227: Chapter 227 Nirvana

"Hmph!"

Gao Feng let out a muffled grunt, his complexion instantly turning somewhat pale.

He violently channeled the golden Imperial Qi within his body, which was filled with endless dominance and imperial might, forcibly suppressing the strange white flames that were crazily destroying his body!

Then, he raised his head once more, staring fixedly at the mysterious "Saint" in the sky, who remained as calm and composed as if he had just casually crushed an insignificant ant.

"A bit interesting."

The mysterious "Saint" looked down at the Mortal Emperor below, who had actually endured a strike of his Holy Light of Purification without dying on the spot, and for the first time, a trace of surprise rippled through his voice that had always been devoid of emotion.

"To actually be able to forcibly tear through space with just his Physical Body."

"To actually be able to withstand My Holy Light of Purification and not die."

"Mortal, you have indeed given Me quite a surprise."

"It is just a pity..."

"The struggles of an ant are ultimately just futile."

"Then, how will you dodge this time?"

Before the words had even faded, the mysterious "Saint" slowly raised his right hand once again.

This time, he did not just extend a single finger, but spread all five fingers!

"God says, light is everywhere."

As this voice, filled with endless majesty and vastness, fell.

"Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!"

Five beams of pure white Holy Light of Purification, thicker, more terrifying, and more filled with a destructive aura than the previous one, shot out from his fingertips like five supreme spears of judgment capable of piercing through the entire firmament!

Those five earth-shattering beams of Holy Light of Purification formed a massive pentagram array filled with a death aura in mid-air, completely sealing off all spatial angles for Gao Feng to dodge!

This time, he would leave that reckless Mortal below with no path to heaven and no door to the earth!

Facing this fatal blow, which would make any living being feel despair, a look of endless madness and determination flashed across Gao Feng's handsome face, which was filled with cold killing intent!

He couldn't dodge it!

Since he couldn't dodge it!

Then he wouldn't dodge!

"ROAR!!!"

Gao Feng looked up to the sky and let out an earth-shaking Dragon roar filled with endless arrogance and unyielding spirit!

The vast golden Imperial Qi within his body, which he had already pushed to the limit, poured crazily and without reservation into the three-pointed, double-edged blade in his hand, which remained undamaged!

"HUM!!!"

After absorbing that vast golden Imperial Qi, the three-pointed, double-edged blade suddenly emitted a crisp blade hum filled with endless excitement and longing!

A terrifying blade radiance, a thousand zhang long, composed entirely of the purest golden light and filled with endless dominance and a destructive aura, instantly soared into the sky from the blade!

"Break for Me!!!"

Gao Feng let out an earth-shaking roar!

He gripped the now searing hot three-pointed, double-edged blade with both hands, using all his strength to slash fiercely toward the earth-shattering white pentagram array that had completely enveloped him!

He was actually attempting to use his most pure power to forcibly shake that Law attack from a higher dimension!

"BOOM!!!"

The next moment, the golden thousand-zhang blade radiance collided violently with the white pentagram array in mid-air!

However, there was no earth-shattering, terrifying energy explosion.

That seemingly indestructible, terrifying golden blade radiance, capable of easily cleaving a towering mountain in two, upon contacting the white pentagram array, was like fragile ice meeting the hottest magma; it was silently and completely purified and dissolved, turning into the most primitive energy particles and dissipating into the air!

Immediately after, the body of the three-pointed, double-edged blade, having lost all energy protection, struck the indestructible white array fiercely!

"CLANG!!!"

A crisp, mournful metallic sound rang out!

That peerless divine weapon, forged from extraterrestrial meteorite iron, which had accompanied Gao Feng for nine full years and had drunk its fill of the blood of countless strong enemies, actually broke and shattered inch by inch under the impact of that terrifying Law power, turning into a pile of cold black iron filings that scattered downward!

And the now unstoppable white pentagram array struck fiercely without pause onto Gao Feng's massive chest, which had been left completely wide open!

"PUH!!!"

Gao Feng felt as if he had been struck by lightning, violently spitting out a large mouthful of scorching golden Dragon blood filled with endless vitality!

His massive body, already completely covered by a layer of indestructible golden Dragon scales, was like a fragile ball hit head-on by a high-speed train, smashing fiercely toward the cold earth below with an unstoppable, terrifying momentum!

