Chapter 1313: Explode

So arrogant!Too arrogant!

Even when viewing the battle in Jue Jin Huo Yu indirectly through the Ling Jing, everyone was still shocked by the black figure standing atop the solitary tower and the immense power he wielded.

Beneath the vast sky, with the full moon overhead, the solitary tower stood tall, and the black-clad figure dominated the scene.

This imagery had been displayed by Xu Xiaoshou before, exuding an air of elegance that even Rao Yao Yao had fallen victim to under his control.

Now, following Xu Xiaoshou's earlier feat of channeling the Sheng Di power to punch Rao Yao Yao and kick Dao Qiong Cang,he was doing it again, this time aiming to battle the Sheng Di himself!

How could this not be seen as madness?

“He, isn't Xu Xiaoshou anymore, right?”

“This guy is acting really off; he's clearly been driven to qi deviation by the Sheng Di's power…”

“Yes, but Xu Sheng Di can control it, and qi deviation is just one of the sword techniques he masters—it's incredible!”

“Too terrifying. Xu Xiaoshou's talent is a once-in-a-millennium phenomenon; in my opinion, even the Ba Zun An can't compare.”

“Though Wang Zhe Sheng Di is just a manifestation of his intent, Xu Xiaoshou is channeling a full four portions of Sheng Di power right now—it's like four against one!”

“…The plan is clever, and I'm impressed by the Eighth Sword Immortal's move, but Wang Zhe Sheng Di might not lose… Who knows if Xu Xiaoshou can withstand the impact of those four forces? How long he can hold out is still up for debate!”

This insightful observation was truly thought-provoking.

Sheng Di power wasn't easy to bear, especially when it involved four incompatible forces.

Xu Xiaoshou had previously channeled the Jin Zhao Sheng Di power, which was in his lineage, so using it to fight a semi-saint made sense.

But now…

Either he had the audacity to back up his arrogance,or his bold claims would soon see him shatter like fireworks.

Would the glory fade in an instant?How long could Xu Xiaoshou endure?

Ten breaths?Thirty breaths?Or a hundred?

The crowd estimated the time.

In Jue Jin Huo Yu, Xu Xiaoshou was equally facing his most pressing time constraint.

“The Four Divine Pillars…”

He could see it was a saint-level heavenly machine array, specifically a sacrificial technique.

Even Han Ye and the Five Decays of Heaven and Man had been repurposed in ways that left Xu Xiaoshou baffled—it was completely unexpected!

Even Lei Xier hadn't been in his previous considerations for the array's nodes.

Just based on this, the mastermind Ba Zun An deserved the title of “unfathomable.”

The saint-level heavenly machine sacrificial array “Four Divine Pillars” was undoubtedly powerful.

However, even the weakest quarter of it, involving Lei Xier with her Divine Demon Pupils and Ultimate Life Demonic Body, wouldn't truly drain her dry.

The beings offered in sacrifice were too strong, whether the hosts or the hosted.

Once merged, their power was nearly endless, so they wouldn't be depleted.

In contrast, Xu Xiaoshou, as the main vessel, was in agony!

The chaotic four forces were more tormenting than the extremes of ice and fire or the opposition of black and white, wreaking havoc inside him.

Xu Xiaoshou tried to estimate…

But he couldn't calculate the time at all!

All he could think was that he was invincible in this moment, yet how long “this moment” would last remained unknown.

Across from him stood one emperor and two saints.

So, his only consideration boiled down to four words:

“Quick battle, quick decision!”

The power of the Four Divine Pillars poured in from the four directions of the sky, like four chains binding Xu Xiaoshou.

Xu Xiaoshou stood atop the solitary tower, motionless in his state of qi deviation.

Beneath his feet lay an endless sea of flames, behind him seven blood trees, with the azure divine prison shadow expanding around him, suppressing heaven and earth. Dragon scales emerged on his body, dragon horns rose on his head, and dragon breath grew stronger.

Though these four forces were violent, chaotic, and constantly destructive—simply because they were far too powerful compared to Xu Xiaoshou—

In essence, they were obedient, gentle, and at his command.

With a mere thought, as Xu Xiaoshou directed his gaze toward Wang Zhe Sheng Di, the four forces inside him surged, ready to aid him in slaying the emperor.

