449: The ultimate battle!

Besides the Martial Dao Ninth Realm divine abilities,

Xiao Shi also needed to improve and refine some of his past techniques and killing moves.

After all, with the increase in his cultivation level,

many techniques and killing moves were no longer as effective as before.

He needed to make some changes and improvements to them.

This included the Thousand Weapon Dao Slash.

Xiao Shi felt that it could also be enhanced to a certain extent.

In addition to this,

Xiao Shi had an extremely important task to complete, which was... to replace the Dao River within the Tianwu Continent with the Dao River within his body!

Now that he had reached the Martial Dao Ninth Realm,

he was already capable of expanding the Dao River within his body to the extent that it could replace the Tianwu Continent's Dao River.

And this was already a crucial part of his plan.

Although the power of the dao alone was no longer enough to pose a threat to the Martial Emperor, and it would only provide a minuscule increase to Xiao Shi's combat power,

the replacement of the Dao River was not for dealing with the Martial Emperor.

Instead, it was to weaken the World Will of the Tianwu Continent to a certain extent.

He knew very well that

what he was about to face was not just the Martial Emperor, but also the great calamity that all Martial Dao Ninth Realm supreme experts had to face!

In fact, to a large extent,

the calamity of the Martial Dao Ninth Realm posed a greater threat to Xiao Shi than the Martial Emperor.

After all, throughout history,

no Martial Dao Ninth Realm expert had ever managed to overcome this calamity.

Xiao Shi could sense that... the calamity of the Martial Dao Ninth Realm most likely originated from the World Will of the Tianwu Continent.

Ultimately,

the key to becoming a Martial God was to replace the World Will of the Tianwu Continent.

Naturally, these Martial Dao Ninth Realm supreme experts were the greatest enemies of the World Will.

Replacing the Tianwu Continent's Dao River might be able to weaken the World Will of the Tianwu Continent to some extent.

When he faced the calamity of the Martial Dao Ninth Realm, it would be easier for him.

However, Xiao Shi also knew that

the calamity would not arrive immediately.

It still needed some time.

His immediate priority was primarily the upcoming battle with the Martial Emperor.

Xiao Shi knew that the Martial Emperor was about to break through.

He did not have much time left.

After swiftly replacing the Tianwu Continent's Dao River and absorbing all the dao stars within the Dao River into his body,

he raced against time to continue enhancing himself in all aspects.

Facing the formidable Martial Emperor, even with the items and divine abilities of the Martial Dao Ninth Realm, he still felt uneasy.

He seized the time to make more enhancements.

Since the Martial Emperor was ascending to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm with four types of Heaven and Earth Rules this time, his breakthrough took longer than Xiao Shi's.

However, after a period of breakthrough,

Boom!

An indescribable, vast, and boundless aura, seemingly capable of suppressing all living beings and asserting its sole dominance over the entire world, erupted directly from where the Martial Emperor was located!

The release of this aura made the sky tremble and the earth quake!

The numerous seas, mountains, and other features within the Tianwu Continent seemed to be pressed down by an invisible force, deeply indenting, and even the waves appeared unable to rise.

At this moment, all living beings within the Tianwu Continent felt their minds violently shake, their souls tremble, and their bodies shiver, their minds going blank!

They instinctively exuded fear and horror, as if they had encountered a natural predator that controlled their life and destiny!

It must be said that

the commotion caused by the Martial Emperor's breakthrough to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm was even greater than when Xiao Shi broke through to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm!

After all, the Martial Emperor was breaking through with four types of Heaven and Earth Rules.

His Martial Dao Ninth Realm was naturally far stronger than an ordinary Martial Dao Ninth Realm.

At the same time,

with the Martial Emperor's breakthrough,

Xiao Shi immediately clearly felt a sudden change in his control over the entire Tianwu Continent.

Originally, Xiao Shi could completely control the body of the giant that was the Tianwu World.

But with the Martial Emperor's breakthrough now,

his control over the giant's body seemed to have been divided, from complete control to only being able to control half of the giant's body.

“In other words...”

“When two Martial Dao Ninth Realm experts appear simultaneously within the Tianwu Continent, the control over the entire world will be divided...”

Xiao Shi suddenly understood.

Since there had never been two Martial Dao Ninth Realm experts in any previous era, this situation was appearing for the first time in the Tianwu Continent.

“It's time to end everything!”

Xiao Shi's eyes narrowed slightly.

Whoosh!

His figure flickered.

He instantly vanished from his original spot.

He appeared directly in front of the Martial Emperor through teleportation.

The moment the Martial Emperor opened his eyes,

he clearly saw Xiao Shi, who had appeared before him.

