Chapter 367: The Chaotic Battle
Chapter 367: The Chaotic Battle
As time passed, more Grandmasters arrived, including Liu Tong from the Seven Mysteries Sect.
Upon perceiving the situation, Liu Tong's expression shifted slightly. He was well aware that numerous treasures could emerge after the collapse of the Heavenly Cavern, but seeing the gathering of nearly twenty to thirty Grandmasters, including top-tier figures like Jiang Changsheng and Tianya Ke, he knew the competition would be fierce.
Scanning the entire area, Liu Tong noticed Chen Mu in the distance. After a moment of surprise, he appeared deep in thought and decided to transmit a message, inviting Chen Mu to join him.
Liu Tong was now among the top-tier Grandmasters, only slightly inferior to Jiang Changsheng. However, the gap was not insurmountable, and Chen Mu also possessed considerable strength. By joining forces, they might even gain the upper hand against Jiang Changsheng and his peers, or at least hold their own.
Although Jiang Changsheng and the others were powerful, they couldn't completely ignore the presence of other Grandmasters.
Just as Liu Tong was about to transmit his message to Chen Mu, a domineering and overwhelming blade intent suddenly swept through the entire area, startling everyone present.
Without needing to turn around, everyone knew who had arrived.
"Juedao..."
Tuo Ba Xi, the Northern Chill Grandmaster, had arrived. Perhaps Jiang Changsheng had also reached that level, but for over a century, Tuo Ba Xi had been the undisputed leader, with no other Grandmaster in the Northern Chill region able to surpass him.
Even the usually composed Jiang Changsheng, dressed in his signature blue robe, turned to look after sensing Tuo Ba Xi's blade intent.
Step, step,
Tuo Ba Xi, clad in a black robe, made no attempt to conceal his aura as he strode forward. He glanced at the collapsing Stone Vein Heavenly Cavern and then locked eyes with Jiang Changsheng. Their powerful blade and sword intents clashed in mid-air.
Although neither had made a move, the nearby air seemed to vibrate, creating an ethereal sensation and an illusory feeling of dizziness. It was as if an awe-inspiring crimson Juedao and the Eternal Sword were clashing in mid-air, creating a spectacular display.
In an instant, almost every gaze in the area focused on the two figures.
"Hey..."
However, neither Tuo Ba Xi nor Jiang Changsheng made a move. Tuo Ba Xi merely let out a 'hey' and continued striding forward, heading towards the collapsing Stone Vein Heavenly Cavern. He stopped and stood near the ruins.
Tuo Ba Xi's arrival undoubtedly increased the pressure on many Grandmasters present. However, with numerous Grandmasters already gathered, some had formed alliances with their peers, allowing them to maintain their composure.
"Juedao has arrived..."
Liu Tong's gaze turned serious as he withdrew his stare, then looked back at Chen Mu, intending to transmit a message.
But at that moment, an unexpected change occurred.
The collapsing Stone Vein Heavenly Cavern suddenly emitted a deafening roar, as if it had reached a critical breaking point. The entire Heavenly Cavern seemed to cave in, and at its center, amidst the countless fine white cracks, a pitch-black rift appeared, extending for several zhang!
This black rift was distinctly different.
As soon as it appeared, it began frantically absorbing everything nearby, constantly tearing inward. It was like a giant beast opening its abyssal maw, first devouring the already powdered mineral veins and debris, forming a terrifying vortex. Then, the tearing force expanded outward, engulfing all the Grandmasters present.
Nearly everyone felt a powerful pulling and sucking force, tugging at their bodies, drawing them towards the black rift, threatening to swallow them into the terrifying darkness.
"Void Rift!"
"Oh no."
"Retreat!"
Almost all the Grandmasters reacted simultaneously.
Even Jiang Changsheng and Tuo Ba Xi's expressions changed slightly, and they too felt the life-threatening danger of the black void rift. They immediately retreated.
Chen Mu, the closest to the rift, felt the strongest pulling force, but his gaze remained fixed on the black void rift, his expression thoughtful.
"This is the true Void Rift..."
The Void has never been something extremely fragile.
