Chapter 34: Complete Victory

On the other side, Yang Guo was also engaged in a fierce battle with Axix. Yang Guo had a handsome appearance, his eyes shining with vitality, yet his expression carried a faint sense of sorrow, as if he had gone through many hardships in his life. At that moment, Yang Guo moved like the wind, with his left hand behind his back, using only his right hand to unleash a series of palm shadows. Giant palms formed from hundreds of millions of spiritual entities struck Axix continuously—these palm shadows moved left and right, up and down, making it impossible to predict their movements, truly a deadly and mesmerizing sight.

“Axix, this is the Heartbreaking Palm I’ve mastered recently. Do you feel depressed, your will weakened, wanting to die but unable to?” As he continued to strike, Yang Guo actually spoke out.

It seemed this was the first time Yang Guo had used the Heartbreaking Palm since mastering it, and he wanted Axix to be the first to experience its power, to test its effectiveness. If it didn’t work, there would still be room for improvement.

Axix held a divine artifact in the form of a banner, from which a black gas was constantly emitted. Each emission dissipated the giant spiritual palms, barely allowing him to withstand Yang Guo’s attacks. Yet, Axix truly suffered inwardly. The Heartbreaking Palm carried a soul-force that weakened one’s will with every strike, constantly affecting Axix. He knew there wasn’t much of the magical gas left in his banner—using it reduced its supply further—and now, with his soul weakened, he could only rely on the gas in the banner to save himself. Meanwhile, Yang Guo’s spiritual energy seemed inexhaustible, leaving Axix in extreme distress.

“Yang Guo, I hate you to death!” After resisting for a while and realizing the gas in his banner was exhausted, Axix shouted in anger.

Suddenly, the banner flew out of Axix’s hands and headed straight for Yang Guo. Axix intended to detonate the banner to turn the tide of the battle.

At that moment, Yang Guo stretched out his left hand, pulling out another divine artifact at the Divine Hero level—a blade without a sharp edge.

“Explosion!”

“Explosion!”

Axix and Yang Guo shouted simultaneously, and soon both divine artifacts at the Divine Hero level exploded. The void tore open as two chaotic energies collided and rapidly annihilated each other.

At this point, Axix tried to fly away and temporarily stop fighting Yang Guo. But Yang Guo, seemingly already aware that Axix’s divine essence was running out and not wanting him to recover, quickly chased after him.

“Axix, sorry, but you’d better lie down for now,” Yang Guo said as he approached, laughing loudly.

Suddenly, Yang Guo took out another edgeless great sword—a divine artifact at the Divine Hero level—and threw it at Axixi. Qu Yi had crafted a large number of such divine artifacts at the Divine Hero level, giving each cultivator in Tianfeng Forty ten of them. “No!” Axixi cried in panic. But it was already too late—the great sword exploded, tearing open the void once again, and a wave of chaotic energy surged out, instantly devouring Axixi’s lower body. Axixi fell to the ground, his divine essence completely lost. Looking at Yang Guo who had landed, his expression turned gloomy. “I surrender,” Axixi said dejectedly. Yang Guo nodded and stopped attacking. ※※※ Guo Jing and Qiu Liumang were engaged in a fierce battle. The number of spiritual entities within each of them was not much different—Guo Jing had about 100 million, while Qiu Liumang had 90 million. It was difficult for either of them to overwhelm the other by relying solely on the number of spiritual entities. Guo Jing had a simple, honest appearance, and his attack spells were also rather clumsy. He remained in a horse stance on the ground, pushing out his palms in a rigid manner, then summoning 100 million spiritual entities to form a giant palm and strike at Qiu Liumang. Qiu Liumang had already figured out Guo Jing’s spell patterns. Although he had fewer spiritual entities than Guo Jing, his movement skills were definitely faster. Therefore, he kept dodging the waves of spiritual palms by moving swiftly. “Hmph, I’ll see how long you can keep doing this—constantly sending out spiritual entities,” Qiu Liumang sneered coldly. Undoubtedly, he decided to compete directly with Guo Jing in terms of divine essence. Guo Jing continued to send out waves of spiritual palms earnestly. Though none of them hit Qiu Liumang, he refused to give up and repeated the same action over and over again. A long time passed. Guo Jing’s movements remained unchanged, and the number of spiritual palms he summoned didn’t decrease at all, as if none of them consumed his divine essence. Meanwhile, Qiu Liumang’s rapid movements began to slow down. “Who exactly are you? Why isn’t your divine essence decreasing at all?” Qiu Liumang shouted angrily at Guo Jing. Not only was Qiu Liumang puzzled, but even the surrounding Eight Realms Divine Kings were filled with confusion—how could anyone keep casting spells without exhausting their divine essence?

Qu Yi merely smiled faintly, overjoyed in his heart. He thought to himself, “You people have no idea how amazing Guo Jing is. He ascended from the lower world; before that, he was nothing but an Immortal Spirit Stone, with his body serving as a container to absorb energy. The more primordial energy he consumed, the more he could draw from the outside world.” Of course, Qu Yi would never reveal such a secret.

