Killing Begins

Watching Lu Ren's axe fall, the newcomer tried to flee, only to discover that his entire body had been locked down by boundless qi. He could neither escape nor evade; he could only move forward and take the axe head-on.

Yet wherever the axe's edge passed, even the abnormally stable space of the Path to Ascension split with thin black cracks. He could already clearly foresee the outcome of taking it head-on.

"Wait! I was just passing by! Why are you doing this?! I have something to say!"

The shadow suddenly roared, rousing all his True Essence and mana and exhausting every spell at his disposal to form layer upon layer of defensive restrictions. In an instant, he stacked tens of millions of turtle-shell-like barriers around himself.

Hearing the frantic plea from within the shadow, Lu Ren's expression remained icy. The axe in his hand did not slow in the slightest as it cleaved down through space, radiating boundless brilliance that surged upward.

Yet between the descending axe and those tens of millions of turtle-shell-like defensive restrictions, the barriers were sliced apart as effortlessly as thin paper. In an instant, they shattered, and before everyone's eyes, the axe became a terrifying blade of light descending from above.

Rip!

A crisp sound like paper tearing rang out. The Heaven Splitting Axe's blade instantly gathered the immeasurable radiance that had scattered outward, condensing it into an ultimate point. The illusory figure hidden in the shadows silently vanished into ash.

"Ding! You have successfully killed a Mid Celestial Immortal. Your axe technique has gained a new insight, and you have obtained a large increase in proficiency."

Lu Ren drew in a long breath. He increasingly felt that the axe in his hand moved as naturally as an extension of his arm.