Chapter 235: The Fall of the Holy Lord
But is that really the case?
Of course not.
Just as the Abyssal Holy Lord had one foot inside the spatial passage, Qin Xiao’s third soul ring lit up once again.
Space Swap, activate!
In an instant, the Abyssal Holy Lord and the Wisdom Emperor exchanged positions.
“What just happened?”
The Wisdom Emperor was stunned. Before he knew it, one of his feet was stepping into the spatial passage.
This was utterly absurd.
“He actually possesses spatial abilities!”
The Abyssal Holy Lord was equally shocked.
But there was no time for further thought as Qin Xiao’s heavy fist came crashing down on his forehead.
Everyone witnessing this scene suddenly realized what was happening. It turned out that Qin Xiao's previous moves against the Wisdom Emperor were a distraction; his real target was the Abyssal Holy Lord.
“Bang!”
The sudden turn of events left the Abyssal Holy Lord with no time to dodge. He took Qin Xiao's punch head-on.
The result…
There was no good outcome, of course.
Pitch-bck lightning shot through his body, and half of his head was smashed open.
“You are truly unforgivable!”
The Abyssal Holy Lord gripped the end of his Holy Sky-Cracking Halberd and thrust it towards Qin Xiao’s abdomen like a dagger.
Cng! Cng! Cng!
A series of sparks flew as Qin Xiao’s Thunder Emperor Armor shielded him. The Holy Sky-Cracking Halberd couldn’t even scratch his defense.
Then, at that moment, Qin Xiao’s heavy punch struck the Abyssal Holy Lord's chest.
Boom! Crack!
This time, the Abyssal Holy Lord fared even worse; half of his body was blown apart.
His hand could no longer grip the Holy Sky-Cracking Halberd, and it fell helplessly from his grasp.
“If I had known this would happen, I would never have chosen a mutual injury strategy.”
“Now look at me! The opponent isn’t even scratched, while I’m covered in wounds!”
The Abyssal Holy Lord was in complete despair.
One emotion overwhelmed him: regret!
He regretted so much that even his intestines turned green.
Well…
If he still had intestines left in his half-destroyed body.
“Holy Lord!”
The Wisdom Emperor witnessed this horrifying scene and couldn't help but scream, “Rest assured, Holy Lord. I will return to the Abyssal Realm and pray for your triumphant return!”
After speaking, he immediately turned around and fled into the spatial passage.
“Pray for your grandmother’s legs…”
“I’m already like this! How can I return to the Abyss?”
The Abyssal Holy Lord’s heart sank further upon hearing those words.
Previously, he still had the strength to open a spatial passage, but now, with half his body blown away, he was severely injured and had no energy left to escape.
Surviving even for a short while was now a question.
No.
To be precise, his life would end in the next moment…
Dark lightning enveloped him.
It shattered his body and obliterated his soul.
Amidst the horrific screams, the once-mighty Abyssal Holy Lord perished.
…
“Boom…”
Within the Abyssal Realm, even the seemingly eternal first yer began to colpse.
“The Holy Lord! The Holy Lord has fallen!”
“How can there be an enemy stronger than the Holy Lord in that world?!”
“It’s over. What are we going to do next?!”
The colpse of the first yer of the Abyssal Realm signaled the end of the Abyssal Holy Lord.
At that moment, every living being in the Abyss was thrown into confusion.
They could accept the deaths of the Spirit Emperor, the Bzing Emperor, and the Scythe Emperor.
As long as the Abyssal Holy Lord existed, all was not lost.
As long as the Abyssal Holy Lord remained undefeated, the Abyss would not be destroyed.
The Abyssal Holy Lord was their spiritual pilr.
But now, they suddenly realized that their pilr of faith had crumbled.
The colpse of faith brought fear of the future, filling them with unease.
Few creatures understood the consequences of losing a pne war better than those of the Abyss…
…
“The Abyssal Holy Lord has fallen!”
“Long live the Thunder Emperor!”
…
In Spirit Hall, countless people witnessed this moment and cheered from the depths of their hearts.
Everyone knew that the Abyssal Holy Lord was the strongest being within the Abyss and its leader.
Now, the death of this supreme existence foretold the arrival of their victory!
High in the sky, the figure surrounded by pitch-bck lightning was indelibly imprinted in everyone’s hearts.
At this moment, their understanding of gods crystallized.
Only the person before them was the true deity!
The one worthy of their worship and reverence.
“Huh? This power of faith is far stronger than when I only possessed the title of Sea God?”
Qin Xiao, who was silently refining the Abyssal Holy Lord’s source power in the sky, noticed the anomaly.
But for him, this was a good thing.
After all, absorbing the power of faith was also a method to enhance his cultivation.
