The Three Treasures Jade Ruyi returned without achieving anything, flying back in reverse.
At that very moment, however, a thunderous BOOM— suddenly exploded, sounding as if it had erupted beside everyone's ears. Everyone's heads buzzed, and terror filled their hearts.
Everyone looked up and saw endless crimson clouds blanketing the heavens.
Yes, endless crimson clouds, as red as blood. In an instant, they had covered the entire sky.
They stained heaven and earth blood-red.
The next moment, even All Sages could not help but shudder as endless bloody rain poured down from the sky.
The torrential rain of blood fell upon everyone, filling all their hearts with an incomparably bleak and sorrowful feeling.
What was happening?
What was this?
Why had such a phenomenon suddenly appeared?
Countless living beings were filled with confusion, having no idea what had happened.
Everything had taken place in the blink of an eye. Only a few brief instants had passed.
Minghe had killed Zhunti, one of the Six Saints.
This was the heavenly phenomenon of a Saint's fall.
It was truly terrifying.
It could be called earth-shattering.
Yuanshi silently caught the returning Three Treasures Jade Ruyi. At this moment, he too looked up at the torrential rain of blood.
Laozi, Tongtian, and Nuwa were all somewhat stunned.
Standing atop the Twelve-Grade Merit Golden Lotus, Jieyin watched Zhunti's shattered corpse, which had been covered by his precious canopy, suddenly transform into streams of golden light that vanished into the void.
Jieyin could not help gritting his teeth.
At this point, the great powers watching from all sides finally came to their senses.
Then everyone, including All Sages, could not help drawing in sharp breaths. A chill rose from the depths of their hearts.
A Saint had been killed!
A Saint had been killed!
This was the killing of a Saint!
Who could have imagined that Minghe, taking slaughter as his Dao, would truly kill a Saint on the day he attained the Dao?
Such an outcome was something not only the great powers of all sides, but even All Sages, had never expected.
Had they not agreed that All Sages would arrive together and suppress Minghe?
Yet Minghe had erupted twice, and in his ferocity, he had cleanly killed even Zhunti.
That was a Saint!
Although everyone knew Zhunti had not truly fallen, since his primordial spirit was entrusted to the Heavenly Dao.
Zhunti could be revived.
But it would come at no small cost.
Besides, no one wanted to be publicly killed like that, did they?
For a time, Zhunti's death brought the great battle to a halt.
All Sages no longer dared act rashly.
Only Minghe remained calm. At this moment, the Yuantu Sword and Abi Sword flew back, and his primordial spirit separated from the sword bodies before returning to Minghe's body.
Minghe gripped both swords, and the killing intent around him grew even more intense.
After killing a Saint, Minghe's Way of Slaughter had vaguely become even more powerful.
Sensing this, Minghe could not help shaking his head.
Dao Proving Through Killing, Dao Proving Through Killing.
If one truly sought to attain the Dao through slaughter, how many living beings would one have to kill before succeeding?
And in the end, one would have to kill a Saint before it could possibly succeed.
But without attaining the Dao, how could one kill a Saint?
It was a complete dead end, an unsolvable method of attaining the Dao.
Fortunately, Minghe had not attained the Dao through killing, but through Dao Proving Through Laws. After attaining the Dao, killing Saints became much easier.
Minghe once more held his swords with both hands and looked at the remaining Five Saints. He smiled faintly.
Now that he had killed a Saint, not only had he completed the mission, but he had also seized an additional flag.
Of the Innate Five Directions Flags, he already had four. Only the Su Se Yun Jie Flag remained.
The next time the Su Se Yun Jie Flag appeared as an option, he would probably truly have to choose it.
Minghe shook his head, casting aside these thoughts. Then he suddenly sighed. "It seems I really am powerful."
"Too powerful!"
"Saints who attained the Dao through merit are simply too weak to withstand a blow!"
Though Minghe's sigh was quiet, which of the surrounding Saints could fail to hear it?
Even the great powers of all sides were stunned upon hearing him say this.
Though it sounded extremely narcissistic, it seemed to be the truth!
Had they not seen Zhunti get cleanly killed by Minghe in just two or three moves?
The phenomenon of a Saint's fall, blood rain descending from heaven, had not even ended yet.
So Minghe was truly powerful?
Minghe was naturally powerful!
It was a level of strength beyond the imagination of All Sages.
First, Minghe had attained the Dao through laws. Second, while attaining the Dao through laws, he had also tempered his body and primordial spirit with laws.
He had transformed both his body and primordial spirit into a body of laws and a primordial spirit of laws.
This was one attainment, three proofs! He proved laws, proved the body, and proved the primordial spirit. Naturally, the strength this granted him was unimaginable!
Thus, when Minghe attacked, Zhunti had no ability to resist at all and was simply killed.
Even the Green Lotus Treasure Banner had been taken by Minghe.
And Yuanshi—when Yuanshi had struck with the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi, Minghe would actually have been fine even if he had not blocked it.
Even if the jade ruyi had smashed straight into his head, it probably would not have damaged him.
Because Minghe had attained one proof through three paths, his physical body was also extraordinarily powerful. Though it was inferior to an Innate Supreme Treasure,
it was no weaker than any Innate Spiritual Treasure below the level of a supreme treasure.
The Three Treasures Jade Ruyi could not damage his body.
Minghe's physical body was, in a sense, similar to the bodies of the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
After all, Minghe had also refined a drop of Pangu's Essence Blood. He merely seemed somewhat unlucky.
He had gained no inheritance from Pangu in the process, nor had he inherited any law-related talents.
Zhunti had fallen and would not revive anytime soon, because a swift revival would exact an even greater price.
The remaining Five Saints—Laozi, Yuanshi, Tongtian, Nuwa, and even Jieyin, whose junior brother had died—were all treating Minghe as a grave threat.
They had no choice but to admit that they could no longer see through Minghe.
They even wondered whether Minghe had truly attained the Dao through strength.
The strongest of the three methods of attaining the Dao, Dao Proving Through Strength?
Otherwise, how could he be so powerful?
Laozi held his staff and dismounted from the Green Ox. With a push, the Green Ox vanished without a trace, retreating far from the battlefield.
Yuanshi and Tongtian followed suit. Yuanshi put away the Nine Dragon Agarwood Carriage.
Tongtian sent the Kui Ox away as well.
The Three Pure Ones stood together, united in spirit and purpose, watching Minghe solemnly.
Now that Zhunti, who had led the charge, had been slain, it was their turn to become the main force.
Minghe's strength was simply too great. Zhunti had been injured by a single blow and killed by a single touch.
Jieyin's strength was likely not much better, and he did not possess any supreme treasure. What use could he possibly be?
As for Nuwa—
The Three Pure Ones looked at Nuwa, who still stood upon the phoenix's back. It seemed she still had no intention of acting.
The Three Pure Ones found it difficult to argue with her. After all, Nuwa was a woman. It was already good enough that she had descended alongside them.
Having Nuwa engage in fighting and killing was indeed not very appropriate.
Moreover, the Three Pure Ones were also suppressing their anger at this moment.
Minghe's arrogant manner made them feel extremely uncomfortable.
They were Pangu's Orthodox Lineage. How could they allow others to look down on them?
What did he mean by Saints who attained the Dao through merit being too weak to withstand a blow? That was Zhunti, not the Three Pure Ones.
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