Chapter 256: The Conclusion of the Battle

"Boom!"

The crowd guarding the exterior only felt a tremor shake the earth; the gazes of many Tianman Sect Elders remained fixed tightly upon the magnificent Palace that had become the battlefield.

Immediately after...

Two streams of light, one gold and one blue, suddenly pierced through the barriers of the great hall, and at that moment, the towering Palace collapsed with a roar, reduced to ruins.

A violent momentum erupted high above in the sky; in just a few short breaths, the two streams of light collided thousands of times.

The terrifying aftermath of the battle tore a black hole several thousand zhang in diameter in the sky, and even the barrier painstakingly maintained by the group of experts showed dense cracks, teetering on the verge of collapse.

Noticing this situation, Xiao Han and the other exchanged a glance, both nodding in tacit understanding; the two separated once more, and the next instant, they immediately entered the black hole.

Finally, the power of the barrier was exhausted, turning into fragments that filled the sky, crumbling and dissipating between heaven and earth, leaving behind a group of Elders who were already drained, leaning on each other and slumped on the ground with no regard for their image.

Wiping away cold sweat, Huang Yan, the Supreme Elder of the Tianman Sect and the second strongest expert under Huang Jingtian, whose strength was at the Four-Star Dou Saint level, stared in shock at the void above the firmament, feeling the spatial fluctuations emanating from within, and could not help but feel both pride and shame.

The pride was naturally for the strength of their Tianman Sect Sect Master, which was almost peerless in the world and destined to reach the peak in the future.

The shame was that he himself, at such an advanced age and almost ready to enter the grave, could not even block the aftermath of a battle between juniors; it was truly mocking.

Xiao Han and Huang Jingtian, who were currently in the midst of battle, were naturally unaware of what the others were thinking at this moment, nor would they care.

They were both in a state of excitement where they were evenly matched. With the improvement of their cultivation, especially reaching this point, there were too few opponents against whom they could fight with all their might.

Huang Jingtian could only choose bitter cultivation to break through the bottleneck, while Xiao Han had been cautiously suppressing his strength for many years; even when dealing with Hun Miesheng and the others, he worried about slapping the opponent to death with one palm. A battle as hearty and unrestrained as this was unprecedented.

It was precisely because of this that the battle, which was originally intended as a friendly spar to be stopped at a point, gradually changed its rhythm.

The momentum of the two grew increasingly accumulated, and they had even abandoned the use of Dou Techniques. Although this situation was somewhat unfriendly to Xiao Han, due to the unique nature of their Dou Qi, the two still fought back and forth.

A long spear and a pair of iron palms wove a brilliant display of sparks in the Endless Xuwu; every move and every stance was filled with killing intent. As the battle progressed, the two felt the shackles on themselves gradually loosen, and the constraints diminished more and more.

With another collision, the air waves forcefully dissipated the surrounding space storms that would have claimed the lives of ordinary Dou Saint experts, and the two separated once again.

Feeling the churning blood and the little remaining Dou Qi within their bodies, the two smiled at each other.

"One move to decide the outcome?" The meaning was accurately conveyed in their eyes, and subsequently understood by each other.

Xiao Han closed his eyes slightly, his Dou Qi circulating through his limbs and bones; a chilling coldness condensed for several zhang around his body. At this moment, everything in the entire space was frozen, including the ceaseless passage of time; the raging storms quietly stagnated, forming a brilliant frozen galaxy.

The momentum of the ice spear in his hand became increasingly majestic; looking closely, the crystalline cold light on the tip of the spear invisibly radiated a vortex that swallowed everything.

"Spear Settles, Destruction!"

Xiao Han's faint voice resounded within the Xuwu Space; a point of cold starlight lightly yet swiftly as a stream of light pierced through space, shooting toward the golden figure in the distance.

"Hahaha~" Feeling the intense killing intent contained in that spear of Xiao Han's, Huang Jingtian was not alarmed but delighted, looking up to the sky and laughing loudly.

