541: The Death of Nishikoden

"Xi Mian, we meet again."

A calm and smiling voice drifted down from above the massive, sky-shrouding Floating Island.

As the voice faded, the figure of the Cen Ling Dao Palace Master, who kept his hands tucked in his sleeves and wore an eternally gentle smile, stood blocking Hall Master Xi Mian.

"Yuan Yin... Dao Monarch Cen Ling..."

"What deep scheming. The Divine Hall was far too careless..."

When the smiling Palace Master Yuan Yin appeared, Hall Master Xi Mian's heart sank. Without needing to ask, he knew that everything, starting from the Seal and Suppression of Dao Monarch Cen Ling, had been a conspiracy targeting the Divine Hall.

The Cen Ling Dao Palace had likely colluded with the Dark Moon Palace long ago.

"The Dao Lord has likely already fallen..."

If there had been a shred of hope when he heard that mournful cry earlier, the reappearance of the Cen Ling Dao Palace now meant that even that last sliver of hope was gone.

"Yuan Yin, you are truly ruthless. Yuan Danzi must have been blind."

Hall Master Xi Mian concentrated his Aura and sneered at the gentle figure opposite him.

"Heh heh~"

"Xi Mian, playing such cheap tricks at a time like this? It seems you already know."

"For the Great Plan of the Dao Palace, what does a mere Yuan Danzi count for?"

"Xi Mian, you pride yourself on your tyrannical and ruthless actions, but you are still not ruthless enough to achieve great things."

Palace Master Yuan Yin's expression remained unchanged.

"Hmph."

Hall Master Xi Mian gave a deep snort. The Divine Hall did not have Methods that paved the Great Dao using its own Disciples.

"Heh heh."

"Xi Mian, you won't be leaving today."

Yuan Yin smiled lightly, pulled his right hand out of his sleeve, and waved gently.

*Buzz~*

Figures spread throughout the Void Realm.

At this moment, numerous shadowy figures appeared over the Sea Region.

"Dark Moon Palace..."

Hall Master Xi Mian's eyes flashed with ruthlessness. It seemed unlikely he would escape unscathed today.

"We request the Hall Master to accept death!"

...At the same time.

In front of the Black Island shrouded by a Golden Ring.

Deep within the Inner Sea, as the tens of thousands of feet large Golden Crow plunged into the water.

*Screech!*

The massive, god-like golden Phantom of the Three-legged Divine Bird suddenly let out a mournful shriek.

"What's going on!"

Inside the golden Divine Bird Phantom, the rapidly beating Golden Heart of a humanoid figure suddenly paused.

A miserable lament originating from the depths of his Bloodline invaded his Mind.

"Dao Lord Old Ancestor..."

Divine Son Xi Hong seemed to realize something, and his gaze froze.

Dao Lord Xi Wu was the source of the Bloodline for countless Disciples of the Xiwu Divine Hall, the being closest to the Pure-blood Golden Crow.

His fall naturally transmitted along the Bloodline connection into the Bloodlines of every Xiwu Divine Hall Disciple possessing the Golden Crow Bloodline.

This was the final Warning.

He has fallen; preparations should be made.

"The Old Ancestor has fallen..."

Divine Son Xi Hong found it hard to believe. Although he prided himself on surpassing the Old Ancestor in the future and achieving a higher Realm.

The existence of Dao Lord Xi Wu was the Belief of the entire Xiwu Divine Hall.

He was no exception.

"What a chance!"

"Divine Thunder Seal Technique!"

Not far away, seeing the massive golden Divine Bird Phantom shriek mournfully and its movements stall, amidst the sky full of Purple-Gold Thunder.

A figure in Purple Clothes and Purple Hair, holding a massive Divine Thunder Hammer, had their eyes light up.

With a thought, the Divine Thunder Hammer in her hand vanished.

Countless bolts of thunder condensed and disappeared into Zhou Xiutong's Hand Seals.

*Buzz~*

Zhou Xiutong's figure vanished, abruptly reappearing behind the massive golden Divine Bird Phantom.

"Divine Thunder Seal Technique!"

Behind the giant golden Divine Bird Phantom, the tiny, ant-sized purple figure pointed two fingers and pressed them onto the back of the phantom's heart area.

*Boom!*

The compressed and condensed infinite Power of Thunder followed the two fingers, entered through the fingertips, and exploded within the Divine Bird Phantom.

The Divine Thunder Seal Technique infinitely compresses the power of Divine Thunder, releasing it in an instant, using a single point to break the whole surface, penetrating directly into the flesh and Meridians.

*Boom!*

Thunder exploded inside the Divine Bird Phantom.

*Screech!*

The Divine Bird wailed mournfully, and the Phantom violently dispersed.

"Pfft..."

"Damn it!"

Divine Son Xi Hong's figure emerged from the Divine Bird Phantom. Golden Blood flowed from his mouth, and his Aura was weakening.

