Chapter 888: The Blade Arrives!
Boom!
A brilliant blade light slashed through the world, and a terrifying rift appeared between heaven and earth, striking continuously upon the Ancient God Forbidden Land that was emerging into the human realm.
That blade light had already transcended the human realm, like a single line condensed from a billion crimson universes.
Where the blade passed, space was peeled apart inch by inch, and the malicious black tide between heaven and earth was carved into a ten-thousand-foot chasm.
Slash!
Slash!
Slash!
It seemed as if everything had been severed.
The sphere of malice that had enveloped Li Zhiyi.
The Blood Sun embryo that spanned heaven and earth.
And the malicious rules that the Mingyan Beast had exuded.
Even the parts of the Ancient God Forbidden Land's skeleton that had appeared before the eyes of the world.
Bang!
The sound of snapping and breaking resounded!
"This is!"
The Longevity King, the Blood Sword Saint, and others had their expressions change wildly, merely sensing some terrifying slash flash past before them.
Waves of belated terror exploded within their hearts.
It was as if that terrifying slash had landed truly and tangibly upon them.
Throughout the world.
Countless Eighth-Order beings sensed this slash, their hearts shaking violently!
The Land Master, who was crossing the sea of clouds, was clad in golden armor; his figure suddenly stalled, and a look of shock flickered in his eyes.
Within the Ice-Fire World.
The Pool Master narrowed his eyes, and gradually, endless gravity erupted in the depths of his gaze.
"What is this?!
The Mingyan Beast's malicious rules were directly shattered; this is not a Blood Brand, this is absolutely not a Blood Brand!"
The Chen Master's eyes slowly widened, his gaze piercing deep into the Instrument Province.
His black hair fluttered, and at this moment, a look of intense astonishment also appeared in his eyes.
He felt a certain pressure he had never encountered before, a certain rule, a certain...
Status!
"How is this possible?" the Chen Master said in a deep voice.
Blood light surged, will rolled like waves, and sharp Qi intersected continuously in the void.
Screech!!!
A shriek of extreme fury resounded through heaven and earth.
Bang!
The massive Blood Sun embryo and the sphere of malice snapped apart, just like two rubber balls cut in half.
The figures of the Mingyan Beast and Li Zhiyi appeared before the world.
He had red clothes, red hair, and red eyes, still standing there, calm as a stagnant well, like a god descended from heaven, looking down upon the human realm.
As for the Mingyan Beast, which resembled a red-haired young girl, a crack had appeared on her body from top to bottom.
Blood light left behind by the blade slash turned into thousands of broken blades within her wounds, cutting continuously.
Within Li Zhiyi's body, the fifty-two Will Statuses condensed from the Will of Destruction floated slowly.
In that instant of the previous slash, the Will Status had severed all of the Mingyan Beast's malicious rules.
At this moment, the fear that had shrouded the minds of the world's people suddenly dissipated.
But the true battle began at this moment!
Crack, crack, crack!!
The cracks on the Mingyan Beast's body slowly healed, diffusing malice.
What Chen Yan had created was merely the framework of the Will Status.
The Mingyan Beast was a supreme Ancient God Beast; how could it be so easily killed?
The Mingyan Beast was perhaps a Unity World-Suppressor in the top twenty!
Screech!!!
The frantic shriek shook heaven and earth.
The Mingyan Beast, who had previously been indifferent to the human realm, roared at heaven and earth, the malicious black tide within her body surging continuously.
Countless invisible, visible, ghostly, and twisted attacks descended!
A golden-red radiance erupted from Li Zhiyi's body.
【Will Bestow Upon My Body】!
The powerful force of will amplified the quality of Li Zhiyi's physical body in every aspect.
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!
Bloodstains appeared one after another on Li Zhiyi's body.
Li Zhiyi narrowed his eyes, the Will Status within his body trembling crazily, searching for the moment to strike.
The next moment, the Mingyan Beast's mouth split to her earlobes, and she spat out a crimson meat egg!
The meat egg exploded, turning into a billion blood threads that drilled into the open wounds on Li Zhiyi's body.
A strange feeling exploded in Li Zhiyi's heart.
Li Zhiyi's eyes widened.
A scene exploded before his eyes.
The night lake was so quiet that only the chirping of insects remained.
That woman leaned down to touch the lake water, moonlight washing over her shoulders, tracing her silhouette to be both gentle and translucent.
She looked over slowly, her appearance identical to the Underworld Nightmare Beast.
Mother God!
The gaze from the Mother God exploded wildly in Li Zhiyi's heart.
Countless emotions like fear, panic, and hardship surged frantically.
At this moment, Li Zhiyi was already completely certain.
The Underworld Nightmare Beast, which had been hatching inside the Blood Sun Embryo, had actually obtained some kind of inheritance from the Mother God.
It had been evolving in the direction of the Mother God all along.
If not for the human race starting the war, if not for the appearance of the Lord of Will, and if not for Chen Yan and Lu Xunyang killing the Dream-Eating Tapir.
