Chapter 679: Fall, All Shall Fall!
Inside the room, Chen Yan sat cross-legged in silence, his pair of eyes slowly opening.
Upon his body, a golden-red radiance flowed like a trickling stream, merging with the aura of life and death.
The aura of life and death is a key; how to use this key depends entirely on what the aura of life and death is to be merged with.
Chen Yan practiced with a focused mind, gaining enlightenment, his thoughts breaking through limits.
The next instant, Chen Yan's eyes narrowed slightly, sensing the arrival of endless danger.
The aura of life and death probed into the endless rhythmic flow of rules.
Chen Yan seemed to see a terrifying existence covered from head to toe in pitch-black tentacles.
Amidst the endless darkness, the pitch-black tentacles writhed and twisted like living creatures, and dripping mucus hissed as it fell.
A terrifying malice wrapped around the power of rules, instantly covering the thousand-mile radius where Chen Yan was located.
This was originally a human, but now it had long since become an ancient divine beast condensed from extreme evil.
Merely by sensing the other party, those dense, twisted, and bizarre fragmented whispers burrowed into the depths of Chen Yan's mind like countless rats.
Chen Yan's eyes narrowed, bathing in golden-red light, wishing to resist the infinite malice overflowing from this terrifying existence.
Chen Yan's gaze was low as he glanced at the True Martial Power clone he had created beside him.
He sighed inwardly, even though he had used 【Imperial Decay - Holy Intent Corruption】 to influence Li Li, causing the other party's arrival to be delayed by at least a day.
Yet his third personal universe still had not achieved reincarnation, nor had it birthed a new aura of life and death.
The third True Martial Path personal universe contained Chen Yan's brand-new understanding of the Martial Dao, completely surpassing the previous two.
Therefore, wanting to achieve reincarnation was also a tremendous challenge.
It was just a sliver away.
Now that he was going out, whether Chen Yan was a match for Li Li was truly hard to say.
Chen Yan pondered in his heart and sent a voice transmission to Shen Yiwei:
"I am still in seclusion; help me stall."
Chen Yan unleashed the aura of life and death, peering at Li Li once more.
The next instant.
Drip!
A drop of pitch-black mucus mixed with a foul stench dripped from the tentacled creature's mouth, merging into the darkness.
Outside.
Drip!
A drop of crystal-clear saliva dripped from Li Li's mouth.
She stood in the void, appearing only five meters away from Lu Jianxia, carrying a faint smile.
"What a fragrant and mellow food source."
Li Li laughed softly; with a wave of her hand, she had already appeared before Lu Jianxia, reaching out to stroke Lu Jianxia's cheek.
Lu Jianxia's eyes widened, her clothes billowing around her as surges of the aura of life and death erupted and circulated.
In a very short time, her aura of life and death had clashed with Li Li's aura of life and death thousands of times.
But Lu Jianxia had only just ascended to the Eighth Rank, and her mastery of the aura of life and death was nowhere near as proficient as Li Li's.
On the contrary, she was already suppressed by Li Li at this moment, unable to move.
This scene occurred within everyone's line of sight.
The girl wearing the hospital gown simply stood there faintly, and an overwhelming, irresistible pressure had already completely shrouded everyone's hearts.
That chilling malice struck, causing everyone's hearts to tremble; some turned deathly pale, as the innate sense of fear could no longer be suppressed at this moment.
Upon the earth.
"Ahhhhh!!!"
A series of harrowing, earth-shattering screams rang out.
Malice like black fog swept outward.
Passersby on the street, mothers still cooking at home, students attending class in school...
Their bodies began to melt, splattering scarlet flesh and blood like burning candles.
Their already brief lives were ruthlessly stripped away at this moment.
Pressure!
Intense pressure.
"Where is Chen Yan?!"
Someone spoke with a tremble; at this moment, the first person they thought of was Chen Yan.
"Chen Yan is in seclusion!" Shen Yiwei shouted:
"If there is a matter, he will appear on his own!"
And just at the moment Li Li's hand was about to touch Lu Jianxia's cheek.
Hum!
A low hum suddenly rang out.
Within the void behind Li Li, a pitch-black hole suddenly manifested.
Blood Town Deputy Mayor Wu Song held a pitch-black bone blade, killing intent surging in his eyes, his expression extremely cold, as he suddenly stabbed his blade toward Li Li's neck.
