# Chapter 2925: Fight to the Death
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
...
This battle between Jue Miao Chan Nu and Xuan Yi had already shifted across dozens of locations, from the ruins of the Heavenly Venerable Temple, to the Yuchen Divine Temple, then to the Mishan Heavenly Venerable Lake, the distant ocean forbidden zone, the black desert...
Only Xinghuantian, being the former territory of the Heavenly Venerable with countless secret realms, could withstand the collision of their divine power.
Moreover, Xuan Yi did not want to destroy Xinghuantian, so the battlefields he chose were all secret realms and forbidden zones. Thus, their fight did not cause too much destruction to the mortal world.
It was not that Xuan Yi did not want to destroy Xinghuantian.
Rather, it was because Jiu Tu and the Star Sea Angler, two supreme beings with spiritual power exceeding ninety ranks, stood behind Xinghuantian.
The Heavenly Court army, unless absolutely necessary, would not destroy Xinghuantian.
Their first strategy was to occupy Xinghuantian, control all major cities, spiritual lands, passes, sects, space teleportation arrays, and wormholes, and use the billions of living beings of Xinghuantian as leverage to force Jiu Tu and the Star Sea Angler to compromise and join the Heavenly Court camp.
If this strategy failed, only then would Xinghuantian truly lose its value for existence.
The appearance of Jue Miao Chan Nu was an accident!
Before dealing with Jue Miao Chan Nu, if the Heavenly Court army entered Xinghuantian, they would likely be killed by more than half by Jue Miao Chan Nu before they could even attack the major cities and sects and control the formations.
"Hua!"
Outside the First Divine Maiden City, Xuan Yi tore open a ten-thousand-mile spatial rift, like a black mouth opening in the earth, trying to pull Jue Miao Chan Nu into the void space.
Jue Miao Chan Nu had long sensed the Heavenly Court army poised to strike in the starry sky. How could she let Xuan Yi have his way?
"Xuan Yi, aren't you claiming you want to go kill Zhang Ruochen? Why do I feel you are starting to panic? Your heart is no longer as calm as before. When a confident assassin cannot kill his enemy, his sharpness will inevitably wane."
The Nether Qi surging from Jue Miao Chan Nu's body was as boundless as the sea, condensing into a ten-thousand-mile Nether Realm that filled the spatial rift.
Xuan Yi stood ten thousand miles away, expressionless, and said, "Do you really think I can only kill gods within ten paces? There are nine eternal paths in the world and seventy-two supreme sacred paths. In the Hell Realm, the various clan ancestors created heavenly paths, all mysterious and exquisite, capable of reaching the ultimate realm."
"But in the world of assassins, the path of killing is the only path."
"Let me then vindicate the path of killing. A thousand eons, ten thousand eons from now, the world will still remember the name Xuan Yi. Just as the demon path is to the Demon Ancestor, the sword path to the Sword Ancestor, and the Buddha path to Kasyapa. And the path of killing will, with the name Xuan Yi, shake the ages."
Countless killing path rules converged toward Xuan Yi, forming a web like blood threads between heaven and earth.
"Shua!"
Xuan Yi used his hand as a sword and swung his sleeve to slash out a blood-red edge.
The edge was condensed from countless killing path rules, cutting through the Nether Realm that Jue Miao Chan Nu had raised. Jue Miao Chan Nu waved her hand to strike out a winding Nether River, directly meeting the killing path edge.
"Peng!"
The edge cut through the Nether River and landed on Jue Miao Chan Nu, blocked by the Buddha light lotus of the Mani Pearl.
"Shi!"
Xuan Yi moved with incredible speed, arriving in an instant.
As the word "Shi" was spoken, the killing path rules transformed from virtual to real, forming a three-foot-long sword that struck the Buddha light lotus, sending Jue Miao Chan Nu flying backward.
The lotus shattered, turning into drops of light.
"Zhu!"
Jue Miao Chan Nu looked up to see the clouds parted by a blood light, and a spear brimming with killing intent descended straight toward her head.
She formed a hand seal with her bare hands, and her jade-white fingers turned golden.
Her palm met the blood-colored spearhead. The ground beneath her shattered in rings, sinking downward, shattering space. Her body fell into the void space.
The Buddha light in her palm was pierced through, and blood turned into blossoms of blood flowers, scattering in the darkness.
"Final strike, Mie!"
Xuan Yi stood at the edge of the shattered space, pointing to the sky with his finger, drawing endless killing path rules from the universe, countless trillions of them, converging into a blood-colored torrent, about to strike into the void space.
From the horizon, a roar erupted: "Xuan Yi, die!"
Xuan Yi's pupils contracted as he stared in that direction.
He saw a stone axe spinning rapidly through the void, shattering space wherever it passed, containing terrifying death power.
Xuan Yi directed the condensed blood-colored torrent toward the direction from which the stone axe came.
"Boom rumble!"
The spinning stone axe continuously shattered the blood-colored torrent, advancing until it was only a few zhang away from Xuan Yi before its power was exhausted.
