287: Shocking change!

The saber's body was no longer pitch black; instead, it was covered in a primordial gray hue, like Chaos at its genesis!

The blade trembled, emitting a tearing, Dragon-like roar!

After refining all the resources Xiao Zhuo purchased, the jade blood saber, which had grown into a Half-step Sacred Artifact, was fiercely Awakened under the extreme propulsion of World Power!

"Slash!"

Xiao Zhuo gripped the saber hilt with both hands, pouring all his Demonic Qi and World Power into it, and, facing the world-destroying golden sword aura, he unleashed a world-splitting slash!

A gray, condensed saber aura, refined to the extreme, tore through the viscous resentment and met the attack head-on!

At the same time, Half-step Demon Lord Chi Yanyang's blood-skull shield erupted with blinding crimson demonic light, and countless vengeful spirits wailed mournfully within it!

Boom—!!!

An indescribably terrifying roar exploded in the heart of the hall!

Golden, gray, and red destructive energies furiously intertwined, devoured, and annihilated each other!

The shockwave transformed into a tangible energy surge, instantly clearing away the mountains of bones piled around the throne, grinding them into dust!

Even the Vengeful Spirit Bones tide, which was frantically assaulting the Eternal Calamity defense line in the distance, was swept away in large swathes by this immense force, its offensive suddenly stalling!

"Pfft!"

"Pfft!"

Xiao Zhuo and Half-step Demon Lord Chi Yanyang simultaneously spat out blood, as if struck by an ancient divine mountain, their bodies uncontrollably shooting backward, crashing heavily into the distant shattered stone wall, embedding themselves in human-shaped craters!

Xiao Zhuo's tiger's mouth, gripping the saber, was completely torn open, bleeding profusely, and the jade blood saber hummed incessantly, its gray saber light nearly half-dimmed.

Half-step Demon Lord Chi Yanyang was even more miserable; his blood-skull shield was covered in spiderweb-like cracks, and his aura was weak and dispirited, clearly suffering severe injuries.

However, that golden sword aura, which could obliterate all things, was actually blocked by the two of them working together!

"So strong!" Both their hearts trembled, and they looked at the immortal king golden body standing with the sword, their eyes filled with unprecedented shock and solemnity.

The golden flames in the immortal king golden body's eye sockets flickered, as if a barely perceptible ripple of fluctuation passed through him, surprised that mere ants could block his attack, which was then replaced by an even colder killing intent.

The broken sword was raised again! Golden flames surged upon it, its power even greater than before!

"Tie him down! His residual will can't last long!" Xiao Zhuo wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and roared at Half-step Demon Lord Chi Yanyang.

He clearly perceived that the reviving will within the golden body was like a candle in the wind, each exertion of power fiercely burning its Origin!

"Hmph! You don't need to tell me!" Half-step Demon Lord Chi Yanyang gritted his teeth and snorted, forcefully activating his Demonic Technique, his blood dagger transforming into a bizarre and sinister bloodline, stabbing directly at the golden body's vital joints, attempting to hinder its movements.

Xiao Zhuo took a deep breath, and the World Power within him surged wildly again, the jade blood saber emitting an excited, bloodthirsty hum!

He transformed into a gray stream of light, his saber technique grand and sweeping, each strike as heavy as a collapsing mountain, carrying the mighty World Power, directly clashing with the broken sword's edge!

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The heart of the hall completely devolved into a vortex of destruction!

Gray saber aura and golden sword light furiously collided and exploded!

Crimson blood shadows, like maggots on bone, weaved and harassed around the golden body!

The raging energy storm further tore apart the already crumbling hall, and giant stones from the dome fell like rain!

Xiao Zhuo utilized World Power to its Peak!

Sometimes it transformed into an invisible barrier to withstand the aftershocks of the sword aura, sometimes it enhanced his movement technique to evade fatal blows, and sometimes it condensed into the blade to unleash terrifying power far beyond his Realm!

The jade blood saber seemed to come alive in his hands, its saber technique continuous like a tide, carrying a fierce temperament that dominated the world!

Under the dual amplification of life-and-death pressure and World Power, his combat power surprisingly began to subtly surpass that of the Half-step Demon Lord Half-step Demon Lord Chi Yanyang, who wielded a Saint-Grade blood dagger!

Half-step Demon Lord Chi Yanyang grew more and more alarmed as the battle progressed.

Not only did he have to endure the world-destroying pressure from the golden body, but he also had to constantly guard against Xiao Zhuo's unfathomable World Power and his incomparably sharp saber!

The thought of seizing an opportunity to ambush was firmly suppressed under the immense pressure exerted by the immortal king golden body.

Time flowed by with each earth-shattering collision.

Ten breaths, thirty breaths, fifty breaths... The immortal king golden body's movements finally showed a barely perceptible lag!