The Underworld Nightmare Beast would eventually, on some day in the future, have condensed its own Ancient God aura by relying on itself.
And then, step by step, evolved into the Mother God!
No wonder the opponent could pull on the Ancient God Forbidden Land, no wonder the opponent dared to come to the Great Xia alone, and abducted Chen Yan in front of everyone in the world back then.
No wonder, no wonder!
Boom!
Li Zhiyi's eyes suddenly ignited with rolling blood-red flames the moment he locked eyes with the Underworld Nightmare Beast.
Li Zhiyi formed his fingers into a blade, blood radiance exploding from his fingertips, transforming into a blood blade to slash out.
Will Martial Art 【Blood Will】!
Imbue Will status!
The Underworld Nightmare Beast's eyes suddenly shrank, and a flash of blade light sank into her chest, then sank into the firmament.
Bang!
The firmament split open, a scar running through the Nine Provinces.
The void peeled off like dead skin from silk, falling and exploding along the path the blade had traveled.
The Underworld Nightmare Beast clutched her own chest tightly.
Li Zhiyi, however, grabbed with both hands formed into claws, one hand seizing the opponent's neck, the other stabbing into the opponent's abdomen.
Ka!
The Underworld Nightmare Beast hissed.
Xia Hanzhou, the Longevity King, and other Great Xia Tier 8s looked on in astonishment.
But then they saw.
Chi chi chi!!!
The hands burning with blood-red light flames seemed to possess the power to push across ten thousand generations, tearing the Underworld Nightmare Beast's upper and lower body apart.
Like pitch-black cloth being split.
A bloodstain appeared on the Underworld Nightmare Beast's chest, growing larger.
Within the inner cavity of the upper and lower chest, countless strands of viscous, pitch-black malice pulled desperately like a colloid, but it still could not stop the Underworld Nightmare Beast from being torn open by Li Zhiyi like this.
Rip!
Completely torn into two halves!
Ka!
The Underworld Nightmare Beast screamed, a bloody tongue protruding from its mouth, stabbing out like a sharp blade.
With a swish.
Li Zhiyi's right arm, which was holding the Underworld Nightmare Beast's upper body, was severed by the blood tongue.
Li Zhiyi's right hand was still gripping the Underworld Nightmare Beast's neck tightly, but his right arm was carried away toward the distant sky by the Underworld Nightmare Beast.
The next moment.
Clatter!
The Underworld Nightmare Beast's lower body suddenly twisted, transforming into a pitch-black fluid that entangled Li Zhiyi's left arm, continuously spreading over Li Zhiyi's entire body.
Boom!
In the sky, a flash of light suddenly erupted, layers upon layers of array patterns intertwining with each other.
Deep within the Instrument Province, Xia Hanzhou's physical body was squeezed by four Tier 8 Ancient God Beasts and could not move, but his left hand was raised.
"Get down here!"
Xia Hanzhou roared.
His left hand pressed down.
The array patterns covering the firmament exploded with light flames, silver light falling like a divine waterfall.
It suddenly manifested as a giant spear phantom, the spear shaft as thick as an ancient tree, the spear tassel rolling like flames.
The next instant, it smashed down with the momentum of crashing thunder.
Roar!
A giant Tier 8 Ancient God Beast opened its bloody maw, swallowing Xia Hanzhou directly into its belly.
And that giant spear shadow fell, suppressing the fleeing Underworld Nightmare Beast, pinning the Underworld Nightmare Beast as it fell.
Boom!
It smashed down onto the bones of the Ancient God Forbidden Land.
Chen Yu, Shen Keqing, the Longevity King, and other Eighth-Rankers rose in succession, unleashing their methods to suppress it together.
There were array disks filling the sky like inverted bowls, a bronze cauldron pressing down horizontally, and sword blades slashing down.
"Star Ruler!"
The Grand Minister of Ceremonies pressed his palms together; the Star Ruler, containing the stars of the universe, smashed down heavily like a giant monument.
Screech!!!
The upper body of the Underworld Nightmare Beast was pinned firmly onto the Ancient God Forbidden Land, roaring from its mouth as chaotic black light spewed out.
In an instant, the heavens and earth shook violently!
The next moment, however, the expressions of Chen Yu and the others changed drastically.
They saw the upper body of the Underworld Nightmare Beast, which everyone had been suppressing with all their might, suddenly turn into flowing water and stream into the bones below.
A terrifying change arrived.
Shen Keqing's face turned deathly pale in an instant, and she stared fixedly.
Suddenly.
Roar!!!
A massive roar that shook the mortal world resounded.
On that earth, the giant bones that had been slashed open by Li Zhiyi seemed to come alive at this moment.
Rumble!
The Ancient God Forbidden Land, which had stopped rising, suddenly accelerated its speed at this moment.
As the giant skull arched out from the underground, the ground pushed upward like folds, and cracks spread for ten thousand miles.
Countless great mountains collapsed in response, and giant boulders rolled down, smashing everything.
The already broken architectural ruins shattered in the tremors, and fragments flew through the sky mixed with dust.
