Facing the terrifying roar that could tear mountains apart, Xuan Niao's figure remained motionless! Not even a corner of his clothes… fluttered!
The twelve Silent Ones behind him… simultaneously… raised… their right hands!
Boom—!!!
An invisible, extremely cold… rule barrier instantly formed! Like the strongest dam! It forcefully… blocked… the Zu Long Avatar's roar and dragon might… ten meters away! Dissipating it into nothingness!
“Stubborn.” Xuan Niao’s voice remained calm, and he slowly raised the bronze compass in his hand.
“Rule: Earth Vein… Return to Origin!”
Boom—!!!
On the bronze compass! Countless star-like runes instantly lit up! Exploding with dazzling green light!
An indescribable, cold, and absolute will, as if from the very rules of the world! Like an invisible giant net! Instantly… descended! Fiercely… enveloping… the Zu Long Avatar! And… beneath him… the boiling… dark red… mercury dragon vein!
“Roar—!!!”
The Zu Long Avatar let out a roar filled with pain and fury!
He felt an irresistible, cold, and domineering rule power! Like invisible chains! Fiercely piercing into the dragon vein beneath his feet! Madly… extracting! Stripping! Trying… to… forcibly… sever… his… connection… with the dragon vein!
“Ant! How dare you… steal… my… dragon vein power?!”
The Zu Long Avatar’s scarlet vertical pupils were instantly completely engulfed by violent flames! He suddenly raised the profound black greatsword in his hand!
“Break for me—!!!”
Boom—!!!
The profound black greatsword carried a terrifying momentum that could tear the heavens and earth and sever rules! Entwined with boiling dark red lightning! Fiercely… striking… that invisible rule giant net!
Wherever the sword edge passed! Space… shattered… inch by inch! Collapsed! Forming a… huge, continuously spreading… spatial… rift valley! Within the rift valley! Dark red dragon vein power boiled and roared like lava! Trying… to… tear apart… the rules!
“Rule correction: Space… stabilization.”
Xuan Niao’s voice remained calm, and he gently tapped his fingertip on the bronze compass.
Boom—!!!
The spatial rift valley cleaved by the Zu Long Avatar… instantly… solidified!
As if paused! At the edge of the rift valley… countless green rule runes flashed wildly! Like the most precise welding torch! Forcibly… welding… the shattered space! Mending it!
“Roar—!!!” The Zu Long Avatar let out an even more furious roar!
His massive body suddenly stepped forward! The earth instantly cracked! The profound black greatsword was raised again! The dark red lightning on the sword body… became even more violent!
“I… want to see! How many swords… you… ant… can… block from me!”
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The Zu Long Avatar was like a madman! The profound black greatsword, carrying world-destroying power! Hacked wildly! Every sword strike! Tore through space! Causing the dragon vein to boil! Trying… to… forcibly… break open… that invisible rule giant net!
Xuan Niao floated in mid-air, his lead-gray Zhongshan suit motionless in the violent energy storm. The bronze compass in his hand was like the most precise control core, with green light flowing and runes flashing.
Each time the Zu Long Avatar cleaved a heaven-splitting sword, his fingertip would lightly tap the compass, and the invisible rule power, like the toughest spider web, would mend the broken space and suppress the boiling dragon vein again and again!
“Rule countermeasure: Energy… backflow.”
“Rule correction: Gravity… imbalance.”
“Rule reinforcement: Space… anchoring.”
One cold command after another emanated from Xuan Niao’s mouth, like a pre-set program. There was no emotion, no fluctuation, only absolute precision and… a kind of… coldness… that controlled everything!
Rumble—!!!
The Zu Long Avatar cleaved a sword onto the rule giant net! Dark red lightning and green light runes collided wildly! Annihilated! Emitting a deafening, terrifying explosion! The shockwave, like a solid giant hammer, slammed fiercely in all directions! The ruins below were instantly cleared! The vitrified ground shattered inch by inch like a mirror!
