62: Silver Moon's Defeat (Long Chapter)

Xiao Zhuo's hair on the back of his neck suddenly stood on end, and a bone-chilling coldness shot straight up his spine to the top of his head!

With a burst of green light from his feet, his figure transformed into streaks of afterimages, rapidly darting erratically across the stone platform.

"Whoosh—!"

A sound of tearing air ripped through the atmosphere, and a silver-glowing arrow exploded mid-air, transforming into hundreds of deadly streams of light that poured down like a torrential rain, completely engulfing the stone platform where the two were located.

There was no escaping!

The silver arrow rain carried immense power; each time an arrow was shattered, the recoil force intensified the soreness in their palms by three points.

Xiao Zhuo swung his saber to parry three light arrows aimed directly at his brow, and urgently called out to Xiao Changkong through Divine Sense: "Senior Brother! If we keep this up, we'll surely die. Do you have any trump card killing moves?!"

A rain of shattered arrow fragments splattered around them, like deadly fireworks.

"There's still one Sword Intent! However, it requires ten breaths of time to charge, and once the Sword Intent is unleashed, there's no turning back, so it might be hard to hit!" Xiao Changkong's arms blurred into a phantom, deflecting the continuous stream of light arrows, while simultaneously transmitting his reply, his voice heavy with gravity.

"Leave it to me!" Xiao Zhuo roared, turning to block in front of Xiao Changkong, his dragon blood saber forming an impenetrable crimson light screen.

Xiao Changkong bit the tip of his tongue without hesitation, spitting a mouthful of vital blood onto his han li sword. The han li sword hummed and trembled, its blade exhaling an eerie, icy mist, and a terrifying Killing Intent began to gather.

In the distance, Silver Moon Venerable King's brow, beneath his facemask, subtly raised, and a cruel arc formed at the corner of his mouth.

The bowstring vibrated, emitting a dragon-like hum, and a ten-foot-long dark blue light arrow condensed between his fingers. The arrowhead locked onto Xiao Zhuo, and an aura of destruction permeated the air.

Xiao Zhuo's pupils suddenly constricted, his arm muscles bulging and knotting. The Star Meteor Saber Light, imbued with violent thunder and fire power, defiantly soared into the sky!

The light arrow left the string, transforming into a rainbow streak that tore through the sky, colliding head-on with the thunder and fire Saber Qi!

"Boom—!"

A violent wave of Qi instantly exploded, stirring up sand and stones. Xiao Zhuo's feet ploughed two scorched deep marks into the ground.

Before he could catch his breath, the second dark blue light arrow was already fully charged with Devilish Qi, its icy arrowhead once again locking onto him—and Xiao Changkong, who was charging his attack behind him!

He had to block this arrow!

"Hooah—!" A beast-like growl erupted from Xiao Zhuo's throat, as his left hand lightning-fast drew out a backup meteor iron long saber!

The two blades overlapped, and a cross-shaped star burst forth, forcefully shattering the first deadly rainbow light!

However, the second arrow followed closely, too fast to allow a breath!

"Open!" Xiao Zhuo's eyes were bloodshot. The Tiangang Saber Domain erupted with a roar, forcefully expanding against the terrifying suppression of the Silver Moon Domain. A ten-zhang space was instantly filled with incomparably sharp platinum Saber Intent!

His twin sabers danced like rushing thunder, the clang of metal on metal as dense as a sudden downpour, making one's eardrums feel as if they would split!

"Clang—!" With a piercing wail, the meteor iron long saber finally couldn't bear the burden and broke into two pieces! Xiao Zhuo shook his left hand, which was split at the tiger's mouth and bloody. As he clenched his hand, another backup pitch-black long saber appeared in his palm.

He used his twin sabers to parry and deflect, narrowly deflecting the second arrow high into the sky.

However, silver light flashed in his vision; it was a nine-star alignment, nine deadly silver lines tearing through the sky, rushing towards him!

