"My... my son... my son~~"
The Sea God's eyes bled. The Sea God Island's divine son, with unparalleled talent, was the most hopeful being of the Sea God lineage to ignite the twelve divine fires and achieve sainthood. Yet, he was now slain in the void by a white-bearded old man of the human race. His divine fire extinguished. Huang Zhong, who forcibly boosted his strength, was capable of contending against and slaying a divine son! The Sea God, during his bloody battle with Xu Chu, had also sensed Huang Zhong's divine sense. His peak battle intent was no less than Xu Chu's! Cang Yuan! A low-level plane, newly integrated into a higher-level plane, now possessed several beings who had overcome their hundred-year weakness and turned the impossible into reality.
In the void battle, a formidable Xu Chu fought him to a standstill without weakening. Huang Zhong, even more iron-blooded, disregarded the Sea God Island's power and slew his son before his very eyes.
"Damn it! Damn it!!"
The Sea God roared to the sky. He not only lost his beloved son, but the Sea God lineage also lost its chance for resurgence. A dual, irreversible flame surged into his soul sea, stripping him of his reason. The divine son, at such a young age, was destined to go much further in his cultivation path! The aspiration of generations of Sea Gods, the opportunity for the Sea God lineage to rise, was completely extinguished before his eyes!! For public and private reasons, he could never forgive!!
"Huang Zhong, Huang Zhong!!"
"You slew my beloved son!!"
"I will have your blood to repay your debt!!"
The Sea God's eyes blazed with divine fire, and endless killing intent surged forth. The trident in his hand illuminated with layers of deep blue waves. The void churned, and spiritual energy clashed. Above the myriad waves, layers of deep red flames ignited, causing the vast void for tens of thousands of miles to tremble unceasingly!
"Hmph, how can you pass through me!!"
"Your life is mine to take, no need for the elder general Huang to act!"
Xu Chu's anger flared. Two streaks of blood-red divine light scanned the enraged Sea God. The aura that used divine fire realm pressure to intimidate the Sea God repeatedly shattered the understanding of Cang Ming, Zuo Cheng, and others in that part of the sky.
"Roar!"
A tiger's roar engulfed the surroundings. A crimson saber light flashed across the heavens and earth, forcing the thousand-zhang waves above the Sea God's head to split into two. The sharp edge of the blade pierced the horizon!
"Is this the spiritual power of a divine fire realm being?!"
Shui Yue Tian's Zuo Cheng's face turned ashen. The saber edge that pierced the sea waves, which were shrouded by the Sea God's divine power, and traversed the horizon, the powerful and terrifying killing aura that passed over his head briefly extinguished several of his eleven divine fires for a few breaths. It sent him into a cold sweat.
A divine fire realm being, who had not even opened the divine fires of the second of two academies, but merely forcibly opened the divine fire of the Baihui acupoint through a secret technique, could actually suppress the Sea God, who had ten divine fires and had stepped into the Void God realm! And this was a powerful being who emerged from a low-level plane! If one didn't know, looking solely at the power that suppressed the Void God realm, Zuo Cheng would have believed him to be a supreme deity from the core of the Three Thousand Dao Provinces. Even he, with his current eleven divine fires and having stepped into the Void God realm, would not dare to contend with Xu Chu. A single misplaced move could lead to his demise in the void.
"Hehehe, this is truly laughable!"
"A mere ant from a low-level plane, after enduring a few rounds in my hands, you think you've made it?"
The Sea God sneered disdainfully.
"Divine fire ant, how dare you speak of slaying gods before me?"
The Sea God's jaw clenched as he tightly gripped the incomplete trident. He had already understood Xu Chu's strength and had to deal with him with all his might, but his aura could not falter; he had to suppress him fiercely. The trident gathered his entire spiritual energy. Countless trident lights flickered amidst the endless waves. The terrifying killing intent, coupled with the grief of losing his beloved son!
"What of gods?"
"I am fond of slaying gods!!"
Xu Chu stroked the Fire Cloud Saber, which blazed with Southern Bright Fire, and said dismissively, looking up slightly. A mottled tiger phantom flickered at the center of his brow, exploding from his forehead into the void, reaching ten thousand zhang high. Its tiger eyes intimidated all directions!
The ten-thousand-zhang mottled tiger roared to the sky, causing the surging waves to recede by several hundred zhang. After its roar, it transformed into boundless blood energy, madly fusing into the Fire Cloud Saber in his hand. The Southern Bright Fire surged, its color brightening by three parts.
"Sea God, is it?"
"Take another of my blows!"
"Slash!"
