Chapter 67: Annihilation and Aftermath

It is time for this to end, both of you.

As her words settled, the ocean grew increasingly tempestuous, and a deluge of water vapor converged behind Leng Xi.

“North’s Profound Water”

“South’s Marsh Water”

“East’s Luo Water”

“West’s Azure Water”

A cerulean halo then manifested, its terrifying might engulfing the entire firmament.

With the four cardinal waters now in their rightful places, intricate runes, previously subtle, began to emerge prominently upon the halo.

These runes now glowed as if imbued with life, each radiating a distinct luminescence, while the pervasive water vapor seemingly received a command.

It began to coalesce beneath Leng Xi’s feet.

‘This is bad!’

Long Xuxu and Long Xia, sensing the oppressive aura that enveloped the heavens, found their bodies trembling uncontrollably.

The water essence within them had spiraled beyond their command, and they were consumed by the chilling embrace of impending death.

‘Misty Sea, Azure Waves!’

The water vapor beneath Leng Xi’s feet instantly coalesced into a colossal vortex, and from its depths, a mirage-like mist unfurled, radiating a breathtaking, suffocating brilliance.

In that instant, an even more terrifying aura erupted, the mist penetrating every crevice, twisting and distorting the vast expanse of the firmament.

Leng Xi raised her hand, and the world’s water essence swiftly converged, forming a spear within her grasp.

The explosive water elements within the spear generated a colossal vortex of water energy around it.

With each undulation of the vortex, space itself warped with increasing violence, creating an illusion that the entire world was on the verge of being swallowed by the pervasive water.

Only Leng Xi’s frigid voice broke the silence.

‘Star River Annihilation!’

With a forceful thrust, Leng Xi hurled the water spear, imbued with boundless destructive power, directly towards Long Xuxu and Long Xia.

Wherever the water spear passed, space fractured violently, as if threatening to tear apart the very fabric of the heavens.

The water spear, unstoppable in its momentum, pierced directly through the obstructing Royal Domain.

As the swirling blades of air around the spear constricted, every living being within the Royal Domain instantly pulverized into dust, and the domain itself disintegrated in that very moment.

‘Cough!’

Long Xuxu and Long Xia could no longer suppress the turbulent vital energy within them, and a mouthful of ‘tomato sauce’ — their own blood — erupted from their lips.

‘Quickly, defend yourselves!’

Long Xia immediately transferred his Dao Rhyme to his wife.

‘Dragon Scale Shield!’

Long Xuxu cried out, and an ancient, ferocious pattern of dragon scales materialized upon her back.

‘Clang!’

The moment of impact saw the dragon scale shield wall shatter into countless fragments!

The water spear, as if entering an uninhabited land, mercilessly struck towards the two.

‘Boom!’

The water spear suddenly appeared, like a silvery-white galaxy streaking across the sky, directly piercing through the bodies of Long Xuxu and Long Xia.

The power of the water elements surged forth like a wild current, instantly engulfing their forms, transforming them into a myriad of fine dust that scattered across the heavens, leaving behind only a faint, watery blue essence lingering in the air.

‘Crack!’

The water spear then slammed into the earth, emitting a sharp, cracking sound, as if the very heartstrings of the land had been torn asunder, the fissures rapidly spreading outwards.

Like bolts of lightning scarring the ground, these cracks eventually converged to form a bottomless crater.

The earth exploded in a cloud of dust and debris, everything within dozens of kilometers reduced to scattered fragments, the sheer destructive power beyond compare.

Xian Yuan and the others, protected by Wang Zhe, managed to remain rooted, for without her intervention, they too would have been swept away.

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Meanwhile, on the other side.

With the demise of their main bodies, the clones of Long Xuxu and Long Xia now became their primary forms.

However, having been utterly annihilated—bodies pulverized and souls extinguished—the Three Kings’ Hegemony found themselves utterly without means to resurrect their original forms.

‘Since Leng Xi has concluded her battle, it is time for me to finish mine as well.’

