772: Chapter 771 That artifact spirit is lying to me!

"As expected, these Venerable Legacies are not so easy to obtain."

Qin Yan thought to himself.

"However, since I am here, I might as well settle in. Let me see, just how difficult is this final trial of Venerable Destruction?"

Things had reached this point, and Qin Yan had no choice but to face it.

He took a deep breath to calm his emotions, his gaze fixed firmly on the destruction aura surging toward him.

Qin Yan waved his long spear, releasing his Great Destruction Spear Intent.

Pitch-black Spear Intent surged from within his body, condensing into a massive black spear shadow behind him. It hovered in mid-air, emitting a suffocating pressure.

The destruction aura attacking Qin Yan was blocked by this overbearing spear shadow.

The black spear shadow was like an insurmountable chasm, blocking the destruction aura outside and preventing them from getting a single step closer to Qin Yan.

Time passed just like that.

Soon, a day had passed, and the second day arrived.

At this moment, Qin Yan's expression was no longer as relaxed as it had been yesterday.

Yesterday, he could still handle the surging destruction aura with ease, and even had the energy to Cultivate the Taibai Sharp Metal Spear Intent.

Today, his face had turned grave.

Because the destruction aura surging toward him from the outside had become much denser!

The concentration of the destruction aura had doubled compared to yesterday; its speed had doubled, and its power had doubled.

In the air, the destruction aura intertwined, wrapped around each other, and condensed, finally forming a massive destruction battle blade!

The battle blade was dozens of zhang high, pitch-black all over, with a broad body and a sharp edge.

Complex black patterns flowed across the blade.

The battle blade hovered above Qin Yan's head, emitting a suffocating pressure.

Immediately, this destruction battle blade slashed down toward Qin Yan!

The battle blade tore through the air, emitting a sharp whistling sound.

Wherever it passed, the air was torn apart, and ripples spread through the space.

Qin Yan could sense the intense danger from this destruction battle blade and did not dare to hesitate in the slightest.

His intuition warned him—this strike was not to be underestimated.

If he couldn't block it, he might get injured.

He frantically channeled the Great Destruction Spear Intent within his body, and the Great Destruction Spear Intent on the spear shadow behind him became even more solid.

The patterns on the spear body became denser, the sharpness of the spear tip became more intense, and the pressure of the Spear Intent became stronger.

"Boom—!!!"

The two collided, the destruction aura and the Great Destruction Spear Intent intertwined!

Black light intertwined with black light, making it impossible to distinguish one from the other or see the boundaries.

The destruction battle blade slashed down, and the Great Destruction Spear Intent blocked it from below.

The two forces clashed fiercely in the Void Realm, eroding and consuming each other.

Qin Yan's Great Destruction Spear Intent was purer than the destruction aura of the battle blade—because it was the power of the Supreme-grade Spear Intent.

However, the energy contained within the destruction battle blade was more powerful.

For a moment, the two were evenly matched.

The destruction battle blade could not break through the defense of the Great Destruction Spear Intent, and the Great Destruction Spear Intent could not disperse the destruction battle blade.

The stalemate continued.

However, as time passed, the destruction aura on the destruction battle blade became even more terrifying!

The light of the battle blade grew brighter, the patterns on the blade became denser, and the pressure of the battle blade became heavier.

Qin Yan's Great Destruction Spear Intent was being suppressed bit by bit.

From being evenly matched at the beginning, he was now gradually unable to hold on.

The light of the spear shadow was dimming.

"That artifact spirit is tricking me! Does testing affinity for destruction aura require exerting such great pressure on me?"

Qin Yan complained inwardly.

He didn't expect that the artifact spirit was really trying to kill him—the first day was ordinary destruction aura, and by the second day, it had already escalated to a destruction battle blade.

What about the third day?

Would a phantom of Venerable Destruction appear directly on the third day?

While Qin Yan was thinking, a crack suddenly appeared in the Great Destruction Spear Intent above his head.

On the black spear shadow, starting from the top, a tiny crack quietly appeared, standing out like a scar on the pitch-black spear shadow.

Bits of destruction aura flowed through the crack toward Qin Yan. Those destruction aura seeped out from the gap and lunged at Qin Yan's body.

Qin Yan's body shook, and surging blood qi poured out. Scarlet blood qi emerged from within his body, forming a thin blood-colored light shield on the surface of his body.

The surging destruction aura was instantly crushed under the impact of the blood qi, turning into wisps of black smoke that dissipated into the Void Realm.

"Crack—crack—"

Under the assault of the destruction aura, cracks appeared on the Great Destruction Spear Intent in the air, and then it split open!

The cracks went from one to two, from two to four, and from four to countless.

The entire spear shadow was like glass struck by a heavy hammer, covered in spiderweb-like cracks.

"Bang—!!!"

With a loud bang, the Great Destruction Spear Intent shattered, turning into countless black light spots that scattered into the Void Realm.

Qin Yan's Great Destruction Spear Intent had been defeated.

Without the obstruction of the Great Destruction Spear Intent, all the destruction aura immediately rushed toward Qin Yan!

The power they carried was no less than a full-strength strike from a Grandmaster!

Facing this overwhelming torrent of destruction, Qin Yan was forced into a desperate situation.

He took a deep breath, his aura surged violently, and the Void Realm behind him trembled intensely, ripples of space spreading layer by layer.

Immediately, two massive phantoms slowly condensed behind him!

The first to appear was a ten-zhang-high Dark Altar. The altar was hexagonal, and its six pillars were densely inscribed with countless obscure and difficult-to-understand dark runes. A cluster of ink-black flames burned silently atop the altar, emitting an ancient, profound, and indescribable terrifying aura.

Following closely behind was a ten-zhang-high Five Elements Wonderful Tree. Five-colored runes—gold, cyan, blue, red, and yellow—flowed slowly across its bark like living creatures. Its canopy was like an opened colorful umbrella, with five-colored radiance pouring down from it, breathtakingly beautiful.

As soon as the two appeared, they each unleashed their power.

The branches of the Five Elements Wonderful Tree waved, and five-colored light intertwined, wrapped, and condensed above Qin Yan's head, constructing a five-colored shield.

The shield was spherical, enclosing Qin Yan completely.

On the surface of the shield, five-colored light flowed ceaselessly. Golden sharpness, emerald vitality, deep blue resilience, crimson heat, and earthy yellow weight—five attributes, five powers, layered upon each other to form a solid line of defense.

Around the Dark Altar, strands of Darkness Power surged. Pitch-black mist poured out from the altar, condensing into a black defensive shield around Qin Yan, which then layered over the Five Elements shield.