Chapter 418: Adding Another Terrifying Combat Record

In terms of popularity rankings, Daoist Yang is inferior to several others, such as "Morning Star," "Undying Blade," and "Godslayer."

However, this does not mean he is weaker; in Li Yu's view, the strength of these demigods can be said to be on par with one another.

Furthermore, Daoist Yang’s methods are truly vastly different from those of other demigods.

He defeated Yue Gu, but did not immediately deliver a killing blow; instead, he said in a loud voice:

"You appear to have excellent talent and deserve the true inheritance."

"I shall pass on to you the *True Scripture of the Great Yin Slaughtering the Moon and Transforming into the Queen Mother*, which can allow you to cultivate to the realm of Extreme Yin at an early date, transform into the Mother Goddess of the Moon, and multiply and thrive..."

As Daoist Yang’s words were uttered.

A bizarre and terrifying true scripture was generated on the spot, transforming into large characters that seemed to be cast from moonlight, which then smashed down toward Yue Gu.

This scene entered the eyes of all the viewers, and they immediately knew: this true scripture could indeed be cultivated and was not just randomly fabricated.

Yet, no one envied Yue Gu.

The reason?

The commentary from the Master of the Curtain can explain it:

"Daoist Yang is a heaven-gifted prodigy with invincible talent, already reserved by the [Lord of Calamity] as one of the most important subordinate gods in the divine kingdom."

"The innate divine ability he possesses is called 'Dharma Transmission.' He masters countless twisted and fallen cultivation methods within the heavens and myriad worlds, and can also instantly generate corresponding secret techniques based on different living beings. Moreover, these secret techniques are effective, but the cost far exceeds the gains, and the process is incomparably painful."

"This true scripture was custom-made for Yue Gu. If she cultivates it, there is a chance she could ascend to godhood, but she would certainly lose all sense of self and become an incomparably insane Great Yin female beast."

"If she is struck by the 'true scripture' he manifested, she will be immediately corrupted..."

"Hm?"

"The Son of the Vortex God has arrived."

Just as the Master of the Curtain was passionately commentating on every duel.

Suddenly, at this moment, Li Yu’s figure appeared inexplicably behind Daoist Yang.

Well, at a very far distance.

Daoist Yang is, after all, an extremely brutal demigod; the authority domain he released directly shattered Yue Gu’s Great Yin domain.

Even for a fully recovered Li Yu, stepping into it would mean immediate corruption.

Therefore, his sneak attack was also launched from a great distance.

In an instant, a light of destruction tore through the void.

One could see a scarlet, spiral-shaped double-pronged long spear extending infinitely, carrying with it the power to destroy heaven and earth, directly shattering Daoist Yang’s authority domain and bombarding his true body.

In a confrontation of status and realm, Li Yu loses.

But as a cosmic wonder capable of killing demigods, and combined with the fact that it was a sneak attack, Daoist Yang had no way to avoid it when caught off guard.

In order not to die so sloppily, he had no choice but to reveal his true body as if resigning himself to fate.

It was shockingly a huge and bizarre Daoist.

He wore a red Daoist robe, but underneath it were piled bloated lumps of flesh, with countless tentacles hanging down, wriggling incessantly.

His entire body was embedded with large mouths full of yellow teeth that spewed foul air, constantly emitting unintelligible whispers; if one listened carefully, one could obtain twisted secret techniques and be transformed into a Calamity Slave.

Besides this, his upper body also grew thousands of arms, each holding a bizarre "magic treasure."

His appearance!

Here, it could only provoke the disgust and vigilance of other demigods.

Yet in the [Calamity Plane] where he resides, his reputation is excellent; he holds the title of "Immortal Lord of Calamity" and is an existence crazily worshipped by countless twisted cultivators.

However, the very next moment!

This Immortal Lord met with calamity.

The Spear of Destruction cares not for this or that, nor can it be corrupted by Dharma transmission; it was born for the sole purpose of destroying everything.

The replicated version shares this characteristic.

The long spear roared past, forcibly carving a "blood line" along that void trajectory; everything within that area, whether living or dead, was evaporated into nothingness, without exception.

A shrill, mournful wail suddenly resounded across the battlefield.

Daoist Yang, having had half his body shattered by the Spear of Destruction, entered a state of madness.

"I want you all to die!"

"Where I am, there is the Realm of Calamity."

Accompanied by his roar, the other half of his body suddenly exploded.

It was also just in an instant!

A storm filled with the Qi of "ominousness" and "calamity" was released, and in an instant, it sealed off the plane of the arrival point that served as the battlefield.

Whether it was Li Yu or Yue Gu, who had just luckily escaped the Dharma transmission.

Neither managed to escape in time and were trapped within.

Furthermore, both of their bodies began to mutate, the reaction reaching the extreme.

When this scene occurred, the Master of the Curtain’s commentary became passionate again:

"It’s here, it’s here!"

