Chapter 504: No Way to Fight

Longevity Immeasurable Venerable was having a bit of a headache at this moment.

He had indeed initially intended to meet with the expert from the Salvation Lineage.

It would also be good to investigate the other party's background.

Otherwise, the Holy Domain was truly too passive.

When he saw Su Ping's Avatar appear, he initially thought that this strike would be a very easy matter.

As long as he exerted a little effort, the other party would fall.

Yet he did not expect that the other party would actually bring along a life-bound Artifact with an aura that was bizarre yet unreasonably powerful.

Su Ping's Neutron Battle Star made Longevity Immeasurable Venerable feel an unfathomable threat.

But since the situation had reached this point, and he had gone to such great lengths to pull his opponent into this High-Dimensional Space to avoid interference from the mastermind behind the scenes,

there was no way he could just retreat like this.

Furthermore, Longevity Immeasurable Venerable felt that his side was well-prepared and was the party launching the sneak attack first.

According to normal theory, the advantage is mine!

Longevity Immeasurable Venerable no longer maintained his image as an Emperor.

Accompanied by a faint laugh, this Longevity Immeasurable Venerable transformed into a Heaven and Earth Dharma Form no smaller than the Neutron Battle Star.

This Dharma Form had three heads with different expressions, and its body was draped in a shimmering golden Daoist robe and ribbons of silk.

"Changsheng Wuliang!"

The three heads of Longevity Immeasurable Venerable chanted his own Dharma title simultaneously.

Cracks appeared across the entire space, and a golden light flew out from within, transforming in the blink of an eye into a big-bellied Buddha similar in size to Longevity Immeasurable Venerable.

As soon as this Buddha-dressed entity appeared.

Su Ping found the information on the other party.

This one should be the Great Venerable of Good and Evil Reincarnation, who left behind the most Fomen heritage in the Holy Domain.

Of course, the one appearing here was naturally not the original body from the Holy Temple.

But it was still an important Avatar that was not weak.

And it seemed to have been hidden in this High-Dimensional Space for a long time, just waiting for the summons from Longevity Immeasurable Venerable.

It seems this Longevity Immeasurable Venerable is a cautious person, as he couldn't wait to summon his backup without even trying to see if he could solve it himself.

Is this what they call a lion using its full strength to catch a rabbit?

But it doesn't matter.

The other party has foreign aid, but my side doesn't just have the Neutron Battle Star as a trump card.

Developing to this point, Su Ping could already proudly claim: he has many trump cards.

"Predestined person."

"This poor monk observes that you and I have a predestined connection; why not put everything down and follow this poor monk to the Pure Land of High Heaven?"

The Buddha transformed from golden light looked at Su Ping's Avatar, his large mouth splitting open to reveal a hearty laugh.

While he asked this, his large hand draped in a Kasaya reached out, and in the blink of an eye, the large hand had transformed into a giant hand capable of covering dozens of stars, pressing down.

Su Ping's Neutron Battle Star was like an ordinary glass marble beneath this giant hand.

Yet, it was this glass marble that met the Buddha's large hand.

Neither side made actual contact; when they were separated by a distance of about seven or eight body lengths,

the Neutron Battle Star and the Buddha's large hand both stopped simultaneously, falling into a brief state of stalemate.

Boom!

The stalemate lasted for a very short time.

The Neutron Battle Star was the first to move again, piercing through the pressing Buddha hand in an instant.

While punching a large hole through it, the Neutron Battle Star took the initiative and charged toward the Buddha.

The Buddha was not alarmed, saying "I am the Jingtu," and layers of halos covered his surroundings.

The Neutron Battle Star entered the area covered by the halos and was immediately wrapped by endless Buddha light.

This Buddha light was so pure it was as if it had a physical form, blocking the Neutron Battle Star regardless of the cost, and in an instant, it wrapped the Neutron Battle Star into a shimmering golden ball.

At the same time, although the Neutron Battle Star's speed did not diminish as it rampaged through this special Yuanling of the Buddha,

it was bizarre that no matter how it charged, it could not get close to the Buddha's original body located in the center of the Yuanling.

The Buddha appeared to maintain a smile, as if everything was under control.

However, in reality, this Buddha sent a Secret Language to Longevity Immeasurable Venerable, who was observing the battle, telling him to act quickly.

Longevity Immeasurable Venerable was also surprised in his heart by this; he knew the strength of this ally.

Even if it was just an Avatar, its comprehensive strength was among the best of the Sages.

Yet he did not expect it to be forced by that bizarre life-bound Artifact to the point where he needed to act quickly.

Doesn't this mean that even an Avatar of such a Great Ability can only briefly hold back that one life-bound Artifact!

The unfathomable nature of the Neutron Battle Star gave the Longevity Immeasurable Venerable new insights, and also caused a flash of greed in his heart, wanting to claim this object for himself.

He no longer observed, but after locking onto Su Ping's Avatar, he acted decisively.

