61: Battle of Silver Moon (Da Zhang Guan Bao)

Silver Moon Venerable King, the Dominator of Hundred Demon Mountain, his might was truly astonishing!

The entire Yuyang Mountain was as silent as a tomb of ten thousand years.

Immortal Master Xuan Qing's desperate, self-destructive attack, that brilliant Sword Intent capable of shaking mountains, couldn't even stir a corner of the pristine silver robes before it was completely annihilated beneath that solitary, lofty Silver Moon.

Situ Ming's hand, gripping his han li sword, had veins bulging like coiling Dragons. Earlier, when facing Blood God Venerable King, his Battle Intent soared, showing no fear.

But now, he felt a Soul-freezing chill explode from the depths of his heart, instantly spreading through his limbs and bones, as if even his bone marrow seeped with icy despair.

A hundred miles away, six streaks of light, tearing through the sky, were speeding through the clouds!

Xiao Zhuo's heart suddenly constricted, as if an invisible giant hand had fiercely squeezed it!

It was Danger Perception! An unprecedented, frantic warning!

"Yuyang Sect... something has happened!" His voice was terrifyingly low, each word like an ice shard forced from between his teeth. For him, a Divine Sea Realm triple-layer expert, to experience such a strong, ominous premonition in this land of Jixi, there was absolutely no one else besides that supreme existence on the verge of breaking through—the Silver Moon Venerable King!

Xiao Changkong's Sword Eyebrows instantly furrowed: "You mean..."

"The Silver Moon Venerable King... has probably arrived!" Xiao Zhuo's eyes surged with tangible killing intent. Before his words even finished, he transformed into a dazzling golden light that tore through space, rocketing forth!

Violent sonic boom clouds exploded behind him, making the eardrums of those behind him ache and feel like they would split!

Though he hadn't stayed long at Yuyang Sect, the heartfelt teachings and the camaraderie of Xuan Lun and others, who treated him as a successor, had long been etched into his heart.

How could he allow his Sect to be destroyed when his gratitude had not yet been repaid?!

"All of you, follow quickly! I'll go first!" Xiao Changkong only had time to shout this to the four people behind him. His body moved with his han li sword, and he instantly transformed into a sharp Sword Rainbow that pierced the sound barrier, chasing after Xiao Zhuo!

Only four Divine Sea Realm experts remained. Even straining with all their might, they could only watch helplessly as those two streaks of light, representing the top Prodigies of their generation, vanished into the distant horizon in an instant.

"Big Brother! These two... are just too..." A Divine Sea Realm expert couldn't help but gasp.

"Hmph! Such Prodigies are not comparable to ordinary people like us!" The scarred-face Divine Sea Realm expert growled in a deep voice, "Less talk! Catch up!"

The four dared not speak further, gritting their teeth and pushing their speed to the limit.

Xiao Zhuo's body glowed with a brilliant golden light, like a burning meteor! A hundred miles, under his extreme burst of speed, was reached in an instant!

The sight before him made his pupils contract sharply!

A vast, boundless silver radiance, like a giant cocoon, tightly enveloped the entire Yuyang Sect mountain gate, forming a cage that isolated heaven and earth!

"Domain!" A look of solemnity appeared in Xiao Zhuo's eyes for the first time.

Though his Tiangang Saber Domain was strong, strictly speaking, it was merely a "pseudo-Domain" that touched the edge of a Domain, possessing some characteristics, but far from the vast, stable, and all-controlling power of a true Domain like the one before him!

However, it was not without the power to resist!

The Tiangang Saber Domain was enough to offset the absolute suppression of the opponent's Domain on himself!

"Open!" Xiao Zhuo roared in his heart!

Buzz—!

A ten-zhang Domain, incomparably sharp and condensed from billions of Saber Intent, forcefully unfolded!

The sabers hummed, like a myriad of Divine Weapons roaring in unison! It forcibly tore a distorted, crack-like opening in the perfectly round silver cage!

A suffocatingly rich smell of blood, mixed with demonic energy and the Aura of destruction, assailed him!

