Immortal Lord Duxuan simply couldn't believe his eyes.
Opening a path in the sea of bitterness... How could it be opening a path in the sea of bitterness? He truly walked out a Great Dao... This person's Dao Fruit was actually achieved through void attainment.
Foundation Establishment, achieving void attainment for a Dao Fruit to become a perfected lord?
Are you kidding me!
At this moment, Immortal Lord Duxuan felt bone-chilling cold. Although the current Perfected One Vanquishing-Demon was still weaker than him, his potential was incomparable.
Because the Perfected One Vanquishing-Demon had taken the first step of void attainment, opening a path in the [sea of bitterness] and even walking a full thousand metres. His stature was skyrocketing wildly, and the endless water of concept in the [sea of bitterness] had become his source of power.
"Kill!"
Sword light flashed and disappeared, reflected in Immortal Lord Duxuan's pupils, making him dare not neglect. He hurriedly formed a hand seal, once again activating the [Heavenly Capital Demon-Sundering Divine Sound].
However, it was useless.
The Sword Dao Fruit achieved by the Perfected One Vanquishing-Demon through void attainment, whether its concept or wonder, was plain to the extreme. In the end, there was only one word:
[Sever]!
Sever wonders, sever concepts, sever dharma bodies, sever souls, sever Grotto-Heavens, sever spiritual power... In the whole world, there was nothing he couldn't sever.
The sword light was like a meteor, vanishing in the blink of an eye. The brilliant light of the [Heavenly Capital Demon-Sundering Divine Sound]'s dharma-destroying power was actually shattered before him. Immortal Lord Duxuan hurriedly catalyzed water and fire to protect himself, but the sword fell, extinguishing the fire and drying up the water, landing straight in front of him!
Crack!
The next second, countless cracks shot out on Immortal Lord Duxuan's face. Blood seeped out, making him frown uncontrollably. He had fallen into a disadvantage again.
Because I didn't expect his sword light to be so sharp... a simple [Sever], powerful because of its purity... Facing this kind of Dao Fruit, one shouldn't fight hard against hard, but rather entangle to delay.
This was a mistake caused by habit.
Because when fighting Patriarch Nether Whisper earlier, he found that Patriarch Nether Whisper had many methods, and entanglement would only lead to being forcibly manipulated.
Compared to that, his advantage lay in absolute strength, so he chose to fight hard against hard.
Facing the Perfected One Vanquishing-Demon, he subconsciously adopted the same tactic, not expecting the Perfected One Vanquishing-Demon's style to be completely different from Patriarch Nether Whisper's.
As a result, one wrong step led to another.
By the time he realized it, he had been forced into a disadvantage again... Thinking of this, a look of frustration appeared on Immortal Lord Duxuan's face.
But his movements showed no hesitation:
"BOOM!"
He self-detonated again!
Actually, it hadn't reached this point yet; he still had many ways to turn the situation around... It was just that self-detonation was the method with the lowest cost and easiest execution.
After all, this was the advantage of a mid-stage Immortal Lord. Since he wouldn't die and there was no loss, self-detonation was simply the most efficient and least consuming method. At this moment, even Vanquishing-Demon's sword light found it difficult to deal with Immortal Lord Duxuan's self-detonation. He could only withdraw his sword and quickly distance himself.
This was also his advantage.
Also facing self-detonation, Patriarch Nether Whisper couldn't withstand it or react in time, but he could react promptly, relying on a sword cultivator's escape speed to flee quickly.
So strictly speaking, Patriarch Nether Whisper indeed wasn't good at fighting. At least compared to the Vanquishing-Demon, Patriarch Nether Whisper's combat level could only be called average, relying entirely on his world-shocking wisdom to form a dimensionality reduction strike against others. In contrast, Perfected One Vanquishing-Demon was truly battle-hardened!
Clang clang!
Amidst the sword cry, Vanquishing-Demon merged with the sword light. Like a fleeting swan, he appeared directly in front of a streak of exploding blood light in the blink of an eye.
"Hm!?"
In an instant, the blood light trembled.
Brilliant sword qi roared, blowing away the blood light, revealing the radiance hidden within... It was Immortal Lord Duxuan's soul hiding in the flesh and blood after detonating his body!
The next second, sword light flashed. Vanquishing-Demon's robes fluttered, instantly turning blood-red under the surging concept. Terrifying killing intent emerged from the sword like a bursting dam.
[Upholding Dao and Severinig Karma Sword Art]!
