416: Are you worthy?

Emperor's face was ashen, almost wringing with water, his gaze locked tightly onto the black-robed figure that had abruptly appeared in the distant Void Realm!

The Perfection Dao rhyme circulating around his body, and the terrifying aura of slaughter that annihilated millions of Heavenly Army, caused the alarm bells in his heart to shriek madly!

"You are Wang Xuan!?" Emperor's voice was mixed with shock, anger, and a hint of unconcealed apprehension. "You dare to slaughter my Gouchen Heavenly Army?! What audacity! You..."

The questioning was not yet finished.

Xiao Zhuo's gaze swept over indifferently.

Like a deity looking down at a noisy ant, without joy or anger, without killing or hatred, only an indifference that froze all things.

"Noisy."

Two words lightly spoken.

As soon as the words fell, Xiao Zhuo moved!

There was no earth-shattering momentum, just a finger pointed distantly in the direction of Emperor.

Where the fingertip pointed, space silently collapsed!

A miniature black hole, even deeper and more condensed than before, with solidified silver time-force flowing at its edges, was instantly born!

This time, it was no longer a devouring vortex, but a highly condensed — point of destruction!

Wherever it passed, space was annihilated inch by inch like glazed tiles, leaving an eternal trace of nothingness!

Its speed surpassed the limit of Emperor's thought!

"Star Barrier!" Emperor's soul almost flew out of his body, the coldness of death instantly seizing his mind, forcing him to unleash all his power!

Amidst his roar, thousands of star phantoms spun and collapsed madly, condensing into an incomparably thick barrier in front of him, inscribed with endless star maps!

The imperial crown on his head burst forth with light, drawing upon the great power of the stars for enhancement, the imperial robe's galaxy flowed, and he desperately tried to break free from the terrifying gravitational field locking onto him!

It was futile!

The miniature black hole, condensed to its extreme, silently touched the Star Barrier.

Hiss—!

Like a red-hot iron pressed onto snow.

The barrier, condensed with the power of the stars and capable of withstanding the bombardment of a Middle Stage Quasi-Saint, was as fragile as paper in front of that miniature black hole!

At the moment of contact, countless brilliant star runes on the barrier rapidly dimmed, shattered, and returned to nothingness!

The entire barrier collapsed inward and dissolved at a visible speed, greedily swallowed by that point of profound darkness!

Fast!

So fast that Emperor didn't even have time to feel despair!

"Puff!" His innate Divine Ability destroyed, Emperor was struck by a heavy blow, spitting out a large mouthful of imperial blood shimmering with starlight, his aura instantly withered!

His proud defense was ridiculously pale in front of Xiao Zhuo's casual finger!

Even more terrifying was that after the miniature black hole pierced through the barrier, its momentum did not decrease in the slightest, ignoring Emperor's hastily unleashed Star Body Protection Divine Light, like a maggot in the bone, instantly touching his imperial robe!

"No—!" Emperor let out an unprecedented, shrill shriek!

Rip!

The galaxy flowing on the imperial robe broke and dimmed in response!

The Divine Light capable of resisting a Quasi-Saint's bombardment shattered like foam!

That point of profound black hole, like a fatal poisonous thorn, branded itself onto Emperor's abdomen!

Boom!

Unspeakable pain and violent time-space fluctuations instantly erupted!

Emperor's immortal body began to collapse visibly, centered on that point!

Star-bright imperial blood gushed out madly, mercilessly swallowed by the black hole!

Just one finger!

Emperor, who controlled the Great Dao of Stars and shook the Immortal Realm—defeated!

At the critical moment of life and death, Emperor was terrified to the extreme, a ruthless look flashed in his eyes, and his large hand, like a knife, cut across his chest—self-mutilating his immortal body!

His upper body flickered, appearing a thousand miles away.

As Xiao Zhuo's gaze swept over, Emperor felt his Divine Soul shatter!

Even when facing Emperor Haotian, he had never felt such suffocating and terrifying pressure!

He had come to find Wang Xuan, known as the "Immortal Realm's First Medical Saint." Later, in the process of tracing Wang Xuan's whereabouts, he learned that Wang Xuan was very likely the one who had crippled Startling Bear's Great Dao, and was also related to Blood Demon Venerable, the master of the Blood Demon Realm.

Therefore, he no longer came to invite, but to capture Wang Xuan and return him to the Heavenly Court.

Wang Xuan primarily cultivated the Great Dao of Life and the Great Dao of the Soul.

For this, he had prepared countermeasures in advance.

