Chapter 24: This Is a Newly Ascended Peak?
The silver moon hung high in the sky. Tonight, the Eternal City was strangely free of eerie spread. The faint, looming tentacles that accompanied the darkness had also vanished.
The Weeping Manor was even quieter. The multi-headed hounds that would bark wildly at unfamiliar scents in the past were now cowering in their kennels, with the more timid ones letting out whimpers.
A gust of wind swept past. The large window on the eighth floor of the manor castle was blown open with a bang. A figure seemed to ride the wind, standing on the open windowsill.
Most of the eighth floor was occupied by the bedchamber. The only way to reach it was this nearly six-meter-wide corridor. Before the luxurious double-leaf metal door of the bedchamber stood several people, led by High Priestess Uluroy, guarding the entrance.
"How dare you!"
High Priestess Uluroy was furious. Everything she had built over half a lifetime had nearly collapsed entirely in the battle at the Hidden City. This had kept her in a constant rage, barely suppressed. Seeing the culprit now, there was no need to hold back any longer, especially since the god she worshipped was right behind her.
Suddenly, High Priestess Uluroy felt her vision twist. She sensed she had become shorter, yet in her perception, nothing had happened.
The headless, tall body sprayed blood and collapsed with a thud. Su Xiao's crystalline left hand held High Priestess Uluroy's head. Baha, perched on Su Xiao's shoulder, said:
"Come to think of it, this is our first meeting. You were too tall. My boss doesn't really like being looked down on by people like you."
As Su Xiao dragged High Priestess Uluroy's head, Baha spoke from his shoulder. The decapitated High Priestess Uluroy was not dead yet, her entire face twitching wildly.
"You... you!!"
Out of the corner of her eye, High Priestess Uluroy saw that among her trusted subordinates, Beckley, who possessed an undying ability, was kneeling, clutching his spurting throat with both hands. His rapidly weakening life force indicated that he was dying quickly from what would normally be a superficial wound.
Sier Nidai stood frozen. She had not been directly struck by Su Xiao's blade, but the sheer cutting pressure from his absolute perception field had crisscrossed her body with bloody gashes. These gashes deepened until she crumbled to the ground, dead on the spot.
The burly, heavily armored divine statue was like a ridiculous giant cockroach that had been stepped on. Its entire suit of heavy armor was irregularly dented and embedded in the side wall. As for the two brothers, one tall and one short, they had been caught in the residual force of Su Xiao's slash that killed High Priestess Uluroy. They were now evenly distributed across the right wall by the terrifying aftershock of the cutting power.
The only one intact was Ona, whose pupils were violently constricted.
"You will surely pay the price..."
Before High Priestess Uluroy could finish.
Crack, crack, crack~
Aoge crystals spread. High Priestess Uluroy's head began to crystallize. When it was fully crystallized, it shattered with a pop. Indeed, in the Doom Star, High Priestess Uluroy, a true ruthless figure, was this pathetically vulnerable before Su Xiao now.
Seeing this, Ona opened her mouth as if to say something, but ultimately chose to remain silent. She suddenly lunged at Su Xiao. To be fair, Ona was quite fast, but in Su Xiao's eyes...
Su Xiao sidestepped while swinging his crystalline left arm in a horizontal punch. It was a simple, unadorned strike that hit Ona's nape. Ona was already fast, and after taking this hit, she became even faster, shooting out through the large window behind her.
Ignoring Ona, Su Xiao stepped towards the massive bedchamber door. As he approached, the door seemed to be gripped by the claws of two invisible, colossal blood beasts, making a harsh, grating sound as it bent and buckled inward.
Su Xiao entered the bedchamber. It was over a thousand square meters. The scene before him was a massive sacrificial array on the floor, a thin gauze curtain at the far end, and a bed-like wide stone platform behind the curtain.
An irregularly shaped mass of dark purple rotten flesh slowly writhed on the bed. This lump of flesh was like a small mountain, covered in tentacles of various sizes. As they slowly twisted, they emitted a spatial fluctuation that caused mental discomfort.
"Bu tu wo (Ancient God Language)."
The Night Mother's bloated form surged, emitting a sound through spiritual waves that could drive a person mad.
