137: Slaying the Immortal Venerable of Destruction, Dao Bei

Facing Destruction Immortal Venerable's plea for mercy, Gu Jixiao's expression remained unmoved, his tone indifferent.

"No, Fellow Daoist Destruction should end his own life; it can be considered keeping some dignity."

Seeing that Gu Jixiao truly intended to fight to the death, Destruction Immortal Venerable finally stopped restraining himself.

Ever since he Cultivated to the Immortal Venerable Realm, he had never been this humiliated!

Being insulted like this by Gu Jixiao now made him finally unable to endure it any longer.

"Good, good, good! Since Fellow Daoist Gu insists on being so heartless, then don't blame me for fighting to the death!"

Destruction Immortal Venerable directly summoned his Life-bound Immortal Weapon.

As soon as the Life-bound Immortal Weapon appeared, the surrounding space trembled violently, as if the Saint Realm could not withstand such a powerful weapon.

"A Quasi-Immortal Emperor Artifact?"

Looking at the Life-bound Immortal Weapon summoned by Destruction Immortal Venerable, Gu Jixiao thought to himself.

He could tell that Destruction Immortal Venerable's Life-bound Immortal Weapon had already exceeded the scope of a Peak-grade Immortal Weapon, but it had not reached the level of an immortal emperor artifact; it was a Half-step Immortal Emperor Artifact, commonly known as a Quasi-Immortal Emperor Artifact.

"But, so what? You are still no match for me."

After Gu Jixiao finished speaking, he summoned another immortal emperor artifact.

In the next moment, the immortal emperor artifact transformed into a spear.

No matter how poor his situation, Destruction Immortal Venerable was still a Peak Immortal Venerable, and one who had been at that stage for many years; Gu Jixiao naturally would not take him lightly.

Soon, Gu Jixiao and Destruction Immortal Venerable were locked in combat.

The Imperial Dao Law within Gu Jixiao's body transformed into a True Dragon, coiling around him and boosting his Realm.

Looking back at Destruction Immortal Venerable...

The Destruction Law was one of the ten top-tier Laws, and its power was incomparably terrifying.

Every move Destruction Immortal Venerable made could destroy heaven and earth, but when they reached Gu Jixiao, they were blocked by that Imperial True Dragon.

The Imperial Dao Law depended on the strength of the Imperial Dynasty's Luck.

Currently, Gu Jixiao's Ancient Heavenly Emperor Dynasty occupied nearly half of the Direction, so its Luck was naturally incredibly powerful, and the strength boost it brought to Gu Jixiao was also extremely terrifying.

"It seems your methods are exhausted; now it's my turn."

Destruction Immortal Venerable's moves could not break through Gu Jixiao's defense, and seeing this, Gu Jixiao did not delay any further.

After all, if he continued to delay, he didn't know if other unexpected changes would occur.

The immortal emperor artifact in Gu Jixiao's hand transformed into a longbow.

As Gu Jixiao drew the bow to gather power, a continuous stream of immortal Qi poured into the immortal emperor artifact, and an incredibly terrifying arrow condensed into form.

Upon seeing that arrow, Destruction Immortal Venerable froze, feeling as though he was locked on by a great horror.

"Not good! This arrow can definitely kill me!"

Destruction Immortal Venerable's intuition told him that once this arrow was fired, he would surely die!

Thinking of this, Destruction Immortal Venerable's face turned fierce as he roared at Gu Jixiao.

"Gu Jixiao, since you want me dead, then don't think you're staying alive either—let's all die together!"

With that, Destruction Immortal Venerable charged toward Gu Jixiao without hesitation, while the power of the Destruction Law within his body surged continuously.

A terrifying aura capable of destroying the Saint Domain emanated from Destruction Immortal Venerable; he was clearly about to self-detonate.

However, Gu Jixiao's expression remained unchanged. In the next moment, the immortal emperor artifact that had previously transformed into a cage changed again, forming a shield that blocked the front of Gu Jixiao.

Before Destruction Immortal Venerable could complete his self-detonation, Gu Jixiao had already finished gathering power. The moment he released his hand, a seemingly ordinary arrow flew toward Destruction Immortal Venerable at a speed that appeared extremely slow.

