The great battle was about to begin.
Xu Yuan walked on air, his Super God-level power surging throughout the Underworld. His unique explosive presence made him resemble a tri-colored sun radiating brilliance.
The three powers organically combined, rapidly fusing into one.
The space of the Underworld trembled.
At this moment, Xu Yuan's arrival shocked everyone.
Three years had passed since they last saw him. Back then, he had only just broken through to the Limit level, but now he had become a Super God-level powerhouse.
No, the fusion of his three systems into one elevated Xu Yuan's strength directly to the Main God level.
The Abyssal Sage King's pupils contracted, and his heart felt as if it were struck by a violent earthquake. A tremendous storm raged within him, and an indescribable fear welled up from deep inside.
Fast!
Too fast.
Xu Yuan's advancement speed was too fast.
In the past, Xu Yuan could still be dismissed as someone beneath the god level; his progress, though rapid, could be understood within the perspective of gods.
After all, cultivating a Limit Douluo-level force wasn't impossible. The Abyssal Sage King could also replicate many of Xu Yuan's achievements with his resources and abilities. He could select any abyssal creature as the plane's chosen one and rapidly infuse them with power to reach the Limit Douluo level.
Even bypassing the hassle of direct infusion, he could simply split off another layer of the abyss and hand control over to them, quickly nurturing a new Limit-level combatant.
However, this was all still below the god level.
At the god level, even the Abyssal Sage King found it exhausting.
He had spent countless eons relying on the inheritance from his mother to become the Abyssal Sage King. Only after achieving the status of a plane master did he step by step ascend to the Main God level.
If he had followed normal cultivation, his advancement would have been even slower.
Yet in just three short years, Xu Yuan had gone from being below the god level to reaching the Super God level.
A Super God level across three systems!
Such an abnormal rate of growth was truly heaven-defying.
The Abyssal Sage King felt a genuine fear toward Xu Yuan's innate talent.
He couldn't give him any more time!
The Abyssal Sage King unleashed his own power.
By now, the laws of the two planes had long intertwined. Within the Underworld, as long as Yun Ming didn't specifically suppress him, the Abyssal Sage King could unleash his full conventional power.
Whatever power he could exert outside, he could bring to bear within the Underworld at this moment.
Yun Ming was occupied with Yan Long, struggling against him and unable to spare energy to suppress the Abyssal Sage King within the Underworld.
The clash of two Main God-level forces caused the space of the Underworld to tremble incessantly.
The war below intensified further.
The abyssal creatures seemed to go berserk, relentlessly assaulting the numerous fortresses of the Blood God Legion.
Even relying on defensive fortifications, the Blood God Legion began to suffer losses rapidly.
Xu Yuan couldn't stop the war raging below.
His battle wasn't there.
The Abyssal Sage King extended his hand.
A halberd emerged from the void, piercing through space and landing in his grasp.
Xu Yuan gazed at the terrifyingly fluctuating purple-black halberd and felt pressure.
"So this is a super-divine artifact?"
That terrifying fluctuation penetrated deep into his soul, as if—
An overwhelming disparity in life levels.
"Independent laws nurtured, existing independently of all systems, forming its own whole—this is what a super-divine artifact is?"
Even from afar, Xu Yuan gained much understanding of the super-divine artifact.
This wasn't knowledge he acquired instantly.
Previously, he had speculated and envisioned the existence of super-divine artifacts, explored them, and even questioned the little phoenix.
Though he hadn't received a clear answer from her, he had formulated several critical hypotheses.
Now, seeing the Heavenly Sacred Splitting Abyss Halberd with his own eyes and feeling its overwhelming presence that seemed to transcend his life level, Xu Yuan obtained his answer.
Holding the Heavenly Sacred Splitting Abyss Halberd, the Abyssal Sage King immediately lunged forward.
His movements were extremely simple.
No fancy flourishes.
The Heavenly Sacred Splitting Abyss Halberd in his hand didn't burst forth with energy engulfing the entire sky—it merely radiated a terrible fluctuation, exuding a different kind of overwhelming presence.
The purple-black halberd tore through space.
Space couldn't serve as a barrier.
Space was ripped apart.
Silently, space cracked open, and the tip of the purple-black halberd appeared before Xu Yuan.
Xu Yuan's figure became ethereal.
Yet the threat of the Heavenly Sacred Splitting Abyss Halberd still lingered in his mind.
Sighing inwardly, Xu Yuan abandoned the idea of countering with intangibility.
His dream space approached reality, allowing him to phase out his physical form.
But before the true damage of the Heavenly Sacred Splitting Abyss Halberd, even the most robust defenses were futile.
Multiple glows emerged on Xu Yuan's body, and in the blink of an eye, a set of battle armor fused completely.
God-level battle armor!
He skipped the four-word battle armor stage, directly elevating his three-word battle armor to the god level.
