Silence took over the control room of China's army base, a repressive mood shrouding over the place. They believed Jiang Xiu had already won but didn't expect another hiccup to pop up. Heaven's Gate's Gatemaster turned out to be a God as well, and he even had an array prepared to boot.
Long Zaizong, who hadn't attacked due to the resentment he felt towards the others for abandoning Long Yingqing, and also because she was in Jiang Xiu's hands, spoke out in a trembling voice, "Jiang Luoxia, don't resist so much. You won't be able to withstand the worldly energy. Why don't you surrender? We're all Chinese people so the Gatemaster will surely pass down a lenient judgment. You can even become a leader of the ten thousand people under Heaven's Gate."
Wang Chonglin nodded, "Long Zaizong is right. It'd be a real pity to kill a talented hero like you. If only you surrender, you can have the 2nd throne of Heaven's Gate."
Though he was fully aware Jiang Xiu was a God, he still tried to rope Jiang Xiu into Heaven's Gate. He wasn't attempting to swallow more than what he can chew. In fact, he had the intentions of subduing Jiang Xiu long ago so he could use him. If only Jiang Xiu surrendered, he had no lesser than a hundred methods to control him.
Jiang Xiu revealed a strange smile, "Do you think you've won?"
Deity Xiu was no ordinary man. He was an ultimate expert who had made his name on the Immortal Martial Continent, a place where each person tried to exploit the other, a world full of scheming and sinning. He quickly saw through Wang Chonglin's cheap trick. In case he did surrender, he'd be drugged or poisoned, perhaps even controlled using a Gu. For a God, it was an easy task to control other people.
"Do you believe you can luck out of this situation?" Wang Chonglin continued, "Although a God can draw void force for self-use, the amount which can be taken isn't infinite. Since you're a God like me, you ought to know this better than anyone else. The fact that Gods can use void force are just words to scare others, the amount which can be used is always constant, and this depends on the strength. The stronger a God, the more void force can be drawn from the void. Our strength is still insufficient to resist the world."
As he spoke, he changed the hand seal to operate the array, immediately after which the mist in the sky converged together to form a huge cyclone, silver lightning seemingly flashing inside it. Wang Chonglin was like a God who had control over this section of the world. "Jiang Luoxia, do you want to live or die?"
A lot of the onlookers who were observing from a distance went weak on their knees after witnessing Wang Chonglin's imposing aura.
Heaven's Gate's Gatemaster was too frightening!
Only now did they genuinely comprehend why Heaven's Gate had lorded over others in Europe for several hundred years, surviving through two world wars, and even gaining the moniker of 'Holy Land,' becoming a forbidden land for each country's government.
It was because there was a God there!
Many people already found it difficult to breathe as that world mist descended down, feeling as if the winds shooting off from the cyclone were akin to sharp blades which could even cut through a mountain and slice them up.
And they felt like this when they were outside the array, so the kind of pressure Jiang Xiu, who was at the center of the array, faced was pretty unimaginable.
"Is this your array's power?"
Jiang Xiu was as carefree as always.
"Its power is sufficient to kill you. Jiang Luoxia, I'm asking you one final time. Do you want to live or die?"
"Of course, I want to live… but you have no control over my fate while yours is in my grasp!"
"Egotistical!"
Wang Chonglin didn't have much hope for Jiang Xiu to join Heaven's Gate. After all, any human who had ascended to become a God possessed a lot of pride, so the possibility of making someone like that surrender was quite less. "Since it's like this, let today be the day I slaughter a God!"
BOOM!
Black clouds covered the sky above the cyclone, a hissing sound covering the entire place as it sunk down from the top. The hundred-year-old trees got crushed instantly, and the hilltops on the terrain ruptured.
"Jiang Luoxia!"
"These are the consequences of your actions. Let this place become your burial ground."
The onlookers were all ashen-faced, their legs trembling. They had never seen such a heavenly suppression. Even a tsunami and an earthquake didn't possess such power which could break mountain rock into pieces.
In this instant, those witnessing this scene were extremely shocked. The Chinese people who were paying attention to Jiang Luoxia felt their heart leap up to their throats. Is he going to die?
He had walked till the final step, massacred over a thousand disciples of Heaven's Gate, slaughtered around 20 Demigods, but hadn't been able to bring down the huge mountain known as Heaven's Gate.
It was a pity for such a monarch to fall before the last stretch.
