Vol.2 – Chapter 23 – Exoskeleton armor


Su He roared, a wave of divine power spreading out. Feng Yaya covered her ears, stomping her foot in annoyance.

“Big Turtle!” She protested.

But Su He just laughed heartily. The fleeing locust trees screamed and fell to the ground, looking like ordinary locust trees.

Another wave swept over them, turning them into flying ashes and leaving only the Dragon Turtle’s True Essence.

Deep in the forest, an old locust tree screamed, a ghostly face appearing on its trunk.

This locust forest was all his offspring. Although each tree seemed to be an independent entity, they were all his special avatars. Once the seal was broken, their consciousness could return to the main body. This was one of the ways the spirit race cultivated.

Although the previous destruction of the locust trees had pained him, it did not harm his consciousness, and everything could be recovered.

But this divine power made his entire sea of consciousness ache like it was being pricked with needles.

Damn the seal! If it weren’t for the seal, how could he, a mighty Traverse Heaven realm cultivator, be injured by a junior and lose so many avatars?

What’s going on with this Dragon Turtle? It unleashed divine power when it first entered the locust forest, but it didn’t harm any of the trees. A day passed, and there was no increase in its bloodline, but the power of its divine power suddenly increased.

What kind of Dragon Turtle would get Dragon Turtle’s True Essence and not first increase its bloodline, but instead advance its Divine Ability?

Did I just cultivate an enemy for myself?

Although the two were not friends to begin with—any cultivator who had been suppressed and sealed by a Dragon Turtle for over six thousand years would not want to be friends with it when they saw it again.

His leaves rustled, indicating his inner unrest.

In just a moment, Su He had traveled seven or eight miles, leaving no surviving locust trees in his wake. Streams of True Essence flowed into his Mind’s Eye, and another drop of True Essence condensed.

The locust trees screamed and fled, but how could their honest roots outrun the wave-riding Dragon Turtle?

By the time the old locust tree reacted, Su He had already condensed the third drop of True Essence. Of course, this was due to the dice’s bonus. In fact, the last two drops of True Essence he got from killing the locust trees were not as much as what Feng Yaya got from a single punch.

But the further he went, the clearer the old locust tree’s perception became. The seal pressed on him, almost immobilizing him. The ghostly face on the old locust tree was no longer hidden, revealing its gritted teeth.

You’re courting death!

He hadn’t even reclaimed the True Essence that the Dragon Turtle had taken, and the Dragon Turtle was thinking about expanding its gains! If it weren’t for that strange little girl by his side, he could crush ten of these Dragon Turtles with one hand!

You can’t blame me for being ruthless if you’re being reckless—there’s no turning back now, he had already made his move.

Su He pursued relentlessly, not worrying about accidentally killing innocent people. The people behind the scenes had never had good intentions towards them. Friends wouldn’t kidnap them without a word.

Moreover, Su He really couldn’t figure out how these locust trees could condense Dragon Turtle’s True Essence by normal means!

Grave robbing? Plundering? Blood sucking?

Probably something like that.

Outside the sealed area, the merfolk chieftain led a hunting team, looking at the locust forest with a serious expression: “The fight inside is intense. We need to speed up. Once we get our benefactor, we leave immediately. We can’t stay for a moment!”

The others agreed.

Their pace quickened.

As Su He absorbed the Dragon Turtle’s True Essence, another drop of True Essence condensed, but he slowly stopped.

A whispering voice inexplicably rang in his ears:

Your bones are my bones…

Your flesh is my flesh…

Your blood is my…

Kill!

The True Blood in his body surged uncontrollably. One by one, white-armored soldiers appeared, brandishing their weapons and charging at the green breath that suddenly appeared in his body.

This breath was strange and evil, attaching itself to his flesh and bones as soon as it appeared. Its temper was not small, but its ability was not great. As soon as it touched his flesh and bones, it was defeated by the soldiers in his True Blood.

Su He quickly entered his Sense Realm and looked at the mirror.

Status: Cursed

The old locust tree lay on the ground, its body twisting strangely. He was a spirit race, naturally not good at fighting, without a strong body or abundant True Essence.

