Chapter 624: Sixth Calamity Old One Battle (Part 2)

"Such a vast accumulation of lightning was evidently for this single strike." As the thirteen Cosmos Pearls bore down, Old Man Sanshi knew evasion was impossible.

Every Six-Tribulation Realm expert possessed unique strengths. When confronted by a Primordial Spirit Six-Tribulation Realm expert skilled in lightning, the only viable response was direct confrontation.

"Hmph,"

Old Man Sanshi gathered his hundred arms, preparing to block. His formidable physical body contained layered forces, transmitting and stacking like waves, poised for the impending attack.

*Rip!*

The first thing to strike Old Man Sanshi was the Demonic Cone.

The Demonic Cone Forbidden Art, a Primordial Spirit secret technique unearthed by Ancestor Cang Yuan, possessed an unparalleled explosive power among all secret techniques. Its only drawback was that if it failed to pierce the opponent's Primordial Spirit, the Demonic Cone would shatter, inflicting severe damage upon the user. Having reached the Primordial Spirit Six-Tribulation Realm and mastered the "Primordial Spirit Star" technique, Meng Chuan could quickly recover even a 40% loss of his Primordial Spirit's essence. A greater loss, however, would require a much longer recovery period. For instance, the forbidden move "Mutual Destruction" from "Primordial Spirit Star" was likely twice as powerful as the current Demonic Cone, but a single use demanded decades of recovery. With his Heavenly Tribulation approaching, Meng Chuan would not employ such a drastic move.

"What was that?" Old Man Sanshi felt an acute pain in his Primordial Spirit. The Demonic Cone had shattered the instant it struck him; his Six-Tribulation Realm physical body was simply too perfect and powerful. However, the will-power shock contained within the Demonic Cone impacted Old Man Sanshi's consciousness. His consciousness trembled, and his Primordial Spirit roared. The hundred arms he intended to use for defense moved sluggishly, and the layered, fluctuating power he had accumulated within his body turned chaotic.

*Boom! Boom! Boom!*

In the precise moment his consciousness reeled from the Demonic Cone's impact, all thirteen Cosmos Pearls simultaneously struck Old Man Sanshi.

Ordinarily, with his physical body, Old Man Sanshi could have dispersed 70-80% of the impact force if fully prepared. However, with his consciousness compromised, his defense became disorganized, allowing him to deflect only 20-30% of the force; the majority of the impact was absorbed directly.

Old Man Sanshi, standing with his feet rooted to the earth and his head seemingly touching the heavens, suffered grievous wounds. One of his arms was twisted and violently severed, the detached limb flying away. A large, gaping bloody wound appeared on his chest, where skin and muscle had been obliterated by the miniature-universe-like Cosmos Pearls, leaving raw flesh exposed. His head was also ruptured, revealing a dark yellow skull from which fragments had been blasted away…

Old Man Sanshi presented a truly ghastly sight, even stumbling several steps before he could regain his footing.

"A Primordial Spirit secret technique," Old Man Sanshi muttered, his pupils contracting. "Without the secret technique's influence, the damage to his physical body would have been negligible. Yet, the injuries he had just sustained were quite severe, with portions of his body tissue utterly annihilated."

"What an incredibly resilient physical body," Meng Chuan mused, surprised. "If the Demonic Cone had been slightly less potent, his injuries would have been even lighter." The Demonic Cone's power, he knew, was dependent on both one's cultivation realm and mental fortitude.

"Thunder Marsh World, Thirteen Cosmos Array!"

Meng Chuan's mind stirred.

Another Demonic Cone blasted forth. Simultaneously, the thirteen Cosmos Pearls began to maneuver. Meng Chuan was treating Old Man Sanshi purely as a test subject, freely demonstrating the myriad applications of the 'Thirteen Cosmos Pearls'.

The Thirteen Cosmos Pearls also incorporated an array formation known as the 'Thirteen Cosmos Array'. When activated, this array made the enemy feel as though they were trapped within thirteen distinct spaces. Each Cosmos Pearl served as the core of one such space, employing a different method of attack.

For example, twelve Cosmos Pearls could serve as auxiliary units, concentrating their power onto a single 'Cosmos Pearl' to deliver a concentrated, all-out strike.

Alternatively, nine Cosmos Pearls could act as auxiliaries while three served as the core, allowing the thirteen spaces to merge and form a 'Chaotic Vortex'...

"Damn it,"

As one Demonic Cone shattered, another instantly condensed.

Demonic Cones continuously bombarded Old Man Sanshi's colossal body. With his consciousness under constant assault, Old Man Sanshi could only dedicate a fraction of his mental energy to counter the relentless siege of the thirteen Cosmos Pearls.

