"Boom!"
A boundless wave, ten thousand feet high and radiating a deep blue light, obscured the heavens. Behind it, successive waves constantly piled up, endless!
A trident, azure blue, tore itself free from the seemingly endless tide, erupting as if from an unfathomable abyss. Its sharpness, unrestrained, tore through the vast sky.
As this trident thrust forward, the void grew heavy. Immense power cascaded from the peak of the heavens, bathing the entire world in radiant divine light, as if space itself was fracturing, creating an illusion of overlapping dimensions.
Xu Chu's battle spirit surged. Gazing at the terrifying trident light in the distant sky, he felt that with the enhancement of the Vermilion Bird armor and the divine power of three ignited divine fires, the virtual god no longer seemed so lofty. This trident light, he felt, was not an insurmountable force!
It was as if he could shatter it with a mere lift of his hand!
"The Sea God of Sea God Island, a lofty deity, is but this!"
He sneered softly, murmuring to himself with an air of contempt.
Seeing Xu Chu, as calm as still water, his divine eyes filled with disdain, the Sea God's divine fires flared. What is a god? The ruler of all sentient beings, the very watershed between higher realms.
Below him, all were but ants!
To them, a virtual god was unreachable!
"Hah!"
The Sea God's wrist flexed, the trident in his hand blazing with spiritual light, its entire body trembling. Layers of formidable power climbed higher and higher!
At this moment, half of his divine power was unleashed.
From one end of the distant horizon, Cang Ming of the Long River Sect and Zuo Cheng of Water Moon Heaven watched the void churn and spiritual energy from the boundless waves surge. Yet, they showed no surprise. Instead, they wore confident smiles, meticulously observing the flow of spiritual energy from the virtual god.
The Sea God, who had reached the virtual god realm by igniting ten divine fires, held no sway in the eyes of Cang Ming and Zuo Cheng, who had already ignited eleven divine fires. They could step into the virtual god realm at any moment, and crush the Sea God!
"Fight!"
Xu Chu's divine fires burned, one crimson, the other a fiery deep red. Within the divine fires, he keenly tracked the trajectory of the trident's divine light. The burst of half the Sea God's power in the virtual god realm was not to be underestimated, nor lightly dismissed!
Watching the trident light, like a nimble snake, shuttle through the void, he lightly vibrated the Fire Cloud Blade in his hand. Instantly, streaks of crimson blade intent flashed, soaring into the heavens, cleaving the dense spiritual energy storm.
A blade edge, empowered by two flames, swept across the endless sky. His tiger-like eyes blazed with divine fire, an intense, inky red aura emanating from them. It was as if this blade edge had emerged from an endless sea of blood, its killing intent steaming like flames, churning the void into a fusion of blood, fire, and blade!
"What if he's a god!"
"If gods come, we'll kill them; if immortals come, we'll bury them!"
Blood tigers flashed across Xu Chu's face. Empowered by divine fire, his killing intent did not wane.
When heaven and earth are unbalanced, only killing shall pave the way. He glanced at the Vermilion Bird armor on his body and caressed the blade of the Fire Cloud Blade, a fusion of divine fire and Southern Bright Fire!
In the void, the sea of fire, the sea of blood, and the blade's edge tempered and merged. A killing intent, like a million-strong army, condensed from blood and fire. This strike was a testament to Xu Chu's surging combat power, a strike capable of killing gods!
Boom!
"Annihilate!"
Xu Chu glared at the trident light in the void and roared, his mighty tiger disappearing, the Vermilion Bird divine beast vanishing, his ten divine fires dimming, the sea of blood dissipating. All killing intent returned to the Fire Cloud Blade in his hand.
With a mighty thrust, a single divine fire burned, the Vermilion Bird and the mighty tiger flickering faintly. His killing intent was like a sharp edge, his blood essence like a radiant gleam. This strike swept across all directions, suppressing heaven and earth!
This strike was a new milestone for Xu Chu on the path of the blade. The killing intent and blood essence merged into one, further harmonizing the Vermilion Bird divine beast with his own techniques. This strike was the culmination of all his abilities!
As the blade shot forth, the boundless dark blue wave halted its advance, obscuring the void. The ten-thousand-foot waves were forcefully pushed back by the boundless blade edge, as if beginning to recede.
With this strike, the trident light, empowered by half of the Sea God's divine power, lost its relentless, world-shattering momentum!
Boom!
Wherever the ultimate blade edge passed, layers of waves vanished and evaporated. The trajectory of the trident light scattered throughout the void gradually shattered, coalescing into a single point. The true trajectory of the trident's movement was directly exposed.
"What is that?"
"Does the Great Han Imperial Dynasty also have virtual god experts?"
Zuo Cheng's face contorted in shock. He watched the boundless blade light in the sky. As it slashed across the heavens, his heart skipped a beat, sensing the aura of death.