But he had a strange “spirit”!

The spirit race was good at cursing!

The ghostly face on the locust tree twisted, this was the most famous curse of the spirit race: Possession!

The major worlds despised the spirit race, mostly because of this ability.

Divine Beasts could not be possessed, but he could send his consciousness into the Dragon Turtle’s body, controlling the Dragon Turtle like a puppet!

Pure-blooded Dragon Turtles were not afraid of curses, but this was a mixed-blood Dragon Turtle with only fifty percent of its bloodline—although he couldn’t see the True Blood, the three major elements of bone, flesh, and blood always progressed together, complementing each other. Even if there was a gap, it wouldn’t be too big.

If the True Blood was less than ninety percent, it couldn’t form an army, and it couldn’t defend against curses!

Dragon Turtles were always the natural enemies of the spirit race. The pitiful attack power of the spirit race couldn’t break through the Dragon Turtle’s outer shell, and they weren’t afraid of curses when their True Blood formed an army. Unfortunately, their divine power was a natural counter to the spirit race.

But one bite, one drink, the spirit race’s curse was simply too good for these little Dragon Turtles that hadn’t yet turned into pure blood.

Perhaps because the Divine Beasts’ spirit and flesh were one, one curse brought another.

The old locust tree lay on the ground, as if it had been struck by lightning, its body blackened and trembling non-stop. It used all its scarce True Essence and spiritual power, turning them into a curse and rushing towards Su He.

Possession, his consciousness rushed into the Dragon Turtle’s body, controlling this Dragon Turtle. He must be able to escape from this sealed area—controlling others was useless, the Dragon Turtle’s seal on his head was maliciously targeting him, and whatever he possessed would be sealed.

Only this little Dragon Turtle had some connection with the Dragon Turtle above, and could refine its power.

Either it was the offspring of the Dragon Turtle above, or it had refined its turtle bead, bloodline, and so on.

In any case, he wouldn’t lose!

A piece of his consciousness followed the curse into Su He’s body, and he sneered, about to head towards the Sense Realm, but he suddenly froze when he turned around.

True Blood was like a river, with soldiers in armor standing on it, and weapons like a forest. The overwhelming soldiers surrounded him.

Su He looked at this semi-transparent figure from within, its appearance was like the soul-stealing monster in the movies of his previous life, ugly and gloomy!

This was the true form of the spirit race.

He looked at the army of True Blood, and a million grass mud horses galloped through his heart.

【Laughing and Angry】 Why is there such a weirdo? The bloodline is fifty percent, but the True Blood is over ninety percent?

The gap between blood, flesh, and bone is so big, are you sure you’re a real Dragon Turtle?

How did you do it?

When Divine Beasts advance, blood, flesh, and bone complement and limit each other. No matter which one advances first, it will inevitably stagnate at a certain level. Only when the other two catch up can it continue to advance.

“Your True Blood stagnates at over ninety percent, and only then does your flesh and bones start to chase after it?

Why don’t you just transform into a Dragon Turtle on the spot?

Why do you have to make everyone feel so awkward?

He looked at the True Blood army that had surrounded him, stunned for a moment, and couldn’t help but chuckle. What’s the use of surrounding me? He was just a small piece of consciousness from his main body. The real power was the curse!

He looked around and saw no trace of the curse. Not a single curse had successfully attached to his flesh and bones.

Borrowing a corpse to resurrect, the curse enters the flesh and bones, the consciousness enters the Sense Realm, it can’t possess but can control the curse to manipulate the Dragon Turtle, as easy as moving his arm.

But now, not only had the curse that had originally entered been broken, but those that had come in with him were also being besieged.

He looked up at the True Blood army, a grim smile on his lips.

What a joke! You think you can do anything to me with your deformed Dragon Turtle? If my spirit clan wants to escape, who can stop us!

He turned and ran, crashing out of Su He’s body, panicking and stumbling into a dim space, where he could vaguely see three full Turtle Shells and a mass of blood emitting a majestic will.