The scene that met his eyes shook Xiao Zhuo's heart: the Yuyang Five Peaks were ravaged, as if trampled by a giant beast! The peak of Zhenyang Peak had been cleanly sliced off, the cut smooth as a mirror!

Immortal Master Xuan Qing's broken body, severed in two, was falling powerlessly towards the blood-stained earth... "Oh?" High in the sky, the Silver Moon Venerable King's indifferent silver eyes flickered slightly, naturally noticing the intrusion of this uninvited guest at the first moment.

However, before he could make a move—

Swish!

Xiao Zhuo's figure had vanished from his original spot like a ghost!

The next moment, just as the upper half of Immortal Master Xuan Qing's body was about to hit the ground, a large hand covered in intricate lightning patterns steadily caught it!

Xiao Zhuo's left hand grabbed at the Void Realm, and a powerful suction force emerged, drawing Xuan Qing's lower body towards him through the air!

His movements were as fast as lightning; a verdant, vibrant Medicinal Pill, exuding a rich life force, had already been taken from his storage ring. It was Ten Thousand Medicine Pavilion's eighth-grade healing Sacred Medicinal Pill—the life extension pill!

"Sect Master, hold on!" Xiao Zhuo low-roared, unhesitatingly stuffing the Medicinal Pill into Xuan Qing's mouth, while simultaneously channeling a pure and gentle true essence into him to help him quickly refine the medicinal power.

As soon as the true essence entered his body, Xiao Zhuo's heart sank.

Xuan Qing's body was already shattered, his Meridians severed, and his internal organs almost entirely pulverized!

If not for his profound cultivation and his Sea of Consciousness not yet dispersed, his Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering would have happened long ago!

Although the life extension pill could sustain his last shred of life, it was only that; once the medicinal power was exhausted, he would still not escape death.

Xiao Zhuo dared not delay, quickly reattaching Xuan Qing's lower body to his upper body and temporarily stabilizing it with true essence.

After doing all this, he suddenly looked up, his cold gaze, like a tangible saber, piercing towards the silver-haired figure slowly descending from the sky.

"Interesting." A low murmur, carrying both playfulness and indifference, came from the air.

The Silver Moon Venerable King descended elegantly and lethally, treading on an invisible staircase of moonlight.

His silver eyes, devoid of any emotion, clearly reflected the young man's blood-stained profile and those eyes burning with fury: "I didn't expect this aging Yuyang Sect to still hide such... an interesting ant like you?"

"You, are the Silver Moon Venerable King?" Xiao Zhuo ignored the other's words, his dragon blood saber emitting a low hum, its blade pointing directly, his voice as cold as ten thousand years of ice.

The Silver Moon Venerable King paused slightly, seemingly surprised: "You're not afraid of me?"

His voice carried a peculiar rhythm, as if it could directly vibrate the Soul.

"Afraid?" Xiao Zhuo's lips curved into an icy arc, and his body crackled with explosive sounds as dazzling lightning suddenly erupted!

His body rapidly expanded amidst the lightning, instantly transforming into a three-meter-tall Thunder Giant, its muscles bulging, covered in silver thunder armor battle patterns!

"Afraid you... die too quickly!"

The moment his words fell, the Thunder Giant vanished into thin air! —Floating Light Instant Shadow!

When he reappeared, he was already behind the Silver Moon Venerable King like a ghost!

The dragon blood saber, wrapped in violent starlight and thunder, descended with the terrifying might of splitting mountains and breaking peaks!

"Clang—!!!"

A deafening clang of metal!

The Silver Moon Venerable King's clothes didn't even flutter. A Silver Moon Wheel, solid and radiating a cool moonlight, materialized out of thin air, steadily blocking the lightning-infused saber strike that could have cleaved a mountain!

Xiao Zhuo's attack missed, and his figure blurred and vanished again!

The next moment, he appeared to the left of the Silver Moon Venerable King, his long saber transforming into a lightning bolt that tore through space, slashing horizontally!

Hum!

Another Silver Moon Wheel instantly appeared, blocking precisely! The immense force of the counter-shock rippled through the air!

