Kacha!
The might behind Kong shi’s attack only continued to grow stronger with time. Eventually, it reached a point where it couldn’t be stopped anymore.
Dimension rifts began to breach the stable space as Zhao Ya and the others were jolted back violently, causing blood to spurt from their mouths.
The encounter had inflicted considerable injuries on them.
Kong shi was already invincible in his own power class, let alone the fact that he had achieved a breakthrough to the level of the gods. As an existence that stood at the very peak of the Azure, he was no longer someone whom Zhao Ya and the others could take on.
“Someone of your capabilities won’t be able to cleanse the Aura of Divinity. It will be put to much better use in my hands.”
After sending Zhao Ya and the others flying, Kong shi reached his hand out toward the altar.
Knowing that there was no other choice for him but to join in the battle as well, Zhang Xuan whipped out the Tongshang Sword and exerted his Sword Intent while his mouth continued moving so as to continue with his lecture.
He had been trying to avoid making a move himself so as to avoid any possible situation where the lecture was interrupted. The ritual could fail if anything were to go wrong.
However, given the current situation, he had no choice but to step up as well.
A massive net appeared all over the sky, forming a massive barrier that blocked out Kong shi’s hand.
“If I hadn’t made a breakthrough, this move of yours might have made me hesitate for a moment… But do you really think that your move will be able to stop the current me?” Kong shi chuckled softly as he continued pressing his palm downward.
Kacha!
Cracks immediately appeared on the net.
A Heart of Intertwined Threads.
This was a move that had surpassed the Heaven’s Path Sword Art. It made him invincible amongst Semi-Divinity realm cultivators, and even ordinary gods might find themselves overwhelmed by it as well…
But his opponent was no other than Kong shi!
Having overcome the hurdle to godhood, the other party had acquired strength far beyond imagination.
Tzla!
A massive hole was ripped open in the net.
With a pale face, Zhang Xuan skidded back several hundred meters before he was able to regain his footing. At the same time, a spurt of blood escaped from his mouth.
In just a single encounter, he had already sustained severe injuries!
But throughout the entire encounter, he carried on with his lecture as if nothing was happening at all. The 100,000 True Immortals continued listening to his words without realizing that something was amiss.
“Come over,” Kong shi turned his gaze toward the altar and beckoned.
He knew that the Aura of Divinity was the key of the battle. Once he snatched it over, victory would be his to claim. The young man before him would be completely helpless before him by then.
Hula!
The black Aura of Divinity on the altar swiftly flew into Kong shi’s hand.
“No!” Wu Chen and Du Qingyuan cried out with pale faces as they leaped into the sky to retrieve the black Aura of Divinity.
Peng! Peng!
But with just a glance over from Kong shi, the two of them felt an enormous force crushing down on them, causing crimson blood to spurt from their mouths.
Even though they had reached Semi-Divinity realm, their fighting prowess was far beneath Zhao Ya and the others. There was no way they could have possibly been a match for Kong shi.
“Hahaha! Now that the final hope you have been desperately clutching onto has fallen into my hand, let’s see what else you are going to do!” Kong shi burst into laughter as he looked at Zhang Xuan with eyes filled with ridicule.
As long as Zhang Xuan was unable to reach the level of the gods like him, he would never be a match for him. With this, the battle was sealed.
“Did you think that I would have no way of curbing you just because I’m unable to make a breakthrough?” a voice of utmost composure echoed alongside Zhang Xuan’s lecture.
A book suddenly materialized in midair, and it plunged down toward Kong shi at a frightening speed.
“The golden page? You do have it after all! However, did you think that I wouldn’t be guarded against something that bastard has as well?”
Watching as the book above him grew larger and larger, Kong shi was slightly taken aback for a moment before a cold sneer formed on his lips. He raised his hand up and waved it lightly.
Weng!
A peculiar aura crept out and covered his entire body, and his presence abruptly vanished from the world. It was as if he had suddenly phased out from the world.
Unable to sense Kong shi’s presence, the golden page screeched to a halt. It was unable to find its target to attack.
