Perfect World

Chapter 518: Chapter 518 True Solution
 

Shi Hao dashed past, his Black Gold Battle Armor gleaming without a stain of blood. Behind him, specks of blood marked his trail as Zhao Qi’s body fell, dead from a tragic fate.

All of this happened in an instant, shocking everyone in the hall.

The crowd reacted swiftly, sealing the hall and cutting off Shi Hao’s path forward. Everyone quickly recovered, their eyes burning with eagerness as they stared at the bone texts in his hand.

The hall was enormous, filled with the chaotic mist.

For a moment, no one spoke. They had just been fighting fiercely, but now all had gone silent, the atmosphere tense, with a palpable murderous intent brewing within the ancient temple.

Shi Hao paused, trapped once again in their midst, all attention focused on him as he held the bone texts, which felt somewhat rough to the touch—the remnants of some Ferocious Beast.

He looked down at the bone, dull and lusterless, yet heavy, weighing thousands of pounds despite its palm-sized dimensions.

Shi Hao squeezed the bone, finding it extremely hard, resistant to external force.

In a way, Zhao Qi had succeeded by throwing the scriptures to Shi Hao, turning everyone against him. Unfortunately, it cost Zhao Qi his life.

The hall was vast and expansive, built in an unknown era, where all that was left was simplicity and plainness.

The murderous intent spread, and people circled Shi Hao in the center, poised to strike with the force of lightning!

“Hand over the bone texts!” the Nine-Headed Snake rasped, its pupils shooting cold beams as it flicked its tongue, its massive body blocking the way.

The Ironblood Ancient Tree had already recovered, leaves lush, rooted in the void, all tinged red as if engorged, ready to launch its most powerful attack at any moment.

Then there was the Blue Dragon, flapping its enormous wings and swinging its long tail, stirring up waves of blue lightning, staring intensely.

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On another side, Xuan Ming, Bi Gu, and others also took advantageous positions, looking for opportunities. The scripture’s value was immeasurable; even the Sect Hierarchs from the higher realms would fight over it.

The situation was perilous, yet Shi Hao didn’t rush to decide whether to throw it away to frame others or keep it for a forceful breakthrough—it all happened in a moment’s thought.

He bowed his head, extending his Divine Sense in this critical moment, intending to glimpse the treasures recorded within.

As soon as his Divine Sense touched it, it triggered a prohibition, making the dull bone glow and releasing a burst of Sun Essence Fire in golden flames, dancing violently.

Shi Hao was startled and hurriedly protected himself. An ordinary person would have been instantly reduced to ashes, unable to survive.

Bear in mind, the Sun Essence Fire is one of the fiercest heavenly flames in existence, extraordinarily hot, capable of melting both magic artifacts and bodies into ash.

For a moment, the area was unbearably hot, the firelight partially clearing the chaotic mist, brightening the surroundings.

Even those around him recoiled in surprise, retreating rapidly as the fire spread far, nearly affecting the nearby powerhouses.

A Golden Crow Taoist in a radiant Feather Cloak, his face excited, eyes ablaze with fervor, couldn’t help but shout: “This is left by the Heavenly Emperor, a priceless heritage for our clan!”

“Stop him!” others also cried out, fearing Shi Hao would uncover all the scriptures.

The giant golden giant was the first to act; despite losing an arm, he was still fierce, conjuring a golden mountain that rapidly enlarged, turning into a massive golden peak in the blink of an eye, suppressing Shi Hao.

The Blue Dragon spewed bolts of lightning and conjured a bell; each toll disorienting and utterly eerie, keeping others at bay.

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The chaotic mist stirred, Sun Essence Fire burned, various precious symbols danced about, and magic artifacts fell, boiling the very ground!

Shi Hao faced a crisis, his eyes electric, striving to break through the light screen formed by the fire essence, fixating on the bone to discern its recorded contents.

“Boom!”

The golden peak approached, warping the void, a Primordial Divine Mountain refined by the ancestors of the giant golden giant, already transformed into a Divine Spirit Artifact.

It carried an infinite golden scarlet light, shattering Shi Hao’s protective divine light.

Shi Hao, eager to read the scriptures, didn’t fight back but instead chose to evade, stepping sideways, moving away like the giant Peng bird, as the huge mountain crashed down, the ancient temple rumbling ominously.

If not for the vastness of this temple, preserved by supreme taboo powerhouses, it would’ve long been reduced to dust. Even so, it was like a massive earthquake, shaking violently.

“Shriek!”

Scarlet filled the sky, leaves fluttered wildly, the Ironblood Ancient Tree furious, previously damaged by Shi Hao, the power of reincarnation causing it to age, now seeking revenge, all its bloodied leaves turning into light blades, slashing down.

“Bind!”

Shi Hao shouted lightly, opening ten caves, immobilizing the void, halting those leaves momentarily, and then he moved again, shifting to another area.

“Kill!”

The Purple-gold Ant attacked; though only a few meters long, its Divine Power was astonishing, stronger than the giant golden giant, launching a palm strike in its human form, purple mist billowing.

The force and mysterious power forced everyone back, feeling immense pressure even from a distance.

Shi Hao was shocked, yet he did not resist, employing Kun Peng’s technique once more, retreating like a fleeting light, still intent on examining the bone texts to understand them fully.

“What shall we do, should we make a move?” the prodigies and noble ladies from the higher realms were also tempted, yet they did not wish to plunge into the mire first, instead waiting for an opportunity to emerge.

Engrossed, Shi Hao finally saw the inscriptions, capturing the dense characters, shocking him instantly.

“This is…”

The characters were not unfamiliar, trembling in his hands the moment he saw the beginning, for they were too familiar—the Primal True Solution, etched onto this piece of bone.

