438: Battle of the Demigods (Part 2)

Beneath the swirling dust,

the Black Robed Man's figure floated up from within it.

His black cloak had been shattered and torn by Xiao Shi's attack, revealing his true face to Xiao Shi.

His features were rugged, his eye sockets deep, and a ring of silver stubble framed his mouth.

He gazed at Xiao Shi with a serious expression.

Clearly, he was surprised that Xiao Shi dared to confront him directly.

At the same time, he was somewhat astonished by the power unleashed in Xiao Shi's punch.

Although such an attack was not enough to cause him any harm, Xiao Shi had only just advanced to Demigod… Logically speaking,

he shouldn't be capable of an attack of this intensity.

This made him realize that the master of this Fifth Domain was even stronger than he had imagined!

"By your look… it seems you already know who I am?"

The Black Robed Man's eyes narrowed slightly.

From the moment Yan Huagu gave his world rules to the other party, he realized that Yan Huagu must have told him everything.

And this person, knowing his identity, still dared to meet him in battle?

Was it arrogance?

Or did he possess some powerful reliance?

"No matter who you are, since you've chosen to be my enemy, I will do everything in my power to kill you!"

Xiao Shi said calmly.

He showed no fear at all, despite the opponent being the Martial Emperor.

Before becoming a Demigod,

he had been somewhat worried.

But now, having advanced to Demigod,

unless the opponent stepped into the Martial Dao Ninth Realm right now,

otherwise, within the same realm,

Xiao Shi feared no one.

Including the Martial Emperor!

The Black Robed Man's eyes sharpened at his words.

"Then let me see how much capability you, a newly advanced Demigod, have to utter such words."

He abruptly raised his right hand and let out a low roar.

"Sun!"

As he roared,

the entire sky above the Tianwu Continent instantly darkened, as if all light had been absorbed.

The next second,

the world became intensely bright again.

Above the firmament,

a sun belonging to the Black Robed Man suddenly appeared!

This sun was incredibly vast, emitting astonishing heat, and around it, numerous black flames continuously spread, intertwining to seemingly merge with the Black Robed Man, shocking all beings.

The moment this sun appeared,

the entire land instantly withered.

All moisture was evaporated.

As the ground cracked, numerous black flames ignited from beneath the cracked earth.

These flames all carried astonishing heat and terrifying destructive power.

Burning the air, causing it to constantly burst.

The power of these flames alone was already capable of threatening most Dao Lords.

After all, these flames all carried the power of rules.

Xiao Shi gazed at the black-flamed sun above.

"A sun, huh…"

"I have one too!"

He pointed a finger.

Buzz!

Above the firmament, a dark-golden scorching sun immediately appeared, radiating vast amounts of blazing golden light.

It was precisely the Scorching Sun Era's scorching sun!

Originally, the Scorching Sun Era's scorching sun was a pure blazing gold, but now that Xiao Shi had formed it with his own Slaughter Rule, it caused this scorching sun to transform into a dark-golden hue amidst the interweaving of black and gold.

At the same time, the light cast down from the scorching sun

directly dispelled the black flames on the other sun.

Including the flames ignited on the ground, they were all extinguished.

The primary function of the Scorching Sun Era's scorching sun was purification and isolation.

Now, with Xiao Shi forming this scorching sun using the Slaughter Rule, he directly used the sun's purification to completely cleanse all the black flames from the opponent's sun.

And without these black flames,

the power of the sun formed by the Black Robed Man was greatly diminished.

This caused his eyes to sink.

With a cold snort,

this sun immediately, under his control, fell from the sky, directly smashing towards Xiao Shi!

Although without those black flames, the power of this sun was greatly weakened.

However, the impact force of this sun was still incredibly astonishing.

And while the scorching sun formed by Xiao Shi possessed a powerful purifying effect,

the Black Robed Man had already seen that the opponent's sun was more for various enhancements in the sky.

It couldn't directly attack like his.

Facing the enormous sun crashing down.

Xiao Shi's eyes flashed.

He raised a hand and pointed.

The entire firmament changed again.

In addition to the dark-golden scorching sun still suspended high in the sky, numerous bright, twinkling stars also appeared in the firmament.

As these stars appeared,

a powerful suppressive force immediately emanated from them.

This caused the entire falling sun, after reaching a distance of only about ten meters from Xiao Shi, to suddenly halt.

