The golden light dissipated, and the clouds and mist followed suit.

However, the heavy rain did not abate. On the contrary, it intensified, and countless strands of rain like silver needles chiseled out crisp sounds on the spire of the tower!

Gu Changzhi stood where he was.

Where he stood was where the sun shone.

The rain was incinerated above Gu Changzhi's head, countless steam rose, and golden light occupied most of the Sky Domain.

Opposite him.

Qinglong slumped on the throne, which had been shattered in the previous confrontation. It could no longer support Qinglong's body. Scarlet blood flowed from Qinglong's cheeks, which were as delicate as porcelain. After being struck by Gu Changzhi, the porcelain cracked, and several pieces fell to the ground, washed away by the rain.

The Sky Tinder looked somewhat dim under the illumination of the great sun.

The outcome of this battle was already clear.

Qinglong was no match for Gu Changzhi.

"You... are truly strong. No wonder I had the thought of 'avoiding battle' back then."

Qinglong did not rush to stand up. He just sat there in such a disheveled state, without anger on his face, only lowering his eyes and laughing softly: "Time Dojo... does such a thing really exist?"

"..."

Gu Changzhi did not reply immediately.

He did not have much time left.

The lingering will deposited in the envelope was originally meant to protect Gu Qilin's safety.

With the blessing of [Annihilation Dream], this wisp of will was able to revive briefly, but every minute and every second he stood on this mortal plane was a "gift" borrowed from Heaven... He needed to end this battle before the envelope burned out.

"Time Dojo is real."

Gu Changzhi said, "But even without the Time Dojo, you would not be invincible."

Qinglong paused for a second.

He raised his head and laughed, "If there were no Time Dojo, would you still be confident in defeating me once more?"

"You have misinterpreted my words. What I mean is, there is more than one person who can defeat you."

Gu Changzhi shook his head and said, "Even if I'm not counted... there are at least three."

"Three?"

Qinglong was stunned again.

He frowned and thought for a long time, but he really could not figure out who else could beat him besides Gu Changzhi.

"Let's talk more about it when you get to the underworld."

Gu Changzhi once again urged the brilliance of the Tinder. He stepped forward, and the great sun instantly pressed down on Qinglong's head.

"...I'll be waiting for you below!"

The magnificent holy light enveloped the sky.

The moment Qinglong looked up, the entire Sky Domain was enveloped by the brilliance of the Tinder urged by Gu Changzhi! Within a radius of a hundred meters, a thousand meters, even Bai Xiu, who was watching from afar with a Dim Candle, was enveloped in the dazzling aurora!

This punch was thrown.

Qinglong's throne shattered completely.

The towering tower collapsed overnight.

The residents of the Upper City looked up one after another. They saw the tower, which had stood in the core area for nearly a hundred years, disintegrating in the spreading golden light. The spire of the Source Tower above the clouds turned into countless fragments, falling like rain. These fragments were enveloped in golden light, as dazzling as a meteor shower.

This was Gu Changzhi's punch with all his strength, a "sure kill" punch.

But Qinglong looked at this punch without fear on his face.

After the throne was broken, he leaned back, leaning against a broken stone pillar, as if he was ready to face death calmly...

But he was Qinglong.

The Divine Seat who had lived the longest among the Five Continents' High Seats.

How could he die just like that?

"Heh."

Qinglong let out a very soft sigh, like a sigh, or like self-deprecation.

Five years.

A full five years.

The joint efforts of Bai Shu and Lin Lei had never injured him to this extent.

However, Gu Changzhi had only appeared for five minutes and had forced him into such a desperate situation.

The dangerous premonition in his heart had been fulfilled—

He had not only suffered serious injuries.

Next, if he could not withstand this punch, he might very well die.

But…

The Qinglong at this moment was different from Di Jiu who had stepped into the Qing Tomb Cemetery back then!

Facing Gu Changzhi, there was no fear or timidity in Qinglong's eyes.

Due to the previous exchange of punches, he had suffered serious injuries. Gu Changzhi's fist force penetrated his skin and gushed out from various acupoints. Half of his knees had been obliterated, making it very difficult for him to even stand up.

But the blood all over his body was boiling at this moment.

He could die, but he must die in a head-on attack with Gu Changzhi—

After a long sigh.

Qinglong stretched out his palm, very forcefully supporting himself with the broken stone, took a deep breath, and prepared to get up.

The Sky Tinder, which had been dimmed by Gu Changzhi's war intent, was now in front of Qinglong.

"Huff."

Qinglong faced this punch and stood up.

He once again smashed out his own fist, and also smashed out his own Tinder—

Gu Changzhi looked very solemn.

Faced with his own "fist intent," Di Jiu was terrified and did not even dare to try to resist.

But Qinglong... as expected of the number one threat that he had always regarded as a serious concern.

In this situation, what Qinglong was thinking about was head-on attack, was fighting!

This was the most correct "solution." Facing Gu Changzhi, the God of War Seat in his peak state, one must never escape if one wanted to survive!

