At the same time as this, the black fire of devilish qi overflowed, devouring radiance. Accompanied by this boundless power of corrosion, the power of the Rahu star of the eclipse manifested.
The grand power of the true Nine Luminaries began partially penetrating through space, successively descending on the Extreme Yin Crown and the Extreme Yang Seal with neither given the advantage.
At the start of the battle, Meng Wan somewhat grasped the upper hand.
At the end of the day, the Extreme Yin Crown was an actual high-grade Sacred Artifact, being perfect and without flaw.
The Cold Sun Divine Sabre was still in the midst of recovering, still having yet to truly regain the flair of the former Rahu Sabre.
The full power of the Cold Sun Divine Sabre which Feng Yunsheng could unleash now could only be maintained for a rather short amount of time.
In her battle with Meng Wan, she did not use such a risky move.
Yet, as the battle progressed, the radiance of the cold sun in Feng Yunsheng’s eyes flourished, the sabre-light of the Cold Sun Divine Sabre growing brighter as well.
The ferocious black fire of devilish qi surged as well, being stimulated non-stop.
After the battle, Fen Yunsheng won back the situation in their favour as the also began switching from attack to defence, standing at a great advantage.
Eventually, the tides turned in Feng Yunsheng’s favour as she switched from defence to attack, having gained the upper hand.
The battle between dragon and phoenix of the past Extreme Yin Bouts reappeared. This time, however, the phoenix descended, the dragon’s roar resounding throughout the nine heavens!
The radiance of the cold sun and the black fire of devilish qi intermingled, forcibly pressuring down on the cool, clear moonlight.
Feng Yunsheng paid the price of a few injuries as she forcibly jolted Meng Wan away from the Extreme Yin Crown.
She inhaled deeply, right hand wielding her sabre as she reached out through space with her left hand, resembling a true dragon extending its claw as it extended into the radiance of the Extreme Yin Crown.
Meng Wan forcibly suppressed her injuries, still not giving up on the Extreme Yin Crown.
Yet, the bluish-black radiance of the Cold Sun Divine Sabre flickered, keeping her at bay.
The dim blue radiance of the cold sun faded from Feng Yunsheng’s eyes, the acupoints of her entire body pulsing in unison as streams of cool, clear moonlight surged from within. Just like Meng Wan’s, they were that of the purest Extreme Yin Physique.
A formless stairway seemed to appear before her which she now ascended.
At this point, Feng Yunsheng was already almost completely depleted, no longer being able to battle.
The fatigue from wielding the Cold Sun Divine Sabre overcame her, making her feel extremely weak.
Still, Feng Yunsheng’s gaze was fixated on the Extreme Yin Crown up above as she stood tall, striding all the way up.
The dragon of light soared through the heavens, seizing the moon as its own.
“So, in the end…” Meng Wan sighed, Tang Yonghao’s expression appearing complex as well as he was filled with emotion.
Seeing the light dragon ascending to the heavens and seizing the moon, Yan Zhaoge smiled, “Finally…”
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 787: A good chance to kick them when they are down
HSSB787: A good chance to kick them when they are down
A long time had passed, the Extreme Yin Bout long since having become a thing of the past.
The Extreme Yin Crown had already not been Feng Yunsheng’s sole goal in life for a long time.
Still, seeing how she had finally obtained the object of her desires following so many tribulations, Yan Zhaoge still felt rather emotional as he was happy for her.
Around eight years ago, she should already have possessed all this.
It should also not have taken this long afterwards. Still, the unpredictability of the world’s events had made it such that Feng Yunsheng ultimately remained unable to claim the Extreme Yin Crown by just a little bit.
Even her chances in the Extreme Yin Bout had disappeared for good.
Fortunately, perfect, satisfactory closure had finally been achieved.
The youth that was enveloped by the phoenix silhouette watched this expressionlessly, “People from mere lower worlds actually possess so many supreme treasures. Are you not afraid that you cannot bear their weight? You should know that an innocent man gets into trouble because of his wealth.”
Feng Yunsheng was not of the Martial Saint realm at the end of the day, also being depleted greatly from her battle with Meng Wan.