Li Li's gaze was indifferent as she spoke:
"Retrace!"
Hum!!!
Wu Song's figure suddenly vanished from where he stood.
But the next instant, Wu Song's figure appeared to the left of Li Li, stabbing over with a blade.
"Hmm?" Li Li frowned.
This Wu Song had done some research on her, knowing that her Judgment Retrogression ability was in the habit of rewinding enemies to five seconds prior.
Therefore, the opponent first slipped into the void, stayed within the void to her left, and then appeared in the void space behind Li Li after five seconds to launch a surprise attack.
Even if Li Li retrogressed his attack, Wu Song could still instantly attack Li Li from the left.
Puchi!
On the pitch-black bone blade in Wu Song's hand, a pitch-black aura of life and death suddenly erupted.
That was the only remaining spark of the human race within the entire Pure True Yang Realm.
"Kill!!!"
Thick, dense blood vessels erupted all over Wu Song's body, and he roared, his own blood energy exploding to the extreme; the next instant, the bone blade stabbed into Li Li's temple.
Boom!!!
In an instant, Li Li's brain was punctured, and pitch-black viscous fluid sprayed out.
"Good!!!"
A thunderous roar resounded.
All the Creation Realm powerhouses, including Henggu Town Mayor Hong Mi, gazed at this scene in shock and ecstasy.
Wu Song's sudden attack caused all the Creation Realm powerhouses in the Pure True Yang Realm who had just been in despair to instantly feel invigorated.
Humans can fight Ancient God Beasts, humans can fight Eighth-Order!
Although they had heard of Chen Yan's miracles, how could what they had heard be more convincing than what they had seen with their own eyes?
Lu Jianxia instantly broke free from the control, her body rapidly moving away.
Chi chi chi!!!
The viscous fluid was the first to stain Wu Song's arm, beginning to spread at a speed visible to the naked eye, intending to corrode Wu Song's entire body.
Wu Song felt the pain and directly severed his own right arm before moving away.
"Wu Song, you are on the verge of advancing to the Eighth-Order; so it really was you who privately swallowed the potion!"
The tall, fat man spoke indifferently, standing calmly in the distance with over a dozen Creation Realm powerhouses from the Pure True Yang Realm.
But his expression was indifferent, and his mood did not fluctuate in the slightest because Li Li's brain had been pierced.
Lu Jianxia instantly sensed something abnormal and offered up both hands.
Crack!!!
Countless strands of pure golden Kun Secret Flowing Thunder bloomed in her palms, transforming into a world of pure golden thunder.
"Kun Secret - Ten Thousand Arrays!!!"
Lu Jianxia shouted in a low voice, and the countless strands of pure golden thunder condensed into dense, intricately carved array patterns, wrapping around Li Li from all directions.
The next instant.
Rumble!!!
All the pure golden array patterns exploded in unison, and ten thousand rays of thunder pierced toward the brain-matter-splattered Li Li like a white horse passing a crevice.
And it was at this very instant.
Li Li suddenly raised her head, her eyes extremely indifferent as she spoke:
"Retrogression!"
"Not good!!!"
Xia Long roared, having already charged over, white light blooming in his palm like he was holding a great sun, intending to smash down.
But the next moment.
Hum!
The humming of the rules instantly covered the heaven and earth for a hundred miles around.
Everything came to a standstill.
Endless horror erupted within the eyes of Lu Jianxia, Xia Long, and even Wu Song.
Immediately following.
Hum!
The Wu Song who had already escaped appeared to the left of Li Li, and the array Lu Jianxia had deployed completely vanished.
Everyone had been retrogressed to one second prior.
"I was just drunk and told you randomly that my mother's retrogression ability was five seconds, and you actually believed it."
The tall, fat man chuckled, standing calmly in the rear, looking at Wu Song mockingly.
Wu Song's eyes trembled, and the particles all over his body were whistling in warning.
Run!
Run!
Run!
The next instant.
He met the gaze of Li Li's pair of indifferent eyes.
Jia!!!
A sharp, shrill screech resounded.
Li Li opened her mouth, and that mouth suddenly grew larger, swallowing Wu Song's head into it.
Puchi!
Blood splattered, and Wu Song's headless corpse fell from the high sky.
The crunching sound was perceived by everyone's five senses as Li Li chewed.
In an instant, everyone's scalp went numb.
Puchi!
A streak of blood-colored sword light suddenly pierced through Li Li's suddenly bloated head.