Only by attacking head-on could one survive!

Two fists collided fiercely, the balance of the Sky Domain was completely destroyed, and the rolling air waves engulfed everyone, with Gu Changzhi's God of War radiance intermingled with the remaining light of the Sky Tinder.

Meng Xizhou opened a Guang Ming Bi Lei, enveloping everyone behind her.

She stepped forward, trying to block all the first wave of the explosion...

But when the rolling torrent of divine power crashed onto the Guang Ming Bi Lei, Meng Xizhou's expression changed. She spat out a mouthful of blood and retreated dozens of steps, all the way to the Traveler's side. The Traveler, who had signed a soul contract, gritted his teeth and reluctantly took over. His condition was even worse than Meng Xizhou's. He also spat out a mouthful of blood and forcibly used the power of his Tinder source to resist this terrifying aftershock!

Because of the two Divine Seats resisting with their physical bodies.

Gu Xiaoman, sitting at the very back, was "spared." She sat cross-legged on the ground, her cloak being swept by the磅礴气浪.

Xiaoman stared intently at the golden letter in her hand.

After Mr. Gu Changzhi revived, this letter was burning at an extremely fast rate... In just five minutes, nearly half of it had been burned!

And during the process of this torrent washing over.

The burning speed of the golden letter suddenly doubled. In a matter of ten seconds, it turned into hot ashes, passing through Gu Xiaoman's fingers like sand!

Although she had only seen Mr. Gu Changzhi once.

But at this moment, seeing the letter burned out...

Gu Xiaoman felt great sadness in her heart. She raised her head and looked in the direction where the golden torrent was surging. The spire of the Source Tower had collapsed, and the Sky Domain was also shaking violently...

This was the century-old foundation of the Upper City. Under this exchange of punches, the source power of the Sky Tinder was washed away and dismantled by the torrent. At this moment, Qinglong's aura could hardly be felt.

"Is this... the end?"

Gu Xiaoman held her breath.

Beside her, a figure in white slowly landed.

Bai Xiu gripped the Dim Candle tightly, not daring to relax his vigilance.

He took a step forward, releasing the Thunder Realm domain, to shield Xiaoman from the final dust.

The entire world seemed to sink into the deep sea. Apart from the crackling thunder and rain, there was no sound. The huge pillars in the Divine Domain that reached the sky kept falling, constantly falling into the mortal world, but at this moment, no one cared about the "collapse" of the Source Tower spire. Everyone's eyes were focused on the location of the broken throne.

That was where Gu Changzhi and Qinglong had their final head-on attack.

"No, it's not over."

Meng Xizhou's voice was hoarse. She gritted her teeth and struggled to stand up.

"Although the Source Tower has collapsed, the Sky Domain... has not completely broken."

If the Sky Divine Seat had fallen.

Then this miracle main domain would surely collapse.

At this moment, although the Sky Domain was tottering, it had not directly perished, which meant that... Mr. Gu Changzhi's full punch had not killed Qinglong.

"Buzz!"

Upon hearing this, Bai Xiu immediately drew his bow and nocked an arrow.

Three thick arrows instantly condensed on the Dim Candle bowstring!

However... the scene Bai Xiu saw in the [Achilles Heel] domain at this moment was extremely strange. Under the rolling golden torrent, Qinglong's figure was extremely blurred. He wanted to draw his bow and shoot an arrow, but [Achilles Heel] gave him a feedback prompt not to draw the bow!

Dim Candle was reminding him not to draw the bow!

This was a scene Bai Xiu had never expected!

Was it because the Tinder power was too strong, and the collision site produced spatial distortions, causing the arrows to be unable to hit the target?

Or was it because... Qinglong was already dead at this moment, and there was no need to draw the bow?

The next moment, Bai Xiu knew the answer.

As the golden torrent dissipated and the dust was blown away by the wind, a blurred black shadow happened to stand in the middle of the line connecting Dim Candle's arrow and Qinglong's Divine Seat. The existence of this blurred black shadow was actually a blank in Bai Xiu's spiritual perception.

If it were not for what he saw with his own eyes.

Bai Xiu would not have known... that there was another person on the trajectory of this arrow.

What would have happened if he had just released the bowstring?

Could Dim Candle have killed that phantom?

Perhaps... this was why [Achilles Heel] gave the reminder not to draw the bow.

"...Deep Sea."

Bai Xiu narrowed his eyes and moved the Dim Candle arrow slightly. The black shadow in the distance also moved a little.

Deep Sea was blocking in front of Qinglong.

It bowed slightly, like a salute, and the words it spoke were extremely polite: "Everyone, long time no see."

In recent years, the Central Continent had erected high walls, isolating the Three Continents Alliance from the outside.

Similarly, the Three Continents had severed Deep Sea's mental network connection.

Since the "Lion Awakening Code" was released, the upper echelons of the Alliance had never used this mental network again. Similarly, no one had ever seen the simulated human phantom of Deep Sea again.

Whoosh!

What responded to it was an extremely powerful sound of breaking through the air.

