Chapter 1405: Bow Yang Mountain North Huai Exploding Juice, Famous Battle Suffers Torn Qilin

“Die…”

Echoes filled the sky, torn and shattered amid the storm.

Everyone was still reeling from the regret of the Bone Giant being sealed into the Chen Shi Zhi Tu, when the situation suddenly reversed!

The Bone Giant transformed into the Extreme Giant.

Tianzu Chijiao pressed down on Shengdi Qilin’s single horn with all his might, grinding it into the spatial fragments in a violent act of vengeance.

“This is…”

“The power of time?”

If someone had seen the earlier scene alone, they might think they had fallen under an illusion—the wall of giants was Xu Xiaoshou’s way of lulling the enemy into a false sense of security.

Yet, that moment was witnessed by an entire realm!

One person could be mistaken, but the memories of an entire realm couldn’t all be false, could they?

The only explanation was that fleeting glimpse of something resembling a time mystic array.

So, the question arose…

“Has Xiaoshou mastered the time mystic?”

Just how many hidden cards did this young man have that the world knew nothing about?

“Under suspicion, passive value: 9999.”

“Under shock, passive value: 9999.”

“Under fear, passive value: 9999.”

The information panel flooded the screen once again.

This time, Xu Xiaoshou didn’t dare to glance at it.

His counterattack against Tianzu Chijiao was already perfectly timed; Bei Huai had used the Five Realms of Emperors to block it, squeezing out every bit of time for a comeback.

If he let this opponent recover from the shock of the time force, what other tricks might he pull out to defend?

There was no time to delay!

No room to gamble!

“Die—”

The Extreme Giant’s eyes burned red.

With one strike, it smashed the defenseless Shengdi Qilin’s head slightly into its body.

“Crack, crack…”

The sound of bones exploding echoed relentlessly.

The void for miles around shattered like a mirror, bursting apart.

The entire mountain range where Gong Yang Shan stood suffered the full force of Tianzu Chijiao’s momentum—the already ruined twin peaks crumbled in an instant, turning to dust.

The high peaks sank a thousand zhang.

One palm strike brought devastation, wiping out all life.

The massive handprint left in the air above Gong Yang Shan would be etched in history, erasing every trace of life there.

“Hiss…”

The spectators nearby lost all signs of life.

Those who had already fled the battlefield, like Zhan Dao and Tai Xu, wiped away cold sweat in relief, counting themselves lucky.

When gods fight, mortals suffer.

A battle of Shengdi was never meant for Tai Xu to witness!

“Boom, boom, boom…”

In the dark, shattered spatial fragments.

Shengdi Qilin’s body was covered in cracks, flesh and blood silently spurting out, bursting through the fingers of Tianzu Chijiao.

It felt as if its head was restrained, its deep blue eyes on the verge of being crushed by that giant hand.

As an ancient sacred beast, it had never been outmatched in physical strength.

But now, weakened and bound, it was held by a single hand and pressed into the fragments.

This was an utter humiliation!

Yet… there were no ifs!

Weakness was weakness, and poor condition was poor condition.

Xu Xiaoshou, at the Wangzuo Dao realm, could glance at the Human Path and learn it, then display such power…

Weren’t those the very “ifs” no one considered before the battle?

Bei Huai didn’t dwell on what might have happened if he had prepared more, restoring Shengdi Qilin to its peak before facing Xu Xiaoshou.

After one misstep leading to capsizing, his divine soul aura surged explosively, igniting part of Shengdi Qilin’s divine soul at the fastest speed.

“Soul sacrifice!”

Sacrificing part of the soul to unleash potential and liberate peak power!

“Woo—”

The spatial fragments were soundless.

In that instant, Xu Xiaoshou felt a piercing shriek echo in his soul world.

With that sound, Shengdi Qilin’s body ignited in raging, youqing cold flames.

Its aura climbed steadily, as if restoring to its peak state.

“Obstinate fool!”

“The grace of Tianzu’s transformation is a gift, yet Bei Huai dares to resist?”

The Extreme Giant was anxious, unwilling to give any opportunity, daring not to give any.

Almost simultaneously with the soul sacrifice, its eyes flashed with ghostly light, locking onto Shengdi Qilin’s bulging eyes with soul reading.

“Boom!”

