Xiao Han didn't even glance at the deadly, chilling light.
He pushed off the ground with both feet, and instead of retreating, he advanced.
The target is not Scarface.
It is not any seemingly safe way out.
He chose a location that no one expected.
A Step to the Ends of the Earth!
He pushed his cultivation technique to its peak.
In this move, he went all in on a distance he had absolutely no chance of winning.
One that far exceeds the limits his body can currently withstand.
"Buzz--!"
The surrounding scenery instantly distorted, stretched, and deformed.
All that remained in my field of vision were chaotic patches of color, churning wildly.
Xiao Han felt his bones groaning and his internal organs churning, as if they were about to burst out of his body.
A surge of heat rushed up my throat.
He forcefully suppressed the metallic sweetness.
"Boom--!"
A deafening roar erupted, shaking everyone's eardrums.
The crimson blade light barely grazed his vanishing afterimage before striking empty air.
A jagged chasm was torn open in the hard ground, deep and terrifying, still emitting wisps of smoke.
A terrifying energy storm spread wildly in all directions.
The nearby massive crystal formations were utterly fragile before this power, instantly turning into dust.
As for the two assassins who were injured by the "Green Lotus Sword Song" and were hanging by a thread,
There wasn't even time to utter a sound.
In the aftermath of this violent chaos, both body and soul were annihilated.
"What?!" The scarred-faced burly man's pupils shrank drastically. His deadly strike, which he had locked onto with all his might, had missed!
Just as he was filled with doubt and uncertainty, Xiao Han's figure staggered out from the shadows dozens of meters away, his face as pale as paper. Clearly, that long-distance spatial jump had taken a heavy toll on him, and he had even suffered serious internal injuries.
But he succeeded!
Before the scarred, burly man could react, a cold glint flashed in Xiao Han's eyes, and his mind raced.
[Shadow Avatar]!
A shadow clone identical to him instantly materialized from the shadows beside him, carrying the same aura as the original. It fearlessly pounced on the scarred, muscular man who was briefly exhausted from unleashing his ultimate attack. The wind from his fist howled, and it was clearly the starting stance of the "Annihilation Divine Fist".
"A mere trick!" The scarred-faced burly man remained calm despite his shock, forcefully suppressing the backlash within his body and parrying with his sword. Although he was in poor condition, his eyesight was still sharp, and he immediately recognized that this was just an energy clone.
However, this was precisely the opportunity Xiao Han needed!
The instant the Shadow Avatar drew the scarred-faced strongman's attention, Xiao Han's true form took a deep breath. In his eyes, a blue lotus bloomed in his left eye, and eternal night descended in his right!
The power of the Chaos Green Lotus Martial Soul and the power of the Eternal Night King Martial Soul surged forth from within his body without reservation!
His left hand formed a sword-like gesture, condensing the Green Lotus Sword Intent to purify all evil, its sharpness unmatched; his right hand clenched into a fist, unleashing the Annihilation Fist Intent, domineering and incomparable, capable of annihilating everything!
The two great divine skills, "Creation-Heaven-Penetrating Art" and "Shadow Void Scripture," were simultaneously activated to their maximum potential, and the spiritual power within his body poured into his arms like a flood bursting its banks.
Xiao Han's bones emitted a series of subtle popping sounds, a sign that his power was reaching its peak.
Two completely different martial arts principles were colliding fiercely within his body at this moment, yet strangely moving towards unification.
"I'll see you off!"
He squeezed out a few words, his left hand forming a sword incantation, his right hand clenching into a fist, his movements slow yet containing an indescribable weight, drawing a broken circle in front of his chest.
The azure light and the black aura intertwined, life and death coexisted, and a chilling power surged forth!
"Chaos... Annihilation... Azure Lotus Eternal Night Strike!"
There was no deafening roar, only a hazy beam of light bursting forth from between his crossed palms.
Wherever the beam of light pointed, ripples spread through the void, followed by the gradual spread of cracks, and the surrounding spatial structure groaned in despair.
As Scarface cleaved the lifelike shadow in two with a single stroke, a chill suddenly ran through him, and an instinctive fear gripped him.
He wanted to retreat, to avoid it, but was horrified to find that the air around him had stagnated, and he was pinned down by that inconspicuous gray beam of light.
"No--!"
He let out a beastly roar, his muscles bulging, squeezing out all his remaining strength and even life potential, pouring it all into the thick-backed broadsword, which he held horizontally in front of him.
"Boom--Crack!"
A belated, deafening roar, a mixture of explosions and shattering, finally erupted violently in this strange space!
A violent torrent of energy surged and poured out in all directions, instantly obliterating everything within a radius of hundreds of meters.
Those solid, dark purple crystals couldn't even withstand half a breath before vaporizing completely, leaving not even a trace of dust.
At the eye of the storm, Scarface's all-out defenses, along with him and his sword, were silently and completely disintegrated and vanished without a trace under that gray beam of light, leaving nothing behind.
"Puwa--"
Xiao Han's body swayed violently, a metallic taste rose in his throat, and he spat out a mouthful of blood mist, his face quickly turning ashen.
This attack drained his last bit of spiritual power, and even his very essence was shaken.
He staggered, his body swaying precariously, but he forced himself to straighten his back, his chest heaving violently.
Before I could even catch my breath, waves of intense dizziness washed over me.
Driven by sheer willpower, he hastily grabbed a handful of pills from his storage ring and swallowed them without even looking at them closely.
Before the effects of the medicine had fully dissipated, he had already activated "A Step to the Ends of the Earth" once more.
Guided by the faint yet clear direction of the Eternal Night King Martial Soul, he locked onto the location, and with a flash, disappeared into the still-unsettled smoke and raging energy.
All that remained was scorched earth and a lingering smell of decay.
The acrid smoke and chaotic energy fluctuations indicated the fierce battle that had taken place here not long ago.
He, Xiao Han, is not someone to be trifled with! Anyone who wants to mess with him should be prepared to pay a heavy price!
Before the smoke and energy turbulence had completely subsided, Xiao Han, guided by the increasingly clear guidance of the Eternal Night King Martial Soul, traversed and leaped through the distorted space several more times.
The previous battle, especially the final "Chaos Annihilation Green Lotus Eternal Night Strike" that combined two martial arts techniques, had almost drained him. At this moment, his face was still pale, but his eyes were unusually bright.
Those assassins, especially the scarred man who burned his life force to cast the "Soul-Devouring Blood Curse," put considerable pressure on him.
However, it was precisely under the pressure of this life-or-death situation that he gained a deeper understanding of the meaning of "Return to the Ruins" in "The Annihilation Divine Fist" and the spatial leap in "The A Step to the Ends of the Earth".
Especially when forcibly making ultra-long-distance spatial jumps, the feeling of tearing and the blurred perception of spatial nodes, looking back now, I have quite a few insights.
"Soul-Devouring Blood Curse... that's ruthless enough."
As Xiao Han swallowed pills to recover, he sneered. Those cowardly fellows truly had an endless array of tricks up their sleeves.
However, after this battle, the spiritual power within his body, under the operation of the "Creation-Heaven-Penetrating Art," became more refined, like steel that had been forged. Subtly, the bottleneck of the Martial Master Realm Fourth Level Peak had already loosened, and it seemed that he could step into the fifth realm at any time.
He didn't choose to return the way he came or search for an exit. The appearance of those assassins indicated that the place had been exposed, and there might have been some changes in the academy's arrangements that he was unaware of. But the yearning conveyed by the Eternal Night King Martial Soul, like a lighthouse in the darkness, grew stronger and stronger, and its direction became clearer and clearer.