It was because he could escape into the Black Giant Coffin at a critical moment that Li Yi dared to kill ferocious beasts and Demon Domain cultivators on the battlefield without restraint.
Li Yi hadn't expected to actually retreat into the giant coffin. After all, Golden Immortals posed no threat to him, while Grand Unity Golden Immortals generally couldn't be bothered to attack Golden Immortals.
He had been too badly injured this time, and he had already achieved his goal. There was little point in continuing to fight. The Four Supremes would probably enter the fray soon, so Li Yi simply hid inside the giant coffin.
Li Yi lay in one of the spaces inside the giant coffin, channeling the Power of Life to continually mend his wounds while reviewing the battles he had fought recently.
"My combat strength should be comparable to that of an ordinary Grand Unity Golden Immortal now, especially with that last move." Li Yi felt a little troubled as he thought about it. "That final move is powerful, but it nearly drains all the Power of Slaughter and Power of Life from my body. I can only use it as a last resort."
When fighting opponents, Li Yi generally manifested his insights into external forms, such as a "lotus" or a "Taiji Diagram," and used them to attack. But the Nirvana Sword Dao was different. Those manifestations could only unleash part of its power. The problem wasn't with the manifestations themselves; rather, Li Yi's spiritual will could hardly sustain his insights long enough to fully manifest them. Only by relying on the sword itself could he unleash the complete Nirvana Sword Dao. Otherwise, the burly man would never have escaped the Taiji Diagram.
While Li Yi continued to reflect inside the giant coffin, the battle outside was reaching its final moments. Before the fighting began, there had been nearly a trillion cultivators and more than 1.2 trillion ferocious beasts. Now, only a little over 70 billion cultivators and around 100 billion ferocious beasts remained. Just over 1,500 Grand Unity Golden Immortals were left, meaning more than half had fallen. That alone showed how brutal this war had been.
Four figures stepped out into the void: Hongjun, Yang Mei, Luo Hou, and Shen Ni.
"Roar!!!"
Shen Ni revealed his true form first. Unlike last time, one of his enormous beast claws now held a bloodstained divine spear. It radiated boundless killing intent and contained a will to destroy everything and slaughter all living beings. Just one glance made it feel as if you were standing amid towering Blood Waves.
The spear was called the God Slaying Spear. It had been transformed from the stem of the 36-petal Green Lotus, and was a high-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure. Although it could not suppress fortune, its power was on par with an Innate Supreme Treasure. It was devoted to slaughter, a Supreme Treasure of Slaughter Dao.
"I didn't expect that spear to fall into your hands." Yang Mei's expression turned grave. A weapon comparable to an Innate Supreme Treasure was not to be underestimated—especially in the hands of an expert like Shen Ni, where its power was simply terrifying.
Yang Mei produced a golden Willow Branch, which continuously devoured the surrounding space. Its power was astonishing.
A simple, ancient banner also appeared above Hongjun's head. Wisps of chaotic energy drifted from it, and fine cracks appeared in the surrounding space. This ancient banner was none other than the Innate Supreme Treasure—the Pangu Banner.
Luo Hou was not to be outdone. A black Lotus Platform appeared beneath his feet. Behind him was a formation diagram crisscrossed by sword qi, with the faint images of four swords within it.
"Roar!!!"
The enormous beast claw tilted the divine spear slightly and pointed it at the sky. Boom! Several bolts of lightning crashed down. The killing intent and baleful energy hanging over the entire Primordial World surged together at astonishing speed. A series of rumbling sounds shook the whole world as boundless killing intent and baleful energy formed a gigantic black vortex.
An earth-shattering aura surged against the heavens. Bolts of lightning rained down as immeasurable killing intent and baleful energy converged. At last, the dark shroud that had covered the Primordial World for over a million years vanished, transforming into a spear projection millions of feet tall.
The immense pressure made the entire starry sky tremble, and vast Space Rifts opened everywhere. Great chasms thousands of feet deep split the battlefield.
"Kill!!!"
The spear projection pressed downward. Rumble!!! A spatial chasm a million feet across opened between Shen Ni and Yang Mei. A thunderous crash drowned out every battle cry on the battlefield. The enormous spear projection shrank to just over ten feet at an incomprehensible speed, pierced through the void, and appeared before Yang Mei in the blink of an eye.
"Hey!" Yang Mei gave a low shout. His golden Willow Branch intertwined, forming a curtain of light over a hundred feet wide. Immeasurable starlight was forcibly drawn from the void, and the curtain instantly expanded billions of feet, forming layer upon layer of barriers in front of him.
