"Urgh... Aah!"
Zhan Poyun threw back his head and roared, his black hair whipping wildly as he looked utterly mad.
Within him, the Source of Battle buried deep in his bloodline erupted, spewing forth ultimate power to sustain him.
Yet even so, his body was still forced into a rapid retreat through the air. The Immortal-Slaying Power was too strong—he simply could not stop it.
Peerless power erupted as every bit of Zhan Poyun's strength dried up and faded away.
Boom!
A terrifying explosion echoed across the heavens. Blood was already spilling from Zhan Poyun's mouth and nose as he roared, his face twisting savagely.
Crack!
At last, the instant the Immortal-Slaying Power dissipated, Zhan Poyun's spear flew from his grasp and shot backward into the sky.
Zhan Poyun himself spat out a huge mouthful of scarlet fluid mixed with fragments of his internal organs, then fell into Endless Lake.
Bang!
The immense force drove the lake surface deeply inward, sending towering waves rolling outward.
At this moment, everyone clearly saw the pitch-black lakebed. Zhan Poyun smashed brutally into it, blasting even the fine silt away and leaving behind a massive crater.
The sunken lake surface did not rebound for a long while, showing just how terrifying the force unleashed by that strike had been.
"Cough, cough..."
At the lakebed, Zhan Poyun struggled to rise. Dim laws swirled around him, and as the lakewater surged in, he broke free of the bottom and arrived above the surface.
He coughed violently, vomiting blood in great mouthfuls as though it cost nothing.
He knelt on one knee, supported by the lakewater. The horror in his eyes could no longer be concealed and poured out wildly.
"What you took for rumors was merely the world underestimating me, Lin Xuan."
At this moment, Lin