The light of the mirror annihilated all things, as if the world withered and the five decays of heaven and man descended, bringing forth a calamity of destruction.
Under the shroud of the annihilating mirror light, Han Qi's blood and qi began to gradually decay.
Wrinkles appeared on his face, his black hair turned white, and his lifespan seemed to have significantly diminished.
However, Han Qi had clearly not spent his years in vain. The ancient demonic armor on his body flashed with numerous mystical runes, and in the next second, pillars of demonic energy pierced the heavens and earth.
With his blood and qi surging to the sky, Han Qi once again returned to his peak state.
In his peak state, Han Qi was an invincible and unassailable war god.
His body merged with the Asura demonic form, unleashing his strongest offensive.
"First-grade divine ability - Unparalleled Annihilation!"
"Demonic God descends, a world-shattering strike!" Han Qi's voice boomed like spring thunder, and waves of terrifying power surged forth. His divine-piercing, Buddha-slaying demonic spear possessed the might to cleave the firmament and destroy all.
The tip of the Immortal-Piercing, Buddha-Destroying, Demon-Slaying Spear, imbued with an unrivaled power, shattered Li Yixi's surrounding lightning defenses, pierced through his chest, and delivered a fatal blow.
A large bloody hole appeared on Li Yixi's chest, from which crimson blood slowly dripped.
"First-grade divine ability - Lightning Mastery!"
Li Yixi was no pushover. In his furious full power, he unleashed a punch that tore through the sky like an angry thunderclap.
His voice was like thunder, his momentum like the sea. As he swung his fist, myriad bolts of lightning descended simultaneously.
How could man withstand the wrath of heaven and earth?
Amidst the flashes of lightning, countless lightning dragons roared and swarmed towards Han Qi.
The ancient demonic armor on Han Qi's body shattered, leaving him in a sorry state, his clothes stained with blood.
Han Qi and Li Yixi had now escalated their battle to a fever pitch.
On the other side.
The last of the Three Immortals of the East Sea, Bei Ji Hao Hai, was fighting against multiple opponents, one man against four peak cultivators of the same Golden Core realm.
Bei Ji Hao Hai, looking at the four peak Golden Core cultivators of the same realm as him, remained unfazed.
The natal magic treasure in his hand, the "Dragon Cold Heaven-Breaking Halberd," resembled an ice dragon emerging from the sea, conjuring a flurry of halberd shadows that surged like ocean tides. His momentum was powerful, and his killing moves came one after another, forcing the four Golden Core cultivators to go all out.
Deng Lun Jie, Dong Tai Ji, Ye Yang, and Zhu Kuang Ren, seeing this, unleashed myriad hand seals, manifesting the Four Divine Beasts: Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermillion Bird, and Black Tortoise. They channeled the power of the Four Extremes of Heaven and Earth, summoning boundless energy, which governed the changes of heaven and earth and established the order of rules.
At this moment, Deng Lun Jie, Dong Tai Ji, Ye Yang, and Zhu Kuang Ren seemed to transform into the Four Extreme worlds themselves. Azure, yellow, red, and black divine lights flowed and rotated, trapping Bei Ji Hao Hai.
"Fourth-grade divine ability - Azure Dragon Manifestation!"
"Fourth-grade divine ability - Golden Fierce White Tiger!"
"Fourth-grade divine ability - Black Tortoise True Spirit!"
"Fourth-grade divine ability - Fiery Vermillion Bird!"
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The power of the Four Extremes converged, crushing all things!
The four colors of azure, yellow, red, and black, the four divine abilities merged into one, unleashing power no less than that of a second-grade divine ability. The four-extremity绞杀 (jiǎoshā - strangulation/crushing) destroyed all things, like a world-ending millstone, shattering everything!
The sound of "crackling" reverberated through heaven and earth...
"Second-grade divine ability - Ice World!"
Countless streams of cold ice power surged around Bei Ji Hao Hai, displaying the power to freeze everything, like a world, resisting the power of the Four Extremes.
Deng Lun Jie, Dong Tai Ji, Ye Yang, and Zhu Kuang Ren looked at Bei Ji Hao Hai as if he were already a dead man.
Bei Ji Hao Hai laughed wildly. He knew he was underestimated, and his anger surged forth.
At this moment, with a resolve to kill, Bei Ji Hao Hai intended to use the lives of Deng Lun Jie, Dong Tai Ji, Ye Yang, and Zhu Kuang Ren to establish his authority throughout the cultivation world!
Bei Ji Hao Hai's robes fluttered in the wind. He floated in the air, boundless and terrifying, as the power of an ice age continuously poured down.
Waves of cold tides spread. Wherever they passed, snow fell heavily, and the terrifying cold power that froze time and space turned everything into dust.
