Chapter 837: Chapter 837

Being forced back by a single strike from You Xu almost caused Bloodslaughter to lose his mind. He was even tempted to throw caution to the wind and unleash a strike beyond his limits. However, that would put him at the risk of being tainted by the Eternal Oblivion Force and leave him injured.

He could barely stomach such humiliation. Even a clay figurine had a temper, let alone someone like Bloodslaughter, a prodigy.

After being rebuked by You Xu several times in front of countless prodigies from various races, and now slashed by a so-called sneak attack, this scene finally pushed Bloodslaughter past his limit, and he erupted in thunderous fury.

"You're courting death!" growled Bloodslaughter, his sword whirling sharply as he launched a sudden assault toward You Xu.

"You're the one courting death!" You Xu barked back, blade light swirling as radiant spatial energy surged toward Bloodslaughter.

This scene left Li Pin momentarily bewildered, but he quickly activated the Grand Oblivion Art and lunged forward. "Stop fighting. You might as well both just—"

Just as he tried to intervene in the battle, the two who seemed locked in a life-and-death struggle suddenly reversed their assault and attacked Li Pin.

The pride of a supreme prodigy didn't allow You Xu to join hands against someone of the same generation, but he knew how to weigh priorities.

The Ten Thousand Tribes Dominion War concerned the Sky Clan's fate for the next epoch.

Realizing that Li Pin's strength couldn't be overcome in a short time, he chose the quickest route to eliminate, or even annihilate, the opponent.

Seeing Bloodslaughter reversing his momentum with You Xu's spatial power, Li Pin swallowed back the words "You might as well attack me together."

But his eyes didn't show a trace of panic at being encircled. Instead, he broke into a smile. "This... is perfect."

The combination of Bloodslaughter's sword and You Xu's blade multiplied the pressure Li Pin faced exponentially.

By manipulating space, Li Pin blocked You Xu's Void Crush, but the spatial ripples it triggered allowed the Bloodslaughter Divine Lord to reach behind him at an unbelievable speed. It was so fast that even with the Heavenly Fate Art sensing the sword's edge, Li Pin couldn't dodge in time.

In haste, he fully activated the Grand Oblivion Art, shifting his body, while the Infinite Star Abyss Body circulated at its peak.

Starlight burst forth. The Infinite Star Abyss Body groaned under the strain. Nᴇw novel chapters are publɪshed on ɴovelfire.net

Li Pin managed to dodge the Bloodslaughter Divine Lord's direct slash with the Grand Oblivion Art, but the edge's sharp energy still sliced through the Infinite Star Abyss Body, nearly shattering it.

Just as he dodged the strike, an unprecedented spiritual warning exploded above Li Pin's head.

Using the Phantom Strider technique, You Xu appeared above him in a flash. Blade light swept downward with the Yin-Yang Reversal attack, shattering matter, energy, time, and space into dust and reassembling them anew.

Under such pressure, Li Pin's long-dormant battle spirit ignited, blazing to its peak.

Sword light slashed, and a ripple of invisible energy exploded from his sword's edge.

That was an even more powerful, concentrated spatial force.

Li Pin was supposed to be left with nowhere to escape. But unbelievably, under the pull of spatial power and the profound mystery of the Ruoxi Sword and Eternal Swordlight, he allowed this sword attack to traverse space. Under the Heavenly Fate Art's insight, he forcefully intercepted the critical point of You Xu's Yin-Yang Reversal slash.

At the point where sword and blade collided, space shattered once again like a mirror, as the Eternal Oblivion Force spread madly within a kilometer radius.

Though the shattered blade light crashed against Li Pin's Infinite Star Abyss Body, with his deeper comprehension of space at that moment, he swiftly executed the Grand Oblivion Art and retreated before the body was broken.

With a long howl, Li Pin, though retreating, had no intention of leaving the battlefield. Laughing wildly, he merged with his sword, unleashing an even stronger spatial fluctuation from the blade. The Eternal Swordlight seemed to carry his body through a spatial jump, crashing violently in front of You Xu.

At this moment, he seemed to have transformed into a Sacred Monarch, capable of void travel without relying on the Luminous Ark.

The Eternal Swordlight was too fast, and You Xu could only raise his blade to block at the first moment.

Under the intense impact, You Xu was sent flying by the sword attack. To avoid being pursued, he instantly used Phantom Strider and disappeared before Li Pin.

Yet under the Primordial Qi-Seeking Art, his figure was still clearly visible to Li Pin.

With Li Pin's increasingly refined grasp of space, the Grand Oblivion Art that followed was now nearly equal in mystery to Phantom Strider.

A new sword pierced through the void, blending spatial and temporal forces, transcending time and space. It was the first time it surpassed You Xu's reaction speed, or rather, it outpaced his counterattack speed.

Even though You Xu sensed the traces left by the sword through the void, he had no time to react or block it with his blade.

At the critical moment, the mirror-like treasure on this Sacred Monarch once again proved its worth, blocking the Eternal Swordlight's sharpness.

However, even though the mirror was a purely defensive Sovereign Divine Weapon, it dimmed rapidly after taking the Eternal Swordlight head-on. Furthermore, it was struck directly by Li Pin's sword.

If this had been a duel or a sparring match, the victor would have been decided at this moment.

That was because if the battle continued, life and death outcomes would no longer be unpredictable. The one to die would only be... You Xu!

You Xu turned pale. "How is this possible!?"

Li Pin was clearly one step away from fully mastering spatial power, so how could his Eternal Swordlight possess such power?

You Xu suddenly looked up. "This is your self-created sword art!?"

What answered him was a new beam of sword light from Li Pin.

