This strike carried no dazzling blaze of light.
All it held was an endless torrent of sword intent surging from every direction.
It enveloped every corner, leaving not the slightest gap.
Under such circumstances, this sword intent was immensely solid—so much so that even the Origin Demon Clan's Void Saint felt an immense threat.
He had never expected his opponent to possess such a trump card. He had dodged the Fantian Seal, yet he could not evade this sword strike.
After all, Lu Yuan currently possessed a twenty-eight-fold boost to his combat prowess.
He was formidable enough on his own.
With that amplification, he was far more terrifying than before.
And One Sword of Heaven and Earth was the supreme divine ability of Sword Mountain.
*Clang! Clang! Clang!*
At last, the Void Saint of the Origin Demon Clan was enveloped by the sword intent.
Knowing evasion was impossible, he had no choice but to rein in all his power to defend himself.
*Splurt!*
In the next instant, the sweeping sword intent slashed away all the black mist cloaking him.
At the same time, blood seeped from wounds all over the Void Saint's body, leaving him in a wretched state.
Even so, he still managed to withstand One Sword of Heaven and Earth—he was, after all, a cultivator of the Saint Realm.
Yet all of this had long been within Lu Yuan's expectations.
Wielding the Daluo sword core, Lu Yuan advanced once more.
Having landed a blow, he naturally had no intention of retreating.
As the old saying went: strike while the enemy is down.
Even though Lei You's divine ability earlier had affected Lu Yuan slightly, he knew full well that this was the critical moment to decide the outcome. He could not back down.
The Saint Realm truly was formidable. Even under the suppression of this world, the power it displayed remained terrifying.
Lu Yuan was fighting with all his might, facing the strongest adversaries he had encountered to date.
He would not let slip a single chance at victory.
Taking a step forward, he appeared directly in front of the Origin Demon Void Saint.
The latter was appalled. That sword strike had taken a heavy toll on his combat strength, and he had yet to fully recover his bearings.
"Lei You, save me!" he cried out, knowing he had reached his most desperate hour, left with no choice but to plead for help.
Yet Lu Yuan clearly had no intention of granting him such an opportunity.
With a thought, the Fantian Seal emerged once more.
Expanding to a hundred zhang across, it exuded an aura of profound antiquity and immensity, heavy as a mountain range, seemingly capable of suppressing all creation.
Under Lu Yuan's control, the Fantian Seal crashed straight down, colliding with the Void Saint of the Origin Demon Clan.
A Saint Realm expert's soul and physique had indeed reached an astonishing level.
Yet the Fantian Seal was a treasure left behind by the immortal Guangchengzi.
Even a Void Saint could not endure it.
Sure enough, in the very next instant, the Void Saint's body burst apart beneath the Fantian Seal, meeting the exact same fate as the Three-Headed Ghost Clan's Void Saint.
Two Saints had fallen.
All of this had transpired in the blink of an eye, so swiftly that even Awakened onlookers could never have reacted.
A battle of this caliber had already surpassed the imagination of most.
Lu Yuan turned his head, fixing his gaze upon Lei You. "Next, it's your turn."
There was nothing left to say. Flashing forward, Lu Yuan charged out with the Daluo sword core in hand.
To others, the Fantian Seal was impossibly heavy, yet in his grasp, it moved as lightly as a feather, following his every motion.
Lei You's face twisted in horror, his fists clenched tight. He knew that without the assistance of the two Void Saints, his situation was dire. Yet if he unleashed the full might of a Demi-Saint, this world would inevitably suppress him with thunderous wrath.
He had reached an impossible impasse.
"I refuse to believe that with only the cultivation of the Sovereign King Realm, you can truly slay a Saint!" Lei You roared, the power of thunder sweeping out from all around him as if transforming him into an orthodox god of the Thunder Ministry.
The battle erupted anew, even more ferocious than before.
