Chapter 71: A Bitter Victory!

As the Shepherd Goat erupted with divine-herald-level combat power,

many powerful beings in the spectator stands of gods and demigods began to discuss among themselves.

"That Shepherd Goat's power surge is so strange; I've never seen such peculiar energy before."

"There are plenty of strange powers in the supernatural world; as long as it's not divine power, it's not against the rules."

"That's true. Now that the Shepherd Goat has unleashed this mysterious power, reaching the combat level of a divine herald, that Gune may not necessarily be able to defeat him."

"It's hard to say. Didn't you see the wind spirit power he unleashed earlier? In terms of speed, that guy is a child of the wind. The Shepherd Goat may not be able to kill him quickly; dragging it out would be bad for him."

"Indeed, when this strange power burns, it harms the Shepherd Goat himself, and not lightly."

"Still, Gune's strength is indeed formidable. To reach this level is truly impressive."

"Indeed, the spatial essence he displayed is astonishing—a quasi-saint-level demigod."

"This level of strength can rank in the history of the Divine Kingdom Arena. It's just unknown whether he can survive today's battle."

"Hard to say. Hmm, let's keep watching; we'll know the outcome."

Inside the arena.

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Burning the strange power, the Shepherd Goat's blade wielded darkness and commanded light, light and darkness intertwined, complementing each other, strike after strike continuously landing on Gune.

Three of Gune's shields had already been broken.

Even Gune himself bore many blade marks.

At the wounds, black flames burned, making it difficult for Gune's wounds to heal.

"What a troublesome guy."

At this moment, Gune, scorched by the black flames, was grimacing in pain.

If Gune wished, he could dispel these flames and heal the wounds.

After all, Gune's flesh and blood were not ordinary.

Having absorbed the flesh of the Dominator, Gune had strong resistance to these flames.

They seemed to burn, but that was all; they could not inflict deeper damage on Gune.

When Gune realized that this guy's true hidden strength could threaten him but not fatally,

Gune had already made a plan.

He would win this battle with a bitter victory, maximizing the benefits.

With extreme burst speed, Gune could easily leave the Shepherd Goat behind and let him slowly burn to death from his own flames.

But that would ruin the spectacle.

At this moment, Gune was slightly faster than the Shepherd Goat.

If the Shepherd Goat didn't burst forth, he couldn't catch up to Gune.

But if he did burst forth, he would die faster.

In the frantic chase and tug-of-war, Gune's Magic Annihilation Erosion Blades surged out one after another, all combining to continuously burn the Shepherd Goat, who had erupted with the strange flame power.

The two sides gradually entered a stalemate of fierce combat.

Gune was constantly being injured under the opponent's blade.

Meanwhile, the opponent's conduction barrier was being destroyed by the combined effect of Gune's Magic Annihilation Erosion Blades and flames.

Gune was waiting for the opponent to give out.

And the opponent was waiting for Gune to give out.

Unfortunately, he didn't know that

Gune's own soul, flesh, source power, and blood sea could easily transform into each other under the effect of the ten [Demonization Runes].

Trying to outlast Gune was probably the stupidest decision he ever made.

The stalemate of fierce combat had many supernaturals watching with rapt attention.

A supernatural of the ninth rank with combat power at the divine herald level—such a battle was quite spectacular.

Everyone watched, unable to take it all in.

After a few minutes,

The stalemate finally reached a critical point.

"Crack, crack..."

A faint cracking sound suddenly rang in the Shepherd Goat's ear.

His expression changed drastically.

His conduction barrier was about to give way.

And Gune seemed to sense it, immediately intensifying the Magic Annihilation Erosion Blades' assault.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle...

The power of the assault increased.

"Gune's aura is getting weaker and weaker; victory is at hand."

"This strike should be enough to finish him off."

Inside his body, the Silver Frost Serpent from the depths of his soul patterns was suddenly activated by the Shepherd Goat.

This was his greatest trump card—a powerful soul annihilation that could even directly transmit from the soul into the opponent's soul core, shattering it completely.

"Die!"

The Shepherd Goat roared.

The intangible, formless Silver Frost Serpent in soul form charged directly at Gune's soul.

"Attacking my soul? You're quite something."

Seeing this, Gune's eyes twitched slightly. This soul attack was a trump card for others,

but for Gune, it really wasn't.

Whoosh...

The Silver Frost Serpent plunged fiercely into the depths of Gune's soul.

Then,

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle...

Gune's star soul began to rapidly annihilate under the attack of the Silver Frost Serpent.

At the same time, Gune's source power began to frantically transform into soul power, mutually annihilating with the Silver Frost Serpent.

The enormous Silver Frost Serpent wrapped around Gune's star soul, frantically annihilating Gune's soul.

But Gune's tiny star soul was like a small boat in the waves,

no matter how the Silver Frost Serpent annihilated it, it steadily withstood the attack while also annihilating the serpent.

The transformation of the Demonization Runes would completely offset the attack power of the Silver Frost Serpent.

No matter how powerful the attack, it was the same—unless it could completely annihilate Gune in an instant and destroy his soul core.

Otherwise, as long as his source power and blood sea were not exhausted,

Gune would not die.

Although Gune withstood the Silver Frost Serpent in his soul ocean,

in the midst of battle, Gune's expression changed dramatically.

"Ah!" A piercing scream of agony wailed from Gune's mouth.

"Good opportunity." The Shepherd Goat was overjoyed, suddenly erupting with the power of strange flames, charging straight up and slashing his blade down at Gune's head.

A flash of blade light, blood splattered.

Gune's entire body crashed into the ground like a meteor.

"Boom!"

The ground within a hundred meters radius cracked open, the earth trembling.

"Die!"

The Shepherd Goat wanted to press the attack immediately.

But the next moment, his expression changed drastically.

"No!"

He screamed in anguish.

It turned out that Gune's massive number of Magic Annihilation Erosion Blades had also burst forth to the extreme at this moment.

Crack, crack... Bang...

The Shepherd Goat's conduction barrier shattered at that moment.

Then, the terrifying curse power savagely tore down.

This curse power was something even divine heralds could not withstand, let alone a mere ninth-rank supernatural who was not known for defense.

The可怕 penetrating power of the Magic Annihilation Erosion Blades directly shattered his soul core into pieces.

His body also turned into chunks of flesh, falling from the air.

The Shepherd Goat was dead!

The reversal came so quickly that everyone hadn't even reacted.

And those who did react were somewhat stunned.

This... was too unexpected!

When they saw the Shepherd Goat's soul attack severely wound Gune,

they originally thought Gune was about to die, but who would have thought

that at the last moment, the locking curse spell would, at this critical juncture, first kill the Shepherd Goat, directly securing victory.