“Make way?” The gray-robed Monarch Duro stood mid-air, strands of void force converted from his divine power already radiating outward, enveloping a passageway spanning hundreds of millions of miles in diameter, forming an intricate array. Countless divine runes shimmered across the formation, pulsing with golden light. The massive array completely blocked the entire passage, leaving no gaps.
“Lord Dongbo,” Monarch Duro declared loudly, “Please stop. There’s no escape for you.”
Meanwhile, the plump, translucent Monarch Qufu instantly transformed into a semi-transparent sphere, encasing Duro within. The sphere, nearly a kilometer in size, shimmered with swirling light, faintly revealing Qufu’s visage upon its surface.
“Whoosh!”
Dongbo Xueying, flying at breakneck speed, frowned slightly at the sight. “This formation seems to contain profound spatial mysteries.”
“Break!” With no intention of wasting time, Dongbo Xueying thrust his Crimson Cloud Spear forward.
The spear expanded abruptly, spanning the heavens and earth.
With unstoppable momentum, he swept it across. Even before his seclusion, his strength had been overwhelming, but now, after his training, it had reached unimaginable heights. Even Qihai Huang had been forced back by his sheer might, and the ‘Spacetime Grand World’ had been shattered with a single strike.
His unparalleled strength, combined with his elevated realm, made him invincible.
“Boom—!” The spear pierced into the colossal formation.
Yet the formation seemed illusory.
The spear met no resistance as it passed through.
“Hmm?” Dongbo Xueying’s expression shifted. “No resistance at all?”
“Boom! Boom! Boom!” The Crimson Cloud Spear, now stretching millions of miles, tore through the void recklessly. Under Dongbo Xueying’s terrifying power, his spear technique ‘Annihilation’ unleashed three consecutive strikes—the first like a blazing sun, the second even more ferocious, and the third leaving Monarchs Duro and Qufu utterly aghast.
“Too strong!” Qufu transmitted nervously. “Duro, can you really restrain Dongbo Xueying?”
“As long as you can hold your defense, I can restrain him,” Duro replied, though inwardly tense. The spear’s might was terrifying! The blinding sun-like force crushed forward, sweeping through the entire formation.
Yet the formation remained illusory.
No resistance whatsoever!
“Hmm?” Dongbo Xueying frowned but, confident in his skills, didn’t slow down. He shot forward like a streak of light, plunging into the void formation.
The moment he entered, the scenery changed.
The void formation transformed into an endless expanse, and Dongbo Xueying found himself flying within it.
“A spatial manipulation array?” Dongbo Xueying smirked. “Grow! Grow! Grow!!!”
His body expanded rapidly.
In moments, he stood fifty million miles tall. With his formidable physique, he could have grown to trillions of miles, but the passage’s diameter limited him to avoid hindering his movements. Towering over the void, his aura surged like a tidal wave as he swung his spear downward.
“Hmph, you can’t escape.” Under Duro’s control, the void formation expanded as well, remaining intangible.
“Playing with domains, are we?” Dongbo Xueying shook his head.
His colossal form erupted with dazzling white light—countless razor-sharp beams of Taihao Force. The energy spread like a domain, permeating the void formation at lightning speed.
Soon, the white light had infiltrated most of the formation, even enveloping Qufu and Duro at its core. Though the Taihao Force was fierce, it couldn’t disrupt the elusive void energy, which seemed nonexistent.
“Lord Dongbo,” Duro’s voice echoed throughout the formation, “It’s futile. You can’t escape.”
“Is that so?” After assessing the formation, Dongbo Xueying ignored the illusions and flew straight in one direction.
“Whoosh!”
Like lightning, he sped forward.
Yet as he flew, the void formation shifted continuously, warping space around him. After a breath’s time, he found himself back where he started.
“It’s like a loop. No matter how I fly, the layered void shifts bring me back.” Dongbo Xueying frowned. Through the Taihao Force, he sensed everything clearly, but he was at the mercy of Duro’s control. “I never expected Monarch Duro to be so skilled in formations.”
His flight speed was slower than his spear strikes or Taihao Force, allowing Duro to adjust the formation accordingly. The spear and Taihao Force moved too fast for Duro to react, and to avoid hindering Dongbo Xueying’s movements, Duro dared not interfere with his weapon.
“If I can’t fly out, I’ll have to eliminate the formation’s controller.” Dongbo Xueying hovered mid-air, brandishing his spear. With his immense strength, the nearly hundred-million-mile-long Crimson Cloud Spear swept across millions of miles in an instant—far faster than flight.
The spear struck the translucent sphere.
“Boom!” The sphere dented slightly, but Duro inside remained unfazed.
“Break!” Dongbo Xueying struck again.
The spear descended fiercely.
Yet the sphere only dented further, holding firm.
