Chapter 494: Five Element Annihilation

Tianyi’s eyes, which had remained dull for years, finally brightened. He scanned the hordes of demons staring warily and hatefully at him. ‘They’re about to attack the headquarters of the Demon Clan. It’s time for me to increase the pressure.’

He first sent a message to the field commander of the front lines to prepare themselves. Since the Immortal Court took command of the assault on the Demon Clan’s Void Continent, they ceded leadership of this battlefront to the Numinous Sword Sect.

The field commander’s title was Snowsword. Ironically as a sword immortal, her greatest strength wasn’t offense, but defense and long-ranged attacks. Not just singular targeting, but anything within her range.

“Let me adjust the positions before you start your offense,” Sword Empress Snowsword said, using her immortal sense.

Tianyi’s lips twitched when he sensed the immortals distancing themselves from him. The ones closest to him were from Immortal Court, while the ones farthest were those from the Numinous Sword Sect. Although both sides were human, Tianyi still felt the meaning behind the proverb, “not of my race, not one of heart.”

Granted, he understood the reasoning. Once he started attacking with all his might, the demons would definitely hard focus on him. Anyone around him would be dragged down and affected because of him. Still, Tianyi felt dejected that no one stayed behind to protect him. Even if it was only for show.

Sword Empress Snowsword obviously wanted the Immortal Court to block the majority of the demon’s wrath. Even if this was a racial war between humans and demons, they were not wholly united. Tianyi still understood. Unless the Demon Clan pulled some bullcrap out of their ass and pressured the Immortal Court and Numinous Sword Sect, these small calculations would continue.

Well, not that he stood on the moral high ground compared to the Numinous Sword Sect after what Ba Shifang and Donghai Longzi did.

“Everything’s ready.”

Tianyi wanted to snap back, but he held it back. A wry smile appeared on his face. He could already imagine the intensity of what would happen once he started his true offensive. He shook his head, and his gaze sharpened.

In the distance, Demon Emperor Redraco, Demon Emperor Blacktiger, and Demon Empress Bluefeather felt the changes in Tianyi’s aura. They raised their guard, but they could never have expected Tianyi’s subsequent actions.

The barrage of Stellar Silences slowed down. Although each attack was still terrifying, at least the demons had a chance to breathe in relief. However, they didn’t know that something more terrifying awaited them.

Eight miniature planets orbiting an equally small sun appeared in Tianyi’s free hand. Compared to the barrage of Planetary Purgatory and Stellar Silences, the energy needed was far more terrifying. Once he unleashed it, the casualties would skyrocket, the demons just didn’t know it yet.

Although Tianyi hadn’t unleashed Constellation Cessation a hundred thousand times like he had with the other two techniques, the speed of its creation was much faster compared to a hundred years ago. The time he spent reducing the time needed to form Planetary Purgatory and Stellar Silence still increased his mastery over Constellation Cessation.

Tianyi raised his left hand, and the miniature solar system vanished from his palm. The demons, who were keeping a close eye on Tianyi, all tensed. They saw that he was preparing to use a new move. Naturally, they wanted to intercept, but the countless Stellar Silences kept them at bay.

“Dammit! Move!” Demon Emperor Redraco shouted. He turned his attention from Tianyi toward a large concentration of demons near him. Those demons were reserves. When the attacking demons grew fatigued, they would replace them, but now, Tianyi directly teleported his Constellation Cessation in the middle of them.

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Those demons wanted to run, but they only had a second to think before Tianyi’s technique engulfed them whole.

However, despite the fall of over a hundred demon lords, none of the three demon emperors paid attention. Instead, they dodged Tianyi’s Stellar Silences and flew as close to him as possible. When they saw him forming another Constellation Cessation, it only drove their determination.

Once they reached the minimum range, the three of them immediately activated their innate abilities. Demon Emperor Redraco used the Azure Dragon Claw, Demon Emperor Blacktiger unleashed White Tiger Roar, and Demon Empress Bluefeather used the Vermillion Bird’s Sacred Fire.

Unlike the time they used their innate ability against Mengfei, they were in peak condition. Giant apparitions of the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, and Vermillion Bird appeared above the three demon emperors. Each apparition dwarfed their caster, and the manifestation plunged the surrounding area under an immense pressure.

This included Tianyi. When he heard about the Four Element Annihilation from his mother, he was very interested in trying. Of course, he also wanted to have a heart-to-heart talk with these people who dared to use such a dangerous technique on his beloved mother.

Tianyi pursed his brows when he felt the Law of Wood, Law of Metal, and Law of Fire once the three apparitions appeared. The pressure exceeded his estimations, and he sensed something more than just the three laws. ‘It feels like the Law of Spacetime?’

He didn’t have time to ponder for long as a fourth apparition appeared. ‘Wait, this feeling isn’t the Law of Earth, but the Law of Water!’

Tianyi’s eyes widened when he saw an apparition of a colossal black tortoise. The pressure it emitted exceeded that of the previous three. Under it, a shadow revealed itself. When Tianyi’s eyes captured the form, his pupils shrunk into needlepoints. ‘Xuanwu!’

‘Why is he here? Shouldn’t he still be in the process of regaining his strength?’ Tianyi questioned. He could feel the aura of a demon emperor emanating off of the black tortoise. ‘It seems that the primary aim of the operation failed. I wonder if I can kill him in front of the other Four Divine Beasts.’

He didn’t have time to consider his chances of killing the Black Tortoise as the pressure intensified by a hundred times. ‘Is this the power of an attack at the threshold of the Divine Realm?!’

Even someone as confident as Tianyi in his physical durability couldn’t help but feel palpitations. He wanted to teleport, but a mysterious force canceled all his attempts at teleportation. For a moment, Tianyi considered whether or not to reveal that he possessed essence or essence qi in order to save his most powerful conduit. Soon, he didn’t need to because he lost the chance.

The fifth apparition appeared. A yellow dragon with a trailing beard and two whiskers almost as long as its body appeared in the middle of the Four Divine Beast phantoms, right above Tianyi. Just like how the four apparitions dwarfed their casters, the fifth apparition dwarfed the first four apparitions.

Once the yellow dragon appeared, the Law of Earth also appeared in the combined innate ability. With all five elemental laws present, the five laws merged into the Law of Five Phases. It was at this point that Tianyi sensed that the combined innate ability didn’t have a hint of the Law of Spacetime, but the complete Law of Space and the Law of Time.

Tianyi didn’t have time to marvel at the Law of Five Phases or the Law of Spacetime because the power of the combined innate ability increased by a hundredfold again. If the Four Element Annihilation just crossed the threshold of the Divine Realm, then this Five Element Annihilation stood solidly in the divine level.

He couldn’t struggle, no matter his efforts. Even the Constellation Cessation in his palm froze and could not unleash its might. Tianyi finally experienced what his enemies felt when he shackled spacetime around them.

As the pressure increased, Tianyi’s robes shattered and transformed into a black fog filled with countless motes of light. They had just returned to their origin form, immortal qi of primordial chaos. The most horrifying thing was the cracks that appeared on his skin, the most noticeable on his exposed face.

Like flakes, the cracked skin fell off Tianyi’s body, exposing an inky darkness from which black mist leaked out, only to be immediately vaporized.

Tianyi could only stand there, waiting powerlessly as his conduit broke down. Just as half his face turned into a black mist, a ripple echoed from the Black Tortoise apparition, breaking the cohesion of the Five Element Annihilation.

He seized the chance. He still couldn’t teleport, but he could still move a little. Less than a millisecond later, the Constellation Cessation in his palm exploded, engulfing him inside.