Chapter 1743: Lu Taiyi's Swan Song

On the gloomy plains littered with corpses, two frightening source origin energies continued to clash and whittle away at each other. The entire firmament seemed to be shattering in their wake. One side created vast amounts of silverish frost sword energy that emanated an icy aura. Wherever it passed, the worldly natural energy would freeze. Finally, it slashed down towards the void with incomparable strength.

At this moment, the void collapsed, creating a black hole. A stinky river filled with endless corpses flowed out of its depths. Despite having no traces of life force, the corpses opened their mouths, frantically stuffing themselves with other corpses and chewing frantically. It was like a group of starving ghouls. As they ravenously devoured their food, the corpse river began to emanate famine source origin energy, becoming more and more powerful.

In the end, the two figures clashed frontally, silvery sword energy sweeping towards the flowing corpse river. Frost filled the air, turning the corpses into icicles. When the corpses could no longer eat, they began to disintegrate, turning into wisps of black smoke that then tunnelled into their own nostrils. It was as though they were eating themselves.

Weng!

Void was ripped apart by the clash of the incredible source origin energies, and the two figures appeared in the sky. One combatant was Lu Taiyi, with a green longsword in hand. The other was the emaciated Famine Devil King of Sin.

After this ruthless clash, both parties had unexpectedly fallen into a stalemate with neither side being able to gain an advantage. Lu Taiyi's expression had turned quite solemn as a result. This was not the scenario he wanted to see, as there were still three more Devil Kings of Sin free to wreak havoc and threaten the integrity of the Ten Continents Universe Rampart.

He raised his head and looked in several directions. Overbearing source origin undulations could be felt coming from those areas, and it was clear that the other Supreme Triple Crowned Kings were engaged in their own bitter battles.

The situation was actually slightly better than expected. Jiang Qing'e was capable of tying down a Devil King of Sin single-handedly, which greatly reduced the pressure on the regular soldiers. That said, if things progressed this way, the ordinary soldiers would eventually fall to the three Devil Kings of Sin.

Lu Taiyi lightly sighed. It was at this moment that he heard Lu Qing'er's soft voice. "Uncle Ancestor Taiyi, I'm ready. What about you?"

He was dazed for a moment, then his elderly and genial face revealed a hint of relief. Using his own unique way to transmit a message back, he responded, "I'll have to trouble you with dealing with the aftermath, Qing'er."

Lu Qing'er fell silent before sending a message back. "Must we do this?"

Lu Taiyi smiled as he said, "Someone has to stand out and lead. Am I wrong? My old bones have lasted as long as they can. I have long outlived the shocking geniuses of my generation. It's now time for me to do something as well. Qing'er, follow the plan."

"I know," replied Lu Qing'er after a brief silence.

𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

Lu Taiyi didn't speak anymore. Even though he knew what was about to happen, he faced it with a carefree smile. He raised his head and looked at the ghoulish Famine Devil King of Sin, and a smirk appeared on his wizened face.

This smile immediately made the Famine Devil King of Sin feel uneasy, and it very quickly found out why. The three dense and majestic crowns above Lu Taiyi's head began to burn with terrifying source origin flames that originated from their very core!

The heavens and earth immediately began to shake violently. A Supreme Triple Crowned King was sacrificially igniting his crowns! Just how terrifying would that be?

Three resonances appeared in the air behind Lu Taiyi, each radiating boundless source origin. Vast amounts of ice source origin flowed out of them, revealing an ancient and gigantic turtle walking on frost. In its mouth was a lingzhi that looked as though it was sculpted from frost jade. Powdered snow resonance, Longevity Turtle resonance, Frost Lingzhi resonance!

The three resonances all started to blaze with source origin flames, a faint wail coming from the giant turtle that could be heard a million miles away. The entire world seemed to change in color.