Xiao Zhuo's heart sank, but there was no fear in his eyes. The Tiangang Saber Domain expanded to its limit, reaching twenty zhang, firmly protecting both himself and Xiao Changkong! The Saber Intent instantly ascended to the second Realm, its power tripling!

His twin sabers transformed into two raging Dragons, fiercely slashing at the streams of light that invaded the Saber Domain!

"Ping! Ping! Ping! Ping...!"

A series of piercing explosions rang out! Xiao Zhuo's arms trembled violently, his tiger's mouth completely torn, bleeding profusely.

By the time all nine arrows were cut apart, his arms were already red-hot, countless tiny blood vessels had burst, and his palms were bloody, with white bone barely visible!

Just then, Xiao Changkong's killing move, which he had been brewing behind him, finally reached its peak!

Blue light flowed on the han li sword as if it were solid, and where its tip pointed, space itself seemed to freeze. A terrifying Killing Intent, capable of tearing the sky, condensed upon it!

However, the Silver Moon Venerable King's figure vanished in an instant!

When he reappeared, he was like a ghost, having broken through Xiao Zhuo's Saber Domain and appeared behind Xiao Changkong!

The long bow in his hand had, at some unknown point, transformed back into nine crescent moons, which he lightning-fast thrust towards Xiao Changkong's defenseless back!

"Don't even think about it!" Xiao Zhuo's eyes were bloodshot. He abruptly turned around, and the pitch-black long saber transformed into a black light, which he hurled with all his might towards the Silver Moon Venerable King!

The Silver Moon Venerable King's figure swayed slightly, easily dodging the flying saber. The nine moon wheels, however, increased their speed, and the shadow of death instantly enveloped Xiao Changkong!

In the nick of time, the Void Realm beside Xiao Changkong trembled slightly, and an ancient jade talisman appeared out of thin air, instantly shattering!

"Om—!"

A terrifying Sword Intent, as if from ancient times, suddenly surged! The Sword Intent materialized, forming the ethereal image of an ancient, weathered long sword, which, with the might to sever space and time, slashed down towards the Silver Moon Venerable King!

As the sword light swept past, the nine deadly moon wheels disintegrated into a sky full of silver dust, like decaying wood, with a resounding crash!

"Myriad Manifestations Realm Sword Intent!?" The Silver Moon Venerable King's pupils constricted, his face filled with extreme horror!

His arms instantly crossed to protect his chest, and monstrous Devilish Qi surged wildly, condensing into a thick silver-black barrier!

"Clang—!!!"

The ancient sword image slashed onto the barrier, and a destructive ripple instantly spread! The barrier, reputed to be indestructible, shattered with a crash!

"Crack! Hiss—!"

A grating sound of metal tearing rang out! The Silver Moon Venerable King's arms bulged with veins, and his wrist guards scraped against the sword's edge, sparking blinding fire! In the end, his hands, covered in grotesque silver armor, were actually severed at the wrist!

The sword's afterglow did not dissipate, fiercely slashing onto his chest armor, leaving a terrifying three-inch deep crack before dissipating into points of light.

But Xiao Changkong's attack was not over! A roar, suppressed to the extreme, escaped his throat. Using the remaining momentum of his spin to shed force, the han li sword shot out like a venomous Dragon emerging from its lair, erupting in a sudden thrust!

A blue, illusory sword image, condensed to the extreme, shot from the sword, faster than lightning!

In the blink of an eye, it had caught up to the Silver Moon Venerable King's body, which had been heavily wounded and sent flying by the Myriad Manifestations Sword Light!

At the same time, platinum light blazed in Xiao Zhuo's eyes! Nine massive Soul Cones, as if capable of piercing the Soul, silently appeared at the Silver Moon Venerable King's vital points, and fiercely stabbed down!

Soul Extinguishing Divine Ability!

This was Xiao Zhuo's deadly killing move, which he had been holding back until now, after his Breakthrough to the Divine Sea Realm and the comprehensive strengthening of his Divine Soul, Divine Sense, and Divine Thought! In his peak state, he was not confident, but at this moment, it was the perfect opportunity for a fatal blow!