Some rejoiced, while others grieved.
Now, it wasn't the humans who were troubled but the Abyssal creatures.
After the fall of the Abyssal Holy Lord, their first reaction was not to fight but to flee.
To escape from Spirit Hall and even return to the Abyssal Realm.
But they were already the losers. With the strongest Abyssal Holy Lord defeated by Qin Xiao, how could they escape without paying any price?
As they say, a defeated army colpses like a ndslide. Even though the strong in Spirit Hall were far fewer in number than the Abyssal army, they could still sughter the Abyssal forces.
“No more fighting!”
“I’m retreating too!”
The Demon Emperor, upon witnessing the situation, immediately recognized his own position.
A bloody battle to the end was certainly not an option.
However, would Bibi Dong possibly give him such an opportunity?
Swish! Swish! Swish!
The Rakshasa Scythe emanated a destructive aura as it repeatedly sshed, sealing off all paths of escape for the Demon Emperor.
“Do you really think this will trap me?”
The Demon Emperor sneered, his eyes filled with madness.
In the next instant, his body swelled like a balloon and then exploded with a thunderous bang. The terrifying aura that erupted instantly was enough to strike fear into even a Title Douluo.
In reality, not just any Title Douluo—even a Rank 99 Title Douluo like Golden Crocodile Douluo wouldn’t be able to escape unscathed from such an explosion.
“Rakshasa Domain!”
Bibi Dong’s expression turned serious as she immediately unleashed her most powerful defensive skill.
She managed to contain the terrifying energy released by the Demon Emperor entirely within her domain.
However, doing so came at a considerable cost to her.
“Hahaha, I will return!”
The Demon Emperor’s voice echoed in the air.
He wasn’t lying.
The one battling Bibi Dong just now was not his true body but his demonic puppet!
His real body had already hidden thousands of miles away.
“Hmph!”
“Do you think discarding your puppet will save your worthless life?”
At that moment, Qin Xiao let out a cold snort and looked towards a certain spot in the void.
Thousands of miles away…
On an unnamed mountain peak, the Demon Emperor’s expression suddenly changed.
“Not good, I've been discovered!”
Just as he was about to flee…
A towering figure appeared before him.
And upon closer inspection, wasn’t it Qin Xiao?
“So, even though you are a god, do you think a mere divine thought can destroy me?”
“Isn't that a bit overconfident?”
The Demon Emperor regained his composure and let out a cold ugh.
If Qin Xiao’s true body had descended, he would have resigned himself to fate.
But was it possible that he couldn't fend off a mere divine thought, even if he fought with all his might?
He refused to believe it.
“To obliterate you, a single finger is more than enough!”
Qin Xiao’s voice reverberated through the air.
Then he truly extended a single finger, pressing it down fiercely.
“I don’t believe it!”
The Demon Emperor roared in fury and mobilized all his strength to counterattack.
But it was all in vain.
As Qin Xiao’s finger descended, everything crumbled.
It was a ruthless crush.
The mountains colpsed, the ground split apart, and as for the Demon Emperor's body, it had long turned to ashes under the overwhelming power.
Even in his final moments, he couldn’t comprehend how Qin Xiao could be this powerful.
Just a thought and a single finger were enough to obliterate him.
…
Meanwhile...
Outside Sea God Isnd, the blood-stained waters were littered with countless corpses drifting on the waves, swaying back and forth.
Some sea spirit masters and sea spirit beasts were still battling the Abyssal creatures.
The most eye-catching scene, however, was the csh between two figures—one red and one bck.
Sea God Isnd's Bo Saixi was fighting the Abyssal Bck Emperor.
Normally, Bo Saixi was no longer the high priest of Sea God Isnd, and without her Rank 99 cultivation, she would surely not be a match for the Bck Emperor.
But the Sea God’s Trident in her hand provided her with endless strength, as if blessed by the gods.
“Hmph, external power is still just that—external. Sooner or ter, you will run out of it, and you will become my prey.”
The Bck Emperor, whose face resembled that of a human girl, licked her lips excitedly.
The stronger the enemy, the more she relished it.
The taste was even more delicious.
“You won’t live to see that moment.”
“His Majesty, the Sea God, will definitely come to our rescue at the crucial moment!”
“...”
Without needing a response from Bo Saixi, the Sacred Pilr Guardians had already shouted with conviction.
They believed in Qin Xiao, their great Sea God, who would never abandon his people.
“Sea God?”
“Heh, I think he’s already struggling to protect himself. How could he have the strength to save you all?”
The Bck Emperor sneered disdainfully.
Even though she wasn’t in Spirit City, she had recently sensed the presence of the Abyssal Holy Lord.