Suddenly, streaks of white light flew out from the wide sleeves of the Longevity Immeasurable Venerable's robe.

These white lights transformed into various divine demons and Demon Beasts with strange appearances.

While emitting incredible cries, they charged toward Su Ping's Avatar.

They were aggressive and arrived extremely fast.

Hundreds of millions of kilometers passed in just a single breath, and they had already appeared before him.

They launched their charge, and they approached within a hundred-kilometer radius of Su Ping's Avatar.

Then, a phantom of a deity that could not be crossed appeared in front of them, blocking their path.

The tall figure of the True Martial Subduing Demon Emperor appeared before this tide of white-light exotic beasts; without drawing his sword, he summoned the phantoms of the four great divine beasts—the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise—which erupted with dazzling light.

The four great divine beasts each opened their mouths to devour the exotic beasts emitting white light.

In the blink of an eye, the white-light exotic beasts released by the Longevity Immeasurable Venerable were completely devoured.

Immediately, the True Martial Subduing Demon Emperor drew the True Martial Subduing Demon Sword and struck back at the Longevity Immeasurable Venerable with one sword strike.

This sword strike slashed through space and time, and the sword light appeared before the protective divine light of the Longevity Immeasurable Venerable.

This caused the Longevity Immeasurable Venerable to reveal a look of shock.

The phantom that had suddenly appeared before him was clearly also an Avatar of a deity from the heavens.

He did not bother to wonder how this Avatar could have broken through high-dimensional space to appear.

After all, the opponent might have hidden this Avatar in their Divine Soul in advance, just as he had hidden his own Great Venerable of Good and Evil Reincarnation clone in advance.

However, the opponent appeared to be at most at the Ninth Stage level.

How could they have harmed him?

The Longevity Immeasurable Venerable's confusion was immediately resolved as his protective divine light shattered.

"This is... Void Divine Power?"

"An Ancient God who holds the rules of the Void... is on the opponent's side?"

The Longevity Immeasurable Venerable spat out golden blood.

A thin scar appeared on his chest below his neck.

The moment this scar appeared, it had already recovered as before.

However, the interior had been destroyed into a mess under the Void Divine Power.

In the end, relying on the vast difference in quality between the two sides, he managed to withstand this sword strike.

However, the gaze the Longevity Immeasurable Venerable cast toward the True Martial Subduing Demon Emperor also carried a trace of fear.

"Your talent is not bad."

The True Martial Subduing Demon Emperor retracted the True Martial Subduing Demon Sword, his gaze piercing through space and time to lock onto the Longevity Immeasurable Venerable.

"To be able to withstand one strike from this seat—if you do not perish, you will have a one-in-ten chance to advance further in one hundred thousand years."

After making this assessment, the True Martial Subduing Demon Emperor gripped the sword hilt tightly once more.

All around, the four great divine beasts, having eaten their fill, let out a collective roar before turning into light and merging into the True Martial Subduing Demon Sword.

This caused the sword energy to spread out before the sword was even drawn, and a taller, more massive phantom of the True Martial Subduing Demon Emperor emerged behind him.

This phantom was even more blurred.

Yet it revealed a more powerful, mysterious foundation and a terrifying aura.

At the appearance of this phantom, both the Longevity Immeasurable Venerable and that Buddha clone could not help but look over, and simultaneously felt a shock in their hearts.

From this phantom, they could tell.

The true realm of the original body of this True Martial Subduing Demon Emperor before them.

I fear it is already far above them, having taken that crucial step to become a being comparable to the Dark Catastrophe...

No, it is a Twelfth Tier deity that has surpassed the Dark Catastrophe!

After all, a Twelfth Tier being that retains its subjective initiative and self-consciousness—how could it be compared to those driven by instinct, constantly devouring and destroying, swallowing both good and bad into their bodies, possessing great quantity but no quality?

"Plus, that strand of Void Divine Power that entered my body earlier was definitely not used by this Great Ability."

"How many deities above the Eleventh Tier does the Salvation Lineage actually hide?"

"Why, with so many deities, do they not come in person?"

In their panic, the Longevity Immeasurable Venerable and the others were, after all, experienced individuals, and they soon noticed the unreasonable aspects.

The opponent's background appeared too powerful.

So much so that it was either unreal, or there existed certain rule restrictions they did not yet understand that limited them within reality.

And according to their experience.

They soon guessed a portion of the truth.

The Salvation Lineage must truly have many deities from the heavens acting as masterminds behind the scenes.

It is just that because of some special rules or conditions.

They cannot come in person, and even projecting their power is subject to many restrictions.

Otherwise, how could the Holy Domain still be alive today?

I fear it would have fallen the very next second!

Thinking of this, both saintly clones felt a stir in their hearts, realizing that for the Holy Domain to win, they must mobilize the entire army while the opponent is still restricted, strike hard and fast, destroy the opponent's foundation, and leave those deities from the heavens without the conditions to project power.

