Chapter 380 - 209: Rout

Mo Wuhen and Xie Songnian stared at the terrifying figure before them, a being like a Demon God incarnate.

In that instant, all the smugness and composure on their faces dissolved, replaced by boundless shock and terror!

’He really... deciphered the Celestial Heart Order!’ Mo Wuhen was utterly shocked.

’No, I have to run!’

He no longer gave a damn about the Celestial Heart Order. Turning, he transformed into a wisp of black smoke, about to flee into the void!

However, just as his form was about to dissipate!

A terrifying, monstrous hand, larger than his entire body and covered in bulging veins, silently appeared before him, brutally cutting off all his escape routes!

"Trying to leave?"

Xu Zhouzi’s voice was no longer aged and peaceful.

Instead, it had become as resonant as a great bell, filled with an unquestionable, tyrannical authority!

"Too late!"

"Shadow Demon Myriad Forms·Blood Prison Escape Technique!"

Knowing there was no way out, a glint of desperate resolve and madness flashed in Mo Wuhen’s eyes!

With a furious roar, he unleashed every last bit of True Qi in his body!

The black robe on his back instantly exploded as he transformed into a sky-filling swarm of black bats. Emitting ear-piercing shrieks—SCREECH! SCREECH!—they swarmed from all directions, frenziedly attempting to devour Xu Zhouzi!

Each bat was infused with his True Qi and Divine Thought from the Sixth Layer of the True Master Realm, powerful enough to easily tear through steel and corrode all creation!

However, faced with this Demon Sect Secret Technique—one that would vex any expert of the same cultivation layer—Xu Zhouzi’s expression remained completely unfazed.

He simply raised his hand and gave a light wave at the swarm of black bats filling the sky.

"SWAT!"

A crisp sound rang out, like a fly being swatted.

Before Xie Songnian’s utterly horrified eyes!

The sky-filling swarm of black bats, along with the immense True Qi they contained, were instantly annihilated by that single slap, vanishing like popped bubbles!

Then, without losing any of its momentum, the massive hand solidly slapped Mo Wuhen—who had just tumbled out of the void, his face still etched with utter shock and disbelief!

BOOOOOM!!!

The entire White Jade Plaza shook violently!

Like he’d been struck head-on by a falling meteor, Mo Wuhen was instantly transformed into a black shooting star, brutally slammed into the basalt-paved ground and leaving behind a bottomless, human-shaped crater!

It all happened in the blink of an eye!

Xu Zhouzi slowly withdrew his hand, as if he had just done something trivial.

He walked to the edge of the human-shaped crater, reached out, and made a soft grasping motion toward the depths of the pit.

The next moment, Mo Wuhen—every bone in his body shattered, blood streaming from his orifices, and with only a single breath of life remaining—was slowly lifted out of the pit by Xu Zhouzi, dangling like a marionette.

In the eyes hidden beneath his hood, all prior arrogance and ferocity were gone, leaving only boundless terror.

"You... you..."

He struggled to squeeze a few words from deep in his throat.

But Xu Zhouzi gave him no further chance to speak.

His massive hand, the size of a millstone, gently squeezed.

"POP!"

A sound like a ripe watermelon being crushed echoed.

The infamous Shadow Demon Mo Wuhen, a fiend of his generation who had raised a storm of blood and gore across Cangzhou Prefecture, was, from that moment on, utterly annihilated, his body and soul extinguished!

It all happened too fast.

So fast that Xie Songnian, standing to the side, hadn’t even fully recovered from the immense shock of Xu Zhouzi’s Transformation!

When he saw Mo Wuhen’s head burst like a rotten watermelon, a bone-chilling cold instantly shot up from the soles of his feet straight to the top of his skull!

He didn’t dare hesitate for another second. Pushing his True Qi to its absolute limit, he transformed into a streak of purple light and fled madly down the mountain without a backward glance!

’A lunatic... that old monster... he’s a lunatic!’

However, just as he thought he was about to make a clean getaway.

The terrifying, Demon God-like figure reappeared before him as if by teleportation, silently blocking his path.

"Songnian," Xu Zhouzi’s voice suddenly rang out. "Where... do you think you’re going?"

"Sect Leader! Master! Spare my life! Please, spare my life!"

With a THUD, Xie Songnian dropped to his knees, kowtowing and begging for mercy as tears and snot streamed down his face. "This disciple... I was momentarily foolish! I was bewitched by that fiend! I beg you, Master, for the sake of my many years of dedicated service to the Sect, please spare my life!"

Where was even a shred of the Vice Sect Leader’s dignity?

Xu Zhouzi watched his pathetic display, a flicker of deep disappointment in his eyes.

He slowly raised his hand.

"Since you have done something wrong..."

"Then... you must pay the price!"

As Xie Songnian watched the giant hand approach—a hand that could crush him with ease—a vicious and crazed glint flashed in his eyes!

He suddenly sprang up from the ground, pouring all his True Qi and his very lifeblood essence into his palms. He formed a blood-red Palm Seal that contained the culmination of his life’s Power, and viciously slammed it toward Xu Zhouzi’s chest!

"You undying monster! If you won’t let me live, then I’ll take you down with me!!!"

However, faced with this ultimate strike—the last, desperate struggle of a cornered beast—Xu Zhouzi simply thrust out a palm.

"CRACK!"

The blood-red Palm Seal shattered like fragile glass!

As if struck by lightning, Xie Songnian coughed up a huge mouthful of blood and was sent flying backward. He slammed heavily onto the ground, his aura fading to almost nothing.

Step by step, Xu Zhouzi walked up to him and raised his hand once more.