At this moment, Jiang Xiu's forehead flickered with a bright light again. The saber pill emerged out from the divinity source once again, and along with the spell he chanted, several characters converged towards the saber pill, resulting in it turning from a 3-inch knife to a 4-foot saber. It shone with a saber light all of a sudden as Jiang Xiu raised his head, "Heaven Splitter!"
The saber light at his forehead soared up, becoming 10 times longer.
Boom!
The large saber light shot up towards the sky and suddenly burst forth with an extremely dazzling bright white line. In this split second, space, time and matter seemed to vanish; it was as if that white line had split the world into two.
A split opened up in the descending sky!
Boom!
The saber light shone brighter, forcefully cutting through the sky. The winds wreaked havoc inside it, lightning flashed along with thunder booming endlessly. It felt as if the heavens had been split open as that cyclone got cut into two halves before dissipating completely.
"Oh my God!"
Long Zaizong's eyes almost popped out.
"How is this possible?!"
Wang Chonglin's expression warped as well. This array had gathered the worldly energy of an area of 100 km. Jiang Xiu shouldn't have been able to resist it even if he were a God as there was a limit to divine force he possessed and he'd run out of it sooner or later.
According to how he had cultivated, the divine force he possessed could roughly gather the worldly energy of an area of 500 m, and the array he had placed here could actually gather the worldly energy from an area of 100 km. It was too unbelievable that Jiang Luoxia had forcefully split open such an array's attack.
In other words, this meant that the power behind this one attack of Jiang Xiu was hundred times stronger than the power Wang Chonglin possessed. In fact, the difference between the worldly energy of an area of 500 m and 100 km wasn't just hundredfold, just like how the power of a 30mph tornado was nothing compared to that of a 300mph tornado.
Assessing the numerical stats was hard.
Yet what had happened before him was true.
Wang Chonglin couldn't remain collected. He cried out in alarm, "What kind of saber art is this?"
"My methods aren't something you can comprehend."
Wang Chonglin looked at the split sky rigidly with a pale expression on his face. His heart had sunk to the bottom. If the array got broken through, Jiang Luoxia would no doubt send that sword light towards him. His hair stood up just thinking of this possibility. He gritted his teeth bitterly. "Jiang Luoxia, you will die!"
He pinched the Longevity Stone in his hand, causing the symbols on it to break out with an intense light as he chanted a spell at a quick speed. A rumbling sound echoed up above in the skies again, and the rend which had opened up in the sky began to heal.
At the same time, Wang Chonglin's black hair turned completely white as it danced in the wind madly.
Jiang Xiu shook his head helplessly.
"What? Are you scared now? But it's too late!"
Wang Chonglin's appearance became abnormally demonic, making him appear like a demonic god.
Naturally, Jiang Xiu hadn't shaken his head due to fear but rather due to disappointment. Heaven Splitter was a sword art he had comprehended and barely executed used it using a saber. Though he was able to split open the array, in the end, there was a difference between a sword and a saber. They appeared not much different at first glance, but along with time, he'd run out of the power required to follow-up on the next attack and Wang Chonglin's array would recover by then.
"Afraid?" Jiang Xiu shook his head, "Wang Chonglin, in those days, the people of Sahagan had saved you yet you slaughtered them. Today, this land shall become your burial ground."
Wang Chonglin was startled, "You know me? And about Sahagan?"
"W-Who are you?"
"I'm a Demon from Hell who has especially come to take you to Hell."
"Wang Chonglin, receive death!"
Wang Chonglin laughed out loudly, "Jiang Luoxia, don't try to scare me with your words. You're already a spent force. Your psychological warfare tactics won't work against me. I'm the one who will be sending you to Hell."
"Are you ready to die?!"
Wang Chonglin taunted. However, the smile on his face suddenly went rigid.
Jiang Xiu's pupils slowly expanded, his eyes turning pitch-black. At the same time, the divine regalia symbol on his left arm illumined.
BOOM!
An intense light burst forth from his body, forming a light beam which soared towards the sky.
"What is this?"
Wang Chonglin quaked in fear as he witnessed the entire scene. Jiang Xiu's hair waved like flames, his body glowing as a gale devastated his surroundings. He slowly rose up into the sky, making him look like a demonic god who had descended into this world.
A voice seemed to surge through the entire place, sounding as if it had originated from the ancient times.
"Infinity!"
Deity Xiu's pupils returned to normal, lightning flashing through his eyes as he spoke out the word, the Divine Regalia Character Note.