"Is that supposed to be you?"
"Ridiculous!"
Ying Zhao Demon Saint sneered coldly, his fierce gaze fixed on Yu Yuan, "Do you think achieving the Quasi-Saint Dao Fruit is easy? Do you know how many exceptionally talented beings have been stuck at the peak of Daluo, unable to advance since the Creation of Heaven and Earth?"
"Not to mention those from afar, just among the disciples of the Saint sects, how many have attained the Quasi-Saint Dao Fruit? Even your masters haven't succeeded yet. You have only cultivated for a little over a thousand years; what virtue and ability do you have to harbor such extravagant hopes?"
Ying Zhao Demon Saint's sneering voice was exceptionally loud, as if he wanted to shatter Yu Yuan's spirit with his words.
He stood proudly in the void, his body enveloped in a pale golden Divine Light, like an ancient Divine being, emitting an incredibly terrifying power. His words carried an air of arrogance that looked down upon everyone.
As a Quasi-Saint powerhouse, he had the strength and confidence to back it up.
Yu Yuan smirked, mocking, "You can't even defeat me, what face do you have to laugh?"
"I… When did I lose to you?"
Ying Zhao Demon Saint retorted angrily, "It's because you are a damned oddity."
"Stop making excuses."
Yu Yuan beckoned with his finger, "Come on, continue, show me what you've got!"
"I … you're seeking death!"
Ying Zhao Demon Saint barely hesitated for a moment before he could no longer restrain himself. With a shake of his body, he split into two identical selves, then with another shake, he became four...
In the blink of an eye, the Heaven and Earth were filled with figures of Ying Zhao Demon Saint, rushing towards Yu Yuan like a tidal wave.
Each of these clones used different Divine Skills, causing the small Heaven and Earth area to erupt in fierce winds, fluttering sand and stones, intertwined lightning, and sky-high flames, as various types of Mana surged together.
Yu Yuan summoned the Purple Lightning Hammer and swung it lightly forward, a green lotus then appeared above the Nine Heavens, making a swift rotation and enveloping this entire small Heaven and Earth.
Covering all the "Ying Zhao Demon Saints" within sight.
Then an incredibly bright thunder, descended from the green lotus.
This thunder originated beyond the thirty-three skies of Yu Yu Heaven, gestated within the Upper Pure Saint Realm, thus it was called: Upper Pure Divine Thunder!
The Upper Pure Divine Thunder was tyrannically extraordinary, nothing could withstand it, nothing it couldn't strike.
Each bolt of thunder was crystal clear, like precious gems, and the moment they burst forth, they transformed the area into an ocean of thunder.
"Crackle and pop!"
Countless "Ying Zhao Demon Saints" vanished into smoke under the Divine Thunder... except for one who fled to the edge of this Heaven and Earth, trying to break through an opening.
Yu Yuan said with a hint of surprise, "You wouldn't be thinking of running away, would you?"
"I don't have time to entertain your cultivation!" Ying Zhao Demon Saint said coldly, continuing to hammer at the edges of this small Heaven and Earth.
He didn't want to fight any longer.
From the initial probing to the formal combat, he had already exerted all his strength, nearly fighting with his life on the line, yet Yu Yuan seemed unable to be defeated, falling down again and again, only to stand up each time...
Actually, this was nothing extraordinary, many high-ranked Immortal Gods could do this.
As long as the Primordial Spirit was not destroyed, they could continually rebuild their bodies, though not as quickly as him.
What truly stunned Ying Zhao Demon Saint was that every time Yu Yuan fell and stood up again, he became stronger than before!
The two had been fighting hand-to-hand, colliding the Mixed Iron Stick with the Mixed Gold Hammer intermittently, so he was very clear about the changes in Yu Yuan's strength!
By now, Yu Yuan's strength had increased by at least ten percent!
With Yu Yuan's strength originally almost at the peak of Great Witch, this ten percent increase was incredibly fearsome!
Ying Zhao Demon Saint had started cultivating since the Dragon Phoenix Tribulation and had passed hundreds of eons, but had never witnessed such a bizarre occurrence.
