Chapter 576 - 287: The End of Everything (Part 2)

Chapter 576: Chapter 287: The End of Everything (Part 2)

It was indeed the Ultimate Intent Blade Technique: Ten Thousand Furnaces Obliterate the Barren Woods, Blood Soaked in Crimson Fury!

This was the "Heart Consciousness Blade", comprehended by Chu Xuan from observing the Blood God’s lingering blade intent. At this moment, he "invoked the spirit", further empowered by the Blood God’s set, making the move terrifyingly powerful.

Shangguan Yu, who had been confident all along, finally had a change of expression, although even his facial changes seemed slowed tenfold.

In an instant, a red line appeared on the necks of four white-clothed men. When the time flow around them returned to normal, Shangguan Yu’s figure dispersed like smoke, as if erased from existence.

Chu Xuan was slightly panting, but he didn’t lower his guard. The power of the Divine Command was finally exhausted, unable to provide any further assistance.

Suddenly, the sky and earth began to close in, embodying a ferocious beast aiming to completely devour Chu Xuan. Shangguan Yu’s distorted, mad voice echoed from within, "Why force me, why force me?!"

...

The battle between two powers of the ninth realm caused tremendous commotion, with its influence spreading far and wide, alarming distant cultivators.

They were worried about the emergence of a natural disaster, yet clueless about where these two lunatics came from, fighting to the death at such a time, believing the world to be beyond salvation.

The sky and earth seemed to moan and shake, with intense aftershocks transmitting across the sea and void to the depths of the Eastern Sea, causing Ji Mingyu trepidation.

"Something’s happened, something’s definitely happened," she murmured.

At this moment, Ming Yu felt a strong urge to turn back, but seeing she was about to meet Jiang Yiyi, going back now would render her efforts in vain!

So she had to grit her teeth and push her speed to the limit!

Wait for me, Chu Xuan, wait for me, don’t let anything happen...

...

Chu Xuan briefly phased using "Soaring in the Void", avoiding a fatal sword, but as soon as his body solidified, Shangguan Yu punched him into the ground.

The Shangguan Yu before him no longer appeared human, turning into a humanoid monster formed of flesh and blood, unable to maintain "decency" at this stage of battle.

Years of tribulation and consuming his own bloodline, combined with the backlash of practicing demon arts, had malformed him long ago, requiring him to hide in darkness even when meeting his descendants.

After revealing his true form, his combat power elevated once more; he even released part of the power suppressing the disaster, letting flesh fall away, continually worsening, determined to destroy Chu Xuan.

And Chu Xuan, at this moment, couldn’t hide any longer.

He knew Shangguan Yu was eager to see him use the Six Souls Banner, likely having prepared countermeasures or even harbored ambitions to seize it.

Thus, Chu Xuan had avoided using it, but now he truly faced death if he didn’t.

Endless dark green brilliance surged like a wave, sweeping toward the sky!

Although Chu Xuan at that moment didn’t possess the ninth realm cultivation truly, only borrowed power, the Six Souls Banner still unleashed force matching his current strength.

Within the endless glow, Shangguan Yu screamed and retreated repeatedly, smoke emanating from his body; his eyes finally showed a deep-seated hatred, his voice growing more twisted, laughing manically:

"It’s my first time seeing you use it without restraint, what’s its name?"

Chu Xuan laughed madly too, "Six Souls Banner!"

He gripped a sword in one hand and the long banner in the other, soaring skyward, ostensibly returning to dominance.

But just then, a layer of faint golden light enveloped Shangguan Yu, helping him regain footing amidst the dark green glow.

He opened his right hand, revealing a golden ancient lock, not the ornamental lock resembling a ruyi, but a rectangular "Broad Lock", inscribed with the characters "Boundless".

Chu Xuan’s eyes held surprise; the Profound Celestial Sect’s guardian Immortal Artifact wasn’t this, but the "Taiqing Jade", while "Upper Cyan Nether", the Immortal Sword, was Shangguan Yu’s own fortune-acquired treasure from years past.

Previously, Chu Xuan had avoided using the Six Souls Banner, guarding against the opponent suddenly deploying this devastating Immortal Artifact, yet he never expected Shangguan Yu to pull out an unknown Immortal Artifact.

"Immortal Artifact, Boundless Lock!"

As the words fell, Shangguan Yu decisively transformed the sword in his hand into a small key, inserting it into the lock’s core.

Once he enacted the "locking" motion, the sky-filled dark green glow vanished, and Chu Xuan felt the Six Souls Banner in his hand was "restrained".

The Six Souls Banner buzzed under Chu Xuan’s full exertion, yet Shangguan Yu cruelly laughed: "It’s useless, I exchanged for this Immortal Artifact precisely to counter your treasure."

At this moment, equivalent to Shangguan Yu’s two-for-one trade, forcibly locking the Six Souls Banner, preventing Chu Xuan from employing its prowess.

In the next instant, heaven and earth closed in again, Shangguan Yu suddenly released a "Profound Celestial Hand Seal", attacking Chu Xuan.

Despite Chu Xuan wielding the Cyan Willow Sword, capable of severing all tangible and intangible entities, even cutting "distance" and "time", he still showed weakness before Shangguan Yu.

No wonder, Shangguan Yu sacrificing everything was no longer merely akin to the ninth realm but was gradually unfolding "half-immortal" power.