Lucifer initially took the initiative to attack, but gradually he became a player who balanced offense and defense. Eventually, he was even put on the defensive!
Li Qingshan, in coordination with the Great Demon, launched a relentless and fierce attack, like a raging storm.
The Beginningless Bell froze the spacetime around him, hindering his movements;
The Sun's fiery rays consumed and devoured his magic.
The Western Emperor's law of decay continuously eroded his defenses;
Meanwhile, Li Qingshan himself was like a tireless war machine, launching close-quarters attacks and effortlessly employing supernatural powers and laws. The corrupting effect of the chaotic demonic energy on his dark divine power became increasingly apparent!
"How is this possible? His power is still increasing?" Lucifer's heart was finally filled with shock.
He sensed that Li Qingshan's aura not only did not weaken during the battle, but instead rose steadily due to the continuous devouring and growth of the Demonic Embryo!
It was already incredibly close to the peak of the God Emperor, and even posed a faint threat to him!
" Demon Devours All Under Heaven!"
Finally, Li Qingshan seized upon a subtle flaw in Lucifer. Under the continuous erosion of the Western Emperor's Decay Law and the interference of the Beginningless Bell's resounding, Lucifer experienced a very brief moment of stagnation.
Li Qingshan's long-awaited final strike erupted!
He held his hands in a cupped gesture, and all the chaotic demonic energy around him, along with the power of the Great Demon, seemed to be drawn together, frantically converging into his palms. Suddenly, a tiny chaotic origin point appeared, radiating an aura that could reduce all things to Return to the Ruins and cause the laws to collapse!
Immediately, this origin point suddenly expanded, transforming into a chaotic demon cave with a diameter of only about ten feet, yet seemingly capable of devouring light, sound, space, and even everything tangible and intangible!
The moment the demon cave appeared, everything around it became distorted and blurred. Light collapsed inward, sound was swallowed up, and even space itself seemed to be torn into it!
This is the ultimate manifestation of the Demonic Embryo power of the " Eight-Nine Profound Art," a concrete embodiment of destruction!
Lucifer's expression changed drastically; he sensed an unprecedented threat of death emanating from this small, demonic cave!
This attack has surpassed the level of God Emperor and touched upon a trace of the true meaning of destruction at the Heaven Rank!
" Eternal Night Barrier!!!" he roared, no longer caring about anything else, pouring all his remaining divine power, along with the abyssal power he had summoned, into the strongest defensive forbidden spell without reservation!
Six jet-black wings instantly closed, completely enveloping his entire body. Countless dark golden magic patterns lit up on the wings, forming an extremely complex magic array.
At the same time, a dark shield, as deep as the cosmic starry sky, materialized in front of him. The surface of the shield seemed to show the birth and death of stars, which was the manifestation of his condensation of the dark laws to the extreme!
The Chaos Cave silently crashed into the Eternal Night Barrier.
There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a chilling scene of annihilation, as if the universe had ended.
Where the demon cave meets the barrier, space shatters like fragile glass, then is swallowed up by the demon cave.
The deep, dark shield held for less than a breath before cracking and finally exploding with a loud "bang," turning into pure dark energy that was swallowed by the demonic cave.
Immediately afterwards, the demonic cave touched Lucifer's folded wings.
"Snap, rip!!!"
A deafening sound of shattering and tearing filled the air.
Those indestructible demonic wings, imbued with the laws of corruption, were as fragile as paper before the power of the Chaos Demon Cave that Return to the Ruins; six of them snapped in an instant!
Dark golden divine blood gushed out like a fountain, only to be immediately swallowed up by the demon cave.
The demonic cave continued its relentless advance, striking Lucifer squarely in the chest!
"Puff!!!"
Lucifer suddenly spat out a mouthful of divine blood containing fragments of laws, and his chest visibly caved in.
A terrifying wound appeared, almost splitting him in two, with chaotic demonic energy swirling around its edges.
It was frantically eroding his vitality and divine power, preventing any form of healing!
He was sent flying tens of thousands of feet away as if struck by a meteorite, crashing heavily into a collapsed mountain in the distance, kicking up clouds of dust. As the dust settled, Lucifer's disheveled figure was revealed, kneeling on the ground.
His wings were tattered, his body was covered in blood, and the gruesome wound on his chest was a shocking sight.
He raised his head and looked at Li Qingshan in the distance, whose demonic flames were still raging, but whose figure was swaying slightly and whose eyes were filled with alternating madness and struggle. His face was filled with shock, anger, and a trace of horror that even he himself was unwilling to admit.
He, Lucifer, the fallen angel king, had actually been defeated!
He was defeated by an unknown junior whose cultivation level was far lower than his!
Although this is not his true form, but merely a meticulously crafted avatar, it still possesses a portion of his will and power approaching the threshold of the Heaven Rank, allowing him to defy the Lesser Heaven Rank as God King.
