Chapter 801: Chapter 801
The Blade of Corruption was the most formidable assassination organization among the Divine Race. It was divided into three ranks, namely Coldblade, Bloodblade, and Blackblade.
Each rank was designated to hunt targets of different calibers: Tyrants, Sacred Monarchs, and Heavenly Emperors.
More accurately, they targeted invincible Tyrants, invincible Sacred Monarchs, and Divine Emperors.
Every member of Blade of Corruption was a monster, a madman, meticulously trained and bred for one purpose—killing.
Over countless years, the number of prodigies and powerhouses who had died at their hands was beyond measure.
Take Ling Yunxiao, for instance. A supreme prodigy in the eyes of You Ying—one of the three Divine Emperors of the Human Race, yet even he was slain in a coordinated strike by the Bloodblade squad.
Just sixteen epochs ago, a human Heavenly Emperor who had nearly reached the pinnacle, climbing to the ninety-eighth step of the Supreme Ladder, was killed by the Blackblade squad.
Throughout history, the number of Heavenly Emperors killed by the Blackblade squad alone had already crossed into double digits. As for Sacred Monarchs and Tyrants? Their deaths were far too numerous to count.
And now... to eliminate Li Pin, the Divine Race had dispatched none other than the Bloodblade squad. A force so powerful, even a newly ascended Heavenly Emperor might not walk away alive.
Li Pin suddenly sensed a brilliant light radiating from Sasha, who had always seemed harmless at his side. The brilliance pulsed in waves, instantly carving out a separate space that cut the two of them off from each other.
Bathed in this glow, four routes to the border battlefield surfaced in Li Pin's mind.
Besides the original plan, the other three routes all involved detours. Even the shortest of them would take thirty to forty years just to return to the human domain.
"I've sent you the route. Go! I'll hold them off!" Sasha urged.
She used part of her spatial power to construct a sealed barrier, isolating herself from the five figures rapidly approaching. With the rest, she activated the Luminous Ark. Before Li Pin could even respond, the vessel pierced through space, vanishing into the depths of the Astral World at an unimaginable speed.
The five members of the Bloodblade Squad said nothing. As the leading Sacred Monarch drew his sword, the other four struck simultaneously.
Though they attacked from different directions, their strikes resonated as one, creating a powerful force that instantly shattered a large portion of Sasha's newly formed space, triggering a massive collapse.
Seeing this, Sasha stepped forward and, in the blink of an eye, appeared before the leading Sacred Monarch. She pressed her hands together, and the surrounding space solidified into tangible pressure, closing in on him.
His expression didn't change, but a subtle dilation of his pupils betrayed his awareness.
This intelligent lifeform is more troublesome than expected.
He swiftly adjusted his strategy.
Without even making a gesture, the four Tyrants struck the moment Sasha's spatial encirclement closed in.
Simultaneously, the Sacred Monarch extended both hands. A ripple of formless energy spread out, halting the compression, only for the Tyrants' combined assault to tear through it a heartbeat later.
Sasha let out a quiet sigh and fixed her full attention on the Sacred Monarch standing before her.
The five members of the Bloodblade squad seemed to have a clear idea of their roles. The Sacred Monarch stayed behind to confront Sasha, while the other four transformed into streaks of light, charging toward the warship, which belonged to the Sovereign Divine Weapon class.
The battle between both sides was completely silent. There was no exchange of words, only pure, unrestrained force and the silent annihilation brought about by the collision of space and energy.
Each time power surged and faded quietly, it marked a peak-level confrontation at the Sacred Monarch level.
The four Tyrants boarded the divine warship, and an invisible spatial ripple spread out. The vessel moved with even greater fluidity than the Luminous Ark, chasing straight after Li Pin.
Clearly... at least one of the four Tyrants had attained a mastery of spatial power that neared the level of a Sacred Monarch.
At the very least... surpassing Li Pin wouldn't be a problem for them.
This scene filled Sasha with deep concern.
She looked at the Sacred Monarch before her and thought of the strange phenomena surrounding Li Pin. They were all phenomena she had never sensed, even from a Supreme being. With that, she made a swift decision.
In the next instant, a priority-level request for authorization shot through time and space like a quantum entanglement, reaching directly into the distant Ocean of Time.
At the core layer of the Astral World, a flying vessel hundreds of meters wide skidded to a halt.
The reason it stopped... was because the spatial force that powered the vessel had been disrupted.
Li Pin could feel just how profound and elusive this power was. "Spatial power..."
The Luminous Ark was a Sovereign Divine Weapon that only Sacred Monarchs could wield at full power. Just moments ago, Sasha had taken control of it and, using her spatial power, fully activated the weapon, instantly flinging him far from the battlefield.
If he hadn't reacted quickly and disturbed the surrounding space with the Ruoxi Sword, he would likely have been flung even farther away.
Right now... he could just barely sense where the battlefield was.
At least he wouldn't lose track when trying to return.
"With abilities ... it's no wonder the Sacred Monarch Realm is considered the turning point to become one of the Astral World's top figures. At this level, it's nearly impossible to kill them. Even when facing a Heavenly Emperor, if they can't win, they can still retreat with ease."
