Chapter 227: Power

With a swish, the Divine Light Sword pierced into the knee of the Great Strength Diamond Divine Ape at light speed. The light-speed attack gave the Yama Holy Son no chance to react. But as soon as he sensed the attack, his other hand was already reaching out to crush Zuo Zhicheng.

However, Zuo Zhicheng shook like a shadow and used Shadow Realm Void Flash again. He flickered and appeared in front of the Great Strength Diamond Divine Ape. He leaped like a sea dragon and thrust his sword toward the wrist of the Great Strength Diamond Divine Ape.

Although his first strike had hit the ape’s knee, the fur, skin, and bones of the Great Strength Diamond Divine Ape were incredibly tough. The Yama Holy Son’s reaction was also extremely fast. In just a fraction of a second, the Divine Light Sword only managed to leave a thumb-sized bloody hole in the ape’s flesh and could not damage the bone joint at all.

For a creature as large as the Great Strength Diamond Divine Ape, such a small wound was nothing.

But now, leaping up to attack the Great Strength Diamond Divine Ape again, Zuo Zhicheng avoided the thick joints and aimed for a key point where the energy flowed, something he could see with his Infrared Vision.

This time, he intended to sever a major tendon in the ape’s arm.

But the Yama Holy Son would not just let him do that. The ape’s arm skin vibrated slightly, and a row of golden hairs shot out like steel needles toward Zuo Zhicheng.

Facing this sudden, extremely strange attack, Zuo Zhicheng did not hesitate. He simply closed his eyelids slightly and continued thrusting his sword at the Yama Holy Son’s wrist.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! Over ten golden hairs, sharp as needles, stabbed into Zuo Zhicheng’s chest and abdomen. But at the same time, the Divine Light Sword struck the major tendon of the Great Strength Diamond Divine Ape’s arm, cutting off the key point of its energy flow.

With this severance, the attack from the Great Strength Diamond Divine Ape’s hand immediately revealed a flaw. He Zizai let out a low shout. Ignoring the blood covering his face, he pushed the Eight-Armed Divine Demon to its limit. His eight fists turned into overwhelming shadows, crashing toward the upper body of the Great Strength Diamond Divine Ape.

Simultaneously, Zuo Zhicheng activated his Yama Golden Body. He flexed his muscles and shot out the golden spikes covering his body. This caused him to bleed all over, but his grip on the Divine Light Sword remained steady. He swung the sword again, aiming for a vital spot between the legs of the Great Strength Diamond Divine Ape.

This series of attacks pushed the Yama Holy Son into extreme danger. But in his eyes, there was no tension, no fear, and certainly no despair. All that remained was anger—an endless, all-consuming rage.

Boom!

One arm of the Great Strength Diamond Divine Ape had its major tendon severed. The ape’s other hand ignored everything else, enduring He Zizai’s onslaught, and simply slapped forward.

With a sharp crack, many bones in the Great Strength Diamond Divine Ape’s arm fractured. But He Zizai was sent flying, covered in blood. The Heartscape of the Eight-Armed Divine Demon vanished instantly, and he passed out completely. The bones at his elbows even protruded through the skin.

At the same time, the Yama Holy Son kicked toward Zuo Zhicheng with a foul wind. Zuo Zhicheng turned into a shadow and dodged with Shadow Realm Void Flash. He continued to thrust his sword toward the Great Strength Diamond Divine Ape’s crotch.

But the difference in size was too great. Zuo Zhicheng’s arm length was nothing compared to the Great Strength Diamond Divine Ape’s leg length. He flickered continuously beside the ape’s feet, but the ape’s relentless strikes forced him back, preventing him from landing a solid blow.

As Zuo Zhicheng kept dodging, the eyes of the Great Strength Diamond Divine Ape grew redder and redder. Its rage intensified. Zuo Zhicheng’s own speed and agility, combined with Earth Fiend and Close at Hand, as well as Shadow Realm Void Flash, allowed him to circle the Great Strength Diamond Divine Ape repeatedly and evade its attacks.

Just as the seven seconds of the Divine Light Sword were slowly running out, Zuo Zhicheng suddenly noticed the Great Strength Diamond Divine Ape’s belly deeply retract.

Oh no!

Zuo Zhicheng’s body turned into a shadow again, and he retreated rapidly into the distance. But no matter how fast he moved, he could not outrun sound.

Roar, roar, roar, roar, roar!

Hell Soul Cleansing Scripture—Nether God’s Roar!

The furious Power of Mind and Spirit spread out in all directions with this roar. Zuo Zhicheng, being the first in its path, felt as if a tsunami had crashed over him. His consciousness seemed to burn and be crushed by raging flames, turning into a confused mess.

This was a Martial Arts technique that combined furious emotions with sonic attacks. It had both physical and Mind Attack effects. The Nether God’s Roar recorded in the Hell Soul Cleansing Scripture was effortlessly unleashed by the Yama Holy Son, matching his battle emotions, and it produced an immediate, dramatic effect.

Just as Zuo Zhicheng was stunned by the roar, the Yama Holy Son’s fractured hand suddenly expanded and shot out to grab Zuo Zhicheng’s head.

But just as he was about to seize Zuo Zhicheng’s head, a huge black shadow slammed into him from the side. It was the recovered Underworld King Snake, which opened its mouth wide and tried to swallow the Great Strength Diamond Divine Ape whole.

The two massive figures collided violently. The Great Strength Diamond Divine Ape used one hand and one foot to prop open the Underworld King Snake’s jaws. The two Ancient Beasts instantly became locked in a fierce struggle.

Amid the flying dust and stones, the Great Strength Diamond Divine Ape suddenly let out a startled cry.

“Beast!”

Following the cry, a giant millstone rose from behind the Great Strength Diamond Divine Ape and smashed into the head of the Underworld King Snake.

The impact was silent, yet countless fragments scattered from the Underworld King Snake’s body, and it let out a shrill, agonized scream.

After the strike, a faint, shadowy serpent form appeared behind the snake. It seemed as though its very soul had been struck out of its body by that great millstone.

“Knocking the soul out” was originally just a metaphor, but now the Yama Holy Son had actually achieved it.

For this millstone was the Wheel of Life and Death recorded in the Hell Soul Cleansing Scripture. Legend said that in the Underworld, all souls destined for reincarnation had to pass through an immense millstone, as large as a mountain range. It would grind away the soul’s memories and consciousness, turning it into a pure soul for rebirth.

The Mind Attack of the Wheel of Life and Death now drew upon this very concept from the Underworld. It aimed to utterly crush the opponent’s consciousness and memories, sending them to their death and rebirth.

The Underworld King Snake’s roars grew more and more pitiful under the Yama Holy Son’s assault. The light in its eyes grew dimmer.

On the other side, He Zizai remained unconscious. Zuo Zhicheng crouched on the ground, one hand pressed to his forehead, as if feeling boundless rage burning within his consciousness.

Listening to the Underworld King Snake’s increasingly desperate cries, Zuo Zhicheng continuously felt the attacks assailing his mind.

‘So this… is the distortion of the Heart Mind by the Power of Mind and Spirit?’