# Chapter 36: Peak Battle
The Lord's Train traveled across an endless expanse of water. Though the Old God, Ubo Sara, had fallen, the changes to this world's environment were irreversible.
When the walls of the Eternal City came into view before Su Xiao, half an hour had passed. The city gates were wide open. As the train entered this great city, deathly silence reigned within. It wasn't until they reached the central district, on the Pilgrim's Road before the Divine Tower, that anything stirred.
On this flat stone road, dozens of meters wide, stood all the elite hunting group members of the Beast Church. They were fully armed, with parts of their bodies tentacle-ized, indicating they had entered deep madness. Once provoked, they would instantly transform into ravenous beasts seeking to devour.
The train slowed to a stop. Su Xiao stepped off and walked toward the Divine Tower ahead. This immediately alerted the maddened beasts on Pilgrim's Road. They let out roars and charged toward Su Xiao with extreme frenzy.
*Thump~*
An invisible shockwave spread outward from Su Xiao as the center. The charging mad beasts suddenly froze, their life force extinguished in an instant. Looking at their pupils revealed they had shattered like broken glass—this was soul shattering, a sign of impending "Causal Level" destruction.
Among the three characteristics of Soul Severing Shadow, Su Xiao had ultimately chosen "Soul Annihilation." It wasn't that the first two were weak, but this characteristic perfectly matched his development style where normal attacks equaled ultimate moves. Previously, Su Xiao could indeed sever souls, but it was only severing souls. Soul and flesh had fundamental differences. Before reaching the Supreme rank, triple soul severing was a very powerful means against enemies. Those accustomed to this ability might think it was just average, but without it, enemies with super-speed regeneration or extremely powerful recovery abilities were what Technique Grandmasters least wanted to face.
Su Xiao had never had this problem in the past. The Soul Gem, Blade Technique Soul Severing, and Soul Severing Shadow's soul-severing characteristics—the stacking of three soul-severing effects made enemies with strong regeneration systems encounter Su Xiao as if meeting their living nightmare.
However, upon reaching the Supreme tier, triple soul severing began to weaken. Again, soul and flesh had fundamental differences. Even if a Supreme being's soul body was severed, it wouldn't easily perish. Cutting off part of an enemy's soul without being able to eliminate that part was the core reason soul severing began to lose effectiveness.
But if the severed part of the soul immediately began causal-level destruction, even a being like the Underworld God would find it troublesome.
Not to mention whether ancient gods had soul bodies—even if they didn't, they certainly had "Divinity." Essentially, "Divinity" and soul belonged to the same existence system. As long as they were in the same existence system, the "Soul Annihilation Characteristic" of Soul Severing Shadow would cut through.
The instant killing of the mad beasts on Pilgrim's Road was Su Xiao's deep utilization of the "Soul Severing Shadow" characteristic. To say that Soul Severing Shadow must sever the soul to destroy that severed part was actually quite one-sided.
All of Su Xiao's attacks could carry the Soul Severing Shadow effect. Once hit by his attack, the soul of the attacked part would begin to be destroyed, and this causal destruction would spread, continuously expanding outward. If the hit area was a limb and one had a method to cut off that part of the soul, they could save themselves by severing the limb. Otherwise, death was inevitable.
The perception field Su Xiao released carried the passive effect of "Extreme Blade: World," which was itself a form of attack, so it could naturally carry Soul Severing Shadow. Those mad beasts appeared to have simply stopped moving, but in reality, the souls throughout their bodies were rapidly spreading with soul destruction.
In fact, calling it attacking the soul wasn't quite accurate. A more precise description would be attacking the "Essence of Spirit." This "Essence of Spirit" could be Divinity, the dark origin of the Abyss system, or the soul fire of the undead. However, for over ninety percent of living beings, the "Essence of Spirit" was the soul, which was why this ability was called "Soul Severing Shadow."
Su Xiao stopped before the main gate of the Divine Tower. The Four Original Sins under the Underworld God did not appear, clearly having been instructed beforehand. As long as the Blade Demon didn't show up, they couldn't act either. As for those mad beasts, they had likely wandered here by chance. The Underworld God seemed to have completely abandoned them.
*Boom!*
The metal door before Su Xiao shattered, twisted into a spiral shape inward by his aura, which was like a surging sea of blood. Entering the Divine Tower, he was greeted by an empty hall. Ethereal whispers hung in the air. At the far end were dark stairs leading upward, and deeper within stood the imposing Divine Throne.
