83: My fellow Taoist, you really made it difficult for this emperor to find you!

Shi Wudao looked down at this scene, and a look of madness instantly appeared in his eyes.

He roared, "Boy, your defeat is set! Break!"

As his earth-shattering roar echoed through the clouds, it was like rolling thunder, shaking heaven and earth.

His other dragon claw, carrying the vast power of an Immortal Emperor, immediately came crashing down from the side with endless pressure.

That dragon claw seemed to be a destructive claw reaching out from the Nine Heavens, carrying an overwhelming crushing force that slammed onto Lin Xun's dharma image.

Instantly, a monstrous pressure, as if capable of crushing all things, surged forth, almost suffocating Lin Xun.

After a few breaths, Lin Xun, who had been struggling for a long time, finally reached his limit.

Accompanied by a sudden 'crack' sound.

His imposing and awe-inspiring immortal king dharma image's giant sword in its palm was the first to shatter.

The cracks spread rapidly like lightning, and in just a short breath, they covered the entire dharma image like a spider web.

Immediately after, amidst a burst of dazzling light.

The immortal king dharma image condensed by Lin Xun ultimately annihilated under Shi Wudao's dragon claw.

The destructive power impacted the surroundings, causing space itself to collapse.

At the same time, Lin Xun, having suffered such a heavy blow, instantly spurted blood.

The blood gushed out like a fountain, drawing a shocking bloodline across the sky.

His body, like a burning meteor, plummeted rapidly from the sky, carrying despair and unwillingness.

With a loud 'boom,' Lin Xun's body slammed heavily into the ground, kicking up a sky-obscuring cloud of dust.

At the same time, the splashing blood left a blood-drawn trail hanging across the sky.

It was a shocking sight, like a cruel bloody rainbow of fate.

After a few breaths, when the monstrous dust slowly and completely dispersed.

Lin Xun knelt half-kneeling in the ruins, looking utterly disheveled.

His clothes were tattered, and broken strips of cloth fluttered wildly in the wind.

Just like... his shattered dignity.

At the same time, his aura was chaotic and unstable.

Sometimes strong, sometimes weak, like a flickering candle in the wind, ready to extinguish at any moment.

And the vitality within his body was constantly and rapidly draining away.

It was like a breaching flood, unstoppable.

Clearly, the breaking of the Cycle of Heaven Dream Domain earlier, and now the heavy blow to the immortal king dharma image.

Caused irreversible severe damage to Lin Xun's soul power and body.

In response, Lin Xun shook his head and gave a bitter smile: "It seems this clone cannot be saved today!"

Seeing this, Shi Wudao thought Lin Xun was unwilling about his impending demise, and immediately burst into loud laughter.

His laughter was sharp and piercing, full of a victor's arrogance and smugness: "Don't worry, after This Imperial Son tortures your soul to death, This Imperial Son will live on in your body and return to the Heavens under your name!"

As soon as his voice fell, Shi Wudao, adhering to the principle of striking while the iron is hot, mercilessly unleashed a fatal claw strike towards Lin Xun.

The claw wind was extremely sharp, howling and tearing through the surrounding space.

And in Lin Xun's current state, no matter how he resisted, after this move, the clone he had condensed would undoubtedly die.

Since the other party made him uncomfortable, he certainly wouldn't let the other party off easily either.

At worst, they would perish together; no one would leave here.

Anyway, he was only losing a clone, and he could just spend time condensing another one in the future.

Thinking this, Lin Xun said with a resolute and indifferent expression: "If it weren't for someone helping you break my Cycle of Heaven Dream Domain just now, you wouldn't even know how you died.

Even if I am severely wounded now, with no retreat, you cannot kill me just because you wish to!"

Lin Xun's eyes showed determination, as if burning with the last flames of unyielding spirit.

At the same time, the power of the Immortal King around him suddenly surged and swept up, forming a violent energy vortex.