The Silver Moon Venerable King, having just been severely wounded by the Sword Pavilion Old Ancestor's lingering sword talisman, was about to struggle against the illusory sword image that pursued his Soul, but his expression beneath his facemask suddenly changed dramatically!

Nine invisible Soul Cones, without any obstruction, pierced through his protective Devilish Qi and ruthlessly impaled his Divine Soul Origin!

The Silver Moon Venerable King's body stiffened abruptly, like an insect frozen in amber! The deadly blue illusory sword image, without any hindrance, shot into the grotesque crack on his chest armor!

At this moment, time seemed to freeze for an instant.

The next moment.

"Pfft—!"

A dull explosion! The once arrogant Silver Moon Venerable King's chest suddenly exploded with a blood-hole the size of a large bowl! Demonic blood mixed with fragments of internal organs sprayed out wildly!

How could Xiao Zhuo and Xiao Changkong let go of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity? Their figures flashed like lightning, the icy blue sword light of the han li sword and the crimson saber light of the dragon blood saber, carrying resolute Killing Intent, simultaneously slashed towards the Silver Moon Venerable King's neck, exposed above his severed wrists and beneath his shattered neck armor!

"Hiss—!"

Saber light and sword shadow intertwined! The Silver Moon Venerable King's neck armor shattered with a clang, but the toughness of his demonic body was beyond imagination, as he actually endured this decapitating killing blow!

At the same time, one of his newly regenerated hands made a grasping motion, and nine crescent moons reappeared, sweeping and cutting furiously with a mournful howl, twisting towards the two figures who were within arm's reach!

Unfortunately, his Divine Soul had suffered severe damage. Although the power of these nine moon wheels was still terrifying, he could no longer control them as he wished, and their trajectories were scattered.

With the combined efforts of Xiao Zhuo and the other, they were all shattered and sent flying!

Although the moon wheels were broken, they bought the Silver Moon Venerable King valuable time to catch his breath!

At the terrifying blood-hole in his chest, demonic flesh was wildly wriggling, actually regenerating and healing at a visible speed!

Cold light burst from Xiao Zhuo's eyes! The dragon blood saber, entwined with the ultimate Yin and cold Profound Nether Divine Thunder, defiantly plunged into the center of the wriggling blood-hole, activating the power of the Divine Thunder with all his might!

"Sizzle—Crack!"

Blue-black lightning wildly exploded and spread within the demonic body!

The wriggling demonic flesh instantly charred and carbonized, completely losing its vitality!

"Junior! You seek death!!!" Silver Moon Venerable King was overcome with excruciating pain, enraged to the brink of madness! His single arm formed a fist, imbued with monstrous Devilish Qi, and slammed fiercely into Xiao Zhuo's abdomen!

"Boom—!"

Xiao Zhuo was struck as if by a meteorite, his entire body shot backward like a cannonball, crashing into the mountainside of Cuiyun Peak and creating a deep crater, sending dust soaring into the sky!

Xiao Changkong endured his injuries, his Sword Intent rising again!

Layers of light and shadow shimmered on the han li sword, chilling to the bone, revealing another killing move that had been brewing for a long time!

"Roar—!!!"

Silver Moon Venerable King was completely enraged! The Devilish Qi around his body erupted like a volcano, his stern face now twisted and ferocious!

Accompanied by a roar that shook the heavens and earth, his body rapidly expanded and deformed!

In an instant, a thousand-zhang silver demon wolf, shattering the Void Realm, stood proudly in the sky! The overwhelming terrifying pressure, like a tangible tsunami, crashed down upon the entire Yuyang Mountain!

With just a casual swipe of a claw, imbued with the power to tear space, he sent the attacking Xiao Changkong flying back, spitting blood!

Xiao Zhuo endured the severe pain of dislocated organs and bones on the verge of cracking, bursting out of the dust, and catching the retreating Xiao Changkong mid-air.

