74: The might of the Battle Venerable, the Queen's bloodshed

The gray giant palm that stretched out from the spatial rift was not real flesh and blood, but condensed from the purest nether energy and a higher-level Law! The moment it appeared, the rules of the entire world seemed to be forcibly rewritten; space solidified, time stagnated, and all things withered! That terrifying pressure, which surpassed the Dou Zong and reached the Dou Zun Realm, descended like the collapse of the entire firmament!

This was not the pseudo-Zun Power that Yun Shan had forcibly elevated with external help, but the absolute power truly belonging to a Dou Zun expert, towering above all beings! Even if it was just an attack transmitted across endless space, its power was enough to easily crush any Dou Zong!

Before the giant palm had fully descended, the already damaged main peak of Yun Lan Mountain began to completely disintegrate and turn into dust! The surviving Cloud Mist Sect Disciples exploded into blood mists under the escaping pressure, unable to even let out a scream! Even Elder Yun Ling, a Dou Wang-level expert, only lasted for less than a breath before despair appeared on his face, and his body shattered inch by inch like porcelain!

Yun Yun was timely pulled into the protection range of the seven-colored glow by Medusa, thus escaping the disaster, but looking at the doomsday-like scene before her, watching the Sect that had been passed down for a thousand years turn to ashes before her eyes, her eyes were filled with dead gray.

Li Ao bore the brunt of it!

The moment the Dou Zun pressure descended, he felt as if his entire body was suppressed by countless primordial Divine Beasts, making it incredibly difficult to even move a finger! The circulation of Dou Qi within him almost stagnated, his Qi and Blood surged, threatening to burst, and the dark gold luster of the Black Iron Hegemon Body flickered madly, resisting the pervasive Law erosion!

This was the strongest enemy he had faced since his Transmigration! Even if it was just an attack from afar, it brought him an unprecedented sense of mortal danger!

"Ant, you destroyed my chess piece, you deserve death!"

The grand voice sounded again, carrying the coldness of one who disregarded all beings. The gray giant palm slowly pressed down, not quickly, but it sealed all of Li Ao's dodging space, like a cat playing with a mouse, wanting him to fully experience despair before crushing him!

"You want to kill me?! It's not that easy!"

A hint of madness flashed in Li Ao's eyes. He suddenly bit his tongue, spitting out a mouthful of vital Blood containing immense Qi and Blood and Annihilation Rule onto the dark, heavy long Saber!

"Buzz—!"

The long Saber emitted a sharp and excited hum, and the dark gold and silver-gray light on the Saber body instantly fused, turning into a chaotic, primordial color that seemed capable of splitting the sky and earth! He pushed the Black Iron Hegemon Body to its limit, even burning a portion of his Qi and Blood Origin, forcibly breaking through the restraints of the Dou Zun pressure, raising the Saber with both hands, and launching his strongest attack to date against the slowly descending gray giant palm!

"Annihilation—Return to the Ruins—Heaven-Splitting!"

A Saber light of indescribable color burst forth from the Saber's edge! This Saber light was no longer just about annihilation and nothingness; it carried a supreme will that seemed to originate from Chaos, intending to cleave through Grandmist and redefine the elements! This was his ultimate sublimation, a Saber strike that fused all his power, will, and ultimate comprehension of the Annihilation Rule, surpassing all limits!

The Saber light surged upwards, fiercely striking the gray giant palm!

"Oh?"

From the other end of the rift came a slight sound of surprise, as if not expecting this "ant" to be able to unleash such an attack that touched the Origin of Law.

The Saber light and the giant palm finally collided!

"Boom—! ! ! ! ! ! ! !"

This time, it was no longer silent annihilation, but a truly terrifying roar, as if two worlds had collided! At the center of the collision, space was no longer merely shattered, but completely transformed into Chaos! Earth, fire, water, and wind emerged, Law chains broke, and a huge, constantly appearing and disappearing Chaos vortex appeared in the air, frantically devouring everything around it!

Li Ao's "Heaven-Splitting" Saber light actually managed to briefly resist the downward momentum of the gray giant palm! The Saber light continuously ground away at the nether energy on the giant palm, emitting an extremely harsh sound of friction and annihilation!