"I'm completely trapped," Old Man Sanshi realized, noticing the shifting space around him. The Heavenly Realm clearly spanned only nine million li, yet within the 'Thirteen Cosmos Array,' no matter how he ran or fought, he remained confined within its boundaries, unable to reach the Heavenly Realm's edge.

The Thunder Marsh Array gathered lightning, channeling it ceaselessly into each Cosmos Pearl.

The thirteen Cosmos Pearls formed a grand array, besieging Old Man Sanshi.

*Boom! Boom! Boom!!!* Old Man Sanshi attempted to shrink, but the thirteen Cosmos Pearls similarly diminished in size, their power undiminished. They continued their relentless assault, inflicting constant injuries upon Old Man Sanshi's body.

"This Dongning is genuinely troublesome," Old Man Sanshi admitted at this moment. This unfamiliar Six-Tribulation Realm expert, 'Dongning,' undeniably held the advantage over him.

Each Six-Tribulation Realm rule had its own specialization, yet there were also clear distinctions in power.

The 'Space Rule' was widely acknowledged as the most formidable. Meng Chuan's 'Lightning Rule' was also considered among the stronger categories, exceptionally proficient in attack, destruction, and killing. Each strike from the 'Cosmos Pearls' completely annihilated portions of Old Man Sanshi's physical tissue. Furthermore, the 'Lightning Rule' offered a speed advantage, making it difficult for enemies to evade attacks and for opponents to pursue him if he chose to flee. It was indeed a superior rule among the Six-Tribulation Realm.

Moreover, as a Primordial Spirit Six-Tribulation Realm expert, Meng Chuan employed array formations to suppress Old Man Sanshi, ensuring his true body remained untouched. It was also a widely accepted truth in the Outer Void that, at higher cultivation levels, Primordial Spirit Tribulation Realm experts were significantly more formidable than those focused solely on physical cultivation.

"A Primordial Spirit Six-Tribulation Realm expert who controls lightning, whose Primordial Spirit secret techniques are so potent... even with all my treasures, I can sustain this for half an hour at most," Old Man Sanshi realized, his mind clear.

Various treasures, while potent, had significantly diminished effects on powerful Tribulation Realm experts. For example, an Undying Talisman contained enough power to keep an Emperor alive for an hour.

However, its efficacy against Tribulation Realm mighty figures was greatly reduced.

For Five-Tribulation Realm mighty figures, it could only serve as a single 'death substitute,' and for Six-Tribulation Realm mighty figures, it was entirely ineffective!

Old Man Sanshi's true body, after all, had never ventured into the Outer Void. All the treasures he possessed were collected within the Kunyun Secret Realm, which meant his life-saving capabilities were relatively limited.

"Nevertheless, I must win this battle. The Kunyun Secret Realm is mine!" Enduring the onslaught of Demonic Cones and Cosmos Pearls, Old Man Sanshi flipped his hand and produced a crimson crystal pillar. Its presence was concealed by his own power, preventing Meng Chuan from detecting it.

"Kill!"

Old Man Sanshi's expression twisted into a savage grimace. A vast quantity of vital blood energy surged into the crimson crystal pillar in his hand, leaving him significantly weakened. He even stumbled and fell to the ground under the impact of a Cosmos Pearl. The moment he fell, he violently hurled the crimson crystal pillar from his grasp.

A crimson streak of light instantly ripped through the array, sending a Cosmos Pearl flying and piercing through one of Meng Chuan's Primordial Spirit avatars.

Meng Chuan's numerous avatars moved with extreme swiftness, distorting space-time, but they were no match for this crimson streak of light.

"Not good," Meng Chuan thought. His true body and numerous avatars instantly transformed into lightning particle states, streaks of electricity frantically zipping through every corner.

*Splat! Splat! Splat! Splat! Splat! Splat!*

The crimson streak of light frantically pierced in all directions, continuously annihilating one Primordial Spirit avatar after another.

"Dongning!" Old Man Sanshi's expression darkened, and he roared through gritted teeth, "You are utterly shameless!"

"Haha, shameless?" Meng Chuan's voice boomed, echoing throughout the Heavenly Realm. "I am a Primordial Spirit Tribulation Realm expert; my true body is naturally meant to be hidden in a safe location. Battling you with just my Primordial Spirit avatars is quite sufficient." The moment he sensed peril, Meng Chuan's true body had already retreated into the Realm Mansion.

The Realm Mansion was situated at the heart of the Heavenly Realm and lay within the confines of Meng Chuan's array. For him, entering it was instantaneous.

Concealed within the Realm Mansion, protected by its numerous safeguards, he was naturally far safer.

"If you are capable, destroy all my Primordial Spirit avatars, and then you will have won," Meng Chuan's voice resonated powerfully.

The Primordial Spirit avatars, transforming into streaks of lightning, darted through various parts of the Heavenly Realm. Even as they were pierced and annihilated by the 'crimson streak of light,' other avatars swiftly branched off, generating new ones.

