Feeling the sword strike from Xuanyuan Jue, imbued with all of his vital energy and soul, Dugu Bachen’s brow furrowed tightly. An unprecedented solemnity spread across his face as he raised the stone saber in his hand for the first time, instantly gathering all his power into his right arm. With a backhand strike, he met the supreme sword descending from the heavens…
A blade luminescence, spanning tens of thousands of feet, suddenly ignited, resembling a divine dragon soaring to the sky, cutting directly toward that single sword…
With a deafening boom, Dugu Bachen’s strike collided head-on with Xuanyuan Jue’s sword. The void immediately tore open into a massive rift, though it instantly sealed itself. Following this, a mushroom cloud, soaring tens of thousands of feet high, erupted, racing toward the firmament, its immense light instantly enveloping the figures of both Xuanyuan Jue and Dugu Bachen.
The fierce light swept over everything nearby, with faint flickers of lightning interspersed. The area within a hundred li had been flattened, yet the mushroom cloud itself spanned dozens of li. The resulting brilliance razed every tree and blade of grass within hundreds of li.
A massive, sentient tree, thick as ten thousand zhang and having already developed a spiritual awareness, let out a cry of aggrieved resentment upon sensing the terrifying radiance. "I just escaped, how is this happening again?" Its voice was instantly drowned out by the light, and after the blinding flash subsided, only the empty void remained…
The area covered by the intense light spanned hundreds of li, which were reduced to nothingness. Even the trees hundreds of li away withered under the aftershock of the brilliance. The massive tremors shook the earth, carving long fissures that spiderwebbed outwards, extending for tens of thousands of li.
An attack of this magnitude was enough to shake the entire Savage Forest. Xuanyuan Jing, who had just rushed out of the canyon, immediately felt that something was terribly wrong and dashed toward the sound at his maximum speed.
Ye Jingyu and the others, who were just about to deliver the finishing blow to Gui Jianchou with the Cangsheng Saber, also felt the impact. However, Ye Jingyu had no time to dwell on the cause of the collision, as a man clad in a golden robe embroidered with various patterns stepped out from the thick cloud of blood energy…
He had silver hair and was draped in a coat of silver fur, the silver pelt gleaming brightly. His complexion was somewhat pale, appearing even colder than Gui Jianchou.
A potent demonic aura radiated from him—an energy similar to, yet distinct from, that of a demon. It more closely resembled the demonic race Ye Jingyu was once very familiar with, specifically those bearing the bloodlines of both devils and great witches. Furthermore, this aura felt strangely familiar to Ye Jingyu, as if he had encountered it before?
As Jin Lisi Jun took his first step out, he was shocked to see Gui Jianchou surrounded by a host of powerful figures. This bastard gets into trouble so easily! He had just helped him evade the pursuit of the terrifying Ice Nether, and before he could even convey his message, Gui Jianchou had attracted so much trouble? But as Jin Lisi Jun focused his gaze on the surrounding figures, his face turned completely pale.
Though he hadn't directly fought Ye Jingyu before, he was well aware of the power of the Twelve Heavenly Witch Annihilation Grand Array that Ye Jingyu had deployed. That was an artifact inherited from the Demon God Chiyou back in the day! As a member of the demon race, how could he not know such things?
Zhu Rong, Gou Mang, Xuan Ming, Han Ba, Tian Wu, Hou Yi…
Heavens above, six of the Twelve Heavenly Witches had manifested their true forms! How could he possibly resist them? How could this guy be so reckless? Was offending such a top-tier powerhouse truly worth it for a mere woman? From the appearance of Han Ba and the others, Jin Lisi Jun now understood Ye Jingyu’s identity.
“Go…” Not daring to waste another word, he swept his sleeve, ensnaring Gui Jianchou, and prepared to transform into a streak of bloody light to ascend. Against an ordinary powerhouse, even a Cosmos-level expert, he would have been confident in eliminating the threat before retreating. After all, although he hadn't reached the Universe level, he possessed numerous magical treasures, making confrontations with typical Cosmos-level experts akin to an adult with an automatic rifle facing others completely unarmed.
But things were different with this Ye Jingyu. This fellow possessed just as many, if not superior, magical artifacts. If his treasures were akin to machine guns, Ye Jingyu's were cannons. Jin Lisi Jun wasn't foolish enough to pit a machine gun against a cannon.
Recognizing Ye Jingyu, he dismissed any thought of fighting and fled immediately…
But could he truly escape?
“Trying to run? Where do you think you’re going?” Seeing the newcomer attempt to snatch Gui Jianchou away the moment he arrived, Ye Jingyu let out a cold snort. The cyan Eastern Emperor Bell flew out of his sea of consciousness, hovering above his head, casting down a greenish light that enveloped both Jin Lisi Jun and Gui Jianchou…
Jin Lisi Jun’s face shifted drastically. At this moment, he wished he could curse every female relative of Gui Jianchou! Damn you, you didn't ask me to save you; you dragged me here to die with you! The Eastern Emperor Bell! He hadn't known about this thing before, but now he understood clearly: this damn thing was the foremost divine artifact of the Three Realms.
Just as he was about to be absorbed by the Eastern Emperor Bell, Jin Lisi Jun flicked his wrist, producing a golden book in his hand. Whether influenced by the light of the Eastern Emperor Bell or not, its golden pages began to flip rapidly, one after another.
Following this, streaks of golden light erupted continuously, vaguely forming a massive Bagua above Jin Lisi Jun and Gui Jianchou. Tadpole-like script, incomprehensible to Ye Jingyu but instantly recognizable to Zhu Rong and the others, radiated outwards, swirling around Jin Lisi Jun like tiny golden dragons?
“He Tu and Luo Shu?” Zhu Rong, Han Ba, Gou Mang, Tian Wu, Hou Yi, and Xuan Ming gasped the names almost simultaneously. Gou Mang, in particular, trembled violently, his face a mixture of ecstasy, apprehension, and other complex emotions, as if he had just rediscovered his family’s long-lost heirloom…
He Tu was the divine chart through which the Sage Fuxi deduced the Bagua and evolved the cycles of heaven. Luo Shu was the divine text King Yu used to control the great floods and delineate the Nine Provinces. One concealed heavenly secrets, the other concealed heavenly principles. Combined, the two charts formed the most wondrous book of the Three Realms—the Heavenly Script…
The Heavenly Script, representing the ultimate truth of the Heavenly Dao…
Legend held that whoever could fully grasp this ultimate truth would take the final step and achieve Sainthood…
Yet, after so many years, not only had no one comprehended this book, but no one even knew where it was. To think it now rested in the hands of Jin Lisi Jun…
(A new week begins, brothers and sisters, it’s time to put in the effort! Throw those Gold Bricks and recommendation tickets down—don’t be afraid of hitting Star-Chen. Little Ye’s Chaos Body is here to shield me, so I won’t get hurt, hehe! More coming later!)F