'Pain …'
That was what Xu Hui felt the most at that moment. Her body was flung away, and when she landed on the sand, she managed to regain her footing with great difficulty. Her face was pale, and she coughed up a large mouthful of blood. Her body was already covered in wounds, and her flesh was a bloody mess. She looked as if she could no longer stand stably.
She had already done her best. The person with the bow was about the same level of cultivation as her, and he had forced her to activate the Lake Phoenix Art. She had yet to master this Art to its peak, and every single time she used it, she would have to bear the burden.
However, its power was definitely not to be underestimated. The bow in the person's hand had already fallen into the distance. His entire right arm had disappeared, and seventeen wounds that pierced through his body could be seen on his chest.
His face was pale, and he coughed up blood as well. His body that was thousands of feet tall shrank at a speed that could be seen with the naked eye. When he was only one hundred feet tall, he managed to stabilize his injuries. He glared at Xu Hui and let out a low growl.
As he roared, the sand around him immediately gathered and blocked up his wound. It also gathered on his right arm and turned into a new arm. He seized the bow in the air, and it swiftly flew towards him. Once he caught it, his body grew to thousands of feet tall once more as the sand continued gathering on him.
He stood there, as if he had never been injured in the first place. Above his head, the sand gathered together to form a moon!
It was the Moon of Sand!
For the first time, despair appeared in Xu Hui's eyes. She staggered and was about to retreat when she suddenly bent her back. Her body flew out of the air and landed on the ground with a bang.
A short, semi-transparent figure appeared at the spot where Xu Hui had been and pulled back his fist. The short figure might be indistinct, but it could be vaguely seen that it was an old man. That person … was the old man whose physical body was on the one hundred thousand feet tall statue in the distant desert.
His current existence was an illusory body formed by his divine ability.
He might be short, but at the moment he appeared, the person with the bow who was thousands of feet tall behind him immediately knelt down on the ground. The sand giants that were tens of thousands of feet tall in the area also knelt down.
There were also the tens of thousands of Sand Earthlings on the circular barrier. All of them worshiped in excitement and fervor.
Xu Hui struggled to get up from the ground, but before she could do anything, the sand around her instantly gathered and turned into four chains of sand, directly binding her four limbs. Her entire body was lifted up and suspended in mid-air.
The illusory old man lifted his right hand, and a sand blade appeared in his hand. With that blade in hand, he slowly walked towards Xu Hui. The buzzing and cheers from the Sand Earthlings around them grew louder. The waves of sound rose and fell, as if they were chanting some sort of ritual.
Xu Hui bit her lower lip. Her cultivation had completely dissipated when the old man punched her. There was also a restriction preventing her from self-destructing.
She silently looked at the sky as scenes flashed before her eyes. She, who was born in a mortal family, was taken away by the Phoenix Sect when she was young. In fact, in her memory, the appearance of her parents was already blurry, and she couldn't remember them clearly.
She had also returned to her hometown before, but it had already turned into dust in the passage of time. Her family had long since grown old and disappeared without a trace.
But now, the scene in front of her suddenly became much clearer. She saw her father, her mother, her family ….
The scenes continued appearing in her mind, and a warm smile bloomed on Xu Hui's lips. She slowly closed her eyes.
'This is my life … From the day I became a disciple of Phoenix Sect, my fate was decided … For the rest of my life, I must serve one of the direct descendants of Morning Dao Sect.
'This is my life … Now, I can be considered to be free.' Xu Hui sighed softly in her heart.
When Xu Hui closed her eyes and waited for death to arrive, a loud bang came from the barrier by her side. Along with it were the panicked cries of the tens of thousands of Sand Earthlings.
There were also the enraged roars of the dozen something sand giants and a cold harrumph from the illusory old man.
All of this caused Xu Hui, who had already given up hope. As her eyelashes fluttered, she tried to open her eyes, but her body was gradually losing all its strength. Even the act of opening her eyes was a little difficult for her.
She could only open the slits in her eyes. Through her eyelashes, through the haze, she could see a familiar figure outside the barrier in the distance. He was currently punching the barrier.
'It's him …' Xu Hui mumbled in her heart.
'He shouldn't have come. With his personality, everything he does is for his own benefit …
'But why … is he here..?
'He came back when we were fighting against the Waves of Tears. Right now, he's here, and he's back again. Is he … still Dao Kong..?
'Will a person change so quickly..? But no matter what, it doesn't matter whether it's Dao Kong or the others, thank you …' Xu Hui's heart was calm. She mumbled in her heart, speaking in a soft voice that only her soul could hear.
Su Ming rammed his fist against the barrier, and a loud bang spread in all directions. A strong rebound also came from within the barrier, causing Su Ming to stagger a few steps backwards.
When he lifted his head, he saw Xu Hui in the barrier. He saw her limbs bound by sand chains, her eyes closed, and her presence as faint as gossamer threads.
