This had saved his life, though. Had it landed on his head, it would have surely penetrated deep into the mixed Korean.
"Bang!"
At this moment, Meng Tian gave Hua Fu Sheng Zi no chance to breathe. Wielding his long sword, he directly thrust towards Hua Fu Sheng Zi's head, wanting to end the battle quickly. This Hua Fu Sheng Zi had to die.
He absolutely could not let him escape. Even killing him here had taken considerable effort. One could imagine that outside, without the ring's restrictions, it would be incredibly difficult to contain him.
However, despite the pain from his body and Meng Tian's astonishing divine power, Hua Fu Sheng Zi did not let his guard down completely. He directly extended his hands, trapping the bronze sword within his palms. Divine radiance burst forth, and Hua Fu Sheng Zi's palms, though split open, bled profusely!
"The ancient, primordial prodigy is indeed extraordinary!"
Meng Tian looked at Hua Fu Sheng Zi. With the enhancement of the Qiongqi divine beast, his speed was so great that even a Saint King would struggle to perceive it. Yet, Hua Fu Sheng Zi, even while injured and shocked, still managed to capture his sword energy with his bare hands.
The attack missed, and the two separated again.
"Let's see how long you can last!"
Meng Tian gathered his strength again and charged with his sword, a formidable sword energy terrifyingly aimed at Hua Fu Sheng Zi!
"Pfft!"
Blood splattered. With the cracking of his tortoise shell and injuries of varying degrees to his palms and head, Hua Fu Sheng Zi was powerless. He was pierced through his left shoulder by the long sword.
Blood gushed out.
At the same time, Meng Tian struck again. As he attacked, he also threw handfuls of pills into his mouth. The duel with Hua Fu Sheng Zi required extreme focus, and his divine power had been unleashed without reservation.
The high-intensity combat consumed a great deal of divine power. At this moment, both Meng Tian and Hua Fu Sheng Zi were essentially exhausted.
A wisp of sword intent swept out, forcing Hua Fu Sheng Zi to fly backward, shattering the space of the ten-thousand-zhang firmament.
"Hua Fu!"
Long Yuan Sheng Zi, outside the ring, anxiously gripped the edge of the platform. If not for the Gu family guarding the area, he would have truly wanted to strike down Guan Yu beside him and then charge into the ring to kill the divinely depleted Meng Tian.
But he dared not!
The Gu family remained the Gu family, but his Long Yuan had been sealed for countless eons. Though a prodigy, capable of fighting a Saint King, attempting to confront the behemoth Gu family of the current Three Thousand Dao State world was akin to a moth flying into a flame, overestimating his capabilities.
"Meng Tian, Meng Tian!"
Hua Fu Sheng Zi grabbed handfuls of spirit materials and stuffed them into his mouth, constantly repairing his injuries and replenishing his divine power.
"How about we stop? We can jointly control the Saint Ranking. This would be a good outcome for both of us. There's no need to force each other to death!" Su Dan Novel Network
"We will only end up mutually harmed. I am merely acting under orders, and you are also acting under imperial command. For your own sake, how about we stop?"
Hua Fu Sheng Zi spoke with great effort. His body was truly at its limit, and if the fight continued, he feared he would be defeated.
However, as he spoke, he produced a blood bead from his hand, within which divine light pulsed intermittently.
This blood bead had fallen from a Saint King of his Xuan Gui tribe when they perished. It contained their powerful final strike.
This Meng Tian possessed formidable combat power and was by no means an ordinary prodigy. Even if this blood bead could not kill Meng Tian, it would strip him of at least three layers of skin.
"Hehehe, Hua Fu, your words are quite sincere, but your hands are not honest. The Candle Dragon sealed you for several epochs; do you not hate him at all?"
A faint, cold smile touched Meng Tian's lips as he spoke: "Whether it is you or any other living being, you will all die today! The Saint Ranking will be mine!"
"Human, this is you forcing my hand!"
Hua Fu Sheng Zi's expression turned ruthless, his eyes flashing with the desperation of having no other path.
"I have never forced you. It was you! You attacked my Great Han Heavenly Dynasty first. Don't think that just because we are fighting on this ring, I cannot see through your schemes at all?"
Meng Tian continuously recovered his divine power, looking at Hua Fu Sheng Zi with pity and mocking ease.
"What?"
Hua Fu Sheng Zi's pupils widened, a bad premonition dawning on him.
"Zhang Zi's whereabouts, you had already tracked it, hadn't you? Three of the four Saints of my Great Han Heavenly Dynasty are in the imperial capital of the Yaoguang Divine Emperor. Only Cao Wei is guarding Great Han Chang'an. This is a rare opportunity, isn't it!"
Meng Tian sneered.
"You!"
"You!!"
Cold sweat beaded on Hua Fu Sheng Zi's forehead. Yes, as Meng Tian pointed out, the Great Han Heavenly Emperor's arrangement was too casual. Having three Saints appear in the imperial capital and leaving only one to guard the Heavenly Dynasty was not something an ordinary fool would do.
If he wasn't a fool, then it was a trap!
The next moment, Meng Tian charged forward. The divine power he had just replenished erupted, and countless sword energies permeated the air. While the attack was aimed at the heart, the Hua Fu Sheng Zi in front of him had to be killed quickly. An ancient prodigy might have hidden trump cards.
For a time, countless sword energies coursed through the firmament, dense and numerous, transforming the ring world into the domain of the sword. With a clang, sword energies directly targeted Hua Fu Sheng Zi!
"Boom boom!"
In what seemed less than a breath, the recently calm void plunged back into a state of world-shattering chaos. Countless spatial realms were torn apart, and void energy surged wildly.
In the firmament, amidst the countless sword energies, terrifying lightning descended, interwoven with infinite electricity, obscuring the sword energies!
With the enhancement of divine power, and driven by the principle of striking while the iron is hot, Meng Tian directly employed the divine power of the Qiongqi divine beast, continuously bolstering his sealing attacks.
For a time, the entire firmament became a sea of sword energies. Countless Qiongqi divine beasts stood atop the sword energies, roaring madly. Sword energies swept out, and with the Qiongqi spreading their wings, they attacked Hua Fu Sheng Zi from all directions without a blind spot.
"Boom!"
At the same time, Hua Fu Sheng Zi roared and sacrificed the blood bead in his hand. A Xuan Gui tens of thousands of feet in size emerged, roaring before transforming into a hundred-foot-long tortoise shell. The divine power of a Saint King continuously flowed over it, and countless runes adorned the tortoise shell.
Facing the countless sword energies, Hua Fu Sheng Zi chose self-preservation. The blood energy on his body, devoid of its usual enhancement, protected his hundred-foot tortoise shell. The draining of blood energy caused Hua Fu Sheng Zi to roar in pain.
In an instant, ten thousand swords collided!
The immense explosive force shook the corner towers of the ring, causing them to crack and tremble precariously, threatening to collapse at any moment. Within the ring's virtual world, terrifying anomalies arose. Wherever one's gaze landed, it was obscured by dazzling divine light, and soon the entire world turned a hazy gray.
"Pfft!"
A sword intent broke through the hundred-foot tortoise shell, the fractured void twisted, and it directly entered Hua Fu Sheng Zi's forehead and brow. In an instant, his blood energy dissipated, his pupils dilated, and his divine consciousness vanished.