The heavens and earth were desolate.
White Jade Tower held his long sword, hanging it by his side.
The sword blade no longer hummed; instead, the hand gripping the sword trembled incessantly.
The borrowed young Physical Body, while not immediately decaying, was like a candle about to burn out, revealing the pallor of a final flash of life.
A strike that could astonish the ages had indeed shattered the Physical Body of the Great Sage.
But it had only shattered the Physical Body.
In the Void Realm ahead.
Purple fire gathered again, and the demon body reshaped itself.
Huiyue Great Sage slowly raised his hand and touched his intact neck.
Deep within the Sea of Consciousness.
Five heart lamps had originally been floating there.
Just now, breaking the Seal had consumed one.
Now, to withstand this old dog's desperate sword strike and reshape his Physical Body, another one was extinguished.
Only three remained!
"This sword of yours is truly stunning."
"I admit, if I did not have these few heart lamps as a fallback, I truly might have fallen at the hands of you old dog today."
"What a pity."
"There are no 'ifs' in this world."
"I still have three chances, what about you?"
"What else do you have?"
Huiyue Great Sage slowly spread his arms.
Behind him, the purple fire suddenly surged, transforming into a sea of fire that covered the sky and blocked the sun.
But this sea of fire did not burn towards White Jade Tower.
Instead, it spread in all directions.
"I had originally thought."
"As long as I killed the culprit who caused the death of the demon lords under my command, I would leave the Great Tang."
But now.
The Great Sage, who only had three chances left to burn his heart lamps, no longer had the courage to go and trouble another burner...
"It is you."
"It is you, old dog, who forced me."
Huiyue Great Sage lowered his head, looking down at the land beneath his feet.
"Do you not want to protect these ants?"
"Today, I will let you watch with your own eyes."
"How that which you cherish, that which you guard, is..."
"Turned into flying ash!"
The sea of fire seemed to have intelligence, bypassing White Jade Tower and rushing directly towards the Human Race territory below.
White Jade Tower's body trembled violently.
He wanted to raise his sword to stop it.
But...
He could not raise it.
He truly could not raise it anymore.
"Hehe, your Jiangnan West Circuit... seems about to be gone..."
Huiyue Great Sage looked at the despairing White Jade Tower, and the pent-up frustration in his heart finally dissipated a little.
Killing?
No.
For people like this, attacking the heart is the most satisfying.
In an instant.
Between heaven and earth, there was suddenly a streak of golden light.
Even the sound of wind or thunder had not yet reached his ears when the golden light had already shattered layers of sonic booms, smashing viciously towards the suspended Great Sage.
"Hmm?"
Huiyue Great Sage raised his eyebrows slightly, a trace of surprise flashing in his eyes.
His sleeves billowed, and his pale, slender palm slapped casually to the side.
Boom—!!!
The golden light dissipated.
Revealing the face of a cold, young girl.
At this moment, Jiang Yuechu had two jade-colored Dragon horns prominently displayed on her forehead, and her entire body was covered in fine, overlapping Dragon scales, shimmering with a chilling gleam.
Huiyue Great Sage slowly turned his head, staring coldly at the girl who was close at hand.
The other party clearly did not have the aura of burning a heart lamp.
Yet the force was so great that it made his palm tremble slightly.
Even the sea of fire stopped.
He suddenly understood.
It had been so long, yet the second burner had been slow to appear.
And the several Mountain Gazing Great Demons under his command had all had their auras severed in those few short days.
So it turns out...
There was no second burner at all.
All the variables, all the accidents.
All originated from the person before him.
With the strength the other party had displayed, slaughtering demon lords like slaughtering dogs did not seem... like a difficult task.
Such talent, such killing power.
The Human Race had truly produced an incredible Prodigy.
In time, if she were truly allowed to cross that threshold and light a heart lamp...
It is a pity.
There are never 'ifs' in this world.
Only results.
If a Genius dies before they grow up, then they are just a corpse.
As for him now, his heart lamp fire was burning brightly, and his Qi was at its peak.
And she, in the end, was only Mountain Gazing.
Even if her Physical Body was strong and her means were heaven-defying.
Before this absolute Realm suppression, what did it count for?
Thinking of this.
The demonic purple fire between his brows danced even more joyfully.
...
White Jade Tower watched this scene in a daze.
Although he had not seen the girl before him, he could roughly guess her identity in his heart.
It's just that...
White Jade Tower's fingers trembled slightly.
Why come here?
Why did no one stop her?
Such a young Mountain Gazing, able to go head-to-head against a Great Sage after lighting a heart lamp even for a fraction...
This level of talent could be called world-shocking.
As long as she did not fall, the Great Tang would surely be strong for another thousand years!
But, this is a burner!
This is a burner who has lit their heart lamp!
White Jade Tower just wanted to open his mouth to dissuade her.
But he saw the girl suddenly retreat dozens of meters.
Jiang Yuechu ignored the gaze behind her.
She shook her slightly numb hand, muttering in her heart.
Tsk...
Even if Mountain Gazing is a Prodigy, even if the stats are stacked high.
In front of a burner, it still seems a bit insufficient...
However...
Jiang Yuechu was not panicked.
Now holding nearly two hundred thousand years of Dao Cultivation, she felt full of confidence.
Even if she had to smash it, she would smash the burner to death.
"Hoo..."
Jiang Yuechu took a deep breath, no longer engaging in close combat with this Great Sage.
She gripped the Void Realm with her right hand.
Hum—!!!
The great desolation star-shattering halberd suddenly appeared in her hand.
The Void Realm behind her twisted, and the "great desolation four fierce beasts suppressing mountain chart" slowly unfolded again.
Jiang Yuechu held the Great Halberd with both hands, raising it high above her head.
Her mind sank into the system panel.
Without a moment's hesitation.
"Infuse!"
Rumble—!!!
A full fifty thousand years of Dao Cultivation poured down!
The heavens and earth changed color.
"Blood rain..."
The muscles in Jiang Yuechu's arms bulged, Dragon scales cracked, and blood seeped out.
The Great Halberd fell.
"Bathing the Eight Desolations—!!!"
Boom—!!!
A blood-colored halberd radiance ten thousand zhang long, carrying the terrifying power of fifty thousand years of Dao Cultivation, roared out.
Huiyue Great Sage stared at the phantom scroll in the sky and the girl who looked like a demon.
At this moment, her fierceness was not inferior to any Great Sage!
What kind of Devil Head is this?!
A strike with fifty thousand years of Dao Cultivation made even the Great Sage, after activating his heart lamp, feel despair.
Huiyue Great Sage screamed sharply, and the purple fire surged out like crazy.
Rumble—!!!
The blood light engulfed everything.
...
In the distance.
Lü Qinghou, who was directing the garrison army to retreat, suddenly turned his head.
Looking at that terrifying strike that dyed the entire sky blood-red.
"This..."
What is this?!!!
Beside him, Taoist Priest Cui had his mouth wide open, his beard trembling, and his old eyes wide round.
"Immeasurable... damn Heavenly Venerate."
The dejected Figure in Black stared blankly at the blood-colored halberd radiance spanning the firmament.
In the depths of her originally dim eyes.
Like embers about to be extinguished, they were blown bright again by this burst of blood rain and bloody wind.
Thousands of heads, whether they were officers or soldiers, all maintained the same posture at this moment, looking up at the sky in unison.
No one dared to make a sound.
Under the terrifying pressure, all living beings were like ants.
Only a Figure in Black became the only color in this world.