Who would have thought he would only encounter a Demon Race Quasi-Saint, who could have been subdued in a few days... but now an unparalleled fiend who had condensed the Time-Space Dao Fruit appeared!

With such strength, even if Haotian himself came, he might not gain any advantage!

Facing a Time-Space Quasi-Saint, fleeing? A pipe dream!

At this moment, endless regret had completely consumed him.

"Your Excellency! I think there must be a misunderstanding between us!" Seeing that Xiao Zhuo did not continue to attack, Emperor suppressed his fear and quickly spoke.

"Oh? Misunderstanding?" Xiao Zhuo's eyebrow raised slightly, and a cold, playful smile appeared on his lips. "Aren't you looking for Wang Xuan? I am he!"

"Uh! Daoist Friend Wang! I came here only to invite Fellow Daoist to the Immortal Realm to treat a distinguished person! I had no other intentions! It's just that my subordinate acted a bit rashly! Now that Fellow Daoist has punished him, please show mercy!" Emperor's eyelid twitched, and he tried his best to smooth things over. "This Emperor is one of the Heavenly Court's Emperors. Fellow Daoist should know the Heavenly Court's foundation. If we cease hostilities, and Fellow Daoist only needs to return to the Heavenly Court with me to treat one person, this Emperor guarantees that Fellow Daoist will receive compensation far beyond imagination!"

"Heavenly Court?" Xiao Zhuo murmured, then sneered, "Does Emperor Haotian really think he is the co-ruler of the Immortal Realm? He wants me to go, so I must go?"

"Now, the Saints of the Immortal-Demon Realm are in hiding. If it weren't for the short time and residual foundation, it would have long been jointly carved up by those covetous eyes in the Three Thousand Heavens! Although the Heavenly Court is strong, it cannot even subdue the Three Great Sacred Lands! You think you can use the Heavenly Court to pressure me?" A cold light suddenly flared in his eyes. "Are you worthy?"

Before his words finished, without him making any movement, he appeared behind Emperor like a ghost.

The shock in Emperor's eyes had not dissipated when countless cracks appeared on his remaining half immortal body.

Immediately after, it exploded with a bang!

Only a circular Dao Fruit, suffused with starlight, appeared, and a vast Dao rhyme spread, attracting the Great Dao of Stars in the Sea of Realms, which burst into brilliant light.

The complete form of Emperor instantly reformed, but his aura was noticeably weakened by ten percent.

"Consuming the Dao Fruit's Origin to reform the immortal body and Divine Soul, a Quasi-Saint is indeed tenacious." Xiao Zhuo commented indifferently, a cold smile on his lips. "What a pity! You met me!"

As he spoke, he pointed another finger.

Emperor, who had just reformed his body, didn't even have time to react before his entire being was confined by a transparent spatial cage.

"Dao..." Emperor still wanted to speak, but his voice was already cut off by space.

The transparent cage compressed sharply, and his immortal body was once again crushed into dust!

The spatial cage, compressed to its extreme, also shattered.

In the Void Realm, only the exposed Star Dao Fruit still floated.

"Master! A Quasi-Saint's Dao Fruit can be called immortal, and only with Master's heaven-defying methods can he be so easily forced into desperation." Dilamon had dispersed his giant body, transforming into a gray-robed human form, respectfully standing beside Xiao Zhuo.

Xiao Zhuo shook his head slightly: "The Dao Fruit is immortal, it's just a bit more trouble for me. Once its Dao Fruit Origin is exhausted, its body and Divine Soul will be unable to reform. To completely obliterate it is indeed a bit more troublesome."

"However..." His tone turned cold, "It's only troublesome!"

As if to confirm his words.

Emperor continuously reformed his immortal body, and each time he was casually blasted apart by Xiao Zhuo.

After more than a dozen times, the Dao Fruit's light visibly dimmed, and Emperor seemed to have completely given up struggling.

The Star Dao Fruit emitted a faint, hazy glow, quietly suspended in the Void Realm.

Xiao Zhuo and Dilamon could both sense that the Origin contained within the Dao Fruit was almost exhausted.

"Emperor, playing dead?" Xiao Zhuo casually pointed out countless profound runes, intertwining them into a nine-colored flowing Seal light sphere, imprisoning the dim Dao Fruit within it.

"Daoist Friend Wang! This time, my intrusion into Fellow Daoist's world is my fault! I beg Fellow Daoist to spare my life, I am willing to pay any price!" Emperor's weak voice came from within the sealed light sphere, carrying an unprecedented plea.

"Price?" Xiao Zhuo's gaze was indifferent as he looked down at the light sphere. "What can you offer in exchange for your... Quasi-Saint life?"