As the Night Mother spoke, her dark purple, bloated form began to liquefy, flowing onto the array dozens of meters in front of Su Xiao, forming a pool of dark purple liquid. The pool bubbled and churned as if boiling, but then suddenly stopped and became still.
A thick, dark purple tentacle emerged. This tentacle was three meters thick and over ten meters long. It seemed to bloom, gradually unfolding to reveal a figure within. Its upper body was humanoid but not quite. It had a dark purple body dotted with brilliant star points, four arms formed from densely packed tentacles, and a head replaced by a single tentacle bearing white markings of stars, moons, and other symbols of the night.
Its lower half had no legs but was instead formed from more arm-thick tentacles, covered in countless eyes. The bottom was connected to the blooming giant tentacle, and below that was a pitch-black pool, suggesting it moved through this pool.
On the Night Mother's chest was a benevolent but closed-eyed face. The face seemed to smile kindly, but looking at it for too long gave a sense of ferocity.
Hum~
A metallic ring sounded as a spiral black sword rose from the black pool, grasped by the Night Mother's longest right arm. Compared to her other three dark purple arms with "Night Eyes" on their palms, this arm was thicker and longer. This spiral black sword was not only a melee causal weapon but also a top-tier divine scepter.
The Night Mother's aura was no longer the quiet of darkness but the pitch-black, the blood moon, and the terrifying power within the darkness.
The tip of the "Spiral Black Sword" touched the ground. With a faint crack, the ground area touched by the tip formed a circular depression. It wasn't destruction by force but the annihilation of causality.
Anything harmed by this "Spiral Black Sword" would have its causality erased. Of course, the greater the causal mass, the higher the resistance to this attack, but it was only the difference between being erased instantly or within one to two seconds.
The entire building began to tremble. The "Night Domain" spread. With the Night Mother at its center, darkness began to drown everything around. Behind the Night Mother was the vast, boundless starry sky.
The darkness, as if to swallow everything, surged forward. Behind Su Xiao, the stillness of death descended. For a moment, the domains of Night and Death each held their ground, eroding each other. However, it was visibly clear that the Night Domain was stronger, beginning to erode the Death Domain to a certain extent.
Seeing this, the hundreds of eyes on the Night Mother's lower half narrowed slightly. She was naturally very wary of this Law Destroyer who had killed the Spider Lady. The Spider Lady was an old-school peak powerhouse. Although she had been trapped in the Great Library for a long time, her strength had only increased. Moreover, after slaughtering the Wind Sea and becoming an Abyss Descendant, her power must have greatly increased.
The Night Mother was certainly no match for the Spider Lady. But after this domain clash, the Night Mother confirmed that the Spider Lady had died from a siege. If that was the case, both being at the Third Era's peak, even if the Law Destroyer was known for being adept at combat, the Night Mother was not afraid. Ancient Gods were also skilled in battle.
Furthermore, her true situation was the complete opposite of the rumors. She was actually an Old One Ancient God who had fought her way up, devouring the power of other slain Ancient Gods, advancing step by step through bloodshed to reach her current divine throne and Third Era peak seat.
The Night Mother raised the "Spiral Black Sword" in her hand. With the index finger of her other hand, which had sharp, pitch-black nails, she stroked the blade of the "Spiral Black Sword." It was time to remind the outside world how she had obtained everything she had today.
On the thick tentacle that replaced the Night Mother's head, a large mouth full of sharp teeth split open. Suffice it to say, even powerful Ancient Gods were still... very ugly.
"Roar!!"
The Night Mother let out a roar. It had been so long since she had fought like this that she completely stopped suppressing her killing urge.
In the empty bedchamber, the air seemed to carry murmurs and whispers. The two sides faced each other from dozens of meters apart. The next second, the Night Mother vanished from her spot. She didn't charge forward but directly crossed the distance, moving through the pitch-black pool beneath her.
Boom!
The floor beneath Su Xiao collapsed, the cracks spreading all the way to the lowest level, blasting a huge crater in the ground. He vanished from his spot, and the next second, he was meeting the oncoming Night Mother with a powerful slash.
'Extreme Blade: White Night.'
'Annihilation.'
The long blade clashed with the "Spiral Black Sword." After a brief silence, a deafening roar followed.
