67: Chapter 67 Xingmu's Past Life

"Do ants dare to vie with the sun and moon?"

There was only coldness in Xing Mu's indifferent gaze.

Inside the Way of the Ink space.

Ye Xiu and Hou Liubai looked at each other, their eyes filled with intense Battle Intent.

Both were in the Shengui Realm; they did not believe that even with their combined strength, they could not defeat Xing Mu, who was at the same level.

Blood Qi erupted.

The blinding blood-red light was like the dazzling sun in the afternoon.

It began to clash with the Paper Path.

With the man and the monkey unleashing their full power, the radiance of their Blood Qi even tore a small opening in the blockade of the Paper Path.

"Break out!"

Ye Xiu roared.

Immunity to Ten Thousand Laws once again covered his blade radiance.

While the radiance of the Paper Path was clashing with the Blood Qi.

He slashed open the closing Way of the Ink with one strike and charged out fiercely.

Hou Liubai naturally followed closely in Ye Xiu's footsteps.

No sooner had the man and monkey exited the Way of the Ink space than they saw the previously shattered Brush Path reform into a writing brush, striking toward them.

The Inkstone Path, which had transformed into a large stone inkstone, was not idle either.

It also smashed toward them.

"Monkey, hold them off; I'm going to finish off Xing Mu."

Ye Xiu slashed through the stone inkstone blocking his path and charged toward Xing Mu, who was not far away.

Hou Liubai did not speak.

Trying to block the four rule-based Daos of Brush, Ink, Paper, and Inkstone...

...was immensely stressful.

With a violent roar, it revealed its demon form.

Transforming into a giant ape hundreds of meters tall, it brandished a staff that had grown a thousand times in size, intercepting the four incoming rule-based Daos.

"Kill!"

Amidst the violent roars.

The man and the monkey began to fight their respective battles.

"Ants..."

Xing Mu watched Ye Xiu slashing toward her, her eyes, which disregarded all living beings, devoid of any emotion.

She was like a deity, unconcerned with the actions of ants.

Seeing that the blade radiance had already reached her.

Xing Mu simply extended her palm and shattered the blade radiance that was capable of splitting rules.

Boom!

Amidst the terrifying sound of the explosion,

Ye Xiu bore the pressure and charged directly in front of Xing Mu.

Second stage of Pride of the World erupted.

He struck her directly in the face.

Bang!

Under an eightfold amplification.

The force of the explosion shook the space, and Xing Mu took the full brunt of the blow, being sent flying violently and crashing into the outer wall of the palace.

Pfft...

A mouthful of blood sprayed out.

Xing Mu slowly stood up, her cold, beautiful face filled with killing intent.

"You're courting death!"

As the words fell.

The divine light of the four rules—Brush, Ink, Paper, and Inkstone—gushed forth.

Their power increased several times over.

As the divine light gushed, the pitch-black Way of the Ink once again enveloped the entire space.

"Ye Xiu... I can't hold on much longer..."

The monkey's hundreds-of-meters-tall demon form was forcibly sealed, returning to its normal state, and the screams of its flesh and bones shattering were bone-chilling.

"Hold on..."

Ye Xiu did not dare to hold back; he realized that in this state, Xing Mu seemed to only possess the four rule-based Daos of Brush, Ink, Paper, and Inkstone.

Although her power was terrifyingly strong.

He was not without the power to fight back.

*Swoosh...*

The blade radiance condensed once again.

It slashed fiercely toward Xing Mu.

"Mere petty tricks."

Xing Mu let out a cold snort, her figure instantly enveloped by a divine light.

The moment the blade radiance slashed down, she shattered it with a single palm strike.

Boom...

Ye Xiu was sent flying backward by the shock again,

Just as he regained control of his body and condensed Pride of the World, intending to strike again.

Xing Mu's cold, beautiful face was already instantly before him.

"Die!"

It was just an ordinary little fist.

Yet, this ordinary little fist made Ye Xiu feel a sense of trepidation.

