Hongjun sent a gray pillar of light straight at the Six Saints, crushing head-on toward them.
Laozi's Taiji Diagram met it with twin beams of black and white. The two forces collided in Chaos, and the last intact piece of ground in Purple Cloud Palace shattered.
The Six Saints and Su Miao floated up at the same time.
Yaochi and Haotian used their own magic power to barely prop up a defensive barrier, struggling bitterly to hold on.
Chaos swallowed the stone-slab fragments. Demon God Hongjun pressed forward, the gray pillar of light continuously increasing its pressure, and Laozi's Taiji Diagram shrank back inch by inch.
Cold sweat faintly seeped from his brow. The Pangu Divine Power within him circulated at breakneck speed, yet he still could not block Hongjun's savage force born from Chaos.
Seeing this, Yuanshi immediately activated the Pangu Banner. The cyan banner-shadow shook loose a sky full of chaotic Sword Qi and slashed diagonally toward the scales on Hongjun's side.
After that strike fell, Yuanshi's heart sank.
The scales had only shattered on the surface. The tendons and meridians had not been hurt.
He had originally expected this blow to sever an arm bone, but he had not imagined a demon god's body would be tough to such a degree.
Hongjun roared in pain and fury, splitting off a small portion of his force to sweep toward Yuanshi.
The Pangu Banner hummed and trembled. Its surface was brushed by gray chaotic qi, and several faint scratches actually appeared on it. Yuanshi was shaken until his figure swayed and he fell back several thousand li. A fishy sweetness surged in his throat, and a mouthful of Essence Blood sprayed straight out.
Tongtian brought out the Immortal Slaying Four Swords. Four-colored Sword Light twisted together into a fierce