240: Emperor Zhang's army revived

As Xiao Hei's voice faded, everyone finally snapped out of their immense shock.

For a moment, the world fell silent!

Xiao Hei's cold pronouncement echoed like a Heavenly Dao decree in the depths of every living being's Divine Soul, lingering long after.

After a brief, deathly silence, a tsunami-like wave of shock and clamor erupted from the surrounding onlookers!

"What?! What did it just say?! The Glazed Holy Land has no need to exist?!"

"Is it going to annihilate the Sect?! It actually declared the demise of an immortal Holy Land?!"

"It's insane! Completely insane! This is the Glazed Holy Land, with a Legacy spanning eons and an Emperor Weapon guarding it! How dare it..."

"Wait! Did it just casually negate the full power strike of a quasi-emperor weapon?! My heavens! What level of existence is that?!"

Countless Cultivators were so shaken by these successive shocks that their Divine Souls trembled, and they spoke incoherently.

One moment they were aghast at Xiao Hei's casual neutralization of the quasi-emperor weapon's attack, the next they were utterly stunned by this earth-shattering declaration of Sect annihilation!

Just then, an old Loose Cultivator in the distance, who had witnessed the battle at the Luoxia Gorge Secret Realm entrance from afar, seemed to recall something utterly terrifying, his voice almost changing pitch as he shrieked in alarm:

"It's it! It's it! It's that fierce bird from the entrance of the Luoxia Gorge Secret Realm!"

"What? Which fierce bird?" Someone else immediately pressed for details.

"It was a few months ago! When Sword White Robe and Battle Asura, two mysterious Prodigies, were besieged by several Kings from the Demon Heaven Sect and Blood Soul Sect wielding Saint-Grade Weapons, that bird appeared out of nowhere! A single cry shattered the Demon Heaven Sect's Saint-Grade Weapon!"

The old Loose Cultivator's voice trembled, his eyes filled with lingering fear.

"I remember! There was such a rumor!"

Someone immediately agreed, but then showed extreme confusion.

"But later, a mysterious giant hand, with a flip of its palm, completely wiped the Demon Heaven Sect and Blood Soul Sect's Sect strongholds, along with their remaining forces, from the earth.

That hand's heaven-shattering method of annihilating a Sect was too shocking; everyone's attention was drawn to it, overlooking the fierce bird that had initially appeared and dealt with those attackers, which seemed like a minor nuisance at the time!"

"Oh my god!"

Upon hearing this, everyone gasped, a deeper chill rising from their spines.

"At the time, we only thought it was a pet or a Spell manifestation of some reclusive Grandmaster, never imagining that it was a real, living being!

And its current aura and might are hundreds of times more terrifying than what was described in the rumors back then! It can even casually suppress a quasi-emperor weapon!"

The Divine Thoughts of giants like the Supreme Mystery Holy Land and the Ancient Wang Family also erupted with violent fluctuations at this moment, clearly recalling the details that had been overshadowed by the shocking news of the annihilated Sects.

"To be able to suppress a quasi-emperor weapon so casually, this fierce bird's own strength has probably already reached the pinnacle of a Great Saint, but the Holy Land's foundation is unfathomably deep, such arrogance is ill-advised!"

Below, Lapis Lazuli Boundless suddenly raised his head, roaring in a hoarse voice:

"Boastful! Ridiculous! Simply ridiculous!"

He pointed at Xiao Hei, looking like a madman: "Who do you think you are?! With you, a mere beast, how dare you presumptuously claim to annihilate my Glazed Holy Land's ten-thousand-year Dao Legacy?!"

"The depth of my Holy Land's foundation is beyond your imagination! Today, no matter what you are, if you dare to trespass upon my Holy Land, you will be torn to pieces, and your Divine Soul will be extinguished!"

However, before his roar had completely subsided, Xiao Hei, high in the sky, finally made a new move.

Its indifferent pupils, like black stars, slowly rotated, for the first time truly and completely falling upon Lapis Lazuli Boundless.

There was no anger, no killing intent, not even a ripple.

That gaze was cold, pure, as if merely looking at a dead object, a stone, a speck of dust.

