521: Chapter 521 Battle Fusion

[You did not delay. With a single thought, the tens of thousands of Clones scattered everywhere moved simultaneously, converging toward your main body.]

[One, two, ten, a hundred...]

[The moment all the Clones underwent Fusion, you clenched your fists.]

[A surge of thick power pulsed through your body.]

[You slowly rose and headed toward the star where Elder Qi was hiding—White Horse Star.]

[White Horse Star was not on the front lines.]

[In fact, it was very far from the direction of the Heavenly Palace.]

[This direction was close to the Xuanyuan Immortal Clan, and the defenses were weak.]

[It must be said that Elder Qi was not stupid.]

[With so many Mahayana Cultivators stationed near the front lines, he wouldn't be able to hide there.]

[He likely intended to pass through the Xuanyuan Immortal Clan's territory and then make his way back to the Heavenly Palace.]

[Unfortunately.]

[You had arrived.]

[Deep within a desolate mountain range on White Horse Star.]

[The rocks were jagged, ancient trees reached for the sky, and even birds and beasts were rarely seen.]

[In this desolate place, an inconspicuous Immortal Cave was hidden.]

[Inside the Immortal Cave.]

[Elder Qi slowly opened his eyes.]

[His gaze pierced through the mountain rocks, looking toward the figure suspended in the sky.]

[It was you.]

[You hung there, looking down at him coldly.]

[With a shift of his body, he instantly arrived in the sky, facing you from across the distance.]

["Who is Your Excellency?" He narrowed his eyes, his tone unfriendly. "It seems you've come specifically for this old man?"]

[With a thought, your appearance slowly changed, transforming into the look of that Clone before it died.]

[Elder Qi's pupils suddenly constricted, and his expression turned cold.]

["It's you?"]

["You're actually at Void Refining Perfection!?"]

[He stared at you intently, as if trying to see through you.]

["No wonder... no wonder when I killed you back then, you showed no fear and instead looked at me with mockery."]

["So that was just a Void Refining Clone."]

[As he spoke, his Divine Sense instantly spread out.]

[Once, twice, three times.]

[For millions of miles around, every pebble, every blade of grass, and every living being was repeatedly searched by him.]

[No Mahayana Cultivators.]

[No ambush.]

[He then let out a cold sneer:]

["You dare to come here and seek death all by yourself?"]

[You smiled indifferently.]

["Old geezer, I alone am enough to deal with you."]

["Hahaha—" Elder Qi threw his head back and laughed, the sound causing rocks to crumble and roll down.]

[After he had laughed his fill, he shook his head, looking at you like an ant that didn't know the heights of the heavens.]

["Junior, you are far too arrogant."]

["I have roamed the Immortal Realm for thousands of years, known as the number one person below Mahayana in the Heavenly Palace."]

["Just you?"]

[His tone was full of contempt.]

[Unless a Mahayana appeared, no one could kill him.]

[This was his confidence.]

[Your gaze was cold as you gently shook your head, your tone carrying a hint of disdain:]

["The number one person below Mahayana?"]

[You paused, a faint smile on your face: "To put it bluntly, you're just a Body Integration cultivator."]

[Elder Qi's smile vanished, and his gaze turned cold.]

["Good, good, good."]

["It's been a long time since I've seen a brat as arrogant as you."]

[As soon as he finished speaking, the aura around him exploded. He raised his hand and gave a casual wave—]

[Nearly a thousand strands of the Law Power surged out, layering and interweaving into an airtight net.]

[In an instant, space trembled, and a Law Domain immediately enveloped this part of the world.]

[The clouds within a million-mile radius were shattered and cleared away completely.]

[That pressure was like an invisible mountain, making it hard to breathe.]

[The very air seemed to stagnate.]

[Below, in dozens of cities, cooking smoke was curling upward.]

[Street vendors were shouting their wares, children were chasing each other in alleyways, and women were carrying baskets to dry clothes.]

[Someone had just returned from the fields, carrying a hoe and humming a tune.]

[Someone pushed open a window, leaned out, and shouted to the floor below, "Is dinner ready yet?"]

[Everything was so ordinary, so lively.]

[Suddenly, the sky turned dark.]

[Someone looked up and froze.]

["What's going on?"]

["Why has the sky turned black?"]

["Look at the sky—"]

[Before the words could fully leave their mouth, an invisible pressure crashed down.]

[There was no warning, no sound.]

[The street vendor, before he could even put down the candied haws in his hand, began to dissipate.]

[He looked down, watching his own hands turn into points of light, drifting away bit by bit.]

[He wanted to scream, but no sound came out.]

[The children in the alley were still laughing, but the laughter stopped abruptly.]

[Before their running feet could touch the ground, the people were gone.]

[The woman carrying the basket stared blankly as those points of light floated past her eyes.]

[She opened her mouth, wanting to call her child's name.]

[But before the name could escape, she too began to dissipate.]

[The person returning from the fields still had the hoe on his shoulder, but he was gone.]

[The person who pushed open the window to ask "Is dinner ready yet?" would never get a response.]

[In the house, there was someone even smaller—]

[An infant in swaddling clothes was still sleeping. Drool hung from the corner of his mouth, and his lips were curved as if he were dreaming of something delicious.]

[He slept so soundly, so sweetly, completely unaware of everything around him.]

[He didn't know why the sky had turned dark, why his mother was gone, or where those terrifying auras came from.]

[Then, he too began to dissipate.]

[Starting from the top of his head, he turned into points of light bit by bit, drifting into the air.]

[He never woke up.]

[He never knew what had happened.]

[But that tiny body was gone.]

[Countless cries, wails, and pleas for mercy blended together.]

["Why..."]

["I don't want to die..."]

["Mother—"]

[But soon, there was no sound at all.]

[It wasn't just the people.]

[The cities were also collapsing.]

[City walls turned to powder, bricks and tiles fell, crumbling into dust before they even hit the ground.]

[Pavilions turned into nothingness—those carved window frames, those hanging lanterns, those clothes hanging out to dry—]

[All gone.]

[One, two, three...]

[In just a few breaths, dozens of cities were completely wiped from the continent.]

[As if they had never existed.]

[And it didn't stop there.]

[The distant mountain ranges began to vibrate violently.]

[Mountain peaks split apart, and giant boulders rolled down, crushed into powder by that force before they could land.]

[Ancient trees reaching for the sky turned into flying ash.]

[Winding rivers evaporated instantly.]

[Birds and beasts dissipated into the world before they could even let out a cry of grief.]

[Grass, living beings, rocks, soil...]

[Everything was disappearing.]

[Everything was returning to nothingness.]

[From beginning to end, Elder Qi didn't even lift an eyelid.]

[Those cries, those wails, those helpless eyes—]

[He couldn't hear them, and he couldn't see them.]

[Or rather, he heard and saw them, but he didn't care at all.]

[Just ants.]

[No matter how many died, it was all the same.]

[Finally, within a million-mile radius, it was empty.]

[Nothing was left.]

[No cities, no mountain ranges, no rivers, no vegetation, no living beings.]

[Only an absolute void remained.]

[Just like the battlefields on the border of the Immortal Realm after the Immortal Sect and the Heavenly Palace had fought.]

[Deadly silent, desolate, everything was gone.]