As You Xu focused all his senses to observe, the Eternal Swordlight's harmony with its user's essence became vividly clear before his eyes.

His mind reeled. This is a self-created sword art, without a doubt!

A self-created sword art was a hallmark of a Divine Emperor, said to represent the pinnacle of the Astral Realm, superior even to Supreme battle techniques!

"Bloodslaughter!" You Xu shouted in a low voice.

The space before him and Bloodslaughter rapidly shifted.

Bloodslaughter instantly grasped You Xu's intent, but did not resist. The sword attack he was readying burst forth with dazzling brilliance, surging at Li Pin with a reckless fury, sealing off all the space the Eternal Swordlight could cross.

Yet, in the face of such an attack, Li Pin did not release the Eternal Swordlight at all. His Infinite Star Abyss Body operated at full force, channeling the unique power of the Abyss. The swirling gray radiance, nearing the chaos of true void, flowed around him, and with the strength of the Infinite Star Abyss Body, he forcibly shattered the brilliant sword light.

The next moment, after breaking through the sword light, he unsheathed his blade. The Eternal Swordlight, charged and ready, swept through the void in an unprecedented form.

Sensing an unprecedented danger, the life-saving divine jade on Bloodslaughter, personally crafted by a Supreme, shattered.

At that moment, Bloodslaughter felt his energy core contract violently, as if tightly gripped by an invisible hand. The terror that the slightest pressure from the opponent would crush him caused him to retreat in a flash, escaping the battlefield at maximum speed.

Though You Xu had used spatial manipulation to let Bloodslaughter create an opening for a killing slash, the power of the strike failed to reach its peak.

Noticing Li Pin's return, You Xu slashed in haste. Though the attack stirred a grand aura, it ultimately failed to strike true.

Bloodslaughter, who had fled the battlefield in panic, saw this scene. A trace of fear flashed in his eyes. "More! We need more reinforcements!"

After speaking, he suddenly turned toward the Tyrants he had rallied earlier, those who harbored resentment toward him due to Li Pin's dominance in the Prodigy Competition. "What are you all waiting for!?"

A dozen or so Tyrants exchanged uneasy glances. Li Pin's strength, which seemed even greater than You Xu's, made them hesitate in fear.

However, they then recalled that there were over a dozen of them, and You Xu, a top-tier powerhouse, was taking the lead. Moreover, Li Pin, being from the Human Race, was from an opposing stance

At once, more than a dozen Tyrants resolutely joined the battlefield. More than half of them ignored the erosion of the Eternal Oblivion Force and launched all-out attacks.

"The Divine Race and Sky Clan have thrown away all shame!"

"These are your so-called trump cards from the Divine Race and Sky Clan? Two of you couldn't take down a single Prodigy from my Human Race, and now you're dragging others into the fight? What a joke!"

The various Human Race Heavenly Emperors watched the scene and shouted mockingly one after another.

Even the Intelligent Lifeforms stepped forward to speak on behalf of the Human Race. "Such behavior is disgraceful."

But the Heavenly Emperor of the Divine Race and Sky Clan acted completely unfazed, like dead pigs unafraid of boiling water.

"This is the backlash your Human Race brought upon yourselves. Who told you to enrage everyone during the Prodigy Competition? Now, it's time for you to pay the price."

"Is there a problem with using every means necessary to strangle a threat in its cradle?"

Of course, there were very few Heavenly Emperors who spoke up to refute. Most of the Heavenly Emperors simply acted as though they hadn't heard anything. After all, the other Heavenly Emperors still cared about maintaining appearances even if, deep down, they agreed with the philosophy that a threat must be eliminated as quickly as possible.

A few Heavenly Emperors from other races turned their eyes toward the Divine Martial Emperor. They seemed to be asking whether their participants should assist Li Pin.

But the Divine Martial Emperor looked at Li Pin, who seemed increasingly at ease and even enjoying himself. He recalled that Li Pin had yet to bring out his two Sovereign Divine Weapons—the Cosmic Genesis Chart and Ring of No Bound. He did not request for help for Li Pin.

Just like White Emperor, Ji Shun had said, he decided to trust Li Pin!

"Hahahaha! Good! Bring it on!" With the addition of over a dozen Tyrants and the presence of trump-card-level experts like You Xu and the Bloodslaughter Divine Lord, Li Pin's pressure soared to new heights.

The immense pressure from more than a dozen formidable foes, and their coordinated siege from all directions, forced him to maintain constant awareness of his surroundings, in other words... of space itself.

At the start, he was hit with repeated attacks and even had to activate the Ring of No Bound to control the battlefield.

But as time passed, his comprehension of space grew increasingly profound. The Eternal Swordlight he unleashed became more elusive and unpredictable, and the situation gradually stabilized.

Then, at a certain moment, Li Pin used his Infinite Star Abyss Body to forcibly endure a blow from a Tyrant. Then, carrying the might of the Eternal Swordlight, he managed to slay one of the Tyrants amidst the deadly encirclement. At that moment, You Xu finally began to falter.

You Xu's heart skipped a beat. "A self-created sword technique! This is definitely a self-created sword technique!"

Not only was it a self-created sword technique, but Li Pin's Infinite Star Abyss Body and the Primordial Abyss True Demon Form that guarded his inner spirit also seemed extraordinary. They were astoundingly powerful.

In other words, it was highly likely that Li Pin had also created his own secret techniques, even his own cultivation methods. Moreover, his self-created sword technique could stir space-time, as if he had already laid the foundation for the power of time and space.

This meant that they weren't fighting against an invincible Tyrant but a Divine Emperor! A Divine Emperor who hadn't even used any Supreme Divine Weapons, and had suppressed his cultivation to the Tyrant realm just to fight them!