Countless people had once awaited the outcome of this clash.
Ten thousand soldiers craned their necks; all eyes were fixed upon it.
In the end, Chongxuan Zun took one step into Divine Presence and ended the battle ahead of time.
Even now, in the street gossip of Linzi, people still argued until their faces were red and their ears burned, insisting that if things had gone this way or that back then, the outcome would have been otherwise.
Now, both had been enfeoffed as state marquises, each enlightened in their own divine way, and they contended in this exchange once more.
Five Palaces Shining Together, sword shifting the Northern Dipper—Jiang Wang had already displayed killing power at its peak. Chongxuan Zun's three-wheel Severing Delusion Saber likewise held nothing back.
Even their divine intents were ground to pieces together. Terrifying waves of annihilation rapidly spread in every direction from where saber and sword met.
The forest of lightning ravaging the entire arena was swept clean in an instant, leaving only lingering echoes beneath the dome.
And the drifting snow all turned into rain.
The remnants of thunder trembled as torrential rain poured down.
Even the heavens changed for this exchange.
What a waste of such a fine sunny day!
Naturally, a great power shrouded the place. This weather was confined to this patch of sky alone; it would not affect anything beyond Delu Palace, nor could anyone outside Delu Palace see it.
Even heaven collapsing and earth splitting existed only within this palace. Life and death were separated by but a single door.
In the arena, saber and sword pressed against each other, then parted in a single exchange.
All primordial energy and air alike had been blasted apart. A vast vacuum existed between the two of them—then thunder and rain