Evolving the Great Desolation
Chapter 23

Battle of Speed

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Pangu chuckled, this minor divine ability wouldn't work on him. Indeed, Pangu's physical body was incomparably strong, and a small injury couldn't affect him at all. His Primordial Spirit was closely connected to his physical body, so it wasn't independent. Any divine ability that affected the Primordial Spirit was also ineffective. Perhaps the only thing that could pose a threat to Pangu was endless attacks.

Pangu let out a great roar and his body shot straight up. His fists, like spinning meteors, struck the myriad sword energies, killing intent, and lightning.

As Pangu's fists opened and closed, ripples spread through the void, shattering the myriad sword energies. His fist winds were also incredibly powerful, churning the dark clouds and preventing anything from getting close. The black mist drifted, unable to coalesce.

"Open!" Pangu shouted, and a force capable of splitting the heavens and opening the earth surged with his voice, sweeping all the sword energies and killing intent attacking him into the air. Dao Lord Lu Ya and the other two were also blown about by this momentum, and the sword formation they had formed immediately showed a flaw.

Pangu's fist struck directly, with an air of "who else could possibly do this," hitting the Immortal Ending Sword. The Immortal Ending Sword's brilliance flared, but it still couldn't withstand this punch imbued with the Law of Strength.

With a mournful cry, the Immortal Ending Sword trembled violently. The force of the punch continued its advance, transmitting entirely to the clone wielding it. Dao Lord Lu Ya was not a body refiner, and even he wouldn't dare to take a direct punch from Pangu, let alone a clone. The clone immediately shattered into pieces, turning into a sky full of sparks. The Primordial Spirit residing within flew back to Dao Lord Lu Ya.

The destruction of one clone dealt a significant blow to Dao Lord Lu Ya. He quickly wielded the Immortal Slaying Sword to protect himself. The formation was in disarray. Although the formation was broken, the sharpness and indestructibility of the four precious swords remained. The Immortal Slaughtering Sword flicked, and a sword energy slashed horizontally.

This sword energy vibrated and gradually separated into seven streams. Seven sword energies lined up before the Dragon Dome! With a swing of his long sword, the seven sword energies fiercely attacked Pangu. One aimed straight for his brow, three surged towards his chest, and the remaining three pointed directly at Pangu's legs!

This was an attack from an unexpected direction, a tactic of advancing by retreating.

Pangu swung his fists, intending to break through with sheer force, but these seven sword glows were somewhat strange. They suddenly exploded, resisting the force of Pangu's fists. Although the sword glows dissipated, the seven streams of killing intent remained undiminished, engulfing Pangu. A bone-chilling cold, like falling into an ice cellar, made Pangu shiver.

This killing intent flowed through Pangu's body like galloping horses, attempting to influence his mind. Pangu's Spiritual Sense surged, transforming into a palm that grasped the black killing intent and crushed it to pieces.

Great Immortal Yang Mei transmitted his voice to Dao Lord Lu Ya, "Pangu was born with a powerful physique. Your offensive divine abilities are fine for dealing with other Chaos beings, but they are almost useless against him."

Dao Lord Lu Ya asked, "What should I do?"

Great Immortal Yang Mei replied, "Use your strengths to attack his weaknesses."

Dao Lord Lu Ya murmured to himself, "My strengths... my greatest strength is speed. Speed, fast. All martial arts under heaven are invincible if they are fast enough."

"I understand. As long as I'm fast enough, faster than Pangu's body's self-healing speed, I will win."

At this moment, an oppressive aura that made Great Immortal Yang Mei feel stifled appeared, quite abruptly.

A phantom image of a Nine-Headed Savage Lion appeared in the sky, its dark, snake-like tail striking the void. However, this illusory monster seemed to have incurred heavenly punishment. A vortex appeared out of nowhere and devoured the monster.

"Old man Yang Mei, you have caused me great suffering! You imprisoned my soul and refined my body. I swear to heaven, I sacrifice my broken body and curse you to a terrible death. May you be smashed to pieces!"

This phantom image in the sky, along with its voice, could only be heard and seen by Great Immortal Yang Mei.

Great Immortal Yang Mei felt an invisible force envelop him. His flesh and bones writhed rapidly, showing signs of separating from his body. He quickly cast a mysterious incantation, using the techniques for refining treasures to reforge himself, preventing himself from splitting apart.

"It's not that simple, keke."

The invisible curse power suddenly dissipated and condensed above his head. This curse power attracted a black pillar of light that descended from the depths of the Chaos, spanning this world.

A destructive aura pressed down on Great Immortal Yang Mei. The black pillar of light circled him, and the ground he stood on seemed to be pierced, forming a deep abyss. Countless碎石 were thrown into the sky.

At this moment, a black vortex appeared in the sky, like a spinning galaxy, generating immense suction.

Great Immortal Yang Mei stood on a cliff one meter in circumference and activated his incantation, communicating with the incomplete world, using the power of this world's heaven and earth to resist the suction.

"I suppress it with the power of a world, break!"

