Annihilation

Inside the cyan disc-shaped spaceship.

"After leaving the Starfall Sea, we'll enter the Death Corridor. It's filled with Space Fragment, Xuehuan Wind, and Nine-Colored Turbulence," the Chimei Clan girl Huanling, earnestly instructed her team. "Besides Xisai, Windshadow, and two others who have been to the Xuehuan Continent, none of the others have. That will be the most dangerous stage before we enter the Xuehuan Continent..."

Jiang Yao, who was comfortably resting on the sofa, suddenly opened his eyes and looked through the exterior simulation at the large and small meteorites flying rapidly in the void not far away.

Although Jiang Yao was operating Large Probe, he did not let his guard down. With the data provided by the Virtual Universe Company, his understanding of the Third Outer-Region Battlefield was no less than that of the real 'Xisai'.

However, he is not a true Immortal God after all. The Thousand-God Phantom Armor Bead can disguise itself as the aura of Immortal God, but it cannot disguise itself as Void Divine Power or Law Domain. If he uses the World Force, it will expose his identity as not Immortal God.

However, as a grandmaster-level expert of the Cosmic School, Jiang Yao is able to explore the surrounding world through the fluctuations of Space-Time Law, which are more concealed than the Eight Lower Laws. This is a more concealed and powerful exploration ability than spreading out Void Divine Power or Law Domain.

If one cultivates the Space-Time Law to the level of the Youyuan Venerable, their control over spacetime is not much inferior to that of the Universe Master, except that they cannot Reverse Time and Space or revive life.

Jiang Yao's unusual behavior caught the attention of the Huanling, who, as an immortal of the Chimei Clan, became somewhat wary and asked, "Xisai, have you noticed something amiss?"

"There are significantly more small meteorites outside than before," Jiang Yao said, pointing to the simulated outdoor scenery.

The small meteorites he was referring to were tiny meteorites, roughly the size of a football, but now the number of small meteorites has increased significantly.

Captain Jialuo frowned and said, "The detector didn't give any abnormal alarms. I dare say that even on the Xuehuan Continent, my detector is among the best."

Vice Captain Huanchen grinned and said, "Xisai, you've become more timid after not returning for over a thousand epochs. You're too cautious. The detector of that Machine Race expert we encountered last time was no match for yours. If there was any danger, you would definitely have been detected by the captain!"

"This isn't a problem with the detector," Jiang Yao said calmly. His Large Probe hadn't detected anything either.

However, through his control over the fluctuations of the Space-Time Law, he experienced a strange sensation from the miniature meteorites outside.

Jiang Yao still tended to trust his own feelings. With a thought, he instantly connected with the Origin Law of Light and Origin Law of Time in the void outside the spaceship.

A golden light suddenly condensed.

Everyone else stared at Jiang Yao in surprise, even Huan Ling, who always had a cold Huanling, looked at the golden light outside the spaceship.

"Purification Light!"

Huanchen's eyes lit up; this was the first time 'Xisai' had made a move in months.

"Purification Light" is another name for the time-related effects created by the combination of the Law of Light. It is extremely famous because it is very effective against Immortal Divine Body.

The reason why 'Xisai' dared to venture deep into the Xuehuan Continent was largely because he was skilled in combining the Law of Light.

However, Huanchen and the others were somewhat disappointed. The 'Purification Light' formed by Jiang Yao combining the Law of Light was not very powerful or aura-filled, indicating that he had not used his full strength.

The golden light streaked across the void in an instant, hurtling towards a meteorite the size of a football.

"The meteorite material in this Starfall Sea is extremely hard; it's impossible for anyone other than a super strong expert at the King Level..." Huanchen saw the mocking look on his face, but then suddenly stopped before he could finish speaking.

The golden light did not attack the meteorite, but instead spread out like a light carpet and enveloped the miniature meteorite. Then, a roar came from the surface of the meteorite, followed by several wisps of bloody smoke rising up.

"Is there really a problem?!" The others were dumbfounded.

Jialuo's expression darkened. "This tiny meteorite harbors an extremely small life form; someone is spying on us!"

Deeper inside a ravine on the back of a massive meteorite, roughly tens of thousands of kilometers in size, the enormous mountain of flesh uttered a surprised and disbelieving voice. "One of my eyes has been discovered. Fine, then I won't wait for them to come to me. With you here, they can't escape this time."

