Chapter 789: The Heavenly Emperor Bell Explodes, Gu Yuan Becomes a World Master

"My Heavenly Emperor Bell!"

Watching this scene, Wu Hao felt an extreme heartache. This was the Heavenly Emperor Bell he had painstakingly refined with countless efforts, yet it was damaged by Wu's Light of Myriad Annihilation.

Wu Hao could feel that the connection between the Heavenly Emperor Bell and himself was almost nonexistent. Moreover, Wu was still inside the Heavenly Emperor Bell at this moment. Thinking of this, Wu Hao could no longer care about the heartache. With a single thought, he directly guided the Heavenly Emperor Bell to self-destruct.

Since the Heavenly Emperor Bell could no longer be used, he might as well let it unleash its final residual heat.

As the Heavenly Emperor Bell self-destructed, everything around it was instantly annihilated. Fortunately, there were no worlds nearby, otherwise, they would have surely been engulfed and destroyed by the explosion of the Heavenly Emperor Bell.

Although the power of the Heavenly Emperor Bell's self-destruction was extremely formidable, Wu Hao was very clear in his heart that an attack of this level could not kill Wu.

As expected, as the residual might of the Heavenly Emperor Bell's self-destruction slowly dissipated, what was revealed was Wu's body, which had only sustained minor injuries.

"You do have some means, but now that you have lost the blessing of the Heavenly Emperor Domain, are you still my opponent?"

Wu's words fell, and he instantly appeared in front of Wu Hao, directly piercing through Wu Hao's chest with a single blade. If Wu Hao hadn't reacted in time, he might have been directly cut in half by Wu.

But even so, Wu's strike still inflicted a massive injury on Wu Hao.

"It seems I can only hold on. At least I have to wait until they bring the core of the Forbidden Realm. Since the Heavenly Emperor Domain is no longer obstructing, they should be able to sense the aura here and should expedite sending the core of the Forbidden Realm."

Previously, Wu Hao was only guessing, but feeling the cores of the four Great Worlds already fused within him, a faint voice told him that as long as he gathered the five Great World Cores, a massive qualitative change would occur, and defeating Wu would not be difficult then.

It was just that Wu Hao had calculated everything except for the fact that the Lord of Forbidden would actually self-destruct.

At this moment, Xu Shi and Emperor Yuan were still doing their utmost to help Dean Gu Yuan achieve a Breakthrough to the Heavenly Emperor Realm. Almost at the instant the Heavenly Emperor Bell shattered, they both sensed the power of that magnitude. Simultaneously, they knew that Wu Hao's side was likely about to fail; otherwise, such immense power would not have been released.

Thinking of this, Xu Shi and Emperor Yuan accelerated to the extreme.

It must be said that Dean Gu Yuan was indeed the most powerful being in the entire Forbidden Realm who was closest to the Heavenly Emperor Realm. With the help of the two top experts, Xu Shi and Emperor Yuan, Dean Gu Yuan quickly grasped the mysteries of the Heavenly Emperor Realm and then began to charge toward the Heavenly Emperor Realm.

The living beings within the Forbidden Realm also sensed the aura of Dean Gu Yuan attempting to break through to the Heavenly Emperor Realm, and they sincerely began praying for Dean Gu Yuan, as his reputation throughout the Forbidden Realm was quite good.

Under the prayers of all the beings in the Forbidden Realm, Dean Gu Yuan's speed of Breakthrough actually increased significantly.

In the next second, Wu Li and the Time-Space Mythical Beast appeared before Xu Shi and the others.

Upon seeing Wu Li, Xu Shi immediately sensed the aura of Wu Hao's Bloodline on him. He frowned slightly and asked, "You… are the descendant of that Myriad Paths fellow?"

"Yes, I pay my respects to you both, Seniors."

Wu Li's tone was extremely respectful. Even though he was at the God-Emperor Peak in his previous life, it amounted to nothing before these two great experts.

After appearing, Wu Li waved his large hand, instantly applying the power of the Time-Space Tree onto Dean Gu Yuan. With the assistance of the Time-Space Tree, Dean Gu Yuan's speed in charging toward the Heavenly Emperor Realm surged again.

"This is… the Time-Space Tree! I didn't expect you brat to obtain it."

Emperor Yuan looked at Wu Li and spoke with some surprise. One must know that although they were the World Masters of their respective worlds, they had not obtained the Time-Space Tree of their own worlds. After all, the Time-Space Tree was extremely mysterious; even a World Master might not necessarily obtain it.

Hearing this, Wu Li showed a humble expression and replied, "It was merely luck."

"Alright, now that you have the blessing of your Time-Space Tree, then surely I—Heck, so fast?"

Xu Shi was about to say something when he sensed something and couldn't help but widen his eyes.

In the next second, an incomparably powerful force erupted from Dean Gu Yuan's body, instantly spreading to every corner of the entire Forbidden Realm. This was the symbol of Dean Gu Yuan breaking through to the Heavenly Emperor Realm and becoming the World Master of the Forbidden Realm.

Almost at the same moment, upon sensing this aura, the powerful beings within the Forbidden Realm all looked toward Dean Gu Yuan's direction and spoke in unison with extremely respectful tones: "Greetings, World Master!"

"Rise."

As Dean Gu Yuan spoke, the will of the Forbidden Realm instantly acted upon the bowing beings of the Forbidden Realm, helping them up.

After finishing all this, Dean Gu Yuan looked towards a certain direction in the Forbidden Realm, and his figure vanished.

Xu Shi and the others quickly followed suit, and before long, they followed Dean Gu Yuan to a remote world within the Forbidden Realm. There, they saw a small World Core floating within that world.

Dean Gu Yuan did not hesitate and reached out to take the World Core into his hand.

The moment the World Core was obtained, Dean Gu Yuan's aura instantly strengthened significantly, completely stabilizing at the Small Heavenly Emperor Realm. He only needed a short period of settling down to be able to achieve Breakthrough to the Great Heavenly Emperor Realm.

But Dean Gu Yuan showed no hesitation. He looked at Xu Shi and Emperor Yuan and said, "Let's go. That Senior is waiting for us."

With that, Dean Gu Yuan took a step and headed toward the place where the fighting aura between Wu Hao and Wu was emanating from. Xu Shi and Emperor Yuan quickly followed.

As for the others, they dared not follow at all. After all, the residual shockwaves from the battle between Wu Hao and Wu were terrifying. Even Xu Shi and the other two needed to exert their utmost effort just to resist; protecting them would be even more out of the question. If they followed, they would only be sending themselves to their deaths.