Chapter 913: Reduced to Ashes

Chapter 913: Reduced to Ashes

"Xuanyuan Wentian... Ah!! What are you doing... Stop!!"
"You dare... you piece of trash... Ah!! I will never let you go even as a ghost!!"
"Ah!!!!!"
The screaming of the demonic soul within the sword grew increasingly agonized, then completely fell silent with a final cry of despair. The demonic eyes that had been struggling at the sword hilt also fully closed.
And on Xuanyuan Wentian's body, an abnormal black aura suddenly surged. Though his entire body was heavily injured and his profound energy weakened, the dark demonic aura on him was violently increasing at a highly irregular rate.
Xuanyuan Wentian's eyes slowly opened at this moment, and a pair of dark, unfathomably deep beams shot toward Yun Che... like demonic eyes that had been dormant for countless years suddenly opening.
"..." Yun Che's expression turned extremely grim. His hands gripping the Heaven-Defying Sword tightened slowly as he said in a low voice, "Xuanyuan Wentian, you truly have gone mad."
What Xuanyuan Wentian had just done was clearly forcibly devouring the demonic soul within the Eternal Night Demonic Sword!
By devouring an ancient demonic soul, he achieved a perfect fusion of the demonic blood and demonic soul within his body, causing his dark profound power to surge dramatically in a short time. However, this state could obviously only last for a very brief period. Afterward, as the demonic soul faded within him, Xuanyuan Wentian's profound power would forever fall from the divine path, and his lifespan would be greatly shortened.
If recklessly seizing the power of demonic blood at the cost of his future and lifespan was like draining a pond to catch fish, then his current action was akin to killing the goose that lays the golden eggs in his madness!

"No one... can defeat me... no one!!"
Xuanyuan Wentian's entire body was shrouded in dense black light. The only thing visible on him were his demon-like eyes.
Thump!
Thump!
Thump!
Xuanyuan Wentian stepped forward. Under his severe injuries, his body swayed a little, but each step caused a violent tremor at the bottom of the ocean, as if a true demon god was approaching.
Yun Che slowly raised his hands. Crimson red and pitch-black light swirled chaotically on the Heaven-Defying Sword. He felt an unprecedented, terrifying pressure... a power nearly twice as strong as Xuanyuan Wentian's full strength!

"Yun Che... I will... tear you into a thousand pieces!!"
Xuanyuan Wentian's voice had become hoarse like sandpaper, every word filled with immense pain and resentment. His footsteps halted, and the surrounding seawater rapidly vanished amid annihilation. Before he even struck, a terrifying vacuum had already formed around Xuanyuan Wentian.

"Ughhhhhhh!!"
Xuanyuan Wentian roared. The Eternal Night Demonic Sword, having devoured the demonic soul, struck at Yun Che with the pressure and resentment of the Nine Netherworlds.
Before the sword momentum even closed in, Yun Che was absolutely certain that this was a strike he could not withstand in his current state. If he forced a block, he would surely be severely injured.
Yun Che quickly sidestepped, vanishing the instant the dark demonic sword came crashing down.

Bang!
The Eternal Night Demonic Sword shattered Yun Che's afterimage. Hundreds of zhang of seabed rocks below were all lifted, and a massive fissure crazily exploded across the seafloor, spreading who knows where.
Yun Che flashed fifty zhang away, still being harshly swept off balance by the residual shockwave. His expression darkened, and he swung his left arm, turning the green Arcane Firmament into a sharp sword, stabbing straight at Xuanyuan Wentian's eyes, which were so black they were almost "dazzling."
Xuanyuan Wentian's dark profound power surged, but with his heavily injured body, his movements were especially sluggish and delayed. The moment he withdrew the Eternal Night Demonic Sword, the Arcane Firmament pierced straight into his eye.

"Owwwwwwww!!"
Xuanyuan Wentian let out a beast-like roar of agony, clutching his eye tightly with his right hand. At that moment, Yun Che charged in like lightning, his pupils releasing a black light even more ferocious than Xuanyuan Wentian's.

"The one who will die... is you!!"
"Heaven—Shattering!!"
The profound light on Yun Che's body exploded, and his profound energy surged in an instant... the magnitude of the surge even far exceeded that of Xuanyuan Wentian, who had forcibly devoured the demonic soul.

"Waaaahhh! I'll kill you! Kill you!" Feeling Yun Che's approach, Xuanyuan Wentian shrieked like a madman. The Eternal Night Demonic Sword rolled with the demonic might that made the seas tremble, striking at Yun Che again.
"Annihilation of Heaven and Earth!!"
This time, Yun Che did not choose to evade. The Heaven-Defying Demon-Slaying Sword carried his ultimate power under the forcibly activated "Heaven-Shattering" and smashed toward Xuanyuan Wentian.

Boom!!!!!!!!
Everything within a dozen li—seawater, seabed rocks—all vanished without a trace, completely reduced to nothingness. In that instant, hundreds of black holes, large and small, flickered and went out simultaneously.
Amid the earth-shaking roar that nearly overturned the ocean, blood spurted from both of Yun Che's arms, while Xuanyuan Wentian's entire body exploded with pitch-black blood blossoms, his right arm shattering into powder. The Eternal Night Demonic Sword flew far away like a pebble struck by a meteor.

