At the End of His Rope!

"Agh!"

Before the Abyssal Sage King could recover from the shock of the Sky Saint Rift Halberd leaving his hand, the searing force of a fist was already burning inside his chest. Scalding blood energy surged like the blazing sun, as though it would reduce his organs and meridians to ash.

"True Demon Disintegration!"

The Abyssal Sage King let out an agonized roar. Countless streams of vicious Divine Power erupted from his body, and great swaths of black mist spread from every part of him.

"Sizzle! Sizzle!"

But under the scorching blood energy, much of the swirling mist burned away at once. It hissed sharply, turning to black smoke that vanished beneath the sun.

"Cough!"

Before long, the remaining mist gathered in the distant air and took the Abyssal Sage King's form once more.

As lord of the Abyss Plane, the Abyssal Sage King had even more hidden means than the Abyss Kings. He could naturally control the disintegration of his own essence. But after reforming, his aura had weakened considerably, and a trace of blood appeared at the corner of his mouth.

This lofty First-Level God had clearly been wounded.

"Human, what did you do to my sacred halberd?!"

The Abyssal Sage King glared at the Sky Saint Rift Halberd in Jiang Xiu's hand, now behaving with unmistakable affection toward him. His eyes nearly split with rage as he roared.

This Super Divine Artifact was the symbol of his rule over the Abyss Plane, as well as the weapon that had carried him through every invasion of other planes. His bond with it was exceptionally close.

After all, the Sky Saint Rift Halberd was a Super Divine Artifact born of the Abyss Plane, while he was a god born of that same plane.

Yet now he could only watch