Zhi Jiu had just crushed the four clones, and though these clones now functioned as main bodies after the originals’ destruction, Long Xuxu and Long Xia would surely be unable to employ the Dao Venerable’s Domain.

‘Glacial Cloud Rend!’

Zhi Jiu’s voice resonated through the icy landscape, clear and sharp like a zither string plucked amidst the snow.

A biting wind howled, its bone-chilling cold sending shivers down one’s spine, as snowflakes danced through the air like countless silver petals.

Zhi Jiu’s gaze was as clear and cold as ice, her form flickering and swaying amidst the snow, shimmering like a crystalline shard.

Innumerable ice crystals swirled around her, radiating blinding light, like frigid, dazzling stars scattered across the frozen expanse.

As Zhi Jiu transformed, the ice crystals began to converge, forming a colossal ice blade that surged towards the heavens.

The blade emanated a pale blue radiance, a frigid edge poised to cleave through Long Xuxu and Long Xia.

At this very moment, the surrounding spatial fissures widened further, their distortion becoming even more pronounced!

‘Quickly, defend yourselves!’

Long Xuxu and Long Xia barely had time to contemplate defense, for it was already too late.

The frigid aura instantly froze their limbs, immobilizing them and preventing any further movement or escape.

They could only watch, helpless, as the Glacial Cloud Rend descended upon them.

‘Clang!’

‘Clang!’

‘Clang!’

The frigid light, like an icy blade, sliced through the air with piercing shrieks, unleashing an endless, chilling aura.

In an instant, the ice blade severed the hands of both Long Xuxu and Long Xia.

‘Ah!’

Long Xuxu and Long Xia once again tasted the ‘tomato sauce’ of their own blood, yet the ice blade afforded them no reprieve.

Their bodies were directly cleaved by the ice blade, and a pervasive cold emanated outwards, threatening to solidify the entire world into a frozen wasteland.

Long Xuxu and Long Xia were reduced to dust by the ice blade, scattering into the wind as mere particles.

As the ice blade dissipated, the swirling motes of dust drifted down like auspicious snow in a winter storm, settling upon the vast, desolate earth.

Thus, all the clones of Long Xuxu and Long Xia perished, leaving them no chance of rebirth.

With a graceful turn, Zhi Jiu reappeared before the assembled group, while Leng Xi likewise retracted her domain and rejoined Xian Yuan.

‘Let me have a hug! I need a beautiful girl’s embrace to recover.’

Back at the supermarket, Leng Xi immediately began to play-act, feigning weakness as she lunged towards Xian Yuan.

Seeing Leng Xi pounce, Xian Yuan swiftly dodged to the side.

‘Thwack!’

Following a sharp crack, Leng Xi’s pretty face made intimate contact with the ground.

Ah, that sight was truly irresistible to laughter!

o(*￣︶￣*)o

Witnessing Leng Xi’s predicament, Xian Yuan burst into hearty laughter.

Wang Zhe and the others, seemingly influenced by Xian Yuan’s mirth, also began to chuckle.

As everyone rejoiced, Wang Zhe utilized her sacred power to restore the battle-scarred area where Xian Yuan and her companions had fought.

Those were the homes of most of her clan members; if she didn’t restore them, she’d be scolded to death!

‘Let’s get back to work, my fellow ‘black slaves,”

Xian Yuan declared.

‘What did you say?’

Murong Fier, Zhi Jiu, Wang Zhe, and Leng Xi simultaneously raised their heads, their faces etched with question marks.

‘Nothing at all.’

Xian Yuan waved her hand dismissively and entered the supermarket.

Meanwhile, the Dragon Clan members who had been observing the spectacle dispersed, with the majority of them openly cheering at the demise of Long Xuxu and Long Xia.

These noble scions had forcibly seized so much from them; many Dragon maidens from various families had been violently taken.

Several elderly Dragon Clan members inside the supermarket quietly bowed to Xian Yuan, for they, too, had been victims.

Afterward, the supermarket returned to its usual operations, and Xian Yuan once again immersed herself in her busy routine.