The Willow Deity had once mentioned that some forbidden figures had seen the first chapter of the Primal True Solution. It seemed her words were not false; otherwise, why would it be recorded here?

“Boom!”

Immense pressure came as all the Venerable Ones acted together, like a Star River exploding, scarlet light burning, engulfing the area.

Shi Hao withdrew his Divine Sense, unable to look any further, as he was in absolute crisis.

He evaded quickly, avoiding the storm.

Upon enlargement, the bell of the Blue Dragon trembled delicately, with ripples everywhere, following closely and shaking his Primordial Spirit so violently that it nearly left his body.

Shi Hao was startled and realized he had been too careless, for observing the scriptures had led him to a perilous situation.

“Divine Fire burns the sky!” a Golden Crow Taoist shouted, raising his hand to unleash golden flames that enveloped the little figure as tall as a fist, intending to burn it to ashes.

“See how you escape this calamity!” the giant golden giant also bellowed, the golden mountain crushing down towards Shi Hao’s body.

Other people also made their moves, striking towards both his body and his Primordial Spirit.

In this most perilous moment, Shi Hao’s mind remained calm; though his divine soul had left its shell, it did not panic. He treated his body as a Treasured Artifact, activating it and escaping far away in an instant.

It was a narrow escape, and he barely avoided being blasted into oblivion!

“Ss!”

A flash of divine light, and his Primordial Spirit rushed back into the brow center, returning inside his body, his eyes suddenly lighting up, no longer distracted.

At the same time, he threw out the scripture, choosing a relatively powerful Venerable One—the Nine-Headed Snake—and then he retreated to the side.

“Hmm?” everyone exclaimed in surprise.

The eyes of the Nine-Headed Snake flickered, it coiled the bone texts with its tail, cautiously watching everyone before darting away, attempting to escape the ancient temple.

“Ss!”

Two Golden Crow Taoists made their move, unexpectedly activating some prohibition that ignited Sun Essence Fire within the ancient temple, which blazed fiercely.

“Ha ha… This is indeed the ancestral land of our clan!” the Venerable One of the Golden Crow Clan rejoiced, his laughter thunderous.

“Attack!” The prodigies and noble ladies of the higher realms acted, Shui Yue wielding a large net that sparkled like a sky full of stars, enveloping and binding the Nine-Headed Snake.

This was a treasure, and as the Nine-Headed Snake struggled, it was momentarily unable to escape.

Shui Yue chose not to retract the net but rather to retreat.

“Boom!”

The giant golden giant unleashed a golden mountain, crashing it down and making the Nine-Headed Snake cough up blood profusely. It was extremely unwilling, ultimately flicking its tail and hurling the bone texts through a hole in the net.

The Sun Essence Fire boiled, a flame wrapping around the scripture and heading towards the Golden Crow Taoist’s location, which led the Ironblood Ancient Tree to mercilessly strike down with a branch, causing the Golden Crow Taoist to cough blood incessantly.

In the temple, as the Sun Essence Fire blazed, everyone used treasures to protect themselves, resulting in a chaotic and fierce battle.

Shi Hao rushed to the bookshelf, channeling the strong essence blood on the ground in that direction, trying to activate the Array and obtain the second ancient scripture to see what it was.

Clearly, he was not the only one with this intent; Xuan Ming, Hong Huang, and others were also taking action, their expressions calm and speaking little when they saw each other.

Nearby, the Purple-gold Ant and several other Venerables also behaved similarly.

The essence blood drawn into some recesses in the ground caused mysterious changes. Lines of light brightened up, and the Array revived, lifting the bone texts from the stone bookshelf as anticipated.

At that moment, the stone arch was breached; Xuan Ming was extremely quick, the first to reach it and grasp the bone texts.

The Purple-gold Ant was incredibly powerful with innate divine strength, and treasuring its evolved precious symbol and Magic Artifacts, its attack power was astonishing. It spat out a Purple Gold Hammer and with a ‘thud,’ knocked on the stone arch, shattering the light screen.

With a swish, it surged forward.

Xuan Ming’s expression changed, and he looked to Bi Gu, Hong Huang, and others for help.

“Ss!”

A precious scarlet fan appeared in Hong Huang’s hand, and with one sweep, a violent wind and blazing fire overwhelmed the Purple-gold Ant, its divine power immense.

It was a terrifying impact; the fan’s power was boundless, rolling the Purple-gold Ant away while also causing Xuan Ming to falter and fall from his stone arch, dropping the scripture.

Lan Yu, Bi Gu, and others flew up, fighting over the bone texts.

“Ding!”

A distant chime sounded as the Blue Dragon swooped down, leading with that bell like a giant bell across the sky, causing souls to tremble and nearly leave their bodies as everyone retreated. It then caught the bone texts in its mouth.

Determined to obtain this scripture, Shi Hao leapt into the air, striking with all his might.

After some time, the Supreme Bone could naturally shine again; he activated the Power of Reincarnation, sweeping the vast expanse and launching indiscriminate attacks.

People screamed and scattered.

Anger and alarm filled the Blue Dragon, as it was the first to face the impact, using a Magic Artifact to defend.

“Ding!”

The bell dulled, struck by a character, flying outwards with dense cracks appearing and a vast light enveloping it.

The Blue Dragon roared violently, shaking intensely, but its body shrank from its peak to a younger phase, its divine power diluted and rapidly diminishing, which filled it with dread. It turned and fled.

“Boom!”

Shi Hao charged, punching out and shattering the giant dragon’s mouth, the bone texts falling out. He grabbed them and then turned to leave.

“Could this be the second chapter of the Primal True Solution—’Detaching’?” he mused to himself.