As the Black Monarch spoke, his hands showed no mercy, each strike vicious and ruthless!
He continuously shifted among his shadow avatars, his terrifying dark blade light repeatedly grievously wounding Dongbo Xueying’s clones. Wounds tore open, blood splattered, and from the surface, it seemed… Dongbo Xueying’s nine clones were all in dire straits, their injuries worsening. But this was merely a facade Dongbo Xueying had crafted.
In truth, he hadn’t expended a shred of vitality.
Yet the Black Monarch harbored no suspicion! He was utterly confident in his current strength—his opponent being severely wounded was only natural. However, Dongbo Xueying couldn’t be measured by the standards of an ordinary Venerable. After refining the *Hunyuan Body Tempering Art*, its second layer granted him a physique comparable to a Cosmos God at the Ultimate Realm of the Body Tempering Path. Such a monstrous body made even an Invincible existence’s attempts to kill him no easy feat.
“On the Heart Realm Continent, few possess strength like yours, yet none seem to match your description,” the Black Monarch sneered, his attacks growing even more ruthless. He needed to uncover the origins of this mysterious expert before him.
Who dared interfere and sabotage such a grand scheme?
Was this the will of the mysterious expert alone, or was a Great Ancient Kingdom involved?
“Die!” The Black Monarch’s killing intent surged as his blade light, shrouded in endless darkness, swept forward.
“Hum.”
Suddenly, Dongbo Xueying pressed his palms together. A glimmer of light burst from between them, expanding into a radiant barrier that instantly enveloped all of the Black Monarch’s shadow avatars! The Black Monarch recognized this move—it was the same technique the mysterious black-clad youth had used earlier to withstand his attacks for half a breath.
Of course, that was when he hadn’t gone all out.
“Not only can it defend, but it can also trap me?” The Black Monarch scoffed, unleashing his full power. The hazy barrier encased him, severing all connection to the outside world. Though seemingly simple, this barrier was actually an enhanced version of the *Five-Phase Sealing Art*—once sealed, one was isolated, unable to perceive the outside.
Unbeknownst to the Black Monarch, Dongbo Xueying’s other eight clones also pressed their palms together before their chests.
“Hum.” “Hum.” “Hum.” “Hum.” “Hum.” “Hum.” “Hum.” “Hum.”
All nine clones executed the technique simultaneously.
Each summoned a massive barrier, the nine overlapping yet converging at a single shared region—the very space where the Black Monarch was trapped. The nine sealing spaces orbited like celestial bodies, their rotations gradually transforming the central zone into a sealed universe.
This was Dongbo Xueying’s self-created *Flying Snow Battle Art*’s combined attack—*Boundless Great Seal*!
*Boundless Great Seal*!
Of course, if paired with the supreme treasure *Voidfire Lotus*, its power would be even greater. However, Dongbo Xueying refrained—firstly, to avoid revealing the *Voidfire Lotus* and alarming the Black Monarch, who would instantly recognize the legendary treasure. Secondly, he still needed the *Voidfire Lotus* for his true killing move.
“Hum.”
Beneath the nine clones, a colossal fiery lotus bloomed.
At this moment, space distorted. Distant cultivators observing the battle from the city could no longer see the scene—Dongbo Xueying had no intention of exposing the *Voidfire Lotus*.
The sealing technique wasn’t overly taxing on each clone, requiring only twenty to thirty percent of their focus to sustain.
While maintaining the *Boundless Great Seal*, all nine clones sat cross-legged, their forms blurring as they multiplied—one into two, two into three, three into countless. The fiery lotus became covered in innumerable spatial layers, each containing a Dongbo Xueying. In truth, only nine clones existed; this was merely the effect of *Multiversal Void*.
Within the countless spaces, each Dongbo Xueying executed different techniques as the massive lotus abruptly closed!
All its petals folded inward, forming a bud!
An overwhelming surge of Hunyuan power erupted within!
