Chapter 1217: Heavy Difficulties

Nine rainbow sword lights, as if capable of splitting heaven and earth, swept across the void, directly colliding with the descending Mountain River Seal.

Boom! The moment of impact, countless beams of light suddenly erupted, and the entire space vibrated violently. Mountains collapsed and the earth shattered. From a high altitude, one could see that all regions within ten thousand miles began to split apart.

Everything was pulverized by the sudden, sweeping Genesis Qi shockwave.

Many gazes fixed on the source.

When the first Sky-Severing Sword Light struck, the Mountain River Seal merely trembled before shattering it.

But as the second, third, and even more Sky-Severing Sword Lights continuously fell, the Mountain River Seal also began to vibrate violently.

Crack! Tiny cracks appeared on its surface.

Each sword light was continuously annihilated.

By the time the seventh sword light fell, the light seal, which seemed to contain mountains and rivers, was already covered in cracks.

The eighth sword light slashed down.

Countless eyes widened as they saw the Mountain River Seal directly explode at that moment. However, the exploding fragments of mountains and rivers transformed into massive mountains, crashing down like a meteor shower.

The ninth rainbow sword light whistled past, and all the mountains vanished with it.

The massive commotion abruptly ceased. As the terrifying Genesis Qi shockwave dissipated, the void became empty.

The nine rainbow sword lights and the Mountain River Seal seemed to dissipate simultaneously.

A silence fell over the world.

Gaze after gaze fixed on the two seemingly frozen figures, one standing on a mountain peak and the other in the void.

Zhou Yuan was expressionless, his eyes still sharp. However, the Genesis Qi fluctuations around him had become somewhat listless. The nine Sky-Severing Sword Lights, even with his current Genesis Qi reserves, consumed an enormous amount of energy to unleash.

Fortunately, the Origin Infant within his Divine Dwelling was absorbing the Genesis Qi of heaven and earth. Its recovery speed was far beyond what a Heavenly Sun stage practitioner could achieve.

He stared at the figure in the void.

Lu Tai's figure was frozen. His gaze fixed on Zhou Yuan, then he covered his mouth with his hand and violently coughed up a mouthful of blood. His face immediately turned pale, and the Genesis Qi within him rapidly dissipated.

It was a sign of injury.

The ninth sword light, which seemed to dissipate earlier, had in fact pierced through the void to deliver a heavy blow.

"Such sharp and overbearing sword light," Lu Tai said hoarsely.

He was somewhat unwilling to accept this. If not for sealing and suppressing Zhao Lefu and the other two earlier, his condition would have been perfect. The extra twenty percent of his power would have been enough to utterly defeat Zhou Yuan, who was also exhausted at this moment.

However, a loss was a loss, and further words were useless.

Lu Tai's figure slowly ascended. The power of the spatial barrier was attempting to expel him. Previously, with his powerful Genesis Qi, he could naturally resist, but now, weakened, he could only watch himself be thrown out.

As Lu Tai's figure disappeared into the spatial barrier, all the gazes fixed on this spot were filled with shock.

"Lu Tai was actually expelled..."

This result was quite surprising. After all, Lu Tai was a renowned figure on the Origin Infant Ranking for many years. When he was dominating Hunyuan Heaven, Zhou Yuan was probably still insignificant in some corner.

Yet now, it was Lu Tai who was at a disadvantage and expelled.

Although this was partly due to his imperfect condition, Zhou Yuan was also just a newly advanced Origin Infant!

Zhao Lefu, Xue Qinglong, and Yi Yan, who had been suppressed, also watched this scene with some astonishment. Xue Qinglong, in particular, looked at Zhou Yuan's figure, her face feeling hot. Only now did she realize how ridiculous her previous words had been.

She was extremely arrogant, believing Zhou Yuan's foundation was too shallow to participate in battles among perfected Origin Infant stage experts. Although Zhou Yuan did not argue with her, he ultimately used facts to show her that her foresight was indeed too shallow.

Zhou Yuan also watched Lu Tai's departure. His tensed body relaxed at this moment. This should be the last crisis, right?

He dragged his somewhat heavy body to the flower sea, standing straight like a wall, shielding the person in the crystal coffin behind him from the raging storm.

Outside the spatial barrier, amidst the chaotic currents.

The four Saints had varying expressions regarding this outcome.

Cang Yuan and Zhuan Zhu naturally breathed a slight sigh of relief. Zhou Yuan had indeed not disappointed them.

In contrast, Grand Exalted Wan Zu and Grand Exalted Yao Kui fell into a brief silence.

