With Kun Yuan, the top Great Emperor whose body was all but invincible, no longer pressing it head-on, the pressure of the siege on Dark Sun Evil Venerable eased sharply, giving it a moment to breathe.
But it remained trapped in a desperate, perilous position.
What held it down and wore it away was no longer the combined assault of the three Great Emperors. It was the suppression of two heaven-defying Emperor Artifacts: the Myriad Heavy Stone and the World-Purifying White Lotus.
The Myriad Heavy Stone hovered above, crushing down on it. Endless gravity locked the entire void in place, cutting off every route of escape. Even its signature clone technique was crushed before it could take shape.
The World-Purifying White Lotus floated in the sky, sending out an unbroken stream of gentle, sacred light. Strand by strand, it seeped into the origin of its corrupted body, corroding and purifying the foundation of its Corrupting Power. Its strength as an Evil Venerable steadily declined, crumbling away.
Under that double restraint, it could use no secret art, escape technique, or hidden trump card.
Dark Sun Evil Venerable knew that if this dragged on, its origin would be exhausted and it would die.
A ruthless resolve flashed through its eyes. Gritting its teeth, it activated a forbidden self-mutilation technique and detonated part of its core body. At the cost of grievously damaging its origin and overdrawing its foundation, it forced its way free of the restraint for an instant.
Boom!
"Explode!"
A mass of pitch-black flesh burst apart, scattering corrupted blood across the sky.
Dark Sun Evil Venerable's aura plunged once more. It was feeble to the extreme, its once-overwhelming might utterly gone. Only a tottering remnant of its body held together.
"Stop it! Don't let it escape!"
Seeing Dark Sun Evil