Chapter 976 - 437: Ants!
Could it be that this Sword Tomb is not just to seal away this Forbidden Entity?
But also to nurture or summon this Annihilation Sword?!
To use it to completely end this Forbidden Entity?!
At this moment, the silhouette of the "Annihilation Sword" slowly pointed towards "Xu Ran"!
A terrifying killing intent that locks onto eternity, annihilating all life, severing all bonds, descended instantly!
The Ancient Will shrank violently, bathed in golden light!
As if encountering its nemesis!
Its power, its "Tao"
In front of this sword
Seemed so pale! So powerless!
"No!"
It roared in unwilling anger!
"I’ve just broken free!"
"I absolutely will not fall here!"
"Ant!"
It suddenly lowered its head, glaring at the Soul Imprint of Xu Ran!
A flash of madness passed through its eyes!
"Since you want to ’become me’!"
"Then I shall grant you that!"
"Using your ’life’!"
"To block this sword!"
Boom!
It actually relinquished absolute control over the body!
Forcefully pushing the terrifying killing intent of the descending "Annihilation Sword"
And part of the body’s control
Toward that flickering Soul Imprint!
This is scapegoating!
This is sacrificing a pawn to save the king!
It wanted to use Xu Ran as a pawn
To confront that peerless deadly sword!
"You!"
Xu Ran’s Soul Imprint let out an angry roar!
He felt the terrifying killing intent that could freeze the Divine Soul!
It was pure "annihilation"!
Unstoppable!
Unavoidable!
However, in that split second between life and death, as despair descended.
Xu Ran’s Soul Imprint instead exploded with unprecedented brilliance!
Within that brilliance.
There was anger!
There was unwillingness!
And a kind of madness to rise from the dead!
"You want me to die for you?!"
"Dream on!"
"My life!"
"Even if it means destruction!"
"Will be in my own hands!"
Buzz!
The eighth sword shadow, condensed with the will of the "Sword of Destiny Severing"
Suddenly trembled!
Actually advancing towards the killing intent of the "Annihilation Sword"!
At the same time!
Xu Ran’s will, like a bursting dam!
Rushed madly toward the temporarily vacant control of the body!
"My body!"
"Get out!"
A struggle that happened in a flash, within the body, but concerned the life and death of two wills!
It broke out!
Outside, Yu Kong was utterly numb.
He watched that dark sword of doom condense into form.
Slowly descending!
Also watching on "Xu Ran’s" body.
Sometimes a blaze of golden light, sometimes exuding a resolute severing edge!
Two entirely different auras, intertwining madly! Colliding!
In the end...
Pfft!
A mouthful of golden blood, mixed with a bit of scarlet.
Spewed wildly from "Xu Ran’s" mouth!
His gaze, wildly struggling!
Sometimes the cold and rage of the Ancient Will!
Sometimes Xu Ran’s original clarity and determination!
"Annihilation Sword"
Was already overhead!
The consuming darkness
Was about to engulf everything!
Life and death...
In a brief moment!
It was an indescribable annihilation!
Not the disappearance of sound, not the dimming of light, but... the stripping away of existence itself!
In the path of the descending Annihilation Sword, time seemed to be hollowed out, space ripped apart like a painting, revealing the haunting absolute "void" behind it!
Yu Kong’s eyes widened, pupils shrinking to needlepoints! He couldn’t even feel fear, because even the emotion of fear seemed to lose the right to exist before that "void"! He could only watch, eyes wide open, as the dark sword that defined "the end" struck towards the figure frantically struggling between golden light and sharpness!
And at this moment, inside Xu Ran’s body, it had become the most tragic battlefield!
"Ant! You dare!!!"
The Ancient Will let out a roar that shook the Divine Soul! It felt it! Felt Xu Ran’s insane defiance!
This humble creature, this ant it could crush with a finger, actually didn’t choose to face the Annihilation Sword head-on with the eighth sword shadow, but instead... nailed that sword shadow’s edge, along with his own will, like steel spikes, into the connection point between It and this body!
What left It utterly horrified was that Xu Ran wasn’t just fighting for control, he was... guiding!
He was using his tiny yet immensely tenacious will, to steer the killing intent of the Annihilation Sword, forcefully dispersing it evenly into every corner of this body! Including those core areas firmly guarded by Its golden light!
"You want mutual destruction?!!" The Ancient Will instantly understood Xu Ran’s intention, feeling an unprecedented chill!
This ant, rather die together than be Its scapegoat!
"My life, my choice!" Xu Ran’s Soul Imprint roared, a nearly instinctive shout, containing the most profound dignity and defiance of life! "You want to use my life to ward off disaster? Then let’s... be destroyed together!!!"
Boom!!!!
No earth-shattering explosion, only a... sound of extreme "annihilation," echoing in the heart of every creature capable of Perception of this moment!
The Annihilation Sword, finally descended!
It met no resistance worthy of mention.
Whether it was the seemingly indestructible eternal golden light of the Ancient Will, or Xu Ran’s eighth sword shadow edge imbued with the will to sever fate...
Before absolute "annihilation," they were like illusory dreams, collapsing at a touch!
Tsss!
Golden light, like gold drenched in concentrated sulfuric acid, dissolved and disintegrated instantly, letting out a silent scream! The imprint within, bearing the Ancient Will, suffered an unprecedented blow! It was an erasure from the layer of "Tao" itself!