At this moment, all was silent, and time seemed to stop. In Immortal Lord Duxuan's eyes, the rolling [sea of bitterness] roared behind Vanquishing-Demon.
A thousand-meter-long Great Dao stood tall within it, carrying thousands of iridescent colors, all augmenting the sword strike unleashed by the Vanquishing-Demon.
Gather!!!
Immortal Lord Duxuan's spiritual sense roared frantically. For the first time, a sense of crisis arose in his heart. Before this, he had actually always been calm and composed.
Because mid-stage Immortal Lords were undying and imperishable!
Normally, even if an early-stage Immortal Lord was extremely brilliant and could slay a mid-stage perfected lord, the result would be futile, as the latter could resurrect infinitely. However, this resurrection wasn't without flaws.
Immortal Lord Duxuan knew very well that between self-detonation and resurrection, there was an extremely brief moment where the soul had nothing to rely on, revealing a flaw.
But he had never taken it to heart before.
After all, this flaw appeared for too short a time, almost impossible to capture. But now... Vanquishing-Demon had precisely seized this moment!
BOOM!
Blood light shattered.
Large patches of void collapsed, as if the pillar had been removed. Infinite iridescent colors mixed together, finally extinguished and shattered by a single sword strike.
Perfected One Vanquishing-Demon sheathed his sword and stood, his gaze calm.
On the other side, Immortal Lord Duxuan had already re-condensed his body, standing there calmly. His expression was as cold as a glacier, his right index finger gently pressing on his forehead.
Drip...
The index finger released, and a crystal-clear drop of blood rolled down slowly. On Immortal Lord Duxuan's forehead, there was surprisingly a conspicuous sword mark!
I miscalculated...
Immortal Lord Duxuan silently sensed himself. Although his body was unharmed after resurrection, his soul and Spiritual Platform were indeed hit by the sword at that moment.
The result was that on his Spiritual Platform, which as a mid-stage Immortal Lord should never be damaged, a clear sword mark appeared, corresponding exactly to his forehead.
Although with his cultivation, he could recover after meditating for a while, his vitality was undeniably injured!
This was also the flaw of Celestial Court Immortal Lords.
In the same situation, there would be no problem in the immortal nexus, because the immortal nexus had the netherworld to receive souls, so such a fatal flaw didn't exist.
"Immortal nexus... truly produces talents in every generation."
The next second, Immortal Lord Duxuan looked up at Perfected One Vanquishing-Demon and Patriarch Nether Whisper. Finally, an irrepressible look of jealousy and hatred appeared in his eyes.
Why?
One relied on an unorthodox Dao Fruit to create a complete Five Elements cycle, almost scaring him to death. The other achieved void attainment for a Dao Fruit—even enough to open a path in the sea of bitterness.
Why can they do it?
But I can't?
More importantly... as a dignified mid-stage Immortal Lord, dealing with two early-stage juniors, he not only failed to take them down but was injured by them instead.
It was simply a humiliation!
At this moment, jealousy and resentment toward Perfected One Vanquishing-Demon and Patriarch Nether Whisper, along with the shame and anger of being injured, surfaced one after another.
...Hm?
In an instant, Immortal Lord Duxuan's rage-filled eyes were startled. With his Dao heart tempered over many years, how could such ugliness appear out of thin air?
He admitted he was indeed jealous and envious of Vanquishing-Demon and Nether Whisper, but he had his own Dao. How could he be influenced by mere negative emotion?
As for being humiliated, that was even more ridiculous. At most, he was somewhat angry from embarrassment; being injured could also be considered the enemy's ability.
Something's wrong!
Immortal Lord Duxuan's expression changed drastically.
Who is influencing my emotions and amplifying those emotions that should be insignificant in my heart, and using them to influence my thoughts and interfere with my ideas!?
Just then, a series of heavy muffled sounds spread out:
Thump! Thump! Thump!
Heartbeats.
Like beating drums, heavy and powerful, shaking the universe. Centered on the ninth layer of the Celestial Court, they crashed into the hearts of every Spiritual Platform cultivator.
…
Center of the Celestial Court's Ninth Layer.
Lu Yang slowly opened his eyes, his brows relaxing, revealing genuine relaxation and joy. Then he looked up at the sky, a smile appearing on his face.
"It's done."
As he spoke, a point of light suddenly appeared on his forehead, bright and dazzling. Circles of brilliant light rippled out slowly from the back of his head.
The third True Treasure.
Done!