He even instinctively knew how to direct them.

“It should end here…”

Xu Xiaoshou murmured lowly, his eyes icy cold.

Under the watchful eyes of all, he calmly raised his hand and pointed lightly, as casually as Wang Zhe Sheng Di had done when descending from the heavenly ladder.

Whoosh—

The sea of flames roared forward.

The intense heat melted space, exposing the rules of the great dao.

The Sheng Di's white flames followed these rules, like a swarm of serpents lunging to devour, surging toward Wang Zhe Sheng Di in an instant.

“Jin Zhao Heaven Burn!”

No other power was needed.

With just a glance and a point, the battlefield flipped in a flash, engulfed in white flames everywhere.

Wang Zhe Sheng Di's first strike missed, blocked by the combined form of the water ghost and the demonic emperor's black dragon with a dragon tail sweep, turning the tide abruptly.

Xu Xiaoshou completed his transformation in an instant.

This single point and glance from afar ignited him completely!

His body, spirit, dao rhythm… even the projection of the Feng Li Sutra in his hand, all burst into white flames.

Wang Zhe Sheng Di remained unmoved, simply exhaling softly:

“Hsu Feng Guidance.”

With a whoosh, a gentle wind swept across the sea of flames.

In an instant, the flames across thousands of miles were gathered into a massive fireball.

Under the suction of the wind core at the fireball's center, even the unquenchable white flames on Wang Zhe Sheng Di were torn away and pulled from his body.

“Xu Xiaoshou, you may be glorious now, but how long can you persist?”

“Once the storm scatters, how pathetic will you look?”

A faint smile returned to Wang Zhe Sheng Di's calm face.

He had analyzed the battlefield and identified Xu Xiaoshou's vulnerability.

In his eyes, Xu Xiaoshou was no longer just a junior but a fusion of the inner island's four great Sheng Di powers.

This was enough to demand his full attention!

Thus, the unflappable Wang Zhe Sheng Di adopted the most prudent strategy:

“Feng Escape: Formless and Traceless.”

He smiled, formed a seal with his fingers, and his figure vanished instantly, choosing not to confront directly but to hide.

“Escaped? He escaped?”

This move stunned not only the onlookers but even left Xu Xiaoshou momentarily caught off guard.

The mighty Wang Zhe Sheng Di actually chose to turn and flee?

“Cowardly rat!”

In a flash, Xu Xiaoshou threw his head back in manic laughter, his aura growing even stronger, unreservedly mocking:

“Wang Zhe, is this the so-called dominance of a Sheng Di? Facing me, Xu Xiaoshou, you have to turn tail and run?”

“But if wind has no form, how can it achieve the dao?”

Under the black sky, atop the solitary tower, Xu Xiaoshou finished speaking and closed his eyes, a fire dao disk unfurling beneath his feet.

Under the Sheng Di power, he entered a state of unity with heaven and man, his dao rhythm flowing like a surging tide.

“Enlightenment?”

“Xu Xiaoshou, enlightening again?”

“Damn it, how can he enlighten anytime, anywhere? It's envy-inducing…”

This scene was all too familiar.

Back on the Abyssal Dragon Head, Xu Xiaoshou had closed his eyes and comprehended the heavenly machine technique.

Now, in this situation, it corresponded to the unassuming fire-element mystic array beneath his feet.

This time, it was fire attribute?

What scheme was Xu Xiaoshou plotting now?

Even Dao Qiong Cang felt an inexplicable unease; the pressure from Xu Xiaoshou at this moment was overwhelming.

He was unpredictable, directionless, so no one knew how he would strike.

No one could foreseeing what kind of wonders the four great Sheng Di powers would create in his hands.

The battle was intensely focused on Jue Jin Huo Yu.

Yet, no one noticed that as Xu Xiaoshou closed his eyes and entered unity with heaven and man,

At the edge of Xuan Wu Gate, Lei Xier also closed her eyes, her red lips parting as a ethereal saintly sound emerged, stirring the world:

“All daos have form, nothing unburnable…”

“The spirit of Jin Zhao should melt the snow and cold…”

“Though wind has no form, its passage stirs tempests…”

“Heaven and earth breathe, returning to the heart shrine…”

These words carried not only Lei Xier's inherent cool allure but also a mystical profundity, like a saint discoursing on the dao.

