Chapter 2283: There is a Treasure Emerged

In a fit of rage, the young man raised his hands, and waves of intense spatial fluctuations erupted. The remaining half of the meteors, which he hadn't yet refined, simultaneously had their gravitational direction altered, surging violently towards Zhang Xuan.

An even more powerful oppressive force made the blood in Zhang Xuan's body feel as if it had solidified.

With so many massive meteors rushing towards him at such speed, even if his physical body had reached the peak of the King tier and his soul was a Nine Heavens King, he certainly wouldn't be able to withstand them. Using the newly tamed meteors to counter would very likely result in mutual destruction, and all his previous efforts would be for naught.

"Let's see if the gravity you control can withstand a full-powered strike from my sword..."

Taking a deep breath, his eyebrows raised, and the Scarlet Firmament Sword reappeared in his palm.

After his soul, physical body, and true energy had all broken through to the Conferred tier, he hadn't yet used this sword to unleash his strongest combat power. Now was the time to try it!

Within his dantian, true energy surged restlessly, and a powerful sword intent enveloped the sword's body. The Scarlet Firmament Sword seemed to have received immense nourishment, emitting an excited, long cry, like a dragon's roar.

Ao Feng, outside the lake, upon hearing this sound, involuntarily felt his legs turn to jelly and his head beaded with cold sweat.

As the dragon's roar resonated, Zhang Xuan's entire body felt as if every cell was activated, his power erupting.

"Go!"

With a low cry, the Scarlet Firmament Sword flew from his hand. The "Unceasing Wind" sword technique he had previously comprehended, like a streak of white silk, instantly tore the crushing gravitational space into two halves, as if parting a curtain.

A sword intent imbued with unwillingness, reluctance, lingering attachment, and unyielding spirit tore a rift in the immense gravity before him. The meteors, flying over with the aid of this force, seemed to be similarly cleaved apart, flying past Zhang Xuan's sides.

The sword energy did not stop, continuing its forward trajectory, and quickly appeared before the Emperor Pill of Absolute Annihilation.

His pupils constricted, and the young man's face turned ashen. He repeatedly dodged sideways, but the sword energy was like a poison clinging to bone; no matter how he leaped, he couldn't evade it.

The essence of the technique, like "the tree desires calm, but the wind does not cease; the child wishes to care for their parents, but they are no longer there," inherently carried a sense of helpless inevitability. No matter how he dodged, once locked on, he couldn't escape.

This was fate, and also karma; it could not be refused, could not be evaded.

"Damn it!"

Gritting his teeth, he raised both arms and forcefully met the sword energy.

The Meteor Sea shook, and a massive void tore open in the space, creating a gaping hole. The young man swayed, retreated dozens of steps, stopped, and gasped for air.

"His arms are gone?"

Ao Feng bit his tongue in shock.

The young man, an embodiment of the Emperor Pill of Absolute Annihilation, now had a pale face, his arms actually severed by a single sword strike!

An Emperor-tier expert's pill was not only defeated by a single sword but also had its arms severed... Ao Feng had thought that in this duel, Zhang Xuan would surely lose, never dreaming of such a reversal.

"This Nine Heavens King is too terrifying!"

Luo Qiqi also let out a sigh of relief, and looking at Zhang Xuan again, her eyes were filled with adoration.

"Hmph!"

His eyes narrowed, and the previous indifference in his gaze was replaced by solemnity. Power surged within the young man, and in the blink of an eye, two new arms reappeared.

He was inherently a pill that had taken human form, so his "arms" and "legs" were merely manifestations of its medicinal power. Although there was a loss, it didn't have a significant impact.

"As long as my medicinal power is endless, let alone severing a pair of my arms, even if all my limbs were cut off, and my head severed, I could still re-form them!"

The young man recovered and sneered, "My medicinal power can support dozens of transformations, that's nothing. But how many more times can your powerful sword energy be used...?"

