Chapter 1000: Chapter 542: Rise of the Heaven’s Chosen

The clone’s figure flickered wildly, trying to evade the power of the Panwu Heaven Opening Axe.

In each stream of space turbulence, he planted a seed as an anchor point, allowing him to freely teleport amidst the overwhelming space turbulence, even though Jiang Shu employed space sealing and other means, he still couldn’t do anything about it.

However, at this moment, the Panwu Heaven Opening Axe in Jiang Shu’s hand had already merged with numerous Great Daos, and these methods alone were insufficient to evade his attacks.

"Boom!"

A thunderous explosion erupted in the void.

Followed by countless sounds akin to forging steel, the space turbulence slashing at the invisible barrier before Jiang Shu, wearing each other down. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

Meanwhile, the clone’s attack cannot be underestimated.

He unleashed a string of Great Dao powers, attempting to fend off the attack approaching his face.

Protective Dao, Power Dao, Space Dao, Desolate Dao...

Dazzlingly, seemingly demonstrating to Jiang Shu the true strength, he instantly weakened the power of the Panwu Heaven Opening Axe to the extreme, then a dragon roar echoed inside his body, transforming into a thousand-foot-long True Dragon, wrapped in Chaos Divine Thunder, causing spatial upheaval, crackling, and condensing into the Eight Divine Generals, blocking the Panwu Heaven Opening Axe.

Simultaneously, the clone’s brow furrowed deeply, as if sensing something extraordinary.

Jiang Shu, originally in the distance, teleported to his front in an instant, taking advantage of the clone’s inability to react, punched towards his abdomen.

Jiang Shu also planted space seeds within the Panwu Heaven Opening Axe.

The saying goes, "Use the strengths of others to defeat them," the clone itself is formed by the Eternal Tower, though in terms of mastery of the Great Dao, it is on the same level as Jiang Shu.

But inherently closer to the Great Dao, sometimes the methods can directly be emulated.

Jiang Shu planted a deeply hidden seed, concealing it with the massive aura of the Panwu Heaven Opening Axe.

The clone concealed his lethal intent using space turbulence, so did Jiang Shu, launching a preemptive attack, forcibly interrupting the clone’s plan, sending him flying into a star.

This was the first time Jiang Shu caused substantial damage to him.

Back when Jiang Shu first entered the eighth floor of the Eternal Tower, he had just advanced to the Vientiane Realm.

Although he managed to injure the clone, it was based on sheer willpower, trading injury for injury.

The small star shattered with a bang, its debris obscuring the clone’s figure, seemingly hidden in the void.

Jiang Shu’s heart raced wildly, pumping the blood filled with Dao Rhyme throughout his entire body, with each breath, a dragon-like aura circulated, gathering in his eyes, shooting out two beams of pupil light, shattering that space into fragments, forcing the clone out.

His chest deeply dented, his aura chaotic, appearing somewhat disheveled.

Jiang Shu’s punch was terrifying, breaking an unknown number of his bones, even dimming the light of the Great Dao Embryo behind him.

"Pfft!"

The clone, though emotionless, had a physical body identical to Jiang Shu, spitting out a mist of blood mixed with internal organ fragments.

His arms bore two deep bone-exposing wounds, hastily resisting the Void Soul Splitting Void Pupil Light with his mighty physique, golden-yellow blood seeping out, unable to maintain the dragon form, transforming into a massive giant, surrounded by a cloud belt of Great Dao Embryos, approaching closely, intending to imprison Jiang Shu within.

"The clone’s Law of Heaven and Earth, perhaps even facing a Demon Venerable Avatar, could fight nobly."

"The Dao Rhyme within him is beyond my current level, every move exudes the aura of the Great Dao."

Jiang Shu’s thoughts raced, transforming into dragon form, with the Chaos Thunder Pool atop his head, charging together.

The dragon tail like a whip, tearing away chunks of flesh, ripping the white robe; fists like hammers, breaking dragon bones, Scale Armor flying.

This was a rarely seen physical combat by a Vientiane Realm expert, representing the peak of close combat techniques, each punch resonating with metallic collision sounds, buzzing, with space turbulence around them filled with their space seeds, no one knowing where they’d appear next.

The dragon claws razor-sharp, seemingly able to crush even the Great Dao, colliding with the Dragon Capturing Hand containing Power Dao.

Both controlled their force to the peak, without a slightest leakage.

Crack!

Jiang Shu’s claws, comparable to Heavenly Rank Treasures, fractured, a dragon claw drooped limply, obviously the inch strength within the clone’s punch nearly reduced the bones in that dragon claw to powder, completely losing combat power.

At the same time, Jiang Shu’s dragon tail also hit the wound caused by his punch on the clone, tearing open that wound, revealing fragmented internal organs and the sluggishly beating heart.

Jiang Shu himself wasn’t well off either, his dragon horn atop his head was forcibly snapped off, an eyeball hung outside the eye socket.

This was gouged out by the clone using an eagle claw strike; had Jiang Shu not reacted swiftly, deploying Protective Dao with all his might, he would have died, his path ending, perishing on this eighth floor.

Pale golden blood trickled down Jiang Shu’s seven orifices, his physical body uncontrollably trembling.

Signs that the physical body was nearing its limit, if the fight continued, it could collapse, risking his life.