"Roaaar!"
An enormous black silhouette lunged at Yun Wuji, its terrifying roar shaking the vast Endless Fog.
BOOMMMMM!
Its massive hoof came crashing down toward Yun Wuji, like a colossal mountain collapsing from the heavens. The overwhelming might and suffocating aura of the Peak Divine Limit Realm surged outward, violently churning the heavily condensed Abyssal Dust.
Yun Wuji stood firm on the ground, his gaze locked on the massive beast towering above him, the Heaven Smiting Devil Slayer clenched tightly in his hand.
Abyssal Dust shrouded its body, yet its form could still be discerned with clarity. It possessed the body of a deer, the tail of a dragon, the head of a lion, and a single huge horn jutting from its forehead. It was a Qilin.
More precisely, it was the first Qilin God, the revered Ancestor of the Qilin God in the Qilin God Realm.
After completing the upgrade of his Unfettered Veins and spending two more weeks 'celebrating' with Hei Xiaolian and Helian Lingzhu, Yun Wuji devoted his time to cultivation while also searching for the Qilin God.
Swinging his sword, Yun Wuji raised the Heaven Smiting Devil Slayer high before slashing down against the incoming hoof. The sword, carrying the weight of hundreds of billions of kilograms, collided head-on with the Qilin's strike.
A deafening, earth-crushing sound reverberated through the Endless Fog. The destructive might of the Peak Divine Limit Realm was instantly repelled the moment it clashed with the Heaven Smiting Devil Slayer, the force exploding back into the body of the abyssal beast.
Yun Wuji's hand went numb from the impact, forcing him to retreat several steps.
His cultivation was still at the Divine Sovereign Realm, which allowed his battle strength to reach the Divine Limit Realm. However, after devouring several hundred Divine Extinction Realm abyssal beasts, his cultivation had risen to the peak of the Divine Sovereign Realm.
This gave him the ability to fight the Qilin God without relying on the Invictus, the Omnipresent Domain, or the Moon Star Restoration.
Had he chosen to use any of them, the fight would have turned into a one-sided slaughter.
BOOMM!
Stomping the ground and leaving a massive pit beneath him, Yun Wuji shot toward the Qilin God like a comet. Raising his sword overhead, he brought it down with crushing force.
Bang!
The collision shattered space, crumbling outward from the point of impact like fragile paper. The Qilin God let out a guttural growl as its body was driven hard against the earth beneath it.
A thunderous explosion resounded, stirring the Abyssal Dust like an apocalyptic hurricane, while the ground collapsed inward like a fragile over-soaked tiramisu.
An angry howl erupted, far more violent and fearsome than before.
Shooting from the bottomless hole, the Qilin God soared into the sky before diving straight toward Yun Wuji. The enraged Divine Limit abyssal beast funneled its pent-up fury into its front claws and ruthlessly smashed them down on the tiny human.
Yun Wuji gripped his sword tightly with both hands, veins bulging along his forearms, and swung it horizontally with all his might.
Rumble!!
The ground within a radius of over fifty kilometers beneath him sank deeply. Spatial fragments rained down like a torrential downpour as explosions tore apart the fabric of space in an instant. Dozens of dimensional whirlpools appeared directly above them, swirling violently.
"Fuck! This is good!" Yun Wuji's knees bent slightly under the force. This Qilin God truly deserved its reputation as one of the most fearsome beasts in the entire Endless Fog. Gathering every ounce of strength, Yun Wuji roared as he pushed through the pressure, straightening his legs and forcing the Qilin God back.
He had completely forgotten the feeling of fighting someone who could truly push him to his limits. Bitch-slapping anyone in his way was fun, but sometimes it was exhilarating to feel the raw rush of adrenaline and excitement, second only to a good round of sex.
It is in human nature to seek excitement, which is why so many people pursue skydiving, hiking, roller coasters, and other extreme, heart-pounding activities.
"Finally! A worthy opponent!" Yun Wuji shouted, raising his sword. "Our battle will be legendary!"
...
