Chapter 235: Yellow Sparrow in the Back

At the Tribulation Transcendence realm, cultivators who employ Mystic Arts will, to some extent, draw upon the power of heaven and earth, allowing their cultivation power to achieve a qualitative leap.

Even someone as powerful as Xu Yang couldn't help but slightly furrow his brows at this moment.

"Your Mystic Art is very powerful," Xu Yang said. "Once this move is successfully unleashed, anyone below the Tribulation Transcendence realm will be utterly annihilated."

Xu Yang spoke indifferently, yet not a trace of panic could be seen in his eyes.

"Hahahaha! Since you know how formidable it is, why don't you quickly kneel and beg for mercy?" the Shadow Asura taunted. "I am very merciful. As long as you kneel and call me 'Grandpa,' I will spare your life, allowing you to continue living a wretched existence."

The Shadow Asura began to play the role of the superior one, desperately trying to regain the presence he had lost. After all, throughout this confrontation, he had been on the defensive, taking hits, and had even sacrificed his demonic beast.

Having finally endured until now, the Shadow Asura could at last gloat. How could he possibly let such an opportunity slip away?

"Sorry, I haven't finished speaking," Xu Yang continued. "While this technique is incredibly powerful, during its activation, your soul power must remain 100% focused. This also means that if I successfully defend, or even launch a counterattack, you—having lost your trump card of the sacrificial demonic beast—will be utterly defenseless. Your soul body will suffer severe damage, and you will no longer have the chance to control this body."

The Asura's expression froze. Evidently, he hadn't expected that at such a critical juncture, Xu Yang could still so calmly analyze his weaknesses.

"Hmph, even if you're right, what then?" the Asura sneered. "Do you think you'll still have a chance to live?"

"Asura Path, Kill!!"

A piercing hum resonated!

The blood-red Asura behind him unleashed its most chilling and deadly killing intent!

In an instant, the two sword lights from the skull's eye sockets simultaneously merged into the main sword in its mouth below. The blade was like the world's most dazzling silver gem, so translucent it was breathtaking! This silver hue was the perfect fusion of the most terrifying murderous aura.

On the surface of the silver blade, Xu Yang's faint soul imprint gradually appeared. This was the crucial step for final target lock-on, a 100% lock-on. No matter how powerful the opponent, there was no possibility of evasion.

"Kill for me!!!"

The Asura's face turned ashen. As Xu Yang had said, while this profound murderous art indeed amplified its power to the extreme, capable of annihilating any opponent in the Tribulation Transcendence realm, similarly, this ultimate destructive power came at the cost of burning his soul power to its limit. Aside from this desperate, frantic strike, the Shadow Asura had no other choice.

The Empress clenched her hands into fists, helpless as she couldn't offer any assistance. With her strength at the Great Perfection of Primordial Spirit realm, simply being a spectator was already her limit.

If not for the Eternal Divine Sword protecting her, standing alone at the edge of this battlefield, she would have been torn to shreds by the reverberating waves of aura.

The moment the silver blade, representing the Asura Path's ultimate strike, flew out, Xu Yang finally made his move in response.

"My body is my path, my form and spirit are unhindered, creation is boundless—Tai Chi!"

A deep rumble reverberated...

Like a divine sound wave descending from an ancient deity, a wave of energy swept out. Xu Yang's physical body gradually etherealized, and behind him, an incomparably brilliant Tai Chi totem materialized. The totem's light was brighter than any he had manifested before, signifying the strongest strike Xu Yang could currently unleash!

The Tai Chi totem was originally a Dao trace law that Xu Yang had spontaneously evolved after entering the extreme realm, a power that transcended the continent's rules!

When all of his physical body's power merged into the Dao force, this Tai Chi totem finally became perfect and flawless.

The terrifying Tai Chi totem, with each complete rotation and evolution, would generate a wave of incredibly profound Dao aura, like a mountain carrying an ancient, unyielding, heavy pressure, moving towards its opponent.

"What!! This..."

As the terrifying aura drew nearer, the Shadow Asura's face turned pale with shock! Although his ultimate killing power hadn't yet reached its target, just the immense and vast aura of the totem alone caused the Shadow Asura to become disoriented.

Boom!!

The moment the silver blade struck the totem, this strike, capable of annihilating peak-level powerhouses, was like hitting a sponge, instantly becoming soft and transparent!

This totem gradually wore down and refined this power, using its unique, self-created laws to imperceptibly dismantle this irresistible ultimate killing force.

Yet, in front of this supreme silver blade, the Tai Chi totem remained completely unharmed. In other words, an opponent who hadn't reached the same true realm as Xu Yang had no possibility of resisting whatsoever when facing the perfect form of his Dao.

When the silver light blade completely shattered, and the blood-red skull behind him rapidly etherealized under the Dao force fluctuations of Xu Yang's Tai Chi totem, the Shadow Asura finally realized that compared to Xu Yang before him, he was not on the same level at all.

From the very beginning of this confrontation, the outcome had been without suspense!

It wasn't that he was giving his opponent a chance; rather, Xu Yang hadn't been serious at all!

When he did become serious, the word "suspense" would lose all meaning.

The Empress was utterly mesmerized...

This single battle alone made the name Xu Yang an irreplaceable monument in the Empress's life!

If, before, the Empress had merely felt a vague fondness for Xu Yang, then now, she had carved Xu Yang's name as an imprint onto the very core of her soul, allowing that name to become a true belief!!

Aargh!!

He spluttered...

Gushes of blood spurted out. The moment the blood-red skull completely vanished, the Shadow Asura lost all ability to defend himself. His soul power suffered unprecedented heavy damage, and he himself was sent flying backward directly into a pillar of the temple.

Rumble!

The temple's entrance completely collapsed. Inadvertently, it seemed to have triggered some hidden restriction within the temple gates.

But the collapsing rubble blocked the view of those outside. From Xu Yang and the Empress's perspective, they could only see large sections of obstruction crashing down.

In the void, Xu Yang's physical form gradually reappeared. His still imposing back seemed to carry a hint of weakness and solemnity.

While this Mystic Art was incredibly powerful and a true trump card Xu Yang rarely used, once activated, its toll on him was also evident.

"Shadow Asura, stop struggling," Xu Yang said. "If it hadn't been for you then, after the Qingtian Dao Sect slew the dragon, the outcome would have been vastly different. Heading towards annihilation is the fate you should have faced six thousand years ago. You've stayed in this world for far too long in vain; it's time for you to return to your destined path."

"You're spouting nonsense!" the Shadow Asura roared. "My destiny is my own! Why do I need you to tell me what to do? Just because you're stronger than me? I told you, even if I self-destruct, I won't let you, or Mu Qingtian, succeed! Hahahaha..."

"Self-destruct? You wish!"

Suddenly, an incredibly powerful grayish-white wave of energy erupted from within the temple, completely imprisoning the Shadow Asura and Mu Qingtian's shared physical body!