Like nearly all abyssal beings, the Abyssal Holy Lord was her faith.
Since the Holy Lord had descended, what problem couldn’t be solved?
What about the so-called gods of this world?
Even Tang San couldn’t handle them and was nothing but an ant in front of the Abyssal Holy Lord.
“I think it’s you and your people who are truly struggling to survive!”
Bo Saixi’s voice suddenly interrupted the Bck Emperor.
“Is this your final act of defiance?”
The Bck Emperor was a bit surprised. From the beginning of their fight until now, Bo Saixi had never spoken words like this.
“I thought you were different from others, but it seems you’re just good at empty words,” she scoffed.
But then...
The next moment, her expression drastically changed.
Bo Saixi raised the Sea God’s Trident in her hand, and a towering golden beam of light shot out from the trident, piercing straight into the sky.
Following that, a massive golden figure appeared above the ocean.
He was cd in golden armor, extraordinarily handsome.
It was none other than Qin Xiao’s avatar!
“His Majesty, the Sea God!”
“His Majesty, the Sea God!”
…
Excited and ecstatic voices resounded one after another.
“My people, I will bestow upon you the highest honor!”
Qin Xiao’s apparition spoke, and with it, golden light cascaded down upon every sea spirit master and sea spirit beast.
The wounds of the injured healed at an astonishing speed.
Even those who had recently perished were miraculously revived.
It had to be said...
This scene struck everyone profoundly.
Resurrecting the dead.
This was truly divine grace!
All they could do was offer their devoted faith.
“You... you are a genuine divine incarnation!”
The Bck Emperor was utterly shocked. “Weren’t you fighting the Holy Lord? How could you still spare the energy to manifest here?”
Normally, Qin Xiao would have cracked a joke at this point, perhaps something like, “Is it possible the Abyssal Holy Lord is already dead?”
However, seeing countless believers before him, Qin Xiao thought it best to maintain his composure.
He couldn’t shatter the supreme image in his followers’ hearts.
That was his persona, and he couldn’t let it crumble.
“The Abyssal Holy Lord is dead!”
Qin Xiao’s apparition responded.
Though it was merely an apparition, his voice was grand and echoed across thousands of miles of ocean.
The Abyssal Holy Lord is dead.
These simple words carried an uncertain meaning for humans and sea spirit beasts.
But for the abyssal creatures, it was entirely different.
They suddenly felt as if the sky had colpsed.
“No, this is impossible!”
“Who could harm the Holy Lord except for the gods of the Divine Realm?”
The Bck Emperor couldn’t accept this reality and shook her head in disbelief.
“With your status and position, you must be one of the top powerhouses in the Abyss. In that case, why don’t you try calling upon your Holy Lord?”
Qin Xiao’s apparition spoke calmly.
He had his reasons for saying so much.
In reality, he wasn’t even a true divine incarnation, merely possessing the power to obliterate the Bck Emperor.
However, besides the Bck Emperor, there were many abyssal creatures present. If he obliterated the Bck Emperor right away, it might stir resentment in the abyssal beings, prompting a more ferocious counterattack.
He pnned to first dismantle the faith within the abyssal creatures, causing them to colpse on their own, just like the abyssal beings in Spirit City who knew only how to flee!
Then, the sea spirit masters and sea spirit beasts could finish them off as easy prey.
Hearing Qin Xiao’s words, the Bck Emperor fell silent.
Of course, she wasn’t doing nothing; she was genuinely attempting to contact the Abyssal Holy Lord.
As time passed, her face gradually turned pale.
Her upper teeth bit into her lip so hard that blood began to flow down without her noticing.
Silence spoke louder than words.
Receiving no response was a response in itself.
A response of doom!
“Lord Bck Emperor, have you received any reply from the Holy Lord?”
Seeing the Bck Emperor remain silent for so long, a powerful abyssal creature couldn’t help but ask.
In truth, an ominous feeling had already risen in his heart.
But without confirmation, who could believe it to be true?
“Huff…”
The Bck Emperor exhaled a silent sigh and issued an order, “Listen to my command—retreat in all directions!”
At this point, fighting to the bitter end was clearly not a wise choice.
It also wasn’t the way abyssal creatures usually operated.
Seeing the tide turn, retreating as quickly as possible was a mandatory lesson for abyssal beings.
Retreat? What nonsense!
Hearing the Bck Emperor’s command, all the abyssal creatures were stunned.
They even doubted their ears—did the Bck Emperor really say to attack?
However…
When they saw the Bck Emperor turn, spread her wings, and transform into a bck streak of light, disappearing into the horizon in an instant, they were certain.
The Bck Emperor had truly ordered a retreat.
She left without hesitation or dey.
Damn it!
(End of the chapter)
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