751: Chapter 752 The tenth place on the Prodigy Ranking is eliminated!

Xiao Ruobai's body shook slightly, a small crack opening in the ground beneath his feet. A wave of numbness traveled up his arm, and his breathing grew slightly erratic.

"Oh? You have some skill to be able to detect my attack."

Xu's voice drifted from the Void Realm, carrying a hint of surprise yet remaining cold. "However, this is only the beginning."

Before his voice had even faded, the void throughout the dense forest began to warp, and countless invisible Void Blade attacked from all directions.

They were densely packed, cutting off all of Xiao Ruobai's paths of retreat. Each blade carried the power to tear through space, many times more powerful than the previous strike!

Xiao Ruobai's expression tightened. He swung his halberd rapidly, the golden halberd light layering upon itself to form an airtight defensive barrier, blocking the sky-filling Void Blade.

Clang! Clang! Clang—!

The sounds of impact rose and fell without end. Xiao Ruobai retreated repeatedly, his robes sliced by flying spatial fragments, several shallow wounds appearing on his body.

His War God Blood-Qi fluctuated more and more violently. He appeared to be gradually falling into a disadvantage, forced back step by step into a precarious situation.

From within the Void Realm, Xu's laughter carried a hint of mockery: "How is it? You have no way to break my Void Technique!"

"Hand over the dao seed obediently, and perhaps I can leave your corpse intact. Otherwise, I will have the power of the void tear you to pieces, so that not even your Divine Soul remains!"

Xiao Ruobai did not respond. He continued to swing his halberd to block the overwhelming attacks. Though he seemed to be in a sorry state, he was actually silently observing the fluctuations of the Void Realm, tracking Xu's hidden position.

He knew that since Xu could manipulate the void, he had to establish a connection with it. No matter how hidden his aura was, there would surely be a minute flaw.

Finally, the moment Xu launched another attack, a sharp light burst from Xiao Ruobai's eyes.

He captured that extremely faint energy fluctuation in the void; it was the node where Xu connected to the Void Realm, and also where his weakness lay!

"Found you!"

Xiao Ruobai gave a low shout, and the previously restrained War God Blood-Qi around him erupted like a dormant volcano!

The pale golden blood-qi surged into the sky, transforming into a several-zhang-tall War God Phantom. Its pressure was tyrannical to the extreme, causing the surrounding Void Realm to warp slightly under its weight.

Xiao Ruobai gripped his halberd, concentrating all the War God's power into the tip. The golden halberd light expanded several zhang, carrying a world-destroying momentum as it stabbed fiercely toward that void fluctuation!

This thrust pierced through the void and tore through the illusions. The Void Realm warped violently, and a figure stumbled out—it was Xu!

The ruthlessness of his impending sneak attack was still on his face, but it was instantly replaced by terror.

"How could you possibly..." Xu could not finish his sentence.

Xiao Ruobai did not wait for him to react. He took a step forward, cracking the ground, and swung his halberd!

"Dammit!" Xu groaned. The void power around him surged frantically as he tried to dive back into the void to escape, but Xiao Ruobai had anticipated it.

Cold light flashed in Xiao Ruobai's eyes. His War God Body blood-qi suddenly erupted, forming an invisible barrier that locked down the surrounding void, causing Xu's figure to warp in place, unable to merge with the void at all.

"Curse you!" Xu was both shocked and enraged. "Do you truly think I only know how to hide?"

Xu grinned savagely, pouring all his void power into his hands to condense a warping, fluctuating war blade.

"In close-quarters combat, I am also peerless among my generation!"

Clang—!

Golden light clashed with the Void War Blade. The void warped and fragments flew. Xu was shaken back repeatedly, his wounds splitting open and bleeding as his aura grew chaotic. A fine crack also appeared under Xiao Ruobai's feet.

However, without giving Xu time to recover, Xiao Ruobai charged forward again. As he swung his halberd, golden light filled the sky, every move ruthless.

Xu barely managed to resist with his Void War Blade, but the overbearing nature of the War God's power consistently suppressed his void techniques.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

After dozens of exchanges, Xu's aura was flagging. He was covered in wounds, cracks had appeared in his dao foundation, and his void power was nearly exhausted.

