The five supreme elders of the Valley of Souls exchanged glances with wide, bulging eyes, radiating unimaginable terror. Cold sweat poured heavily down their backs as the pieces of the puzzle suddenly snapped into place within their minds."WAI—WAIT...""T-The characteristics of this youth... the black-and-gold Qi glow... the Universe-Destroying Heavenly Flame..." stammered one of the elders in the back row, his voice trembling violently to the point of being barely audible. "The confidential transmission report sent in a rush... about the total destruction of the Black Skull Mountain Branch...""So that news was true?!" interrupted another elder with a ragged breath. The old man's chest heaved up and down as he stared at Alex as if looking at a grim reaper. "The branch guarded by tens of thousands of soldiers and the Divine Soul Essence containment vessel... completely flattened to the ground?! And the perpetrator... is the youth standing before us?!"They had previously dismissed th

DARRR—!The four-colored, cataclysmic roll of energy split the firmament at a speed impossible for human consciousness to track. The pressure it carried fractured dimensions, leaving gaping black scars of void along the trajectory of the slash.SRAAAK!The four-colored beam of light swept across the ocean of Sky Hall soldiers entirely. Black iron armor, swords, shields, and the physical bodies of fifty thousand elite soldiers—who had previously stood with fanatical zeal—evaporated instantly. Without even a chance to utter a final scream, their bodies melted and shattered into pieces, decomposing into fine ash and dust that was immediately swept away by the energy storm. Fifty thousand lives vanished in the blink of an eye, leaving a terrifying void at the bottom of Soul Valley.Yet, the slash did not stop there.Two divine lightning spheres and the turbulent flames of the Universe-Destroying Fire slammed into the bodies of the five Supreme Elders as they were blasted backward in mid-a

A roar of laughter, filled to the brim with utter contempt, exploded and split the tense night of the Soul Valley."BHA-HA-HA-HAK!"The dual waves of laughter from Xiao Li and the Master of the Sky Hall echoed, creating a pulse of spatial pressure that shattered the rock ruins beneath them into fine dust. Both Xiao Li—who now wielded the Blood-Cutter Axe once again—and the Sky Master of the Sky Hall, whose physical form was shrouded in a black robe, stared at Alex as if watching an insect attempting to challenge a dragon."Stronger than before?" Xiao Li chuckled cynically, brushing the tip of the Blood-Cutter Axe with his finger, sparking flashes of deep red aura. "Alex, Alex... Your arrogance hasn't eroded in the slightest! What do you think the Divine Emperor realm is? A tier you can simply bypass with mere bluffing and past rhetoric?"Xiao Li stepped forward, his Heavenly Armor refracting a blinding golden light. "In the past, I did indeed kneel before you. But that was then, when

"Two absolute destructive elements...? Even if it's true that you possess them... Don't talk big, Brat... The maximum power of an element also depends on your cultivation realm!" roared Xiao Li, refusing to let a shred of fear master his mind."Stop wasting time talking! Flatten him until nothing is left!" shouted the Sky Master explosively.BZZZZZZT—!Without the slightest intention of debating or letting Alex enjoy his display, the two Divine Emperors unleashed their entire combat potential. The air around them was completely eroded as the two bolted forward simultaneously at a speed surpassing the concepts of space and time.SWOOOOOSH!In a fraction of a second, Xiao Li appeared right before Alex. The Blood-Cutter Axe in his hand trembled violently, unleashing a sweeping slash aimed at Alex's neck. The flash of blood-red mixed with the golden aura of his Heavenly Armor split the atmosphere, creating a cutting power capable of shattering a continent!CLANG!Alex parried the axe slas

Two seconds... One second..."Now, Heaven Hall Master!" Xiao Li roared with his neck straining, smashing the hundreds-of-meters-wide Blood-Cutting Axe downward.THUD-SWOOSH—!The giant, blood-flame-shaped axe split the skies of Soul Valley. The resulting air pressure was so tremendous that the earth's surface beneath them caved in by dozens of meters, creating a terrifying expanse of spatial cracks."Xiao Clan Secret Technique: Spatial Shrinking!" the Heaven Hall Master screamed, slamming both palms together in mid-air.BZZZZZZT!Amidst the encirclement of Alex's Death Sword Dance, the dimensions surrounding the former Ruler of the Immortal Realm's body suddenly distorted and shrank drastically. Alex's sphere of movement was locked tight within a one-meter radius, robbing him of the fluid twisting and dancing that had been his advantage all along.At the same time, the Heaven Hall Master smirked craftily. He used the momentum of that spatial refraction to hurl his own physique backwar