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Chapter 359: Is This… Chu Tiancheng?
"Chu Tiancheng, what are you still waiting for?!"
The Otherworldly Demon bearing the appearance of the Champion Marquis roared as well.
He looked utterly miserable—his hair disheveled, his body having been blown apart several times already.
Although he was the strongest among them, and his original cultivation had once touched the Saint King realm, at present, however…
This body was ultimately not his own.
Its original owner had only possessed Life and Death Realm cultivation.
Though he had tempered it over the years until it reached the Saint Realm, it still fell far short of his original body.
Because of this, he was greatly restricted.
He could only unleash about eighty percent of his full strength.
Even with three of them joining forces, they had been suppressed by Li Xun alone to the point they could barely breathe.
Their bodies had been blown apart multiple times over.
"Chu Tiancheng has already abandoned you," Li Xun spoke coldly.
A powerful aura burst forth from his entire body.
Every pore absorbed spiritual essence from all directions as his spirit, energy, and vitality climbed to their absolute peak.
He seemed to support an entire heaven with his presence.
Radiant divine light, brilliant and endless, surrounded him, making him resemble an invincible heavenly god whom none dared gaze upon directly.
The Azure Dragon Halberd floated in the air.
Filled with overwhelming Saintly might, it swung downward as though wielding an entire world.
The surrounding void shook like a torn scroll.
"Arrogant!" The black-robed Saint shouted furiously.
Deep within his eyes were written defiance and unwillingness to yield.
His restored hands transformed into translucent jade, crystal clear and gleaming, as he met the descending black halberd head-on.
Beside him, the Otherworldly Demon in the form of the Champion Marquis also summoned a demonic blade.
Crimson like fresh blood, it seemed forged from endless quantities of essence blood itself.
It collided directly against the Azure Dragon Halberd.
Clang!
With this strike, ghosts wailed and spirits screamed.
The metallic shockwave shattered the heavens completely before annihilating them.
Circular aftershocks spread madly in all directions.
Even distant stars were blasted apart by the force.
For a time, within a radius of tens of thousands of li, a meteor shower descended.
The sight was utterly terrifying.
From afar, it looked like the end of the world itself.
"AAAH!" The black-robed Saint let out a miserable scream.
Under the gaze of countless observers, cracks rapidly spread across his body.
Like an exquisite porcelain artifact, with a thunderous boom, he shattered in the sky, exploding into a vast cloud of blood mist.
No one even knew how many times this had happened already.
His body had once again been destroyed.
For a brief moment, he was unable even to reconstruct himself.
Li Xun intended to press forward and finish him off.
But the Otherworldly Demon desperately blocked his path, risking everything to stop him.
He understood clearly that If this black-robed Saint also perished, then with only himself remaining, he would be no match for Li Xun whatsoever.
At that point, even escaping with his life would become nothing more than a luxury.
"So this… is the power of someone who survived the Tenfold Saint Tribulation?" Someone in the distance exclaimed in shock.
By this point, Li Xun had already slain one Saint of the Great Chu Dynasty.
The overall course of the battle had become extremely clear.
As long as Chu Tiancheng did not intervene, the two Saints currently facing Li Xun would eventually be dealt with by him with ease.
Once Li Xun freed up his hands, the other Saint-level battlefields would all collapse like rotten wood being smashed apart.
By that point, the overall war for the Great Chu Dynasty would essentially be entering its final stage.
Even if Chu Tiancheng wanted to make a desperate last stand, it would already be too late.
In truth, even if Chu Tiancheng appeared now, he alone would no longer be able to stop the downfall of the Great Chu Dynasty.
This was because the battle between the Saint Kings in the sky was also nearing its conclusion.
That Saint King of the Great Chu Dynasty was ultimately too old.
His blood and vitality had declined too severely.
He was simply no match for Huang Xi.
Given a little more time, he would likely be completely defeated.
"Li Xun!"
After only a few breaths, the black-robed Saint's body reformed once more.
His face had become deathly pale, and his aura had weakened significantly.
Due to the severe loss of essence blood, his originally jet-black hair had turned largely white.
The gaze he directed toward Li Xun carried incomparable hatred.
Had Li Xun never appeared, their Great Chu Dynasty would still stand proudly upon the Desolate Ancient Continent.
Give them another thousand years… or even just several hundred years… And very few people in the world would have been capable of destroying the Great Chu Dynasty.
But because of Li Xun's appearance, all of their plans had been thrown into chaos.
A force that had endured for hundreds of thousands of years was now reduced to ashes in a single day.
How could that not fill him with agony?
"Even if this old man dies today, I will drag you down to hell with me!" His cold voice echoed throughout heaven and earth.
Countless people heard those words.
The instant they did, innumerable faces changed drastically.
Many no longer even cared about continuing their battles and immediately fled into the distance.
From his words, it was not difficult to realize that this black-robed Saint intended to self-destruct.
When even an ordinary Life and Death Realm expert self-destructed, the resulting power was enough to annihilate hundreds or even thousands of li.
Now, if a Saint were to self-destruct without restraint, the resulting might could very well completely erase another Saint!
At present, with only the two of them remaining, defeating Li Xun was practically impossible.
Thus, using self-destruction seemed to be the only remaining method that carried even a slight chance of severely injuring him.
As for actually killing Li Xun—the possibility was extremely low.
But if Li Xun were heavily wounded, then the Great Chu Dynasty would still have a chance.
Without the slightest hesitation, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth erupted violently, surging toward the black-robed Saint.
At that moment, the winds and clouds changed color.
Above his head, a vortex-shaped funnel formed.
Endless spiritual energy poured into it, while his aura began rising rapidly.
Once it reached its absolute peak and exploded, the resulting power would be utterly catastrophic.
No one would be able to withstand it.
Even the already devastated Great Chu Dynasty would likely be erased completely.
"So the cornered dog finally jumps over the wall?"
Li Xun's gaze was terrifyingly sharp.
After forcing back the Otherworldly Demon, he swung his fist directly toward the black-robed Saint.
An invincible fist intent dominated heaven and earth.
"Too late!"
The black-robed Saint burst into mad laughter, his expression twisted and savage.
A Saint's self-destruction was no trivial matter.
The cultivation they accumulated over their entire lives was unimaginably vast.
It was not something easily interrupted.
Not to mention that Li Xun was still being restrained by another opponent at his side.
It could almost be said with certainty that within this entire region, no one could stop his self-destruction.
"Come with this old man… onto the road to death…!"
His thunderous voice rang out.
Yet before the words had fully faded—
Buzz!
A gigantic hand suddenly stretched upward from below.
Divine light intertwined upon it, forming endless laws of order.
It resembled the Hand of Heaven itself as it instantly seized the black-robed Saint by the throat.
"Hm?!"
"This is—?!"
"Chu Tiancheng!"
The smile on the black-robed Saint's face froze completely in that instant.
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Note:
Cultivation Realm so far:
1, Body Refinement
2, Qi Condensation
3, Spirit Meridian
4, Profound Elixir
5, Divine Power
6, Life and Death
7, Divine Palace
8, Half-Saint
9, Saint
10, Saint King
11, Great Saint
12, Quasi-Emperor
13, Emperor
Treasure Level so far:
1, Mortal Weapon
2, Magical Treasure
3, Spiritual Treasure
4, Dao Weapon
5, Sacred Weapon
6, Sacred King Weapon
7, Imperial Weapon