Traveling across the globe for the first time

Chapter 1067: Brilliant Will
A radiant light of will emanated from between Zhang Haoran's brows. Under his intense control, the light only illuminated a radius of 100 meters around him, and it moved very slowly, like a spider web, gradually spreading towards all the tokens and seeping into them, leaving a seed of willpower within them.

His breathing was heavy and his face was flushed; such exertion of willpower was clearly very taxing.

"Phew! It's finally done! I was almost exhausted."

He checked it again and was very satisfied with the result.

Now, as long as someone touches these tokens with their mental power, the seeds of willpower will enter the sea of ​​consciousness along with the other person's mental power, take root firmly, and continue to grow stronger over time.

Given Zhang Haoran's willpower, it's impossible for anyone below the level of an emperor to be exempt.

Of course, this seed of willpower also has some other benefits.

Once it grows to a certain size, it can help the host see through illusions and resist the invasion of negative energy.

If Mo Wenjian had such a seed of willpower in his sea of ​​consciousness when he entered the boundary point, he wouldn't have been so easily driven mad by the Dao Tree. Even if he had gone mad, he could have slowly recovered.

This was a feature he added specifically to avoid accidentally harming powerful individuals. No one knows who will find these tokens in the future.

After doing all this, he moved his mind and all the tokens flew back to their original positions, while the soil, flowers, and trees floating in the air slowly fell down.

Zhang Haoran also kindly restored the ground to its original state, and there was no visible flaw on the surface.

He laughed happily, "Haha! Now, let's see who gets to this level."

If they are powerful human beings, this is a great opportunity, as Lao Tzu's spiritual seed can help them protect their sea of ​​consciousness.

If they are powerful individuals from other races, or martial artists who do not identify as human, their perception will be altered.

We'll have to do more of this kind of thing in the future. If the three realms were all populated by humans, or by friendly forces of humans, there wouldn't be so much trouble.

Of course, this was just talk. He could handle condensing a hundred or so seeds of willpower, but any more would affect his condition.

"Bye-bye! I'm leaving!"

He took out the token he had put away at the beginning and channeled his mental energy into it.

next moment!
A spatial passage appeared, and he turned to look at the Earthly Emperor's Palace, snorting coldly, "Hmph! This is your revenge for spying on me."

I'm warning you it's best not to touch these keepsakes.

Otherwise, if your will is challenged, this projection of yours might be lost.

After saying that, he strode into the spatial passage and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

In fact, this final threat was the real trap.

Given the Earth Emperor's arrogance, how could he not test the waters after hearing this warning? Perhaps even this projection would fall victim to it.

At this moment, in a palace, the projection of the Earth Emperor exuded an extremely terrifying aura, and his eyes became sharp.

"Too deceiving!"

The constantly appearing spatial cracks around him proved that his emotions were very unstable, and he was clearly provoked by what had just been said.

This is his territory, and Zhang Haoran blatantly tampered with the token, even threatening him not to destroy it before leaving. This is a blatant slap in the face.

"Kakaka!"

Cracks appeared on the Earth Emperor's projection, as if it could collapse at any moment.

This wasn't because Zhang Haoran did anything wrong; the projection was simply in its original state, and now, in its anger, it revealed its true form.

The Earth Emperor asked in confusion, "Willpower! What is that? Is it a characteristic of some kind of primordial Dao?"

"What a brilliant tactic! It actually made me feel threatened!"

If anyone were here, they would notice a hint of helplessness in the Earth Emperor's sharp gaze. He was the guardian of this pass and could sense everything that happened there.

The Earth Emperor knew how powerful Zhang Haoran was; destroying this projection was just a matter of stretching his hand.

The other party didn't make a move and showed obvious hostility, so they probably wanted to do something with those tokens.

The Earth Emperor was incredibly arrogant; this was his territory, how could he tolerate others pointing fingers at him? What was even more outrageous was that the man made a threat before leaving.

"Heh! I want to see what the consequences will be if these tokens are destroyed. At worst, we can just make another batch."

With a thought, the Earth Emperor's projection...
boom!
A colossal hand, capable of blotting out the sky, appeared above the plain just moments before...

"Hoohoo!"

The surrounding天地能量 (heaven and earth energy) converged wildly, and the giant hand began to grow rapidly, covering the entire sky in the blink of an eye. It was conservatively estimated that this slap could turn a radius of a thousand miles into nothingness.

"Kakaka!"

More cracks appeared on the Earth Emperor's projection, and he said with a gloomy expression, "This projection is too badly damaged, so this is the only way."

