(This should be Chapter 612)
Boom! Boom! Boom! The Torrent Banner and the killing momentum of the Deathtrap Array collided, divine essence exploding in the air.
"Pfft!" Joe Di's Azure Veil Blade carved a deep gash into the monk's back. The monk spat out a stream of blood, hastily swallowed several pills, and the wound on his back vanished in an instant.
But Joe Di knew this man had suffered a serious injury. His strike was not merely a flesh wound—it carried a trace of killing intent that invaded the body.
Sure enough, after only a moment, the wound split open again and blood gushed forth once more.
"You court death!" The ambushed Prime Realm monk went completely mad, unleashing wave after wave of black walls with his Torrent Banner. Even though Joe Di's Chained Execution Array pressed on relentlessly, it still couldn't pin him down. Not even Joe Di's spatial domain could restrain him.
Joe Di was secretly shocked. Fortunately, most of his Deathtrap Array was set up with law array flags; otherwise, his formation would have been torn apart layer by layer.
He was also lucky this was his own grand array. Otherwise, he wouldn't even need to fight this Prime Realm expert—the opponent's Prime Realm domain alone could have bound and killed him with ease.
Even with heaven-defying skills, he would not have survived.
He could indeed instantly kill Dao Nurturing cultivators, but in front of a Prime Realm expert, he was still outmatched. For this battle, he spent half an hour setting up various Deathtrap Arrays in advance and even managed a successful sneak attack, but even so, he could barely hold his ground.
Divine essence surged, and Joe Di's Deathtrap Array was repeatedly torn apart by the monk, leaving Joe Di inwardly anxious.
The fourteen Deathtrap Arrays formed a chained grand formation, but six had already been ripped open by the monk. With each one destroyed, Joe Di’s ability to resist diminished further. Without these arrays, he would be doomed. Even with them, if this dragged on, he would still be doomed.
By now, Joe Di was covered in wounds. He had lasted this long only by relying on sneak attacks from within the chained Deathtrap Arrays and his Divine Physique. Without these advantages, he would never have endured.
This ambush taught Joe Di a profound lesson—the ignorance of the uninitiated is truly terrifying. The gap between the Prime Realm and Dao Nurturing could not be bridged by any means.
Pfft! Another streak from the Torrent Banner pierced through Joe Di’s body, but instead of panic, he grew even calmer. He knew that if this continued, it wouldn’t be him killing the monk—it would be the monk killing him.
He could not keep hiding any longer. Joe Di gritted his teeth and charged out from the life gate of the killing array, his Azure Veil Blade transforming into a fierce blue blade light that slashed down.
"Kid, you can't hide any longer, huh?" Seeing Joe Di finally burst out of the Deathtrap Array to attack, the monk grinned wickedly and raised his fist, hurling a punch at Joe Di.
He did not underestimate Joe Di’s blade light. He was certain Joe Di hadn’t reached the Transformation Realm. Yet, this mere Dao Nurturing cultivator had managed to ambush him, and his wound still refused to heal—proof of the formidable strength of this Dao Nurturing cultivator’s Dao Rhyme.
With a punch, the monk swept all killing intent in the surroundings into a vortex, enveloping Joe Di in a spiral of murderous force.
Crack! A subtle spatial fracture sounded—one only the monk could sense. In the next instant, all the killing intent of his punch vanished without a trace. Only his fist continued forward, but it had lost its soul. The monk’s face changed drastically; the divine law of his punch had shattered.
Joe Di shattered his divine law with a single slash—how terrifying was this technique?
"Pfft!" Before the monk could withdraw, the Azure Veil Blade tore through his fist, bursting into a cloud of blood.
The monk roared in fury, completely enraged. Ignoring his mangled fist and the endless blades of the Deathtrap Array, he transformed the Torrent Banner into a streak of black light, easily ripping through Joe Di's defensive domain and blasting toward his chest. He was determined not to let Joe Di retreat into the array again.
Joe Di was secretly shocked. According to his plan, after his first slash shattered the opponent’s divine law, the next move would be Slipstream Strike.
He believed Slipstream Strike could kill the monk, but just as he unleashed it, the opponent transformed the banner into a blade of light, tearing through his domain.
As the monk’s black light pierced Joe Di’s chest, terror flashed in his eyes—he felt space suddenly freeze, as if the entire world had been sealed.
This was a spatial technique—no, a time technique...
The monk frantically burned his blood essence. In that moment, countless killing blades within the Deathtrap Array tore chunks of flesh from his body, but he could not care—nor did he dare to.
The gap between Joe Di and the monk was simply too vast. Just as the Azure Veil Blade was about to split the monk in two, he twisted his body violently.
"Pfft"—the monk’s Torrent Banner pierced through Joe Di’s chest, sending up a spray of blood.
At the same moment, Joe Di's Azure Veil Blade slashed off the monk's thigh, sending another spray of blood into the air.
Joe Di was sent flying, crashing into the Deathtrap Array and spitting out several streams of blood. He swallowed five drops of Origin Dew at once, struggling to escape.
He knew clearly that if he didn’t escape now, only death awaited him. Facing this monk was far too reckless—even with every advantage, he was still staring death in the face.
What Joe Di hadn’t expected was that before he could flee, the monk rolled up his severed leg and activated an Escape Talisman, vanishing without a trace.
Joe Di breathed a sigh of relief. He took out a few more pills and swallowed them, resting for several minutes before finally managing to stand. He then collected all the Array Banners and summoned a low-grade flying artifact to depart.
Several days later, Joe Di piloted his flying shuttle into a desolate wilderness. Once there, he unhesitatingly burrowed underground, set up a Concealment Array, and entered the Ninth World.
His injuries were too severe. Even after several days, not only had his wounds not improved, they had worsened.
He still didn’t know what the Torrent Banner truly was, but the killing intent it left in his body could actually erode his life force.
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Harmony Hall.