Summit of the Old Gods-Chapter 1173 - 1085: Beneath the Blade, Within the Palm—Reverence and Soul
The young man in the Emperor robe flew swiftly ahead, unleashing the Sea-piercing Flame from his hand, relentlessly blasting through the White Jade Corpse Mountain.
Where is it?
Where exactly is the Jade Venerable’s true body?
Lu Ran’s face was grim, and suddenly he shouted, "Mad Immortal!"
"Here!"
"Ten Directions Hell!"
"Yes!" Si Xianxian immediately summoned the Fourth-tier Divine Weapon, the Fiery Hell Hammer, leaping high towards the Corpse Mountain, channeling all her strength, and smashed the hammerhead into the ground fog sea.
"Boom..."
The world trembled from it.
The Fiery Hell Hammer erupted with brilliantly dazzling light, a fiery sea expanding in all directions with the hammerhead at its center.
The soaring flames reached an astounding hundred-meter height!
The Fiery Prison Fire continued to burn and explode, constantly shattering the half-remaining Corpse Mountain.
The firmly ground White Jade Corpses crackled open with fractures one after another.
[Still can’t find it?] Lu Ran clenched the Venerable Slayer Blade.
He wandered freely within the sea of fire, entirely unaffected by flame-based techniques, intending to rely on the Divine Weapon’s perception ability to locate the hidden Jade Venerable’s true body.
[She is a unified whole!] The Venerable Slayer Blade Spirit conveyed through heart thought, its voice particularly serious.
"Chou Nu, Qiang Xiu!" Lu Ran no longer hesitated, his figure suddenly soaring upwards, one hand raised high, "Shatter the Corpse Mountain for me!"
In the sky above Lu Ran, a majestically grand Black Mist Long Spear appeared, Yan Chou and Qiang Xiu instantly understood the Sect Master’s meaning.
The two immediately launched their ultimate moves, summoning the Sky-reaching Divine Spear and the Sky-reaching Demon Spear.
At the same time, Deng Yuxiang and Qiao Wanjun also joined in.
One summoned a blade, the other a sword.
Among all the weapons, the Ultimate Move: Heaven-reaching Sword from Emperor Jun Tian assembled the fastest, with the most shocking piercing speed.
The Head of the Great Xia Gods certainly wasn’t renowned for nothing!
"Crack!!"
The Frost Great Sword once again stabbed slantingly into the mountain body, forcibly splitting open the compressively solidified Corpse Mountain.
Following were three Mist Spears from Lu Ran, Yan Chou, and Qiang Xiu.
"Hoo! Hoo..."
The spear tips pierced through the surface, plunging straight into the Corpse Mountain.
With the activation of second-rank damage, black and white mist rings forcefully expanded within the mountain body.
Unlike last time, everybody could sense that only Lu Ran’s Black Mist Long Spear truly pierced to the ground, while the other two spears just penetrated the mountainside, soon weakening.
How tightly compressed was this Jade Corpse Mountain exactly?
"Hoo!!" The Big Nightmare’s blade came slashing down as well.
Last time it split the mountain, this blade could cleave from the mountaintop to halfway down, but now when the massive blade chopped from midway, it only cut halfway in depth before losing momentum.
Fortunately, the blade possessed impressive second-rank damage, with gusts of wind spreading outwards from both blade sides.
Repeatedly making the Corpse Mountain crumble loose.
"Screech~~~"
Suddenly, a majestic phoenix cry pierced through the sky.
A gigantic Phoenix Illusion, shining with brilliant golden radiance, covered the entire sky.
Its bright golden phoenix eyes were solemn and sacred, shaking the souls of all beings.
The Lady of the Burning Gate has arrived!
She stood atop the high heavens, her elegant Phoenix Robe dancing gracefully, her eyes already transformed into Phoenix Eyes, her gaze penetrating the Fiery Prison Fire, looking down at the White Jade Corpse Mountain below.
"Shhh~"
Instantly, golden flames ignited atop the Jade Corpse Mountain.
The ultimate domain of the Phoenix Grace Nine Heavens Robe: Phoenix Dignity of Nine Heavens!
The special Phoenix Divine Fire, able to immolate living souls, inflicts such pain that targets lose fighting capability; even Gods and Demons are not immune, only able to roll on the ground in agony, pleading.
The only exception is the Jade Venerable Clan!
This fire at most slightly disrupts a Jade Venerable, but doesn’t incapacitate them.
"Ah! Ahhh..."
