Chapter 4753: Calamity Brat
Jin Great Venerate sat atop the Insect Stele as he flew over, laughing wildly.
"Calamity brat, what tricks are you playing again?"
The Calamity Great Venerate looked over, his expression as calm as an ancient well.
"Senior Jin, what are you doing here?"
He addressed him as Senior Jin, but there was no respect in his tone at all, and there was even a trace of disdain in his eyes.
In his view, Jin Great Venerate was merely a Great Venerate.
A Great Venerate was something he could wipe out with a flip of his hand, nothing more than a slightly bigger ant in front of him, and coming here was simply courting death.
Jin Great Venerate was indeed only a Great Venerate and had not broken through, but the one that had broken through was something else.
With a single glance, Lin Moyu could tell that the Insect Stele beneath Jin Great Venerate had already changed.
Although its exterior had not altered much, the Insect Stele now contained the aura of the Dawn of Heaven and an enormous amount of heavenly rules, as if a complete, independent world was sealed inside it.
At this moment, the Insect Stele had evolved, surpassing the Great Venerate realm and becoming a treasure that only peak powerhouses could possess.
Such a treasure was called an "Extreme Sovereign Treasure," and its numbers were extremely few.
Not every peak powerhouse could own one, as obtaining one required countless opportunities and great luck.
Moreover, to forge an Extreme Sovereign Treasure demanded an astronomical investment of time and effort, stretching across unimaginable eras.
"It seems Jin Great Venerate has had a fortuitous encounter."
"As expected, when a great calamity arises, all kinds of opportunities appear.
For Jin Great Venerate to survive from the ancient era until now, he is clearly no ordinary existence."
Although the Primordial Chaos Desolation had been formed upon the wasteland after a heaven and earth was destroyed and its fundamental level was not too high, the opportunities here were not small.
The number of cultivators who had broken through to the Great Venerate realm was astonishing.
When the great calamity erupted, it also interconnected with remnants of various other heavens and worlds, giving rise to a vast number of opportunities.
Lin Moyu guessed that Jin Great Venerate must have visited some heaven and earth remnant, allowing the Insect Stele to evolve.
The Insect Stele had already been a top tier Great Venerate level treasure, and now it was even stronger.
This was the source of Jin Great Venerate's confidence.
Jin Great Venerate openly called the Calamity Great Venerate a brat, showing not the slightest hint of fear.
He laughed loudly and said, "This old man comes when he wants.
Why would he need to explain himself to you?"
The Calamity Great Venerate's gaze gradually turned cold.
"Senior Jin, you have lived from the ancient era to now and once had ties with this Venerate, so this Venerate calls you senior.
But that seniority is only in age, not in strength."
Jin Great Venerate chuckled.
"Back then you borrowed this old man's place to set up your formation.
For the sake of freedom, this old man agreed.
Now that our ties are severed, this old man will call you Calamity brat.
If you are not convinced, this old man can give you another beating like before."
His words were extremely impolite, and the Calamity Great Venerate was clearly enraged.
"Back then, this Venerate simply did not bother to lower himself to your level.
Things are not as they were in those days.
If you want to take part in this struggle for the Great Dao, you are doomed to die."
Jin Great Venerate laughed loudly.
"Perfect timing.
This old man really has lived long enough.
This heaven and earth is boring, and if no more entertainment can be found, it would be better to destroy this world altogether."
"In that case, this old man will participate in this struggle for the Great Dao.
Let us see what exactly you can do to this old man."
As he spoke, he turned to look at Lin Moyu.
"Fellow Daoist Lin, do you wish to prove the Dao?
If you do, this old man can lend you a hand."
Lin Moyu smiled.
"Lin naturally wishes to, but such things still depend on fate."
Jin Great Venerate laughed.
"Then this old man will deliver fate to you!"
The Insect Stele erupted with multicolored radiance that gathered into a path, tearing through the barrier laid down by the Calamity Great Venerate and extending directly to the Divine Wood Sea.
Jin Great Venerate laughed loudly.
"Follow this path and you will reach the Divine Wood."
"Very well, many thanks, Senior!"
Lin Moyu did not refuse Jin Great Venerate's goodwill and set off along the path of radiance.
Lin Moyu understood very clearly that the Calamity Great Venerate would definitely stop him.
This path of radiance would never be allowed to be traversed to the end, but whether he walked it or not was a different matter.
At this moment, if he did not go, that would be abnormal and arouse suspicion.