"Boom!"
The trident light shattered without exception. The immense gale forced the Sea God to carve a crack dozens of feet long in the void. The waves that obscured the surroundings dissipated. One of the ten divine fires on his body, unable to withstand the impact, was extinguished!
"Crack! Crack! Crack!! Bang~~"
A crisp cracking sound emanated from the trident in his hand. A prong on the left side of the trident broke off. The fractured surface was stained crimson by the rampaging blade edge, accompanied by a low tiger's roar.
"Hmm?"
The Sea God lowered his head, looking at the fractured trident, broken by Xu Chu's blade edge. The lingering blade intent continued to devour the divine power nurtured within the trident, and a crack continued to spread.
Divine light erupted from the trident, attempting to counter the increasingly weakened blade intent. Staring at the residual terrifying blade intent, the Sea God looked up, his eyes narrowed, gazing at Xu Chu, who held the Fire Cloud Blade.
He was a virtual god who had ignited ten divine fires. Now, he was almost crippled by a mere human being who had forcibly ascended through secret arts, and his battle halberd was nearly ruined. His arm was almost lost!
If this human were not eliminated now, he would surely become a scourge in the future!
"Ant, die!"
The Sea God's lips moved, but his voice roared like heavenly wrath. Deep blue spiritual energy erupted from him once more, mingling and merging, forming layers of thousand-foot sea waves that once again surged, shaking the heavens. This time, the Sea God unleashed his full divine power, holding nothing back. The boundless waves crashed against the heavens, the void rumbled, and faint cracks appeared!
With another thrust of the trident, the momentum was more than three times that of before. The trident light streaked across the void, vaporizing all the boundless waves in its path. The colossal spiritual energy was completely absorbed by the trident light, and the peak of the void thundered, as if the heavens were collapsing.
Xu Chu watched the earth-shattering trident light, his divine fires igniting and condensing once more. Crimson Southern Bright Fire began to emerge, and the two quickly merged.
"Roar!"
The mighty tiger subjugated the heavens, killing intent reappeared!
Under the combined might of three forces, Xu Chu rapidly reached a peak. The Fire Cloud Blade in his hand blazed with fire, unleashing boundless blade intent that collided in the void. Behind Xu Chu, the divine fire, the mighty tiger, and the Vermilion Bird divine beast appeared and disappeared, merging into Xu Chu's body.
His pupils blazed with divine fire. At the core of the divine fire, a fierce tiger striking the sky, a Vermilion Bird spreading its wings, and the Fire Cloud Blade exchanged forms, pushing his blade intent to its limit. The power shook terrifyingly!
"Boom!"
He tightly gripped the Fire Cloud Blade with his right hand, raised it abruptly, and slashed fiercely forward into the void. The mighty tiger roared, the divine beast cried out, divine fire and Southern Bright Fire blazed ahead, and boundless sharpness followed behind, creating a keen edge that could pierce ten thousand miles of sky. Killing intent and blood essence obscured the brilliance of the Sea God's endless waves!
The blade edge was swift, faster than the agile trident light. The Sea God's expression grew grim. Even with his full divine power unleashed, he was astonished by the terrifying power of Xu Chu's strike.
He began to observe Xu Chu's blade intent. The atmosphere grew increasingly heavy. The trident light he had unleashed was struck by the boundless blade intent, and a terrifying energy explosion occurred, taking on a concrete form, like a stellar explosion, scattering in all directions, obscuring thousands of miles. Layers of spiritual energy storms erupted and spread for thousands of miles!
"Ant, if this continues, you will surely die!"
The Sea God roared loudly. The immense impact slightly disrupted his breathing. The remaining two prongs of his trident were covered in cracks, and their spiritual light flickered, desperately tearing at the sharp blade edges carried by the energy storm.
The two figures, at the center of the energy explosion, collided fiercely once more. The ten-thousand-foot waves were forced back a thousand miles, dissipating by more than half. Xu Chu, gripping the Fire Cloud Blade, was forced back several hundred feet, the immense pressure dimming the crimson glow of his Vermilion Bird armor.
"Again!"
Xu Chu shed his imposing aura, forged the Fire Cloud Blade in his hand, and swung it out, shattering layers of illusory trident light, constantly evading the agile, snake-like attacks.
The Sea God leaped with his trident, his body vanishing abruptly, reappearing beside Xu Chu and shattering the boundless blade edge!
He raised the trident high, thrusting it forcefully towards Xu Chu!
Boom!
The trident stabbed down, directly striking the flame-shrouded blade of the Fire Cloud Blade. A clear sound rang out, like two divine thunderbolts colliding in the void, lightning flashing, thunder roaring!