He possesses the Discarnate Constitution of Divination too, and he used a secret art on top of that to ensure that he leaped out of the jurisdiction of the heavens. As powerful as the golden page, it’s futile if it can’t land a clean blow… Zhang Xuan thought grimly.
As powerful as the golden page was, there were some conditions required for it to strike. Furthermore, there was still some lag time before the golden page struck, thus allowing the opponent to prepare countermeasures beforehand.
Given that Kong shi was aware of the existence and nature of the golden page, it wasn’t too difficult for him to prepare a counter against it!
What Kong shi did was to conceal his presence completely from the heavens, thus rendering the golden page incapable of finding him.
“You’re underestimating me as well. I wouldn’t prepare just a single trump card to go against the great Kong shi. Do you want to fathom a guess why I use the golden page on you even though I know that there’s a high chance you knew of its existence?” Zhang Xuan spoke with a calm smile while carrying on with the lecture.
As those words were being spoken, the flames above the altar abruptly soared into the sky. A figure rose up swiftly with a sword in hand.
It was Zhang Xuan’s clone!
He had hidden amidst the flames of the altar, waiting for the moment which Kong shi was distracted by the golden page to launch an assault!
Puhe!
Kong shi was too guarded against Zhang Xuan and the golden page that he was caught off guard by the clone’s appearance. In a moment of carelessness, he got stabbed in his palm, causing fresh blood to pour out.
However, the sword pierce stopped right there. The clone found that he was unable to drive his attack any deeper in.
The physical body of a god was simply too resilient. Despite the clone’s superior strength, which was further enhanced by a Semi-Divinity artifact and the Gods’ Sword Intent, he was only able to barely scrape Kong shi’s skin. Even at the very best, it only dealt as much damage as a failed injection would.
“Hahaha! Remarkable! You were actually able to hurt me! It appears that it’s not without reason that you were chosen by the heavens… But do you think that something of this caliber will really affect me, a god?”
Kong shi knocked the clone flying with a wave of his hand before turning to look at Zhang Xuan with an air of inviolability around him.
Part of the reason why Zhang Xuan’s scheme worked was because Kong shi allowed it so. He had already realized that something was amiss when Zhang Xuan’s clone hadn’t appeared on the battlefield all along.
Despite knowing that there was a ploy, he hadn’t bothered putting his guard up. That was because he knew all schemes would crumble before absolute strength.
Will you be able to kill me even if I were to stand still on the spot and allow you to attack me freely?
In the face of a real god, Semi-Divinities were not any more than ants!
“I don’t deny that. This bit of injury probably means nothing to a god at all, but the Aura of Divinity in your hands might beg to differ…” Zhang Xuan chuckled softly.
Taken aback by those words, Kong shi lowered his head to take a look, only to see the black degeneration aura inside the Aura of Divinity surging swiftly into his wounds. His hand was rotting swiftly, causing it to take on a hideous form.
“You…”
Horrified, Kong shi hurriedly let go of the black Aura of Divinity in his hand, causing it to fall onto the altar once more. Even so, the black Aura of Divinity continued to release the black degeneration aura, which was naturally drawn to the wound in Kong shi’s hand.
The black Aura of Divinity was created by the black skeleton by compressing the air of degeneration in the City of Collapsed Space tightly together, so the concentration of the degeneration property within it was terrifyingly high. Putting aside a Semi-Divinity realm cultivator, even a true god would be vulnerable to it!
“Damn it!”
Kong shi cursed furiously as he released all of his energy to curb the black degeneration aura.
With his newfound strength as a god, not even ordinary air of degeneration would have been able to faze him anymore. That led to him thinking that there was nothing that could threaten him in the Azure anymore, but such a line of thought clearly backfired against him.
Peng!
Feeling deeply humiliated, Kong shi charged toward Zhang Xuan.
Even when plagued by the black degeneration aura, the strength he had at his disposal still far surpassed any existence on the Azure. Overwhelmed by rage, he thrust his palm forth with his full strength this time around.
