398: Self-destruction

Boom!

A deafening roar suddenly erupted from within the tree sphere, which was enveloped in dense black mist.

Even a Dao Lord as powerful as the one from Blood Extension Lower Kingdom was sent flying backward by the explosion, crashing heavily against a wall formed by numerous intertwined branches.

His eyes were filled with shock.

He stared at Xiao Shi in disbelief.

He had never imagined that the strike unleashed by his opponent had already reached a level where it could contend with him!

This person was clearly only a Saint!

Yet he unleashed a strike comparable to a Dao Lord!

This had completely shattered his understanding of Saints.

One must know.

There had always been an insurmountable gap between Saints and Dao Lords.

Regardless of the era.

There had never been a Saint capable of contending with a Dao Lord.

The difference between the two.

It was a difference of heaven and earth!

It was a world of difference!

This was common knowledge in everyone's perception.

But now, Xiao Shi had broken common sense.

He had shattered perceptions.

Bringing an extremely strong sense of subversion to the Dao Lord of Blood Extension Lower Kingdom!

“Indeed…”

“With my current strike, which blends three Dao Intentions, I can barely contend with a Dao Lord!”

Xiao Shi’s body also reeled backward from the impact.

However, his eyes gleamed with excitement.

Both Thousand Weapon Dao Slash and the Four Vein Power of the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect were extremely powerful and extraordinary forces.

Under normal circumstances, being able to master just one of these powers was already a rare and astonishing stroke of luck.

With Xiao Shi simultaneously wielding them.

After combining them.

He directly unleashed a terrifying slash comparable to a Dao Lord.

Thus.

He would be able to stall for more time.

Before this.

Xiao Shi’s biggest concern was that his clone wouldn’t be able to hold off the Dao Lord.

If the Dao Lord escaped too early and went to rescue those Saints, he would be unable to kill all the Saints of Blood Extension Lower Kingdom through the Crimson Refining Corpse.

Although the Dao Lord of Blood Extension Lower Kingdom was incredibly shaken at this moment.

But after the shock.

He quickly calmed down.

“Although you can unleash a strike comparable to a Dao Lord, such an attack is your strongest killing move, and you can only use it once in a short period!”

He knew very well.

Such killing moves could not possibly be used multiple times.

Generally, they could only be used once.

Without this powerful killing move, it would be effortless for him to deal with Xiao Shi.

However, no sooner had he finished speaking.

He saw Xiao Shi raise his hand again.

Streams of black evil souls and numerous weapons once again surged out from his body.

“How is this possible?!”

The Dao Lord of Blood Extension Lower Kingdom cried out in alarm… “Good, half of the Saints have been successfully dealt with.”

Xiao Shi, who was in control of the overall situation in the desolate mountain.

He was very satisfied with the current killing speed of the Crimson Refining Corpse.

Overall.

The killing speed of the Crimson Refining Corpse was roughly as he had anticipated.

However, among these Saints.

There were also a few Saints whose strength was relatively stronger.

They required more time to kill.

At the same time, with the death of these Saints, Xiao Shi’s body was already permeated with many Dao auras.

This was also the primary method of Killing Palm Dao.

As long as he continuously killed, he could keep acquiring Dao Source, thereby practicing the Grasping the Dao.

However, these Dao Source obtained through killing still required Xiao Shi to further comprehend them.

And currently, he needed to control the Crimson Refining Corpse and his clone, so he had no time for comprehension.

He could only condense these Dao Source on his body for now.

He would wait until all the Saints in Blood Extension Lower Kingdom were killed before comprehending them all at once.

“Hmm?”

Just then.

Xiao Shi suddenly noticed an unusual situation.

Through the perspective of one of the Crimson Refining Corpses, he clearly saw that the Saint currently fighting this Crimson Refining Corpse, under the impact of their clashes, directly chose to self-destruct an arm, thereby forming a powerful strike that exceeded his own strength.

This immediately forced the Crimson Refining Corpse back.

And this Saint took advantage of this opportunity.

He immediately fled at high speed.

Of course.

If it were just this, it would not be enough to attract Xiao Shi’s attention.

What truly caught Xiao Shi’s attention.

Was that as this Saint fled, he actually took out a drop of blood.

This was clearly an extraordinary and strange drop of blood.

When this Saint reached out and crushed this drop of blood.

A huge blood-colored face actually formed in front of him, and from the terrifying aura emanating from this huge face, Xiao Shi could clearly deduce… this was the face of a Dao Lord!

And the moment this face formed.

This Saint immediately shouted towards the blood-colored face.

“My Lord, I’ve found the person who stole the corpse!!”

As soon as his words came out.

The eyes of the entire blood-colored face suddenly sharpened.

It stared directly at the Crimson Refining Corpse charging over at an astonishing speed.