The Underworld God sat upon it, surging ancient god origin power flowing like liquid serpents around it. The Feather Sword inserted behind it was sharper than last time, as if it had devoured some extraordinary treasure.
A dark red crystal was half-set into the outer bone of the Underworld God's right hand. Seeing this, Su Xiao confirmed it was this world's World Core, though for some reason it had been shrunk to this size and completely possessed by the Underworld God.
The Underworld God rose from the Divine Throne. The ancient god origin power flowing around it merged into the World Core on its right hand. With a *hum*, the Feather Sword vibrated, pulled free from the sword base behind the throne, and was grasped in the Underworld God's hand.
*Boom!*
Twisted darkness manifested behind the Underworld God. Within the darkness, pale white began to emerge—a tall skeleton with four arms and a horned head appeared behind the Underworld God.
*Crack, crack, crack~*
Translucent skeletal structures materialized around Su Xiao. Intense pressure assaulted him. If not for his astonishing physique, this pressure alone would have caused a Supreme being to die on the spot. At the Supreme tier, one didn't even qualify to face the Underworld God directly.
With a thunderous boom, Su Xiao and the Underworld God vanished simultaneously. When they reappeared, they were less than three meters apart, longsword and Feather Sword clashing.
In that moment, the world fell silent. From above, a deafening sound echoed across the entire Doom Star. The Divine Tower, which had stood at the center of the Eternal City for thousands of years, shattered from its inability to withstand the powerful impact within.
A shockwave centered on this point instantly swept through the entire Eternal City. Pulling the perspective higher revealed that the high walls on all four sides of the Eternal City exploded, turning into house-sized fragments that flew into the distance.
*Boom!!!*
The center of the entire Doom Star seemed to have taken a heavy punch. In an instant, the Eternal City, the lair of the ancient gods, was completely transformed beyond recognition.
Amid the fierce wind pressure, Slaughter Richmond, one of the Four Original Sins, watched with trembling eyes from a distance at the place where darkness and blood clashed. As a peak-level being, he knew better than the others present just how terrifying these two combatants at the peak of the strongest tier truly were.
Seductive Ina, whose body looked as if it had been sliced a thousand times, kicked away the rubble pressing down on her. After standing up, she looked around in confusion, completely unable to understand why, even from this far away, she still felt the slashing might of the Technique Grandmaster.
*Crack!!*
A thunderclap exploded in the sky. The Four Original Sins looked upward, their pupils contracting to the extreme. A golden thundercloud vortex over a thousand kilometers in diameter was slowly churning. The golden world thunder that occasionally flashed within the clouds made their hearts clench, like an ordinary person looking up at a skyscraper that might collapse on them at any moment.
This heavenly might from the world and the Star Realm suddenly made the usually arrogant and cruel Four Original Sins feel the fear they had experienced when facing natural disasters back when they were still weak.
Run! Run as far as possible! The Lord God's order was to guard against the Blade Demon. If the Blade Demon didn't come, then survive. They were not to interfere in the battle between the Lord God and the Law Destroyer. Even if the Law Destroyer won and was weakened to the extreme, they were not to take the opportunity to ambush. This was a gamble where both sides had staked everything. The winner deserved to receive everything.
*Crack!*
The thunderclap above didn't disturb Su Xiao and the Underworld God. Longsword and Feather Sword clashed repeatedly.
*Clang!*
The surrounding world trembled. Space had long been shattered into pockmarks. Su Xiao delivered a powerful slash, but the Underworld God not only didn't retreat but instead met the strike with its sword. At this moment, both were puzzled.
Su Xiao's confusion was: as a Extreme Realm practitioner with his Supreme attribute reaching 1000 points, why couldn't he push back the Underworld God?
The Underworld God's confusion was: why, as the entire Doom Star itself, couldn't it overpower a single Law Destroyer individual?
Yes, both were puzzled by each other's absurdity.
*Rumble!*
The dark power of this realm converged toward the Feather Sword in the Underworld God's hand. It suddenly advanced a distance—not through speed, but by folding the world ahead, thus reducing the distance.
"Extreme Realm: Boundless."