They were probably quite annoyed at this moment. Many of their plans had been ruined by Zhou Yuan again. Yet in their eyes, the latter's strength was almost no different from that of an ant.

Grand Exalted Wan Zu's face showed no emotion, but a deep light suddenly flickered in his eyes.

Two Genesis Domains collided. Within these domains, indescribably terrifying Genesis Qi converged into waves of destructive attacks, continuously clashing.

A gigantic image of an Immortal Falcon shrieked. The falcon had cloud-trailing wings and exuded an ancient, primordial aura, as if it were a wondrous beast born in the ancient desolation.

Above the colossal falcon, Zhao Xiansun was expressionless. In front of him, countless wind blades roared from the Wind God Genesis Domain. The power of each wind blade was no less than a full-strength attack from experts at Zhou Yuan and Lu Tai's level.

The colossal falcon spread its wings, fending off the encroaching wind blades.

But as the two sides were in a stalemate, Zhao Xiansun's brow furrowed slightly. He glanced in Zhou Yuan's direction. Currently, apart from them, the Genesis Domain experts, all Origin Infant stage practitioners on their side had been defeated and retreated.

Now, no one could stop the Ancestral Dragon Lantern from burning.

"That kid."

A cold glint flashed in Zhao Xiansun's eyes. He found Zhou Yuan quite displeasing. This was not only because of his identity, but also because this person repeatedly ruined their Wan Zu Domain's plans.

And in the Ancient Origin Heaven, that glory should have originally belonged to their Wan Zu Domain, but it ended up in the hands of this ignorant youngster.

"I originally didn't want to bother with an ant like you, but you've been jumping around so much, so don't blame anyone else." Zhao Xiansun's eyes flickered. The next instant, the colossal falcon beneath him suddenly pounced towards Xi Jing.

His figure, however, stepped into the air, intending to go towards Zhou Yuan's location.

"Zhao Xiansun, you really have no shame!"

However, his actions were immediately noticed by Xi Jing. She immediately let out a cold laugh. From above her head, a cyan-jade-like luminous pearl slowly rose.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! From within the luminous pearl, a tangible wind roared forth. Where the wind passed, it carried a power of annihilation, obliterating everything in its path.

The colossal falcon was also engulfed, immediately torn with streaks and letting out a sharp cry.

At the same time, Xi Jing bent two fingers and pointed into the air.

An invisible cyan light shot out from her fingertips. The cyan light seemed to contain an unspeakable power. With a flash, it directly obliterated the void.

At the same time, Zhao Xiansun, who had stepped into the air, suddenly changed his expression.

A cyan light barely grazed past him.

The next instant, blood splattered. Zhao Xiansun's arm was directly severed. The severed section was smooth as a mirror.

"Xi Jing!" Zhao Xiansun glared fiercely in Xi Jing's direction.

"Your opponent is me!" Xi Jing said coldly.

"A dignified Genesis Domain expert, are you still planning to attack an Origin Infant?"

Zhao Xiansun said grimly, "The victor is king, the loser is bandit. Do means still matter? How pedantic!"

"I won't let you pass," Xi Jing said indifferently.

"Oh, really?" A strange smile suddenly appeared on Zhao Xiansun's lips.

Xi Jing's heart tightened, suddenly feeling something amiss. The next instant, she snapped back to reality, sensing that the arm she had severed from Zhao Xiansun had, at this very moment, torn through the air, piercing out of their two Genesis Domains and appearing before the mountain peak where the Ancestral Dragon Lantern was located.

"A severed arm clone?!"

Xi Jing was furious and was about to act.

But at this moment, Zhao Xiansun directly activated his Genesis Domain, and boundless destructive attacks engulfed her, blocking her path.

At this moment, Zhou Yuan's expression also turned extremely grim.

Because he saw a severed arm appear in the void ahead. The arm began to squirm, finally transforming into a figure identical to Zhao Xiansun.

That was Zhao Xiansun's clone.

But even if it was just a clone, the power it possessed was far, far stronger than Zhou Yuan's at this moment!

Zhao Xiansun looked down from above, his eyes coldly fixed on Zhou Yuan, whose body had tensed up in front of him. He spoke no unnecessary words, but directly bent two fingers and pointed downward.

A cyan light shot out from his finger. The light was only as thick as an arm, and within it, a falcon's shadow seemed to soar. Its momentum did not seem grand, but when that cyan light shot directly towards him, Zhou Yuan's expression drastically changed.

Because the aura of danger brought by that cyan light was even more terrifying than Lu Tai's full-strength attack earlier!