Chapter 76: The Fall of the Scythe Emperor, Battle of the Plane Master
The Scythe Emperor's certain-kill strike was actually blocked by a group of humans it viewed as ants, using a peculiar Linked Soul Tool. This sudden turn of events caused the soul fire within its skeletal eye sockets to flicker violently, and its mind momentarily faltered.
It truly found it difficult to understand why a mere few hundred humans, who hadn't even touched the threshold of Godhood, could gather a power capable of forcefully clashing with its wrathful strike at the Demi-God level.
However, on the battlefield, things change in an instant; how could there be time for deep thought? In that lightning-fast moment when the Scythe Emperor's form stiffened from shock, a silver moon-like radiance shot forth like a meteor chasing the moon!
It was Kong Deming!
He had waited for this opportunity for far too long. Seeing the Scythe Emperor blocked by the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Corps' linked defense, a sharp light exploded in Kong Deming's eyes. Without hesitation, he transformed into a streak of light and instantly merged into that massive seven-colored linked protective barrier.
"Resonance, activate!" Kong Deming barked softly. The silver moon divine light shield floating above his head immediately entered the deepest level of resonance with the entire Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Corps' Linked Soul Tool array.
"Weng—!"
A torrent of energy, far more majestic and vast than before, surged frantically into Kong Deming's body through the exquisite Spirit Tool circuits, finally pouring into the silver moon divine light shield.
This life-bound Spirit Tool, which had already reached the rank of a divine artifact, seemed to be infused with a soul at this moment. Its entire body burst forth with an unprecedentedly brilliant moonlight, and its radiating energy fluctuations began to climb frantically at a terrifying speed, finally infinitely approaching the true Divine Realm!
"Not good!"
The Scythe Emperor finally snapped out of its shock. Sensing that terrifying pressure locked onto it—enough to threaten its life—it let out a sharp hiss. The giant wings on its back flapped frantically as it attempted to retreat at extreme speed.
Simultaneously, it crossed its arms, which had transformed into divine artifact scythes, in front of its chest. Dark divine light condensed to the limit in an attempt to defend against this world-shaking blow.
But it was too late!
"Moonlight... God-Slaying Strike!"
Kong Deming's hair and beard flared out. He merged the energy gathered from the three hundred soul engineers into one, pouring it all into the silver moon divine light shield. Then, with a phantom guiding motion of his hands, he pressed down hard toward the Scythe Emperor, who was trying to escape!
"Boom—!"
The silver moon divine light shield suddenly deformed, turning into a massive pillar of light condensed to the extreme—only about a zhang thick, yet composed purely of moonlight divine light.
The light pillar was like the Milky Way pouring down from the nine heavens, or like a spear of judgment sent down by the Moon God. It instantly tore through space, ignored distance, and with a speed that surpassed thought, accurately struck the Scythe Emperor's crossed divine artifact scythes!
"Crack—!"
A piercing sound of shattering rang out. The Scythe Emperor's pair of proud, indestructible divine artifact scythes actually developed rows of shocking cracks on their surface the moment they touched the moonlight pillar, like fragile glass!
Immediately after, the moonlight divine light continued its momentum unabated, piercing straight into the Scythe Emperor's tall body!
"No—!!!"
The Scythe Emperor let out a desperate howl filled with unwillingness and fear. It could clearly feel a terrifying energy, filled with the intent of annihilation and purification, raging wildly inside its body, destroying its vitality and erasing its Life Origin!
Its powerful body appeared so fragile and vulnerable before this attack that was infinitely close to the God-level!
The moonlight pillar passed through its body and disappeared into the distant horizon, while the Scythe Emperor's body stood frozen in mid-air, as if a frame had been paused.
In the next second, countless rays of piercing moonlight burst out from within its body. Its entire frame expanded like it was being inflated, and finally—
"Bang!!!"
With a muffled explosion, the Scythe Emperor's five-meter-tall, lithe body, along with the majestic abyss energy and soul imprint contained within, completely shattered. It turned into dark red light particles flying across the sky, which were then completely annihilated by the purification power within the moonlight divine light, vanishing into nothingness.
A Demi-God had fallen!
In its place, only that pair of cracked, dimly glowing divine artifact scythe forelimbs remained. They fell powerlessly from the sky like two pieces of scrap iron, testifying to the former existence of this Abyssal King.
Quiet! A deathly silence!
Whether it was the Douluo Allied Forces or the surviving Abyss Creatures, all were shocked by this sudden, clean execution of a Demi-God.
A powerful Abyssal King holding a divine artifact had actually been killed in a single strike, in the blink of an eye, by human soul engineers who were previously at a disadvantage, all by using the power of their corps!
"Beautifully done!"
"Elder Kong is mighty!"
After a brief silence, the Douluo Allied Forces erupted in earth-shattering cheers, their morale instantly soaring to its peak.
Meanwhile, the Abyss army was in a state of panic. In particular, the Spirit Emperor, Fierce Emperor, and Demon Emperor, who were in fierce combat with the Xue Di, Di Tian, and the Du Busi, were shaken to their core, and their offensives involuntarily slowed.
Kong Deming took a deep breath, suppressing his blood which was churning slightly from over-exerting his power. He reached out and snatched the falling divine scythes from the air. Then, his gaze instantly swept over the other three Demi-God battlefields, and his voice spread through the entire army via the Linked Soul Tool:
"Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Corps, follow me to support the other battlefields!"
