Demon Extermination Holy City, before the Main Fissure of the abyss.
The figure of the True God Realm Demon God stood like a towering mountain.
His twenty-meter-tall demonic body was covered in dark golden scales. Dark red Demon Blood seeped from the gaps between them, and every drop that fell to the ground corroded a fist-sized pit.
Heaven-shaking Demonic Energy surged from his entire body, transforming into Demon Cloud that blotted out the sky and the sun!
Countless miserable soul-cries faintly echoed within the Demon Cloud. Even the sunlight above the Holy City was utterly swallowed, leaving only suffocating darkness and pressure between heaven and earth.
"This... this is the aura of the True God Realm!"
A Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivator's face went deathly pale.
Just as he was about to circulate his Spiritual Energy and retreat, he was locked down by a trace of pressure leaking from the Demon God.
His entire body instantly stiffened like stone. He could not even move his fingertips. Only cold sweat slid down his cheeks and gathered at his chin!
The other Nascent Soul Realm cultivators around him were in the same state.
Under the terrifying Divine Realm pressure, some even collapsed directly to the ground, their Dao hearts already shattered!
Even the Tribulation Crossing Realm cultivators could barely remain standing. Their hands were clenched tightly, their knuckles white, and their eyes filled with terror.
The True God Realm and the Tribulation Crossing Realm were worlds apart.
The former wielded the power of a Divine Rule, while the latter was merely the pinnacle of the mortal world—simply incapable of resisting.
"True God Realm, first stage."
Bai Ye stood at the rear of the crowd, his eyes narrowing slightly.
His Primordial Spirit was as translucent as colored glass, easily piercing through the Demon Cloud and seeing through the Demon God's cultivation.
Though this Demon God had already reached the True God Realm, he had broken through not long ago. His divine body had yet to fully stabilize, and he had only just begun to glimpse the power of a Divine Rule.
To him, it was hardly troublesome.
"Offer up the Ancestral Weapon! Quickly, offer up the Ancestral Weapon!"
Xuan Ji Zi, the Supreme Elder of the Wasteland Heaven Divine Sect, roared himself hoarse.
At this moment, he had placed all his hopes on the sect's ultimate True God-grade Ancestral Weapon!
Only by offering up the Ancestral Weapon could they possibly withstand this Demon God!
Before his voice had even faded, the other three Tribulation Crossing Realm elders reacted at the same time. With perfect understanding, the four of them took a palm-sized Golden Token from their storage rings.
The token was engraved with the totem of the Wasteland Heaven Divine Sect and radiated a faint sacred aura. It was precisely the key to activating the Ancestral Weapon.
The four of them simultaneously poured all their Spiritual Energy into the token. In an instant, it burst forth with dazzling golden light, shooting into the sky and directly toward a Forbidden Zone within the Wasteland Heaven Divine Sect.
Buzz—!
The next instant.
Heaven and earth shook violently, while an ancient, weighty hum rose from beneath the ground.
Immediately afterward, a golden pillar of light ten zhang in diameter erupted in the distance.
Within the pillar of light, a massive sword of pure gold slowly took shape.
The giant sword was more than a hundred zhang long. Intricate Divine Patterns were carved across its body, and its edge gleamed with a biting chill!
A True God-grade pressure spread from the sword, actually matching the Demon God's pressure and forcing the surrounding Demon Cloud back several miles!
"It's the Wasteland Heaven Divine Sect's guardian Ancestral Weapon, the 'Wasteland Heaven Sacred Sword'!"
A cultivator recognized the sword, and a glimmer of hope flashed through his eyes. "Rumor has it that this is a divine weapon left behind by a True God. It can slay every Demonic Beast!"
With the Demonic Energy suppressed for the moment, the surviving cultivators felt as though they had been pardoned. They hurriedly activated their escape arts and fled the battlefield, retreating dozens of miles away to watch from a distance.
They knew that the battle to come was already beyond a level in which they could participate.
The Demon God stared at the Wasteland Heaven Sacred Sword as it took shape. A trace of surprise flashed through his scarlet demonic crystal eyes, only to be replaced by disdain. "An ownerless weapon dares to act presumptuously before this god?"
