He was easily and decisively eliminated by Wu Tao.
This incredibly domineering scene even stunned his father, Wu, leaving him with a deep sense of shock. Watching Wu Tao's receding back, his mind was filled with only one thought.
"Is this still my child?"
At this moment, everyone, including Wu's father, looked into the distance at the figure enveloped in dense golden light, their hearts filled with awe.
.........
"Isn't this an illusion???"
Everyone asked themselves in their hearts.
As the words fell, the scene in front of them suddenly changed.
In the deep, boundless darkness, a golden immortal sword over a hundred zhang long slowly rose into the sky, illuminating the surroundings in an instant.
The next second, suddenly, a trace of blood flowed from the corner of Wu Tao's mouth, and his face turned deathly pale.
Mysterious flames ignited on his body. He was burning his everything, even his dantian and sea of consciousness began to collapse. He was destroying himself to gain temporary powerful strength!
What if there was no sword in hand? With his divine soul as a sword, he could still annihilate enemies.
As the mysterious flames burned, Wu Tao's body and divine soul in this life seemed to have been ignited at this moment, the translucent firelight illuminating ancient and modern eras.
Finally, Wu Tao looked back at his father, a look of indescribable strangeness in his eyes. It was a look of helplessness, of self-mockery, even of sadness and apology. But in the end, these expressions vanished, replaced by a single color.
That was determination, boundless determination!
The golden divine sword, over a hundred zhang long, slashed down from mid-air like the punishment and destruction of heaven and earth, carrying a sharp and unstoppable power.
Boom!!
Under the stunned gazes of countless people, the blood-red demon god, over five hundred zhang tall, was directly sent flying and shattered into two halves before Wu Tao.
Heaven-piercing sword energy erupted, an aura of slaughtering the heavens and destroying everything enveloped the entire world.
The power of this aura, the ferocity of its killing intent, even made heaven and earth change color. Stars dared not obscure its sharpness. With a single sword strike, all living beings retreated, heaven bowed, and earth could not block it.
Boom boom boom!!!
The earth seemed to tremble. Countless blood-red, eerie forces shot out from underground, only to be struck by the heaven-piercing sword energy and driven back.
Next, Wu Tao unleashed his full strength, his divine soul power exploding to condense a forbidden spell.
Above, power gathered bit by bit, slowly condensing into a massive golden light cluster, like a sun illuminating the entire world.
The next moment, the golden sunlight shone down. Under the shocked gazes of everyone present, the fiercely burning sun directly descended, pressing down with an immense, unstoppable force.
Roar!!
A heart-rending roar erupted.
The body of the blood-red demon god, over five hundred zhang tall, was slowly recovering. However, compared to before, its appearance was incredibly tragic, its entire body filled with cracks, as fragile as porcelain about to shatter.
Of course, Wu Tao was not in good condition either, having sacrificed everything for temporary strength. His form had become much more ethereal, on the verge of disappearing...
It was precisely because of this that Wu Tao had to act quickly, as he had no time left.
Streams of blood essence condensed, and then the blood-red demon god, over five thousand zhang tall, stretched both arms upwards, as if trying to block the descending attack.
Boom!!
The two completely different forces collided. At this moment, the entire earth trembled and cracked. In an instant, the world turned white...
The blood-red demon god, over five hundred zhang tall, was dead, and Wu Tao was also dead.
This eighth trial, Wu Tao had failed.
As soon as the eighth illusionary reincarnation ended, the ninth illusionary reincarnation immediately began.
Strangely, in this ninth illusionary reincarnation, Wu Tao appeared in this world in his original body, with his original cultivation and everything else completely intact.
Standing in this empty world, Wu Tao instinctively felt a sense of unease, as if something very important had happened.
A vast and boundless, terrifying oppressive aura, like the might of heaven and earth, descended from above, forcing Wu Tao to be on high alert, breaking out in a cold sweat.
"It's finally here!"
Wu Tao thought to himself, holding his sword, not daring to be negligent in the slightest.
...
Where did this invincible, almost reigning aura come from?
A dazzling golden light descended from the sky.
Within the dazzling golden light, a human figure flickered. Wu Tao's gaze involuntarily drew a sharp breath.
"Who is this person..."
A man in his prime, standing in mid-air, proud and stern, like an immortal sword unsheathed, striking through the ages, possessing an invincible aura.