Bang!!!
The powerful shockwave shattered the entire starry sky in an instant, opening Space Rifts tens of thousands of feet across.
The Demonic Shadow behind Luo Hou let out a deafening demonic cry. It brimmed with boundless killing intent, which transformed into countless blades and swords that shot toward Hongjun.
At the same time, the Demonic Shadow detached itself from Luo Hou's body. An endless Sea of Corpses and Blood spread beneath its feet, while blood-red heads formed from resentment let out one mournful wail after another.
The Demonic Shadow reached down and seized the Sea of Corpses and Blood beneath its feet. Under the force of a series of hand seals, the entire sea transformed into a massive, blood-soaked skeletal claw.
With a crack, the skeletal claw tore through the void and followed close behind the blades and swords formed from the demonic cry.
Hongjun expressionlessly held the Pangu Banner before him and swept it toward the giant claw. Countless strands of Chaos Sword Qi shot across the sky.
The battle between the Four Supremes was terrifying. Space crumbled without pause, while countless immense beams of energy carved enormous fissures into the earth.
Countless cultivators died in the shockwaves from the Four Supremes' battle, forcing the entire battlefield to shift a million miles.
The battle between the two armies was equally brutal. Their eyes bloodshot, the cultivators charged at their opponents, mercilessly swinging bloodstained blades.
Suddenly, a furious roar shook the area where the Four Supremes were fighting. "Hongjun, you actually have a fragment of the Jade Butterfly of Creation! Ah, you two are despicable!"
Luo Hou was now trapped beneath the light cascading from a Jade Butterfly fragment. The Demonic Shadow swung its enormous fists against the barrier, while Hongjun wielded the Pangu Banner and joined Yang Mei in attacking Shen Ni.
The Jade Butterfly of Creation was precious, but its offensive power was not particularly strong. Its restrictions, however, were extraordinarily formidable. Even Luo Hou could not break through them in a short time.
Meanwhile, Hongjun and Yang Mei were attacking Shen Ni together. Once Shen Ni fell, Luo Hou's fate would undoubtedly be tragic.
"Roar!!!"
The enormous God Slaying Spear swept across the sky, its boundless killing intent filling the entire battlefield. Hongjun repeatedly unleashed strands of Chaos Sword Qi, while the golden Willow Branch in Yang Mei's hand was just as terrifying. Everywhere it passed was reduced to nothingness.
No matter how defiant Shen Ni was, he began to falter under the combined assault of Hongjun and Yang Mei. The two ancient survivors of the chaos had been slightly stronger than him to begin with.
He might have had a chance in a one-on-one fight, with the outcome uncertain. But against two opponents, the result had already been decided. The scarred giant beast reverted to human form.
A hint of unwillingness crossed Shen Ni's determined face. In the end, he let out a helpless sigh. The victor became king and the loser was condemned; he wouldn't call them despicable. Given the chance, he would have done the same.
"Hmph. Even in death, I won't let you get away with this." Boundless light suddenly burst from Shen Ni's body, forming a gigantic orb that rushed toward Hongjun and Yang Mei.
"Not good! He's going to self-destruct!"
The two were horrified. Each used the Pangu Banner or the golden Willow Branch to wrap around himself before tearing through space and fleeing.
Bang!!!
Bang!!!
Two tremendous explosions resounded throughout the Primordial World. Faintly, a venomous voice could still be heard: "Hongjun, you forced me to self-destruct my Demonic Shadow! My millions of years of effort have gone to waste. I won't let you get away with this!"
Shen Ni's self-destruction, combined with Luo Hou's self-destruction of his Demonic Shadow, created a terrifying black hole tens of millions of feet across above the battlefield. In an instant, it swallowed most of the ferocious beasts and cultivators still there.
Hongjun and Yang Mei slowly reappeared. They exchanged a glance, both showing a trace of relief. They hadn't expected Shen Ni to be so resolute as to self-destruct. With Luo Hou also sacrificing his Demonic Shadow, they were fortunate to have escaped quickly; otherwise, they too might have perished. Even so, both had suffered serious injuries.
Hongjun reached out and caught the Jade Butterfly of Creation as it flew toward him, then swept the Pangu Banner across it. The black hole gradually disappeared. Without looking back, he flew away.
Yang Mei glanced briefly at the devastated battlefield, then swept his Willow Branch. A streak of golden light cut toward the remaining ferocious beasts and Demon Domain cultivators, leaving almost none alive. Then he, too, vanished into the distance.
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