The anger in his deep eyes had not subsided due to his current breakthrough; instead, it burned even more fiercely.

He should have ascended directly to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm with five types of Heaven and Earth Rules.

However, his plans were disrupted by Xiao Shi.

As a result, he could only ascend to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm with four types of Heaven and Earth Rules.

Although it was only one Heaven and Earth Rule short,

there was a world of difference between ascending to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm with five types of Heaven and Earth Rules and ascending with four types of Heaven and Earth Rules!

Even the origin he formed was vastly different from the origin in his original plan.

This made the killing intent in his eyes surge even more violently.

He only wanted to immediately tear the culprit in front of him into ten thousand pieces.

The killing intent in Xiao Shi's eyes was no less than the Martial Emperor's.

The collision of their gazes stirred up invisible ripples, causing the surrounding void to twist and shatter.

“Do you think that by stepping into the Martial Dao Ninth Realm, you can contend with me?”

“I will let you know.”

“Even if we are both in the Martial Dao Ninth Realm, in front of me, you are nothing but an ant!!”

The Martial Emperor's voice sounded as if it emanated from this very world.

The entire world trembled.

At the same time, his body, at this moment, directly merged into the world, causing his entire being to transform into an incomparably colossal and majestic giant.

From afar, the giant formed by the Martial Emperor stood in the sky.

It occupied more than half of the firmament.

Even the four great regions within the Tianwu Continent appeared like mere balls in front of him, and the living beings within them were even less than ants, utterly insignificant!

At this moment, the world roared, and all living beings who witnessed this scene trembled, their breathing quickened, and their minds were engulfed by towering waves.

At the same time, their minds seemed to be occupied by some will, as if they had lost themselves.

They all numbly raised their hands.

All the power within their bodies surged out, converging into the world.

It was absorbed by the Martial Emperor, who had merged with the world at this time.

Xiao Shi was not surprised by this.

He knew that this was a common method used by Martial Dao Ninth Realm supreme experts.

As a Martial Dao Ninth Realm expert capable of controlling this world,

he could already freely merge with the world.

He could mobilize the power of all living beings.

However, due to the simultaneous presence of two Martial Dao Ninth Realm experts in the current Tianwu Continent, the Martial Emperor could only mobilize half of the power of all living beings within the Tianwu Continent.

He could not mobilize the power of all living beings within Xiao Shi's domain.

Xiao Shi knew deeply that

if he wanted to, he could also merge with the world like the Martial Emperor and mobilize the power of all living beings.

But he did not do so.

He knew very well that

although the Martial Emperor had only just broken through to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm in this life, he had extremely profound attainments in the Martial Dao Ninth Realm in his previous life.

In terms of control over the world, he was far beyond what Xiao Shi could compare to.

Therefore, confronting the Martial Emperor with the power of the world and its living beings was clearly not a wise move.

Most importantly... Xiao Shi could vaguely sense that... the Martial Emperor seemed to intentionally want to guide him, wanting him to use the same method to contend with him when he felt pressured.

There might... be a trap set by the Martial Emperor within this.

Regarding this,

Xiao Shi remained unmoved.

He did not merge with the world like the Martial Emperor, despite the powerful pressure the Martial Emperor was currently exuding.

This made the Martial Emperor's eyes narrow slightly.

He didn't expect Xiao Shi to be so composed.

He let out a cold huff.

He raised his right hand, which was even larger than the great regions within the Tianwu Continent, and grabbed at Xiao Shi below!

Although Xiao Shi's actions were somewhat unexpected to him,

if Xiao Shi did not merge with the world, his combat power would be greatly affected, and he would not be able to unleash the full combat power of the Martial Dao Ninth Realm.

In other words,

regardless of whether Xiao Shi merged with the world or not, the Martial Emperor would have an absolute advantage.

As the strongest in an era,

and also the most powerful Martial Dao Ninth Realm expert in the Tianwu Continent to date,

the Martial Emperor was not only extremely powerful in terms of cultivation, but his wisdom and combat experience were also extraordinary.

With just one move,

he had already gained an absolute advantage.

Rumble!

The descent of the entire giant right hand was like the collapse of the sky, stirring up terrifying, earth-shattering roars!

Facing the colossal hand that descended with a roar,

Xiao Shi remained calm.

There was no panic on his face.

He softly uttered four words.

“World of Slaughter!”

Buzz!

As his words left his mouth,

it was like waste water dripping into a hot oil pan.

A terrifying aura of slaughter, at this moment, seemed to materialize, instantly erupting from Xiao Shi's body with an earth-shattering sound!

