The crimson boulder rolled, with sharp protrusions and constantly falling debris, crashing with a thunderous roar onto the golden barrier in front of the Sacred Dance.
A deafening explosion burst forth.
The boulder fragmented into dozens of pieces, scattering into the air.
And the Sacred Dance was also knocked back several meters, all three heads simultaneously bleeding from the nose and mouth, a heavy dizziness surfacing.
"You....!" She looked up, raising one hand abruptly.
With a whoosh, a new sheet of golden light fell again.
But it was already too late.
Yue Dewen’s silhouette had vanished from sight.
The golden light fell in front of the Sacred Dance, forming a square barrier. But this barrier could only block enemies from the front.
The reflection on the barrier surface instantly mirrored the image behind Sacred Dance.
Her expression changed, and her rear arms reached into the void again, grabbing two blue lightning arrows to throw backward.
Unfortunately, the two electric lights missed instantly.
Yue Dewen had already reached her back at some unknown time, deftly evading the electric light.
In a flash, the disc behind him turned again, landing on the Spirit Gathering Talisman symbols.
The symbols lit up with white light, abruptly releasing an invisible transparent wave that struck the faces of the Sacred Dance’s three heads in the blink of an eye.
Ah!!!
Her eyeballs throbbed with pain, all six eyes simultaneously dimmed, losing sight.
A serpent-like shadow with a human face slowly coiled around her.
That was the Night’s Phantom Eye God representing the Spirit Gathering Talisman.
In a panic, Sacred Dance’s six arms flailed randomly, streaks of golden light flying down, transforming into golden blades that cut into the high platform.
Shhhhhh!
In a short time, dozens of golden barriers fell from the ends of the steps, deeply piercing the high platform.
But no matter how she countered, not one golden barrier could hit Yue Dewen.
"It’s time to end this." Yue Dewen’s form flickered, suppressing the iron-tinged bloody water at his throat, raising his hand forward.
At this moment, the dark golden disc behind him spun again, stopping at the Soul-Stabilizing Talisman.
A being covered in white bone spurs, like long arms and legs draped in white feathers, a faceless giant’s shadow appeared instantly behind him.
The faceless giant raised its hand simultaneously, its arm shadow subtly overlapping with Yue Dewen, together aiming at the golden visage between Sacred Dance’s chest and abdomen.
Shhh!
The sharp white fingertip touched Sacred Dance’s chest first.
Just then, a curtain of blue light appeared from nowhere, perfectly separating the two.
The water curtain only persisted for a moment before shattering.
The fingertip’s remnants still struck in front of the Sacred Dance. But it was no longer fatal, just cracking the golden visage.
At the same time, Sacred Dance’s body also manifested numerous fissures, evidently showing that the golden visage was her true essence.
She retreated awkwardly, her eyes losing vision constantly glancing around, arcs of blue electricity intermittently flowing and flickering on her body, attempting to restore her damaged eyes.
"This is not your power!!" Sacred Dance’s three-tiered voice overlapped with a hint of anger and madness.
"Of course not." Yue Dewen was somewhat surprised that the previous attack hadn’t killed her, "This is the collective force of all the rebels."
He stepped forward again. Behind him, the dark golden disc started spinning in succession.
Simultaneously, the Morning Energy Talisman and Soul-Stabilizing Talisman lit up.
Masses of white energy gushed from his body, faintly revealing a serpent-like human face shadow swimming slowly within.
"Go!"
Whoosh!
White energy completely enveloped the entire high platform, spreading towards Sacred Dance.
Such widespread attacks would never have overwhelmed Sacred Dance before. But now, her mask damaged, the borrowed divine power significantly diminished.
Facing the white energy shrouded in shadows, she retreated continuously.
Though she couldn’t see anything, she sensed the impending danger.
She was even somewhat unable to comprehend how, without the Descent of the God, just relying on an ultimate mode, her opponent was completely overpowering her!
Incomprehensible!
Unacceptable!!
Step by step, Sacred Dance retreated, crunch.
Her long serpent tail had already reached the edge of the platform, squeezing small broken stones to fall off.
"Why....!!?"
"Why could mere humans still resist the blood of my heavens!? I am the representative of the supreme god!!"
Yue Dewen remained silent, his form fast-paced in the white smoke, closing in on Sacred Dance.
"My power is the strongest!!"
Suddenly, Sacred Dance roared, lunging fiercely, rushing towards him.
Numerous blue electric lights on her body erupted dazzlingly, radiantly blinding.
Where the blue light touched, everything swiftly transformed into gray, converted into a special petrification.
Yue Dewen raised his head, three symbols on the disc behind him lit up simultaneously.
White energy, flames, black shadows, these three mixed and formed a spherical entity, crashing towards Sacred Dance.
The tricolor sphere first collided with the blue lightning arc, white energy, and flames simultaneously melting, neutralizing the blue lightning arc.
The remaining black shadow soared silently, pouncing towards the already defenseless Sacred Dance’s chest.
"Stop."
Suddenly, a semi-transparent figure instantly appeared from Sacred Dance’s side, raising a hand to block.
Clang!!
The black shadow cast by Yue Dewen instantly collapsed.
"Stop here."
The shadow gently walked in front of Sacred Dance, shielding her.
The person had long hair obscured with white, aged features, two eyes flashing faint blue light. Wearing a blue robe with golden trim, the standard attire of the Spirit Flying Church’s three major figures.
"You really came." Yue Dewen’s expression returned to calm.
"Since knowing you would come, how could I not be here?" The old man smiled slightly. He was indeed one of the Spirit Flying Church’s three giants, the Sacred Tour.
