Chapter 543 275: Final Battle (Part 2)

"Pfft!!!"

A deity, though struggling to steady himself, couldn't hold on and spat out another mouthful of blood.

Although King of Zhaoren was not as miserable, a wisp of fresh red appeared at the corner of his mouth, his internal Qi and blood surged, his lungs shook, and his Yang God body suffered considerable damage.

"Such power is definitely beyond the third grade!"

"What a strange and wicked force!"

"I have no choice but to risk it all..."

The deities were shocked, but their formation remained unbroken. They urgently mobilized their divine power to heal their injuries, determined to fight to the end.

Looking at the opponent...

Shen Hex flipped his hand, divine light shimmering all around, his True Yuan circulated within, and in no time, he was back to his peak.

It was the Power of Creation!

Fighting against many with few, unstoppable, also a third-grade deity, how could he have such combat power to overpower these ghosts and gods directly?

Three Methods Cultivation, Great Dao Skill, was only part of it.

The other part was the career aid, the Power of Creation.

[God of Creation]

This career path primarily focuses on creation and transformation, emphasizing defense and recovery but also significantly enhancing offensive combat.

After all, he deeply cultivated the Life and Death Dao, capable of transforming the Power of Creation into the Power of Destruction, increasing creation power correlated with increasing destructive power.

Moreover, the Power of Creation is inexhaustible, enabling him to consistently unleash transcendent limit-breaking power, utilizing extreme killing techniques as routine, unfazed by backlash or consequences.

It is like the human body exerting force, which seems feeble on the surface, typically exerting only several hundred pounds of force, but that is purely due to the body's self-protection mechanism, limiting exertion to prevent collapse and death from overexertion.

If one could break this limitation and fully unleash human potential, one could surely burst forth with thousands or even tens of thousands of pounds of force.

But the consequence of such exertion would be bodily collapse, hence the establishment of a self-protection mechanism to limit exertion, avoiding destruction.

Shen Hex, with Immortal Martial Spirit Three Techniques Cultivation and mastery over his Essence, Qi, and Spirit, can completely unlock the body's limitations, unleashing power beyond limits, and then use the authority of [God of Creation] to restore the body nearing collapse through his limit-breaking exertion and power depletion.

Thus now, although also a third-grade deity, his combat power is noticeably superior, every move is an extreme technique, every form an ultimate form, completely disregarding power backlash, enduring himself, exchanging injuries for injuries, life for life.

King of Zhaoren and the other deities, lacking such resources, naturally fell into a disadvantageous position.

These internal details are challenging for outsiders to grasp, and Shen Hex does not wish to linger; once restored, he raises his hand again.

"Boom!!!"

With a raise of his hand, thunder erupts, unleashing absolute destructive power, surpassing even the light of a fallen sun, pressing towards the deities with deadly intent.

"Gods, assist me!"

Facing such a deadly extreme move, none of the deities dared to hold back, immediately combining their efforts to aid one god.

Receiving this aid, that god immediately threw out an object—an old and broken painting scroll depicting natural scenes like rivers, lakes, mountains, and forests, along with images of farmsteads, cities, and the populace, embodying symbols of the human realm and society.

It was indeed...

"An Ancient Relic!"

"A Map of Mountains and Rivers?"

Shen Hex's eyes narrowed, but his attack did not slow, the Wind Thunder Strike burst into the Map of Mountains and Rivers.

"Boom!!!"

A massive explosion ensued, the Map of Mountains and Rivers surged, attempting to subdue and dissolve the ultimate form within itself. Yet unexpectedly, success faltered at the final step, the ancient scroll trembled, the landscape shattered, and the realm crumbled.

"Bang!!!"

In the end, everything disintegrated, the ancient scroll blasted apart, the deities hit by backlash, staggering with blood spilling out.

"A counterfeit!?"

Shen Hex's gaze sharpened, flipping his hand to circulate Divine Yuan, intending to restore his cultivation body.

Unexpectedly...

"Kill!!!"

An angry roar pierced the sky, not from any person but from the trembling heavens. A rusted, battered, blood-stained broken spear charged forth, piercing through the void to reach Shen Hex's front.

It was another Ancient Weapon!

In this world, during ancient times, humans and gods coexisted; immortals and demons stood side by side. The world abounded with Spiritual Qi, hence the divine path wasn't solely revered; rather, myriad schools flourished, a hundred schools contended.

But later, when reincarnation established itself, the world's origin wove into the cycle of reincarnation, dividing among all beings, further separating Yin and Yang, creating a finite world, and end of such great times became history, all ancient immortals, Buddhas, gods, and demons ascended.

