This pitch-black giant hand reached through layer upon layer of void, grasping at precisely the right moment. Wu Dao Shan Ren was entangled with Demon Lord Kong Fang's natal Spirit Treasure, the Law Plundering Golden Coin, using the All-pervading Wonderful Wind. By the time he wanted to lend aid, he was already an instant too late.
All nearby Great Daos lay dormant; only death could be eternal. Layer upon layer of pure death condensed upon the giant hand's five sharp fingertips, deep and jet-black, blotting out the void.
Facing this, Shi Xuan understood clearly that this was unlike Demon Lord Kong Fang's earlier probing attack, when the Great Plunder Divine Light had possessed merely half its power. This strike had been unleashed with no reservations by a peak Half-step Golden Immortal. If he mishandled his defense, his eight hundred thousand years of Dao practice might be shattered by a single claw. Unless he operated the Life and Death Dao Embryo with all his strength and brought every bit of power he could command into play!
Shi Xuan's Primordial Spirit remained utterly calm. The Two Forms Dao Destroying Sword beside him flashed, plunging straight down into the void not far to his left. Its black-and-white radiance was sharp and filled with an aura of ending.
At the same time, three more flying swords flew from Shi Xuan's Primordial Spirit: one with five colors—red, azure, yellow, white, and black—flowing across it; one in four colors—red, yellow, azure, and black—nearly chaotic; and one emanating mottled, dim white light. They landed respectively in the void before him, behind him, and to his right.
Countless restrictions were unleashed in an instant. Boundless white Slaughter Qi spread out, connecting the four flying swords and transforming into four lofty gate-banners. In the instant before the pitch-black giant