"Then, let’s start the second round."
The Holy Observer’s eyes gleamed with a profound meaning, and his figure instantly retreated, merging into Sacred Dance’s body in the blink of an eye.
Boom!!!
In an instant, a vast expanse of blinding blue light erupted from Sacred Dance’s body.
The blue light transformed into streams of electric currents, densely scattering and exploding around.
At this moment, the concentration and brightness of the blue light were obviously much stronger than what Sacred Dance had previously released.
Sacred Dance’s entire body momentarily blurred in the blue electric light, and when it became clear again, the figure had once more grown taller, reaching eight meters!
The golden mask between its chest and abdomen had moved upward, transforming into three to cover the three faces of its three-headed six-armed form.
"Kill!!"
Swish!
The figure flickered beneath.
Sacred Dance’s speed increased dramatically, suddenly vanishing from the spot and charging toward Yue Dewen.
Bang!!
In an instant, their palms intertwined, clashing in dozens of moves.
The dense blue light and white aura erupted and splattered again.
The disk behind Yue Dewen spun frequently, with flames, white smoke, dark shadows, and intangible waves—various Divine Buddha Powers—constantly alternating and combining to shoot out.
But regardless of what kind of power he exerted, it was instantly shattered by the intense blue electric light opposite him.
"How long can you hold on!?"
Sacred Dance leaped, and blue-gold lightning arrows appeared along its six arms.
Whoosh!!
Streaks of blue-gold electric light descended, bombarding the position where Yue Dewen was.
"I’ll hold on until I kill you!!"
Blood began to seep from the corners of Yue Dewen’s eyes, mouth, and nose.
But paying no heed, four types of talisman patterns lit up on the disk behind him simultaneously. Even five types of patterns.
The power of different Divine Buddhas condensed before him into a chaotic colorful smoke cloud, blocking the descending blue-gold electric light.
"You still don’t understand?" the Holy Observer laughed, "The one battling you here is merely a projection of my phantom. Even if you kill Sacred Dance, so what? As long as I remain, you cannot stop anything!"
The Holy Observer’s phantom slowly emerged behind Sacred Dance.
"We’ll talk after I kill you!!" Yue Dewen’s face turned dark red, as he spread his arms.
Numerous chaotic colorful smoke clouds surged out rapidly, spreading and transforming into a colorful smoke dragon, rising into the sky.
At the same time, all the talisman patterns on the dark-gold disk behind him lit with white light.
"Heaven and Earth Chaos!! Open!!"
With a fierce shout, the blood in his mouth could no longer be held back and sprayed out.
The colorful smoke dragon ascended into the sky, its massive five-meter-thick body reaching Sacred Dance in an instant upon its emergence.
Its speed rivaled the speed of light, striking directly against the three heads of Sacred Dance.
Boom!!
The colorful cloud exploded, completely enveloping it within.
Everything returned to calm.
Yue Dewen coughed violently, wiping away the blood at the corner of his mouth, and the dark-gold disk behind him faintly showed cracks.
His gaze was calm, watching as a fragment of the golden mask fell from the cloud, landing on the platform surface.
Plop.
The piece, only half the size of a palm, fell to the ground, bounced a few times, and came to a stop.
"You think you’ve won?"
Suddenly, the remaining half of the lips on the fragment opened again, making a sound.
Yue Dewen suddenly froze, his eyes focused, the disk behind him lit up again, as countless colorful smoke clouds encircled him protectively.
Simultaneously, in an instant, the pieces of the golden mask swiftly reformed, growing as if alive, replicating until in a blink it returned to a complete mask.
Beneath the mask, a new head grew, then the neck and body.
In just a blink, the blue-gold electric light flashed again. Sacred Dance’s complete form was restored, intact as before.
However, this time, the middle head of Sacred Dance no longer bore a golden mask but instead had the elderly face of the Holy Observer.
"Now.... can you still defeat me?" he smiled, flying towards Yue Dewen in mid-air.
"....." Yue Dewen’s expression was calm; he had already used his strength too many times.
The gathering power was becoming stronger and more abundant.
His arrangements by the Confucian Church had also been destroyed. He could feel that the power was continuously surging into his body at a much faster pace than before.
Now, his power was still rapidly skyrocketing.
But such power was becoming unbearable for him.
"Did you know?" he suddenly said.
"There are twelve kinds of Divine Buddha Power residing within me, and it wasn’t for augment and strengthen me."
Step by step, he moved forward, the chaotic colorful smoke clouds on him gradually faded in color, transforming into the original pure white.
"This Primordial Dao Disc behind me, from the very start, was meant to suppress my overly mighty power...."
"They.... have always been helping me.... helping me restrain myself."
The smile on the Holy Observer’s face slightly froze.
He sensed that a force far purer than before, an intangible force, was flooding into Yue Dewen’s body from all sides.
That force surpassed even Damir’s of old...
No.....!
The intensity of this force.... had far exceeded Damir!
"But unfortunately.... you’ll have to die." The Holy Observer’s eyes showed shock and regret.
Crack...
The disk behind Yue Dewen cracked again with more lines.
But he seemed to not hear it.
"In life, we are but mayflies between heaven and earth, with life and death following the heart, all for leaving behind a trace of one’s own in this world."
"I, Yue Dewen, have cultivated for a hundred years, always diligent and devoted to virtue, without regrets."
"Just, if future generations ever speak of me again, one wonders how they’ll pen it...."
His expression slowly became calm. The cracks on the disk behind him increased.