Despite having won the Extreme Yin Crown, she was no longer able to battle, unable to continue wielding both the Extreme Yin Crown and the Cold Moon Divine Sabre.
Yan Zhaoge and the Northern Ocean Clone were already at their limit simultaneously wielding the Extreme Yang Seal and the Evil Sword Taotie.
With a great depletion of his true essence that the Peerless Heavenly Scripture and the Yin Yang Heavenly Scripture were unable to keep up with, Yan Zhaoge would soon be unable to continue wielding high-grade Sacred Artifacts.
Still, the chance that he was waiting for had already arrived.
Even as Feng Yunsheng defeated Meng Wan and obtained the Extreme Yin Crown, Yan Zhaoge retrieved a crystal which he promptly shattered.
He snapped his fingers, “Pan-Pan?”
In the blood pool formed of the Taotie’s heart, Pan-Pan whose figure now resembled a mountain peak lowered his head, looking at the crystal which had originally been hovering in mid-air before him which had suddenly seemed to shatter due to an external force.
Pan-Pan blinked, a dark blue lustre still roiling on his body surface as he shot out of the blood pool.
As time passed, while the region of palace in the vicinity of the blood pool had not turned into a black hole as well, it was still in the midst of breaking unceasingly apart.
As Pan-Pan shot out from the palace through one of these gaps, his figure expanded yet further.
His body which had seemed as massive as a mountain peak expanded non-stop, occupying space high above as he blotted out the sky and concealed the sun.
At the end of it, he had become even more massive than the wreckage of the palace!
A violent look again appeared in Pan-Pan’s eyes. He roared before directly opening his mouth and chomping down on the underwater palace that was on the brink of collapse.
The location it chomped on was precisely the already dried up blood pool where the Taotie’s heart had been.
Pan-Pan chomped down on the blood pool before swallowing it.
The region of wrecked palace that had originally surrounded the blood pool could instantly no longer be maintained as it hence broke apart completely.
The broken walls and wreckage of the palace that surrounded Yan Zhaoge and the other combatants were all reduced to nothing as well now.
The sky reappeared up above, the heavens of the World beyond Worlds already clearly within sight.
Gazing all around, ferocious, roaring seawater had formed a massive whirlpool in their surroundings.
They were currently at the centre of the whirlpool. Meanwhile, it was completely dark down below where existed the massive black hole formed from the collapse of the Taotie’s carcass.
That black hole was vast, encompassing a wide territory and viciously devouring all things up above, seeking to drag the myriad lifeforms down into it.
The blood pool was swallowed by Pan-Pan, the underwater palace completely breaking apart.
The guy enveloped by the phoenix silhouette immediately realised that something was wrong.
The terrifying devouring power from the black hole down below was now acting on him as well.
Streaks of black light were actually emitted from the whirlpool now, sweeping over towards him!
He frowned, hurriedly concentrating his power as the fiery phoenix so
ared high into the air lest it ended up locked down by the black hole down below.
With his cultivation base, even protected by a high-grade Sacred Artifact, if he really fell within the black hole which afterwards collapsed, it would most likely be fatal for him.
Soon, however, a black sword-light flashed before him whose aura was extremely similar to that of the black hole down below.
Yan Zhaoge was attacking once more.
Just looking carefully at it, the other party instantly felt a chill run through his heart.
Having swallowed the Taotie’s heart, the blood vessels of Pan-Pan’s body expanded once more, streams of light surging madly as he was unable to repress the fierce light flashing within his eyes.
Yet, standing atop the air, despite being drawn by the black hole down below, he was still able to keep himself stabilised now.
Yan Zhaoge kept the Extreme Yang Seal. Still, the sword-light of the Evil Sword Taotie in his hand flickered, possessing a high resistance against the black hole formed of the Taotie’s fleshly body.
Yan Zhaoge leisurely chopped out with a sword.
He asked, his expression composed, “We have clashed two times. How should I address you?”
That youth ground his teeth, “Wutong Slope, Zhuang Chaohui.”