*Clang!!*
The clash of longsword and great sword caused the surrounding world to explode, turning into a completely transparent chaotic region. This sword strike from the Underworld God had condensed the dark power of this realm, while Su Xiao's "Extreme Realm: Boundless" was particularly adept at destroying world power.
"Extreme Blade: Time."
A shockwave spread outward from Su Xiao. The Underworld God's speed suddenly slowed. Taking this opportunity, Su Xiao instantly closed in and delivered a straight kick.
*Boom!*
The dull, heavy sound was like another heavy blow to the Doom Star. The shattered world area around them expanded further. The Underworld God retreated two large steps and then... suddenly raised a single hand.
A sky-covering yet extremely fast skeletal giant hand grabbed Su Xiao within it, then exploded.
Scattered bone fragments fell. Drops of blood splattered. As a blood-stained Su Xiao descended, the world around him began to twist and compress. He threw a backhand punch, using his physical strength to forcibly break open the world region that had enveloped him.
Just as he landed, bone spears fell from the sky like rain. He leaped backward, but at the spot where he had been before leaping, a phantom appeared—a phantom identical to him. Dozens of bone spears pierced through this phantom.
The phantom twisted for a moment. The next second, blood sprayed from all over Su Xiao's body. The dozens of bone spears that had pierced his phantom now appeared on him. One of his Life Cores shattered instantly.
Blood energy expanded, blasting away the bone spears piercing his body. Su Xiao looked at the Underworld God opposite him. This was the first time he had encountered an enemy that couldn't be injured by a straight kick. Moreover, after the straight kick hit the Underworld God, the surrounding world area was further damaged, immediately confirming one thing for him.
The Underworld God could transfer the damage it received to the Doom Star. This ability could be considered quite unbeatable. Additionally, the opponent occupied nearly all the ancient god divinity. Without Soul Severing Shadow, eliminating such divinity would be far too difficult.
Ancient gods could fall, but their divinity would never suffer any damage. The most terrifying aspect of the "Soul Annihilation Characteristic" of Soul Severing Shadow was that it could completely eliminate this eternally existing ancient god divinity.
*Pfft!*
A suddenly appearing bone spike pierced through Su Xiao's abdomen. One of his Life Cores shattered instantly. Although this divine bone attack was powerful, it could only damage 12.59% of Su Xiao's health. However, an unknown power within this divine bone caused one of his Life Cores to break.
The reason for this was the Underworld God's peak ability. These divine bones that could appear anywhere and take any form were the Underworld God's peak ability. Additionally, being pierced by them had a 15% chance of shattering one Life Core.
Against others, it was 15%. But when fighting Su Xiao, this probability was clearly amplified by the Fortune Coin he held. While it might not reach 100%, it was certainly above 90%. However, Su Xiao had a way to deal with it—27/27 Life Cores, take note.
Bone spikes emerged all around, but upon enduring Su Xiao's released slashing might, they immediately shattered. Although this greatly increased stamina consumption, it was the best way to handle the current situation.
Bone spikes falling from above were like a torrential downpour, each at least three meters long.
Slashing might surged upward. The falling bone rain automatically avoided the Underworld God as the Feather Sword slashed down fiercely.
*Clang!*
The falling bones were shattered by the impact of the clash.
Su Xiao delivered a slash. With a loud *clang*, the Underworld God was pushed back a large step. The ground behind it exploded as if countless explosives had been buried there, black soil flying up behind.
*Clang! Clang!*
Su Xiao's slash carried the stacking power of two strikes, causing a bloody crack to appear on the Underworld God's right arm. Black-red divine blood just emerged before being drawn back.
"Divine Bone: Dominance Realm."
The divine bone domain corresponding to the deathmatch arena was about to form.
"Heaven's Wrath: World Thunder Fall."
The world thunder that had been brewing above to an extremely terrifying degree transformed into a world thunder pillar over a thousand kilometers in diameter, crashing down and instantly engulfing the entire ruins of the Eternal City.
Watching this from a distance, even Slaughter Richmond among the Four Original Sins looked somewhat stunned. After drawing down such world thunder, could one really remain unharmed?
The answer was, of course, no. The moment the world thunder pillar fell, Su Xiao's body went numb. With his current Elemental Affinity of 26,362 points, this falling world thunder wasn't the limit of what he could draw down—it was the limit of this realm's "World Thunder." To go stronger, he would have to draw world thunder in the Void, which was the top of the Star Realm.
