439: Kill the demigod!

Something’s wrong!

This is very wrong!!

The Black Robed Man’s mind reeled.

The slash Xiao Shi unleashed, while incredibly powerful and fierce, should normally not have been enough to contend with his Eyes of Annihilation.

It certainly shouldn't have been able to shatter his Eyes of Annihilation.

The reason his Extinction Rule was far superior in level to other Heaven and Earth Rules was because, above the Extinction Rule, there existed the Extinction Origin.

Other Heaven and Earth Rules, lacking an Origin as support, naturally fell far short of the Extinction Rule in terms of level.

Typically, once an Origin formed, it would exist permanently.

Even if a Martial Emperor perished... his Extinction Origin would still remain.

Normally speaking,

Xiao Shi’s Slaughter Rule should have been utterly incapable of contending with the Extinction Rule.

However, the current situation made the Black Robed Man clearly realize that there was... obviously a big problem here!

But the problem wasn't with Xiao Shi's slash; it was with his own Eyes of Annihilation.

“My Eyes of Annihilation... no, my Extinction Rule, seemed to have drastically decreased in level for a moment. What’s going on!?”

The Black Robed Man frowned deeply.

Based on his knowledge and understanding of Heaven and Earth Rules,

there was no known method in the world that could cause a Heaven and Earth Rule to drop in level.

Yet, at that moment... he distinctly felt his Extinction Rule had significantly decreased in level.

This was why his Eyes of Annihilation had been directly shattered by Xiao Shi.

This kind of situation

was utterly unprecedented for him!

“Indeed!”

“To contend with his Extinction Rule, the best way is to use the [Soul Plate]!”

The method Xiao Shi thought of to counter the Extinction Rule was not to rely on the Thousand Weapon Dao Slash.

He knew that

even if the Thousand Weapon Dao Slash's power had greatly increased after his current advancement to Demigod, it alone would not be enough to contend with the opponent's Extinction Rule.

To contend with it,

he could only approach it from the opponent's Extinction Rule itself.

This made Xiao Shi think of his first Exclusive Item, the [Soul Plate]!

When Xiao Shi had transformed this item into his own Exclusive Item, it had gained its exclusive ability.

However, the [Soul Plate]'s exclusive ability at that time could only target Dao Lords.

It would have no effect on Demigods.

But besides having an exclusive ability, Exclusive Items also had a special characteristic: their grade would depend on Xiao Shi's current cultivation realm.

Because Xiao Shi was still a Dao Lord at that time,

the [Soul Plate]'s grade was merely a Dao Lord Level Exclusive Item.

But now that Xiao Shi had become a Demigod,

this Exclusive Item also advanced from Dao Lord Level to a Demigod Level Exclusive Item!

Its exclusive ability also changed accordingly.

【Name: Soul Plate】

【Type: Roulette】

【Grade: Unlimited (Depends on current realm)】

【Status: Personal Exclusive (1)】

【Description: It was an item for the Martial Soul Realm ‘invented’ by an ancient era powerhouse on a whim. It was then upgraded directly from the Martial Soul Realm to the Martial Demon Realm through an Item Upgrade Scroll, and subsequently became a Personal Exclusive Item through the modification of the Exclusive Dao. Integrating it into the soul allows this item to be used.】

【Note 1: The Soul Plate has five areas, corresponding to Attack, Defense, Detection, Use, and Amplification.】

【Note 2: When attacked, the target's attack can be rotated within the Soul Plate, and the target's attack will be altered according to the area the pointer points to.】

【Note 3: The Soul Plate can be used a maximum of six times within one day.】

【Note 4: In addition to being usable on a target, it can also be used on oneself.】

【Note 5: One can freely select the area the Soul Plate's pointer points to, without needing to rotate clockwise, but the same area can only be pointed to once within one day.】

【Note 6: If the pointer points to the same area, an additional fivefold amplification will be gained.】

【Current Exclusive Ability: Rule Plate】

【Description: The Rule Plate can tamper with the rules of an incoming attack, lowering its rule level, and can also elevate the level of one's own rules.】

【Note: The Rule Plate can only tamper with an enemy's rules once and boost one's own rules once within one day.】

...Xiao Shi still remembered.

When the [Soul Plate] was still a Dao Lord Level Exclusive Item, its exclusive ability was to cause an enemy's Dao level to drop, for example, from Upper Mortal Dao to Lower Mortal Dao.

Now that it had advanced to a Demigod Level Exclusive Item,

its exclusive ability had evolved into causing the level of a Rule to drop.

Therefore, when Xiao Shi used the [Soul Plate] to directly cause the opponent's Extinction Rule level to drop, the Eyes of Annihilation unleashed by the opponent could no longer contend with his Thousand Weapon Dao Slash.

It was directly shattered!

However, Xiao Shi also knew that

the Rule tampered with by the [Soul Plate] was only the Rule within the specific attack the opponent unleashed this time.

It did not directly tamper with the Rules on the opponent's body.

Furthermore, it could only be tampered with once within one day.

This meant... if the opponent continued to unleash the same attack, Xiao Shi would no longer be able to tamper with the Rules within the opponent's attack.

