Chapter 2807: The Dark Torrent

Unless a new existence is introduced, namely life.

Sentient beings have emotions; all phenomena are impermanent.

Then within this span of spacetime, it is possible to have infinite changes. The "evolution" most desired by the Great Square Vessel thus arises.

Conversely, Bai Zhan Tian wishes to destroy everything, and what he must sever are the earth's advantage (space), heaven's timing (time), and living beings.

That is, earth, heaven, and man.

Bai Zhan Tian first used the divine power of Cang Xi Zhen Jun to deprive his opponent of the five senses, then severed his flesh and destroyed his consciousness.

This axe strike appears ordinary, but actually contains myriad changes, making it even more formidable than the Spacetime Slash. Meanwhile, facing him, He Lingchuan has lost all five senses, precisely when he is most vulnerable.

With the utmost strength, attack the utmost weakness.

There is no reason not to, worthy of Bai Zhan Tian concentrating his power into this axe.

Once struck, all living beings within this spacetime, flesh and soul alike, will be torn to shreds, even as small as mosquitoes and gnats unable to escape.

The previous "Time Slash" failed to achieve merit, and Bai Zhan Tian has deeply reflected. Is his own supreme technique too famous, so that the opponent had prepared in advance? Pan Long, holding aloft the banner against heavenly demons in the mortal realm, has likely studied each great heavenly demon in depth, and Hu Yi, seeing him use the Cleaving Space Slash, probably guessed his next move would be the Time Slash, thus preparing a dummy target in advance to lure him into expending vast divine power.

This is his own negligence; underestimating the opponent requires paying the price.

But the final strike of the Three Linked Slashes is not fixed. He can strike as he wishes, and Hu Yi cannot guess what move he will play.

Unleashing this strike, a sense of fatigue arises spontaneously. The true essence of the "Sentient Slash" is to make the prey hear thunder in silence; its prestige is not as great as the first two slashes, but its power is indeed greater. Correspondingly, the divine power consumed is even more enormous.

However, after Cang Xi Zhen Jun's brilliant flash passed, all around was pure darkness, and even Bai Zhan Tian felt somewhat unaccustomed in this moment.

This is quite normal; whoever is flashed by brilliant light will immediately experience darkness before their eyes.

He also only obtained Cang Xi Zhen Jun's skin when descending to the lower realm, and today is the first time he has used the divine-form version of the Xi Light divine ability—this great divine ability consumes enormous energy, creates a great commotion, and he would not idly practice it for fun, so his use of it is not proficient.

It does not matter; the opponent is ten times more dazzled than he, and having been deprived of the five senses, has become fish and meat awaiting slaughter beneath his axe.

But the problem arose:

The darkness did not recede like a tide; he looked left and right, still unable to see his fingers before his eyes! Moreover, in the darkness it seemed as if countless things were stirring, all rushing toward him, and he felt extreme danger.

These things were also desperately pushing him backward. Bai Zhan Tian suddenly chopped forward with two axes; where the axe wind passed, these things were swept away cleanly.

But new ones quickly came forward to fill the gap.

In the next instant, a sound like mountains and seas overturning suddenly roared in his ears!

That howl sounded as if it came from purgatory, with men and women, old and young, roaring with heart-rending anguish, filled with pain, despair, hatred, and unwillingness.

He had previously used "Xi Light Suddenly Appearing" to deprive his opponent of the five senses, including hearing; ironically, now his ears are filled with this violent, noisy shriek, and likewise he cannot hear any other sound at all.

Not good; what trap has the opponent designed, and what scene have I entered?

Bai Zhan Tian has experienced countless strange things in this life; facing danger, he does not panic. The power divine form hovering above his shoulders immediately blazed with light, used as illumination.

At the same time, he himself gathered his remaining divine power, preparing for a full-power strike.

Since it is a fusion of Cang Xi Zhen Jun's divine ability, let alone this small dark curtain, even illuminating the entire Ming Sha Forest would be more than enough.

However, there was none.

The light emanating from the divine form actually only illuminated the area within ten zhang around him; beyond that, it could not penetrate.

The distant darkness was like a crouching beast, devouring even the light that shone outward.

But the range illuminated by the light was sufficient for Bai Zhan Tian to see his situation:

He actually found himself amidst a surging flood!

Alongside him were packed wailing vengeful spirits, able to manifest their upper bodies, but below the waist they were merely strands of black smoke. Bai Zhan Tian is the only outsider here; the vengeful spirits, heedless of everything, rushed toward him, gnawing at his physical form and restricting his movements.

Earlier, Bai Zhan Tian swung his axe, chopping down these things. However, it was useless; no matter how many more times he swung, even if he could clear the vengeful spirits before him, these things would still gather again from all directions, endless and boundless!

Moreover, they inflict substantial harm on true immortal bodies and great heavenly gods; being gnawed by their sharp teeth, Bai Zhan Tian actually felt a piercing pain in his heart.

"Karma!" he blurted out.

These are fundamentally not vengeful spirits, nor wild ghosts, but rather the karmic obstacle power made manifest!

Earlier, when he fought General Hu Yi, these karmic forces merely adhered to Hu Yi's weapon, enough to make immortals and demons avoid it like the plague. Who would have known that its scale could actually form rivers?

Now he is amidst the flood of karmic force, for as far as the eye can see, black smoke rolls in ceaselessly without pause. Falling upon Bai Zhan Tian, it is being pushed by the karmic flood; he must swing his axe again and again, or else he will be swept away.

And most importantly, where is General Hu Yi?

Bai Zhan Tian fired two large fireballs forward. But ordinary divine techniques extinguished after flying less than two zhang, unable to illuminate the distant darkness at all.

Having no choice, he could only snatch a small ball from his own power divine form, and throw it out like a bullet.

The light of this bullet would not be devoured by the darkness, and could illuminate all the way to a thousand zhang away.

However, as the visible distance grew ever greater, Bai Zhan Tian's expression grew ever more shocked, for this karmic river was extraordinarily wide, and furthermore it was not flowing on a flat plane, but instead rose suddenly higher and coiled upward as one advanced!

The light between the divine form and the bullet only revealed the tip of the iceberg, but the full panorama submerged in darkness was truly terrifying:

The bullet's light ball flew upward along the black river, and Bai Zhan Tian then realized, this is not what a river is at all, but clearly a black giant serpent!

Black smoke billowed, forming the serpent's body; the serpent's head rose high, with two points of red light gazing down upon Bai Zhan Tian from above.

Karma... serpent?

Even Bai Zhan Tian was shocked. With such a vast amount of karmic force, where had Hu Yi hidden it beforehand, and would it not backfire on him?

At this moment, a point of golden light burst forth on the serpent's head.

Although weak, it was very conspicuous.

Bai Zhan Tian focused his gaze, and discovered that it was the faint light emanating from Hu Yi's battle armor.

This person sat cross-legged atop the serpent's skull, one hand propping his chin, the other holding the Floating Life Blade.

The black smoke of karmic force also spread from the serpent's head onto his body, in a steaming state, but did not condense into human faces around him.

For some unknown reason, this terrifying power seemed to be extremely obedient to General Hu Yi.

Thanks to book friend Apollo Yangyang for the enthusiastic reward~