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Chapter 543: Chapter 539: Surrender
"Buzz, buzz!"
At the next moment, the Spirit Mechanism trembled.
The three Supreme Void Immortals clearly felt the power of the Spirit Mechanism that they were drawing with the power of the Cave Heaven become crude at that moment.
It seemed...
Had their connection been severed!?
"How could the power of the Spirit Mechanism suddenly..."
Duanmu Chengyun, who was the most sensitive to the utilization of Spirit Mechanism power, instantly realized something, "Not good! He has also mastered the method of using this Spirit Mechanism power!"
"How is that possible? Our Spirit Mechanism power is carried by the power of the Cave Heaven as its foundation. He does not hold sway over the Cave Heaven, how could he possibly interfere with the Spirit Mechanism we’re drawing?"
Si Wuya’s heart shook.
"There’s only one explanation!"
Dong Xuanzi said gravely, "His application and understanding of the Spirit Mechanism power is far above ours!"
The complexions of Si Wuya and Duanmu Chengyun both changed at the same time.
If they were to be without the power of the Spirit Mechanism...
They would be nothing more than Supreme Void Immortals who relied entirely on Divine Weapons.
This power might be strong enough to allow them to reign supreme within the realm of Void Immortals, but to confront True Immortals and Demon Gods, it was clearly still not enough.
"He is, after all, just one person, how can the strength of one person possibly contend with the Cave Heaven!? We draw the Spirit Mechanism power from the Cave Heaven as our source, and quantitatively, we are far superior to him! It’s like boiling water with firewood, even if he uses Divine Skills, when the firewood turns into a wildfire, the energy released in the end will far surpass that of a single Divine Skill!"
Duanmu Chengyun made a decisive move; he suddenly extended his hand, aiming at the distant Void and forcefully projected his power.
AFar away, atop the Wuji Cave Heaven occupied Satellite City, a ripple seemed to appear, like a mirage projected from a Fata Morgana.
The mirage was shrouded in a myriad of colors; these colors, drawn by Duanmu Chengyun, formed a rainbow that infused into his Mountain and River Map at the speed of light.
For a moment, even though the Spirit Mechanism power was constantly being disrupted, with a great deal of the colored hues dissipating midway, just one-tenth still significantly enhanced the potency of the Mountain and River Map.
"Then let this resident True Immortal witness what real Cave Heaven power is!"
Si Wuya and Dong Xuanzi did the same; each of them performed Divine Skills, drawing the Spirit Mechanism power accumulated in the Cave Heaven to augment themselves.
Heavenly Element Chess was played, and the Void solidified.
The Heavenly Divine Sword appeared, its Sword Intent soaring to the skies.
And then there was the Mountain and River Map, infusing the power of mountains and rivers into Duanmu Chengyun’s own body, causing the Sacred Body that manifested to swell to a massive two hundred meters.
This was...
A body that would be considered strong even among resident True Immortals.
It’s just that it wasn’t fully energized yet, and it was still constrained by some of the forces within the Material World.
"Indeed a Cave Heaven that has been built with countless precious materials by cultivators, rivalling the status of the Heavenly Master’s Floating Island, even one-tenth of its power can support the release of Divine Weapon might."
Gu Jinlai could clearly feel the restraining power of the Heavenly Element Chess on him, as well as the Sword Intent from the Heavenly Divine Sword wielded by Si Wuya that seemed ready to tear apart the Void.
"This is the foundation that enables us to contend with Demon Gods."
Si Wuya, who had invoked the Heavenly Divine Sword, howled mightily, his sword breaking the sky, "Ancient True Immortal, come, face my Immortal-Slaying Sword!"
"Buzz, buzz!"
Sword light trembled!
The Heavenly Divine Sword manifested an imposing sword light a hundred meters tall, like a Cosmic Battleship accelerating through the universe and charging into a planet’s atmosphere at incredible speed.
The Gang Qi bursting from the Sword Blade was like the flames scattering from the friction between the battleship and the atmosphere.
Before the sword even arrived, the Power of Annihilation inherent in the divine weapon was enough to take the breath away from anyone who witnessed the scene.
"Well done, Divine Sword."
Gu Jinlai, constrained by the Heavenly Element Chess and unable to move easily, along with facing Si Wuya holding the Heavenly Divine Sword, said, "Then, let me give you your second lesson."
He simply stretched out his hand, aimed at Si Wuya and Dong Xuanzi’s Divine Weapons, and clenched forcefully.
"Buzz, buzz!"
Both Divine Weapons shook violently; the Sword Intent and Sealing locked onto Gu Jinlai rapidly dissipated, seemingly afraid to attack him.
As he flicked his finger...
"Clang!"
A boom resonated through the Void like the ringing of a great bell.
The Heavenly Divine Sword and Heavenly Element Chess, two great Divine Weapons, were directly shaken apart by a force.
And that force...
Came from within the Divine Weapons themselves!
It was as if the Divine Weapons were rebelling against their masters’ wills, trying to free themselves from the control of their original owners.
No!
Not like...
It was indeed so.
"My Divine Weapon!?"
"How could this be... My connection with the Heavenly Element Chess is weakening!?"
"Rumble!"
The atmosphere shook.
It was Duanmu Chengyun, controlling the Mountain and River Map and enveloped with the augmented power of the Divine Weapon, who took on the guise of a deity of mountains and rivers, an Innate Sacred, and blasted toward Gu Jinlai.
Fist Force, aiming at mountains, rivers, fields, and even the sun, moon, and stars, all things between Heaven and Earth, were all pouring down at this moment—it seemed as if Gu Jinlai was not facing a Divine Weapon, but an entire world.