The twelve Silent Ones behind Xuan Niao! Simultaneously… raised… their left hands!
Boom—!!!
An even larger, more condensed rule power instantly injected into the bronze compass in Xuan Niao’s hand! The compass light surged!
Forcefully… blocking… this violent sword strike from the Zu Long Avatar… back! Even… the recoil force caused the Zu Long Avatar’s massive body… to… slightly… retreat a step!
“Ugh—!!!” The Zu Long Avatar let out a suppressed groan! His mercury-armored body trembled violently!
In his scarlet vertical pupils… for the first time… there appeared… a trace of… unbelievable… astonishment and… fury!
He! The Eternal Emperor! The peak Limit Breaker Zu Long Avatar! Was actually… forced back… by… a group of… ants… working together?!
“Ant! How dare you… injure me—!!!” The Zu Long Avatar’s fury was completely ignited! He suddenly opened his giant mouth!
Deep in his throat! A viscous, pungent, sulfur-smelling, lava-like dark red… destructive dragon breath! Madly gathered! Compressed! Emitting… a terrifying high temperature… enough to… incinerate stars!
“Rule interference: Energy… dispersion.” Xuan Niao’s voice remained calm.
Boom—!!!
On the bronze compass! A green beam of light instantly shot out! Precisely… piercing into the core of the dragon breath… deep in the Zu Long Avatar’s throat… that was about to erupt!
Pfft—!!!
Like a needle pricking a balloon! That extremely compressed destructive dragon breath… instantly… lost control! Dispersed! Turning into countless chaotic dark red fire streams! uncontrollably… spewing out… from the Zu Long Avatar’s giant mouth! Like uncontrolled fireworks! Exploding wildly… around his body!
“Roar—!!!” The Zu Long Avatar let out an even more painful roar! His mercury-armored body was violently shaken by his own dragon breath! Fine cracks even appeared on the surface of his armor! He was in a sorry state!
“You… are seeking death—!!!” The Zu Long Avatar completely went berserk! He abandoned long-range attacks! His massive body suddenly stomped on the ground!
Rumble—!!!
The earth instantly collapsed! Forming a huge deep pit! He was like an out-of-control meteorite! Carrying a terrifying momentum that crushed everything! Holding the profound black greatsword! Fiercely… crashing towards… Xuan Niao… floating in mid-air!
He wanted to… get close! Tear apart… this… damned… ant!
Xuan Niao looked at the Zu Long Avatar, who was crashing towards him like a mountain, his eyes behind the gold-rimmed glasses… still… calm and unruffled. He slowly raised his left hand! His five fingers spread open! Aiming at… the wildly charging… Zu Long Avatar!
“Rule: Force Field… Repulsion!”
Boom—!!!
An indescribable, cold, and absolute… repulsive force, as if from space itself! Instantly… descended!
The Zu Long Avatar’s wildly charging figure… was like hitting an invisible, indestructible… spring wall! His speed… plummeted! As if he had fallen into extremely viscous mud! Every step he took! Seemed to exhaust the strength of moving mountains and filling seas! His mercury-armored body trembled violently! Emitting groans of unbearable strain! The tip of the profound black greatsword… was only… ten meters away… from Xuan Niao! Yet… it was… like… a stone’s throw… to the ends of the earth! He could… no longer… advance… an inch!
“Roar—!!!” The Zu Long Avatar let out a roar of extreme unwillingness! His scarlet vertical pupils stared fixedly at Xuan Niao, who was so close, yet seemed so far away! Filled with… monstrous… violence! And… a trace of… indescribable… frustration!
Ling Chen floated in the distant sky, his Thunder Wings slowly flapping, his scarlet pupils like the most precise radar, calmly scanning this earth-shattering duel. His Soul Jade Physique’s cold will operated at high speed, analyzing every rule command, every energy collision.