It was an attack so powerful that it ripped through the fabrics of space in the trajectory of its attack, causing a spatial quake.
Huala!
Overwhelming might descended right upon Zhang Xuan, but before it was able to seal his fate, a little yellow chick suddenly appeared before Kong shi. It widened its mouth to an unnatural degree and gobbled Kong shi whole.
Boom boom boom!
A huge lump could be seen in the little yellow chick’s body, and it was moving around violently to break free.
“Hold on as long as you can, but don’t hesitate to spit him out if you find yourself reaching your limits!” Zhang Xuan said worriedly.
This fellow had been able to swallow the massive Blackback Tortoise whole and render it powerless back then, which proved that its ability to devour was a special talent.
However, the fact still remained that Little Chick was only at Heavenly High Immortal realm whereas Kong shi was a real god. Even when Kong shi was wounded, there was still a huge gap between the two of them.
All Zhang Xuan hoped was for the little yellow chick to hold on for a while longer, till the 100,000 True Immortals finally achieved the complete union of wills.
One thing that was extremely fortunate was that a huge proportion of the black degeneration aura had been absorbed by Kong shi earlier on, causing the black Aura of Divinity to change from pitch-black to a dark yellow color.
It wasn’t completely purified yet, but it was a major step forward. Previously, the altar had to turn completely golden in order for the cleansing to be completed, but given the current state of the Aura of Divinity, it would do even if the color were to just turn bright yellow.
This meant that the time he needed had been greatly reduced!
Nevertheless, it was still a question whether they could stall Kong shi for this long.
Zhang Xuan channeled all of his focus into the lecture, greatly increasing the effects of the Impartation of Heaven’s Will. A nourishing atmosphere could be felt lingering in the area.
Meanwhile, the little yellow chick’s body was still moving around violently. It was apparent that Kong shi was trying to force his way out.
Back then, the Semi-Divinity realm Blackback Tortoise nearly lost its life after being gobbled whole, but Kong shi was still able to move around vigorously after that… The strength of the gods was truly fearsome!
“Hurry up, hurry up…”
Knowing that the little yellow chick wouldn’t be able to last for too long, Zhang Xuan stared at the Aura of Divinity above the altar with an anxious look on his face.
Along with his lecture, the flame had slowly turned to a bright yellow color. At the same time, changes began to occur to the Aura of Divinity as well. A black aura was slowly being expelled from the Aura of Divinity, causing it to slowly turn from dark yellow to yellow, light yellow…
“It’s almost there!”
Seeing the changes in color, Zhang Xuan knew that the ritual was finally working. His heart thumped wildly in excitement.
All of a sudden, the space above him wavered.
Hula!
A sword sliced through the air, and right after, the stomach of the little yellow chick was split into two. An unkempt Kong shi wielding a sword stepped out from within, appearing before everyone’s view once more.
His face was completely distorted with rage.
He turned his body around and slashed down on the little yellow chick frenziedly.
Shua! Shua! Shua!
As cold flashes of light struck down on it, the head of the little yellow chick was lopped off, and its body was sliced in many pieces.
Xiong xiong!
As if that wasn’t enough, he released a burst of flame that seared the little yellow chick’s severed body into ashes.
“No!”
Everything happened so quickly that Zhang Xuan didn’t even have any time to react. His body stiffened, and his mind nearly blanked out entirely in that instant.
This couldn’t be true…
The little yellow chick was dead?
This little yellow chick had been with him ever since his time at the Master Teacher Continent. Back then, it was still stuck in the form of a gourd.
It was an unreliable glutton which had sabotaged him on many occasions. It was also incredibly lazy, often choosing to lie around in his dantian, refusing to come out no matter what happened. As a result, they had many conflicts with one another, and they often bickered as well.
But even as he raged or rolled his eyes at that little yellow chick, before he knew it, it had already become an important figure in his life…
He had never imagined that such a situation would ever happen.
Even his clone might have been unable to piece itself back together after it was reduced to such a state!
“You bastard, I’m going to slaughter you…”
Zhang Xuan’s eyes turned red.