"Hehe, if I really encounter the elites of the five major human powers, I might be able to make up for my losses last time." A cold glint flashed in the eyes of the short, three-tailed, triangular-headed Monster Race immortal beside him, and he too transformed into a Flowing Light and rushed out.

The Mountain of Flesh grinned maliciously, "The rest of that human squad is fine, but the leader is a tough one to deal with. He might have a trump card for escape. You hide in my World Ring for now, and you can give him a surprise when it matters!"

Having said that, the enormous mountain of flesh transformed into hundreds of beams of light that shot out of the meteorite.

"Someone's flying towards us!" Captain Jialuo exclaimed in alarm at the alarm from the detector, "The detector shows hundreds of Immortal God?... It's him!"

Apart from Jiang Yao, everyone else's expression changed drastically.

"That Qidu?"

"It's him again?"

"Could he be the one spying on us?"

Huanling frowned and said, "Should we dodge? Once he gets involved, it will be difficult for us to escape."

"Hmph!" Huanchen sneered, "Others may be afraid of him, but we are not. He couldn't do anything to us last time and even suffered a great loss. Does he want revenge this time?"

Captain Jialuo's eyes flashed with a cold light. "Even if we want to hide, our speed can't reach the speed of light in this Starfall Sea. As long as he doesn't give up, can we keep running away forever? Even if we completely cross the Starfall Sea and reach the Death Corridor, we won't be able to shake him off. We'll have to fight him sooner or later. Last time we didn't want to get entangled with him, but this time, even if we can't kill him, we'll teach him a big lesson!"

"Qidu?" Jiang Yao frowned.

The petite Windshadow said solemnly, "Qidu is an extremely rare Energy Lifeform in the universe. It joined the Monster Race in the Outer-Region Battlefield and possesses the Innate Secret Technique 'Divine Body Split'!"

Jiang Yao was somewhat surprised. "Divine Body Split?"

Divine Body Split is something that not every powerful person would have the courage to do.

Immortal God can split off a portion of their divine body through Divine Body Split. No matter how far apart the split divine bodies are, they can still sense each other, which is a way to preserve their lives.

In the original story, the Demon Hand King, who killed Huyan Bo, feared that Luo Feng would avenge Huyan Bo, so he split his divine body into two parts to protect himself.

The Chimei Clan girl 'Huanling' continued, "This Qidu's 'Divine Body Split' Innate Secret Technique is quite extraordinary. Normally, the divine bodies and souls split off by our Immortal God are much weaker and easily Soul Control. Once one split divine body is controlled, the other divine bodies will also be controlled."

"But Qidu is Energy Lifeform, so it is not afraid of Soul Control. Moreover, although the strength of its split divine bodies has also decreased, the decrease is not significant. Furthermore, it possesses five Crystal Core, which means that at least five split divine bodies have the same Law Comprehension as the original body, only the divine bodies are smaller."

"Although the split divine bodies without Crystal Core are far weaker than the original body, they should not be underestimated; each one is extremely difficult to deal with."

Windshadow added, "Most importantly, this Qidu's split divine body is just like 'Wuhun's' Innate Secret Technique 'clone.' As long as the original body doesn't die, even if its split divine body is shattered into pieces and ground into powder, the Immortal Divine Power will return to the original body and then split again. Therefore, this Qidu's split divine body is even more difficult to kill than a normal Undying Body. Usually, you have to burn your divine power to truly damage its divine body."

"But the Qidu can also burn divine power, and even cause its split divine body to self-destruct!" Captain Jialuo said solemnly to Jiang Yao, "So don't be careless during the battle later!"

Jialuo's expression immediately hardened. "He's here! Everyone, get out!"

Immediately, Jialuo took the lead, and Jiang Yao and the other nine team members followed him as they rushed out of the safety cabin and flew out of the spaceship.

Just as Jialuo stored the spaceship into his World Ring, hundreds of streaks of Flowing Light, accompanied by a powerful aura, tore through the void, scattered, and landed around the Divine Spirit Squad, surrounding them.

Jiang Yao narrowed his eyes. Most of the hundreds of figures surrounding them were monsters about ten meters tall, with human-like upper bodies and octopus-like lower bodies covered with dozens of tentacles. They should be the split divine bodies of the rare cosmic life form 'Qidu'.

However, five of the split divine bodies are much larger than the other divine bodies, reaching over a hundred meters in size!

They should be those five split divine bodies that possess Crystal Core and whose strength is comparable to the original body.

"You're not running away?" One of the hundred-meter-tall split divine beings asked, his voice filled with deep surprise.