“Rule system… Heavenly Evolution Disc… as expected… lives up to its name.” Ling Chen murmured in his heart, “Prediction, correction, countermeasure… using rule power to such a refined degree… like… playing chess… step by step… playing… the opponent… in the palm of his hand…”
“The Zu Long Avatar… though powerful… is… too reliant on the dragon vein and instinct… his combat style… is simple and crude… completely… restrained… by the rules…”
“However… a peak Limit Breaker… is still… a peak Limit Breaker…” Ling Chen’s gaze swept over the Zu Long Avatar’s mercury-armored body, covered in fine cracks, and a trace of… cold… calculation… flashed in the depths of his scarlet pupils, “The power of the dragon vein… is boundless… Xuan Niao… wanting to completely suppress it… I’m afraid… it won’t be that easy…”
“Moreover… there’s more than just… Xuan Niao… in Shengjing…” Ling Chen’s gaze slowly turned towards… the warship 【Ru Shou】… floating in the sky… like a cold giant beast!
At the bottom of the warship… the faint blue energy shield… its light… seemed… to be… slowly… increasing!
Just then!
“Enough—!!!”
The Zu Long Avatar let out a roar that shattered the void! He suddenly abandoned his charge! His massive body stood like a mountain! The profound black greatsword was fiercely plunged into the ground!
“Ant! Do you really think… I… can’t do anything to you?!” The Zu Long Avatar’s scarlet vertical pupils locked onto Xuan Niao! His voice was filled with… a kind of… completely enraged… madness and… decisiveness!
“I… am… Zu Long! Dominating the eight wastes! Controlling the dragon veins! How can… you… this… worm… playing with rules… fathom?!”
He suddenly spread his arms! His mercury-armored body… instantly… erupted with… an unprecedented… dazzling… blood-red light!
“In my name! Command… the dragon veins! Ten thousand corpses… worship! Blood sacrifice… to the heavens—!!!”
Rumble—!!! Rumble—!!! Rumble—!!!
The entire Li Mountain mountain range! Trembled… violently! As if… a sleeping… giant dragon… was… awakening! Turning over!
Deep within the earth! Countless… dark red… dragon vein qi! Like a bursting flood! Madly… gathered… from all directions! Pouring into… the Zu Long Avatar’s… body!
At the same time!
In Ling Hui’s ruins! For a hundred miles around! All… surviving ghoul corpses! Mutated beasts! Even… those who had just died, their blood not yet congealed! At this moment… as if receiving… the most primitive… summons!
“Roar—!!!”
“Ugh ah—!!!”
“Hiss—!!!”
Countless… scarlet eyes… lit up… in the shadows of the ruins! They… no longer tore at each other! No longer feared! Like… the most devout… believers! Towards… the Zu Long Avatar’s direction… madly… surging! Gathering!
They were… worshipping! They were… sacrificing!
Their bodies… rapidly… shriveled… as they ran! Withered! Turning into… dust! Leaving behind only… the purest… flesh and blood essence and… soul energy! Transforming into… streaks of… dark red… bloodlines! Like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea! Madly… surging into… the Zu Long Avatar’s… body!
“Ugh ah—!!!”
The Zu Long Avatar let out a roar mixed with pain and… extreme pleasure! His mercury-armored body… instantly… swelled! Grew taller! The cracks on the armor surface instantly healed! Dark red dragon patterns wriggled wildly like living things! Emitting… an even more… terrifying! Even more… violent! Even more… close to… the Hundred Phases Stage… destructive aura!
His scarlet vertical pupils… locked onto Xuan Niao! The corner of his mouth… curled into… an extremely… hideous… arc!
“Worm! Now… feel… my… wrath—!!!”
Boom—!!!
He suddenly pulled out the profound black greatsword! On the sword body! Entwined… was no longer dark red lightning! But… viscous like blood! Emitting an aura of burning all things… dark red… dragon vein… blood flame!
One sword… cleaved out!
No longer tearing space!
But… incinerating… rules!