Chapter 420 Demonic Flame Reincarnation, Commander's Suppression

Supreme Zhen Yu, holding a Dark Gold Halberd, stepped through the air one step at a time.

With every step, a golden lotus platform condensed in the Void Realm beneath his feet. The lotus bloomed, releasing a terrifying pressure that suppressed the heavens. When he arrived a hundred zhang away from Nightmare, the entire meteor turbulence zone fell silent—not truly silent, but all chaotic energy was forced to "submit" under his pressure.

Late Stage Cosmic Supreme Realm.

Although only one minor Realm separated it from the Middle Stage, it was a world of difference. The inner Universe of a Late Stage powerhouse approached Perfection, and the world power they could mobilize far exceeded the Early Stage and Middle Stage; every movement carried the might to destroy stars.

"I have cultivated for eight thousand years," Supreme Zhen Yu spoke, his voice like an ancient divine bell. "I have slain eleven experts of the same rank, and countless below the Middle Stage. You will be the twelfth."

Nightmare didn't speak, only tightening his grip on the dao reversal reincarnation blade.

The blade was transparent, almost invisible, but the distorted light around it proved its power was enough to sever Reincarnation.

"Then try it." Nightmare finally spoke, only four words.

The moment the words fell, the two moved simultaneously.

Not a charge, not a sneak attack, but—

Vanishing.

When they reappeared, they were already a thousand zhang high in the sky.

Supreme Zhen Yu thrust his halberd.

That point of blood-red on the halberd's tip suddenly expanded, turning into a river of blood. Countless vengeful souls roared within the blood river, emitting an aura that corroded everything. This was the "Blood River Halberd Intent" he had refined from the blood and resentment of the countless experts he had slain. Once caught in it, even a Middle Stage Supreme Realm powerhouse would have their Divine Soul instantly eroded and become part of the blood river.

But Nightmare's blade had already struck the tip of the halberd.

Clang—!!!

It wasn't the sound of metal colliding, but the explosion of Laws shattering.

At the point where the transparent blade and the blood-red halberd tip collided, a black vortex ten zhang in diameter appeared out of thin air, frantically devouring everything around it—light, sound, energy, even space itself.

The two separated immediately upon contact, each retreating a hundred zhang.

Supreme Zhen Yu looked down at the tip of his halberd—that point of blood-red had dimmed slightly.

Meanwhile, the transparent blade in Nightmare's hand remained as it was.

"The power of Reincarnation..." Supreme Zhen Yu's gaze was solemn. "You have actually touched power of this level."

"Not just touched." Nightmare raised his hand, pointing the tip of his blade at the opponent. "Mastered."

He took a step forward and struck with his blade again.

This time, the blade light was no longer a straight line but traced a strange arc. Wherever the arc passed, space was like a cut cloth, splitting into a smooth incision, with transparent Reincarnation rings flowing along the edges of the cut.

Supreme Zhen Yu did not dare to meet it head-on, his figure retreating violently while his hands formed seals.

"Heavenly Army Barrier—Activate!"

Boom!

With him as the center, a golden light shield a thousand zhang in diameter instantly expanded. Within the shield, countless golden runes flowed, each emitting the unique "Heavenly Mandate" aura of the Divine Court—a power bestowed by the Heavenly Emperor, said to be able to isolate all non-Divine Court Origins.

The transparent blade light struck the shield.

Chiii—!

The blade light cut three inches into the shield and then stopped.

It wasn't blocked; rather, the blade light was "reincarnating."

The moment those golden runes touched the blade light, they began to rapidly age, crumble, and undergo Rebirth, then age and crumble again... trapped in an infinite loop of "Reincarnation."

With each cycle of Reincarnation, the power of the runes weakened by a degree.

"What?!" Supreme Zhen Yu's pupils shrank suddenly.

His Heavenly Army Barrier could withstand a full-strength blow from a Late Stage Supreme Realm expert for ten breaths, yet now, under the "Reincarnation" erosion of the blade light, it was beginning to rapidly disintegrate?

"Your barrier," Nightmare's voice came from outside the shield, "cannot block my Reincarnation."

He raised his hand and delivered a second strike.

This time, the blade light didn't strike the barrier but rather... the flow of time inside the barrier.

The moment the transparent blade light entered the barrier, the flow speed of the golden runes inside suddenly accelerated a hundredfold!

Accelerated flow meant accelerated consumption.

In just three breaths.

The barrier's light dimmed like a candle in the wind.

"Break for me!" Nightmare shouted lowly, delivering a third strike.

This strike was no longer just blade light; his entire being transformed into a transparent torrent of flames, slamming fiercely into the barrier.

Crack—!

A crisp shattering sound rang out.

The Heavenly Army Barrier broke.

Supreme Zhen Yu groaned, blood overflowing from the corner of his mouth—the backlash from the barrier's destruction had damaged his Origin.

But he was indeed a commander who had seen a hundred battles; almost the instant the barrier shattered, he had already made a decision.

"Divine Court Heavenly Art: Origin Combustion!"

