60: The Battle of Dou Zong: A Clash of Laws

Yun Shan's "I'll grant your wish" sounded like a death knell, completely solidifying the air above Yun Lan Mountain!

The terrifying pressure of a Dou Zong, like a tangible tsunami, spread wildly in all directions from him, making even those with weaker cultivation feel their Dou Qi circulation become sluggish and difficult, as if burdened by a mountain!

His withered palm slowly clenched towards Li Ao's direction.

"Space — Imprisonment!"

Buzz!

The space around Li Ao instantly became like ten-thousand-year profound iron, wildly squeezing inward and sealing him off!

This was not simple Aura oppression, but the initial application of the Law of Space by a Dou Zong, intending to crush Li Ao, along with that space, into nothingness!

Half a month ago, Li Ao was critically wounded by this very move!

However, today was different from the past!

Facing this killing move that would make any Dou Huang change color, the silver-gray Annihilation Flame in Li Ao's eyes suddenly flared!

He did not forcefully break free from the spatial restraint but held the dull long blade in his hand vertically in front of him.

On the blade, the dark golden Qi and blood power and the silver-gray Annihilation Rule fused and compressed at an unprecedented speed!

"Break!"

With a low roar, the long blade did not strike out; instead, with its tip as the core, it suddenly erupted with a visible silver-gray ripple!

The ripple spread silently.

But the spatial power that was wildly squeezing in, the moment it touched this silver-gray ripple, actually made a "sizzling" sound of annihilation, as if it had met its nemesis!

The space imprisonment, solid as iron, was forcibly "neutralized" by this ripple containing the Annihilation Rule, creating an area for movement!

"What?! He can directly dissolve space imprisonment?!" Yun Shan's dim pupils suddenly constricted, his heart filled with shock.

Half a month ago, the opponent still needed to rely on that strange Rule blade technique to contend, but now he could dissolve it so effortlessly?

His control over that Rule had improved so rapidly?

"It seems I cannot let you live!" Yun Shan's killing intent grew stronger, his hands forming seals and changing, as gray-black Dou Qi mixed with even deeper spatial power surged out around him!

"Great Sorrowful Wind-Tearing Hand!"

Above the sky, the wind and clouds changed color!

A colossal gray-black hand, formed by immense energy and spatial power, instantly materialized, covering the sky!

On the giant hand, fingerprints were clear, like the palm of a god or demon, carrying a strange essence of tearing the firmament and pitying all living beings, as it slammed down towards Li Ao!

Before the giant palm even arrived, the terrifying pressure had already caused the stone slabs on the square below to shatter inch by inch!

This was Yun Shan's famous ultimate skill, a Di-rank Dou Technique!

Combined with his Dou Zong cultivation and the Hall of Souls secret technique, its power was enough to easily shatter mountains!

Li Ao looked up at the crushing giant palm, a hint of solemnity finally flashing in his eyes, but more so, a surging Battle Intent!

He took a deep breath, and the Black Iron Hegemon Body within him roared to its extreme, dark golden light emanating from his body, like an awakened ancient war god!

He gripped the blade with both hands, channeling all his power—Qi and blood, Dou Qi, and even that profound comprehension of the "Annihilation" Rule—into the blade's edge!

The dull long blade hummed under the strain, and on its body, dark gold and silver-gray lights intertwined to the extreme, as if transforming into a strange existence that devoured light!

He stomped his foot fiercely into the Void Realm, the Thunder Sound Steps roared, and instead of retreating, his figure advanced, transforming into a meteor rushing upwards, actively meeting the sky-covering giant palm!

"Hegemon Blade — Return to Chaos!"

It was still that same move, but its power and essence were vastly different from half a month ago!

A pitch-black blade mark, condensed to the extreme, as if even space itself could return to the Void Realm, slashed upwards from below, cutting against the sky!

Wherever the blade mark passed, light distorted, sound vanished, leaving only a pure, deathly trajectory that made one's Soul tremble just by looking at it!

Under the gaze of countless shocked and numb eyes, the ascending pitch-black blade mark and the descending gray-black giant palm collided violently above Yun Lan Mountain!

"Boom — — — — — — — — ! ! ! ! !"

A terrifying, indescribable roar erupted!

It was as if two stars had collided!

At the center of the collision, space fractured like a broken mirror, spreading countless pitch-black spatial crack, wildly devouring all surrounding energy and matter!

The blinding light instantly illuminated the entire Jia Ma Holy City, and the shockwave formed by the energy storm spread in a ring, completely tearing apart the clouds in the sky.

The Cloud Mist Sect buildings below were like being plowed by an invisible giant plow, collapsing and crumbling in large sections!

