Chapter 14536 Slaying the High Priest
Chapter 14536 Slaying the High Priest
Beneath the base of this statue of the God of War, led by the "High Priest of the Oracle" of the Holy Temple whom they had met once before, about a hundred core Holy Temple experts, whose auras were condensed and whose strength was at least at the peak of the Star River Realm, were already on high alert.
The high priest, his hair and beard bristling, pointed his scepter at Ling Xiao, his voice booming with fury: "Blasphemer, Ling Xiao! How dare you trespass into the abode of the gods! This crime deserves ten thousand deaths! Kneel down now..."
"kill!"
Ling Xiao didn't bother listening to the other party's polite words. He coldly uttered a single word, and his figure merged with the two swords in his hands, transforming into a beam of death that tore through the clouds, aiming straight for the High Priest's brow! Capture the leader first to catch the thief!
"Arrogant!" the high priest roared, his left hand rapidly drawing in front of him, and a "Barrier of Holy Words" composed of countless golden divine runes instantly took shape, shining brightly and indestructible.
The sword arrives!
Boom!
The sacred barrier trembled violently, its surface cracking with a dense, spiderweb-like pattern! The High Priest's pupils constricted, clearly underestimating the sharpness of this sword strike. Before he could reinforce his defenses, Ling Xiao's second sword, like a shadow, followed closely, carrying even more violent power of heavenly lightning and fire, slashing down once more!
The barrier finally succumbed to the pressure and shattered into countless points of light! But in the instant the barrier shattered, dozens of jet-black "binding chains," exuding an aura of decay and sealing, emerged from the void like venomous snakes, instantly coiling around Ling Xiao's limbs and torso! Strange runes on the chains lit up, frantically devouring his life force and spiritual power, and excruciating pain shot through him.
"A mere trick!" Ling Xiao's eyes flashed, his blood surged, a golden-red dragon shadow flashed by, and his boundless blood power erupted, while his two swords drew a perfect arc.
scoff!
All the chains binding the gods snapped instantly! However, taking advantage of this moment, the high priest had already retreated a hundred feet away, raised his scepter high, and chanted an ancient incantation.
In an instant, the sky changed color, and countless house-sized orbs of lightning, burning with pale flames, rained down on Ling Xiao and the Batian Empire's forces behind him! An area-of-effect attack, intended to disrupt their formation.
"Scatter! Break the spell!" Ling Xiao shouted sharply, and with a flick of his fingers, his two swords flew out of his hands, transforming into two dragon-like sword lights that weaved and annihilated the fire rain. Wherever the sword lights passed, the lightning orbs were annihilated.
But the High Priest's next move came immediately! Before the thunder subsided, dozens of strange runes, no bigger than a fingernail but as white as snow, silently pierced through space and appeared within three feet of Ling Xiao!
Before the runes even arrived, the purest and most holy Daoist aura had already silently turned the space around Lingxiao into a pristine white void!
Danger! Extreme danger!
Ling Xiao's hair stood on end, and he dared not hold back in the slightest.
"Destroy!"
The deep voice seemed to resonate with the Great Dao. He moved with his sword, becoming one with it, transforming into a "mark" that seemed to transcend the concepts of time and space. There was no dazzling light, no grand momentum, only a trace where "existence" itself had been erased.
As that "mark" swept past, all the holy runes, along with the holy laws they carried, vanished completely as if they had never existed.
At the very instant Ling Xiao's figure vanished from the spot, the high priest in the distance paled in shock, sensing a deadly lock-on! He roared and slammed his scepter into the clouds before him. The blue divine stone embedded at the top of the scepter burst forth with dazzling light, forming a "Vast Ocean Shield" that shimmered with the phantom of the ocean.
Sword marks appeared.
laugh--!
The Vast Ocean Divine Shield couldn't withstand it for even a moment, and was directly "splittered" in the middle, the divine stone shattering with a mournful cry! The High Priest screamed, his physical body disintegrating and crumbling inch by inch under the unparalleled sword intent, leaving only a slightly illusory, horrified soul body that retreated rapidly.
However, where Ling Xiao had stood, a pure and flawless "purifying white flame" that exuded the aura of burning everything suddenly exploded! This was the High Priest's natal divine fire, which he ignited at the cost of shattering his physical body!
boom!
Although Ling Xiao managed to protect himself with his sword energy and retreat in time, he was still struck by the extreme heat at the edge of the explosion.
He grunted and retreated a hundred feet before regaining his balance. Looking down, he saw that the skin on his arms and chest was charred black and red, and even made a slight "sizzling" sound, as if he was about to be roasted!
A piercing pain shot through him, and even more terrifying, a domineering fire poison was frantically eroding his meridians and internal organs, causing his life force to rapidly ebb away.
The power of this divine fire far exceeded expectations, and even his powerful physical body at the peak of the Star River Realm was almost destroyed!
However, it's not a big problem.
He controls the Five Elements and possesses the Five Elements Dragon Souls; the mere Sacred Flame is nothing more than that.
Just swallow it!
As the dragon's roar resounded, a fire dragon rolled and completely swallowed the scorching energy.
"Phew..." Ling Xiao let out a long breath, feeling the rapid recovery of his life force, still shaken.
With his injuries stabilized, Ling Xiao's icy gaze immediately locked onto the High Priest of the Oracle, who was now just a soul surrounded and protected by countless pure white runes in the distance. Although his sword strike had not been entirely successful, it had still severed the High Priest's physical body and severely damaged his foundation.
"It's time to end this." Ling Xiao flipped his palm, and the God-Slaying Sword, specifically designed to suppress soul forms, leaped into his hand. The sword trembled slightly, emitting a yearning hum. He moved again! The sword was drawn silently, aimed directly at the very source of the soul!
The High Priest's soul roared, and the pure white runes surrounding him transformed into holy light that swept towards Lingxiao. Each rune was enough to destroy a galaxy and a powerful being.
However, how could such a mere resistance possibly stop Ling Xiao!
He vanished from his spot in an instant, having activated a short-range teleportation array, and arrived at the high priest's feet, piercing the high priest's soul with a single sword strike.
laugh!
A barely perceptible soft sound. Ling Xiao's figure appeared in the High Priest's original position, slowly sheathing his sword.
A hundred feet away, the high priest's soul was frozen in place, a semi-transparent God-Slaying Sword splitting his soul in two, the blade greedily devouring his pure and powerful soul essence.
"Why...?" The high priest's eyes were filled with confusion and disbelief. He prided himself on having cultivated his soul to the highest level. Even if his physical body was destroyed, his soul would still have considerable combat power. How could he be so vulnerable under this sword? His consciousness rapidly dissipated.
After devouring the high priest's soul, Ling Xiao felt that his martial spirit had become much stronger, especially the Bloodthirsty Blade Soul and the God-Slaying Sword Soul, which had reached the strength of Star River Realm divine weapons. He no longer needed to force himself to use the unsuitable Demon Lord Black Sky Sword and Xuan Snake Poison Sky Sword.
He raised his eyes and surveyed the entire scene. Without the High Priest as their core commander, the Holy Temple's powerful warriors, though still fierce, had clearly fallen into a disadvantageous position under the orderly encirclement and coordinated attack of the Overlord Empire and its allied forces. Defeat was only a matter of time.
Ling Xiao ignored the battle on the periphery and turned his gaze to the magnificent golden main hall, silent yet filled with an unsettling atmosphere. The source of that dangerous aura, which even his Heavenly Dao Realm spiritual senses had detected, lay within it.
He strode toward the palace gate.
