How About Breaking Through?

"I see. That's why you let Miss Li run ahead."

Bai Qiuran murmured, "Besides manipulating space, are there any Magic Treasure in this world that can manipulate time?"

"I've never heard of magic. That thing can be manipulated, perhaps because it once belonged to the Heavenly Emperor."

Wisdom Immortal quickly said, "We can think about these things later, no rush. You deal with that guy first... it's coming!"

Above the sky, as energy was poured into the Eastern Emperor Bell in the Giant God's palm, the scorch marks on the surface of the bell gradually peeled off, and the ancient bell emitted a dark golden light, its size increasing to a level commensurate with the Giant God's height.

Then, the colossal star Giant God held the Ancient Bronze Bell and gently shook it.

Clang!

Like the tolling of Bell Chime in the Earth Immortal Ancient City, but the power of this Eastern Emperor Bell far surpasses that of the Soul-Capturing Bell. Visible to the naked eye, the sound waves caused Spatial Rift, darker than the starry sky itself, to appear and spread inch by inch. Endless Energy Storm from the outer Void, mixed with sharp Spatial Fragment, swept towards Bai Qiuran.

A Void Storm swept by, tearing Bai Qiuran's clothes into pieces.

"Oh shit."

His hair was disheveled in the wind.

"Fortunately Miss Li left first."

"If she doesn't leave now, she won't be able to leave at all."

Wisdom Immortal asked solemnly, "How do you feel? Just now, that move shattered the space in this sky into countless fragments."

"I feel a bit cool down there... otherwise, nothing's wrong."

Bai Qiuran, covering her private parts, replied, "By the way, is there any magic that can conjure clothes...? I feel so awkward not being able to cover myself."

Well...

"Alright, you don't need to say anything more."

Bai Qiuran waved his hand and said, "You also need True Essence, right?"

Wisdom Immortal didn't answer, but judging from his attitude, he probably acquiesced.

"Damn it, we finally made it this far, and all we get is bad luck."

Bai Qiuran twisted his arm and looked at the Galaxy Giant in the sky, saying, "Don't think you're so arrogant just because you've gained one-tenth of my power. Today I'll tell you, you old relic, that there's a difference between one-tenth of my power!"

Aren't you going to put in the effort?

Wisdom Immortal advised, "Forget it, Old Bai. At worst, it's just a breakthrough. After the 66,666th level of Qi Refinement, there's still the 66,667th level, isn't there? It's not like you'll miss this opportunity forever... In comparison, that Giant God is carrying the Eastern Emperor Bell. You need to be careful of it. If this battle drags on, no one can predict what it will do with that Magic Treasure. I suggest we finish this quickly."

"Fine."

Bai Qiuran took out an Iron Sword from his Storage Bag, infused it with Sword Qi, and a dazzling cold light flashed across the blade.

"Today I will show these Heavenly Gods the unparalleled swordsmanship of my Azure Nether Sword Sect."

He lightly touched the floating stone platform left by Li Jinyao with his toes, and the platform collapsed. Bai Qiuran himself, along with a cloud of dust, rose rapidly to the same height as the Giant God's nose. Then he took a deep breath and merged with the longsword in his hand into a Sword Light.

Sword Light streaked across the starry sky. Bai Qiuran released one-tenth of his Sword Qi without reservation, sweeping away the last remnants of the Heavenly God Palace into ashes. The massive Galaxy Giant was also pierced by the Sword Light, his body torn apart piece by piece.

Although it possessed power that surpassed Bai Qiuran's by one-tenth, it was clearly inferior to Bai Qiuran, its original owner, in terms of how well it could utilize its strength.

Helpless, the Galaxy Giant could only desperately urge the Eastern Emperor Bell. The resounding Bell Chime tolled the entire sky into the smallest fragments, and endless Void Storm filled the entire space. But Bai Qiuran remained fearless. His Sword Light tore through the Void Storm, and lotus flowers bloomed in the sky and on the ground. From the center of the blooming lotus flowers, countless Sword Qi storms shot out.

In an instant, the entire colossal body of the Galaxy Giant was surrounded by countless Sword Light, both in the sky and on the ground, in all directions.

Endless Sword Qi tore apart the limbs of the Galaxy Giant, and even ripped open a large part of its neck. However, such injuries were still not fatal to the Galaxy Giant.

Seeing Bai Qiuran's fierce and unstoppable stance, knowing it was no match for him, it directly transformed its severed arm into energy and poured it all into the Eastern Emperor Bell.

Clang!

Even more powerful than the previous Bell Chime, they heralded that the world would stand still at this moment.

Like a clock stopping, in Bai Qiuran's eyes, the world turned into a gray-white color. The Spatial Fragment scattered in the sky, the Energy Storm spreading in the Void, his Sword Qi, the light spots splashed off when the sword blade tore through the Giant God's body, and even his body, all stopped at this moment.

Bai Qiuran's thoughts hadn't stopped when a strange premonition came over him. Whenever Bai Qiuran thought about manipulating his body, a powerful will in the dark interfered with him, as if he was meant to stay at this moment and maintain this instant of silence.

Is this... time manipulation?

Such Consciousness flashed through Bai Qiuran's mind. He barely Mobile his eyes, wanting to signal to Wisdom Immortal, whom he was holding in one hand, but he found that Wisdom Immortal was also frozen in this moment. His head was suspended in the air at an arc, and a few green sparks were splashed from the empty eye sockets, but these sparks also stopped in mid-air.

Unlike Bai Qiuran, he seemed unable to maintain his Consciousness in this space-time.

It seems we have no choice but to resort to force.

Thinking of this, Bai Qiuran forcibly gathered the vast, dormant True Qi within her body and struggled violently.

The entire space trembled slightly, and the gray-white barrier seemed about to shatter instantly, but the next moment, an even stronger pressure came back, pressing Bai Qiuran to the spot.

This pressure was very special; it not only pressed on Bai Qiuran's body surface, but also on every cell of his body, every basic factor that constitutes his body, Consciousness, and soul, and even on the boundless and vast True Qi within his Purple Mansion.

Bai Qiuran felt as if he had been thrown into a swamp full of silt, surrounded by a sticky yet terrifyingly oppressive force. This force was even more terrifying than when the First Ancestor Demon Emperor used his Divine Ability to control Heaven and Earth to oppress him.

His expression tightened. He should be able to break free from this pressure if he fought hard, but the True Qi he would need to use would definitely exceed his limit. More importantly, this pressure was still pressing down on his Purple Mansion.

It's like someone desperately needing to pee, and another person keeps punching their stomach.

Or should I try to break through?

Bai Qiuran hesitated, the gray-white world suddenly faded away, and a gigantic fist that blotted out the sky descended from the heavens with a thunderous roar, knocking him off the cosmos and through the Milky Way in the center of the Firmament, plunging him into the deeper darkness.