The Truth Behind the Ball of Light

Heavenly Desolation gave him some response, which put Lei Chong considerably at ease.

With Heavenly Desolation as his safety net, Lei Chong decided to stop holding back.

Boom!

Countless arcs of lightning flickered around him, and his presence surged to its limit.

He unleashed his full strength, and the Divine Flame Man soon began to falter. Lei Chong's strength was beyond imagination; he was certainly no ordinary First Generation.

"Ah." The Divine Flame Man's hair was disheveled, and even his divine flames had grown feeble, as though they were about to go out.

Blood seeped from his mouth and nose, black smoke rose from his body, and under the assault of the electric arcs, his body was still trembling slightly.

He had lost, utterly and completely, and no longer had the strength to fight.

"Reincarnation Disk!" the Divine Flame Man shouted. He spat blood onto the Reincarnation Disk in the air, dyeing it red and causing it to erupt with a mighty pressure.

To preserve his life, he had no choice but to use the Reincarnation Disk.

Since his birth, this was the first time he had used the Reincarnation Disk to save his life while fighting someone of his generation, and it left him utterly dejected.

But compared to his life, things like face no longer mattered.

Hum!

The Chaos Disk hummed and trembled softly, strands of Chaos Qi hanging down from it. The entire valley shook, unable to withstand that terrifying pressure.

Strands of Chaos Qi pressed down, threatening to crush Lei Chong into powder.

Creak!

Before the Chaos Qi had even descended, the terrifying pressure had already arrived. The bones inside his body creaked, as if they were about to snap.

Hum!

A terrifying presence swept in, tearing a gash through heaven and earth.

A great halberd tore through a crack in the void, its sharp blade bracing against the Chaos Disk. At the same time, Yin Qi and Yang Qi descended, scattering the Chaos Qi.

This was not the complete Heavenly Desolation, only its blade.

It was only one-third of a weapon of the Ten Fiends, but against one-sixth of an Immortal King's weapon, it should barely be enough.

If it truly proved unable to hold its own, Heavenly Desolation would summon its other parts.

Boom!

The instant the two supreme treasures clashed, rifts exploded open across the void, and wisps of gray mist seeped out, as though the world were about to end.

Wisps of gray mist fell from high in the sky, spreading toward Divine Medicine Valley below.

The instant the Chaos Qi dissipated, Lei Chong felt a great weight lift from him. The pressure on his shoulders vanished completely, and he regained the ability to move.

Whoosh!

Lei Chong spread his lightning wings and escaped in a streak of lightning.

That gray mist was terrifying; even a single wisp touching him would make him perish.

The gray mist fell from high in the sky and dropped into the formation below.

Boom!

The formation below was fully activated, and countless rays of sword light surged forth, tearing heaven and earth apart and swallowing both Heavenly Desolation and the Chaos Disk.

The Divine Flame Man did not dare be careless either, and hurriedly retreated with his servants.

By now, events had slipped beyond his control.

"Master, what's going on?" a pure-blooded creature asked.

"I don't know either." The Divine Flame Man's face was pale.

Then he turned to look at Lei Chong, his eyes flashing with a blazing light.

"Who exactly are you? How do you have such a supreme treasure?" the Divine Flame Man demanded.

Lei Chong ignored him outright, his thoughts fixed on the clash high above.

In the Fire Kingdom's ancestral grounds, something sparkled among Shi Hao's hair: a little bone pagoda was nestled there, watching what was happening here.

"Strange, how did they come to blows?" Little Pagoda muttered to himself.

But he did not reveal himself, remaining hidden in Shi Hao's hair.

In Stone Village, a willow swayed in the wind. A white figure stepped out of it, her blazing gaze fixed in the direction of Medicine Capital.

Her figure was exceedingly indistinct, surrounded by clusters of firelight. Each cluster was a divine kingdom, and within those hazy flames, all were worshiping the same willow tree.

Her gaze was profound; she had long since seen through everything.

At the same time, in other great domains, several presences awoke one after another. Their divine senses easily pierced the barriers between realms and settled on the confrontation here.

None of them spoke, nor did they try to stop the two supreme treasures.

Of course, the two supreme treasures were merely confronting each other and had not truly clashed. Otherwise, given their capabilities, everything within tens of thousands of li would have been reduced to the ashes of a calamity, and nothing would have remained.

At this moment, countless cultivators in Medicine Capital looked up to watch.

The sight was so shocking that they all wanted a clear look at what was happening.

Medicine Capital was a special region where the major powers of the Eight Regions had covert agents. Now that something so momentous had happened, they had to report it to their superiors.

Upon receiving the news, the major powers dispatched experts one after another.

High in the sky, the two supreme treasures remained locked in confrontation. Chaos surged around them, and they rang and clanged, yet neither suffered any damage.

More and more gray mist descended, falling into the formation below.

Crack!

A formation split open. Under the pressure of the two supreme treasures, it could no longer hold and shattered into countless fragments.

But the interior was shrouded in gray mist, and no one could see it clearly now.

Hum!

A ripple spread through the void, and the two supreme treasures finally parted.

The Heavenly Desolation Halberd pierced through the void and floated above Lei Chong.

The Reincarnation Disk also returned, hovering above the Divine Flame Man's head.

"Let this battle end here. There's no longer any point in continuing to fight," came a message from the Heavenly Desolation Halberd.

Lei Chong gritted his teeth, but still nodded slightly.

Since the Heavenly Desolation Halberd had spoken, he naturally had to listen.

Not far from Lei Chong, the Divine Flame Man frowned deeply, his eyes fixed on Lei Chong. Clearly, he too had received a voice transmission from the Reincarnation Disk.

He knew he was no match for Lei Chong and could only rely on the Reincarnation Disk for everything.

Now that the Reincarnation Disk had spoken, however unwilling he was, he could only swallow it.

On Lei Chong's side, the Heavenly Desolation Halberd asked whether he had found any trace of those people, or any clues and the like.

"Yes. I called you partly because my life was under threat, and partly because the presence of those people should be in the formation here," Lei Chong said, pointing at the formation behind him.

The Heavenly Desolation Halberd rose and floated toward the formation.

After circling above it for a while, he returned to Lei Chong's side.

"That's right, those people's presence is here. If they dare appear, I'll naturally take action," Heavenly Desolation replied.

"Why not stay here? It would be better to wait by the stump for a hare," Lei Chong suggested.

"No. I'm broken into three pieces right now and can't use my full strength. I need to find a way to rebuild my body," Heavenly Desolation explained.

"All right, then." Lei Chong knew he could not make it stay.

Hum!

Heavenly Desolation cut open a rift, slipped inside, and vanished.

"Let's go. Don't provoke this man again," the Divine Flame Man said. His heart was full of unwillingness, but he had no other choice now.

He led the way toward Medicine Capital. The pure-blooded creatures behind him did not dare speak and could only follow in silence.

They were true pure-blooded creatures; when had they ever suffered such humiliation in the lower realm?

Whoosh!

Yet just as they set off, a sound came from behind them. A strange flame was burning in Divine Medicine Valley.

Lei Chong's expression changed, and his breathing quickened. He could not have been more familiar with the appearance of that flame: it was the very ball of light in the formation.