A terrifying presence locked down the space. In a hundred-meter radius centered on Gu Zheng, everything came to a standstill.

Gu Zheng himself bore the brunt of the crushing pressure.

He couldn’t move his body, not even a finger.

He was frozen in the posture of picking something up, his aura and his very presence completely sealed.

At the same time, alarms blared in his mind.

’Danger!’

’Extreme danger!’

This wasn’t the oppressive might of the King’s Body realm or a fourth-rank Demon Fiend. It was an imprisonment forged from the pure Power of Heaven and Earth.

The entire area was caught within the seal.

In addition to the Power of Heaven and Earth, a special Power of Rules was also at play.

It was this Power of Rules that suppressed Gu Zheng’s attempts to struggle or resist.

’A Marvel!’

Only Marvels possessed such power.

Someone had used a Marvel to lock him in place.

’Is the target the Giant’s Heart?’

’No!’

The lethal threat screaming in his mind told Gu Zheng that the newcomer’s target was him!

Though his body was immobilized, Gu Zheng’s senses were still active.

Outside his Shadow, several hundred meters to his right rear, a glint of cold light was streaking toward him at extreme speed.

FWOOSH!

It pierced the void. The cold light shot forth, passing right through Gu Zheng’s head.

But...

Not a single drop of blood splattered.

Gu Zheng’s head, along with his entire body, had simply vanished into thin air.

"Where did he go?"

An afterimage flickered as Ji Tianping appeared, a small pagoda resting in his palm. His gaze swept the area as he spread his senses, scanning repeatedly.

But it was as if Gu Zheng had truly disappeared.

Within a radius of several hundred meters, there were no abnormal fluctuations in aura, presence, or the space itself.

Only two Thunder Stones, pulsing with Thunder Power, remained where Gu Zheng had been imprisoned.

"Hmph!"

Ji Tianping snorted, and the small pagoda in his hand flashed with light.

The terrifying power of the Imprisonment Space instantly vanished.

The Thunder Stones, the Divine Weapon Fragment, and the Giant’s Heart all returned to normal.

Items clattered to the ground and rolled away.

The fierce winds, dust, fallen leaves, and broken stones resumed their chaotic dance.

"He’s quick on his feet."

Ji Tianping muttered, reaching for the Divine Weapon Fragment.

Just then...

CRACKLE!

The two Thunder Stones on the ground suddenly erupted with arcs of electricity.

Accompanied by flashes of silver lightning, a figure materialized on the ground.

The instant he appeared, 360 blades exploded outward into a storm, furiously sweeping, slicing, and shredding everything in their path.

SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!

THWIP! THWIP! THWIP!

The grotesque sound of tearing flesh rang out instantly.

There was no warning. Even though Ji Tianping was prepared, his newly raised Protective Gang Qi was instantly pierced by the storm of blades. They shredded his armor and burrowed into his body.

In a flash, his shoulders, abdomen, thighs, and arms were run through, leaving behind a series of bloody holes.

VWOOM!

HUMMM!

Two invisible forces erupted one after another.

The small pagoda in Ji Tianping’s hand was just about to flare with light when it flickered once and went dark.

Ji Tianping’s face had turned deathly pale, his forehead beaded with sweat.

"Damn it..."

VWOOM!

VWOOMM!

The Spear of the Soul struck three, four, five times in rapid succession!

Without pause, Gu Zheng gritted his teeth and unleashed the invisible Demon Technique at point-blank range, stabbing at Ji Tianping’s mind and soul.

The pain was so intense that Ji Tianping could no longer compel the small pagoda to release the power of its Imprisonment Space.

Then, as the blades continued to blast through him, more and more bloody holes opened up on his body.

SQUELCH! SQUELCH! SQUELCH!

Chunks of flesh and blood splattered through the air.

Ji Tianping stood frozen. In less than the span of a breath, the blades had pierced and torn his entire body into pieces. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

A red mist spread out where he had stood. Ji Tianping was utterly and completely dead.

Haaa...

CLANG! CLANG!

Gu Zheng came to a stop, half-kneeling on the ground. His forehead was drenched in cold sweat as he gasped for breath.

The blades clattered to the ground all around him.

He had unleashed his full power, using the Spear of the Soul while controlling the blades to slice his foe apart.

’I finally killed the Commander!’