Chapter 399 - 398: Ten Arrows Against the Warlord

Blood and fragments of armor scattered across the sky.

The emperor’s body separated at the waist, and the remaining momentum carried the two halves backward before they began falling toward the ruined Grand Court. His Primordial Spirit attempted to escape, but Bai Sha’s slaughter intent engulfed it before it could travel even a short distance.

The spiritual Qi sustaining the emperor’s existence dispersed into the dying world.

Emperor Xiyan was dead.

The entire battlefield fell silent.

The remaining four Emperors stared at the falling remains of their comrade, their expressions frozen in disbelief. They had fought beside Emperor Xiyan for centuries, and none had imagined that he would be killed so effortlessly.

An emperor who had ruled the Central Continent for thousands of years had been destroyed by a single casual movement.

Bai Sha flicked the blood from his claws.

"Pathetic."

His gaze returned to the Golden Immortal Beast.

He had no interest in explaining his strength or entertaining the remaining orthodox cultivators. The emperor’s death had served as a sufficient demonstration of the consequences of challenging him without understanding the difference between their abilities.

Bai Sha crouched slightly.

The muscles in his enormous legs contracted, and the space beneath his feet began to distort under the pressure.

BOOM!

The invisible platform supporting him shattered.

Bai Sha launched himself directly toward Bai Qingyue, transforming into a silver-white blur that crossed the distance with terrifying speed. The pressure of his movement spread across the sky, forcing the surrounding clouds to collapse as he approached the Golden Immortal Beast.

His target was obvious.

He intended to kill the woman holding the Sun Shooting Bow before she could unleash another attack.

"Qingyue!"

Lin Yuan stepped forward, golden-purple thunder erupting around his body.

Bai Qingyue had already raised her weapon.

"I have him."

Her expression was icy, and her eyes remained perfectly focused on the approaching Demon Lord. She understood that Bai Sha was far more dangerous than the Demon Kings she had killed earlier, but she did not allow that realization to disturb her concentration.

The Sun Shooting Bow’s Weapon Spirit reacted instantly.

Master, target approaching at extreme speed. The target’s cultivation is at the peak of Void Refinement, and his physical strength appears substantially greater than that of the previous enemies.

Bai Qingyue tightened her grip.

Can the bow withstand a direct confrontation?

The bow can release sufficient destructive power to threaten him. However, I cannot guarantee that a single attack will kill him.

The Weapon Spirit paused briefly.

We should use the maximum available solar resonance.

Bai Qingyue agreed.

The ancient runes blazed.

The Sun Shooting Bow drew upon the solar energy gathered through its previous attacks, condensing it into a sequence of arrows that shone brighter than anything she had released before.

She pulled the plasma string backward.

Then she fired.

THWIP! THWIP! THWIP! THWIP! THWIP!

Five arrows crossed the sky.

Before the first projectile reached Bai Sha, Bai Qingyue had already fired the remaining five. The ten solar arrows converged upon the charging Demon Lord, their trajectories merging into a single, continuous stream of incandescent white fire.

The surrounding sky became brighter than daylight.

The arrows struck Bai Sha squarely in the chest.

KABOOOOOOOOM!

The explosion engulfed the White Tiger.

An enormous sphere of white fire expanded through the sky, consuming the surrounding demonic miasma and sending shockwaves across the Grand Court. The heat was so intense that the remaining clouds vaporized almost instantly, while the spatial distortions around the explosion became visible as rippling fractures in the air.

Ku Ming immediately reinforced his Buddhist shield.

The four surviving Emperors raised their defenses, struggling to protect themselves from the radiance pouring down from above.

Even the Golden Immortal Beast lowered its head, its golden scales glowing beneath the pressure of the explosion.

For several moments, the entire battlefield was illuminated by a light so intense that it became impossible to distinguish individual objects within the blast.

Then the solar radiance began to fade.

The explosion gradually contracted, leaving behind a vast region of scorched air and drifting white sparks.

Bai Qingyue stared into the fading light.

She could still feel the energy of the Sun Shooting Bow circulating through her hands, and the Weapon Spirit had already begun analyzing the result of the attack.

Then the smoke cleared.

Bai Sha remained suspended in the air.

His massive body was charred, and an enormous hole had been blasted through his chest. The silver-white fur surrounding the wound had vanished completely, while the flesh beneath it had been reduced to blackened fragments.

His heart was gone.

His lungs had become ash.

His golden eyes had lost their former brilliance, and the aura surrounding his body had weakened until it was almost imperceptible.

For a brief moment, the White Tiger appeared to be nothing more than a dead corpse hanging in the sky.

Bai Qingyue slowly lowered the bow.

She had just executed a peak Void Refinement Demon Lord.

The thought had barely formed when Ku Ming’s voice erupted behind her.

"Benefactor Lin! Lady Bai! Move!"

The monk’s golden eyes were wide with terror.

"He is not dead!"

Lin Yuan’s Dao Fruit spun violently.

The principle of Three Rebirths surged through his consciousness, sending an unmistakable warning through his Primordial Spirit. His gaze locked onto Bai Sha’s ruined body, and he immediately realized that the apparent death was not the end of the battle.

The corpse had not begun falling.

Instead, the surrounding space was trembling around it.

A faint silver light emerged from the charred wound in Bai Sha’s chest.

Then the light intensified.

The enormous hole snapped shut.

Flesh regenerated across the damaged area, restoring the organs that had been completely destroyed. Silver-white fur spread over the newly formed skin, and the ancient crimson scars across the Demon Lord’s chest began glowing with renewed vitality.

His golden eyes opened.

The light within them was even brighter than before.

Bai Qingyue’s expression changed.

The Sun Shooting Bow had unleashed an attack powerful enough to annihilate a peak Void Refinement opponent, yet Bai Sha had returned to perfect condition in the space of a few breaths.

The Demon Lord opened his mouth.

A low, guttural laugh emerged from his throat.

"An impressive weapon."

His voice carried a strange resonance, as though several voices were speaking through the same body.

"Unfortunately, you have mistaken the destruction of my body for the destruction of my life."