230: The power of a Dao artifact can shake the sea with a single punch.

High above the sky, Divine Might was like a prison, and Sword Qi tore through the Void Realm!

The more Ao Zhan fought, the heavier his heart sank. A bone-chilling coldness even rose from the depths of his Divine Soul, as if his Dao Heart was trembling before the unfathomable Sword Intent of his opponent.

The Divine Ability he was so proud of was effortlessly wiped away before his opponent, like a child splashing in water.

His power, enough to destroy the heavens and the earth, couldn't even stir the corner of his opponent's clothes! This feeling of powerlessness was more tormenting than being sliced by a thousand cuts!

"Fu Hai Mad Dragon!"

Ao Zhan roared hoarsely, completely exhausting his last shred of patience. Both palms struck out simultaneously, and his immense Soul Transformation magical power fully activated the Laws of Heaven and Earth!

Boom!

Nine ferocious Water Dragons, a thousand zhang long, roared forth. The sound of the Dragon's roar shook the sea surface, raising monstrous waves.

They sealed off all of Shen Yuanmo's retreat paths from all directions, biting down with the will to tear and devour everything!

Each of these nine Water Dragons condensed the essence of his Great Water Dao. Water Attribute runes ceaselessly circulated on their bodies, enough to grind a Late Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator and their Divine Soul into dust!

However, Shen Yuanmo didn't even lift an eyelid.

He merely flicked his wrist.

The great evolution immortal slaying sword traced an arc through the air.

That trajectory was profound and mysterious, silent and unseen, as if drawing a Law of Death, a boundary separating life and death, out of thin air in the Void Realm.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Nine flashes of Sword Light appeared suddenly, arriving later but striking first. Ignoring the distance of space, they precisely struck the foreheads of the nine Water Dragons!

That spot was precisely the most core and most vulnerable node where the Law power of Ao Zhan's Divine Ability circulated!

"Awoo—"

The nine arrogant and ferocious Water Dragons simultaneously let out a mournful cry the instant they were struck by the Sword Light!

Their massive bodies instantly stiffened, and the violent fierce light in their eyes immediately turned into deathly silence.

They were subsequently drained of all bone and soul, collapsing with a bang and turning into rampant Water Attribute Spiritual Qi that scattered everywhere!

"Pfft!"

With his Divine Ability broken, and his mind and spirit violently affected, Ao Zhan spat out a mouthful of congested blood, his face as pale as paper.

Impossible!

This is absolutely impossible!

His comprehension of the Great Water Dao, cultivated over thousands of years, was actually seen through and broken so easily and so precisely by someone else!

Ao Zhan's eyes were bloodshot and covered in red veins, his mind roaring frantically.

"Who exactly are you?! What kind of Sword Dao do you cultivate?!"

He could not accept this!

He was the Alliance Master of the Four Seas Alliance, a Spirit Transformation True Monarch who had dominated the Endless Sea for thousands of years!

Today, he was actually mocked and crushed like this by a junior who wasn't even a Nascent Soul!

This humiliation caused him more pain than being killed by a single sword strike!

His Dao Heart, cultivated over thousands of years, showed signs of cracking at this moment!

"Answer me!"

Ao Zhan's roar was heart-wrenching, filled with endless unwillingness and madness. The pride of a Spirit Transformation True Monarch was utterly shattered at this moment!

Shen Yuanmo's figure slowly emerged from the dissipating water vapor.

His clothes were unstirred, and his expression was indifferent, as if he had just casually crushed a few noisy insects.

He looked at the already frantic Ao Zhan, his eyes devoid of pity, holding only pure indifference.

"Your Dao is too crude."

A single evaluation, spoken lightly.

Yet it transformed into an invisible Heavenly Blade, fiercely stabbing into Ao Zhan's heart, completely dissecting his remaining pride and instantly widening the cracks on his Dao Heart!

"Ahhh! You brat! You're courting death!"

Ao Zhan was completely enraged. With his Dao Heart unstable, he could only fill the void with slaughter!

He no longer held back, opening his mouth and spitting out fiercely!

A mouthful of vital blood, containing his Origin Dao Law, sprayed out, staining the Void Realm crimson before him!

The vital blood did not dissipate; instead, it transformed into a bloody vortex.

