All Out

"Three strikes?!" Hearing Yaoguang's words, Jing Yuntian felt an unprecedented surge of humiliation well up in his chest. In the next instant, his figure surged forward as the phantom projection of a world stretching thousands of li unfolded behind him. Deep within that projection, a towering fiendgod with three heads and six arms reached forth, reaching across the void to grasp directly at the sword strike Yaoguang had brought sweeping down. This was his Myriad Manifestations World. Myriad Dharmas, myriad manifestations. A Great Dao capable of accommodating countless forms of power. It was completely different from the Formless Great Dao. When developed to higher stages, both of these Daos led toward one of the core Great Daos—the Grand Dao of Chaos. "Who do you think you are?! A Dao Lord?!" The moment this Void Shattering Supreme Elder summoned the fiendgod Dharma Idol from his Myriad Manifestations World, terrifying ripples of energy radiated in all directions, making the entire Heavenly Dao Sect tremble. Even the floating islands suspended high above the sect began to destabilize. Power of the Void Shattering level! Even in an environment like Beihai Star, its mere shockwaves were enough to devastate a hundred thousand li. Seeing this, Chief Supreme Elder Zhen Xuanyuan, who had evidently been monitoring the clash, waved his hand. The Twelve Fiendgods Sky-Sealing Formation activated. Under the wash of flowing radiance, all the scattering energy fluctuations were guided by the formation's power and recycled to sustain its operation, reducing the three-headed, six-armed fiendgod's impact on the surroundings by more than tenfold. "You want to slay me in three strikes?! In today's world, a Void Shatterer capable of killing me in three strikes has not even been born!" With a burst of divine sense, the three-headed, six-armed fiendgod thrust its hand forward, lunging straight to seize the void blade Yaoguang had unleashed. *Buzz—!* The instant the fiendgod gripped the void blade, a tear was sliced into its palm. Immediately after, the void blade drove straight through, piercing its arm and slashing into its torso with unabated momentum. After meeting slight resistance, it transformed directly into an entity like a primal cavern, ravenously devouring the body of the Myriad Manifestations fiendgod. In an instant, a black hole seemed to collapse into existence inside the colossal fiendgod, wildly consuming and absorbing the matter and energy within, threatening to swallow the entire fiendgod whole. "This?!" Witnessing this scene, countless onlookers were stunned. The higher a spectator's cultivation, the more drastically their expression changed. "Such power from a Dao art..." "A perfected Void Sword?! How is that possible... How could he have brought a Dao art to perfection so quickly?!" "A Dao art at the perfection level! Wait, no! If even his Void Sword has reached perfection, his natal Dao art is probably at perfection as well! No wonder he had the nerve to tear all pretense of civility away with a veteran Void Shattering Supreme Elder like Jing Yuntian!" Stifled cries of shock broke from the mouths of many Void Piercing and Void Refining cultivators who understood Dao arts. The master of the Dao Lineage, Yue Kuhai, stared with utter disbelief in his eyes. A Void Sword at the perfection level! Take three strikes head-on? If things went poorly, Supreme Elder Jing Yuntian might genuinely fail to withstand them. After all, this Dao art was renowned precisely for its all-conquering offensive sharpness! "You want to sever my Myriad Manifestations World? It won't be that easy!" Jing Yuntian let out a low roar. Phantom fiendgods continuously manifested within the Myriad Manifestations World behind him, only to plunge directly into the three-headed, six-armed fiendgod. Infused by this endless surge of fiendgods, the Void Sword unleashed by Yaoguang continuously ground away and devoured the titan's form, yet in the end... its strength fell short. Accompanied by a brilliant burst of light exploding from within the Myriad Manifestations fiendgod, a gaping tear blasted open across its chest, within which an ominous black hole seemed to churn. Yet this black hole persisted for only a moment before being filled by an outpouring of myriad manifestations power from the world behind him. In an instant, the fiendgod's body restored itself once more, completely intact. Although he had blocked this strike, there was no joy on Jing Yuntian's face. Because... to withstand just this single blow, he had already exerted every ounce of his strength! He also realized that since Yaoguang had brought even the Void Sword to perfection, his natal Dao art, Void Flicker, was bound to be even more formidable. If one strike failed to kill him, there would be two; if two failed, there would be three, four, six, ten. Eventually, Yaoguang would exhaust his Myriad Manifestations World and deliver a fatal blow. In other words, at this very moment, he had already lost. *How could he have brought two Dao arts to perfection so fast? I have been in the Void Shattering realm for three thousand years, yet to this day I have only mastered Myriad Manifestations World. And other Void Shatterers, like True Monarch Buzhou, haven't perfected a single Dao art in thousands of years. Just how... how on earth did Yaoguang accomplish this?