Chapter 3253: Fight to the Death
With a soft "crack," the divine source shattered, and the entire upper body of Liang Nan exploded into a cloud of blood mist. A large amount of blood qi was burned by the blazing flames emitted by the divine sword.
No one had expected that with Liang Nan's powerful cultivation, his Divine Sea and divine source would be shattered so quickly, effectively crippling him.
Liang Mu was terrified by Huang Tian's terrifying speed and the precise sword strike that had just shattered the divine source. He immediately rushed toward the gate of the Liang Divine Temple, instinctively wanting to flee.
The gap was too great; there was no way to fight.
However, the entire Liang Divine Temple was enveloped by Zhang Ruochen's Taiji Yin-Yang Diagram, and Liang Mu had not been on guard against Zhang Ruochen either.
Suddenly, a bright light of origin divine power burst forth. By the time Liang Mu sensed the danger, his divine body had already been shattered by the Earth Cauldron, and the blood mist was drawn into the cauldron.
While refining Liang Mu, Zhang Ruochen immediately transmitted a message to Huang Tian: "Liang Gu is Xuan Yi. Be careful."
Zhang Ruochen knew very well that once the battle began, no matter how well they concealed it, Xuan Yi would quickly see through their plan. The only thing they could do was to strike quickly and decisively, first eliminating the two Taixu peak powerhouses, Liang Nan and Liang Mu.
Then, combining his strength with Huang Tian's, even if they couldn't defeat Xuan Yi, they would at least have a good chance of retreating.
When Huang Tian's sword shattered Liang Nan's divine source, Xuan Yi had already stood up, because he sensed that Huang Tian had used the Way of Truth. Only by using the Way of Truth could he, in such a short time, accurately strike the divine source of a Taixu peak Great God and cripple him.
Looking at Liang Mu, who had been drawn into the Earth Cauldron, Xuan Yi raised his hands and began to clap.
"Clap! Clap! Clap..."
He was very calm, not in a hurry to attack, and said admiringly: "Zhang Ruochen, you have truly grown. You have grown to a point where it is difficult to see through you. This lesson, this god has learned."
There was no point in hiding it any longer. Zhang Ruochen said: "Xuan Yi, the fault lies only in your arrogance. You thought everything was under your control. It was precisely your contempt that gave me an opportunity."
"When did you see through this god's identity?" Xuan Yi asked.
"Xuan Yi, prepare to die!"
Huang Tian's divine qi erupted. The Liang Envoy Divine Robe and Liang Envoy Mask flew off, revealing his true face. In an instant, he crossed ten zhang and swung his arm down.
As he swung, his arm transformed into the form of a stone axe.
"I'll hold him off first. Zhang Ruochen, go quickly and call Jue Miao Chan Nu and Xue Jue." The voice transmission entered Zhang Ruochen's ears.
Zhang Ruochen knew that Huang Tian had not lost his mind, and he breathed a sigh of relief. He immediately rushed out of the Liang Divine Temple.
But just as he rushed out, he immediately stopped.
"Something's wrong!"
After Zhang Ruochen sent out a Message Light Talisman, disregarding whether it could reach Xue Jue War God over such a great distance, he quickly turned back and rushed into the hall.
In that brief instant, Huang Tian's stone axe arm was broken by Xuan Yi, and a handprint-shaped pit appeared on his chest.
Around the pit, the skin and flesh had turned to stone.
Just as Xuan Yi was about to strike a third blow to completely shatter Huang Tian's divine body, a scorching divine sword, like a single stroke, flew in with unparalleled piercing power.
Xuan Yi's arm slightly raised, and his palm, which was originally striking downward, traced an elegant arc.
His finger collided with the divine sword, not a direct clash, but like a lever moving a thousand pounds, the two rubbed against each other, dragging out a long trail of sparks.
The divine sword struck a pillar behind Xuan Yi. The divine patterns on the pillar were triggered, erupting with streaks of purple divine lightning, making the "Gu" mask on Xuan Yi's face look especially ferocious and terrifying.
Taking advantage of this brief opportunity, Huang Tian teleported away, putting distance between himself and Xuan Yi.
