The Heaven-Opening Giant Axe of the Pangu True Body and the phantom Pangu Axe of the Daoist Taichu alternated their strikes in perfect rhythm. One edge was real, the other illusory; one rigid, the other supple. Like two enormous gears rotating in opposite directions, they repeatedly carved into the ripples of laws interwoven in dark gold and pale gold around Luohu.
The defensive structure around Luohu began to loosen. That layer of Demonic Path Law ripples, founded upon the Fifth Heaven of the Supreme Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal of the Origin, peeled away layer by layer under the continuous clash of the twin axes, like an ancient city wall weathered by wind and rain. The reinforcing framework formed by the Chaos Beast Formation first cracked at its edges, then shattered and scattered in great chunks like fabric whose warp and weft had been severed by blades. Under the pressure of the two edges, his escape route steadily narrowed until only a tiny space remained for him to stand.
Luohu's gaze swept back and forth between the Pangu True Body and the Daoist Taichu twice. The ripples of laws around him compressed to their limit, humming and trembling like a taut bowstring as he continued searching for a fissure through which to leave the battlefield.
The Pangu True Body moved the instant he turned. The Heaven-Opening Giant Axe spanned several Great Thousand Worlds and slashed out a silvery-white arc, precisely cutting into the folds of ripples at Luohu's flank. Under the unceasing impact of the arc, fine cracks spread from the point of impact across the dark-gold, mirror-like protective barrier around him, like ice splitting apart. The phantom Pangu Axe of the Daoist Taichu followed immediately, cutting in from the other side at the same moment. The double pressure was like