With his current strength, the white cracks that appear when he tears the Void with all his might are indeed 'Void Cracks', but these white cracks don't actually penetrate the entire Void; they merely exist on the surface.
It is this obsidian Void Rift that truly tears through the Void, or rather, it is a gaping maw that has opened up in the Earth Abyss world. Behind this black rift lies beyond the Void, beyond the world itself! Chen Mu wasn't sure what lay beyond.
But from what he could see, it was evidently extremely dangerous. Even approaching this Void Rift, let alone attempting to pass through it, would likely result in being torn apart by the twisted and terrifying power of the Void, making it impossible to traverse!
As the obsidian Void Rift appeared, it cut through the collapsing Stone Vein Heaven, and the dense white cracks also spread towards Chen Mu's position, quickly covering more than ten zhang.
However, Chen Mu remained calm and composed.
Facing the dense white cracks, he merely took a step back, creating a safe distance of about forty to fifty zhang, while other Grandmasters, including Jiang Changsheng and his group, had already retreated a hundred zhang away.
The white Void Rift didn't spread much further; it stopped just a few zhang in front of Chen Mu. It continued to grow but also kept sealing itself, unable to expand any further.
Nevertheless, at this moment, no one was paying attention to Chen Mu. Almost everyone was staring at the core of the collapsing Stone Vein Heaven, at the obsidian Void Rift.
"It's about to happen."
The master of the Horizon Sea Pavilion, Hai Qian Yuan, had a glimmer in his eyes. He slowly lowered one hand, preparing to take action. He knew that the appearance of the Void Rift signified that the core of the Stone Vein Heaven had completely collapsed, and soon, it would be entirely destroyed. In the ensuing destruction and rebirth, many rare artifacts and spirit treasures would be born.
It wasn't just Hai Qian Yuan; other Grandmasters who were aware of the situation, including Luan Qiumei and Xia Yuye, were also quietly gathering their Primordial Energy and True Force, preparing to act during the impending chaos.
Buzz!
The Stone Vein, which had originally stretched for over ten li, was now transformed into countless mineral veins, constantly being devoured by the central obsidian Void Rift, forming a vortex that contracted inward layer by layer.
The obsidian Void Rift also gradually expanded, eventually forming a pitch-black void that devoured everything nearby. The surrounding Void Qi had become so chaotic and violent that even a Heaven-Man Unity Blood Exchange Realm expert would find it a life-threatening endeavor to venture into that area. This was the final scene of a collapsing Heaven-Earth world, beyond the power of mortals to resist.
Under the watchful eyes of all present,
The pitch-black void seemed to swallow even light, distorting the faint Earth Pulse light in the Earth Abyss, resembling a giant maw that devoured all things, plunging the world into eternal night and darkening everyone's vision.
But at the very moment when all the surroundings seemed to be engulfed in darkness, a beam of white light emerged from the very center, black and white intertwining like the Yin and Yang, encircling the point of destruction and rebirth.
This extraordinary sight
Caused nearly all the Grandmasters to pause in awe.
Even the Horizon Sea Pavilion Master, Hai Qian Yuan, who was privy to the secrets of the Stone Vein Heaven's collapse, had only heard of these secrets and had never witnessed such an event with his own eyes. This was a first for him.
It was hard to describe the feeling at this moment. They were all Grandmasters, having broken through the Mystic Gate and established a preliminary connection with Heaven and Earth. They felt as if they had reached the end of all things, yet also the beginning, as if some profound insight had emerged within their hearts, but it remained elusive, like trying to grasp mist.
It seemed like a fleeting moment,
Yet also like an eternity.
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A stone with a five-colored glaze, just a glance, gives one a sense of flawless perfection, as if it were the most perfect existence in the world, and even the most skilled craftsman could not carve out this humanly unattainable flawlessness.
A cluster of turbid and chaotic mist, at first glance, gives one a sense of disorder and randomness, this chaos seems to have reached some extreme, where 'disorder' is at its peak, and no matter how chaotic the arrangement, it seems to have reached its limit.
And also,
A crystal-clear jade, seemingly both real and illusory, it seems to exist and yet not, as if it could vanish into nothingness at any moment.
"Heaven-Patching Stone, Chaos Essence, and Void Crystal!"
