Chapter 768: Annihilation

“That Tuolu has become even stronger than before,” the stout immortal-scaled creature, suddenly gripping a crimson curved blade about three meters long with both claws, transmitted mentally.

“I’ll hold off this human immortal, you deal with that alchemist! All my children, kill the human Monarchs in one breath!” the muscular immortal-scaled creature conjured a black chain over a hundred meters long, flames continuously burning along its length. The chain seemed like a black fire dragon soaring through the starry void.

“Understood,” the stout immortal-scaled creature chuckled sinisterly.

“Kill!”

“Kill!”

A group of short but hideous Monarch-level scaled creatures, each wielding weapons, had already engaged in battle with the human Monarchs.

The fiercest battle was undoubtedly between ‘Toxic’ and the somewhat stouter immortal-scaled creature ‘Tuolu’.

“Boom~~~” Seventy-two emerald-green vines, sheathed in a golden film, lashed out wildly toward Tuolu with murderous intent, tearing through the surrounding space in an unending cascade of fractures. Yet Tuolu only laughed with maniacal glee, unleashing his ‘Law Domain’ without hesitation. In an instant, the starry void around him erupted into an endless sea of flames, their hissing tongues hungrily devouring both the emerald vines and Toxic’s very flesh.

“Die, die!!!” Toxic roared, enduring the flames with sheer willpower.

“Hahaha, little one—you, a mere Monarch—dare believe this pathetic plant lifeform could vanquish me?” Tuolu’s grotesque, scaled visage twisted into a sneer as he savagely tore through the encroaching emerald vines.

The crimson blade flashes continuously!

As if two colossal wheels of flame were whirling relentlessly, they carved through the encroaching emerald vines, even shearing through the golden membranes, severing segments of the verdant tendrils. Some of the golden films on the severed vines were split asunder, yet swiftly reformed into new gilded veils.

Beneath the colossal, blazing blade wheels, the golden sheen of the emerald-green vines shattered into fragments, and the vines themselves were severed.

“Ugh.” The emerald-green vines conveyed a wave of agony.

“Ahmo, Ahmo, let’s give it everything we’ve got! Even if we perish, we must slay him—slay him!” Toxic’s face contorted with savage fury. The symbiotic plant lifeform was utterly loyal; once bonded, if its master fell, it too would wither. With the command to fight to the death… the emerald vines surged forward without hesitation!

Boom~~~ A series of golden-veined emerald vines, stretching for thousands of miles through the starry void, frantically coiled around and assaulted Tuoluo.

From time to time, an emerald vine would be severed, yet some of the cut vines would reconnect at the wound, clearly showcasing a rather swift ‘recovery speed’. However—each severing dealt substantial damage to the emerald vine.

“Ahmo, Ahmo.” Toxic cried out in his heart.

Helpless!

He felt… before this hideous immortal-scaled creature, he was still at a disadvantage.

“My strength isn’t enough, not enough at all. Although I successfully killed an immortal deity before, that immortal used a warhammer and couldn’t sever Ahmo. Eventually, I wore him down to death.” Toxic’s eyes shed tears as he glared at his opponent, roaring inwardly, “Seventh Brother, Seventh Brother, I will definitely kill him, definitely!”

Toxic’s battle was brutal and frenzied, but the other veteran team members were also struggling.

Each of them was surrounded and attacked by two or three Monarch-level scaled creatures. These Monarch-level scaled creatures were extremely ferocious and fearless. Perhaps individually they couldn’t match the veterans, but when two or three teamed up and fought desperately, they overwhelmed the veterans significantly.

“The illusion effects are very weak against them,” the enchantress murmured anxiously.

Hammer held a giant shield in one hand and a warhammer in the other, protecting her, “These ghouls, their homeland is a place filled with slaughter; they grew up in killing and have long since fallen into madness. Their hearts are steeped in bloodlust. It’s hard to bewitch them—they must be killed!”

“I’ve slain one,” Kuangwu was also in dire straits, being simultaneously targeted by four Monarch-tier scaled beasts.

“Harming them is pointless,” Rock said urgently, “I can’t harm them.”

“Rock, unless you destroy their life cores, even if their bodies explode, they can re-form. Once you pierce their bodies, you must seize the opportunity to destroy their life cores,” the deity anxiously said.

The battle descended into madness.

“Madman.”

“Madman, help out.”

“Madman, hurry! Toxic is risking his life right now—he’s in mortal danger.” Captain Taivo was so frantic he seemed about to combust.

Luo Feng, having just slain two Monarch-level scaled beasts, swept his gaze across the battlefield. In an instant, he transformed the Divine Gold Sword into a dazzling golden radiance, slicing through the heavens before disappearing without a trace.

“Pop!” A golden light suddenly appeared, directly piercing through the chest of a Monarch-level scaled creature, then destroying its energy core. Boom! A large amount of items from its inner world scattered around.

“Swish!” The golden light flashed again, and another Monarch-level scaled creature widened its eyes, opened its mouth wide, revealing cold fangs, before its eyes dulled…

Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!

Luo Feng unleashed his full might. Though he revealed little, even the mere combat prowess rivaling an immortal deity—coupled with the ‘Yanshen Golden Sword,’ peerless in traversing the void—rendered his slaughtering speed terrifying. In but three breaths, those dozen or so Monarch-tier scaled abominations were utterly annihilated.

One by one, the Monarch-level scaled creature corpses floated in the starry void, their inner worlds collapsing, causing countless items to scatter around.

“Madman is really fierce.”

“Amazing.”