Previously, within the world thunder domain, the arcs were about the thickness of chopsticks, jumping back and forth. This time, the arcs were as thick as forearms. The moment he was submerged by the world thunder pillar, one of Su Xiao's Life Cores shattered instantly.
Not only that, but a second Life Core also shattered. It wasn't until the fifth Life Core broke that his body regained feeling. On the opposite side, the Underworld God was half-crouching, holding its sword hilt planted on the ground. From its trembling left arm, it was clearly also suffering.
"Heaven's Wrath: Torrent Slash."
All the falling world thunder instantly attached itself to Dragon-Slaying Flash, transforming it into a golden blade.
"Heaven's Wrath: Torrent Flash."
Su Xiao transformed into a golden arc of lightning, appearing before the Underworld God. His longsword slashed down. Even so, the Underworld God still managed to raise its great sword to meet the strike.
The golden longsword seemed to cut through the Feather Sword. In reality, Su Xiao was in the "Dragon Shadow Flash" state. The moment the longsword passed through the Feather Sword, he exited the "Dragon Shadow Flash" state.
*Pfft!*
Golden arcs mixed with black, blood-like liquid splattered. A slash mark crossing the chest appeared on the Underworld God. The moment it endured this strike, the Underworld God had already gathered a skeletal giant hand the size of the Eternal City. The divine bone giant hand slammed down, attacking itself along with Su Xiao.
*Zheng!*
The slash pierced through the divine bone giant hand. Cracks appeared on the hand, causing it to collapse and disintegrate.
Black liquid drifted from the wound on the Underworld God's chest. It pressed a hand to the wound, its gaze focusing. This slash was actually destroying its divinity—more precisely, destroying the origin divinity of the ancient god system.
But then, it felt relieved about this. Though inconceivable, this was the strongest enemy it had faced since opening its eyes from divinity and descending into the Star Realm.
Su Xiao and the Underworld God faced each other a hundred meters apart. The surrounding world was battered and full of holes. The thunderclouds above had not yet gathered again. The Underworld God looked up at the sky. After the world thunder had fallen, it could no longer completely transfer its injuries to the world region it occupied. This large area of the world had been severely damaged.
The Underworld God raised its hand, pointing at Su Xiao.
*Hum~*
After a not-too-loud dull sound, Su Xiao's crystal left arm shattered. His left side was covered in wounds, some deep enough to reach bone. In that instant, he had suffered the most intense rejection from this realm, nearly being banished to an unknown place. However, he withstood this banishment with his powerful physique.
*Crack, crack, crack~*
His crystal left arm reformed. Holding the longsword with its tip pointing diagonally at the ground, Su Xiao looked at the Underworld God with red light in his eyes. Silently, cotton-like substances drifted through the air. Death, ill omen, silence, and other forces enveloped the surroundings, beginning to erode this world recklessly and madly.
A magnificent hall rose behind Su Xiao. The Throne of Deathly Silence formed behind him, constructed before the hall.
Deathly Silence rapidly eroded this realm. With Su Xiao's location as the boundary, under his complete lack of control, the half of the Doom Star behind him was fiercely eroded by Deathly Silence. The Deathly Silence that had always been suppressed had never before eroded a world so wantonly and madly.
"Roar!!"
The Blood Beast lurking behind the throne let out a earth-shaking roar. Following this, countless phantoms of the Dead People appearing in this realm also roared, making the cotton-like substances even denser.
The Underworld God controlled this realm? Fine, then half of the Doom Star would be eroded away.
On the opposite half of the Doom Star, it had transformed into a skeletal world with darkness as its foundation. Countless skeletal buildings rose from the ground. The Underworld God's skeletal divine tower stood at the center. As long as this skeletal divine tower wasn't destroyed, the Underworld God would be an immortal existence. To put it more directly, within the Doom Star, it was impossible to kill the Underworld God.
Although Su Xiao and the Underworld God were only a hundred meters apart, the world scenes they occupied were completely different. Both suddenly charged to the boundary line.
*Boom!*
Longsword and Feather Sword clashed. The Deathly Silence Kingdom and the Skeletal Divine Kingdom began to erode each other. Phantoms of the Dead People charged into the range of the Skeletal Divine Kingdom, grappling and fighting with skeletal believers in the most primitive and brutal way.