At that time, the Holy Domain could be in a dominant position, and then see if they could reach a compromise with the deities from the heavens.

That's right, in the end, the most favorable choice for the Holy Domain is to compromise with the opponent.

There is no help for it; who let the saints of the Holy Domain refuse to take that crucial step even now?

Once, the veteran predecessor titled the King of Hell successfully merged with the Hell of Boundlessness, letting the Holy Domain see the Hope Island of success.

For this, the Holy Domain invested massive resources into him, and saints including the Longevity Immeasurable Venerable also gave quite a bit of help.

But what was the result?

The result was that the King of Hell has been hiding in the Hell of Boundlessness until now, still using the excuse that his divine art is not yet perfected and he is still a little short of that step.

This has left many of the new generation of saints quite disappointed.

Of course, disappointment is disappointment, but if you want them to try being a hero of the Holy Domain themselves, to open up a path forward for billions of Cultivators...

Referring to the formation of the Dark Catastrophes, the saints are absolutely unwilling.

"Slash!"

The True Martial Demon-Subduing Emperor did not give his opponent any more time.

With body and mind as one, as the sword was swung, the phantom behind him also merged into the sword light, causing the radiance of this sword strike to bloom.

It even caused the entire space to tremble and shake.

Of course, that this sword strike could have such power was not entirely due to the True Martial Demon-Subduing Emperor.

Although the True Martial Demon-Subduing Emperor's foundation was not bad, his current cultivation level was ultimately insufficient.

Even though Su Ping had subsequently provided plenty of resources for priority cultivation, allowing Exorcist Mage Yunkong to step into the Ninth Stage realm.

The True Martial Demon-Subduing Emperor's current cultivation could only be at the peak of the Ninth Stage, and relying on divine abilities and Secret Techniques to fight across ranks was his limit.

To be able to destroy the various methods of the Changsheng Boundless Bright Venerable.

The important catalyst still needed to rely on the help of Void Divine Power.

Fortunately, after accumulating it for this period, Su Ping had also stored quite a bit of Void Divine Power.

It was enough to let his trump cards display their divine might.

Upon seeing the sword light, the Changsheng Boundless Bright Venerable and the Buddha both felt their scalps go numb.

The next instant, the Changsheng Boundless Bright Venerable wanted to close this high-dimensional space to avoid this strike.

Even though doing so meant that this operation would end in failure.

The Changsheng Boundless Bright Venerable could no longer care about that.

There was no help for it; although the opponent's cultivation was low, their foundation was clearly more unfathomable, and they, these young Sages, simply had no way to fight against the opponent's methods!

However, the Changsheng Boundless Bright Venerable suddenly discovered that he could not close this high-dimensional space.

The control over this high-dimensional space seemed to have slipped out of his control without him noticing.

"How is this possible!"

The Changsheng Boundless Bright Venerable was stunned for a moment, seeing the sword light that obscured his vision.

And he saw a message contained within the sword light.

"Junior!"

"This seat is much more familiar with this kind of technique for opening outer-domain spaces than you are!"

"So that's how it is."

The Changsheng Boundless Bright Venerable suddenly realized, and immediately his body was submerged by the True Martial Demon-Subduing Emperor's sword light.

On the other side, the Buddha had his hands pressed together and was about to use a divine ability to escape.

Suddenly, he discovered that due to the influence of the sword light, a flaw had appeared in the Yuanling he used to trap the Neutron Battle Star.

Immediately, that Neutron Battle Star appeared between his eyes.

It actually pierced through his head in one strike.

Because of this impact, the Buddha's Avatar also lost its final means of evasion and was likewise submerged by the sword light.

…………

"W-what happened?"

"Where are we again?"

In a grassland with fresh air, a group of Cultivators woke up from a trance.

Seeing the scene around them, they were all somewhat surprised.

Someone recalled the high-dimensional space, but immediately felt a sense of dizziness.

Cultivators below Dao Integration simply could not remember that segment of memory.

For those above Dao Integration, it was also quite blurry.

They could only vaguely know that it was a Great Ability of the Salvation Lineage who had taken action to save them.

"So, this should be one of the Small Worlds of the Salvation Lineage, right?"

"Cough, cough, cough, I didn't expect that after encountering such a scene of Great Abilities fighting, we would still be able to survive!"

A portion of the Cultivators realized what had happened and could not help but weep with joy.

There were also Cultivators who thought of their fallen friends and family, and could not help but feel some sorrow.

As for that Sect Master of the Liuyun Sect who had used the Wooden Tablet, he did not say a word, knelt directly on the ground, bowed toward the direction where the Sun was rising, and silently recited, hoping to be able to join the Salvation Lineage.

Even if he could only be an Outer Sect lackey, he would not hesitate...

Su Ping's Avatar scanned these Cultivators with his divine sense, and confirming there were no accidents, he paid them no more mind.

As the True Martial Demon-Subduing Emperor unleashed that sword strike and shattered the opponent's Avatar, the space also fell back into the North King Time Domain.