Chapter 708: He Died Just Like That?

Chapter 708: Chapter 708: He Died Just Like That?

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Above the churning, gray-misted Sea of Suffering, three auras intertwined like venomous snakes.

True Monarch Tong Xuan’s Sword Spirit tore through the dead space. The White-haired True Daoist’s chilling Divine Thought sealed off any escape. And in the depths of the distant White Bone Island, two crimson, blood-moon-like pupils of a Qiu Long had fully opened. The dragon’s might, mixed with the glacial Dao Rhyme of the Taiyin Dao Fruit, crushed the entire Sea of Blood, causing spiderweb cracks to appear across its surface.

"Xu Yunfan, getting distracted at a time like this? Are you in a hurry to die?"

True Monarch Tong Xuan sneered. The nine Profound Ice Sword Spirits before him hummed and trembled, their Star-Pivot Sword Intent slicing through the surrounding Death Qi, which shrieked as it dissipated.

The Sword Body he had formed from his Divine Soul was slightly ethereal from having crippled his own Cultivation, but its edge, tempered by hatred, was sharper than ever.

Xu Yunfan, controlling his Clone Wukong, swept his molten-gold eyes over the White-haired True Daoist. He ignored True Monarch Tong Xuan for the moment, his gaze fixed on the white-haired figure.

"A coward who hides his face. You think you’re worthy of coveting a Dao Fruit?"

The White-haired True Daoist’s gray robes fluttered without a breeze. His hoarse voice dripped with scorn.

"Death is at your door. Being stubborn with your words won’t do you any good."

He wasn’t afraid of Xu Yunfan, but he was wary of the Star Banner that had abruptly appeared in Xu Yunfan’s hand.

The Sea of Suffering Reincarnation isolated all the Ten Thousand Laws, reducing even a Spiritual Treasure’s might to less than thirty percent. Yet, Xu Yunfan had somehow summoned his Lifebound Spiritual Treasure. This ability was so far beyond his expectations that it made him hesitate to strike immediately.

"Silence!"

True Monarch Tong Xuan’s killing intent surged.

He had waited too long for this moment. The humiliation in the Boundary Sea, the enmity from the Grotto Heaven—today, he would wash it all away with his sword.

"Phecda perishes, Sword Spirit burns!"

With a furious roar, the nine Sword Spirits suddenly collapsed and merged, forming a colossal, gray blade that stretched across the Sea of Suffering.

This strike had already surpassed the limits of the Early-Stage Golden Core. Before the Sword Intent even arrived, fine cracks had begun to spread across Wukong’s Stone Embryo body.

"Stars of the Celestial Sphere, suppress!"

Xu Yunfan showed no fear as he brandished the Star Banner.

The three hundred and sixty-five Main Stars on the banner’s surface lit up one by one. Immense Star Power pierced through the barriers of the Sea of Suffering and poured down. Although it was weakened by nearly seventy percent by the Reincarnation Law, it still formed a swirling river of stars to meet the blade.

BOOM!!!

Starlight clashed with the Sword Spirit, and for the first time, a deafening roar erupted over the silent Sea of Suffering.

The waves of blood were vaporized, leaving a massive chasm, and the gray mist recoiled like a tide.

True Monarch Tong Xuan’s blade suddenly stalled. The Star Power clung to it like a festering sore, corroding the Sword Spirit with a sickening SSSSSS sound.

"Impossible!"

True Monarch Tong Xuan’s Divine Soul trembled violently.

His strike, which had burned a Spiritual Treasure to fuel its power, had actually been blocked head-on.

"Under the suppression of Reincarnation, you can’t even use thirty percent of your full power."

Xu Yunfan’s voice came through the Star Banner, as cold as Ten Thousand Years Profound Ice. "But I can use one hundred percent."

After saying this, Xu Yunfan couldn’t help but glance at the information prompt on the Attribute Panel in his vision.

’[Divine Sky Dao Fruit (Early-Stage Golden Core)]

Status: Full Power (Transmitting across realms)

Output Efficiency: 100% (Attribute Panel exempt from the Sea of Suffering’s suppression)’

’The moment True Monarch Tong Xuan dared to enter the Sea of Suffering Reincarnation by condensing his Sword Intent from his own Divine Soul, his fate was sealed.’

The White-haired True Daoist’s pupils contracted sharply.

ROAR!!!

The Qiu Long’s roar broke the stalemate.

The White Bone Island completely shattered, and a thousand-zhang-long Skeleton Giant Dragon burst from the sea.

Its body was formed from billions of withered bones, its eye sockets blazed with bloody flames, and its sharp claws were wreathed in the violet-black Thunderbolt of the Sea of Suffering.

This was the Bitter Sea Qiu Long, born alongside the Taiyin Nether Dragon Fruit.

Its aura had impressively reached the Golden Core Initial Realm. Before its claws even descended, the reef beneath Wukong’s feet had already turned to dust.

"Insects. You think you can take the Dao Fruit?"

The Qiu Long’s blood-red eyes locked onto the three of them as it spoke in human tongue.

It was highly intelligent and knew full well that the Dao Fruit was the focus of this three-way deathmatch.

The White-haired True Daoist suddenly moved.

His figure melted into the gray mist like a phantom. When he reappeared, he was already above the Qiu Long’s spine, his withered hand reaching for the Inverted Scale on its neck—the very spot where the Taiyin Nether Dragon Fruit was attached!

