Legend's End

"Reversing the Mortal World!"

As these three cold words, filled with endless rebellion and chilling killing intent, were slowly uttered from Lin Xiao's mouth, which had already been completely dyed a demonic crimson, a battle between gods and demons that had already subverted everyone's understanding finally ushered in its most brilliant and bloodiest ultimate climax!

"Boom--!"

A destructive force, completely opposite to Wu Tianxiong's supreme yang and absolute power, the "Imperial Dao" aura, but no less terrifying, filled with endless coldness and pure killing intent, erupted from Lin Xiao's seemingly fair and slender right hand like a fully detonated Nine Nether Demon Prison!

That was no longer a simple palm strike, nor was it an ordinary hand blade!

That was Lin Xiao's ultimate killing move, forged from everything he had learned, understood, and experienced since his debut!

It contained the ultimate penetration of [One Finger Annihilation], which pierces everything and is indestructible!

It contained the supreme dominance of [Heaven-Turning Seal], which overturns the universe and reverses yin and yang!

And it also contained the unique True Meaning of Martial Dao he had comprehended after absorbing the essence of thousands of martial arts secret manuals!

--All methods can be used by me!

--Heaven and earth can be killed by me!

This palm strike appeared unremarkable, not even releasing the slightest glimmer of spiritual energy, yet it contained a terrifying Dao Charm that could make ghosts and gods tremble! A supreme killing path born specifically to "break the Dao" and "slay gods"!

"Not good!"

The moment Lin Xiao's seemingly unremarkable right hand was about to press onto his chest, Wu Tianxiong, who had been immersed in the might of his invincible "Imperial Dao," his spiritual sense completely blinded by endless rage and arrogance, finally sent him a fatal warning for the first time, one that could freeze his soul solid!

An unprecedented sense of immense crisis, like a basin of bone-chilling spring water from the Nine Nether Ice Prison, poured down on him from above! It instantly extinguished all the arrogance and killing intent in his heart! It was replaced by a primal fear from the depths of his soul!

He felt it! He felt it with absolute clarity!

The young man before him, whom he had always regarded as an "ant," his seemingly unremarkable right hand contained a destructive power so terrifying, so bizarre, and so incomprehensible to him!

It was a higher level of "principle" that completely surpassed all the "martial arts" he knew! An inauspicious heavenly principle specifically designed to counter "Imperial Dao geniuses" like him!

"No--!"

Wu Tianxiong's pupils instantly contracted into the most dangerous needle points! Without thinking, he abandoned all superfluous attacks, retracting all the golden spiritual energy capable of burning mountains and boiling seas to his chest, forming the strongest defense!

However, it was too late!

Lin Xiao's "Reversing the Mortal World" was a killing move created specifically to deal with him after tens of thousands of mental simulations, dissecting and deconstructing Wu Tianxiong's seemingly flawless [Great Sun Burning Heaven Art] countless times! The timing, angle, and force of the attack had already been calculated by Lin Xiao to a terrifying realm close to the "Dao"!

Fast! Accurate! Ruthless!

The moment Wu Tianxiong exposed a fatal flaw for a fleeting moment due to his old strength exhausted and new strength not yet generated, Lin Xiao's icy right hand, carrying endless killing intent, silently struck his chest, which had become extremely vulnerable without spiritual energy protection, like a spear of judgment from the Nine Nether Hells, arriving later but striking first!

"Boom--!"

There was no earth-shattering roar, not even the slightest sound.

Only a bizarre dark ripple, filled with an aura of destruction and annihilation, spread out silently from Lin Xiao's palm, like a pebble dropped into a calm lake!

Immediately after, a scene that made everyone present's livers and gallbladders crack and would be unforgettable for a lifetime appeared!

Wu Tianxiong's body, as sturdy as an iron tower, suddenly stiffened! His face, still etched with endless fury and killing intent, instantly froze! Then, the brilliant light within his eyes, which burned with fierce golden flames like two miniature suns, began to dim at a terrifying, visibly rapid speed! It was replaced by a vast emptiness filled with endless bewilderment and self-doubt!

It was as if his invincible "Imperial Dao" belief, which had allowed him to sweep through the entire outer court, had been completely shattered by Lin Xiao's palm strike filled with endless "rebellion"!

"Pfft--!"

A mouthful of dark golden blood, mixed with some shattered internal organs, spurted out from Wu Tianxiong's mouth like a beautiful blood arrow! His terrifying pressure, which had been like a rainbow and could change the heavens and earth, the "Half-step Spirit Movement" realm, vanished instantly like a popped balloon! It was replaced by a profound weakness originating from the depths of his soul!

His body, like a dilapidated statue without any support, slowly fell from mid-air, finally landing heavily on the cold ground, already completely covered in blood and corpses, with a "plop"! Splashing desolate blood flowers mixed with dust and despair.

Silence.

The entire Death Valley fell into a deathly silence once more. Whether it was the still raging golden sea of fire or the howling cold wind whistling through the forest, at this moment, they all seemed to be forcefully paused by an invisible, giant divine hand named "Shock"!

Everyone's movements froze. They merely stared with dull eyes filled with endless shock and world-shattering disbelief, like mortals who had witnessed a "god" spectacularly fall from a towering altar, at the domineering figure lying like a dead dog in a pool of blood, no longer conscious, and the slender figure still maintaining a palm-striking posture, his robes fluttering, like an undefeated demon god who had emerged from the Nine Nether Hells.