"The world?"
Gu Jinlai’s voice echoed in the Void, "At this level, you do not represent the world."
As he spoke, the power of the Thunder Light Domain continuously emerged from him.
Under the amplification of the Perfect Level Chaotic Star Light Body, the Child of the Stars, and the rotational trait of the magnetic field, a huge Thunder Ring appeared in the Void.
Countless high-energy reactions burst forth from the Thunder Ring, flashing with dazzling brilliance.
The strength of mountains and rivers unleashed by Duanmu Chengyun riding the Mountain and River Map was completely shattered as it approached this dazzling ring.
But...
This was just the beginning.
As Gu Jinlai activated the power of magnetic field rotation, within a radius of hundreds of miles centered on him, even several hundred miles out, the clouds surged as if forming a massive vortex.
Since their chosen battlefield was tens of thousands of meters in the sky, right within the densest layer of the troposphere, the surging clouds looked like a super typhoon rapidly forming with Gu Jinlai at its center from a higher perspective.
In the eye of the storm, with lightning flashing and lights crossing, a region with a diameter of thousands of kilometers formed.
This eye of the storm resonated with the Thunder Ring summoned by Gu Jinlai, rotating in the opposite direction, and streaks of lightning began to show, which likely wouldn’t take long to turn this region into a lifeless zone.
By then, any creature or matter that fell into it would be instantly pulverized.
Even before that destructive lightning was unleashed, the three-hundred-meter Thunder Ring and the thousand-kilometer magnetic domain of heaven and earth rotating in opposite directions had already created a strong pulling force that was so powerful that even Si Wuya, Dong Xuanzi, and Duanmu Chengyun, Supreme Void Immortals, could hardly shake it.
"Not good!"
Dong Xuanzi realized something immediately and swiftly rose into the air, retreating at full speed before the two Thunder Rings closed in.
Yet Si Wuya’s eyes shone with a ferocious light, his killing intent seemingly ignited; even though he couldn’t recall the Taihao Divine Sword for a moment, as a Supreme Sword Immortal among the Void Immortals, his dazzling Sword Light still surged towards Yunxiao, intentionally crashing into the two yet-to-close thunder and lightning rings.
"Duanmu, coordinate with me to tear them apart!" Si Wuya let out a long howl.
"Alright!"
Duanmu Chengyun was unwilling to let Gu Jinlai suppress the three Supreme Void Immortals alone.
The brilliance of the Mountain and River Map shone, expanding to a diameter of thousands of kilometers before sweeping up in an attempt to envelope not only the Thunder Ring summoned by Gu Jinlai but also Gu Jinlai himself.
Taking this opportunity, Si Wuya merged with his sword, and his dazzling Sword Light viciously struck one of the Thunder Rings.
The Sword Light clashed with the lightning, making heaven and earth suddenly bright.
All light in the field of vision was stripped away by the energy released in the burst.
"You wish to sweep away not just me, but this star! Mortals, daring to compete with heaven!?" Gu Jinlai abruptly spread his right hand.
Duanmu Chengyun, already amplified by the power of the Mountain and River Map, suddenly felt the two rings rotating in opposite directions accelerating violently, releasing even more ferocious pulling force.
This strength was so formidable that even the Divine Weapon he wore seemed unable to withstand it; countless images of mountains and rivers collapsed one after another, and the entire Divine Weapon was being torn apart bit by bit at an alarming rate.
"My Mountain and River Map..." Duanmu Chengyun’s face turned pale.
Continuing like this, he did not know whether Si Wuya’s Sword Light could shatter Gu Jinlai’s Thunder Ring, but his Divine Weapon...
This Divine Weapon, which the Wuji Grotto Heaven relied on to fight against the Demon God, would certainly be completely destroyed.
"Can’t hold on! Si Wuya, retreat quickly!" Duanmu Chengyun shouted, and the Mountain and River Map quickly retracted into his body.
Without the suppression of the Mountain and River Map, Si Wuya also felt the energy erupting from that Thunder Ring growing stronger.
"Boom!"
Suddenly!
A blinding bolt of lightning shot from the thousand-kilometer Thunder Ring, striking Si Wuya at the speed of light and engulfing him in a terrifying high temperature, charring his Sacred Body and blasting away a huge chunk.
Realizing something, his heart sank rapidly.
"The two Thunder Rings... are starting to merge..." Duanmu Chengyun’s face turned deathly pale.
The descent of this lightning bolt...
Was only the beginning.
Immediately after, more violent lightning poured continuously from that thousand-kilometer Thunder Ring, with countless flashes of electricity filling and concealing everyone’s vision.
Si Wuya did all he could to rush out of this lightning field, but...
The restraining force in this region was too strong.
Furthermore, each strike of lightning caused the power within his body to stagnate, making him feel as though he was deeply mired.
In the end, he could only watch helplessly as his Sacred Body was swiftly crumbling, bit by bit, inch by inch, under the thunder.
Duanmu Chengyun intended to use the Mountain and River Map to pull Si Wuya out.
But as they had previously guessed, once the two Thunder Rings resonated and battled, any creature or matter that entered them would be instantly ground to dust.
Even a Divine Weapon would be no exception.
At this rate, in no more than a breath or two, this Supreme Void Immortal would be ground into dust just as Gu Jinlai had obliterated the Xuan Yang Demon God.
In that moment, Si Wuya finally sensed the fear of death; his body stiff, he was unable to speak and could only look towards Gu Jinlai with pleading eyes.
Duanmu Chengyun, on the other hand, shivered and suddenly realized something, shouting loudly, "We surrender! Ancient True Immortal, your Divine Power is unmatched, you’ve won! We surrender!"