The moment the Martial Emperor's descending palm reached Xiao Shi, these auras of slaughter, emanating from Xiao Shi, directly formed a giant light shield, covering Xiao Shi and the ground below.

It directly formed a special world within the Tianwu Continent!

This was a world composed of endless slaughter aura.

It was also a world that belonged entirely to Xiao Shi.

As a result, the Martial Emperor's palm descending from the sky, upon touching the light screen, was immediately repelled by the power of slaughter that swept out from this World of Slaughter, before its power could even erupt!

“Origin World!?”

The Martial Emperor frowned slightly, his voice deep.

He was very surprised.

Although he knew that

once one possessed an origin, one could form an Origin World through it.

This was also a common method used by Martial Dao Ninth Realm supreme experts.

However, when he became a Martial Dao Ninth Realm expert, it took him more than ten years to research the method of forming an Origin World from his origin.

Yet, Xiao Shi had become a Martial Dao Ninth Realm expert in less than half a day.

He had already mastered the method of forming an Origin World.

This greatly surprised the Martial Emperor.

His expression hardened, and his eyes, at this moment, seemed to transform into black vortices, like black holes. His repelled right hand emitted a dark glow, as if it had become the night sky. After a brief pause, it struck down again!

This time, the momentum emanating from his right hand was even more astonishing than before.

Even the void collapsed, unable to withstand it.

The surrounding mountain peaks shattered one after another.

A terrifying fluctuation, seemingly capable of destroying everything, crashed down.

It sought to destroy Xiao Shi, along with his entire World of Slaughter, in one fell swoop.

Xiao Shi's figure suddenly shot out.

The World of Slaughter he had formed also moved with his body.

The pressure fluctuation formed by the giant hand descending from the sky seemed to be squeezed, unable to continue spreading, and even began to contract, as if suppressed.

And Xiao Shi's body directly appeared in the sky, under the Martial Emperor's descending palm.

His body was insignificant compared to the entire massive palm, yet the aura emanating from him at this moment was earth-shattering, subtly giving people a feeling... that this seemingly weak figure contained enough power to contend with the colossal hand of the sky.

Xiao Shi raised his right hand, clenched his fist fiercely, his aura condensed, no other thoughts in his mind, only endless killing intent constantly boiling in his mind.

This caused the World of Slaughter he had formed to continuously condense and shrink into his right fist. In an instant, the entire massive World of Slaughter had already disappeared from around Xiao Shi, all condensed within his right fist.

“Kill!!”

Xiao Shi let out a low roar.

The entire World of Slaughter condensed into his fist instantly collapsed into a black hole.

It erupted under Xiao Shi's punch!

A terrifying storm of slaughter was unleashed.

This was his punch, condensing the entire World of Slaughter!

The moment this punch was thrown,

an earth-shattering black shadow of a killing fist appeared directly in the world.

This fist shadow was incredibly massive.

In terms of size, it was not much different from the Martial Emperor's descending palm, only one was above and one was below, and in an instant, they... directly collided!

The roaring sound echoed heavenward, the surrounding void could not bear it directly, tearing open in large swathes, and forming large storms that continuously erupted and spread throughout the entire Tianwu Continent, destroying everything, causing the earth to shake and the eight directions to roar.

The entire Tianwu Continent was like the end of the world!

With the current cultivation realm of Xiao Shi and the Martial Emperor,

the power fluctuations from their battle were already capable of destroying the entire Tianwu Continent.

Even those territories and great regions that were relatively far from them were affected by their continuous battles.

However, at this moment,

the World Will of the Tianwu World descended.

The World Will did not stop them from fighting; it merely formed a protective barrier around the various great regions and territories, including the entire world.

This was to prevent the Tianwu Continent from being directly shattered by the two of them.

Under the massive impact,

Xiao Shi's figure was shaken backward repeatedly.

The Martial Emperor's palm, however, was directly pierced through by Xiao Shi's punch of slaughter.

“Since I became a Martial Dao Ninth Realm expert, no one has ever been able to injure me. You... are the first!”

A cold glint surged in the Martial Emperor's eyes.

Although his pierced palm healed in the blink of an eye, he had already realized that... Xiao Shi's combat power was far from as simple as he had imagined!

This caused the Martial Emperor's expression to gradually become serious.

He raised his hand.

He pointed at Xiao Shi from a distance.

“Origin World.”

The moment his voice echoed,

Xiao Shi's surroundings actually twisted.

Four colossal stone statues, amidst rumbling sounds, materialized out of thin air and descended directly!

Each of these four stone statues was ten thousand zhang tall, and after their appearance, each exuded a different aura.

In fact, in Xiao Shi's perception, the Origin World formed by the Martial Emperor was not one, but four!!