"Not good, retreat!"
Shen Keqing let out a low roar.
The one hundred thousand Evil-Subduing Army felt the world turning upside down, and the earth beneath their feet was crazily crumbling.
Countless cracks suddenly spread, and the earth veins shifted.
Boom, boom, boom!!!
Chen Yu, the Longevity King, the Grand Minister of Ceremonies, and others simultaneously unleashed their own strength.
Array patterns fell, the great cauldron shrouded the area, and the Star Ruler froze the void, protecting the weak living beings.
"Bastard!"
The Longevity King roared out:
"It has merged with the Ancient God Forbidden Land!"
At this moment, all the people who had felt joy because of Li Zhiyi's sudden outburst gritted their teeth once again.
The connection between the Underworld Nightmare Beast and the Ancient God Forbidden Land was deeper than anyone had imagined.
Until the next moment.
The bone skull, shimmering with murky malice, occupied hundreds of thousands of miles.
Its eye sockets were hollow, and its giant mouth slowly opened, as if it wanted to suck the entire firmament into its belly.
Endless horror descended.
"The Ancient God Forbidden Land has come alive!?"
The Blood Sword Saint's eyes flashed with cold light, feeling only endless chill invading his mind.
At this moment.
Everyone turned their heads in unison, looking toward a place in the distance.
Over there.
Above the firmament, Li Zhiyi was wrapped in the pitch-black fluid transformed from the lower body of the Underworld Nightmare Beast.
Chen Yu watched, something flickering in her eyes.
The attention of the billions of living beings was also entirely on him at this moment.
This figure who had suddenly emerged.
Could he still turn the tide?
Quiet.
Quiet.
Quiet!
The space seemed to have solidified.
Hum!
A pitch-black stream of light streaked across Jin Province!
Fast!
Fast to the extreme!
It shuttled through one great province after another, leaving a black streak between heaven and earth!
As it streaked across the horizon, it carried the majesty of ruling over the world; the clouds below were actually split in two by the sword pressure, scattering to the sides with a rustle.
Throughout the Great Xia, living beings felt a certain intuition in their hearts.
This intuition came from within their bloodlines, as if it had been planted ten thousand years ago.
It was something extremely noble, something extremely invincible!
Above the Vessel Continent.
The pitch-black fluid completely enveloped Li Zhiyi.
The next instant.
Countless rays of blood-colored light pierced through the pitch-black fluid.
Boom!
A heaven-shaking, thunderous roar!
The pitch-black fluid burst open!
Blinding flames instantly swallowed the firmament, waves of fire condensed into a mushroom cloud that surged into the sky; between heaven and earth, only searing red and deafening roars remained!
Li Zhiyi appeared once more, standing at the center of the terrifying explosion.
Watching this scene, the hearts of countless living beings rose to their throats.
Yet Li Zhiyi felt a strange sensation arise in his heart and looked toward the distance.
He slowly extended his left hand, looking calmly at the Forbidden Land of the Ancient Gods below.
At this moment, the eyes of the world converged upon him.
The next moment.
Between heaven and earth, invisible sword Qi suddenly crisscrossed the nine heavens.
Where Li Zhiyi stood, space was driven by heavy gravity and began to circulate; with Li Zhiyi as the center, all things began to swirl.
In an instant.
Bang!
A pitch-black longsword appeared in Li Zhiyi's hand!
A world-shocking scene occurred!
That pitch-black longsword appeared just like that, its endless pressure causing the surrounding space to stagnate, as if even light were being swallowed by it.
Xia Sovereign Sword!
"The Xia Sovereign Sword has acknowledged Li Zhiyi!"
A voice of surprise rang out.
"An acknowledgment just like the one for Lu Xunyang!"
"From beginning to end, the Xia Sovereign Sword has only acknowledged Lu Xunyang alone; Xia Hanzhou could wield it, but he could never unleash the majesty the Xia Sovereign Sword ought to possess."
"Unexpected, truly unexpected, not a single descendant of the Xia clan could make the Xia Sovereign Sword acknowledge them."
"Yet a person from Luzhou and a junior who appeared out of nowhere have both gained the acknowledgment of the Xia Sovereign Sword."
Exclamations of wonder rang out one after another.
Li Zhiyi looked at the longsword in his hand, an endlessly powerful feeling surging in the depths of his heart.
It was as if he held an entire world in his hand, with endless vicissitudes and the righteous Dao of the human world lingering in his heart.
This is the number one divine artifact under heaven!
The pinnacle of offensive power in the human world!
The peerless sword that has guarded the Great Xia for ten thousand years.
A powerful, extremely powerful sensation washed over him.
The next moment.
Hum!
Rays of blood-colored light flowed from Li Zhiyi's hand, rhyming into the Xia Sovereign Sword.
The will status formed by the fifty-two wills of destruction merged with the Xia Sovereign Sword.
The next moment.
A scene that stunned the world occurred.
Upon that ink-black Xia Sovereign Sword, blood-colored light actually emerged, intense to the extreme, spanning across the sun and moon!
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