Although he had just mocked Yu Yuan for overestimating himself, deep down, he was actually starting to panic.
He was unclear whether Yu Yuan could attain the Quasi-Saint Dao Fruit or not, but if the fight continued in the same vein as earlier, his physical strength would definitely grow to a terrifying level.
Thus, he truly did not want to continue fighting.
He didn't care about the Chaos Bell anymore!
At this moment, he only wanted to open a spatial tunnel and return to Primordial.
However, he was, like Yu Yuan, most proficient in physical combat, and not particularly skilled in the various Dao Laws.
Thus, even though his cultivation and realm were profound, he had not deeply studied the Space Law.
If it were Kunpeng Ancestor, perhaps he could break through the space in a moment and escape instantly, but escaping from this small Heaven and Earth was not easy for Ying Zhao Demon Saint.
That was also why Yu Yuan confronted him!
Both being crude in body cultivation, they certainly had no tricks for various predicaments.
"The path is one's own choice, since you chose to set up an ambush and kill for treasure, don't blame me for using you as a stepping stone!" Yu Yuan said sternly, holding the Purple Lightning Hammer in one hand and the Primordial Hammer in the other, looking towards Ying Zhao Demon Saint: "Now, there's only one way for you to survive, which is to kill me!
From the day you decided to ambush and kill me, our fate was sealed to only have one survivor!"
Saying this, he waved the Purple Lightning Hammer, controlling the all-encompassing Upper Pure Divine Thunder to crash towards Ying Zhao Demon Saint, leaving him no chance to escape.
"Damn it, Yu Yuan, you better not push me! Otherwise, you'll be the one regretting it!"
Ying Zhao Demon Saint shouted, fleeing to the distance, not daring to endure the might of the Upper Pure Divine Thunder.
Even though with his realm, he could heal instantaneously if injured, doing so would consume Essence Blood and Mana!
That was what puzzled him the most.
Every time Yu Yuan was severely injured, he recovered instantly, yet seemed more spirited each time, showing none of the fatigue and weakness that should accompany such heavy expenditures.
This completely overturned Ying Zhao Demon Saint's understanding.
His worldview was severely impacted.
Eventually, he concluded, this guy definitely had peculiarities!
Unfortunately, he had come to this conclusion too late.
Yu Yuan had already made up his mind to kill, so he didn't care about being seen through.
At this moment, he wielded the Purple Lightning Hammer, summoning layer upon layer of Upper Pure Divine Thunder, covering the entire microcosm and denying Ying Zhao Demon Saint the opportunity to pierce through the spatial tunnel.
"How insufferable!"
Ying Zhao Demon Saint roared angrily, swinging the Mixed Iron Stick towards Yu Yuan, and shouted, "You merely wish to use me to temper yourself, but as long as I'm not fooled, even if we fight for a thousand years, ten thousand years, you will not attain the Quasi-Saint Dao Fruit!"
"That makes sense!"
Yu Yuan's eyes flickered, he generously praised: "You reminded me!"
Saying so, he brought out his own Chaos Bell, a brass bell the size of a palm that rapidly grew to the height of a man in the wind, suspended above his head, flashing with Chaotic Divine Light.
The bell, ancient and natural, dominated Heaven and Earth, as if standing proudly above them.
"Duang~Duang~Duang~"
The bell continuously rang, streaks and strands of profound yellow aura fell from the surface of the Chaos Bell, and radiant five-colored divine light shimmered, within which the sun, moon, and stars could be vaguely seen revolving, intertwining traces of the passage of time.
"Did you accelerate the flow of time inside this microcosm?"
Ying Zhao Demon Saint, truly a Quasi-Saint powerhouse.
Although he pursued the path of body cultivation and his Daoist realm was not as profound compared to other Quasi-Saint powerhouses, he still immediately sensed the change in the Time Law.
Yu Yuan didn't hide it either, he nodded openly and said earnestly, "You are strong; I need more time to learn and assimilate."