*Boom!*
Two different flames, like fire dragons, blasted out. One was divine fire, the other Southern Bright Fire. A hundred zhang from the blade's edge, they clashed and merged madly, the two flames becoming one, their color deepening by more than three parts.
High in the nine heavens, endless killing intent surged forth. A blood-red saber light, after concealing itself behind the obscuring flames, slashed out furiously. The boundless blood-colored sharpness annihilated the endless flames. The rippling, anomalous seawater rapidly evaporated. The entire world seemed to be shaped by a single edge!
"An ant using a secret technique still cannot change its lowly status. An ant will always be an ant. How can it utter words of defying and slaying gods!!"
"You deserve to be executed!"
The Sea God gripped his trident and, without any hesitation, condensed his entire might to the extreme. With a single thrust. The incomplete trident conjured two deep blue trident lights. Their cold glow was as chilling as an abyss, like the fangs of mysterious creatures from the depths of the sea, surging from the endless ocean, seeking to pierce mountains and rivers! The trident lights no longer flickered flexibly but blasted out, following the great path of force. The entire sky was pierced and screamed. Spiritual energy ran wild, tearing the space into fissures. As the trident lights flashed, the waves continuously gathering behind him were completely devoured! Sudan Novel Network
Xu Chu looked at the two trident lights, which resembled the fangs of divine beasts, and his brow furrowed. Two blood tigers flashed on his arms, and a layer of deep red blood light condensed into an aura around the saber light he had unleashed!
*Boom!*
The saber light and trident lights, which represented the peak attacks of two individuals, collided at the apex of the endless sky. A massive purple mushroom cloud erupted furiously at the apex of the void, surging upwards, seemingly tearing space and reaching the apex of infinite nothingness!
As the purple mushroom cloud exploded and burned, the entire world seemed to have a purple star rise, its blinding purple light eclipsing the sun and moon. Everything was engulfed by purple.
Tens of breaths later, the purple mushroom cloud, still surging upwards and blooming, gradually turned blood-red. The remaining blue trident lights were shattered by the blood-colored saber light. With the dissipation of the Sea God's trident light power, the blood-colored mushroom cloud no longer surged to the highest heavens but rushed entirely towards the Sea God. The world transformed from a purple expanse into a blood-red abyss!
"How is this possible?!"
"Divine fire ant, how can you sever my divine power!!!"
The Sea God's eyes bulged, his face contorted in shock. He looked as if his blood had been drained, his face ashen white. He was a genuine Void God realm being, one who had ignited ten divine fires, making him several times more powerful than beings who achieved the Void God realm with nine divine fires. The attack just now was a full-powered strike, with no reservations.
"Annihilate for me!"
While shocked, the Sea God decisively struck again. The terrifying blood-red star that obscured the void was charging towards him madly.
"Break!"
His physical body ignited the ten divine fires again. Gripping the incomplete trident, he thrust it out with all his might!
*Boom!*
Air pierced his ears. Two deep blue trident lights, at the cost of the trident completely shattering, shot out from the Sea God's hand. The trident disintegrated, and the two trident lights blasted forth. The ten divine fires on his body were already like candles in the wind, ready to be extinguished at any moment!
"Is that all?"
"You, a mere ant, are worthy of being called a god!!"
Xu Chu tightly gripped the Fire Cloud Saber, maintaining the posture of his furious slash. Waves of blood energy surged from his body towards the heavens, continuously empowering the blood-red star! His gaze, which disdained the Sea God, locked onto the void where the Sea God was located. The boundless blood energy propelled the blood-red star, pressing down furiously!
*Boom!*
The blood-red star, like an infinite divine sun pressing down, effortlessly shattered the Sea God's all-out divine power strike. The trident lights were shattered and turned into dots of deep blue light. Before they could drift a few zhang, they were completely destroyed by the blood-red star!
*Puff!*
The Sea God's face turned deathly pale, and he spat out a mouthful of blood. His eyes were wide open, filled with disbelief as he watched the blood-red star completely nullify his divine power. His right arm, still in the gripping posture, was engulfed by the blood-red light, like a spiderweb, as if it would shatter completely the next moment.
*Boom!*
The blood-red star ground its way through the void. Wherever it passed, the vast ocean beneath was forcefully pressed down by several zhang.
"Ah..."
Suddenly, a blood-red crack appeared on the Sea God's brow, like a mark, flashing with blood-red divine light.
*Bang!*
The blood-red light enveloping his right arm intensified a few parts. The next moment, it, along with his entire right arm, exploded completely. Divine blood splattered, and flesh and blood flew! The Sea God, having lost an arm, was sent flying backward, his divine blood spilling all along the way, blood-red light streaking across the sky!