The play was still ongoing, so it had to be acted out to the end.
Sure enough, the Calamity Great Venerate did not disappoint Lin Moyu.
Just as Lin Moyu was about to step onto the path of radiance, the Calamity Great Venerate made his move.
At the front of his realm, a spatial passage opened, and a pagoda flew out in response.
The pagoda rapidly expanded in the void, in an instant becoming tens of thousands of miles tall, with curtains of brilliant light cascading down from its body.
The pagoda crushed the path of radiance and stood upright in the void.
The pagoda slowly rotated, and the falling curtains of light blocked all attacks and even reflected a portion of them back.
This pagoda combined offense and defense in one, and the moment it appeared it displayed terrifying power, clearly being a Great Venerate level supreme treasure.
"Shenxia Pagoda!"
Lin Moyu was shocked in his heart.
This pagoda was identical to the Shenxia Pagoda, but he could be one hundred percent certain that this was not the actual Shenxia Pagoda, only something that looked like it.
The Calamity Great Venerate had summoned a pagoda that resembled the Shenxia Pagoda precisely to tell him that Meng Anwen and the others were still in his hands and that he should not act rashly.
The Calamity Great Venerate pointed a finger at Jin Great Venerate, and the pagoda spun rapidly.
In a flash, countless formations flew out from within the pagoda, weaving together into a net that completely surrounded Jin Great Venerate.
Jin Great Venerate sneered repeatedly.
"Calamity brat, you have improved quite a bit over the years, but unfortunately these little tricks of yours are still nowhere near enough."
He slapped the Insect Stele with his palm, and with a muffled boom, countless insects flew out from the stele.
These insects were the size of fists.
Their aura did not seem particularly strong, but they were extremely peculiar.
The moment they appeared, they merged into the surrounding space, and when they emerged again, they had already drilled into the formations.
Those formations, composed of runes, became their food and were devoured in an instant.
The insects did not stop at devouring the formations alone.
They swarmed onto the pagoda and began consuming the formations inscribed upon it.
In the blink of an eye, the formations carved onto the pagoda were destroyed by seven or eight tenths.
The pagoda was damaged and its power greatly reduced.
"Return!"
The Calamity Great Venerate gave a low shout and recalled the pagoda into his palm.
Power surged crazily, and in an instant, countless insects perished.
Although the pagoda was damaged, it possessed the ability to repair itself.
It would just take time.
Jin Great Venerate laughed loudly.
"Not bad, are this old man's Formation Devouring Insects not impressive?
Back then, this old man could beat you up, and now he can still do the same!"
After being provoked again and again, the Calamity Great Venerate's face grew extremely dark.
"Courting death!"
He truly became furious and slapped his palm at Jin Great Venerate, determined to annihilate him.
A terrifying giant palm appeared in the void, locking down both space and time and completely throwing the dimensions into chaos.
This overwhelming power had already surpassed the Great Venerate realm and was not something a mere Great Venerate could withstand.
Lin Moyu did not make a move and remained calm.
He knew that since Jin Great Venerate had dared to come, he definitely had corresponding methods.
To kill him with just this one palm was nothing but wishful thinking.
The Insect Stele beneath Jin Great Venerate's feet alone could easily block this attack.
"It seems that although the Calamity Great Venerate has broken through the Great Venerate realm, his judgment is not all that good."
The Hongmeng Gem chuckled.
"That is only because Master has seen too much.
Now that Master can see the essence through the rules, he can naturally tell, but the Calamity Great Venerate cannot.
The Insect Stele beneath Jin Great Venerate is not something to be trifled with."
Lin Moyu nodded.
"Let us wait and see.
This Insect Stele is indeed interesting."
Jin Great Venerate did not dodge.
He instead struck the stele ten more times in a row while still standing upon it.
The Insect Stele boomed, and a head poked out from within it.
This head looked like a dragon yet not a dragon and carried the traits of a lion and a tiger, yet it was still the head of an insect.
The insect head spat out a cloud of gas toward the Calamity Great Venerate's giant palm.
The gas solidified in an instant into countless sharp arrows that pierced through the palm imprint like it was tofu and continued on toward the Calamity Great Venerate.
The Calamity Great Venerate's expression changed, and the pagoda flew from his hand, turning into a vertical shield.
Boom!
The pagoda exploded and shattered into pieces.
A powerful Great Venerate level supreme treasure was thus destroyed on the spot.
The Calamity Great Venerate's face was extremely ugly.
"What is that thing?"