But the moment that gaze fell upon Lapis Lazuli Boundless—

"Buzz!"

An indescribable, primal terror, originating from the deepest instincts of life, instantly pierced every inch of Lapis Lazuli Boundless's Divine Soul like billions of ice needles!

A premonition of death, far purer and deeper than when he faced the quasi-emperor weapon's killing intent, instantly engulfed him like a cold tide!

All his roars, all his madness, all his hopes, under this gaze, melted away instantly like ice and snow under the sun!

Under the scrutiny of that gaze, he felt as insignificant as an ant.

He would truly die! There was no hope! He didn't even have the right to struggle!

This realization, like a final death knell, shattered his last line of defense.

The madness and glee on Lapis Lazuli Boundless's face had long since frozen, replaced by boundless fear and despair! Xiao Hei's cold pronouncement echoed like a death knell in the depths of his Divine Soul!

Escape! He must escape!

This thought instantly consumed his entire mind like an instinct!

What Holy Land dignity, what Holy Lord majesty, all were insignificant in the face of absolute death!

He abruptly turned, not hesitating to burn his already damaged Origin, transforming into a desperate crimson streak of light, frantically fleeing in the direction opposite the Glazed Holy Land!

He had to get away from this monster, the further the better!

"Hmph."

A cold, indifferent hum, as if from the netherworld, clearly entered Lapis Lazuli Boundless's Sea of Consciousness and the Sea of Consciousness of all living beings paying attention to this place.

Xiao Hei hovered in the air, watching the panic-stricken blood-light flee, its cold vertical pupils devoid of any ripple, merely raising a giant claw casually and pressing it remotely in the direction Lapis Lazuli Boundless was fleeing.

"Buzz—!"

Lapis Lazuli Boundless, who was desperately fleeing while burning his essence blood, only felt the surrounding space instantly become as indestructible as if cast from divine metal!

An indescribable, terrifying pressure crushed him from all directions, not only completely immobilizing his movements but also seeming to want to grind his Physical Body and Divine Soul into dust!

"No!! Open for me!!"

Lapis Lazuli Boundless let out a desperate roar, frantically activating the remaining Saint-Grade power within him, even forcing out more essence blood from his heart and injecting it into the blood-weeping lapis lazuli spear in his hand!

"Hum!"

The blood-weeping lapis lazuli spear, sensing its master's mortal danger, trembled violently, lighting up again and erupting with extreme light, attempting to tear through the spatial confinement!

However, it was all in vain!

Under Xiao Hei's absolute power suppression, the blood-weeping lapis lazuli spear's struggle was like an ant trying to shake a tree; its spear light had just flared up when it was forcibly pressed back into the spear by the omnipresent terrifying pressure!

The spear itself even emitted a grating "crack" sound, as if it could break at any moment!

Lapis Lazuli Boundless's bones around his body made a teeth-grinding cracking sound, blood gushed from his seven orifices, and his eyes were filled with extreme fear and unwillingness!

He felt like an insect pinned in amber, even self-destruction becoming a luxury!

"I hate it!!" He screamed silently in his heart.

Just as Lapis Lazuli Boundless was about to be completely crushed—

"Buzz—!!!"

A hum, far more ancient and vast than the emergence of a quasi-emperor weapon, as if originating from eons ago, suddenly erupted from the deepest Forbidden Ground of the Glazed Holy Land!

The entire mountain range of the Glazed Holy Land trembled violently, countless ancient Dao patterns spontaneously lit up, interweaving into a brilliant light curtain!

An indescribable, terrifying Emperor's might, like a primordial beast that had slumbered for eons awakening, carrying a supreme aura that made all Dao wail and all beings prostrate, permeated the air!

Although this Emperor's might seemed somewhat incomplete and dim, far from the perfectly harmonious and heaven-dominating pressure of a true Great Emperor, its essential level far surpassed the Saint-Grade!

"An Emperor Weapon! It's the Glazed Holy Land's clan-protecting Emperor Weapon, the 'Liuli Pure World Lamp,' sensing its Holy Lord's life-and-death crisis and autonomously reviving!"

An ancient existence cried out in alarm, his voice trembling.

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