Just at the very moment Ye Xishui's voice fell, the purplish-black destruction lightning continuously closing in on her suddenly stopped.
Those leaping, living-like forces of destruction stagnated in mid-air for a moment, then slightly receded like a tide, leaving behind a brief breathing space for Ye Xishui.
Ye Xishui relaxed all over, her chest heaving violently, a flash of the illusion of surviving a disaster flitting through her eyes, which then quickly turned into deep vigilance.
The reason Huo Yuhao suddenly stopped his hand at this moment was not because he was afraid of Ye Xishui, nor naturally because of soft-heartedness.
With his current strength, Ye Xishui had actually no great difference from Evil Eye Emperor in his eyes.
On Douluo Continent without any other divine successors, he could almost be called an invincible existence at this moment.
Of course, this was only among humans.
As for that Silver Dragon King in the Core Circle of the Star Dou Great Forest, with his current power, he was still far from being a match.
The reason he suddenly withdrew his hand was because the voice of the God of Destruction rang in his mind again without warning: "Eighth Trial of the Nine Trials of Destruction, kill Evil Eye Emperor."
Huo Yuhao was slightly stunned; his seventh trial "Destroy Holy Spirit Cult" had not yet been completed, how could this eighth trial suddenly come?
And it looked like the content of this eighth trial seemed even simpler than the seventh trial.
He couldn't help thinking inwardly, the Divine Trials of the God of Destruction were truly casual; at a glance, it was obvious that after perceiving the situation of the Lower Realm, a command was temporarily added.
However, for him, this could be considered a good thing.
He exhaled slightly, his gaze falling into the distance, murmuring calmly: "Count yourself unlucky!"
Just at the very moment Huo Yuhao's voice fell, an extremely mighty mental force suddenly surged out from the depths of the Demon Forest, instantly shrouding the entire sky like a tide.
Following closely, a low and chilling voice echoed in the sky: "Who is it? Who dares to disturb this deity's slumber?!"
Along with the appearance of this voice, the entire sky instantly darkened.
The sky above the Demon Forest, which was originally quite clear, was completely obscured by a layer of ink-black dark clouds; sunlight was completely swallowed, and heaven and earth fell into an oppressive dimness.
Then that thick dark cloud slowly split apart to both sides as if torn apart from the inside by some force; in the center of that gap, a huge eye slowly emerged, suspended between heaven and earth, like a fallen silver star.
That was precisely Evil Eye Emperor!
The reason why the Holy Spirit Cult set its lair within the Demon Forest was precisely because it had reached a certain secret cooperative relationship with Evil Eye Emperor.
The Holy Spirit Cult maintained this alliance year-round with offerings; in exchange, when the Holy Spirit Cult encountered real danger, Evil Eye Emperor also needed to step in and help.
Compared to humans, many Spirit Beasts still strictly adhered to the spirit of contracts.
At this moment, Evil Eye Emperor awoke from slumber, and its gaze fell upon Ye Xishui for the first time.
He still had some impression of this human, knowing that she was the Grand Elder of the Holy Spirit Cult, but at this moment her situation seemed not too good, firmly trapped by those purplish-black destruction lightning, unable to advance or retreat.
When Evil Eye Emperor sensed the intensity of those lightnings, he couldn't help but be startled for a moment; that powerful force of destruction made even him feel a huge threat, and he thought inwardly just what kind of existence this human had provoked.
However, in the next instant, a familiar aura that made him instinctively alert suddenly barged into his perception.
His huge eye suspended in the sky slightly rotated, and his gaze finally landed on the male looking up at him below.
His pupils shrank abruptly for a moment, filled with shock.
How could Di Tian be here?!
Back then, after the collision and Fusion of the Sun Moon Continent and Douluo Continent, Evil Eye Emperor learned that there was actually a Spirit Beast in the Star Dou Great Forest that dared to self-proclaim as the "Beast God", and a sense of unconvincedness arose in his heart.
He had roamed across the Sun Moon Continent for many years, always being the most powerful existence without ever having an opponent, and naturally couldn't tolerate any Spirit Beast climbing onto his head.
Thus, he specifically made a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest, wanting to personally meet that so-called Beast God and by the way seize that title.
The result was self-evident; the current him only ranked second among the Ten Vicious Beasts.
Di Tian was simply too strong; that Dragon God Claw back then had almost torn him apart, and that fear of being on the verge of death was still branded deep within his perception to this day.
Therefore, at the moment of seeing Di Tian, he almost instinctively panicked.
