207: Crazy woman! Divine will!

After Hong Ning crushed the Tree God's will, the ice-blue eyes did not freeze into calmness, but into a deeper vortex of rage, enough to freeze the Soul.

Her gaze, like two sharp blades tempered by ten thousand years of ice, suddenly pierced Xiao Zhuo's body.

"Ant! You deserve to die too!" The bone-chilling voice exploded directly in Xiao Zhuo's Sea of Consciousness, devoid of any emotion, only pure destructive intent.

Boom!

A Concept of ruthlessness, even more terrifying than when she crushed the Tree God's will earlier, descended with a roar!

It was no longer targeting external objects, but completely locked onto Xiao Zhuo.

Xiao Zhuo felt the surrounding space instantly solidify, and time seemed to freeze as well.

Countless tiny ice crystals, shimmering with a faint blue cold light, condensed out of thin air. Each one contained a sense of desperate stillness, enough to freeze a Primordial Spirit and annihilate all vitality, like a storm of billions of ice blades, silent but all-encompassing, swirling to tear him apart!

This was not a physical attack, but a pure Concept-level suppression!

Xiao Zhuo felt his Soul groaning under the unbearable pressure, and the power of his Physical Body seemed so pale and powerless before this Concept.

The power of Devour circulated frantically, trying to devour the coldness that invaded his Sea of Consciousness, but it was a drop in the bucket!

"Can't stop it... I'll die!" A strong premonition of death stimulated every nerve in Xiao Zhuo's body.

"Roar—!" In desperation, Xiao Zhuo let out a beast-like roar, his eyes bloodshot, holding nothing back!

A faint golden halo instantly surged around his entire body, as if magma flowed beneath his skin, and his muscles and bones resonated like clashing thunder!

He knew that any physical defense was futile at this moment; only Concept could fight Concept!

"heavenly cleaver, unsheathe!"

Clang! A saber cry, like tearing silk, echoed through the silent altar space! The Earth-Grade High Grade long saber, heavenly cleaver, custom-made from the Artifact Refining Hall of the Blood Palace, instantly appeared in his hand. The saber hummed, as if sensing its master's mortal crisis and unyielding Battle Intent.

"Lightning Tribulation! Slaughter! Condense for me!" Xiao Zhuo immersed his mind into the saber, pouring his two most powerful Perfection Concepts—the violent and fierce Thunder Tribulation Saber Intent, which acted on behalf of heaven to punish, and the Slaughter Concept, which created mountains of corpses and seas of blood, annihilating everything—into the heavenly cleaver saber body without reservation!

Buzz—!

The heavenly cleaver saber instantly erupted with unprecedented light! Upon the saber body, it was no longer simple purple lightning entwined, but violent purple lightning interwoven with scarlet Evil Qi, thick as blood!

The two Concepts rapidly fused under his full-strength will!

This was one of Xiao Zhuo's trump cards; both the Slaughter Concept and the Slaughter Domain could be stacked with other Concepts and Domains.

Domains required the activation of Dharmic power, but Concepts did not.

At this moment, Xiao Zhuo was facing this unknown deep friend of the Tree God, giving his all.

Rumble! Zzzzt!

The Saber Intent torrent of purple lightning and blood Evil Qi, like an enraged Dragon swimming against the current, brazenly crashed into the sky-filled storm of desperate ice crystals that was tearing at him!

Chii chii chii!

The two seemingly tangible Concept powers collided and annihilated each other frantically in the Void Realm!

Purple lightning exploded within the ice crystals, and the blood Evil Qi was frozen by the dead stillness. Although many ice crystals were shattered by the violent Saber Intent, the ruthless Concept continued to press down on Xiao Zhuo!

The space around Xiao Zhuo violently twisted, emitting a grating tearing sound.

The ground beneath his feet cracked inch by inch, the muscles in his saber-wielding right arm bulged to the extreme, the web of his hand split open, and blood flowed down the saber hilt, dripping onto the black stone surface of the altar, instantly freezing into blood beads by the cold.

"Ugh ah—!" Blood oozed from all seven of his orifices, and the incredibly resilient barrier of his Sea of Consciousness felt as if it had been pierced by billions of ice needles and then repeatedly bombarded by lightning. The intense pain almost made him faint.

