Chapter 173: The Great Battle
Sun Wukong's voice was neither loud nor soft, yet it clearly reached the ears of the angel in the distance.
She frowned deeply.
"Just a slightly stronger beast wearing clothes!"
"And..."
She twitched her delicate nose, and her expression darkened.
"There is the scent of a deity upon you, but it is not that of my Lord!"
Hearing this, Sun Wukong wore a puzzled look, raised his arm, and sniffed himself.
"Now that you mention it, there does seem to be the stench of a bald donkey."
"Heretic!!!"
Hearing him admit it without the slightest hesitation, the angel, whose capacity for thought was already limited, instantly flew into a state of blind fury!
BOOM!!!
Golden flames ignited once more, completely enveloping her.
"Salvation in the light!!!"
The resounding female voice echoed across the universe.
CLANG!!!
A grand bell chimed from the depths of the void!
An illusory paradise materialized in the sky, blotting out the sun and the heavens!
Endless holy light poured down from paradise. Everything touched by the radiance instantly emitted a faint glow.
Song Qi was also caught within the illumination. He felt his heart leap violently, and his previously locked consciousness was instantly forced wide open!
As he looked once more at the distant angel and the paradise, a strange sense of yearning and longing welled up from the depths of his soul!
Furthermore, this emotion continued to intensify!
"Damn it!"
Song Qi shuddered violently, snapping back to his senses!
He was utterly astounded.
"The light from her transformation alone was almost enough to convert me?!"
Looking into the distance again, the aura within that ball of flames was skyrocketing!
An aura that was already terrifying was growing at an astonishing rate!
A giant, glittering cold sword forged from the flames slowly rose into the air.
Then, two fair, jade-like hands encased in armguards grasped the hilt simultaneously.
CLANG!
A crisp metallic resonance rang out.
The giant sword transformed into a pair of knightly longswords imbued with boundless transcendental power!
Four flame-wrapped wings slowly unfurled.
SWOOSH!
The flames were instantly blasted outward!
"I shall... cleanse all the darkness in this world!"
With a fierce flap of her wings, she finally revealed her form, holding twin swords aloft and hovering above the illusory paradise. Her momentum was overwhelming, so holy that it was blinding!
Upon paradise, numerous golden-haired, two-winged little angels played upon harps.
Her sword-tip pointed directly at the Great Sage, her eyes no longer showing any pupils, replaced entirely by an intensely blinding white holy light.
"Heretic..."
"I pronounce you..."
"Guilty!"
Scarcely had the words fallen...
Boundless light erupted from above paradise!
A pillar of light as thick as a mountain suddenly descended.
Song Qi wanted to run, but he was far too slow to react!
The spot where they stood was instantly pierced through!
RUMBLE!
The earth was pierced through as easily as a sheet of thin paper!
As the pillar of light gradually dissipated, a bottomless abyss came into view before everyone.
Yet, Song Qi and his companions stood safely within a halo of light, suspended mid-air without the slightest injury.
The Great Sage propped up the golden light with one hand and held the Ruyi Jingu Bang in the other, his expression utterly calm.
"Not bad strength."
He chuckled, resting the golden hoop staff upon his shoulder.
"Perhaps this will allow me to stretch my muscles."
SWOOSH!
His figure vanished from the spot.
Angel Kayle felt a blur before her eyes, and a staff covered in golden patterns had already arrived directly in front of her, whistling straight toward her face!
"Taste old Sun's staff!"
The Great Sage's slightly shrill voice rang out as the staff in his hand swept forward!
A deafening dragon roar echoed, as if a golden dragon were thrashing within the staff.
The tip of the staff was pitch-black and devoid of light!
That was the sight of space being shattered!
The peerless oppressive force made Kayle's scalp tingle!
Reacting swiftly, she raised her twin swords, and a ring of golden flames instantly ignited around her!
That was the condensed embodiment of the entire paradise's power! It could be called an impenetrable barrier!
"As evil grows, so do I flourish!"
"You cannot shatter paradise!"
However...
CLANG!
A crisp metallic collision rang out.
And then...
RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE!!!!
The tip of the staff cleaved through everything!
Kayle's twin swords, used for defense, lasted only a fraction of a second before shattering!
The flame barrier was instantly breached, and the firmament itself seemed to be torn apart!
SCREEECH!
The illusory paradise shattered instantly, and the angels dwelling within wailed helplessly!
An unimaginably vast spatial void opened up above!
Kayle, who had looked so majestic just a moment before, was sent flying backward, coughing up blood!
"Weak! Far too weak!"
After delivering the blow, the Great Sage wore a look of disappointment.
Kayle finally stabilized her figure thousands of meters away.
"Cough, ugh!"
She spat a mouthful of blood, the golden flames around her having dimmed considerably, her eyes filled with sheer disbelief!
"I lost?"
"I actually lost to a being from a low-level ruined realm!?"
"Impossible... This is impossible!!!"
A golden bead materialized in her hand. She raised it high and then crushed it without hesitation.
"I stake it on the Heavenly Principle! I step into this wasteland, no longer bound by mortal shackles!"
"My Lord's gaze shall descend! I shall become the blade that severs all!"
"Exalt me!"
HUMM!~~
Space trembled, and an indescribable power spread outward from beyond the world!
This was her ultimate trump card!
It was a blessing bestowed upon her by the God of Light thousands of years ago, containing enough power to destroy an entire world!
BOOM!!!
The flames, which had been on the verge of extinction, seemed infused with endless power and burst forth once more!
The flames expanded by hundreds of meters, wrapping around her entire body!
Her original four wings showed signs of splitting further!
Then...
SWOOSH!
Six wings burning with everlasting flames unfolded!
The shattered swords rematerialized in her hands.
"Ever-burning wings, deliver me from mortal depravity!"
Kayle raised her twin blades high, her momentum majestic!
The space around her could barely withstand her power, constantly trembling and twisting!
Compared to before, her strength had ascended to yet another level!
SWOOSH!
The next moment, she charged straight toward the Great Sage!
Seeing this, far from panicking, the Great Sage beamed with joy.
"Hahaha, good!"
"Now this is more like it!"
"I never expected you bird-person to actually bring me some amusement!"
"Don't disappoint me now!!!"
Almost instantly, the two collided!
BOOM!!!
The sky, which had just been repaired, shattered once again!
An invisible shockwave rippled outward, acting like an irresistible natural disaster wherever it passed!
The earth trembled!
Layers of topsoil thick enough to bury mountains and seas were peeled away, then reduced to ashes!
Song Qi and his group found it arduous just resisting the aftermath!
Even the shockwaves generated by their collision contained primordial power sufficient to obliterate Rule-tier powerhouses!
"These two exist on an entirely different plane of existence!"
Lü Bu, who had just regained consciousness, exclaimed in awe.
"They don't even need to consciously use it; every movement they make inherently carries sufficient primordial essence!"