High in the sky.
The Xu Void realm expert from the Tianyuan Trading Company, who had been knocked back earlier, had already returned to his original position.
Hearing the furious roar of the Xu Void realm demon beast below, a cold sneer appeared on his face.
He continued to swing the long spear in his hand, once again gathering the power of the profound rules of fire.
The patterns on his long spear were continuously activated, and the profound rules of fire he was channeling were even more powerful than in his previous attack.
This time, he planned to directly gravely wound the Xu Void realm demon beast below, cutting off any chance for it to escape.
However, when he sensed the power of the rules the demon beast below was gathering, his expression suddenly changed. He said darkly:
“A mere beast, and it has actually comprehended the first-level profound rules of water?”
The profound rules of water can amplify the power of the profound rules of lightning.
The profound rules of lightning are themselves a combination of the profound rules of thunder and the profound rules of electricity.
This way, he would essentially be facing an attack formed from the fusion of three first-level profound rules.
Whether his second-level profound rules of fire alone could suppress this attack, even he wasn’t sure.
But at this moment, everything was already primed and ready—there was no room for second thoughts.
A ruthless glint flashed in his eyes. The low-grade spirit treasure spear in his hand was pushed to its absolute limit, and the profound rules of fire he channeled grew even more immense.
On the tower ship of the Tianyuan Trading Company, another Xu Void realm elder who had been watching the battle the whole time showed a hint of amusement in his eyes.
However, despite his intention to simply spectate…
One of his feet still instinctively stepped forward. The profound rules of water swirled around him—he was already prepared to act at any moment.
High in the sky, another Dao voice rang out:
“Minor Divine Power: Heavenly Fire Engulfs the Plains, Gather!”
Beneath the sea, a low, deep roar sounded at the same time:
“Roar!”
As both erupted simultaneously—
Heavenly fire reappeared high in the sky, burning even more intensely than before.
It began to converge and fuse one by one, compressing into a ball of purple-gold flame.
Within the sea, countless purple lightning bolts began pouring endlessly, gathering above the Xu Void realm demon beast.
Stream after stream of deep-blue water columns was extracted from the endless sea, intersecting with the lightning above.
The two forces spun rapidly, ultimately forming a purple-blue, high-speed rotating cone that radiated immense pressure, with lightning occasionally leaking out.
In the blink of an eye—
The purple-gold flame had already collided with the purple-blue lightning cone.
Instantly, the space above this sea region began to shatter and reform. Everything in the high sky was destroyed.
Even spiritual energy was no exception.
The rule energy carrying destructive power, through the shattered space, mostly vented into the void, where it exploded completely.
Only a portion of the energy remained, still wreaking havoc in that space of the endless sea.
Ye Qingxuan, aboard the Tianyuan Trading Company’s tower ship, only saw a dazzling burst of multicolored light—he couldn’t hear a single sound, as if he had gone deaf in that moment.
Towering waves appeared once again, and the residual energy surge swept over once more.
However, this time, because most of the energy had vented into the void, the affected range was not as widespread as the previous collision.
It only affected a range of tens of thousands of miles before the residual waves gradually dissipated.
Although the affected range had shrunk, the power of this energy was more than a notch higher.
The golden protective shield that the Tianyuan Trading Company’s tower ship had been maintaining the entire time—under the sweep of this residual energy surge—showed slight cracks for the first time.
The Xu Void realm demon beast and the Tianyuan Trading Company’s Xu Void realm elder both had wounds covering their bodies.
But as the spiritual power and profound rules within their bodies circulated, removing the residual profound rule power from their wounds…
Their injuries were recovering at an extremely rapid pace.
“Roar!”
Sensing things were going badly, this Xu Void realm demon beast was no fool either. It once again gathered the power of the profound rules of water.
Only this time, it was for escape—not attack.
Seeing this, the elder fighting the demon beast glared furiously and looked toward the tower ship:
“Old Water, hurry up and act!”
Hearing the call, the Xu Void realm elder who had been staying above the tower ship without acting waved his hand:
“Alright, alright, Old Fire, what’s the rush?”
Though he responded that way, Old Water’s movements were not slow.
At some point, a water-blue pagoda had already appeared in his hand.
The moment the Xu Void realm demon beast began to move, the pagoda in his hand had already activated. The vast second-level profound rules of water in the surroundings were mobilized.
The mysteries of the profound rules of water surged in his eyes, turning them ice-blue.
He tossed the water-blue pagoda and softly uttered:
“Minor Divine Power: Prismatic Sea Realm, Condense!”
Instantly, a prismatic sea realm overlapped with this sea region, fiercely suppressing the Xu Void realm demon beast that was attempting to flee.
“Old Fire, strike!”
No need for him to say more—Old Fire, who had long been primed and ready, gripped his long spear and plunged headfirst into the Prismatic Sea Realm that Old Water had condensed.
Suppressed by the Minor Divine Power: Prismatic Sea Realm, the Xu Void realm demon beast attempting to escape instantly slowed down.
The first-level profound rules of water it had just gathered were directly scattered under the suppression of the Minor Divine Power: Prismatic Sea Realm.
At this point, a rare trace of panic appeared in its eyes.
“Roar!”
It was preparing to use the profound rules of lightning and the profound rules of water to break through the spatial suppression brought by the Prismatic Sea Realm.
But unexpectedly, Old Fire, who had been fighting it all along, had already arrived before it, spear in hand, launching relentless attacks.
Old Fire’s spear danced continuously, streams of profound rules of fire flowing along the spear shaft, leaving wound after wound on the Xu Void realm demon beast’s body.
These wounds were filled with the second-level profound rules of fire that Old Fire had left behind.
Without removing these profound rules, the wounds could not possibly heal in a short time.
But Old Fire would not give the demon beast that opportunity.
The flame-wreathed spear in his hand danced like a dragon, striking the demon beast—suppressed by the Prismatic Sea Realm—so hard it had no power to fight back.
“Roar!”
The demon beast was forced to roar repeatedly, twisting its body, attempting to use its powerful physique to counterattack.
But suppressed as it was, how could its movements possibly be as agile as Old Fire’s?
After a bout of struggling, it could only passively endure Old Fire’s attacks.
Every time it tried to gather enough profound rule power to escape, Old Fire would promptly interrupt it.
Under the suppression of the Prismatic Sea Realm, the time it needed to gather profound rules to break the suppression would be greatly increased.
But clearly, Old Fire would not give it enough time.
The reason Old Fire did not use a minor divine power to attack this demon beast was precisely to deny it the chance to gather enough profound rule power to break the suppression.
After all, using a minor divine power required gathering a considerable amount of profound rules.
The time needed might just give the demon beast an opportunity to break free and escape.
So the moment Old Water used the Minor Divine Power: Prismatic Sea Realm to suppress the demon beast, Old Fire directly entered the Prismatic Sea Realm and began close combat with it.
Not giving this Xu Void realm demon beast the slightest chance to escape.
Time passed—a full three months went by.
Suffering Old Fire’s relentless profound rule attacks, this Xu Void realm demon beast finally could not hold on any longer.
At last, it let out an unwilling, weak roar:
“Roar!”
This Xu Void realm demon beast—the first Ye Qingxuan had ever encountered—had finally reached the end of its life.
The flame of life in its eyes flickered out, and it heavily collapsed into the endless sea.