With just a light touch, a peacock’s cry came. This is the blood of a Divine Beast! A thought had just flashed through his mind when his entire consciousness was shattered by the peacock’s cry.

Deep in the forest, the big locust tree suddenly collapsed to the ground.

The consciousness clone that had just been split out – shattered!

He was sealed by the Dragon Turtle, and his consciousness couldn’t use too much. This was a heavy blow. What’s more terrifying was that the Dragon Turtle’s True Blood had formed an army, and the spirit clan’s greatest reliance had lost its place to fight.

In this sealed land, he became the one being beaten!

I, a mighty Traverse Heaven…

Damn Dragon Turtle’s seal!

The locust tree struggled to stand up, glanced in Su He’s direction, and was instantly terrified.

He saw the little red girl, standing high on the treetop, with a bow and arrow, smiling at him. Her chubby little mouth opened, as if she was saying something…

“Found you!”

Curse her Big Turtle, this jade pendant left by Mother can detect curses.

Loose the string, shoot the arrow!

With a crisp arrow sound, instead of feathers trailing the arrow, it seemed like an ocean was crashing down.

Su Huanian is indeed a sword cultivator, but like Su He, she is purely water attribute, with a talent for thunder sound!

The roaring waves, the surging tide.

Like a tsunami sweeping over, nearly half of the locust forest collapsed.

The old locust tree jumped up with a scream.

“Youngster! You’ve gone too far!” He was sealed, but he wasn’t a youngster who could be bullied at will with one or two Traverse Heaven Realm talismans or artifacts.

At worst, I’ll kill you all and be suppressed by the seal again, and be sealed for a few thousand more years!

The whole tree roared and flew up, only to see Feng Yaya put away her bow and arrow, took out something like a sea urchin, and was about to smash it over.

The old locust tree turned and ran, cursing and flying away. Who gave this thing to a child to play with? This is the Red Fire Divine Thunder from the True Yang Realm!

This is the real weapon of mass destruction!

Seeing the big tree fly away, Feng Yaya made a face at Su He, giggled, and whispered, “This is a fake made by stinky uncle, it won’t explode.”

Su He vaguely remembered this person, who was the Old Farmer who had given him Turtle Mountain.

Feng Yaya had used Su Huanian’s backup plan twice in one day and was a bit exhausted. Su He wrapped her in a soft stream of water and put her in the bird’s nest.

Feng Yaya kicked her little feet, tossing the sea urchin in her hand.

The sight made the old locust tree tremble with fear.

Whoosh!

A sword aura slashed through, and the locust tree fell from the sky and plunged into the ground. It took a while to slowly grow out.

The treetop was facing the sky, and he wanted to curse, but he held back.

Today was too challenging, the seal automatically attacked. He was so angry that his branches were itching. If it weren’t for that little girl full of treasures, a mere Dragon Turtle, whether round or flat, was at his mercy – he remembered the True Blood that had already formed an army inside the Dragon Turtle.

The branches twitched, and he reluctantly changed his words: A mere Dragon Turtle, as long as he is willing to be suppressed by the seal for a hundred years, he will surely be captured!

He glared at Feng Yaya with resentment, only to see a ray of light fall from the seal, not giving Feng Yaya time to react, and she disappeared in an instant.

“Eh? Eh?” Feng Yaya’s eyes widened, this time the summoning was unreasonable, it couldn’t be broken, and it even forcibly pulled people?

“Big Turtle…” She called out, her voice trailing off into the air.

The locust tree trembled its leaves and was stunned for a moment.

In the shark hunting team that had already entered the locust forest, a shark said to the clan leader, “It’s the summoning of the high priest, our benefactor has been summoned away, clan leader, we should retreat!”

He called out twice, but the clan leader didn’t move. He just saw the clan leader staring blankly at the depths of the locust forest.

Following his gaze, they saw a Dragon Turtle, rising from the waves trying to chase after the little girl in red who had been summoned away by the high priest, but couldn’t catch up.

Everyone present was stunned, just like the clan leader.

God…

To the shark people, the Dragon Turtle is a god!

