Chapter 1638: The Divine Fruit Li Tianwang Duel

"That sect master said in the end, don't trust Yin Qingkun?"

Listening to the soft words spoken by the Pill Saint, Li Luo's heart trembled slightly as well. It seemed that before the Faceless Holy Sect was destroyed, some earth-shattering change must have occurred within it, but this secret had been obscured by the mists of time, making it impossible to probe.

The events of those years were bewildering and elusive.

This might be the most important secret in all the world.

And facing the Pill Saint's words, the bronze mask transformed from Yin Li Tianwang remained silent, with only the pale white flames in its eye sockets flickering, flowing with an indifferent look.

In the end, he said indifferently: "It seems you are unwilling to hand over the 'Wind Fire Phase'. I did not wish to bear arms against a companion, after all, under the erosion of time, the old acquaintances of the past are few and far between."

"But right now, I have no other choice."

The Pill Saint's eyes gradually grew sharp as he said coldly: "Oh? You want to make a move and snatch it by force from my hands?"

"Cai Die, you are no longer in your prime. Although you relied on Te Shu Zhi Fa to endure the erosion of time and survive until now, your strength is already but one in ten."

"If you hand over the 'Wind Fire Phase', I am willing to reserve a seat of Lord for you in the Return-to-One Assembly. In the future, you will know that we are ultimately only here to end the chaos of this world and complete the path the Faceless Holy Sect never finished." Yin Li Tianwang said calmly.

"Your current state and actions cannot inspire even the slightest bit of trust in you from me anymore." Cai Die's cheeks bore undisguised disappointment.

Yin Li Tianwang said no more. Everyone sensed at this moment that the heavens and earth were trembling violently. They saw the void behind the bronze mask suddenly shatter, as if a realm of azure light was surging forth, with boundless, inexhaustible rank divine light pouring out.

Within the endless rank divine light, a colossal kun of immeasurable length emerged. The giant kun was like a creation-of-heaven artifact; upon appearing, it completely covered the entire firmament. At this moment, every living being in the Great Xia who raised their head could see a giant object blocking their vision.

An indescribable, terrifying oppressive force descended, like the end of the world.

Boom!

The giant kun let out a long howl, opened its massive maw, and swallowed at this stretch of heaven and earth in one bite.

One bite, capable of swallowing the heavens.

Darkness surged forth. If this bite landed, the entire Great Xia would vanish from this land in an instant.

Under an attack of this magnitude, everyone could only stand frozen in trembling awe. Even king-realm powerhouses like Pang Pang Qianyuan felt a fear that was difficult to resist.

This is... the strike of the Divine Fruit Li Tianwang.

Li Luo felt equally helpless about this. The only thing he could do was tightly hold Jiang Jiang Qinge's somewhat cool slender hand. Their gazes met, and amid the tension, there was an inexplicable sense of peace.

Fortunately, however, there were still tall ones to hold up the sky here.

Accompanied by a soft sigh, azure light blazed mightily across the heavens and earth. A giant tree that reached the firmament above and connected to the earth below materialized out of thin air in the void. The tree's canopy covered a million miles, and as its emerald leaves rustled, they produced crisp, clattering sounds, bringing forth abundant vitality.

Every single leaf flowed with the power of rank.

The giant tree stood tall between heaven and earth, allowing the giant kun to swallow it in one bite. But at the instant of swallowing, endless branches and leaves surged forth endlessly, forcibly prying open the giant kun's massive maw.

"Yin Li Tianwang, this 'Wind Fire Phase' cannot fall into the hands of your Return-to-One Assembly." Jiang Li Tianwang stood in the void and spoke.

The Academy Alliance and the Return-to-One Assembly were sworn enemies. If the 'Wind Fire Phase' were truly obtained by Yin Li Tianwang, the Return-to-One Assembly's strength would surge accordingly. Moreover, Jiang Li Tianwang knew that the Return-to-One Assembly had an enormous scheme in play, and this 'Wind Fire Phase' should be an important part of it.

"Jiang Li Tianwang's Wood Phase rank is truly one of a kind under heaven. Fortunately, my Underworld Fire rank can burn away vitality."

The bronze mask transformed from Yin Li Tianwang let out a soft laugh. The next moment, from the depths of the giant kun's abyss-like maw, surging waves of pale white flames surged forth. Though the flames burned vigorously, they flowed with a chilling aura.

The pale white flames swept forth, burning toward the giant tree, and the heavens and earth trembled and wailed beneath the flames.

Wherever the pale white flames flowed, the emerald leaves of the giant tree were covered in frost one after another, yet within the frost, pale white ashes permeated.

The pale white flames swept forth, attempting to raise a monstrous inferno and set the giant tree ablaze.