"No!"
"I am a god!!"
"I am a god!!"
"How can ants slay gods!!"
"How can they slay gods!!"
"Unpardonable sins!! Unpardonable sins!!"
The Sea God looked in terror at the blood-red star in the void, larger than a divine sun. The divine fire in his pupils trembled, and a look of fear filled his eyes. The massive blood-red star suddenly accelerated, perhaps due to its inexhaustible energy reaching saturation!
*Bang!*
"I am a god!!"
"I am a god!!"
"How can ants slay gods!!"
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A large head flew out, and hot divine blood sprayed into the void, creating layers of blood mist!
"I said."
"I am fond of slaying gods!!"
Xu Chu retracted his Fire Cloud Saber, stroking the drops of divine blood on its blade. The terrifying energy was all collected, perhaps of great help to the people of the Great Han with lower cultivation. He flicked the Fire Cloud Saber up and down. The divine blood surging in the void was gathered layer by layer, gradually condensing into a large drop of blood, which Xu Chu directly collected in his hand.
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"This... this... ~~"
Shui Yue Tian's Zuo Cheng, terrified, sat down on the ground. He watched the blood-red star disappear, and the world gradually returned to its former divine state. The only difference was that the Sea God's aura had completely vanished!! The ruler of Sea God Island, the Sea God, a Void God realm being, was actually slain in the void by a divine fire realm being!!
"How did these Great Han beings achieve this?"
In the void not far from Shui Yue Tian's Zuo Cheng, Cang Ming of the Chang He Sect's face was pale. He probed the void where the Sea God had been, a hint of horror flashing in his eyes. He dared not probe further. Cang Yuan, a newly integrated plane, a force full of incredible anomalies. A hundred-year weakness period, the Unity Realm, the Divine Fire Realm. How did Cang Yuan, a low-level plane always controlled by Sea God Island, achieve the convergence of origins and the spiritual energy revival in just a few days?!
Now, a Divine Fire Realm Xu Chu, using some unknown secret technique, easily, even completely, crushed the powerful Void God realm Sea God. In short, this Xu Chu, still at the seventh layer of the Divine Fire Realm, possessed the terrifying ability to slay gods.
"The Great Han Imperial Dynasty cannot be made an enemy!"
Cang Ming clenched his sweaty hands and said heavily. If the Great Han's Xu Chu possessed the ability to slay gods, what about the Great Han Emperor? That immortal artifact must not be coveted!! The Great Han must not be provoked!!
"Let's go!!"
Cang Ming glanced at the gradually calming void in the distance, then waved his hand. With a nervous expression, he led the disciples of the Chang He Sect behind him and disappeared into the horizon.
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"Immortal artifact!!"
Shui Yue Tian's Zuo Cheng furrowed his brow. He looked at the faint bronze divine light above Chang'an City in the distance, a hint of greed flashing in his eyes. Shui Yue Tian was not comparable to Sea God Island or Chang He Sect. The combined forces of Sea God Island and Chang He Sect could not shake Shui Yue Tian's hegemonic position in this sea area. Shui Yue Tian possessed three Void God realm beings, all of whom were powerful individuals who had ignited twelve divine fires. Given time and lifespan, they were bound to achieve sainthood. Below the three Void Gods were their respective direct disciples, each a heavenly prodigy and a powerful being who had ignited twelve divine fires. After igniting the twelve divine fires, they did not rush to step into the Void God realm but continued to temper their twelve divine fires and repair their cultivation path, laying a solid foundation for the future. If they stepped into the Void God realm, this generation of Shui Yue Tian would have six powerful Void God beings who had ignited twelve divine fires. This was not something a mere Chang He Sect could compare to.
"Immortal artifact!"
Zuo Cheng murmured softly, "Such an immortal artifact must be obtained. The Great Han Imperial Dynasty... we will have to plan further. A Divine Fire Realm Xu Chu who possesses the power to slay gods must be guarded against. For now, the immortal artifact will remain in the hands of the Great Han Imperial Dynasty." He glanced again at the bronze divine light in the sky, then his figure flashed and disappeared into the horizon.
"Xu Chu, Huang Zhong!"
Yang Hao tightly held the Nine Dragon Imperial Seal and scanned the four directions of the sky.
"Your subject is here!"
Huang Zhong and Xu Chu stepped forward and saluted with clasped fists.
"Immediately lead your respective troops and occupy Sea God Island. Any who dare to resist will be executed without mercy!!"
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