Calamity of Tomorrow

Above the Heavenly Arena, Ming Yue the Immortal coldly watched Li Xiuzhu at his side.

After Li Xiuzhu had been defeated on the platform, his 'corpse' also disappeared, under the effect of the Heavenly Arena, he became an unseen spectator to others.

Feeling somewhat uncomfortable under Ming Yue's gaze, Li Xiuzhu turned his head and awkwardly smiled, "Is there something you need?"

Ming Yue spoke indifferently, "Li Xiuzhu, you really had us fooled. What exactly are the rules of your Heavenly Arena? And what is your true purpose?"

Li Xiuzhu naturally could not answer, and instead turned back to continue watching the battle on the stage.

Seeing Li Xiuzhu's action, Ming Yue coldly said, "Zhou Bai can't possibly win. The Daoization degree of the Ghost-Slaying God is about to break through 140%, with Luotian Teleportation at his disposal, the gap between man and Immortal is as vast as the difference between the clouds and the mud."

Li Xiuzhu grinned, "I think Zhou Bai can do it." He remembered the scene where Zhou Bai fought Li Zhengdao, facing Luotian Teleportation just the same, and the current Zhou Bai should be stronger than he was back then.

Ming Yue shook her head, not believing at all that Zhou Bai could defeat the Ghost-Slaying God.

Meanwhile, on the platform, the Heavenly Yang Sword Light interwove and exploded, the sword momentum growing ever more dense and intense, enveloping Zhou Bai from all directions as if countless sword lights had turned into a cocoon of light, relentlessly grinding against Zhou Bai's flesh.

On the ground of the platform, streaks of Xuan Yin Sword Energy shot forth, responding to the Heavenly Yang Sword Light, stimulating each other, bit by bit unleashing the true power of the Purple Qi Cast Light Sword.

The voice of the Ghost-Slaying God came along with the sword light and sword energy, like the sound of a chilling winter wind, filled with a murderous aura: "The Purple Qi Cast Light Sword was a creation from when I mastered the supreme laws of the righteous factions during the strife between good and evil and referenced the doctrines of the Blood River Sect, the Heart Demon Sect, the Great Desolation Sect, and the White Bone Sect."

"By combining the strengths of both righteous and evil paths, I finally created a swordsmanship that shook the heavens and the earth."

"Over the subsequent centuries, I learned from the strengths of hundreds, pondering over the Sword Dao of the Heavenly Dao day and night, incrementally correcting the flaws in the Purple Qi Cast Light Sword."

"Until one hundred and fifty years ago, this set of swordsmanship had nearly reached perfection."

"But then I encountered the distortion of Heavenly Dao, and this swordsmanship also underwent a major change due to the distortion."

"It made me realize that the Purple Qi Cast Light Sword was far from perfect at that time; I had no choice but to start over from scratch, aligning it with the changes in Heavenly Dao, recalculating this Purple Qi Cast Light Sword."

"Two successive deductions of swordsmanship, exhausting my life's blood."

"Finally, ten years ago, I discovered that not a word nor a stroke could be changed in this set of swordsmanship."

As the words of the Ghost-Slaying God rang out, with a resounding boom, the Heavenly Yang Sword Light in the sky and the Xuan Yin Sword Energy on the ground suddenly collided, attracting each other, opposing like yin and yang, between the insubstantial and the substantial, the sword's force suddenly became ten times more fierce.

Amidst the screeching sound of tearing through the air, deep sword marks appeared across ten miles of the ground, as if heaven and earth were wailing at the emergence of this swordsmanship.

Under such terrifying sword force, even the Void Crown, which had been strengthened over and over, was now repeatedly torn through its defense by the endless sword light and sword energy, whether it was the electromagnetic shield, the Phase Transfer Armor, or the hundred and eight levels of Defensive Field, all were crumbling layer by layer.

A mass of sword light and sword energy directly penetrated the Void Crown, striking fiercely against Zhou Bai's pointing sword, producing a sound like the clashing of metal.

The Abyss Nether Dragon Armor let out a roar, its scales trembled violently, seemingly struggling under the direct attack of the sword light and sword energy.

Clearly, after the defenses of the Void Crown were gradually eroded away, Zhou Bai's direct collision with the sword light of the Ghost-Slaying God using the Abyss Nether Dragon Armor was still insufficient.