Yet what ascended were merely the immortals, Buddhas, gods, and demons; numerous ancient non-immortal, non-Buddha, non-god, non-demon artifacts remained in the world, even causing chaos among mortals.

Such entities are collectively termed Ancient Relics or Ancient Treasures.

Now this broken spear is of this heritage, bearing rust but still harboring overwhelming killing intent; the blood coagulated upon the spearhead seems left by gods and demons.

With a swift thrust, it pierced forth.

"Bang bang bang bang bang bang!"

Astonishing killing intent, during the restoration moment, shattered celestial barriers, nearly reaching the deity's form, about to drink divine blood.

Unexpectedly...

"Bang!"

A hand lifted, holding back the spear, within the palm, not blood but black and white Qi, the flow of Yin and Yang.

"How could it be?"

"Immortal Slayer Spear..."

Upon witnessing the scene, astonishment arose all around.

This broken spear is an ancient divine weapon; it once slaughtered a True Immortal. Although broken and its power greatly reduced due to that, its ability to slay immortals nurtured an earth-shattering killing intent, eventually claimed by an Ancient Ghost King born on an ancient battlefield.

This Ghost King once clashed against Dragon Qi using it, causing the last Celestial Pillar of a dynasty to collapse, the empire overturned, a change of era.

Such is the might of this spear.

But now...

Shen Hex raises his hand, repels the enemy, dissipating the awe-inspiring killing intent, suppressing the Immortal Slayer Spear.

The attack boasts extreme techniques, the defense too has ultimate forms, beyond the Twelve Celestial Gates, there flows Yin and Yang, the Tai Chi Birth and Transformation Method, and the Yin Yang Fusion, Vajra Indestructible Body.

Immortal Martial Divine Spirit, unsurpassed skill!

Zhuang Zhou's Dream of the Butterfly, methods of all worlds!

The combination of the two manifests this perfect and formidable beyond the mortal extreme realm, instilling hopelessness among ghosts, monsters, and demons alike.

"Boom!!!"

With a thunderous sound, light of thunder and fire surged, the Immortal Slayer Spear shattered in retreat, plunging into darkness, sparking a dull echo.

"Demon spawn!!!"

"It can't be done!"

"Retreat!!!!"

A turn of bloody light, cries of alarm, surrounding attacking phantoms and demons, a few withdrew instantly, not daring further attempt at battle.

This is indeed human nature.

Pursuing great ventures cautiously, forgetting integrity over minor gains!

Even as ghosts and spirits, they ought to be rational, shouldn't be like this.

But before life and death, retreat is unavoidable.

After all, there's retreat, potentially reincarnation and rebirth; none wishes to abandon it all for a desperate struggle.

As for Orthodox Techniques and Celestial Rules, each harbors luck, after all, this contest over the mortal realm affects not only the world but also pertains to the Upper Realm. Now someone seeks to establish a Divine Kingdom on earth, acting with Celestial Emperor authority, seeking Orthodox Technique venerations, how could the gods of the Upper Realm ignore it?

It's not unlikely for Celestial Soldiers and Divine Generals, or even some Celestial Venerable Emperor to descend and vanquish this extraterritorial evil demon, no?

Why risk their own lives?

Faith in the Upper Realm is necessary!

Such luck, when at play, saw several ghosts and gods fleeing further.

"Unworthy of scheming with!"

Such sights angered King of Zhaoren and the deities formidable in their resolve, yet they were helpless.

The power of this demon has already transcended limits, overwhelmingly formidable, even with them joining forces, no chance of growth could be seen.

At this point, nothing remains but...

"It must end!"

Gazing at the trembling ghosts, each wounded, and then at the growing intense human conflict in the mortal world, Shen Hex halted, finally no longer advancing.

Yet, just this pause stirred alarm within the gods' hearts, and their muscles twitched in fear.

"Hah!!!"

Only to see Shen Hex's solemn voice, Divine Yuan flooding within, hands raised in motion.

Instantly...

"Boom!!!"

With his hands lifted, Divine Yuan at extreme fortune, suddenly water, fire, wind, and thunder erupted, Yin and Yang life and death illusions, in a blur, as if two figures emerged, one black, one white, one sword, one saber, one immortal, one demon, one life, one destruction.

The deity stood at the center, hands maneuvering, immortals and demons left and right, sword and saber interplaying, wind and thunder erupting, water and fire flowing together, Yin and Yang reversing, life and death chaotic and reversed, two poles of opposing forces arose from his hands, uniting within him, faintly producing a transcendent limit-breaking power of the Great Dao, immediately casting fear among nearby ghosts and gods as if witnessing the descent of an apocalypse, generating myriad trepidation.

"Not good!!!"

"Quickly retreat!!!"