"My Divine Power?" Pan Yusheng's face turned serious. Black light surged from his body, flickering erratically and violently like a blazing inferno.
He didn't know why this person wanted his Divine Power. No, rather, he couldn't understand why anyone would even say such a thing. Only those with the Pan Clan's bloodline who cultivated their profound art could inherit their Divine Power.
This guy was clearly not a member of their clan, and he certainly did not possess their bloodline.
A devilish black beam ripped through the air and stabbed straight toward Yun Wuji. It was a black spear he had summoned at some point.
Even if he couldn't understand this person's motive or figure out his identity, one thing was clear to him. If he wanted to stay alive, he had to fight.
The spear moved in the blink of an eye and appeared right in front of Yun Wuji. Countless pitch black demonic runes bloomed across the space around it. The sound resembled the mournful cries of countless demonic crows, as if it intended to devour Yun Wuji's body and soul. Even the surrounding light faded rapidly, swallowed by the spear's presence.
Swoosh!
The impact Pan Yusheng expected never came. What happened instead shocked and terrified him far more than he already was. His all-out attack, one that no Divine Regent, not even Dian Louhou, could take lightly, was blocked by Yun Wuji's two fingers. He was gripping the tip of the spear with nothing but those fingers. The darkness and the pitch black demonic crows that surrounded the spear and attempted to engulf Yun Wuji scattered like smoke.
"I take it you want to die then."
'Impossible! Impossible! I won't accept this!' Pan Yusheng found that his hands were shivering from fright. Although he had never fought any of the High Priests and knew that he was no match for any of them, he absolutely believed that even if they were to fight, they would not take his attack so easily, so nonchalantly, without even using their own profound energy to protect themselves.
"Ahhh!" He roared, as if trying to drive the fear out of his heart. Veins bulged across his hands as the long black sleeves of his robes burst apart, revealing his arms. Using all his strength, he tore the spear free from Yun Wuji's two fingers.
"Die!" With another furious battle cry, he thrust the spear toward Yun Wuji once more. Countless pitch black patterns abruptly spread out in every direction like a spider web, sealing the surrounding space.
Black light erupted in his eyes, and countless demonic crows flew out of the demonic patterns. Their cries were shrill, bleak, and ear-piercing like the wails of a dead soul, but also resentful and overflowing with hatred like a curse that would melt the very bones. They flew toward Yun Wuji like a thick, inescapable net that swore to rip his flesh and penetrate his soul at all costs.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
Pan Yusheng didn't stop there. In a split second, he stabbed his spear what felt like tens of thousands of times, pouring every ounce of his power into it. Darkness surged outward, spreading in all directions, detonating like countless colossal wings of crows. The cries and wails of the crows echoed relentlessly, filling the air with a sound that clawed at the soul.
The area around Yun Wuji seemed swallowed by pitch-black darkness, as if cursed by an ancient devil.
Seeing this, Pan Yusheng stopped attacking. He pointed his spear east and transformed into a black beam of light, shooting forward. He had already confirmed that he was absolutely no match for this man. Even if his attacks managed to injure Yun Wuji, his defeat was inevitable. The smartest choice was to break free from this domain, escape, and seek help.
All Divine Kingdoms had teleportation formations linked to the Pure Land, set up by the Abyssal Monarch himself. They could only be used in emergencies, as they consumed an astronomical amount of energy. Pan Yusheng planned to escape to one of these formations and head to the Pure Land to seek help.
Judging by the power this man displayed, he knew only the Pure Land could aid him, and it was also the only place he could flee to without being caught midway.
From the moment Pan Yusheng was pulled into this domain, he realized some of its peculiarities, which made it seem as if this domain had no boundaries and stretched endlessly in every direction. Because of this, he planned to use all of his power to pierce a hole in the domain's space and escape, a method that was also the most common approach used to deal with Divine Domains.
"Ha!" Dense pitch-black darkness condensed at the tip of his spear, swirling violently. With a sharp cry, he stabbed through the space.