Wutong Slope of the southern Blazing Heaven Territory’s Phoenix Ritual Mountain was where the dao arena of the Southern Exalt was located.
Zhuang Shen was the name of the Southern Exalt.
As Zhuang Chaohui blocked the sword-light, his figure that was shooting upwards was immediately swept along by the streams of black light down below which dragged him downwards.
Frowning, he glanced at Yan Zhaoge, still shaking his head in the end.
Under these circumstances, the black hole down below which devoured all things had become Yan Zhaoge’s greatest assistance.
In clashing here, it would be as though Yan Zhaoge possessed the home advantage, this advantage also being one which could be expanded virtually infinitely.
Yan Zhaoge would not have to exert too much force. Just blocking the path, Zhuang Chaohui would be locked by the black hole’s influence very quickly.
If he was dragged completely into the black hole, such would spell a situation of near-certain death.
Zhang Chaohui was unable to pay too much attention to Yan Zhaoge as he devoted eighty percent of his energies to resisting the suction force of the black hole that seemed able to swallow the heavens and devour the earth.
Controlling a high-grade Sacred Artifact did indeed take a lot out of Yan Zhaoge.
Still, before he ran out of stamina, Zhuang Chaohui would first have been engulfed by the black hole.
The blessed purple light of fortuitous virtue which left one impervious to fatal tribulations flickered on Zhuang Chaohui’s body, resisting the black light.
The fiery phoenix flapped its wings, shooting into the heavens with all its might as that treasured bow which flickered with dark red light assisted in blocking the attack by the Evil Sword Taotie.
A wisp of the white qi of nether virtue appeared, seeking for life amidst the hardest of predicaments as it found the route where existed the greatest possibility of his survival.
The fiery phoenix soared upwards, breaking free of the terrifying devouring force of the black hole.
Passing by Yan Zhaoge’s group, he attempted to take Tang Yonghao away along with him.
Yan Zhaoge had long been prepared for this as he blocked this with a sword.
Clear resentment and regret appeared within Zhuang Chaohui’s eyes.
That phoenix bone which Tang Yonghao possessed was of the utmost significance to him, to the southern Yang Heaven Territory and to the Southern Exalt.
The disciple of the Southern Exalt’s lineage Li Jing had been killed by Yan Zhaoge, their disciple Wang Hui also having been captured because of him. All this commotion had actually been for this phoenix bone which contained the true intent of the dawn mist of moral virtue.
That had been Zhuang Chaohui’s ultimate goal in coming to the southeastern Yang Heaven Territory this time, its significance surpassing even the high-grade Sacred Artifact, the Evil Sword Taotie.
He sighed slowly towards the heavens before his figure spun, the phoenix’s wings sweeping away the wholly unguarded Meng Wan by the side before they soared into the skies and fled the Clear Scenic Region.
“Little Wan!”
“Junior apprentice-sister Meng!”
Feng Yunsheng and Tan Yonghao both exclaimed in shock.
Yan Zhaoge was rather taken aback by this as well.
Even if he wished to vent his fury, it should not be on Meng Wan…
Now, the whirlpool down below roiled as several figures successively shot out from the sea below.
Yet, all of them were hounded by black streams of light which were unceasingly attempting to drag them back into the depths of the sea as their predicaments were much worse than Zhuang Chaohui’s had been earlier.
Yan Zhaoge blinked.
Amongst those first to emerge was Kang Ping.
History's Strongest Senior Brother Chapter 788: Time for vengeance to be had!
HSSB788: Time for vengeance to be had
Thanks to having clashed with Yan Zhaoge in the vicinity of the blood pool earlier, Zhuang Chaohui had not been caught by the suction force of the black hole as he had instead risen to the surface of the sea alongside part of the wreckage of the palace.
Even so, he had still nearly been chopped down into the depths of the sea by Yan Zhaoge’s sword, hence toppling within the black hole.
Things were much more tragic for Kang Ping and the others who were currently attempting to charge out from the sea and break free of the devouring force of the black hole.
The devouring force of the black hole turned from illusory to tangible, manifesting as black streams of light which resembled numerous chains as they restricted Kang Ping and the others.