"It's alright, we can destroy all the tokens by trying a few more times."

Back in the late Martial Era, a king once shattered the Martial Continent with a single punch.

The fact that this projection can only destroy an area of ​​a thousand miles indicates that it is indeed severely injured and its strength has declined significantly.

A cold glint flashed in the eyes of the Earth Emperor, and he said indifferently, "I want to see what will happen if you destroy these tokens when you're not even here."
"You think you can intimidate this old man with just a few words? You seriously underestimate a ruler like yourself."

"boom!"

The enormous hand that blotted out the sky fell rapidly, as if the entire sky had collapsed.

boom!
The air below was compressed like a steel plate, and before the giant hand even landed, a huge palm print was formed on the ground.

"Crack!"

The ground cracked, but the enormous hand in the sky suddenly stopped and gradually collapsed, dissipating into the primordial energy of heaven and earth.

The Earth Emperor's projection asked in horror, "What kind of power is this? Why is there no fluctuation of laws?"
This person's path is so unpredictable; it's best not to act rashly.

Just as the giant hand was about to fall, the wind pressure below tore the ground apart, and cracks appeared on one of the tokens. He felt an extremely special energy burst out, silently and without causing any disturbance.

Moreover, the wind pressure and the large energy hand have no effect on that force, which is equivalent to double immunity.

Only one light shone in his mind, the radiance of his will.

It was neither real nor unreal, yet it truly existed, giving him a strange sense of crisis.

The light was very domineering; it appeared abruptly in his mind, giving him a feeling that he was about to be converted.

It seems that once the large hand comes into contact with the token, it will be eroded and its perception will be altered, at which point it will no longer be itself.

This is the reason why the Earth Emperor suddenly stopped.
It must be said that a king is a king. Even if he is just a broken projection, his sense of crisis is extremely keen, which allows him to make the right choice at the critical moment.

Fortunately, only the wind pressure damaged one of the tokens. If the large hand had fallen directly, or damaged more items, he would have been in serious trouble.

Although the giant hand was composed of the energy of heaven and earth, it must contain the spiritual power of the Earth Emperor. Once it came into contact with the tokens, it would leave a seed of will within his sea of ​​consciousness. If the giant hand really fell and shattered all the tokens, causing a large number of seeds of will to erupt simultaneously, then this projection would be basically ruined and its perception would be completely altered in a very short time.

Even though only a token has been damaged and no actual contact has occurred, it has still been affected, just not very seriously.

When that radiance was projected into his mind, he was already affected. However, since the seed of will had not taken root, this effect would not last; it was merely equivalent to being subjected to forced hypnosis.

The Earth Emperor's projection's expression kept changing, from anger to confusion, and finally it sighed helplessly, "Oh well! This projection still has a mission."

This person's methods are too bizarre; it's best not to provoke him.

Let's see who will attempt the challenge next. If it's a human...

A fierce glint flashed in his eyes as he longed for revenge, but then his expression turned to helplessness. He wasn't sure if the human expert might have some hidden tricks left behind by the other party.

The Earth Emperor is very arrogant and truly fearless of death, especially since this is just a projection.

Even if it dissipates, it will only affect some plans and will not involve the main body, but he does not want to be invaded by will and have his cognition changed.

The thought of this projection becoming a puppet to be manipulated by others sent chills down his spine; it would be better if it simply vanished.

This is actually the result of being illuminated by the light of will. Forced hypnosis is different from subtle influence; the effect is immediate, making him suspicious and hesitant to attack strong human beings.

Zhang Haoran had already stepped into the passage when he suddenly sighed, "Alas! What a pity! I was only illuminated by the radiance of will, but no seed of will was implanted in me."

Otherwise, it would be really fun if we could turn this projection into a puppet.

Perhaps we can learn the secrets of the Earthly Sovereign through projection.

He just felt it was a pity and had no intention of forcibly pushing this matter forward.

We already have enough enemies in the future—nine emperors plus a Heavenly Emperor. There's no need to provoke that old silver coin, the Earthly Emperor.

The Earthly Emperor has been plotting in the Three Realms for many years, and his three sons are also quite powerful. Now is not the time for a fight to the death; it's better to hand it over to Su Xiao.

Su Xiao is better at dealing with these super old silver coins. He's a hunter, and professional matters should be handled by professionals.

Putting aside the matter of the Earth Emperor, he began to observe the spatial passage. This time the tremors were even more intense, clearly indicating that the Dao Tree was up to its old tricks again!
"Boom!"

The entire passageway trembled violently.