*Boom!*

Not giving Xi Hong time to recover, Zhou Xiutong, wielding Twin Hammers, stepped out of the thunder and smashed down at Xi Hong from above.

Fiery Flames burned on Xi Hong's body, transforming into Wings that instinctively covered his entire body.

*Boom!*

The massive purple-gold Treasure Hammer smashed down fiercely.

The figure wrapped in golden fiery wings retreated rapidly.

*Boom!*

*Boom!*

*Boom!*

Zhou Xiutong pressed the attack, thousands of thunderbolts striking as her Twin Hammers danced.

The two figures turned into afterimages, continuously flashing between Heaven and Earth.

*Boom!*

"You court death!"

After the final hammer strike, Xi Hong, whose hair was disheveled and whose lips were bleeding, looked furious. With the Old Ancestor fallen, changes were certainly happening at the Divine Hall, and he could not afford to waste any more time here.

As for the Demonic Mulberry Flower, he could only ignore it for now.

"Bloodline Burning."

"Demonification!"

Xi Hong's eyes flashed fiercely, and the Golden Crow Blood within his body began to ignite into raging Golden Flames.

*Boom!*

Xi Hong's Aura surged, returning to the Peak. As his Aura changed, Xi Hong's figure slowly disappeared, replaced by a Half-Demon in the air, who possessed huge wings, hands transformed into Sharp Claws, a human body, and a Golden Crow head.

"Kill them."

The Half-Demon flapped its wings, and a sharp sound rang out.

In the distance, nine Four-Winged Pegasus scattered, attacking the dispersed Geniuses.

"We can't just Sit and Wait for Death, attack together."

Someone shouted loudly.

*Clang!*

Sword Hummed like an abyss, and Sword Light crisscrossed.

A white-haired figure holding Twin Swords blocked a Pegasus in the Early Stage of Soul Transformation.

"His presence has strengthened..."

Looking at Xi Hong, who had transformed into a Half-Golden Crow Form, Zhou Xiutong's expression was solemn.

She was not lightly injured from fighting Xi Hong either.

*Swoosh!*

The Half-Demon Golden Crow vibrated the Wings on its back and abruptly vanished.

*Boom!*

Behind Zhou Xiutong, Sharp Claws attacked.

*Thud!*

Zhou Xiutong swung her hammer to block.

*Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh...* The Golden Crow Extreme Speed and Sky-Burning Flames were much stronger than before.

"Bring it on."

Under immense pressure, Zhou Xiutong roared inwardly.

Under such pressure, she would certainly advance further. Her Talent had not yet reached its limit.

"Thunder!"

*Boom!*

Zhou Xiutong's hair stood on end, thunder surged wildly, continuously stimulating the deepest Talent within her body.

*Boom!*

The two figures, one purple and one gold, continuously clashed.

The Golden Crow was ferocious, and the purple-clothed figure was tyrannical.

Under the thunder suppressed by the Golden Crow, a thunder-like Pattern faintly appeared and disappeared between the eyebrows of the purple-clothed figure.

As this Pattern appeared, the speed of the purple-clothed figure grew faster and faster, gradually catching up to the massive golden figure. The Purple-Gold Thunder descending from the high sky slowly changed, and the purple-gold color became heavier.

The thunder became tyrannical yet restrained, seemingly nurturing something else.

*Boom!*

A purple-gold Treasure Hammer smashed onto the Half-Demon Golden Crow's head.

*Boom!*

The Half-Demon Golden Crow flew backward.

"How could this be..."

Xi Hong's heart trembled; he found it hard to believe.

"Heavenly Thunder Annihilation!"

A purple figure suddenly vanished, appearing in the endless high sky, deep within the Thunderclouds nurtured by lightning.

Zhou Xiutong's figure floated deep within the Thunderclouds, spreading her hands, like a Divine Spirit controlling thunder.

"Annihilate!"

The Divine Spirit whispered, seemingly unleashing a catastrophe upon Heaven and Earth. World-Annihilating Divine Thunder raged down from the infinite heights, destroying everything.

Within the Divine Thunder, golden flames surged backward, seemingly intent on turning the Divine Spirit into ashes.

*Boom!*

Vast and endless Shockwaves swept across Heaven and Earth.

The Half-Demon figure with golden Wings flew up against the infinite Divine Thunder, attacking the figure deep within the Thunderclouds.

But suddenly, his heart felt a pang of pain.

This was the pain of the Bloodline.

The Golden Crow lowered its gaze, devoid of Life Qi, and was submerged in the Sea of Thunder.

After a long time, a golden humanoid figure fell into the sea.

"Yuan Danzi... was this what you felt back then..."

...At the same time, at the Boundary between the Inner and Outer Seas, golden figures continuously fell.

"The Divine Hall's Great Calamity..."

Watching the three figures with vast Auras surrounding him, and sensing the fall of one Divine Hall Powerhouse after another, Hall Master Xi Mian muttered silently.