Blood Moon Ancient Battlefield, atop a perilous peak in the southern region. A great battle had just taken place, leaving everything within a thousand miles in ruins. Sword marks had cleaved ravine after ravine into the land, mountains had crumbled, and the earth had caved in.
It was an astonishing battle beyond words. The supreme figures of the younger generation were already no weaker than the powerful experts of the older generation.
Generation after generation brought forth talents. These peerless prodigies possessing imperial and royal bloodlines displayed their astounding brilliance and bearing of emperors beyond all doubt.
Several thousand miles from the battlefield, a streak of flowing light swept over. Two figures emerged from it—it was Ning Chen and Young Master Jueyang, who had just undergone the battle.
Gu Xin had suffered grievous injuries, the flame of his life hanging by a thread. Blood streamed relentlessly from the wound Jin Liner had pierced through his chest, a dazzlingly harsh sight.
Ning Chen stopped, turned his palm, and condensed essence. The Heavenly Tome opened, and endless life essence was forcibly poured into the former's body.
"Ugh."
Amid a suppressed groan, blood dripped from Gu Xin's lips. Golden radiance curled around his chest, and the Scaly Race's secret technique once again revealed its life-stealing terror.
Seeing this, Ning Chen's eyes darkened. He raised his left hand, and amid the swirling wind and snow, the Nine Heavens Star Plucking Hand reappeared in the world.
The final move of Star Plucking—the reversal of heaven and earth. Ning Chen activated his utmost true essence, and with a resounding thud, struck the former's pierced chest.
The final move had no form. True essence spilled forth, and amid the rising strange light, the golden radiance on Gu Xin's chest flowed backward and dispersed, returning to heaven and