The old locust tree was stunned for a moment, and a ghost face emerged from the tree trunk, laughing loudly. The girl was summoned away by the shark people.

Helping the enemy by attacking your own team?

He laughed loudly, with only half of the locust tree left, but suddenly mobilized his True Essence to fly towards Su He, completely unafraid of the seal above his head.

“Dragon Turtle, die!”

Rest assured, it’s just a slogan, I can’t bear to kill you, stay and help me break the seal!

Su He’s face suddenly turned cold.

He was already frustrated that he couldn’t catch up with Feng Yaya, and this locust tree still didn’t know how to live!

“Roar!” Su He roared with divine power and met the wave head-on.

The shark hunting team in the locust forest, uncontrollably transformed into their true shark forms, suddenly came back to their senses, their faces even more excited.

“Die!” The locust tree roared, branches like tentacles reaching out from his body, punching towards Su He. Before the punch arrived, the terrifying Suppression had already hit.

Boom!

The tentacle collided with Su He, smashing him onto Turtle Mountain, and knocking him back in the same way.

A surge of blood and energy.

Su He gritted his teeth.

The momentum of the Traverse Heaven Realm, the combat power of the Demon Subduing Realm. And judging by the aura, this was the person who had just slipped into his body along with the curse.

He couldn’t win!

Especially here on the shore, not in the sea.

“Toad!” Su He called out.

The toad gritted its teeth, pulling out a gigantic pipe as thick as a thigh and six meters long from its pocket.

It couldn’t fight, it could only provide equipment.

A voice came from behind: “God! Catch!”

Su He’s Divine Sense swept over instantly, only to see a dozen merfolk appearing out of nowhere, tossing over a turtle shell that was as white as jade and shaped like a shield.

The aura on this turtle shell, it was familiar!

Turtle Origin, Turtle Pearl!

It was from the Dragon Turtle that had already died.

“God! Under the divine armor, demons cannot harm! Hunting team, follow me to protect the God and retreat!” Clan Chief Miao Dao swung in front of him, his face filled with determination after the excitement, ready to face death.

He never expected that a God would descend to the sealed land. Able to roar them into revealing their merfolk true forms, even if he hasn’t achieved the position of God yet, he will sooner or later!

Merfolk can die, but the God must be welcomed back.

Fortunately, they came!

This divine armor was the remnant shell of the previous generation’s God, with infinite uses. Under the turtle shell, nothing could harm. Even the Divine Sense couldn’t detect it.

Merfolk… could probably be trusted.

Su He trusted this turtle shell even more. The might of the Dragon Turtle on the turtle shell was overwhelming, almost solidifying into a physical form, sharp as a sword or a knife.

It was just a broken, fallen turtle shell, but it had an external appearance and meaning within, this turtle shell was invincible in defense!

Su He was overjoyed, taking a step towards the turtle shell.

The old locust tree with the ghost face changed its expression, screaming shrilly: “Damn! Merfolk! Damn!” It roared, and the branches shot out instantly.

But at this moment, the jade-like turtle shell flew up automatically. Instead of casting a light film over Su He like it did over the merfolk, it clicked and covered its own shell – just like that, it penetrated the external appearance of Turtle Mountain and covered the turtle shell.

Su He’s body, as black as ink, instantly turned as white as jade centered on the turtle shell. Even the dragon horns on his head sprouted out.

This was…

Su He moved his four claws, only to feel an endless surge of power gushing out from within his body.

It was as if…

It was as if he was wearing a set of Dragon Turtle exoskeleton armor!

He roared, lifting his claw without needing to spit out a water ball, directly causing a downpour. Each raindrop was like a sharp sword, slashing down.

This was not just a heavy force.

No, this was a heavy force, but one with the meaning of Geng Metal!

The power was too great, each raindrop surpassed Su He’s full strength, and had long broken through the Demon Subduing Realm. Su He didn’t know what realm this attack belonged to.

As the rain fell, the branches that the old locust tree had extended hadn’t even reached out yet, they were already cut into dust. The old locust tree didn’t even have time to escape, it could only scream once before being shattered by the rain.

(End of the chapter)


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