"Boom!"
The highest peak of Taiping Mountain collapsed thunderously.
A scepter symbolizing the majesty of heaven and earth rose like the rising sun, piercing the sky.
This was none other than the Nine-Section Staff of Zhang Jiao, the Great Sage!
In the final years of the Eastern Han, Zhang Jiao swept across the lands with this staff, establishing his na as the Great Sage. He sparked the massive Yellow Turban Rebellion, almost toppling the Great Han Dynasty.
Holding the Nine-Section Staff, the Heavenly Taoist seed possessed by the Great Sage Zhang Jiao, exuding an air of looking down upon the world.
He swung the staff casually, levelling a mountaintop with brute force.
Such wild and terrifying power startled even himself.
Then, he looked down at Li Chen and suddenly burst into loud laughter.
"Immortal Master Li, co and fight!"
Before the words even fell, the Nine-Section Staff had already thundered down.
Li Chen’s expression was a bit grave, but he wasn’t too surprised.
"Five Elents Battle Armor!"
He shouted, and five different-colored light pillars rose to the sky, swirling around him to form a circular light shield, enveloping him within.
"Clang!"
The Nine-Section Staff smashed heavily onto the light pillars, sparking thousands of starry fires.
After a violent collision, the light pillars shook slightly but remained tall and firm like a pine.
Seeing this, the murky eyes of the Heavenly Taoist could not help but twitch.
One should know, with just a casual swing, he had leveled a mountaintop.
Yet now, his full-force strike failed to penetrate this light shield defense, which was nothing short of unimaginable.
What surprised him even more was that Immortal Master Li, disregarding the danger to his life, had activated his defensive light shield and charged straight at him.
"Soul Burning!"
Accompanying the Heavenly Taoist’s roar, a blast of fla drilled out from the top of his head.
The fla was a ghostly blue color; not an ordinary fire, but a Hellfire specifically for burning souls.
Should one get closer, it would beco apparent that three figures were struggling in agony within the blue flas.
These were unquestionably the souls of the Taiping Three Ancestors!
The soul of the Human Taoist was the first to be burned to nothingness. Turning into a wisp of white smoke, it drifted away with the wind.
Next was the soul of the Earthly Taoist!
And finally, the Heavenly Taoist!
Once all three of their souls were completely consud, a boundlessly powerful force erupted from the top of the Heavenly Taoist’s head.
That dazzling radiance was ten tis more brilliant than the fierce sun, shooting straight into the Nine Heavens Cloud. When it reached the zenith, it exploded thunderously. Ten thousand beams of golden light showered down like falling teors, too blinding to look at directly.
As the brilliance reached its peak, the Heavenly Taoist clenched the Nine-Section Staff in both hands and brought it down with a thunderous slash.
"Immortal Master Li, die!"
Even Li Chen couldn’t help but change his expression at this scene.
The energy contained within, while incomparable to a nuclear explosion in scale, was targeted. A nuclear bomb causes widespread damage; its force disperses when aid at a specific target, failing to deal a fatal blow.
But the Heavenly Taoist’s strike concentrated the power of thousands into one point, akin to detonating thousands of explosives in a hundred-square-ter sealed room – the destructive force is beyond imagination.
"Human Demon Puppet!"
Li Chen roared, summoning the Human Demon Puppet. Relying only on the Five Elents Battle Armor was absolutely insufficient to withstand such a terrifying assault.
This act was a substitution; he sacrificed the Human Demon Puppet to absorb so of the Heavenly Taoist’s attack.
Upon hearing his master’s summons, the Human Demon Puppet let out a shriek and charged forward rapidly. With legs spread wide and arms stretched out, it ford a "big" character and stood in front of Li Chen.
"Boom!"
The Human Demon Puppet took the world-shattering blow head-on, half of its head shattering on the spot. Despite its lack of consciousness, it couldn’t help but twitch violently, letting out periodic whimpers of pain.
Li Chen could not afford to concern himself with it and fiercely injected True Yuan to replenish the energy of the Five Elents Battle Armor.
After receiving Li Chen’s Primordial True Essence, the Five Elents Battle Armor suddenly burst into dazzling brilliance.
"Whoosh!"
At that very instant, the Nine-Section Staff thundered down. The Five Elents Light Pillars trembled violently, like a lone boat in a storm, on the verge of capsizing at any mont.
The Heavenly Taoist’s face twisted like a demon, his eyes wept blood, and he howled hysterically.
"Immortal Master Li, go to hell!"
Finally unable to hold on any longer, the Five Elents Battle Armor shattered with a loud "bang."
The scene was as shocking as if the sun had exploded.
Seeing his sect annihilated, the sworn enemy Immortal Master Li was blasted to death on the spot, the Heavenly Taoist felt a weight lifted from his shoulders.
No matter what, he had his vengeance at the brink of death!
At this mont, his eyes wept blood, blood flowed from the corners of his mouth, as well as from his nose and ears. That earth-shattering blow didn’t just burn their trio of brothers’ souls, it also drained all their True Yuan.
Immortal Master Li had died, and his life had reached its end; he would never see the sun rise again.
Looking at the devastated Taiping Mountain, the dead disciples, and his twin brother he had shared a century with, the Heavenly Taoist let out a sorrowful laugh.
It was over, everything was over!
However, at that mont!
The ground suddenly shook again, opening a chasm half a zhang wide, bottomless.
The eyes of the blood-weeping Heavenly Taoist suddenly widened in disbelief.
"How, how, how is this possible?"
Before his words could settle, a figure shot out of the crack towards the sky.
This figure’s owner was none other than Li Chen!
This mont was his most dangerous since his rebirth.
Just as the Five Elents Battle Armor was about to collapse, he plunged into the ground.
Though the Heavenly Taoist’s world-destroying strike was terrifyingly fierce, most of its force had been absorbed by the Human Demon Puppet and the Five Elents Battle Armor. By the ti it hit the ground, it had lost its strength and couldn’t break through Li Chen’s Protective Gang Qi.
Raising his head, Li Chen looked at the shocked Heavenly Taoist and said with a cold laugh, "You’re right, it’s over, everything is over!"
"Sword, rise!"
"Cut!"
The Dragon Abyss Sword let out a heaven-reaching howl, unleashing a soul-stirring roar.
Imdiately, it transford into a long rainbow streak, like a white arc cutting through the sky or a cot striking the moon, slashing towards the Heavenly Taoist.
"Ah, no, no, this can’t be, it’s impossible!"
The Heavenly Taoist let out a final cry of despair and was split in half on the spot by the streak of sword light.
Li Chen withdrew the Dragon Abyss Sword, looked at the mutilated Heavenly Taoist, and said coldly.
"Humph, there’s no such thing as impossible when you et Li Chen!"
The Taiping Three Ancestors were slain, Sect Leader Zhang Huan was devoured by Jiao Long, and the other Elders, Deacons, and Disciples were practically all wiped out. Even the fierce beasts kept on the mountain were not spared.
Most of Taiping Mountain lay in ruins. The thousand-year-old Mystical Sect, the Taiping Sect, that had been passed down from the late Eastern Han Dynasty, was completely erased from the annals of history.
At the news of this event, there was a deathly silence worldwide!
And this ti, it wasn’t just the Martial Arts community of the East and West that was unsettled. Even global powers like the United States and Russia shuddered in fear.
Who could survive a nuclear bomb and still live, what kind of horrifying existence would that be?
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