Just as Nether Abyss Ancestor was feeling complacent:

"Swish!"

Ascendant Tianying’s true form suddenly appeared again from the void, striking a palm towards his back!

"Not good!"

In that instant, alarms exploded in Nether Abyss Ancestor’s heart, almost feeling the shadow of death enveloping him, the flow of time around seemingly halting.

His spiritual sense was slightly sharper than Sima Yan’s Yin Wood Dharma Body, and it was this tiny difference that determined the fate of the two.

At this critical moment:

"Splash!"

A layer of mud-like black shadow suddenly ’leapt out’ from Nether Abyss Ancestor’s body, actively colliding with Ascendant Tianying’s palm.

Ascendant Tianying’s palm slammed directly into that layer of black shadow, the terrifying power of Fierce Spring Divine Palm fully released, yet like mud into the sea, only stirred up slight ripples.

"Zzzz..."

The black shadow on Nether Abyss Ancestor wavered a few times, then completely absorbed the power of Fierce Spring Divine Palm.

"Boom!"

Taking advantage of this moment, Nether Abyss Ancestor borrowed the force of this palm to instantly escape several hundred yards, fleeing from danger.

"Ascendant Tianying!!"

He turned back in shock and anger, his divine thought had already wildly scanned ahead, identifying the visitor’s identity.

"How could you... hmm?!"

He immediately noticed something unusual about Ascendant Tianying, his expression froze, understanding instantly:

"I thought... Qingxu’s power was too strong, impossible to be defeated by you in such a short time."

"Unexpectably, you’d already transformed yourself into a monstrous being, misleading our judgment with this technique, and turned the tables on us!"

His heart sank, his thoughts racing, contemplating a strategy.

The thought traps set by Ascendant Tianying successfully led them astray, enabling him to use the bizarre technique of transferring his true form to create a local combat advantage, fighting many against few.

If this continues, they’ll likely be picked off one by one, dying at the hands of Ascendant Tianying!

"What a pity..."

Ascendant Tianying paid no heed to Nether Abyss Ancestor’s words, a hint of regret flickering in his eyes:

"Just a little more."

The power of Fierce Spring Divine Palm indeed was bizarrely terrifying, almost a sure-kill card against orthodox cultivators, demon cultivators of the demon race, or even the thick-skinned demon race.

Yet, this evil poisonous Dao skill was ultimately aimed at living beings, its power diminished to almost nothing when facing Black Death Beast, a lifeless Black Tide monster.

If Nether Abyss Ancestor had reacted even a tenth of a second slower, he wouldn’t have survived unscathed. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

"Indeed a shame!"

Nether Abyss Ancestor sighed heavily, not knowing if he was unlucky or lucky.

Call him unlucky, he narrowly escaped the ambush of Fierce Spring Divine Palm; call him lucky, had Ascendant Tianying come a moment later, it would have been enough time to kill off the remaining Black Death Beast.

But now:

"Roar roar!"

With a master once more, the previously hesitant Three-Headed Black Death Beast suddenly became vicious, its aura rising substantially.

Both sides now considered equal in strength, these three ferocious and fearless Black Death Beast may become the crucial cards tipping the scale, determining victory.

"Equal strength?... No, wait!"

Nether Abyss Ancestor suddenly awakened, instincts ablaze with alarm.

There may not only be Ascendant Tianying’s true form here, what about his Faceless Shadow Avatar? What if it’s attacking Sima Yan ahead of time?

Almost as he conceived this thought:

"Boom!"

A heavy black light struck his back directly!

In this moment, Nether Abyss Ancestor had no time to dodge, taking the hit solidly, instantly suffering fractures, vomiting blood as he was sent flying.

"How could..."

Nether Abyss Ancestor was furious, Ascendant Tianying’s means repeatedly exceeded his expectations!

Faceless Shadow, in essence, is the fused Black Death Beast, yet extracted as a special avatar by Ascendant Tianying.

But when Faceless Shadow approached just now, the Black Death Beast within him showed no reaction, even obscuring his perception to some extent!

"Die!"

However, Ascendant Tianying wouldn’t give him a second chance, his Ghost Shadow Avatar struck successfully, immediately pursuing aggressively, his true form and the Three-Headed Black Death Beast also charged fiercely.

"Go!"

Nether Abyss Ancestor forced down his injuries, desperately redirecting Escape Light, fleeing into the distance.

In misfortune’s fortune, it was the Ghost Shadow Avatar that ambushed him, the injury restrained by his talent of Devouring Black Tide Power, was not too severe, otherwise, even the hope of escaping into heaven might vanish.

But clearly, he underestimated Ascendant Tianying!

"Swish!"

A black line flashed, Ascendant Tianying’s distorted true form appeared ahead, cutting off Nether Abyss Ancestor’s Escape Light, arriving after departure!

Nether Abyss Ancestor couldn’t even see how he appeared!

"Boom!"

Ascendant Tianying’s true form stepped forward, rapidly expanding into a gigantic shadow hundreds of feet in size!

With a wave of his sleeve, the sweeping Tide of Reflections transformed into a river-shaped long whip, grasped in his hand and fiercely lashed out, akin to an ancient divine scourge upon the world!

"Tear!"

The Tide of Reflections shattered, tearing through Nether Abyss Ancestor’s protective divine techniques, crashing onto his body, nearly tearing him apart, sending him flying like a projectile.

And with this strike, cutting off Nether Abyss Ancestor’s escape route, the Ghost Shadow Avatar and Three-Headed Black Death Beast chased forward, encircling him from front and back!

"It’s over!"

Nether Abyss Ancestor’s pupils shrank, his eyes showing a thread of despair for the first time.

