Meanwhile, Shen Daoxing rose slowly into the air, standing atop the Great Ming Demon Sparrow as he gazed indifferently at the Black Death Ghost.
"Venerable Invincible, Huangliang’s Moment!"
In that instant, a profound silence fell. Everything came to a halt, as if time itself had frozen.
Shen Daoxing slowly raised his hand.
CRACKLE!
Black arcs of electricity flickered into existence.
A profoundly dark, pitch-black longsword materialized in his grasp.
"Venerable Taboo, Kunlun Duanyue!"
Shen Daoxing slowly raised the Venerable Sword, aimed it at the Black Death Ghost, and slashed downward.
The next moment.
A colossal beam of sword light erupted, vast enough to span the heavens and sunder mountains. It soared toward the sky as if to tear the world apart.
But Shen Daoxing didn’t stop there. He raised the Venerable Sword high once more.
"Venerable Taboo, Kunlun Duanyue!"
And just like that, another colossal beam of sword light, capable of spanning the heavens and sundering mountains, shot forth, following closely behind the first.
Simultaneously, Shen Daoxing’s figure flickered and reappeared behind the Black Death Ghost. Once again, he raised his hand high.
"Venerable Taboo, Kunlun Duanyue!"
...
To the onlookers outside the effect of Huangliang’s Moment, it appeared as if Shen Daoxing had split into several phantoms in a single instant. They surrounded the Black Death Ghost from all sides—front, back, left, right, above, and below—and simultaneously raised their pitch-black longswords.
Then, one, two, ten... hundreds of colossal beams of sword light—each vast enough to span the heavens and sunder mountains—erupted, striking from all directions at once.
Meanwhile, high in the sky, the seven colossal Celestial Punishment Swords descended like the magnificent wrath of the heavens, crashing down all at once.
BOOM! RUMBLE! RUMBLE!
A massive explosion erupted in the center of Fengdu City, sending fiery shrapnel flying in all directions.
The entirety of Fengdu City trembled from the blast.
CRASH! RUMBLE!
Suddenly, a swath of towering buildings collapsed.
At the very center of the explosion, struck by hundreds of colossal sword beams, the Black Death Ghost was torn to pieces.
The next moment, a brilliant white light flared. The Venerable Dharma Seal appeared in the sky, descending like a mountain of immense weight as it smashed straight down.
BAM!
The Venerable Dharma Seal slammed down hard upon the tattered remains of the Black Death Ghost on the ground. It lifted, then slammed down again, over and over.
Shen Daoxing landed on the ground and calmly walked forward. He watched as the Black Death Ghost’s remains dissolved into motes of black Ghost Qi under the pure white light of the Venerable Dharma Seal, ensuring it could never be revived.
Only then did Shen Daoxing wave his hand, calling off the attack.
Meanwhile, Tao Ying, Chu Guifeng, and the others were still staring blankly, lost in a daze.
Tao Ying frantically flipped through the pages of the Book of Life and Death, shaking her head. "It’s no use. The Book of Life and Death has been destroyed."
"What?!"
Startled, Qian Gui blurted out, "Does this mean we’re going to be trapped here forever?"
"No!"
Tao Ying, however, shook her head grimly. "With the Black Death Ghost King here, the question is whether we’ll even survive the day."
Chu Guifeng and Ma Wan quickly stepped forward. "Isn’t there any other way?"
Tao Ying glanced down at the secret manual left behind by her Tao Family ancestor and grimly shook her head.
At once, everyone fell silent. Even Luo An, who had been chattering nonstop throughout their journey, was speechless.
Just then, Luo Xi turned to Luo An, her face full of apology. "I’m sorry, brother! This is all my fault! If I hadn’t insisted on you sneaking me down the mountain, none of this would have happened."
It turned out the two of them, Luo An and Luo Xi, weren’t on some mission from their master to gain experience. They had secretly snuck down the mountain.
