Chapter 436: Hateful Eyes and Broken Wings, the Holy Spirit Rises Violently

Before the Phoenix Remnant Hatred had even formally appeared, the Azure Profound Palace had already been restored to its original state, suddenly retracting back into the body.

Du En's operations did not end there; his hands were a blur, weaving seals and casting spells in an instant. Almost simultaneously, another vermilion-gold fire phoenix rose, emitting a clear, bright cry. At the same time, the Holy Spirit understood his intent, driving the Sun-Radiance Golden Flame to also soar into the sky, transforming into a three-legged divine bird as brilliant as the sun.

Was it truly that Sun Divine Bird?

Watching the Holy Spirit's posture, which seemed to no longer involve hiding or holding back, the corners of Du En's eyes twitched slightly. Yet, his hand seals did not stop; he was incomparably solemn and earnest, with endless mana surging and pouring in. In the blink of an eye, he had already discharged an amount that could be called a river or sea.

A ten-thousand-foot great mountain, wrapped in three-fold burning flames! The two great true fires carried the Hatred-Fire Savage Phoenix, forcing it to unwillingly and obediently become a component of this move!

Then, this great mountain of burning fire transformed into a terrifying meteorite, plummeting toward the true form of the Dark God, that Dark-Sun Mirror Crow. This was the Three-Fold Burning Meteorite! Before the meteorite and burning mountain even arrived, the heat had already spread out in advance, covering the entire Dark Capital, making those who were sleeping soundly feel only a parched heat throughout their bodies, sweating incessantly.

Next came the impact and downward pressure, constricted into an orbital shape, smashing fiercely and directly onto the Dark-Sun Mirror Crow... causing a feather, cast like spirit-iron divine steel, to move ever so slightly.

Only then did the main body of the great mountain fall with a boom, crashing onto the head of the Dark-Sun Mirror Crow, which neither dodged nor evaded.

Boom! The terrifying impact spread through the air, dispelling the previous heat and forming circles of frozen spatial ripples and folds, stopping short before the Sea of Sickness outside the capital.

That freezing, those folds—the great snake outside the city and the clouds inside the city could not help but be dumbfounded, able only to perceive a sense of hair-raising horror from it.

Because that was actually an afterimage, frozen in their field of vision and their primordial spirits, which they could barely capture. Even just this was an unimaginable aftermath; they would need to go into deep seclusion for a while later to smooth it out and erase it from their primordial spirits and vision.

The two of them could not imagine the scene at the very center.

The situation was actually quite simple: the Dark-Sun Mirror Crow had only shaken its head slightly, as if swaying, and had taken this move head-on, shattering the Three-Fold Burning Meteorite.

A ten-thousand-foot great mountain sounds very impressive, but in reality, it was only sixty miles in scale, not even on the same order of magnitude as the Dark-Sun Mirror Crow, let alone the gap in mass!

"It seems you truly do not understand—you do not understand just how great the gap between us is!"

The Dark God's voice slowly sounded, already returning to calm. "At first glance, you have now raised your strength to a level similar to my current cultivation, but that is merely piling up cultivation; it is a balloon blown up by pure imagination, not the power of the later stages that a weakling should possess."

"At the same time, I am still different from you; I am a being that has transcended the common masses, powerful to the extreme. Between us, there are at least two absolute fault lines!"

"Therefore, visitor from beyond the heavens, stop. If the Holy Spirit still has remaining strength, she can still fight me, but relying only on you and a bit of residual radiance, you will simply not be my opponent!"

The Dark God spoke slowly, stating a fact.

In his current state, no matter how desperately Du En fought, it was meaningless, and he would simply not be the Dark God's opponent.

Even the Holy Spirit nodded secretly. That remaining strength had long been prepared; beneath the completely collapsed palace, there was now surging, brilliant radiance, like bubbles rising in a pool of magma, ready to erupt at any moment.

The Sea of Sickness outside the Dark Capital, although still a factor restraining her, could only be dealt with this way now; she could not just sit and wait for death, could she?

Moreover, although the Dark God had already revealed his true body, that terrifying Dark-Sun Mirror Crow.

Yet until now, he was still curled into the posture of a planet. Why was this?

The answer was simple: because the wound torn open by the Holy Spirit during the last Holy-Dark War had still not healed, which was why he needed to cautiously curl up to cover it!

Otherwise, Du En's previous move, even if it still could not bring about any effective damage, would not have left behind absolutely no trace like it did now.

He had been diligent enough, so it was time to change shifts!

The Holy Spirit also intended to reveal her true body and use her remaining strength to resolve everything tonight! It was just that Du En seemed to have other ideas.

He silently drew the Hanging Lamp from the Holy Remains Armor.

"Wh-what?"