Those so-called contract spirits and cooperative alliances were all thrown to the back of his mind in this single instant.
The Holy Spirit Cult had provoked Di Tian, so it deserved to be annihilated.
The ferocious aura in Evil Eye Emperor's eyes faded by more than half the moment he saw Di Tian, and then that huge eye in the sky slowly retreated backward, preparing to withdraw.
However, how could Huo Yuhao let him have his way?
The eighth trial of the Divine Trials had already been issued, and Evil Eye Emperor had to stay today.
Urging his Spirit Power, his entire body soared into the sky, rushing through the dark clouds shrouding the sky like a silver-white stream of light, catching up to the retreating Evil Eye Emperor.
After passing through that thick cloud layer, Evil Eye Emperor's true form was finally completely presented within Huo Yuhao's line of sight.
That was a huge evil eye with a diameter of about three hundred meters, its entire body presenting a silver-white luster, its surface shimmering with delicate light patterns, suspended in the sky like an eye magnified countless times.
Its pupils were dark red, like a congealed blood lake, connected behind to eighty-one thick tentacles that were slowly floating.
The Evil Eye looked at the pursuing Huo Yuhao, its voice low and hoarse: "Human, retreat now, and I can spare your life."
Huo Yuhao laughed heartily upon hearing this: "Since you've already come, then stay."
As soon as his voice fell, the Scepter of Destruction in his hand was raised high, and the deep purple orb at the top of the scepter suddenly lit up.
The terrifying force of destruction quickly condensed and formed in mid-air, transforming into a purplish-black giant sword hundreds of meters long, carrying an aura as if it could split heaven and earth, slashing down fiercely toward Evil Eye Emperor's true form.
Wherever that giant sword passed, the air emitted sharp wails, and even space faintly showed signs of distortion.
Evil Eye Emperor's pupils shrank abruptly, and a fatal threat that he hadn't felt for many years surged into his heart once more.
Evil Eye Emperor realized in that instant that a serious deviation had appeared in his judgment; this young human before him was far more powerful than he had estimated.
In his heart, he cursed the Holy Spirit Cult over and over again, how did it happen to provoke such an existence?
However, matters had already reached this point, and no amount of regret would help; it could only pull out its ultimate trump card to deal with this life-and-death game before it.
Evil Eye Emperor's dark red pupils instantly transformed into dark blue in the next moment, like a congealed deep sea.
Following closely, a dark blue light with a diameter of about one zhang suddenly burst out from the center of that huge eyeball.
At the moment that light appeared, everything around seemed to have been pressed with a pause button.
The wind stopped, and even the tiny dust particles in the air hovered in mid-air, time seemingly losing the meaning of flow.
This was Evil Eye Emperor's strongest attack, and also the ultimate Secret Technique he comprehended by exhausting his entire life — Light of Space-Time.
Back then, it was precisely relying on this strike that he escaped with his life from beneath Di Tian's Dragon God Claw.
Relying on the dual comprehension of spirit and space, he ultimately touched the Secret Technique of time.
Needless to say, he was truly worthy of being the strongest Genius in the history of the Evil Eye clan.
Watching Huo Yuhao's body as if nailed in mid-air, and that sword of destruction that made it panic also stagnated accordingly, Evil Eye Emperor finally breathed a sigh of relief in its heart.
As long as this stream of Light of Space-Time hit, this human would have no possibility of surviving.
After all, back then even Di Tian had recuperated for over a millennium after taking such a strike.
However, just at the moment when that dark blue light was about to touch Huo Yuhao, a vertical eye suddenly opened between Huo Yuhao's eyebrows.
That eye presented a clear golden color throughout, and then a gentle golden light carrying a certain ancient aura shot out from that vertical eye, casually meeting Evil Eye Emperor's Light of Space-Time.
Then, in Evil Eye Emperor's terrified gaze, that Light of Space-Time actually dissipated silently like thin mist illuminated by sunlight, as if it had never existed.
Huo Yuhao also secretly breathed a sigh of relief; he hadn't expected Evil Eye Emperor to hide such a trick.
His third eye was born only after the Fusion of the Life Guardian Blade, and that golden light shot from that eye came from the Super Divine Artifact Kunlun Mirror in his Spiritual Sea.
Compared with the Kunlun Mirror, Evil Eye Emperor was still far too lacking in his mastery over the power of time.
The Law Of Time he comprehended was as superficial as a child's doodle in front of this Super Divine Artifact, collapsing at the first touch.
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