Chapter 1122: The Collapse of the Ancient Realm
The cold that pervaded the sky and Mu Xuanyin's profound energy swelled wildly, as if driven mad. When the terrifying chill reached a certain critical point, it transformed into a seemingly tangible aura, heavily impacting and twisting the profound energy barrier before Little Mo Li.
Gradually, she began to feel the rapidly approaching cold.
With a startled cry from Little Mo Li, her face, which had been casually laughing, finally hardened. Her profound energy barrier expanded several times, repelling all the surrounding cold, and the encroaching sensation of ice dissipated.
Ding!
A faint blue light flashed, like the aurora before dawn in the Arctic. Mu Xuanyin's snow-white robes billowed, her jade arms lightly dancing, and the Snow Princess Sword traced hundreds of sword shadows in a few breaths. The entire world's aura seemed drawn, gathering into a storm of cold hell from the Nine Nether.
The climate of the Fantastical Ancient Realm had drastically changed. Even a thousand miles away, surviving creatures wailed in despair within the icy wind. At the center of the cold and storm condensed a terrifying frozen hell that ordinary people could never comprehend, even over ten lifetimes.
Little Mo Li's figure rapidly retreated. Her profound energy barrier was twisted and suppressed layer by layer, but it immediately restored itself to perfect condition. No matter the cold or destruction, it never touched her seemingly delicate body. However, her face grew increasingly surprised and incredulous, eventually becoming one of incomprehension.
Although she was merely a realm king of a middle-level star realm, Mu Xuanyin's name was widely known among high-level star realms and king realms. After all, she was a powerful divine lord.
A star realm with a divine lord was never easily provoked by other star realms.
Yet, the strength Mu Xuanyin displayed completely exceeded her expectations and was far from matching all the information and rumors about her.
Under a thousand icy shadows, Little Mo Li's profound energy barrier remained unbroken. For Little Mo Li, this was only natural. Given her identity and the height of her standing, even if Mu Xuanyin's strength greatly exceeded expectations, it was absolutely impossible for her to pose a threat—especially since she was using less than thirty percent of her power.
The cold persisted, but the storm and icy light briefly subsided, as if the limit had been reached and strength was waning. Little Mo Li lifted her face, about to speak, when suddenly a phoenix cry rang through the air. With the spread of ice phoenix wings, a blue ice ring descended from the sky, directly enveloping Little Mo Li. In an instant, the entire world turned azure.
The cold, which had seemed at its peak, suddenly intensified several times over.
"Hey!?" Little Mo Li's profound energy was instantly suppressed, then slowly began to freeze and lose control. A bone-chilling cold, unlike anything before, pierced through her profound energy barrier like countless invisible icy blades, covering her entire body and then stabbing into her heart and soul, causing her to cry out in shock.
The blue ice ring contracted as it descended. Yun Che's limit-state Celestial Wolf Strike was like the power of a firefly, but Little Mo Li's sword was like the vast Milky Way.
Mu Xuanyin's figure rapidly retreated. With each flash of Moon-Breaking Shadow Flick, she left behind a pure ice lotus.
A hundred-mile Heavenly Wolf tore through the sky, and beneath the sky-covering wolf shadow, Mu Xuanyin's figure seemed as tiny as a speck of dust. At that moment, ninety-nine ice lotuses adorned the space before her. With a point of her Snow Princess Sword, all the lotuses bloomed simultaneously, releasing a sky full of ice radiance.
"Nine Extreme Lotus Heart Formation!"
The world fell silent in an instant, as the icy blue glow intensified several times. The ninety-nine lotuses drifted like stars within the blue light, forming a vast star formation that trapped the hundred-mile Azure Wolf. In the blink of an eye, the wolf shadow stopped its roar, frozen solid and fixed in the air.
Crack!!
After a moment of silence, both the lotuses and the wolf shadow shattered simultaneously. Blue light filled the sky. Though the Heavenly Wolf's power was greatly diminished, its residual might was still terrifying. Mu Xuanyin's figure remained still as she lightly thrust her Snow Princess Sword. The residual Heavenly Wolf power was split in two, roaring past both sides of her body. Half a breath later, the world behind her erupted with an earth-shattering sound of destruction.
"...?" A look of surprise once again appeared on Little Mo Li's calm face. Mu Xuanyin forcing her to reveal the Heavenly Wolf Sacred Sword was already shocking to her. But even after revealing the sacred sword, her sword strike was also blocked, and it seemed easy.
To her, this was nearly incomprehensible.
Little Mo Li raised the Heavenly Wolf Sacred Sword again and swung it horizontally for a second strike.
"Primeval Fang!!"
Rumble—!
The trembling of the world intensified. Every corner and every living being in the Fantastical Ancient Realm saw a massive cyan wolf, large as the sky, pouncing toward them with world-destroying might.
Crack!!
A massive spatial rift split open like lightning, stretching across a third of the Fantastical Ancient Realm. It lasted for several breaths without healing. The Fantastical Ancient Realm was no longer merely trembling; it was in complete upheaval.
The sky and earth directly turned over. All mountains collapsed, the seas overturned, and the despairing howls of countless creatures were completely drowned, buried along with their lives in the crumbling world.
Whether they were cultivators who had entered the Fantastical Ancient Realm or the countless profound beasts that had originally lived there, they died without knowing what had killed them.
A natural disaster? How could there be a natural disaster so terrifying in the world?
A battle? How could the power of living beings be that of a battle!
Across the spatial rift that nearly split the ancient realm in two, two clusters of blue light remained dazzling and distinct. Little Mo Li's divine sense crossed hundreds of miles, clearly locking onto Mu Xuanyin's existence.
The "Primeval Fang," even stronger than the first sword, still failed to defeat Mu Xuanyin, only forcing her back two hundred miles.
"..." A strange light flickered in Little Mo Li's eyes. Then, her battle intent grew even more ferocious, fueled by the blood-red wolf pupils that opened wide on the sacred sword.
Rip!
Rip!
Space was violently torn. After several traversals, hundreds of miles were instantly closed. Two blue figures collided in the air, crossing dozens of times in a finger snap. The ice phoenix shadow and the azure wolf shadow finally clashed. In a world where heaven and earth flipped and laws crumbled, the area around the two combatants rapidly formed a vacuum of destruction hundreds of miles wide. Anything that touched it would vanish instantly.
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