A thunderous explosion rang out, spreading through nearly half of the First Hall of Sin amid glittering fragments of shattered space.
The battle's twists and turns finally came to an apparently perfect conclusion: the Crystal Palace spanning a thousand miles crushed Number Two's severed body halves.
"Magnificent!"
Beyond the black hole formed by the distant explosion, an illusory orange figure drifted in and out of sight.
Without close scrutiny, few would have noticed his existence.
Five Declines of Heaven and Man watched that earth-shaking battle from afar.
The self-destruction energy of Xu Xiaoshou's Second True Body was no more than a gentle breeze brushing his face.
Veiled by faint, decaying mist, that explosive energy flowed between Five Declines of Heaven and Man's robes and was absorbed into his body.
Not only did it fail to harm him in the slightest—it even seemed to be swallowed as nourishment and converted for his own use.
By the end of the battle, even Five Declines of Heaven and Man could not help raising a hand to applaud the performance silently.
Xu Xiaoshou was too strong! While he himself had broken through to become a demi-saint, Xu Xiaoshou had also completed a breakthrough—from Master to the lower stages of the Throne Realm.
Yet from beginning to end, this young man's formidable combat power could not be measured merely by his low cultivation level.
At the very least, after watching the entire battle, Five Declines of Heaven and Man could see it clearly.
Xu Xiaoshou's physical strength had also shattered the shackles of a Throne physique, reaching half of a demi-saint's level in bodily arts... only "body," without "arts."
Even so, relying solely on his fleshly body, he could already be said to possess demi-saint-level combat power.
Not to mention Xu Xiaoshou's terrifying combat awareness,