880 Cursed Fate
Di Tian swallowed an unknown pill, drastically increasing the vitality of his fleshly body. Then, without hesitation, he sacrificed his blood energy to open the seventh layer of the pagoda.
He rapidly became as thin as a mummy in the process, but he did not care; all he cared about was success.
While doing all this, he did not stop multitasking and attacking with the hand of death. Wang Wei bore the brunt of the attack, injuries all over his body. However, his eyes remained closed, lost in the vast ocean that is the truth known as the Grand Dao Source.
[1% Grand Dao Source]
The River of Chains behind him materialized, and his strength drastically increased. A subtle change appeared on his Law Altar as he felt all his primary laws were liberated and elevated to a higher level of existence.
However, Wang Wei knew this was not the time to be distracted as time ran out. His danger sense went on overdrive as Di Tian opened more layers of his pagoda.
His intuition warned him that if he did not succeed before the latter opened the ninth layer, he would die without leaving any bones left, and it would be true death without any escape.
Boom!
Di Tian's aura had an explosive growth. His sheer presence made the void fluctuate a little. His current thin body also made him look more menacing than ever.
Then, without hesitation, he condensed even more power of death in the colossal hand before dropping it on his opponent.
Boom!
Wang Wei's left side of his body exploded into a mist before disappearing forever from this world; his array appeared that it would not last long after a few attacks from the seventh layer.
Regardless of his current situation, Wang Wei did not open his eyes. He made his Primordial Spirit composed of trillions of particles, with each particle capable of thinking independently as if it were him.
So, he only dedicated one particle to pay attention to the outside world and response.
Boom!
The Emperor Artifacts on the east and west of Wang Wei exploded, releasing a massive amount of energy. However, before the energy traveled out in this finite void, two more Emperor Artifacts appeared and absorbed the energy released by their predecessor, thus strengthening the Four Direction Array.
Another Death Hand from the seventh layer dropped on Wang Wei. However, with the new formation upgrade, his injuries were minimal to nonexistent.
Di Tian paused as he watched what had happened; this method was a great way to bypass the limitation of only using three artifacts in the battle, showing that the final battle was not as fair as it appeared. After all, luck is also a requirement to become Emperor, so people born from great families and factions have a higher chance since their birth is a manifestation of their great luck.
'Thank you for the idea,' thought Di Tian with a sneer. He summoned three Emperor Artifacts as well before exploding them into oblivion. Then, he directed the intense energy from the explosion to his pagoda–even healing his previously damaged body.
Di Tian watched how the process of opening the eighth layer dramatically accelerated. However, a deep frown appeared on his face. This tactic successfully accelerated the process; however, he encountered another trouble.
His body and soul could not bear controlling the rampaging energy of three Emperor Artifacts while also opening the Pagoda's layers and resonating with the Grand Dao Source.
'If this continues, I will die before I even succeed.'
Di Tian hesitated only momentarily before a ruthless light flashed in his eyes. He will open the eighth layer at any cost. Then, he will reduce the number of artifacts sacrificed to one.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Three more artifacts exploded, making the people watching this legendary, almost mythical, battle cry in pain; they could not believe the Di Clan was so rich that they were willing to provide their Heaven Chosen with so many Emperor Artifacts; no, they did not think their family had so many in the first place.
Of course, only a few could deduce that this wealth belonged to Di Tian, not the Di Clan. However, such a fact was even more shocking as an individual was more wealthy than even Emperor lineages with 4 to 5 Emperors.
[Samsara Pagoda 8th Layer]
Di Tian opened the eighth layer but found cracks on his Innate Emperor Quality Primordial Spirit. The Bodhi Tree was trying to heal it but could only prevent further deterioration. After all, the tree was in its infancy despite Di Tian having it for countless reincarnations.
He paid attention to Wang Wei, and his eyes squinted.
'2%, and it's already close to 3%.'