In a flash, Shengdi Qilin’s soul exploded with a massive roar, and the surging divine soul power on its body stalled.

Xu Xiaoshou was astonished.

During the soul reading, he saw two divine souls, two wills!

“Of course, Bei Huai is just possessing it, not fully erasing Shengdi Qilin’s will, so they’re in a symbiotic state…”

“But without a doubt, Bei Huai’s will is dominant; with a single thought from him, even sacrificing Shengdi Qilin’s soul, the latter can’t resist…”

“Both are Shengdi, so is Qilin truly willing to submit like this?”

Xu Xiaoshou wouldn’t dare read Bei Huai’s soul, even if it was just a remnant; he feared facing Bei Huai’s true form, which would mean certain death.

But Shengdi Qilin…

Recalling the shattered world earlier, where Qilin had clearly seen his alliance intent and desperately tried to dissuade him.

Yet he had stubbornly pressed on, like a fool, intent on luring Qilin into the Tian Shang First Tower.

Little did he know, this sacred beast was already in Bei Huai’s grasp!

From that attitude, it was clear… Shengdi Qilin was forced!

Ba Zun An’s idea wasn’t bad—maneuver a few times, and even if Qilin was under Bei Huai’s control, could they snatch it away?

Even if not, as long as they persuaded it to resist Bei Huai’s will at a critical moment.

Even if just for an instant!

He could seize that opportunity.

Could he truly slay the remnant of the Ten Zun Seat Shengdi Bei Huai at Gong Yang Shan and make a name for himself in one battle?

With that thought, he acted!

Xu Xiaoshou didn’t hesitate, splitting off a wisp of spiritual thought to read Shengdi Qilin’s memories, trying to touch its fragmented conscious world and communicate with Qilin’s independent will.

“Boom!”

His head suddenly spun.

This time, instead of the gentle “waves,” he was met with an endless tsunami of yinggui shrieks.

“Roar!”

“Eeee!”

“Silence—”

Ear-piercing cries stabbed like needles, piercing straight into his divine soul.

A dense cage of divine souls instantly captured the wisp of spiritual thought Xu Xiaoshou had sent out, even trying to latch onto his main soul.

“Under sneak attack, passive value: 1.”

Xu Xiaoshou realized he’d fallen into a trap, finally understanding he had been lured in!

That damned Bei Huai had set this up long ago, waiting for him to touch Shengdi Qilin’s soul again!

“Of course…”

“My Time Ancestor Shadow Staff carries the power of forgetting, and Bei Huai is just a remnant soul with limited power, which is why he fell for it the second time.”

“But ‘soul reading’ doesn’t have that effect! The first time was how I connected with Shengdi Qilin, and after Bei Huai possessed it, he knew everything, so how could he not be prepared?”

Like a lizard shedding its tail for survival.

Xu Xiaoshou didn’t hesitate, severing that wisp of spiritual thought.

He was truly furious, even turning his eyes into dark little swords, forming the Ghost Sword Technique to cut away the part of his soul already “contaminated” by Bei Huai.

“Hiss!”

The pain hit, making his heart clench.

Above the Extreme Giant’s head, a large section suddenly blackened.

His passive skills kicked in wildly, beginning to “convert” and repair the damaged part of his divine soul.

“Damn it! Damn it!”

After this disaster, Xu Xiaoshou’s attack not only failed to advance but was forcibly halted in the spatial fragments, sending chills down his spine.

Greed had led him astray!

Why had he been so greedy for that move?

His half-baked divine soul skills made him far too naive to bet that Bei Huai hadn’t fully controlled Shengdi Qilin. This Ten Zun Seat Bei Huai was unbearably tricky, the most vile opponent he’d ever faced… Xu Xiaoshou silently noted the lesson:

“The Ten Zun Seats are all scum, like meat buns fed to dogs—gone forever. Be careful, more careful, even more careful!”

“Heh…”

In his soul world, a contemptuous laugh seemed to echo.

When Tianzu Chijiao couldn’t erase Shengdi Qilin and the spatial fragments stalled, Bei Huai made his move.

His “soul sacrifice” was naturally infused with Shengdi’s guiding force, aiming to lure Xu Xiaoshou into seeking a counter with his soul-reading technique.

The trap left behind triggered perfectly.

“Young man, you’re indeed naively adorable.”