"Retreat quickly!!"

"Activate the sect-protecting array!!"

Screams were drowned in the roar.

Yun Yun had already flown down, joining forces with the Elders to barely prop up a huge cyan light shield, protecting the Disciples in the core area, but the light shield also violently shook and flickered under the impact of the terrifying aftershocks!

Medusa's colorful eyes flickered, and with a gentle wave of her jade hand, a faint colorful halo also enveloped the heavily injured Xiao Yan, saving him from being torn apart by the aftershocks.

She gazed at the destructive collision in the air, her heart also churning.

Li Ao's strength was even more terrifying than she had anticipated!

In the air, the energy storm slowly dissipated.

The scene that emerged made everyone gasp!

Yun Shan still floated in place, but his white robe had some damage, and his Aura was slightly chaotic, clearly indicating that the previous clash was not easy for him either.

As for Li Ao, he was pushed back several hundred feet, his blade-wielding right arm trembled slightly, his tiger's mouth split open, and the seeping blood was dark golden.

A trace of blood also spilled from the corner of his mouth, and his Qi and blood churned throughout his body.

Directly clashing with a Di-rank Dou Technique, even with his greatly improved strength and the unparalleled toughness of the Black Iron Hegemon Body, he still suffered some internal injuries.

The gap in Realm still existed!

"To be able to withstand this Sect Leader's Great Sorrowful Wind-Tearing Hand, you have reason to be proud," Yun Shan's voice was cold, carrying a hint of cat-and-mouse playfulness.

"But the chasm between Dou Huang and Dou Zong cannot be crossed by a mere trick of the Rule!

Next, I shall let you witness what true Dou Zong power is!"

He slowly brought his hands together, and the gray-black energy around him surged skyward like wolf smoke, resonating with the heaven and earth energy of the entire Yun Lan Mountain!

An Aura far more vast and despair-inducing than before began to awaken within him!

"Cloud Mist Secret Technique, Mountain Soul Blessing!"

Rumble!

The entire Yun Lan Mountain seemed to come alive, and endless mountain range power, like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, surged wildly into Yun Shan's body!

His Aura climbed steadily, instantly breaking through the Three-Star Dou Zong limit, reaching Four-Star, and even continuing to rise!

The energy concentrated around him made space itself groan under the unbearable strain!

He could actually use the power of the Yun Lan Mountain range to bless himself?!

Li Ao's eyes became completely solemn.

This was Yun Shan, or rather, Yun Shan with the help of the Hall of Souls, his true trump card!

"To force this Sect Leader to use this move, Li Ao, you can die without regret!" Yun Shan's voice was like thunder, carrying the majesty of controlling everything.

"This strike shall send you to your end!"

He raised his finger, pointed at Li Ao, and gently extended it.

"Nirvana... Finger!"

A gray-black finger glow shot out from his fingertip.

The finger glow was only as thick as an arm, but it was condensed to the extreme, containing not only Yun Shan's power but also a trace of an even colder, purer intent of death and Annihilation from the Hall of Souls!

Wherever the finger glow passed, space was not torn but erased as if by an eraser, leaving behind an eternal Void Realm trajectory!

This finger had already touched the edge of the Law!

Its power far surpassed the previous Great Sorrowful Wind-Tearing Hand!

Facing this finger, which was enough to make even an ordinary Four-Star Dou Zong tremble with fear, Li Ao felt an unprecedented sense of deadly crisis!

A hint of madness flashed in his eyes; instead of fear, he fiercely reinserted the long blade in his hand back into the sheath behind his back!

He actually intended to take it head-on with bare hands?!

Under everyone's incredulous gazes, Li Ao's palms suddenly clasped together in front of his chest, and the dark golden Qi and blood and the silver-gray Annihilation Rule compressed and fused wildly in an unprecedented manner!

The veins on his arms bulged like coiling Dragons, and the dark golden luster beneath his skin was so rich it seemed ready to drip liquid metal!

"Do you think... only you understand Annihilation?"

He roared, then abruptly pushed his clasped palms forward!

"Nirvana... Return to Chaos... Palm!"

A palm print, only the size of a millstone, completely chaotic and void-like, as if capable of devouring all light, sound, and even vitality and Soul, emerged from his palm, silently meeting that terrifying gray-black finger glow!

On one side was the Nirvana Finger, condensed with mountain range power and a Hall of Souls secret technique!

On the other side was the Return to Chaos Palm, a Fusion of Qi and blood, Rule, and an unyielding will!

Two "Annihilation" powers, of the same origin but different in nature, violently collided at the peak of Yun Lan Mountain!

There was no sound, no light.

Only an expanding, all-devouring... absolute Void Realm!