Chapter 500: I… am just trying to find a way to survive!

The shadow's words once again plunged Great Saint Zixiao into silence.

Choosing to trade with the shadow, from the moment of Fusion, he truly had no way out.

Because once it began, even if the Fusion wasn't perfect, it would be difficult to sever and separate; even if it could be separated, the shadow would not agree.

Though the strongest were powerful, they did not possess effective means to separate the shadow and him, and even if they did, they could not successfully save him under the shadow's suicidal intentions.

Moreover, his impending end of Lifespan, facing peaceful demise, was Great Saint Zixiao's greatest fear at present.

Only one path remained for him: to go all the way, which was to completely Fuse with this shadow.

"What is your purpose in hunting Prodigies?"

After a long silence, Great Saint Zixiao spoke again.

"The specific reason, you will know once you are completely Fused with this god."

The black mist's tone also softened; since Great Saint Zixiao asked this, he must have erased that trace of hesitation in his heart.

"Is Li Xuanfeng truly such a Prodigy?"

Great Saint Zixiao paused, then asked again, his tone full of doubt.

Neither the Heavenly Tribulation aura triggered by Li Xuanfeng's actions nor the huge commotion caused by slaying Saint King Jiyin could have escaped his and this alien race's notice.

As a Great Saint of the Canglan Realm, Zixiao had never heard of or seen anyone like Li Xuanfeng, yet the alien race he was Fusing with seemed to know more about Li Xuanfeng's intelligence.

It was clear that the alien race had long infiltrated the Canglan Realm, possessing a sophisticated intelligence network, and the shadow might even have some secret means of contacting other alien races.

However, since he chose to cooperate with the alien race and Fuse with the shadow, Great Saint Zixiao didn't consider much else; what puzzled him was whether such a monster as Li Xuanfeng truly existed in the world?

A Late Stage Saint, less than a hundred years old, was actually able to defeat and instantly kill Saint King Jiyin!

Even an Early Stage Saint King was still a Saint King, absolutely not something a Saint could contend with!

Li Xuanfeng's talent and combat power both exceeded Great Saint Zixiao's comprehension; as a powerhouse standing at the very top of the ancient spirit continent's pyramid, his knowledge was extraordinary, unmatched by anyone on the entire continent, yet this was the first time he had seen a monster like Li Xuanfeng.

"This person carries a great secret; not only is he less than a hundred years old, but his actual Cultivation time is less than ten years!"

"Even among our God Race, perhaps with the exception of the legendary Ancestor, I doubt anyone could compare to him in terms of talent!"

The shadow said, revealing quite a bit of information in its words.

"What?!"

"Cultivation for less than ten years?!"

Great Saint Zixiao's expression lost control for the first time, and a pupil earthquake erupted in his old eyes.

A Saint less than a hundred years old was already unprecedented; a Saint who had Cultivated for less than ten years?

Great Saint Zixiao truly couldn't imagine how such an exaggerated being could exist!

Ten years, to him, was truly like the blink of an eye; a casual meditation or seclusion would last longer than that.

It felt as if someone hadn't been born before his seclusion, and upon emerging from seclusion, he found that person's strength was almost catching up to his own!

Great Saint Zixiao no longer remembered how many tens of thousands of years and how much effort he had spent to Breakthrough to the Saint King Realm.

To Cultivate to the Saint King Realm and possess Saint King combat power, others needed tens of thousands of years, while Li Xuanfeng took less than ten years; such a huge disparity naturally made it unbelievable, and the shock it brought to Great Saint Zixiao was imaginable.

"Could this person be born in response to a calamity?"

Great Saint Zixiao's thought stirred; this was the only possibility he could think of.

He had fought for many years on the Void Realm battlefield, annihilating countless alien races, and naturally knew about the catastrophe a million years ago.

Now, with the border pass under pressure, the so-called "Ancestor" mentioned by the shadow just now was the terrifying existence that brought catastrophe to the entire Universe a million years ago.

Whether the alien race was deliberately creating panic in the Canglan Realm or if it was true, rumors said that Ancestor had not perished.

And the only ones who could contend with him were Great Emperors!

