The ruins were filled with an eerie aura.
The unsettling power lingered in the air.
Lin Tong stomped on the rolling head of Ku Xing on the ground, wielding the Reaper's Scythe mercilessly to cleave it in two.
Then, Lin Tong extended his divine sense, scurried to a corner of the ruins to retrieve some broken bones, and hurried back to find Luo Xiu.
At this moment.
Luo Xiu was lying on the ground, clutching his neck and convulsing.
Blood was gushing out from between his fingers as if from a spring.
His white clothes were already stained crimson.
Lin Tong was completely unworried, acting carefree as he squatted down to stuff the broken bones back into the wound, fitting them into place, not caring a bit how much it hurt Luo Xiu.
In just a few breaths, all of Luo Xiu's wounds miraculously healed, leaving no trace.
Lin Tong couldn't help but exclaim, "Those fruits refined by Dou Dou are truly elixirs and miraculous medicines!"
Luo Xiu sat up, shook the blood off his hands with disdain, and then looked towards the headless corpse of Ku Xing, frowning, "Don't you think this was too easy?"
Lin Tong retorted, "You almost got chopped into pieces just now, and you still think it was easy?"
Luo Xiu said slowly, "After all, he's a Heavenly Emperor. Previously, when fighting against the Buddha Killer, I was risking my life at every step, but Ku Xing was dealt with so quickly... I feel like something's off."
Lin Tong didn't mind, joking, "Maybe it's because you usually last long, but suddenly the battle ended quickly, and the strong contrast makes you uneasy."
Luo Xiu glanced at him, "I feel like you're implying something else."
Lin Tong argued, "I'm not."
He continued, "First of all, this time you had me as an assistant, and it was my sneak attack that chopped off his head."
"Secondly, since you refined the Hongmeng Holy Body, your physique is no worse than a Heavenly Emperor's, already considered a False Emperor, much stronger than during the battle with the Buddha Killer."
Hearing this, Luo Xiu stayed quiet for a while, then said, "I hope so. It's just that my intuition tells me that things aren't that simple."
Lin Tong waved his hand, "Ah, big brother, don't overthink it. You go check on sister-in-law, and I'll handle those small fry setting up arrays."
Unexpectedly, just at that moment, thunderclouds gathered densely in the sky!
A strange pillar of light descended straight to the ground, landing dozens of meters in front of the two.
Lin Tong immediately became alert, "Who has come this time?"
A while later.
After the spirit light dissipated, the two focused their gaze, their eyes widening in shock.
It turned out to be Ku Xing who had been beheaded just moments ago!
Luo Xiu abruptly looked at the headless corpse of Ku Xing, shockingly finding that the corpse had disappeared as if it evaporated into thin air.
Ku Xing, holding the Shattering Star Spear, approached the two unhurriedly, smiling faintly, "Gentlemen, it's been a while."
Lin Tong immediately held the scythe across his chest, saying, "Big brother, your intuition was right, things aren't that simple."
"This time, let me handle it, big brother, you stand aside and see what trick he's up to!"
Luo Xiu nodded lightly, "Be careful. This guy is really strange."
Lin Tong smirked proudly, "Don't underestimate me; after all, I'm also a god!"
Suddenly, his figure flickered, transforming into a black shadow charging towards Ku Xing.
Almost at the same time, an invisible aura of death enveloped the land for hundreds of miles around!
Luo Xiu's eyes narrowed slightly, knowing that this was Lin Tong's domain—the Death Land.
In this "Death Land," Luo Xiu could clearly see Ku Xing's body shriveling, his life essence rapidly depleting, gradually being devoured by death.
The scythe and spear clashed, shattering The Void!
Lin Tong naturally wouldn't use Luo Xiu's bloody tactics, and he couldn't match Ku Xing in close combat.
He was merely trying to buy time.
But his real killing move was, of course, the "Death Land"!
After some time.
The spear-wielding Ku Xing suddenly let out a chilling scream, his body crashing to the ground, instantly turning into a mummified corpse, his form and spirit both obliterated in an instant.
In the ruins.
Lin Tong, carrying the Reaper's Scythe in one hand and the retrieved Shattering Star Spear in the other, wobbled his way toward Luo Xiu.
Luo Xiu asked, "Why do you look so drained?"
Lin Tong sighed, explaining, "Although my 'Death Land' can devour all life, swallowing the life of a Heavenly Emperor is quite exhausting for me too."
He walked to Luo Xiu and handed over the Shattering Star Spear, asking, "Big brother, did you notice anything unusual?"
Luo Xiu shook his head slightly, saying, "Everything here is real, and not an illusion. Ku Xing was indeed real and was truly killed."
Upon hearing this, Lin Tong's heart sank, and he couldn't help but curse.
"All this fuss, it's fucking annoying!"
Luo Xiu suddenly asked, "Could it be some sort of domain of his?"
Lin Tong shook his head, "I don't think it's a domain because I've been on guard all along, and he hasn't used any domain since he arrived."
Luo Xiu let out a sigh, saying, "This is just fucked."
As soon as he finished speaking, the Shattering Star Spear in his hand suddenly disappeared.
At the same time, in the ruins ahead, the mummified corpse of Ku Xing also vanished into thin air.
"Boom..."
Again, thunderclouds clustered in the sky, and a strange pillar of light descended once more upon Buzhou Land!
After a moment.
Once the spirit light scattered, the unscathed Ku Xing appeared before the two once again.
Lin Tong was almost at his breaking point, wanting to curse.
Gritting his teeth, he said to Luo Xiu, "Big brother, this time let's go together and smash him!"
Luo Xiu reached out and drew the Mysterious Central Sword stabbed nearby, taking a deep breath.
"Let's do it!"
In an instant, an earth-shattering sword momentum erupted!
Countless ghostly shadows appeared in The Void, flying chaotically, like a parade of a hundred ghosts!
"Sword Thirteen: Wail of Ghosts and Howls of Gods!"
Lin Tong, unwilling to be left behind, fiercely drove his long scythe into the ground, activating his strongest Taoist Arts besides his God Extermination Skill.
"Chain Prison Soul Extermination!"
Yet, in the face of their combined strikes, Ku Xing remained unmoved.
He merely swung his war spear, slashing out terrifyingly potent slashes, shredding through space with the spear tip!
"Churn the seas and cover the heavens, shatter the star river upon a whim!"
Lin Tong's eyes widened, shouting, "This move is powerful, big brother, use Holy Blasphemy!"
"..."
...
After some time.
The duo once again felled the Ascetic Heavenly Emperor with their swords.
After a fierce battle, the two were utterly exhausted.
They sat back to back in the ruins, panting heavily, drenched in blood and sweat.
Not far away, in a pool of blood.
Ku Xing's body had been chopped into dozens of pieces.
Lin Tong wiped the sweat off his face with a hand, saying, "If this keeps happening, we'll exhaust ourselves to death."
Luo Xiu pulled out the fruit given by Dou Dou, saying, "We need to find the key point; this way won't work."
Lin Tong said, "Unfortunately, we have no intel on these figures of the Celestial Realm."
Hearing this, Luo Xiu frowned and suddenly remembered something, raising his right hand to look at the Soul Imprisonment Mark in his palm.
"He might know something."
Lin Tong looked puzzled, "Who is he?"
"Ye Wuyi."
"Who is Ye Wuyi?"
"..."