Click, click, click!
Huge spatial rifts appeared, and the passage was now filled with an aura of destruction.

After sensing it for a moment, Zhang Haoran understood the Dao Tree's plan. This time, it wasn't about changing the teleportation target, but rather about completely destroying the spatial channel at the cost of losing this root.

"Hehe, I didn't realize Daoshu had such a ruthless side. Cutting off one's own arm is quite decisive!"

However, to think you can subdue Lao Tzu with just a single root is to seriously underestimate me.

He didn't know what would happen if the spatial passage was destroyed. He might be teleported to other levels, or he might be stranded in the void. In any case, it was not a good thing.

In fact, Zhang Haoran still felt that Dao Tree was not decisive enough. If the other party could have self-destructed the moment the passage opened, they might have been able to catch them off guard. Now that they are starting to make a decisive break, it's a bit too late.

He sneered, "It seems the lesson I taught you last time wasn't enough. You want to taste the power of swordsmanship to sever your heart again!"
"Fine, I'll grant your wish today!"

Dao Shu's actions truly enraged him. If he had been teleported to another level, it could have been considered a conspiracy, but the other party directly destroyed the spatial passage, which was tantamount to a head-on confrontation.

A flash of silver light appeared between Zhang Haoran's brows, and a small silver sword flew out, emanating an aura even stronger than that of a divine artifact.

This was originally a high-level magic weapon, but it was forcibly downgraded by the Ruthless Great Emperor. Through this period of nurturing, it has recovered some of its power.

Zhang Haoran decided to give Daoshu a hard time, and naturally it wouldn't be that simple.

The next moment, a small crystal sword floated out from above his head, emitting layers of golden light.

The collapsing spatial passage was swept by a golden halo, and immediately stopped collapsing. The grotesque spatial cracks were coated with a layer of golden radiance, as if they could remain in this state for a very long time, until the end of time.

Immortal Sword Soul!

Zhang Haoran was truly enraged this time. He didn't care whether the Guan Tree was the only demonic plant in the Three Realms with a chance to attain enlightenment, and he directly dealt a ruthless blow.

The immortal sword spirit flashed by and merged into the magic weapon sword, causing the silver sword to radiate an immortal glow.

He made a sword incantation with his hand and pointed forward.
With a whoosh, a silver light flashed, and a small sword mark was slashed through the spatial passage.

A small silver sword appeared beside the roots and instantly transformed into a giant sword a hundred feet long.

Then he slashed down fiercely.

"Zheng!"

An extremely terrifying sword intent erupted.

With a crisp snap, the crystal-like roots were cut in two.

The broken end was as smooth as a mirror and shimmered with golden light. A faint scream could be heard, and the remaining half of the root quickly retracted and disappeared into the spatial mist.

Just as the Western Emperor said, these are merely the roots of the Dao Tree, and are very fragile.

If he only wanted to sever this root, he wouldn't need to use any magic weapons.

Zhang Haoran was using a magical artifact to carry the sword spirit, maximizing the heart-severing effect of his swordsmanship.

It is estimated that this sword strike can sever at least several thousand years of cultivation from the Dao Tree.

He said viciously, "Damn it! They really don't know what's good for them. I could let it go once or twice."

This is the third time!

"You really think I wouldn't dare to use my full strength?"

I believe that after this incident, Dao Shu will behave himself for a while and will never dare to cause trouble during his teleportation again.

Otherwise, he'll be prepared to use the power of laws next time! Having fused so many sword techniques, it wouldn't be difficult to find one or two specifically targeting demonic plants.

For example, in the swordsmanship he had previously integrated, there was a law of decay. As long as you get even a little bit of it, it will spread throughout your body like a virus, causing your body to decay continuously.

He felt that this law was too slow to take effect and not direct enough, so he didn't use it much. But it would be perfect to use it on the Dao Tree in the future.

If all else fails, he can ignite the flame of his spirit and let the Dao Tree experience the feeling of its spiritual power being burned.

However, that sword strike was enough to inflict damage on the opponent. The damage caused by the Immortal Sword Soul unleashing its full power was almost permanent.

His soul was severely damaged, and he basically lost all hope of attaining enlightenment.

If Zhang Haoran doesn't intervene, that tree will remain at the peak of the ninth level forever.

Ah!
In reality, he can only withdraw his sword intent now; he cannot heal the wounds to his soul. To withdraw his sword technique from the Heart-Severing Technique, he would need to reach the Heavenly Sword level.

Dao Shu's repeated provocations led to this unfortunate end, which he deserved entirely.

(End of this chapter)