Chapter 542 275: Final Battle (Part 2)

Shen Hex stood with his hands behind his back, as the Celestial Gate reappeared, yet now the golden light withdrew, no longer bolstered by merit but guarded only by layers of clear qi shields.

"Hmm!?"

King of Zhaoren's eyes sharpened with suspicion but immediately understood, not altering his assault, as a seal struck forth.

"This demon's methods are bizarre, the formed Supreme Divine Light exceeds ours!"

"But the Celestial Dao is finite, every sip and peck is preordained. Though the fate-controlling technique can alter it, the practitioner must also pay the corresponding price. We sacrifice our divine power and Emperor's Dragon Qi; he sacrifices divine power and merit."

"The Great Zhou Celestial Pillar remains, with True Dragon entrenched within, posing his greatest threat, and his sole reliance is this Power of Merit. Hence, though the Destiny Divine Light is formidable, he cannot misuse it, or his merit will suffer greatly. Without its protection, he would not only fail to destroy the Celestial Pillar but also be suppressed by the Dragon Qi."

"Not just the Destiny Divine Light, but even the Merit Golden Body, he has restrained it in order to prevent his merit from being depleted by our offensive, thus affecting his ability to destroy the Celestial Pillar and slay the True Dragon."

"If so…"

Seeing Shen Hex's Celestial Gate restored in an instant, seemingly unharmed, the surrounding Ghost Gods were all alarmed, some even fleeing in panic.

Only King of Zhaoren emerged resolute, his seal like a mountain, striking toward Shen Hex.

"Boom!!!"

The force of the golden seal, like a mountain like a peak, overwhelmingly powerful, struck the Celestial Gate Qi Shield, shaking up surging ripples, breaking through a layer of the Celestial Gate Qi Shield before rebounding.

"Good insight!"

Seeing this, Shen Hex finally spoke, while raising a hand, a divine light suddenly appeared, resembling a Flying Fire Meteor, fiercely bombarding this figure.

It was precisely the Demon Saber Destruction Techniques, combined with the Great Sun Golden Lotus Fire, forming an unparalleled divine brilliance.

This King of Zhaoren indeed lived from ancient cultivation to present as a deity, his vision and sight were not ordinary, momentarily he discerned Shen Hex's intentions.

Taiyuan Creation Skill, Borrowing Illusion for Cultivation, relying on Professional Power, this revised Supreme Destiny Divine Light was indeed formidable, not only did it counter assault, breaking the original Destiny Divine Light but also slayed several Merit-lacking Third-Rank Great Gods.

Yet as King of Zhaoren thought, though this Supreme Divine Light can obliterate the fated life of merit and longevity, the practitioner must pay an equivalent price, as fate is heaven's decree, how can it be casually changed.

Generally speaking, it is life for life, in the most straightforward terms of lifespan, one can use one's own year of life to erase ten, hundred, or thousand years of the opponent's lifespan.

The specific depends on the cultivation results of this Supreme Divine Light and the realm of both parties, the longer the divine light is cultivated, the smaller the difference in realm, the stronger the life-erasing effect.

But the Divine Dao is not ordinary, deities long exist in the world and have no conventional concept of lifespan, so to obliterate the fate of deities, one must use higher force, such as Merit Dragon Qi, to knock them off the divine pedestal, erasing their fate.

Therefore, against these deities, Shen Hex's application of Destiny Divine Light mainly consumed his own merit, while the opponent could also counteract with merit. The few gods who died miserably lacked sufficient merit, allowing Shen Hex to erase their fate, ultimately experiencing the Celestial Human Five Declines, falling off the divine pedestal into dust and ashes.

If Shen Hex were willing to sacrifice his entire body of merit, to recklessly utilize Supreme Destiny Divine Light, many of the Ghost Gods present would surely die under his life-erasing power.

But he cannot do this. This Power of Merit is his greatest reliance against the Dragon Qi, how could it be wasted on these Ghost Gods?

His true opponent is still the Supreme Dragon Qi, and others are merely minor branches, absolutely cannot confuse the primary and secondary.

Therefore, not only did Shen Hex cease using Destiny Divine Light, but even kept the Merit Golden Light within his body, relying solely on the absolute strong foundation of Immortal Martial Divine Spirit and Three Methods Cultivation to maintain the Twelve Celestial Gates Defense.

But even so…

King of Zhaoren's Divine Seal strike only broke one defense, afterward was met by Shen Hex's fierce counterattack.

Shen Hex raised his hand, striking a palm, divine light suddenly appeared, like the fallen sun.

Demon Saber Destruction Techniques, Great Sun Nirvana Technique, combining Immortal Dao Method with Divine Dao Skill, and further interconnecting Yin-Yang Life and Death Principle—it can be said to be a simplified version of the ultimate move from the integration of Immortal Demon back in the day.

Though a simplified move, it still possesses terrifying power, divine brilliance blossoming forth, akin to a fallen sun crashing into Nine Nether Hell.

"Boom!!!"

Aware of the opponent's uniqueness, this move is no ordinary, King of Zhaoren dared not relax, urging divine power within, transforming into a rushing river, using the "Superior Good is Like Water" method to greet the sun-fallen divine light.

He is a Great God, King of Zhaoren, previously worshipped by the Northern Hidden Dragon's faith, ruling Qingzhou and Jizhou, was a City God, also Mountain and River God, Land God and River God, his authority not weaker than Shen Hex ruling Southern Lands.

Although now a defeated general, no longer governing Qingzhou and Jizhou, yet with years of accumulation and Ancient Secret Technique, plus Dragon Qi support from behind, he could also restore the power of a king in all its glory.

Not only him, surrounding Ghost Gods also each making their moves, especially a group of deities, all lending a hand to defend cooperatively, precisely to implement the previous strategy of "Deities as Shield" against opponents, preventing the earlier Black Mountain tragedy from recurring.

The joint force of numerous deities creates extraordinary phenomena, as mighty rivers transform into an ocean, within which mountains, land, and fortress walls appear, forming a Mountain Sea River Map, fully facing the sun-fallen divine light.

Such an attack…

"Boom!!!"

The great sun fell, the divine light exploded, rivers, seas, mountains shattered upon impact, fortress walls subsequently collapsed.

Numerous deities, retreated in defeat, stumbling steps, reeling, along the path fresh red splashing shockingly, divine bodies bursting blood, mountains and seas annihilated.

The might of one strike, terror as such!

"Such power…"