"The Son of the Vortex God, who hid for three days, finally took action to retaliate against Daoist Yang, but accidentally put himself in an unfavorable situation."

"He destroyed half of Daoist Yang’s Dao body through a sneak attack, but also caused this demigod, who is destined to ascend to godhood, to fall into madness and release his innate divine ability, [Realm of Calamity]."

"This is the sublimation and manifestation of his authority; it can directly corrupt a plane or universe into a world filled with the Qi of ominousness and calamity."

"If one’s status and realm cannot surpass Daoist Yang, it will be impossible to break through the blockade, even if one holds a Space-Time Secret Blade or a divine artifact like the Cosmic Demon Luo Pan already in the hands of the Son of the Vortex God; one still cannot leave."

"And living beings inside the Realm of Calamity are like being soaked in a cesspit or swamp; they will gradually rot, be assimilated, and merge into it."

"The cost of casting this divine ability is not low; even for Daoist Yang, he can only use it once in a short period."

"He could have originally used it to deal with [Morning Star], [Undying Blade], [Godslayer], and [First Corrupt Head], those top-tier prodigies. After all, if one cannot destroy the entire plane-universe in an instant, it is difficult to survive, and even that Giant of Light cannot destroy an arrival point in one strike."

"Now that Daoist Yang has used it early, it means he will likely have to withdraw from this championship battle."

"Of course, not necessarily."

"If he succeeds in swallowing the Son of the Vortex God and Yue Gu in the end, he will gain huge benefits and will likely leap to become the number one in combat power."

Following this commentary, Li Yu once again reclaimed the throne of number one in popularity.

Viewers don't like watching hide-and-seek, but intense combat is another matter.

The tipping and comment section saw another explosion.

And those who favored Li Yu once again fell into a disadvantage.

This is also easy to understand!

After all, as long as one is not blind, one can see that Li Yu is in some trouble this time.

The Master of the Curtain said it very clearly.

Daoist Yang was driven mad by the sneak attack and released his innate divine ability prematurely.

If he cannot destroy the arrival point instantly, he won't survive.

"The Son of the Vortex God hid painstakingly for three days, but as soon as he came out, he fell into a death trap just to retaliate against Daoist Yang; he is truly too unlucky."

"It seems the Toad God’s luck halo cannot penetrate the Gate of Myriad Worlds to bless him."

"What is this? The Son of the Vortex God, who could previously take on seven, ends up dying because he was too petty?"

"It’s hard to make a crude comparison. His perfect record before was achieved by taking advantage of the situation; there was no prolonged head-on confrontation. Killing the Laughing Nightmare was also a sneak attack. This time, the sneak attack only succeeded halfway and he got trapped. Even if he has many cosmic wonders, what can he do?"

"The only thing that is certain is that he will last longer than [Yue Gu]. After all, he can hide in the Labyrinth of Myriad Changes, and has wonders like the Mother Goddess’s Umbilical Cord, Water of Life, and Philosopher’s Stone... he has at least three extra lives; it’s simply shameless."

"Eh?"

"At a time like this, why doesn't he hide? He still has the leisure to go and retrieve that Spear of Destruction?"

As if to respond to the questioning of that last viewer.

At the same time, it will also complete the face-slapping of all the naysayers.

When Li Yu, bearing the costs of "body mutation" and "becoming tainted by ominousness," appeared in the depths of the universe to retrieve the Spear of Destruction, which had lost its kinetic energy, an unexpected change suddenly occurred.

A thunderous roar came without any warning.

Immediately!

The entire arrival point plane began to collapse from its most distant edges; all space-time and concepts were annihilated in an instant, leaving no traces behind.

Its expansion speed surpassed cognition.

The moment Li Yu, Yue Gu, and all the viewers saw the scene of the collapse.

The collapsing area was already approaching the two of them; the sight was terrifying to the extreme.

It was as if an "invisible hand" possessing infinite power existed and began to erase the entire universe.

This scene appeared.

The comment interface froze for a moment, then began to flash crazily:

"Plane collapse? The second round has started; are those terrifying cosmic disasters coming?"

"Could it be that all of this was in the calculations of the Son of the Vortex God? Is he really a devotee of the Vortex God, and not a demigod under the Lord of Myriad Changes?"

"What a calculation; no wonder he dared to come out and sneak attack Daoist Yang."

"The Son of the Vortex God and Yue Gu indeed could not destroy that Realm of Calamity in an instant, but plane collapse and cosmic disasters can; it’s truly amazing."

"So in the end, the only one who is unlucky is Daoist Yang?"

"Run!"

This warning came from Yue Gu.

This Master of Cold Moon Star is worthy of being a true deity; although she was not yet certain of the Son of Vortex's allegiance and had previously been charmed and controlled by this scoundrel Li Yu, Li Yu’s sneak attack on the Daoist of Calamity had, after all, successfully saved her life.

Therefore, upon sensing the arrival of a great disaster, she subconsciously gave a warning.