*Clang! Clang!*
Su Xiao's two slashes pushed back the Underworld God, allowing the Deathly Silence Kingdom to suppress the Skeletal Divine Kingdom. But the next moment, the Underworld God condensed bone power in its left hand and pressed a palm strike through the air.
*Bang!!*
Blood covered Su Xiao's entire body. One Life Core shattered instantly.
"Extreme Blade: Eternal Slash."
The power characteristic of the Eternal Life God was imbued into Dragon-Slaying Flash, directly leveraging the Deathly Silence domain behind Su Xiao. One slash descended, and everything ahead withered and decayed like rotten wood.
*Snap!*
Most of the Underworld God's body shattered like rotten wood. More critically, a third of its divinity was extinguished by this slash. Fortunately, it now controlled 99.9% of the ancient god divinity and immediately used this to replenish. If it had been any other ancient god, receiving this slash would have been the end.
"Skeletal Realm."
The world rapidly began to be assimilated by bones. A feeling that all the bones in his body were about to be controlled spread through Su Xiao. He was certain that if he didn't do something, he would lose in a few seconds.
"Heaven's Wrath: Thunder Fall!"
*Boom!!!*
A world thunder pillar over a thousand kilometers in diameter crashed down, blasting holes through both the Deathly Silence Kingdom and the Skeletal Divine Kingdom it enveloped, turning the area into a world thunder domain.
One, two... five. The moment Su Xiao's fifth Life Core shattered, all the world thunder converged onto his longsword.
On the opposite side, the Underworld God recovered even faster than last time, clearly having gained a sharp increase in thunder resistance from the previous world thunder strike.
*Zheng!*
The longsword slashed through. The Underworld God's left arm flew off. While its Feather Sword clashed repeatedly with the longsword, it tried to restore its left arm by replenishing divinity. However, it discovered that the divinity at the fracture of the left arm was only proliferating wildly, unable to restore the arm at all.
Yes, once the current Soul Severing Shadow achieved a "severance," even if the Underworld God had infinite divinity, it couldn't restore it. It could only watch as its left arm was gradually destroyed by causality until it completely disappeared.
"Skeletal Storm."
A terrifying skeletal storm suddenly appeared. Blade-like bones churned, forming a tornado over ten thousand meters in diameter. Not only that, but the Underworld God raised the Feather Sword in its hand, pointing the tip at the skeletal storm, and performed another banishment.
The skeletal storm already had strong control power. Just as the storm was enveloping Su Xiao, about to be banished and killed, he was strangled into a large amount of dark blue smoke.
Having successfully swapped positions with the Demon Spirit, Su Xiao's "Wild Hunt Night" long leather coat fell off in strips—more precisely, in threads as thin as wool.
Covered in blood, Su Xiao couldn't care about this now. If he dared to be distracted for even a second, he would die on the spot. Once banished by the Underworld God, no matter how many Life Cores he had, they wouldn't be enough to withstand erosion in the chaotic zone.
"Blood Smoke Cannon."
*Bang!*
Su Xiao pointed his index finger at the Underworld God. Blood energy condensed at his fingertip, compressed to the limit, then shot out as a blood-colored ray, breaking through layers of small air waves along the way.
The Underworld God tilted its head to dodge. But unexpectedly, several Aoge crystals formed behind it, reflecting the ray three times. The Blood Smoke Cannon struck the Underworld God's back, staggering it forward, causing the divine bones strangling Su Xiao from around him to slow for an instant.
Su Xiao burst forward, appearing before the Underworld God.
"Extreme Blade: Star Piercer."
The longsword pierced through the Underworld God's shoulder.
"Extreme Blade: Blood Devourer."
The longsword withdrew, bringing with it a massive amount of divine blood that clung to the blade.
"Extreme Blade: Nether Blood Slash."
The longsword, now rising with nether flames, slashed across the Underworld God's chest. The Underworld God's eyes widened slightly. Compared to the damage to its divine body, this slash had maximized its spiritual attack power.
*Bang!*
Su Xiao delivered a straight kick. Although the Underworld God didn't fly backward due to transferring the damage to the world, it was still kicked until it spat divine blood, dropping to one knee with the Feather Sword planted in the ground.
"Extreme Blade... *Boom!*
Su Xiao was sent flying backward. The massive skeleton that had been motionless punched him away.
In that moment, Su Xiao felt the world spinning. This was definitely the most powerful physical attack he had ever received. Breaking Life Cores was inevitable. But afterward, his body remained numb with no sensation.
