Chapter 1492: Chapter 1465: You Lost!
Boom!
Behind Xiao Yi, a pair of metallic wings exuding a dark glow flapped against the air, and his figure transformed into a streak of black light that sliced through the void.
In an instant.
He appeared above the great river a thousand miles away.
In his eyes, there was a golden glow that flickered, and with just one glance, the surging river, relentlessly beating against the shore, became clear and transparent. With a single look, he captured the scene at the bottom of the river.
Boom!
The mighty river instantly roiled as if it were boiling.
Columns of water shot up from beneath the river.
Hundred feet.
Thousand feet.
Even ten thousand feet...
Water dragons erupted from beneath the river, charging straight at Xiao Yi.
Xiao Yi stood suspended in mid-air, not making a move, merely scanning with his gaze.
The look, as solid as reality, smashed the charging water dragons into torrents of rain pouring down from the sky. Sparse rain splattered but didn’t come within ten feet of Xiao Yi.
Suddenly.
Xiao Yi lowered his head sharply, and the Wind Thunder wings behind him flapped against the air.
Boom!
His figure shot straight into the clouds.
Almost as soon as he left, a water dragon a hundred thousand feet long surged skyward, nearly sucking up the river water within a thousand-mile radius.
Ferocious dragon horns, sharp dragon claws, and terrifying scales on its body.
All were lifelike.
Like vivid carvings.
Within the water dragon, the figure of Zhao Wudi appeared intermittently, chasing directly after Xiao Yi.
The man and the dragon incessantly ascended towards the high sky.
The water dragon coiled, attempting to entangle and crush Xiao Yi.
Xiao Yi soared with flapping wings, repeatedly evading the colossal water dragon’s attacks until the two nearly reached the clouds’ zenith. Xiao Yi’s speed suddenly halted, and the friction created with the void transformed into a raging flame, igniting half the sky.
Almost simultaneously.
The hundred-thousand-foot water dragon opened its gigantic maw, aiming to engulf Xiao Yi.
Xiao Yi seemed unprepared and was swallowed alive into that abyssal maw.
The world fell into silence.
Every expert could only look up at the water dragon, whose massive body was still visible even at a great distance, their eyes filled with shock: "Xiao, Xiao Yi has lost?"
"Impossible, how could he possibly lose?"
As the crowd murmured to themselves.
Suddenly.
The water dragon whirling in the high sky jerked violently, and immediately from the inside out, the entire water dragon froze into an ice sculpture.
A torrent of Sword Qi erupted from within that ice dragon.
Kaka!
Amidst the deafening cacophony.
The surface of this ice dragon was filled with ferocious cracks and shattered apart.
Amidst the myriad shards of ice.
Two figures continuously collided, either chasing one another or confronting each other head-on...
Every attack was without mercy!
The battle waged on endlessly.
Sun and moon lost their light.
The firmament was shattered by the two of them.
The ice dragon’s broken fragments melted in their clash, transforming into a torrential downpour cascading from the sky, with the shattered firmament above slow to mend.
It was as if heaven had torn open a massive breach, from which countless celestial river waters fell.
"Invincible King Fist!"
"Indestructible Tyrant Fist!"
"Eight Directions Palm!"
"Void Seal..."
The two perpetually shifted their moves.
Each time striking heavily on the other’s body.
This was no longer a duel of skills, but a battle for life and death.
Boom!
Their fight descended from the high heavens to the ground.
Now, the Southern Continent had already turned into ruins, countless beings perished, so their actions were unrestrained. A single punch and a thousand miles turned into scorched earth, fires would burn for at least a hundred more years.
A sword slashed open.
Thousands of mountains and hills were flattened.
The Sword Qi swept across over ten thousand miles...
The ground was riddled with holes.
The two continued their battle underground.
In an instant, the earth trembled, mountain torrents surged, and dragons of scorching magma spewed from the depths, turning the entire Southern Continent into a chaotic scene, as if it were the end of days.
Boom!
Boom!
The two were shrouded in scorching magma, soaring into the sky.
Fighting while constantly changing positions.
They had already battled to the boundless ocean.
Huff!
Huff!
Suspended above the turbulent waves, they stared at each other, each seeing the gravity in the other’s eyes. At the same time, they also saw the exhilaration in each other’s eyes.
"Exhilarating!"