“If I couldn’t control Shengdi Qilin, would it be so desperate, letting me command it?”

“If I left such a huge gap for you to exploit, do you think you’d be the first to try?”

The Extreme Giant didn’t just suppress the “soul sacrifice”; instead, after a pause, it let Shengdi Qilin’s aura climb to its peak.

When Xu Xiaoshou severed his spiritual thought and soul, regaining his senses…

Shengdi Qilin was enveloped in Qinglong Wood element healing power, its wounds already mostly recovered.

It withstood Tianzu Chijiao’s hand, activating its sacred beast bloodline talent, its single horn radiating boundless light.

“Xuan Huang Zhu Shen Guang!”

“Bang, bang, bang…”

Explosions rang out continuously in the sky.

In the eyes of the world, the Extreme Giant was truly violent!

It pressed Shengdi Qilin’s head, slamming it into the spatial fragments.

Ancestral source power, layered with divine thoughts, ground away at the sacred beast’s flesh bit by bit, trying to obliterate it.

This move succeeded perfectly!

When Tianzu Chijiao’s palm sank into the spatial fragments, followed by its wrist, elbow, and even shoulder, it meant Shengdi Qilin had no power to resist.

The present world was about to witness a subversive drama: a Wangzuo Dao realm crushing a Shengdi’s true form.

But in just a short time…

The situation turned again!

“Boom!”

A earthy yellow divine light suddenly burst from the spatial fragments, shooting straight into the sky.

Looking closely, that divine light pierced through Tianzu Chijiao’s palm, bored through the Extreme Giant’s chest, and exploded out its back!

“This…”

This strike was utterly mind-blowing.

“The younger generation is still just that—juniors?”

“Xu Xiaoshou reversing the giant wall with time power was already his limit; Shengdi Qilin has a trump card to break his force!”

Boom, boom, boom!

The Extreme Giant recoiled from the force, retreating step by step.

Its hand was blasted out of the spatial fragments.

The first step back was small, retreating from Gong Yang Shan to tens of thousands of li away; the second stepped out of the battlefield entirely.

The third, feeling a massive force explode inside, nearly flipped all his power, retreating to the edge of Qilin Realm, almost stepping into another realm.

“Under fright, passive value: 1.”

Sensing the rapidly healing hole in Tianzu Chijiao’s hand, Xu Xiaoshou was stunned.

Truly stunned!

Was this the power of Shengdi Qilin’s true form?

That desperate strike actually shattered the defense of the Extreme Giant, Tianzu body, and layered divine thoughts combined?

“That divine light must have strength not inferior to the combined energy of my Four God Pillars…”

“Its intensity is unparalleled!”

Xu Xiaoshou was repelled but not defeated.

Instead, the primal wild beast nature of the Mad Giant and Extreme Giant’s first and second awakenings was fully ignited by the pain.

“Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle…”

On the Extreme Giant’s other arm, scorched flesh regenerated, withered blackness spread, and Dao principles churned, withering away.

Sleeveless Tianzu Chijiao Hand!

“Rumble…”

At the same time, the knee-high Shengdi Qilin shot out from the spatial fragments.

Its single horn condensed divine light again, empowered by the soul sacrifice, launching a second killing strike, pressing the advantage.

“Block it for me…”

The Extreme Giant let out a mournful cry, seeming somewhat desperate yet helpless, forced to block head-on.

There was no time to dodge!

The two Tianzu Chijiao Hands braced themselves, crossing to block the single horn and divine light.

But Xu Xiaoshou wasn’t just waiting to be hit.

Immovable Ming Wang!

Activate!!!

“Boom—”

Shengdi Qilin’s second divine light, boosted by the soul sacrifice to briefly reach high Shengdi power, should have easily pierced the Extreme Giant’s block.

Yet, upon touching the faint golden light on the Extreme Giant, it hesitated for a moment.

Just that moment!

“Bang, bang, bang…”

The divine light pierced through, and the Extreme Giant retreated three steps again.

Shengdi Qilin, however, exploded with blood flowers all over, its Qilin blood splattering across Qilin Realm.

Its massive body, like a ball, was blasted backward by the recoil.

“Impossible!”

“How is this possible?”

Bei Huai’s remnant was briefly dazed by the blast.

He couldn’t make out what defensive technique this was!

In that instant of clash, there was no aura of “power” that made his heart race, prompting a timely retreat.