“Lord Dongbo, haha, you can’t escape.” Qihai Huang, who had been chasing, finally caught up.
“Tch.”
Ignoring him, Dongbo Xueying focused on Duro. He hadn’t expected the obscure Monarch Duro to be so adept with void formations—this wasn’t in the intelligence he’d received.
“Annihilate!” Dongbo Xueying unleashed his ‘Annihilation’ spear technique.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!!!”
Each strike pierced deeper into the translucent sphere. The first thrust drove halfway through, and the second followed suit. Drawing from the ‘Path of Slaughter’ within his true divine artifact dagger, the spear technique’s lethality was terrifying. Qufu could only rely on his unique physique to endure.
“Monarch Duro, his spear is too powerful. He might not kill me, but he could pierce through me to kill you,” Qufu transmitted urgently.
“What? You can’t protect me?” Duro panicked, cursing Qufu’s unreliability.
“Qihai Huang, join us in restraining Dongbo Xueying!” Duro called out.
“Very well.”
Qihai Huang didn’t hesitate.
He charged into the void formation, unimpeded, and rushed toward Dongbo Xueying.
“Break! Break! Break!” Seeing Qihai Huang approach, Dongbo Xueying intensified his assault.
“Hahaha, Lord Dongbo, you’ve fallen into my hands at last!” Qihai Huang severed his eight tentacles, each transforming into a demonic avatar. Instantly, Qihai Huang and his eight avatars swarmed Dongbo Xueying.
“Boom!”
One avatar swung a massive axe at Dongbo Xueying, while another slashed with a curved blade at his neck…
All eight attacked simultaneously.
Dongbo Xueying ignored them, focusing on his spearplay.
The axe struck his black armor, leaving no mark. The weakened force barely fazed him—he didn’t even budge. The eight avatars, each nearly at the level of a Venerable, unleashed a storm of attacks, yet Dongbo Xueying stood firm, his muscles dispersing the force effortlessly.
“What?!” Qihai Huang, preparing his next move, was stunned. “Impossible!”
Eight near-Venerable-level avatars—his trump card, the reason he dominated the Divine Realm and Abyss! Few dared face him head-on, yet Dongbo Xueying didn’t even bother defending, taking the hits without flinching.
“Pathetic.” Dongbo Xueying shot him a cold glance, dismissing Qihai Huang as a fool.
The technique was formidable—something even he couldn’t replicate.
In a direct clash, he might not win.
But—
He had his own advantages.
Beyond his immense strength and speed, his greatest asset was his defense.
“Back in the Heartlake Island’s Destruction Corps, we dealt with Venerables at minimum. Even they struggled to breach this armor. These avatars are merely top-tier Paragons.” Dongbo Xueying scoffed. They were nowhere near the armor’s limits.
If a non-Venerable could destroy a Destruction Corps soldier’s armor, it’d be a joke.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!!!” Ignoring Qihai Huang, Dongbo Xueying poured everything into attacking Duro. Every third strike of his ‘Annihilation’ spear technique pierced the sphere entirely, forcing Qufu to desperately shield Duro while dodging.
“Qihai Huang, stop him!” Duro pleaded.
With a roar, Qihai Huang’s eight tentacles lashed out, entangling Dongbo Xueying and hindering his spearplay.
“Break!” Dongbo Xueying flexed his arms.
“Snap! Snap! Snap!”
The tentacles snapped like twigs, though they quickly reattached as Qihai Huang healed. Still, he felt the pressure: “His strength matches mine, but his power is absurd, and his defense lets him ignore my attacks.”
“Qihai Huang!!!” Duro was desperate.
“I can’t hold on!” Qufu was on the verge of collapse. The translucent sphere had been pierced multiple times, and Duro had narrowly escaped death each time.
This time, Dongbo Xueying’s spear tore Qufu’s body in half, one half still shielding Duro as they fled.
“Boom!”
Dongbo Xueying’s strikes were relentless. No matter how they dodged, the sheer speed ensured they’d slip up eventually.
“Thud.”
The spear pierced the translucent form and impaled Duro. The destructive force within the spear annihilated Duro’s body instantly, reducing it to dust. Unlike Qufu, Duro had no means of survival.
“No—!” Duro’s consciousness faded as his body disintegrated.
The void formation dissipated.
The scenery cleared, revealing the winding passage once more.
“Enough games.” Dongbo Xueying flew off at full speed, swatting aside Qihai Huang’s avatars with his spear as he vanished into the distance.
Qihai Huang hovered silently, watching him go. “His strength matches mine, but his defense is outrageous.”
“Fighting three alone, and killing Duro?” Qufu, reverting to his plump form, stared in awe. “When word spreads, Dongbo Xueying will shake the Dark Abyss and Divine Realm. Among those below the Venerable level, he’s now a force to be reckoned with!”
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