With the Daluo sword core, Lu Yuan's offensive repertoire was elevated far beyond its previous level. Amplified twenty-eight times and unburdened by interference from the other two Void Saints, he could wage war to his heart's content, capable of deploying the Fantian Seal at any moment.
That treasure was truly an instrument of slaughter. A single touch meant death or crippling injury.
It made Lu Yuan recognize even more clearly the staggering weight behind the words "immortal treasure."
Lei You, weighed down by an excess of dread, was forced back step by step.
Off to the distance, several Awakened and official personnel finally reached the periphery of the battlefield. When they caught sight of the clash high in the distant sky, each of them froze in shock.
Fierce lightning raged, golden blood qi billowed, sword rays surged, and the aura of the Great Sun Smelting Furnace radiated outward.
Within that vortex, two figures continually collided with such force that mountains and riverbeds crumbled into dust. Anything they brushed against was reduced to powder—an earth-shattering spectacle.
This battle completely shattered their understanding of what was possible.
High above, the clash raged on.
Lu Yuan had always possessed an invincible heart.
Even when confronting the Saint Realm, he showed not the slightest hint of retreat.
Employing an array of techniques, his aura grew stronger with every punch he threw.
By contrast, Lei You retreated repeatedly, losing ground under the cumulative weight of disadvantage.
Among Awakened, when the gap in strength was not insurmountable, the sole factor deciding victory was willpower.
Lu Yuan grew stronger the longer he fought. Having integrated so many divine treasures in the past, he possessed a profound foundation and boundless stamina, fighting as though fueled by endless power. Every blow he struck was like a towering mountain capable of shaking the heavens.
*Boom!*
At last, after yet another punch landed, Lei You was knocked backward, his body trembling.
Even the lightning coiled around him grew dim.
He felt utterly helpless. His clan was born with mastery over wind and lightning, which should have been his greatest advantage. Yet who could have foreseen that this mortal had cultivated some form of thunder art as well, rendering Lei You's natural gifts largely ineffective? If this continued, he would die.
"Even if I die, I'll drag you down with me!" Lei You roared in absolute fury, casting aside all reservations.
He unleashed the Demi-Saint power within his body, his aura surging exponentially.
Though he stood in the vault of heaven, the terrifying might he emanated caused the rivers and mountains below to tremble violently.
The power of the Saint Realm could affect the very world itself.
Yet against such power, Lu Yuan did not retreat in the slightest. Instead, he pressed forward, knowing the decisive moment had arrived.
Activating the Daluo sword core and the Fantian Seal in unison, Lu Yuan erupted with his peak strength and struck.
*Boom!*
They collided once more.
As though a nuclear warhead had detonated, the vault of heaven shook violently.
All sound vanished, swallowed by an intensely brilliant blaze of light.
Beneath this sheer force, the earth cracked open into gaping ravines, completely reshaping the terrain of the region.
High in the heavens, sensing the emergence of a forbidden power, countless runes manifested, coalescing into a colossal mountain that pressed down to suppress the battlefield.
This was the work of the Severance of Heaven and Earth. Lei You had unleashed the power of a Demi-Saint, which this world did not permit, and so it exacted its punishment.
At this moment, the battlefield held only boundless radiance and a pressure so terrifying it reached the absolute extreme.
Even so, everyone craned their necks to watch, for they knew that this was the instant of life and death.
Who would triumph and who would survive hinged entirely on this moment!
As time passed and the dazzling light slowly dispersed, Lu Yuan's silhouette emerged.
Opposite him, Lei You was covered in blood. Suppressed, unable to bring his full might to bear, and battered by the dual onslaught of the Severance of Heaven and Earth and Lu Yuan's relentless attacks, he could hold out no longer. He plummeted from the vault of heaven, his life force rapidly draining away.
The Celestial Clan's Demi-Saint had fallen as well.
Lu Yuan alone remained, bearing the Fantian Seal and wielding the Daluo sword core, standing proudly in midair!
Chapter 163