156: Since we're from the same race, we absolutely can't let you leave.

Looking at the Gold-Armored General who had suddenly appeared, a hint of anticipation grew in Xu Jinhuan's eyes.

His Battle Intent blazed.

At this stage, he truly yearned for an evenly matched opponent!

And this Gold-Armored General radiated a dangerous aura!

Instantly, the Incarnations around Xu Jinhuan began to fuse, until only two remained. Each possessed the strength of the True Immortal Peak, infinitely close to the next major Realm and infinitely close to his original body.

Clones were about quality, not quantity. Against a single enemy, summoning two Clones to form a three-sided pincer movement was the most suitable strategy.

The Golden Being known as General Kong turned around, glanced at Xu Jinhuan's formation, and shook his head.

"Your Highness, I'm afraid I cannot obey."

He was a Heavenly Immortal powerhouse above the True Immortal Realm; his strength and vision were incomparable to the True Immortal who had been slapped to death earlier.

With just one look, he could tell that the guy opposite him was a ruthless character.

He was far from someone a single Clone of his could handle.

All he could do was take Zuo Xiaoyu and run.

"Second Highness, please forgive me!"

With a wave of the Gold-Armored General's hand, a streak of rainbow light streaked across the sky, wrapping Zuo Xiaoyu up in an attempt to flee the area.

However, in the next moment, that golden figure was sent flying backward, staggering back a million miles as his golden armor shattered.

Zuo Xiaoyu, who was tucked under his arm, had directly fainted and was now unconscious.

Setting the Second Prince down, the Gold-Armored General looked at Xu Jinhuan with a solemn expression.

"Young Master, do you truly intend to oppose my Great Yu Immortal Dynasty to the bitter end?"

Xu Jinhuan gave a cold laugh, his tone full of disdain.

"Heh, I merely came to find someone. You lot tried to kill me the moment we met, yet you say I'm the one opposing you to the end? Truly shameless!"

Hearing this, the Gold-Armored General glanced at the unconscious Zuo Xiaoyu on the ground, feeling an immense headache.

He knew Xu Jinhuan spoke the truth; his Second Prince loved nothing more than torturing and killing the innocent, and had even once slaughtered an entire Small World.

"Young Master, this matter is my Highness's fault. Whatever compensation you desire, just name it. If I can satisfy it, I will, as long as you let His Highness leave."

"Otherwise, my Highness possesses a body of ten thousand gold and holds a lofty status. If anything happens to him in this Lower Realm, every living being in your entire world will be buried with him!"

"Impossible."

Xu Jinhuan's tone was firm and his killing intent was cold. He had already resolved to kill Zuo Xiaoyu; even if the King of Heaven himself came, it would be useless!

"What does the destruction of the world have to do with me? I am killing him today!"

As he spoke, Xu Jinhuan stared fixedly at the Gold-Armored General, his eyes burning with Battle Intent.

"A ruffian from the desolate mountains and treacherous waters, impossible to reason with!"

The Gold-Armored General was also thoroughly enraged. He looked at Xu Jinhuan and beckoned with one hand; a three-zhang immortal spear instantly coalesced, radiating an incredibly intense Evil Qi.

Countless vengeful souls swirled around the spearhead as gusts of eerie wind howled, as if opening a netherworld purgatory in the mortal Realm.

That was the monstrous Karma accumulated after slaughtering hundreds of millions of lives; this spear tip had committed at least a terrifying slaughter of hundreds of millions!

"Take a strike from this seat! Golden Dragon Sky-Breaker!"

The spear attacked like a dragon, golden light cascading like a waterfall. Heaven and earth twisted, the sun and moon lost their luster, and a killing intent so overbearing it reached the extreme blanketed the area, surging like a tide.

Beside Xu Jinhuan, his two True Immortal Peak Incarnations began to distort; their bodies, constructed from Eternal Power, showed signs of collapsing.

This single strike from the Gold-Armored General was enough to kill a True Immortal Peak!