How strong was the all-out attack of a True God? If this attack were unleashed in the Primal Chaos, it would absolutely obliterate 80%, including the God Realm of Absolute Beginning. It was powerful enough to destroy the Owl Butterfly Kingdom of God countless times over.
BOOMM!
A vast, apocalyptic explosion erupted from the tip of the spear, with the epicenter blazing like nothing Pan Yusheng had ever unleashed before. Cracks spread through space like shattered glass, and Pan Yusheng's eyes shone as he stared ahead at the fissures. It seemed he was about to succeed!
The space tore apart, revealing a large hole. Pan Yusheng, who had never stopped moving, shot through it. He was finally free! He hadn't died! Once he reached the Pure Land, he would personally seek the help of the Abyssal Monarch and show this bastard what it truly meant to provoke him.
Suddenly, his vision and senses blanked for a split second. When they returned, he found himself back at the exact spot he had tried to escape from. "Ehh?"
'What happened?!!!!' Pan Yusheng's already pale face turned even whiter than a sheet. Blood drained from his features, his limbs grew cold, and the dreadful sensation of death crept into his heart. In that moment, no matter how unwilling he was to accept it, he knew he was completely screwed.
"Nice try, though I can't say that it was a smart one." Yun Wuji's expression was still blank, just like your bank balance sheet. Except for extremely powerful space and time artifacts that were more powerful than Yun Wuji himself, no one could escape from the Omniscient Domain. At his level of power right now, if he were to activate Invictus, even the Abyssal Monarch using the two Devil Artifacts would not be able to escape either.
"It was boring while it lasted. It's time to send you on your way." He felt he had been fair. He had given Pan Yusheng the opportunity to struggle for his life and also allowed him choices to make. It was Pan Yusheng's own fault for being blind and stupid.
His figure blurred from Pan Yusheng's vision. When Yun Wuji appeared, Pan Yusheng felt a strong grip on his throat, lifting him into the air. This time, he did not struggle. The spear in his hand slowly slipped as it fell. He stared at Yun Wuji and asked, "Why... why are you this strong?"
The disparity between them was so hopelessly despairing that Pan Yusheng felt like a mortal facing a True God, a real God, while he was nothing but a fake one. He realized that perhaps even if the Abyssal Monarch were to come, he still wouldn't be able to defeat this man.
"Because my genius is frightening," Yun Wuji answered calmly. A greyish-silver light shone from his hand and spread into Pan Yusheng's body, starting from his neck. To his immediate horror, he felt his power completely suppressed and forced back into his profound veins.
"What is this? What are you doing?!" His horror deepened as he felt his power being slowly stripped away, as if some unknown force were cruelly tearing it from him. He had heard earlier that this man wanted his Divine Power, but he had never expected him to actually take it. How could anyone possibly have the ability to steal his Divine Power?!
This is unscientific!
"I am taking what I came for," Yun Wuji answered calmly. Because of his suppression of Darkness Profound Energy, it didn't take him long to finish plundering Pan Yusheng's power.
A pitch-black ball slowly left Pan Yusheng's body and entered Yun Wuji's through his hand, following the path into his body and finally settling in his world of profound veins, right next to the Star and Moon Divine Power.
"Stop! If you continue, I'll die! Spare my life! Please spare my life!" After losing his Divine Power, Pan Yusheng's cultivation fell to the 7th level of the Divine Extinction Realm, but Yun Wuji's devouring did not stop. He continued taking even this from him.
"I told you that if you struggled, I would be taking both your power and your life. I am a man of my word," Yun Wuji uttered calmly. Even though he looked down on this man, he had given him a choice earlier, which was his last act of kindness, though he could not truly claim to be kind in the first place. Pan Yusheng chose to struggle, and these were the consequences he had to face.
In a matter of seconds, Pan Yusheng's cultivation was completely devoured. His body visibly dried up like a mummy, flesh withering and collapsing in on itself, until it could no longer maintain its shape and finally dispersed into drifting smoke. He died, leaving behind nothing but hopelessness, hatred, and powerless curses.
"I... curse you! I curse you to suffer a horrible death!"