Chapter 1365: Heavenly Venerable Yuan (Grand Finale Part 2)
It was too fast.
If the flight capabilities of Wu Yuan's qi refiner self and the Heavenly Imperator represented the upper limit of a Dao Zenithel's speed, then this technique Wu Yuan now executed transcended even that, approaching some fundamental limit of Void laws.
It was so blindingly fast that the Heavenly Imperator couldn't even react. Or rather, even if he could perceive it, he couldn't mount a defense in time. His combat power had reached the Grand Supreme level, but his fundamental nature as a lifeform had not evolved to match that level.
Facing Wu Yuan's strike, launched at the expense of his mana body’s life, the Heavenly Imperator had only one option: to meet it directly! This was the standard approach against soul-class attacks.
Survive it and live. Fail and perish.
Hum~ The Heavenly Imperator felt a wave of soul power flood his Eternal Psyche.
Original Sword, guard. He gave a mental command, instantly activating the defensive power of his weapon.
Each of the Three Supreme Divine Objects possessed protective capabilities that could shield the soul, though each had distinct strengths and weaknesses. The Original Sword's protection was technically the weakest, but after the Heavenly Imperator had fully mastered it, this “weakness" was merely relative to the other Supreme Divine Objects. While not equal to specialized Xuanhuang Dao Treasures designed for soul protection, it came remarkably close.
But Wu Yuan's attack proved overwhelmingly tyrannical. In one moment, expending only a fraction of its power, it engulfed the Heavenly Imperator's soul essence like a raging flood.
Hiss hiss~ The two forces began frantically consuming one another, both born for destruction yet strangely not opposing each other.
This attack! The Heavenly Imperator was taken aback, instantly recognizing its nature.
Wu Yuan's technique resembled Eldritch Progenitor Hou Tu's Sacrificial Samsara Annihilation, but with a fundamental difference. Hou Tu's attack primarily focused on binding through psyche dreams, as she hadn't pursued the Psyche Arsenal class. Psyche Destruction, however, was pure Void annihilation, amplified by the Samsara Sword, making it devastatingly potent.