Xiao Zhuo's figure flashed a third time, appearing directly in front of the Silver Moon Venerable King! This time, the long saber struck down again, its momentum as heavy as a mountain! And at the instant the blade descended, a vast and powerful Divine Thought force surged into the dragon blood saber!

Boom!

The speed and power of the dragon blood saber instantly surged several times! Where the blade passed, space groaned under the strain!

"Clang—!!!"

The third Silver Moon Wheel, appearing just in time, fiercely collided with the dragon blood saber, which was amplified a hundredfold by Divine Thought! The grating friction sound set teeth on edge! Finally—

"Crack!"

That indestructible Silver Moon Wheel was actually cleaved open with a crack by this furious saber strike!

Just as the blade was only an inch away from the Silver Moon Venerable King's glabella, at that critical moment!

The Silver Moon Venerable King casually waved his right arm, as if brushing away dust!

Boom—!

An invisible, formless shockwave, yet containing terrifying power of annihilation, erupted out of thin air!

Xiao Zhuo, man and saber, was struck head-on as if by a star. He transformed into a streak of light and was fiercely blasted away!

Where he passed, the ground was plowed into a terrifying gully several zhang deep and a hundred meters long!

A silver strand of hair, shimmering with moonlight, slowly drifted down.

The Silver Moon Venerable King lowered his head, looked at the broken strand of hair, then raised his eyes to the end of the dusty gully in the distance. A genuine trace of surprise finally flashed in his silver eyes: "Not bad!"

In the dust, Xiao Zhuo's figure slowly stood up.

The silver thunder armor on his body, condensed from energy, was covered in spiderweb-like cracks, but as the dazzling lightning flickered, the cracks were rapidly repairing at a visible speed!

The crackling lightning illuminated his cold face.

After entering the Divine Sea Realm, the defensive power of this silver thunder armor had reached Transcendent. To withstand the opponent's blow, he merely experienced a violent surge of Qi and blood!

Deep within his Dantian, the dormant purple flames suddenly boiled, like a volcano that had been suppressed for ten thousand years erupting with a roar!

Purple Extreme Burning True Method—Activate!

The last trace of emotion in Xiao Zhuo's eyes completely vanished, leaving only an extreme, pure, icy killing intent!

He fiercely contracted his Tiangang Saber Domain, maintaining its range to only one zhang around his body. The Domain power was condensed and tangible, the saber hum piercing, thereby minimizing consumption and enhancing defensive and offensive strength to the maximum.

Rumble!

The earth beneath his feet collapsed with a roar, creating a giant crater several zhang in diameter!

His Main Body had already left a blurred afterimage in its original spot, and his true form, enveloped in a destructive thunderstorm, descended like a thunderous meteor from the sky, striking directly at Silver Moon Venerable King's face!

Wherever the long saber pointed, space twisted!

As Xiao Zhuo fearlessly entangled Silver Moon Venerable King, the most terrifying existence, the fierce battle below Yuyang Sect was reignited!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Yuyang's Five Peaks trembled violently, as if they could collapse at any moment! Sword Qi surged, and demonic Qi filled the sky!

Situ Ming, Xuan Lun, Xuan Wei, and Li Miaoyi, the four peak masters, suppressed the urge to look up at the sky, transforming their grief and anger into a desperate Battle Intent, leading the remaining Disciples to face Blood God Venerable King and his horde of demons!

Amidst the deafening roar of Sword Qi colliding with demonic Qi, the hoarse but resolute battle cries of Yuyang's Disciples echoed through the clouds!

High above, Xiao Zhuo pushed Azure Light Evasion to its limit!

Under the frantic augmentation of his Divine Thought, his figure became so fast it almost lost its physical form, turning into a continuous blur of afterimages that flickered around Silver Moon Venerable King, tearing through the air!

Sharp sonic booms, like the tolling of a death knell, shook the mountainsides below, causing rocks to roll down!

As Xiao Zhuo recklessly activated Purple Extreme Burning True Method, his strength, speed, and the power of his true essence instantly soared!

Silver Moon Venerable King's consistently indifferent expression finally broke!

A hint of seriousness appeared in his silver eyes, and he began to truly act, manipulating the elusive Silver Moon Wheel to precisely intercept Xiao Zhuo's thunderous attacks, which came like a torrential downpour!