Since such a figure would not perish so easily, they could naturally be entrusted with great responsibility, overseeing a region without fear of anything going wrong.
Just as Li Pin expended considerable effort and came to a halt, a massive warship swiftly caught up from behind.
The colossal vessel ignored the high-energy suppression of the Astral World's core layer and surged forward at full speed. The ripples it stirred up spread endlessly in all directions.
Had any living being been in the corresponding inner layer of the Astral World at that moment, these ripples would have swept across like a cosmic tsunami, hurling every Astral God in the area outward.
Some of the weaker Astral Gods might even have their bodies and divine weapons torn apart by the ferocious energy.
The four Divine Race Tyrants who had caught up stared at Li Pin.
Seeing that he actively brought the Luminous Ark to a stop. A rare flicker of surprise crossed their eyes. But they remained silent.
With only a glance exchanged between them, one of the Tyrants swiftly summoned a Sovereign Divine Weapon shaped like a ring.
A Sovereign Divine Weapon was the kind of pinnacle treasure even a newly ascended Heavenly Emperor might not qualify to wield, yet the bloodblade squad had taken one out! ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ Nov3lFɪre.ɴet
As the ring-shaped Sovereign Divine Weapon was released, ripples pulsed outward, sealing off Li Pin and the four Tyrants within.
The area was completely isolated, as if a separate space had formed around them.
"This feels similar to the... Divine Martial Battlefield?"
It resembled the battlefield above the Divine Martial Emperor Palace. The difference was that the battlefield relied on the power of an Astral Formation to lock down space. The Myriad Astral God Hall could even block the power of the Eternal Oblivion Force.
This SovereignDivine Weapon, on the other hand, its spatial sealing effect might be exceptionally strong, but it could barely block the power of the Eternal Oblivion Force.
In other words, it was a single-function Sovereign Divine Weapon meant solely for sealing space, created specifically to prevent escape.
The moment that Tyrant activated the divine weapon to seal space, the other three moved simultaneously. They each attacked from a different direction without a word.
As they charged in, they seemed to form a formation, with their bodies as the core. Li Pin could clearly sense the resonance between this formation and the ring-shaped Sovereign Divine Weapon, intensifying the spatial suppression and giving him the distinct feeling of being trapped in a vortex.
In the next instant, Li Pin vanished from where he stood.
As he activated the Grand Oblivion Art, he shifted directly past the formation formed by the three Tyrants.
At the same time, the Ruoxi Sword surged with the power of time and space. At its tip, matter and energy frantically converted, destruction gathering rapidly along the blade.
Seeing this, the three Tyrants made a split-second decision.
One of them merged completely with his sword, becoming one with a Pinnacle Cosmic Radiance Divine Weapon. He broke through space and shot forward with blinding speed to intercept Li Pin.
Another Tyrant activated the formation again, trying to trap Li Pin within.
The third let out a deep growl.
Behind him, a vast and towering figure slowly took shape.
The moment it appeared, an indescribable pressure blanketed the entire starry sky, tugging at the deepest fear and reverence within the human soul. Countless stars, suns, moons, even the universe itself, seemed to rise in chorus, paying homage to this magnificent phantom.
"Supreme! Supreme! Supreme!"
This was an inner spirit secret art passed down among the Divine Race, the Supreme Descent!
To master this technique, one had to witness the true form of a Supreme being and comprehend the overwhelming might and presence that comes with it. The practitioner would then etch the most awe-inspiring image into their inner spirit, forging it into a shock imprint that, once released, would strike the enemy like the Supreme's own arrival, overwhelming them with reverence and fear, shattering their inner spirit defenses.
Its power was undeniable. But Li Pin had once stood face-to-face with the Black Abyss Highlord's true body. Even if a Supreme truly descended upon him now, he would not fear in the slightest.
If anything, instead of trembling in fear, his fighting spirit surged. "Supreme!"
His inner spirit, already burning with anticipation for the arrival of the Skyblaze Tribe and the Bloodblade Squad, erupted in a burst of delighted laughter.
The Primordial Abyss True Demon Form exploded forth. Behind him, another towering, vast and terrifying demon god emerged. Influenced by Li Pin's unshakable spirit, the demon let out a thunderous howl that seemed to shatter celestial paths and tear through the stars.
With that roar, an overwhelming torrent of chaotic aura poured from his body. But on closer look, it wasn't chaos at all. It was pure void.
A void born of chaos, more terrifying than the Abyssal Rift. It could consume everything. Even a Supreme being, once caught within it, might become lost... swallowed whole.
The Tyrant who had merged with his blade and broken through space crashed straight into that chaos and immediately lost all sense of direction and perception.
Not just orientation or awareness, but his entire understanding of matter, energy, space, time, everything that existed, was stripped away. Or more accurately, shrouded at the level of the inner spirit.
That utter void of comprehension sent shockwaves through his mind. Even he, a seasoned assassin who had always prepared to die with each strike, now showed a flicker of fear in his eyes. "Void!"