Xiao Ruobai's eyes were cold as his halberd traced a lethal arc. Where the tip pointed, the air let out an overwhelmed shriek.

Xu's pupils constricted as the shadow of death instantly consumed him.

He roared, using the last of his strength to hold the crack-riddled Void War Blade in front of him in a final attempt to block.

Clang—Crack!!

After an ear-piercing metallic ring, the Void War Blade shattered under Xiao Ruobai's full-strength strike!

The edge of the halberd met no resistance as it slammed into the arms Xu had hastily raised!

Puchi!

Blood sprayed! Xu's arms twisted at a grotesque angle, and white bone shards pierced through his flesh.

The terrifying force did not stop there; it traveled through his arms and slammed into his chest.

Ugh, aaaaah—!!!

Xu let out a shrill, inhuman scream. His entire body was like it had been hit head-on by a prehistoric beast, and he spat out a mouthful of blood mixed with organ fragments.

He was like a tattered ball kicked with full force, his body flying backward uncontrollably.

Crack! Crack! Boom—!

Along the way, over a dozen ancient trees so thick they would take several people to encircle were easily snapped by his flying body, wood chips flying everywhere.

Finally, he slammed hard into a grey-black rock face in the back, producing a dull, heavy thud.

He smashed a deep, human-shaped crater into the rock wall. Rubble trickled down, half-burying him in the dust.

"Cough... cough cough..." Xu struggled to stand up from the crater in the rock wall, his aura plummeting.

He stared fixedly at the slowly approaching Xiao Ruobai, his eyes finally filled with terror.

Xu slumped to the ground, his voice trembling: "Impossible, how can an Immortal Lord Peak be this strong?"

"There are many things that are impossible. A ranking on the heavenly pride list is not the sole standard for strength," Xiao Ruobai responded coldly.

"Escape! I must escape!" Only this thought remained in Xu's mind. He grit his teeth hard and spat out essence blood from the tip of his tongue, which transformed into a grotesque blood rune.

Dark shadows surged frantically around him as he tried to merge with the void and flee once more.

"Still trying to hide?"

Xiao Ruobai's gaze turned cold, and he no longer held back. He gave a low shout, and a towering pale golden phantom suddenly manifested behind him!

The moment the War God Phantom appeared, the space of the entire dense forest seemed to be cast in copper and iron, instantly freezing and becoming a thousand times heavier!

The wind stopped, the leaves stopped, and even the light seemed to become viscous.

Xu's boiling shadows were like they had been seized by a giant invisible hand, pinned firmly in place. No matter how he tried to activate his secret technique, he could no longer establish any connection with the void! He was like a fly trapped in resin, struggling in vain.

"No!!" Xu let out a desperate roar.

Xiao Ruobai did not give him any more chances. He pulled back his right fist, and the pale golden blood-qi around him gathered at his knuckles like magma before a volcanic eruption.

The War God Phantom also performed the same movement, its fist locking onto Xu from a distance.

As the punch was thrown, the space ahead seemed to be brutally plowed open and flattened by an invisible force. All void-like or warped Laws were crushed to powder by the purest strength before this fist!

Puff—!

Xu's body buckled violently, his eyeballs nearly bulging out of their sockets. He felt as if a hundred thousand mountains had smashed into him simultaneously.

His protective Immortal Qi, his damaged Immortal Artifacts, and even the Void Dao Foundation he cultivated all let out overwhelmed groans under this punch, before shattering inch by inch!

"Ah—!! Battle Asura! I will definitely kill you! I definitely will—!!!"

Under the boundless agony and the shadow of death, Xu let out a most venomous curse. He finally stopped hesitating and, with his last sliver of conscious Divine Thought, frantically triggered the Life-saving Talisman granted by the Secret Realm.

Blinding white light instantly consumed him.

A moment later, the white light dissipated. The crater in the rock wall was empty, leaving only a human-shaped bloodstain and drifting dust.

Xu was kicked out by the power of the Secret Realm, eliminated from the competition.