Lost... lost?!

The one who had suppressed the entire outer court for three full years, the peerless prodigy hailed as the most astonishing genius in Cloud Creek Academy's hundred-year history, the undefeated legend who stood like an insurmountable, majestic divine mountain in the hearts of all outer court students—Wu Tianxiong!

He... he actually lost just like that?!

And he lost to an unknown "waste" freshman at the Body Refinement Eighth Level?!

This... this can no longer be described as a "miracle"! This is clearly an absurd myth that could poke a giant hole in the heavens!

"Gulp."

After an unknown amount of time, a difficult, dreamlike swallowing sound finally broke the silence in the crowd.

Immediately after, this sound, like the first spark igniting a powder keg, instantly detonated the pent-up fervent emotions of all the members of Yellow Class Nine present!

"Won... we won!" "Chief Instructor... Chief Instructor, he really did it! He defied the heavens with a mortal body and forcibly pulled that aloof 'god' down from his altar!" "Ahhhhhh! Chief Instructor is awesome!!!"

After a brief moment of dead silence, earth-shattering cheers filled with boundless ecstasy and adoration, capable of overturning the entire Black Wind Mountain Range, erupted like the most violent tsunami from the mouths of the twenty-nine tear-streaked young men and women of Yellow Class Nine!

They no longer cared about the terrifying injuries on their bodies that would cause normal people unbearable pain! Like fervent believers who had seen their worshipped god descend to the mortal world, they used the last ounce of their strength, shouting wildly, venting their excitement and adoration that had nowhere to go!

On the other side, the remaining dozen or so survivors of the "Heavenly Martial Society," after a brief system crash, finally recovered from the immense shock as if the sky and earth had collapsed.

They looked at their former "god," now slumped in a pool of blood like a dead dog, completely devoid of life. Then they looked at the young demon god who was slowly retracting his palm, his eyes as cold as ice, devoid of any emotion. An unprecedented fear, so profound it could freeze their very souls, instantly consumed their last vestiges of reason!

"The... the President... he's... dead?" "Impossible! This is absolutely impossible! The President is invincible!" "Run! Run quickly! This guy isn't human at all! He's a devil! A vengeful ghost crawling out of hell!"

"Plop!"

Nobody knew who was the first to have their mental defenses completely shatter. With a startled cry, he scrambled and stumbled, discarding the weapon in his hand, already stained red with blood. Then, like a whipped dog that had lost its courage, he fled madly towards the outside of the valley without looking back!

His action instantly triggered a chain reaction!

The "Heavenly Martial Society's" final psychological defense, which had already existed in name only, completely collapsed at this moment!

The remaining dozen or so geniuses from the Heaven Class, who usually held themselves in high esteem, could no longer care about their dignity or reputation. Like a pack of terrified chickens and dogs, they let out screams of pure terror and scattered like startled birds!

"Trying to leave?"

Lin Xiao's eyes, completely stained a demonic blood-red, narrowed slightly as he watched the dozen or so pathetic, fleeing figures. A cold killing intent, devoid of any emotion, flashed within them.

Although he had almost completely exhausted the spiritual energy in his body by unleashing "Reversing the Mortal World," an ultimate killing move that surpassed his own limits, leaving him in an unprecedented state of extreme weakness, barely able to stand. However, this did not mean he would let these culprits, who had almost pushed their entire team into an abyss of eternal damnation, off the hook so easily!

He slowly raised his right hand, which was still trembling slightly, about to issue the final command of "exterminate them all."

A weak voice, filled with endless exhaustion and a hint of reluctance, sounded softly from behind him.

"Chief Instructor... let it go."

It was Su Yue.

Supported by another heavily injured female team member, she walked behind Lin Xiao, her face deathly pale. She gazed at his cold, chiseled profile with eyes full of pleading.

"They've completely lost the courage to resist."

"We've already paid a heavy enough price."

"There's no need to add to the bloodshed, is there?"

Hearing Su Yue's words, Lin Xiao's right hand, which had been slowly raised, paused in mid-air. He turned his head, his blood-red eyes, as cold as ice and devoid of emotion, slowly swept over the twenty-eight young faces gathered behind him, all filled with exhaustion and pain.

He saw.

He saw Shi Lei's arms, so mangled that flesh and blood were gone, revealing the white bone beneath.

He saw Houzi's face, half-burned beyond recognition by the sea of fire.

He saw the steel shields of the five members of the "Sharp Shield" squad, completely twisted and deformed from enduring too many terrifying impacts.

He saw the gruesome wounds on almost everyone, shocking to behold.

A silent stillness quietly spread across this battlefield filled with blood and flames, a scene of carnage.

Finally, the cold killing intent in Lin Xiao's demonic blood-red eyes, capable of freezing the soul, slowly receded. It was replaced by a faint warmth filled with endless fatigue.

He slowly lowered his right hand, then gently nodded at the group of companions before him. Though each of them was heavily wounded and battered, their eyes still held undisguised fervor and trust for him.

"Alright."

"I'll listen to you."

"No more killing."

With that, he could no longer withstand the overwhelming weakness surging from his limbs like a tide. His vision went black, and he was about to collapse backward.

However, what greeted him was not the cold, hard ground, but a warm embrace carrying a faint fragrance, and the twenty-eight pairs of steadfast arms filled with endless anxiety and concern.