Phase Two: Destiny Destruction

As Su Ming opened his mouth to provoke it, he suddenly felt a wave of malice that made him extremely uncomfortable.

It was identical to his previous encounter within the Sect Secret Realm.

"It's here..."

Following Su Ming's provocation, the Heavens Mandate began its true targeting.

Su Ming immediately released his Half-step Void Realm battle spirit puppet.

He wanted to see just how far the Heavens Mandate could go in its targeting this time.

The upper limit of this world was fixed; unless the other side also sent out a Half-step Void Realm entity, Su Ming would remain invincible.

Activating Heavens Mandate Vision, Su Ming saw the Heavens Mandate branches connecting from the distance.

As they descended, those branches twisted into a single strand.

Through Heavens Mandate Vision, Su Ming also saw the Star Realm Yao Beasts that had been killed previously; the Heavens Mandate connected to them had not dissipated upon their death.

Observing their corpses closely, it was clear that there was a specific pattern to their arrangement.

"By using these Yao Beasts to divert me from my original path, although the final destination remained the same, you successfully lured me into a trap you set, didn't you?"

Deactivating Heavens Mandate Vision, Su Ming looked in the direction Qu Xiangyang had left.

The concentrated, targeted Heavens Mandate was in that direction.

"The Yao Beast appearing in that direction might not be so simple..."

As if to verify Su Ming's conjecture, a powerful pressure instantly swept across the surrounding world, its might so strong that it seemed to demand everything to submit.

"Submit? Do you think you're worthy?!"

Operating his Supreme Chaos Body at full power, Su Ming resisted the pressure head-on.

Meanwhile, the Shen Ming on his wrist suddenly became agitated, even hissing towards that direction.

Along the way, even when encountering other Star Realm Yao Beasts, the Shen Ming hadn't reacted at all.

Seeing it like this now, the targeting unleashed by the Heavens Mandate was indeed significant.

This pressure even caused the battle spirit puppet beside Su Ming to react.

This change was enough to prove that the opponent's Realm was also the Half-step Void Realm.

The Heavens Mandate's targeting this time was indeed far stronger than the last.

Looking across the entire Qianyuan Continent, those in the Half-step Void Realm were exceedingly rare.

"Qu Xiangyang is only a projection of will; facing a true Half-step Void Realm entity, he might lose..."

However, as long as he deployed the battle spirit puppet for a two-on-one fight, the problem would be easily solved.

"The Heavens Mandate couldn't possibly not know this... In other words, that suddenly appearing Half-step Void Realm Yao Beast is still not its greatest trump card."

Realizing this, Su Ming activated Heavens Mandate Vision once more.

Sure enough, the heavens mandate tree was extending branches toward his direction, targeting the Shen Ming on his wrist.

"System! Give me a solution!"

It would be strange if the System remained indifferent at this point.

【Host, there is no need to worry; the corresponding solution has been generated.】

"What is the solution?"

【Host, you currently have one million destiny points, which is enough to unlock the second stage of Heavens Mandate Vision: Heavens Mandate Destruction.】

【Under this ability, the consumption of destiny points will increase by one hundred times, and at the same time, the Host will gain the ability to directly destroy the Heavens Mandate.】

The million destiny points in his possession finally had a use.

As for the new ability mentioned by the System, Su Ming was not too surprised.

After all, a System with only two functions didn't really fit the System's widely acknowledged absurd power level.

However, the absurd consumption of one hundred thousand destiny points for ten seconds of Heavens Mandate Destruction would be impossible to sustain without a base of one million destiny points.

Unlocking it now was better than knowing about it beforehand and feeling it was out of reach.

Suddenly, Su Ming thought of something and asked: "System, was the previous permanent prevention of the Heavens Mandate's interference with Luo Ningshuang the effect of Heavens Mandate Destruction?"

【Yes.】

Having received the System's affirmative answer, Su Ming immediately understood what the System's so-called solution was.

"What I need to do is, after the Heavens Mandate invades the Shen Ming, use Heavens Mandate Destruction to completely strangle the Heavens Mandate's interference, right, System?"

【Besides completely destroying the Heavens Mandate interfering with the Shen Ming, the Host also needs to inflict damage on the main body of the Heavens Mandate. The entire process will consume approximately four hundred thousand destiny points.】

【The procedural workflow is being transmitted to the Host.】

Some memories appeared in Su Ming's mind; they were about how to utilize the Heavens Mandate Destruction ability to destroy the Heavens Mandate's targeting while simultaneously dealing damage directly to its main body.

The heavens mandate branch finally made contact with the Shen Ming, and Su Ming had mastered the entire process at that moment.

He reached out and grabbed the branch, saying in a cold voice: "Stop trying to control everything in this world, especially those around me."

destiny points began to burn, and Su Ming increased the force in his hand simultaneously.

"Snap."

The entirely wooden branch emitted a sound like cracking jade.

The Shen Ming on his wrist began to writhe frantically; it was also resisting the Heavens Mandate's control.

"The child of destiny you have chosen will inevitably become my stepping stone, and you, too, will sooner or later be shattered by me."

Su Ming's voice was devoid of any fluctuation, as if he were stating something mundane.

A ball of flame appeared in Su Ming's hand, then spread to the branch extending from the Heavens Mandate.

The Heavens Mandate connected to the Shen Ming was completely incinerated, and at the same time, the flames continued to spread, instantly igniting a large number of branches above Su Ming's head.

The world let out a mournful cry due to the damage to the Heavens Mandate, and then those branches that had extended out specifically to target Su Ming were burned to ashes.

Su Ming noticed that the ashes from the burning actively attached themselves to his own destiny.

The green hue representing Su Ming's vitality grew visibly taller after coming into contact with these ashes.

Noticing this scene, Su Ming immediately took action.

Although he had just spent four hundred thousand destiny points, he still had over seven hundred thousand remaining in his possession.

He intended to use these destiny points to burn the accessible Heavens Mandate within his vision into ashes, turning them into nutrients to nourish his own destiny.

However, after experiencing Su Ming's recent incineration, the Heavens Mandate had already begun to retract its targeting of Su Ming.

It not only proactively cut off its own burning branches like a warrior severing his arm, but it also dared not extend any more branches into Su Ming's vicinity.

"Coward." Su Ming cursed disdainfully, then exited Heavens Mandate Vision.

Immediately after, a dragon roar reached his ears.

In this way, the previous pressure and the situation with the Shen Ming could all be explained.

That Vicious Beast arranged by the Heavens Mandate to launch a feint was indeed unusual; at the very least, it possessed the Dragon Clan Bloodline.

On his wrist, the Shen Ming had stopped writhing and was continuously rubbing against Su Ming with its legs.

It was apologizing for the thought of attacking Su Ming that had just occurred.

"This is not your fault." Su Ming extended his finger to stroke its carapace. "After this, you won't have similar issues again."

The Shen Ming shook its antennae as if it half-understood, then turned them toward the direction of that dragon roar.

Its small eyes revealed a great longing.

The Dragon Clan held a fatal attraction for it.

Su Ming did not hesitate either, directly having the battle spirit puppet take him to the battlefield.

The Dragon Clan member that had appeared before him because of the Heavens Mandate would be perfect for replenishing the destiny points he had just burned.