Di Tian knew he only controlled 3.5% of the Grand Dao Source. Unlike Dao Ancestors, who have direct access to the Grand Dao Source, people like them with the Ten Supremacy Foundation can only convert their Law Comprehension into the Grand Dao Source.
So, with his years of understanding the law, his Law Altar turned half purple after breaking the restrictions on him. So, after converting them into the Grand Dao Source, he comprehended 3.5% of the Grand Dao Source.
The reason for his current strength is the superimposition of the Grand Dao Source and the power of his Ten Supremacy Foundation–which equaled 5% of the Grand Dao Source.
Finally, his Proving Dao Artifact reached an unimaginable level after the Nine Samsara Baptism, a second baptism after achieving Ten Supremacy since it's connected to him, and a third baptism after he comprehended the Grand Dao Source.
Di Tian looked forward to proving the Dao and what level it would reach after a fourth baptism of the Grand Dao Source after becoming an Eternal Emperor.
But now, if he did not make the correct choices, he might never see such a day.
Di Tian did not waste time by dropping the Death Hand with the eighth layer on Wang Wei. He guessed his opponent's Law Comprehension and Foundation was more profound than him. So, his strength will soon reach and surpass him.
So, the only true advantage he had was time.
Boom!
The mighty hand forcefully brought Wang Wei out of his state of [Intangibility], even destroying his Four-Direction Formation. Immediately, Wang Wei felt all the previous damage to his body as his life force rapidly passed away.
The spirit particle in charge of the situation would die if he did not do something. So, he used one of his backups–Quantum Array.
He did not use this array as he did for Zhen Chao during his trial. With Di Tian's current fleshly body, all his atoms now had a will or consciousness. So, the moment he tries to harm him with the quantum size arrays, his body would naturally react and remove them.
His purpose in using them was on himself. Wang Wei chose to use them similar to nanobots, controlling them to repair his damaged body. The Quantum Arrays can multiply infinitely, so he used their large number to deal with the terrifyingly pure death energy inside his body.
So, after killing trillions upon trillions of these arrays, the death energy was gone, and the arrays could fix most of the damage to his body.
'How pure,' thought Wang Wei, seeing how 95% of his arrays died; he spent years letting them reproduce inside his body to reach such a number. Wang Wei wanted to use them as a means to aid his regeneration.
However, after using them once, they became useless and needed more time to replenish their numbers.
'Hum? So soon?' thought the spirit particle with a smile.
[3% Grand Dao Source]
Di Tian's facial expression became grave. Before reaching such a level, he spent billions of years understanding the Dao and had access to Nine Pillar's inheritance and conjecture about the Ten Supremacy Foundation.
But now, someone else used one lifetime, a few hundred thousand years, to reach the same level as him.
He gritted his teeth as he waved his hand to summon a sphere with a seal containing the character for [Samsara]. He looked at the seal with a look of reminisce.
This seal was his Bloodline Artifact in his first life. It used to be the Creation Seal, but he had to change it during his second life. After his defeat at Qiyuan's hand, he placed the artifact into a special Innate Treasure that could continue to nourish it as if it were still part of him.
Di Tian tried to take both artifacts through Samsara and failed, so he left this one in the world to nourish and become more powerful with time. His plan was to fuse it with his Samsara Pagoda, making it even more powerful.
However, after the first Samsara Baptism, he discovered the first layer of his Pagoda had mutated, so he decided to wait until he proved the Dao completed the mutation before the final fusion.
However, with each failure and reincarnation, the mutation intensified. At the same time, Di Tian also realized his strength was becoming more powerful with reincarnation after absorbing the seed of power.
He was not stupid, so he realized that he might be destined to lose nine Heaven Will Battles. Then, on the tenth attempt, his strength and Proving Artifact would be perfected, and he could successfully prove the Dao.
Di Tian had long theorized this was the fate weaved for him. However, he did not want to accept such a fact, so he buried these thoughts deep in his mind.
'I won't lose again. I will break free from this curse, prove the Dao, and see Ning'er again.'
