A deafening explosion rang through the void!
Under the flash of emerald sword light, the void before Han Li suddenly collapsed. The surrounding heaven and earth essence surged inward like a funnel toward a single point, and from within emanated a terrifying aura capable of annihilating heaven and earth.
After advancing to the Mahayana stage, Han Li was finally unleashing the full power of the Heavenvoid Spirit-Severing Sword for the very first time.
With a soft "poof," a hazy, luminous emerald crescent moon shot forth from the collapsed void.
After a single flash, countless crystalline runes surged from the crescent's surface, emanating a mesmerizing five-colored halo of light.
A thunderous boom!
The collapsed void and the emerald crescent moon detonated simultaneously.
Countless runes and emerald light churned and condensed, and from within, a strangely long, nearly transparent crystalline line materialized. After a single flash, it eerily vanished.
The crystalline line appeared ordinary enough, but the instant it manifested, the entire sky darkened. The surrounding void hummed in unison, and after a brief blur, it began to distort layer by layer in a regular, rhythmic fashion.
Every spatial distortion was directed toward that crystalline line, as though all things were paying homage to it.
"That's a Line of Laws — impossible!"
The girl trapped within Bao's Spirit Domain cried out involuntarily upon seeing this. Her face finally showed an expression of shock and fury. She let out a piercing shriek, and suddenly a layer of rolling black flames surfaced across her body, along with bone armor bristling with countless sharp spines.
Within the black flames, innumerable grey runes churned and roiled. Each bone spine was crystalline as jade, its surface faintly visible with countless pale silver spirit patterns wound in concentric circles, as if carved and polished by a master craftsman.
The very next moment, a ripple stirred before the girl, and the crystalline line silently materialized with a flash. Despite being brimming with divine abilities, bound within the Spirit Domain she could not dodge. She could only watch helplessly as the "Line of Laws" blurred once and came slashing toward her.
Though the eerie black flames and bone armor managed to impede the crystalline line slightly, it cut through them as effortlessly as crushing rotten wood.
The girl let out a horrible scream. Her body was severed cleanly in two at the waist, while countless fine bloodstains simultaneously appeared across her face, limbs, and every other part. An instant later, her entire form disintegrated into countless fragments of flesh.
"Well done!"
Overjoyed at this, Bao formed a one-handed seal without the slightest hesitation. The enormous tree that had been towering above shone brightly and in an instant shrank over a hundredfold, becoming a miniature thing no more than half a foot tall.
It sparkled and shimmered, rings of seven-colored halos radiating outward from within.
With a movement of her five fingers, Bao seized the small tree firmly in one hand and swept it rapidly through the void below.
With a soft "poof," the branches and countless blossoms on the small tree withered and vanished in an instant.
At the same time, countless blood-red giant flowers suddenly materialized around the fragments of flesh that had been the girl.
Each flower spun around nimbly, then spread its petals wide to envelop a fragment of flesh before detonating into a burst of pink light.
When all the detonations ended, not a single piece of flesh remained — every last fragment had vanished without a trace within the Spirit Domain.
By this point, the small tree in Bao's hand had evidently exhausted all of its power in that last strike. The bare trunk shuddered once before dissolving like a phantom.
The entire Spirit Domain, after a violent surge, saw its countless petals flicker and crumble into nothingness.
The Heavenvoid Spirit Domain ceased to exist at last.
In the vast, empty void, only Han Li and Bao remained.
"A Line of Laws! Brother Han, I never imagined you could wield a Heavenvoid Treasure to such a degree. I am truly in awe!" Bao glanced at Han Li, her expression somewhat peculiar as she spoke.
"That thing just now is called a Line of Laws. Its power truly surpasses anything I could achieve before." Han Li raised his hand and ran it along the emerald longsword, his own expression similarly tinged with something unusual as he replied.
"Wait — was that the first time you condensed such a line?" Bao was somewhat stunned.
"Indeed, it was the first time I've seen this thing. I was simply pushing this Heavenvoid Treasure to its absolute limit just now." Han Li replied with a faint smile.
"I don't know what to say. Could it be that this Heavenvoid Sword was nurtured within your body from the very beginning? Otherwise, for a Heavenvoid Treasure to condense a wisp of the Line of Laws during activation is virtually something that happens by sheer luck beyond measure. I can't tell you how many owners of Heavenvoid Treasures have desperately refined and nurtured them for tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of years, yet never so much as touched the edge of the Line of Laws." Bao gave a bitter laugh.