Chapter 1058: Chapter 296: Surely the Foremost in the Human World (10,000-word Thank you Note to Book Friends)_5

At that moment,

Zhongxuan Zun, clad in a white garment purer than snow, locked eyes with Chao Yu, whose long hair was tied back.

Chao Yu’s blade was still hidden behind her, as if it had never been unsheathed. A flash of confusion in her eyes betrayed her surprise; she had not expected her concealed blade technique, perfected over ten years, to be blocked.

But her body reacted before her mind could, and she sprang back with haste.

Shock flickered across Zhongxuan Zun’s eyes as well—he had not anticipated that this seemingly unremarkable female general from the ranks could unleash a slice powerful enough to penetrate his life-saving Divine Skills.

Yet his response was quicker.

With a clench of his five fingers, an overwhelming suction force instantly pulled Chao Yu back to him.

And once again, he grabbed the Solar Disc without hesitation, slamming it viciously into Chao Yu’s forehead!

Amidst bloodspray, Chao Yu was flung outward, her body cast aside.

The robust physique bestowed by Starlight Tempering Body and the protective secret technique she had invoked just before the Solar Disc struck saved her from immediate death, but she was momentarily robbed of self-control.

Just then, a grey-white shadow of Bao Bozhao’s hurry mountain whip whistled through the air, positioning itself right before Chao Yu as she was thrown backward.

Bao Bozhao had arrived!

His immediate choice was to rescue Chao Yu. Preserving her would mean her awe-inspiring blade work could continue to exert pressure on Zhongxuan Zun. Without a doubt, this was the best strategic move under the current combat conditions.

But Zhongxuan Zun had already turned around, colliding with the Ghost General under the effects of the Zhong Xuan Ability.

Bao Bozhao saving Chao Yu, and Zhongxuan Zun striking at the Ghost General—these two actions unfolded simultaneously, the choices made by both sides in an instant.

Clearly, Bao Bozhao had made the wrong choice.

And the price...

Boom!

The towering and fierce Ghost General was repeatedly struck down by the Solar Disc, crushed under its blows.

Zhongxuan Zun seemed like a blacksmith forging metal, using the Solar Disc as his hammer, smashing the body of the Ghost General to pieces.

Armor disintegrated into vapor in an instant, and the once-giant figure dissipated like smoke.

The Ghost General had no fear of the Solar Disc’s Evil Suppressing Power, but once its body was shattered and its Soldier Slayer spirit dispersed, it was incinerated by the blazing Solar Disc.

It’s unknown how much grueling effort and how many deadly conflicts Chao Yu would have to endure to reclaim her current level of cultivation.

Amidst the dissipating mist of blood, Zhongxuan Zun, still clutching the Solar Disc, looked up to see Bao Bozhao with his whip in the air, and Chao Yu, who had just come to a stop behind him.

The smile at the corner of his mouth was still present, his gaze as calm as ever.

Relaxing his grip, the Solar Disc soared, radiating endless Guangming, directly confronting the two.

Chao Yu, her head and face covered in blood, did not bother to wipe it away. She ignored the intense pain wracking her body and once again concealed her straight blade behind her.

As long as she could still wield her blade, the fight was not yet over.

In front of Chao Yu, Bao Bozhao decisively and sharply whipped backward, sending the ever-closer and growing Solar Disc flying!

In the vision of the Heavenly Eye, that dazzling brightness was indeed too much of an eyesore—

Wrong!

A sense of alarm suddenly surged in Bao Bozhao’s heart, realizing he had been distracted by the light of the Solar Disc, exposing a weakness, and would inevitably have to face Zhongxuan Zun’s frenzied assault.

In a split-second decision, he tightly shut his eyes and activated his third Divine Skill—

No Light!

True to its name, this Divine Skill extinguished all light, thoroughly disorienting any sense of direction.

For a moment, a total darkness, a loss of all bearings, descended upon the entire square.

In this absolute darkness, only Bao Bozhao’s vertical third eye could perceive everything.

But Zhongxuan Zun had disappeared from his line of sight!

Above!

Bao Bozhao jerked his head upward and sure enough, saw the white figure descending from the sky.

The perceptiveness of the Heavenly Eye was enhanced beneath the No Light Ability, allowing him to finally grasp why Zhongxuan Zun could move so freely within its confines.

It was his Zhong Xuan Ability!

Around Zhongxuan Zun, repulsive and gravity forces were constantly in motion, shifting hundreds of times in a single breath, and the feedback from the Zhong Xuan Ability helped him pinpoint his position!

Just as Bao Bozhao discerned this, a tremendous gravity force reached down from above, attempting to draw him in.

Divine Power Light flickered, and the power of the mountain sustained him!

Bao Bozhao had just resisted the horrendous gravity with the strength of his Mountain Divine Power, stabilizing his form in midair, when suddenly he felt lighter.

The terrifying gravity had vanished abruptly.

Now, propelled by his own mighty Mountain Divine Power, he plummeted toward the ground.

Swiftly widening the distance between himself and Zhongxuan Zun—and at the same time, between himself and Chao Yu!

At that moment, a white figure cutting through the long sky, was already meeting Chao Yu head-on.

Zhongxuan Zun’s target was still Chao Yu!

In this lightless darkness, Zhongxuan Zun rapidly located his opponent’s position through the ceaseless feedback of repulsion and attraction forces.

While Chao Yu kept her blade hidden behind her, standing motionless.

As Zhongxuan Zun descended from the heavens, a straight line split open! It nearly tore through the lightless darkness in an instant.

Chao Yu, too, could track her opponent in this lightless environment!

Perhaps this was the key to victory?

From Bao Bozhao’s perspective, this strike from Chao Yu did not equal her previous one, but that was understandable. After all, such a strike represented an energy that was aligned in perfect unison, at its absolute peak; not easily executed, especially as Chao Yu was currently wounded...

Yet even though this blade was not as perfect as the last, it still packed ferocious lethality.

Bao Bozhao continued to harbor hope.

But that hope... rapidly shattered.

In front of Zhongxuan Zun, another gem-like object dissipated.

All good things are fragile; glass shatters and colorful clouds fade away.

The disappearance of beautiful things is deeply mournful.