"Yes!" Three hundred soul engineers responded in unison, their voices shaking the clouds. The massive seven-colored linked barrier shone brightly once more, advancing boldly like a fortress of war toward the airspace where the Xue Di and Spirit Emperor were fighting amidst a storm of ice and divine sense.
With the fall of the Scythe Emperor, the balance of the Demi-God battlefield had been completely broken. The scales of victory were tilting toward the Douluo Plane with an unstoppable momentum!
"Bastard!!!"
Atop the high mountain, the Tian Shen, who had been forcing himself to remain calm, finally could no longer maintain his hypocritical composure the moment he saw the Scythe Emperor killed instantly and Kong Deming leading that strange Soul Engineer Corps straight for the Spirit Emperor. His face turned completely ashen as he let out a furious low roar.
He could wait no longer. Every loss of a Demi-God level Abyssal King was a crippling blow to the Abyss Plane, especially the rulers of the first few layers, who were the core strength!
If Kong Deming and that Soul Engineer Corps were allowed to join the fray, creating a two-on-one situation, the Spirit Emperor, Fierce Emperor, and Demon Emperor would likely be unable to escape the fate of falling!
"All of you, retreat! Return to the Abyss immediately!" The Saint Lord's voice, containing endless rage and majesty, spread across the entire plane boundary battlefield like rolling thunder.
While issuing the retreat order, the dark purple divine power around the Saint Lord exploded like a volcano. He could no longer watch his subordinates be slaughtered; he had to personally step in to cover the rear and buy time for the remaining Abyss army to retreat.
"Trying to leave just like that? Have you asked me?"
However, just as the Saint Lord's form shifted, preparing to descend to the battlefield below to provide cover, a calm but infinitely cold voice rang in his ear.
Lei Chen's figure appeared like a ghost, silently blocking his path. Seven-colored light swirled around him, and the majesty of the Plane Master spread out overwhelmingly, completely sealing off all of the Saint Lord's paths to the battlefield below.
"Get out of the way!" The Saint Lord's eyes were bloodshot, and his heart was burning with anxiety; how could he have the mind to waste words with Lei Chen? He roared and grasped at the air with his right hand!
"Weng!"
A Square-Sky Halberd with a deep blue-purple body and an ancient, overbearing design appeared out of thin air in his hand.
The shaft was covered in strange patterns and fine scale-like structures. A terrifying aura that seemed capable of devouring everything and tearing all things apart instantly spread out, causing the surrounding space to let out an overburdened wail!
The Super Divine Artifact—heavenly saint abyss splitting halberd!
Once this halberd appeared, the Saint Lord's momentum surged again. He no longer held anything back. With both arms exerting force, the heavenly saint abyss splitting halberd struck down toward the blocking Lei Chen with a resolute momentum of no return!
Wherever the halberd blade passed, space was easily sliced open like fragile cloth, leaving behind black trails that could not be mended for a long time.
This strike contained the Saint Lord's fury and resolve, and it was the ultimate manifestation of the heavenly saint abyss splitting halberd's 'Abyss' trait—ignoring all energy and material defenses to strike directly at the essence!
Facing this terrifying attack that could threaten the safety of a First-level God's true body, Lei Chen's gaze also became a bit more solemn. With a thought, seven-colored halos flowed around him, and the Super Divine Artifact refined from the plane's life essence—the Life Guardian Divine Armor—instantly covered his entire body.
The divine armor was a warm, restrained dark gold, with endless radiance flowing on its surface, as if it contained the most primordial life force in the universe. However, just as the blade of the heavenly saint abyss splitting halberd was about to touch the armor, a bizarre scene occurred!
The Super Divine Artifact-level armor seemed as if it didn't exist before the halberd's blade. The incomparably sharp blade passed through the armor's surface defense without any hindrance, slicing directly toward Lei Chen's body beneath the armor.
"Chila!"
With a soft sound, blood sprayed out. A deep, bone-chilling gash was sliced into Lei Chen's shoulder, and golden divine blood splattered. The 'ignore defense' trait of the heavenly saint abyss splitting halberd truly lived up to its reputation.
But almost at the same moment the wound appeared, the Life Guardian Divine Armor erupted with an extremely dense life radiance, like the most effective healing spell, instantly enveloping Lei Chen's wound.
The hideous wound squirmed and healed frantically at a speed visible to the naked eye. The splattered divine blood flowed back, and in less than a breath, the wound had recovered to its original state. Not even a scar was left behind, as if he had never been injured.
Life Guardian, ruling over the Life Origin, possessed the top-tier healing power in the universe!
The sharp pain from his shoulder was instantly smoothed over by the majestic life force. Instead of fear, a sharp light flashed in Lei Chen's eyes.
He completely ignored his own injury. While enduring the Saint Lord's halberd strike, he clenched his right fist, wrapped in seven-colored divine power, and punched toward the Saint Lord's face!
Facing the heavenly saint abyss splitting halberd which could ignore defense, defending was meaningless. For Lei Chen, his best choice was to rely on the super-speed healing effect provided by the Life Guardian Divine Armor to trade injuries. You stab me with a halberd, I return a punch—let's see who gives out first!
The Saint Lord clearly hadn't expected Lei Chen to be so bold. Facing an attack from the heavenly saint abyss splitting halberd, he chose not to dodge or evade, but to trade injuries directly. In his haste, he pulled back his halberd to block, but Lei Chen's punch was thrown in rage and was extremely fast, striking his face first.
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