A bit of trouble. Xuan Ming’s face remained as icy and silent as a glacier, yet a subtle ripple flitted deep within his silver eyes.
He hadn’t anticipated the Human Clan’s reinforcements would arrive so swiftly.
Though this appeared merely as a simple bulwark, this barrier, not pressing inward, erected a thick wall between him and the external space rules, directly interfering and increasing his resistance in controlling space.
More importantly, within his pure silver pupils, the reflection of a formidable figure racing across the horizon was unmistakable.
The Xuanwu Mountain Suppression Seal descended with the overwhelming pressure of collapsing mountains and seas, and space around the seal’s presence became leaden and stagnant.
The intertwined five-colored talisman light instantly wove into an invisible huge net, reinforcing every inch of the void with sheer force.
This space domain regarded by Xuan Ming as his backyard, under the combined suppression of the Xuanwu Daoist Venerable and the ban of the Heavenly Talisman Daoist Venerable, became sluggish like sticky resin.
The figure of the Lie Yang Daoist Venerable, restrained by the space vortex, suddenly relaxed.
Under the powerful external spatial suppression, the black hole-like vortex began to destabilize, its frantic suction temporarily abated.
Seizing this rare opportunity, the Lie Yang Daoist Venerable’s dim Taiyang True Fire erupted, breaking free like unshackled lava, transforming into an incandescent ray streaking toward the weakest segment of the vortex’s edge.
"Boom!"
Space fragments shot out, forcibly tearing a gap in the pitch-black vortex, with the Lie Yang Daoist Venerable blasting out like a cannonball, albeit his aura growing more withered and coughing up blood, but he finally escaped the deadly entanglement.
The toxic sand scorpion and storm monster instinctively converged behind Xuan Ming, their demon eyes filled with dread.
With the joint interference of the two pinnacle Human Clan Daoist Venerables, coupled with Lie Yang’s escape, the battlefield’s balance shifted instantly.
The situation before him was no longer under Xuan Ming’s sole control.
It seems, he could only...
Xuan Ming’s brows slightly furrowed, his gaze swept across Jiang Shu.
Almost at the moment the Xuanwu Seal pressed down and the talisman formation took shape, Xuan Ming’s right hand, suppressing Jiang Shu, tightened and released its five fingers forcefully!
Buzz!
The extreme condensed power abruptly unleashed.
A black hole, the size of a head, appeared out of thin air at the center of the space reinforced with layers of bans.
No earth-shattering sound ensued, only a faint, low murmur like space itself moaning and grieving.
Once this black hole emerged, light began to warp, forming a boundary of pure devourment.
It greedily absorbed the last essence of power Xuan Ming utilized to maintain the space cage and vortex, akin to the rapidly collapsing core of a dead star, exuding an exceedingly dangerous aura that froze the divine soul.
This strike, embodying his true intent of spatial annihilation, targeted not the descending Mountain Suppression Giant Seal nor the five-colored talisman formation that sealed the void, but Jiang Shu within the space cage’s core, still tethered by some delaying force!
After successive battles, Jiang Shu’s reputation had long reverberated throughout the Demon Domain.
Even Xuan Ming had heard.
Evidently, realizing he couldn’t kill the Lie Yang Daoist Venerable immediately.
Xuan Ming directly aimed his lethal blow at Jiang Shu.
"Boom!"
In merely an instant, the World Tree Seedling within the world Jiang Shu created swayed wildly.
Facing this terrifying strike that could annihilate a usual Daoist Venerable.
The 365 within Jiang Shu violently shook, as if stars ignited.
Numerous Great Dao hung like waterfalls.
Though the reinforced spatial barrier around him emitted cracks like a burdened clatter under this force, showing spider-web-like fractures.
Yet, Taichu Dao flowed delicately, laying an invisible "Returning to Nothingness" shield before him.
The will of the Desolate Dao emerged, furiously eroding the approaching annihilation force.
Within the Mixed Cave Space, the chaotically bright light of the World Tree was unprecedentedly radiant, forming a durable life light membrane covering vital spots.
The Shui Huan Gloves erupted with dark glow, maximally distorting the space before him.
Jiang Shu’s response completed in an instant, pushing defense to the current limit.
The condensed black hole collided with layered defenses without explosiveness, only extreme annihilation.
The multiple defenses laid by Jiang Shu were like resilient membranes, fiercely indented and deformed under the absolute annihilation power of the black hole, even emitting burdened laments, the light flickering diversely, Taichu’s clearness, Desolate’s pallor, and the World Tree’s green intertwining and shattering.
Jiang Shu’s complexion paled for an instant, a strand of dark gold blood uncontrollably seeped from his lips, while his divine soul radiating needle-like pain.
The solid demonized rock layer beneath his feet silently turned to dust, revealing the dark void fissures below.
Though Xuan Ming was only at Demon Venerable Middle Stage, his control over space had reached an exceptionally high Realm, even surpassing some Late Stage Demon Venerables.
Thus, it seemed like only a small Realm difference from Jiang Shu.
Yet this small Realm at this moment was like an unsurpassable chasm!
"Boom!"
The entire space was collapsing, strands of space turbulence tearing within the void.
The terrifying power, even those adept in Body Refinement among the Daoist Monarchs, upon entering would face utter annihilation.
Amid this space turbulence, Jiang Shu’s form abruptly leapt out.
The Daoist Robe on him had shattered, his skin as strong as a Dao Artifact bore clearly visible blood marks.
"Xuan Ming..."
Jiang Shu’s voice murmured, seemingly small yet actually resonating throughout the entire void.
Chapter 1242: 662: The Demon Race’s Scheme, Changes in the Great Array
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