The Holy Spirit was puzzled by this.

The Dark God also did not see his intention to surrender. Immediately sensing that something was wrong, without the slightest hesitation, the Mirror Crow Divine Fire, which had finished brewing in his eyes and resembled countless intersecting mirror surfaces, crashed down like a heavenly pillar falling to the world.

"…Du En, what exactly are you trying to do?"

The Holy Spirit's Hanging Lamp was pushed by a force, moving away from the falling divine fire. Watching Du En, who was completely covered in the mirror flames, she could not help but pause the action of her own true body erupting.

Because he did not look like he was seeking his own death! Therefore, it was only natural that a change would occur!

Taking advantage of the fact that the Time-Wheel Pill still had some medicinal effect, he let the Holy Remains Armor revert to the Divine Remains Armor. The manifestation of Dao might was added, and the Dharma Domain of Radiance was nested within; it was still continuing, still further exerting its power—that is, restriction! Restricting what? The Phoenix Remnant Hatred!

One could only see five light wheels suddenly erupting and appearing within his body; these were the five principles of the Indestructible Spirit Body. At this moment, those five light wheels actually emerged directly outside his body and began to twist and change, forming five giant eyes, some large and some small.

They were incomparably insane, filled with hatred for the world. First, they floated unstably like fiery heat, directly resisting the Mirror Flames from touching him.

Then, it was as if a boundary had been broken; like a single broken wing suddenly unfolding, its edges wreathed in endless colorless Hatred Fire, while a dark and profound tinge appeared on the rim. It actually broke through the Dark-Sun Mirror Crow's divine fire, which was like a prison, in one fell swoop.

"What?!"

The Dark God was immediately shocked.

Even he could not have imagined that Du En was actually a great thunderclap that even an ordinary True Monarch would not want to face head-on, because the principle-level port named Phoenix Remnant Hatred was residing within his body.

And through the previous glimpse of the main body, it had also left a gap that was difficult to bridge. By actively tearing it open at this moment, it naturally allowed the Remnant Hatred main body—the principle of destroying the turbid world—which had long been crowded between the depths and the shallows and was seeking an opportunity to move, to be squeezed out a little.

Even with Du En's Dao heart, his expression became twisted. Under the shroud of the broken wing formed by the five eyes of hatred, he actually looked as if he were smiling quite ferociously.

Although he had broken through the Mirror Crow Divine Fire, it was too unrealistic to withstand it with his own incomplete Indestructible Radiance Body. Therefore, he only had one strike now. He saw the reality behind the opponent's attempt to cover the wound, and at this moment, he exerted himself to swing that broken wing.

The five eyes of hatred suddenly became more twisted and appeared even more terrifying and ghastly, making one's heart tremble at the sight. It crossed space directly, as if transcending time, and stabbed directly into that massive divine body, grazing past the Dark God's old wound.

Slash!

Amidst the strange sound, the god shed blood and flapped his wings in shock and anger. A giant claw, instead of retreating, advanced, carefully avoiding the winding broken wing of hatred, intending to directly grab and kill Du En.

While it was still on its way, accompanied by the shattering of the Divine Remains Armor, the target suddenly shifted. Amidst the dense sound of piercing, it penetrated Du En's body, and the broken wing of hatred disappeared without a trace like a fleeting phantom.

If not for the terrifying gap of nothingness still hanging there, with its end inserted directly into the Dark-Sun Mirror Crow's body, causing its old wound to remain unhealed and adding a new injury, the onlookers would probably have thought it was all their own delusion. What was not a delusion was Du En's current wretched state.

He had completely exhausted his strength and lost all power to resist. Watching the giant claw approach, his mind was muddled and chaotic; his will felt as if it had been burned away, his body was riddled with holes, the origin of his spirit body was shattered into a tattered sieve, and the ancient divine palace was pierced with a large hole, with two-thirds of the primordial spirit inside seemingly erased by an eraser.

Only the Radiance Dharma method, which was like the sun, barely maintained its general integrity—and it had to be intact, otherwise he would have lost his little life by now.

The true Phoenix Remnant Hatred was not something so easy to fleece!

Therefore, facing the incoming Mirror Crow giant claw, he no longer had any possibility of dodging or resisting.

Like a fallen leaf caught in a vortex, unable to even drift to the ground, his soulless gaze could only watch the Mirror Crow's claw... stop narrowly within reach.

"So that's how it is. I was wrong. That kind of resentment is not some power or secret technique borrowed from thin air, but something hidden and sealed within your body, which you carry and borrow a little of. This is truly..."

Realizing the key point, the Dark-Sun Mirror Crow murmured, his shock and anger quickly subsiding. Rationally and calmly judging, he knew he could not continue to grab and kill this madman who intended to slay a god with his claw, which was larger and heavier than a mountain range.