"Lu Taiyi, have you gone insane? Are you going to ignite the very foundation of your power?!" the Famine Devil King of Sin asked in a low, icy voice. Its green eyes were filled with surprise and fury. As an Other of the Shadow World, it simply couldn't comprehend why Lu Taiyi would do such a thing. After all, its own survival was its top priority.

Lu Taiyi completely ignored it as his three resonances and crowns began to burn. The source origin undulations coming from him had reached a terrifying level. In fact, because the source origin was so overpowering, an extremely dazzling ball of light was born. Within it was a mysterious and divine frost rune. A ball of divine light floated above the runes, containing what felt like unlimited power. It was the Light of Authority!

When Li Luo fused his resonances to the supreme ninth-grade, he could use the Empyrean Resonance Tree of Authority to produce his own Light of Authority, though his was significantly weaker. This was because the Light of Authority here had been condensed to its extremes.

This was the Paragon Seal of Authority. Lu Taiyi, being at the Supreme Triple Crowned King Stage, was capable of forcefully condensing the Paragon Seal of Authority upon sacrificing his source origin energy.

The heavens and earth immediately began to rumble as incredible amounts of worldly natural energy surged over, surrounding the Paragon Seal of Authority as though worshipping the presence of a divine being. All of the worldly natural energy had also been converted into ice energy, so a bone-chilling frost filled the air.

The Paragon Seal of Authority then descended upon Lu Taiyi's outstretched longsword, dying it an icy blue hue, as though it had been crafted from the purest ice. An extremely potent power emerged, coating the edge of the sword with Authority.

Wherever the blade was pointed, the world would freeze over for ten thousand miles. All of the worldly natural energy in that direction was transformed into ice energy as well.

Lu Taiyi's face began to show signs of cracking as the aura of death filled his eyes. Even so, a carefree smile hung on his face as he hefted the sword towards the Famine Devil King of Sin, the latter being completely horrified at this point.

The void behind it shattered, and it started fleeing in a beam of black light, attempting to hide within the corpse river. The corpse river started to flow in the opposite direction of Lu Taiyi, penetrating through layers of the void to flee.

"I, Lu Taiyi of Golden Dragon Mountain, invite you to perish with me." Lu Taiyi had spoken calmly and softly, but the words boomed like thunder across the entire world.

He then hacked down casually with his frost-covered longsword. At that very instant, a mountain range of ice erupted from nowhere, spanning a million miles from north to south. The ice quickly spread from where Lu Taiyi had taken action, covering his body.

The frantically fleeing Famine Devil King of Sin was completely terrified. The boundless frost energy was sweeping towards it, freezing the corpse river formed by its famine source origin at an alarming rate. It then let out a fearful shriek. "Lu Taiyi, you madman!"

It had never expected the old man to sacrifice himself. If he succeeded, how would the situation even change? The Famine Devil King of Sin began to feel regret. It deeply regretted seeking this old man. Alas, it was simply too late for regrets.

The sword energy created from Lu Taiyi's sacrificed foundation left no place for the Famine Devil King of Sin to hide. The power of Authority that it contained caused even the Famine Devil King of Sin to feel despair!

In the end, the cold torrent completely froze the entire area, including the depths of the void and the Famine Devil King of Sin. Its body succumbed to the turbulence in the void as a result of all the destruction, shattering into nothingness.

Lu Taiyi's body had also turned into an ice sculpture. With a smile on his lips, his body plummeted from the sky, breaking into fine frozen dust upon hitting the ground.

At this moment, the countless experts on the Heavenly Star Plains could sense that Lu Taiyi and the Famine Devil King of Sin's source origin fluctuations had both vanished.

On the Ten Continents Universe Rampart, Lu Qing'er's unmoving eyes, which once resembled a frozen lake, were finally filled with subtle ripples. The frosty aura that surrounded her seemed to become denser at this point.

She lightly raised her hand and grasped into the void. A spatial rift opened up, and Lu Taiyi's icy longsword, still imbued with the Paragon Seal of Authority, landed in her hand.