The other Monarch team members couldn’t help but be shocked. In fact, it wasn’t that easy for an immortal deity to wipe out the fierce Monarchs on the battlefield against extraterrestrial enemies. It depended on the school of martial arts! If it were an immortal deity of a martial artist school, killing over a dozen Monarch-level experts would be a very troublesome task. But Luo Feng’s use of Yanshen weapons was clearly suitable for pursuit and assassination.

“What?” The slender immortal-scaled being ‘Fuweisai,’ currently locked in combat with Captain Taiwo, was startled as he spotted the black-armored human in the distance. “A Yanshen weapon? And at the ninth level of Yanshen?”

“Fuweisai, there’s another one in their team with power comparable to an immortal deity,” another immortal-scaled creature ‘Tuolu’ was also greatly alarmed, “What should we do?”

“Retreat!” Fuweisai ordered.

The situation had now reversed.

On the human side, there were three fighters comparable to immortal deities.

On their side, there were only two.

Moreover, the human side also had… other Monarchs. Although Monarchs couldn’t kill them, they could still interfere and weaken them.

“None shall flee.”

Having just annihilated over a dozen Monarch-level Qiu Shi warriors in a single breath, Luo Feng swiftly manipulated the Yanshen weapon, darting straight toward the burly immortal-scaled creature ‘Tuoluo,’ who was suppressing the writhing mass of emerald-green vines.

“Whoosh!”

The Yanshen Golden Sword instantly vanished, then reappeared three hundred meters away, at Tuolu’s flank, two meters behind him.

Puchi!

The Yanshen Golden Blade thrust straight at Tuolu’s armored form, only to be deflected by his protective plating. Yet, the tremendous force behind the golden sword still sent tremors through Tuolu’s body, disrupting the rhythm of his twin curved blades. In that instant, the previously suppressed emerald-green vines surged back with renewed vigor, launching a fierce counterattack against the immortal-scaled being known as Tuolu.

“Hmm? The defense of an immortal deity is indeed formidable,” Luo Feng’s eyes flashed with a cold gleam from a distance, “Looks like the first layer of the ninth level of Yanshen isn’t effective enough.”

The ninth level of Yanshen, ‘Even Immortals Can Be Challenged.’

In fact, it can be divided into three layers.

The power levels correspond respectively to ‘Skybridge Level 13,’ ‘Skybridge Level 14,’ and ‘Skybridge Level 15.’

Among them, the first layer of the ninth level, when activated, causes the Yanshen Golden Sword to flicker in and out of existence… enabling it to momentarily traverse the void and reappear instantly, though the distance is short—typically only a few hundred meters. The range for void traversal is extremely limited… and the offensive power of the Yanshen Golden Sword is merely mediocre, scarcely sufficient to wound an ordinary immortal deity.

Generally, being able to use the first layer would be enough to affect an immortal deity, preventing it from chasing you. You could protect your life in front of an immortal deity.

The second layer of the ninth level, the attack power surges, and the traversal distance can be a bit farther.

Both layers possess a vulnerability—traversing the Void generates spatial disturbances. If it’s an immortal deity with profound mastery over spatial laws, they can detect these fluctuations in advance, swiftly evading and defending.

Only the ‘third layer of the ninth level’!

The might of the assault escalates once more! The range of traversal spans a staggering million kilometers! And to traverse the void—truly befitting the term ‘teleportation’—without the faintest ripple in space, rendering it utterly undetectable! Of course, this pertains solely to the teleportation of armaments; evidently, transporting weaponry is infinitely simpler than relocating a living form.

Even so, it’s already the theoretical maximum power of the Yanshen weapon!

“But obviously, this immortal-scaled creature’s understanding of space is still weak; it seems unable to detect special spatial fluctuations,” Luo Feng’s eyes turned cold.

“The Yanshen weapon cannot harm me,” roared the immortal-scaled creature ‘Tuolu’, desperately attempting to ward off the counterattacking emerald vines in its frantic bid to escape.

“Whoosh!”

The golden light flashed again.

It struck the immortal-scaled creature ‘Tuolu’ once more. Tuolu, confident from previous experience, was suddenly overwhelmed by a terrifying impact force that penetrated his armor and spread throughout his body. Buzz~~~ It caused his entire immortal body to tremble instantly, as if it were about to collapse. His hands went completely numb.

Whoosh~~~ The deep emerald vines coiled around Tuolu for the very first time.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

The seventy-two severely wounded dark emerald vines rapidly contracted, thickening to the size of arms, all desperately coiling around Tuolu.

“Ahh~~ Ahh~~” Tuolu struggled wildly.

But in terms of raw power, the combined force of seventy-two emerald vines in their enhanced state far surpassed his own.

“Hahahaha… Die!” Toxic immediately fell into a frenzied state, roaring, “The last immortal deity died just like this—you’re doomed, doomed.”

Crack! Crack~~~

Pop! Pop!

Torlo’s internal skeleton was instantly crushed and contorted by the coiling vines. With a thunderous *boom*, he exploded into a torrent of immortal divine energy. Yet the seventy-two emerald-green vines intertwined with each other, weaving into a shimmering cage of golden radiance—utterly seamless—trapping every last wisp of the immortal essence within its verdant prison.

If one were to attain the state of an “Immortal Body,” Toru would be fully capable of continuously miniaturizing and penetrating through. However, Toru clearly hasn’t reached that level yet. If shattered too thoroughly, even the spiritual imprint would break apart—and then it would be truly over.

“Roar~~” A pained, suppressed, and unwilling howl erupted from the dark green cage—then faded into silence.

The immortal deity Toru has fallen!

“Seventh Brother!!!” Poison howled at the sky, his throat seeming to tear apart as tears streamed down his face. He collapsed to his knees on the dark green vines before him.