* Cold sweat broke out on the Void Shattering Supreme Elder's forehead. In the distance, Gu Li, who was also watching the spectacle, could no longer sit still. He immediately sent a divine sense transmission to Zhen Xuanyuan: "True Monarch, are we truly going to stand by and watch two of our sect's paramount figures slaughter each other inside our own sect? If word of this spreads, the whole world will laugh at our Heavenly Dao Sect and treat us as a joke." "Calm yourself." Zhen Xuanyuan was also somewhat shaken by the power Yaoguang displayed. However... for Yaoguang to dare surround Tianjing Peak, it was hardly surprising that he possessed such strength as his backing. He replied at once, "Judging by the current situation, though Jing Yuntian is at a disadvantage, enduring three of Yaoguang's strikes should pose no problem. Yaoguang seems to have overestimated himself slightly on that point. Once Jing Yuntian weathers all three strikes, I will step in as a peacemaker to turn their hostility into harmony... Of course, the Jing family must pay an adequate price to appease Yaoguang's fury. If necessary, the chief culprit, Jing Zhengyang, must be handed over to quell his anger." "True Monarch Xuanyuan, you must not! If we indulge Yaoguang in suppressing the Jing family, from now on anyone with a bit of strength will resort to violence inside the sect, leaving it in perpetual turmoil! Even if the Sect Master needs to depart on business, he will have to worry whether someone might seize the opportunity to cause chaos while he is away! We must put an end to such insolent conduct!" Gu Li urged hurriedly. "Yaoguang has proven through his own might that he possesses the strength and standing to stand atop Beihai Star," Zhen Xuanyuan said impassively. "Therefore, concerning the Jing family colluding with demonic cultivators of the Shadow Moon Sect, he must be given an answer no matter what." "Giving him an answer is fine, but not right now. Jing Zhengyang was right about one thing: the Jing family is, after all, a family of a Supreme Elder. Yaoguang has no authority to deal with them. If any action is to be taken, it must wait until the Sect Master returns, and then be deliberated at a Supreme Elder Council." As Gu Li spoke, he added, "Surely you wouldn't want someone to wipe out your family and the factions backing you while you're away venturing into the depths of the starry sky to explore the Dao Lord mystic realm?" These words gave Zhen Xuanyuan slight pause. According to Sect Master Zong Wenxian, they had discovered a mystic realm formed by the passing of a Dao Lord. The resting place of a Dao Lord! He would never pass up such a mystic realm and intended to explore it in person. And once he departed, his family and the factions relying on him would indeed be left unguarded. If a figure like Yaoguang disregarded the sect's laws at such a time... After a moment's contemplation, Zhen Xuanyuan made his decision: "Since this concerns a Supreme Elder, Sect Master Yaoguang truly should not convict anyone on his own authority. However, let him deliver three sword strikes to vent his grievance. After three strikes, I will intervene and stop Yaoguang." "True Monarch's righteousness knows no bounds." Gu Li breathed a slight sigh of relief. He promptly relayed this decision to Supreme Elder Chiyun, causing that Supreme Elder's heart to sink slightly. Zhen Xuanyuan... Chief Supreme Elder. He was a pinnacle figure among the Void Shattering realm. Combat power in the Void Shattering realm typically ranged from 50,000,000 to 100,000,000. Figures like Chiyun, Gu Li, and Jing Yuntian had combat powers around 70,000,000 to 80,000,000, whereas Zhen Xuanyuan had definitely reached the extreme limit of Void Shattering—100,000,000. As for beyond 100,000,000... That was the domain of the Dao Lord Candidate Rankings. Someone like True Monarch Jinghong, who was stationed underground to monitor movements at the Gate of the Immortal Realm, had reached a combat power of 120,000,000 long ago. When one's combat power was fifty percent higher, the other party could hardly even escape with their life. When the difference was double, a one-shot kill was possible in a duel, and against multiple foes, one could easily fight ten. Compared to them, Zhen Xuanyuan's combat power was roughly thirty percent higher, yet that was still enough to create a pronounced disparity in a clash. If such a powerhouse intervened in the battle between Yaoguang and Jing Yuntian... "Oh? You blocked it?" Looking at the rapidly recovering Myriad Manifestations fiendgod, Yaoguang showed a hint of surprise in his eyes. "Compared to the Eight Desolations Demon Lord and Dark Demon Lord, your strength is indeed somewhat greater." Jing Yuntian did not speak. His expression was fraught with gravity, and the arrogant confidence from before was entirely absent from his eyes. This single strike had already forced him to recognize the gap between himself and Yaoguang. "Come! That was the first strike! Let me witness what you have in the remaining two," Jing Yuntian said in a deep voice. By this point, he had pinned his hopes entirely on the "two strikes" Yaoguang had mentioned. Meanwhile, his senses caught a transmission from Gu Li. Upon learning that Supreme Elder Zhen Xuanyuan would step in as a mediator once he withstood three strikes, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. *If I were to use Torrent of Time, I could kill you quickly, but doing so would certainly take more than three strikes, defying the premise of the 'three strikes' I stated and weakening the deterrent effect...* Thoughts flickered through Yaoguang's mind. The power belonging to the Wuji Sword—a top-tier Dao artifact—was activated within him all at once. "In that case... you will have the honor of witnessing my true strongest strike." All at once, the power of the Grand Dao of the Void was drawn forth by the Wuji Sword and merged into Yaoguang's body, radiating a distinct Dao rhyme directly from him. The instant this Dao rhyme drifted out, Jing Yuntian, right before him, sensed something. His eyes widened abruptly, filled with disbelief: "This... this feeling..." He stared fixedly at Yaoguang. In a daze, he actually experienced the illusion of facing Dao Lord Juntian all those years ago! And at that very moment, the golden sword light Yaoguang had controlled earlier—the Swimming Dragon Sword—swept out once more, stirring the power of the Grand Dao of the Void as it cleaved down. Yet this time, what the Swimming Dragon Sword ultimately manifested seemed no longer to be the sharpness of the Void Sword, but rather... the Grand Dao of the Void itself! Or perhaps... the ultimate form of all Dao arts—the Great Void Art!