Over three thousand kilometers away from the area of their fight, a woman dressed in a blue gown floated high above, drifting through the air like a lofty pure lotus, untouched by the filthy, dark, dust-filled world.
Swoosh!
A flash of purple streaked silently through the air, and with it, a beast hiding within the Abyssal Dust was cleaved cleanly in half, tumbling to the ground. Hua Qingying did not glance at it and continued on her path.
Hua Qingying had left the Heaven Breaker Kingdom of God to seek opportunities for a further breakthrough. Even though she knew the chances were infinitely slim, she was still willing to try. Or rather, it had become a habit of hers. Apart from Hua Caili and her sword, Hua Qingying did not care about anything or anyone else in the world.
She practiced the ruthless path of the sword that forsakes all desire and emotion, her entire existence devoted to seeking the pinnacle of the sword. However, a long time had passed since her cultivation level reached the absolute peak of the Divine Limit Realm, making her the strongest cultivator below the True Gods.
The progress of her sword had reached the pinnacle as well, and it had barely improved for thousands of years. No amount of secluded cultivation or training could make her advance even the tiniest bit. The only instances when her sword showed any improvement were during battles with strong opponents, opponents who were at the same level as her.
Flying for over a thousand kilometers and killing dozens more beasts along the way, Hua Qingying suddenly stopped in her tracks. With a frown, her gaze drifted south. She sensed the strong and immense shockwaves from afar, and judging by their intensity, it was undoubtedly a battle between cultivators of the Divine Limit Realm.
Abyssal Beasts rarely fought among themselves. This meant it was likely that a human was facing an Abyssal Beast. Anyone capable of battling a Divine Limit Realm Abyssal Beast in this environment had to be an incredibly powerful person.
Hua Qingying turned in that direction and flew toward it. Usually, she was not the type to poke her nose into other people's affairs, but she wanted to see who it was. Perhaps, if he proved worthy and was someone she had not defeated before, she might challenge him, though that possibility was very small.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The closer she got, the stronger the shockwaves became. From afar, the sky looked as if it had been shattered into countless fragments by sharp silver light. The glowing silver radiance shone brightly despite being deep within the Endless Fog, an area thick with dark Abyssal Dust.
"Who is it?" Hua Qingying frowned slightly. The number of Divine Limit Realm profound practitioners was extremely small, and they were all famous and well known. She could recognize all of them, yet the aura of the person fighting was something she had never seen before.
After traveling over eighteen hundred kilometers, she was finally able to see the battle.
It was a man, a young-looking man, wielding a heavy sword. Its blade gleamed bright silver, while a dark black fog swirled around his body.
His opponent was the Qilin God, a beast she had fought many times in the past.
The battle between the two was devastating to say the least. The earth and the sky around them had been shredded into pieces, countless spatial vortexes swirled around them, the ground had been flattened many times over, and sharp sword marks were everywhere, still glowing with dense silver light.
What shocked Hua Qingying, however, was that this man was someone she had never seen before. More astonishingly, she could not sense his aura, even though he was fighting with his full strength, as if something was blocking her from doing so.
Just as she watched the battle with a serious expression, trying to figure out the man's identity, he suddenly turned in her direction and pointed his finger.
Swoosh!
A thick sword beam shot from his finger at an impossibly fast speed. It had just been fired, yet it was already less than half a meter from her forehead.
Bang!
"Fast!" Hua Qingying's expression changed, her cold eyes growing even frostier. Flicking her Immortal End Sword, she deflected the sword beam.
However, before she could respond to his sudden attack, hundreds more sword beams were already on their way.
Hua Qingying snorted lightly, waving her sword with elegance, deflecting the sword beams with swift precision.
Roar!
As if feeling insulted for being ignored, the Qilin God roared and aimed its horn. The horn glowed with a reddish-yellow light.
The light condensed into a dense beam and shot toward Yun Wuji. The beam carried immense destructive power, crushing everything in its path, including space itself, leaving a dark trail behind and swallowing Yun Wuji's figure.
...
He died.
The End.
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