A ferocious long halberd, entirely wrapped in black lightning and emitting boundless fierce and malevolent Qi, slowly withdrew from it!

The moment the Long Halberd appeared, heaven and earth fell silent!

The wind stopped.

The clouds dispersed.

A terrifying pressure of Dao Charm, far surpassing any previous moment, erupted from the Long Halberd, actually pressing down the seawater within a hundred miles, causing it to sink tens of zhang!

The Sea-Splitting Black Dragon Halberd!

A Fifth-tier Low Grade Dao Artifact!

It was Ao Zhan's Natal Supreme Treasure, which he barely obtained after a near-death experience in an ancient ruin years ago!

"Die! Just! Go! Die!"

Ao Zhan's hair stood on end, his face contorted, as he recklessly poured his immense Nascent Soul Initial Stage magical power into the Long Halberd!

Buzz—!

The Sea-Splitting Black Dragon Halberd let out a Dragon's roar that shook the Nine Heavens, and the Black Dragon Phantom hovering around the halberd body completely came alive!

It transformed into an incredibly solid black Evil Dragon, opening its mouth to swallow the mass of Vital Blood, and its body swelled.

It wrapped around Ao Zhan's body, and a pair of cold, ruthless Dragon Pupils locked firmly onto Shen Yuanmo below!

"Junior, being able to force this Lord to use 'Man and Halberd as One' is something you can be proud of!"

Ao Zhan's voice became hoarse and imposing, mixing with the sound of the Black Dragon, making it impossible to distinguish between them.

"Now, use your life to wash away the humiliation you brought upon this Lord!"

He did not swing the halberd, but held it horizontally across his chest, forming an ancient and complex Magic Seal with both hands.

"Domain—Ten Thousand Layered Sea Prison!"

Rumble——!

With Ao Zhan at the center, the heaven and earth within a hundred miles instantly turned inky black!

The Endless Sea beneath his feet was no longer seawater, but transformed into the abyssal depths of Gui Xu, black as ink, emitting a terrifying aura that swallowed all light and spirit.

Water Curtains reaching the sky rose from the ground, connecting to form a massive, airtight cage, trapping Shen Yuanmo tightly within!

Inside the Ten Thousand Layered Sea Prison, every drop of water contained Water Attribute Laws as heavy as mountains; space was distorted, and Spiritual Qi was assimilated!

A terrifying pressure, capable of instantly crushing a Nascent Soul Cultivator into a puddle of flesh and blood, pressed down on Shen Yuanmo from all directions, above and below, without a blind spot!

This was the true means of a Spirit Transformation True Monarch!

The surviving Cultivators in the distant Tide-Falling City could only see that sea area enveloped by a gigantic black water sphere.

All light and Divine Sense were swallowed, and only the terrifying Dao Charm emanating from within, which made their Divine Souls tremble uncontrollably, declared the Wrath of the Gods!

At the center of the Sea Prison, Ao Zhan felt the omnipotent control brought by the Domain, his confidence instantly soaring. His cold voice echoed within the Domain:

"Within this Lord's Domain, all Laws obey me! Now, feel despair!"

"Sea-Splitting Style—Absolute Kill!"

He suddenly pushed his hands forward!

The Sea-Splitting Black Dragon Halberd, which had merged with him, turned into a black lightning bolt piercing the heavens and earth, carrying the boundless mighty power of the entire Domain, and cleaved down toward Shen Yuanmo!

This strike had already surpassed Divine Ability; it was the perfect combination of Law and Dao Artifact!

It was a guaranteed kill strike, capable of genuinely threatening a Soul Transformation Cultivator of the same Realm!

Facing this world-destroying sight, Shen Yuanmo's expression remained utterly calm from beginning to end.

Are you finally willing to show some real ability?

Very well, then I shall let you witness what true... despair is.

Just as the black lightning was about to strike him, Shen Yuanmo's mind moved slightly.

Buzz—!

A ferocious Divine Armor, deep Chaos-colored throughout, imprinted with the scene of the creation and destruction of the Universe's stars, instantly covered his entire body!

The great five elements destruction glazed armor!

Boom!!!

The moment the Battle Armor donned his body, a terrifying Dao Charm, stronger, more domineering, and more Origin-like than Ao Zhan's Domain, shot up into the sky from within Shen Yuanmo!

