Qian Fan could clearly see his blood dripping onto the blade, each drop splitting into particles of lightning and deathlight.
"Are these... fragments of spatial law?" Qian Fan discovered in shock that the collision of the three laws had unexpectedly triggered ripples in the rules of space.
The next second, everything that had stood still burst into motion.
The humanoid Martial Soul's blade collided with Xu Fangyuan's Star-Shattering Slash, unleashing a wave of energy like a nuclear explosion:
The frenzy of thunder law thrust hundreds of lightning pillars out of the ground, each one piercing the clouds;
The stillness of death law instantly reduced every living creature within ten li to white bones, even bleaching the yellow sand a ghastly white;
Devouring law opened a vast maw like a ravenous beast, drawing all the energy from the explosion back into its furnace to form an ever-expanding sphere of energy.
The shock wave hurled Xu Fangyuan a thousand meters away, slamming his back into a dune. He could only watch as the sphere rose like a miniature sun.
He finally understood why Qian Fan's Martial Soul could awaken without a Soul Ring-this was no ordinary Martial Soul, but a vessel for ancient laws.
The sphere of energy slowly dissipated, and the humanoid Martial Soul had vanished without a trace.
Qian Fan knelt in the center of the devastation. The Heavenly Demon Star-Breaking Sword had snapped into three pieces, and the auras of his twin Martial Souls had completely withdrawn. His hair had turned white overnight, and what seeped from the corner of his mouth was no longer blood, but black fragments of law.
"You... did it." Xu Fangyuan struggled to his feet, the Star God Doom Sword reduced to a fist-length shard. "You fused three laws into the 'World-Ending Sword'... Qian