Now surrounded by wolves and tigers, and he has already suffered heavy injuries, isolated and helpless, I’m afraid he can no longer escape today’s calamity!

"I never thought that after dominating my whole life, I would die beneath this underworld..."

Nether Abyss Ancestor’s thoughts wandered, yet his movements were not slow; despite being heavily wounded, he continued to charge left and right, hoping to fight his way out.

Even if he had truly reached a situation of certain death, he would never sit still and wait for his doom!

And at this moment:

"Huh?!"

Ascendant Tianying, who had transformed into a colossal shadow, initially intended to seize the victory and completely kill Nether Abyss Ancestor, but his expression suddenly changed, and he turned around to unleash the Tide of Reflections Divine Technique with a swift fling.

"Boom!"

The purple lightning ocean and the Tide of Reflections collided once more, triggering an immense power that shook the surrounding space for tens of thousands of feet.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

The colossal shadow retreated three steps, each step causing oscillations in the void, continuously disturbing the Primordial Magnetism.

The dazzling white rainbow coming from afar was also forced back by the fierce power’s residual waves, pausing its murderous momentum.

"He’s coming so fast!"

Ascendant Tianying felt a chill in his heart, realizing he underestimated Elder Qingxu’s escape light speed.

But then, he immediately relaxed, and a faint smile appeared on his face.

If Elder Qingxu had arrived half an hour earlier, joining forces with the still relatively intact Nether Abyss Ancestor, it would have truly posed a thorny problem, even risking a defeat.

But now that the Nether Abyss Ancestor was already heavily injured and nearly losing fighting power, Elder Qingxu, all alone, could never be his adversary!

"Qingxu, run!!"

Nether Abyss Ancestor immediately recognized the situation, his Divine Thought resonating around, desperately shouting:

"Run! Don’t worry about me!"

The situation was irredeemable, better for one to escape than the entire army to perish.

As long as Elder Qingxu could escape, there would be a slim chance for revenge in the future, at least he could take care of Li Yuan Sect and Black Abyss Ascendant.

But to his surprise, Zhang Yao, known for decisiveness, did not turn around to flee this time.

"At this point, I can only gamble with the last trump card!"

Zhang Yao made up his mind immediately.

"Boom..."

With a thought, Zhang Yao’s Magical Power surged endlessly, all Array powers within him fully unleashed, four Great Divine Techniques operated simultaneously!

"Buzz!" "Buzz!" "Buzz!" "Buzz!"

White, purple, green, and blue, four beams of different colored brilliance rose behind him.

The four beams of light faintly showed signs of converging, but were clearly lacking a part, and after slightly colliding, they seemed to start falling apart.

And at the moment the four beams emerged:

Zhang Yao had already retrieved the Endless Yin Earth, consuming it generously, madly refining its power with the "Array of the Six Harmonies and the Profound Abyss" at maximum intensity!

"Crack!"

This reckless urging caused his body akin to that of a high level Body Refining Cultivator to feel unbearable; many bones showed cracks, and his Six Viscera ruptured and spewed blood!

This indicated the foundation of the Grand Array’s sustaining body had suffered considerable damage, the cost was undeniably huge!

"Not good..."

Having already adjusted his escape light for a rapid assault to kill Nether Abyss Ancestor, Ascendant Tianying felt an imminent danger!

Without hesitation, he redirected his escape light, wielding the Tide of Reflections formed into a long whip, attacking fiercely!

But his actions were ultimately a step too late.

"Buzz!"

At the cost of shattering the Six Viscera, the Endless Yin Earth’s power was completely refined, a faint black light rose behind Zhang Yao!

This black light was so dim, even flickering as if it could disappear at any time, but it did appear, completing the final piece of the puzzle!

At that moment—

"Boom!"

With the Five Elements and Five Phases completed to perfection, it immediately began its cyclical rotation, a terrifying aura soared to the sky!

Amidst the Five Phases brilliance, a wheel-shaped entity, colorful, with five angles, engraved with Five Phases, permeating Five Elements, floated amidst infinite radiance!

"What is that?!"

Ascendant Tianying’s body instantly bristled, a sense of impending catastrophe surged within, even perceiving the scent of death approaching.

At this moment, he made an unhesitant choice to trust his Spiritual Sense and instincts, instantly withdrawing his Divine Techniques, transforming into a black line in his true form, escaping frantically at an unbelievable speed!

While the Faceless Shadow and the Three-Headed Black Death Beast abandoned surrounding Nether Abyss Ancestor, directly pounced over, attempting to obstruct, buying time for the true form’s escape opportunity.

Yet all his struggling actions were destined to be futile.

"Go!"

Zhang Yao’s face was pale, but his eyes blazed like fire as his thoughts gently moved.

"Boom!"

The Five Elements Divine Wheel shot forth, transforming into a five-colored rainbow light, instantly piercing the distant black line!

The Five Elements Divine Wheel possessed the power of Five Elements and Five Phases, gathering the might of all five Great Divine Techniques, its speed alone left the Aurora Escape Technique trailing!

No matter how fast you run, can you outrun light?

"Whoosh..."

The Five Elements Divine Wheel pierced through Ascendant Tianying’s true form and then straightaway vanished completely.

And Ascendant Tianying’s escape light dissipated, his true form’s shadow stood frozen, looking down in disbelief at the smooth-edged large hole right in his chest, with a dazed expression:

"How... is it... possible..."

In the next instant:

His body shattered like a porcelain statue, breaking into numerous tiny fragments, and then proceeded to collapse into a gravel-like state.

A once formidable hero, the enigmatic Ascendant Tianying, so unremarkably died in the underworld.