Su Xiao and the Underworld God were now a thousand meters apart—one kneeling on one knee, the other sitting on the ground with blood at the corner of his mouth. Both had exactly the same thought:
'Why isn't that guy opposite me dead yet?'
In truth, someone who could transfer any damage to a Transcendent Realm and someone with 27 Life Cores were equally absurd.
Su Xiao rose from the ground. His breathing was becoming labored. He couldn't drag this out any longer. Even if he could withstand it, Dragon-Slaying Flash in his hand couldn't. Having drawn down world thunder twice, only Dragon-Slaying Flash could endure it. Any other weapon would have shattered into pieces long ago.
On the opposite side, the Underworld God was also preparing to decide the outcome of this battle. The reason was that it felt Deathly Silence rapidly eroding this realm.
The ground beneath Su Xiao's feet cracked. The moment he appeared before the Underworld God, he felt a sharp pain in his heart. A divine bone spear had pierced through his chest, immobilizing him.
"Bone King Realm."
The giant skeleton behind the Underworld God punched forward.
*Boom~!!*
Su Xiao transformed into a blood-colored afterimage, disappearing into the sky. A few seconds later.
The Law-Destroying Teleportation Array exploded with sound. The moment he appeared, Su Xiao delivered a virtual slash.
"Extreme Blade: Azure Demon."
*Zheng~*
Azure Demon slashed across the Underworld God's neck, leaving a bloody mark. The Underworld God slammed the Feather Sword in its hand into the ground.
The entire world trembled. Then, layer upon layer of power impact spread outward. The moment he endured this impact, cracks spread across Su Xiao's entire body, and blood poured out like water.
The Underworld God pulled out its sword, causing the power impact that had affected a third of this world to sweep back with even more terrifying force.
Su Xiao immediately swapped positions with the Demon Spirit, successfully dodging the incoming power impact. He had already understood the Underworld God's two systems: 1. Divine Bones, 2. Impact.
Very simple systems. But when developed to the extreme, they were no longer simple. For example, the "Chaos Banishment," "Soul Shattering," and "World Vortex" derived from absolute impact.
The longsword slashed toward the Underworld God's neck. The Underworld God held its sword in reverse. A bone arm formed in the air, punching the Feather Sword with a *clang*. The spreading impact force pried open the time flow of the surrounding world, slowing everything except the Underworld God.
Suddenly, Dragon-Slaying Flash emitted a light hum. Slashing might resonated with the surrounding world, distorting the time field. The Underworld God, which had been at normal speed, suddenly became faster. This sudden change unavoidably made it raise the Feather Sword a moment quicker.
Su Xiao seemed to have anticipated all of this. As the Feather Sword slashed toward him, he lowered his posture, forming his hand into a claw and pulling downward, causing the world region beneath his feet to concave slightly.
*Zheng~*
As the Feather Sword slashed over Su Xiao's head, Dragon-Slaying Flash slashed through the Underworld God's throat.
With blood spraying from its throat, the Underworld God's eyes widened slightly—not in anger, but in the killing intent of meeting a worthy opponent.
The divine blood spraying from the Underworld God's throat suddenly transformed into a miniature divine bone spike pendant. Unfortunately, it was too late. World thunder several hundred kilometers in diameter struck down from above.
Generally speaking, world thunder grew stronger each time. But even that couldn't withstand a certain Law Destroyer drawing thunder at such intensity and frequency.
Su Xiao and the Underworld God were once again submerged by world thunder. However, before the world thunder fell, the Underworld God had already half-floated upward. It was now pushed back by the thunder, conveniently creating distance.
The world thunder pillar lasted for three seconds before suddenly attaching itself to Dragon-Slaying Flash. Su Xiao transformed into a golden world thunder afterimage. When he appeared, the longsword was about to slash down.
Glowing white divine bones materialized on the Underworld God's neck and head. It was clear that the Underworld God knew it couldn't let this Soul Severing Shadow decapitate it.
However, what the Underworld God didn't expect was that the world thunder on Su Xiao's blade suddenly dissipated. Dark blue smoke rose from the blade. He had activated the Demon Blade.
*Zheng!*
One Demon Blade slash descended. With the Underworld God's current number of Life Cores, it naturally wouldn't be killed. But this slash caused a third of the Underworld God's Life Cores to suddenly shatter. Yes, this was another use of the Demon Blade—severing Life Cores.
