842: Zhang Zhu Jianhua blew himself up

Blood Moon's icy voice was like a death god's pronouncement; the moment the blood-colored longsword swung out, the entire writhing Blood Domain froze and collapsed!

It wasn't a massive blade of light, but a dark-red "line" condensed to the extreme, as if all the boundless filth and despair of the entire Blood Domain were compressed within it!

The instant this "line" appeared, space seemed to be silently severed; wherever it passed, the viscous Blood Domain energy, the pervasive bloody Qi, and even light itself, were completely "erased"!

An indescribable intent of annihilation enveloped Zhu Jianhua; he felt his massive "Cinder Soul" body, along with his unyielding will, become incredibly fragile before this "line," as if it would be completely "deleted" from existence in the next moment!

"Get out of the way quickly!!"

Yang Shuo immediately shouted, his Wings of Wind and Thunder erupting with unprecedented dazzling purple-gold divine light, transforming him into a streak of lightning that almost tore through the Blood Domain's barrier, attempting to ram Zhu Jianhua out of the way at the last moment.

Shadow further compressed his Shadow Domain to the extreme, as if he had merged into the Shadow of that deadly "line"; a "Shadow Devour" more condensed than before, carrying an aura of mutual destruction, silently stabbed towards Blood Moon's sword-wielding wrist, attempting to disrupt this killing blow.

Ning Qiancheng had just pulled out the spear embedded in Blood Moon's chest and hadn't yet had time to feel the impact of the splattering foul blood when he saw that death line slash towards Zhu Jianhua.

He roared, ignoring the excruciating pain of the spear shaft being corroded and the violent backlash of the Corpse Ancestor's Battle Intent, forcibly twisting his body and thrusting out the Black Moon Spear he had just pulled out again; the spear tip, condensed with his final undying Battle Intent, pierced directly towards Blood Moon's back, attacking the enemy's weak point to relieve the siege!

Curse Tempest's face was as pale as paper; he forcefully squeezed his almost depleted Divine Soul, and a curse halo with a faint "delay" effect once again enveloped Blood Moon, attempting to buy Zhu Jianhua a ten-thousandth of a second.

Luyin's "Myriad Gu Devouring Source: Return to the Void" was still ongoing; the Blood Domain void beneath her feet continuously expanded, with countless Gu insect phantoms frantically gnawing.

But the power of Blood Moon's angry strike was too terrifying; even the devouring force she released seemed to be momentarily suppressed by the annihilating Concept of that "Heaven Severing Slash"!

However, everything was too late!

Blood Moon's speed far exceeded their limits!

Zhu Jianhua's dark-purple eyes with black ripples clearly reflected that dark-red line that annihilated everything.

The icy touch of death had already clutched his heart. His massive body trembled violently due to the exhaustion of power and the approach of death, but there was no fear in his eyes, only a burning, extreme madness and... the calm before liberation.

He saw Yang Shuo's desperate lightning, Shadow's resolute assassination, Ning Qiancheng's thrusting spear... I cannot die yet!

"Roar—!!!"

Zhu Jianhua let out a roar that was not human, like a Vicious Beast's death throes from ancient times!

His body, covered in bone armor and wreathed in the last thin flames of Qi and blood, did not retreat; instead, he took a fierce step forward, facing the death line of the Blood God's Heaven Severing Slash!

This step shattered the viscous blood membrane beneath his feet, and also shattered his last remaining life force!

"Cinder Soul: Ultimate Burst!"

The frantically beating, furnace-like heart within him, at this moment, burst open with a bang!

Om—!

A light, indescribable in color, somewhere between scorching white and dark purple, suddenly erupted with Zhu Jianhua at its center!

This light had no world-destroying shockwave, but it carried the ultimate meaning of "annihilation" and "return to the void"!

It did not spread outwards, but rather collapsed inwards, condensing!

Zhu Jianhua's massive body rapidly dissipated and decomposed in this light like quicksand, transforming into the purest, most violent annihilation energy!

And the strange white bone piercing through his torso became the core carrier and emission point of this ultimate annihilation force!

An unimaginably condensed, pale bone spike, seemingly capable of piercing through the river of time, composed of pure annihilation energy, ignored the distance of space, arrived later but struck first, precisely meeting the line of the Blood God's Heaven Severing Slash that annihilated everything!

Hiss—!!!

There was no deafening explosion, only a horrifying, grating sharp sound, as if two of the hardest substances were grinding each other away!

Space at the point of contact violently twisted, folded, and then... a tiny black fissure silently split open!

The dark-red "Heaven Severing Slash" line and the pale "Ultimate Burst" bone spike frantically annihilated and canceled each other out within a ten-thousandth of a second!

For the first time, a look of astonishment appeared on Blood Moon's demonic face!

He felt that his "Blood God's Heaven Severing Slash," which was capable of obliterating ordinary Rank 4 powerhouses, was actually being forcefully held back by the bone spike formed from that ant burning everything!

The annihilation power contained within that bone spike was so high in essence that it even subtly surpassed the "devouring" characteristic of his foul blood energy!

"Impossible!" Blood Moon roared in his heart.

But what shocked him even more was that while the bone spike offset most of the "Heaven Severing Slash's" power, a pure point of annihilation light at its tip actually pierced through the core point of energy annihilation, like a maggot clinging to bone, ignoring the obstruction of space, and instantly stabbed before him!

Pfft!

Blood Moon instinctively dodged, but that point of annihilation light was too fast, and its angle too tricky!

It brushed past his handsome, demonic cheek, leaving a charred wound deep enough to see bone, its edges flickering with pale annihilation light!

A few drops of dark-golden blood, containing terrifying energy, seeped from the wound, only to be instantly incinerated into nothingness by the annihilation power at the wound's edge!

He even tried to heal the wound on his face immediately, but found it utterly useless.

"Ah—!"

This time, Blood Moon let out a shriek interwoven with pain and fury!

This was not merely a physical injury, but a blasphemy against his supreme dignity!

To be wounded in his true body by an ant he considered mere blood food, and even leave an indelible mark!

Just as Blood Moon's mind reeled from the injury to his cheek, Yang Shuo's Purple Heaven Lightning slammed into Zhu Jianhua's original position, and violent thunder erupted, which, though it didn't harm Blood Moon's main body, interfered with the flow of Blood Domain energy.

Shadow's silent "Shadow Devour" accurately stabbed into Blood Moon's sword-wielding wrist joint!

Although most of it was instantly corroded by the foul blood energy protecting Blood Moon's body, the remaining Shadow energy, like the most insidious dagger, fiercely pierced into the joint's crevice!

Ning Qiancheng's spear-and-man unified thrust also arrived!

The Black Moon Spear, carrying all of Ning Qiancheng's power and unyielding Battle Soul, fiercely stabbed into Blood Moon's back, which had momentarily paused due to injury!

Although it was blocked by the dark blood armor that automatically appeared on Blood Moon's body, the spear tip only pierced half an inch, but the condensed Concept of Silence Battle Intent and Corpse Ancestor's ferocity pounded into Blood Moon's body like a heavy hammer!

Curse Tempest's delay halo finally enveloped Blood Moon; although its effect was minuscule, at this moment, the superimposed interference caused Blood Moon's movements to experience an extremely brief stagnation!

"Now! Luyin!"