118: Desperate

At the same time, Sword Aura Saint King finally drew his sword!

He had been building momentum, and at this moment, seizing the instant Lin Dao focused all his effort on dealing with the Golden Crow True Flame, he achieved the Fusion of Man and Sword, transforming into a gray thread—extremely minute, almost blending into the Void Realm, yet sharp enough to sever Karma and Reincarnation—silently stabbing toward Lin Dao's glabella!

This was his certain-kill sword—Interminable Sword Silk!

Facing this lethal pincer attack, the Chaos light in Lin Dao's eyes burst forth!

He suddenly opened his mouth and let out a roar that seemed to originate from the Primordial Great Desolation!

“Roar—!!”

God-Devil Roar!

The sound waves transformed into a tangible Chaos impact, colliding first with the incoming Golden Crow True Flame!

Chaos and Divine Fire violently annihilated each other, tearing a massive black hole in the sky!

Almost simultaneously, he joined his fingers like a sword. On his fingertips, the Chaos energy—which had previously devoured, refined, and compressed numerous attacks—mixed with his own Saint King Law and God-Devil Vitality, condensed into a minute stream of Sword Qi that seemed to contain the first ray of light from the beginning of creation: Primordial Chaos Opening Sword Qi!

He lightly slashed it toward the Interminable Sword Silk that had already reached his glabella!

Hiss—!

The Interminable Sword Silk, which was powerful enough to make even a Saint King Realm Late Stage expert pale with fear, instantly melted and dissolved upon contact with the Primordial Chaos Opening Sword Qi, like snow in the sunlight!

Sword Aura Saint King's body shuddered violently, and he was forcibly knocked out of the Fusion of Man and Sword state, revealing his form. The Ancient Sword in his hand let out a mournful cry, and a faint crack appeared on its blade!

His face turned pale, a trace of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth, and his eyes were filled with shock and disbelief!

His Interminable Sword Silk was actually broken so easily?!

After shattering the Interminable Sword Silk, Lin Dao's movements did not pause in the slightest. His ten-thousand-zhang God-Devil Body took a step, instantly traversing space, appearing before Great Elder Jin Huang, whose aura had slightly fluctuated due to the use of a Vital Blood Secret Technique!

The dark-golden fist, wrapped in surging Chaos Qi, seemed to be pushing a Chaos World as it ruthlessly smashed down toward Great Elder Jin Huang's face!

“You take a punch from me too!”

Before the fist even arrived, the terrifying fist pressure caused the Body-Protecting Divine Fire surrounding Great Elder Jin Huang to flicker violently, and space collapsed inch by inch!

Great Elder Jin Huang's pupils shrank to the size of a needle tip; he felt an unprecedented threat of death!

He roared madly, placing the Divine Fire Giant Hammer horizontally in front of him, injecting all the cultivation base in his body without reservation, attempting to block this world-destroying punch!

Boom—!!!!

Fist and hammer met!

The next moment, under the horrified gaze of Nether Bone Saint King, Thunder Roar Saint King, and the others, the exceptionally high-grade Divine Fire Giant Hammer began to shatter inch by inch from the center point of contact with the fist, like fragile colored glass!

It turned into countless burning fragments, scattering everywhere!

And Lin Dao's fist, after smashing the giant hammer, continued its momentum, solidly striking Great Elder Jin Huang's chest!

Crack!

Pffft—!

The clear sound of bone breaking and the sound of blood spurting rang out simultaneously!

Great Elder Jin Huang's chest visibly caved in. His eyes bulged, filled with pain and bewilderment, and his body flew backward like a tattered sack, scattering golden Saint King Blood Rain across the sky!

His aura rapidly plummeted like a deflated ball, and he crashed heavily onto the distant ground. After struggling a few times, he was temporarily unable to get up!

Saint King Realm Eighth Level, Great Elder Jin Huang of the Ancient God Heavenly Domain, critically wounded and near death!

All the remaining Saint Kings, including Nether Bone Saint King, Thunder Roar Saint King, and Sword Aura Saint King, stood frozen as if struck by an Immobilization Spell, staring at the ten-thousand-zhang God-Devil standing like a War God, golden Saint Blood dripping from its fist. A chill shot straight from their feet to their heads!

Powerful!

Unrivaled power!

Is this Lin Dao truly only at the Saint King Realm First Level?!

This is completely beyond the combat power a Saint King First Level should possess!

