In the void above the battlefield, a place shrouded in white mist, lay an independent space distinct from this universe.
Rumble!!!
Rumble!!!
The golden bell and golden cauldron clashed incessantly in the air with the eight bone gates and eight battle banners, unleashing torrents of divine light and surging divine power.
One Desolate Lord wielded a bone halberd, while another Desolate Lord drew a pair of bone sabers from his body. The two Desolate Lords exchanged a glance, then charged towards He Li, enveloped in ferocious divine power.
Did they need to announce their names?
No!
On this battlefield, there were only corpses left behind and executioners who departed. At this moment, everyone who entered the fray harbored no hint of complacency. It was a matter of life or death, why would they need names?
He Li retreated rapidly. After all, this was an assault from two peak Desolate Lords, and he had to take it seriously. As he retreated, He Li lightly tapped his toes, bringing his body to an abrupt halt. With his right hand and left hand gripping the hilt of his long saber, he drew it out. With a gentle beckoning of his right hand, a blood-colored saber appeared in his palm.
He Li chose to charge directly at them.
This was the pinnacle of combat in this era, second only to the Divine King's realm. Two peak Desolate Lords, capable of controlling eight bone gates and eight battle banners, their strength was evident.
The snow-white long saber, the blood-colored saber, the bone halberd, the bone sabers.
Within this independent space, three Harmonious Universe realm cultivators entangled and collided, like three beasts tearing at each other in an arena. They were ferocious, fighting with all their might.
They were constantly injured, their battle armor shattering from the impacts, cutting through their skin and revealing the white bone beneath. Their internal organs were nearly ruptured.
They forcefully repaired their torn flesh, shattered bones, ruptured organs, and broken armor with immense divine power, then channeled their divine power once more, swinging their weapons to strike at each other.
This was the second time he had fought so desperately. The first was a life-or-death struggle in an illusion against Se Suojiang.
And the second was against these two nameless peak Desolate Lords.
The golden bell and golden cauldron circled in the sky, vibrating continuously, emitting golden-hued ripples that impacted the eight battle banners.
He Li's blood-colored saber was locked by the Desolate Lords' bone sabers. The bone spurs of the sabers precisely wedged into the crossguard of the blood-colored saber, and the two sabers unleashed divine power in a clash.
He Li gritted his teeth. Just as he was about to utilize the law of time, he glanced at the eight battle banners in the sky and forcefully suppressed his impulse.
It was this momentary distraction, this glance at the eight battle banners, that the Desolate Lord wielding the bone halberd seized upon.
"Die!"
The bone halberd was heavily smashed down towards He Li.
He Li attempted to withdraw his blood-colored saber, but it was firmly held, preventing him from retracting it. In his desperation, he raised his left-hand saber, holding it horizontally above his head.
*Bang!*
The long saber was smashed to pieces, its ice-like fragments scattering like snowflakes before He Li's eyes.
The long saber had broken for the first time because it was made of ordinary metal and iron, unable to withstand the bone blades of the Desolate God. After it was reforged and imbued with the core of the entire Three Souls Mountain, even then, He Li dared not overuse it in fierce confrontations.
This time, it was directly smashed into fragments.
He Li, enraged, let out a great roar. His divine power erupted from within, blasting the two Desolate Lords away. He then swung his left hand, collecting the fragments of the long saber and sheathing them.
He Li gripped the hilt of the long saber, his arm trembling slightly, his thoughts in turmoil.
The two Desolate Lords exchanged glances.
"His divine power is unstable, and he hasn't even used the law of time. It must be a trap. Be cautious."
"His blood-colored saber is a divine artifact of the Ancient Flame Clan, not easily broken. You and I will attack from both sides, diverting some divine power to activate the battle banners, forcing him to use the law of time and giving the Desolate King an opportunity to decipher it."
"Agreed. Death is but a trifle. Kill!"
In a few brief exchanges, the two Desolate Lords had made up their minds. They would fight He Li to the death, forcing him to use the law of time. As long as He Li used the law of time, with the Desolate King's cultivation at the Divine King realm, he would surely be able to see through the loopholes in the law of time.
He Li had not allowed the Desolate King to gain any advantage in their previous two encounters, and the Desolate King was extremely wary of He Li's law of time.
He Li released his left hand from the hilt, gripping the blood-colored saber with both hands. After years, his long saber was damaged again. The rage in He Li's heart had reached an unbearable level.
In a daze, he saw that boy holding his long saber, showing off to him how good his saber was. These two sabers were custom-made for him through connections at headquarters.
Later, one saber was given to Hua'er by him, and one saber remained with him.
It had accompanied him from the God War all the way to this point. From a low-level minor god, to the Yuan Zhou realm, the Void God realm, the Two Zhou realm god, the Harmonious Universe realm God Lord, countless Heavenly Gods and Desolate Gods had died by this saber.
Today, had its mission finally been completed?
Fierce flames burned in He Li's eyes. The blood-colored long saber seemed to sense his fury, emitting a series of resonant hums.
*Swish!*
He Li vanished from his original position, appearing above the Desolate Lord holding the bone halberd. The blood-colored saber descended towards his head. Behind He Li, an earth-shattering blood qi exploded, identical to when he fought eleven Desolate Lords in the Yan Li battle. Sharp killing intent, violent blood qi, and boundless divine power simultaneously locked onto that Desolate Lord.
The Desolate Lord did not panic. He braced himself with both arms, holding up the bone halberd. The bone framework on his body unfurled with a roar. His chest became like a black hole, devouring He Li's blood qi, killing intent, and divine power.
*Clang!*
*Boom! Boom! Boom...*
Ripples spread outwards as the blood-colored saber struck the bone.
However, no matter how hard He Li tried, how much Star God power he unleashed, he could not advance even an inch further.
He Li was in the early stage of the Harmonious Universe realm. Among all God Lords, in terms of divine power alone, he was not particularly strong, even ranking in the mid to lower positions.
But,
He possessed Star God power, Demon God power, and the law of space.
The Harmonious Universe realm, as its name suggested, was the realm of integrating the universe, capable of drawing power from the universe at any time and place. Even an entire universe could be used by him.
After reaching this realm, the advantage of Star God power was fully revealed. The vast universe, with its countless stars, could all provide him with Star God power. It was no exaggeration to say that he was truly touching the essence of the universe.
Demon God power tempered his physique. To this day, his physique was no longer inferior to that of the Desolate Clan's Desolate Lords. With half divine body and half demon body, He Li was even stronger than the Desolate Clan.
As for the law of time, there was no need to mention it. It was a law that existed between existence and non-existence, a law yet transcending laws.
Therefore, relying on these three points, He Li feared no Harmonious Universe realm cultivator, whether they were in the advanced or peak stage.
It was not that his divine power alone was sufficient to contend with peak Harmonious Universe realm cultivators, let alone two of them.
The two sides suddenly separated, staggering backward before crashing into a piece of meteorite debris, finally coming to a halt.
He Li looked at the two equally battered Desolate Lords, exerting force to break free from the meteorite fragment. Two divine flames burned fiercely in his eyes. He was now relying purely on divine power and his body to fight them, and he held no advantage.
He Li also knew that he could not use the law of time now. The Desolate King and Divine King must be watching him. Ordinary advanced Desolate Lords would be instantly killed in front of him.
Only peak Desolate Lords could last for a moment under his law of time, giving them the opportunity to observe his law of time.
How could He Li easily allow them to confidently observe and analyze his trump card?
This battle was destined to be arduous.
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