Huang Tian grabbed the stopped spinning stone axe, black and white lightning flowing over his body, and struck a second axe from midair.
Xuan Yi's eyes were calm as he raised his arm to meet the axe blade.
Violent divine power surged from the space between the two, forming a ring-shaped mountain range outside the First Divine Maiden City.
At the center of the ring-shaped mountain range, space shattered, and pieces of earth fell into the void space along with Xuan Yi.
But shockingly, Xuan Yi, who had caught Huang Tian's full-powered axe strike with his bare hand, showed no injury at all. His physical body was strong to an unimaginable degree.
"Is this all the strength you have to avenge Yu Baiwei?"
In the chaotic void space, Xuan Yi shifted sideways, dodging the axe blade, and struck back with his palm like a blade, aiming for Huang Tian's neck.
Too fast!
So fast that Huang Tian could not withdraw his axe, change moves, or defend.
At this critical moment, Huang Tian spun his body, meeting Xuan Yi with his back.
On Huang Tian's back was a second Huang Tian.
It was the Life Huang Tian!
Life Huang Tian glowed with Buddha light, holding the Sky-Connecting Divine Tree, swinging it to meet Xuan Yi's palm blade.
"Boom!"
Countless branches and leaves of the Sky-Connecting Divine Tree were cut off, and the powerful palm blade energy grazed past Huang Tian's neck, leaving a deep blade mark on his stone body.
"Huang Tian, you came just in time. Today I will cut you down, seize your death esoterica, and help my killing path achieve great success."
Xuan Yi was about to press the advantage and kill Huang Tian.
But suddenly, his five senses disappeared, and darkness fell before his eyes.
Jue Miao Chan Nu stood in the chaotic zone between the real and void spaces, dozens of zhang behind Xuan Yi, holding the Mani Pearl, chanting deafening Sanskrit sounds.
"Fight to the death."
Huang Tian let out a long roar, burning not only his divine blood but also his lifespan.
The stone axe became as huge as a mountain, and outside the range covered by the Mani Pearl, he struck down with the axe.
Xuan Yi's reactions became sluggish. By the time the stone axe was within ten zhang, he only then thrust out the Tianhuang Flowing Light Finger, his fingertip colliding with the axe blade.
Killing path rules and death path rules clashed against each other.
This time, Xuan Yi's body was sent flying backward, his finger dripping blood as he fell into the abyss of void space. But in an instant, he rushed out of the void with unparalleled flowing light speed, returning to Xinghuantian.
Jue Miao Chan Nu looked at Huang Tian with some disbelief and said, "Xuan Yi has finally shed his first drop of blood!"
"Where do you think you're going!"
Huang Tian chased after him.
Xuan Yi hovered a hundred zhang above the ground, pressing both palms downward simultaneously, creating two huge five-fingered palm pit marks on the ground, sending Huang Tian and Jue Miao Chan Nu falling back into the void space.
"I'll cut you down first!"
Xuan Yi threw a punch.
The killing path rules of heaven and earth continuously converged toward Xuan Yi's arm, condensing into a blood-light spike shape in front of his fist, heavily striking Huang Tian's chest.
"Peng!"
Cracks appeared all over Huang Tian's body, and finally, it exploded.
But Xuan Yi did not show the slightest hint of satisfaction because this strike was meant to be a sure kill, aimed at hitting Huang Tian's divine sea and divine source.
Yet clearly, this strike had only hit the physical body.
In this star region, life rules were mobilized, converging toward Huang Tian's broken stone body.
In an instant, the stone body and stone Qi recondensed Huang Tian's divine form behind Xuan Yi, full of life Qi, with no sign of weakening.
"Boom!"
Huang Tian swung his stone axe, turning and striking toward Xuan Yi's head.
On the other side, Jue Miao Chan Nu arrived, raising the Nether Realm Kingdom, suppressing Xuan Yi, and binding him for a moment.
Xuan Yi barely dodged from the edge of the stone axe, a lock of his long hair cut off. This time, he did not linger at all, rushing from the void space back to Xinghuantian.
Although he was not afraid of the combined attack of Huang Tian and Jue Miao Chan Nu, these two—one wielding the Mani Pearl, posing a considerable threat to him, and the other possessing large amounts of life esoterica and death esoterica, making him very hard to kill—continuing to entangle with them would delay important matters.
"It's about time! Time to launch the attack."
Xuan Yi pointed to the sky, and a blood pillar shot from his fingertip.
The blood pillar was extremely dazzling, dyeing heaven and earth red.
"Peng!"
The blood pillar failed to fly into the starry sky, hitting the clouds and being blocked by an invisible force.
"How is this possible?"
Xuan Yi looked up at the clouds, muttering to himself.
"Nothing is impossible, Xuan Yi. You killed my sister; today, blood debt must be repaid with blood."