This world seemed to experience a violent earthquake. The earth's veins bulged. All living things that had not been destroyed by the heavenly tribulation immediately withered. A vast life force gathered, and this pillar of light shot straight into the sky, attacking the spinning black vortex.

But the white light immediately clashed with the vortex.

Great Immortal Yang Mei spat out a mouthful of blood and said, "I offer my blood as a sacrifice, transforming all things in heaven and earth." This drop of vital blood quickly merged into this world and earth. A surge of blood energy erupted, nourishing the dwindling life force of all living things.

All living things emitted specks of starlight, which converged into the white pillar of light. With the addition of this power, the vortex finally stopped spinning and slowly receded into the Chaos.

"Haha, I only sacrificed this broken body, and you used the power of a whole world. Haha, I'll give you another chance, let's see what you do."

"You won't get another chance."

"How did you find me? Impossible."

"You damned old ghost, you've ruined my world once again."

Great Immortal Yang Mei cast an incantation to trap a black shadow that was darting left and right.

"You are just a stupid creature that cannot even transform. This heaven and earth are all mine. How could I not know where you are?"

The black shadow shrieked, "I know! You used the power of heaven and earth just now, not only to resist my curse, but also to observe where this heaven and earth was abnormal. Yes, I hate it so much."

Great Immortal Yang Mei said fiercely, "It's too late. You wanted me to be smashed to pieces, and I want your soul scattered!"

"Explode!"

The restriction binding the black shadow suddenly emitted a blinding light and exploded.

The black shadow was instantly blown to pieces.

The black shadow, though shattered, did not disperse and gradually began to reform.

"Haha, I am immortal!" But a wave of weakness washed over him.

"Then let's try."

Seeing that the situation was bad, the black shadow immediately hid itself. After all, this continent was refined from his main body. He had an affinity with souls and could fully utilize his supreme escape technique. With a turn, he disappeared.

Great Immortal Yang Mei said hatefully, "You can't escape."

"If my main body hadn't been refined by you, my soul laws would be ineffective against you old willow tree. I wouldn't have ended up like this. You rotten-hearted old willow tree, you heartless rotten wood!"

Great Immortal Yang Mei said, "You have committed countless evils. He who does evil will perish by his own hand. If you hadn't tried to devour Daoist Lu Ya's main body back then, why would I have had to step in and subdue you?"

"Excuses! You still wanted to perfect your broken heaven and earth, and steal my soul laws. Do you think you heartless rotten wood can create souls? You are not worthy. Haha, only a genius like me can. But you destroyed my main body long ago. Fortunately, my soul is strong enough, and I cultivated a Ghost Body, otherwise I would have died long ago."

"If my true form were here, I'd only need to offer up a single head to have the Great Dao obliterate you into dust."

"Don't even dream of using your Spiritual Sense to find me. You can come and go freely in this world, and so can I."

Great Immortal Yang Mei said fiercely, "This is bad, I've wasted all this time on you. If anything happens to my friend Dao Lord Lu Ya, I'll hold you responsible." With that, he quickly fled.

Dao Lord Lu Ya's speed was truly unparalleled. He retracted his clone, wielding the sharpest Immortal Slaying Sword, and attacked rapidly. He didn't use any divine abilities, just swung, chopped, thrust, and parried with his sword, giving Pangu no chance to rest or counterattack. Every divine ability Pangu unleashed was interrupted by Lu Ya's speed. Even his most primal axe counterattacks couldn't land a blow; it was incredibly humiliating.

This Dao Lord Lu Ya was also a ruthless figure. Sometimes, to get in a few extra sword strikes, he would attack the same spot repeatedly, intending to sever Pangu's arms by sheer force. Although he did take a few punches from Pangu.

Pangu was incredibly frustrated. He could only see fleeting figures. Even when he managed to land a few punches, it was only because the opponent allowed it.

"Ooooh!"

A roar of frustration, unwillingness, and pain.

It's said that the Great Dao is impartial; for every law, there is a counteracting law. This Law of Speed undoubtedly left Pangu with strength he couldn't use and power he couldn't unleash, leaving him to passively endure the blows.

Xuanhuang, watching from the side, felt a twinge of fear. If this continued, Pangu would definitely meet his end under Lu Ya's sword. Pangu was completely suppressed right now. If Pangu had the incredibly defensive Chaos Green Lotus, he might not be in such a sorry state.

The Exquisite Pagoda trembled, emitting countless streams of Xuanhuang Qi, and instantly floated above Pangu's head. The Xuanhuang Qi blocked Dao Lord Lu Ya's sword energy.

Dao Lord Lu Ya's Immortal Slaying Sword struck the Xuanhuang Qi as if sinking into extremely soft cotton, instantly losing much of its sharpness. This also gave Pangu a small opening.

"Fist!" A colossal fist smashed towards his Immortal Slaying Sword. A wave of immense force transmitted, instantly cracking his tiger's mouth.

Dao Lord Lu Ya knew the power of this punch and quickly let go of the Immortal Slaying Sword.

Dodging, Dao Lord Lu Ya now secretly cursed. Pangu had clearly also cultivated a speed technique, and while not as proficient as his own, the sheer force of that punch was something he couldn't contend with. Dodge, he could only dodge.

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