NOVPUB"Then... let me show you my most powerful move!"
In the Chaotic Void, Su Changkong saw that the chopping attack of his Primordial Spirit was unable to deal with Duan Muming. Without hesitation, he temporarily retracted his Primordial Spirit and merged his Mysterious Tortoise Golden Core into it, brewing his Primordial Soul Secret Arts.
"It seems... Su Changkong isn’t ready to give up," Duan Muming caught a brief respite but didn’t dare to be careless. His nerves were tense, aware that this brief calm was the quiet before the storm.
Su Changkong focused his thoughts on the inside of his Primordial Spirit, where golden threads flowed—a representation of his Origin Primordial Soul, the Qi of Geng Metal, impregnable. As Su Changkong fully activated his Origin Primordial Soul, the Qi of Geng Metal surged outwardly, coating the surface of the Blade-shaped Yuan God!
"Geng Metal Sky-Splitting Blade!"
A sharp golden light flashed through Su Changkong’s eyes. The Blade-shaped Yuan God shot out again, slicing through the void barriers like tofu, striking directly at Duan Muming, who was fully prepared in the Crescent Sea.
"Boom!"
The Qi of Geng Metal on the surface of the Blade-shaped Yuan God blazed like a golden cloak of flame, tearing through the void with an unstoppable and terrifying force capable of splitting everything apart.
From afar, it resembled a brilliant, deadly golden meteor streaking across the sky!
"Uh?"
Duan Muming’s brow twitched violently as he instinctively sensed a deadly threat. The blade had not yet reached him, but he already felt the illusion of being torn apart and chopped into pieces. Wanting to dodge but unable to, he could only brace for impact, clinging to the hope of surviving.
"Roar!"
Duan Muming gritted his teeth and let out a ferocious roar. Divine Patterns and Light burst from his body as he pushed his cultivation to the extreme, swinging his long spear fiercely at the golden meteor-like strike.
"Boom!"
At the moment of collision, the void within several miles twisted and vibrated violently. Invisible energy swept everywhere, while the surface of the sea below dented severely as if struck by a meteor.
The waves soared high, and the clouds in the sky churned and shredded, as if time and space were thrown into chaos.
"Crack!"
Duan Muming heard the sounds of breaking and snapping. His Nether Demon Spear groaned under the strain and unbelievably snapped under Su Changkong’s blade, which seemed capable of splitting time itself.
This top-tier Divine Weapon was severed by a single strike!
But this also gave Duan Muming a sliver of hope for survival. With this brief obstruction, Duan Muming quickly shifted sideways to avoid being cleaved in half. Yet, even so, he paid a heavy price.
"Hisss!"
As the Blade-shaped Yuan God broke the Nether Demon Spear, its momentum unabated, it struck down from Duan Muming’s right shoulder. His Divine Body, which could resist Divine Powers, was as fragile as paper under this strike. Duan Muming’s entire right arm, along with his limb, was gruesomely severed.
"Ah! My arm!"
Duan Muming screamed in agony. This strike had also severed part of his soul. His arm was nearly beyond repair. Even if it regrew, it would be merely for show.
Su Changkong’s technique of explosively unleashing the Primordial Spirit, formulated from black iron fragments, was tremendously lethal.
However, the strike did not kill Duan Muming and instead gave him a chance.
"Run... escape!"
At this moment, without hesitation, Duan Muming grabbed a scroll from his Storage Treasure with his intact hand, pouring his force into it and activating it.
"Huh?"
Su Changkong was startled and immediately drove his Primordial Spirit, executing a swirling slash towards Duan Muming’s neck.
"Puff!"
But the scroll was already activated. It blazed fiercely, enveloping Duan Muming with a mysterious power. The surrounding void twisted, and a transparent barrier appeared. Su Changkong’s explosive force from his Primordial Spirit weakened slightly and, upon colliding with the barrier, was repelled.
"Is this... the aura of a Great Divine Power?" Su Changkong couldn’t help feeling astonished. The burning scroll made him faintly sense an aura similar to the "Mirror Heaven and Earth" Great Divine Power!
"Master... Master! Don’t leave me behind!"
The woman in the red dress, feeling a twitch in her eyelid, promptly called out.
The scroll Duan Muming used was a life-saving artifact crafted only by warriors of Ancient Demon Sect skilled in Great Divine Powers. Once activated, it could teleport the user thousands of miles away, exceedingly precious. Duan Muming had spent a significant amount of sect contributions to obtain this artifact for his protection.
The successful activation of the scroll made Duan Muming sigh in relief. A twisted and malevolent expression appeared on his face, "This incident... Duan remembers! If I can’t have it, neither can you!"
With those words, Duan Muming suddenly opened his mouth and spewed out a ghostly green flame, which did not target Su Changkong’s Primordial Spirit but instead the weakened Purple Lightning Jellyfish floating in the distant waters!
"Puff!"
The green flame entered the body of the Purple Lightning Jellyfish, while Duan Muming’s figure completely vanished into the twisted void, disappearing without a trace.
"Did he escape?"
Su Changkong’s Primordial Spirit sensed that within thousands of miles, there was no trace of Duan Muming. This furrowed his brows.
Duan Muming, as a peak leader of the Ancient Demon Sect, had profound reserves and life-saving methods, activated in critical moments, allowing him a successful escape from Su Changkong’s grasp.
Most martial artists from prominent sects or clans have similar life-saving methods, like Jiang Yao and Duan Muming.