Therefore, wanting to defeat the opponent solely with the [Soul Plate] was clearly unrealistic.

After all, he only had one chance to weaken the opponent's Rule.

But this chance... could allow Xiao Shi to seize the initiative!

He understood that whether he could defeat the Martial Emperor next would depend on how he utilized this opportunity gained by the [Soul Plate].

With this thought,

Xiao Shi decisively launched an attack!

His skin instantly turned pitch black, his entire face seemed to wear an Evil Ghost mask, two large lumps protruded from his shoulder blades, then tore open to form a pair of enormous Evil Ghost wings.

A spiral horn covered in numerous intricate patterns emerged from his forehead.

At the same time, numerous phantoms of Evil Ghosts condensed behind him,

emitting sharp screeches.

Previously, Xiao Shi's Evil Ghost Branch abilities had already greatly improved within the Four Symbols Divine Martial Sect's Altar.

Now, with his advancement to Demigod,

when he unleashed his Evil Ghost Branch abilities, he instantly transformed into a black light, charging towards the Martial Emperor in front of him with astonishing speed.

His entire speed reached an inconceivable degree.

So much so that before the Black Robed Man could react,

his chest, which had previously been struck by Xiao Shi, was torn open by Xiao Shi's whistling claws.

A sizzling sound, like venom burning, emanated.

This caused the Black Robed Man's expression to change once more.

Xiao Shi's Evil Ghost Poison was already capable of posing a significant threat to his current body.

The entire toxin not only remained on his body's surface,

but also continuously permeated his body.

Moreover, within the toxin, there was an extremely powerful Slaughter Rule, which, building upon the original Evil Ghost Poison, formed a new toxin... Slaughter Poison!

This toxin was even more ferocious.

It could turn the Black Robed Man's own killing intent into a potent poison that destroyed his body!

In the current battle,

the Black Robed Man's killing intent towards Xiao Shi was exceptionally strong.

And the stronger his killing intent,

the more severe the toxic ravages he suffered.

“Damn it!!”

The Black Robed Man's face was grim.

Much of his flesh had already begun to rot.

His soul was constantly being assaulted.

It felt as if countless steel needles were stirring within his entire head.

As long as he harbored killing intent,

he would continuously suffer the effects of the Slaughter Poison.

Most importantly... he had already lost the initiative.

If he couldn't regain the initiative and fell into Xiao Shi's offensive rhythm, his situation would only worsen.

This made the Black Robed Man harden his resolve.

With a low growl,

“Explode!!”

The trident in his hand instantly shattered and exploded!

It formed a black storm, a storm that seemed capable of piercing through the sky and the earth, erupting violently between Xiao Shi and the Black Robed Man!

As rumbling sounds echoed, both Xiao Shi and the Black Robed Man spat out blood, each retreating.

This strange storm seemed capable of interfering with Rules, causing all their respective Rules to become ineffective at this moment.

This successfully alleviated the Slaughter Poison within the Black Robed Man's body.

However, his choice to detonate the trident was clearly not just to relieve the Slaughter Poison within him.

It was to completely kill Xiao Shi during the period when Xiao Shi couldn't use the Slaughter Rule.

“To actually force me to this extent...”

The Black Robed Man's expression was grim.

He hadn't expected the battle with Xiao Shi to be even more strenuous than his previous battle with Heavenly King Yao Xi!

But it ended here.

Swish!

A mask appeared on the Black Robed Man's face.

It was a completely blood-red face.

The entire mask emitted an extremely peculiar aura fluctuation, an aura fluctuation that did not belong to the Tianwu Continent.

Xiao Shi recognized it at a glance... the mask on the opponent's face was clearly the Divine Emissary mask from Blood Sacrifice Upper God!

This made him instantly understand the opponent's intention.

Clearly,

the Black Robed Man intended to take advantage of the current situation where both sides couldn't use Rules, while he himself could acquire power from Blood Sacrifice Upper God, to utterly destroy Xiao Shi in one fell swoop!

“You wouldn’t think only you have the power of an Upper God, would you?”

Xiao Shi sneered.

The [the face to meet god] of Eternal Night Upper God also appeared on his face.

The Black Robed Man's gaze sharpened.

Although he had previously guessed that Xiao Shi would likely replace Yan Huagu and become the Divine Emissary of Eternal Night Upper God, he still harbored a glimmer of hope.

After all, becoming a Divine Emissary was not a simple or easy matter.

If Xiao Shi failed to become a Divine Emissary, then killing him would be very easy.

However, even if Xiao Shi became a Divine Emissary,

he was completely unafraid.

He believed that even if the opponent became a Divine Emissary, he would only be a newly appointed Divine Emissary and would not be able to acquire too much power from the Upper God.

Therefore, even if they were both Divine Emissaries, there would be a huge difference in terms of power.

This was also the Black Robed Man's greatest reliance.

Previously, he had relied on the power of an Upper God to kill Heavenly King Yao Xi.

Now, he intended to continue using the power of an Upper God to deal with Xiao Shi.