The crimson light and the deep blue waves reached a peculiar balance, radiating terrifying explosive energy from a single point in all directions, like ripples on water!
"Xu Chu!!"
Huang Zhong's expression flickered as he watched the chaotic collision of energy in the heavens above. Xu Chu, fighting beyond his perceived level, found it difficult to gain a decisive advantage.
"Old man, I'll cut you down first!"
Huang Zhong lowered his gaze, looking at the shocked Son of the Sea God Island, and spoke coldly. Seven divine fires blazed forth. He sheathed his bow, forged the Crimson Blood Blade, and stared with fierce eyes at the Son of the Sea God Island, who was watching the divine battle in the heavens with astonishment.
The Son of the Sea God Island was not like the Sea God; he did not push Huang Zhong to the same extreme as Xu Chu.
Boom!
Crimson light ignited, followed by the trembling of the void. A streak of blood-red blade light shot forth, like the light from a nine-foot-deep abyss of blood, its malevolent aura making the Son of the Sea God Island's face turn pale!
"You dare to fight me!"
The Son of the Sea God Island, looking at the blood-red blade light before him, while marveling at its terrifying, astonishing malevolent aura, showed no panic in his eyes. His movements were also not chaotic.
Thousands of layers of sea waves rolled in. The blood-red blade light, a divine attack, completely turned the waves into nothingness, revealing the Son of the Sea God Island's location. The blade light slashed across, its sharpness reaching the heavens, and ruthlessly hacked down towards the Son of the Sea God Island!
"Pfft!!"
A streak of crimson flame suddenly ignited at the crown of Huang Zhong's head. As the blade light that shattered the Son of the Sea God Island's attack dissipated, a Vermilion Bird divine beast flickered faintly!
"Boom!"
"Look at the trident!"
Gazing at the Son of the Sea God Island, where the divine beast Vermilion Bird had appeared, a trident released blue light, condensing into a colossal blue phantom in the void. Holding the divine trident, waves struck, spiritual energy amplified, the phantom furiously raised the trident and thrust it towards the blade light!
The void churned. With this move, the Son of the Sea God Island had killed countless exceptionally talented individuals!
The enraged phantom's strike and the blade light collided fiercely dozens of feet from their release.
The thrust of the blade light was temporarily halted. The blade light erupted with layers of Southern Bright Fire, continuously resisting the phantom's divine trident!
"Take this!"
At this moment, Huang Zhong in the distance let out a fierce roar. Three streaks of light instantly struck the phantom, erupting violently, and the trident light dissipated!
"Sneak attack..."
The impact of the three streaks of light shook the phantom by three points, making it dimmer. The Son of the Sea God Island below, his right arm gripping the trident, bled profusely, his face pale, and he roared indignantly!
"Such petty tactics, are they fitting for a strong person!"
His shaking right arm revealed the Son of the Sea God Island's weakness.
"Sneak attack?"
Huang Zhong sneered, "If I truly intended to sneak attack, it wouldn't be the void spiritual energy phantom that would dissipate now, but your head that would fall, and the primordial spirit in the depths of your soul sea that would be annihilated!"
"With one shot of my bow, your life would be forfeit!"
As the boundless blade light dissipated, Huang Zhong suddenly drew his bow. Three crimson arrows of light condensed intensely between the bowstring and the bow. Each arrow was imbued with the power of a soaring Vermilion Bird divine beast.
"Boom!"
The streaks of light shot out. The phantom vanished. Thousand-foot waves, as if encountering a natural predator, instantly collapsed. With the first arrow, the phenomena between heaven and earth completely dispersed. With the second arrow, the right arm holding the trident, along with the trident itself, shattered, light scattering in all directions, flesh and blood flying!
"Ah——"
The Son of the Sea God Island cried out in agony. His piteous wail attracted the attention of the Sea God, who was engaged in a bloody battle at the peak of the heavens.
"Son!!!"
The Sea God broke through Xu Chu's strike, looked down, and saw an arrow directly aiming for the forehead of his bloody, one-armed divine son.
"Chichichi~~"
The intense gale tore through the divine son's flesh. As the arrow pressed forward, a layer of blue skin was forcibly peeled away!
"Buzz!!"
"Boom!"
After a long cry, a violent tremor shook all directions!
A headless figure, dripping with blood, knelt powerlessly in the void, swaying unsteadily!
After a few breaths, the entire blood-drenched, headless corpse was covered in blood-red cracks. With a sudden flash of crimson light, the body exploded, flesh and blood scattering, and layers of blood mist surged outwards!
The Son of the Sea God Island perished!
Huang Zhong sheathed his iron-cast bow, his killing intent sharp as a beam of light, directly fixing his gaze on the Sea God, who was staring in horror at the peak of the heavens!!
"Son... Son... My son..."
The Sea God was dazed, his lips twitching.