The treasure unexpectedly chosen for an upgrade, the Purple-Accrued Divine Fruit atop the restricted mountain

Yun Che's gaze sharpened slightly. Faced with this move, even he had to take it seriously. His second Soul Guard, Mermaid Princess Luo Xianing, flashed behind him and vanished as he immediately activated the second stage of Soulguard Armament. At the same time, his Secret Art, Bestow Dragon Qi, erupted.

"Black Radiance Transcendent Wheel Slash, Multi-Shadow Kill!"

Yun Che growled, and the enormous silver axe in his hand seemed to come alive. No longer simply spinning at high speed, it transformed into a silver pillar of light connecting heaven and earth! Countless silver axe shadows, more condensed and more dazzling than Golden-Scaled Kugu's, poured from the pillar like exploding stars.

These axe shadows were not scattered at random. Instead, they seemed to follow some profound trajectory, interweaving and overlapping to form an enormous silver net spanning heaven and earth, enveloping every black axe shadow filling the sky.

Each silver axe shadow contained the terrifying power of his combined Bestow Dragon Qi and Soulguard Armament, along with an understanding and mastery of "Black Radiance Transcendent Wheel Slash" that far surpassed Golden-Scaled Kugu's.

When the silver and black axe shadows collided violently in midair, there was no longer the deafening boom from before. Instead, countless sharp crackles rang out like popping beans.

Before the silver axe shadows, the black axe shadows shattered and disintegrated like fragile glass. That seemingly endless black storm was devoured and dismantled by the enormous silver net at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The scarlet soul flames in Golden-Scaled Kugu's hollow eye sockets flickered violently. It sensed an unprecedented crisis.

It frantically drove the Divine Power within its bones, trying to squeeze out more strength.

Yet Yun Che's silver axe shadows surged endlessly like a tide, giving it no chance to catch its breath.

-Pfft!

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