Looking at the thousand-zhang giant wolf, its four legs treading the Void Realm, its demonic might reaching the heavens, Xiao Zhuo's eyes held only the resolve to perish together!

Within his Sea of Consciousness, his golden Divine Soul suddenly opened its eyes!

Those golden arms, seemingly corporeal, formed an ancient and profound seal!

"Burn!"

A silent command exploded at the core of his Divine Soul!

Golden flames suddenly ignited on that golden Divine Soul!

Within the Sea of Consciousness, the vast, sea-like Divine Thought was instantly ignited, transforming into a raging golden sea of fire!

An indescribable agony swept through his Divine Soul, as if his Soul was being incinerated inch by inch!

Xiao Zhuo gritted his steel teeth, and on the dragon blood saber in his hand, violent lightning surged again, but this time, the saber's blade was quietly covered with a layer of seemingly weak golden flames that exuded an aura of incinerating all things!

Soul Burning Golden Flame!

The most terrifying desperate forbidden art among the True Explanation of Soul Refining's Soul Extinguishing Divine Ability!

Once cast, one's own Divine Soul and Divine Thought would begin to burn, in exchange for a hundredfold surge in the power of Divine Thought!

The attack would also be imbued with Soul Burning Golden Flame, capable of igniting and incinerating the opponent's Divine Soul!

This was a desperate killing move; if the powerful enemy could not be slain before the Divine Soul was completely burned, what awaited the caster would be Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering, eternal damnation!

The Silver Moon Demon Wolf's gigantic wolf eyes held palpable Killing Intent, and it let out a long howl that shook the mountains!

With the howl, a terrifying full moon, a thousand zhang in diameter and exuding an aura of destruction, descended from the Nine Heavens!

Where the moonlight shone, all things withered!

That terrifying oppressive force instantly plunged the entire Yuyang Mountain battlefield into dead silence!

All figures engaged in battle, whether human or demon, looked in terror at the world-ending giant moon!

The full moon accelerated its descent, carrying the might to crush everything!

And below, a figure burning with golden flames, moved against the current, charging forward fearlessly!

The long saber was raised high, and the hundred-zhang Ziwei Star Meteor Saber Light condensed again!

But this time, outside the brilliant starlight, was enveloped in terrifying golden flames capable of incinerating the Divine Soul!

"An ant trying to shake a tree, overestimating itself!" The Silver Moon Demon Wolf's huge mouth spread into a disdainful, ferocious grin, and its giant claw pressed down fiercely!

The world-ending full moon's descent speed suddenly increased dramatically!

Xiao Zhuo's figure was as tiny as a moth flying into a flame, rushing fearlessly towards that giant moon!

The next moment.

"Rumble rumble rumble—!!!!"

A colossal roar, as if the heavens and earth were being split open, resounded for a hundred li around!

Under countless horrified gazes, a golden line that tore through the heavens and earth flashed by!

The invincible thousand-zhang full moon was first silently split into two, then, like fragile glazed glass, it collapsed and shattered with a thunderous roar!

A figure, burning with indomitable golden flames, like a Phoenix reborn from fire, broke through the scattered fragments of the moon wheel, trailing a long golden flame tail, and with the resolve to perish together, shot like lightning towards the thousand-zhang demon wolf!

The ferocious grin on the Silver Moon Demon Wolf's lips instantly froze!

A fatal threat, originating from the depths of its Soul and enough to suffocate it, gripped its heart like a cold venomous snake!

It panicked! The monstrous Devilish Qi around its body surged wildly, transforming into endless silver moon blades, slashing down at the golden figure like a world-ending storm!

At the same time, the silver Domain covering the entire Yuyang Mountain suddenly contracted, concentrating all its suppressive power to a single point, fiercely crushing down on Xiao Zhuo!

The Tiangang Saber Domain around Xiao Zhuo's body was compressed to less than three meters, emitting a mournful wail under the unbearable pressure, on the verge of completely shattering!