Shen Yiwei had arrived at some unknown time, holding a sword in one hand and shouting in a low voice:
"Inverse Nine—Slash!"
Boom!!!
The sword light pierced Li Li's forehead, and countless streaks of crimson sword light burst out from behind Li Li's head, dyeing the heavens blood-red.
Pa!
In the far distance, Lu Jianxia raised an arm, crossed two jade-white fingers, and snapped them.
Rumble!
A pillar of pure golden lightning exploded instantly, blasting through Li Li's abdomen.
In that split second.
Yin Qingshuang, Xia Long, Luo Wuji, Hong Mi, and the others attacked in unison.
Countless visions and attacks overlapped, and countless shards of light bloomed like falling blossoms.
Boom boom boom boom!!!
The explosive sounds that shook the heavens and earth continued to sweep through.
Zhang Ting, dressed in white, appeared beside Shen Yiwei, palms pressed together in a solemn posture, as countless golden secret scripts flowed from his body, following the strike of his palm.
Rumbling!!!
The firmament split open with gilded cracks, and a giant golden palm covered in profound emblems pierced through the clouds.
Ten thousand rays of golden light hung down from the palm like chains, the wind pressure crushing the clouds and instantly suppressing Li Li!
However, at this very moment.
Just as Lu Jianxia was about to press in alone, Zhang Ting's eyes widened, his battle intent erupting.
The next moment.
Bang!!!
Shen Yiwei suddenly kicked Zhang Ting in the abdomen, sending him flying dozens of miles away.
Zhang Ting's expression turned gloomy, and he was about to shout.
But he saw that Shen Yiwei and the others were all retreating violently at this moment.
Boom!!!
A black beam of light suddenly struck out, sweeping across the position where Zhang Ting had previously been.
Shen Yiwei did not dodge in time and was struck by the black light, his left arm instantly turning to ash.
Boom boom boom!!!
The black beam of light swept and killed continuously.
In an instant, the thirteen Creation Realm experts besieging Li Li were struck in their vitals, their bodies exploding and falling from the high sky.
"Damn it!!!"
Yu Ming's chest was swept across by the black beam of light, and now his head and lower body were separated once again, falling to the earth.
He roared incessantly.
What kind of attack was that?
Lu Jianxia stood in front of the crowd, the aura of Life and Death erupting in her palm, striking the black beam of light that was crashing toward her.
In that split second.
Rules collided with rules.
The black beam of light was blocked by Lu Jianxia's palm, shattering into countless tiny lasers that sliced through the heavens and earth.
The firmament was sliced open, and the earth was blasted with countless bottomless giant craters, with magma splashing inside them.
Accompanying this were the shrill screams on the earth.
Living beings were personally facing this apocalypse.
The earth crumbled, buildings collapsed, and magma and black smoke surged out, drowning everything.
Those children, adults, men, and women still fleeing screamed and ran on the exploding fragments of earth like ants, their lives being sucked away by the rolling, spreading malice.
Lu Jianxia resisted the pitch-black beam of light alone, her body beginning to tremble; she held her left palm horizontally, her right hand firmly gripping her left wrist.
This was not just a confrontation of power, but a mutual slaughter of the aura of Life and Death.
Analyze, crack, analyze, crack, analyze again.
If Lu Jianxia made a single mistake, this black beam of light would pierce her brain in an instant.
Her entire body was shuddering, more and more blood seeping out from beneath her skin, and even her eyes began to shed tears of blood.
Powerful!
The Eighth-Rank Ancient God Beast had studied the aura of Life and Death for too many years, far surpassing the current Lu Jianxia.
Although Lu Jianxia could break her limits and possessed a strong will.
Her mind had never operated at such high intensity.
In the dark.
Lu Jianxia seemed to recall some things she had already forgotten.
What was it?
Why did it enter her mind at this moment?
That was a sentence, a sentence that had once changed her.
What was it?
She could not think of it.
At this moment, she could only fight with all her might.
If she dodged, the others behind her would suffer.
Countless waves of malice lunged at her in an instant.
And Li Li had now completely shed her human form, turning into a monster over a hundred meters tall, covered in countless pitch-black tentacles.
A pair of scarlet eyes were hidden beneath the tentacles, spilling out a sinister, bloody light.
A pitch-black beam of light was spat out from the mouthparts on her face, which were stuffed with who knew how many tiny tentacles.