At the same time, he saw the Sand Earthlings and the dozen something gigantic Evil Sand Earthlings, as well as the person with the bow and the illusory old man who was thousands of feet tall in the barrier.
The mighty pressure from Lunar Kalpa Realm from the person with the bow, the power of Solar Kalpa Realm from the illusory old man, and the dozen something sand giants who were in the later stage of World Plane Realm caused Su Ming's pupils to shrink.
This was not a power he could fight against with his current level of cultivation. The dozen something sand giants were still manageable, but the existence of the person with the bow alone was a great threat to Su Ming, and it was even more so for the illusory old man.
Su Ming fell silent. As he retreated, the dozen something sand giants in the barrier roared and took huge strides forward. Their bodies could pierce through the barrier, and they charged towards Su Ming.
As for the person with the bow, scorn appeared on his face. In his eyes, Su Ming, who was only in World Plane Realm, was not worthy of him attacking. In fact, he only needed one bow, and he was confident that he could reduce this person to ashes.
Su Ming sighed in his heart. Xu Hui's life was hanging by a thread, and the more time passed, the more danger she would be in. Su Ming did not have much time to think about it, unless he did not want to save her. Since he had already decided to save this woman who seemed a little silly to him, then the exposure of his power was no longer within his considerations.
"Forget it." Su Ming shook his head and took his first step forward. At the instant his foot landed, the power of Divine Essence rose from his body. Countless bumps immediately appeared on his Sacred Constellation Robe, which had turned into a sackcloth. His level of cultivation also rose at that instant.
He was so quick that in the blink of an eye, he crashed into a sand giant. That sand giant laughed ferociously and threw a punch at him. Su Ming did not even spare it a glance. In fact, he did not even bother dodging. Instead, he rushed forward.
With a bang, Su Ming crashed into the sand giant. At the instant they did so, the sand giant's ferocious laughter turned into disbelief. Its right arm crumbled with a bang, and Su Ming shot through the giant's body. He was completely unharmed, and at the same time, he lifted his right hand and threw a punch behind him.
With it, the sand giant's body shuddered and crumbled.
"Very weak." Su Ming lifted his foot and took his second step forward. His level of cultivation had already reached the later stage of World Plane Realm. This was the fusion of his physical power and his cultivation base, and a comprehensive power erupted from his body.
The two sand giants in front of him stirred up a whirlwind as they roared. They swept up their bodies and closed in on the incoming Su Ming in an instant. Their bodies crashed into each other.
Boom! Boom! Two loud bangs reverberated in the world at that moment, causing all the Sand Earthlings to be shocked when they looked over. The two sand giants shuddered and crumbled at the same time, as if there was a power they could not withstand crushing everything about them.
Su Ming did not stop. He took his third step forward. At that moment, his level of cultivation had risen and he had fused with Divine Essence. He had reached great completion in the later stage of World Plane Realm, and with just one more step, he would be able to step into Lunar Kalpa Realm.
This was Su Ming's current limit. It was the strongest power he could bring forth, but the prerequisite … was that he did not use his Ecang clone!
However, in the next breath, when Su Ming took his fourth step and the four sand giants appeared in front of him, two words that only he could hear tumbled out of his mouth when his foot landed.
"Ecang."
At the instant those two words were spoken, in a galaxy that was incredibly far away from Divine Essence Star Ocean, in Western Ring Nebula, which was part of the territory of the four Great True Worlds and was separated by Black Ink Planet, Su Ming's Ecang clone swiftly opened his eyes in the purple galaxy.
Purple light shone in his eyes, and a supreme, mighty pressure erupted from his body with a bang.
At the same time, Su Ming's level of cultivation rose once again at the instant he crashed into the four sand giants. In an instant, he reached Lunar Kalpa Realm!
This was not a true Lunar Kalpa Realm, because there was no moon on Su Ming's body. However, the presence spreading out from his body at that moment gave others the feeling that … he was in Lunar Kalpa Realm!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Four consecutive bangs shot into the air, and the four sand giants before Su Ming crumbled. He took his fifth step forward and rammed his fist against the barrier. With just one punch, the barrier instantly shuddered. Cracks spread out, and with a bang, it shattered into pieces!
That punch was already infinitesimally close to Solar Kalpa Realm, and it also contained Divine Essence. Even if Xu Hui could not break it, Su Ming could!
The expression of the person with the bow changed drastically, and disbelief appeared on his face. He had personally seen Su Ming continuously becoming stronger. In the beginning, he had looked down on his cultivation base in World Plane Realm, but with just five steps, he had already reached Lunar Kalpa Realm. The final punch exuded a combat power that was infinitesimally close to Solar Kalpa Realm, and it caused his heart to tremble.
The illusory old man by his side also had a grave expression that had never appeared on his face before.
"Sir, who are you?!" the illusory old man instantly asked in a shrill voice.
"You can call me Dao Kong. I am … the man of the woman beside you in name."
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