Chapter 1358 Shadow of the Sacred God (1/2)

When Tai Xuan vanished and only left behind his Sacred Pupil suspended in the air, everyone on both the Sacred Race or all-heavens side couldn’t stop their expressions from changing.

But the greater reaction was from the Sacred Race’s side because they knew what Tai Xuan’s move represented. He was sacrificing his body and Spirit to bring his Sacred Pupil to its pinnacle state. It was a sacrificial art!

Tai Xuan was clearly pushed to a very desperate situation. If he didn’t use such an extreme means, he likely would lose the battle.

At that time, not only would he lose his life, the Sacred Race’s plan would also be affected. The Sacred Race Saints wouldn’t let him go easily if that happened, and so, it was better to take a gamble.

Although Tai Xuan had sacrificed his body and Spirit, there was a wisp of him in his Sacred Pupil and he would have a chance to come back to life with the Sacred Race prime saints’ help after he killed Zhou Yuan.

Therefore, they weren’t surprised by Tai Xuan’s decision.

But their gazes were still filled with complex emotions when they looked at Zhou Yuan. The contempt they previously had in their gaze like they were looking at an inferior race had faded. Although they were extremely proud and arrogant, they had to acknowledge Zhou Yuan’s strength.

After all, Zhou Yuan had pushed even the strongest person at the Sacred Race’s Law Domain stage to such a hopeless situation.

“But everything ends here…”

All top Sacred Race experts wore solemn expressions. As part of the Sacred Race, they knew how terrifying the Sacred Pupil would become once it evolved into a Nine-Star Sacred Pupil. Even if Tai Xuan had forced the evolution with external means, the Nine-Star sacred pupil was possessed by only people at the Saint stage.

A Saint’s power could destroy everything.

Zhou Yuan’s face turned grave and his eyes went wide with fear because he could sense the aura of death from the waves of dangerous aura it exuded.

Tai Xuan was indeed worthy of being called the strongest at the Sacred Race’s Law Domain stage. He had endless means and his enemies couldn’t relax in the slightest.

Covered with wisps of blood, the Nine-Star Sacred Pupil rotated and locked on Zhou Yuan with a contemptuous expression.

Faintly, it murmured like the god of death. “Zhou Yuan, you are dead.”

Blood-red aura rose from the Nine-Star Sacred Pupil and the Sacred Pupil gradually dimmed.

Peering at the bizarre blood-red aura rising, Zhou Yuan sensed boundless danger. He frantically circulated his Genesis Qi without any reservation and operated several Genesis arts, forming a torrent-like attack and striking the blood-red aura.

Chi!

However, an attack of that scale didn’t create the slightest ripple when it slammed into the blood-red aura. It was like a stone thrown into a bottomless black hole.

Zhou Yuan's face grew increasingly grave. He sensed something bad.

The blood-red aura made even his Spirit shudder, as though a disaster was looming.

“What is that thing?!” Zhou Yuan looked bewildered.

The blood-red aura grew increasingly intense, and eventually it formed a faint, almost invisible, shadow above the Nine-Star Sacred Pupil.

The shadow was blurry, but its appearance brought a supreme pressure spreading across the world. On the blurry face seemed to be a pair of indifferent and ruthless eyes watching the world.

The several all-heavens Saints outside the Stone Dragon Secret Domain paled at the shadow’s appearance, and even prime sovereign Jin Luo looked glum.

“That’s...the Shadow of the Sacred God?!” a Saint exclaimed.

Prime sovereign Jin Luo’s face was as cold as water as he said, “It is indeed the Shadow of the Sacred God, but a Nine-Star Sacred Pupil evolved from external means can’t summon the Shadow of the Sacred God. The Sacred Race’s prime Saints must have done something.”

“So shameless!” A Saint fumed. This was a battle below the Saint stage, but the Sacred Race had used so much underhanded means. They even fiddled with the Shadow of the Sacred God. They were completely shameless.

Although the Shadow of the Sacred God was just a projection, it still possessed the power of a true Saint. Saints perhaps could deal with it, but it was absolutely impossible for Zhou Yuan to do so.

After all, Zhou Yuan was only at the Law Domain stage, regardless how strong he was, and a Law Domain couldn’t compete with the power of the Saint stage.

The gap between those two stages was far greater than that between the Nascent Source and Law Domain stage.