Behind.
Hong Mi and the others watched in a daze, their mouths agape; endless fear was about to completely drown them at this moment.
"What is this, what is this?"
A Creation Realm expert from the Pure Truth Yang Realm spoke with a tremble:
"Wu Song didn't even last a single round; we can't beat it, we can't beat it!"
That Creation Realm expert clutched their head, their eyes turning scarlet.
The next instant.
Boom!!!
They transformed into a streak of light and flew toward the distance.
They wanted to escape, they wanted to live out the rest of their life in the deep mountains and old forests.
"Damn it!"
Xia Long let out a violent roar.
Terror and panic appeared on the faces of more and more people.
That fear rooted deep within the hearts of the human race, along with the desire to survive, brushed across everyone's heart at this moment.
"I... I-I-I..." someone spoke tremblingly.
Then they gritted their teeth and transformed into a streak of light to flee.
Boom, boom, boom!!!
Figure after figure fled.
Not only were there Creation Realm experts from the Pure Truth Yang Realm, but also two or three Creation Realm experts from the Great Xia.
Hong Mi, the Mayor of Henggu Town, stood high in the sky, her gaze fixed on Wu Song on the ground.
Wu Song's headless corpse lay between the fissures of the earth, blood gushing continuously from the severed neck.
"We can't beat it, we are simply no match for an Ancient God Beast; this... this is just an Ascender, an Ascender who has turned into an Ancient God Beast..."
Hong Mi's face was deathly pale.
The eleventh Ascender had brought everyone the truth, and hope.
But the moment Li Li arrived.
Everyone discovered that their life's pursuit was nothing but a joke.
"Fellows of the Military Martial Guard!"
Shen Yiwei shouted in a low voice, his expression cold; the soul of his sword circulated in his hand, and a blood sword appeared.
"Here!"
"Here!"
"Here!"
Shouts filled with high morale and determination resounded through the heavens and earth.
Blood still flowed from Shen Yiwei's severed arm, and at this moment, he revealed a smile:
"Today, we slaughter an Eighth Rank!"
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
"Kill, kill, kill!"
Shouts of battle rang out, and endless blood energy and power intertwined, turning into a five-colored ocean of energy that threatened to drown the world.
Xia Long charged first, his punch shaking the air as if carrying the power of the entire world.
Yin Qingshuang, Luo Wuji, and other Creation Realm experts each cast their techniques.
All sorts of phenomena attacked from all directions.
Today, not a single Creation Realm expert from the Military Martial Guard fled!
Shen Yiwei transformed into a blood-colored sword light and charged forward; beside him, Hong Mi, the Mayor of Henggu Town, brushed past him, fleeing toward the distance.
Shen Yiwei did not have the slightest emotional fluctuation because of Hong Mi's flight.
In his eyes, there was only the intent to kill.
Hong Mi's body trembled as she looked at the reckless Shen Yiwei and the others.
"You..."
Hong Mi's red lips parted, her eyes revealing unbelievable shock.
"Mad, you're all mad!"
Her body trembled; she did not know what supported these madmen such that they felt no fear even when facing an Eighth Rank Ancient God Beast.
The next moment, she gritted her teeth.
"If I die, if I die..."
Boom!
Hong Mi turned around, and suddenly countless silver flowers bloomed all over her body, each petal crystalline, with worlds manifesting within the flowers—one flower, one world.
"Kill!"
She charged toward Li Li to kill her.
She had also gone mad; the closer she got to Li Li, the noisier the gibberish ringing in her ears became.
Her body was corroded by malice, her eyes were obscured by darkness, and all her perceptions became distorted.
With a splash.
A pitch-black tentacle swept past, instantly piercing through Hong Mi's mouth and the back of her head.
Countless silver flowers descended at this moment, slicing through the entire tentacle like blades.
In an instant, the tentacle snapped.
Those countless silver flowers continued their assault, striking directly at Li Li's true form.
Swish, swish, swish!!!
Like a meat grinder, the sea of silver flowers shredded everything in its path.
Pieces of flesh were sliced off the terrifying monster, which seemed to be composed of countless tentacles.
Hong Mi's vitality began to vanish rapidly, and until the very last moment, she suddenly smiled.
So, she was capable of severely wounding an Eighth-Rank Ancient God Beast.
Her corpse fell beside Wu Song.
Eerily, it seemed as if she saw Wu Song smiling.
End of Chapter
