At the center of the battlefield, more than half the Dark Night Monarch's demonic scales had shattered.
The baleful energy of the Spear of Destruction kept eating away at his vitality, slowing his recovery.
Qin Mu, by contrast, still had the Eastern Emperor Bell above his head and the Five-Colored World Divine Light draped around him. His breathing remained steady, with no sign of exhaustion.
"Dark Night, is this the power from the Former Era you're so proud of?"
Qin Mu knocked one of the Dark Night Monarch's horns off with his spear, his calm voice edged with cutting mockery.
"Apart from being tough enough to take a beating, you don't seem to have much to show for yourself."
The Dark Night Monarch was so furious he nearly spat out a mouthful of origin blood.
Clutching the bleeding stump of his horn, he pulled his massive body back. A savage light flashed in his eyes.
"Qin Mu! Don't get cocky!"
The Dark Night Monarch threw back his head and howled. The sky over the entire Nine Netherworlds Demon Realm began collapsing inward.
"I am a supreme being who survived the Great Destruction!"
"Today, I'll show you what a true Epochal Forbidden Technique looks like!"
As the Dark Night Monarch roared, the sky over the entire Mortal Realm turned bloodred.
The collapsing Nine Netherworlds Demon Realm condensed in his palm into a Singularity Demon Pearl of absolute black.
Space around the pearl disintegrated. The River of Time was dragged toward it and coiled around it in layer upon layer of black rings.
"Nine Netherworlds Guixu, Epochal Great Burial!"
His face contorted, the Dark Night Monarch spat every drop of his Heavenly Dao Origin blood onto the pearl.
Hum!
The pearl erupted with a pull that threatened to swallow everything. Spiritual energy,