It was like thunder from a clear sky.

Though fleeting, it sparked profound shock in everyone's hearts!

“Fire…”

Almost simultaneously, everyone gained some insight.

Even spirit refiners who didn't cultivate fire dao felt a new understanding of “fire.”

For people like Bai Ai and Mu Lin, upon hearing the saintly sound, they instantly entered a state of enlightenment.

Xu Xiaoshou, with no time to delay, digested all the dao insights about fire emerging from his soul while his eyes were closed.

This was a gift from Jin Zhao Ancestor!

As his eyes snapped open in a flash, Xu Xiaoshou's gaze was vibrant.

“Fire, with breathing…”

“Wind, in the heart shrine…”

This fire dao insight focused solely on how “fire” should seek “wind,” aimed directly at slaying Wang Zhe Sheng Di.

Having comprehended the dao—or rather, learned the method to track—Xu Xiaoshou knew exactly what to do next.

With his spiritual sense, enhanced to surpass even saintly thoughts, he scanned intently and located an anomaly far within Shen Mian Valley.

It wasn't a distinct form, nor did it have any outline.

It was simply something that didn't belong—

Like leaves dancing without wind, or gravel rolling on a barren mountain, or a faint, serene rustling sound.

Wind had passed through here.

The dao had vanished from this spot.

Thus, the so-called “Formless and Traceless” Wang Zhe Sheng Di must be lurking here, hidden in the void.

“Rat, I've found you!”

Xu Xiaoshou smirked, his eyes flashing with ferocity, and pointed into the air once more.

Whoosh…

In an instant, the ten thousand mountains of Shen Mian Valley and the countless trembling stone giants were abruptly imprisoned and awakened by the rising Dragon Fusion Realm.

“This!”

In the skies above Zui Yi Hall, even Rao Yao Yao looked on in astonishment.

He found it just like that?So quickly?

To be fair, even if she hated to admit it, Jin Zhao Ancestor's line “Though wind has no form, its passage stirs tempests” had struck at the core of Wang Zhe Sheng Di's wind escape.

Coupled with Xu Xiaoshou's actions using Jin Zhao to break the wind,

Rao Yao Yao, even if dense, had pieced it together.

“Jin Zhao Ancestor's understanding of the fire attribute absolutely surpasses Wang Zhe Sheng Di's grasp of wind!”

“Has it reached the essence of fire?”

Dao Qiong Cang listened and silently turned his head, his lips twitching twice. He hadn't wanted to speak, but after a long sigh, he said:

“It's one of the nine great ancestral trees, the Cang Qiong Divine Tree, born as the essence of heavenly fire—the fire of all fires, the ancestor of all ancestors, with innate imperial destiny.”

“We're products of acquired effort and sweat—what are you comparing?”

Rao Yao Yao was momentarily speechless, then glared at Dao Qiong Cang before turning her gaze hatefully toward Shen Mian Valley.

Blazing!Dazzling!

In Shen Mian Valley, a magnificent, scorching white sun had formed, like a fallen star, melting even the great dao.

This caused the inside and outside to be completely isolated by Xu Xiaoshou's technique.

“Exile!”

This was the method that had often left him vulnerable in his vanished state.

Back then, he had always been terrified.

Now, with one point, he exiled Wang Zhe Sheng Di's hiding spot.

Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west—don't underestimate a youth with Four Divine Pillars.

Even if Xu Xiaoshou could only pinpoint a vague outline and not Wang Zhe Sheng Di's exact position—like how enemies in his vanished state could only exile a large area to restrict him—it didn't matter.

Back then, they had to exile repeatedly to compress his space.

Now, empowered by the Four Divine Pillars, Xu Xiaoshou was truly reckless. Without a second thought, he declared:

“Explode!”

He clenched his fist.

Shen Mian Valley detonated in an instant.

That brilliant, piercing white light outshone even the endless sun wheel Yan Wuse had once summoned.

Everyone averted their eyes from the Ling Jing, only to see the distant sky's sun explode, unleashing boundless shockwaves that surged from Shen Mian Valley.