Then he quickly formed hand seals in his palm and shouted loudly, "My Self-Transformation Great Law!"

At this critical moment, Lin Xun actually condensed nine clones with an aura identical to his own.

Without the slightest hesitation, all the clones suddenly flashed, instantly standing high in the sky like phantoms.

And in a dragon-trapping formation, they surrounded Shi Wudao in the center.

The formation was tight, without any flaws.

Immediately after, all of Lin Xun's clones ignited their Immortal King power.

The light was dazzling, clearly intending to self-detonate together.

Shi Wudao looked at this sudden scene, and even as a strong individual from the Heavens, he was directly startled!

"Condensing nine clones identical to the main body! Is this guy... really human?"

Unbeknownst to him, Lin Xun, who had been fighting him all along, was merely a clone of the main body.

And for Lin Xun, as a clone, to be able to condense nine clones with an aura identical to his own, was already a desperate gamble.

Because the clones he had condensed at this moment could only last for two breaths.

By then, no matter the outcome, they would all be annihilated here.

But using them to self-detonate together before they dissipated would be enough to give Shi Wudao a hard time.

After all, Shi Wudao was currently in a soul state; if he were to be affected by the power of nine Immortal King cultivators self-detonating, even if he didn't die, he would definitely not be well.

All of this happened so quickly that even Shi Wudao couldn't react immediately.

He then instantly understood that this was Lin Xun, pushed into a corner, planning to perish with him.

He only waited for his claw strike to fully land and kill Lin Xun.

His other nine clones would also instantly self-detonate, engulfing him within.

But the arrow was on the string and had to be loosed; he was already unable to withdraw!

He only hoped that he could kill Lin Xun's main body one step before the rest of Lin Xun's clones completely self-detonated.

By then, all the immediate crises would resolve themselves.

However... just at the last critical moment.

"Gentlemen, why not pause for a moment!"

A voice containing supreme heavenly might suddenly came.

The voice seemed to carry invisible shackles, and in just an instant, it easily froze the entire battlefield.

Making the attacks launched by Shi Wudao and Lin Xun unable to advance an inch, as if frozen in the river of time.

Almost at the same moment, both Shi Wudao and Lin Xun's eyes revealed disbelief and extreme fear.

After all, the person had not yet appeared, but had already, with a single word, frozen the entire space.

To possess such astonishing power, one could imagine what kind of formidable expert the other party must be!

Finally, under the terrified gazes of the two.

Xuan Tianchen's domineering and powerful figure, exuding an aura of strength, suddenly appeared above the battlefield.

He stood with his hands behind his back, looking down at the two below with an air of disdain for all things, like an insurmountable peak.

After a short while, Xuan Tianchen then said playfully: "Fellow Daoist, you've really made This Imperial Son search for a long time these past six months!"

Lin Xun heard this and instantly thought inwardly that things were not good.

At the same time, he looked up at Xuan Tianchen's invincible and domineering figure, and instantly understood.

It turned out that the terrifying existence that had always made him feel uneasy in the dark was this very person.

Just the wisps of killing intent emanating from him were enough to send shivers down one's spine.

On the other side, Shi Wudao's face was also extremely solemn.

Because he sensed something on Xuan Tianchen's body, and that was the aura of the Heavens.

For a moment, Shi Wudao couldn't help but guess in his heart: Could it be that this powerful individual in front of him was sent down to the lower realm by those forces from the Heavens to kill him?

If that were truly the case, his life would be over today!

While both were extremely terrified, Xuan Tianchen had already slowly raised his right hand.

A terrifying power of annihilation surged like thunder in his palm.

Just the aura it emitted seemed capable of devouring everything, truly powerful!

Suddenly, Xuan Tianchen lightly snapped his fingers under the gaze of the two, "Snap!"

In an instant, a strange power of annihilation burst forth from his fingertips, heading straight for Lin Xun's glabella...