One-word battle armor was typically forged from thousand-refined metal, unable to integrate into the soul master's body, providing superficial enhancements.
Two-word to four-word battle armor acted as armor for the martial soul, directly amplifying it.
God-level battle armor, however, represented the fusion of the soul master and their martial soul.
God-forged metal served as the bridge between the soul master and their martial soul.
Xu Yuan threw a punch.
Essence, energy, and spirit fused into one, revealing a ferocious aspect.
Crimson flames burned, intermingling with emerald green life flames, while intricate multicolored patterns entwined.
A punch was thrown.
It seemed as if space itself shattered, revealing glimpses of cosmic space within the cracks.
The Abyssal Sage King's pupils contracted.
So much power.
And perfectly fused.
How did Xu Yuan achieve this?
While he was astonished, he also felt a wave of relief.
"The Heavenly Sacred Splitting Abyss Halberd embodies the abyss, ignoring all defenses. Your punch can't stop my damage."
Boom!
The Heavenly Sacred Splitting Abyss Halberd collided with the shadow of Xu Yuan's concentrated power.
The outermost essence, energy, and spirit forces were instantly obliterated.
The Heavenly Sacred Splitting Abyss Halberd pierced through to the essence.
However, it didn't pass through Xu Yuan's punch shadow.
The Abyssal Sage King internally cursed.
Something seemed to defy his understanding.
Why could his punch shadow block the Heavenly Sacred Splitting Abyss Halberd?
No, the energy of his essence, energy, and spirit was ignored by the Heavenly Sacred Splitting Abyss Halberd.
Through the perception of the halberd, the Abyssal Sage King sensed densely woven patterns.
Those patterns intertwined, converging into the punch shadow Xu Yuan unleashed.
What was this?
Xu Yuan blocked the Heavenly Sacred Splitting Abyss Halberd and smiled.
As expected, this approach was viable.
"True damage?"
Yes, ignoring defenses.
But was it possible that some things were inseparable from his very essence—like the inner realm?
The inner realm was Xu Yuan, and Xu Yuan was the inner realm.
They were one.
Ignoring defenses meant attacking the inner realm.
The runes and laws of the inner realm were the bedrock of the universe, the essence within the essence.
The power woven by the rune patterns of the inner realm was something the Heavenly Sacred Splitting Abyss Halberd couldn't break.
"True damage? What if I don't stack defense but instead stack health? What will you do then?"
Clearly, the Abyssal Sage King lacked Xu Yuan's level of understanding—not in gaming terms, but in combat comprehension.
Runes intertwined.
"Seal!"
"Life and Death!"
Two runes evolved, rapidly constructing a massive energy form on Xu Yuan's surface.
The inner realm manifested externally but took on the form of Xu Yuan.
This made Xu Yuan appear as if he had performed the Dharma Heaven-Body technique, his size rapidly expanding.
He threw another punch.
The intent and momentum of a spear erupted from his fist.
At his level, whether wielding a spear or not made no difference.
His fist was his spear.
The myriad shadows of his punches looked like countless spear shadows.
The Abyssal Sage King's expression darkened as he swung the Heavenly Sacred Splitting Abyss Halberd.
Even if Xu Yuan's defense seemed capable of blocking the halberd, the Heavenly Sacred Splitting Abyss Halberd was still a super-divine artifact! Its destructive power was top-tier.
The halberd cut through the air, colliding with the countless punch shadows.
The law patterns collapsed, releasing subtle yet chilling fluctuations.
The laws of the Underworld also trembled.
"Little Yuan, your influence on the laws of the Underworld is too profound."
Xu Yuan sighed.
He had devised a way to counter the Heavenly Sacred Splitting Abyss Halberd but hadn't anticipated needing to consider collateral damage to his allies.
However, this problem wasn't difficult to resolve.
Xu Yuan's body swiftly shrank, then disappeared, reappearing at one of the Underworld's channels—the channel connecting the Underworld to the abyss.
"No good!"
The Abyssal Sage King never expected Xu Yuan to do this, nor did he anticipate Xu Yuan's spatial teleportation to be so exaggerated, directly moving from the center of the Underworld to the boundary during combat.
And this was still mid-battle.
Clearly, Xu Yuan's mastery of space fully matched his realm and strength.
Xu Yuan gazed at the channel continuously spewing forth abyssal armies and immediately waved his right hand.
A rune emerged in the air.
"Calamity!"
The laws shifted, and thunderclouds churned.
In an instant, thunderous power descended from outside the Underworld, crashing down inside, targeting the abyssal armies.
Xu Yuan flashed into the spatial channel.
Despite the channel having a capacity limit, it seemed unaffected by Xu Yuan's Super God-level presence, remaining stable.
The Abyssal Sage King's heart sank.
Damn, even this last stroke of luck was slipping away.
He quickly recalled his power.