This defeat was a great humiliation for him, a disgraceful defeat!
"Very well!" Lucifer's voice was hoarse and cold, filled with boundless killing intent. "I'll remember you, Great Demon! The loss to this avatar will be repaid a hundredfold one day!"
Without further hesitation, he flapped his remaining three wings with all his might, tearing open a rift leading to an endless abyss. His figure instantly disappeared into it.
He lingered a little longer, worried that this avatar might truly collapse completely here.
With Lucifer's defeat, this earth-shattering battle at the peak of the God Emperor level finally came to an end.
The victor, Li Qingshan, now faces the greatest crisis since he began cultivating the " Eight-Nine Profound Art." Li Qingshan stands amidst the ruins of the mountains, his body now back to its normal size, but the demonic flames around him still burn fiercely.
His condition was extremely poor; the Demonic Embryo had become highly unstable, and the backlash had already begun.
His eyes sometimes flashed with madness and violence, and sometimes with a struggle of clarity.
The Great Demon also became blurry and uncertain, as if they might disappear at any moment.
Lucifer was defeated and fled, and the crisis was temporarily averted.
But Gu Xin and Yuan Qingqing dared not relax in the slightest; they watched Li Qingshan nervously.
At this moment, the demonic flames on Li Qingshan's body did not subside with Lucifer's departure. On the contrary, the internal conflict intensified due to the loss of external pressure.
The space around his body was distorting, emitting a hum that seemed to be strained under its weight.
The chaotic demonic runes roamed wildly beneath his skin, his face twisting and contorting in the hazy demonic energy, sometimes revealing his original handsome features, sometimes transforming into a hideous demonic form.
"Fellow Daoist Li?" Gu Xin called out tentatively, her voice trembling slightly.
The pressure from Li Qingshan before him was even greater than that from Lucifer just now; it was a chaotic and terrifying force originating from the very source of life.
Li Qingshan suddenly turned his head, his dark eyes looking at Gu Xin and Yuan Qingqing. There was no emotion in them, only a pure desire for destruction, which made the two of them feel as if they had fallen into an ice cellar, their bodies turning ice cold.
But the next moment, a flash of extreme pain and struggle appeared in his eyes, his innate spiritual light frantically fighting against the erosion of the Demonic Embryo.
"Go, go quickly!" Li Qingshan forced out a hoarse voice, each word seemingly uttered with all his might, "I... I can't control it anymore!"
He pointed to himself, where the Demonic Embryo was located.
"Leave while I'm still conscious!"
His body trembled violently from the inner conflict, demonic energy and a faint light of clarity flickering alternately on his surface. "Follow me—you—will die!"
Yuan Qingqing said urgently, " Li Qingshan! Calm down! We can help you!"
"I can't help!"
Li Qingshan roared, his voice carrying a demonic howl, "This is—my tribulation! The inevitable path of the Eight-Nine Profound Art!"
The Demonic Embryo backlash—I can only rely on myself to get through it!
He suddenly raised his head and looked at the two of them one last time. His eyes were incredibly complex, filled with determination, but even more so with a mad premonition of impending doom before sinking into boundless darkness.
Take care—if I can—return—
Before he could finish speaking, Li Qingshan no longer suppressed the surging demonic thoughts. He let out a deafening roar, and the demonic flames completely engulfed the last trace of clarity.
He ignored Gu Xin and Yuan Qingqing, transforming into a dark, demonic light, following some kind of instinct.
Heading east, towards that more ancient, more unknown, and more chaotic region, it broke through the sky!
It moved so fast that it disappeared into the horizon in the blink of an eye.
Amidst the ruins, only Gu Xin and Yuan Qingqing remained, their expressions a mixture of shock and profound emotions.
Looking in the direction where Li Qingshan disappeared, feeling the still dense Calamity Qi between heaven and earth, and the ominous aura faintly emanating from the distance, Gu Xin took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed the turmoil in her heart.
"He's right, this is his predicament, we can't help him."
Gu Xin's voice was slightly hoarse, "Moreover, Lucifer has been defeated and fled, and this place has become the center of trouble. We must leave immediately!"
Yuan Qingqing nodded emphatically, her eyes resolute. "We'll go to the edge of the Divine Domain of Life! We'll find the ruins!"
"When we are strong enough, when Fellow Daoist Li returns!"
Without further hesitation, the two identified their direction, transformed into two streaks of light, and sped off towards the west, opposite to Li Qingshan's direction.
At this moment, Li Qingshan was completely dominated by the demonic thoughts of the Demonic Embryo, with most of his consciousness sinking into oblivion, leaving only a faint glimmer of his true nature.
Like a small boat in a raging storm, it guided this demonic body, which contained terrifying power, eastward.
His demonic body streaked across the sky, emanating an overwhelming demonic aura that made even the gods tremble.