Boom!

The Crimson Refining Corpse slammed heavily into the blood-colored face.

It directly shattered and exploded the entire huge blood-colored face.

This Dao Lord’s blood-colored face was more like a projection, capable of seeing the situation here from an extremely long distance, but the blood-colored face itself had no power whatsoever.

It was easily shattered by the Crimson Refining Corpse.

At the same time, after shattering it, the Crimson Refining Corpse swiftly wielded the Crimson Refining Corpse Blade in its hand.

With a flash of the blade.

It instantly severed the head of the Saint in front of it, sending it flying into the sky.

Successfully killing him.

However, Xiao Shi felt no joy about this.

Instead, he frowned.

He had a bad feeling.

This Saint had clearly recognized this Crimson Refining Corpse during the battle as the corpse stolen from Heaven Offering Upper Kingdom earlier.

Therefore, he immediately chose to contact the Dao Lord of Heaven Offering Upper Kingdom.

Now, this Dao Lord must have been alerted.

The other party would likely rush over immediately.

It might even attract the attention of the Demigod in Heaven Offering Upper Kingdom.

“Time is running out…”

Xiao Shi’s expression was solemn.

He quickly controlled these Crimson Refining Corpses to speed up their killing.

He even felt that at a critical moment.

Perhaps a few Crimson Refining Corpses could be sacrificed.

As long as the Crimson Refining Corpse Blade and the Crimson Refinement Battle Armor could be preserved, even sacrificing a few Crimson Refining Corpses was not unacceptable, as there would be plenty of opportunities in the future to find Saint corpses for refining.

But the killing of Saints, this was the only chance.

Xiao Shi was very clear about the priorities of the two.

And just as Xiao Shi was speeding up the killing of the Saints.

On the Heaven Offering Upper Kingdom side, the Dao Lord who had just received the news had already sensed that something was amiss.

He knew.

Under normal circumstances, even if a battle occurred among the Saints in Blood Extension Lower Kingdom, it would be controlled to a certain extent by the Dao Lord there.

A life-and-death struggle would absolutely not occur.

But judging from the state of that Saint earlier.

He seemed to have reached a desperate situation.

This made the Dao Lord of Heaven Offering Upper Kingdom realize that something was wrong.

He decisively chose to contact the Dao Lord of Blood Extension Lower Kingdom, intending to inquire first, but then found that he couldn't contact the Dao Lord of Blood Extension Lower Kingdom at all.

“Something happened!”

The Dao Lord of Heaven Offering Upper Kingdom’s expression was solemn.

Such a situation had never occurred in the entire Martial Dynasty.

Especially when he recalled the corpse theft incident three years ago, he became even more convinced that there was a big problem here.

Regarding this.

He did not hesitate at all.

He immediately reported this matter to the Demigod Tianxian of Heaven Offering Upper Kingdom… Boom!

The massive tree sphere, formed by numerous branches of the Azure Calamity Ancient Tree, once again emitted a huge roar.

Xiao Shi had already unleashed his strongest attack three times in a row.

Although each of his strongest attacks was blocked by the Dao Lord of Blood Extension Lower Kingdom and did not pose a threat to him.

However, it brought an indescribable huge impact to the Dao Lord of Blood Extension Lower Kingdom's mind.

Especially when he saw that Xiao Shi was actually preparing to unleash his fourth strongest attack.

His entire eyes couldn't help but widen.

“Can he really unleash such attacks indefinitely?!”

The Dao Lord of Blood Extension Lower Kingdom felt that his perception had been completely subverted by Xiao Shi.

For a Saint to be able to unleash a strike comparable to a Dao Lord was already an outrageous matter in itself.

Even more outrageous… was that the other party could unleash such an attack indefinitely.

“If he can keep unleashing it…”

“Then wouldn't he be equivalent to a Dao Lord?!”

The Dao Lord of Blood Extension Lower Kingdom was completely shocked by Xiao Shi, questioning his very existence.

However, Xiao Shi knew.

He could not unleash this strongest attack indefinitely.

Currently, he could only unleash it a maximum of five times!

After all, each time it was unleashed.

It would cause a significant consumption of weapons.

With the number of weapons he currently had, he could only unleash it a maximum of five times!

However, for him, this was already enough to buy time for the Crimson Refining Corpse.

However, just as Xiao Shi was preparing to unleash his fourth strongest attack.

Buzz!

Suddenly.

A series of earth-shattering roars came from the sky above the entire Blood Extension Lower Kingdom, and a huge vortex appeared out of thin air.

This vortex appeared too quickly; it was not large at first, but in just one breath, it expanded to a range of ten thousand zhang, and an astonishing pressure descended from this vortex.

Boom!