Fierce screams emitted from within the White Jade Corpse Mountain.
In this extremely chaotic battlefield, Gods and Demons couldn’t hear a thing.
Only Lu Ran, Deng Yuxiang, Yan Shuangzi, and others reacted.
Was that the scream of a Jade Venerable?
This clan has never feared soul immolation!
The underlying logic is simply that Jade Venerables feel no pain.
During the last major battle, at Blood Dust Divine Mountain, a grand Jade Venerable was indeed set ablaze by Phoenix Divine Fire; her face changed, but she never uttered a scream.
Now everything is different!
Once, Lu Ran used Soul Fire to burn the Jade Venerable’s Dead Soul, and she watched Lu Ran with a smile, speaking in an understated tone:
"You’ve never experienced true pain." 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮
And now, the Jade Venerable never experienced it either!
All her memories, all her experiences, were completely extracted by Lu Ran.
The things that supported her, shaped her, were all uprooted by Lu Ran!
The Jade Venerable was screaming wretchedly...
The sound grew louder, the Corpse Mountain increasingly loose.
"Hold it!" Lu Ran shouted sharply, stabbing rapidly downward, the Venerable Slayer Blade in his hand producing floral patterns with its swings.
Phantom hammer shadows rotated toward the Corpse Mountain.
Others didn’t know, but the Nightmare Evil Shadow dual protectors knew, that was precisely the locale from where the screams were coming.
"Ping! Ping!"
"Boom..." the corpses shattering, clearing a path straight to the Jade Venerable’s true body.
Lu Ran’s eyes narrowed!
Since the battle began, in and around the White Jade Corpse Mountain, he saw too many White Jade Clan faces.
Finally, within the Corpse Mountain, Lu Ran saw the blurred visage of the Faceless Jade Venerable!
She was holding her head in her hands, wailing in agony.
Surrounding her were the corpses of her clan, their faces twisted as well, encircling her, as if comforting this sorrowful being.
"Buzz!!"
The Venerable Slayer Blade buzzed intensely.
For Lu Ran had placed it by his side, and in his left hand, he held a top-level Divine Weapon: Eight Desolates Annihilation Blade.
The Venerable Slayer may have been born to slay the Jade Venerable.
The Eight Desolates Annihilation, undoubtedly born for destruction!
Life...
is indeed filled with regret.
The Venerable Slayer Blade knew itself to be a Third-tier Divine Weapon, not top-level, and in this decisive final moment, its master would spare no effort.
That’s why the Eight Desolates Annihilation Blade, summoned from the Emperor robe, was grasped by its master, and the blade tip emitted a radiant glow.
This is the Top-level Divine Weapon Domain: One Blade Opens Heaven!
The Eight Desolate Blade seemed to shatter time and space, the blade tip splitting open like a spider web fracture...
Regret,
just let it be.
Since I can’t personally slay the Venerable, I will become a part of this action.
"Buzz!" The Venerable Slayer Blade, borrowing strength from its master, amplified Lu Ran’s physical attributes fiercely, pouring violent power into his arm.
It further transformed Lu Ran into an unshakable, all-crushing "Venerable Dominator Body"!
"Whoosh~~~"
Within the hundred-meter-high Fiery Prison Fire, amid the ghastly White Jade Corpse Mountain.
The Emperor Robe fluttered loudly, assisting its master in diving downwards.
"Sss!"
The blade penetrated the skull.
"Jade! Venerable!" Lu Ran’s voice was hoarse, his Dead Sheep Eyes intensely staring at the head under the blade.
The Eight Desolate Blade pierced through the Jade Venerable’s brow and her skull, continuing to grind downward within the corpse mountain.
"Ah!" The Jade Venerable’s eyes widened suddenly.
Her expression completely froze, captured in this moment.
After One Blade Opens Heaven, during the Three Calamities Annihilation.
The Eight Desolates Annihilation Blade vibrated with a hum, a meter-thick energy ring spread out from the blade.
"Crack!"
The Jade Venerable’s head exploded with a bang.
Lu Ran was enveloped in death energy, the Tomb Fire entirely replacing the surrounding Fiery Prison Fire, he twisted his wrist, delivering a fierce downward slash.
The Eight Desolate Blade cut along the neck of the headless skeleton into the chest of the Jade Venerable.
"Whoo!"
The second energy ring followed, its thickness surged to 10 meters.
The jade body covered in cracks exploded with a roar.
Thus, the enemy turned to ashes and smoke!
