Chapter 857: Fall from the Hunyuan Layer! Shatter the Dao Sword Array!

Even though they knew the hope was slim, Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin still refused to abandon this hope.

After being reinforced to the peak of the Virtuous Saint realm, the eroding properties of the seven-colored aura became even more terrifying.

Even within the Hunyuan layer, a mere thread's difference still meant a world apart. The seven-colored aura at the peak of the Virtuous Saint realm still stood little chance against the Dao of the Sword.

Yet with the support of the Ten Thousand Buddha Array—its vast Buddha light rivaling that of a Hunyuan Daolu Jin Xian—the seven-colored aura surged forward like an endless wave of suicide squads, relentlessly pounding the Dao of the Sword within the sword qi.

Faced with the surging seven-colored aura, the peerlessly sharp Dao of the Sword merely trembled slightly, and it was utterly annihilated.

Yet the speed at which the sword intent shredded the aura could not keep pace with the rate at which the seven-colored aura regenerated.

The seemingly endless seven-colored aura soon drowned the Dao of the Sword.

Under the unceasing erosion of the seven-colored aura, the Dao of the Sword did not hold out long before it was worn down and fell from the Hunyuan layer.

The peril of the sword qi unleashed by the giant Dao-sword lay in its forced ascent to the Hunyuan layer through the reinforcement of hundreds of Daos.

Without the Hunyuan layer, the sword qi became a tiger without teeth.

The two colossal Buddha palms did not even continue targeting the sword qi directly; instead, they charged straight into it.

The Dao of Jin Gang manifested as a solidified Jin Gang glove, enveloping both colossal Buddha palms. The Dao of Jin Gang had also been reinforced to the peak of the Virtuous Saint realm.

With overwhelming, crushing force, the two colossal Buddha palms collided with the sword qi.

Crack!

The sound of shattering reappeared in the chaotic void.

But this time, it was not the two colossal Buddha palms that shattered—it was the two sword qi blades unleashed by the giant Dao-sword.

The two colossal Buddha palms, with unstoppable might, forcibly smashed the two sword qi blades to pieces.

After crushing the two sword qi blades, the two colossal Buddha palms now stood before the giant Dao-sword.

Before the giant Dao-sword could react, boundless seven-colored aura descended upon it.

The endless seven-colored aura began eroding the Dao forces interwoven across the giant Dao-sword.

The myriad Dao forces contained within the giant Dao-sword were all below the Hunyuan layer, and most were merely at the peak of the Virtuous Saint realm, not reaching its limit.

This was the result of Luo Fu's deliberate control.

A single Virtuous Saint who comprehended countless Daos was already monstrous enough.

If every Dao he comprehended reached the peak of the Virtuous Saint realm, it would not be mere monstrosity—it would imply ulterior motives.

For Luo Fu, possessing the insight to master hundreds of Daos to the peak of the Virtuous Saint realm and break through into a Hunyuan Daolu Jin Xian was no challenge at all.

Yet he had broken through yet chosen not to—Luo Fu either harbored hidden intentions or concealed his own realm.

Mastering various Daos to the peak of the Virtuous Saint realm was already monstrous and prodigious, yet it still paled in comparison to mastering every Dao to the peak's limit.

After all, the gap between the peak of the Virtuous Saint realm and its limit far exceeded the gap between utter ignorance of Dao and the peak of the Virtuous Saint realm.

Most importantly, what Luo Fu intended to reveal was not merely hundreds of Daos—but the Three Thousand Daos.

Yes, the Three Thousand Daos.

Only by revealing the Three Thousand Daos could the full power of the Eternal Sword Dao be truly displayed.

Only the complete Eternal Sword Dao held the potential to slay a Saint.

The Dao forces interwoven across the giant Dao-sword were almost all at the peak of the Virtuous Saint realm, yet when they intertwined, striking one Dao force equaled striking all Dao forces simultaneously.

Under normal circumstances, even the peak-limit seven-colored aura could not overcome the Dao forces on the giant Dao-sword.

But with the reinforcement of the Ten Thousand Buddha Array—

The Seven Treasures Holy Tree could continuously generate seven-colored aura, its vast quantity like an ocean relentlessly washing against the giant Dao-sword like a dam.

Under the ceaseless erosion of the seven-colored aura, the Dao forces within the giant Dao-sword were being consumed at an astonishing rate.

Even as the giant Dao-sword continuously devoured chaotic currents and activated the Devouring Dao to absorb the seven-colored aura, its rate of acquiring magic power still lagged behind its rate of consumption.

This was the terrifying nature of the Path of Force.

Compared to ordinary cultivators, the Path of Force was akin to transforming one's own body into a world of equal level.

A world itself possessed no great combat power, but it could draw upon endless heavenly and earthly forces to drown out opponents of equal rank.

Immediately following the seven-colored aura, the colossal Buddha palm gripping the Jieyin Banner began striking the giant Dao-sword.

Boom!

The massive Jieyin Banner, forged like gold, crashed down upon the giant Dao-sword with an invincible, mountain-crushing force.

In that instant, unimaginably colossal power slammed entirely onto the giant Dao-sword.

The giant Dao-sword, already worn thin by the ceaseless erosion of the seven-colored aura—

Under the crushing impact of the Jieyin Banner, immediately began to buckle.

Worse still, the invincible Dao of Jin Gang relentlessly attacked the Dao forces within the giant Dao-sword.

All these forces erupted simultaneously, exceeding the giant Dao-sword's capacity to withstand them.