However, the burning ultimately did not take shape, because the giant tree suddenly flowed with golden light throughout its entire body, making it appear as if cast from metal, hard as iron. And those countless emerald leaves also flowed with mysterious golden threads, forming billions of curse runes.

The Gold Phase rank!

Blessed by this Gold Phase rank, the vast canopy of branches and leaves immediately withstood the burning of the Underworld Fire, and at the same time, under the scorching of those chilling flames, it became increasingly bright and dazzling.

The branches writhed like giant dragons, with endless sharpness flowing through them, like billions of sword shadows. The sharpness emanating from these sword shadows was incomparably more terrifying than Li Luo's Many-Phase Dragon Fang Sword Array. Sword qi whistled past, continuously tearing deep fissures into the giant kun's abyssal maw.

The two Divine Fruit Li Tianwang clashed in a duel of arts. This scene left Li Luo unable to help but be entranced. At this level, Marquis Techniques seemed to no longer matter, because in their hands, any single strike might possess the charm of an Unparalleled Art.

"Rank Phase force!"

Li Luo's pupils reflected the scene of the Underworld Fire scorching the golden tree. In the clash between these two Divine Fruit Li Tianwang, he saw the end of phase force—a power even stronger than Origin.

That is the ultimate of phase attributes.

It is also the supreme power of this world.

Powers below rank simply could not affect it in the slightest. Especially phase attributes of the same element could be easily counter-controlled by the opponent, and one's own power might even become the sharp sword that slays oneself.

For instance, Jiang Li Tianwang possessed the Wood Phase. If a king-realm powerhouse below Li Tianwang attempted to attack him with Wood Phase power, the final result would only lead to the collapse of their own Wood Phase origin.

"Jiang Li Tianwang and Yin Li Tianwang are old opponents. Over these thousand years, they have clashed openly and covertly countless times. Both possess Divine Fruits, and their rank phase force has been refined to the extreme. It is extremely difficult to determine a victor." Pang Pang Qianyuan at the side secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said.

Li Luo's tense body gradually relaxed. With Jiang Li Tianwang, a Divine Fruit Li Tianwang, holding the line, the Return-to-One Assembly should return defeated today, right?

However, he felt an inexplicable unease in his heart. The Return-to-One Assembly was extremely mysterious and bizarre. Would their scheme truly be repelled so easily?

"Yin Li Tianwang, the other three Li Tianwang of your Return-to-One Assembly have been trapped by the four Li Tianwang of our Academy Alliance. Now your Return-to-One Assembly no longer has any surplus top-tier power, so you should retreat." At this moment, Jiang Li Tianwang emitted a majestic voice that shook the universe.

He had never thought about truly trapping Yin Li Tianwang here, because a Divine Fruit Li Tianwang could not be trapped.

"Or perhaps, you still have a contingency?" Jiang Li Tianwang's towering figure had divine light flowing in his eyes as he slowly surveyed this stretch of heaven and earth.

Precisely because both sides were old opponents, he also felt that Yin Li Tianwang's scheme this time should not be limited to just what was before them.

Jiang Li Tianwang's sweeping gaze suddenly turned to the eight broken Black Flame Ghost Mask heads that were wrapped in rank divine light by the Pill Saint and being continuously worn down. This Eight-Headed Black Demon King was now gravely wounded, but Jiang Li Tianwang detected some unusual aura from deep within those broken heads at this moment.

Jiang Li Tianwang narrowed his eyes slightly and suddenly stretched out his palm. The palm instantly became infinitely vast, while its skin transformed into azure wood textures, directly crushing the firmament as it pressed down to suppress those eight broken heads.

Boom!

Just as the azure wood giant hand was about to descend in suppression, two of those eight broken heads suddenly shattered. From one, a vast sea of blood flowed out, emanating endless killing intent. The blood sea churned and transformed into a massive blood-red face floating upon it, which spewed forth a torrent of billions of blood bats emitting eerie shrieks.

From the second shattered head, a grey-black demon arm spanning tens of thousands of miles stretched out. The demon arm, with the momentum of propping up the heavens, merged with the rolling blood bat torrent and collided with the descending azure wood giant hand.

Boom boom!

The heavens and earth seemed to collapse at this moment, and the sun, moon, and stars all dimmed along with it.

When everything dissipated, a few shades of cold solemnity appeared on Jiang Li Tianwang's composed and dignified face, and his deep voice rang out across the heavens and earth.

"So it's from among the Seventy-Two Great Yu..."

"The Slaughter Blood Great Demon King, the Asura Arm Great Demon King."

"Li Li Tianwang, your Guiyi Society truly is the greatest plague upon this world."