Inside the light barrier, Qiu Liu Mang dodged several times before realizing that if this continued, he would surely be exhausted to death by Guo Jing. Thus, he made up his mind. “Since you stay motionless, I’ll just detonate my divine weapon to kill you!” Qiu Liu Mang suddenly shouted.

As soon as he spoke, a python-shaped whip appeared and flew straight at Guo Jing. By now, Guo Jing wasn’t foolish anymore. He immediately took out a divine weapon that resembled a large sword, with the words “Slay the Dragon” inscribed on it.

The python-shaped whip and the Slay the Dragon Sword exploded simultaneously. Two streams of chaotic energy emerged from spatial rifts, collided with each other, and then vanished together. Naturally, Guo Jing wasn’t harmed and remained in his horse stance on the ground.

Qiu Liu Mang was furious. His seemingly certain ambush had failed completely. “I’ll try again,” he shouted unhappily, pulling out another python-shaped whip and throwing it once more. Guo Jing wasn’t slow either. He took out another divine weapon, shaped like a long sword, with the words “Rely on Heaven” inscribed on it.

The python-shaped whip and the Rely on Heaven Sword exploded again, causing more chaotic energy collisions before the space returned to calm. Guo Jing still stood in his horse stance, his expression serious. His hands moved as he sent out more spirit palms, attacking Qiu Liu Mang.

“No!” Qiu Liu Mang, acting like a madman, dodged frantically while grabbing his own hair in anger.

After a while, “Guo Jing, I surrender!” Qiu Liu Mang had no choice. Realizing he couldn’t withstand Guo Jing’s relentless waves of spirit palms, he was forced to admit defeat humbly.

Hearing this, Guo Jing, still in his horse stance, immediately stopped his movements and smiled innocently.

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In the other two light barriers, Duan Yu fought Rong Momo, while Xu Zhu fought Kuang Mengyi. Duan Yu’s movement style was extremely graceful, like that of the Fairy of the Waves—elegant in motion yet fast, making it impossible for the cruel-looking Rong Momo to track him.

Rong Momo held a needle-shaped divine weapon. Every time she sent out her divine needles, she failed to hit Duan Yu. Meanwhile, as Duan Yu moved around, his fingers kept flicking, sending out arrow-like spirit sword energies from his fingertips—sometimes one beam, sometimes six at once—forcing Rong Momo to constantly use her spirit shield to protect herself.

The divine essences of both of them were rapidly depleting. At a certain moment, Duan Yu smiled. As sword energy shot out from his fingers, a long sword— a divine artifact at the Divine Hero level—also appeared simultaneously. “You…” Rong Momo was shocked, realizing she was in trouble. The spiritual sword energy failed to break Rong Momo’s spiritual shield, but the explosion from the long sword shattered her spiritual body to pieces. Meanwhile, the chaotic energy in the void left a deep wound on her chest. Without giving Rong Momo any time to react, Duan Yu quickly rushed to where she lay, continuously firing sword energies from his fingers. “I surrender,” Rong Momo said, her body covered in blood holes and her divine essence severely depleted, forcing her to plead for mercy. Duan Yu smiled and stopped attacking. Xu Zhu, like Duan Yu, was highly agile. As he moved through the air, he resembled a young woman, with flowing sleeves, a graceful figure, and delicate fingers. Kuang Mengyi, on the other hand, was a brute and a fierce fighter. Wielding a round stick, he attacked relentlessly, his stick shadows appearing like a storm. Inside the entire light barrier, only Kuang Mengyi’s endless stick shadows could be seen, while Xu Zhu kept dodging by moving swiftly. Xu Zhu remained unharmed, always managing to avoid the attacks at the right moment. The fight between the two lasted for a long time. Then, when Xu Zhu saw Kuang Mengyi’s swinging speed slowing down slightly, his eyes lit up. He took out two divine artifacts at the Divine Hero level—two strings of beads—and threw them. The beads flew left and right, reaching Kuang Mengyi from ahead, and exploded violently. Spatial rifts appeared on both sides, unleashing countless waves of chaotic energy. Kuang Mengyi could only wave his round stick, summoning his spiritual body to form a protective shield to defend himself. The chaotic energy, like hungry wolves and tigers, instantly devoured Kuang Mengyi’s spiritual shield and left his body covered in countless wounds before disappearing. Kuang Mengyi fell to the ground, his divine essence almost completely gone. Xu Zhu landed and watched smiling, not rushing to intervene. “I surrender,” Kuang Mengyi said reluctantly, filled with frustration. Xu Zhu nodded and then turned to look at the Divine King Sect’s Jing, waiting for the result of the fight to be announced. The fights within the five light barriers all ended one after another, with the five members of Tianfeng Fort emerging as complete victors. Divine King Sect’s Jing immediately declared, “Xiao Feng, Yang Guo, Guo Jing, Duan Yu, and Xu Zhu—victors.”

Qu Yi laughed heartily.
Yan Que’s face turned gray with despair; having lost this bet, he had lost another Divine King artifact.