Chapter 610: Culpa Propria

The Grand Elder was consumed by a holy rage. In the next instant, his silver hair billowed in the wind, and his eyes turned a cruel crimson. The primal energy bursting from him grew wildly, seemingly without limit.

"Boss, be careful! This guy seems to be going berserk!"

Xu Yang sneered. "I can guess why he's doing this. He's probably burning all the accumulated power from the so-called food he's consumed over countless years, unleashing it in one move. The power he now possesses has almost exceeded his limits of control! If he succeeds in this battle and kills me, he might be able to replenish his depleted essence by devouring my life force. But if he fails, he will soon fall on his own!"

Having completely seen through his opponent's strategy and thoughts, Xu Yang felt even less anxious. He didn't immediately deploy any defensive measures with the Asura Divine Sword in his hand, merely waiting calmly for his opponent to attack.

"I'll tear you apart!" The Grand Elder snarled these words. Then, with a hideous sneer, he transformed into a streak of bloody light and instantly charged towards Xu Yang.

Embarrassingly, in the very next instant, the Grand Elder, who had charged recklessly, discovered that the person he had locked onto was not Xu Yang at all, but rather the Second Elder, whom he had just utterly annihilated!

"Brother, how could you be so cruel as to kill your own sibling?!"

The Grand Elder, surprisingly, responded self-righteously: "You must understand this principle: when the nest is overturned, no eggs remain unbroken. Keeping a useless person like you would actually weaken our fighting strength. But if all your power is concentrated within me, I alone can exert more fighting strength than the combined efforts of both of us. Tell me, is such a decision right or wrong?"

The Grand Elder's words sounded plausible enough, but in truth, if he were to switch places with the Second Elder, it's certain the Grand Elder would never have made such a choice himself.

"Stop making excuses for your selfishness. Look into my eyes and tell me, do you deserve to die?"

In the Grand Elder's eyes, Xu Yang now appeared precisely as the Second Elder. Xu Yang was clearly using this method to stir the Grand Elder's inner demons, causing his already-unstable, berserk battle state to completely collapse.

It's important to remember that every being, even a true god, has a limit to the power they can contain. At this moment, the Grand Elder was like a balloon inflated to its maximum, desperately needing to release its excess energy. If he continued to inflate, the only outcome would be self-destruction.

Of course, if he were allowed to find an outlet and unleash all the terrifying power within him, that would undoubtedly be an unimaginable catastrophe!

Xu Yang used this method to cause the Grand Elder's soul and body to fall out of sync, thereby achieving the perfect effect of self-destruction without a direct fight.

"Brother! Give up your power! There's still time. If you continue down this path of delusion, you will lose everything!"

Xu Yang continued to admonish the Grand Elder in the Second Elder's voice. However, the Grand Elder had already stepped onto a path of no return.

"Hahaha, I will slaughter everyone here and devour them whole! I will become the undisputed top figure below Lord Zi Jun, the true second-in-command of this Wicked Spirit Gorge!"

The Grand Elder's eyes were bloodshot. Every muscle and vein in his body began to swell rapidly and uncontrollably. The void around him also began to tremble as his unleashed power grew stronger! It was as if even this patch of void was on the verge of collapsing at any moment.

"My heavens, look at how powerful this guy's energy has become! Even the void is twisting, and the very path of light has changed because of it!"

Faintly, the Grand Elder stood proudly at the peak of the void, as if he were a second crimson sun. Endless black halos rippled around his body, perfect proof that the utterly distorted void had devoured the light.

The continuous energy outburst continued to vent, and the Grand Elder's furious roars never ceased.

Unbeknownst to him, his soul's intensity had reached its absolute limit at that moment, on the verge of collapse at any second.

"It seems you've reached your limit. Allow me to help you one last time."

Xu Yang once again gripped the Asura Divine Sword. He gently wiped the gleaming silver blade with two fingers, and a trail of blood inadvertently stained the sharp blade.

"Sword Roar, Wrath of the Moon God!"

In an instant, a supremely powerful giant totem rapidly materialized from the center of the silver-glowing moon silhouette behind Xu Yang. This figure held none other than the Asura Divine Sword.

Finally, the moment Xu Yang swung the divine artifact in his hand, the sword gleam in the giant's hand within the moon disc also soared into the sky. Two moon sword trails merged into one in mid-air, unleashing an unprecedented world-piercing sword strike!

With a roar in mid-air, Xu Yang's pupils instantly turned a pure azure, and the power of the Sea God was also activated at that very moment.

In a trance, behind this sword's power, endless rolling waves surged forth. It turned out that Xu Yang had incorporated his insights gained from comprehending the mysteries of the Sea God's domain into his sword mastery.

The Wrath of the Moon God was the incredibly violent killing sword that Xu Yang had created by combining it with the Sea God's domain!

Compared to the power of infinitely stacking sword blades using the "Sleeve Cosmos" method, the Wrath of the Moon God, infused with the Sea God's domain, was an entirely different method of wielding the sword. It channeled an endless, surging power, like relentless waves, into the sword qi itself, allowing the strike to unleash a continuously ferocious and condensed sword force.

If the Sleeve Cosmos method interpreted the explosive power of swordsmanship to its extreme, then the current Wrath of the Moon God demonstrated a profound, unadorned sword realm, perfectly aligning with the characteristics of the Sea God's domain.

This sword strike, when unleashed, did not possess the overwhelming, domineering aura one might expect. Instead, it was like an endless, surging river, continuously washing towards the Grand Elder, and even assimilating the trembling power of the void around his body. The sensation was like a dark cloud obscuring the scorching sun, a vast shadow gradually enveloping the Grand Elder, filling his already strained heart with immense fear.

Thump! Xu Yang's Asura Divine Sword finally touched the Grand Elder's incredibly thick protective aura. The blade's continuously surging power pierced inwards, gradually cracking the barrier of protective aura, and bringing the Grand Elder to a state of true despair.