Qin Shilei's vision darkened and then brightened, and he found himself in a spatial secret realm.
Before him lay a vast expanse of dense forest, while the eight-headed serpent fled into the distance.
The spatial exit behind him had vanished without a trace.
Qin Shilei's heart lurched, and a sense of foreboding washed over him.
"First, I'll kill you, then I'll worry about getting out."
With a plan formed in his mind, Qin Shilei transformed into a bolt of lightning and swiftly pursued the eight-headed serpent ahead.
In the blink of an eye, he intercepted its path.
The eight-headed serpent, disregarding everything, brazenly absorbed Qin Shilei's attack and continued to fly towards a large lake not far away.
"So, it's trying the same trick again."
Qin Shilei instantly understood its intention. With a thought, he summoned his phantom.
He directed the phantom to block the serpent's path while he unleashed his Heaven-Breaking Sword once more.
The eight-headed serpent had never imagined that Qin Shilei possessed such a powerful phantom.
Unable to break through the phantom's interception for a moment, it was instead caught by Qin Shilei's Heaven-Breaking Sword.
The sharp sword energy soared into the sky.
"Roar!"
The eight heads of the serpent roared furiously.
As its roars echoed, deafening tremors emanated from the distance.
"Damn human, pushing me too far! You shall stay here to be my burial companion!"
The eight-headed serpent declared with immense hatred, then abandoned its defense and lunged ferociously at Qin Shilei.
However, as it charged, a phantom image of an eight-headed serpent detached itself and shot down towards the ground like lightning.
Qin Shilei also noticed the phantom image. Through his mind, he instructed his phantom to unleash a lightning strike at the spectral form.
He himself controlled the Heaven-Breaking Sword, cleaving it down with immense force towards the charging eight-headed serpent.
One head was severed first, followed by the branches of its several other heads being cut off by the sword.
The remaining four heads simultaneously spat out a large amount of blood.
Yet, these heads, devoid of a body to support them, continued to surge towards Qin Shilei.
Lightning Chain Slash!
Qin Shilei's Juque Sword transformed into a curtain of blades, swiftly slashing at the four flying snake heads.
Bang bang bang!
To his surprise, these snake heads were not only incredibly tough but also possessed astonishing power, forcing Qin Shilei to retreat repeatedly.
After unleashing its lightning, the phantom also raised its energy greatsword and unleashed a Heaven-Breaking Sword towards the four snake heads.
A flash of cold light later, the four snake heads were finally cleaved in two by the sword, their demise absolute.
Simultaneously, a golden treasure chest appeared beside the serpent's body and plummeted towards the ground.
Qin Shilei collected the treasure chest and the eight-headed serpent's corpse.
Meanwhile, the distant tremors had not ceased.
It sounded as if something terrifying was about to emerge from the earth.
Qin Shilei once again took out the eight-headed serpent's corpse and examined it meticulously, hoping to find a method to open the spatial secret realm.
Eight fist-sized crystal cores and eight attribute-varied ability beads were all he found, with nothing else particularly noteworthy.
The ability beads and crystal cores showed no spatial fluctuations, so they were unlikely to be the key to opening the secret realm.
"Who has awakened this deity?"
Suddenly, a giant over a hundred meters tall came charging from the distance.
Qin Shilei focused his gaze upon it.
Name: A strand of Jin Jiuzi's divine will left on Blue Star.
Introduction: Diamond Seven Stars. Jin Jiuzi was once a deity of the Amaterasu Kingdom who governed the earth, intrinsically linked to this secret realm. As long as it stands on the earth, it can receive an unending supply of power.
As Jin Jiuzi charged towards him, Qin Shilei directly unleashed his strongest move, the Heaven-Breaking Sword.
A colossal sword shadow reappeared between heaven and earth.
Jin Jiuzi, either due to its reliance on something or still groggy from its slumber, continued to charge towards Qin Shilei, directly into the path of the sword shadow.
The sharp sword energy carved a mystical trajectory, cleaving down from Jin Jiuzi's head.
