The Black Book: Seven Deadly Sins

Raising his sword to block, but the moment it made contact, the extraordinary treasure sword that had accompanied Zhu Haomiao through several great battles silently snapped in two, not even offering the slightest resistance!

Even though he was mentally prepared, a storm of shock surged in the young man's heart, and instinctively he shot backwards.

High-level Divinity!

Unstoppable!

Retreat!

However, the white porcelain-like bone sword pursued relentlessly, turning even space-time to illusion as it effortlessly cleaved Zhu Haomiao's chest.

[Heavenly Gang Power]!

[Hard Qi Skill]!

74 points [Body] attribute!

The terrifying defense based on the rules of this plane did not work in the slightest; the divine suppression of a high-level divinity ignored all obstructions, leaving a ghastly sword mark on Zhu Haomiao.

If he hadn't dodged in time, this sword would have cut him in half directly!

Yet, although he avoided the most lethal edge of the sword, the residual force of the divine sword blade extended into his body, making Zhu Haomiao's flesh and blood transparent and illusory, writhing and trembling like water waves, as if it were going to be obliterated into nothingness by the destructive divinity attached to the sword blade.

At the critical moment, the [Book of Black] quietly bloomed with chaotic black light, nullifying the law's erasure on a conceptual level, and the originally illusory and transparent oscillating flesh coagulated instantly.

But the material level destruction still exerted true and undeniable effect on Zhu Haomiao, stretching from his left chest to his right abdomen, a hideous sword scar over a meter long and five centimeters deep slashed across his body, at its deepest revealing the cut white bones and underneath them the trembling visceral organs.

Meanwhile, on a symbolic level, the giant's sword fell like thunder, silently severing three heads of Orochi, from the smooth mirror-like cut surface spewed thick black smoke with high corrosion, was no longer able to let out a shrill wailing, and painfully struggled to retreat.

In an instant, retreating hundreds of meters, Zhu Haomiao lowered his head to gaze at the terrifying sword mark that almost bisected him, a pink divine light flickered in his pupils.

The [Lust] authority released all its power, the exposed scarlet flesh squirmed and healed as if alive, but before it could scab over and mend, the remaining destructive divinity attached to the wound ruthlessly tore it apart again.

Life divinity and destructive divinity conflicted fiercely, wounds opening and healing, healing and opening, over and over, like the cruelest torture, bringing Zhu Haomiao an unending excruciating pain.

Yet, under the effect of the [anger] original sin, these painful damages transformed into waves of pleasure invading his brain, causing Zhu Haomiao to raise a pathological twisted smile.

Raising his eyes to look at the enemy whose flesh was also blurring and trembling like water waves, Zhu Haomiao realized that was the price of using super heavenly power!

Meeting Zhu Haomiao's gaze, Susano-o clutched the violently trembling treasure sword, revealing a ferocious mad grin.

"Now, do you know who the swine is?"

No reply came, Zhu Haomiao's deep pure black pupils were as calm as an ancient well, his brain working at high speed, contemplating a way to break the stalemate.

But after thinking it through, he knew all his power systems were based on the First Layer Heaven law, lacking experience in dealing with this kind of super heavenly divinity.

That is a gap in [Quality], not something [Quantity] can resolve...

The only possibly effective method was the [Pride]'s authority to create miracles.

But could the [Pride] at LV.6 create a miracle to resist super heavenly divinity?

After a brief contemplation, Zhu Haomiao knew it was impossible, not because [Pride] couldn't do it, but because his material foundation couldn't support it creating a high-level divinity out of thin air.

But at that moment, a spark of inspiration flashed through Zhu Haomiao's mind.

If it couldn't be created out of thin air, what if there was something ready-made?

Not creating, just obtaining the authority to use it...

With a thought, a grand and mysterious ancient door surfaced in the depths of Zhu Haomiao's sea of consciousness.

A glimmer of purple-gold bloomed in the depths of his pure black pupils, the [Pride] authority unleashed with full power, forcibly pushing open the door that shouldn't open at the [Initial Heavenly Position].

"Swine! Kneel down!"

On the material plane, Susano-o raised his sword, the divine suppression like authority manifesting as words spoken into reality, invisible pressure descended from the sky, causing the ground dozens of meters around Zhu Haomiao to collapse instantaneously into a bottomless pitch-black pit.

But under this terrifying suppression, the ground beneath Zhu Haomiao's feet remained unscathed, like a steel needle erect in the center of the pit, supporting the young man's unyielding stand.

"With your bearing capacity, how many more slashes can you handle?"

Lowering his head, Zhu Haomiao's voice inexplicably became ethereal, sounding like a whisper from the heavens.

Seeing him still struggling desperately, Susano-o displayed a cruel squinting, cat-playing mouse grin.

"No matter how many more swings I have, it's enough to kill you!"

"Is it so?"

Buzz~

The [Pride] authority forcibly opened a slight gap in the [Yanhuang Armory] door, Zhu Haomiao abruptly raised his gaze, countless ancient vast terrifying auras pouring from the depths of his abyss-like dark pupils.

The [Book of Black] simultaneously burst forth with brilliant gold light from both the Illusionary Page and the True Page, and four runes on the pages resonated and trembled in mirrored synchronization, forming a mysterious divine seed connecting reality and illusion.

[Stacked Waves Strength·Fierce Wave]!

[Gale Force·Spirit Rhinoceros]!

[Storage Explosion·Mountain Destruction]!

[Flying Brilliance·Star Fall]!

The ethereal cultivation realm sublimated into a certain real and concrete concept entity, establishing a link with the mysterious existence in the void.

In a trance, Zhu Haomiao sensed four star-like immense energy sources in the boundless star sea beyond the slit in the door responding to his summons.

Instinctively, Zhu Haomiao reached out a hand to grasp the cold heavy sensation from the void.

Hiss~

Spirit, energy, and essence burst forth like a flood from a gate, as the boy slowly and grimly dragged as if pulling a mountain from the void.

Woo woo woo~

In an instant, gales howled, and the sun and moon lost their light, all top transcendent beings on the planet heard the earth's lament.

A heavy, ancient golden copper sword condensed and materialized bit by bit from the void, its broad blade covered with mysterious cloud patterns, one side engraved with sun, moon, and stars, and the other with mountains, rivers, and forests.

When the last tip of the blade completely "unsheathed," Zhu Haomiao instantly understood; he was holding one of the National Guardian Divine Artifacts of the entire China.

[Xuanyuan Sword]!

"Roar!!"

Behind him, the shadow of Orochi roared at the sky, its form expanded again, ancient cloud patterns emerged on its scales, and its sinister serpent heads underwent a transformation, sprouting twin horns becoming majestic dragon heads.

In that moment, the originally sinister and terrifying demonic phantom exhibited a touch of sacred grandeur.

Raising his eyes, gazing at the faraway Susano-o with a distorted, fearful, and incredulous face, Zhu Haomiao softly curled his lips.

"I still prefer the confident appearance you had just now…"