However, the Heavenly Dao of the Canglan Realm was incomplete, preventing the attainment of Emperorhood; if the alien race's so-called Ancestor was still alive, the catastrophe would surely descend again.

When the catastrophe descended, there would inevitably be peerless Prodigies born in response to it, rising rapidly at an astonishing speed.

Li Xuanfeng's abnormal and unreasonable nature made "one born in response to a calamity" the only possibility Great Saint Zixiao could conceive.

However, even if he was one born in response to a calamity, reaching such a Realm in less than ten years of Cultivation still revealed strangeness and incredibility everywhere.

"If you and I complete the Fusion and capture Li Xuanfeng, it will be a great achievement; if we receive a reward from the Ancestor, it's not impossible to step into the Quasi-Emperor Realm in the future!"

The shadow's voice sounded again.

"Quasi-Emperor!"

A sharp glint flashed in Great Saint Zixiao's eyes.

He had long exhausted his potential, and there was absolutely no hope of reaching Quasi-Emperor in this life; if he could truly step into the Quasi-Emperor Realm, he would consider any price worth paying.

Moreover, by capturing Li Xuanfeng, he would have the opportunity to understand his exaggerated secret, and there might even be a chance to replace him!

"This person's Cultivation speed is so exaggerated, he can already summon the aura of Heavenly Tribulation, indicating that he could Breakthrough at any time; are you sure you can capture him?"

Great Saint Zixiao paused, then looked at the shadow and said.

Li Xuanfeng's use of power to summon the Heavenly Tribulation aura when dealing with Saint King Jiyin could not be faked, indicating that he could Breakthrough at any time.

If he could defeat a Saint King while in the Late Stage Saint Realm, would he also be able to defeat a Great Saint once he Breakthrough to Saint King?

Although this idea even Great Saint Zixiao himself found a bit incredible, if Li Xuanfeng truly Cultivated for less than ten years, coupled with his personal witnessing of Li Xuanfeng slaying Saint King Jiyin, achieving this step became entirely possible.

"He can defeat a Saint King because he has reached the Perfection of the Late Stage Saint Realm, just one step away from Saint King; when he Breakthroughs to the Early Stage Saint King, it's not certain he can contend with a Great Saint. To rival a Great Saint, even he would need to Breakthrough to the Late Stage Saint King Realm to have a chance."

"Moreover, even if he truly can rival a Great Saint, so what? Our race has its own countermeasures!"

The shadow's voice was still hoarse, but Great Saint Zixiao could hear the other party's confidence; it was clear they had other preparations to deal with Li Xuanfeng.

Great Saint Zixiao fell silent again.

Li Xuanfeng could summon Heavenly Tribulation at any time; dealing with him at this moment was definitely not feasible. If he accidentally became tainted with the power of Heavenly Tribulation, Great Saint Zixiao would have to resist the Heavenly Tribulation corresponding to his own Realm, and he wasn't confident he could withstand it.

Furthermore, since the shadow had already mostly Fused with him, as an alien race, not a being of this world, once caught by Heavenly Tribulation, the descending Heavenly Tribulation would only be even more terrifying, with nowhere to hide!

Therefore, to deal with Li Xuanfeng, it would be safer to wait until he Breakthrough to Saint King.

"Continue the Fusion!"

After a long silence, Great Saint Zixiao looked at the shadow and said.

"Hahaha, this god guarantees you will never regret your choice today!"

The shadow laughed loudly, then condensed into a ball of black mist and submerged into Great Saint Zixiao's glabella.

The next moment, Great Saint Zixiao's pupils were filled with black mist, and his purple lightning-patterned robe gradually transformed into a black robe.

"Since the choice has been made, there's no turning back!"

"This venerable one… is merely seeking a path to survival!"

A thought flashed through his mind, and Great Saint Zixiao closed his eyes.

The previously distorted and flickering eerie phenomena no longer appeared; the wrinkles on his aged face gradually smoothed out, and his white hair and beard began to turn black.

Great Saint Zixiao's aura changed; outwardly, his body still pulsed with Saint Power, but beneath the Saint Power, there was also an extremely subtle Divine Power hidden.