The Legend of the Great Desolation: I Am the Fortress

Chapter 217 Let's put an end to this karma!
"That was exhilarating! That was exhilarating!" Bu Xiu's voice echoed throughout the Thousand Islands World.

Six black curved blades gleamed in his hands, their layers of light slicing across the sky like turbulent, rushing rivers.

On this distant island where the battle was taking place, stood more than ten celestial beings and immortals. These figures all surrounded a disheveled man carrying a black axe.

"Is this the battle between top-tier True Gods and Dao Ancestors? It's truly terrifying!" The Black Axe God looked into the distance, even the slightest aftershock of their battle made him feel terrified.

“Such a battle…we really can’t withstand it…” said a bald old man standing beside the Black Axe God, shaking his head.

"General Black Axe".

One of the black-haired men, clad in light blue armor, turned to look at the Black Axe God, a hint of worry flashing in his eyes. "The Lord of the Palace seems to be... at a disadvantage. But why hasn't the Lord's second primordial spirit appeared? If the main body and the second primordial spirit had intervened, this black-robed man wouldn't have been so arrogant!"

Lei Zhan's fame had long since spread throughout the Three Realms. Both Lei Zhan's true form and his second primordial spirit possessed the strength of True Gods and Dao Ancestors, a fact that was widely discussed by powerful beings and celestial immortals throughout the Three Realms.

“Yes! The Lord’s second primordial spirit is the Three-Legged Golden Crow with the purest bloodline! It is a terrifying existence that can even control the Golden Flame of the Sun! If the Golden Flame of the Sun and the Profound Water of the Moon are released together, this black-robed Dao Ancestor will probably have to run away for his life!” A charming woman in a blue Daoist robe also spoke up.

"What a pity! Even with our battle formation techniques, we are still unable to participate in battles of this level. Otherwise, we could have lent a hand to the Lord of the Palace!" another True Immortal said, frowning.

"At a disadvantage?" Black Axe God turned his head and looked at the gods and immortals around him, all of whom had worried expressions.

The Black Axe God shook his head and laughed, "When did the Lord of the Palace ever appear to be at a disadvantage? Open your eyes and look carefully! That black-robed Dao Ancestor's scimitar is indeed powerful, but look at the Lord of the Palace's expression, where is there even the slightest bit of tension?"

"Ok?"

"This……"

All the gods and immortals were taken aback. Looking from afar, their gazes simultaneously fell upon Lei Zhan, only to see an utterly calm face.

They had all been a bit too tense earlier. Subconsciously, they focused their attention on the fight itself, neglecting to notice the expressions on each other's faces.

"Just watch as the Lord of the Palace demonstrates his strength!" Black Axe God shook his head and laughed, "In the end, the Lord of the Palace will surely be the victor!"

……

"Huh? Damn it! Damn it!" Bu Xiu frowned as he looked at Lei Zhan, who was still defending with his spear. "After my mental strength broke through to the fifth level, I was also given the supreme secret manual of the Wujian Sect, the Seven Hearts, by my Uncle-Master Meng Fengmo. Although I can gain the upper hand... it's still a little bit! It will be very difficult to completely kill this Lei Zhan!"

At first, his dominance over the bases was incredibly satisfying, but as time went on, he couldn't completely overwhelm them. This immediately made him anxious.

The mental power burst at the fifth level is indeed extremely strong. After using the Seven Hearts mental power secret technique, it can unleash a terrifying power comparable to that of a leader! However, no matter how abundant mental power is, it will eventually run out!
“I’ve already used up nearly half of my strength…” Bu Xiu gritted his teeth. “I was still too reckless! Lei Zhan has only been cultivating for less than ten thousand years, yet he has quietly acquired power that is almost at the level of a leader. If his even more powerful second primordial spirit were here… then he would be a true leader-level fighter!”

To be honest, even Bu Xiu would find it hard to imagine that in just a few hundred years, Lei Zhan's strength has risen to this level!
What was initially thought to be a complete rout has turned into the current stalemate.

But little did Bu Xiu know that five hundred years was actually ten thousand years under Lei Zhan's twenty-fold time acceleration. Furthermore, thirty-six of his avatars were comprehending the Dao, progressing rapidly almost every moment. Without any bottlenecks, those ten thousand years could be multiplied thirty-sixfold!
"Die!" Bu Xiu was furious, and his immense mental energy was once again channeled through his six arms into the six black scimitars that resembled crescent moons.

