Chapter 603 - 602: Amaterasu Yuan: Want to Steal the Divinity? No Way
Chapter 603: Chapter 602: Amaterasu Yuan: Want to Steal the Divinity? No Way
Amaterasu cradled the crystal box, his eyes filled with reluctance as he gazed at the Divine Crystal inside.
"Tens of thousands of years of accumulation, and all for this single drop."
He muttered to himself, his voice thick with regret.
"Absorbing this with an Emperor’s Body... it’s such a waste."
He looked up at the dark clouds in the sky.
The eighth wave of the Celestial Tribulation was brewing; the heavy clouds had already been stained a terrifying crimson-purple.
The churning thunder within emanated an aura of destruction so potent it could drive even Emperor Realm experts to despair!
Although he had absorbed his avatar, the Rain Maiden, causing his power to surge to the Late Stage Emperor Realm and placing him just a single step from the peak, he knew deep down...
...that with his current strength, surviving the eighth and ninth waves of the Celestial Tribulation was nothing but a pipe dream.
His final trump card was this priceless drop of divinity in his hand.
Only by absorbing it could he break through to the Peak of Emperor Realm.
He might even be able to touch the threshold of the Demigod Realm.
Only then could he withstand the final two waves of the Celestial Tribulation and survive.
Amaterasu gritted his teeth, a look of grim determination on his face.
He slowly reached out, preparing to take the Divine Crystal hovering inside the box.
At that very moment.
An incredibly faint whistling sound came from behind him.
’How could another living creature have survived within the range of the Celestial Tribulation?’
Puzzled, Amaterasu turned his head.
A tiny bug was speeding toward him.
The bug’s target was unmistakably the divinity in his hand!
A single sweep of Amaterasu’s Divine Thought was all it took to recognize the aura—it belonged to the mosquito he loathed down to his very bones!
"You again!!!"
He roared in fury. Without a second thought, he raised his fist, imbuing it with the terrifying pressure of the Emperor Realm, and viciously smashed it down on the tiny bug.
A dull THUD echoed.
The tiny bug was pulverized, leaving not even a speck of dust behind.
Staring at his fist, Amaterasu finally felt a satisfying release, as if venting a long-held frustration.
But before he could even breathe a sigh of relief...
BUZZ BUZZ BUZZ—
The incessant, skin-crawling drone suddenly erupted from all directions.
Puzzled, Amaterasu looked up toward the source of the sound.
What he saw left him completely stunned.
At some point, he had been completely surrounded by a dense, swarming mass of tiny, varied insects.
There were Spirit-Devouring Worms that fed on Spiritual Qi, Demon Bees with venomous stingers, bizarrely shaped Gu-bugs, and even...
Cockroaches???
Lice???
’How are these things, which should only be able to crawl, flying?’
’Is this even logical?!!’
Amaterasu had lived for tens of thousands of years. He had weathered every storm imaginable, but he had never witnessed a scene so utterly preposterous.
But he had no time to ponder whether the bugs were logical or not.
The crimson-purple clouds above were descending ever lower, and the eighth wave of the Celestial Tribulation could arrive at any moment.
He had to get rid of these buzzing nuisances as quickly as possible, before the Celestial Tribulation struck.
If these insects interrupted him during the critical moment of absorbing the divinity and caused him to fail, he would be truly and utterly doomed.
"A swarm of suicidal fools!"
Amaterasu snorted coldly. He raised a hand, summoning waves of black flame that swept across the surrounding insect army.
The power of a casual strike from a Late Stage Emperor Realm expert was truly terrifying!
A thick, acrid smell of burning instantly filled the air wherever the black flames passed.
The myriad insects were utterly helpless, incinerated into ash in an instant.
In a matter of moments, the dense insect army surrounding him was wiped out.
"Hmph! Pathetic little tricks."
Amaterasu curled his lip in disdain and once again focused his attention on the crystal box in his hand, preparing to begin absorbing the divinity.
But before he could even reach into the crystal box again...
BUZZ BUZZ BUZZ—
That skin-crawling drone started up once more.
Amaterasu looked up in astonishment.
He saw that in all directions, another army of bugs, almost identical to the last, had appeared, and their numbers were even greater than before!
"A mosquito carrying an entire army of bugs on its person?"
"Does that make any FUCKING sense!!!"
Amaterasu couldn’t stop himself from cursing out loud.
RUMBLE!!!
Suddenly, a deafening peal of thunder echoed from the sky.
It was as if reminding Amaterasu to get a move on, as if to say, *I’m still waiting to smite you.*
Amaterasu had no choice but to wave his hand again, summoning the black flames and easily annihilating the second wave of the insect army.
But when he once again prepared to reach for the divinity...
BUZZ BUZZ BUZZ—
The third wave of the insect army arrived.
"IS THIS EVER GOING TO END!!!"
Amaterasu’s composure shattered completely, his face twisting into a mask of savagery and rage.
This was like a person sleeping; a single mosquito bite might not wake him.
But if ten, a hundred, or a thousand mosquitoes bit him all at once, how could he possibly stay asleep?!
The same principle applied here.
Although these insects were weak and couldn’t cause Amaterasu any substantial harm...
...if he was disturbed while absorbing the divinity, it would very likely lead to failure!
The consequence of failure, without a doubt, was being blasted to pieces by the subsequent lightning.
After a moment of rage, Amaterasu quickly calmed down.
’This damned mosquito... it’s just trying to use these pests to constantly harass me, to keep me from absorbing the divinity in peace...’
’...ultimately causing me to fail my tribulation and be utterly annihilated!’
From Chu Sheng stealing the entire national treasury of the Sakura Country...
...to Chu Sheng shifting a Celestial Tribulation that should have been his own onto the five of them...
...to Chu Sheng constantly intercepting the Life Essence they had converted.
Amaterasu had already lost count of how many times he had been played by this seemingly insignificant mosquito.
At this point, he had played all his trump cards; his only path forward was to absorb the divinity.
’And still, this mosquito refused to let him go!’
"Damned mosquito! I will absolutely not let you get your wish!"
His composure regained, Amaterasu ignored the surrounding insects.
With a single thought, he summoned the barrier of his Emperor Level Domain.
The insects swarmed it, but couldn’t even cause the faintest ripple. They could only buzz uselessly outside.
"This is an Emperor Level Domain. Let’s see how a measly little Emperor Realm bug like you intends to break it!"
Amaterasu snorted coldly. He no longer looked at the annoying insects outside, focusing all his attention on the Divine Crystal in his hand.
He gingerly removed the Divine Crystal, preparing to begin absorbing it.
Had Chu Sheng failed?
Of course not!
He was waiting for this very moment!
The previous insect armies were merely a prelude.
It was all to make Amaterasu mistakenly believe that these pathetic tricks were the only ones he had.
Moreover, Amaterasu was suppressed by the Celestial Tribulation and couldn’t unleash his full strength.
So naturally, he wouldn’t waste too much energy dealing with Chu Sheng.
He would inevitably focus all his energy on absorbing the divinity to deal with the impending Celestial Tribulation.
And this moment was the perfect opportunity for Chu Sheng to make his real move!
With a thought, Chu Sheng acted.
Ten avatars of the Ancient Sacred Mosquito, each with the same strength as his main body, silently appeared around Amaterasu’s Domain Barrier.
Then, the ten "Chu Shengs" simultaneously raised their front legs.
[Realm-Breaking Claw]...