Chapter 116

Pfft!!

Er ah!!

Those rushing beings, as if they had slammed into an invisible yet indestructible wall of divine steel, had their protective divine light shatter instantly, blood spurting wildly, bones broken who knows how many, and they were flung backward at ten times the speed they had charged, smashing hard onto distant floating stones or space fragments, life or death unknown!

Moreover, several with slightly weaker cultivation were directly shaken by that terrifying force and exploded on the spot, turning into a sky-full of Blood Mist!

In an instant, all the restless beings were terrified by this horrifying scene, their courage shattered, they kept retreating, and the greed in their eyes was instantly replaced by fear!

This ancient heroic spirit, even after dying for countless ages, relying only on a trace of undying will and lingering instinct, could actually be this terrifying?!

Just then, an overbearing, peerless figure with battle intent soaring to the heavens stepped out from the crowd and landed before the ancient heroic spirit—it was the War Prince of the War God Heavenly Hall!

His eyes blazed as he fixed his gaze on that dark-gold great halberd, his face showing a complex mix of excitement, reverence, admiration, longing, as if he had beheld the sacred object of his dreams!

War God Halberd……Indeed it is the lost divine halberd foretold by our ancestor master……

He muttered to himself, his voice trembling slightly.

Immediately, he took out a jade talisman, crushed it directly, and sent out a message.

The next moment, he drew a deep breath, and his whole body began to ripple with a profound, ancient, and vast battle intent that seemed to resonate with his bloodline, causing the black war spear in his hand to hum, and even more strangely, it produced a faint resonance with the dark-gold great halberd embedded in the ancient heroic spirit's chest!

Hum……

The dark-gold great halberd actually trembled slightly, as if responding!

Huh? Is that……the War God Heavenly Hall's 'War God Resonance' secret technique?

In the distance, some senior powerhouses who saw this scene had their eyes turn strange, as if recalling some ancient legends, murmuring: 'No wonder the War God Heavenly Hall sent the War Prince……It turns out this lost divine halberd is deeply connected to their lineage……It seems they are determined to obtain it.'

Seeing the War Prince seemingly able to communicate with the divine halberd, countless beings held their breath and watched nervously.

The War Prince's face lit up with joy as he fully activated the secret technique, trying to forge a deeper bond with the divine halberd in order to seize it.

However, just as the resonance grew stronger and the War Prince was about to touch that halberd——

Suddenly, an anomaly arose!

The long-silent ancient heroic spirit suddenly lifted its head!

In its desiccated, hollow eye sockets, two clusters of blood‑red flames suddenly ignited, filled with endless resentment and mad killing intent!!

Roar!!!!!!

A roar that seemed to come from the primordial Honghuang, brimming with heaven‑flooding resentment and savage violence, erupted from the spirit's withered throat, shaking the entire core region!

A killing intent ten, even a hundred times more terrifying than before, like a substantive blood‑colored storm, centered on the spirit, swept out in a thunderous surge!

This killing intent was so intense it seemed to slaughter all living things and destroy myriad phenomena!

And this destructive killing intent, exceeding eighty percent, locked onto the War Prince who was executing the secret technique with uncanny precision!

It was as if it sensed the aura of the mortal enemy it had most hated and despised in life!

"Oh no!!" The War Prince's face instantly changed; he felt an icy, bone‑deep death threat descend instantly, and without thinking he tried to flee wildly!

But……it was too late!

The ancient heroic spirit moved!

It violently pulled out the dark‑gold great halberd embedded in its chest——this action seemed to drain the last remnant of its power, but it did not care——

Then, with a simple and direct yet terrifying halberd technique that contained the power to shatter the Star River and slay gods and demons, it brought the halberd down upon the War Prince's head!

There was no splendid radiance, only the utmost slaughter and destruction!

Where the halberd blade passed, space was silently sliced like fragile cloth, a black space rift spreading alongside the halberd, straight toward the War Prince!

The War Prince's soul fled in terror as he madly burned his essence blood, pushing his speed to the limit in a violent retreat, while his equally extraordinary black war spear erupted with heavenly battle light, launching a War God Shatter‑Heaven Strike to meet it head‑on!

Around him also appeared a shimmering illusion of War God armor, attempting to block!

Boom—crack!!!

The blade of the dark‑gold great halberd violently clashed with the tip of the black war spear!

After barely holding for a billionth of a moment, the War Prince's high‑grade black war spear let out a mournful cry, its tip shattered and flung away!

His whole body felt like struck by lightning, his tiger's mouth split, blood flowing, and that terrifying impact force transmitted through the spear smashed hard into his chest!