The immense force sought to drag them back into the depths of the sea.
Looking over, Yan Zhaoge saw that the likes of Kang Ping, He Dongcheng, Gu Zhang, Luo Zhiyuan and Gu Hong were all present.
Luo Zhiyuan was holding on with great difficulty with the power of the Sun Moon Wheels, the light of the sun wheel enveloping those of the Radiant Light Sect.
As for the Chief of Copper Men Island, Gongsun Wu, it was only with the help of the North Sea Sword Pavilion’s Gu Hong that he had not immediately been devoured by the black hole.
Amongst them, it was undisputedly Kang Ping who was the strongest.
He even possessed the high-grade Sacred Artifact, the Cloud Circulating Heavenly Light Sword, as he charged at the forefront now.
Beneath the devouring power of the black hole, even the Time Flowing Sword which usually seemed as swift and ephemeral as the flowing of time had slowed now.
Under such tough circumstances, as Kang Ping raised his head and suddenly spotted Yan Zhaoge, he could not stop his expression from changing slightly.
Yan Zhaoge nodded towards Kang Ping, not wasting time on words as he directly hacked outwards!
Black light flickered about the ancient bronze sword, retracted and agglomerated as it was directed straight at the top of Kang Ping’s head.
Kang Ping clenched his teeth as he helplessly brandished the Cloud Circulating Heavenly Light Sword to block Yan Zhaoge’s attack.
Yet, his upward momentum instantly halted with this.
The black hole down below was constantly emitting a terrifying suction force. As soon as Kang Ping relaxed in his upwards struggles, he was caught by it once more, finding it hard to extricate himself.
Having obstructed Kang Ping’s path, Yan Zhaoge gazed over in another direction.
Gu Zhang and He Dongcheng, the two other early Immortal Bridge Martial Saints of Shen Lingzi’s lineage, were currently attempting to break free of the restrictive forces of the black hole as well.
He Dongcheng was slightly faster. Yet, soon aft
er Kang Ping, he immediately received a sword from Yan Zhaoge as well.
Although he attempted to evade it, the sword-intent down below which originated from the same source as the Evil Sword Taotie directly led to more black streams of light entangling him from the black hole down below.
Not possessing the Cloud Circulating Heavenly Light Sword, He Dongcheng was naturally left in a much more tragic state than Kang Ping.
Not only was his upward momentum halted, he was even immediately dragged downwards by those black streams of light.
After repelling He Dongcheng with a single sword, Yan Zhaoge did not cease in his attacks.
Replacing a sword with his finger, he tapped a major acupoint on the Northern Ocean Clone’s back.
The Northern Ocean Clone brandished the Evil Sword Taotie, sending Gu Zhang down into the deep abyss with a third sword.
No longer having to wield the Extreme Yang Seal and the Evil Sword Taotie at full power, things had become much more relaxed for Yan Zhaoge now.
He only needed to work together in concert with the power of the carcass of the Taotie down below to prevent Kang Ping and the others from escaping, easily leaving it to the black hole deal with them instead.
Yan Zhaoge chuckled as he turned, his gaze falling on Luo Zhiyuan.
Luo Zhiyuan’s face instantly grew black as a pot’s bottom.
Not waiting for him to speak, Yan Zhaoge smiled, “It is time for vengeance to be had.”
As he smiled, Yan Zhaoge did not stand on ceremony in the least as he simply hacked downwards.
Luo Zhiyuan who had originally only been barely holding on with the help of the sun wheel instantly toppled downwards from Yan Zhaoge’s attack.
Yan Zhaoge’s sword-light changed direction, yet had turned gentler and softer as it swept along Gu Hong and the rest.
The black sword-light turned into a black hole as well, emitting a boundless suction force which diminished the threat of the devouring power down below.
Feeling Yan Zhaoge’s goodwill, Gu Hong pondered slightly before simply dissolving his sword-qi.
He was instantly engulfed entirely by the black hole formed of Yan Zhaoge’s sword-light.
Yan Zhaoge retracted his sword, his sword-light flying back over to him and again manifesting as the black hole from which the figures of Gu Hong and the others flew outwards.
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