"Not bad, both of you have improved a lot." Xuan Yi took off the mask on his face, revealing his true appearance, his figure as straight as a spear.
Huang Tian let out a deep roar: "Who told you to come back?"
Zhang Ruochen threw away the mask on his face, his eyes locked firmly on Xuan Yi, filled with determination, showing his resolve to fight to the death. He said: "I know what you want to do, but Father-in-law, Xuan Yi is not only your enemy, but also my enemy! This grudge, I share a part of it."
Zhang Ruochen was well aware of the strength of Huang Tian and Xuan Yi. In such a temple, in a one-on-one duel, Huang Tian would surely die.
The reason Huang Tian had sent him away was that he intended to perish together with Xuan Yi.
Of course, Zhang Ruochen knew how dangerous it was to face Xuan Yi with his current cultivation. But if he left like this, he would never forgive himself for the rest of his life.
Fight!
Only by joining forces and fighting to the death could there be a way to survive today.
"It has nothing to do with you. Get lost, don't stay here and get in the way." Huang Tian's severed arm grew back, and a battle axe appeared in his hand.
Xuan Yi's figure flickered and appeared in front of the temple gate, saying: "No one is leaving. Only those who survive today can walk out of this temple."
With a flick of his sleeve, the two temple doors closed.
Xuan Yi walked forward step by step, his aura not showing, and said: "Zhang Ruochen, you've already sent out the spatial coordinates, right? Fine, before they arrive, this seat will definitely kill you. This is quite a challenging task!"
"Shua!"
Xuan Yi's face enlarged, almost pressing against Zhang Ruochen's eyes.
Too fast!
Zhang Ruochen didn't have time to execute any techniques. The field defense formed by the Taiji Yin-Yang Diagram was directly smashed through by Xuan Yi.
"Bang!"
Zhang Ruochen's body exploded, turning into a cloud of blood mist, with only some bones remaining intact.
His originally powerful physical body, after being struck by Xuan Yi's palm, was like paper, completely unable to resist. It was just like Huang Tian in the battle at Xinghuantian back then. Even after burning his lifespan and blood, he was still shattered by Xuan Yi's fist. Even with Jue Miao Chan Nu by his side, she couldn't stop it.
Below the Infinite Realm, there were very few gods who could block Xuan Yi's first killing strike.
Earlier, the reason Xuan Yi said Huang Tian had improved a lot was because Huang Tian had blocked his first strike, losing only one arm.
With his divine soul not yet extinguished, Zhang Ruochen saw Xuan Yi's hand reaching toward his Xuan Tai.
"Don't you dare!"
Zhang Ruochen let out a long roar. His body, now only bones, along with the thick blood mist filling the space, condensed into a chaotic fist shadow and struck out heavily.
Immovable Wisdom King Fist!
A strange light flashed in Xuan Yi's eyes. He had no choice but to give up attacking Zhang Ruochen's Xuan Tai. His second palm struck out, using "Peach Blossom Calamity" on Zhang Ruochen.
The fist shadow shattered, the skeletal body collapsed, and a large amount of blood qi turned into peach blossom petals.
The petals were gorgeous, fluttering in the air.
All of this had happened in the blink of an eye. It was only now that Huang Tian's battle axe finally fell toward Xuan Yi, forcing Xuan Yi to stop attacking Zhang Ruochen.
Life and death forces converged on Huang Tian's body. The two rules flowed like two divine rivers into the battle axe, and through the axe, they struck at Xuan Yi.
"Too slow!"
Xuan Yi dodged the battle axe, appeared beside Huang Tian, and executed the killing technique, the "Death" character formula.
The killing rules condensed into a blood-red sword, which slashed diagonally across Huang Tian's body.
Huang Tian's body split in two, from his right shoulder to his left ribs. The cut was clean, and the surrounding flesh quickly petrified.
Each half of Huang Tian had one arm. A roar came from the blood, and they continued to attack Xuan Yi. The upper half, which was the main body, spat out Death Divine Light from its mouth. The Death Rule Divine Patterns turned into a black river, surging violently forward.
The lower half, which was the main body, swung the stone axe.
