When the "Xing" secret was activated to its limit, his figure became dreamlike in the starry sky, and fragments of time flowed around him like rain of light, often launching a thunderous attack from the most incredible angle and the most unpredictable moment.
"Boom!!!"
"Clang!!!!"
"Thump!!!!!"
A true, Great Saint interstellar battle has erupted! All the energy and laws colliding are unfolding in this near-absolute vacuum environment, in their most primal and violent form!
The sword energy traversed billions of miles, cleaving through the dark Void and leaving behind pitch-black cracks that could not heal for a long time, like scars left by the starry sky.
The fist imprint shook the world, its golden light as dazzling as the sun bursting open, shattering the distant, floating, cold star debris and stirring up rings of destructive material currents.
The Pangu Banner fluttered, and the chaotic energy swept like a broom, causing the spatial structure to temporarily fall into obscurity, and all things ceased to exist. The Wuji Apricot-Yellow Flag stood firmly in the center, with strands of Xuanhuang Qi hanging down, incomparably thick and heavy. No matter how turbulent the sword energy or how vast the demonic magic, I remained unmoved, impervious to all magic.
This was a breathtaking battle worthy of being recorded in the ancient history of the stars!
The terrifying energy tide, like a superstorm on a cosmic scale, swept in all directions with unbridled force.
The nearby asteroid belt was devastated; countless rocky celestial bodies of all sizes were swept by the aftershocks, instantly disintegrating and vaporizing into expanding dust clouds.
Occasionally, a stray sword aura that deviated from the main battlefield, or a fragment of a fist's energy that was blasted away, would streak across the long and cold distance of space and finally strike the surface of Mars, instantly triggering a terrifying impact comparable to the simultaneous explosion of hundreds of Sun-class nuclear bombs. This would leave a terrible scar several kilometers deep and hundreds of miles long on the crimson earth, with dust rising high into the sky and lingering for a long time.
It traversed tens of millions of kilometers of cold Void, broke into Earth's thin outer atmosphere, and violently rubbed and annihilated with the dense air, bursting forth with a dazzling stream of light that stretched for thousands of kilometers, both breathtaking and awe-inspiring, like a "sword of divine punishment" that had been cleaved down since the Mythological Era and stretched across the entire night sky of the Northern Hemisphere! This incredible "astronomical spectacle" lasted for several dozen breaths before finally dissipating as its energy was exhausted in the upper ionosphere.
However, as it streaked across the sky, the faint yet highly potent energy disturbance and residual energy of the laws it released were like a boulder thrown into a calm lake, instantly triggering alarms from all sensitive upper atmospheric monitoring, astronomical observation, and even some hidden energy detection devices on Earth.
The general public viewed it as a rare super meteor or an unknown atmospheric phenomenon, marveling at it and engaging in a lively activity of taking photos and uploading them online.
However, what was stirred up by the highest-level monitoring agencies in various countries, as well as by a few ancient independent cultivators or secret lineages whose traditions have not been broken and who have some sense of the energy of heaven and earth, was a storm of turmoil and deep unease.
That was by no means a natural phenomenon; even the faintest trace of its lingering energy, weakened by billions of times, still carried the characteristics of a high-level energy that sent shivers down one's spine and a destructive will.
The battlefield between Crocodile Ancestor and Li Qingshan is constantly shifting, from the initial collision point outside Mars' orbit to the outer reaches of the Sun System.
Sometimes it approaches the asteroid belt, cutting through billions of fragments of rock, clearing an area with every move; other times, due to the enormous impact, it moves towards Earth, fighting and moving, leaving behind a brief but terrifying trail of destruction in the vast space of the Sun System.
Meanwhile, Earth, the blue cradle of life, is rotating to usher in the dawn of a new day.
However, the tranquility was completely shattered.
The world's most advanced and secretive astronomical observatories, deep space exploration networks, and strategic early warning systems were almost simultaneously engulfed in a data frenzy and an unbelievable, deathly silence of shock.
In NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory command center, a gray-haired senior chief scientist, who had witnessed countless milestones in space exploration, stared intently at the wildly fluctuating energy reading curve on the main screen, far exceeding the limits of any known astrophysical phenomenon, and at the two "spots of light" near Mars that were moving and colliding at speeds and trajectories that defied the laws of physics, releasing terrifying energy signals powerful enough to pinpoint galaxies.
His hands trembled uncontrollably, his lips moved, and finally he uttered a dazed murmur, "God, what is that? Are two miniature black holes dancing at close range? Or is some higher-dimensional civilization, beyond our comprehension, waging an interstellar war in our backyard?"
The European Space Agency) urgently activated all its top-of-the-line space telescopes in orbit, including Gaia and Herschel, to perform extreme resolution capture and spectral analysis, regardless of wear and tear.
The transmitted images were still blurry, but after being enhanced by the supercomputer, the vaguely emerging outlines turned all the senior researchers involved in the analysis pale as death. It seemed to be two living beings!
With a mere gesture in the Void, they could shatter meteorites of several diameters; the spatial rifts they sliced open with a wave of their hand appeared on the instruments as "absolute black zones" that devoured all data. Reports suspecting a catastrophic malfunction of the instruments flooded the supervisor's office.
In a certain ancient secret place in China, shrouded by layers of formations, several old Daoist priests, whose auras were obscure and profound and who had lived for countless years, were awakened by a terrifying tremor in the heavens and earth. They broke out of their seclusion and looked up at the sky.
