Chapter 2028 - 89: Qiu Huang (Part 2)

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Thinking about this, Qiu Huang couldn’t help but break into a cold sweat. Being captured before, at most, just meant being sealed back again, but now, there truly was a risk to his life! At this level, having lived for so long, he was the least willing to head towards the void of death, so now he had only one thought left, which was to quickly escape this desperate situation.

Qiu Huang flickered, and his body shattered, turning into countless white threads that fled in all directions, attempting to pass through the gaps of the giant net.

Zhang Xiaoman could easily see through his intentions, snorted coldly, and clenched his hand, causing the giant net to shrink instantly, the gaps disappearing, turning into a giant screen.

"Ah!!!"

Qiu Huang was engulfed by the giant screen, letting out a heart-wrenching scream, the five star patterns flashed wildly, starting a final struggle under the screen. However, the Forbidden Power was able to obscure even the brilliance of the star patterns, which Zhang Xiaoman couldn’t see, but he could clearly feel that the opponent seemed to be using some sort of power to stop time and space, indicating a desire to twist and escape from within.

"It’s useless."

Zhang Xiaoman thought to himself.

Perhaps the time rift was indeed formidable, and could affect the various imprint skills he controlled, but in the face of the Forbidden Power, it had no effect whatsoever, a fact he had personally experienced just now.

Sure enough, Qiu Huang’s struggle became weak, and it seemed he was about to be done.

Zhang Xiaoman felt elated, unexpectedly finding himself so powerful now, capable of dealing with the opponent. After all, Qiu Huang was a Legendary figure, estimated to have at least mastered the power of the Fourth Sequence. Even though he was injured while breaking through the Chaos Space Barrier and was severely hurt when confronting Zhang Xiaoman, the fact that Zhang Xiaoman could defeat him so quickly was indeed somewhat surprising.

However, Zhang Xiaoman also knew that his operation, seemingly smooth and easy, in fact had consumed nearly all his spiritual power. The Forbidden Power, being the strongest attribute under the First Sequence, even if simulated with Primordial Power, was not something that could be easily achieved. He could barely use it once by putting half his life on the line, almost failing to control the power and facing its backlash. If he couldn’t take down Qiu Huang even then, he’d really have no options left.

"Crack crack~"

However, the situation seemed not as smooth as he imagined, as a crack suddenly appeared on the giant screen, followed by a white thread breaking out, Qiu Huang’s figure instantly flashed outside the giant screen. He had escaped from such a desperate situation!

"Huff huff huff~ Damn! Just now almost..."

Qiu Huang was breathing heavily, indicating he had used most of his strength, now he was at his last gasp.

When his gaze fell on Zhang Xiaoman in the distance, he was stunned on the spot.

"That power... how could it be! How could you possess... how could you possess the Six Star Patterns!?"

Qiu Huang was shocked, previously when facing Zhang Xiaoman, he didn’t witness this scene. After all, at that time he was enveloped by the giant net formed by the Forbidden Power, his sight and perception were greatly suppressed, the brilliance of the Star Patterns that could penetrate everything, delve into one’s soul, was blocked by the giant net, preventing him from seeing Zhang Xiaoman’s state clearly. It wasn’t until he escaped from the net to the other side that he discovered, the opponent was shining with Six Star Patterns!

Six Star Patterns! That was indeed Six Star Patterns! As the founder of the Star Pattern System, he could only imprint up to five patterns, how did this guy manage to obtain the sixth?

At this moment, Qiu Huang’s expression was somewhat dazed, even failing to notice Zhang Xiaoman’s restarted attack.

If it were someone else, it wouldn’t be to this extent, but as the creator of the entire Star Pattern System, one could say, in terms of Star Patterns, nobody in this world wished more than him to breakthrough to the level of Six Star Patterns, now seeing someone achieve it before him, how could he not be astonished.

Zhang Xiaoman couldn’t afford to think that much, seizing the moment as Qiu Huang was lost in thought. Even if he was also nearly unable to sustain himself, he must exert all efforts to take the opponent down in one strike.

Just having activated Primordial Power earlier almost cost him all his strength, losing half his life, attempting to use it again could indeed trigger a backlash and completely cost him his life, which was undoubtedly very dangerous.

But... so what, if he lacked the courage to do so when fighting desperately, he wouldn’t have cultivated to his current realm.

"Die!!"

He gritted his teeth, a trace of madness flitting through his eyes, with insufficient spiritual power, he simply consumed his own Life Essence to drive the Primordial Power, forcibly launching the attack once more.

The giant screen that was dissipating behind Qiu Huang reassembled, wrapping around his body in reverse, once again enveloping him.

"What!?"

Qiu Huang finally came to his senses, albeit too late, his condition didn’t allow him to perform another breakthrough using his ability, this time, he fully took Zhang Xiaoman’s big attack.

At the same time, on the other side of the battlefield, the Demon Princess suddenly turned her head, focusing her gaze on Zhang Xiaoman, this time, she no longer had her previous calm demeanor, a hint of panic appeared on her face.

The reason was simple, Zhang Xiaoman now was nearly in a state of dissolving, forcibly using the Forbidden Power had caused enormous backlash, threatening the Life Fire to wither at any moment.

But Zhang Xiaoman couldn’t sit idly, as he launched the giant screen for the attack, he had already flashed forward, his figure appearing within the giant screen, his right hand enlarged to a star-like size, directly reaching out to grasp Qiu Huang.

"Original Realm Gate, Open!"

Xiao Man used every last bit of power to open the Original Realm Gate, pulling himself and the completely powerless Qiu Huang in.

"Now that’s some skill."

Seeing this scene, the Demon Princess’s expression relaxed, quietly heaving a sigh of relief.

Indeed, Zhang Xiaoman took a risk this time. To defeat Qiu Huang, he willingly burned his own life to seriously injure the opponent, subsequently at the brink of his limits, he activated the Original Realm Gate, dragging the guy along with himself back to the Original Realm. And as the Master of the Original Realm, once he returned inside, any severe injuries could be instantly healed, and Qiu Huang dragged in with him, no matter how powerful he was outside, inside he could only become meat on the chopping board, at his mercy.

"What... did you do to me? Where is this?"

Qiu Huang could sense he was no longer in the original space, but he didn’t know exactly where this place was. Undoubtedly, the situation now was extremely unfavorable to him, barely surviving two Forbidden Power attacks without dying almost brought him to the brink, now he had no way to counter the guy before him.

The only relief for Qiu Huang was that this guy also seemed to be at the limit, likely unable to use the terrifying Forbidden Power again shortly, meaning he shouldn’t face mortal danger, he only needed to recover better than the other, then he’d have a chance to escape or even turn the table. Essentially it’s now a contest of recovery ability, whoever recovers first, would be the final victor.

However, the following facts proved him wrong, completely wrong, because in his eyes, the person who was almost fading, recovered in an instant, even to full status, rendering him dumbstruck.