However, when she turned her head, she only saw Li Yu’s back.

Before Yue Gu could even speak, this scoundrel had already used his Secret Blade of Time and Space to slice open the void, beginning his escape into the deeper reaches.

Hearing the sound, he even turned his head back with a face full of confusion.

The meaning revealed in his eyes was immediately understood by Yue Gu: "You are so slow, and you still come to warn me?"

With Yue Gu’s state of mind!

At this moment, she could not help but feel slightly annoyed.

This Son of Vortex truly had a wicked sense of humor.

However, Yue Gu dared not delay any longer; she followed closely behind and also used her secret blade to flee for her life.

A bit slower in action than the two of them.

A massive amount of ominous, calamitous Qi gathered and reorganized into the incredibly disheveled Daoist of Calamity.

Once the second round of the Battle Royale began, without needing Li Yu or Yue Gu to do anything, the Calamity Realm he had manifested was directly shattered.

The innate divine ability that could have devoured the two of them at a great cost.

Not only did it yield no harvest, but it added insult to injury, making his wounds even more severe.

Instantly, the "Daoist of Calamity," who was originally one of the hot favorites, fell directly to the bottom, looked down upon by countless spectators.

In his heavily injured state, having also lost his innate divine ability, let alone competing with the most brutal demigods like Morning Star and Undying Blade.

Even now, if Li Yu, this legendary-tier contestant, were to kill his way back, he might not even be a match for him.

Of course!

Never mind Li Yu.

At this moment, all contestants had abandoned their duels and began to flee for their lives.

The Battle Royale battlefield could roughly be considered a ring-shaped multiverse.

As the second round began, the universe collapsed from the outside in.

Because of this, the second-layer map, a multiverse with a smaller surface area, appeared.

Even though at this juncture, the contestants had no heart for mutual slaughter.

Even if they were sworn enemies with deep hatred, they would tacitly flee for their lives separately if they happened to meet.

But this did not mean the level of danger had decreased; on the contrary, it was skyrocketing.

The reason was simple!

Among the "planes" within the second-layer map, some were safe, but a larger portion would randomly manifest various different cosmic disasters.

Those with slightly worse luck or insufficient means would perish.

And an example came very quickly.

It was as if it were a perfect interpretation of "enemies often cross paths."

Just as Li Yu entered the second layer, a universe filled with various magnificent celestial phenomena, a rift suddenly appeared in the void at the far end, and the disheveled and weak Daoist of Calamity tumbled out.

The two had no time to look at each other before they simultaneously had a premonition and looked toward the center of the universe.

There, an incredibly magnificent and enormous celestial phenomenon stood, its exterior resembling a palm with five fingers, composed of countless nebular dust clouds erupting with iridescent colors.

And at this moment, this "Nebular Giant Hand" was slowly flowing and closing; its middle finger and thumb were attracting and aggregating toward each other, as if it were about to... snap its fingers?

This scene was both majestic and somewhat comical.

It made most of the audience pause for a moment.

But Li Yu and the Daoist of Calamity, who were in the midst of it, were terrified out of their wits at this moment and did not hesitate to continue fleeing for their lives.

It was just that Li Yu’s speed was a fraction faster.

It was not because he was uninjured; in fact, even if the Daoist of Calamity was heavily injured, excluding those cosmic artifacts, his cultivation realm and means were still above those of Li Yu, a legendary-tier contestant.

Li Yu was fast because he recognized what that Nebular Hand was.

He had caught a glimpse of it when he released his True Soul Body earlier.

"Death God’s Snap!"

"A Death God from the Primordial Era named [Zi], for unknown reasons, was about to perish, and at the moment of his fall, he released his divine power comparable to that of a Sovereign, killing all living beings in the plane he occupied by snapping his fingers, including some true gods who had not escaped in time."

"The divine authority he left behind was not inherited by any other deity, but instead transformed into this cosmic disaster known as the Death God’s Snap, which randomly appears in some plane-universes within the Endless Spirit Realm every so often."

"A single snap eliminates all life within a universe."

"This is an erasure at the conceptual level of death, unrelated to flesh or soul; unless one’s status reaches the Sovereign level, it is impossible to resist."

"The replica version targets demigods."

"Countermeasure: None for now, only fleeing in advance."

When these pieces of information surfaced in Li Yu’s mind again, he had already vanished from that universe.

Although the Daoist of Calamity did not know the secret of the "Death God’s Snap," his perception could not be wrong, so he also fled.

Unfortunately, he was a little too slow.

This slowness was a lifetime.

Accompanied by a "pop" sound, the Nebular Giant Hand snapped.

The disaster took effect.

In this instant, time and space were meaningless.

The erasure from the Death God did not possess concepts like speed or spreading.

As long as one was still there, it took effect immediately.

And so, under the gaze of all the spectators.

The live broadcast screen froze as:

Li Yu escapes!

Daoist of Calamity perishes!

(End of this chapter)