"The second!"
The Drunken Sword Immortal's gaze was hazy and his steps unsteady, but he flicked his sword backward.
Clang!
The sword's cry seemed to come from the dawn of the Creation of Heaven and Earth—pure, primal, and piercing!
The Extremity Sword Dao Divine Ring blazed. This strike ignored the countless shields of bone conjured by Extinction Hall's second Immortal Venerable and struck him squarely between the brows!
"Uh..."
The Immortal Venerable froze. The light in his eyes rapidly faded, and his body crumbled inch by inch like a sand sculpture worn away by wind. Even his soul turned to cosmic dust.
"Demon! I'll take you down with me!!"
Seeing both his companions fall, Extinction Hall's last Immortal Venerable went mad. He burned all his blood essence and Origin, becoming a crimson streak that hurtled toward the Drunken Sword Immortal. He meant to drag him to his death!
"Demon? Who's the demon?"
"The blood debt on your shoulders is so thick it can't be washed away. You've taken hundreds of millions of lives and committed who knows how many atrocities that wiped entire lands clean!"
"You're the demon!"
"The demon we must eliminate!"
The Drunken Sword Immortal belched. Suddenly, his eyes became perfectly clear.
"Eliminate the demon!"
He spoke the words softly. Behind him, the Extremity Guardian Divine Ring abruptly expanded into an unbreakable barrier.
Boom!!!
The last Immortal Venerable's self-destruction unleashed a devastating storm of energy, but it could not shake the barrier in the slightest.
When the storm cleared, the Drunken Sword Immortal stood unmoved. He reached out and seized the air, forcibly dragging an illusory, blood-colored soul from a Void Rift. It wailed and struggled at his fingertips.
Clearly, the self-destruction had been a feint. Escape had been his true aim!!
"Perish."
With a gentle pinch, the