Clang—!!!

Another earth-shattering collision!

The moment the saber's edge met the moon wheel, a blinding energy orb, bright enough to scorch retinas, exploded in the air!

A terrifying wave of Qi, like a world-ending hurricane, swept downwards, instantly uprooting and shredding trees within ten zhang below!

Just as this destructive energy storm raged—

A Deep blue sword rainbow, like a meteor streaking across the long night, carrying an unyielding resolve, tore through the Qi wave and plummeted from the Nine Heavens!

It struck directly at the back of Silver Moon Venerable King's heart!

"Junior Brother! Senior Brother is here to help you!"

Xiao Changkong's hearty yet battle-filled laughter, like a peal of thunder, exploded over the battlefield!

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang...!

The descending Deep blue sword light—the han li sword—clashed with a hastily condensed Silver Moon Wheel dozens, even hundreds of times in an instant! Sparks, dense as a sudden downpour, wildly splattered in the air, like a grand fireworks display!

Under the pincer attack of Xiao Zhuo and Xiao Changkong, Silver Moon Venerable King's figure recoiled significantly for the first time!

His silver eyes narrowed slightly, and the surrounding space violently fluctuated!

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz... Nine silver moons, even more solid, larger, and emanating a terrifying Aura of annihilation than before, appeared out of thin air!

They slowly rotated around Silver Moon Venerable King like stars guarding an emperor, encircling him in the center, suspended in the air.

Moonlight spilled down, making him appear like an Immortal Master banished from the Nine Heavens, yet also exuding a despair-inducing demonic might.

Silver Moon Venerable King stood with his hands behind his back amidst the nine bright moons, his silver hair swaying without wind, his voice still cold, but with an indifference that overlooked all living beings: "A Prodigy who has grasped the rudimentary form of a Domain, plus a Prodigy whose Sword Intent is close to Perfection... Very good! It's worth this King... getting a little serious!"

Xiao Zhuo and Xiao Changkong's eyes met instantly; no words were needed, their tacit understanding was innate!

Swish! Swish!

Both figures vanished simultaneously!

The next moment, Xiao Zhuo appeared in front of Silver Moon Venerable King as if teleporting, his dragon blood saber transforming into a storm of destruction!

He pushed the Profound Truth of Heavenly Dipper Transformation to Zenith Saber Technique to its limit!

Terrifying saber glints, condensed with the power of stars and Profound Nether Divine Thunder, shot out like a raging storm, clashing wildly with the nine guarding silver moons!

The clang of metal echoed through heaven and earth! Dazzling sparks flew like torrential rain! Their figures intersected at high speed between the nine bright moons, each collision triggering ripples in space!

At the core of the three-person battlefield, Xiao Zhuo's saber technique was grand and expansive, powerful and unmatched, each strike carrying the force to cleave mountains and split seas; where the saber light passed, space twisted, emitting a strained hum!

Xiao Changkong, on the other hand, wielded his sword with lightness and agility, his swordsmanship divine, exquisitely profound; each thrust was accompanied by a sharp gale that tore through the Void Realm, directly targeting the subtle flaws in Silver Moon Venerable King's defense!

However, even under the combined furious assault of the two peerless Prodigies, Silver Moon Venerable King still appeared at ease!

His figure was ethereal, his demonic Qi condensed as if solid, without any leakage or waste.

Under his exquisite control, the nine silver moons acted like a perfect barrier, effortlessly dissolving Xiao Zhuo's domineering saber Qi and Xiao Changkong's tricky Sword Qi into nothingness!

"Void Sword—Break!" Xiao Changkong suddenly let out a clear cry, once again unleashing a sharp Sword Qi to force back the moon wheel in front of him, while simultaneously using the momentum to retreat explosively!

The han li sword let out a piercing hum that could cleave metal and shatter stone, hovering in front of him in mid-air, its blade rotating at high speed, instantly transforming into a gigantic, destructive tornado composed of pure Sword Qi!

At the core of the tornado was the han li sword's Main Body, condensed to the extreme!

