I Contracted All Ancient Divine Artifacts

Chapter 73: Chapter 73: Plot Extinction, Escape to Ascension

Within the Heaven-Sealing Five Locks.

The violently trembling world gave Li Shutong the opportunity.

The seal loosened, and a faint stream of power squeezed out from his body, and Li Shutong immediately reacted.

White mist burst forth, enveloping him completely.

On the lake surface.

One side covered in white mist, while the other surged with black mist, the two collided, neither giving way.

”Li Shutong!”

Nightmare was filled with fear, manipulating the three chains he had conjured to attempt to control Li Shutong once more.

The latter’s expression remained indifferent, his clothes billowing without wind, forcibly breaking open the chains binding him.

A clang.

Both seemed to hear the sound of the illusory chains breaking.

Before Nightmare could react, a fist appeared right in front of him!

The situation was dire, and he could not resist! Nightmare’s heart was filled with reluctance, but in that brief moment of shock, Li Shutong shattered the powerful sealing artifact, the Heaven-Sealing Five Locks, with his fists.

Outside, Han Zhan grasped the Bodhi Treasure Tree in one hand, his gaze fixed on the sphere of flesh that he had smashed to pieces.

Suddenly, with a boom, the sphere of flesh shattered from the inside, revealing Li Shutong’s figure.

”Teacher!”

”Grandfather!”

Xia Youwei and Li Lingzhen shouted in delight, and hearing their voices, the fierceness in Li Shutong’s eyes eased slightly.

”Teacher, where is the Tier Nine Insect Emperor Nightmare?”

”I have heavily injured him. Nightmare’s power largely lies in illusion skill, and once the illusion is seen through, his flesh body is not strong.”

”Be careful of him attaching to you from the shadows.”

”Don’t worry, Teacher, he won’t escape.”

Before Li Shutong could finish speaking, Han Zhan once again unleashed the Bodhi Treasure Tree, its golden light enveloping the entire area in an instant.

The radiance from the treasure tree spilled over, each leaf emitting dazzling light.

These lights covered the entire area, weaving together to form a gigantic golden net.

Before long, they heard a scream from above.

A mass of black gas manifested under the net’s constraints, it was none other than the Tier Nine Insect Emperor Nightmare!

Nightmare had originally planned to hide in the shadows, waiting for an opportunity to attach to one of them.

But he never expected.

This unremarkable human Spirit Contract Master could actually wield the Bodhi Treasure Tree.

The Bodhi Treasure Tree is most suppressive of his illusions and spiritual soul, being a treasure that carries the world, it can see through all deceptions!

Nightmare’s human-like face showed a frightened expression, too late to react further.

”This can’t be!” he shouted in shock.

The Bodhi Treasure Tree was a treasure discovered by the Insect Race in ancient ruins.

Human Spirit Contract Masters are fundamentally unable to use it.

Everything happening before him completely overturned his understanding.

Not just him, even Li Shutong looked at his student behind him with a look of astonishment.

Han Zhan could use the tools from the relics?!

Before they could comprehend it, the Bodhi Treasure Tree once again emitted its light.

This time, the originally dim transparent sphere hanging from the Bodhi Tree suddenly released a vast suction force.

It absorbed the Tier Nine Insect Emperor, along with the giant net wrapped in golden threads, into it, completely devouring and disappearing without a trace.

”You captured the Tier Nine Insect Emperor?”

”He was already heavily injured, I just seized the opportunity,” Han Zhan explained to the surprised crowd.

After the Bodhi Treasure Tree recognized him as its master, Han Zhan became even more adept at using this treasure, shocking everyone with his skill, momentarily showcasing his prowess.

”Teacher, the Tier Nine Insect Emperor Nightmare has been dealt with, the threat is eliminated!”

Li Shutong looked at Han Zhan, his youngest student, and nodded with satisfaction.

”If not for you, this would have been quite troublesome, I didn’t misjudge you.”

Li Shutong praised Han Zhan generously.

Even Li Changhao, who still had some dissatisfaction towards Han Zhan, kept his mouth shut and said nothing about challenging him.

It’s a joke, thinking about facing millions of war spirits, he was already sweating.

”This crisis came suddenly, I need to talk to the old guys at other companies. You have worked hard, go rest first.”

Worthy of the one who challenged the Three Great Insect Emperors, immediately after a plot against him, Li Shutong remained calm and composed.

Everyone nodded.

Just as they were about to leave, Li Shutong called Han Zhan aside.

”Han Zhan, stay a moment.”

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Insect Race territory, Endless Sea of Blood.

This is the Insect Race’s lair, where thousands of High Level Insect Race are hatched and born every moment.

The sky was dyed blood-red.

The air was filled with the unique scent of the Insect Race.

A phantom figure slowly took form in the Sea of Blood.

With a splash.

The blood membrane enveloping it burst, and the Tier Nine Insect Emperor Nightmare emerged slowly.

Outside, several insects had been waiting for quite some time.

They did not come in their true forms.

One shadow was a phantom insect shape, reflecting the heavens, filled with eyes all over, each emitting a sinister light.

Another was a ten-thousand-meter high flesh puppet, filling almost the entire Sea of Blood, its massive flesh lumps leaking yellow-green pus, forming pools below.

The last was an endless darkness, as if the darkness itself was its body, constantly polluting the surrounding space. As it stood longer, the area under its dark cover grew larger.

The other figures subtly released energies, resisting this erosion.

Seeing them, Nightmare nodded.

”A dignified Tier Nine Insect Emperor, looking so miserable. If not for the Endless Sea of Blood, you might have already perished.”

A mocking voice echoed. The speaker’s tone full of discontent, more so, disdain.

Nightmare glanced at the flesh puppet who spoke, then at the silent phantom shadow, and finally at the endless darkness, speaking, ”My task is complete.”

”Was it Li Shutong who killed you?”

”No, he only severely injured me, unable to kill me. I was killed by a lowly human.”

”Anyone below Tier Nine is an ant. An ant able to kill you?”

A surprised voice emerged, Nightmare recalling the situation, his voice filling with inexplicable emotions.

”He used the Brahma World to kill me, and controlled the tool!”

”What!”

”How could a human use the tool, are you talking nonsense?”

”What good does it do me to lie about this, we inadvertently discovered another future enemy of the Insect Race, didn’t we?”

Nightmare spoke coldly, deeply dissatisfied with their skepticism.

”Tell me his name.”

”From Li Shutong’s memory, I gathered he is Li Shutong’s ninth student, Han Zhan.”

The ability for a human to use relics concerned the Insect Race, placing Han Zhan at the top of their kill list.

This was just an accidental revelation, gathering the Four Great Insect Emperors here clearly meant something more significant.

From the darkness emerging an ancient voice spoke, ”Have you tested Li Shutong’s power? Better or worse than before?”

After a brief silence, Nightmare responded, ”Not as good as before.”

Upon hearing this answer, the Four Great Tier Nine Insect Emperors in the Endless Sea of Blood fell silent.

Soon, laughter increased. ”Hahaha, then the plan proceeds as usual!”

”This year’s end will be the day Li Shutong meets his doom!”