Tongtian's posture left the Luohu Clone across from him completely dumbfounded.
"Good heavens, good heavens, this is unbelievable! Are you the Heavenly Dao's own son? How do you have so many spiritual treasures?"
But he understood how dire the situation was. They had reached a life-or-death moment, and he began fighting with all his might.
Demonic energy surged as the phantom of a massive nine-story tower appeared, surrounded by towering pillars of fire formed from the power of earth and fire.
The moment the phantom tower appeared, even Donghua and the others in the distance felt a powerful force of suppression and sealing.
The Sky Demon Tower!
The Heaven-Suppressing Tower!
It certainly lived up to its name.
Tongtian felt nothing at all. With a thought, a mysterious yellow pagoda appeared as well.
Fuxi cried out, "The Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda!"
The pagoda Tongtian had summoned was none other than the acquired Merit Supreme Treasure, the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda.
Before he left, his eldest senior brother, Taishang, had worried about his safety and lent it to him for protection.
When the Luohu Clone saw this spiritual treasure appear, he was utterly dumbfounded. This time, he really was dumbfounded.
"Isn't this just bullying?"
Tongtian paid none of that any mind. All the frustration he had felt earlier now burst forth.
He didn't bother defending himself. He even sent out the Exquisite Pagoda, which had originally been a supreme defensive treasure. It transformed into a gigantic pagoda and pinned the Luohu Clone in place.
Tongtian set the Immortal Slaying Four Swords in motion.
The Immortal Slaying Sword was incomparably sharp; a casual sword aura could split the void.
The Immortal Slaughtering Sword represented death. Its sword aura was terrifying, unleashing a boundless tide of death.
The Immortal Trapping Sword represented desire. When its sword aura activated, red light flashed everywhere. Anyone who had yet to Slay the Three Corpses would surely fall into a world of desire, only to be slain by the Immortal Trapping Sword's aura.
The Immortal Severing Sword had limitless variations. The word "severing" encompassed them all. Its endless changes drove its enemies to despair, where they were ultimately slain by its sword aura.
Luohu had refined these four swords into Top-tier Innate Spiritual Treasures. Each sword represented one Great Dao.
But Luohu could never have imagined that the swords he had forged would one day kill him.
The four swords moved together, swiftly forming a space that surrounded the Luohu Clone. Even without a formation diagram, the swords remained overwhelmingly powerful.
Within the space, Luohu and the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda struggled against each other.
The two towers embodied two diametrically opposed Great Daos. Every collision made the phantom of the Sky Demon Tower grow a little dimmer.
Seeing this, the clone knew he was doomed today. Never mind the Immortal Slaying Four Swords watching hungrily outside; he couldn't even break through this Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda.
Rage seized him. Demonic energy roiled as he transformed completely into the Sky Demon Tower and rammed into the Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda.
Once, twice, three times.
At last, he knocked the Exquisite Pagoda away.
"You vermin! Since you won't let this ancestor live, don't expect to get off lightly yourselves!"
The Sky Demon Tower grew larger and larger. Its normally pitch-black surface was now red streaked with black, and black streaked with red.
Boundless demonic energy and earth-fire energy surged, stirring the Earth Fire Magma. The entire underground world began to shake as if it were about to shatter.
Was the Luohu Clone trying to destroy this entire world?
Donghua and the others hurriedly poured out more of their Great Dao power. The Four Symbols Power gathered together, repeatedly suppressing the roiling Earth Fire Magma.
Donghua roared, "Tongtian, hurry up! The world is about to break apart!"
The world inside this volcano was suppressed by Yuanfeng's true form, while Donghua and the others relied on their great array to hold it down. Even they were nearly unable to withstand the destruction.
Tongtian finally moved!
"This seat is here! You think you can destroy this world? Die!"
The immense Primordial Spirit behind Tongtian raised the Exquisite Pagoda. Ten thousand rays of light burst from within it, blasting the ever-growing Sky Demon Tower away and pinning it in place.
