Chapter 2923: The Most Supreme Confrontation Below the Infinite Realm
"Nutian Shenzun is your father, or your grandfather?"
When Xuan Yi asked this question, he had already moved to within three feet of the Absolute Wonderful Zen Maiden at a speed indistinguishable even by divine eyes.
Two fingers pressed together, thrusting straight at her brow.
As fast as light!
It was the same finger technique divine ability that had pierced Qianmo Sang's Qi Sea and dug out his divine source earlier.
The speed was the same speed. The technique was the same technique.
But the Absolute Wonderful Zen Maiden was not Qianmo Sang.
The Absolute Wonderful Zen Maiden struck out with the Fearless Seal, her palm radiating golden Buddha light, clashing with Xuan Yi's finger tip. Surging, violent energy ripples spread outward.
Space shook. The earth split open layer by layer, then layer by layer was shaken into the air.
The Absolute Wonderful Zen Maiden flew backward, and time seemed to slow in that instant. But Xuan Yi's speed remained extremely fast, his arm like lightning as he thrust out a second finger.
It seemed the Absolute Wonderful Zen Maiden was about to follow in Qianmo Sang's footsteps.
Midway through her backward flight, the Buddha light on the Absolute Wonderful Zen Maiden's body vanished completely, replaced by a sinister and fierce aura. Nether Qi coiled around her. Her eyes turned a ghostly green. Behind her, the phantom of the Nether Ancestor manifested, and her figure came to a halt.
The Absolute Wonderful Zen Maiden formed a hand seal, clashing with Xuan Yi for the second time.
"Boom!"
The Nether Ancestor phantom exploded. The Absolute Wonderful Zen Maiden was sent flying again.
Xuan Yi thrust out a third finger!
The Absolute Wonderful Zen Maiden formed a third hand seal, and behind her appeared the light shadow of the Nether Realm Kingdom.
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Every move Xuan Yi made was aimed at completely crushing his opponent.
To completely crush a god, the most direct and fastest way, without a doubt, was to destroy the divine source.
But the divine source was the most tightly defended part of a god. Breaking through the defense to destroy or dig out the divine source was far more difficult than shattering a god's physical body.
Xuan Yi thrust out five fingers in a row, each finger like a sword, each one capable of killing a Grand God of the Grand Void Realm like Qianmo Sang. Yet all five fingers were blocked by the Absolute Wonderful Zen Maiden.
Behind the Absolute Wonderful Zen Maiden, four kinds of light shadows manifested in succession.
They were: Nether Ancestor, Nether Realm Kingdom, Nether Soul Indestructible, and Nether River Connecting Heaven.
But all four light shadows were shattered by Xuan Yi's power. With a "boom," the Absolute Wonderful Zen Maiden's body slammed into the thousand-zhang-high ancient wall of the Heavenly Venerable Temple ruins.
On the ancient wall, a large number of Heavenly Venerable Divine Patterns were activated, forming dense, scorching Divine Fire that engulfed the Absolute Wonderful Zen Maiden.
At the same time, it forced back Xuan Yi, who had intended to continue his attack.
The five clashes earlier had caused the divine power fluctuations to reach an extreme peak, actually activating all the formation inscription patterns and Heavenly Venerable Divine Patterns within the entire Heavenly Venerable Temple ruins.
This place had the highest density.
Fortunately, too many tens of thousands of years had passed since Xinghun Heavenly Venerable's death, and the power within the ruins had greatly weakened.
Xuan Yi held his left hand behind his back, staring at the stone wall where the Divine Fire was densest. He saw a figure of fire walk out. The white Buddhist robe on the Absolute Wonderful Zen Maiden's body transformed into the Flame God Armor.
A hint of surprise flashed in Xuan Yi's eyes. "You are the first cultivator who can still survive after I have closed within ten zhang. Below the Infinite Realm, cultivating the Nether Method Four Phases can be considered reaching the pinnacle of practicing the 'Nether Scripture.' I am very curious. The 'Nether Ancestor Scroll' and 'Nether Realm Scroll' are clearly in the Darkness Temple. How did you cultivate them?"
"With my status, who would dare say no to borrowing them?"
The Divine Fire on the Absolute Wonderful Zen Maiden's armor dissipated, reverting to a white Buddhist robe.
Her right hand, hidden behind her back, had blood seeping through the gaps between her fingers. But the aura on her body did not weaken in the slightest. Instead, it was even stronger than before, and her gaze remained unwavering.
