Xing Wu faced Feng Chi, whose power had surged, and the immense formation surrounding them with a sense of nonchalance.
In fact, she felt these things were indeed not worth worrying about.
"Let you, then, experience the true Sword of the God of Slaughter."
Xing Wu raised her jade-like hand, which transformed into a blood-red longsword. She twirled it in her hand, creating a flourish.
Streams of blood-colored light, exuding a strong smell of blood and an oppressive aura, spread out in all directions.
At this moment, even Feng Chi felt the whisper of death emanating from her sword.
This chilling sensation made him choose to unleash his full power without hesitation.
"Heavenly Three Slashes, Flowing Heaven!"
Feng Chi's long saber stirred up a gale, causing a fierce wind to sweep through this abyssal world.
The principle of Annihilation was continuously compressed onto the blade's edge, causing the surrounding space to tremble violently, as if it would be torn apart by this power at any moment.
Then, his figure flickered, and he launched his attack towards Xing Wu.
This time, he truly unleashed two hundred percent of his strength.
Not only was he pushing himself to the limit, but he also had the combined might of over a dozen Quasi-Emperors and a thousand True Saint realm cultivators.
"No matter what 'Night Sword Emperor' you are, die!"
His eyes flashed with cold light as he swung his peerless saber with all his might.
This strike, which seemed to halt time itself, descended upon Xing Wu with the might of heaven and earth.
In response, Xing Wu did not engage in any fancy maneuvers. She simply raised her hand and cried out coldly.
"Sword of the God of Slaughter!"
As she had said, this was the true Sword of the God of Slaughter.
With a single swing of her sword, blood-colored sword light illuminated the world.
Heaven and earth trembled violently, and the magma flowing on the ground churned like turbulent waves.
A saber and a sword, the Heavenly Principle of Annihilation against the Heavenly Principle of the Abyss.
The outcome was decided the moment the saber and sword met.
A deafening roar echoed through the heavens. The residual shockwaves pulverized everything in their surroundings, and the magma surged outwards like angry waves.
In the sky, Feng Chi, holding his long saber, changed his expression the instant they clashed.
"How is this possible? This..."
He was astonished because, despite the equal power of the Heavenly Principles clashing.
The Principle of Annihilation fused onto his blade's edge could not resist for long under Xing Wu's Principle of the Abyss before it began to collapse.
It couldn't be said to be collapsing, but rather being directly devoured by it!
The Abyss devoured all things. He hadn't felt this when he previously clashed with the Heavenly Principle Xing Wu. Only now did he understand how terrifying the true Principle of the Abyss was!
"The victor is decided. It's over!"
Xing Wu's blood-red eyes flickered slightly.
Her gaze towards Feng Chi was like the stare of death.
The longsword in her hand suddenly erupted with a terrifying power that Feng Chi had not anticipated.
"Break!"
With her soft exclamation, torrents of blood mist surged from the sword's edge, then transformed into a tangible blade, directly slicing Feng Chi away!
With a resounding crash.
Everyone within the great formation felt as if they had suffered a violent backlash, sent flying like gnats.
Feng Chi's body followed suit, falling like a meteor towards the ground, smashing through several rocky mountains.
"Hiss..."
By the time he lay on the ground, Feng Chi's recently recovered left arm and a good half of his shoulder had been severed.
And these were not ordinary wounds. They were imbued with Xing Wu's Principle of the Abyss, continuously eroding his flesh and blood, causing excruciating pain.
Feng Chi's expression was grim. Enduring the pain, he looked at Xing Wu and said.
"So that's how it is. No wonder even she couldn't defeat you in the Void Abyss back then..."
Based on the pure power Xing Wu displayed, it far surpassed his own, a cultivator who had entered the Emperor realm for many years.
Although the specific reason was unclear, it was evident that while she was here, she received some kind of amplification.
And this mysterious power likely originated from the uniqueness of the Abyss continent.
However, Xing Wu had no intention of explaining it to him.
She carried her blood-red longsword, bare-footed, and walked towards him step by step.
"Go back and tell that woman that I, this Emperor, will settle all old and new scores from the past ten thousand years."
Feng Chi stared at her, then said coldly after a moment of silence.
"Given the current predicament of the Celestial Domain, if you insist on a life-or-death struggle with the Heavenly Dao Divine Hall, it will benefit no one, including yourself!"
"Heh heh..."
Xing Wu seemed to find his words amusing.
But her bell-like laughter, in everyone's eyes, was indeed like the laughter of death.
"When she wanted to kill this Emperor, did she consider these things?"
"Even if the Celestial Domain were to be destroyed one day, it must be under my will that it descends into destruction!"
These words rendered Feng Chi speechless.
People called him a madman, but compared to the woman before him, he seemed quite normal.
At least he knew that during times of great importance, personal grudges should be set aside.
"Alright, this Emperor will convey your exact words to her."
He got up from the ground and beckoned, retrieving his distant long saber.
Then, he sighed and looked at Xing Wu, saying faintly.
"Farewell, Your Majesty Empress. We shall meet again if fate allows."
As his voice faded, a fierce wind swirled around him.
When the wind dispersed, Feng Chi's figure had vanished from his spot.
Xing Wu merely watched this scene quietly. It wasn't that she didn't want to kill him, but rather that she didn't want to waste her effort.
Between Emperor realm powerhouses, victory or defeat could be easily determined, but life or death was difficult to seal. Having lived for so many years, they all possessed numerous life-saving trump cards.
Moreover, she had just recovered her Emperor realm power. To kill Feng Chi, who was a top-tier Emperor realm cultivator in the Celestial Domain, would, even if successful, result in her own serious injuries. It would not be worth it.
In any case, having severed Feng Chi's arm, it would take him at least a hundred years of recuperation before it could regrow.
"Now, it's your turn."
After seeing Feng Chi escape, Xing Wu's gaze fell upon the remaining Divine Hall powerhouses.
Her blood-red eyes and the blood-red longsword in her hand sent shivers down everyone's spines.
They did not possess the trump cards that Feng Chi had, which allowed him to escape from Xing Wu.
"Xing... Lord Xing Wu."
One of the Quasi-Emperor cultivators swallowed hard from a distance and said to her.
"You should know that the ultimate goal of our Heavenly Dao Divine Hall, if we all perish here, would be a great loss to the Celestial Domain..."
"Is that so?"
Xing Wu raised an eyebrow and said indifferently.
"But what does that have to do with this Emperor?"
The Quasi-Emperor cultivator's face darkened, and he continued.
"This is a matter of life and death for billions of beings in the Celestial Domain!"
These words, while not entirely identical to what Feng Chi had said earlier, were indistinguishable in their intent.
Both were hoping that Xing Wu would step back for the sake of the Celestial Domain's inhabitants.
However, Xing Wu's face broke into a sinister smile.
"I don't understand, why would you mistake me for a kind-hearted fool who would yield for the sake of the common people?"