Within his body, the golden Origin fire erupted violently, and his entire aura instantly surged by thirty percent! This was the Divine Court's life-risking secret technique, burning one's Origin to gain a brief boost in strength, but it would result in a great loss of Origin Qi afterward, or even a regression in cultivation.

But he couldn't care about that.

The enemy before him was ten times more terrifying than he had imagined.

"Die!"

Supreme Zhen Yu's eyes were blood-red as he swept his halberd across.

Wherever the halberd passed, space shattered layer by layer like glass, revealing the pitch-black Void Realm turbulence behind it. The power of this sweep was already infinitely close to the Peak Supreme Realm!

Nightmare's eyes narrowed.

He didn't meet it head-on but shifted his body, turning into countless transparent afterimages that scattered in all directions.

The halberd's wind swept through, shattering dozens of afterimages, but his true body had already appeared behind Supreme Zhen Yu.

"Caught you."

Nightmare raised his hand, the dao reversal reincarnation blade piercing toward Supreme Zhen Yu's back.

But Supreme Zhen Yu's reaction was extremely fast; he thrust his halberd back with one hand, the tip pointing directly at Nightmare's brow.

Trading an injury for a life?

Nightmare sneered, neither dodging nor avoiding, only tilting his head slightly.

Pfft!

The halberd tip grazed Nightmare's cheek, bringing a string of blood droplets.

But Nightmare's blade had already pierced three inches into Supreme Zhen Yu's back.

The moment the blade tip entered the body, transparent Reincarnation flames flooded in frantically, beginning to erode Supreme Zhen Yu's Origin.

"Ah—!!!"

Supreme Zhen Yu screamed. The burning Origin fire within him was forcibly "extinguished" by the Reincarnation flames. Even more terrifying was that the Reincarnation power was dragging his Origin into an endless "weakening cycle."

He could feel his combat power dropping at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Ninety percent... eighty percent... seventy percent... in just three breaths, his combat power was only seventy percent left!

"No... impossible!" Supreme Zhen Yu discovered in horror that his Divine Soul connection with the Heavenly Emperor was being forcibly severed by the Reincarnation flames.

He wanted to call for help, to send a message, but all communication methods were completely failing under the interference of the Reincarnation power.

"Now," Nightmare's voice rang in his ear, "it's your turn."

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Meanwhile, on the surrounding battlefield.

The Reverse Dao Allied Forces had completely gained the upper hand.

Of the Divine Court's ten Grandmist Battle Arrays, only four were still struggling to hold on. The other six had been completely crushed by the God Slaying Squad, with the Cultivators in the arrays either dead or fleeing.

As for the Hunyuan Celestial Venerable Realm battlefield on the two flanks, it was a one-sided slaughter. Upon hearing that the high-level leaders were wiped out and the commander was suppressed, the morale of the five hundred Hunyuan Celestial Venerable Realm Cultivators from the Divine Court completely collapsed. They scattered and fled, pursued and killed by the Reverse Dao Allied Forces.

"Invigorating!" Blood Blade cleaved through a Divine Court Cultivator's armor with one strike, licking the blood from the corner of his mouth. "Fighting under the Lord is truly satisfying!"

Iron Frenzy crushed another person's head with a punch, laughing loudly: "I've endured the Divine Court for decades; today, I've finally killed my fill!"

Although Stream Moon didn't speak, the longsword in her hand shuttled like a venomous snake, each strike accurately piercing the enemy's vitals.

The Reverse Dao Allied Forces fought with increasing courage.

Meanwhile, the Divine Court Heavenly Army collapsed like a mountain.

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High in the sky, the battle between Nightmare and Supreme Zhen Yu had also reached its end.

Supreme Zhen Yu's combat power had been weakened to only fifty percent. Multiple wounds on his body were being eroded by the Reincarnation flames, and his Origin was leaking out frantically. His eyes were unfocused; he clearly couldn't hold on much longer.

"I... I cannot die..." he hissed in a low roar, "Heavenly Emperor... save me..."

"The Heavenly Emperor cannot save you." Nightmare severed his right arm with one strike, and the Dark Gold Halberd, along with the arm, fell toward the Void Realm.

"Ah—!!!"

Supreme Zhen Yu screamed, turning to flee.

But Nightmare's blade had already pierced through his chest.

Transparent Reincarnation flames erupted from within, instantly spreading across his entire body.

"In your next life," Nightmare said coldly, "don't sell your life to the Divine Court."

Pfft.

The flames exploded.

The commander of the Divine Court Heavenly Army, Supreme Zhen Yu, had fallen.

Nightmare raised his hand, grabbing a wisp of pure Late Stage Supreme Realm Origin from the flames, along with a golden token engraved with "Bestowed by the Heavenly Emperor · Heavenly Army Deployment Order."

He looked down at the battlefield below.

The Divine Court Heavenly Army had completely collapsed.

"Pass the order," Nightmare's voice spread throughout the field, "leave none alive."

"Yes!"

The slaughter entered its final concluding stage.