Chapter 278

"Unfortunately, I originally wanted to defeat you with my own hands," Yuanshi Tianzun said disdainfully.

But when speaking, a trace of admiration invisible to ordinary people appeared in Yuanshi Tianzun's eyes.

No matter for what reason.

Daring to self-sever Saint status and face the Heavenly Dao directly, he, Yuanshi Tianzun, also had to admire him.

"Tongtian..." Zhunti was stunned for a moment, "I didn't expect you to actually do this."

"Unfortunately, unfortunately, heaven and earth are about to have one less Saint."

This sounded like a pity, but there was no pity at all in Zhunti's tone.

On the contrary, for Zhunti, Tongtian's death was something he was too happy to see.

Currently, the Fomen Sect is prosperous; perhaps there are many unexpected factors, and the tribulation spoken of by the Dao Ancestor is one of them.

But such a tribulation, Zhunti hadn't encountered yet, but Tongtian's influence was real.

Mount Huaguo.

Tongtian swept through the Fomen Sect disciples and killed his Zhunti incarnation; that was still vivid in his mind.

Otherwise, that key figure of the Kalpa Tribulation, Sun Wukong, how could he still be outside? He would have long been suppressed by the Fomen Sect, waiting for the scripture seeker to return.

"Detaching from the Heavenly Dao, self-severing Saint status," Jieyin also said with regret, "Tongtian is seeking his own death; he doesn't know at all how severe the consequences of self-severing Saint status are."

"Senior Brother, isn't this just right?" Zhunti smiled, "Heaven and earth have one less Saint; perhaps our Fomen Sect can add another Saint."

"Amitabha, Junior Brother Zhunti, Junior Brother Tongtian hasn't died yet; you can't say that." Jieyin shook his head.

"Hmph, shameless..."

Houtu, not far away, heard the conversation between Jieyin and Zhunti and cursed.

These words spoken by the Western Two Saints sounded like nothing, but listening carefully, it was really somewhat shameless.

However, Houtu had also seen the shamelessness of the Western Two Saints.

When she embodied the six paths of reincarnation, the faces of the Western Two Saints were just like this.

"Fellow Daoist Houtu, soon those two might be worried," Nuwa chuckled.

Nuwa also had no good feelings for the Western Two Saints.

"Heavenly Dao, I, Tongtian, will self-sever my Saint status today," Tongtian Jiaozhu held the Qingping Sword in his hand, and the terrifying Sword Great Dao surged.

Time, fate, causality, and other powers were all condensed into this sword.

"Sword Great Dao, severing the self..."

The terrifying sword light made time and space stagnate; this sword was brilliant and dazzling, and various Great Dao laws were directly torn and destroyed under this sword.

This is the ultimate sword belonging to Hunyuan Daluo.

"This sword..."

Yuanshi Tianzun's pupils shrank.

I don't know if it was a wrong feeling, but Yuanshi Tianzun felt that the Tongtian Jiaozhu in front of him seemed to have become even more powerful.

But thinking that it had only been such a short time since his battle with Tongtian Jiaozhu, how could this Junior Brother of his have such an astonishing improvement?

This made Yuanshi Tianzun think that his perception might be an illusion.

In fact, Yuanshi Tianzun didn't know that his feeling just now was correct.

Compared to when he fought him, Tongtian Jiaozhu's strength naturally had a qualitative leap.

The existence of the Hunyuan Sword Scripture.

Allowed Tongtian's comprehension of the Hunyuan Dao to reach a level unimaginable to ordinary people.

In the past, the Three Pure Ones and others mostly relied on the Dao Ancestor Hongjun's teaching, plus their own comprehension of the inheritance to cultivate.

But the Hunyuan Sword Scripture included all the mysteries and origins of the Sword Dao regarding the Hunyuan Daluo Dao.

For nearly ten thousand years, constantly cultivating the Hunyuan Sword Scripture.

Allowed Tongtian Jiaozhu to reach a level in the Sword Great Dao that ordinary Hunyuan Daluo could hardly reach.

