Chapter 4810: Foundation
Transforming the power of annihilation into weapons already surpassed a heaven and earth, like countless peak powerhouses launching attacks at the Purple-Gold Emperor Sovereign.
The purple-gold divine lightning was shot apart by the sharp arrows, and the Purple-Gold Emperor Sovereign gave a cold snort, taking out a jade tablet from his hand.
The jade tablet rapidly enlarged, split into one becoming two, two becoming four, and enclosed the Purple-Gold Emperor Sovereign within.
The annihilating arrows crashed against it with deafening booms, yet could not shake the jade tablet.
"Yet another Hongmeng‑level magic treasure."
Lin Moyu knew that the Purple-Gold Emperor Sovereign would not lack treasures; just these Hongmeng‑grade magic treasures alone were already this common.
A deep voice came from the Purple-Gold Emperor Sovereign's mouth.
"The foundation of this Emperor Sovereign is beyond your imagination.
"This is the Hongmeng Heaven and Earth Tablet; it is more than enough to kill you!"
As his voice fell, within the Heaven and Earth Tablet appeared continents and rivers.
The Hongmeng Heaven and Earth Tablet evolved into a heaven and earth, within which countless worlds rose and sank.
It further evolved into trillions upon trillions of living beings, those beings roaring within.
Lin Moyu only felt endless resentment falling upon his body, as if it wanted to tear him into pieces.
Even for a peak powerhouse, when struck by the resentment of all the living beings of an entire heaven and earth, the Dao heart would be damaged.
Once the Dao heart was damaged, combat strength would naturally be affected.
The resentment was only the influence; immediately after, the entire evolved heaven and earth descended to suppress and kill, using the power of a complete heaven and earth to suppress and kill Lin Moyu.
The resentment turned into an invisible prison, shackling his soul and body so that Lin Moyu could not escape.
Even a peak powerhouse, when facing the suppressive might of an entire heaven and earth, would be skinned even if not killed.
"Heaven and Earth Wings!"
"Nine Heavens Fate Art!"
The Heaven and Earth Wings spread open, and the Nine Heavens Fate Art was fully activated.
Lin Moyu's gaze was like lightning as he stared at the heaven and earth grinding down toward him.
Though that heaven and earth was illusory, in order to maintain authenticity, its evolution was extremely complete, and its rules were likewise whole.
Using the Nine Heavens Fate Art, he saw through the rules of its evolution, then with the aid of the Heaven and Earth Wings, moved to alter those rules.
"Submit!"
With a low shout, the heaven and earth that had already arrived at his body suddenly split apart to both sides.
Heaven and earth divided in two, flying past on both sides of Lin Moyu, then dissipating and vanishing.
"What!"
The Purple-Gold Emperor Sovereign finally lost his composure; his Hongmeng Heaven and Earth Tablet had actually been broken by Lin Moyu in such a bizarre manner, a method that even he could not understand.
Earlier he had only felt that Lin Moyu was a bit too powerful, holding the advantage of home ground and, with a Hongmeng Supreme Treasure in hand, stronger than his own clone.
If he personally took the field, capturing Lin Moyu would have been easy, or so he had believed.
Yet he had never imagined that Lin Moyu would be bizarre and unfathomable to the point that even he could not see through him.
To him, there had long since been no more secrets inside or outside of heaven and earth, but now he finally realized that there were still secrets.
Lin Moyu lifted a hand and lightly pointed.
"It would be discourteous not to return a favor!"
The Nine Heavens Fate Art activated again, and the Heaven and Earth Wings beat violently, as if a hurricane had arisen in the Forbidden Zone of Life.
The Hongmeng Heaven and Earth Tablet protecting the Purple-Gold Emperor Sovereign suddenly had its internal rules altered; the tablet lost control and instead turned around to launch an attack on the Purple-Gold Emperor Sovereign.
The Nine Heavens Fate Art combined with the Heaven and Earth Wings had a tremendous impact on the rules of a heaven and earth, and the Hongmeng Heaven and Earth Tablet happened to be this kind of magic treasure that evolved a heaven and earth within and formed its own rules, so it naturally suffered this influence.
"This is impossible!"
The Purple-Gold Emperor Sovereign was shocked.
Earlier it was one thing for Lin Moyu to dissolve his attack in such a strange manner, but now he could even control his magic treasure.
The sudden betrayal of the Hongmeng Heaven and Earth Tablet caught him completely off guard, and the arrows formed from annihilation took the opportunity to pierce through the defense and crash into his body.
Though the Purple-Gold Emperor Sovereign could survive within the Forbidden Zone of Life, he still had to constantly resist the power of annihilation.
The annihilating arrows condensed from the formation had an annihilative intensity increased dozens, even hundreds of times.