Lin Dao slowly retracted his fist. Chaos Qi coiled around it, repairing the subtle damage caused by shattering the Saint King Artifact.

His cold gaze swept over the remaining, pale-faced Saint Kings.

“Do you still want to continue?”

“Lin Dao! Do not be arrogant!” Nether Bone Saint King was the first to roar hoarsely. He slammed his chest, spitting out a large mouthful of ink-black essence blood containing his life Origin, which sprinkled onto the white bone demon banner floating before him! “By my Soul, I sacrifice to my Banner! Nine Nether Yellow Springs, heed my command!”

Buzz buzz buzz—!

The white bone demon banner trembled violently. On the banner surface, the Nine Nether Blood Sea, which was previously just an illusion, seemed to materialize!

Monstrous blood waves surged, and countless ferocious illusions of Ghost Emperors, Asuras, and Yakshas crawled out, letting out piercing shrieks!

The Demon Banner's aura instantly soared, temporarily breaking through the limits of a Saint King Artifact and reaching the level of a quasi-emperor weapon!

Although only temporary, its might had undergone a qualitative change!

“Nine Nether Yellow Springs Diagram! Suppress him for this Saint!”

Nether Bone Saint King, appearing utterly deranged, fiercely pushed his hands forward!

The Demon Banner, manifesting the illusion of the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, descended upon Lin Dao, seemingly carrying a real Underworld, along with the terrifying Laws of corroding all things and devouring life!

Wherever it passed, space was stained dark red, emitting a “sizzling” sound of dissolution!

Almost simultaneously, Thunder Roar Saint King also went all out!

He roared up at the sky, blazing thunder light shot out from every pore on his body, and he seemed to transform into a pure Thunder Source! “Using my body to transform into thunder, I summon the Heavens! Thunder Emperor True Body, condense!”

Rumble!

Above the Nine Heavens, an ancient will seemed to be summoned, and endless thunder gathered frantically, merging into Thunder Roar Saint King's body!

His body rapidly expanded, transforming into a giant tens of thousands of feet tall, composed entirely of purple Divine Thunder. A Lightning Rune shone on his glabella, radiating a terrifying aura of executing heavenly punishment and destroying all things!

His pressure had also temporarily stepped into the threshold of the Saint King Realm Ninth Level!

“Thunder Emperor Judgment!”

The Thunder Emperor True Body, formed by Thunder Roar Saint King, wielded a Thunder Battle Axe compressed from endless lightning, and fiercely chopped down toward Lin Dao!

This axe strike seemed to draw upon all the Thunder Laws between heaven and earth, intending to cleave Lin Dao and this entire Weapon Tomb apart!

Sword Aura Saint King's gaze was resolute. He ran his joined fingers across the cracked Ancient Sword in his hand. The sword hummed, actually using his own Sword Dao Origin to nourish and repair itself!

“Sword Heart Clarity, No Self, No Sword! Limitless... Void Break!”

His entire being seemed to transform into pure Sword Intent. Man and sword completely merged, losing all physical form, leaving only an extremely minute, transparent sword light that seemed capable of piercing all illusions and pointing directly to the Origin Dao, arriving later but striking first, silently stabbing toward the core of Lin Dao's Saint King Dao Fruit!

This was a life-risking sword strike: succeed or die trying!

Although Great Elder Jin Huang was severely injured, the ferocity in his eyes did not diminish. He struggled to summon an ancient token imprinted with a Three-Legged Golden Crow Totem, and spat a mouthful of essence blood onto it!

“I summon the Ancestral Artifact Projection, Golden Crow Burns the Heavens!”

The token shattered, and an extremely condensed Golden Crow Illusion soared into the sky. Although not as large as before, the True Sun Fire Origin contained within it was purer and more terrifying. Like a miniature sun, carrying the will to burn everything, it slammed toward Lin Dao!

Another newly arrived Saint King from the Ten Thousand Demon Ancestral Court, the mysterious Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Saint King, shook the nine sky-covering Fox Tails behind her, unleashing a Supreme Illusion Technique that shook the Divine Soul. Countless enchanting yet murderous illusions filled the heavens and earth, attempting to confuse Lin Dao's mind and disrupt his judgment!

For a time, five or six Saint Kings, including two who had temporarily reached Saint King Realm Ninth Level combat power using Secret Methods, simultaneously unleashed their ultimate, life-risking Divine Abilities!

The might displayed far surpassed anything before!