Before he finished speaking, Zhang Xuan, opposite him, gestured with his palm. The two severed arms that had fallen flew over and landed in his palm. With a light touch of his finger, they transformed into a sesame-sized pill, which he then swallowed.

"What?!" The young man's eyes widened in disbelief.

"Seriously..." he thought, "we're in a life-and-death battle, and you're eating my arms right in front of me... This is going too far!"

Although it was just an arm, it was still formed from the medicinal power of an Emperor-tier pill. Its medicinal power was pure; even Emperor-tier experts would need time to digest it after consuming it. "You're swallowing it during a battle... aren't you afraid of being bloated to death?"

His face turned ashen. With rage burning, he slapped down again.

A sword glint shot forth, and his arms were once again severed and fell to the ground. Just like before, no matter how he dodged, he couldn't evade it.

"Hmm?"

As he struggled to manifest new arms and just raised his head, he saw Zhang Xuan opposite him once again restore the severed arms to their original pill form and swallow them.

"You..." The Emperor Pill of Absolute Annihilation was on the verge of madness.

"What the hell is wrong with you...?"

"I'm an Emperor-tier pill. You sever my arms in front of me, I tolerated that... But what in the world is with directly eating them?"

The most crucial thing was... Zhang Xuan's true energy had only been at the early King tier, but with the medicinal power from the four arms he consumed, it had already reached the mid-King tier. If he continued eating, it would definitely rise even higher!

"I'm trying to kill you, but you're treating me like chives, harvesting and eating me bit by bit..."

"Arghhh... If I don't kill you today, I vow not to be a pill!"

With a massive roar, the Emperor Pill of Absolute Annihilation brought his palms down violently, in wide, sweeping motions. But as his palm force just unleashed, his pupils constricted: "Oh hell..."

This time, both his arms and all his limbs were severed by Zhang Xuan's sword energy. Zhang Xuan, opposite him, picked up the combined pill with a satisfied expression and swallowed it again.

Boom!

His cultivation broke through to the late King tier.

"You..." The Emperor Pill of Absolute Annihilation's face turned pale, and his scalp tingled.

Although its medicinal power was immense and it had accumulated a rich reserve during its years in the Tidal Sea, being continuously severed of four arms and two legs was becoming too much to bear.

Its eyes were red, and veins pulsed on its forehead. When it re-manifested its limbs again, the pill's overall aura was less than half of what it had been.

"Go!"

Knowing it was no match and no longer caring about anything else, it lightly swayed, shrinking back into its pill form. It then abruptly vibrated, causing a spatial rift to appear, and it leaped inside.

"Hmm?" Zhang Xuan didn't expect this fellow to be so decisive, fleeing when he couldn't win. He then swung another sword strike.

Whoosh!

The spatial rift closed. A pair of arms and legs floated out from within, but the pill had vanished without a trace.

"He got away..."

Zhang Xuan shook his head.

After all, Meteor Lake was the opponent's lair. There were some spatial structures that, even after being there for a while, he was still not very familiar with. Moreover, the opponent's strength truly far surpassed his own; if it genuinely wanted to escape, he couldn't stop it.

After refining the medicinal power from the arms and legs, his cultivation increased significantly again, successfully reaching the peak of the King tier.

It took him over half an hour to tame all the remaining meteors and store them in his storage ring. Only then did Zhang Xuan return to Ao Feng and Luo Qiqi.

"Senior Zhang, where do we go now?"

He had thought Meteor Lake would be difficult to contend with and that they would experience an extremely brutal battle. He never expected the Emperor Pill of Absolute Annihilation to be scared away so easily. At this moment, Ao Feng was utterly prostrate with admiration for the young man before him.

"To..."

Just as Zhang Xuan was about to speak, he suddenly felt a spatial fluctuation. He then saw a dazzling light shining directly ahead, radiating a heart-palpitating power.

"A treasure has appeared!"

Everyone simultaneously looked in that direction.