The Night Mother's power instantly peaked, and she sought to use causal power to annihilate the blade in her enemy's hand. But the next moment, a terrifying force came from the "Spiral Black Sword." With a crack, her five-meter-tall, extremely resilient right side of her body split open with wounds and cracks. In some places, chunks of tentacle flesh flew off.
Boom!!!
The Night Mother, who had clashed blades with Su Xiao, vanished instantly. Where she stood was a series of diagonal, downward holes, piercing through the current floor, the floor below, and out the back wall. Then, in the rear courtyard, she slammed into the ground. The shocking cutting force plowed the soil for over a dozen kilometers backward. Viewed from above, it was like a raging wave of black earth surging into the distance.
Boom!
The castle Su Xiao was in only now reacted, splitting apart. Large chunks of building debris scattered in all directions like flowers scattering.
Su Xiao landed. Dozens of kilometers away, the Night Mother lay on her back amidst a pile of building debris. She struggled to sit up, her vertical mouth opened, and she vomited a stream of writhing tentacle fragments. It seemed that Ancient Gods also had internal organs, though they were very different from humans. These divine organs were more for sucking the world dry or enhancing power.
At this moment, the two, separated by dozens of kilometers, had similar yet completely different thoughts. Namely:
Both were newly ascended peak powerhouses.
Why was she so weak?
How could he be so strong?!
After just one exchange, the Night Mother had a conclusion: she absolutely could not continue this fight, or she would surely perish here.
It wasn't even a matter of low odds of victory; it was that she couldn't see any possibility of winning. If not for being within the Night Domain, a peak domain, she would have surely exploded her Life Core from that slash. Even with the Night Power massively amplifying her strength, reaching an exaggerated several-fold increase, she was still brutally crushed. A strong sense of déjà vu emerged: was this really a human? Could a human really have such a powerful peak physique?
As this thought appeared, a spatial dull thud, accompanied by spatial debris flying, signaled the Law Destroyer with red light in his eyes had appeared before her.
'No Night...'
The Night Mother raised the "Spiral Black Sword" high. She was about to use her final trump card directly. The opponent also had a peak domain, but why did it feel like this Extreme Realm type could destroy domains?
'Extreme Realm: Star Realm.'
It wasn't that he was afraid of being overturned by this final trump card, but such abilities generally caused permanent damage. Su Xiao still had many powerful enemies ahead. This highlighted another advantage of 'Extreme Realm: Star Realm.'
Moreover, this was the enemy's lair. He had to end it quickly. The subsequent battle plan was simple and clear: unleash Extreme Realm: Star Realm, Azure Shadow King, No-Self Realm, and other ultimate moves, bombarding the Night Mother to death with these finishing blows.
Three seconds later, on the southern city wall of the Eternal City.
A residual shadow turned into light, smashing heavily into the thousand-meter-high wall. The upper part of this wall, reinforced by tens of thousands of spells, was instantly shattered, breaking into huge chunks that scattered outside the city. Moments later, a terrifying sound of heavy objects hitting the ground came from outside the city.
Inside the wall crater blasted by the Night Mother, rubble clattered down. The Night Mother fell, crashing to the ground beneath the wall. All her eyes suddenly opened wide, pupils constricting. She had no idea what had happened. Why was she here? What was this excruciating pain all over her body? As an Ancient God, she had many more initial Life Cores than other peak powerhouses. Why had two of her Life Cores suddenly shattered? And why had the Star Realm protection effect after the Life Cores shattered been broken so quickly?
A whistling sound came from afar, closing in the next instant. The Night Mother once again saw that terrifying human. Yes, this battle had completely changed the Night Mother's impression of humans.
Wind pressure hit her face. Large amounts of tentacle fragments and divine blood flew backward from her body. She reached out one hand. She had absolute confidence that this strike would repel the enemy. Even a stronger Underworld God would be pushed back some distance by this.
Clang!
Both of the Night Mother's left arms were severed at the root. The reason was that when Su Xiao suddenly attacked, the Night Mother simply raised her hand and then... did nothing. Was it because she didn't want to? Of course not. She had no body energy left at all. Moreover, the Azure Steel Shadow Energy surging through her body would immediately devour any newly recovered divine power. In other words, the Night Mother was now in divine power debt. How could she use any abilities?