*Pfft.*
The Feather Sword pierced through Su Xiao's back. A phantom of the Underworld God holding the Feather Sword had appeared behind him. Not only that, but dark green nether flames emerged on the Feather Sword, immediately exploding.
Su Xiao had 27 Soul Cores, yes. But drawing down world thunder three times in a row had caused 13 of them to shatter. Combined with the Underworld God's divine bone attacks that shattered Life Cores upon penetration, and the opponent's endless trump cards, he now had only two Life Cores left.
*Boom!*
Nether flames erupted within Su Xiao's chest. Another Life Core shattered. Fortunately, the Underworld God's phantom behind him only existed briefly. The Feather Sword teleported back to the Underworld God's hand.
On the opposite side, divine blood dripped from the Underworld God's outer bone chin. Covered in slash marks, it was also in terrible condition. Its eyes narrowed, and its aura suddenly grew stronger.
*Clatter, clatter, clatter~*
Ear-piercing bone friction sounds echoed from above. The Underworld God had brought out its ultimate trump card: the Divine Skeleton. The upper body of a super-giant skeleton appeared in the sky. Its left hand bone exuded elemental aura, while its right hand bone was pure darkness—the Abyss.
This Divine Skeleton opened its mouth, uttering seductive whispers. Just hearing them caused spiritual distortion and soul twisting. Fortunately, Su Xiao had "Absolute Will" plus extremely high soul strength. Even so, he still felt intense pain in his brain.
The Divine Skeleton raised its right hand, speaking ancient god words representing the Abyss from its mouth. It was about to banish Su Xiao to the Abyss for eternity.
"Extreme Realm: Star Realm."
With Su Xiao as the center, everything around him stopped. Not only that, but the Divine Skeleton above suddenly began to collapse. This ability of the Underworld God was being permanently seized.
In truth, Su Xiao would have preferred to seize the Underworld God's ability to transfer damage to the world. Unfortunately, this was caused by the Underworld God's complete control of this world's World Core, not an ability.
*Crack, crack, crack~*
The "Divine Bone Domain" began to spread at a slow pace. It wasn't stopped? The reason was that the "Divine Bone Domain" had actually already spread and enveloped this area long ago, but had never manifested. Now, because this area was stopped, it was forced to appear from its hidden state, rather than breaking the stop. Essentially, this was a delayed image issue of visual observation, not real-time dynamics.
This was clearly the Underworld God's prepared method to counter "Extreme Realm: Star Realm." It showed considerable combat wisdom, but it was useless.
Su Xiao suddenly appeared before the Underworld God. Deep blue energy attached to the longsword as he thrust it into the Underworld God's chest. This slash, carrying Azure Shadow King, caused the banished "Divine Bone Domain" to fluctuate. The reason there was no reaction was that this domain was still in the stopped state.
The second slash was aimed at the Underworld God's neck. After that, the longsword's slashing speed suddenly became extremely fast, making it impossible to see his right arm or the blade.
When the time was up, "Extreme Realm: Star Realm" disappeared. But everything remained quiet. With a *boom*, the Underworld God's skeletal domain shattered. It wasn't simply broken—it was permanently destroyed by the terrifying true damage of Azure Shadow King.
The Underworld God instantly transformed into hundreds of pieces. But threads composed of divinity extended from the surrounding world, like threading a needle, forcibly sewing the shattered Underworld God back together. Strands of divinity threads pierced into the back of the Underworld God's head, injecting a large amount of divinity to contain the causal destruction of the head.
The causal destruction of the Underworld God's head was inevitable sooner or later. But this large injection of divinity to contain it was clearly useful. In the short term, the Underworld God wouldn't lose its head. Its pupils, marked with several slash scars, regained focus.
The moment its pupils regained focus, the Underworld God tried to control the Divine Skeleton but couldn't sense it at all. Without any panic, it activated the Divine Bone Domain. Intense pain came from its origin power, confirming that it had permanently lost the domain.
"Banishment."
The Underworld God pointed at Su Xiao from a distance. Blood sprayed from all over Su Xiao's body. One temporary Life Core shattered with a *crack*.
Compared to Su Xiao, the Underworld God's condition was similar. It had no Life Cores left. But it still had its final trump card.
