Chapter 457: A figure walking out of thin air
Translator: Sparrow Translations Editor: Sparrow Translations
"It's... quite yummy?!"
When Fang Zhengzhi's voice echoed through the field, everyone froze...
That thing is edible?!
"Sister Yan, has he lost his mind? Is the Fruit of Dao... even edible?" PIng Yang looked at Fang Zhengzhi, her face flushed and filled with shock.
Chi Guyan did not speak.
She stared at the figure in the blue long sleeved shirt. Even she had not tried something this crazy before.
Yun Qingwu didn't speak either, but she had lost her cool. Her expression was conflicted, almost as if she couldn't bear to watch, yet she had a steely determination to see it through.
Behind her, the demon soldiers looked at each other, unable to understand what Fang Zhengzhi was driving at.
But one question flew through their minds.
"Is it... really yummy?"
The Dragon Protection Squad, Mountain Breaking Army, and Southern Region soldiers were all at a loss for words.
"Is he comforting himself?"
That was what they all thought...
Even though they didn't know what the Fruit of Dao tasted like, they knew that if it was destroyed, or eaten...
That meant that it was gone!
All that work was destroyed!
He must have lost his mind!
Even if he wasn't crazy, he definitely wasn't thinking straight.
Everyone thought that Fang Zhengzhi was simply comforting himself. They could only imagine the pain of losing a Fruit of Dao.
However, they couldn't bring themselves to approve of his actions.
Eating it...
Would not solve any problems.
If eating it could solve the problems, then, this world...
Hang on!
What was he doing?
Just as they were contemplating advising Fang Zhengzhi against it, Fang Zhengzhi shoved the second fruit into his mouth and swallowed.
"Boom!"
At that moment, everyone felt a bolt of lightning crash to the ground, stunning all of them.
They could understand Fang Zhengzhi eating one fruit.
But two?
Okay then...
Maybe he didn't want to waste it since he had already plucked it...
They all found a reason to explain the inexplicable. Even though it sounded a little forced, they couldn't think of a better reason.
Two should be enough right?
Just as they were all thinking about that, a few more rays of light shot across the sky and four more Fruits of Dao fell off the tree and landed in Fang Zhengzhi's hand.
"Yummy!" Fang Zhengzhi stuffed a third fruit into his mouth.
Then, before anyone could react, he ate a fourth, and a fifth, and a sixth...
Within moments, he had eaten all four fruits in his hand. More importantly, there were more fruits flying into his hand.
It was clear...
Fang Zhengzhi had no intention of stopping.
At that moment, the entire field was silent as they watched Fang Zhengzhi stuff fruit after fruit into his mouth.
They couldn't understand what Fang Zhengzhi was doing.
Torturing himself?
Or...
Had he given up?!
"Mad, this guy must have lost his mind!"
No one knew what Fang Zhengzhi was doing. Even Canyang stopped doing anything as he 'watched' Fang Zhengzhi, his jaw dropped.
Destroy Fang Zhengzhi's Fruits of Dao...
That was what Canyang had decided on. Not only did he want to break The Vast World, he wanted to eliminate Fang Zhengzhi.
But with things going as smoothly as they are...
Even he was floored.
Curious?
Canyang was not so naive. All he wanted to do was see how many fruits Fang Zhengzhi could eat.
That was his only thought.
Canyang was not alone.
Yun Qingwu and all of the Demon Domain Chiefs and demon soldiers had similar thoughts. All of them wanted to see how many fruits Fang Zhengzhi could bring himself to eat.
The entire arena was silent.
It was a strange sight.
Everyone was focused on Fang Zhengzhi's mouth.
"He must have eaten 50 fruits by now?!"
"Look, he's eating another one, his tally is up to 51!"
"Wow, how quick!"
They began murmuring amongst themselves, almost as if they were afraid of disturbing Fang Zhengzhi.
In the sky...
Fang Zhengzhi stuffed fruit after fruit into his mouth, his blue long sleeved shirt flapping in the wind.
He ignored the looks of those below.
He only cared about eating his fruits.
The Fruits of Dao continued to fly into his hand and he swallowed constantly. Every time he opened his mouth, a Fruit of Dao was swallowed.
The tree continued to shake...
Fruits of Dao fell from the tree and flew into Fang Zhengzhi's hand. Fang Zhengzhi still showed no signs of stopping.
A rough estimate...
He had eaten almost 100 fruits.
At that moment, Fang Zhengzhi finally stopped. He burped and looked like he had eaten his full.
"He's done?"
"Did anyone keep the count?"
"I did, 108!"
"108... oh my god... how is he still alive?"
Everyone below burst into chatter when they heard the obscene number...
"You're full?" Canyang's voice interrupted everyone. He 'looked' at Fang Zhengzhi with his hollow eyes...
"Far from it, I'm only half done." Fang Zhengzhi shook his head and patted his stomach.
"Half done? Then... continue?" Canyang's expression froze. He didn't know whether to let Fang Zhengzhi continue or to stop Fang Zhengzhi.
