The Four Phases Sword of Calamity Suppression could suppress calamities, yet it could also become the calamity of others.
As he spoke, Gu Yuanqing extended a finger. Sword radiance flickered from its tip, and taking advantage of Zhao Shengbing's distracted mind and the fleeting flaw in the Heavenly Human Weapon Dao Domain, this strike tore through the void with the Way of Space and landed directly between the brows of the bronze ghost mask.
Zhao Shengbing's body suddenly stiffened, his blood-red eyes revealing madness and shock.
There was no earth-shattering explosion. The purification, sealing, slaughter, and inner-demon power contained within that sword radiance erupted inside his body at once.
The power was vast, seemingly inexhaustible. From within to without, it annihilated his vitality, suppressed his sacred body, wore away his undying traits, slaughtered his fierce and vicious divine soul, and even shattered his spiritual consciousness.
Crack...
Fine cracks emerged from the space between the bronze ghost mask's brows, then swiftly spread across his entire body.
His entire body was like a shattered piece of porcelain, silently breaking apart and dissipating in the void, turning into the finest dust. Not even the slightest trace remained.
Undying did not mean indestructible, nor did it mean truly deathless. It merely depended on whether your power was sufficient to erase it completely—to wipe out the life and soul imprints existing within every single particle, erasing everything it possessed.
Even with North Spring Mountain's power, the former Gu Yuanqing could not have done this. It was limited by both his cultivation realm and his divine abilities.
It was like placing a steel plate on the ground. A mountain ten thousand zhang high could crush down upon it and render it unable to move, yet it would be difficult to destroy it completely.
But things were