Huanchen spread his wings, his fighting spirit soaring, and said disdainfully, "You couldn't do anything to us last time, so why did you run away?"

"Be careful. Don't assume that the true form of this Qidu creature is among those five Large Divine Body. It might be hiding among those smaller divine bodies, or in the World Ring carried by one of them. It's even more possible that it's not here at all, but is hiding in some distant meteorite." Jialuo quickly transmitted her divine power to Jiang Yao.

"Hehe, another newcomer has joined you?" One of the Large Divine Body turned its gaze to Jiang Yao: "It seems my gains this time will be even greater."

Captain Jialuo quickly assigned tasks via telepathic communication. "This time, Huanchen and I will hold off the five Large Divine Body. The rest of you will deal with his smaller divine bodies. Xisai, you also help deal with the smaller divine bodies of 'Qidu'. Your Purification Light will be more likely to destroy his Immortal Divine Power. He couldn't do anything to us last time, and with you joining us this time, he will be no match for us."

"Also, the old rule applies: if anyone can't hold on, use divine power to transmit a message to 'Aodisi' and have him stored in the World Ring!"

"Aodisi?" Jiang Yao asked, somewhat puzzled.

Vice-captain Huanchen grinned and transmitted his divine power telepathically, saying, "Aodisi has had a special encounter and possesses the Innate Secret Technique 'Teleportation'! He can Teleportation freely within a million-kilometer area. Although it can't compare to the true Teleportation of those King Level powerhouses, it still makes him invincible. Hehe, how about it? I told you, our Divine Spirit Squad is full of extraordinary individuals."

Jiang Yao raised an eyebrow. Goodness, this team is indeed full of hidden talents.

Even the seemingly weakest three, 'Zhenyan', 'Wuhun', and 'Aodisi', each possess different abilities: one has an Immortal Level plant life, another has possessed the 'Soul-Eating Beast' and has Clone Secret Technique, making their survival ability stronger than that of ordinary Marquis Immortal, and the last one can even Teleportation short distances. This Jialuo definitely selected her team members with a specific purpose.

"Hmph, have you given your last words?" one of the Large Divine Body sneered. "Then prepare to die here!"

Five Large Divine Body, each over a hundred meters tall, charged straight at them, followed by powerful divine attacks.

'Huanchen' spread its wings, and a powerful aura soared into the sky, blocking one of the Large Divine Body. Each move it made could tear through space.

The power of 'Huanchen's' attack was no less than that of High-level Marquis!

The 'Qidu's' Large Divine Body also possesses combat strength at the High-level Marquis!

Captain Jialuo roared and unleashed his Law Domain, directly blocking the remaining four Large Divine Body of the 'Qidu'.

Jiang Yao nodded to himself. If his hidden strength was not taken into account, Jialuo's combat power had already surpassed the High-level Marquis and reached the Peak Marquis.

Meanwhile, the remaining hundreds of small, ten-meter-tall 'Qidu' divine beings also unleashed a barrage of attacks.

A golden-haired 'Aodisi' wielded a giant golden sword, flashing among hundreds of 'Qidu' and unleashing powerful attacks.

'Zhenyan' was surrounded by the vines of the Immortal Level plant life 'Blood Demon Flower' and also charged into the hundreds of 'Qidu'.

Wuhun then dispatched three clones to follow Zhenyan, protected by the Blood Demon Flower, to assist Zhenyan's attacks.

However, the combat power of each of the small 'Qidu' divine bodies is comparable to that of Initial Marquis. Even though the three of them, including 'Aodisi', are temporarily out of danger due to Teleportation and the protection of the extremely tough vines of the 'Blood Demon Flower', they pose no threat to the 'Qidu'. Each of them can only deal with one small 'Qidu' divine body at most.

Jiang Yao's old comrade-in-arms, who was in disguise, "Leo," "Windshadow," and "Demonhorn" formed a triangular formation, and a terrifying aura rose from their bodies.

The five Origin Law— metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—fluctuated intensely.

"It's actually an attack combining five Origin Law?!" Jiang Yao's eyes lit up. "So that's how it is!"

The combination of two or more laws is not uncommon; most geniuses comprehend more than one Origin Law.

For example, the Nine Great Divine Weapons of the Controller are actually meant to guide Spirit Reader onto the path of combining with the laws.

The Yan Shen Armament is a combination of the laws of metal and void; the Sui Divine Weapon is a combination of the laws of fire and void; and the Lie Divine Weapon is a combination of the laws of wind and time.

