Seeing the old man surnamed Du stare his way with reckless abandon, Yang Kai felt not alarm but delight. His left eye suddenly deepened like the sea, and a golden pupil manifested.
World-Destroying Demon Eye!
The pure golden pupil was narrow and elongated, inspiring dread in anyone who beheld it and making it impossible to muster even the faintest thought of resistance — as though this eye had already become the sovereign of heaven and earth.
And upon that golden pupil, there faintly lingered an inexplicable shimmer of ethereal light.
Glazed Divine Light!
It was the power he had gained after refining the glazed pearl that Dai Yuan had given him, integrating a fraction of its might. Although the Glazed Divine Light had not yet fully merged with the World-Destroying Demon Eye, Yang Kai could already harness its power.
The World-Destroying Demon Eye was an innate divine ability of the Great Demon God — not something acquired through bitter cultivation, but something born with him, its power growing in tandem with its bearer. So although the Great Demon God had died at only the Saint King Realm, the World-Destroying Demon Eye in Yang Kai's hands could continuously unleash ever greater might.
Within the golden pupil, a vague, invisible vortex began to form. A tremendous suction force emanated from it, and the old man surnamed Du blanched with fright. In that single instant, he felt his divine soul quake violently, and a terrifying illusion seized him — that he was about to be sucked away.
This realization sent his face into a panic, and he hastily circulated his technique in silence, suppressing the pounding and terror in his heart.
But it was far from over. The inexplicable ethereal glow lingering around the golden pupil now produced an utterly bizarre force. Under its influence, the old man surnamed Du was horrified to discover that his just-stabilized divine soul was in turmoil once more. Not only that — this time, even his body seemed to be slipping beyond his control.
The World-Destroying Demon Eye already possessed the ability to devour the divine souls of elite warriors. It was precisely by relying on it that Yang Kai could comprehend the Heavenly Dao and martial truths far above his own realm ahead of time. Thus, no matter how rapidly he advanced, his mental state would never develop flaws, nor suffer the drawbacks of an unstable mind.
Moreover, the Glazed Divine Light had the power to bind the body, restrain the soul, and overcome all five elements. Combined, these two forces were not to be underestimated.
However, Yang Kai's current strength was still not high enough. Fighting a powerhouse like the old man surnamed Du across a realm gap would naturally diminish the effect. Moreover, the old man had undergone demon transformation at this point, making him far more troublesome than an ordinary Return to Void Stage Two cultivator.
And so, in the span of just a single breath, the old man surnamed Du broke free from the dual deterrence of the World-Destroying Demon Eye and the Glazed Divine Light.
But it was already enough. In that single breath, Yang Kai had flicked his finger to launch more than a dozen Space Blades at the old man surnamed Du. By the time the latter's eyes cleared and his body regained freedom, the pitch-black, blade-like attacks had already arrived right before his face.
The old man surnamed Du nearly lost his soul in terror. With a thunderous roar, two layers of light barrier flickered into existence around his body, overlapping to form what appeared to be an extraordinarily thick shield. One layer was condensed from his own pure holy essence, while the other was conjured from the demonic essence of the Azure-Eyed Blood Toad.
But even two layers of defense could not withstand the cutting power of the Space Blades!
Without a sound, the dozen-plus Space Blades swept through the space where he stood, sliced through his body, then flew another several dozen zhang before gradually dissipating into nothingness.
The old man surnamed Du stood rooted to the spot, his face a mask of astonishment and horror as he stared at Yang Kai. Then, slowly, he lowered his gaze to his own body. He saw that it was riddled with blade-shaped holes. Through those openings, he could clearly see his shattered organs, his writhing viscera. Bright crimson blood gushed from the cuts like a fountain.
"Space Force!" the old man surnamed Du murmured. His body crumbled apart with a wet crash, breaking into a pile of minced flesh. On his aged face, two eyes stared wide open — as though even in death he could not believe he had perished in a place like this.
Looking at the corpse, Yang Kai let out a soft breath. This battle had truly not been easy. Although Yang Yan had been controlling the array to suppress the old man's strength, after performing the demon transformation secret art, this old geezer had still been able to unleash power far exceeding his normal level.
If Yang Kai hadn't had quite a few tricks up his sleeve, he wasn't sure he could have killed him.
A suction force emanated from the World-Destroying Demon Eye, devouring the divine soul of the old man surnamed Du. This was the soul of a Return to Void Stage Two warrior, and it would greatly aid Yang Kai in comprehending the power of Momentum. Naturally, he would not let it slip by.
After this battle, Yang Kai had gained a vague assessment of his own combat capabilities. At his current level, facing a Return to Void Stage Two warrior head-on posed no problem, though whether he could kill one would depend on the opponent. As for Return to Void Stage Three — that still seemed a bit beyond his reach. But without actually fighting one, Yang Kai could not make a hasty judgment.
On the other side, with the old man surnamed Du's divine sense severed, the black serpent that his single-handed axe artifact had transformed into reverted to its original form and dropped to the ground.
Yang Kai beckoned with his hand, first recalling his purple shield. Then he picked up the single-handed axe, turned it over in his hands for a moment, and casually tossed it into his spatial ring.
Standing in place, he silently probed his surroundings for a moment, and quickly grasped the current situation on Dragon Cave Mountain.
Nearly all the intruders had already been killed. Some ten-odd li away, another Return to Void Stage Two enemy was locked in a bitter struggle, and his opponents were three Return to Void Stage One cultivators.
From their auras, Yang Kai quickly identified that the enemy was a powerhouse from the Demon Blood Sect. As for the three Return to Void Stage One cultivators, they needed no introduction — they were clearly Chang Qi, Hao An, and Ning Xiangchen.
Although the three were a tier lower in cultivation, besieging the middle-aged man from the Demon Blood Sect within Dragon Cave Mountain posed no problem. What Yang Kai sensed was a completely one-sided battle. The enemy's defeat and death were only a matter of time.