More critically, from the time she regained consciousness to Su Xiao's attack, only 1.2 seconds had passed. In these 1.2 seconds, the Night Mother's most direct sensations were the shattering of her Life Cores and the excruciating pain throughout her body. This maximally interfered with her perception of the divine power within her. And 1.2 seconds was too short a time.
'Extreme Blade: Heavy Moon.'
The moonlight in the sky turned pitch black. But the crushing slash didn't fall. The moon was one of the Night Mother's dominions. She immediately tampered with this ability, causing 'Heavy Moon' to fail.
However, the huge moon in the sky was exactly what Su Xiao wanted.
'Moon Shatter.'
Su Xiao made a slashing motion with his blade held high.
Clang!
A slash mark diagonally crossed the Night Mother. The full moon in the sky shattered. A large amount of divine blood sprayed from the Night Mother's chest. All her pupils narrowed. Her life force began to burn.
'No Night...'
This time, the Night Mother didn't even raise the "Spiral Black Sword" before trying to use her finishing move. However.
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'Extreme Realm: Star Realm.'
Clang, clang, clang...
Within the range covered by 'Extreme Realm: Star Realm,' countless slashes cut through the Night Mother, yet she remained unharmed. This was one of Su Xiao's developments of 'Extreme Realm: Star Realm.'
After 3 seconds passed, the surroundings returned to normal. This time, the Night Mother knew what had happened. She could feel that the surrounding Star Realm had been frozen.
The reason the Night Mother could sense this was actually a minor flaw of 'Extreme Realm: Star Realm.' Once an enemy had been frozen by the Star Realm once, they would inevitably develop some resistance. However, this resistance had a very low upper limit, only about 1-2 points. After developing freeze resistance, the limit of what they could achieve was simply knowing what was happening during the freeze. They still couldn't do anything, which only made it more despairing.
This time, the 'Star Realm Freeze' seemed to leave the Night Mother unharmed. In reality, Su Xiao had concentrated all the full-speed slashes during this period and released them the instant the 'Star Realm Freeze' ended.
Boom!!
The Night Mother exploded on the spot. With two crisp cracking sounds, two 'Life Cores' shattered. In fact, this move had to thank the Deer God. That incredibly powerful strike after his resurrection had given Su Xiao the inspiration. Combined with the might of Heavenly Edge Shadow Severing, this move was born.
'Heavenly Edge Shadow Severing (Extreme Realm Exclusive Passive): Your blade technique ability will no longer be constrained by past blade techniques. You can execute blade techniques highly aligned with the current battle and environment based on different worlds, different environments, and different enemies.'
The surrounding Night Domain surged. The Night Mother's exploded divine body, under the effect of her last Life Core, suddenly condensed. Some damaged areas also quickly recovered.
Just moments ago, it was a stable battle with Life Cores. Now, only one life remained. How thrilling and dangerous.
Su Xiao frowned at the Night Mother. Having fought to this extent, he rarely spoke in battle:
"Show me some real skill."
As he spoke, Su Xiao's aura and oppressive pressure grew stronger.
Hearing this, the Night Mother, who had just shattered all her Life Cores, was so angry she almost spat out a mouthful of divine blood.
"Damn... it."
The Night Mother was so angry she even spoke human language, showing how furious she was.
Put yourself in her shoes, and it was understandable. Being overpowered by a powerhouse of the same era, and then being told, "Stop pretending, show your real strength." The Night Mother also wanted to. She tried to use her final trump card twice. The first time, she was suppressed. The second time, she forced its use despite the damage to her divine body, but was suppressed again. Now, she couldn't even force it.
Provocation. It must be provocation. This despicable Law Destroyer wanted to provoke her into staying and kill her here. Realizing this, a pitch-black fluid enveloped the Night Mother. She retreated into the darkness behind her, preparing to flee, vowing never to see this Law Destroyer again for eternity.
'Extreme Blade: White Night.'
A deafening roar echoed through the entire Eternal City. Fragments of the night scattered everywhere. Previously, the Spider Lady's toxic domain, as an 'Extreme Realm' user, Su Xiao couldn't cut it open. At that time, he felt he wasn't strong enough. Now, he had successfully slashed and exploded the Night Domain.