Their gazes seemed to pierce the atmosphere, revealing the destructive ripples of law permeating the edge of the Sun System, imperceptible to ordinary people. "An unimaginable forbidden existence is waging war beyond the heavens! Is such power a cataclysmic calamity, or the manifestation of an unprecedented opportunity?" An elderly man with white hair and beard, dressed in an ancient Daoist robe, rapidly calculated the secrets of heaven with his fingers. However, the moment his fingers moved, he let out a muffled groan, as if he had touched an invisible terror. He violently spat out a mouthful of blood imbued with the laws of the Dao, his aura instantly weakening, his face filled with horror. "The secrets of heaven have been completely disrupted and obscured by supreme power! Unpredictable, unobservable!"
Deep within the ancestral temple of Mount Longhu, the sounds of dragon and tiger clashing rapidly resonated; countless ancient swords hummed uneasily from the Mount Shu Sword Domain; and the secret Bible of an ancient Western church moved without wind, shimmering with blood-red light.
All ancient traditions and modern secret organizations that have some sensitivity to and research on the energy of heaven and earth and the laws of the universe are now terrified, casting all their attention and deepest fears toward that seemingly calm starry sky, which has in fact been transformed into a battlefield of gods and demons.
They may not be able to truly "see" it, but the terrifying fluctuations that resonated in the soul like the horn of doomsday, causing even the laws of the stars to tremble and cry out, had pierced the deepest part of the minds of every accomplished cultivator like cold steel needles.
This is a level of power far beyond their comprehension, a scene that only exists in myths, epics, and forbidden ancient books, yet now it has so realistically and cruelly become a reality!
On the Star Sea Battlefield, the battle has reached a fever pitch and is extremely fierce.
The more Crocodile Ancestor fought, the more frightened, frustrated, and angry he became.
He used every trick in the book, employing a variety of ancient demonic arts and secret techniques. His killing swordsmanship was extremely sharp, with each strike capable of cleaving down stars and annihilating those of the same level.
However, the human boy opposite him had an absurdly strong physical body. He withstood several of his killing moves, which were enough to seriously injure an ordinary Great Saint. His blood and qi surged violently, and his golden divine light dimmed slightly. In the blink of an eye, he recovered completely under the vigorous blood and qi and the profound Dao charm, as if he had never been injured.
That tattered banner was even more bizarre; as it swayed, chaotic energy permeated the air, greatly interfering with and weakening his divine abilities based on laws. As for that protective divine flag, it was an utterly shameless defense, rendering most of his attacks futile.
"You are clearly only at the Saint Realm, so how can you possess such true combat power to defeat Great Saint?" Crocodile Ancestor was truly astonished; this question was like a venomous snake gnawing at his Dao heart.
The dark gold holy blood dripping from his wounds was incredibly heavy, causing the surrounding space to slightly collapse, as his essence was being lost.
"Roar,!!!"
Extreme anger and frustration from being unable to break through finally made Crocodile Ancestor abandon its last bit of restraint and probing.
He roared, the starry sky trembled, and the complete true form of the ancient demon saint was fully revealed!
His body expanded infinitely in the starry sky, and in an instant, a ferocious planet several times larger than the moon appeared!
What a terrifying sight it was! Each scale covering its entire body was comparable to a mountain, with sharp edges and gleaming with a cold, hard light like a black hole.
Its head resembled an ancient Demon Mountain, capable of swallowing small celestial bodies when its mouth opened; its scarlet eyes were like two blood moons hanging in the starry sky, mercilessly looking down.
A long, winding tail, like a world-destroying demonic whip lying across the Milky Way, swept across a dense meteorite belt with a casual wave, instantly turning it into pervasive cosmic dust, leaving nothing behind.
This enormous body itself is the most terrifying and primal weapon! The surging demonic energy is no longer just clouds and mist, but a black nebula tide that is as substantial as a physical entity, engulfing a large part of the starry sky. It contains the power of laws and sweeps towards Li Qingshan, intending to completely devour him and that space.
"In close combat, I will tear your strange shell apart with this supreme demonic body!" The roar of the Crocodile Ancestor transformed into a mental storm that shook the galaxy.
Despite its massive size, the creature was not clumsy; instead, it possessed an awe-inspiring, almost supernatural speed! It instantly shattered layers of spatial barriers, and a ferocious giant claw, covered in black-gold scales and as large as a landmass, bound with chains of killing laws formed from the mournful cries of countless ancient beings who had perished under its sword, slammed down on Li Qingshan with pure, extreme power and ferocity! This claw sought no skill, only absolute power.
"Well done! I was just worried about where to hone this Sacred Body Dao Embryo!" Li Qingshan's eyes burned with fighting spirit like the core of a star. Far from being afraid, he was instead filled with boundless pride.
He let out a long roar, and the golden blood energy around him roared like billions of thunderbolts. He actually took the initiative to withdraw the Xuanhuang necklace that was hanging from the Apricot-Yellow Flag yellow flag, intending to use his pure Innate Sacred Body Dao Embryo to withstand the strongest blow from this ancient demon saint! At the same time, his thoughts turned, and the profound meaning of the Battle Saint Method flowed into his heart, transforming into the most instinctive combat reaction. Every move he made contained the supreme truth of battle.
"BOOM!!!!"
The next moment, it was as if two neutron stars were colliding head-on at a destructive speed! An indescribable, terrifying shockwave exploded in a perfect sphere centered on the point of impact! The destructive energy surge, both gold and black, instantly cleared everything within a radius of tens of thousands of miles—meteorites, dust, wispy nebulae, even faint light—as if that area had briefly become a "void" in the universe!