Chapter 693

As soon as Xu Qing's words were spoken, King Tianlan's expression was calm, and his divine sense swept across the firmament.

He wanted to see what reliance Fenghai County had besides the Sun of Dawn.

And no matter what it was, it didn't matter to him. He became a Heavenly King not because of his family, but because of his Nascent Divinity cultivation.

As one of the Thirty-Three Heavenly Kings of the human race, although he was not the strongest, his status, position, and combat power all gave him the confidence to face the vast majority of situations in this world.

Not to mention this backwater Saint Lan Great Domain.

He knew very well that before the current Saint Lan Great Duke stepped into the Nascent Divinity realm, there had been no Nascent Divinity experts in this Saint Lan Great Domain for years. To the people here, a Nascent Divinity... was no different from a god.

Both were like heavenly might, both were irresistible, and both were unshakable.

He knew very well that as the last great clan to unify Wanggu, although the human race had experienced many setbacks, they could now barely be considered one of the great clans. In terms of the number of Nascent Divinity experts, they actually surpassed the Black Heaven Clan.

Therefore, if the human race had wanted to retake the Saint Lan Great Domain, which was attached to the Black Heaven Clan, it would have been extremely simple.

They could also have recovered the great domains where other enclaves were located.

However, the price for doing so was not small, and the situation did not allow it. They had to face many foreign clans, which would put immense pressure on the human race.

Because the great domains where the seven enclaves were located all had intricate relationships, and behind them were great clans possessing Domain Treasures; one move would affect the whole situation.

And the human race previously had no Domain Treasures.

So they could only endure.

Only by possessing Domain Treasures could they have a certain ability to protect themselves.

This was also the reason why, when the Fenghai County battle occurred, the human race was invaded by multiple foreign clans, but once the Sun of Dawn appeared, the clans were shaken and retreated one after another.

But having Domain Treasures alone was not enough.

More important than Domain Treasures were gods.

Gods are the root of whether a clan is powerful.

Before a god, whether it be a Nascent Divinity or a Domain Treasure, nothing works. This was also the reason why the Black Heaven Clan, despite being inferior to the human race in strength, could still make the human race wary.

Gods can overturn everything.

The root of the Black Heaven Clan's disastrous defeat was that the Black Heaven Clan's god, the Crimson Mother, had fallen into a deep sleep under the many mysterious arrangements of the Human Emperor.

As one grew and the other waned, the human race naturally became powerful.

The various reasons within this are hard for foolish people to understand. In their eyes, the world is too simple, and they even produce some ridiculous questions, such as "If the human race is so strong, why didn't they retake Saint Lan before?"—such childish remarks.

Only those who have mastered core information or are clever and good at observing can see the key.

"So, what could Fenghai County's reliance be?"

King Tianlan was composed. From beginning to end, he did not raise his head, only sweeping his divine sense across the firmament, seeing everything.

But just as he was about to perceive more deeply, a cold snort, in an extremely abrupt way, squeezed directly into his divine sense, echoing in the heavens and earth, and in King Tianlan's mind, it turned into heavenly thunder.

A rumbling explosion.

King Tianlan's expression froze. He looked up abruptly. The moment he looked at the firmament, a sound of creation came from the sky above the Great World that shrouded the county capital, and a massive crack actually appeared.

This crack was clearly not naturally formed; its edges were straight, as if cut by a sharp blade, and its length reached tens of thousands of feet.

Looking up from the ground, this crack in the sky was extremely conspicuous, and a heaven-shaking sword qi whistled from within, its sword momentum covering all directions.

In an instant, clouds and mist collapsed, the earth roared, all things trembled, and the minds of all living beings churned.

Everything in the world seemed to disappear, turning dark on its own, twisting completely. In this blur, only this sword qi falling from the crack in the sky became the only thing.

Like a heavenly sword, it fell directly onto the Great World that King Tianlan used to shroud the county capital.

The moment it made contact, King Tianlan's Great World shook as never before, emitting a deafening sound, as if millions upon millions of heavenly thunders were exploding at the same time.

The world barrier that existed within it collapsed in an instant, turning into countless fragments, like meteorites and shooting stars, scattering onto the mountains and rivers of the Great World.

The world trembled, but the sword qi did not stop at all. It broke through the barrier and fell directly into King Tianlan's Great World, cutting through the sky of the Great World and carving a sword mark on the ground that spread across the entire world.

The world roared, caving in toward where the sword mark was, both sides rising up. All the mountains within collapsed, all the rivers evaporated, and all living beings wailed, turning into a blood-red color.

But the power of the sword qi was still terrifying. Where the sword mark passed, the earth continued to shatter, spreading rapidly into the depths, and finally... the entire Great World was cut directly into two halves by this sword.

The world, destroyed!

Looking from afar, the Great World, now turned into two halves, separated toward the sides from above the county capital.

This scene was shocking to the mind and breathtaking.

One could see that these two halves of the Great World were filled with blood, wailing continuously, with countless rocks falling and countless dust particles spreading.

Subsequently, this Great World, now divided into two, became illusory, became transparent, and fell toward the earth.

The moment it hit the ground, it shattered into pieces. As the earth trembled, King Tianlan's Great World turned into countless pieces, merging into the land of Fenghai County.

It did not exist in substance, and its collapse was the same.