"Nether Spring Soul Devourer!"

Countless Resentful Soul Chains shot out from his sleeves. At the end of each chain, a twisted Reincarnation Rune appeared, forcibly tearing through the Qiu Long’s protective Death Qi.

"You’re courting death!"

The Qiu Long roared in fury, its tail sweeping horizontally, wrapped in a wave of blood. But the White-haired True Daoist drifted back like a paper kite, using the momentum to pull back on the chains, actually tearing off a bone scale.

The clear light of the Dao Fruit wavered slightly.

’This Secret Technique for reversing life and death requires an extremely high attainment in Reincarnation. The scriptures I’ve read over the years weren’t for nothing; this really does match the characteristics of a traitor from the Primordial Sect. Records from one hundred thousand years ago do mention a Nine Nether True Monarch defecting from the Primordial Sect.’

At this moment, how could True Monarch Tong Xuan allow someone else to lay a hand on it?

His Sword Spirit forcibly shook off the entangling Star Power, and three newly formed Sword Threads shot straight for the White-haired True Daoist’s back.

"Get lost!"

The White-haired True Daoist slapped backward with his palm, conjuring a grayish-white Palm Seal. Reincarnation Runes swirled within it, actually grinding the Sword Threads into nothingness.

But in that moment of hesitation, the Qiu Long’s claws tore through space and swiped at him.

A three-way melee instantly erupted.

The Star Banner unfurled its river of stars to protect Wukong, as Xu Yunfan’s voice echoed in the avatar’s Sea of Consciousness.

"The Qiu Long’s Inverted Scale is the nexus of the Dao Fruit, and also its vital point. But True Monarch Tong Xuan’s Sword Spirit is about to collapse. Kill him first."

True Monarch Tong Xuan had also reached his limit.

Crippling his own Cultivation to enter the Sea of Suffering had already left his foundation unstable, and forcefully attacking by burning a Spiritual Treasure had overdrawn his Divine Soul even further.

Now, with the Star Power corroding it like a tide, his Sword Spirit was already showing signs of collapse.

His mind was clouded by Tribulation Qi; instead of thinking of escape, he was single-mindedly focused on killing Xu Yunfan.

"Xu Yunfan! Even if my Divine Soul is annihilated, I, this Monarch, will drag you into Reincarnation with me!"

True Monarch Tong Xuan had gone completely mad.

The colossal Sword Spirit blade exploded, transforming into a rain of billions of Ice Crystal swords that indiscriminately covered the entire Sea of Blood.

This was the ultimate killing move of the Star-Pivot Sword Spirit, "Ten Thousand Spirits Returning Ruins."

Every single Ice Crystal contained Nirvana Sword Intent. The waves of blood froze upon contact, and the gray mist shattered before it.

"Lin!"

Activating the Nine-Character True Words, Xu Yunfan made his Wukong Avatar instantly enter a state of absolute rationality, a flow-state akin to the Supreme Forgetting Emotions. The Star Banner spun wildly as its Main Stars exploded one after another, forming a miniature Star Realm to protect his body.

The sword rain crashed against the Star Realm, kicking up a sky full of glittering fragments.

PFFT!

Caught off guard, the White-haired True Daoist was pierced through the shoulder blade by three of the sword-rain blades.

His gray robes were stained with blood, and the circulation of his Reincarnation Secret Technique faltered slightly.

The Qiu Long received even more special attention. Dozens of holes were blasted into its body, sending skeletal fragments flying.

It let out a long, furious howl and spat out the Sea of Suffering Origin it had been accumulating for a long time.

A violet-black bolt of Thunderbolt that annihilated all Vitality shot straight at True Monarch Tong Xuan.

"Now is the moment!"

A sharp glint flashed in Xu Yunfan’s eyes.

The Star Banner abruptly changed direction. It wasn’t for defense; instead, it poured all its remaining Star Power into Wukong’s right fist.

Wukong’s Stone Embryo body bloomed with a molten-gold radiance, and the phantom of an Eighth Layer Cloud Scripture Dao-scape appeared behind him.

This punch ignored the distance of space, smashing ferociously into the core of True Monarch Tong Xuan’s crumbling Sword Spirit.

CRACK!

The Sword Spirit shattered like colored glass.

True Monarch Tong Xuan’s Divine Soul let out a bloodcurdling shriek.

"Xu Yunfan..."

Before he could finish, the Qiu Long’s violet-black Thunderbolt had already engulfed his remnant soul.

The Phecda Star Pivot Sword Soul Profound True Monarch had his Divine Soul utterly annihilated in the Sea of Suffering.

’He’s dead?! Just like that?!’

Taking advantage of the moment the White-haired True Daoist’s Heart and Spirit wavered, Xu Yunfan detonated his final trump card!

"Star Banner, sacrifice!"

The Star Banner exploded violently.

Countless specks of stardust, carrying the embers of the Red Sun Dao Fruit, transformed into a sky-burning rain of fire that rushed toward the Qiu Long’s Inverted Scale.

This strike wasn’t just to injure the enemy, but also to use the explosion to throw the entire area into chaos.

Inside the Wukong Avatar’s body, a speck of Immortal Golden Nature suddenly ignited.

From across the barriers of the Sea of Suffering, Xu Yunfan’s main body poured all of his Divine Sky Magical Power into the avatar.