But its strength…

This wasn’t just a technique, not even a Shengdi one—it was a divine skill!

“Why…”

“Why did my strike, which clearly broke the giant’s defense, still cause the same backlash as ‘Xuan Huang Zhu Shen Guang’?”

In Bei Huai’s plan, two divine lights would have left the Extreme Giant weakened.

Even with its Tianzu inheritance!

Even with that red Taotie beast head that could devour energy attacks!

Xuan Huang Zhu Shen Guang’s intensity was too refined; the Tianzu inheritance plus the Taotie head couldn’t absorb it all at once, so it had to tank it.

Next, the heavily injured Extreme Giant could be easily taken down.

Bei Huai wasn’t like Xu Xiaoshou; he wouldn’t naively step on an enemy’s trap.

He could follow up move by move, linking them seamlessly, wearing down the Extreme Giant bit by bit until it was reduced to nothing.

But that backlash, that golden light, shattered all of Bei Huai’s illusions!

The Extreme Giant withstood the two divine light attacks without dying, thanks to its fully formed passive skills.

Shengdi Qilin was already in poor condition; the soul sacrifice was for a burst of power, like draining a pond to catch fish.

Now, in its weakened state, suffering from its own Xuan Huang Zhu Shen Guang’s backlash, how could it fight on?

“Ha ha ha ha…”

The Extreme Giant laughed wildly, the earlier helplessness vanishing, his laughter full of mockery:

“Bei Huai, you fool, you fell for it!”

“You set such a vicious trap for me, making me take a hard counterattack; I have to admit, you’re truly insidious!”

“But you were too greedy!”

The Extreme Giant was actually exhausted, his state plummeting to the bottom.

Xu Xiaoshou even wanted to turn off Shen Min Moment, fearing he’d lose his mind if he did.

The battle had dragged on too long; he couldn’t handle the consumption anymore, feeling his eyelids heavy, on the verge of sleep.

He was holding on purely by sheer will, unyielding thoughts, and the Human Path constantly drawing world power to replenish his deficits.

Even so, he was faltering.

Without having learned Shen Yi’s ancient martial Six Paths earlier, he would have collapsed midway.

But he couldn’t let Bei Huai see any sign of weakness; he feared a reversal!

He desperately squeezed the last bit of Tianzu power from the dragon pearl and ignited his own potential just to stay conscious!

He extended the giant’s hand…

While maintaining a mocking demeanor, he mobilized his barely responsive, heavy hands forward for a slap.

The Shengdi Qilin, thrown like a ball, was like Sun Wukong forever unable to escape the Buddha’s palm, flying endlessly within the Extreme Giant’s reach.

When the Extreme Giant clasped its hands together, Shengdi Qilin was like a mosquito, squished with a smack in its palm.

“Squish…”

Blood and juices sprayed.

Qilin burst apart, truly exploding wildly!

Its cracked body lost control, even more weakened after the soul sacrifice.

Under the Extreme Giant’s clasped hands, everyone in Qilin Realm heard the sound of “Bei Huai bursting.”

“I…”

The remnant Bei Huai, hit by the Xuan Huang Zhu Shen Guang’s backlash, was stunned for a full three breaths before regaining his senses.

In that moment, under Shen Yi’s strike, he too shed his tail for survival, his flaws fully exposed with only the remnant soul left to possess Qilin!

—The remaining soul power wasn’t enough for him to wake quickly from such heavy damage.

“Why bother?”

“I said, why force my hand?”

The Extreme Giant ground Shengdi Qilin in its hands, still mockingly sighing—to catch his breath and gather a bit more strength.

He could feel that even after the Xuan Huang Zhu Shen Guang’s backlash, Shengdi’s true form still had its toughness.

Incredibly tough!

Tougher than Xu Xiaoshou’s bones or mouth!

At least…

If it were something else, the Extreme Giant’s clasp would have exploded it to nothing, not just juices.

But Shengdi Qilin endured it.

This physical strength was unmatched!

Yet, that was all…

The “Immovable Ming Wang” turned passivity into activity, perfectly embodying the essence of passive skills.

Xu Xiaoshou was physically exhausted but mentally thrilled.

Never before had he felt the first awakening’s “Immovable Ming Wang” so effective, even surpassing the second awakening’s Extreme Giant or Legacy of Solitude!