Wow~~~
The scimitar was swung out suddenly, and a black blade light that blotted out the sky shone brightly. The hazy white light shrouded by mental energy flowed rapidly along mysterious patterns.

Black and white intertwined, ultimately transforming into an incomparably dazzling and beautiful flash of light.

"Hmm? That blade light..." Lei Zhan had no time to appreciate the beauty at this moment, his heart immediately tightened.

The terrifying power emanating from that dazzling blade of light was enough to make him feel incredibly alarmed!
call out!
The blade flashed across the sky, but it was too fast! By the time Lei Zhan saw that dazzling blade of light, it was already within arm's reach of him.

"Block!" Lei Zhan frowned and swept his silver spear horizontally. The spear manipulated space and time, causing the space and time in this small space to become layered.

Sometimes extremely fast, sometimes extremely slow, the flow of time and space around us are constantly changing. As each layer of space shatters, time itself begins to distort.

It sounds slow, but it all happens in an instant.

call.

That dazzling black and white sword light entered the layers of shattered spacetime, as if sinking into quagmire, suddenly becoming extremely difficult to advance...

"Huh?" Bu Xiu was taken aback. "Damn it! Damn it! Get out of here!"

With a thought, Bu Xiu conjured a flash of light that seemed capable of shattering everything.

call!
In an instant, the black and white sword light paused for a moment due to the interference of space and time, but then broke through the layers of space and time interference, the sword light was sharp and carried irresistible power as it slashed directly at Lei Zhan.

"Hmph! It's just a spent force!" Lei Zhan smiled, and with a thought, a light screen seemingly pieced together from countless fragments of time and space appeared in the small space in front of him. In an instant, it directly enveloped the black and white sword light that had broken free.

"Shatter!" Lei Zhan said softly, looking at the blade light that was almost within a hair's breadth of his face.

Click!Click!
Like a shattered mirror, within this small space, time and space shattered in an instant, and the dazzling blade light also shattered.

"Huh? Damn it! Damn it!" Bu Xiu's face was extremely ugly, and his heart was filled with rage: "If it weren't for that good-for-nothing Yan Zhu failing to compete for the Thousand Islands Great World, which caused the Earth Demon Lord's relic to appear prematurely, if I had another tens of thousands of years, I could have cultivated the Seven Hearts to a very deep level... At that time, Xiao Leizhan would be nothing more than a bug that I could crush with a flick of my wrist."

"But now..."

Countless ages ago, the Lord of the Inner Demons of the Infinite Gate once roamed the Chaos and obtained three great secret manuals in the Chaos: the Whirlpool, the Shadowless, and the Seven Hearts.

The Seven Hearts is an extremely profound method of mental power cultivation, which can only be comprehended and practiced after reaching the fifth level of mental power.

After Buxiu's mental strength broke through to the fifth level, 'Return to Truth', Fengmo bestowed this method upon him to compensate for the loss of his second primordial spirit.

However, even after more than five hundred years, it has only been a short time for Buxiu to grasp the basics of this method.

Even so, using such a profound technique already granted him the strength of a leader. A thousand thoughts surged into his mind. A sudden urge to retreat arose in Bu Xiu's heart.

If we can't kill Lei Zhan here today, there's not much point in continuing the fight.

call.

In an instant, Bu Xiu's figure swayed and he retreated rapidly, putting a great distance between himself and Lei Zhan.

“Lei Zhan!” Bu Xiu looked at Lei Zhan from afar, his six arms gripping six black scimitars as he stopped abruptly.

"Hmm?" Lei Zhan raised his eyes, seemingly understanding something, and immediately laughed: "What? Your mental strength has reached the fifth level... yet you still can't do anything to me? Are you going to stop now?"

"Hmph!" Bu Xiu's expression turned incredibly ugly as his thoughts were exposed. The mist in his eyes completely dissipated at that moment, revealing black and white pupils filled with resentment. "I'm so unwilling! Not only did I fail to kill Lei Zhan, but I'm also a step too late for that Chaos Treasure..."