"Well come!"

Immediately, he pressed his palms together, and his body suddenly expanded, his original two-meter frame instantly magnifying to a hundred zhang in size. The golden light vanished simultaneously, replaced by a gentle moonlight like white jade.

His eyes no longer held the fanaticism and excitement from just before, but were filled with indifference, carrying a detachment that looked down upon all living beings, like an Imperial deity descending to the world, without joy or sorrow.

"Barbarian King Art, Desolate Emperor Descends to the World!"

His voice was like a great bell; the warm jade palm, tens of zhang in size, crossed space and arrived in an instant, colliding with the long spear that was only about one zhang long.

The moment the spear tip and the giant palm met, the surrounding space suddenly stagnated; a point of bright light was particularly conspicuous in the dim Xuwu Space. Following that, the firefly-like light spot expanded rapidly, instantly swallowing all darkness.

The Tianman Sect experts outside first noticed that the movement within the spatial rift had suddenly stopped. The Elders, who thought everything was about to end, were preparing to enter to check, but were suddenly held back by Huang Yan with a grave expression.

"Don't move!"

Watching Huang Yan's serious expression, the others, though puzzled, halted their momentum to advance.

"Retreat ten thousand zhang!" Huang Yan took a deep breath and immediately issued this order.

"Execute the order!" The tone carried an indisputable firmness, causing the others who were skeptical to immediately withdraw.

Their bodies were like streams of light, tracing countless arcs across the horizon, disappearing in an instant; the entire process took less than five seconds.

And the facts proved how wise Huang Yan's order was!

Only seconds after the crowd left, the spatial void suddenly erupted with intense fluctuations, and then a violent explosion occurred. The black hole of tens of thousands of zhang suddenly swallowed the entire battlefield; the great hall and the mountain peaks where the battle first began had long since turned to dust.

The sky was clear and bright!

Such a huge disturbance was noticed even by other experts in the wild regions. Seeing it was above the Tianman Sect, they could only helplessly give up the chance to investigate; the tyranny of the former was not just talk.

As for everyone in the Tianman Sect, they stared blankly at the scene that looked like the destruction of the world, unable to help but swallow their saliva.

"Is this the power of an expert approaching a Nine-Star Dou Saint?" someone murmured.

The momentum generated by the outbreak and collision of the battle was actually this terrifying!

And Huang Yan opened his mouth, but in the end, he said nothing.

In his long life, he had naturally witnessed battles between Nine-Star Dou Saints, but the disturbance of the other party was not this great!

It could only be said that these two had almost reached the end at the Eight-Star Peak level; perhaps even experts who had just entered the Nine-Star level could do nothing to them.

At this moment, someone suddenly said:

"This..."

"Could something have happened to the Sect Master and the others?"

As soon as this sentence appeared, it attracted the attention of the crowd. Indeed, with such a huge disturbance, even the Sect Master's strength would not be completely unaffected, right!

Most people hurriedly rushed toward the void, while only a few Dou Saint experts, including Huang Yan, would disdain to look.

Are you kidding? With their Sect Master's physical strength, even if he took a direct hit from a Peak Dou Sheng, he would still be jumping around. Although this aftermath was terrifying, how could it do anything to the Sect Master?

As for Xiao Han's safety, that was not within the considerations of their Tianman Sect. It would be just right if he died; a top-tier expert who could fight the Sect Master to a draw was too much of a threat, and besides...

He was still eyeing the Saint Remains of their sect; unforgivable!

At this time in the Xuwu Space, Xiao Han and Huang Jingtian stood opposite each other, both revealing satisfied smiles.

Both felt that their almost stagnant cultivation had a certain tremor; a breakthrough was a certainty, a matter of no more than a few years!

"This time, my Tianman Sect owes you a favor." Huang Jingtian said relaxedly:

"Regarding the matter of the Saint Remains, my Tianman Sect agrees!"

The Tianman Sect Elders who had just excitedly rushed to the battle scene heard news that immediately made their moods sour.