However, the Power of a Dou Zun was, after all, the Power of a Dou Zun!

The gray giant palm merely paused slightly, nether light flowing on it, and the eroded parts instantly repaired, with even more terrifying power surging like a tide!

"Crack!"

A tiny crack appeared on the chaotic Saber light!

Immediately after, the crack rapidly spread!

"Pfft—!"

Li Ao was struck as if by lightning, spitting out a large mouthful of fresh Blood, his face instantly turning as pale as paper, and the dark golden luster around his body dimmed! He felt that his Saber Intent, rules, and even his Soul had suffered heavy damage under this palm strike!

The difference in strength was too great! Even if he poured all his strength, even burning his Origin, he still couldn't bridge this chasm-like Realm difference!

The gray giant palm shattered the Saber light, its momentum slightly slowed, but it still carried the will to destroy everything, continuing to press down! Its target was Li Ao, whose aura was weak and who had almost lost all power to resist!

Just as Li Ao was about to be annihilated by this Dou Zun's remote attack—

"No!"

A clear shout, filled with determination and sorrow, rang out!

A seven-colored stream of light, at a speed beyond its limits, suddenly rushed in front of Li Ao!

It was Medusa!

She burned the remaining Bloodline Power of the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python within her, even at the cost of agitating the still not fully healed Soul Origin wound! She spread her arms, shielding the heavily injured Li Ao behind her, looking up at the crushing gray giant palm. There was no fear in her seven-colored pupils, only a solidified steadfastness like amber and... utter devotion!

"Seven-Colored Scale Shield! Burn my Origin!"

She shouted softly, and all the seven-colored energy within her, mixed with the Origin of the Green Lotus Core Flame, and even including her damaged Soul Power, burst forth without reservation, condensing into a huge, rhomboid scale shield flowing with seven-colored glow and green flames in front of her and Li Ao! On the scale shield, a miniature Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python phantom coiled and roared, emitting the tragic and majestic aura of an ancient Divine Beast!

This was her last line of defense, constructed at the cost of her life and Soul!

"Medusa!!" Li Ao's eyes were bloodshot, he wanted to push her away, but found that he couldn't even move a muscle. He could only watch helplessly as that graceful and resolute back stood before death.

The gray giant palm mercilessly struck the Seven-Colored Scale Shield!

"Bang—! ! ! ! !"

An indescribable roar!

The Seven-Colored Scale Shield trembled violently, its flowing light rapidly dimmed, and the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python phantom let out a silent wail, instantly shattering! On the shield's surface, cracks spread like a spiderweb!

"Pfft—!"

Medusa spat out a mouthful of Blood, her delicate body flying backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily onto the shattered mountain in the distance. The seven-colored light around her completely dissipated, her aura rapidly decayed like a candle in the wind, the spatial crack on her forehead widened again, and even her Soul fluctuations became imperceptible... her life or death unknown!

And the gray giant palm, after shattering the Seven-Colored Scale Shield, finally had most of its power consumed, becoming much more ethereal, but its remaining power still slowly pressed down towards Li Ao, who had lost all his defenses!

From the other end of the rift, the indifferent voice seemed to carry a hint of impatience: "Death throes."

Li Ao looked at the direction Medusa fell, watched her life or death unknown for saving him, and then looked at the still slowly descending giant palm of death. An unprecedented rage, madness, and... a peculiar coldness, burst forth from the deepest part of his heart!

His eyes instantly turned into a pure silver-gray, devoid of any human emotion, only the most extreme... Annihilation!

A certain restraint within him, at this moment, seemed to be forcibly broken open by this extreme emotion and desperate situation!

"Ding! Detecting host's intense emotional fluctuations and life-or-death crisis, Black Iron Hegemon Body critical Breakthrough... Annihilation Rule deep resonance... unknown energy intervention... analyzing..."

The System's prompt tone became urgent and blurry.

Li Ao slowly, with an almost mechanical movement, raised his head, looking at the ethereal gray giant palm, looking into the depths of the spatial rift, looking at the Dou Zun's true body, which existed somewhere unknown.

His lips moved slightly, emitting a cold syllable, as if from the Nine Nethers of Hell, containing endless destruction and an oath:

"Anni..."