Facing this menacing spear strike, Xu Jinhuan's face showed no trace of fear; he remained calm.

In fact, there was a hint of disappointment in his eyes... "If this is the extent of your strength, then that guy Zuo Xiaoyu is dead for sure today."

He spoke indifferently, bringing his fingers together like a sword as a smear of azure light shone at his fingertips.

It started as a tiny glimmer, but in an instant, it flowed through the Nine Heavens, sketching out a boundless azure lotus covering ten million miles.

The azure lotus bloomed, its petals opening in a flash as Sword Qi wove together.

It erupted with an unprecedentedly brilliant light, like an illusion, beautiful to the extreme.

Countless azure petals danced through the sky, each carrying a Sword Intent capable of severing all Daos.

Beautiful yet lethal, sharp yet brilliant!

Green Lotus Sword Intent!

Clang, clang, clang... Countless sounds of metal clashing rang out.

Innumerable azure lotus petals fell upon that golden spear light.

That golden light, which resembled a pillar of white jade supporting the heavens, began to dim at a visible rate. In an instant, it became nearly transparent, riddled with cracks and almost shattered.

Finally, the last azure lotus petal fell.

Crack, crack, crack... Faint sounds of fracturing echoed as that monstrous spear strike disintegrated rapidly like an avalanche, turning into nothingness in the blink of an eye.

The Gold-Armored General's attack had been easily crushed by Xu Jinhuan just like that!

Xu Jinhuan even had energy to spare; nearly half of the petals on the ten-million-mile azure lotus circling deep in the starry sky were still flowing.

On the lotus pedestal, not a single one of the eighty-one lotus seeds—his strongest killing move—was missing.

In their first exchange, this Gold-Armored General, whose original Realm surpassed the True Immortal Realm, was completely suppressed by Xu Jinhuan!

Looking at the constantly trembling spear in his hand, the Gold-Armored General's expression grew even more solemn, his heart filled with complexity.

He hadn't expected the young native from the Lower Realm before him to possess strength so terrifying that even his Clone could do nothing against him.

"You forced my hand! Dark Forbidden Power!"

Gritting his teeth, hundreds of streaks of black Qi erupted from the Gold-Armored General's Clone. They were as thick as ink, eerie and terrifying, densely packed in a way that made one's skin crawl.

Crucially, Xu Jinhuan was very familiar with this black power.

It shared the same source as the dark power of the Golden Being he had killed not long ago!

The Gold-Armored General before him was of the same race as the Golden Being who had orchestrated the Dark Turmoil!

"No wonder you're all so yellow. It turns out you're from the same race. In that case, I definitely can't let you leave."

Xu Jinhuan understood now and spoke indifferently.

To him, the dark power on the opponent's body was the finest nourishment!

Previously, an early-stage True Immortal Golden Being had boosted his cultivation to the Saint Realm Peak.

Now, the Origin of a True Immortal Peak, even if it wasn't the original body, would allow his Realm to increase even further!

Thinking of this, Xu Jinhuan struck first. The azure lotus petals blooming across the sky instantly transformed into a meteor shower of swords, as thousands of streaks of Sword Intent poured down.

The eighty-one Sword Intent lotus seeds now swarmed out in full force.

The seeds radiated a brilliant sword glow, containing Eternal Laws and Chaos Power as they zipped and combined in mid-air, instantly forming an earth-shattering Chaos Sword Array!

The sword array enveloped the surroundings, its sword glow piercing the sky and reflecting across the entire sea of stars in a brilliant display.

The Sword Intent steamed with chilling killing intent, firmly locking onto the Gold-Armored General in the center of the array, ready to launch a fatal blow at any moment!

At this moment, the Gold-Armored General's eyelids twitched wildly; he knew this Clone was doomed.

But looking at the unconscious Zuo Xiaoyu beside him, he gritted his teeth and fully activated the dark power within him.

"Darkness Persists, Eternal Silence Descends!"