He eventually decided to wait patiently, his arm crossed behind his back.
"Not yet, I'll like to move around for a bit. It aids digestion." Fang Zhengzhi shook his head.
"Aids digestion?" Canyang smirked. It looked very queer, but he didn't ask any other questions. He nodded, "Come on!"
"Okay!" Fang Zhengzhi nodded.
The moment he nodded, he sprang into action. He was extremely quick, so quick that his body was a blur.
In the blink of an eye...
He appeared in front of Canyang.
He punched!
It was an ordinary punch, but it was extremely fast, almost as fast as Canyang's strike at the entrance to the Iron Hill Settlement.
Canyang's expression changed.
He was shocked.
This was unexpected.
His mile froze and he subconsciously took a step back. He covered his hands with his arms.
"Boom!" A loud explosion reverberated throughout the entire area.
It was a domineering wave of force, almost as though two mountains had crashed into each other. The entire space shuddered.
"What's going on?"
"Why is he so fast?"
"That's impossible!"
Everyone below was stunned. They knew that Fang Zhengzhi had combined with The Vast World, but Fang Zhengzhi was only in the nascent Supernatural State!
Even if his powers were augmented by his link to The Vast World...
He couldn't possibly be that quick!
He was facing a Sage!
Going even with a Sage? He could even push the Sage back! That was unbelievable!
No one could understand what was happening...
Right now, the sky was completely golden. The golden light blocked out the stars, sun, and moon...
It was a sea of gold...
"Is he dead?"
"Was that just a lucky strike?"
All of the demons rejoiced when they saw the sea of gold. They knew that it was the Light of the Sage. That meant only one thing...
Fang Zhengzhi was a dead man!
The soldiers of the joint forces on the walls of the Iron Hill Settlement despaired.
They knew that Fang Zhengzhi was no match for Canyang.
However...
When they saw that Fang Zhengzhi could match the speed of a half sage, they had held on to a glimmer of hope.
Even if he couldn't win...
He could hold out for some time! Even 15 minutes would be good!
But their hope didn't last long.
"Sister Yan, is he..." Ping Yang's chest heaved as she looked at the golden light in the sky.
"The Vast World is still here!" Chi Guyan shook her head. She did not answer Ping Yang's question directly, but the answer could be inferred easily.
"So he's not dead." Yun Qingwu murmured to herself as she continued to look at the sky. She did not even look at Chi Guyan.
"Not dead?!"
"Fang Zhengzhi is not dead?!"
"This..."
When the demons behind Yun Qingwu heard this, they wanted to deny it instinctively, but they could not bring themselves to do it.
Because Yun Qingwu was the one who came to that conclusion.
As such...
It had to be true...
"Not dead?"
The Dragon Protection Squad, Mountain Breaking Army, and Southern Region soldiers were also in disbelief.
However, Chi Guyan was right.
The Vast World had not been destroyed!
That meant that Fang Zhengzhi was still alive.
But if he wasn't dead... where was he hiding? The entire sky was covered with golden light! There was no place for Fang Zhengzhi to hide...
Unless...
Everyone turned to look at the ancient tree in the middle of the field. That was the only possibility left...
At that very moment, the tree began moving...
Hundreds of vines began to dance, flying towards the golden Light of the Sage. The leaves also responded.
The flew towards the light like moths to a flame.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom boom boom!"
There was an explosion everytime the vines and leaves came into contact with the light. They couldn't find a way through that shield.
However, with each impact, the golden Light of the Sage also shuddered, almost as if it was being destabilized with each hit.
Destabilizing the Light of the Sage?
That was something that would stun anyone.
More importantly, with each shudder, a figure could be seen floating in the Light of the Sage.
This was definitely not Canyang.
He was rather thin, but more importantly, his eyes were glowing.
"It's... it's Fang Zhengzhi?!"
"He's not hiding in the tree. He's bathing in the Light of the Sage!"
"How is that possible? How... how is he not dead?"
Countless pairs of eyes stared at that figure in awe and shock. This was something that no one thought was possible.
Yet...
It was clear for all to see.
"Kacha!" There was a sound similar to that of breaking glass. The moment that sound rang out, a black opening appeared in the middle of the golden light.
It was not a large opening.
But it was large enough for someone to walk through.
Someone walked out from the light. This was someone who was covered with blood from head to toe.
Since blood had been drawn...
One could not see his clothes.
His clothes had been shredded.
The only thing on his body was blood, fresh blood.
Everyone looked at the figure walking out from the black opening.
They weren't looking at the blood on the person's body.
They were...
Looking at his eyes.
His eyes were filled with life and a steely determination. It was a gaze that showed his will to live and fight, but that was not the most important.
Most importantly, his eyes were glowing with a myriad of colors.
Red, green, purple, yellow, orange, blue...
All these colors were swirling around in his eyes. It was a strange sight, a sight that sent chills down the spines of everyone watching.