As the divine light soared into the sky, the entire place became suffocating. Countless experts from the eight regions revealed startled eyes. Even the eight region masters were slightly focused, revealing a rare expression.
The light of the Divine Talisman was a divine light that only a demonic talisman refined by a ferocious beast on the God Ranking would emit. The appearance of the divine light was undoubtedly proof of Taoist Ghost Shadow's success. He had completed the refinement of the Divine Talisman within the tight time limit of ten days.
Not long after the divine rune light appeared, the Xumi Space in front of Daoist Ghost Shadow began to surge crazily. Strand after strand of powerful energy currents seemed to want to tear space apart. The enormous Divine Radiance Mammoth Elephant roared furiously, but it was to no avail. In the end, the divine rune light shot through the space between its brows, and its enormous body turned into a rune at a visible rate.
It was a golden demonic symbol.
When the golden light scattered, the demonic symbol drifted into Gui Ying's hand. Gui Ying's old eyes were filled with unconcealable joy as he stared at the divine symbol. Being able to refine a divine symbol was the dream of countless Symbol Masters.
He tightly grabbed the divine symbol and wildly laughed, "Haha, hahaha, I've succeeded, I've succeeded. I've finally refined the divine symbol!
Haha, hahaha, brat, let's see what you can rely on to compete with me this time! "
Gui Ying's laughter reverberated across the sky. It was so rampant and arrogant, but this time, no one looked down on him or ridiculed him. Even Qin Shi was the same. This was because they all knew that one who had refined a divine symbol possessed the qualifications to do so.
Yao Ming sighed in relief when he saw the divine symbol in Gui Ying's hand. Soon after, his eyes became even more vicious, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly.
"Region master, Gui Ying has succeeded. No one will be able to stop our plan."
"Yes, kill this brat. Once I obtain the help of that faction, no one in the eight regions will be able to compete with me. The entire Mortal World will be mine!" Yao Ming's eyes overflowed with light.
Gui Ying had succeeded. Everyone's eyes shifted towards Qin Shi.
"Ghostshadow has succeeded in refining the talisman. Now it's up to this kid. If he can also complete it, there's still a chance to turn defeat into victory."
"Yes, but the Batdragon Rattlesnake is different from the Divine Radiance Mammoth Elephant. Although they are both fierce beasts on the Divine List, the Batdragon Rattlesnake's ranking is far higher than the former. Furthermore, it is a true Beast King Clan. There are only five days left. We might not be able to make it in time."
"Then it's this brat's fate!" The people of the eight regions discussed incessantly.
Boom!
At this moment, a startled cry rang out, startling everyone. When they looked up, their eyes were filled with shock and disbelief.
The people from Sword Sect, Fang Qing, and Feng Sha looked anxious.
They saw that the Heavenly Talisman Pillar that Qin Shi was on had exploded. A pair of extremely evil eyes opened. In the middle of those eyes was a long and narrow black pupil. The black pupil shot out a terrifying aura that could make people fall into an abyss.
Immediately, the bestial nature burst out and shot into the Sumeru Space. Qin Shi opened his eyes subconsciously. A surging force shook his hands away, almost causing him to fall off the Heavenly Talisman Pillar. The shockwave of that force even shattered a few mountains in the inner region of the Chaotic Zones.
"The Batdragon Rattlesnake has woken up!"
"What a terrifying power … That brat, he can't control it anymore!"
Qin Shi clenched his teeth. "Damn it, it actually woke up at this critical moment!"
Under the constant impact of the shockwave, Qin Shi tried his best to control the formation, trying to prevent himself from losing control of the Batdragon Rattlesnake.
"Lowly human, even if I die, I will not become your Demonic Talisman!"
The Batdragon Rattlesnake hissed, and its whole body suddenly burst into a powerful flame.
"The Batdragon Rattlesnake is going to explode!"
Qin Shi's black eyes were also startled. The Evil Spirit in his dantian shouted, "Brat, get out of the way!"
Qin Shi instinctively jumped back, but it was too late.
Rumble!
A loud sound shook the heavens and the earth. After the loud sound faded, the entire chaotic region seemed to have turned into ruins. A huge mushroom cloud rose into the sky as Qin Shi's entire body was sent flying several thousand meters away like a cannonball, directly falling from the eight trigrams stone plate.
The power of the Bat Dragon Rattlesnake's self-destruction was so powerful that even a Perfected Domain Realm Almighty was terrified. The Divine List bloodline within it caused the fierce beasts refined by the other participants to immediately reveal cowardly expressions and give up on contending against the participants' Soul Force.
"Formation!"
The Chaotic Zones Protectors quickly rose into the sky, activating dozens of defensive boundaries.
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Just like that, nearly ten barriers shattered in an instant. Only then did the powerful momentum come to a stop.
When the chaos gradually subsided, the area within ten thousand meters was already in a mess. The people from the Eight Territories looked frightened.
"How terrifying!"
"Where is that kid?
Did he die in the explosion? "
"It's possible. The self-explosion of a fierce beast on the Divine List … I'm afraid even a complete Domain Realm expert would be killed in a second. That kid is only at the Heaven Fate Realm. It'll be difficult for him to survive."