For the Abyssal Sage King, the safest place was within the abyss.
Even though his physical body fought outside, it was merely a manifestation of his concentrated power.
To return to the abyss, he needed only to withdraw his power.
Abyss.
Xu Yuan charged into this dim plane, transforming into a blazing sun.
Another "Calamity" rune flew out.
This time, it didn't summon star power from the cosmos to form a thunder calamity but instead used the abyssal energy within to craft a thunder calamity, unleashing indiscriminate destruction.
Unfortunately, the range of the "Calamity" rune was ultimately limited.
The inner realm gradually expanded, enhancing the scope of this "Calamity" rune.
The layer of the abyss where Xu Yuan descended was thrown into chaos.
"You truly deserve to die!"
The voice of the Abyssal Sage King echoed.
Above Xu Yuan's head, abyssal energy surged, coalescing into a massive palm that slammed down.
"Where's your super-divine artifact? Let me feel it again!"
Xu Yuan sneered and immediately collided with the Abyssal Sage King's palm.
His fist was his spear, and all the systems he had cultivated since his practice transformed into rune power, swirling around his punch shadow.
Even the punch shadow underwent shifts between reality and illusion during its collision with the Abyssal Sage King.
Between reality and illusion, the punch shadow pierced through the Abyssal Sage King's palm, seemingly clashing with his true form.
Without the true damage of the mighty halberd, how would you handle my pseudo-true damage?
The Abyssal Sage King's face darkened.
He swiftly condensed a body.
Even if not fully formed, he summoned the Heavenly Sacred Splitting Abyss Halberd.
The halberd pierced through space.
Xu Yuan clashed with him once more.
The Abyssal Sage King continuously harnessed the plane's natural energy to suppress Xu Yuan.
However, Xu Yuan emanated a strong repulsive force that rendered the suppression ineffective.
This frustrated the Abyssal Sage King.
Since inheriting his mother's true teachings and becoming the Abyssal Sage King, he had never imagined he would struggle to handle an enemy within his own plane.
Suppression failed.
Battles raged across the plane.
The abyssal energy could penetrate the Underworld, and Yun Ming's power traced back through the abyssal forces, sensing the changes within the abyss.
"Little Yuan's progress is truly astonishing."
Yun Ming hadn't expected Xu Yuan to fight the Abyssal Sage King at this level.
He sensed that the halberd in the Abyssal Sage King's hands was extraordinary, beyond the explanation of mere divine artifacts.
It was likely a super-divine artifact!
With a super-divine artifact in hand, Xu Yuan could still withstand it.
"No, Little Yuan won't last long either."
Yun Ming noticed that although Xu Yuan made a grand display, constantly clashing with the Abyssal Sage King, something seemed unusual.
Based on his understanding, his disciple would mercilessly suppress the opponent in such battles, exchanging wounds or even overwhelming with sheer force.
"Little Yuan might also be depleting something."
Yun Ming realized he couldn't let Yan Long dictate the pace any longer.
Glancing toward the direction of the Douluo plane, Yun Ming made a decision.
He ignored Yan Long's assault on Douluo Star and launched an attack on the abyss.
After being entangled by Yan Long for so long, Yun Ming had learned how to inflict maximum damage on a plane from the outside.
The Atlas Divine Spear erupted with incandescent light, illuminating the area like daylight.
Forbidden Seven Techniques!
Unlike Xu Yuan, his Forbidden Seven Techniques also relied on the fusion of essence, energy, and spirit, but he didn't have Xu Yuan's perfect conditions.
His essence, energy, and spirit weren't harmonized.
Thus, Yun Ming's Forbidden Seven Techniques leaned more toward amplifying willpower.
Willpower infused into the Atlas Divine Spear.
Within the range of the Forbidden Seven Techniques, even cosmic space fell under his control.
A terrifying force descended.
Gritting his teeth, Yun Ming thrust the Atlas Divine Spear, distributing this force onto the abyss.
Yan Long didn't have time to turn back and intercept, nor did he bother. He continued his assault, this blow even more powerful than the previous ones.
"Sigh."
A sigh echoed.
A colossal hammer shadow emerged, colliding with Yan Long.
However, no one could stop Yun Ming's attack.
The Abyssal Sage King sensed the entire abyss trembling, his heart racing. Diverting his attention to sense the situation outside the abyss, he sucked in a breath of cold air.
"How dare you?"
That power was too vast.
Boundless and endless.
The Will of the Universe!
In an instant, the Abyssal Sage King knew what this power was.
This Yun Ming had somehow triggered the Will of the Universe, drawing upon its suppressing force.
And his abyss was included within its scope!
"Madman!"
Xu Yuan seized the opportunity and materialized his inner realm.
"Stay here and continue fighting me."
Even though the abyss was under attack, ignore it.
Chains locked down Xu Yuan's inner realm, isolating space.
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