"BOOM!!!"

An earth-shaking, massive roar rang out, and the entire earth seemed to shake violently!

A hideous, bottomless, massive crater with a diameter of over a hundred zhang appeared on the already chaotic battlefield!

And Gao Feng's massive body, now a bloody mess with not a single intact spot, lay quietly like a puddle of mud at the very bottom of that huge crater, motionless, life or death unknown.

"Your Majesty!!!"

The millions of Wu Dynasty soldiers below, upon seeing this terrifying scene that made their livers and gallbladders split and their eyes bulge with rage, instantly let out a series of shrill wails filled with endless sorrow and despair!

It was over!

Everything was over!

Even their omnipotent, god-like great Emperor had been defeated!

And defeated so thoroughly!

Defeated with absolutely no power to fight back!

Who else could these pitiful ants, who had already lost all hope, count on to save them?!

However, just at this darkest moment, when the entire million-strong army of the Wu Dynasty was about to be completely swallowed and drowned by this endless despair, at the very bottom of that huge crater, the bloody figure that everyone had assumed was dead suddenly saw his right hand, completely dyed red with blood, twitch!

Immediately after, using his arms, which were already a bloody mess and even exposed glistening white bones, he struggled to support his tattered body, which had become like a discarded, worn-out sack, and slowly, bit by bit, stood up from the cold ground once again!

Although his movements were so slow.

Although his body was so broken.

But his spine, which had become somewhat hunched, was still held straight, just like an unyielding spear that would never bend even if broken by a raging storm!

He slowly raised his head, casting his gaze, which had been completely blurred by blood, toward the cold existence high up in the sky, who was like a Creator God!

In his dim eyes, which had lost all luster, there was not only no fear or despair.

On the contrary, a bright, scorching light, unprecedented, was beginning to burn bit by bit from the deepest part of his Soul, which had become completely dead silent!

In this battle where he was completely crushed!

In this extreme experience of crazily hovering on the edge of life and death!

Gao Feng's essence, Qi, and spirit, which had been tempered a thousand times and become indestructible, reached an unprecedented level of concentration at this moment!

He felt the opponent's vast, majestic, and terrifying Law power, filled with a supreme majesty that allowed no one to disobey!

In his mind, his life, full of legends and hardships, flashed by rapidly like a revolving lantern!

He saw the ragged, skinny youth in the chaotic times filled with corpses, crazily fighting with wild dogs for a cold, moldy bun.

He saw the cold youth, covered in Evil Qi that had condensed into substance, who had fought his way out step by step through a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.

He saw the great Emperor who had ascended the throne of the Nine-Five, unified the entire world, and was filled with endless majesty and dominance!

He understood!

He finally understood completely!

What his Dao truly was!

His Dao was never about conforming to so-called destiny!

His Dao was never about begging for the mercy and favor of ethereal gods!

His Dao had only ever been one thing from the very beginning!

That was to be Heaven-Defying!

That was: My life is determined by me, not by Heaven!

That was: Man can overcome Heaven!

"Hahaha... Hahahaha..."

Gao Feng suddenly looked up to the sky and let out a burst of crazy laughter filled with endless joy and relief!

He laughed!

Even in such a miserable and desperate situation, he still laughed from the bottom of his heart!

Because he had found his Dao!

He had found the final key that had troubled him for so long, the key to that supreme Realm!

"Hmm?"

In the sky, the mysterious "Saint" looked down at the Mortal Emperor below, who had already suffered fatal injuries but was still laughing crazily, and for the first time, a trace of doubt and confusion rippled through his voice, which had always been as still as an ancient well.

He felt a dangerous aura from the Mortal below that made even him feel a bit of trepidation!

Although that aura was still very weak, it was real!

"Madman."

He coldly spat out two words, and then slowly raised his right hand once again.

He was prepared to completely end this farce that had already become somewhat boring.

"This body shall return to dust."

As this voice, filled with endless majesty and vastness, fell, a gray, terrifying Law power, completely different from the previous Holy Light Law filled with purification and destruction, and filled with endless decay, decline, and death, instantly enveloped the bloody figure below, who was already tottering, like an invisible tide!

Under the shroud of that gray Law power, Gao Feng's tattered body began to weather and decay rapidly at a terrifying speed visible to the naked eye!