Making this decision was incredibly difficult for Bu Xiu. From the very beginning, many powerful figures had been watching his battle with Lei Zhan. If he were to leave like this, he would undoubtedly become a laughingstock among the powerful beings of the Three Realms.

"What? Not reconciled?" Lei Zhan's face revealed a faint sneer, but his gaze was icy cold at this moment. "Let me die? I'll give you a chance! It's just that you're not strong enough!"

"die!"

A cold glint flashed in Lei Zhan's eyes, and he thrust his spear forward with a whoosh! The spear moved like lightning, even displaying distorted spatial ripples that surrounded its entire body, with a point of light shining at the tip.

Boom~~~~

A terrifying force swept down, and the spears thrust out furiously, as if to shatter any enemies that stood in their way. Beneath these three spears, layers of temporal power enveloped them, making the spears' speed even more terrifying.

The cloth-wearing figure in the distance, disregarding his anger, moved his feet, causing the surrounding space to shift. He then used a teleportation technique to move forward, simultaneously unleashing six black curved blades in his hands in a furious slash!

"Hmph! Even if I can't kill you for now, your fourth-level spacetime power can't overwhelm me! Even my fifth-level mental power burst, combined with my fifth-level water power, can suppress me!" Bu Xiu's heart was burning with endless flames.

Over countless years, he grew from weakness to strength, eventually becoming a disciple of the Lord of Inner Demons, and finally becoming a top-tier True God Ancestor through his own efforts. Such a growth experience is rare even if you search the entire chaotic world.

He was arrogant and aloof, and enjoyed manipulating people's hearts. Ever since Feng Mo pushed him to the position of 'King' of the Wujian Sect, he has developed endless ambition.

He wanted to become stronger, even stronger, and to become like his master, the Lord of Inner Demons, who could unify the entire chaotic world. And indeed, he was following in the footsteps of the former Lord of Inner Demons!
"You've only been a True God for less than ten thousand years, your mental strength is only at the fourth level, and your spatial and temporal power combined is also only at the fourth level... What's here now isn't even your second primordial spirit that can control the Ancestral Fire and Ancestral Water. What do you have to fight me with? Today, I will definitely kill you! I will definitely... take my revenge!" At this moment, Bu Xiu went mad. "Today, with so many True Gods and Dao Ancestors watching, I will use your life to witness my ascension to the Leader level!"

"die!"

Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!
The six black scimitars unleashed an incredibly terrifying power. Within this power was not only a vast amount of mental energy, but also a mysterious and profound force. This force possessed both the resilience and ferocity of water, and the immense weight of the endless earth…

"Let me die?" Lei Zhan's expression remained cold, his spear steady without the slightest pause. The spear moved like a dragon, yet the force of its thrust became even more terrifying.

"Bang!" "Clang!" "Boom!"

The spear and the scimitar clashed wildly, each unleashing their full power in that instant!
Rumble~~~
Above the Thousand Islands World, the boundless power of heaven and earth surged, and the terrifying aftershocks of the battle caused the waves below to rise into towering giants.

A large amount of seawater vaporized instantly, turning into a large amount of water vapor that spread in the high sky, forming a cloud that blotted out the sun.

……

The world's prison.

Numerous clones sat cross-legged here, surrounded by a mysterious aura.

call.

One of the clones opened its eyes, its gaze deep and thoughtful, a hint of contemplation in its clear black and white pupils.

"The spatial origin power of the fifth level..." Lei Zhan murmured softly, "It seems to have become even clearer after I comprehended the annihilation of spacetime..."

"Let the avatar of my true self outside... settle this karmic debt completely!"

"However, since Buxiu's strength has broken through to the leader level... we must be wary of the Wujian Sect starting to act desperately."

call!call!call!
Instantly, the three second primordial spirit avatars dressed in golden robes, who were sitting cross-legged there, opened their eyes, stood up at the same time, and then disappeared from this world prison.

"Three second primordial spirit avatars and one main body should be enough..."

A very soft sound rang out in the small space, then slowly fell silent again.

……

The Thousand Islands World is shrouded in endless clouds and mist that blot out the sun.

The battle between Lei Zhan and Shenwang Buxiu continues.

suddenly.

A faint voice echoed through the clouds, a voice so faint yet filled with boundless killing intent.

"Space-time—Annihilation!"

……

(End of this chapter)