After being blasted away once again by the Bone Dragon Battle Will Spirit, Duantian finally snapped. He could no longer endure the shame of being trampled underfoot—especially after breaking through to the Demon Emperor level, only to still be thoroughly overwhelmed. Glaring ferociously at Xiao Yan, his face twisted with madness.
"You are indeed strong… but no matter what, I will kill you here today!"
Xiao Yan shook his head calmly. "Seems like you still haven't learned your lesson despite getting beaten so many times. Go ahead, bring out whatever you've got left—I'm curious what tricks you think will save you now."
"You'll find out soon enough." Duantian's eyes burned with homicidal rage. With a sudden roar, both of his arms exploded in a storm of blood and magic. Towering waves of dark-red energy erupted and condensed in midair, forming a massive demonic figure dripping with viscous, blood-like mist. The scene was harrowing—horrifying even.
This demonic figure resembled the one summoned during his earlier "Devour the Heavens, Annihilate the World Palm", but it was far more solid. The thick, blood-soaked aura gave it an even more sinister and terrifying pressure. Clearly, this was Duantian's final trump card, born from desperation.
"I sacrificed both arms to offer blood to the Demon Art. No matter what, I'll kill you here!" Duantian roared in deranged fury. Behind him, the blood-drenched demon raised its massive hand and swiped toward Xiao Yan. Though the motion was slow, the space within hundreds of thousands of miles instantly shattered into void. The overwhelming pressure was something even a late-stage Greater Heavenly Sovereign would struggle to block.
"Devour the Heavens, Annihilate the World Palm!"
Having offered his arms in a blood ritual, Duantian's invocation of the Demon Art had become more than a phantom—this was effectively the descent of a remnant shadow of that ancient Demon Emperor. Though only a fragment, the power it held was devastating.
Xiao Yan narrowed his eyes, a cold smile
spreading across his lips.
"So this big move you've been saving was just self-mutilation? I actually expected something clever. Fine, since you're so confident in it, I'll crush it in front of your eyes."
As the massive demonic hand approached, Xiao Yan leapt onto the Bone Dragon Battle Will Spirit. Millions of golden battle patterns lit up simultaneously, triggering a surging ocean of battle will that radiated terrifying might.
"You think your battle will can resist my Devour the Heavens, Annihilate the World Palm?!" Duantian laughed maniacally. He believed Xiao Yan had exhausted his strength and was resorting to desperate measures. Although the blood ritual came at a high price, if it meant killing Xiao Yan, it was worth it.
"Is that so?" Xiao Yan sneered. Suddenly, from within the ocean of battle will, a golden light burst forth. The Bone Dragon's once-pale skeleton became coated in a sacred golden hue. Then, a clear dragon's roar echoed through the heavens, laced with an overwhelming will to fight, and blasted toward the demonic shadow.
"Dragon Roar Demon Subjugation Art!"
Shock flooded Duantian's face.
"Impossible!" he cried.
Not only Duantian, but even Qing Yanjing was stunned. They were familiar with this technique—it was the same mysterious divine ability Xiao Yan had used earlier to block Duantian's Devour the Heavens, Annihilate the World Palm. But how could Xiao Yan unleash such a supreme divine art through a Battle Will Spirit? After all, battle will and spiritual energy were entirely different systems.
What they didn't know was that the Dragon Roar Demon Subjugation Art created by the Dragon God wasn't actually activated through spiritual energy. Its core requirement was a Dragon Bloodline. Only with a strong enough bloodline, catalyzed by another energy—such as spiritual energy or battle will—could the divine art be used.
The technique's power depended on the quality of that bloodline. The stronger the bloodline, the more terrifying the art. That's why Long Fan once claimed it could rival the Thirty-Six Supreme Divine Arts. In the hands of true Dragon Lords, it could devastate worlds. In the hands of others, it was just another powerful move.
Xiao Yan's body housed both the Dragon Phoenix bloodline and the fused Four Fiend Spirits. His bloodline strength could be considered top-tier—even above the original Dragon God in some respects. When used by him, the Dragon Roar Demon Subjugation Art reached terrifying levels of might.
And now, Xiao Yan had replaced spiritual energy with battle will as the activating force, pushing its power even further. Of course, doing so meant he had to use his own body as a conduit. If an ordinary Earth Sovereign tried that, their body would've exploded under the pressure. But Xiao Yan's physical body and willpower were both terrifyingly resilient, allowing him to endure it all.
Boom!
The battle will-infused sonic wave blasted through Duantian's ultimate attack, destroying it far more easily than before. Not only were the demonic hand and figure obliterated, even the demonic heart in Duantian's body was shattered.
For the Extraterritorial Evil Race, the demon heart was the fatal core. Even a Demon Emperor couldn't survive without it.
Watching Duantian collapse with unwillingness in his eyes, Xiao Yan calmly stepped forward and sealed his demon soul into the Demon Execution Order, earning another 3,000 Execution Points. Then, without hesitation, he activated the Black Dragon Spirit Devouring Hand and completely devoured Duantian's body.
That fellow's devouring power was unusually strange. Had Xiao Yan not possessed the Void Devouring Flame and other rare treasures, it would've been difficult to suppress him. If he could now absorb Duantian's devouring ability, it would certainly enhance his own technique.
Qing Yanjing, observing Xiao Yan so cleanly and efficiently eliminate a newly ascended Demon Emperor, found her emotions complicated. To defeat a Heavenly Sovereign-tier enemy with only Peak Earth Sovereign strength… this might go down in the annals of the Great Thousand World. Was there even a sliver of hope that she could ever take revenge?
For Xiao Yan, the Sacred Abyss trial had concluded perfectly. Though he hadn't found many other relics besides Elder Tianzhen's ruins, earning such a massive number of Execution Points would let him trade for several valuable treasures within the Great Thousand Palace. His eyes were already set on many of them.
(End of Chapter)
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