In that moment, everyone fell quiet. No one spoke, and a desolate, deathly silence filled the air.
And just at that moment...
RUMBLE—!
A tremendous sound echoed through all of Fengdu City.
The ground trembled violently beneath their feet, and they whipped their heads around toward the sound.
Their entire field of vision was consumed by a crimson explosion.
Suddenly, a massive shockwave slammed into them, hurling them into the air before they crashed wretchedly back to the ground.
CRASH!
Another violent tremor shook the area, and all the surrounding buildings collapsed.
"It’s... the Black Death Ghost! The Black Death Ghost is enraged!"
Qian Gui cried out in panic.
The expressions on the others’ faces changed as they stared toward the center of the explosion.
They watched as the flames slowly dissipated, and a young man in flowing robes walked out with an air of casual grace.
Shen Daoxing came to a slow stop before them and said calmly, "Let’s go."
Back at the epicenter of the explosion, the Black Death Ghost’s enormous body had vanished, leaving only a lone pair of giant ox horns on the ground.
The others remained frozen in place, unable to process what they were seeing.
"Big Brother!"
Xin cried out joyfully and, clutching his Golden-Eyed Treasure-Seeking Rat, threw himself into Shen Daoxing’s arms.
Shen Daoxing slowly picked Xin up, smiling faintly as he patted the boy’s head.
Nearby, Elder Mu ambled forward with a chuckle, seemingly unsurprised by this turn of events.
Chu Guifeng and Ma Wan couldn’t help but exchange a glance before turning to look at Shen Daoxing in shock. As men who had navigated the martial world for many years, they recognized that he now carried a unique air about him—the regal bearing of one long accustomed to a position of power. This was not an aura an ordinary young man could possess.
’Although we don’t know why the Celestial Profound Sacred Land is so desperate to eliminate Shen Daoxing...’
’...his identity is clearly anything but simple.’
Without exchanging a word, both men made up their minds. ’Once we get out of here, we have to latch onto this powerful backer.’
Tao Ying, on the other hand, was also astounded, her eyes shining brightly as she stared at Shen Daoxing.
’As a disciple of the Celestial Profound Sacred Land, of course I knew about Shen Daoxing. In fact, I suspected something the very first time he revealed his skills in front of us.’
’But according to the Sacred Land’s intelligence, while Shen Daoxing was formidable, possessing power close to the Earth Profound Realm and having even killed Yuwen Wuji of the same realm... ’
’...no one at the Sacred Land ever believed he could possess strength on par with the Ninth Layer of the Earth Profound Realm.’
’After all, his cultivation is only at the Ninth Layer of the Spirit Transformation Realm. No matter how much of a genius he is, how could he possibly have the strength to jump an entire major realm and kill an enemy?’
’As for Xu Hong, who was killed by Shen Daoxing in the nation of Tianze, all the Sacred Land disciples present at the time were slaughtered, and the entire nation of Tianze later relocated.’
’The Sacred Land would never believe that a mere brat at the Spirit Transformation Realm had the ability to kill Xu Hong, a man who had been at the Ninth Layer of the Earth Profound Realm for many years. They just assumed He Yi had intervened and helped kill him.’
’After all, Elder Yuan Hua of the Sacred Land had personally witnessed He Yi helping Shen Daoxing kill Wang Mingxuan—the Celestial Secret Elder’s most beloved Direct Disciple.’
At this thought, Tao Ying looked at Shen Daoxing with a peculiar expression. ’Now that I’ve fled the Celestial Profound Sacred Land, there’s probably no going back,’ she considered. ’Perhaps...’
Her gaze fell upon Shen Daoxing once more.
...
In the aftermath of the Black Death Ghost’s fall, with no warning whatsoever, the Book of Life and Death in Tao Ying’s hands suddenly began to glow.
Tao Ying didn’t move, but the Book of Life and Death slowly rose into the air all on its own.
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