Under that rainstorm‑like assault, even the Purple-Gold Emperor Sovereign felt extremely uncomfortable.
Lin Moyu softly laughed.
"There is nothing impossible about it."
Light shone from his fingertips as even more runes flew out to form grand formations, drawing in ever more annihilation power.
The power of annihilation within the Forbidden Zone of Life was endless; if it were not properly used, it would truly be a waste.
Purple lightning suddenly appeared, thunder rumbled, and boundless purple qi surged from around the Purple-Gold Emperor Sovereign, accompanied by lightning that blocked all the attacks.
Then the lightning flared greatly, sweeping across billions of miles of void, wiping away the annihilation power, and the formations Lin Moyu had arranged were destroyed at the same time.
The lightning devoured the void; the Staff of Catastrophe blocked in front of him, stopping the lightning but still being sent flying by the tremendous force.
Within the lightning, the Purple-Gold Emperor Sovereign's long hair flew wildly as he held up a purple‑gold lightning treasure pagoda in his hand.
Lightning danced upon the pagoda, radiating an astonishing aura.
He put away the Hongmeng Heaven and Earth Tablet, for he already knew that Lin Moyu had a method to counter this magic treasure; the Hongmeng Heaven and Earth Tablet could no longer be used.
"This should be a Hongmeng Supreme Treasure as well.
"This fellow really has a lot of Hongmeng Supreme Treasures."
Lin Moyu thought to himself that the Purple-Gold Emperor Sovereign could become the peak powerhouse of a Hongmeng Heaven and Earth and survive until the third Great Annihilation Era, so his foundation was indeed astonishing.
However, Lin Moyu also saw one thing clearly.
Whether it was the previous Hongmeng Heaven and Earth Tablet or this lightning pagoda, the Purple-Gold Emperor Sovereign did not seem to have completely refined them.
It was like the Game of All Beings; even without being fully refined it could be used, but its greatest power could not be unleashed.
If the Purple-Gold Emperor Sovereign had fully refined it, then that Hongmeng Heaven and Earth Tablet would not have been affected by Lin Moyu just now.
The lightning pagoda he now took out had fearsome power, clearly far stronger than the earlier Hongmeng Heaven and Earth Tablet, yet he had not taken it out before.
This meant that the lightning pagoda must have some side effects, such as being difficult to fully control.
Lin Moyu saw that lightning also coiled around the Purple-Gold Emperor Sovereign's body, and the sovereign's brows were faintly furrowed, clearly indicating that the lightning affected him as well.
On his body, a purple‑gold long robe shimmered with light, blocking most of the lightning.
"So that is how it is.
"He has not fully refined the lightning pagoda, so when he uses the pagoda he himself suffers backlash."
The Purple-Gold Emperor Sovereign said coldly, "To force this Emperor Sovereign to use this treasure, you can be considered to have died well enough."
"God‑Lightning Annihilates the World!"
The lightning pagoda roared, countless beams of lightning shooting into the void and, an instant later, emerging above Lin Moyu's head.
Lin Moyu was just about to block with the Staff of Catastrophe when his whole body suddenly went numb; the lightning had already struck him.
Fast, ruthless, and precise.
It gave Lin Moyu no time to react at all.
Lin Moyu was now in an undying and indestructible state, yet under the bombardment of lightning, the duration of his undying and indestructible state was shrinking rapidly.
"This lightning is even more fearsome than the power of annihilation.
"My undying and indestructible state can only last for less than two seconds."
"The lightning can traverse time and space, impossible to block and only to be taken head‑on.
"In that case, let us see how long my body, after the unification of spirit and flesh, can endure."
Lin Moyu felt no fear at all.
His fleshly body had already completed the unification of spirit and flesh and, in his understanding, had reached the peak among peak powerhouses.
Even compared to the Purple-Gold Emperor Sovereign, he was only stronger, not weaker.
Even without undying and indestructible, he could freely survive within the Forbidden Zone of Life.
Using undying and indestructible was only to see where his limit lay.
Under the bombardment of lightning, the undying and indestructible state finally dissipated, and the aura that had been raised by secret arts plummeted.
The Purple-Gold Emperor Sovereign mistakenly believed that Lin Moyu was injured; killing intent surged in his eyes, and within that killing intent there was faint joy.
Lin Moyu's voice passed through the roaring thunder.
"This lightning of yours does not seem that impressive."
Within the lightning, Lin Moyu's body was like being cut by countless divine weapons, his skin covered with numerous wounds.
But these wounds were all superficial, healing in an instant, without leaving even a trace of blood.
Most importantly, Lin Moyu was adapting to the lightning; given a little more time, even superficial wounds would no longer appear.
The fleshly body after the unification of spirit and flesh, while not like undying and indestructible that suffered no damage at all, was nonetheless far tougher and possessed some special abilities.