But his eyes were bloodshot, staring fixedly ahead, with only one crazy thought in his mind: break it! Break this despair!

Under the pressure of Hong Ning's Concept and Xiao Zhuo's tenacious resistance, the Thunder Tribulation Saber Intent seemed to undergo some kind of unforeseen change, and a certain Restriction within Xiao Zhuo's body was forcibly broken through!

The core Profound Truth of the Thunder Tribulation Saber Intent he had comprehended, that which invoked heavenly might and shattered wan fa (myriad laws), exploded under this extreme pressure!

Like a lit powder keg, it erupted with a boom!

Buzz—!

The purple lightning on the heavenly cleaver saber suddenly transformed!

It was no longer entwined or attached, but seemed to flow out from within the saber body, carrying a majestic and pure aura of heavenly might!

Its color deepened from purple, faintly revealing a noble dark gold, and the form of the lightning became more condensed and restrained, each flash seemingly containing the mighty power to split heaven and earth!

The Thunder Tribulation Saber Intent, in desperation, Broke through the limits of Perfection!

It reached a wondrous state where spirit and intent merged, and its power surged!

The previously disadvantaged collision instantly turned into a tug-of-war! The dark golden Thunder Saber Intent, like the light of dawn, carrying a divine nature that was indestructible and purged all evil, brazenly tore through the ice crystal storm ahead!

The desperate stillness Concept that had already enveloped Xiao Zhuo was forcibly pushed back dozens of feet, forming a confrontation with the Thunder Tribulation Saber Intent, which was stacked with the Slaughter Concept!

"Hmm?!" On the altar, for the first time, intense fluctuations appeared in Hong Ning's eyes, which had been frozen for ten thousand years!

It was no longer indifference and rage, but pure, incredible astonishment!

She stared intently at the heavenly cleaver saber in Xiao Zhuo's hand, which was spitting dark golden lightning, her pale lips slightly parted, as if she wanted to say something, but ultimately no sound escaped.

That ruthless Concept, powerful enough to crush any Cultivator below the Immortal Realm, was actually resisted by a Cultivator not yet in the Immortal Realm!

Although she had been trapped for ten thousand years, her power was suppressed by the Seal to less than one percent, and her Concept was far from its Peak, there was a world of difference between Divine Intent and Perfection Concept!

This child... actually completed this almost impossible transformation under the ancient city's Restriction, with her help?

The aftershocks of the violent Concept clash gradually subsided.

At the edge of the altar, Xiao Zhuo knelt on one knee, propping himself up with his saber, breathing heavily, covered in blood, with cracked wounds all over his body from the Concept pressure.

But the hand holding the saber was as steady as a rock.

Dark golden lightning flickered on the heavenly cleaver saber, emitting a terrifying divine pressure.

He raised his head, his blood-stained face showing eyes as sharp as ever, even deeper, looking directly at the white-haired woman on the altar, his voice hoarse but with an undeniable firmness: "Senior... now, are you willing to have a good talk with this Junior about how to help you escape?"

The astonishment in Hong Ning's eyes slowly receded, replaced by an extremely complex expression.

The ten thousand years of lonely, frozen existence seemed to crack open a seam, and that deep-seated brutality and despair, under Xiao Zhuo's miraculous Breakthrough and his calm yet powerful gaze, strangely subsided a little.

She looked at Xiao Zhuo, and yet seemed to see through him to the endless years, and finally, a very soft sigh, tinged with a hint of weariness, echoed faintly in Xiao Zhuo's heart: "You are very good! I will fulfill my promise to Chai Tou (Wood Head/Stubborn Head), but Chai Tou (Wood Head/Stubborn Head)'s will was crushed by me, so you need to use your own power to help me escape!"

"Your Concept has already Broke through to the Divine Intent level. I imagine that with our combined efforts, we can break the Restriction here. I will naturally give you what Chai Tou (Wood Head/Stubborn Head) wanted!"

In the depths of her ice-blue eyes, the absolute intent that froze all things seemed to melt a corner, revealing a trace of emotional fluctuation.