At this moment, Xiang Tiandi, as a Marshal of Thunder with unparalleled battle experience, certainly understood how important intelligence on aberrant weapons, hexagrams, demonic bloodlines, and all sorts of bizarre abilities was in combat.

Xiang Tiandi's mind quickly analyzed the situation before him and then he thought of something else, "If I use an aberrant weapon next and Zhou Bai still perfectly blocks it, what will the people watching the projection think?"

"Conversely, if I just spend a little more time probing and find out the secret of how Zhou Bai blocks attacks, I can kill him with one strike of an aberrant weapon. As long as I make it look like I'm completely dominating throughout the process, it seems that option might be better in terms of public opinion and also have a higher chance of victory."

"And Zhou Bai hasn't used the combination of the five Divine Skills again up to now, which is also a threat that cannot be ignored."

With this thought, Xiang Tiandi's hands sparkled with lightning, and a thunder-imbued longsword slowly took shape. In the next instant, his entire being turned into a lightning storm as he enveloped Zhou Bai in the assault.

Xiang Tiandi's martial prowess had been tempered and refined over a thousand trials. The thunderous longsword in his hand transformed as if into a thousand weapons, and any martial cultivation technique he used contained the ultimate mysteries of martial arts, capable of turning decay into a miracle.

He saw him transform the lightning into countless longswords, slashing continuously at Zhou Bai in an unending series of strikes.

Zhou Bai knew he couldn't compete with Xiang Tiandi in martial arts, especially not against someone who had trained for so many years.

In fact, he had never intended to compete in martial arts. He met Xiang Tiandi's sword momentum head-on, and with dozens to hundreds of strikes hitting his body in an instant, he pointed out, bringing forth the gravitational force of the Tianhe Star Explosion Swords, bombarding the strongest part of the sword momentum.

Zhou Bai completely disregarded any sort of martial arts or technique, presenting himself as if he didn't care about any offensive stance, and brutally clashed with Xiang Tiandi.

Moreover, as he passed, streams of Guihai Black Evil deepened beneath Xiang Tiandi's feet, relentlessly pressing forward without pause, even if evaporated instantly by Xiang Tiandi.

Zhou Bai looked at the solitary spot of blue fortune above Xiang Tiandi's head and thought with a chuckle, "Xiang Tiandi, after being ruffled by me so many times, is finally about to be done. Let's finish this today."

At this moment, Zhou Bai's body was full of dense slashes and lightning strikes, looking as if every second, there were hundreds of Xiang Tiandis attacking him.

Relying on the Void Crown, Abyss Nether Dragon Armor, Apocalypse Heavenly Skeleton Armor, and the recently improved 'Greedless - Greed Defense', coupled with continuously using Lazy Energy Values for Healing, ensuring that he was always in peak condition, he managed to look utterly unscathed.

In Xiang Tiandi's hands, the thunder blade could lengthen or shorten, be rigid or flexible. The thunder seemed like dough in his hands, constantly tearing through the defenses of the Void Crown and keeping Zhou Bai firmly suppressed on the Heavenly Arena.

One moment his thunder blade swept over Zhou Bai's back like a thunder whip, leaving a trail of afterimages and crackling explosions, the next it transformed into a thunder spear that, with the sound of thundering wind, pierced Zhou Bai's chest with a bang.

But no matter how Xiang Tiandi attacked or gained the upper hand, Zhou Bai showed no signs of weakening. In fact, he seemed to not even sustain a scratch, causing Xiang Tiandi to frown deeply and become even more cautious.

However, the audience in front of the projection couldn't discern the subtleties. All they could see was Zhou Bai, seemingly powerless to retaliate, being utterly suppressed by Xiang Tiandi with a single sword, as if even moving was difficult.

"In my heart," Zhou Bai thought, "the more I fight openly and show that I'm not afraid of attacks, the more cautious Xiang Tiandi will be. The only problem is how long my Lazy Energy Values can last..."

At this moment, Zhou Bai was constantly using Lazy Energy Values to heal himself, maintaining his peak condition as if Xiang Tiandi's attacks were ineffective.

He glanced at his current Lazy Energy Values, with 3.5 million left.

"Good thing I sent the Twisted Shadow back to the Heavenly Demon base to sell some materials, otherwise it definitely wouldn't be enough. But even so, it can't last too long."

"Pity, Xiang Tiandi is too cautious, even calling upon Lord Si Yi. I can only press on with the Original Dao Treasury 07. At least over here, I've drawn the attention of Xiang Tiandi and the other celestial deities. I hope everything goes smoothly on that end. If I can raise my Daoization Degree to 70%..."

Boom! Accompanied by the thunder blade in Xiang Tiandi's hand transforming into a storm that fell, the Void Crown crumbled inch by inch, completely shattered.

More and more blade shadows brought up a sky full of lightning, striking Zhou Bai's body, yet even if it could hold up, the Abyss Nether Dragon Armor was unable to repair itself with laziness points and at this moment, it issued a series of mournful cries, as if it could no longer withstand Xiang Tiandi's onslaught.

Xiang Tiandi's attack grew more and more ferocious, chopping at the weak points of the Abyss Nether Dragon Armor, leaving behind one deep cut after another.

This meant that Zhou Bai's consumption of laziness points was also increasing, almost needing over a hundred thousand laziness points every minute.

Zhou Bai thought, 'If this goes on, the Abyss Nether Dragon Armor won't hold up. Am I going to waste another set of armor?'

Seeing that he had the upper hand in the fierce battle, while Zhou Bai was only passively getting hit, displaying a powerful endurance to beating, Xiang Tiandi grew more puzzled, 'He seems to really just be tough... What exactly is Zhou Bai planning?'

...

While Zhou Bai and Xiang Tiandi were fighting in the Heavenly Arena, Si Yi Tianjun sat bored in midair, swinging his legs carelessly.

"So boring."

"Has Xiang Tiandi finished over there?"

"Alas, in this desolate wilderness, I can't even see what's happening over there."

Just as Si Yi Tianjun was listlessly passing the time, suddenly a figure flew over from a distance. His eyes narrowed in surprise, "Is that really Zhou Bai? Is this his clone?"

The approaching figure was enveloped in mecha, the very mecha Zhou Bai had given to Xuan Nu, and inside the mecha was Xuan Nu herself.

However, at this moment, Xuan Nu had already adjusted her physical body, and after transforming, she had taken on Zhou Bai's appearance.

Xuan Nu couldn't help but touch her own body, feeling a little strange and peculiar, "My body is now exactly like Zhou Bai's, it feels the same when I touch it..."

Thinking of this, Xuan Nu crossed her arms and tilted her head pondering, "Does this count as Zhou Bai hugging me?"

Just then, Zhou Bai (Twisted Shadow)'s voice came through the mecha's communicator, "Xuan Nu, are you there?"

Suddenly hearing Zhou Bai's voice, Xuan Nu happily responded, "I'm here." She tightened the grip on her arms without realizing it.

"Si Yi Tianjun has already discovered you, act according to the plan."

Originally, Xuan Nu wanted to rush to support Zhou Bai but was called here by Zhou Bai as soon as she left Donghua City. The purpose, of course, was to cooperate with Twisted Shadow to seize the original Daoist treasure 07.

At this moment, Zhou Bai was manipulating his mechanical follower through Twisted Shadow to contact Xuan Nu.

Of course, Twisted Shadow itself was a part of Zhou Bai, so for Zhou Bai, this was no different from contacting Xuan Nu with his own body.

After all, Xuan Nu was now wearing the mecha, which made it very convenient to contact via the Heavenly Demon's communication network.

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