Xuan Yi said, "The son of Wu Yue only cultivated two scrolls, the 'Nether Ancestor Scroll' and the 'Nether Realm Scroll,' and was already called an unprecedented genius, accepted as a disciple by Jiusi Yitianhuang. But you have cultivated four scrolls, reaching the pinnacle of the Tai Zhen Realm. I have heard a rumor that cultivating all eight scrolls of the 'Nether Scripture,' merging the eight phases, can lead to the attainment of immortality. I wonder if this rumor is true?"
"Just a rumor. True or false, who can say for sure?"
Standing in the Divine Fire, the Absolute Wonderful Zen Maiden was filled with vast Nether Qi. The four phases of Nether Ancestor, Nether Realm, Nether Soul, and Nether River all manifested simultaneously. "Show your true strength! Relying only on the Tianhuang Flowing Light Finger you learned from Shang Zu, you cannot kill me."
Xuan Yi stepped forward. "You are already injured. Why force yourself? If you leave now, I will spare your life!"
The Absolute Wonderful Zen Maiden stepped back step by step, always maintaining a ten-zhang distance from Xuan Yi. "If I harbor the thought of escape, my battle intent, confidence, and aura will instantly collapse. I will only die faster."
Xuan Yi's speed was too fast, his physical body too strong.
Ten zhang was the reaction time the Absolute Wonderful Zen Maiden needed to respond and employ countermeasures.
This time was very short, but it was necessary!
Xuan Yi stopped walking. "Do you think that by standing ten zhang away from me, I cannot kill you?"
"Om!"
A Buddha sound rang out!
Xuan Yi found that he had lost his sight. Everything before his eyes was dark, and he could see nothing.
Xuan Yi circulated the divine Qi within his body, gathering it in his eyes, but still he could see nothing, as if he had become blind.
Any other cultivator, encountering such a bizarre situation, would panic.
But Xuan Yi was very calm. "What kind of technique is this?"
The Absolute Wonderful Zen Maiden said, "From ancient times to the present, the Buddhist sect has produced seven patriarchs. The founder, Jiaye, spread the teachings throughout the world, elevating the Buddhist path from a minor path to the supreme sacred path."
"Ancestor Jiaye once gathered the six desires of the human world, refined them into six treasures, and forged them together with Brahma Fire into a single bright pearl."
"This pearl can break all demonic obstacles in the world. The six treasures within the pearl can seal a cultivator's five senses and consciousness."
Xuan Yi was moved. "The foremost treasure of the Buddhist sect, the Mani Pearl, has fallen into your hands."
The Absolute Wonderful Zen Maiden held the Mani Pearl in her hand. The six treasures within the pearl emitted six different kinds of light.
"Ma!"
Another Buddha sound rang out.
Xuan Yi's hearing disappeared!
"Ni!"
"Ba!"
"Mi!"
His sense of smell, taste, and touch—all five senses were lost.
"Hong!"
The sixth Buddha sound rang out, like a world-shaking great bell, causing Xuan Yi's consciousness to rapidly weaken. In the end, he could only sense within ten zhang.
These ten zhang were the small space Xuan Yi's spiritual will, in opposition to the Mani Pearl and the Absolute Wonderful Zen Maiden, managed to secure.
The Absolute Wonderful Zen Maiden dared not step within Xuan Yi's ten-zhang range.
Xuan Yi could not perceive the boundless darkness beyond ten zhang, nor did he know where she was. The two formed a stalemate.
Even in this situation, Xuan Yi remained extremely calm. "I know where Zhang Ruochen was teleported. I will go kill him now."
Xuan Yi's speed was unimaginably fast. His figure blurred and disappeared from the Heavenly Venerable Temple ruins.
"You cannot kill him, because I am here!"
The Absolute Wonderful Zen Maiden vanished as well, following him.
In an instant, Xuan Yi appeared outside the Yuchen Divine Temple, and the Absolute Wonderful Zen Maiden appeared right behind him.
This was the split second Xuan Yi wanted. In that instant, the Absolute Wonderful Zen Maiden had no time to activate the Mani Pearl. Chasing after him was suicide.
"Boom!"
Xuan Yi struck out with a palm.
The Absolute Wonderful Zen Maiden's body shook violently. Blood flew from within her body. After leaving her body, the blood transformed into peach blossom petals.