Its light, which had been dazzlingly bright, became dim and withered!

It could only remain suspended above, seemingly without any extra strength to fall and crash, and as it continuously withered, it grew smaller and smaller.

Xiao Shi directly used the suppressive power of the Star Era

to suppress this sun!

He gazed at the Black Robed Man in front of him.

"A dignified Martial Emperor, is this all you've got?"

The Black Robed Man's eyes narrowed, and his expression gradually became serious.

Although their current exchange was primarily a test, neither had used their full strength.

However, the strength Xiao Shi displayed had already made him clearly realize that his previous judgment of this person was inaccurate.

He had completely underestimated the opponent's strength.

"I absolutely cannot treat him as a typical newly advanced Demigod… His strength, even compared to veteran Demigods, is not inferior."

A heavy feeling arose in the Black Robed Man's heart.

It wasn't that he felt it would be difficult to deal with Xiao Shi of this strength, but rather Xiao Shi's growth rate, and the fact that he possessed such strength immediately after breaking through… made him realize that if he couldn't kill him quickly, as Xiao Shi grew, he would only become more and more difficult to deal with in the future.

It could be said that Xiao Shi now posed a huge threat to him!

After all, ever since Xiao Shi appeared in his sight, his growth rate had completely exceeded his imagination.

Usually, as a martial artist's cultivation realm improved,

the further they went,

the more difficult it often became.

But this law was directly ineffective for Xiao Shi!

Ever since he stepped into the Upper Three Realms of Martial Dao, his improvement speed was actually faster than when he was in the middle three realms of martial dao, or even the lower three realms of martial dao!

This situation… had never happened on the entire Tianwu Continent!

This caused the Black Robed Man to feel a heavy heart, and at the same time, his killing intent continuously surged.

"Today, you will die!!"

The Black Robed Man's right hand suddenly lifted.

He grabbed at the void above.

Immediately, streaks of black light tore through the void, bursting forth from it.

Each black streak of light emanated terrifying power fluctuations capable of easily slaying a Dao Lord.

When these black streaks of light appeared, they all converged in the Black Robed Man's hand.

In his hand, they formed a soul-stirring trident.

Gripped firmly by the Black Robed Man.

And the moment he grasped this black trident, a cultivation fluctuation even more powerful than before immediately spread outwards from the Black Robed Man's body with a roar!

It even affected the firmament above; behind him, the firmament directly twisted into a gigantic vortex, and the entire vortex rumbled as it spun, causing the Tianwu Continent to tremble as well.

"It's over!"

The trident in the Black Robed Man's hand emitted a dark, chilling glow.

At the same time, there was an aura that Xiao Shi found familiar.

This aura… was very similar to the aura of the Emperors Armor on his body.

It made Xiao Shi suspect that this trident was very likely one of the remaining two pieces of Emperors Armor!

Currently, among the eight pieces of Emperors Armor, two had not yet fallen into Xiao Shi's hands.

When he realized that the Emperors Armor had certain hidden dangers, and knew that his current enemy was the Martial Emperor, he had already given up on collecting the Emperors Armor.

He no longer intended to acquire the remaining two pieces of Emperors Armor.

The trident appearing in the Black Robed Man's hand at this moment was very likely one of the Emperors Armor pieces.

However, this trident was composed of numerous black streaks of light.

It was a weapon formed by a special power, an illusion.

It was not the original Emperors Armor.

It was a replica.

Therefore, in terms of aura and all other aspects, it was incredibly similar to the Martial Emperor Halberd among the Emperors Armor, but it did not reach the level of the true Emperors Armor.

As the Black Robed Man condensed this trident,

Xiao Shi no longer had any doubts about his identity, concluding that this person must be the Martial Emperor!

He knew.

Only the Martial Emperor… possessed the ability to condense this trident.

At the same time, after the Black Robed Man condensed and formed this trident,

his entire aura and presence immediately underwent a drastic change.

Xiao Shi began to feel pressure.

He saw him brandish the trident in his hand, while also emitting black flames, black lightning, and black gales!

These three forces intertwined, forming a black eye.

It suddenly opened towards Xiao Shi!

And in the instant it opened, the moment its gaze focused on Xiao Shi, just like the power of the trident, it traversed the void, descending with an unavoidable speed.

This black eye was like the Eyes of Annihilation, capable of destroying everything, capable of extinguishing all.