The power of an ice age, of millennia-old ice, could not be resisted by even the most powerful demonic beasts and cultivators. Even a volcanic eruption, a molten hell, could not stop the spread of the ice power.
In an instant, where the power of the Four Extremes met the power of millennia-old ice, a heaven-shattering roar erupted, like waves crashing against giant rocks, like water washing over mountains and rivers, diametrically opposed yet fundamentally different.
...
Bei Ji Hao Hai and Deng Lun Jie, Dong Tai Ji, Ye Yang, and Zhu Kuang Ren engaged in a continuous battle.
In the end, due to the backlash from their divine ability clashes, Bei Ji Hao Hai and Deng Lun Jie, Dong Tai Ji, Ye Yang, and Zhu Kuang Ren all resembled kites with broken strings, letting out muffled groans.
Following that, their bodies flew backward, spewing forth astonishing amounts of blood.
Meanwhile, the other hundreds of Golden Core cultivators on the central battlefield were also employing earth-shattering methods, fighting and attacking each other, with divine abilities and magic treasures flying everywhere.
...
In the fierce and chaotic battlefield, where battles raged incessantly, Wu Tao and Xu Sheng had temporarily separated due to certain special reasons.
At this moment, Wu Tao's expression tightened as two early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Cold Water True Spirit Sect surrounded him, one in front and one behind.
Wu Tao's face was grim as he looked at the two Cold Water True Spirit Sect cultivators who had cornered him.
The two Cold Water True Spirit Sect cultivators had initially expected Wu Tao to flee immediately upon seeing them jointly confront him. Therefore, they had positioned themselves in front and behind to block Wu Tao's escape route in advance.
They feared that if Wu Tao felt he was outmatched and fled decisively, they would lose out on merit and spoils.
However, they now discovered that Wu Tao was not afraid of them at all and had no intention of escaping.
The two were slightly surprised, but on the chaotic and treacherous battlefield, they had no time to ponder. They merely sized up Wu Tao with a scrutinizing gaze.
The taller of the two cultivators arrogantly declared, "Kid, be sensible and hand over your storage bag. We might spare you and let you live as a captive, preventing you from becoming food for sea beasts after your death."
Upon hearing this, Wu Tao let out a cold chuckle twice and then said, "You two have quite the audacity. I think you are the ones who are tired of living and are looking for death."
The shorter one, seeing this, said fiercely, "Senior Brother, why waste words with him? Let's finish him off quickly and kill a few more people. We might even get a share of the spoils."
The taller cultivator heard this and shouted, "You're right. In that case, let's kill this brat quickly!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the taller cultivator summoned a pair of top-grade combined magic artifacts, "Silver Hooks and White Silver," and attacked Wu Tao at high speed.
The magic artifact of the shorter cultivator was a top-grade Goose Feather Water Saber. The saber, flipping up and down, transformed into a wheel of blades and also slashed towards Wu Tao.
If this saber strike landed true, it could instantly chop a person into seventeen or eighteen pieces.
Seeing this, Wu Tao snorted coldly. Without haste, he flung out the Sky Profound Great Restriction Ring. The Sky Profound Great Restriction Ring flew into mid-air and immediately transformed into a series of rings, pouncing towards the two magic artifacts. It separated the pair of Silver Hooks and White Silver and then, in an instant, clashed with the Goose Feather Water Saber more than ten times, obstructing and scattering the saber.
Concurrently, Wu Tao continuously unleashed ice arrows from his Dragon Piercing Ice Horn Bow, attacking the two relentlessly.
Of course, the two were not to be underestimated, having cultivated to the Foundation Establishment stage. They each produced a top-grade defensive magic artifact, thoroughly protecting themselves.
The two regrouped and attacked Wu Tao again, one aiming for the head and the other for the waist, with intermittent five-elemental spells interspersed. Their coordination was quite默契 (mòqì - tacit understanding/synchronization).
With another cold snort, Wu Tao retrieved the Immortal-Slaying Demonic Blood Saber from his storage bag and attacked, arriving after the fact. A domineering and terrifying blood-red saber aura ripped through the air, slashing towards the two not far away.
Clang!
The two manipulated several magic artifacts, blocking the saber aura.
"Good, take another thirty of my strikes!" Wu Tao's expression was wild, his aura surging. The Immortal-Slaying Demonic Saber in his hand moved like a wild horse, unleashed without reservation. The blood-red saber auras raged and spread, invincible.
The two from the Cold Water True Spirit Sect suddenly found Wu Tao's counterattack like towering tidal waves surging towards them, carrying the might of heaven and earth, leaving them with no room to resist. They felt as if they were two small boats in a vast flood, swaying precariously, on the verge of being swallowed by the colossal waves at any moment.