Becoming an immortal against the will of heaven

The vortex spun faster and faster, its range continuously expanding until, finally, the entire sea of blood was churning along with it.

At the same time, the pressure emanating from the vortex had become terrifying to the extreme. Chen Tian had to mobilize all the spiritual energy in his body just to barely resist it.

“Wooo… Woooo…”

His eyes narrowed slightly, Chen Tian released his spiritual sense and scanned the Xuanwu weapon spirit's body, wanting to investigate the reason.

However, after a sweep, Chen Tian was horrified to discover that the reason for the Xuanwu weapon spirit's trembling was not because of insufficient spiritual energy, but rather stemmed from a fear deep within its soul!

This was an extremely incredible thing. It was important to understand that the Xuanwu weapon spirit, as a powerful demon beast that had existed since ancient times, was known as one of the Four Sacred Beasts along with the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, and Vermilion Bird! Its status was high, and its bloodline was noble enough to look down upon the world!

Even the wooden puppet old man had revealed a strong sense of horror the moment he saw it, so there were very few things under the heavens that could make it afraid.

But at this moment, when facing this rapidly spinning vortex, the Xuanwu weapon spirit's body was trembling incessantly, as if there was something beneath the vortex that filled it with unparalleled fear.

Upon noticing this, the surprise in Chen Tian's heart not only didn't diminish but instead grew even stronger. His gaze darkened as he continued to look into the vortex.

As for the wooden puppet old man, he was also in a very bad state at this time, because this huge vortex was like a bottomless pit, constantly extracting the spiritual energy from his body, and before long, his body's spiritual energy was close to exhaustion.

At this moment, the wooden puppet old man's eyes sharpened, and he stretched out his left hand to grab at the void. Before long, the last four remaining rune giant trees suddenly appeared behind him.

It could be seen that each of these four rune giant trees had a huge, strange flower growing on its top, and wrapped inside were Cao Fangcun, Pu Suanzi, and the others!

And as soon as they appeared, a strange light shone from within the strange flowers, followed by streams of light extracting from them, continuously pouring into the wooden puppet old man's body.

These streams of light were actually the spiritual energy from Cao Fangcun and the others.

And as the spiritual energy was constantly extracted, the aura of Cao Fangcun and the others, who were trapped by the huge strange flowers, became increasingly weakened.

As for the wooden puppet old man, although absorbing the spiritual energy of Cao Fangcun and the others alleviated some of the predicament he was facing, it was far from enough!

After all, the power required to maintain the rapid operation of this vortex was simply too enormous.

The wooden puppet old man seemed to know this as well. After quickly thinking for a moment, his expression suddenly became firm. Then, with a wave of his left hand, a milky white jade bottle suddenly appeared.

“Heavenly Dao Spring!”

When Chen Tian saw this jade bottle, his expression also changed drastically, because he recognized that inside this jade bottle was the Heavenly Dao Spring that everyone had taken out before.

However, the wooden puppet old man's expression was still firm. After glancing at the body of the bottle, he opened the seal and took out two drops of the Heavenly Dao Spring that emitted a dazzling light, and then swallowed them into his mouth.

“Boom!”

It could be seen that just after the wooden puppet old man swallowed the Heavenly Dao Spring, the aura on his body had increased hundreds or thousands of times! Endless momentum surged out, causing a raging storm to sweep through the space here.

Even Chen Tian was swaying from side to side in this storm.

But Chen Tian didn't have time to be surprised, because at this moment, an even weirder scene appeared!

It could be seen that under the influx of the wooden puppet old man's crazy spiritual energy, the rotation speed of the huge vortex had reached its limit, like a tornado, stirring up all the blood.

“Buzz…”

At this moment, a clear sound suddenly burst out from the bottom of the vortex, and then, a ball of purple light slowly floated up!

The moment he saw this ball of light, the fear in the Xuanwu weapon spirit beneath Chen Tian's feet had reached its peak, and it couldn't help but collapse to the ground, its body trembling even more violently.

However, looking at the wooden puppet old man, he seemed even more excited at this time. His eyes were obsessed, and his smile rippled, as he muttered to himself as if intoxicated: “Master! Oh, my dear master! Tens of thousands of years! I can finally see you again!”

“What? Master!” When Chen Tian heard the wooden puppet old man's mutterings, his heart couldn't help but tremble.

It was only at this time that Chen Tian finally understood what was going on!

Just now, the wooden puppet old man had said that his biggest goal was to devour his master's primordial spirit, so as to become the king of the demon race in the world!

And now it seemed that this strange ball of light floating out from the bottom of the vortex should be his master's primordial spirit!

Thinking of this, Chen Tian suppressed the strong surge of fear in his heart and looked at the ball of light again.

It could be seen that within this ball of light, there was a black bear with black fur floating, its limbs bent, and its expression peaceful, as if it was sleeping.

Although its size was only that of a kitten, the aura emanating from it was enough to destroy the heavens and the earth!

Seeing this, Chen Tian suddenly lowered his head and glanced at the Xuanwu weapon spirit beneath him, which was still trembling. He finally understood that it must have been the aura emanating from this black bear that caused the Xuanwu weapon spirit to become so panicked.

After frowning, Chen Tian looked at the ball of light again.

It was just that at this time, in addition to shock, there was also a strange feeling that arose spontaneously from the bottom of Chen Tian's heart.

Chen Tian suddenly felt that he seemed to have felt the aura emanating from this black bear somewhere. It was just that Chen Tian couldn't remember where he had felt it for a moment.

Of course, Chen Tian also understood that this was not the time to pursue these things, because there was still a huge crisis in front of him!

Chen Tian knew that once the wooden puppet old man merged with the primordial spirit of this black bear, then its strength would instantly skyrocket hundreds or thousands of times! At that time, even with the help of the Xuanwu weapon spirit, Chen Tian would not be able to do anything to it!

Thinking of this, Chen Tian immediately made up his mind that no matter what, he had to kill the wooden puppet old man before he merged with the primordial spirit!