Zhao Wudi laughed heartily, wiping away the blood from the corner of his mouth. The battle intent in his eyes grew ever more frenzied, "I thought that by absorbing and refining the Supreme Yang Demon Beast and Supreme Yin Demon Beast, I would be invincible upon my return to the human world. I never imagined I would encounter an opponent like you—exhilarating, truly exhilarating!"
Xiao Yi’s chest heaved slightly, and there was a ghastly wound on his chest, bleeding.
The blood dripped into the ocean.
Within a hundred-mile radius.
The ocean water transformed into a Divine Liquid that could prolong life.
Golden light swirled around Xiao Yi, gradually healing the wound, but Zhao Wudi’s attack was so domineering that his wound reopened just after healing.
The blood continued to flow.
Xiao Yi wiped the blood from his chest, raising his eyes to stare at Zhao Wudi: "You are strong as well... to be able to melt the Supreme Yang and Supreme Yin Demon Beasts into your body, becoming your own power. To forge a new path to this level, your talent is unparalleled!"
These words were from Xiao Yi’s heart.
Zhao Wudi’s talent and methods were terrifying!
Even if Xiao Yi had not had the Eternal Tomb, he couldn’t be completely sure he could achieve what Zhao Wudi did.
Zhao Wudi laughed heartily: "You have your bright path, I have my lone bridge. Regardless of the path, the martial path all leads to the same goal—just the pursuit of greater power!"
"You make a valid point!"
Xiao Yi nodded, then shook his head, "But with great power should come corresponding responsibility. With your strength, if you joined forces with me to protect the Qingtian Realm, even with the return of the Hall of Longevity, we would have nothing to fear..."
"No! Why should I protect the Qingtian Realm? Back then, my father overthrew the Hall of Longevity’s control over the Qingtian Realm, granting countless beings their freedom. What did he get in return? Thousands of years later, who still remembers his good deeds?"
Zhao Wudi shook his head and said, "People are mere ants, ungrateful. Look at you, you created the Azure Sky Alliance to protect the Qingtian Realm, and what did you get in return? You got Tongtian’s betrayal, and the Southern Continent’s people’s betrayal. Don’t deny it, otherwise how could you just watch the Southern Continent’s beings have their life force drained by the Ten Thousand Spirits Blood Sacrifice Altar?"
Xiao Yi remained silent, which was a tacit acknowledgment.
"However, you did have one point right, the Qingtian Realm is our shared homeland after all."
Zhao Wudi took a deep breath, let it out slowly, his expression particularly grave: "Xiao Yi, if you and I continue this fight, the entire Qingtian Realm will be destroyed. You and I, one decisive strike, win or lose, live or die. What do you say?"
Xiao Yi frowned slightly.
He turned to look at the Southern Continent, already like the apocalypse.
He took a deep breath, nodded, and said: "Alright!"
Zhao Wudi slowly brought his hands together, as the totems of the Supreme Yin and Yang Demon Beasts began to merge: "This move of mine, once executed, will cause heaven to collapse and earth to shatter, a power strong enough to slaughter even celestial beings."
Xiao Yi slowly closed his eyes, then suddenly opened them, but put away the Qingping Sword, making a gesture of invitation: "Since mastering this move, I’ve never fully unleashed it. Today, you shall be the first!"
"Battle!"
Both spoke simultaneously.
The battle intent was astounding.
Oong!
Heh! Heh! Heh!
A violent wind rose, with lightning and thunder.
The power of Yin and Yang appeared simultaneously in Zhao Wudi’s hands, coalescing into a massive black-and-white beam, surging straight towards Xiao Yi. This was a strike capable of reversing Yin and Yang.
The power of Yin and Yang mixed together.
Capable of destroying heaven and earth.
Faced with such a terrifying strike.
Specks of golden light gathered behind Xiao Yi, with the Godslayer Ant Queen emerging above his head.
Xiao Yi, with sword-like brows and starry eyes.
Standing poised in mid-air.
His finger pointed forward.
Shh! Shh! Shh!
Countless golden figures appeared, swarming with an endless tide of Godslaying Ants.
Sszz! Sszz! Sszz!
Chomp! Chomp! Chomp!
The Godslaying Ants could devour everything!
Under the relentless assault of the Godslaying Ants, the terrifying beam of Yin and Yang power was devoured completely. But the cost was the disappearance of a trillion Godslaying Ants!
When the last bit of Yin and Yang power was swallowed from the sky.
Xiao Yi’s figure appeared in front of Zhao Wudi, the Qingping Sword sweeping across, landing on Zhao Wudi’s neck with a dazed expression, and a calm voice reached his ear: "You’ve lost!"