Chapter 1896: Slaying a Deity Again

“Little brother?”

Seeing the sudden appearance of an identical face and an identical soul aura, the “deity” was taken aback: “Is this your doppelganger? A doppelganger that can match the original in strength—this is definitely a rare treasure. Excellent, it’s mine too!”

In the heavens, some also refined doppelgangers, but most were puppets, having form but lacking spirit.

This one before him was identical to the original, even possessing a unique spirituality, indicating that the treasure used to refine it was among the top-tier even in the heavens. Such a treasure, if obtained and refined into his own doppelganger, would be like gaining an extra life, no longer needing to fear danger!

His eyes reddened, and he raised both hands.

“From today on, you are mine…”

Boom!

A surge of power swept toward the doppelganger, but before it could reach him, the deity’s vision blurred involuntarily.

The doppelganger had somehow appeared right before him, one foot smashing into his face: “You want to refine me? Who do you think you are?”

“You…”

His mouth twitching, the “deity” was about to speak when darkness loomed again—the other’s second kick came flying.

Bang!

His entire body was sent flying backward.

“This is impossible…”

Still in midair, the “deity” looked utterly crazed.

Not from the beating, but from disbelief.

Other people’s doppelgangers were always weaker than the original; when the original couldn’t win, how could this guy’s doppelganger be so much stronger?

Was there no justice?

“Nothing is impossible. The original is just a weakling, how could he compare to me…”

With a cold laugh, the doppelganger charged again and delivered another kick!

Zhang Xuan had always suppressed his cultivation, now only at the Great Perfection of the Immortal Realm, but the doppelganger was different—it was a divine object itself, needing no suppression. Over a month ago, it had already broken through to the Ancient Sage realm with the help of Ancient Sage power, truly at the level of blood rebirth!

At the same level, Zhang Xuan was no match; now three major levels apart, there was no comparison. Only by wielding the Dragon Bone Divine Spear could he put up a fight.

“Even better—refining you will make my doppelganger even stronger…”

After being kicked several times, the “deity” wasn’t angry but grew more excited. With a shriek, he charged forward, about to unleash a killing move to slay this arrogant doppelganger, when darkness loomed again—a book tore through the air, and from it a pitch-black palm slapped out, smashing hard into his face.

Slap!

With that single blow, he spun twice on the spot and spat out a mouthful of blood.

“What is this?”

The “deity” was truly going mad.

What kind of trump cards did this guy have? A brick, a doppelganger… and now a book…

And the power hidden within that book—he could clearly sense it—was no weaker than his own!

Whoosh!

While he was dazed, Zhang Xuan on the other side charged again, spear in left hand, sword in right. In an instant, spear light like a dragon, sword aura like the sea.

At the same time, the doppelganger and the ruthless man attacked together.

Bang, bang, bang, bang!

In less than ten breaths, the “deity” had been struck no fewer than several hundred times. His internal organs were displaced, bones shattered, and not a single part of his body remained intact.

“No…”

The “deity” felt fear.

I had thought that by rushing through the rift, I could gain endless benefits here—never in my dreams did I expect that death could come at any moment!

Just one Zhang Xuan was already a tough fight; adding two more of similar strength, or even stronger, made it utterly impossible!

A wave of panic surged from the depths of his heart. He feigned a couple of moves, intending to flee, when the brick came crashing down from the sky again.

That guy seemed to be in the sky all the time, ready to slap him in the face at any moment.

Bang!

His head was struck, and the next moment, a spear and a long sword pierced through his chest simultaneously. Then a fist smashed his head flat, and a palm crushed his heart.

Plop!

He fell from the sky with a face full of unwillingness; the life force of the 'god' was severed.

Coming to the lower realm with the intention of plunder, he ended up losing his life.

"The blood and corpse of such a strong cultivator are good things..."

Having slain him, Zhang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief. With a grab of his hand, he collected the corpse into the folded space.

This one was a genuine Shattering Void cultivator; leaving behind his corpse and blood would be of immense help to Zhang Xuan's breakthrough to the Ancient Sage realm.

He had his clone and the Fiend enter the folded space as well, then gently shook his body and flew back toward the platform.

...

The platform.

After adjusting for a long time, Yanqing Ancient Sage struggled to his feet and looked toward the constantly cracking space in the distance, a worried expression on his face.

"Yanqing Ancient Sage, is that the human race's Heaven-acknowledged Master Teacher you mentioned, Zhang Xuan?"

Kong Shiyao flew over.

Having continuously activated her bloodline, her face was pale. Although she could still fly, she had exhausted all her strength.

"Mm!" Yan Qing nodded.

"Truly extraordinary..." Kong Shiyao nodded, admiration showing in her eyes.

She was born with a powerful bloodline, unmatched since childhood. She had thought herself undeniably the strongest below the Ancient Saints, but unexpectedly, this person was even greater.

Earlier, upon hearing of him, she had felt curiosity and a desire to compete, even planning to seek him out after breaking through to Ancient Saint, perhaps to fight. Now it seemed unnecessary.

She had expended her bloodline power yet could not stop the "Deity" for a moment, while he could fight it and lure it away. On this point alone, he was stronger than her.

"Though he is strong, compared to this Deity of the heavens, he still falls short. I fear... there may be danger!" An Ancient Saint spoke with concern.

He had been stripped down to a skeleton and would not die for now, but without the power of an Ancient Saint to recover, he would soon exhaust his strength and perish, soul and all.

"In our current state, we cannot save anyone, nor even stabilize the formation..."

Yan Qing knew this too, smiling bitterly as he looked into the sky.

Zhang Xuan had lured the "Deity" away, but the danger was not over. The seal maintained by Ziyuan Ancient Saint's corpse in the sky had broken, and the mercury-like power was spilling endlessly. If not sealed quickly, all cultivators in the Kunxu Realm would have their meridians shattered and die.

This threatened the extinction of their entire clan.

"This power works subtly, not so fast. The priority now is to kill that Deity, or I fear within half a day, the Kunxu Realm will be infected..."

Kong Shiyao said.

The mercury-like power falling would not harm them immediately if not absorbed, but if the "Deity" lived and killed indiscriminately, no one among the Hundred Schools could stop it—the danger was greater!

"Yes, we must kill this person even at the cost of our lives..."

The crowd gritted their teeth and were about to chase in the direction of the spatial rift when they saw a young man flying over with an air of grace.

Clad in white, spotless, a smile on his lips, not a scratch on him—as if he had been on vacation, not in battle.

Who else could it be but Zhang Xuan!

"You... are you all right? Could it be... the Deity was killed?"

All were speechless.