Jin Jiuzi was split in two with two resounding thuds, collapsing to either side.
Is it dead already?
No!
The severed Jin Jiuzi rapidly approached itself, then rejoined, and stood up once more.
Concurrently, a thick armor composed of soil attached itself to its surface, making it appear significantly bulkier.
Heaven-Breaking Sword!
The phantom also unleashed a sword strike towards the opponent.
The armor on Jin Jiuzi's exterior lasted for zero point five seconds before ultimately being broken by the sword.
It was once again cleaved in two.
Qin Shilei, having anticipated this, did not wait for it to reassemble. Together with his phantom, they chopped the severed halves into dozens of pieces.
A wave of earthen yellow light flashed.
Jin Jiuzi's scattered remains rapidly coalesced again.
Soon, a vibrant Jin Jiuzi reappeared before Qin Shilei.
"Hahaha, I, Jin Jiuzi, am immortal. Stop wasting your energy in vain."
As it spoke, it swung its massive fists at Qin Shilei.
Qin Shilei's brow furrowed. He dodged the fist with a flash.
He then teleported behind it and thrust his sword forward.
Clang!
Innumerable clods of earth fell, but they failed to harm Jin Jiuzi, protected by its heavy earthen armor.
Qin Shilei and his phantom continuously attacked Jin Jiuzi, circling it.
Even Seven Stars Falling from the Sky only wounded the opponent, failing to bisect it again.
However, Jin Jiuzi seemed inexhaustible, like an immortal deity unafraid of injury, madly swinging its fists.
Boom!
The phantom, unable to dodge in time, was sent flying a hundred meters by Jin Jiuzi's punch.
"Hahaha, I am a divine being, you cannot harm me. Surrender and die!"
Jin Jiuzi fought with increasing ferocity, its two fists carrying fierce gusts of wind, forcing Qin Shilei to retreat incessantly.
"Sword energy cannot harm you, but what about lightning?"
While evading the opponent's punches, Qin Shilei controlled his phantom to activate its elementalization attribute.
Devouring Thunder!
Fierce heavenly thunder descended from the sky, pouring down like a waterfall upon the rampaging Jin Jiuzi.
Its thick armor lasted only a second under the bombardment of the heavenly thunder before vanishing into the air like gas.
Following this, Jin Jiuzi, under the onslaught of the Devouring Thunder, crumbled like a dried clay statue, piece by piece, falling to the ground.
Soon, only a pile of charred black mud remained on the ground.
Yet, after just a few minutes, the black mud began to emit a circle of earthen yellow light once more.
"Hahaha, I, Jin Jiuzi, have returned."
Jin Jiuzi's arrogant voice resounded in Qin Shilei's ears once more.
...
"Huff, huff, huff!"
Three hours later, Qin Shilei, gasping for breath, continued to dodge Jin Jiuzi's attacks.
During this time, he had dismembered the opponent countless times, yet had been unable to completely annihilate it.
On the contrary, the prolonged combat had nearly depleted his internal essence and physical strength.
Qin Shilei also took the opportunity to search this spatial secret realm.
It was roughly the size of his blessed land, spanning three to four hundred li.
It also contained some creatures below the Golden realm.
Beyond that, Qin Shilei could find no method to leave, nor any way to defeat Jin Jiuzi.
"A mere Diamond Seven Star entity, can it truly possess invincibility?"
Qin Shilei frowned, his mind troubled.
If this continued, he would likely perish from exhaustion.
He once again used his Purple Eye of Insight to examine the opponent.
Jin Jiuzi was once a deity of the Amaterasu Kingdom who governed the earth, intrinsically linked to this secret realm. As long as it stands on the earth, it can receive an unending supply of power.
Qin Shilei's mind sparked. If he could force the opponent to leave this secret realm and get off the ground, perhaps it could be completely slain?
His figure vanished instantly from Jin Jiuzi's presence.
Returning to his blessed land, Qin Shilei attempted to merge his blessed land with the external spatial secret realm.
As expected, the blessed land began to slowly fuse with the spatial secret realm outside.