With a command from Ning Youci, the Divine Sword Gourd absorbed enough energy and erupted with a bang.
From the gourd's opening, a sword light that obscured the heavens and covered the sun emerged, exuding infinite might.
This Divine Sword Gourd was unlike other Imperial Weapons; regardless of one's cultivation, as long as there was sufficient energy, it could unleash a terrifying sword light.
Boom!
The incomparably radiant sword light collided with the giant palm, and immeasurable light erupted.
A massive spatial rift appeared in the sky, momentarily isolating time and space.
It also severed the connection between the giant palm and Xu Chuan!
"It's blocked!"
Although Ning Youci had been greatly depleted, seeing the critical role of the Divine Sword Gourd's attack, she couldn't help but show a happy expression.
As long as Xu Chuan was safe, no matter the cost, it was worth it!
However.
Imagination was beautiful, but reality was cruel.
Although the attack unleashed by the Divine Sword Gourd had indeed blocked the heaven-obscuring giant palm, it had only done so for a fleeting moment.
Soon, they saw the giant palm pass directly through the spatial rift and charge towards Xu Chuan once more.
"No!"
Ning Youci cried out in despair.
She desperately tried to activate the Divine Sword Gourd again to buy Xu Chuan some time.
But the previous attack had almost consumed all her strength.
At this moment, she was completely unable to activate the Divine Sword Gourd even a little bit!
She could only watch helplessly as the giant palm drew closer to Xu Chuan.
Beside her, Cui Jiang’s face was anxious and filled with despair.
Facing this palm, he couldn't even move, let alone provide any meaningful help to Xu Chuan.
He cursed himself in his heart, hating his weakness and the shamelessness of the alien Venerable.
However, compared to their helplessness and despair, Xu Chuan appeared much calmer.
Although the sense of impending death was extremely strong, Xu Chuan did not show any panic.
Because he knew that panicking now was useless and would even disturb his state of mind.
This would make it even more difficult for Xu Chuan to save himself.
He was extremely calm, trying his best to circulate all his vital energy to resist this pressure and regain his ability to move.
As long as he could move freely, he was confident that he could survive this palm strike!
"Don't worry, I'm fine!"
Even in this situation, Xu Chuan still comforted Ning Youci with a smile.
But until the giant palm was about to fall on Xu Chuan's head, he still hadn't found a way to save himself.
"Young Xu Chuan, I believe your future achievements will surely surpass mine!"
Just then, Wu Ming, who had been silent all along, spoke.
As if he had made a significant decision, he had completely let go.
A smile appeared on his face, and he said this inexplicable sentence to Xu Chuan.
"Senior, what are you doing..."
Xu Chuan looked at him, confused, and asked in a tone full of doubt and bewilderment.
However, Wu Ming did not answer his question, but stared at the heaven-obscuring giant palm in the sky with a grave expression.
Then, his body rapidly expanded, and violent energy once again filled him.
"Life for a life, I should have died long ago!"
"Today, let me do something for you!"
"I only hope that in the future, you can kill more aliens, which would be considered avenging me!"
Wu Ming muttered to himself, then, under Xu Chuan's gaze, he exploded and charged towards the heaven-obscuring giant palm.
"Senior, no!"
Xu Chuan never expected that Wu Ming would choose to self-destruct to buy him a sliver of hope for survival!
Simply because Wu Ming had previously intervened to rescue him from dire straits.
Xu Chuan shouted anxiously, trying to stop Wu Ming.
However, Wu Ming, who had made up his mind, was not someone Xu Chuan could persuade.
Rumble!
Wu Ming charged towards the giant palm at terrifying speed.
The closer he got to the giant palm, the greater the pressure became.
The terrifying pressure caused Wu Ming's body to crack, and a large amount of vital energy gushed out from his damaged body.
Blood covered his body.
Xu Chuan saw all of this.
A tear glistened in the corner of his eye.
Xu Chuan found it hard to imagine that someone would be willing to give up their life for him.
How much courage would it take to make such a choice?
Xu Chuan didn't know, perhaps Wu Ming himself didn't know.
At the last moment, Wu Ming looked back at Xu Chuan, his face filled with a smile of release.
Then, with resolute determination, he slammed into the heaven-obscuring giant palm.
With loud booms, terrifying energy storms swept through the surroundings, as if to destroy everything.
Wu Ming's self-destruction successfully stopped Yuan Hai's hand from attacking Xu Chuan.
Xu Chuan finally broke free from the terrifying oppressive force.
"Senior Wu..."
Xu Chuan stared blankly at the now deceased Wu Ming, his heart filled with grief.
At this moment, Emperor Zhenwu, taking advantage of Wu Ming's self-destruction, broke free from Yuan Hai's control.
He looked at Yuan Hai with a grim expression, his eyes filled with boundless rage.
How many years had it been since he had encountered such a situation?
His subordinate had self-destructed right before his eyes, to save someone and to create an opportunity for him to act.
"You deserve to die!"
Emperor Zhenwu said coldly, his entire being radiating intense killing intent.
He was truly enraged, he couldn't even remember how long it had been since he had been this angry.
Wu Ming's death had shaken him greatly.
And the cause of all this was Yuan Hai!
"With your current strength, can you defeat me?"
Yuan Hai rubbed the hand that had suffered a minor injury from Wu Ming's self-destruction and said disdainfully to Emperor Zhenwu.
Ever since breaking through to the third-tier Emperor Venerable, he honestly had not taken Xu Longxiang seriously at all.
Even though the difference between peak second-tier and third-tier was only a single step, he was acutely aware of the vast gap between them!
Moreover, to deal with Xu Longxiang, he had used all his tricks and naturally had trump cards up his sleeve.
Today, Xu Longxiang had no chance of turning the tables and was destined to be devoured by him.
It was just a pity that his previous palm strike had failed to kill that human prodigy!
He truly wanted to see Xu Longxiang witness this scene with his own eyes, yet be powerless to do anything.
"Whether I can kill you or not, we'll find out by trying!"
Emperor Zhenwu roared.
As his voice fell, terrifying power erupted from him, soaring into the sky.
Infinite divine might swept across the entire battlefield, crushing countless humans and aliens to the point where they couldn't lift their heads.
At this moment, Xu Longxiang was enraged to the extreme, his aura approaching the third-tier Emperor Venerable.
A long sword had appeared in his hand at some point.
Sensing this aura, Yuan Hai also put away his playful expression and became serious.
Indeed, after so many years, Xu Longxiang had not made no progress.
He could see that the other party had even taken half a step into the realm of a third-tier Emperor Venerable.
He suddenly felt fortunate that he had received help from that person and broke through to the third-tier Emperor Venerable a step earlier.
Otherwise, it would not have been certain who would die here today!
The battle between Emperor Venerables was at this moment tense and on the verge of breaking out.