The most powerful Universe Divine Weapon is a combination of the two supreme laws of time and space, and its power is comparable to the Eight Fusion Laws.

However, the combination of laws is not only the combination of a lower law and a higher law, but also the combination of lower laws. In the Genius Tournament that Jiang Yao participated in, most of the top-ranked geniuses who comprehended multiple laws were multiple lower laws, and very few were able to comprehend higher laws.

However, the combination of lower and higher laws is usually more powerful, and Immortal God need to improve their understanding of higher laws in order to enhance their strength. Therefore, the combination of higher and lower laws is a common occurrence.

A combination of two subordinate rules is not as effective as a combination of eight superior and subordinate rules, but a combination of multiple subordinate rules may not be.

The combined attack technique obtained by "Leo", "Windshadow", and "Demonhorn" from the Crystal Race was clearly a combination of the five Lower Origin Law corresponding to the laws of space, and its power far exceeded the combination of the laws of metal and space, or the combination of the laws of fire and space.

This is what allows three non- Marquis-level Immortal God to unleash combat power at the High-level Marquis!

However, the conditions for performing this combined attack technique are probably quite demanding. At least the three Immortal God must gather the five Origin Law metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, which are the lower-level laws they are proficient in.

The Chimei Clan girl 'Huanling' beside her released a huge Zerg Mother Nest, and around the Zerg Mother Nest appeared a densely packed number of Zerg Warrior at the Peak World Lord, totaling nearly 30,000 Zerg Warrior!

This 'Huanling' actually has Soul Slave of the Zerg Mother Emperor World Lord Level!

A combined attack of 30,000 Zerg Warrior is enough to contend with High-level Marquis Immortal!

No wonder this 'Huanling' is no less powerful than the vice-captain 'Huanchen'. Jiang Yao sighed inwardly. This Outer-Region Battlefield is indeed full of powerful people. It must not have been easy for Captain Jialuo to gather so many immortals with special experiences.

"Leo", "Windshadow" and "Demonhorn" used a combined attack technique, along with "Huanling's" 30,000 Zerg Warrior, equivalent to two High-level Marquis combatants. They were not only able to come to the rescue when "Zhenyan" and "Wuhun" were in danger, but they were also constantly tearing apart the small divine bodies of "Qidu".

However, these smaller divine bodies are also Undying Body. Even though they can annihilate a small amount of divine power with each attack, it is not something that can be done in a short time to completely overwhelm hundreds of 'Qidu'.

Even without Jiang Yao, this Divine Spirit Squad would have been enough to withstand the attack of this 'Qidu'.

However, Huanling seemed extremely dissatisfied with Jiang Yao's silent observation for the first few seconds of the battle, and transmitted his divine power telepathically. "Xisai! Hurry up and make your move! While the captain and Huanchen are holding back all five of 'Qidu's' Large Divine Body, if we can weaken and destroy more of its smaller divine bodies, 'Qidu's' strength will decrease rapidly!"

One of the Large Divine Body fighting Jialuo nearby revealed a murderous glint in his eyes. "I didn't expect this human team to have an immortal member, but it doesn't matter, it won't affect the battle. I'll make sure they're completely annihilated here later!"

Jiang Yao thought to himself, "Let's start my first appearance as 'Xisai' in this Third Battlefield from here. However, to avoid arousing suspicion from the Zerg, there's no need to go all out now. I'll unleash my full power after entering the Xuehuan Continent and when we're vying for the Qishi Jade. That way, I can catch them off guard, and even if the Zerg become suspicious, they won't have time to set up any elaborate traps."

Thinking of this, Jiang Yao drew a Blood Blade —the very same signature weapon that 'Xisai' used on the Outer-Region Battlefield more than a thousand epochs ago.

Jiang Yao strolled out and instantly arrived at the battlefield. Then, with a flick of his wrist, a crimson light shot into the sky!

A golden, holy halo shone brightly amidst the crimson!

The soaring killing intent contained a judgment emanating from above!

Eerie yet sacred.

A blade of light, blending crimson and gold, lightly sliced across a small divine body called 'Qidu'. Then, the 'Qidu' roared to the sky in agony. This painful roar, along with the Void Divine Power, spread into everyone's consciousness, causing the entire battlefield to pause.

Then, this 'Qidu', which was at least ten meters tall, exploded like fireworks, turning into specks of light and disappearing into the void!

A 'Qidu' with combat power comparable to Initial Marquis was completely annihilated by this one strike, losing all its Immortal Divine Power!