The blooming giant tentacle shattered as the Night Domain was destroyed. The Night Mother flew out. Her lower half extended, revealing numerous tentacles covered in eyes.
'Extreme Blade: Azure King.'
A flash of azure cutting light flickered and vanished. The thick tentacle on the Night Mother's head flew off. Yes, it was a slash of 'Extreme Blade: Azure Demon' imbued with Azure Shadow King.
The Night Mother, now like a giant tentacle snake, suddenly froze. A force erupted within her body. Divine blood and dark purple flesh sprayed out in massive quantities, a spectacular sight. This hollowed out the Night Mother instantly, leaving her with little more than a skin sac, standing limply.
As the Night Mother fell backward and died, the "Spiral Black Sword" in her hand shattered. The Night Mother quickly recovered. The "Spiral Black Sword" had substituted for the causality of the Night Mother's death. But after taking this 'Azure Shadow King' strike, the Night Mother felt that she would no longer be able to dominate the night. Even if a new Ancient God later inherited her current Old One Ancient God power, they too would be unable to dominate the night.
Yes, the terrifying true damage unleashed by Azure Shadow King this time had permanently crippled the Night Mother's system of Ancient God power. Moreover, Su Xiao was now so powerful that the Night Mother couldn't even hold out until the Demon Blade execution before nearly dying.
What the Night Mother found even more unacceptable was that, as a newly ascended peak powerhouse, she hadn't been able to land a single attack on her opponent from start to finish. If this were a battle with the Underworld God, she wouldn't be surprised by this outcome. That was a complete suppression by a stronger existence from the same system. They seemed like opponents, but were actually always hiding and being besieged. That was why she had paid such a price to seize the Hidden City. But against this Law Destroyer, who had also advanced in the same era, she was beaten without any ability to fight back. If not for the Life Cores of the peak realm, she might have died in one exchange. This caused the Night Mother to crack, both mentally and physically, in a dual sense.
She even considered a possibility: was this a peak realm Law Destroyer from the previous era who hadn't died, temporarily disguised as Kukulin Bai Ye to come and beat her up?
It was no wonder the Night Mother had this thought. Su Xiao, with his true Strength, Agility, Stamina, and Intelligence attributes all at 645 points, had an excessively powerful physique. Or rather, 'Power Source,' Su Xiao's unique ability, was stronger than expected.
To define Su Xiao's current strength: he was definitely a notch weaker than the Underworld God and the Undying Old Man, slightly behind the Deer God, but slightly stronger than the Underworld Lord and slightly stronger than Dilo. Of course, in a deathmatch with the Deer God, Underworld Lord, and Dilo, victory would depend on on-the-spot performance in battle. But that kind of fight would be even more exhilarating.
A distorted [Space Crystal Core] appeared in the Night Mother's hand. She immediately activated it.
'Extreme Realm: Star Realm.'
As the surrounding Star Realm froze, Su Xiao appeared before the Night Mother. He made a light, swift slash, severing the hand holding the [Space Crystal Core]. Then, the slashing speed of the long blade in his hand instantly accelerated to the extreme. It was so fast that his right arm holding the blade and the Dragon-Slaying Flash seemed to disappear. Countless dense slashes merged into a single piercing, sky-rending sound of cutting.
The Star Realm freeze faded. The Night Mother staggered back a few steps. She had seen people interrupt others from using life-saving items. She had also seen people prevent enemies from using them. But taking them away right in front of you? She had not only seen it now but had experienced it firsthand.
The numerous slashes just now violently erupted on the Night Mother's body. Normally, she could completely ignore such physical slashes. But now, she was facing a peak technique powerhouse with a powerful physique and pure blade skills. The blade in his hand not only cut the flesh but also the soul. And when it reached a certain extreme of pure power, it even began to cut causality.
Looking around, the ground was cracked. The high wall had long been shattered. Groundwater had been blasted out, forming a large expanse of water in the area where Su Xiao and the Night Mother were.
Obviously, the Night Mother hadn't held out long enough for Su Xiao to use the No-Self Realm. Against another peak powerhouse like the Night Mother, Su Xiao held nothing back, resulting in the Night Mother's current miserable state.