His black hair instantly turned completely gray!

Deep wrinkles filled with the aura of death quickly crawled across his handsome face!

His powerful Physical Body, filled with endless vitality, was rapidly heading toward decay and death!

However, at that most critical moment, just when his Physical Body was about to completely collapse and disintegrate, turning into a handful of cold dust!

Gao Feng suddenly looked up to the sky and let out a terrifying roar, filled with endless dominance and defiance, enough to make the entire world tremble!

"I say, eternal and indestructible!"

As his voice, equally filled with endless majesty and vastness, fell!

"Boom—!!!"

A massive roar, like the creation of the world, suddenly exploded from the deepest part of his Soul!

That invisible, sturdy barrier that had always tightly confined him, leading to the highest Realm, shattered at this moment!

A surge of majestic golden Luck power, even larger, more vast, and filled with an indescribable ancient and vicissitudinous aura than before, poured into his body like a burst dam, coming from the entire vast Wu Dynasty national Luck that had long since completely merged with him!

That majestic golden Luck power and his indomitable martial Dao will, which had long since condensed to the extreme and was filled with the belief that man can conquer heaven, perfectly combined at this moment!

At this most critical moment, he finally stepped into that legendary, highest Realm he had dreamed of!

The Human Immortal Realm!

In that instant, his broken body, which had been on the verge of complete collapse and disintegration, began to recover rapidly at a terrifying speed visible to the naked eye!

An esoteric aura, even more terrifying, domineering, and filled with the essence of primordial Chaos and immunity to all Laws, swept out frantically from his body like the most terrifying Universe storm!

The gray Law power filled with decay and ruin that shrouded his body was silently and completely scattered and disintegrated under the impact of the terrifying Qi wave filled with Chaos!

"This... this is..."

In the sky, the mysterious "Saint" looked down at the Mortal emperor who had actually achieved a Breakthrough right in the middle of a battle under his own Law power. For the first time, his cold voice, which had always been devoid of emotion, carried a trace of shock and disbelief!

He felt from the other party a terrifying power that was completely different from his own holy Law, but in Rank, it was not the slightest bit weaker than his own!

However, before he could recover from the endless shock, the black figure below, who had already been reborn and had completely stepped into a brand-new Domain, suddenly moved!

He slowly raised his right hand and gently grasped at the empty Void Realm.

The next moment, a three-pointed, double-edged blade with an ancient design, entirely condensed from an unknown mysterious substance emitting a faint gray Chaos aura, silently appeared in his hand.

Then, he slashed casually with the blade at the mysterious "Saint" high above in the sky!

It was this simple slash, without any earth-shattering, terrifying power, nor any world-destroying, brilliant blade light.

However, the moment this slash was executed, the entire world seemed to be forcibly split in two!

A bottomless, hideous black space rift filled with endless aura of nothingness and destruction, like a black death Dragon from Hell, opened its bloodthirsty maw capable of devouring everything and frantically snapped towards the mysterious "Saint" in the sky!

Facing this terrifying slash capable of completely splitting the entire world in two, the mysterious "Saint" revealed a look of gravity on his face, which had always been calm and light!

He did not hesitate in the slightest!

"Holy Light Protection!"

He let out a low shout filled with endless holiness and majesty!

A huge Holy Light shield, condensed from the purest milky white Holy Light and inscribed with countless mysterious, ancient, and holy runes on its surface, instantly appeared in front of him!

However, that impenetrable Holy Light Protection, capable of withstanding any physical and energy attacks, was like a fragile piece of paper in front of the black space rift filled with endless aura of nothingness and destruction, silently and completely torn apart and devoured!

The mysterious "Saint" had his pupils shrink sharply!

He stomped his foot, and his figure instantly retreated hundreds of zhang!

He had actually been forcibly pushed back a step by a single slash from the Mortal emperor who had just broken through to the highest Realm!

Although it was only one step.

However, this step represented the beginning of a brand-new era!

It was the beginning of an equal duel between these two highest existences who were both high-Rank, but whose power systems were completely different!

It was even more so the beginning of the ultimate battle that would decide the final fate of the entire continent!

The hideous black space rift, filled with endless aura of nothingness and destruction, lay quietly between the cold world that had already become a mess, like a man-eating death Dragon from Hell, forcibly dividing the entire world into two distinct parts.

