"Mountain-Cleaving!"
The axe-light collided with the divine radiance, shaving away thirty percent of it. Yu the Great then swung the Mountain-Cleaving Divine Axe in his hand once more, fresh axe-light surging forth to meet the Heavenly Emperor's descending radiance.
The two struck again. This time, twenty percent of the divine radiance was shaved away, while a string of crisp cracks, like popping beans, erupted from within Yu the Great's body. The divine power and authority within him condensed wholly into the axe-light.
All the blood and energy in his body fell into a frenzied, violent state, forcing him into an unprecedented and extraordinary condition. A will that would cleave apart the obstacle before him even if it meant being ground to powder and having his bones shattered continuously condensed and sublimated.
The axe-light grew ever more solid. In Yu the Great's hand, the divine weapon that should have endured through ten thousand calamities without destruction also began to show signs of turning into light. Whether it could not withstand this power or was drawn along by it, it sublimated and fused into it.
Tongtian, whose power had merged with Yu the Great's, was already finding it difficult to endure after the second collision. He could feel Yu the Great's arm growing heavier and heavier, his divine power becoming increasingly condensed.
A string of explosions rang continuously from within his nearly indestructible divine body. This was the backlash caused by divine power operating beyond its limit and authority being driven under overload. His skin began splitting apart layer by layer, yet before blood could spill out, it was seized and transformed by divine power.
His towering body began to shrivel, but the Mountain-Cleaving Axe in his hand continued to swing, hack, and cleave with savage force!
Though the Heavenly Emperor's divine