It, carrying the terrifying power to tear through the vacuum, shot towards the vital point at the back of Silver Moon Venerable King's heart!

Silver Moon Venerable King was parrying Xiao Zhuo's heavy saber strike, which could split a mountain, with his moon wheel; sensing the attack from behind that could threaten him, his brow furrowed slightly.

He casually pointed his right index and middle fingers backward!

Buzz—!

A gigantic silver moon wheel, over ten zhang in diameter and condensed like solid crystal, instantly formed behind him, carrying an Aura that could crush everything, and slashed fiercely towards the Sword Qi tornado!

"Boom—!!!"

In mid-air, it was as if a small sun had been detonated! A deafening explosion echoed through the clouds!

The terrifying shockwave instantly leveled a small hilltop below! The gigantic silver moon wheel shattered into countless specks of light with a resounding crash!

The immense force of the explosion caused Silver Moon Venerable King's figure to freeze for an instant!

Now!

Xiao Zhuo's eyes flashed with cold light! The flaw he had been waiting for finally appeared!

The stellar saber light condensed on the dragon blood saber suddenly retracted; in its place was a dense, inky black lightning, crackling with destructive energy—the density of Profound Nether Divine Thunder was instantly compressed and increased severalfold!

"Hiss—!!!"

A slender, deep, inky black saber mark, seemingly capable of devouring all light, like the sigh of the Grim Reaper, silently bloomed on Silver Moon Venerable King's ornate silver robe at his waist!

The destructive power of Profound Nether Divine Thunder surged wildly into the wound, emitting a scalp-tingling "sizzle" and stubbornly eroding all vitality!

Silver Moon Venerable King lowered his gaze, looking at the wound on his waist that couldn't instantly heal, constantly being destroyed by the black lightning, and fell silent for a moment.

Suddenly, he let out a soft laugh.

The laugh was light, yet carried a chilling, bone-deep anger.

The next moment, his long, perfect fingers suddenly underwent a bizarre transformation!

His fingernails grew over a foot long, turning into hideous, sharp claws that gleamed with an eerie cold light!

Rip!

The sharp claws, like knives, without the slightest hesitation, actually ripped off the piece of flesh tainted with Profound Nether Divine Thunder, along with the torn silver robe, completely gouging it out!

The flesh at the wound instantly squirmed, silver light flowed, and in the blink of an eye, it returned to its original state, leaving not even a scar, as if the fatal wound had never existed.

"It seems..." Silver Moon Venerable King slowly raised his head, the deep indifference in his silver eyes replaced by a biting cold anger, like lava beneath ten thousand years of ice, "This King needs to... get serious!"

As his cold words fell, a surge of demonic Qi, far more terrifying and viscous than before, erupted from his body like a volcano that had been dormant for ages!

It was a deep black, yet interspersed with an eerie silver glow! The dense black-silver demonic Qi surged and churned, instantly engulfing his entire figure!

The demonic Qi churned, rapidly contracting and condensing!

When the suffocating black-silver demonic Qi receded again, Silver Moon Venerable King's figure reappeared between heaven and earth!

He had shed his ethereal silver robe, replaced by a full-body, ferocious-looking, streamlined silver armor that gleamed with a cold metallic luster!

Upon the armor, wisps of black demonic Qi, like living things, swirled and ascended, exuding a despair-inducing evil and oppressive might!

The terrifying Dominator Rank pressure, like a tangible tsunami, crashed down, causing the space within the entire Domain to solidify!

Silver Moon Venerable King slowly raised his right hand, encased in a silver gauntlet, and made a fist.

Buzz—!

The nine gigantic silver moons guarding his body, as if drawn by an invisible force, instantly converged and fused wildly into his palm!

Dazzling silver light erupted, and an ancient, colossal greatbow, entirely condensed from moonlight, suddenly appeared in his hand!

The bowstring tautened on its own, and a dazzling light arrow, purely compressed and condensed from Domain power and exuding destructive fluctuations, instantly formed on the bowstring!

The surrounding space began to tremble violently, unable to bear the strain!

It was as if this very heaven and earth could not withstand the power of the arrow about to be shot!