This suddenly appearing man was dressed in golden robes, embroidered with dragon patterns, looking like a supreme emperor.
However, his face was exactly the same as Wu Tao's.
Yet, his demeanor was completely unlike Wu Tao's.
"This... what is going on..."
Wu Tao pondered silently, his brows furrowed, utterly confused as to what was happening.
On the other side.
The golden-robed Wu Tao held a perfectly intact ancient longsword, standing proudly in mid-air.
Tens of thousands of golden sword energies floated around him, as if he were the only one in the world, supreme under heaven!
This person was at least at the Nascent Soul stage, or even the Purple Mansion stage.
...
"Is this guy before me... really himself in his youth?"
"Too weak..."
The golden-robed figure looked down at Wu Tao on the ground with disappointment.
His deep, contemptuous gaze was like a normal person looking at an ant on the ground, dismissive and indifferent.
Wu Tao's expression darkened at these words, but he said nothing more. After several previous cycles of illusionary life and death, his temperament had greatly improved.
...
Wu Tao had never feared anyone since childhood. If someone wanted his life, he would fight back with all his might and bite them fiercely, even if he had to die.
Moreover, based on what the other party had just said, Wu Tao had some grasp of the identity of this golden-robed figure who looked exactly like him and had suddenly appeared.
"Could this guy in golden robes be himself from some future time..."
Following this line of thought, Wu Tao finally understood everything.
To pass the trial and obtain the inheritance from the Death Gate, one had to defeat a sufficiently powerful enemy, which was himself.
Despite the golden-robed him being terrifyingly powerful, he could not inspire fear in Wu Tao's heart.
"You are indeed strong, but I am not someone to be trifled with..."
With his sword in hand, Wu Tao's momentum soared.
Although there was a vast gap in strength, in terms of aura, Wu Tao refused to back down, not even an inch.
Such pride actually elicited a rare smile from the golden-robed Wu Tao suspended in mid-air.
"As expected of myself. Although you are just an ant now, you actually possess such pride..."
The golden-robed Wu Tao suddenly laughed heartily.
"Unfortunately, since we have met, you shall die!"
The golden-robed Wu Tao's voice suddenly turned extremely cold. Without any apparent movement, a sword energy appeared out of thin air, slicing through the void and striking directly!
This golden horizontal sword energy covered the sky and earth, as if it were going to cleave the entire world in two!
This was no mere sword energy; it was a world-destroying natural disaster, vast and unstoppable.
Even the brilliant sun would dim under this sword strike, then be split in half!
"How is this possible? How can there be such swordplay?"
Wu Tao's eyes widened in disbelief, his face etched with shock.
As the inheritor of the complete ancient sword cultivation legacy, Wu Tao himself stood at the pinnacle of the Way of the Sword.
At the same cultivation level, there were very few who could compare to him in swordsmanship.
But this sword... this sword... even before it struck him, Wu Tao instinctively felt his body tremble, cold sweat pouring down him.
Such swordsmanship, Wu Tao had never seen, let alone thought of.
The sword light was brilliant, like the first light of creation, its momentum astonishing like a swimming dragon, tearing through space and time, destroying heavens and earth!
This golden sword energy was filled with the imperial might to command all things in the world. The moment it was unleashed, it possessed a terrifying power that made all things in the world submit.
Not only that, but it also possessed unparalleled might, the mystery of stealing the creation of heaven and earth, capable of obliterating all laws in the world, purifying the great path, cleaving heaven and earth, possessing supreme power.
How could a mere late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator like Wu Tao withstand such an unstoppable sword energy?
In the face of this surging sword energy, Wu Tao was like a fallen leaf tossed about by the waves, how could he resist its power?
In just an instant, he would be swept away and meet his end in defeat.
Can a tiny ant shake a towering tree?
...
When his golden-robed self unleashed that peerless, invincible sword strike, Wu Tao's mind raced, and he suddenly gained insight.
Although the profoundness of this sword strike was elusive, like a clever gazelle leaping without trace.
However, this sword technique felt familiar to Wu Tao.
After thinking for a long time, Wu Tao finally figured out the origin and root of this sword strike.
The ultimate sword enlightenment of the ancient sword cultivation inheritance!
That's right, this must be the ultimate sword enlightenment. The most core element of the ancient sword cultivation inheritance.
This casual strike far surpassed Wu Tao's current understanding of swordsmanship!
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