Destruction Immortal Venerable was completely locked on and frozen in place.

Was the arrow's speed too fast?

No, it was that Destruction Immortal Venerable's speed had slowed down, which was why the arrow appeared to be slow as well.

Against a full-power strike from a Peak Immortal Venerable using an immortal emperor artifact, Destruction Immortal Venerable, who was at the same Peak Immortal Venerable Realm, clearly had no power to resist.

The arrow passed through, and Destruction Immortal Venerable stood in place, seemingly without a single injury.

But only Destruction Immortal Venerable himself knew that he was already dead, and not even a Great Golden Immortal could save him.

Looking at Gu Jixiao again, there was still no fear on Destruction Immortal Venerable's face; instead, he burst into loud laughter.

"Gu Jixiao, I'll wait for you down there. Just wait, you will definitely die, you definitely will!"

After speaking, Destruction Immortal Venerable turned into ash and dissipated, his Dao completely extinguished.

At the moment of Destruction Immortal Venerable's fall, a mournful wail echoed from the Void Realm, spreading throughout the entire Saint Realm.

All great experts above the Immortal Emperor Realm froze in place.

In the Direction, Five Elements Immortal Venerable suddenly opened his eyes and looked toward the Saint Domain.

"Such a disturbance—an Immortal Venerable has fallen! The intensity of this Dao Sorrow... I'm afraid it's one of the Three Great Saint Venerables who has perished?"

Five Elements Immortal Venerable's expression was grim.

Once one steps into the Immortal Venerable Realm and completely masters a Law, they establish a certain connection with the Saint Realm.

Once they perish, the moment the Saint Realm senses it, it will emit a Dao Sorrow, allowing all great experts who have Cultivated to the Immortal Emperor Realm and above to perceive it.

And the greater the disturbance of the Dao Sorrow, the more powerful the strength it represents.

Such an intense Dao Sorrow could not even be emitted by a Late Stage Immortal Venerable; it could only be formed by a Peak Immortal Venerable.

This also meant that one of the Saint Venerables had fallen.

In the other seven Directions, the Realm Protecting Army commanders were all Middle Stage Immortal Venerable experts; thus, the moment they felt the Dao Sorrow, without exception, they all looked toward the Saint Domain.

"Go, investigate for me! What exactly happened in the Saint Domain? Which Saint Venerable has fallen?"

"Just what kind of existence could actually slay a Saint Venerable!"

"Could it be that the Lord of the Gui Huan has invaded again?"

The expressions of all the Realm Protecting Army commanders were filled with uncertainty as they speculated about what had happened.

On the other side, Karma Immortal Venerable and Yin Yang Immortal Venerable, who had escaped with their lives, stopped, their expressions extremely unsightly.

"Damn it, that guy is actually so powerful!"

Yin Yang Immortal Venerable spoke, his heart filled with dread toward Gu Jixiao and sorrow for the death of Destruction Immortal Venerable.

After all, if Gu Jixiao could slay Destruction Immortal Venerable, it meant he could just as easily deal with them.

Looking at Karma Immortal Venerable, his expression was grim as if he were thinking about something.

After a long while, Karma Immortal Venerable finally spoke.

"No, this matter absolutely cannot end like this. Since Gu Jixiao wants to drive us to a dead end, we absolutely cannot sit and wait for death!"

Hearing Karma Immortal Venerable's words, Yin Yang Immortal Venerable was stunned, then thought of something, his face showing a look of uncertainty.

"So, what do you mean?"

"What do I mean? What do you think? We have no other choice now. Gu Jixiao's strength has already exceeded our imagination. Now, our only option is to join forces with the Lord of the Gui Huan, deal with Gu Jixiao first, and then consider other matters!"

After speaking, Karma Immortal Venerable turned his head toward the Direction.

Although the Gui Huan Clan would invade from all eight Directions of the Saint Realm, the Lord of the Gui Huan would only invade through the spatial rift in the Direction.

Therefore, Karma Immortal Venerable suspected that the Gui Huan Clan's nest was closest to the Direction.