng break through the All Things Return to Origin Bell, they rushed over without hesitation.
They finally arrived on the scene just before Chu Sheng could unleash its ultimate move.
Next, as long as Jiang Xinglan recalled the All Things Return to Origin Bell, they could immediately rush in and block Chu Sheng’s Attack.
’If the three strongest members of the Eight Great Clans’ younger generation joined forces, could they really not handle one tiny mosquito? What kind of Spirit Realm joke is this?!!’
"Jiang Xinglan, quickly retract the All Things Return to Origin Bell! We’ll deal with this mosquito together!"
Divine Power circulated in Ye Guxuan’s hands, and a heavy, earth-elemental light instantly bloomed as he prepared to help Jiang Xinglan block the Attack.
Chu Nianci also summoned her Lifebound Magical Treasure, ready for battle.
Jiang Xinglan was overjoyed and quickly replied, "Okay! Just a second!"
Just as he was channeling his Divine Power, preparing to retract the All Things Return to Origin Bell, Chu Sheng suddenly moved.
It didn’t throw the Five Elements Light Ball in its grasp at Jiang Xinglan, but instead called out softly.
[Mortal Realm! Activate!]
A pure white Power instantly descended, enveloping Jiang Xinglan completely.
Jiang Xinglan, who was just about to channel his Divine Power and retract the All Things Return to Origin Bell, suddenly felt an emptiness inside his body, as if he had been completely hollowed out. He couldn’t muster even a shred of Divine Power!
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