Chapter 624 Time Is of the Essence.
"Boom!"
When Xuan Mo unleashed his attack, amplified by the Dragon-Slaying Blade, towards the spatial rift, a tremendous shockwave erupted, directly causing spatial turbulence.
Immediately afterward, a surge of energy burst forth from the spatial rift!
Simultaneously, his second and sixth soul skills activated, raising his defense to its highest level to directly confront the energy.
"Boom!"
The moment the energy struck Xuan Mo, intense pain swept through his entire body, but with all his might, his defense did not shatter. Instead, propelled by the burst of energy, he moved forward through the passage!
This action prevented the spatial passages ahead from reacting and launching any attacks. He had already passed through.
This tactic directly reduced Xuan Mo's time.
"Damn! Brother Mo's move is too risky!"
Mu Lin, watching with bated breath, couldn't help but curse, regardless of whether the Five Dragon Kings were present.
"His actions were somewhat reckless," the Space Dragon King agreed with Mu Lin's assessment. "If he had been accidentally swept up by the spatial turbulence, even with my timely rescue, it might have been too late."
"But didn't Mo boy escape unscathed?"
The Fire Dragon King scoffed, "Cultivation sometimes involves taking risks, and what he just did shows that Mo boy gambled correctly. Besides, if he dared to do that, it means he was confident."
"Alright, Old Fire, stop yelling. You're too noisy."
With that, the Ice Dragon King refocused his gaze on the scene inside the spatial passage. "Let's see how Mo boy gets through the next spatial passage. After all, shortcuts can only be used once, not twice."
In the following stages, the danger and difficulty of the spatial passage reached an extremely abnormal level.
Xuan Mo had already experienced countless close calls; every step forward felt like a brush with death.
Now, he was only a dozen meters away from exiting the passage.
He was utterly disheveled, his clothes tattered, leaning on his sword for support, panting heavily. He used the brief respite to quickly recover his strength and soul power, pondering how to pass through this final, most difficult, and dangerous section.
By now, the attack power and suction force emanating from the spatial rift had reached an outrageous level.
Although he hadn't personally experienced these final dozen meters and didn't know how strong it would truly become, having traversed the previous spatial passages, he knew that the last dozen meters would be incredibly powerful, possibly exceeding his limits.
After only about three minutes, his hair stood on end.
Instantly, he mobilized all his devouring power and the "Intent of Heavy Rocks," reinforcing the outer barrier.
At the same time, the Dragon-Slaying Blade was poised to strike.
Two spatial rifts, each the size of a gluttonous beast's maw, had begun to flicker and gather energy in front of him.
"Boom!"
Faced with this, Xuan Mo immediately unleashed his attack!
The blade's light collided instantly with the attack from the spatial rifts!
However, "Sizzle sizzle sizzle..."
Within this spatial passage where power increased progressively, the attack force and suction force emanating from the spatial rifts grew stronger with each passing moment. For Xuan Mo to withstand the current suction force with his defenses built using devouring power and gravity was nothing short of wishful thinking.
A series of subtle cracking sounds rang out, and the defensive barrier that Xuan Mo had erected, which had held for so long, was destroyed by the suction force.
Martial Soul True Body activated.
Devouring Domain activated.
At this moment, Xuan Mo, in his Martial Soul True Body and Domain states, experienced a significant increase in both attack power and speed. However, the size of his Gluttonous True Body was compressed to the size of a normal person by the inexplicable energy of the spatial passage.
Xuan Mo was not surprised by this.
Just after the defensive barrier shattered completely, Xuan Mo unleashed the "Gluttonous Divine Thunder Tribulation," blasting it towards the incoming divine light.
It should be noted that the power of Xuan Mo's attack was absolutely formidable. Yet, this attack only caused the divine light to tremble for a moment.
However, this brief pause was enough; Xuan Mo had already moved.
Because he knew he didn't need to risk a direct confrontation.
Thus, the Gluttonous Beast leaped past the divine light.
"Hoo—"
But when Xuan Mo sighed and turned to look behind him, he shook his head helplessly. He hadn't expected that even with his Martial Soul True Body and Devouring Domain fully activated, his full-force movement had only propelled him forward two meters!
He had known all along that the spatial suction would significantly restrict his movements. But he hadn't anticipated that the spatial channel's suction would be so strong against him.
But now was not the time for regret; the light in front of him was flashing faster and faster. He quickly composed himself, choosing to revert to his human form to conserve his soul power, and rapidly adjusted his state.
Seeing the next attack about to come, he gripped the Dragon-Slaying Blade and took a step forward.
"Boom—"
The moment he stepped forward, the spatial rifts in front of him surged with vibrant colors! In the blink of an eye, the spatial rifts shot towards him like a rain of arrows of light.
At the same moment, the Dragon-Slaying Blade, imbued with a large amount of Xuan Mo's soul power, rang out with a "clang," bursting forth with golden divine light. With a swing from Xuan Mo, it cleaved a nine-colored blade of light in front, scattering the incoming attacks to both sides.
He seized the opening and charged forward!
However, Xuan Mo had not escaped the rain of light; he was still six meters from the end of the spatial passage. So he swung the Dragon-Slaying Blade's blade of light again to the right front.
But this strike was clearly less effective than the previous two.
The reason was that his soul power was already insufficient.
And he needed to save his remaining soul power for a trump card.
But now, he didn't care about that.
"Even if it's dangerous, I have no choice but to try."
The next second, Xuan Mo leaped high into the air. He decided to use the same trick again, but with the spatial rift growing stronger, he chose the spatial passage beneath his feet, as the chances of success would be higher there.
"Sinking Kingdom—Dragon-Slaying Blade!"
Holding the Dragon-Slaying Blade, the surrounding energy transformed into rock and soil, enveloping the area, and then crashed down towards the spatial passage.
In an instant, the spatial passage beneath Xuan Mo's feet seemed about to shatter. But with the support of spatial power, it only tumbled wildly up and down.
Xuan Mo caught the rhythm of the tumbling and was thus propelled out by the spatial passage.
Now, his soul power was less than one-tenth of what it used to be. And he was still three meters from the end of the spatial passage!
What he didn't know was that, in reality, his time was also running out!
(End of Chapter)