All of this takes a long time to say, but in reality, it happened in an instant. With the collapse of the Great World, the shock brought by this scene left everyone in Fenghai County stunned.

Also stunned were King Tianlan's subordinate army.

Everyone in the army felt their bodies instinctively trembling. Looking at the apocalyptic scene, everyone's mind went blank.

In truth, this scene was too terrifying and too sudden, so much so that no one had any mental preparation.

In fact, even if they had mental preparation, when they saw with their own eyes a Nascent Divinity's Great World collapse from a single sword strike, they would still find it hard to accept, hard to believe, and be drowned by the waves in their hearts.

And compared to the others, King Tianlan's horror was even more intense. His heart was filled with surging waves at this moment. An unprecedented crisis made him stand up abruptly from the black dragon and take a step forward.

As this step landed, the black dragon under his feet let out a wail, as if it could not bear the pressure from King Tianlan at this moment, and its body fell toward the ground.

The moment the black dragon hit the ground, King Tianlan's body in mid-air expanded rapidly, from the size of an ordinary person to a hundred feet, a thousand feet, ten thousand feet, until he became a giant standing between heaven and earth.

The Fenghai County capital looked like a child's ball before him, but such a massive King Tianlan did not have his mind calmed by the expansion of his body; instead, his expression grew increasingly heavy. He stared fixedly at the crack in the sky, a low roar coming from his mouth.

"Which fellow Daoist wishes to go to war with my human race!"

As he spoke, King Tianlan raised his right hand and grabbed toward the crack in the sky.

Boundless pressure erupted from him. The sun, moon, and stars shone around him, and countless rules and laws were revealed on his body.

At this moment, it seemed he was the sky, he was the Dao.

And responding to him was a cold snort.

"You, didn't you want to see me?"

As the voice came out, the second sword fell!

This sword's light was blinding, forming a sea of light at its peak, covering King Tianlan. Facing all this, King Tianlan's heart shook. He raised his palm, gathering rules and laws, giving it his all.

But this sea of light ignored everything, passing through King Tianlan's palm and merging into his body.

The next instant, King Tianlan's body shook, his eyes revealing horror and disbelief.

"Second stage..."

Before he could finish his words, a sword grew out of his mouth, piercing through from within his body, followed by his arms and hands. From multiple places, sharp swords pierced out from within.

Then it was his legs, his torso, his neck, his head...

Countless swords pierced out from multiple places in his body one after another, and his massive body was torn to pieces in mid-air amidst the flying of these countless sharp swords.

Finally, his huge body became countless pieces, falling from the sky.

This scene, like his Great World before, was torn to pieces, unable to withstand the power of a single sword.

Physical body, destroyed.

The heavens and earth roared, and all living beings were shocked.

And amidst the falling of countless flesh and blood, King Tianlan's divine soul flew out. His divine soul was different from his soul; it looked no different from his physical body, but looking closely, one could still see that it was entirely composed of laws and rules.

After appearing, horror appeared in King Tianlan's eyes. He had never seen such a sharp sword, nor had he ever seen such a terrifying Nascent Divinity second stage.

At this moment, he did not hesitate in the slightest. His divine soul erupted fully, and he retreated abruptly.

He wanted to leave this place; he felt the arrival of death, and he did not want to die.

But just as his divine soul retreated ten thousand feet, a wall of qi composed of sword qi suddenly rose from the ground before him, connecting to the firmament, of infinite length.

King Tianlan's expression changed, and he changed direction instantly, but soon a second wall of sword qi rose to the sky before him, followed by a third, a fourth, and a fifth.

In an instant, as King Tianlan tried every means to change direction, with everything failing, he was sealed in the center by five walls of sword qi connecting heaven and earth.

If one could look down from the peak of the sky, one could see that these five walls of sword qi were actually a pentagon, and King Tianlan in the center was trembling, his eyes revealing despair and disbelief.

He could not believe that he, as a Nascent Divinity, as a Heavenly King, was actually... about to die just like this.

"Who are you!

"

King Tianlan looked up at the sky and let out a shrill roar.

Responding to him was one word.

"Slash!"

As the sound came out, the five walls of sword qi contracted instantly, heading straight for King Tianlan's divine soul. In the blink of an eye, they gathered together, the sword light drowned him, and cut through.

Divine soul, destroyed!

The heavens and earth changed color, and the rumbling sound was like the sorrowful roar of the Heavenly Dao. Clearly, there were no clouds or mist, yet blood rain appeared out of thin air and scattered onto the earth.

The area it covered reached nearly half a prefecture.

The region of nearly half a prefecture was shrouded in blood rain, as if the firmament were weeping.

And this blood rain would nourish this land, making it different from other places from now on.

Because this was the place where a Nascent Divinity had fallen. The fragments of the Nascent Divinity's world would turn into spiritual energy, causing the spiritual energy in this half-prefecture region to surge.

Furthermore, mountain peaks would rise from the ground within this half-prefecture; those were all transformed from King Tianlan's flesh and blood. These mountains would all become spirit mountains!

And King Tianlan's shattered divine soul would turn into formless spirit roots. The children born in this place in the next hundred years would have spirit roots in their bodies different from others.

They would be more suited to King Tianlan's Dao.

This was the scene of a Nascent Divinity's death, just like when the Ghost Emperor passed away in Fenghai County.

It was just that the scale was not as large as the Ghost Emperor's.

But it still nourished all living things.

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