……
Having witnessed the barrier before, the Black Monarch didn’t panic when trapped. At his level, what was there to fear? Even if temporarily imprisoned, he could immediately call for aid—the Eternal Night Primogenitor would rescue him.
Moreover, he didn’t believe this barrier could hold him.
“Break!” The Black Monarch slashed with all his might, the barrier distorting as if on the verge of collapse. Smirking, he followed with another strike.
Yet by then, the *Boundless Great Seal* had fully formed. Under Dongbo Xueying’s control, it deliberately quivered and twisted—but refused to shatter.
“Are all nine clones maintaining the seal?” The Black Monarch’s expression darkened. “I refuse to believe this technique can withstand me. Break! Break! Break!”
He unleashed a frenzy of slashes, each blade light wreathed in endless darkness, relentlessly hacking away.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The *Boundless Great Seal* strained under the assault, twisting violently until—finally—it shattered. The Black Monarch sneered, unaware that this collapse was intentional. Had Dongbo Xueying persisted, the Black Monarch would’ve been trapped longer. The deliberate rupture was timed with his killing move’s descent—any delay would’ve hindered it.
“What is this?!”
The moment the seal shattered, the Black Monarch gaped in shock. The distorted spaces around him collapsed like bursting bubbles, all imploding toward him.
“No! Primogenitor, save me!” A soul-deep terror gripped him as he sensed imminent annihilation.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
In an instant, the Black Monarch’s location turned pitch-black, its connection to higher spatial layers severed. Everything seemed obliterated.
*Flying Snow Battle Art*’s third killing move—*Multiversal Void Annihilation*!
“Die! Perish!” On the colossal fiery lotus, the nine clones glared at the abyss.
This was the most brutal of the three killing moves. Finding no flaw in the Black Monarch’s physique, Dongbo Xueying had opted for sheer destructive force. Yet he feared—if this failed, he might lack the time for another attempt.
“He’s dead.”
Dongbo Xueying sensed it.
Within the darkness, no life remained. Even objects had disintegrated, save for two radiant artifacts.
“Retrieve.”
Without pause, he willed a spatial grasp, sweeping everything into his storage treasure.
“Go.”
In a flash, he teleported far away.
……
Though the sequence seemed prolonged, the moment the killing move succeeded, Dongbo Xueying fled with his spoils.
Silently, he exited the borders of Fengzhong Nation.
Amidst desolate wilderness, he peered back through *World Piercer* at the battlefield. His heart still raced.
“It worked. I truly slew the Black Monarch.” Elation and pride swelled within him, further affirming his strength.
This outcome was hardly surprising.
Even without the *Voidfire Lotus*, each clone wielded *Hunyuan Seven Strikes* at Ultimate Realm combat power. Combined, they ranked among the top Venerables. Augmented by the *Voidfire Lotus*, his power multiplied severalfold, elevating him to the tier of figures like Great Elder Fuyi.
Among all Venerables, he stood as one of the most terrifying.
Though the Black Monarch’s body lacked obvious weaknesses, he wasn’t a Body Tempering cultivator nor possessed any supreme physique arts. Against Dongbo Xueying’s deadliest strike, his body and soul were utterly annihilated.
Thus…
A renowned Venerable of the Heart Realm Continent fell in Fengzhong Nation!
“Hmm?” Dongbo Xueying’s pupils contracted. Through *World Piercer*, he saw—
Above the ruins of the battlefield, a handsome man materialized. Clad in a black cloak edged with gold, his pale face bore icy eyes scanning the surroundings. The Eternal Night Primogenitor’s gaze brimmed with frigid fury. He already knew—his subordinate, the Black Monarch, was dead. Yet the killer’s identity remained unknown.
“Eternal Night Primogenitor.” Dongbo Xueying watched solemnly from afar.
It was him.
The Eternal Night Primogenitor!
The very being who, within the Heart Realm Divine Palace, had effortlessly slaughtered all his clones and seized his treasures.
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