"Boom—"

This sword crossed time and space, crossed causality, crossed fate, and fell heavily into the Hongmeng Purple Qi.

"Pfft..." Tongtian Jiaozhu's face turned pale, his mouth opened, and a large mouthful of blood sprayed out; the originally terrifying Hunyuan Daluo power was weakening at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Bang bang bang..."

In the Hongmeng Purple Qi, the true spirit belonging to Tongtian Jiaozhu was constantly being extinguished, disappearing, and turning into nothingness.

And that true spirit that relied on the Hongmeng Purple Qi to merge into the Heavenly Dao was not weakening and destroying; Tongtian, who was above the extreme heavens, was also constantly vomiting blood, and his face was becoming whiter and whiter.

At the same time, the power on Tongtian's body was also constantly weakening.

From the originally top-tier Heavenly Dao Saint, he directly became an ordinary Heavenly Dao Saint level, and then became the level of an entry-level Heavenly Dao Saint.

It was just like when they had just become Heavenly Dao Saints back then.

But this was just the beginning.

These Saints mostly entrusted their true spirits to the Heavenly Dao and relied on the power of the Heavenly Dao to become Heavenly Dao Saints; this is a shortcut, a shortcut to becoming a Hunyuan Daluo Jin Xian.

Like the Western Two Saints.

They made Heavenly Dao vows to obtain merit and luck, and thereby proved the Dao to become Saints.

Then they need to repay the merit and luck they owe.

If they don't repay, they might even fall from the Saint position.

But now.

Tongtian Jiaozhu severed the true spirit entrusted to the Heavenly Dao; the severity of that is much more serious than the Western Two Saints not repaying the Heavenly Dao merit and luck.

"Boom—"

Soon, Tongtian Jiaozhu's power finally fell from the Hunyuan Daluo realm.

At this moment, he is no longer a Hunyuan Daluo, nor is he a Heavenly Dao Saint; this is the price that needs to be paid for self-severing Saint status.

And such a price is just the beginning.

Heaven and earth emitted constant vibration sounds; this is the wrath of heaven and earth. Tongtian's self-severing of Saint status finally caused the reaction of the Heavenly Dao.

At the same time.

The secular sky also turned blood-red, as if it were a doomsday scene.

When Tongtian Jiaozhu fell from the Saint position.

Heaven and earth even rained blood.

A Saint falls, and heaven and earth grieve together.

Although Tongtian Jiaozhu did not fall, after falling from the Saint position, heaven and earth produced a similar impact.

"What on earth happened? Did a Saint fall?" Countless powerhouses raised their heads, looking into the distance above the extreme heavens.

What on earth happened there?

Did a Saint really fall?

However, this scene of heaven and earth grieving together did not last long.

Soon, heaven and earth were replaced by lightning and thunder, and pitch-black dark clouds, as if it were the end of the world.

Regarding this.

Whether it was secular mortals or those powerhouses, they could only watch helplessly.

They couldn't do anything, and were powerless to do anything.

"Bang bang bang..."

Above the extreme heavens, that streak of Hongmeng Purple Qi emitted a certain sound, and subsequently, those Saints could see that this streak of Hongmeng Purple Qi that originally belonged to Tongtian was shattering inch by inch.

The purple energy turned into segments and scattered in this heaven and earth, slowly merging back into the world.

"Pfft..." Tongtian vomited another mouthful of blood, and at this moment, his strength was only barely maintained at the Quasi-Saint realm.

As if he were about to fall at any time and become a Daluo Jin Xian.

Tongtian, who barely maintained the Quasi-Saint realm.

If said out loud, no one would believe it.

You must know that before proving the Dao to become a Saint, Tongtian was already a Quasi-Saint, and a top-tier Quasi-Saint at that.

But now, self-severing Saint status, he suffered a severe backlash.

Severing one's own true spirit is not a simple matter.

This is equivalent to Tongtian killing most of himself.