He raised a hand and waved it. A black demonic blade dozens of zhang long condensed within the Demon Cloud. Carrying the might to tear apart a Divine Rule, it slashed toward the Wasteland Heaven Sacred Sword!
The Wasteland Heaven Sacred Sword seemed to possess a spirit. Its body rang with a clear sword cry as it transformed into a golden streak of light and met the demonic blade head-on.
Boom—!
The instant the golden and black rays collided, a terrifying shockwave of energy swept in every direction!
The Holy City's walls were instantly shaken into a dense web of cracks, while the ground within a thousand-mile radius collapsed into pits several miles deep!
The cultivators on the distant hills were blown into the air by the shockwave, vomiting blood one after another.
High in the sky.
The golden radiance of the Wasteland Heaven Sacred Sword and the black Demonic Energy of the demonic blade began to stalemate. The sword's Divine Patterns and the blade's Demonic Patterns collided repeatedly, unleashing earth-shaking roars!
Bai Ye quietly watched from afar, carefully observing the scene.
"The material of this sword contains Divine Crystals, and a large amount of True God Power is imprinted within its Divine Patterns. It is at least a divine weapon on the level of the third stage of the True God Realm."
"Unfortunately, without a True God Realm cultivator wielding it, it can only rely on its weapon spirit to fight on its own. At most, it can display the battle prowess of the first stage of the True God Realm."
Sure enough, before long, the Wasteland Heaven Sacred Sword's radiance began to dim.
The divine power within the divine weapon was limited. It could not maintain True God-grade battle prowess for long.
The Demon God seized the opportunity and began chanting under his breath. Countless Black Chains surged from the Demon Cloud, winding toward the Wasteland Heaven Sacred Sword like venomous snakes in an attempt to bind it.
"Not good! The Ancestral Weapon is going to be bound!"
Xuan Ji Zi's expression changed drastically. He wanted to rush over and help, but the Demon God's pressure held him down like an iron mountain, leaving him unable to take even a single step.
The Tribulation Crossing Realm and the True God Realm were separated by only one realm, yet the difference was as vast as heaven and earth!
The other Tribulation Crossing elders were filled with despair as well. If the Ancestral Weapon were seized, the entire Wild Domain would likely become a hunting ground for the Devil Race!
At this critical moment, a clear sword cry suddenly resounded throughout heaven and earth!
Bai Ye finally moved.
His body did not move. He merely raised a hand, gripped the Dragon Slaying Sacred Sword behind him, and lightly flicked its blade with his fingertip.
A Chaos-colored Sword Light suddenly erupted!
The sword light was like a meteor tearing through darkness. In an instant, it pierced through dozens of miles of Demon Cloud and arrived before the Demon God without encountering any obstruction.
The Demon God did not even have time to react. Pride at having bound the Ancestral Weapon still lingered in his eyes when his demonic body was cleaved in two by the sword light!
Black Demon Blood gushed out, hissing corrosively as it fell to the ground.
The demonic body split in two did not disperse. Instead, it began writhing rapidly, attempting to condense itself anew.
The vitality of a True God Realm Demon God was extraordinarily powerful. Unless its Divine Core was completely annihilated, it would be extremely difficult to kill.
Bai Ye's gaze remained indifferent as he swung his sword again.
Another Chaos-colored Sword Light slashed out, precisely striking the Divine Core flashing with red light within the remains of the demonic body!
Crack!
The Divine Core shattered at the sound, and the demonic body's writhing instantly stopped. It transformed into black ash that filled the sky, completely dispersing into the air!
The True God Realm Demon God who had driven every cultivator to despair had actually been slain in two strikes!
The entire scene fell deathly silent.
Whether they were the cultivators watching from afar or the Tribulation Crossing elders of the Wasteland Heaven Divine Sect, all of them stared wide-eyed at the blue-gray figure, looking as though they had seen a ghost.
"The Demon God... has fallen!?" Xuan Ji Zi rubbed his eyes, suspecting that he had fallen into an illusion!
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