Under Lu Ran’s blade, there was no longer the Jade Venerable, only the plunge into the white jade corpses.
"Whoo!!"
The third ring-shaped shockwave reached a shocking thickness of 30 meters, spreading out once more in all directions.
At this moment, whether it was the Ran Sect Gods or the minions attempting to rush towards the corpse mountain, it seemed as if there was a momentary stillness.
The Jade Corpse Mountain... shattered!
With Lu Ran at its center in the mountain, the layers of stacked corpses burst outward in every direction.
In Jiang Ruyi’s phoenix eyes, a hint of anticipation flickered.
Qiao Wanjun’s face behind the veil, lips tightly pressed together, unusually tense.
Lu Xing, Deng Yuxiang, Yan Shuangzi, Wu Xiao, Yan Chou, Xue Fengchen, Nu Ying...
One by one, gods and demons watched the white jade rubble scattered through the sky.
They witnessed the jade shatter and also watched the emperor-robed youth in the blazing sea, holding twin blades, hands trembling.
"Whoo!!"
Suddenly, fog dragon rolls descended from the sky, enveloping the emperor-robed youth.
Jiang Ruyi’s face was slightly astonished.
Could it be... the Venerable Slayer Blade has advanced?
Under normal circumstances, she might have been amused, but at this moment, she had no mind for jokes.
Including the Lady of Burning Gate, all the gods and demons just wanted to know if they had won, if the Jade Venerable’s true body had truly been slain.
"The child died, you nursed it." Lu Ran whispered softly.
The Venerable Slayer Blade: "..."
Lu Ran slowly turned around, tilting his head again and again.
Behind him stood an extraordinarily unique dead soul.
She... they were so immense.
This was a corpse mountain composed of dead souls.
Countless dead souls jointly supported a clansman, pushing her to the top of the corpse mountain.
Lu Ran couldn’t comprehend it.
He clearly saw countless dead souls piled into a mountain, yet each individual dead soul made no movements, as if not independently existing.
Only the dead soul at the peak of the corpse mountain seemed to truly exist.
"Why? Why must you kill me?" From the peak came the furious roar of the Jade Venerable, "Why on earth..."
Lu Ran remained silent, slowly raising his hand.
Indeed, this was only a dead soul, albeit in an extremely special form.
Because the immense dead souls continuously converged, streaming into the Rebirth Money in his hand, yet the Rebirth Money could absolutely not contain countless dead souls.
"Lu Ran? We..." Jiang Ruyi wanted to speak but hesitated.
"Ranran." Qiao Wanjun interjected, "Is the Jade Venerable’s true body eliminated?"
"Yes, dead."
From within the dense fog came a hoarse voice.
"Dead?"
"The Jade Venerable is dead?"
"Really? Really?!" Voices came, both astonished and joyful.
Lu Ran, however, looked at the Rebirth Money in his palm, feeling the unique dead soul charge around within it.
He slowly closed his hand, letting out a long sigh: "Heh..."
Lu Ran seemed to have lost all his strength, kneeling on the ground.
Lord Immortal Sheep,
Disciple... the disciple won, finally won.
So difficult.
I thought, constructing our own Faceless Stone Venerable in Ran Sect could counter the Jade Venerable Clan, but I didn’t expect her to be such an existence.
We could only transform her existence form with Sheep Transformation, blur the life and death boundary with Tomb Fire, and uproot her worldly foundation with Floating Life Coin.
Slash with blades, chop with axes, each Divine Weapon and Magic Artifact, eroding the corpse mountain bit by bit.
Phoenix Divine Fire finally showed a slight flaw in the soul utterly losing itself.
Disciples and warriors have given their all.
Really, it was too difficult...
Lord Immortal Sheep,
You would feel comforted, right?
Lu Ran grasped the humming Venerable Slayer Blade, his pitch-black transverse pupils pierced through the dense fog, gazing up at the sky, memories of faces emerging in his mind.
This path tread by the Ran Sect, much was given up, much was lost.
Wuya, Wang Longxiang, Hua Qingying, Niu Zhengzheng, Jin Que’er, Bai Yanhui, Tu Feng, Huangfu Zhao...
And many more gods and demons.
Some will return, some will never return again, fallen on the path of resistance.
Fallen before the dawn.
The eternally chaotic Heavenly Realm, the cold and cruel Holy Spirit Mountain, the world of humans enduring suffering.
Over forty years,
billions of affected beings.
Lord Immortal Sheep, disciple seems to be able to end all this.
To... thoroughly end all of this.
...
