Once, I wanted to be a good person

But....at this moment, Old Mr. Bai in the storm seemed to feel nothing at all. He didn't even try to dodge and merely moved his hand lightly, and a broad Horse-Cleaving Saber appeared in his hand.

He stepped forward with his right foot, slightly bent his left knee, posing in a slashing stance, then continued, "Galan Houde. Do you know?"

"In Xida Country, there is a martial skill called Sword-Hiding Skills. Unlike ordinary moves, this is a secret martial art technique."

"Once a battle-hardened swordsman begins to hide his sword, he cannot touch or draw the sword before the time is up, except for one chance to strike."

Hearing Old Mr. Bai's words, Galan Houde said calmly, "But you drew your sword for Galan Xian ten years ago."

Old Mr. Bai laughed, "Are you referring to the massacre of the Awakened Clans across the states?"

He said, "Are you really sure that was me?"

Upon hearing Old Mr. Bai's words, Galan Houde's expression wavered slightly for the first time, as if he had thought of something.

Old Mr. Bai said, "After the Golden Sparrow Flower incident, did you really think we hadn't noticed something was wrong?"

"Did you really think we had no suspicions and made no preparations?"

"But, despite all our calculations, we never expected you to be cruel enough to sacrifice your granddaughter and great-grandson."

Galan Houde looked at Old Mr. Bai, and said without joy or sadness, "They are but offspring. We demigods of the human race are bound by limited lifespan because of them, are we not?"

"If we can sever the bloodline, we too can be indestructible."

Hearing Galan Houde's words, Old Mr. Bai shook his head, "What's so good about being indestructible?"

"Humans all have to die; the way of dying is what truly matters."

Galan Houde looked at him calmly, "Then have you thought about how you wish to die?"

Old Mr. Bai brandished his saber proudly, "Of course!"

With these two words, his aura suddenly erupted like a volcano!

Endless Power of Laws condensed into golden light, bursting forth from him, piercing the sky, tearing a hole in the black clouds in the sky!

His aura began to rise rapidly. Seeing this, Galan Houde frowned, clasped his hands together abruptly, interlaced his fingers, and shouted, "Thunder Rise!"

The weather shifted once again, with purple lightning churning between the clouds like flood dragons probing their heads, and lightning bolts crashing through the rain, turning the outskirts of Congyun City into a terrestrial purgatory!

Yet Old Mr. Bai remained unyielding, allowing those bolts of lightning to strike him, letting his body become battered and bruised, revealing internal organs and bones, yet maintaining his posture and gathering his momentum!

It was as if he was burning all he had within him, everything—his positional grid, abilities, cultivation, life, soul, and fifty years of time, all serving as fuel to propel his strike to an unprecedented level!

"You asked earlier if I knew how I wanted to die?"

"I have long decided."

"To establish my heart for heaven and earth, to lay a life for the human race, with my decrepit body to continue the will of the sages, to usher in everlasting peace!"

With that said, Old Mr. Bai moved, it was a single strike, just one strike....

Galan Houde's pupils widened abruptly, unleashing his abilities and treasures all at once—defensive, escapist, transferral, cloning—trying every possibility to evade this strike!

But...to no avail!

He realized the Qi Mechanism of that strike utterly locked onto him, no matter where he ran or how many clones he had or how high his positional grid, he had to endure this blow!

At that moment, Galan Houde truly felt the threat of death! He gathered all his strength and roared, "No!"

The terrifying Power of Laws of an Absolute Pinnacle Demigod exploded, but it was futile; that strike cleanly cut through everything, landing lightly on his body!

Galan Houde only felt a sharp pain engulf him, followed by his body disintegrating bit by bit, his soul beginning to collapse! He wanted to save himself, but he no longer knew what to do!

And just at that critical moment, a black-robed figure suddenly appeared beside him, placing a hand directly on his shoulder!

Immediately, he felt a continuous stream of energy flowing into him, halting the Sword Intent tearing through his divine body.

In his ear, a voice sounded, "Concentrate and keep calm. Otherwise, no one can save you."

Thus, they remained in this stalemate for a full minute until Galan Houde's divine body finally stopped at the brink of shattering.

He turned to look at the demigod who saved him. It was the first True God to descend to Galan State from the Outer Realm: the Peacock God King, rated as [Disaster Grade] by the Federation, equivalent to an Absolute Pinnacle Demigod in human terms.

However, at the moment, that demigod was also obviously not faring well, with half of his divine body already shattered, clearly severely injured.

Seeing that demigod, Galan Houde spoke gratefully, struggling with his nearly broken body, "Thank you for your help, great debt unspoken."

The Peacock God King was also in agony, he said, "No need to thank me. Since you have pledged to us, we naturally need to protect you...",

His last word had not yet been spoken when Galan Houde's expression suddenly changed, and he vomited a mouthful of blood.

The Peacock God King hastily supported Galan Houde in surprise, but Galan Houde's eyes were wide open as his body continued to disintegrate into dust, and then...completely disappeared from the world.

Dragging his injured body, the Peacock God King looked at this scene incredulously, then abruptly turned to look at Old Mr. Bai, who had collapsed to the ground, unknown whether dead or alive, after delivering the strike.

Looking at Old Mr. Bai, his gaze was complicated, "Unity...it was actually Unity level. Although it was only reached briefly, it was indeed Unity. I never expected the human race to have such a person, truly a pity."

"Sword-Hiding...what a terrifying martial art."

As he said this, he couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood. Then he glanced at his seriously injured body, dared not delay any further, and disappeared in a flash from where he stood.

At the same time, lying on the muddy ground, unable to move, Old Mr. Bai coughed lightly twice, and then feebly said,

"Haha. I never expected to actually trick an Absolute Pinnacle Demigod again. This time it's worth it."

"Two Absolute Pinnacle Demigods, killed one, severely injured another, I could say I'm unparalleled among the Ascension Demigods!"

"I've always said, I'm not afraid of the Absolute Pinnacle! Let's see who dares not to believe it this time!"

With those words, his eyelids slowly closed, and then his body began to crack apart piece by piece, and as he lingered on the edge of death, he murmured softly, "Damn, I still wish I could kill a few more..."....

Ten seconds later, the entire sky of the Federation darkened once again.

Two meteors fell sequentially from the horizon, one massive but dim, while the other was smaller but blazingly bright, seemingly illuminating the entire night...

.....

Meanwhile.

In the Spirit Realm, Fang Ze and his party finally hurriedly made their way to Congyun City.

However, before they could leave the Spirit Realm to enter the Real World, they were stopped by a man who appeared to be a butler.

Initially stopped, Fang Ze and his group were a bit wary, but Bai Zhi obviously recognized the person, and she said excitedly, "Tian, what are you doing here?"

The elder known as Tian gave a slight bow to Bai Zhi, "Miss Bai Zhi. The old master asked me to wait for you here."

"He said there's something he wants to leave for a future grandson-in-law."

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The next chapter, which is Chapter 221, will be updated around 1:30 AM on December 9th in the "Qi" "Dian" app. Look forward to seeing everyone~