But in that same instant, the power of the Mani Pearl enveloped Xuan Yi again.
Within ten zhang was Xuan Yi's world.
Beyond ten zhang was the Absolute Wonderful Zen Maiden's domain. However, to suppress a powerhouse like Xuan Yi, the Mani Pearl's power also had a range. In reality, the narrow space between the ten-zhang range and the Mani Pearl's coverage was the Absolute Wonderful Zen Maiden's true domain.
The Absolute Wonderful Zen Maiden counterattacked. She chanted Buddha sounds from her mouth. Buddha Qi and Buddhist path rules surged from her body, drawing out the Brahma Fire within the Mani Pearl, transforming it into flaming Sanskrit characters that flew toward Xuan Yi like a rain of fire.
Xuan Yi moved like a ray of light, weaving through the flaming Sanskrit characters, constantly dodging.
He knew that being hit by even a single flaming Sanskrit character would be extremely unpleasant. Moreover, with his five senses sealed, his speed had already slowed considerably. If this continued, a flaw would surely appear.
"Whoosh!"
Xuan Yi fled again, escaping the area covered by the Mani Pearl.
The Absolute Wonderful Zen Maiden did not know where Zhang Ruochen had been teleported. She dared not let Xuan Yi go, so she immediately pursued him.
This was the most supreme confrontation below the Infinite Realm. There was no sky-shattering or earth-splitting, no stellar sea annihilation. It all occurred within a few zhang. But precisely because of this, it was extremely dangerous. In an instant, victory, defeat, life, and death could be decided.
In the divine realm, close-quarters combat was the most perilous.
To kill a god, one must get close; otherwise, the difficulty increases greatly.
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In the Void World, Huang Tian was drenched in blood, with cracks all over his skin.
The self-destruction of Duotian Divine Emperor's second divine body had severely wounded him.
But it did not matter. His Life and Death Divine Path had reached the level between life and death. The cracks on his skin healed at a visible rate. Just now, after spending several days, he had finally used Death Rules to completely refine and annihilate Duotian Divine Emperor's third divine body, the original body.
Beneath Huang Tian was a dense array of formation inscription patterns.
The formation was supported by Yu Yao, used to resist the erosion of void power.
They knew very well that to kill Duotian Divine Emperor, they had to be in the Void World. Otherwise, Shang Tian would sense it and would rush over recklessly to stop them.
Once Shang Tian arrived, the secret that Xue Jue War God was Huang Tian would be exposed.
At that time, the thunderous fury of the Shang Clan would fall upon Xinghuantian, the Goddess Twelve Pavilions, Bai Huanghou, and the Inverse God Clan.
For four thousand years, outsiders all believed that Huang Tian had never set foot in Xinghuantian again, that he and Bai Huanghou had become strangers. But Yu Yao could always see him sitting alone in the pavilion of the Yuyuan Pavilion, drinking.
That was the most humble and painful appearance of a Great God.
If Huang Tian truly did not care about Bai Huanghou, why would he still come to Xinghuantian?
If the two had truly become strangers, why would Huang Tian transform into Xue Jue War God's appearance to kill Duotian Divine Emperor?
Yu Yao understood that in Huang Tian's heart, he must care about her sister more than anyone else. Only her sister could make his heart, as hard as a rock, become fragile and vulnerable.
She hoped that after Duotian Divine Emperor's death, he could untie the knot in his heart, reconcile with her sister, and face the difficulties and dangers of the future together.
Huang Tian, who was healing his wounds, suddenly sensed something. His eyes snapped open.
"Whoosh!"
He tore open the Void World with a wave of his hand, returning to the real starry sky, and gazed toward the direction of Xinghuantian.
Unfortunately, he looked around.
He looked again.
But he could not find Bai Huanghou's Star Soul Divine Throne.
Yu Yao's spiritual power was strong, and she sensed it even before Huang Tian. Her heart nearly collapsed. She rushed out of the Void World, her eyes red as she stared into the distant starry sky, unable to believe that her sister had already fallen. "No, how could this be? Master was clearly in Xinghuantian... why did this happen..."
In the endless dark starry sky.
Huang Tian turned into a meteor-like flame, rushing toward Xinghuantian at the fastest speed of his life.
A roar filled with anger, grief, guilt, or perhaps infinite pain shook the stars of this star domain, and countless small planets turned to dust.