That backlash affecting both enemy and self was the core of “Immovable Ming Wang, striking like thunder”!

Now, with Qilin in his grasp and Bei Huai backlashed, he truly realized that no passive or awakening skill was weak—it was all about how you used it.

“You shouldn’t have been greedy.”

“My lesson is your warning.”

“Hah! How dare you be greedy for a second move? Did you really think I, Xu Xiaoshou, was out of options?!”

The Extreme Giant murmured, and with the last word rising in pitch, his hands erupted with endless power, golden light exploding, his stance even more explosive!

—The giant’s hands, each grabbing half, separated Shengdi Qilin’s head and body, like twisting a small lobster.

Before the force was applied, spectators below felt their scalps tingle, as if foreseeing a bloody scene.

“Isn’t this…?”

“No way, right?”

“Has he gone mad! Xiaoshou, has he lost it? What’s he trying to do? This pose…”

Not just in Qilin Realm.

In the Four Symbols Secret Realm, those witnessing this shivered, their backs turning cold.

The massive Shengdi Qilin was huge, but in the Extreme Giant’s hands, it looked like a dead dog, utterly powerless!

“Xu Xiaoshou…”

Yu Zhiwen turned away, unable to watch.

But recalling how Bei Huai had earlier formed a divine soul hand, mercilessly striking at her to kill…

Yu Zhiwen gripped her star disc tightly, turning her head but not taking her eyes off the screen for a second.

People live for their pride.

Fish are the same; they get angry too!

“Xu Xiaoshou…”

“Don’t let him go…”

In the battle, a sudden change occurred.

Just as everyone thought Shengdi Qilin had no way to fight back.

With Qilin’s lips slightly parted under the giant’s force, a dark green ghostly light suddenly shot out, aiming for the Extreme Giant’s head.

“Scattered Soul Nail!”

It was a nail.

Also a divine soul artifact.

More so, one listed on the ancient lost artifacts, long extinct.

It wasn’t Bei Huai’s remnant possession, nor worthy of being refined into a contract.

It was placed in Shengdi Qilin’s soul beforehand, as a precaution even if unused.

Unexpectedly, it was now used against a Wangzuo Dao realm opponent.

“Watch out!”

In the Four Symbols Secret Realm, Yu Zhiwen blurted out.

Her reaction was slow; by the time the sneaky ghostly light hit the giant, she realized the danger, but quickly blushed and fell silent, pretending she hadn’t spoken.

Luckily, everyone’s focus was on the fight, no one noticing this outsider…

Xu Xiaoshou couldn’t hear that warning.

But the Extreme Giant’s head tilted slightly as the Scattered Soul Nail shot toward it.

The world fell silent in that moment.

The nail grazed the corner of his divine soul, scraping past his cheek and leaving a small wound.

It wasn’t a direct hit.

It was the fierce wind from the strike that injured his divine soul, which was already fragile.

Thus, a black scar appeared on the Extreme Giant’s face, the manifestation of soul damage on the flesh.

Xu Xiaoshou laughed.

He had Shen Min Moment active!

He’d been tricked once before!

When the Scattered Soul Nail shot out, the information panel didn’t even show “under sneak attack,” showing just how cautious Xu Xiaoshou was.

He figured that a Ten Zun Seat Shengdi Bei Huai, even at his end, should have a way to drag his enemy down with him.

—How could he not guard against it?

“Just this?”

“Just this, just this, just this?”

The Extreme Giant exerted force with both hands, and before anyone could react to his evasion, he tore in opposite directions.

“If that’s all, then today, I shall tear apart the Qilin and slay the Shengdi!!!”

With a rip, blood splattered, flesh and bones disintegrated.

Shengdi Qilin, like a delicious small lobster, its scales unable to withstand the brute force, was twisted by the Extreme Giant and ripped in two…

Head and body separated!

Thank you, Guess Um Big Boss, for the 20,000 reward to Little Fish; Little Fish’s character has now been promoted to a fifth-tier star. Um, come out and thank them yourself!

Yu Zhiwen: “This humble girl thanks you again…”

Thank you, Regardless Big Boss, for the 10,000 reward; this is for the book. Um, then you come out and thank them briefly, don’t scare anyone.

Wu Deng: “Uh, thanks… but can I really come out?”

(End of chapter)