Tongtian set the Immortal Slaying Four Swords in motion again. The four swords carried boundless power, ignored every defense, and pierced the Sky Demon Tower itself.
Seeing this, Tongtian formed one hand seal after another. The four swords spun and began devouring the Sky Demon Tower's power.
The earth-fire energy and the Sky Demon Tower's sealing power were both devoured by the four swords.
There was no need to mention the demonic energy of the Luohu Clone. It was the best nourishment for the four swords.
"Ever since this seat obtained these four swords, I haven't sharpened them once."
"In the past, Luohu sharpened them with Yin-Yang, Qiankun, and the others. Today, I'll use your Luohu Clone to sharpen them once more and refine my swords anew!"
The Immortal Slaying Four Swords had already been refined by Luohu into Top-tier Innate Spiritual Treasures, yet Tongtian intended to refine them all over again and completely erase Luohu's "imprint" from the swords, turning them into his own spiritual treasures.
"Tongtian is truly domineering!"
"He really is a peerless talent!"
By now, the clone was powerless, unable to use even the strength he had left. His vast power was slowly disappearing, and his cultivation fell from Late Stage Quasi-Saint.
Middle stage, early stage, until he fell below the Grand Luo Golden Immortal Realm.
"I refuse to accept this!"
"I refuse to accept this!"
"I refuse to accept this!"
The Luohu Clone shouted three times. After the third cry, the four swords drained him of every last trace of power.
Two spiritual treasures appeared in the sky: one was the broken Sky Demon Tower, reduced from nine stories to seven.
The other was a fiery-red spirit pearl.
Tongtian put away the Exquisite Pagoda, then waved both hands. The four swords flew over.
He stroked the four newly reforged Immortal Slaying Swords and laughed with delight.
After laughing, he drew the Sky Demon Tower down from the sky and put it away.
He was about to collect the spirit pearl as well, but it dodged him and darted around.
"A spiritual object? Has it already gained sentience?"
As he spoke, he used his power again, trying to draw the spirit pearl over.
But the pearl darted away, flying straight toward Nuwa before stopping beside her.
Seeing this, Nuwa freed one hand, and the spirit pearl promptly flew into her palm.
"Senior Brother Tongtian, this spirit pearl and I are fated to meet. Would you let me have it?"
Tongtian agreed readily. He didn't mind; it was only a spirit pearl.
With the Luohu Clone's death, the volcanic world gradually settled down.
Fuxi said, "Fellow Daoists, let's combine our strength and repair this damaged great array, restoring the formation patterns."
Donghua and the others agreed.
The four of them then channeled their power to repair the Four Symbols Great Array inside the volcano.
They hadn't had time to repair it earlier, so they had used their own Great Daos to keep the formation running. Now that everything was over, they naturally had to restore it properly.
Once they had finished setting up the array, they prepared to leave.
Suddenly, two cries rang out from the sky.
A black Vermilion Bird descended, followed by a fiery-red Vermilion Bird.
"Cackle, cackle, cackle! Vermilion Bird, you wretched wench! You think you can seal this seat?"
Donghua and the others stared at the scene in shock, utterly unable to make sense of it.
How had Beast Emperor Shen Ni turned into a Vermilion Bird?
Vermilion Bird said, "You fiend! You can't escape. I'll send you back, no matter what!"
"Fiend? Then what are you?"
"Right now, I possess all your strength and divine abilities. Can you defeat yourself?"
Donghua and the others exchanged glances, none of them understanding what was going on.
"Elder Brother Tai Wei, what should we do? Should we attack?"
Taizhen asked. When she was with Donghua, she didn't like thinking too much. She only had to fight; Donghua could do the thinking for her. It had been that way since the Dragon-Han Period.
Donghua couldn't make up his mind, either. Shen Ni was far too strange. In just a moment, he had turned into a Vermilion Bird, and judging by what he'd said, he also possessed her strength and divine abilities.
How were they supposed to fight that? What if this thing could turn into them, too?
"Let's see what happens first. There's no need to rush into battle."
The others agreed, each bracing for whatever might come.
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