*Hum!*
The Feather Sword flew back to the Underworld God's hand. A true strong person wouldn't be disheartened by the loss of an ultimate ability or the shattering of a domain. Not to mention that this time, it was facing a Law Destroyer who faced the "Most Terrifying of the Abyss" without any fear. The Underworld God had seen several times how those who once called themselves supreme or strongest would have chattering teeth and trembling legs when facing the right hand of its Divine Skeleton, the "Most Terrifying of the Abyss."
But this opponent not only showed no fear but had also destroyed the Divine Skeleton. If one became disheartened and lost their fighting will upon losing an ultimate ability and having their domain shattered, how could they be qualified to fight such a powerful enemy? How could they be qualified... to win!
*Boom!!!*
The Underworld God injected all its remaining ancient god divinity into the Feather Sword in its hand. This caused the ground beneath it to shatter from the pressure—or rather, the ground simply blasted upward.
Su Xiao and the Underworld God each stood on a piece of blasted-up ground. From a distance, one could see that it wasn't just the ground cracking—this world region had broken apart, tilting in opposite directions. The ground was like a wooden board being snapped in half from the middle.
Su Xiao and the Underworld God soon couldn't see each other, but they could clearly perceive each other on the opposite side of the ground.
With blood energy boiling throughout his body, his form slightly thinner from using this technique, Su Xiao transformed into a blood shadow, soaring upward. On the opposite side, the Underworld God, covered in divinity threads, also charged forward, its body swaying slightly—a testament to how terrible its condition was after enduring Azure Shadow King.
Charging all the way, the two met again at the highest peak.
"World King!"
"Selfless Realm: White Night!"
*Zheng!!*
One powerful slash. The golden longsword struck the Feather Sword. The next moment, it shattered the Feather Sword with a *boom*.
Almost simultaneously, the Underworld God's ability to transfer damage to the Doom Star instantly returned to its peak. Although it could only last for a very short time, it was a fatal strike.
There was no doubt that "Extreme Blade: White Night" was Su Xiao's strongest melee slashing attack. Amplified to the extreme by the Selfless Realm, it achieved a qualitative change—especially since Su Xiao was an Extreme Realm Grandmaster.
Moreover, slashing a world with a blade was never just a legend.
*Clang!*
The golden longsword struck the Underworld God's neck. The blade couldn't advance another inch, because the Underworld God was the Doom Star. Unless...
The longsword was blocked. The Underworld God, enduring the powerful slashing impact, gradually raised its right hand, aiming at Su Xiao. The banishment began. Su Xiao's temporary Life Cores began to shatter one after another. After all, they were only temporary Life Cores, inferior in strength to his real ones.
*Crack~*
A crisp sound suddenly came from the Underworld God's neck. This stunned even the Underworld God for a moment, because it meant...
*Crack!*
Cracks appeared in the sky.
More and more cracks appeared where the longsword had slashed. The Underworld God's eyes widened.
*Zheng!!!*
A piercing slashing sound shot up to the sky. The golden longsword slashed off the Underworld God's head. However, the fracture was unusually not smooth as a mirror but jagged and uneven.
A shattering sound that shook the entire Doom Star came from the sky. A jagged, super-giant slash mark spanned across the entire world in the sky.
The Underworld God was essentially the Doom Star. Couldn't kill the Underworld God within the Doom Star? Fine, then slash this realm to extinction!!
The earth crumbled, revealing the water surface below. The sky began to gradually collapse. Su Xiao and the Underworld God landed on the endless water surface.
The Underworld God's corpse lay not far away. Its head didn't immediately perish. It looked at the gradually collapsing sky for a few seconds, then turned its gaze to Su Xiao. There was no hatred or anger. For Su Xiao, who had won through this fair and deadly battle, the Underworld God only had the composure to admit defeat in this battle and the dignity of the strongest ancient god. Even if it fell here, it couldn't lose the dignity of a god.
The Underworld God's head shattered. The exposed "Elemental Eye" floated upward.
Su Xiao made to step forward, but he was too heavily injured. After a moment's pause, he stepped forward and grasped the "Elemental Eye" with one hand.
Standing on the water surface, one hand holding the sword pointing diagonally at the water, the other holding the "Elemental Eye," with the gradually collapsing Doom Star as the background—this scene was undoubtedly a magnificent sight.
The Underworld God had been slain!