Even in Xiao Shi's perception, this black eye was already capable of posing a life-threatening danger to him.

It was very clear.

At this moment, the Black Robed Man was serious!

"His rule…"

"Is the Extinction Rule!!"

Xiao Shi finally sensed the opponent's rule at this moment.

Before this.

Yan Huagu had warned him, stating that the Martial Emperor's most powerful method was his ability to worsen injuries.

Light injuries would become severe, and severe injuries would lead to being on the verge of death!

Furthermore, all injuries inflicted by the Martial Emperor were unrecoverable.

This method… was clearly derived from the Extinction Rule!

No.

Considering the Martial Emperor's cultivation at the Martial Dao Ninth Realm back then,

it had already transformed from the Extinction Rule into the Extinction Origin!

This extinction was a true extinction.

It would worsen all injuries and render all healing ineffective.

Although the Martial Emperor had not yet advanced to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm, and his Extinction Rule was not yet the Extinction Origin, even this Extinction Rule posed an incredibly huge threat to Xiao Shi.

He could clearly feel it.

The Martial Emperor's attack was unavoidable and inescapable.

It seemed that the moment the Martial Emperor unleashed this attack, he would inevitably be hit.

He could only face it head-on.

But neither the purification and isolation of the Scorching Sun Era's scorching sun, nor the suppression of the Star Era, could have any effect.

At the same time, Xiao Shi also pondered his other methods.

He found that most of his methods would be ineffective in the face of such Extinction power.

The Martial Emperor's extinction… was extremely overbearing!

Although it was also a world rule,

the Martial Emperor's Extinction Rule seemed to be far superior to ordinary world rules in terms of level, power, and all other aspects.

This might be related to the Martial Emperor having once pushed the Extinction Rule to become the Extinction Origin.

"Then there's only one way!"

Xiao Shi's eyes suddenly sharpened.

With a raised hand,

one weapon after another immediately flew out from his body.

There were a total of seven Saint Grade holy weapons!

These seven holy weapons shot forth, plunging into the massive vortex formed above Xiao Shi's head.

Within the vortex, the black clouds continuously churned, accompanied by intertwining flashes of lightning, creating a terrifying spectacle.

Each time a holy weapon entered the vortex,

the entire vortex would expand by a circle.

After all seven holy weapons had entered the vortex,

the entire vortex had already reached an astonishing scale, covering more than half of the sky.

It was… the Thousand Weapon Dao Slash!

Now, as Xiao Shi became a Demigod,

the power of the Thousand Weapon Dao Slash also underwent a tremendous transformation; not only did the number of weapons used increase from six holy weapons to seven holy weapons,

but the slashes of the Thousand Weapon Dao Slash would also, like Xiao Shi's other methods, possess the Slaughter Rule!

Killing intent permeated Xiao Shi's body.

He lightly chanted in his heart.

"Thousand Weapon, Dao Slash!"

Boom, rumbling!

The vortex above immediately vibrated violently.

In an instant,

the entire sky was covered with a dense array of weapons, suspended high above.

The next second,

all the weapons simultaneously slashed downwards.

Each slash carried astonishing power of slaughter!

When all the slashes converged into one place, they directly formed an incomparably terrifying Slaughter Slash!

The killing intent upon it was so strong!

It seemed to gather and merge all the killing intent of all living beings in heaven and earth into this single slash.

Thus making this slash… as if it were unleashed by this very heaven and earth!

Compared to when Xiao Shi used it in the Dao Lord Realm, the current Thousand Weapon Dao Slash had undergone earth-shattering transformations in all aspects.

However, facing Xiao Shi's grand and incomparably powerful slash,

the Black Robed Man merely sneered with disdain.

"Seeking death!!"

Even if Xiao Shi's slash was considered extremely powerful among all Demigods,

it was still not enough in the face of his Extinction Rule.

However, when Xiao Shi's slash struck the entire Eyes of Annihilation, the Black Robed Man's Eyes of Annihilation actually, amidst a series of cracking sounds,

exploded with a roar!

It was instantly annihilated by Xiao Shi's slash!

The Black Robed Man's expression changed dramatically for the first time.

He exclaimed in shock.

"Impossible!!"

As soon as his voice left him, his entire body trembled violently, he spat out a large mouthful of blood, his body swayed, and he staggered back several steps, his chest caving in as if he had been struck by a slash!