On this side of the rift was the black figure who had just completed his final transformation on the edge of life and death, reborn, and had completely stepped into the legendary Human Immortal Realm.

Holding the three-pointed, double-edged blade, he stood quietly in the huge, devastated pit.

Wisps of mysterious aura were slowly swirling around his majestic body, which had long since recovered to its original state and was even more powerful than before, filled with explosive strength.

In his black eyes, deep as the endless starry sky, there was no longer any fluctuation of human emotion; there was only an absolute coldness and rationality that looked down on all living beings and disregarded the world.

On the other side of the rift was the mysterious "Saint", high above, emitting a soft, milky white holy halo, like a creator god.

At this moment, on his face, which had always been calm and devoid of emotion, a look of gravity and wariness appeared for the first time.

His deep eyes, which seemed to contain the birth and death of all the stars in the Universe, stared fixedly at the black figure below, who was now a completely different person from before, and he said in a cold voice.

"Mortal, you have indeed given me a huge surprise."

"I admit, I underestimated you."

"I didn't expect that you could actually achieve a Breakthrough under my pressure and step into this Domain where we reside."

"However, do not think that this gives you the qualifications to contend with me!"

"You are nothing more than a newcomer who has just luckily stepped into this Domain!"

"And I have already stood at the Peak of this Domain for a thousand years!"

"The chasm between gods and humans can never be crossed; even if you have luckily acquired power similar to a god's, it still cannot be leveled!"

"Next, I will let you experience for yourself what true despair is!"

Before his voice had faded, the mysterious "Saint" suddenly spread his arms!

"Boom—!!!"

A milky white, terrifying energy storm, even more horrific, vast, and filled with holy, inviolable majesty than before, erupted from his body like the most terrifying big bang in the Universe!

The pure white Holy Light energy was no longer an unordered impact but was rapidly condensing in front of him, shining with brilliant light, as if a small sun had appeared out of thin air above the battlefield, blinding the million soldiers below so they couldn't even open their eyes.

Immediately after, amidst the endless light, a suit of full-body armor, complex and magnificent to the extreme, and a ten-zhang-long cross greatsword burning with white holy flames, were quickly constructed and worn on the "Saint".

At this moment, he was no longer that ethereal, illusory figure, but a majestic judgment angel about to descend divine punishment upon the Mortal world!

"Mortal, in the face of absolute power, your so-called Realm, which has just sprouted, is nothing more than a ridiculous illusion!" The Saint's voice came from within the light armor, carrying a metallic texture and divine majesty, resounding through the world.

He gripped the cross greatsword burning with holy flames with both hands and slashed down at the figure below!

Where the sword edge passed, the air was instantly evaporated, forming a vacuum trajectory visible to the naked eye, and the huge sword body, carrying terrifying power capable of splitting a mountain range in two, raised a world-destroying roar!

Facing this judgment-like strike, Gao Feng's face still wore that same indifferent expression.

He did not dodge, nor did he retreat; he just slowly held his three-pointed, double-edged blade horizontally in front of his chest.

"Noisy."

Two cold words were spat out from his mouth, and an aura completely different from the Holy Light rose from his body; it was a dark golden Protective Aura, condensed to the extreme and carrying majestic imperial might!

This Protective Aura was as viscous as molten lava, yet it carried a metallic sharpness, quickly wrapping around his three-pointed, double-edged blade.

The originally ancient blade body was instantly rendered into a supreme dark golden divine weapon, and faint Dragon-shaped phantoms were circling and roaring on the blade edge!

"Roar!"

A low Dragon roar resounded in the mind, and Gao Feng's figure moved!

He did not choose to meet force with force; he stomped his foot, and his entire body moved sideways like a phantom for a distance of a hundred zhang, narrowly avoiding the world-destroying sword light!

"Boom—!!!"

The huge Holy Light greatsword slashed fiercely onto the ground. The ruins of the entire Fanting Holy Capital trembled violently under this terrifying strike, and a huge sword scar, several miles long and bottomless, appeared on the already devastated battlefield!

At the edges of the sword scar, all matter had been burned by the terrifying holy flames into bright, glazed glass.

With his attack missing, the Saint was not surprised in the slightest. He turned his wrist, and the huge light sword swept out, bringing with it a curtain of death, sweeping towards Gao Feng's waist!