The earth shook, and the surrounding sand and soil instantly froze, as if this ten thousand zhang, or even larger, area was forcibly cut off from the previous heaven and earth, becoming a space like a domain.

Xiao Shi’s breathing hitched; he clearly felt that the surrounding void had solidified in that instant, and under that pressure, he even felt that his body was somewhat difficult to move.

“Demigod!!”

Xiao Shi’s heart sank.

Although he had anticipated it earlier.

But he didn't expect the other party to arrive so quickly.

“Greetings, Demigod Tianxian!”

The Dao Lord of Blood Extension Lower Kingdom, however, was inwardly excited and immediately paid his respects to the sky.

Even though he couldn't see the scene above due to the obstruction of the tree sphere, he could perceive the terrifying aura of Demigod Tianxian.

Crack!

With the arrival of Demigod Tianxian.

The entire tree sphere shattered with a crash.

This allowed both Xiao Shi and the Dao Lord of Blood Extension Lower Kingdom within the tree sphere to clearly see the gigantic face currently materialized in the sky!

This face belonged to Demigod Tianxian of Heaven Offering Upper Kingdom, and a strange light flickered in his eyes as he looked down at Xiao Shi from the sky.

“A mere Saint… can actually trap a Dao Lord?”

A thunderous voice boomed, causing the surrounding heaven and earth to tremble in vibration.

Xiao Shi, under the other party’s words and gaze, felt a strong sense of novelty.

This novelty, originating from a Demigod, was not a good thing for Xiao Shi.

He had a premonition… that once he fell into the other party’s hands.

Even if it was just a clone, he would surely wish he were dead, unable to live or die, and would be subjected to the other party’s dissection and research, even a millimeter-by-millimeter examination of his flesh and blood.

After all, for all cultivators in The Primordial Martial Era, he was completely an anomaly, possessing great research value.

Therefore, upon seeing this Demigod arrive, Xiao Shi did not hesitate at all and decisively chose to self-destruct his clone!

There was no warning before his self-destruction.

Even the Demigod did not detect any clues.

Boom!

Terrifying power continuously surged and churned from Xiao Shi’s body.

His body directly began to shatter inch by inch, unable to withstand this power.

“Hmm?”

The face of Demigod Tianxian above frowned.

He tried to stop Xiao Shi’s self-destruction by solidifying space.

However, it was useless.

Unless he could control Xiao Shi before he self-destructed, preventing him from having the opportunity to self-destruct, once Xiao Shi initiated self-destruction, it could no longer be stopped.

For a moment.

With Xiao Shi’s self-destruction.

The Dao Lord of Blood Extension Lower Kingdom, who was closest to him, immediately felt an intense sense of dread.

Now, Xiao Shi’s clone’s self-destruction.

It was even more destructive than his previous self-destruction.

After all, the power of a clone’s self-destruction depended on Xiao Shi’s strength.

And compared to the last time, Xiao Shi’s strength had clearly increased somewhat.

The power of his self-destruction now was subtly capable of threatening a Dao Lord.

However, with Demigod Tianxian present, he naturally would not allow Xiao Shi to harm the Dao Lord of Blood Extension Lower Kingdom.

He directly formed a barrier in front of the Dao Lord of Blood Extension Lower Kingdom.

Blocking the self-destruction power of Xiao Shi.

“What a pity…”

Demigod Tianxian sighed.

He felt that if he could control Xiao Shi and research him, he would surely gain good insights.

Especially when he felt the power of Xiao Shi’s self-destruction.

He found that the power of Xiao Shi’s self-destruction was already sufficient to threaten a Dao Lord.

This situation, where a Saint could threaten a Dao Lord, had never occurred in the entire Primordial Martial Era, which made him extremely interested in Xiao Shi.

It was just a pity.

He failed to prevent the other party from self-destructing.

Demigod Tianxian could only turn his gaze towards the Crimson Refining Corpses still fighting in Blood Extension Lower Kingdom.

However, with the arrival of Demigod Tianxian.

Even though a few Crimson Refining Corpses had not yet killed any Saints, Xiao Shi did not hesitate to make these Crimson Refining Corpses self-destruct at this moment.

Although the self-destruction of the Crimson Refining Corpses was far less powerful than the self-destruction of Xiao Shi’s clone.

But the Saints who were fighting these Crimson Refining Corpses had all suffered severe injuries previously.

Now, they immediately perished together in the self-destruction of the Crimson Refining Corpses… In the desolate mountains outside the Martial Dynasty.

Xiao Shi opened his eyes.

This operation could be described as having been thrilling but ultimately safe.

Although he lost a few Crimson Refining Corpses, he still successfully killed all the Saints in Blood Extension Lower Kingdom.

At this moment, many Dao Source permeated his body.

However, he was not in a hurry to immediately comprehend the Dao Source.

He planned to first check the numerous items dropped from this killing!