Unwilling to sit and await death, he fought back with all his might.
He even threw everything into his desperate struggle, regardless of the cost, and, as one on the verge of attaining the Dao, he too triggered the Divine Forbidden Domain, greatly increasing his combat strength.
He engaged the Eastern Emperor in a duel to the death.
Like a needle point meeting a wheat awn, neither yielded as they fought bloodily on, their battle fiercely intense.
It had to be said that he was, after all, a ninth-heaven Quasi-Emperor on the verge of attaining the Dao. Driven into a corner, the Emperor Lord unleashed truly astonishing strength as he fought desperately with everything he had.
Especially after he triggered the Divine Forbidden Domain, the increase in his combat strength, though not as outrageous as the Eastern Emperor's, was still extraordinary. Even someone as powerful as the Eastern Emperor repeatedly faced danger and suffered considerable injuries.
One of his arms was severed, and his Primordial Spirit narrowly escaped severe damage several times.
He was even nearly cut in half at the waist when the Emperor Lord spread his incomparably sharp Vermilion Bird wings, which could slice through a star river. His chest was split open, leaving him drenched in blood.
Of course, the Emperor Lord was in an even more miserable state.
More than once during the battle, the Eastern Emperor punched straight through his chest.
The Eastern Emperor had even torn off both his Vermilion Bird wings, leaving them dripping with blood, and nearly ripped his entire body in two.
Even his Immortal Platform was almost pierced through. His brow split open, blood running down from it.
He was covered in blood and riddled with wounds, his white bones exposed in a sight too ghastly to behold.
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