Once the Saber Domain shattered and the Domain suppression enveloped him, he would be like a person stuck in a swamp, unable to advance an inch!

However, it was all too late!

That golden saber light, in the face of life-or-death peril, surged again!

The countless slashing moon blades, upon contact, silently annihilated!

Even the Silver Moon Domain, which had concentrated all its power, was forcefully torn open with a huge gash in front of that resolute golden light!

The Silver Moon Demon Wolf only had time to condense a final, dim light screen in its throat, its body just about to shift and escape—

The golden light had arrived! Like a hot knife cutting through butter, the light screen instantly shattered!

That golden trajectory, carrying the will to incinerate everything, effortlessly sliced through the demon wolf's colossal neck!

Time seemed to stand still for an instant.

The huge silver wolf head, with its frozen horror and disbelief, slowly separated from its body, falling downwards.

Terrifying golden flames, like maggots clinging to bone, instantly wrapped around the demon body at the severed neck, and furiously burned towards the Divine Soul Origin within it!

"Awoo—!!!"

A Soul-piercing, utterly mournful howl, originating from the Soul, echoed through the clouds!

A massive, constantly twisting and dissolving demonic Soul phantom, ignited by golden flames, suddenly spilled out from the falling wolf head!

It didn't even have time to utter a single threat, carrying the boundless agony of its burning Soul, it instantly vanished into the Void Realm, disappearing without a trace!

Xiao Zhuo endured the excruciating pain and weakness of his burning Divine Soul, his Soul Perception fully extended, only catching a vast but extremely weak Divine Soul power, frantically fleeing into the distance at an unimaginable speed!

As the demonic Soul fled, the Silver Moon Domain that enveloped the heavens and earth, like a shattered mirror, completely dissipated without a trace.

After a brief silence, earth-shattering battle cries erupted again throughout Yuyang Sect!

The Yuyang Sect experts, who had been suppressed by the Domain and struggling to hold on, were like fierce tigers freed from their shackles, launching a furious counterattack!

"Senior Brother! I'll go after him! You lead the others to clear out the remaining enemies!" The golden flames burning around Xiao Zhuo slowly extinguished, his face as pale as paper, his aura extremely weak.

He forced a breath, tossed out a sentence, and his entire being transformed into a dim stream of light, chasing rapidly in the direction the demonic Soul had fled!

Xiao Changkong was about to give chase when a sudden emptiness in his Dantian made him realize that his True Essence and Divine Thought had been depleted by more than eighty percent!

That brief but extremely fierce battle just now had almost drained every ounce of his strength.

He could only suppress his worry, turn his sword, and his gaze, like lightning, locked onto a King-rank Demon entangled with Li Miaoyi, then charged towards it with murderous intent!

The four Divine Sea Realm cultivators with scarred faces had already joined the fray.

However, the battle between Xiao Zhuo and the Silver Moon Venerable King was on too high a level; they dared not intervene and could only cooperate with the Yuyang Sect masters to desperately fight against the other King-rank Demons from Hundred Demon Mountain.

If not for the timely arrival of the four of them, which relieved immense pressure, the Yuyang Sect experts, whose cultivation had sharply declined under the Silver Moon Domain's suppression, would probably have been slaughtered by Blood God Venerable King and the other demons.

Xiao Zhuo broke through the clouds along the remaining trace in his Soul Perception, ignoring the severe pain in his Divine Soul, and pursued with all his might.

However, the injured demonic Soul's escape speed was unimaginably fast; after chasing for a hundred li, the remaining aura completely dissipated into the vast expanse of heaven and earth, no longer detectable.

Xiao Zhuo's heart sank, and he could only turn back.

His current state was terrible; the Soul Burning Golden Flame had consumed nearly a third of his Divine Soul Origin, almost causing his Divine Soul Realm to drop!

The dizziness and severe pain brought on by the weakness of his Divine Soul constantly assaulted his consciousness.

The battle at Yuyang Sect was not yet over; he had to return to harvest the remaining demons.