Tap, tap, tap.
Su Xiao walked step by step towards the Night Mother. The face on the Night Mother's chest finally opened its eyes. This face looked at Su Xiao with hatred but no fear. As a peak powerhouse, the Night Mother would not fear perishing here. There was only hatred and unwillingness.
From the Night Mother's perspective, the Law Destroyer with red light in his eyes walked closer. The long blade in his hand gradually became shrouded in dark blue smoke. He unhesitatingly slashed. Then, in the Night Mother's final consciousness, a figure formed from black smoke attacked. Its long hair flowed without wind. A pair of azure eyes met the Night Mother's gaze and completely destroyed everything about her: consciousness, soul, causality, fate, everything.
Su Xiao flicked the dark purple Ancient God blood off his blade. He looked at the out-of-control Ancient God flesh before him, which was continuously proliferating, forming an irregular sphere, and then beginning to wither and die. He knew he had misunderstood the Night Mother. In this battle, the Night Mother had given her all.
This showed that the Spider Lady was indeed an old-school peak powerhouse. Her continuous poison had caused Su Xiao to shatter Life Cores one after another. And her domain was also sturdy; it didn't explode even after so many slashes. In comparison, the Night Mother was much easier to kill. With Extreme Realm: Star Realm plus Azure Shadow King smashed down, the Night Mother, who hadn't even activated her ultimate move, was forcibly killed. It wasn't an exaggeration to say she was one of the most miserably killed peak powerhouses in history.
Su Xiao looked towards the distant horizon. The scene, as if ignited by demonic flames, indicated that the Demon Hag had returned. She was in good condition now and could fight another battle. However, 'Extreme Realm: Star Realm' was on cooldown again. To be safe, it was time to withdraw.
He took out a signal gun and fired it into the sky. A huge, blood-red 'ф' mark appeared in the sky. It was worth mentioning that this was a product of the Reincarnation Paradise, visible from a great distance.
Moments later, darkness bloomed in the distance, indicating that Dilo had withdrawn. The moon in the sky returned to normal; the Moon Witch had also left. This was the peak realm. Without abilities like 'Extreme Realm: Star Realm,' which were killers against the same level, it was very difficult to stop a peak powerhouse from retreating, unless there was a certain gap in strength or a relentless pursuit.
Golden light shot into the sky, turning the sky gold. Soon, a sun-like fire meteor fell in the distance, indicating that the Deer God had also withdrawn.
There was no need to wait for the Undying Old Man. If the Underworld God had truly killed the Undying Old Man, the Undying Old Man would actually thank him. His ultimate goal was to die in peace.
Just as Su Xiao was about to leave, a figure approaching from the side made him hesitate to immediately activate the Law-Destroying Teleportation Array he had just formed.
Messy, slightly curly hair draped over his shoulders. A pair of blood-red eyes, calm yet seemingly on the verge of madness at any moment. Tattered clothes hung down, held in place by a belt around his waist. The long blade in his hand had various-sized nicks, yet it seemed absolutely indestructible. It was the Blade Demon.
They locked eyes. After a brief standoff, neither side attacked.
"Be careful... Deep Sea... Old One."
The Blade Demon spoke in a stiff, slow voice. Hearing this, Su Xiao paused his hand that was about to activate the teleportation array. The Blade Demon was actually warning him. Did this mean the Blade Demon was regaining his sense of self? It was worth noting that when the Blade Demon was lucid, at most he wouldn't attack fellow members of the Starry Sky Seat, but he would never offer verbal warnings.
For past Blade Demons, regaining one's sense of self also meant the end of life.
Su Xiao nodded at the Blade Demon, indicating he understood this important information. He activated the Law-Destroying Teleportation Array.
With a dull thud, Su Xiao vanished. The Blade Demon, with blood-red eyes, walked towards the Eternal City. He had come here based on memory fragments. He vaguely remembered that a long time ago, he and an old friend named... Green Gillian? Was that the name? Had come here to kill two evil gods of this realm. They had split up. The other had succeeded; he had not.
The Blade Demon had come today only to retrieve some memories, not to fight anyone. He had long forgotten who the evil god he had dealt with in the past was.
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