Seeing that Zhou Bai had released True Lord Greed Wolf, Si Yi Tianjun didn't speak and left immediately with a wave of his hand. Obviously, even if they ceased fighting for now, they still refused to reach any verbal agreement with Li Xiuzhu and Zhou Bai.

Even so, Si Yi Tianjun, Tianyangzi, and Jiu Xiao Marshal each led their teams, flying at high speed in three different directions to deal with the aberrations in the sky.

The surrounding cultivators of the Heavenly Court were also assigned by the gods to provide support in various directions, assisting them in exterminating the skyborne aberrations.

Before leaving, they still found it hard to believe that this encirclement ended so abruptly.

Who would have thought that the ten Celestial Deities' meticulously arranged trap would result in such an outcome? The entire team's morale was extremely low.

Someone was unwilling: "We just let them go like this?"

Someone else was helpless: "After all, the Heavenly Court must prioritize the safety of the world and first resolve those skyborne aberrations."

In the sky, before leaving, Xiang Tiandi gave Zhou Bai a deep look, silently saying in his heart: 'Zhou Bai... next time... next time, I'll personally capture you back to the Heavenly Court.'

At the same time, Xiang Haocu flew out from the Floating Palace to meet Xiang Tiandi, with a concerned expression: "Father, are you alright?"

Xiang Tiandi discarded his mixed emotions, smiled at him, and said, "I'm fine. Let's first deal with the aberrations in the sky; otherwise, the world will have no peace from now on."

On the other side, watching the departing gods, Qian Wangsun breathed a light sigh of relief, but suddenly he found the atmosphere on site somewhat off.

Ying Hui and Yun Chonghe stared at Li Xiuzhu and Zhou Bai, their gazes full of doubt. After all, one had summoned demons and the other Heavenly Demons, making it hard for them not to be suspicious.

Zhou Bai glanced at the demon figures, having much to say, but knowing it wasn't the time, sighed, feeling that even though today's battle helped the Sky Flipping Sect fend off the Heavenly Court's encirclement, things seemed more complicated and were developing in a direction beyond his expectations.

Zhou Bai touched his somewhat heated Demon Illuminating Eye, suppressed his inner impulse, and slowly said, "Let's first resolve the aberrations in the sky."

"I know you all have many questions. After dealing with the skyborne aberrations, I will explain everything to you one by one," Li Xiuzhu said and then looked at the demons hiding in the ground fissures, "Help us wipe out the skyborne aberrations together."

Thus, Zhou Bai and his group soared into the sky, heading westward to annihilate the aberrations. Meanwhile, the gods were responsible for the east, south, and north directions. Although there was no communication or verbal agreement, both sides maintained a kind of tacit understanding, silently slaughtering the aberrant flying swords covering the sky.

Zhou Bai pointed with his finger, and dozens of Sword Qi ripped through the sky, crossing thousands of meters to shred a large swath of aberrant flying swords to pieces. However, some aberrant flying swords dodged the Sword Qi by twisting their forms, shimmering away, while more than a dozen flying swords used different swordsmanship styles to actively attack Zhou Bai.

Zhou Bai casually wielded his Sword Qi, exchanging blows with these aberrant flying swords for a few moves, and felt a sense of heaviness in his heart: 'It's the swordsmanship of Jijian Pavilion... It really is the Heavenly Sword Elder.'

Upon seeing the giant sword descending from the sky for the first time, Zhou Bai had some suspicions, as he had once seen the aberrant Heavenly Sword Elder during the reversed future battle in Central City, not to mention the implicit hints from the later appearances of Yun Chonghe and Ying Hui.

Looking at the current sky full of aberrant flying swords, Zhou Bai sighed lightly in his heart, "Thank you, Heavenly Sword Elder."

Unfortunately, although Zhou Bai had the Time Reverse and Crazy Diagram's abilities, he only had four hours of time. And the Heavenly Sword Elder had long reached his limits and fell into a complete sleep.

Even if Zhou Bai went back four hours, he couldn't help the Heavenly Sword Elder regain his sanity.

Although he realized these aberrations were manifestations of the Heavenly Sword Elder, Zhou Bai showed no mercy in his actions.

Because he understood that for the humans of this era, whether it was master and disciple, father and son, or friends, once someone aberrated, killing them was helping them find liberation.

If the Heavenly Sword Elder retained any sanity, then what he most wanted them to do would undoubtedly be to have someone kill him.

As he continuously slaughtered over a dozen aberrant flying swords, this time Zhou Bai changed his approach, not tearing them to pieces with Sword Qi but wrapping them with his Primordial Spirit power using the Apocalypse Heavenly Skeleton Armor.

His Apocalypse Heavenly Skeleton Armor could be upgraded with a higher grade of devouring steel, or with Mutated Essence Blood, True Dragon Scales, Kunpeng Soul, and Demonic Beast Core.

He had previously absorbed Mutated Essence Blood from Jiaojiao and several elders, as well as scales from Cang Long to upgrade.

This time, although the aberrant flying swords appeared as swords, they were a kind of aberrant creature. Zhou Bai used the Apocalypse Heavenly Skeleton Armor to try and see if he could absorb Mutated Essence Blood from the Heavenly Sword Elder through these aberrant flying swords.

Upon doing so, he immediately felt the power of the Apocalypse Heavenly Skeleton Armor activate on its own, faintly conveying a sense of excitement. Then, the Primordial Spirit power contracted sharply, shattering the flying swords piece by piece, as they struggled, twisted, and screamed, revealing threads of Mutated Essence Blood, which was swallowed by the Apocalypse Heavenly Skeleton Armor.

The armor seemed to flicker with a faint reddish hue as it operated but showed no other changes.

Zhou Bai knew that wasn't enough Mutated Essence Blood absorbed and immediately rushed toward the other aberrant flying swords.

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Originally, after flying at high speed all the way, the Shadow of Distortion and Xuan Nu finally reached the battlefield, hiding among the clouds as they watched the situation on site.

Although the number of aberrant flying swords descending from the sky was astounding and covered a massive area, the east, south, and north had ten Celestial Deities and assistance from cultivators of the Heavenly Court, quickly exterminating the flying swords, likely clearing them before they reached the ground.

Over on Zhou Bai's side, he was showering Sword Qi, slaying huge swaths of aberrant flying swords, while his Primordial Spirit force swept around, catching the slain aberrant flying swords and using the Apocalypse Heavenly Skeleton Armor to absorb Mutated Essence Blood continuously.

The Shadow of Distortion looked at Li Xiuzhu's situation. The latter held the center position, not personally acting but commanding a large group of demons flying in the sky, each using their abilities, causing atmospheric disturbances with Thunder Fire and sweeping storms, smashing large swaths of aberrant flying swords into tiny fragments.

Xuan Nu was also watching this scene. She squeezed Zhou Bai's hand tightly, frowning as she said, "Zhou Bai, do we really have to kill this aberration?"

Zhou Bai thought this was obvious; whether for liberating the Heavenly Sword Elder or for protecting Earth's ecology, he couldn't allow the Heavenly Sword Elder's aberration to survive.

'Xuan Nu is great in every other regard, just too soft-hearted towards aberrations.'

However, he still squeezed Xuan Nu's hand tighter, and with a thought, he said, "If you don't want to kill, then we'll leave one aberrant flying sword for you to keep."

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