Because as long as he died, the true Phoenix Remnant Hatred would run out!

But this was not unavoidable; or rather, there were actually quite a few ways to solve it.

As long as Du En was thrown far away in time, as long as one could withstand the burning destruction of the Phoenix Remnant Hatred...

"When it comes down to it, you never even thought about using this kind of thing to blackmail anyone... is that it?"

An Shen recalled Du En's actions, realized this point, and for a moment could not help but fall into deep thought.

Was it his noble character? Clearly, that was not the case.

Then, why choose to abandon the option of using this to blackmail others and secure more benefits for oneself? Because it was impossible to blackmail anyone else! This answer was extremely straightforward and clear! The enemies Du En faced were either completely unaware, and even if explained on the spot, the other side basically wouldn't believe it; those who would believe it were likely only existences like An Shen, who were completely unable to win and could perceive and confirm it themselves.

Then, there was the other category: those who would not fear the Phoenix Remnant Hatred! The True Monarchs, the Supremes! That was why Du En didn't waste any time at all engaging in any kind of hostage-threat operation.

An Shen realized this, and could not help but feel a secret sense of heart palpitations.

Because this seemed to be vaguely pointing toward certain developments, but before he could fully figure it out, that sense of heart palpitations underwent a subtle change!

"Du En!"

The spatial barrier between the two sides had long since vanished without anyone noticing; from Jiang Ying's perspective, she could only see that giant claw covering the sky, directly enveloping Du En, already in a state of having succeeded.

She was instantly filled with shock and anger, and was about to shake off her pestering opponent.

Ming frowned at this moment, unexpectedly even withdrawing his own physical divine ability, not blocking Jiang Ying, his gaze sweeping across with strange suspicion, his heart filled only with a touch of unease.

Where did the Holy God go? That hanging lamp had disappeared without anyone noticing! Was it caught in the aftermath and destroyed? She flipped through the scenes she had just been watching, only finding the moment it left the battle circle.

And then, it vanished into thin air.

To vanish, was to appear once more.

Just as An Shen suddenly felt heart palpitations and was about to react.

Just as Jiang Ying did not think much and flew away.

Just as Ming felt suspicion and had unease in his heart.

Just as Du En was dazed and confused, his eyes not yet closed.

In his field of vision, he seemed to see a divine bird carrying radiance, fiercely flying past; looking closely again, amidst the surging brilliance, it was clearly a woman.

Du En suddenly regained the clarity of his consciousness.

The reason was simple: while the Holy God was flying up and launching a sudden surprise attack, she had specifically scattered peculiar light fragments, covering him, pulling and displacing him to a distance, while simultaneously rapidly dissipating and healing the injuries to his physical body and primordial spirit.

This is?

He could not help but feel suspicious, because such light fragments were not ordinary things.

But he immediately suppressed his suspicion for the time being.

Because there was a more important situation! At the moment when Du En risked borrowing the true Phoenix Remnant Hatred to make the An Shen main body's injuries worse and its state more unstable, the Holy God had already seized the opportunity!

"Well come!"

The rational An Shen naturally had long since anticipated and guarded against this; his massive head bent downward, and terrifying Mirror Crow Divine Fire poured out, as if directly creating a world of mirrors, beautiful and rich in lethality.

The previous muttering was just to make people think his mouth was not storing fire; the previous offensive against Du En was also nothing more than a clever use of firing by sight.

The truly pure, direct, crude, and powerful offensive was, of course, the fire-breathing he was born with! And how could a figure like An Shen, who could figure out pills, artifacts, talismans, and arrays just by researching and tinkering on his own, and could be called a Grandmaster, only have such a simple and crude counterattack?

More methods were brewing, even though his injuries were worsening...

Whoosh! Bang! The Mirror Crow Divine Fire abruptly shattered and extinguished!

The brilliant light was like surging flames, still sweeping upward fiercely, without a single moment of stagnation.

"Sun Divine Fire!? No, this, what is this?!"

An Shen widened his eyes at this moment, and in an instant, through his manifested True Pupils, he saw clearly what it was and could not help but exclaim in shock.

With his intellect, he could not help but be shaken! And before he could finish speaking, the Holy God, who had come wrapped in light flames, had already stretched out her hand and fiercely pierced through the body of that massive Mirror Crow; the brilliant light flames exploded with a boom, violently tearing apart and incinerating everything from within.

An Shen naturally could not sit and wait for death; he raised both claws, about to grab the Holy God who was close at hand, while another divine artifact tore through the void and slashed down.

Looking at its shape, it seemed to be a third leg, and looking at its power, it was not inferior to the An Ying Armor, capable of easily splitting lands and shattering seas; it was terrifying indeed! (End of chapter)