Given the regenerative capabilities of Meng Chuan's Primordial Spirit avatars, generating new ones was effortless.

Moreover, more Primordial Spirit avatars continuously flew out from the Realm Mansion.

The Primordial Spirit avatars continuously manifested and dissipated, all while maintaining control over the Thunder Marsh Array and the thirteen Cosmos Pearls, which continued their relentless assault on Old Man Sanshi.

"I've seized your Tribulation Realm secret treasure; let's see how you can fight me now," Old Man Sanshi taunted, remotely controlling the crimson streak of light. It repeatedly struck five Cosmos Pearls, shattering the Thirteen Cosmos Array. Seizing the opportunity, Old Man Sanshi stretched out his hand, his palm expanding like a canopy, and directly seized the most weakened Cosmos Pearl.

"The Five-Colored Pillars are that powerful?" Meng Chuan gasped, surprised.

That crimson streak of light allowed Meng Chuan to instantly deduce its origin.

A legend in the Kunyun Secret Realm spoke of the 'Five-Colored Pillars,' extraordinary treasures imbued with mysterious and unfathomable power. Historically, only one or two such crystal pillars had ever appeared by chance, and only the master of the Kunyun Secret Realm could control all of them.

The Five-Colored Pillars were intimately connected to the Kunyun Secret Realm and could not be removed from it.

Upon seeing the crimson crystal pillar wielded by Old Man Sanshi, Meng Chuan deduced it was the 'Crimson Blood God Pillar,' one of the Five-Colored Pillars.

*Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!*

The Cosmos Pearl seized by Old Man Sanshi trembled incessantly, struggling fiercely. The other twelve Cosmos Pearls quickly reformed their array, channeling energy to the captured Pearl to greatly amplify its resistance. Simultaneously, these twelve Pearls resumed their coordinated assault.

"Kill!" At this moment, the Thunder Marsh Array also conjured terrifying bolts of lightning, which furiously struck Old Man Sanshi.

The Thunder Marsh Diagram, a Seventh-Tribulation Realm secret treasure, could not only generate lightning but also naturally be used to slay enemies.

It slew enemies with lightning!

This method was far more potent than Meng Chuan simply conjuring lightning from thin air.

Bolt after bolt of lightning furiously descended directly upon Old Man Sanshi.

"Hahaha, still struggling?" Old Man Sanshi laughed. "City Lord Dongning, you lost not due to insufficient strength, but insufficient fortune. I possess the Crimson Blood God Pillar; this Kunyun Secret Realm is destined to be mine!"

After stripping a Primordial Spirit Tribulation Realm expert of their 'secret treasure,' what threat could they possibly still pose?

*Whoosh.*

Just then, from the depths of the Realm Mansion, one of Meng Chuan's Primordial Spirit avatars, having traversed vast distances through space and time, arrived directly from the distant Cangyuan Realm.

This particular Primordial Spirit avatar quickly flew out of the Realm Mansion and entered the fray.

"Hmm?"

Old Man Sanshi, brimming with confidence, suddenly blanched and looked skyward.

Above him, a colossal eye materialized in the sky.

The Heavenly Eye gazed down upon the scene.

"What is this?" Old Man Sanshi felt an inexplicable surge of terror.

"Go!" He swiftly willed the Crimson Blood God Pillar to attack the colossal eye above.

*Boom!*

Lightning bolts cleaved down from the colossal eye!

Thunder roared ceaselessly, and the Crimson Blood God Pillar, attempting to ascend, was utterly engulfed by the lightning. It strained to push upward against the booming electricity, but its ascent grew progressively slower and more arduous. Below, Old Man Sanshi, controlling it, turned increasingly pale, sensing that the vital blood energy consumed by manipulating the 'Crimson Blood God Pillar' was escalating rapidly.

*Bang!* From the colossal eye, an ever-increasing torrent of lightning descended, its power growing terrifyingly. It finally utterly overwhelmed the Crimson Blood God Pillar, which plummeted. The horrific lightning then instantly engulfed Old Man Sanshi.

Old Man Sanshi's eyes widened in horror. His body rapidly disintegrated amidst a mix of despair and defiance.

"You truly hide your capabilities well, possessing such a formidable technique," Old Man Sanshi murmured, turning his head to gaze towards the Realm Mansion. Meng Chuan's true body had emerged and was looking back at him.

They regarded each other from afar.

This contest had finally determined the victor.

The ownership of the Kunyun Secret Realm had also been decided.

Engulfed by the ceaseless, booming lightning, Old Man Sanshi finally disintegrated completely and was annihilated.

Meng Chuan watched the scene, silently thinking, "To die by an Eight-Tribulation Realm secret treasure, you should have no regrets."