The voice of the Ghost-Slaying God, following the sword light, once again came from all directions: "Zhou Bai, you can't block it. I admit you are extremely talented, possessing a power that transcends that of normal humans."

"But the gap between man and Immortal is far greater than you imagine."

"To be able to hold out this long is already enough for you to take pride in for a lifetime."

Boom!

As the sword light and Sword Qi surged, the entire Void Crown was shredded into pieces, explosively scattering across the arena.

After blasting the Void Crown, Zhou Bai in front of the Ghost-slaying Immortal seemed like a crab stripped of its shell, a stir and a turn of his sword light, and he'd already slashed towards the Abyss Nether Dragon Armor.

Watching this scene, some in the audience felt a sinking in their hearts, others were shaken; all believed Zhou Bai had fallen into a disadvantage, about to be grievously wounded, if not slain.

Lin Muqing's eyes reddened, "It seems he still can't hold it back?"

Xiang Haocu and Zhao Yue sighed lightly, "The gap between humans and immortals, it ultimately seems insurmountable."

Inside Zhou Bai's sea of consciousness, Christina exclaimed excitedly, "Zhou Bai! He's already boasting in our face! You can't take it anymore! I can't bear it! I want to transform now!"

Zhou Bai rolled his eyes internally and his Primordial Spirit in the sea of consciousness subdued Christina, "Hold it in! It's not time for you to transform yet. Besides, it's just bragging, who can't do that?"

At that moment, within the projections seen by countless people, Zhou Bai opened his mouth and spat out a black ring which reappeared once again.

It turned out to be a new Void Crown.

Immediately following, the new Void Crown circled around Zhou Bai, flipping over once more.

Layer upon layer of Phase Transfer Armor, electromagnetic shields, and Defensive Fields were activated in succession.

Zhou Bai's protective capabilities had once again returned to their peak, with a point of his finger, he had crushed all the surrounding Heavenly Yang Sword Light and Xuan Yin Sword Energy into dust, blocking it all.

This time, Zhou Bai's modification to his mechanized guardians deeply drew from his previous experience fighting Li Zhengdao.

Especially the previous destruction of the Void Crown, it left him brooding and also made him realize his power fell short compared to the immortals.

Therefore, during the repair and modification of his mechanized guardians, Zhou Bai took the time to create no fewer than five identical Void Crowns in one go.

Seeing the reappearance of the Void Crown, the arena quieted down suddenly.

Zhou Bai spoke indifferently, "Ghost-slaying Immortal, all this time, I have been pursuing the ultimate in power. That's why I cultivate the Dao and martial arts, I joined the debates in Daluo Heaven, wanting to see just how strong the most elite human cultivators of this world are."

"But the result has been a huge disappointment to me."

"In such a vast world, the elites selected from billions of humans can't even cause me a flick of pain."

Zhou Bai continued with a look of disappointment, "Later, I fought with Zi Yang True Monarch in the sky, and had a fierce battle with Li Zhengdao above Donghua City. I thought that immortals, as the supreme combatants of this world, could finally give me a thrill."

"But what you rely on is actually hiding in the Luotian Realm, making it so others can't hit you... You don't even dare to face your opponents directly... Truly pitiful."

Hearing Zhou Bai's words, the Ghost-slaying Immortal's eyebrows shot up and he snorted coldly, "The Luotian Realm is a supreme Dao technique only immortals can wield, it's a profound understanding of the universe and space-time. Luotian Teleportation is an ultimate skill that transcends all mortal comprehension, not as superficial as you understand."

While talking, sword light and Sword Qi surged again on the arena.

Zhou Bai, looking at the panel and finding no notifications appearing, slightly furrowed his brows, 'So it seems the reason I previously couldn't affect the Ghost-slaying Immortal through words wasn't because of the Heavenly Arena, but because these immortals had prepared against me, using some kind of medium to communicate with me?'

'However, this is also within my expectations. Being tricked so many times, it seems the immortals really aren't easy to deceive.'

Christina shouted, "Stop overthinking! Didn't you see the way those cultivators around us are looking at us? They don't believe we'll win! What I, Christina, hate the most is being looked down upon!

Hurry up and blow up the Ghost-slaying Immortal! Otherwise, the five Divine Skills within me can't be contained!"