The golden flames flickering in his eye sockets suddenly accelerated their blinking frequency, and their light visibly dimmed by a fraction!

"His will is fading!" Xiao Zhuo keenly captured this fleeting moment of weakness!

A sharp gleam burst forth in his eyes like lightning, and the World projection within him spun frantically, pouring all the World Origin Power he could muster at that moment, without reservation, into the jade blood saber!

"Break—!!!"

A furious roar, capable of splitting stone and piercing clouds, echoed throughout the silent hall!

Xiao Zhuo, man and saber as one, transformed into a gray, peerless saber rainbow that pierced through the Void Realm!

This single strike abandoned all variations, condensing the Chaos Power of the Five Elements reversal he wielded, the Dao Power of the three major Dao from his Dao Fruit, and the most core mighty power of his zizai world Origin!

Wherever the saber rainbow passed, space seemed to be plowed open into a terrifying, bottomless chasm!

Boom-Kacha—!!!

The gray, peerless saber rainbow brutally struck the golden sword aura that the immortal king golden body had unleashed again!

This time, the indestructible golden sword aura failed to annihilate the saber rainbow; instead, it was forcefully split in half by that single strike, which condensed numerous mighty powers!

The remaining gray saber light continued its trajectory undiminished, carrying a resolve to cut down everything, and precisely struck the massive crack on the dark Golden Immortal armor on the golden body's chest!

Clang—!!!

A metallic explosion, loud enough to pierce the Divine Soul, resounded throughout the cosmos!

The golden body trembled violently, actually being forced to stagger backward a step by this Peak strike that condensed all of Xiao Zhuo's essence, Qi, and spirit!

Deep within the chest armor's crack, that tenacious pure golden light, like a candle in the wind, flickered wildly and erratically, as if it would completely extinguish in the next instant!

"Roar—!!!"

The golden body let out a sorrowful roar, filled with eons of anger and unwillingness, the golden flames flickering in his eyes violently swayed a few times, and finally, they abruptly dimmed, completely returning to silence.

That terrifying pressure, which transcended all beings and was as profound as an abyss or prison, rapidly dissipated like a receding tide.

"Clang..."

The broken greatsword slipped from his withered hand, heavily striking the ground.

The immortal king golden body maintained the posture of being repelled, its head slumped powerlessly, and the remaining dark Golden Immortal armor on its body completely lost its luster, reverting to a lifeless ancient mummy.

Only deep within the chest crack did that pure golden light still tenaciously emerge, but its glow was extremely faint.

The residual will, under Xiao Zhuo's desperate strike and its own unsustainable severe consumption, finally fell into eternal slumber once more.

The fierce collision abruptly ceased.

Silence once again enveloped this ravaged core ruin.

Xiao Zhuo leaned on the jade blood saber, his chest heaving violently, each breath pulling at a tearing pain in his lungs.

Blood dripped from his tiger's mouth, nearly half of his World Power was consumed, and the Meridians throughout his body tingled and felt like they would burst from excessive exertion.

Not far away, Half-step Demon Lord Chi Yanyang was equally disheveled, his black robe torn and tattered, blood constantly overflowing from the corner of his mouth, his aura chaotic.

He glanced at the silent golden body, still shaken, then stared intently at Xiao Zhuo, his eyes intertwined with intense apprehension, greed, and a hint of unconcealed fear.

Inside the hall, the other Demonic Generals had already retreated from the hall ruins, taking advantage of the opportunity when the Vengeful Spirit Bones were thrown back and delayed by the previous explosion.

Now, without the suppression of the immortal king golden body's will, those Vengeful Spirit Bones, which had been repelled by the shockwave, once again locked their eerie blue soul fires onto the only two remaining signs of life in the field!

Like hungry sharks smelling blood, they silently and slowly encircled and approached, their eerie blue light forming a desperate sea of death.

Xiao Zhuo instantly sensed the danger.

With a thought, a vast and pure life Origin Power surged from the jade blood saber, rapidly nourishing and repairing his injured Physical Body.

At the same time, the World within him operated, his Dao Fruit resonated, and the vast power of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth rolled in from the Void Realm, being swallowed by him like a whale!

His own weakened aura actually began to recover at a visible speed!

The heavily injured Half-step Demon Lord Chi Yanyang, witnessing this scene, his pupils constricted violently, and his heart was filled with extreme horror: "This... how is this possible?!"

As a Half-step Demon Lord, he had almost lost half his life in this battle, and it would be impossible for him to recover without several months of quiet recuperation.

The incomprehensible recovery speed of this Eternal Tribulation Demon Abyss person completely overturned his understanding!

However, just as Xiao Zhuo's aura was rapidly recovering, an unexpected change occurred!

"world-controlling tripod! Suppress him for me!"

A cold voice, tinged with triumph, suddenly rang out!