Pff!!

The War God armor illusion shattered instantly, the War Prince's blood spurted wildly, his chest caved in, bones broken who knows how many, and his whole body flew backward like a broken‑string kite, his face filled with shock and disbelief!

The ancient heroic spirit's residual power and the halberd's might far exceeded his imagination!

Yet the ancient heroic spirit seemed to have locked onto him, giving him no chance to breathe; wielding the dark‑gold great halberd, it took a step, crossed the Void, caught up with the retreating War Prince, and swept out another halberd strike!

The halberd's light tore heaven and earth, aiming to cleave the War Prince at the waist!

The terrifying killing intent surged like a stormy wave across the Nine Heavens, and nearby Heavenly Pride who were somewhat close had their qi and blood churned, recoiling in shock!

The War Prince's face showed despair; he was already gravely wounded, his old strength exhausted and new strength not yet arisen, utterly unable to block this fatal halberd strike!

He could only watch helplessly as the deadly halberd's light rapidly expanded in his pupils!

At this critical moment——a golden figure appeared before the War Prince as if by instantaneous teleportation!

It was none other than Ye Wuque!

He had been closely watching; seeing the War Prince about to fall, he decisively acted!

Facing the halberd's light capable of easily ripping apart Liuhe Bahuang, Ye Wuque's expression remained calm as he slowly extended a hand flowing with golden light, fingers slightly curved, not dodging or evading, directly reaching for the incoming blade!

"Seek death!!" Some beings in the distance couldn't help but exclaim, thinking Ye Wuque was mad to dare catch bare‑handed what seemed like an Immortal Divine Weapon's terrifying halberd!

But the next moment, something happened that left them dumbfounded!

Clang!!!!!!

A deafening roar, like the clash of divine metal, exploded!

Ye Wuque's golden hand firmly grasped the blade of the dark‑gold great halberd!

Violent force instantly erupted, forming a visible shockwave that spread outward in rings!

Ye Wuque's body swayed slightly, the floating stone beneath his feet instantly turning to powder, but his hand, like the hardest divine‑metal clamp in the world, locked onto the halberd's blade, preventing it from advancing even an inch!

Drip drip……

On Ye Wuque's palm, fresh blood dripped down……

Although it wasn't much, he was injured!

This palm almost got directly blown up by this halberd's blade!

Ye Wuque had to be glad that this desiccated corpse lacked the qualification to unleash the true power of this great halberd; otherwise, it definitely wouldn't have been just a light injury!

However, although it only unleashed a tiny fraction of its power, for the present Ye Wuque, this was still terribly frightening!

That edge capable of cleaving stars broke open his flesh, cut his skin, and inflicted considerable injury on his palm!

But Ye Wuque didn't care, because his purpose had been achieved!

It was precisely thanks to this incredibly precise, just-right interception grab that the trajectory of the Primordial Era Heroic Spirit's fatal strike deviated slightly from its original direction!

Boom——!!!!

The terrifying halberd blade, having lost its target, grazed past the War Prince's body and fiercely struck a distant floating huge continental fragment and the dense SpaceTimeRift area!

The destruction caused by this strike is indescribable!

That area seemed to have been violently wiped away by an invisible giant hand!

In an instant, a range of several million kilometers vanished, and a huge black hole with a bottomless depth and perfectly smooth edges suddenly appeared!

Countless SpaceTimeRifts violently twisted, snapped, and annihilated in the aftermath of this strike!

Destructive energy surges swept wildly in all directions like a tsunami!

"Run!!"

Countless beings were terrified, their souls scattering, fleeing madly, fearing to be swept up by this destructive aftermath!

The might of this strike was practically apocalyptic!

The War Prince, having survived the calamity, seized the moment, made a sorry withdrawal, quickly retreated to a safe distance, his face still pale, his heart still trembling.

He took a deep breath, suppressed his surging qi and blood and his injuries, came to Ye Wuque's side, and solemnly clasped his fists and bowed, his voice full of sincere gratitude: "Thank you, brother, for your rescue! This kindness I will keep in my heart forever; I will never forget it. May I ask, fellow Daoist, what is your name?"

"Ye Wuque."

Ye Wuque slightly turned his head, nodded as a response, but his gaze remained locked on the Primordial Era Heroic Spirit ahead, which had once again raised its dark-gold halberd, killing intent boiling like tangible substance; his eyes turned grave and sharp.

He knew that his earlier move had only temporarily saved the War Prince, but had thoroughly enraged this terrifying Dark Being that acts on instinct and obsession.

The true great battle……has only just begun!