88: Chapter 88 The Ultimate Light!

Qian Daoliu's expression changed slightly as he retreated rapidly, angelic light feathers layering around him, instantly condensing into an incredibly thick divine light shield.

The lightning glow crashed against the light shield.

There was no earth-shattering explosion, nor any violent, overflowing shockwaves.

The golden lightning flowed like water, seeping through the light shield with incomparable smoothness, ignoring all defenses as its residual power landed gently on Qian Daoliu's shoulder.

Qian Daoliu's body shook violently as he stumbled back half a step.

A force that was supremely yang and firm, yet clear and unobstructed, surged into his body. It did not harm his foundation, but it made him clearly feel—

That there was an insurmountable chasm between the two of them.

"Such powerful lightning force... This must be the Ultimate Lightning mentioned by the Heavenly Dao Golden List, the Evil-Warding Divine Lightning. It truly is overbearing..."

Qian Daoliu muttered to himself, the shock in his heart beyond words.

He no longer held back, and his second Spirit Ability, [Holy Baptism], followed immediately! Golden light waves erupted from his body, causing space to distort and ripples to spread wherever they passed, attempting to use holy power to imprison Qin Yun's Divine Soul and movements. This was not just an attack, but an extension of his Domain, intending to lock Qin Yun down with absolute suppression.

However, the Evil-Warding Divine Lightning around Qin Yun had already transformed into a formless, substance-less glazed protective barrier.

The moment the Holy Light waves touched it, they were dismantled and dissolved layer by layer by the lightning, failing to stir even a single ripple.

Qin Yun didn't Move a step, and his expression remained unchanged, merely watching Qian Daoliu's relentless assault.

He gave the sky thunder bamboo sword a gentle flick.

A thread of golden lightning, as thin as a strand of hair yet precise to the extreme, struck directly at the core of the light waves.

"Bang!"

Holy Baptism instantly shattered, dissipating into a sky full of light specks.

Qian Daoliu's brow furrowed deeply, his heart filled with a mixture of shock and fury.

Third Spirit Ability: [Angelic Light Blade]!

Fourth Spirit Ability: [Holy Light Barrier]!

Fifth Spirit Ability: [Holy Shock]!

Sixth Spirit Ability: [Angelic Wrath]!

One Spirit Ability after another erupted in a chain: golden pillars of light, light blades, shockwaves, and torrents of flame crashed down toward Qin Yun like an apocalyptic downpour.

Each strike was enough to make mountains collapse and rivers flow backward.

Each strike could cause a veteran Titled Douluo to perish instantly.

Yet, when they landed on the Evil-Warding Divine Lightning surrounding Qin Yun, it was like a stone sinking into the ocean; they couldn't even touch the hem of his clothes.

The sky thunder bamboo sword seemed to possess its own sentience. Every swing was perfectly timed, neither clashing head-on nor attacking forcefully, but simply deflecting Qian Daoliu's power one by one in the most exquisite and effortless manner.

Guarding the center while hiding its edge, containing majesty within stillness.

Immovable as a mountain, yet flawless.

Qian Daoliu's face gradually became solemn and pale.

He had never felt so frustrated.

He was once a Limit Douluo, and now he was a rank hundred deity, invincible in the sky at the Peak of the continent!

But at this moment, all his attacks, all his methods, and all his pride seemed like a child's tantrum before the other man.

"Excellency Qin Yun, take my eighth Spirit Ability—[Angelic Sacred Sword]!"

Qian Daoliu roared, his voice shaking the Nine Heavens.

Normally, Qian Daoliu wouldn't shout out his Moves, but since this was a spar, for the sake of fairness, he honestly called out the name of the Spirit Ability as a warning to Qin Yun.

The eighth spirit ring's light surged!

A giant golden sacred sword, dozens of zhang long, slowly condensed from the Void Realm. Its blade was carved with ancient holy runes, emitting a pressure that made heaven and earth tremble.

This was a killing Move he had cultivated for a hundred years, enough to tear through space and shatter a Divine Soul.

"Slash!"

Qian Daoliu swung it down.

The golden sword light split the clouds and cut through the sky, carrying the momentum of world destruction as it slashed directly toward the top of Qin Yun's head!

In all of heaven and earth, only this brilliant golden sword light remained.

Qin Yun finally looked up slightly.