His Half-step Nascent Soul aura soared wildly at a speed that defied the common sense of cultivation!

Great Perfection of Nascent Soul Stage!

Half-step Soul Transformation!

Finally, it steadily settled at the Nascent Soul Initial Stage Realm!

However, this pressure, on the level of the Dao, far surpassed Ao Zhan's, like an emperor looking down upon a bandit!

"Fifth-tier... Dao Artifact Battle Armor?!"

Outside the Domain, Ao Zhan, who was fully activating his killing move, was completely stunned when he felt this unfamiliar and terrifying pressure.

His eyes were wide and round, almost popping out of their sockets, his face showing only ghost-like horror!

Another Dao Artifact!

And it was a Battle Armor-type Dao Artifact, countless times rarer than an offensive Dao Artifact!

What exactly is this kid's background?

Isn't he a Loose Cultivator! Which Loose Cultivator could possess such Foundation?!

However, Shen Yuanmo did not give him any time to think.

Facing the Domain's immense pressure that could crush everything, and the guaranteed kill halberd strike descending upon his head.

He neither dodged nor retreated, and even made a move that scared the wits out of Ao Zhan.

He put away the great evolution immortal slaying sword in his hand!

Then, Shen Yuanmo, clad in the Chaos Divine Armor, simply and straightforwardly smashed his fist toward the Black Dragon Halberd Radiance, which had gathered the power of the entire Domain!

This punch had no monstrous aura.

But the instant the fist was thrown, Ao Zhan's Ten Thousand Layered Sea Prison Domain actually let out an unbearable mournful cry!

The Chains of Law forming the Domain began to shatter inch by inch before the Fist Intent of this punch!

In Ao Zhan's horrified field of vision, what he saw was fundamentally not a fist!

It was a Miniature Universe in the process of evolution!

On the fist edge, five-colored Divine Light circulated—that was the mutual generation of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth, the genesis of world creation!

Outside the fist edge, Destruction Black Flame burned—that was the ultimate end of all things returning to Gui Xu!

Life and Death!

Creation and Destruction!

Two supreme True Intents, completely opposite yet originating from the same source, achieved an unbelievable yet perfectly ruthless balance upon his fist edge!

"No... What Dao is this!"

Ao Zhan's Divine Soul was screaming!

His Great Water Dao was as tiny as a speck of dust before this Universe of creation and destruction! For the first time, he clearly perceived death!

"Clang—!!!"

The Chaos-colored fist collided precisely and violently with the black lightning that tore through the sky!

There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a tremendous sound that seemed capable of shattering the Divine Soul!

At the center of the collision, an absolute Point of Stillness appeared; all light, all sound, and all Laws were swallowed into it!

The next instant!

In Ao Zhan's completely frozen gaze, filled with endless fear and incomprehension.

His Natal Dao Artifact, the Sea-Splitting Black Dragon Halberd, which he was proud of and which had accompanied him for thousands of years, had the Black Dragon Phantom wrapped around it let out an extremely mournful cry, shattering inch by inch!

That indestructible halberd body was forcibly smashed by this punch, bending upward into an exaggerated "U" shape!

"Crack—!"

Amidst a crisp, extreme snapping sound, the Long Halberd flew out of his hand, soaring ten thousand zhang backward!

And the incomparably sharp halberd tip, along with a small section of the halberd body, was actually pulverized into dust by this punch!

"Pfft—!!!"

With his Natal Dao Artifact destroyed and his Great Dao Foundation shaken, Ao Zhan felt as if he had been struck by lightning!

He opened his mouth and sprayed out a stream of congested blood mixed with fragments of his Divine Soul. The entire Ten Thousand Layered Sea Prison Domain burst apart with a bang, like a punctured balloon!

He himself was fiercely blasted away by the irresistible yet extremely contained aftershock of the Dao Charm!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

He tumbled through the air like a ragdoll, consecutively smashing through three thousand-zhang reefs.

Finally, like a meteorite that had lost all its light, he smashed fiercely into a desolate sea island ten thousand zhang away!

The entire island was shattered into pieces by his impact and sank into the seabed!

One punch!

Just one punch!

A Nascent Soul Initial Stage mighty figure, who had used all his means and gone all out—person, Domain, and Dao Artifact—was completely... obliterated!