"Die... now!!"
Yun Che's gaze was more ferocious than a demon's. He ignored all his injuries and the chaotic surging of his blood and energy, gathering the last remnants of power from his profound veins and the Demon Source Pearl, along with all his hatred and killing intent, and thrust the Heaven-Defying Demon-Slaying Sword at Xuanyuan Wentian.

Puff!!!!!!
The crimson red sword light shot through the darkness like a meteor, piercing into Xuanyuan Wentian's body... then passing straight through, carrying Yun Che along with it!

"Ah... ah... ah... ah..."
Xuanyuan Wentian's right eye gushed blood like a waterfall, and his bloodshot left eye bulged to the point of bursting. Slowly, he lowered his head to look at his body, but his gaze did not meet his chest. Instead, through a massive hole, he saw the darkness behind him.
A gap nearly a foot wide had been torn through his body. His internal organs and profound veins were utterly destroyed. The "demonic body" that had once been invincible under heaven had become a blood bag with a huge breach, with blackish-red blood gushing out like a broken dam.

"Ugh..." Yun Che, who had pierced through Xuanyuan Wentian, was as pale as paper. He knelt on the ground, taking several breaths before recovering. A unprecedented limpness spread through his entire body, and his hands could no longer even lift the Ancestral Heaven-Slaying Sword.
With his current body, forcibly activating "Heaven-Shattering" did not have consequences as severe as before, but it was still extremely hard to endure. Having faced Xuanyuan Wentian and activated Heaven-Shattering twice today, his body's endurance had reached its limit. The power of the Demon Source Pearl was also completely exhausted after the last strike, leaving only a trace of power remaining in his profound veins.
He turned around with difficulty, looking at Xuanyuan Wentian, whose body he had blasted a hole through, and laughed with satisfaction: "Ha... hahahahaha... hahahahaha! Xuanyuan Wentian... this is... your end... cough..."
His laughter heavily aggravated all the wounds on his body. He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, still wearing an arrogant and wild smile.

"Ah... ah... no... impos...sible... I... how... could..."
Whoosh!!
The surrounding seawater surged back, filling the vacuum created by the destruction of their powers.
The seawater churned with Xuanyuan Wentian's black blood. His power rapidly dissipated along with the bleeding. The now powerless body could no longer withstand the immense pressure of the deep sea and began to slowly twist and deform.
Feeling his power rapidly draining away, Xuanyuan Wentian's dilated pupils showed extreme terror, and his mouth emitted hoarse, frightened sounds...

"No... my power... my power... no... no... no... no!!"
"This... this is not real... my power... my power..."
His remaining arm flailed wildly in the water, as if trying to grasp the swiftly fading power back into his body. But his struggles and fearful cries only brought him the relentless loss of life and power.

"Ahhh... no! My power... come back... come back!! I don't want to become a waste... come back... come back ahhh... waaaaahhh..."
His struggles and shouts eventually turned into a desperate, helpless wail. His rapidly weakening body twisted into a horrifying shape under the water pressure.
Yun Che panted heavily, using water elements to slowly recover his vitality and profound energy. He watched Xuanyuan Wentian's miserable state, feeling a mix of satisfaction and even a touch of pity.
Xuanyuan Wentian had spent his entire life desperately pursuing power. For this, he had schemed his whole life, used every means possible. Finally, after a thousand years, he had achieved his wish—only to be sent to hell on the very first day he became the "Heavenly Venerable."
For him, losing power was undoubtedly the greatest torture in the world.

"My power... I am... the World's Supreme Master... Why... why... why..."
Even with his body shattered and twisted beyond recognition, he still refused to die, screaming in despair...
"Why? Because for your own desires, you used every means, committed countless evils, killed so many innocent people, ruined so many lives... Even if I hadn't killed you today, you would have been judged by the Heavenly Dao sooner or later!"
After Yun Che finished shouting, his hand suddenly grabbed outward. A flame pierced through the seawater, striking Xuanyuan Wentian's remnant body.

Boom!!
This flame was not intense—it couldn't even have singed a single hair of the former Xuanyuan Wentian. But for Xuanyuan Wentian at this moment, it was a fire of destruction. Amid the exploding flames, Xuanyuan Wentian let out one final unwilling shriek, rapidly disappearing in the fire.
Until he was completely burned into black ashes, scattered in all directions by the turbulent seawater.
In his life, there might have been a few days he could claim to have reached the pinnacle of heaven. But before he could truly enjoy the fruits of his lifelong efforts, he had turned to smoke and scattered.

"Huff!!"
Yun Che took a deep breath, floating weakly in the seawater, barely able to balance his body.
"But really, what right do I have to say Xuanyuan Wentian committed many evils? The innocent people who have died by my hands... are far more numerous than his. Heh, perhaps the one who truly deserves the judgment of Heavenly Dao is someone like me."
Yun Che smiled self-deprecatingly, then closed his eyes and whispered softly, "Mo Li, did you see that? I won. I defeated Xuanyuan Wentian. Without you by my side, I have finally overcome a powerful enemy... If you saw it... heh... would you be willing to praise me just once..."
The image of Mo Li, always so cold and stern, appeared in his mind. He couldn't help but smile, a smile warm yet bitter. He opened his eyes, and the figure of an old man appeared before him.
"Grandfather, I have finally... avenged you with my own hands. May you be happy and at peace in heaven."

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[It's really worrying when a child is sick.]