He slowly raised the sky thunder bamboo sword. Golden Evil-Warding Divine Lightning converged frantically on the blade, transforming into a pillar of lightning several meters thick. The lightning glow reached from heaven to earth, yet remained tranquil.

He gave a gentle slash.

A purple-gold lightning glow that pierced through heaven and earth shot forth.

"Boom—!!!"

The massive explosion echoed throughout the entire Sunset Forest, even making the ground tremble violently.

The golden sword light and the golden lightning glow clashed, tore, and annihilated each other frantically in the center of the sky.

Shockwaves swept in all directions; distant mountain ranges collapsed, clouds were completely torn apart, the sky changed color, and the sun and moon lost their luster.

Qian Daoliu felt his arms go numb and a sharp pain in his hands. The golden light on the Angelic Sacred Sword dimmed and crumbled at a visible rate.

That brilliant holy strike was actually being torn apart inch by inch by the lightning glow!

The lightning glow's residual power did not diminish, continuing to crush toward him!

Qian Daoliu's pupils shrank. Without further hesitation, he poured out all his Soul Power to activate the ninth spirit ring that represented a Limit Douluo!

Ninth Spirit Ability—[Angelic Judgment]!

A golden pillar of judgment descended from the Nine Heavens, transforming into an enormous golden palm that intended to forcibly crush and suppress the lightning glow!

But the moment that divine giant palm touched the Evil-Warding Divine Lightning, it was instantly swallowed and dissolved, leaving not a single trace behind.

Finally, the lightning glow landed gently in the Void Realm in front of Qian Daoliu.

"Rumble—!"

The earth suddenly sank, and a bottomless, pitch-black crater appeared in the center of the forest. Had the Qingyun Sect not been protected by its sect-protecting grand array, it likely would have been wiped out under the impact of this aftershock.

Qian Daoliu retreated in disarray, his forehead covered in fine beads of cold sweat, his breath slightly ragged.

At this point.

He had exhausted all nine of his Spirit Abilities.

His Angelic True Body was fully unleashed.

His Angelic Domain was expanded to its limit.

Even his trump card Divine-Grade Spirit Abilities had been used without reservation.

Yet he hadn't even touched the hem of Qin Yun's clothes.

From beginning to end, the opponent had only defended and never attacked.

With just a sky thunder bamboo sword and his Evil-Warding Divine Lightning, he had blocked all of Qian Daoliu's methods perfectly and without a single leak.

This kind of gap was not something that could be made up for with effort.

It was not something that could be crossed with willpower.

It was a natural chasm in Realm, a gap in the Dao.

Qian Daoliu stood where he was, golden divine light still flowing around him, but in his heart, there was only deep shock, powerlessness, and a hint of bewilderment.

The Peak he had spent his whole life pursuing might just be the starting point in someone else's eyes.

"Continue."

Qin Yun's calm voice rang out again.

It was plain, yet carried a force that brooked no question.

"Your light is too obsessed with suppression and imprisonment; instead, it has lost its Origin."

This single sentence was like a clap of thunder, striking deep into Qian Daoliu's Divine Soul.

He was suddenly stunned.

Yes...

All his life, he had been pursuing greater power, more absolute suppression, sturdier defense, and more overbearing attacks.

He had forcibly shaped the angelic light into light blades, light shields, light pillars, sacred swords, and judgments.

For the sake of power, he had placed layer upon layer of shackles on the light.

Yet he had forgotten that the essence of light was never about binding!

Qian Daoliu took a deep breath, suppressing the turbulent waves in his heart.

He stopped activating Spirit Abilities and no longer deliberately condensed power.

He closed his eyes and tried to let go of all obsessions, all wins and losses, and all pride.

He let the angelic light within his body flow naturally through his Bloodline.

No longer heavy, no longer overbearing, no longer forced.

The golden divine light gradually became clear, soft, and transparent, like a clear spring flowing slowly through his body and then gently overflowing from around him, shrouding the entire sky.

There was no pressure, no killing intent.

Only purity, only tranquility.

Seeing this, a flash of approval finally crossed Qin Yun's eyes.

He knew that Qian Daoliu had begun to gain enlightenment.

"Consider this a betrothal gift, as well as your luck. Since that's the case, I shall lend you a hand!"

With a slide from his Storage Ring, a jade bottle carved from white jade fell into Qin Yun's hand.

With a flick of his finger, a milky-white Medicinal Pill the size of a longan, emitting a peaceful light, was tossed into Qian Daoliu's hand.