"Qin Shi!"
Feng Sha flew into the sky. Ku Shou waved his giant sword, shattering the ruins and searching frantically with his old eyes.
"Cough, cough, cough, cough!"
At that moment, several dry coughs came from under a huge rock. The rock was flipped over, and Qin Shi staggered to his feet with one hand on the rock next to him.
Feng Sha's old eyes flashed with joy, and he hurried forward.
"Kid, are you okay?"
Qin Shi wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. "I'm fine. It's not a big deal. I just suffered some superficial wounds."
Qin Shi was right. When the explosion was about to engulf Qin Shi, Donkey Ruhua had used his Divine List bloodline to protect Qin Shi. Therefore, even though the Batdragon Rattlesnake's self-explosion was powerful, it didn't cause any internal injuries to Qin Shi. Only his skin was scratched.
"It's good that you're fine."
Feng Sha heaved a sigh of relief. He pondered for a moment and suddenly said, "You've done your best. When we get back to the sect, I'll send someone to help you find the Snowcrush Azalea."
Qin Shi was startled, but he immediately understood what Feng Sha meant. He shook his head. "No, it's too late. I have to win this competition."
"Hm?"
Feng Sha frowned, but before he could speak, Qin Shi beat him to it. "Old man, thank you for your concern. I'm fine."
Once he said this, Qin Shi leaped up and gently leaped onto the extremely miserable Sky Symbol Pillar that had been shattered. Some dejection flashed across his eyes.
Many people were shocked to see that Qin Shi was fine.
"That kid is really lucky. He can still stand up from that kind of impact?"
"Indeed. But even if he's fine, he has no chance in this competition. Now that the Batdragon Rattlesnake has self-detonated, he no longer has the strength to compete with Taoist Ghost Shadow."
"Yes, he's still too inexperienced. He might be able to surpass Taoist Ghost Shadow in a few more years, but not now."
Many seniors from the eight regions shook their heads in disappointment.
However, for some reason, when Qin Shi failed, Yao Ming, who should be the most happy, suddenly had a cloudy and angry look in his eyes.
Gui Ying was different. He laughed gloatingly and said, "Brat, even the heavens are helping me. Now that you don't have that Batdragon Rattlesnake, let's see how you can compete with me."
As for the discussions of the crowd and Phantom Shadow's mockery, Qin Shi was a little strange. He ignored them and stood on the Heavenly Talisman Pillar, looking down at his hands. His hands had been injured by the explosion earlier, and fresh blood was slowly flowing out.
"Why did this happen?"
He couldn't understand. He was close to giving it his all. Why did such an accident happen in the end?
"Kid, you can't refine a ferocious beast on the God List like this. You can only succeed if you truly grasp the power of the Curse Domain Realm," Donkey Ruhua suddenly said when he saw Qin Shi's melancholy look.
"The true power of the Curse Domain Realm?"
Qin Shi's black eyes flickered with confusion. He had always thought that the Curse Domain Realm was just a realm of the soul. Was there something else that he didn't know?
"Do you think that the Curse Domain Realm is so simple?
If that was really the case, then why were countless people forever rejected by this realm, unable to cross this threshold?
The true power of the Curse Domain Realm is far from what you can imagine. The current you is still far from it. "
"Indeed, the Curse Domain Realm is a realm of the soul. However, there are countless types of soul realms. Your current comprehension is not even at the most basic level."
At this time, the Nefarious Demon also said, "This little girl is right. Although I don't understand the power of the soul, I have crossed swords with that Clay Bodhisattva several times. The difference between the soul realms he displayed and the one you have now is like heaven and earth. It even makes me feel that this is not a realm at all."
Hearing the two's words, Qin Shi suddenly fell into silence. His mind kept replaying the experience of refining the Batdragon Rattlesnake.
He wanted to know what went wrong, what went wrong, and what the so-called true realm of the soul was.
He closed his eyes and his mind spun rapidly.
He didn't know how long this state lasted. Everyone was curious and discussed about it.
"What is this kid doing?"
"I don't know. Could he have suffered a blow?"
"That's normal. He's a young man. Once he suffers a blow, he can't take it."
"But could it be that he wants to completely give up on the competition?
Although it's impossible for him to defeat Ghastly Shadow now that he has lost the Batdragon Rattlesnake, it shouldn't be difficult for him to casually pick a fierce beast to refine and obtain second or third place, right? "
While everyone was feeling puzzled, Qin Shi's black eyes, which had been shut for a long time, suddenly opened. One could clearly sense the deep luster within them.
"This, this kid's aura, what's going on?"
"No, I don't know. But it seems like it's completely different from before. It feels like he's a completely different person."
"The true realm of the soul?"
Suddenly, Qin Shi smiled faintly. At this moment, he raised his palm slightly. It was still the ordinary Trapping Beast Cage. However, when his soul power brushed past it, an extremely unusual power surged within it.
A wisp of wild bestiality caused everyone to open their eyes wide, and they were filled with extreme disbelief and astonishment.
"This, this power, what's going on?"