23: The Four Heavens of Saints!

That blurted-out "Don't die" was like a red-hot iron, searing deep into Gu Lingshuang's Divine Soul.

Her cheeks were burning hot like fire.

"Am I crazy?!"

"Why do I care whether this bastard lives or dies!"

Her pearly teeth bit down hard on her lower lip; the seeping blood carried a hint of saltiness, yet it couldn't suppress the wave of mortifying regret in her heart.

Su Xuanchen felt it.

He felt the duplicitous concern of this proud young phoenix.

He didn't mock her, but simply gave her a deep look; in those calm eyes, it was as if a galaxy were flowing.

"Wait for me."

Two words, steady as a mountain.

As his voice fell, he turned around and, alone, faced the figure in the sky radiating a monstrous, ferocious might.

"Old Ancestor!"

Su Jingyuan's eyes were bloodshot, his eyes nearly splitting.

"We shall follow you to the death!"

"Fight!"

Dozens of Su Family Elders and the million-strong Su Family Legion let out a collective roar, about to charge forward recklessly.

Su Xuanchen did not look back.

An invisible majesty, however, blocked everyone like a heavenly chasm.

That majesty carried no killing intent, yet it made all the Su Family members feel as if they were being pressed down by an immovable mountain, unable to budge.

They could only watch helplessly as that slightly thin back faced an established, veteran Saint alone.

Humiliation!

Endless humiliation burned within the hearts of every Su Family member!

"Hehehe..."

High in the sky, Ancestor Zishan let out a chilling sneer.

He looked down at Su Xuanchen from above, his gaze like that of one looking at a reckless ant.

"Junior, your courage is commendable."

"Unfortunately, before this seat, courage is the cheapest thing."

He slowly raised a hand.

With one palm, he gently pressed down toward the ground below.

Boom!

The world suddenly darkened.

The palm was clearly not large, but the moment it descended, it seemed to blot out the sun and sky, enshrouding the entire firmament!

Around his fingertips, wisps of Chaos Qi swirled.

Within his palm, countless blood-colored divine chains of order intertwined and spiraled, emitting a terrifying Aura enough to make even Eternal Realm experts tremble with fear!

He intended to crush this newly ascended Saint, along with all his pride, with a single palm strike!

However.

Faced with this world-destroying blow, there was no expression on Su Xuanchen's face.

He didn't even look at the giant palm descending from the heavens.

He simply raised his right hand.

A single finger, translucent as jade.

He tapped lightly toward the sky.

There was no world-shaking power.

No world-destroying Law.

It was just such a simple finger tap.

The next second.

Crack!

A crisp sound of shattering rang out in everyone's ears.

The Chaos palm that blotted out the sun and the intertwined blood-colored Divine Chains were as fragile as a reflection in water before this finger.

Instantly, they crumbled inch by inch!

Turning into a rain of light that filled the sky, they dissipated into nothingness.

"What?!"

The sneer on Ancestor Zishan's face froze completely.

His pupils constricted, and for the first time, his eyes revealed an irrepressible shock!

Although he hadn't used his full strength in that palm strike, it was enough to heavily injure any newly ascended Saint!

Yet the opponent had actually shattered it with a single finger, so nonchalantly?!

"How interesting."

After the brief shock, an even more chilling killing intent surfaced on Ancestor Zishan's face.

"It seems this seat has underestimated you."

"In that case, I shall let you witness what true despair is!"

He suddenly opened his mouth.

A roar that seemed to come from the primordial era erupted from his mouth!

"Roar of Ten Thousand Beasts!"

Roar—!

In an instant, ten thousand phantoms of Vicious Beasts roared out from the churning Evil Qi behind him!

There was the Kui Ox, with a single horn on its head and treading upon thunder!

There was the Kunpeng, its wings spread wide to blot out the sun!

There was the Taotie, massive in form and capable of swallowing the heavens and earth!