The entire Zui Yi Hall ruins, along with the surrounding Giant Kingdom, were shattered by the blast.

Spirit refiners were thrown into chaos.Ancient structures teetered on the brink of collapse.

The world lost all sound, leaving only panicked figures screaming soundlessly in the silent void, desperately saving themselves.

Li Fugui wiped blood from his face and glanced around, his expression turning blank.

“What am I doing?”

“Even from this far, we got caught in it?”

“How did they get taller…”

Looking down, Li Fugui realized his feet had been scorched, the stumps blackened and scarred by the heat.

This was despite being prepared!

Just the aftermath of Sheng Di power was this devastating?

But escape was impossible; the ground trembled as Void Island itself quaked from the explosion.

Once everyone regained their senses, they tended to their wounds while lifting their eyes again, movements fluid from experience.

Defense?Impossible!

As long as they survived, it was a blessing.

Witnessing a Sheng Di battle was a gain, and any insights were a bonus.

Fate was this harsh; understanding “since it's here, accept it” meant doing nothing at all.

Shen Mian Valley was utterly destroyed!

When everyone looked again, the place resembled a second You Ming Ghost City.

The former had been lifted by a dragon and smashed down,the latter had followed a certain Sheng Di to its grave.

But…

“Wang Zhe Sheng Di, is he really dead? In just one strike?”

As they pondered, a blood-red figure rose into the air amid the debris.

With even the stone giants of Shen Mian Valley blasted to dust, leaving no trace,

Who else could emerge from there but Wang Zhe Sheng Di's intent manifestation?

Yet…

“Blood-red?”

Wang Zhe Sheng Di, descending from the heavenly ladder as a supreme being, how could he be made to bleed by mortals?

Unbelievable, but the evidence was clear.

Only then did everyone realize that Xu Xiaoshou, empowered by the Four Divine Pillars, truly had the qualification to dominate Wang Zhe Sheng Di.

And Wang Zhe Sheng Di's flight hadn't been one of the many self-justified excuses in their minds.

It was the only choice!

If he hadn't fled, if Xu Xiaoshou had caught him, he would have been obliterated on Void Island!

Under the full moon, atop the solitary tower,Xu Xiaoshou slowly raised his index finger, wagging it slowly before his face, back and forth…

He curled his lips and sneered:

“Wang Zhe, you're too weak.”

“Even your vanishing can't truly erase your trail—how dare you play at hiding in Xu Gate and make a fool of yourself?”

“Your stench is so obvious, cutting through Shen Mian Valley and Jue Jin Huo Yu, like a white-skinned pig dead for three days with no one to bury it. I don't even need to look; I can smell it…”

The trash talk kept coming.

Everyone listened to Xu Xiaoshou's arrogant words, hearts pounding with shock, yet he wasn't done.

Getting carried away, the figure on the solitary tower puffed out his chest and declared proudly: “If you're smart, crawl over and kneel before me, and I'll give you…”

Even the blood-red figure in Shen Mian Valley trembled slightly.

A gust of wind swept by, and the figure vanished.

In the skies above Jue Jin Huo Yu, within the fireball's wind core that held the vast white flames, a trace of consciousness awakened.

“Xu Xiaoshou…”

This voice, forcibly suppressing emotions and feigning calm, triggered rapid notifications:

“Locked on, passive value +1.”“Glared at, passive value +1.”“Ambushed, passive value +1.”

So, even a Sheng Di's mindset wasn't unshakeable; it just depended on the situation. Trash talk was useless when outmatched,but when on equal footing and met with endless banter, even saints were human and could feel rage.

Xu Xiaoshou laughed.

With his reactions amplified by the Four Divine Pillars, he easily spotted the awakening of Wang Zhe's power in the fireball's core—how could he not be on guard?

“What do you want?”

Xu Xiaoshou slanted his eyes, a ferocious smile on his face.

At that moment, the seven tree shadows behind him rustled, and azure chains flew from his hands. He opened his mouth and spat out a condensed black dragon pearl, laughing maniacally:

“I'll beat you senseless with just Jin Zhao's power!”

“You, Wang Zhe pig, how dare you approach when I, Xu, have the other three forces as more than decoration?”