Many Grandmasters were still immersed in the profound and mysterious insights of the birth and death of all things, but among them, the Horizon Pavilion Master, Hai Qian Yuan, was the first to snap out of it, and at the same time, he instantly recognized the origins of these three rare artifacts, his eyes flashing with brilliance.
The Heaven-Patching Stone and Chaos Essence were already top-tier rare treasures in the world, but the Void Crystal was even more extraordinary, as it could serve as the core to refine a Heaven Cavern Spirit Armament, a treasure so valuable that its worth was immeasurable!
Swish!
Hai Qian Yuan immediately took action.
He almost pounced, moving with lightning speed towards the three rare artifacts, his eyes fixed on the Void Crystal, disregarding the other two, he was determined to seize this one at all costs!
Hai Qian Yuan's actions were swift, but they still alerted the others, and the Grandmasters, like waking from a dream, followed Hai Qian Yuan, and right behind him, a terrifying sword glow shot forth, like a rainbow piercing through the sky, aiming directly at Hai Qian Yuan's back!
The Eternal Sword!
Jiang Changsheng had made his move!
Dressed in a blue robe, Jiang Changsheng's eyes were cold as he watched Hai Qian Yuan's figure, even though he had been immersed in the insights of the birth and death of all things, and was a step slower than Hai Qian Yuan, he couldn't react as quickly, but even if his body couldn't keep up, his sword did.
This sword pressed against Hai Qian Yuan's back, the terrifying sword intent condensed into a line, giving Hai Qian Yuan a strong sense of oppression, if he were to resist this sword to fight for the rare artifacts, even if he didn't die, he would still be severely injured, after all, this was Jiang Changsheng's Eternal Sword!
"Jiang Changsheng!"
Hai Qian Yuan gritted his teeth, filled with rage.
But at this moment, he had no choice, even if he withstood this sword and gained the upper hand, if he were to be seriously injured in this Earth Abyss, he would have no chance of escape, and if pursued, it would be almost impossible to flee from the abyss.
Seeing the sword glow approaching his back, Hai Qian Yuan had no choice but to turn around, and with his right hand, he swung out a spirit armament, the 'Horizon Ring', unleashing a surging power of mountains and seas, colliding with the sword glow and forcibly smashing it open.
With this obstruction, his actions also slowed down.
"May you be well, may you be well."
Emptiness clasped his hands together, taking seemingly slow steps, but like a ghost or a god, he covered the distance in a few strides, passing Hai Qian Yuan and reaching the front, still hundreds of feet away, he stretched out his hand.
At this moment, a cold laugh sounded.
"Your Divine Foot Technique, you bald donkey, has improved again."
Buzz!
A crimson blade Qi shot out in all directions, sweeping towards Emptiness, aiming to cut down this Arhat on the spot.
This terrifying blade intent needed no introduction, everyone knew who had made the move.
The Absolute Blade,
Tuoba Xi!
"May the Buddha's compassion be with you."
Facing Tuoba Xi's blade, Emptiness's eyes revealed an extremely solemn expression, but he dared not be careless, nor could he ignore it, he clasped his hands together in front of him, and under the spreading Buddha Light, he caught the crisscrossing blood-red blade Qi in his palms.
Sizzle!
The blade Qi continued to burst forth, and his palms were enveloped in golden Buddha Light, like an Arhat's hands suppressing the blade Qi, as the two conflicted and annihilated each other, they briefly merged together.
Jiang Changsheng stopped Hai Qian Yuan, and Tuoba Xi's blade was blocked by Emptiness, giving the others a chance.
"A great opportunity."
Liu Tong's eyes flashed with brilliance, he had intended to invite Chen Mu to join forces, but the change happened too fast, and before he could communicate with Chen Mu, he saw that Chen Mu was still standing in his original spot, seemingly immersed in his previous insights, and at this moment, he also had no time to spare for Chen Mu.
The opportunity was right before his eyes, fleeting, he couldn't possibly hesitate.
Swish!
The Heaven Domain and Heaven Martial Body merged into one, and in an instant, he rose into the air, transforming into a rainbow, flying towards the three rare artifacts, instantly surpassing Hai Qian Yuan and Emptiness!
(End)
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