Seeing that he could not dodge.

He hardened his heart and clashed his second stage Pride of the World directly against it.

Boom!

The heavens and earth trembled.

Ye Xiu spat blood and flew backward.

This time, he had lost the clash.

Xing Mu's strength was somewhat incomprehensible.

Being in the same Shengui Realm, not only were her rules terrifyingly strong, but even her martial Daoist Magic was unbelievably powerful.

Even though Ye Xiu had a significant advantage in physical defense compared to her.

He still lost in a head-on clash.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

The two began close-quarters combat.

Their speed was extremely fast, and every clash produced terrifying sonic booms.

Within the Way of the Ink.

Hou Liubai was already starting to struggle and was retreating steadily.

The terrifying writing brush and stone inkstone were indestructible.

They left bloody holes all over the monkey's body, and as the battle continued, its Blood Qi gradually declined, and its injuries became increasingly severe.

Just at this moment.

A sound of a blade rang out, echoing through the entire space.

It caused the four Daos of Brush, Ink, Paper, and Inkstone to tremble, as if they had been frozen in place.

*Swoosh...*

Supreme Saber Intent was condensing.

Ye Xiu, with a pale face, raised his palm-blade, his will locking onto Xing Mu, the silver-white light in his pupils becoming increasingly bright.

"Monkey, come here."

With a soft shout.

Hou Liubai hurriedly rushed out of the blockade zone.

"Sword Lord Li Si's technique?"

Xing Mu's brows furrowed slightly; under the lock of the Zhu Xian Style's will, she seemed to have thought of something, and a hint of surprise appeared in her cold expression.

Meanwhile, Ye Xiu, who had unleashed the Zhu Xian Style, revealed a look of shock.

Within his line of sight.

There was no Dao pillar of light above Xing Mu's head.

Her entire body was shrouded in a hazy world, as if she were detached from the world.

Although she was locked on by the Zhu Xian Style Saber Intent.

That hazy world was like the most distant barrier in the world, making it difficult for anyone to reach.

Even at this moment.

In the state of being fully locked on by the Zhu Xian Style.

Ye Xiu was not confident that he could slash through that hazy world to directly harm Xing Mu herself.

"Could this person be the Human Emperor herself?"

A terrifying thought flashed through his mind.

This thought made him hesitate to swing the palm-blade in his hand.

After a long, silent pause.

Just when Ye Xiu was caught in a dilemma.

Xing Mu frowned, as if she were deducing something. After silently calculating with her fingers for several minutes, her cold expression began to change.

Exhaustion.

A look of extreme exhaustion.

In those eyes that disregarded everything.

After the deduction,

They were tinged with a hint of nostalgia, a hint of unwillingness, and a hint of loneliness, as if the whole world were silent.

After a long time.

All of Xing Mu's abnormalities turned into a soft sigh.

"So, this palace is merely a past incarnation..."

She looked at Ye Xiu.

The hazy world shrouding her began to dissipate.

The blade radiance illuminated the world.

The Zhu Xian Style slashed down uncontrollably.

*Crack...*

Amidst a sound of shattering.

The blade light seemed to have slashed through something; the four Daos of Brush, Ink, Paper, and Inkstone disappeared, turning into rule power and surging into Xing Mu's body.

In just a moment.

Xing Mu's vacant eyes gradually became lively.

She seemed to have recovered; her cold expression revealed a smile.

Looking at Ye Xiu and Hou Liubai, she was no longer as indifferent as before.

"Not bad, this trial is considered passed; the next trial will be much simpler."

Ye Xiu and Hou Liubai did not speak. After exchanging a glance, they sat cross-legged in the Void Realm and began to heal their injuries.

The anticipated Karma tribulation did not appear.

The previous Zhu Xian Style seemed to have been slashed passively, and the Karma was not counted against Ye Xiu.

But even so.

The injuries he sustained from the previous clash with Xing Mu were not much lighter than Hou Liubai's.

Otherwise, he would not have resorted to using the Zhu Xian Style.