Yu Yao stood atop the city wall of Divine Maiden Garment City, using her spiritual power to activate the city's formations and underground divine veins. Then, these formations spread outward, extending to the great mountains and rivers of the major world, covering the sky and the earth.
In terms of controlling Xinghuantian's formations, Yu Yao was clearly superior to Bai Huanghou.
Beneath Xuan Yi, the earth lit up with formation inscription light nets, and mountain ranges rose up, trapping him.
Huang Tian's imposing and domineering figure emerged from the void space, stepping over the mountain ranges, carrying his stone axe, walking straight toward Xuan Yi. He waved his hand, sending a mass of starlight-wrapped objects into Divine Maiden Garment City.
"I've given you the Heavenly Venerable Treasure Gauze!"
Yu Yao held the Heavenly Venerable Treasure Gauze, and her confidence greatly increased.
But seeing the divine fire burning fiercely on Huang Tian's body, she showed deep concern. To avenge his sister, he had clearly used forbidden arts, burning his divine blood and lifespan.
But divine blood was ultimately limited, and lifespan could also be exhausted.
Xuan Yi stared at Huang Tian and said, "I am still quite surprised that you could step into the Grand Void realm so quickly. However, with your current cultivation level, facing me is undoubtedly seeking your own death."
Huang Tian's battle axe swung out.
At the same time, Yu Yao activated the formations, condensing electric dragons in the space around Xuan Yi.
Jue Miao Chan Nu raised the Nether Ancestor phantom, merging it with her physical body, holding the Mani Pearl in one hand and forming a seal with the other, attacking from another direction.
Chi Xingtian stood on a piece of red earth covered in thick smoke, gazing at the distant battlefield. Around him, Heavenly Demon Stone Inscription divine steles rotated, and his demon Qi grew increasingly fierce.
He said, "Just as Tai Shang said, Xuan Yi is indeed not what he used to be. His speed and physical strength are enough to compare with some who have been enfeoffed as kings and honored as venerables. Even this corner of Xinghuantian's Heavenly Venerable ancient formation cannot suppress his speed. Given time, Huang Tian and that Hell Realm Nether woman will surely lose."
Until now, Chi Xingtian finally understood why Tai Shang wanted him to first find Qiangu Nüdi.
Because only Qiangu Nüdi's time cultivation could suppress Xuan Yi's speed. Only by suppressing Xuan Yi's speed could they have a chance of victory.
Mu Lingxi saw Chi Xingtian's battle intent soaring, eager to try, and quickly stopped him, saying, "Righteous father, what are you trying to do?"
"You first hide in my demon eye world. After I cut down Xuan Yi, we'll go find Zhang Ruochen together." Chi Xingtian said.
Mu Lingxi shook her head vigorously, saying, "Don't be impulsive! Neither Xuan Yi nor Huang Tian are good people. If you act now, which side are you really helping?"
When the Kunlun Realm set up the trap with the Sky-Connecting Divine Tree, Chi Xingtian had already fallen into the Hell Realm, so he did not know why Huang Tian had cut down the Sky-Connecting Divine Tree.
Xuan Yi was hateful.
But was Huang Tian any less hateful?
Mu Lingxi insisted on following to Xinghuantian precisely because she was afraid Chi Xingtian would act too impulsively. Seeing him hesitate, she quickly added, "Let's first find Zhang Ruochen. Once we find him and gather all the Heavenly Demon Stone Inscription divine steles, our chances of winning against Xuan Yi will be much greater. Moreover, Zhang Ruochen holds the Sundial, which is a time treasure that can suppress Xuan Yi's speed."
Chi Xingtian was persuaded, slapping his head until it thumped, and said, "If I had the Sundial, plus the Heavenly Demon Stone Inscription divine steles, I wouldn't need to find that little girl Hua Ying Qingchan. I alone could deal with Xuan Yi. But... that kid Zhang Ruochen is very cautious; he probably won't easily lend out his treasures."
"Don't worry, even if he doesn't trust you, he will definitely trust me. If I step forward, how could he not lend it?" Mu Lingxi was afraid Zhang Ruochen had fallen into danger, so she only wanted to trick Chi Xingtian into going to find him first.
Chi Xingtian laughed heartily: "Let's go, find Zhang Ruochen first! Wait, something's not right. I just sensed that throughout the entire Xinghuantian, there is no trace of that kid's aura. Could he have already been killed by Xuan Yi?"
"That's impossible!"
Although Mu Lingxi said this, her heart was filled with worry.
After all, if Zhang Ruochen were still alive and on Xinghuantian, with Chi Xingtian's cultivation, he should be able to sense some aura.
"He must have already escaped Xinghuantian." Mu Lingxi said.
"Eh!"
Suddenly, Chi Xingtian let out a light exclamation, his gaze turning toward the direction of Yuchen Divine Temple. He laughed, "I sense the aura of the Heavenly Demon Stone Inscription divine steles. Let's go, let's go check it out."
Mu Lingxi, who had been full of worry, immediately turned to joy and excitement.