Bai Xiu did not hesitate to release the bowstring, but he did not shoot three arrows in a row again... Facing Deep Sea's obstruction, he chose to shoot an arrow to test the waters!

This arrow directly tore through space and pierced into Deep Sea's body!

With a bang!

The extremely domineering power of the Dim Candle arrow directly tore Deep Sea's phantom apart. Whether it was a tangible or intangible object, as long as it was hit by the arrow... then it could be annihilated!

Deep Sea's mental phantom was no exception!

But...

The next moment, in the central area of the explosion, a faint black shadow condensed and appeared again, even maintaining the posture of just finishing the salute.

"Mr. Bai Xiu, I suggest you don't waste your strength. As far as I know... pulling Dim Candle also requires paying a price. Every time you draw your bow, you are consuming your spirit and life."

Deep Sea turned its gaze to Little Xiu.

The latter turned a deaf ear, silently reaching out to wipe the blood gushing from his nose.

This battle.

Bai Xiu had already shot many arrows.

But he could continue... He didn't care about the so-called price.

"Dim Candle is indeed amazingly powerful. As long as it hits, it can definitely obliterate the target... but there are thousands of me in this world, and every one of me is real. If you want to draw the second bow, then you might as well think about whether you want to draw the third, fourth bow?"

Deep Sea smiled and spoke, its body swaying slightly, and a series of phantoms appeared all around.

Swaying gently again.

These countless phantoms instantly converged and became one.

"..."

Bai Xiu understood why [Achilles Heel] reminded him not to draw the bow.

In [Achilles Heel]'s view, it was meaningless to expend effort to kill Deep Sea, this kind of strange transcendent life form.

No one would ever use Dim Candle to kill [Martyrs], a low-level creature known for its massive numbers.

And at this moment, Deep Sea's mental projection was even more numerous than [Martyrs].

"By the way... there is no need to use the two of your Tinders either. I have never truly lived, so I will not be killed by any force."

Deep Sea turned its gaze to Meng Xizhou and the Traveler.

"That divine battle just now... was truly extremely wonderful."

It said gently, "Having experienced such a battle, I believe you are all at the 'end of your ropes.' Why not save some energy and take a good rest?"

Meng Xizhou frowned beautifully.

She noticed the abnormality of the Sky Domain at this moment...

The spire of the Source Tower in the real world had been shattered by Gu Changzhi.

Large chunks of rubble were falling from the dome.

The pillars of this Divine Domain had collapsed, but many objects had not fallen... They were just floating around like they were immersed in seawater. The entire Sky Domain seemed to have lost gravity.

"It's the 'Dead Sea.'"

Deep Sea noticed Meng Xizhou's frowning action. It was more sensitive than everyone else, so it simply did not hide it and spoke generously.

"All along, the Source Tower has been the array box of [Deep Sea], and also the root of the Dead Sea area. This Sky Domain is not only Mr. Qinglong's Divine Domain, but also my spiritual domain... If one day the Sky Domain suffers heavy damage, then my 'Dead Sea' will take over this territory."

This was very reasonable.

All transcendents in this world knew that Deep Sea had hidden its "main system" at the highest point of the Source Tower.

And the most precious thing in this system was the "Dead Sea Area."

"Cough cough cough..."

At this moment, at the collapsed location of the Divine Seat, rolling dust was being driven away.

An extremely pale figure appeared in everyone's vision. At this moment, Qinglong was covered in blood. His palms had been completely broken, and more than 90% of the bones in his body had been destroyed in the previous exchange of punches.

He had lost to Gu Changzhi.

His [Limitless] had lost to Gu Changzhi's [Limitless].

The two seemingly identical punches contained completely different source powers... Qinglong did not understand until he was defeated why he was no match for Gu Changzhi.

Because Gu Changzhi's [Limitless] also contained the source of time!

This was why Gu Changzhi could easily break through his [Limitless]—

As long as Gu Changzhi activated the source of time, his [Limitless] would never be able to defend in time... Gu Changzhi could instantly appear in front of him, and he could also strike his fist at any position he wanted!

Since birth, Qinglong had never been so weak.

What a conceited existence he was?

If it weren't for Gu Changzhi...

Then even if all the other Divine Seats of the High Seats rushed up together, he would never have fallen into such a miserable state!

But it just had to be Gu Changzhi. Now half of his Divine Domain had collapsed.

If at this moment, Bai Xiu disregarded the cost and used all his Dim Candle arrows on him.

Then, he would really die.

"..."

Qinglong struggled to stand up, but this time he failed completely. The divine power in his body had been squeezed dry. In order to survive Gu Changzhi's head-on attack, he had exhausted everything and abandoned everything.

So he could only maintain a squatting posture, leaning on that broken stone pillar.

But fortunately, he still had the strength to speak and issue orders.

So Qinglong opened his mouth in a hoarse voice.

"Deep Sea..."

"I give you temporary authority to mobilize the entire Dead Sea, kill them..."

"Kill them all."