Brilliant, colorful rays of light appeared around Xuan Yi. He strode forward, and all the Death Divine Light was blocked by the rays, as if he were wrapped in an independent world of light.
"Great Desolate Heaven Seal!"
His hand seal struck out, directly slapping the lower half of Huang Tian, along with the stone axe, to the ground. The divine body turned into stone powder and bloody mud, while the stone axe was kicked by Xuan Yi into a dark area of the temple.
Xuan Yi attacked the upper half of Huang Tian, still using the Great Desolate Heaven Seal.
His palm seemed to transform into a colorful world, reaching for Huang Tian's head. His five fingers were like divine pillars connecting the heavens, each palm print like a mountain range, with dense secret texts floating in the center of his palm.
Suddenly, Xuan Yi lost his center of gravity and rapidly sank downward.
He had been trapped in a Space Divine Formation!
Taking this opportunity, Huang Tian punched out, but missed! Xuan Yi had, in an instant, resolved the suppression of the Space Divine Formation and retreated.
But Xuan Yi soon discovered that there was not just one Space Divine Formation, but one connected to another.
There were a full eighteen formations.
Zhang Ruochen's physical body had already recondensed. Standing at the center of the Yin Yang Eighteen Formations, he swallowed a divine pill to replenish his blood qi, returned to his peak state, and stared intently at Xuan Yi.
Vines of the Refining Divine Flower grew from his back, floating in the space.
Because they knew that the Liang Divine Temple had measures set up by a Tiang Yuan Wu Que spiritual power expert, Zhang Ruochen and Huang Tian dared not hide other gods in their Divine Realm World. The Refining Divine Flower was fused into the bones of Zhang Ruochen's back in a parasitic manner.
"Your Yin Yang Eighteen Formations seem to have become much stronger!" Xuan Yi said.
Xue Jue War God had secretly handed the Yin Yang Eighteen Formations to Zhang Ruochen, keeping this matter hidden from Hun Qi and Xuan Yuan Lian. It was Zhang Ruochen's final trump card.
Back then, when Xumi Saint Monk was at the 84th level of spiritual power, he could use the Yin Yang Eighteen Formations to fight a God King for five days and five nights without losing.
The Yin Yang Eighteen Formations, which had been refined by Wu Yue and Feng Tian successively, would certainly not be weaker than the one Xumi Saint Monk had refined back then. However, Zhang Ruochen's current spiritual power was at the peak of the 80th level, far inferior to Xumi Saint Monk's at that time.
Of course, there was also a gap between Xuan Yi and a God King.
The half divine body that had been turned into stone powder and bloody mud recondensed and merged with the upper half. After Huang Tian recovered, he simultaneously burned his blood and lifespan, his aura rising step by step.
"Borrow two divine artifacts from you!"
Zhang Ruochen moved his finger, and the Dark Divine Sword and the Bright Mirror Platform flew out, landing in Huang Tian's hands.
Huang Tian cultivated the Way of Death, which allowed him to perfectly unleash the power of the Dark Divine Sword. He also cultivated the Buddhist path, which allowed him to activate the Bright Mirror Platform.
"Fight!"
Holding the Dark Divine Sword in one hand and the Bright Mirror Platform in the other, he attacked.
Huang Tian absolutely possessed top-tier speed below the Infinite Realm, especially his Ten Zhang Wu Jian, which was not inferior to a fully realized Infinite-level movement divine ability. It was just that he was facing Xuan Yi, who was number one in speed under heaven, so he had been completely suppressed before.
But now, with the Yin Yang Eighteen Formations suppressing Xuan Yi's speed, and spatial forces constantly pressing down on Xuan Yi, the situation finally began to change subtly.
The two clashed dozens of times, and Huang Tian was sent flying again.
However, Xuan Yi's expression became very cautious, no longer as relaxed as before. Just as he was about to pursue, he looked up and found a sky full of Phoenix Divine Fire surging from a Space Divine Formation.
At the same time, from the opposite side of the Phoenix Divine Fire, came Huang Tian's roar: "Burn my divine body, reverse life and death. Break Body Stop!"
(Chapter End)