He pushed the Chaos Bell to its limit, causing the flow of time within this microcosm to be hundreds to thousands of times faster than the outside world!
In this way, even if he stayed in this microcosm for hundreds to thousands of years, only one or two years would pass in the outside world, avoiding the awkward situation where the Sealing God Tribulation would have already ended by the time he emerged.
This was also after the Chaos Bell was repaired that he gained a higher level of control over the Time Law to achieve this.
Otherwise, he would have to opt for a quick battle, unleashing all the Spiritual Treasures and using all his strength to swiftly kill Ying Zhao Demon Saint instead of just grappling close with a Mixed Gold Hammer like he was now.
Ying Zhao Demon Saint didn't want to fight him?
No matter, Yu Yuan had plenty of ways to force him into action.
Whether verbal provocations, spiritual humiliation, coercion, enticement, or setting him up in the dark, Yu Yuan was adept in utilizing these tactics, alternatingly applied on Ying Zhao Demon Saint.
For Yu Yuan, this was a form of cultivation!
His physical body was rapidly enhanced in battling Ying Zhao Demon Saint, while he also took the opportunity to learn the latter's combat style.
After all, Ying Zhao Demon Saint followed the same path as him, with hundreds of thousands of years of combat experience, worth learning from.
And for Ying Zhao Demon Saint, this was a torture that pierced his heart.
As time silently passed, both his body and mind were riddled with scars.
This microcosm had no sun, no day or night; thus, naturally, there was no rest.
Ying Zhao Demon Saint tried countless times to escape but was repeatedly captured by Yu Yuan.
This microcosm was like a sunless jail, and Yu Yuan was the cold-hearted jailer, constantly subjecting him to various abuses until he could no longer endure and retaliated.
He also tried desperately to give it his all and obliterate Yu Yuan's physical and spiritual form in one fell swoop, not giving him a chance to regenerate his body!
But let alone if it was effective, the key point was that he simply couldn't achieve this!
In despair, he even thought of self-detonating his Primordial Spirit and die together with Yu Yuan.
But after all, he was still clinging to life.
…
In this microcosm, time passed swiftly, in the blink of an eye.
One day, Ying Zhao Demon Saint swung his Mixed Iron Stick heavily down on Yu Yuan's head.
"Dang!"
A muted sound.
Yu Yuan trembled slightly, but the Mixed Iron Stick bounced up high.
The Mixed Iron Stick no longer inflicted much damage on him.
"Made it!"
Yu Yuan sighed with sentiment.
He had been battling Ying Zhao Demon Saint for over two thousand years!
Without sleep or rest, without food or drink, fighting non-stop for more than two thousand years!
And he had been hit by a Quasi-Saint powerhouse for over two thousand years!
Today, he finally obtained a body that was strong to the utmost.
"Made it!"
Ying Zhao Demon Saint also sighed with feeling.
"This body of yours is comparable even to those Ancestor Witches, your initial potential shouldn't have enabled you to reach this level... I truly do not understand how you managed it."
His voice was calm, now devoid of anger and hatred.
In fact, in the final few hundred years, there was no need for Yu Yuan's provocation anymore; it was instead Ying Zhao Demon Saint who took the initiative to fight him.
Yu Yuan did not speak, just silently watched him.
Ying Zhao Demon Saint paused, as if understanding something, his gaze towards Yu Yuan grew incredibly complex, he spoke softly, "You succeeded, it's time to kill me, right?"
Yu Yuan nodded, without any hesitation or reluctance.
The two were enemies from the start, each deeply desiring to kill the other.
Despite over two thousand years of combat fostering a touch of mutual admiration, Yu Yuan was clear on what he wanted and what he ought to do.
When it was time to act, he absolutely wouldn't hesitate.
Ying Zhao Demon Saint also understood this and laughed loudly, "Come on, I won't just wait for death submissively!"
A long time later, the microcosm shattered thunderously.
Yu Yuan, with the Chaos Bell above his head, slowly emerged above the North Sea...
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