Immediately,

after the Divine Emissary mask appeared on the Black Robed Man's face,

the entire mask immediately glowed with an incredibly intense bloody light. These bloody lights seemed to draw every single drop of blood from the Black Robed Man's entire body into the mask.

Following that, the entire mask flashed with a bloody light.

All the blood-red color on the mask completely vanished.

It was as if it had been sacrificed in an instant.

This caused the mask to not only lose all its blood-red color but instead turn grayish-white and begin to petrify, making the Black Robed Man's face seem to transform into a petrified face.

And it wasn't just his face.

His body also gradually began to turn into a petrified body.

His entire figure rapidly grew taller,

transforming into a stone giant nearly a hundred meters tall.

This brought an indescribable, heaven-shaking sense of oppression to Xiao Shi.

Xiao Shi had a hunch... in this state of the opponent,

even if he could still use the Slaughter Rule now, he wouldn't be able to harm him in the slightest.

The opponent's stone body seemed capable of immune to all Rule attacks!

Any Rule would be useless against him!

“No wonder Yao Xi died at his hands...”

Xiao Shi's eyes narrowed slightly.

He extended his right hand and placed his finger on his glabella.

Buzz!

He directly used the power previously stored within the [the face to meet god].

In an instant,

the entire sky began to be shrouded in pitch black. Even though the scorching sun that Xiao Shi had previously formed still hung in the sky, this sun was still unable to provide any illumination.

At this moment... the entire sky of the Tianwu Continent transformed into Eternal Night!

Xiao Shi involuntarily spread his arms.

His entire body was filled with an unprecedented sense of comfort.

Under such an Eternal Night... he felt as if he had become the monarch of Eternal Night.

He even felt that with just a thought, he could now decide the life and death of Dao Lords!

Meanwhile, the Black Robed Man, who had transformed into a stone giant, his eyes slowly widened.

He discovered that when Eternal Night arrived,

his body and his movements actually became sluggish.

Even moving a single finger took four or five seconds.

“This... This is impossible!!”

The Black Robed Man's heart seemed to be swept by a mountainous tsunami.

He knew that for this situation to occur,

there was only one possibility!

That was, the Upper God's power possessed by the opponent had already surpassed his own!

But how was this possible!?

This person was merely a newly appointed Divine Emissary; how could the Upper God behind him suddenly grant him so much divine power?

Moreover, with his body, it was impossible to withstand so much divine power!

The Black Robed Man was completely stunned.

“Is this the power of an Upper God...”

Xiao Shi carefully felt the enhancement Eternal Night brought him.

If he were to compare his normal state to a fish in water,

then Xiao Shi felt that now, within Eternal Night, he was like a Flood Dragon in the sea!

With a boom,

an astonishing aura suddenly erupted from Xiao Shi's body.

At the same time, numerous crimson blood mists surged out from both inside and outside his body. However, these blood mists, upon appearing in the Eternal Night, seemed to have been tainted by the aura of Eternal Night, thus turning black.

Simultaneously, the void around him twisted immensely in that instant!

And his aura, in a single moment, caused the Black Robed Man's entire body to uncontrollably tremble. As his mind roared, an extremely intense life-and-death crisis directly erupted within the Black Robed Man's body.

“What... What is this!!”

The Black Robed Man felt every inch of his flesh screaming at this moment, his breathing almost stagnant!

He no longer had time to think. He felt Xiao Shi, shrouded in black mist, was like a natural enemy, causing him to tremble and desperately try to counterattack.

However, the restraints brought by Eternal Night grew larger and larger, already making him unable to move even a single finger.

Even struggling with all his might was futile.

The truth was, the Upper God's power Xiao Shi possessed far exceeded his own!

Xiao Shi, within the black mist, was completely enveloped in black, as if immersed in black blood.

He slowly raised his head, revealing eyes that seemed to belong to a different person, eyes of unparalleled malevolence!

The sky, at this moment, fluctuated greatly as Xiao Shi raised his head, and the earth continuously surged.

The Black Robed Man's heart pounded faster than ever before, his breathing suddenly became rapid, his expression changed drastically, and his mind buzzed incessantly.

He could feel it.

Xiao Shi was currently unleashing an incredibly powerful, heaven-shattering killing move!

This killing move, amplified by Eternal Night, had already reached an extremely terrifying degree.

Soon,

two words emerged from Xiao Shi's mouth.

“Crimson... Fiend!”

As soon as the words fell,

his body boomed, and he instantly vanished from his original spot. Only a black line could be seen, traversing the void at an indescribable speed, seemingly capable of traversing even time!

Surpassing teleportation, surpassing spatial shifting, surpassing all speeds in heaven and earth!

In just a blink of an eye, he appeared directly in front of the Black Robed Man.

This speed was too fast for the Black Robed Man to even clearly see.

The black mist surrounding Xiao Shi's body had already directly touched the Black Robed Man under this terrifying speed.

A shrill scream emanated from the Black Robed Man's mouth, his body suddenly trembled, and visibly withered!

In less than a second,

his body had already become nothing but skin and bones.

Then, with a tremendous explosion,

his entire body directly exploded and shattered under Xiao Shi's impact,

transforming into countless broken bones.

Scattered across the earth.