Each Vicious Beast phantom radiated a terrifying power sufficient to tear through space and crush the ages!

The ten thousand beasts stampeded, roaring and snarling as they turned into a destructive torrent, charging fiercely toward Tianyan City below!

Crack! Crack! Crack!

Above Tianyan City, the countless City-Protecting Arrays that the Su Family had spent generations of effort to set up were as fragile as paper under the impact of this power!

Layer after layer, they continuously shattered and were annihilated!

He actually intended to erase the entire city, along with the billions of living beings within it!

"Not good!"

"Run, quickly!"

Inside the city, countless Cultivators lost their voices in horror, their faces filled with fear and despair.

Upon the high platform.

Gu Lingshuang's pupils also constricted slightly.

She recognized this move.

In her past life, Ancestor Zishan had used this move to slaughter several top-tier forces that opposed him, earning him a notorious reputation!

Could Su Xuanchen block it?

Just as everyone thought doomsday had arrived.

Su Xuanchen moved.

He still stood where he was, his posture not even changing.

He simply gave his sleeve a gentle flick.

Buzz!

In the sky, the dim heavens that were originally shrouded in endless Evil Qi lit up with billions of starlight points without any warning!

One, ten, a hundred... endless stars emerged from the void!

They converged, turning into a vast, surging galaxy that spanned across the ages!

Within that galaxy, every single star contained a startling power enough to smash through a continent!

"Go."

A single word softly escaped Su Xuanchen's mouth.

Rumble—!

The vast galaxy, like the Heavenly River pouring down, carrying supreme Divine Might that could crush everything, slammed violently into the stampeding torrent of ten thousand beasts!

There was no world-shaking explosion.

Nor was there a world-destroying shockwave.

The torrent of ten thousand beasts, capable of destroying a giant city, dissolved like melting snow the moment it touched the galaxy, silently being completely swallowed and obliterated!

With crushing force!

Unstoppable!

After the strike, the galaxy receded, turning back into billions of starlight points and fading into the sky, as if it had never appeared.

Only a dead silence remained between heaven and earth.

"This... how is this possible?!"

Inside Purple Heaven Palace, the Sect Master of Hunyuan Sect abruptly stood up from his seat, his face filled with irrepressible horror!

"Channeling the power of the stars! This is a method that can only be initially mastered by those at the Saint Third Heaven or above!"

"He... he is definitely not a newly ascended Saint!"

And high in the sky.

Ancestor Zishan's wrinkled old face was already covered in endless horror and disbelief!

He stared fixedly at Su Xuanchen, his gaze like that of one looking at a demon god from another world!

Just then.

Su Xuanchen moved.

He took a step forward, his figure instantly appearing high in the sky, facing Ancestor Zishan from across the void.

Then.

He no longer suppressed himself.

A terrifying Aura that seemed as if it would completely burst this world erupted from within his body!

Boom—!

Saint First Heaven!

Saint Second Heaven!

Saint Third Heaven!

The Aura was still skyrocketing!

Finally, it steadily settled at a level that would make all Saints despair—

Saint Fourth Heaven!

In an instant, the world seethed!

The clouds and winds receded, and the thunder wailed!

Visible divine chains of order vibrated violently under the impact of this Aura, letting out overwhelmed moans!

Majestic power, like a mountain torrent or a tsunami, swept across the entire region!

Inside Purple Heaven Palace, the Quasi-Saint Sect Masters from the Eastern Region froze, feeling their Primordial Spirits trembling wildly under this power, as if they would shatter at any moment!

Within Tianyan City, the souls of billions of living beings felt as if they would break; they all knelt on the ground, bowing in worship toward the god-like figure in the sky!

Everyone who had originally believed Su Xuanchen was certain to die was, at this moment, completely awestruck by this terrifying strength that far exceeded their imagination and even transcended their scope of understanding!

The situation of this Saint duel,

Was completely reversed at this moment!